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Hi all,
For those who do NOT have the New official rom yet..
Just thought you would all like to know that I have just spoken to to HTC customer services after a customer feedback call and he informed me that the New Speed-up rom will be availiable on the UK website tomorrow 16th september......so now we will al have an almost perfect device...
UPDATE
The New Rom is on the HTC website now...
This Rom is for UK and Unlocked Hero's, go here-
http://www.htc.com/uk/supportdownloadlist.aspx?p_id=283&act=sd&cat=all
The majority of us on XDA already have the update!
Regards,
Dave
foxmeister said:
The majority of us on XDA already have the update!
Regards,
Dave
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Yeah thanks for the encouragment to post here...
But I thought I would let those of us who have not got it or downloaded it early that it would be availiable tomorrow...I hope you approve..
Dave,
I presume we can only install the leaked UK rom if our hero is rooted?
No, I have an Orange Hero which isn't rooted and you can update it using an update.zip file. Instructions are in another thread!
Is this a possibilty - my broadband at home is down due to BT being inept; could I download the update to my phone, transfer it to my laptop and then update? I'm a total noob so my apologies if there is an obvious answer
will it not be OTA ?
when I had my Dream android updates were Over The Air does this mean that when 1.6 Android comes out we will have to wait for HTC to sort it out before we can update unlike with normal android OTA updates ?
skauk said:
when I had my Dream android updates were Over The Air does this mean that when 1.6 Android comes out we will have to wait for HTC to sort it out before we can update unlike with normal android OTA updates ?
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From what I have read, google updates i.e. donut, eclair etc will be OTA. However the HTC updates will need to be updated by connecting your phone to your PC.
Hope this helps...
This is great news indeed, I have been polling HTC website like a madman for days now!
Shame the "Nordic" update still didn't have all the Nordic languages, I'm missing Finnish dictionary. Oh well, speed update is really great anyways, I haven't had the guts to install anything unofficial to my UK bought Hero.
Thanks for bringing the good news!
Hi chaps,
I have a T-Mobile G2 - for my phone's warranty to remain intact, do I need to wait for an official T-mobile version of the Rom, or can I update with the official HTC Hero Rom?
Available NOW!!!
Available NOW!!!
http://www.htc.com/uk/SupportDownload.aspx?p_id=283&cat=2&dl_id=671
ShiroEd said:
Available NOW!!!
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I'm not seeing it on the HTC website - can you provide a link, please?
Thank you!
any idea whn will tmobile release their own version??
yeah I have also T-Mobile G2 uk and I can't download from htc website. Can any one upload this rom and give us links unless t-mobile users can't use it. Cheers
Unless your Hero is unlocked, you can't download the rom.
THIS SUCKS!
Contact T-Mobile and complain to them then..! They DO have the ROM.. THEY are withholding its release!
Yeah, because complaining to T-Mobile always works.....
Seems to take aaaaaages to download!
well i just spoke to tmobile technical dept and asked thm abt the update and they were under the intention tht it is going to get pushed like it did for the G1, so I explained to them tht it wont as G2 Touch aint a google branded phone, and then the guy goes he has no idea and also checked his system if they had anything there, luks like we have to wait longer to get this update on our tmobile branded phones.
Hello,
I bought a HD2 from duty free Paris without paying attention it has the french stock ROM
Is there anyway I can install a cab or anything helpful to switch the language to English ?
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=577717
Yeah thanks but I think I cannot use the other shipped ROMs without HSPL. Correct me if I am wrong.
Xeon said:
Hello,
I bought a HD2 from duty free Paris without paying attention it has the french stock ROM
Is there anyway I can install a cab or anything helpful to switch the language to English ?
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks.
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Since there's no Soft/Hard SPL for HD2 yet you won't be able to just flash a different language ROM.
What you could try in the mean time, is have a look here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=583878
Unfortunately, this is a workaround only for Manila and not the entire OS. I really feel sad as I've read somewhere that cracking the SPL is becoming harder and harder and still not sure if it is going to happen anytime soon. I doubt that even HTC support will care.
