I understand that flashing the T-mobile model with the euro rom will get you the phone but remove the 3g connection..
-are there any other concerns or lost application or serious changes that will affect the warranty or the original information of the device .
-are you satisfied now with your tab after flashing, or you wished otherwise.
I am asking because I want to flash the tab for the phone connections , but I like to restore to original setup if it doesn't preform as imagined or any problem occurs in the future, and the t-mobile rom backup procedure seems some how complicated for me.
wawoox said:
I understand that flashing the T-mobile model with the euro rom will get you the phone but remove the 3g connection..
-are there any other concerns or lost application or serious changes that will affect the warranty or the original information of the device .
-are you satisfied now with your tab after flashing, or you wished otherwise.
I am asking because I want to flash the tab for the phone connections , but I like to restore to original setup if it doesn't preform as imagined or any problem occurs in the future, and the t-mobile rom backup procedure seems some how complicated for me.
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"Without Risk, There Is No Reward"
I'm satisfied and to wish otherwise would be fail.
For that matter, is it just as easy to flash back? I don't have need for the phone capabilities at the moment (and may never), but I don't really have need for the 3G either (since I always just use the WIFI router from my phone and share that data connection) - but I WOULD like the English accent in my Google navigation...
Actually, that raises a good question - is there an easier way to get that accent than to reflash the firmware?
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I just purchased my MDA phone from T-mobile in US. I want to have my phone read and type Chinese. Can anyone please tell me which ROM I should use to flash my phone? Any instruction will be great!
Thanks!
I have seen some Dopod ROM's on the Wizard FTP server, but that would override your settings for SMS and MMS. I don't think that many of them are really worth the time to flash to the phone as many of them are using very old ROM images like 1.03 - 2.23. In addition to that, there are no indicators whether they are for G3 or G4 devices.
If you plan to flash your device with these ROMs, be careful and find out which one is right for your phone. If you flash the wrong ROM to the wrong device, YOU WILL BRICK YOUR PHONE AND TURN IT INTO AN EXPENSIVE PAPERWEIGHT! Weigh the need for Chinese on your phone to the possible risk you will make by flashing a ROM to your phone.
just get monster chinese installed. i paid for mine, but i think you can download it and get a crack for it.
hi... i`m new here... i have a question...
if i flash or unlock to be available to all networks an Orange SPV M700 i`ll lost my warranty from it?
I'm not a lawyer or anything but I'm pretty sure that you void your warranty flashing your device, provided that you're not a certified support representative. Also you risk turning your device into an expensive brick.
My 2 cents....
laudanum
laudanum said:
Also you risk turning your device into an expensive brick.
laudanum
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While it's important for anyone to realise that not correctly flashing a phone can brick it and flashing with a bad ROM can do the same I'm sure many agree with me that there is no point scaremongering, either.
I have surely invalidated my warranty by flashing my phone and SIM unlocking it. Currently I flash a new ROM every week or so, to test and report problems with WM6 ROMS to encourage and help development.
Must have flashed my Trinity 30 times.
It is far from an expensive brick...still
If you're curious enough, you'll just hope that go ahead and flash. If you're going to go down the SIM unlock - I would recommend using this first: http://server2.dimonvideo.ru/uploads/public/users/lvsw/Trinity/HardSPL/Hard-SPL.zip
this is "Hard-SPL" and will enable you to use hardward buttons to go into bootloader and reload a ROM even if an upgrade fails - thereby rendering your phone virtually "unbrickable".
Great advice. But I don't think he was trying to scare anyone, just warn them. Friendly warnings are ALWAYS helpful.
Also, an important item to note, another benefit of using HardSPL is you can get your phone back to "spec" if you need to send it in for warranty repair. So warranty woes are all but gone.
nealed said:
While it's important for anyone to realise that not correctly flashing a phone can brick it and flashing with a bad ROM can do the same I'm sure many agree with me that there is no point scaremongering, either.
I have surely invalidated my warranty by flashing my phone and SIM unlocking it. Currently I flash a new ROM every week or so, to test and report problems with WM6 ROMS to encourage and help development.
Must have flashed my Trinity 30 times.
