Hey, got me a HD2 and have been trying the last few days to flash a custom rom. I downloaded energy's, ran HSPL3, even did a task 29. I synced with windows mobile 6.1, right clicked and ran as admin on both the customruu.exe as well as the one that comes with the rom and nothing appears. As seen on vids, a screen should pop up and tell you that you are about to update rom. I dont see it at all. I've eve reinstalled official rom and tried reflashing and nothing. Anyone have any idea on how to help me? Stock rom sucks and wanna do a custom. btw, i have no antivirus prog just to be sure and still no go. also, i have tried flash via sd, no go there too.
I had problems like this until I plugged USB directly into back of puter.
rsmurdoch said:
I had problems like this until I plugged USB directly into back of puter.
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in the back of puter?
phantast1c said:
Hey, got me a HD2 and have been trying the last few days to flash a custom rom. I downloaded energy's, ran HSPL3, even did a task 29. I synced with windows mobile 6.1, right clicked and ran as admin on both the customruu.exe as well as the one that comes with the rom and nothing appears. As seen on vids, a screen should pop up and tell you that you are about to update rom. I dont see it at all. I've eve reinstalled official rom and tried reflashing and nothing. Anyone have any idea on how to help me? Stock rom sucks and wanna do a custom. btw, i have no antivirus prog just to be sure and still no go. also, i have tried flash via sd, no go there too.
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Read here http:/http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=653614/
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in the back of puter?
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yes, in the back. Many pc's nowadays have usb ports built into the front of the computer case.
These ports will usually not work with hspl, and occasionally not with sync/flashing.
Look around back and use one of the ports there, which are directly connected to the pc's motherboard.
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alright i'm sure this has been answered somewhere but i have searched high and low and all i can find are drivers for flashing... and i can't even seem to get those to work but i have a feeling that has to do with my first problem.
When i plug my device in to an xp computer everything works fine, but when i plug it in to vista, vista reads my phone and i can browse files but it will not connect to wmdc, a real pain in the butt.
all i could come up with is maybe that it is the custom roms i have on my phones, but i've tried with both of my kaiser and couldn't get either to connect.
before i go and try and reflash i would like to know if there are any known problems with this (i don't want to lose all my settings for nothing )
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It should work fine on a custom ROM.
For me after I flash a new ROM I have to manually start WMDC. After that it then starts on its own. Have you tried this?
blazingwolf said:
It should work fine on a custom ROM.
For me after I flash a new ROM I have to manually start WMDC. After that it then starts on its own. Have you tried this?
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yes it starts tries to connect and then say no devices connected
change that it won't read the device at all now and i reverted back to shipped rom
is it possibly because its a 64 bit system?
joel2009 said:
change that it won't read the device at all now and i reverted back to shipped rom
is it possibly because its a 64 bit system?
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I have read about 64 bit systems having issues but I also have read that it works just fine.
Have you installed the drivers you mentioned earlier.
Hi all,
This is my first post in this forum. Just got my HD2 yesterday & immediately set about installing a new ROM. I installed HSPL without any issues, but I'm having problems installing a new ROM. I've downloaded a couple in .exe format, synced up the phone to WMDC in Win 7, then when I start the exe file everythings fine until it starts to install, then the 4 colurs come on to the phone, and then the USB connection drops so WMDC isn't connected, then I get the error 266 (or 226). I used to have a touch diamond that did this, but I can't remember how you get the connection to remain whilst uploading the new ROM. I've had a look through the forum, but can't find the answer. Can anyone give me some ideas?? Does the phone need to have certain settings applied to it before flashing?? I'm not exactly a noob to flashing ROM's, but can't work this one out!! Thanks all.
just extract the exe, rename *.nbh to LEOIMG.nbh, put in ur microSD root, enter bootloader, press power button when u asked to do so. soft-reset when complete. feel free to pm me n i will guide u.
SD card method is the quickest way to brick your phone...
I use W7 64bit with WMDC and have never had an issue. Custom ROMs comes as an NBH file and tend to have CustomRRU.exe with them to run them. Run the EXE as an admin and you shouldn't have any issues.
Obviously check that when in the bootloader it does say SPL is 1.42.HSPL
When I flash a ROM, it turns the phone off (Windows knows that as it makes a sound) and then when the bootloader comes back up it says USB, Windows makes a sound for plug in and it starts.