Xeon said:
Unfortunately, this is a workaround only for Manila and not the entire OS. I really feel sad as I've read somewhere that cracking the SPL is becoming harder and harder and still not sure if it is going to happen anytime soon. I doubt that even HTC support will care.
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where are you from, i see you use fido.ca, if youre close to montreal , i dont mind exchange your frenc hd2 with mine (english)
prospects said:
where are you from, i see you use fido.ca, if youre close to montreal , i dont mind exchange your frenc hd2 with mine (english)
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I am sorry prospects, I am in Germany for the next 2 months
Xeon said:
I am sorry prospects, I am in Germany for the next 2 months
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Theres not much you can do then as im pretty sure the Roms language cant be changed without flashing a different Rom, which yo ucant do without HardSPL.
Hopefully HardSPL can be done soon but I havent heard much news on it for a while.
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Theres not much you can do then as im pretty sure the Roms language cant be changed without flashing a different Rom, which yo ucant do without HardSPL.
Hopefully HardSPL can be done soon but I havent heard much news on it for a while.
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I know, we havent had any update recently, the reason why I am afraid that HSPL will not show up anytime soon. If only we can manage to get some good news from Olinex...
I'm from Belgium and if you are not to far away in Germany, I don't mind too to change it with yours!
Fabien
The following is the reply I got from HTC.
Thank you for choosing HTC the PDA maker to the world
Dear HTC customer,
With regards to your inquiry, kindly be informed that the PDA phone's OS language may not be changed according to our agreement with Microsoft. It is therefore, important that you specify your preferred OS language when you purchase your device.
However, if you would like to add any language to your device's OS, you can search the internet for a compatible 3rd party application compatible with your device's operating system to provide you with the requested language you are looking for.
I still wonder what is the 3rd party application they are referring to.
Any clue ?
Shamless bump
i think they are just saying that you can install different apps like spb shell that will be in english... i dont think that they are refereeing to some kind of application that can translate the entire rom.
guess we have to wait for hardspl or until QMAT 5.07 and create a goldcard...
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i think they are just saying that you can install different apps like spb shell that will be in english... i dont think that they are refereeing to some kind of application that can translate the entire rom.
guess we have to wait for hardspl or until QMAT 5.07 and create a goldcard...
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The windows mobile arabizer can translate all the OS menus to Arabic language.
I am not sure why such thing is not yet available for English users. The cab is like 5MBs.
hey everybody. i have flashes 1.48 WWE rom to my O2 UK device and i am happy with it, but as title sais i'm a bit confused where is origin of these ROM's. htc.com and htc.com/europe haven't got it on the website and this is a place to go for oficial stuff. there's no any soft/ROM updates availible on oficial website, so it makes me think somebody inside stole it and spread on web. any ideas. apologise if stated somethhing wrong.
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hey everybody. i have flashes 1.48 WWE rom to my O2 UK device and i am happy with it, but as title sais i'm a bit confused where is origin of these ROM's. htc.com and htc.com/europe haven't got it on the website and this is a place to go for oficial stuff. there's no any soft/ROM updates availible on oficial website, so it makes me think somebody inside stole it and spread on web. any ideas. apologise if stated somethhing wrong.
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I guess that it comes from O2 (Or HTC, O2 dosnt make the ROM by there selfs ofc). There might be some leaks from HTC also..
If the ROMs aren't on htc's website, they're leaked.
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If the ROMs aren't on htc's website, they're leaked.
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I would also add that, if they're not on the official web site within a week or so after they were "leaked", this means HTC have read a lot of bad stuff about those ROMs here, on xda, and are preparing an update
Those official ROMs are unofficially leaked for free beta testing by this excellent community
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I would also add that, if they're not on the official web site within a week or so after they were "leaked", this means HTC have read a lot of bad stuff about those ROMs here, on xda, and are preparing an update
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I bought my Leo with 1.48.
All the latest devices have 1.48 in them.
So it is not "leaked" but official in all latest Leo devices
Steve0007 said:
I bought my Leo with 1.48.
All the latest devices have 1.48 in them.