It is far from an expensive brick...still
If you're curious enough, you'll just hope that go ahead and flash. If you're going to go down the SIM unlock - I would recommend using this first: http://server2.dimonvideo.ru/uploads/public/users/lvsw/Trinity/HardSPL/Hard-SPL.zip
this is "Hard-SPL" and will enable you to use hardward buttons to go into bootloader and reload a ROM even if an upgrade fails - thereby rendering your phone virtually "unbrickable".
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ok..thanks for advices
but if i go to unlock my sim to a certified support ? i`ll lost my warranty ?
If you just want a SIM unlock, and are willing to pay for that, it won't invalidate the warranty. The best tool for that is IMEICheck which costs £20 and includes full CID unlocking for when you want to update the ROM to a non-OEM version.
Flashing with a new Radio or OS ROM will invalidate. Some of the 'free' unlock tools work by flashing the radio ROM, thereby invalidating the warranty in the process.
ok tnx guyz i understand tnx again for help
HI,
I keep reading questions about ROM and flashing the phone, can someone explain what ROM is and flashing the phone please? I have tried search on this forum and get no answers. I have googled ROM and it tells me that it is a permanent storage chip, but if that's the case how come there are upgrades and why do people talk about erasing them?
Also, I've read that in the UK only ROM upgrades supplied by the service provider are allowed without invalidating warranty. If that's the case does this mean that you can't fiddle/tweak the phone without losing the warranty, or is there still plenty of tweaking you can do?
Finally, with UK phones can you still use apps and cabs from sites like this or would that invalidate warranty as well?
Cheers
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Technically a ROM chip is just that- a Read Only Memory chip that holds fixed information.
In Windows Mobile (and general phone) terms, the ROM has come to mean the software (or firmware) that is loaded into the ROM chip. So, for the HD2, if you look in Device Information you will see a ROM version. For release this was 1.43, but HTC have since released V1.48 and there are some engineering samples of V1.61 around as well.
Flashing the phone means the process of installing a new ROM image into the ROM chip. Official versions are executed using a ROM Update Utility (RUU) while the phone is connected to the PC, but 'cooked' versions are more often executed from the memory card.
In general, you can only update the ROM with one designed for that phone unless you make some changes to the BIOS, which involves installing a sub-program called Hard SPL. Once that is installed, you can then update the phone with any compatible ROM. Currently there is no Hard SPL available for the HD2, but the specialists are working on it
In the meantime there is a workaround to allow the loading of official ROM images from other locales or operators, but again this needs some specific changes being made to the memory card from which it is loaded.
The warranty situation is far from clear. Technically you should only update a device with a ROM image supplied by the operator, or by HTC if it was bought SIM free; however, the HD2 has been supplied pretty much the same as SIM free models by Vodafone and O2. Vodafone contradict themselves in their advice- one paragraph says you can install an 'official' update, but another paragraph says you can't.
Installing cooked ROMs (when they become available) would definitely invalidate any warranty.
snerkler said:
HI,
I keep reading questions about ROM and flashing the phone, can someone explain what ROM is and flashing the phone please? I have tried search on this forum and get no answers. I have googled ROM and it tells me that it is a permanent storage chip, but if that's the case how come there are upgrades and why do people talk about erasing them?
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Think of the ROM as the operating system of the phone. Both the software itself and the memory chips it is stored on are called ROM, but when you see people discussing ROMs here they will generally mean the software. So the software ROM (ie operating system) is stored on the phones ROM (ie Read Only Memory). It's called read only, but it's not - it can be erased and a new software ROM flashed to it.
snerkler said:
Also, I've read that in the UK only ROM upgrades supplied by the service provider are allowed without invalidating warranty. If that's the case does this mean that you can't fiddle/tweak the phone without losing the warranty, or is there still plenty of tweaking you can do?
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If you bought your phone from a service provider, they will have locked the ability to upgrade the ROM, to ensure that you can only install official upgrades issued by them. This is why many people are waiting for Hard SPL to be completed, as it removes this lock. However, you can tweak your phone and and install as much software as you want without affecting your warranty.
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Finally, with UK phones can you still use apps and cabs from sites like this or would that invalidate warranty as well?