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SD card method is the quickest way to brick your phone...
I use W7 64bit with WMDC and have never had an issue. Custom ROMs comes as an NBH file and tend to have CustomRRU.exe with them to run them. Run the EXE as an admin and you shouldn't have any issues.
Obviously check that when in the bootloader it does say SPL is 1.42.HSPL
When I flash a ROM, it turns the phone off (Windows knows that as it makes a sound) and then when the bootloader comes back up it says USB, Windows makes a sound for plug in and it starts.
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Hi, I'm using the same OS. I've tried running as admin but it still drops connection. The SPL is 1.42.HSPL. It just starts the update, then I see the phone disappear from the connected devices, then WMDC shuts down & a few seconds later the error message comes up??
you started flashing this fast only after one day of use
You don't need WMDC open - just close it once it says you're connected
The run the file and it should work.
As mentioned, why are you flashing it out the box? It's always best to get to know the device as it might just work as it is...perhaps try a stock ROM if you're not already using the newest one and go from there
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SD card method is the quickest way to brick your phone...
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I agree. not that there is anything technically unsafe about it, but unless you are fully aware what you are doing it's so easy to flash the wrong thing.
example,you flash a 1.66 stock rom from sd card but don't like it.you goo to change it but get a fail. why? because flashing stock from sd card also overwrites the spl.
no problem you say, I'll reinstall hspl.... only you can't because hspl needs spl 1.4 to instal and your 1.66 flash installed spl 1.6
worse still you instal one of the test roms from t mo us that are 2.0x which can't be downgraded even by gold card and you are stuck with spl2 until the geniuses that are the hspl team release hspl2.
just a thought...are you running as administrator? right click, run as administrator
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I agree. not that there is anything technically unsafe about it, but unless you are fully aware what you are doing it's so easy to flash the wrong thing.
example,you flash a 1.66 stock rom from sd card but don't like it.you goo to change it but get a fail. why? because flashing stock from sd card also overwrites the spl.
no problem you say, I'll reinstall hspl.... only you can't because hspl needs spl 1.4 to instal and your 1.66 flash installed spl 1.6
worse still you instal one of the test roms from t mo us that are 2.0x which can't be downgraded even by gold card and you are stuck with spl2 until the geniuses that are the hspl team release hspl2.
just a thought...are you running as administrator? right click, run as administrator
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Didn't know that, glad I have HSPL on my phone now!! lol
lots don't and that's what makes sd flashing dodgy. in the case of 1.6 it can be downgraded with a 1.4 spl stock rom.its just a pain. but 2.0 spl can't. check out the horror stories in my sig.
Yeah read about them, I nearly bricked my phone using the SD card method the first time I flashed but luckily the WMDC flash with my stock ROM got me back to normal!
I was trying to flash the stock 1.66 ROM, but it still disconnected. I have 1.43.206.4 WWE at the moment. The reason for flashing straight away, is usually the stock ROM updates are to improve / fix previous issues. This is why I wanted to start with a stock ROM & maybe move onto a cooked ROM at a later date. Does it make any difference when starting from an .exe file instead of RUU? Do you have to change something on the phone itself to allow it to stay connected?? cheers everyone for your comments.
run the exe as administrator, the phone should restart into boot loader (three colored stripes) and then flash.
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run the exe as administrator, the phone should restart into boot loader (three colored stripes) and then flash.
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Just tried it again & still no joy. It starts, the phones switches off, thats when it loses connection, then the bootloader appears, then about 10 secounds later it says error 266 connection lost. Still stumped???
Sounds like the device isn't reconnecting with the PC once in the bootloader - try another one...
with the phone in boot loader unplug the usb and plug back into a different port. preferably a port directly on the motherboard (round the back) not through a usb hub or slot in the case.
Sussed it now. I'm a mac user using Win7 using VMware fusion. I think it was this that was causing it to not detect the phone once it had started flashing the ROM. I tried it on my work laptop running XP & voila, it flashed immediately. Thanks everyone for your comments - no doubt I'll be posting a few more questions soon!!!
ah good stuff.
todays lesson ? put all the system info in the first post!
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Sussed it now. I'm a mac user using Win7 using VMware fusion.