So it is not "leaked" but official in all latest Leo devices
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yeah rigth!!!! so where the hell xda-dev's and htcpedia get it from before it has been posted in official HTC website lol???????????
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yeah rigth!!!! so where the hell xda-dev's and htcpedia get it from before it has been posted in official HTC website lol???????????
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I Think some of the latest batch release devices shipped with 1.48 roms
did htc feel ashamed to release it themselves with all these bugs
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I Think some of the latest batch release devices shipped with 1.48 roms
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question wasn't is new devices comes with 1.48....lol!!!!!!!
question was where the hell xda-dev's & hctpedia get before OFFICIAL HTC SUPORT web site???!!!
An official ROM that very often fails to install on unbranded hardware for many people and has to be hacked to install and even then is not guranteed to work! If thats a fully released official update God help us all!
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An official ROM that very often fails to install on unbranded hardware for many people and has to be hacked to install and even then is not guranteed to work! If thats a fully released official update Gold help us all!
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Very often fails to install on unbranded hardware? If you're trying to update to another localisation, maybe... If the Sip is the same, installation should be flawless.
The Danish version of the 1.48 version is available through HTC's official Danish support site. Other language versions are not. The reasons for that are unknown to me, but I guess the Danish shipped version may have had one or more bugs that the other versions may not have?
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question wasn't is new devices comes with 1.48....lol!!!!!!!
question was where the hell xda-dev's & hctpedia get before OFFICIAL HTC SUPORT web site???!!!
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don't ask stupid questions, you wont get stupid answers ;p
Many people are doing it with the same localisation on unbranded devices and it fails. There have been a number of reports of 2 identical scenarios where it works for one person but not another. Some also, myself included, cannot get the phone to update even with the Gold Card method! The updates are claimed to be official and yet they don't work consistently!? I cannot vouch for all of them all being authentic but the Danish one would certainly seem to be, as that is on the official HTC web site for Denmark. Thus common sense would suggest if one is they all are, which begs the question why are so many people having the same problems? That is the real question and no one seems to have a real answer. Workarounds are all well and good and to be respected, if they work of course, but ultimately we need to address the fundamental issue of why so many people are experiencing the same issue when they are doing things correctly. At no stage has that question been answered. In fact it is barely even asked which I find alarming.
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Many people are doing it with the same localisation on unbranded devices and it fails. There have been a number of reports of 2 identical scenarios where it works for one person but not another. Some also, myself included, cannot get the phone to update even with the Gold Card method! The updates are claimed to be official and yet they don't work consistently!? I cannot vouch for all of them all being authentic but the Danish one would certainly seem to be, as that is on the official HTC web site for Denmark. Thus common sense would suggest if one is they all are, which begs the question why are so many people having the same problems? That is the real question and no one seems to have a real answer. Workarounds are all well and good and to be respected, if they work of course, but ultimately we need to address the fundamental issue of why so many people are experiencing the same issue when they are doing things correctly. At no stage has that question been answered. In fact it is barely even asked which I find alarming.
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th3 updates are official.. you're problem is that you're trying to do something that HTC don't want you to..
Gold card isn't official, that is *YOUR* problem here, not the roms!
Excuse me!
HTC don't want you to update your device with an officlal ROM update!!?? I am only trying to go from 1.43.405.1 to 1.48.405.2. Thats from WWE English to WWE English on an unbranded device. Please explain in accurate and precise detail what is invalid about that! Additionally why does it work for some and not others with the exact same scenario? Why should I even need to use the Goldcard method in the first place is my question and as stated before that has not been answered!
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HTC don't want you to update your device with an officlal ROM update!!?? I am only trying to go from 1.43.405.1 to 1.48.405.2. Thats from WWE English to WWE English on an unbranded device. Please explain in accurate and precise detail what is invalid about that! Additionally why does it work for some and not others with the exact same scenario? Why should I even need to use the Goldcard method in the first place is my question and as stated before that has not been answered!
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excuse yourself. good god dont be so rude!
you cleary stated you can't do it with gold card..
*that* is not supported by htc.. I never said htc don't want you to update the normal and correct way using the ruu.