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You can install all the apps and cabs you like without affecting your warranty. A simple hard reset will always return the phone to its 'fresh out of the box' state.
Installing HardSPL and custom roms will invalidate your warranty, but tweaks and cab files won't.
edit - Neil, you beat me to it
My previous phone, an O2 Xda Orbit 2 had a custom ROM and was twice repaired under warranty without problem or question from O2, although both these were hardware related problems.
omneity said:
My previous phone, an O2 Xda Orbit 2 had a custom ROM and was twice repaired under warranty without problem or question from O2, although both these were hardware related problems.
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I guess you were lucky - many people have had their warranty voided by HTC and/or a telco for having custom firmware installed.
Many thanks for the advice, very helpful
Hi Guys,
I just got a Tab that was purchased in the Middle East last month. It already has the phone functionality.
It's still stock, I haven't even rooted it yet, but I plan to....
I wanted to ask if by putting one of the roms on this forum (after rooting it), will I lose the phone functionality?
Would that mean that I am limited to this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=933028 rom from Galaxyer if I want to retain phone capability?
Thanks in advance,
KG
Alterbridge86's Overcome ROM and Kernel has no Modem.bin included, which means your original is saved, so if you have phone calling prior you most certainly will not lose it using Overcome ROM (as long as its a GSM tab, ie. one with a sim card, but being where you are id imagine it is).
The ROM can be found over here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=932082
I also humbly suggest this guide for Installing the ROM, of course you would be directed to the same from the ROM page anyway
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=973402
Good Luck and make sure to read, and re-read, all instructions first to make sure you get it all right
Hi
You will lost arabic support only!
If you are looking for updating with official rom that support arabic:-
http://hotfile.com/dl/109292691/6006995/P1000JPJM5.rar.html
pw : samfirmware.com and you have to flash with Odin
or I suggest you:-
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=933028
supported for some theming....
Thanks Galaxyer and corodius!
So I am only limited to the Overcome Rom and Galaxyer rom only?
I am just trying to know if I can only install certain ROM's that will allow me to retain phone functionality...
Many roms will have phone function. I think only two were recommended to you because they have arabic language. If that's not a concern, flash any.
So will this work with a South Korean Tab Model Number SHW-M180S? I have a sim card and phone capabilities, but want to install Overcome.
Thanks!
You can flash the Overcome rom and kernal. But it doesn't have Korean language.
I have a HTC Desire HD on UK Vodafone bought from Phones4U so am assuming its unlocked.
I want to use HTC sense 3.0 Rom but dont know what i need to do to the phone to install it.
I read on here and on Youtube about rooting. Is rooting a way of hacking the phone so that other Roms can be installed ?
Also do i need to do anything else before i do rooting ?
The phone is running HTC Sense 2.1 Andriod 2.3.3, i heard that i need to downgrade that to Froyo in order to root the phone. Is that Correct ? Gingerbread runs better then Froyo ?
If i do all the rooting/install new rom will i have to back up all apps/pics/music/contacts etc ? When i updated from Froyo to Gingerbread i didnt lose any of that.
If i decide to sell the phone at a later date i can do a restore so that its sold as stock software ?
I'm just off to bed and saw your message.
Rooting is like making yourself the administrator and you can do anything you want with the device including installing custom roms and software.
You should backup/save your original default rom.
You should use a program like APN Backup & Restore to backup your default carrier APN -which is the login and password etc. for your data connection. (Then you delete the custom rom apns and restore your own. This makes sure you continue to use the correct info and don't affect your billing, data charges etc.)
I recommend keeping pics and stuff on your SDCard where they should remain untouched. So use a program to backup all of that stuff.
You do need to downgrade. If you save the stock rom then you can restore it when you sell the phone. Make sure you save it as completely stock (after a reset or something) as opposed to saving it with other of your information.
I'm falling asleep (3:00 AM) - go visit my site http://grantbarker.com/htc-desire-hd.html
Look to the right - XDA Guides.
There should be enough info to help and inspire you too, with plenty of custom rom links etc.
If it helps you, please give me a Thanks if you have a Thanks button yet on your account.
See you.
check out these two threads:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=857537
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=855403
Some easy to follow instructions