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Ahhh... yes, that's the kind of non-standard setup that would make sense mentioning right away indeed. Everything that touches hardware level is rarely friendly to emulation, virtual machines, resource sharing and so on...
1st lesson - use a PC!!! POW!! lol
Ok.....next question. I've tried to flash a rom using the customruu file, but all it does is open up the contents of that file. I'm using XP Pro. Any ideas why anyone???
hi guys,
im attempting to update my hd2 but cannont. i sync it with active sync, start the update and it changes the phone to the tri color screen, but immediately disconnects on the computer, and a 1 minute later i get the error [260] connection screen.
can anyone assist me with updating? i also heard there is a way to update from the memory card...that might be the best way for me if someone can help me with that. THANKS
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hi guys,
im attempting to update my hd2 but cannont. i sync it with active sync, start the update and it changes the phone to the tri color screen, but immediately disconnects on the computer, and a 1 minute later i get the error [260] connection screen.
can anyone assist me with updating? i also heard there is a way to update from the memory card...that might be the best way for me if someone can help me with that. THANKS
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What are you trying to update it to?
secano said:
What are you trying to update it to?
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the new update that came out a few days ago....
trexxcrap2 said:
im attempting to update my hd2 but cannont. i sync it with active sync, start the update and it changes the phone to the tri color screen, but immediately disconnects on the computer, and a 1 minute later i get the error [260] connection screen.
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Here is a link to the error codes. Your error means you need to go back to SSPL before you can flash that ROM.
trexxcrap2 said:
i also heard there is a way to update from the memory card...that might be the best way for me if someone can help me with that. THANKS
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Here is a link to my tutorial on how to flash via SD card.
i am having the same issue each time i attempt to update my rom. error 260.
jenelson said:
i am having the same issue each time i attempt to update my rom. error 260.
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You are still using the original SSPL (Soft Second Program Loader) which will only accept official update ROMs.
In order to flash the custom ROMs available here, you will need to flash in a HSPL (Hard Second Program Loader).
I don't know if you are totally new to flashing ROMs or not, since you didn't say and your post indicator said that was your first post here, but I would advise you to be very, very careful. In the early days (last month, actually) a TON of people were bricking their phones because they accidentally downloaded the European ROMs for the 512Leo. Ours is the 1024Leo and only ROMs designed for our phones will work.
The phone I am using is actually a replacement from TMO. I was having issues with the original device I purchased.
How do I use a HSPL or whatever... I am slightly confused but I can catch up quickly...
Thanks.
same thing happened to me, what i did was i restarted the update without disconnecting the phone from the computer, and it worked.
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same thing happened to me, what i did was i restarted the update without disconnecting the phone from the computer, and it worked.
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I encountered the same problem and it appeared that my computer was slow in "re-recognizing" the phone. For some reason, it had to reinstall drivers before continuing with the update. After the device was again recognized, I restartde the update (without disconnecting the phone) and it continued without issue.
I had been worried that the phone had become a paperweight when I saw the tricolor screen, but everything has been fine and the upgrade appears to have worked correctly.
jenelson said:
The phone I am using is actually a replacement from TMO. I was having issues with the original device I purchased.
How do I use a HSPL or whatever... I am slightly confused but I can catch up quickly...
Thanks.
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Think of HSPL as your BIOS (it isn't, but it may help you to think of it as such). You don't have any control over the options, but you need it to load or install your OS. Installing HSPL is simply a matter of following the directions in the link that I posted last time: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=653614
Once you have HSPL installed, you should be able to "flash" any ROM. Of course, this also allows you to flash ROMs that are not meant for your phone, so that's the danger behind it.
When you visit a thread that offers a ROM, it should either have instructions or a link to instructions on how to install. If it does not, a google search for "xda how to install a custom rom" should give you a million helpful links. (This is actually beyond the scope of this post so I won't go into details)
Hope this helped some...
Same problem but i have hspl?
not sure what im doing wrong here I've installed hspl 1.42 which was enough trouble for what seemed like a pretty straight forward job. now whatever i try to install all i get is error 260? on top of this i don't seem to be able to send message tho i can receive and the camera on my phone no longer seems to work?
i am a newbie but Ive been reading and clicking and trying to install stuff for hours and hours and so far all Ive managed to do is install hspl and reduce my phones usability.
i got windows mobile device center 6.1 tried it with and without allow usb connections.
my antivirus and firewall is off.