I was going to offer too help you with flashing,but it I really can't be bothered with that kind of attitude.
Aplogies
No offence was intended. So please excuse me. Any help would be greatly appereciated.
Paul-Lemonidis said:
No offence was intended. So please excuse me. Any help would be greatly appereciated.
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hey. i had problem with flashing shipped roms. 2 tihngs i've done diferent thet TUT sais.
1. i changed SD cards serial number first to digits to 00 (zero,zero)
2. last coulple steps didn.t work for me so i launched RUU.exe on PC and that worked fine.
fards said:
don't ask stupid questions, you wont get stupid answers ;p
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whatch your own language mate!!! man asked simpliest question could be here!!!!
Why shipped ROM's dodn't work on AN unbranded devices normal way????
i asked why it doesn't exsists on OFFICIAL HTC SUPORT website!
there is no stupid questions you stupid man!!!
Hello. I've bought HTC Magic recently. It is version 32a, as it has 288 MB of RAM.
Currently the build version is 2.16.*
So I wanted to download and upgrade to latest rom version 2.20.401.2 from HTC.
After putting my S/N HT97******** it shows me Sorry, this software download is not suitable for your device..
Is here anyone who could help me please?
If you **** around too much on the htc home pages you do not get to download any update. I do not know why it is so but so it was with me,
So turn off your browser to try again. or get a new IP address
Or **** in the slow updates and root your phone it takes five minutes. Then your phone will be double as fast .???????????
OK, I've tried changing the browser, deleting browser's cache, reconnecting to the other wifi (so other IP), but all without success.. Thanks anyway Any other suggestions please?
Try to morrow.
Kk, but I don't think it's the reason because it didn't work already when I visited HTC website for the very first time and as I wrote, I tried it with different IPs, browsers etc.. but anyway, I'll give it a try
Is the update for your phone, ie the country its from? Otherwize sn will be wrong
stu-k said:
Is the update for your phone, ie the country its from? Otherwize sn will be wrong
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Actually I thought the same firstly.. but I'm from Czech Republic and on the box of phone is written that it's for sales in CZ (Czech Republic) (and some other european countries), so it shouldn't be problem there
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Actually I thought the same firstly.. but I'm from Czech Republic and on the box of phone is written that it's for sales in CZ (Czech Republic) (and some other european countries), so it shouldn't be problem there
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Mine is from czech also and the update didnt work either, from memory(but thats not real good either) the rom version the update is for was diferent
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Mine is from czech also and the update didnt work either, from memory(but thats not real good either) the rom version the update is for was diferent
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And did you manage to update your HTC Magic somehow or not in the end? (I mean like some official update).. sorry if dumb questions but my skills in this area are on quite low level yet
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Try to morrow.
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As I thought - still isn't working .. I guess I'll contact HTC tomorrow, if nobody helps me till then
Try rooting your phone:
http://theunlockr.com/2009/08/29/how-to-root-the-htc-magic-in-one-click/
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Try rooting your phone:
http://theunlockr.com/2009/08/29/how-to-root-the-htc-magic-in-one-click/
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What for..? It's not about that I can't install the update.. It's about I can't download one from HTC web site..
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And did you manage to update your HTC Magic somehow or not in the end? (I mean like some official update).. sorry if dumb questions but my skills in this area are on quite low level yet
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Nope, its wasnt a major upgrade like sense or anything so I didnt bother. Got sick of waiting for htc to give the sense update so rooted and running MYHERO now, should have done it long ago
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Nope, its wasnt a major upgrade like sense or anything so I didnt bother. Got sick of waiting for htc to give the sense update so rooted and running MYHERO now, should have done it long ago
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Thank you very much for provided info.
However, the problem is solved now after emailing with HTC support. If someone was interested:
Dear HTC,
I've bought HTC Magic recently. It is version 32a, as it has 288 MB of RAM.
Currently the build version is 2.16.*
So I wanted to download and upgrade the ROM to latest version 2.20.401.2 from your website.
After putting my S/N HT97******** it shows me the message saying: "Sorry, this software download is not suitable for your device".