.net framework 4 installed.
tried different usb ports
ive tried installing Duttys_Leo_Sense_2.5_5.23569.5.5.0_2.14_Holy_Grail_576MB_V4.3_WWE and a stock rom
my computer has vista 64 on it.
im hoping im just being a bit dense here please help me i just wanna join in on all this flashing fun!!
mumbles85 said:
not sure what im doing wrong here I've installed hspl 1.42 which was enough trouble for what seemed like a pretty straight forward job. now whatever i try to install all i get is error 260? on top of this i don't seem to be able to send message tho i can receive and the camera on my phone no longer seems to work?
i am a newbie but Ive been reading and clicking and trying to install stuff for hours and hours and so far all Ive managed to do is install hspl and reduce my phones usability.
i got windows mobile device center 6.1 tried it with and without allow usb connections.
my antivirus and firewall is off.
.net framework 4 installed.
tried different usb ports
ive tried installing Duttys_Leo_Sense_2.5_5.23569.5.5.0_2.14_Holy_Grail_576MB_V4.3_WWE and a stock rom
my computer has vista 64 on it.
im hoping im just being a bit dense here please help me i just wanna join in on all this flashing fun!!
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just for kicks did you try a different ROM, find another ROM that is Compatible and try it, not saying there is anything wrong with Dutty's , but could just be the download , but not sure since you tried stock too ...
You may need to reinstall HSPL3, if you tried to flash a stock rom, and even if it failed it could have removed HSPL ...
Also try plugging the USB cable into the back of the machine
error 260 1024hd2
Hey guys,
I am having the same issue although I may know the answer but not sure how to fix it. Prior to flashing chuckyRom, I installed HSPL but I don't think I installed the correct version (still worked). So does anyone think this entire problem is attributed to initially installing the wrong hard SPL. If so, how can this be fixed? android is running great on chuckyRom but it would be nice to use a rom that is used for more than running android.
Please help, I have been in misery trying to solve this for over two weeks now.
Error 260, T-mobile HD2
Error 260 during ROM update
I had the same problem and tried everything (?)
Finally I got it work.
After I started the update the first time, I got the message, driver was not installed successfuly ...blabla
I ignored the message, tried and the connection disconnected every time again.
At the end I used another usb port and it asked me to download the CDMA driver. After download and installation, the update was in 5 min. done
Snarksneeze said:
You are still using the original SSPL (Soft Second Program Loader) which will only accept official update ROMs.
In order to flash the custom ROMs available here, you will need to flash in a HSPL (Hard Second Program Loader).
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He was trying to install the OEM rom. I'm doing the same and have the same issues.
Error 260 on Htc Hd2 running windows mobile 7
I cannot get data on my hd2 when I installed win7 so I wanted to downgrade the os back to 6.5 but I get Error 260 when I connect to my phone to my cpu via usb. Is there a work around?
Dizzle88 said:
I cannot get data on my hd2 when I installed win7 so I wanted to downgrade the os back to 6.5 but I get Error 260 when I connect to my phone to my cpu via usb. Is there a work around?
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Put the phone into BootLoader Mode then connect to the PC. Run the ROM.
Error 260 connection in HTC HD2
Dear all;
i have this problem in windows 7 each time i connect my phone with pc it gave me error 260 , so when i connect the usb cable i choose the first choice sync not the default one storage and it worked for me .
Ahmed Hosni
thanks for the note
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Put the phone into BootLoader Mode then connect to the PC. Run the ROM.
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First time flashing the radio and kept getting error 260 from CustomRUU.
Read so many threads and all say sync the phone with your PC and run CustomRUU. Nobody said to run it under BootLoader Mode.
This simple note helped a lot for a newbie like me.... thanks
Error [260]
Hello
I want to try to update my HD2 from 2.2 to 2.3.x but I always geht thr Connection error.
I´ve flashed my HD2 from Windows Mobile 6 to Android.
I thank you for your help.
I have flashed my phone over and over trying to get Puzzle Rom to work properly. Finally got it all working and upto now really happy with it although......
I would like to be able to flash it with the stock rom so that when Froyo comes out I can let it update to that. I would also like to have the 3 network software back on it as I liked being able to have live messenger etc and my3 so that I can check my usage.
I downloaded the rom from shipped roms but it is a RUU file and I don't know how to put it on, can anyone help??
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I downloaded the rom from shipped roms but it is a RUU file and I don't know how to put it on, can anyone help??
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Just plug your phone into your computer and run the RUU.exe on your computer.
Sent from my HTC Wildfire
Elibongo said:
Just plug your phone into your computer and run the RUU.exe on your computer.
Sent from my HTC Wildfire
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Tried that but it says it cannot complete this as I need to get the right rom for my phone.
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Tried that but it says it cannot complete this as I need to get the right rom for my phone.
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Sorry, I presumed you had already created a goldcard. See this for all the instructions on creating a goldcard (do this before flashing) and how to flash:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=741651
A goldcard makes it so that you don't get that error.
Ok, so I went to flash a new ROM on my phone, and when I go to the run the RUU, I get the screen with the 4 steps to complete, which are already completed, then hit next. Now I get "Error [240] : File Open" and below that it says "The Update Utility cannot open the requested file. Please check the update utility."
I tried downloading the Update Utility again, but it still does the same thing. Ive flashed my phone before, and Im pretty sure Im not doin anything different this time, but its not workin. Am I missing somethin?
Thanks
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Ok, so I went to flash a new ROM on my phone, and when I go to the run the RUU, I get the screen with the 4 steps to complete, which are already completed, then hit next. Now I get "Error [240] : File Open" and below that it says "The Update Utility cannot open the requested file. Please check the update utility."
I tried downloading the Update Utility again, but it still does the same thing. Ive flashed my phone before, and Im pretty sure Im not doin anything different this time, but its not workin. Am I missing somethin?
Thanks
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Check if your harddrive isn't full.
A RUU extract some files, and if your harddrive is full it can't
Nope, its not full. Far from it actually lol.
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Nope, its not full. Far from it actually lol.
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flashing trough sd-card?
im having the same problem i get the error code as well, is it possble to flash from the microsd. I am a nooby at this and understand how to flash.
xmoo said:
flashing trough sd-card?
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Nope, win mo device center.
WeaponX2010 said:
im having the same problem i get the error code as well, is it possble to flash from the microsd. I am a nooby at this and understand how to flash.
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Its in the tutorial, but I havent tried it yet. Ive never had a problem flashing through the USB before.
Tried it from the SD card. Went great. Just takes a little longer.
Still open to suggestions about usin active sync though.
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Check if your harddrive isn't full.
A RUU extract some files, and if your harddrive is full it can't
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Hi xmoo. Can YOU please help? With this:
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URGENT MAJOR HELP REQUIRED *PLEASE*:
I am stuck on DFT boot screen (after doing 1234-vol up_down-wp7-reset) and this is *after* (wp7 here !) all the chains b4 that are done: ie: power on, hspl, htc, magldr- for windows phone 7 on hd2. Sometimes get thru to windows phone 7. but generally reboots. Done spl back to stock and leoimg on sd back to stock and tried task28s, 29s, etc but just reboots constantly and randomly.
Any thoughts here? What is warranty process? DO they replace at all with NEW? or new BOARDS/RAM? Gone back to 1.66 spl and sent in for repairs. because - the stupid recommended Romupdateutility HTC stock rom 'upgrade' did this damage. yes, was Windows Phone 7 and activated using dev hack with marketplace & xbox/live. Also - although I activate ok and can use it on market fine once it boots good - still when both my hd7 (hd2) and Mozart are signed into XboxLive using same address at same time: (mozart is legit fully/eula-signed etc) then the hd2 seems to reset a LOT here at this point. maybe this has something to do with usual xbox-live security? ie: http://www.wpcentral.com/hack-xbox-live-windows-phone-7-get-perma-banned-microsoft ?????????? please hlp me - I am fully capable of mtty, sd-leoimg, whatever it takes- but need to know why this would be the case? same with Android roms/stock too. Anyone know about task2a on hd2? how many bad blocks I should have? partition/re-partition droid or wp7 to avoid these bad blocks? I just WISH Cotulla/DFT let you run the windows phone 7 installer in such a way that all bad bloks could be excluded totally as if the never exist... ie make hd2 clean.
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note: although I have gone bak to original spl+rom in past I have (both unsuccs &succesfully) have previously done task2a and even spl-mfg install and radios/roms as DEBUG/SPL-MFG. xmoo?