Could you help me please?
Thanks in advance.
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Dear Michal
Thank you for your enquiry about the ROM upgrade for your device HTC Magic.
Please could you let me know where have you bought your device from? This will hepl to indentify the reason why you are not able to upgrade.
Thank you, please let me know by responding using the link provided and I will be happy to check for you.
Best regards,
Bo K
HTC
http://www.htc.com/europe/CA_Hotline.aspx
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Dear Bo,
I have bought my device at "Mobil Pohotovost" (http://www.mp.cz). It is a specialized shop for selling mobile phones and accessories.
My HTC is as follows:
SN :HT97********
IMEI :35*************
Part Number :99HFU071-00
Part Description :SKU,VF,Multilanguage,CZE,HTC Magic,HSUPA enable,4G/2G MCP,Sophisticate Black,w/o SIM Lock,SAPPHIRE-D1
Customer Name :
Customer Model :
HTC Model :SAPPHIRE-D1
Error Message :
Thank you.
Best regards,
Michal Baranec.
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Dear Michal,
Thank you for your information. The device you bought is for Czech market Vodafone branded. The ROM upgrade on the HTC webpage is for unbranded devices only. The upgrades for branded devices are released by mobile network operators themselves.
If there are any other enquiries, please let me know by responding using the link provided and I will be happy to check for you.
Best regards,
Bo K
HTC
http://www.htc.com/europe/CA_Hotline.aspx
Sorry to bother all of you. After 80 plus hours i am close to give up and sell my HD2 or dump it.
Bought a "English HD2" in Shanghai. Found out its a old ROM with many problems. Downloaded the new ROM from HTC and got a traditional Chinese version and for sure I do not speak Chinese. .Means iI can never use or update the phone if i leave like that.
Started research, found a HK SN and and downloaded from HTC a Hongkong english version and installed it.
Installed the win frame work update to.
It worked but there is no phone keyboard anymore but now i can input in CHINESE! I need the phone keyboard I cant life with out one.
Found the EzInput soft key and installed several times, every time after installing it the phone wont start anymore and only a hard reset can bring it to life again. I made a soft rest before installing the keyboard.
Can any body help me with the keyboard?
Or any information where to get a NEW ROM which works in English but need to be able to show( not type) Chinese characters.
I am begging all of you, my eyes are red, my girlfriend is so upset that she went back to her parents and I had to switch back to my E75. SAFE me please
Rom version installed: 1.72.831.1 (82124)
OS: 5.2.21869(21869.5.0.82
Tow more glitches i can't fix.
Switched it on after hard reset. Now the time is wrong. 27 min wrong and i don't know why. I set the time manual now.
Location is most times wrong. I life in Shanghai and I am all times set in Shenzhen or Suli or somewhere elsei If i drive suddenly the location corrects to Shanghai
instal hspl2 and then you can instal any rom you like (over usb).
Thanks for your answer. Unfortunately I am not a developer. If i follow what you suggested what happen? No rom software anymore? Where do i find the rom(cab file )i need?
Question
Do you mind if I ask you how much you paid for your HD2 in Shanghai? Did you order it, or buy it there? Thanks!
You can probably get a better answer to your questions in the ROM Development section of the forum.
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Do you mind if I ask you how much you paid for your HD2 in Shanghai? Did you order it, or buy it there? Thanks!
You can probably get a better answer to your questions in the ROM Development section of the forum.
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Paid 4100 RMB including 2 batteries, and 4 GB memory card and the usual screen protection
Maximilian_sha said:
Thanks for your answer. Unfortunately I am not a developer. If i follow what you suggested what happen? No rom software anymore? Where do i find the rom(cab file )i need?
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you can install any rom you like. even those official ones from other regions.
Hey Mate,
I have the Telstra HD2 which has loads of crap software, so all I did was run the HSPL (HERE: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=611433) and then found the Asia WWE (World Wide English) ROM here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=623283&highlight=WWE, it has the serial number for you to download directly from HTC.
I have been using the South East Asia (Asian WWE) 1.66.707.1, with no issues.
Hope this helps