Enable GPS on HTC Touch HD
Yesterday I purchased the HTC HD, what a lovely elegant device to deal with, now – for the 3rd. time – I'm facing the ever lasted GPS problem in Egypt as the authorities forbid the use of mobiles with GPS enabled, so companies like Nokia and HTC introduces their GPS mobiles with the GPS Comm. Port disabled.
Any ways, with the help of the Internet and good fellows I was able to solve this problem twice before, the first time was HTC Tytn II one year ago before I sold it and the second time was my beloved N96 two months ago and also the GPS was activated using a different methodology other than the Tytn II.
Is there any way to enable this Comm. Port and start using the GPS?
N.B.
QuickGPS software is not installed, I tried to update the device ROM through HTC site but when I entered my device serial No. I got a message telling me that this software is not downloadable for this device. I faced this situation once before with the N96 and I solve it through a pleasant process, when Nokia locks the mobile for a specific carrier or disable a specific feature, it does so through the firmware. And to prevent people from just updating their phone's firmware and bypass the lock, Nokia assigns "Product Codes" to each "version" of the phone. So in our case, the N96 phone that's sold in Egypt is the same as the N96 that's sold in let's say UAE except for the product code. This way, Nokia PC suite and firmware updater knows which flavor of the phone it's handling and can apply the appropriate firmware update.
The method I followed tricks the phone into thinking that it's from another region, thus enabling the firmware updater to apply a firmware with unlocked GPS.
My phone data are as follows:
ROM version: 1.14.485.1 (24011)WWE
ROM date: 17/11/2008
Radio version: 1.09.25.14
Protocol version: 52.49a.25.26U
Flash HardSPL to your Touch HD. <- Mandatory, must be done
Download and flash a stock WWE ROM from any region other then Egypt. (Blackstone Wiki)
Thank you
NotATreoFan said:
Flash HardSPL to your Touch HD. <- Mandatory, must be done
Download and flash a stock WWE ROM from any region other then Egypt. (Blackstone Wiki)
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Thank you NotATreofan, I know this way, but i need the serial of the Gulf area which will provide me with the Official Arabic ROM from the below site
http://www.htc.com/mea-en/SupportViewNews.aspx?dl_id=471&news_id=33
fadimck said:
Thank you NotATreofan, I know this way, but i need the serial of the Gulf area which will provide me with the Official Arabic ROM from the below site
http://www.htc.com/mea-en/SupportViewNews.aspx?dl_id=471&news_id=33
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Check the Wiki link I provided. Under "WWE + ARA - WWE + Arabic" you will find an Arabic ROM.
NotATreoFan said:
Check the Wiki link I provided. Under "WWE + ARA - WWE + Arabic" you will find an Arabic ROM.
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Does the arabic rom work for HTC fuze? If not, Do you have any arabic Rom for the HTC fuze? The one from offcial website does not accept my SN.
littlerocker33 said:
Does the arabic rom work for HTC fuze? If not, Do you have any arabic Rom for the HTC fuze? The one from offcial website does not accept my SN.
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As long as you flash HardSPL first, you can flash any Raphael ROM to the Fuze.
fadimck
It looks like you are in Egypt and HTC has released a rom that we don't heve in our collection:
HTC Touch HD ROM Upgrade (MEA-Egypt)
Release Date: 2009-04-17 Category: ROM Upgrade
http://www.htc.com/mea-en/SupportDownload.aspx?p_id=179&cat=2&dl_id=543
Do you have a vaild Seriral for this rom and if so can you PM Me with it.
I will adapt it (as in change it and then post the rom)
Thanks
Egypt Removes the Ban on Consumer GPS
Looks like things have changed very recently, and Egypt is now allowing consumer grade GPS.
http://www.pocketgpsworld.com/Egypt-Removes-the-Ban-on-Consumer-GPS-25.php
http://www.gpsbusinessnews.com/Egypt-lifts-ban-on-GPS_a1463.html
Well on the quest to work out what S/N would work to download
HTC Touch HD ROM Upgrade (MEA-Egypt) Release Date: 2009-04-17
the new rom of the following site
http://www.htc.com/mea-en/SupportDownload.aspx?p_id=179&cat=2&dl_id=543
I tried
HT841KD01000, 2000, 3000, 4000, 5000, 6000. 7000, 8000, 9000
HT842KD01000
HT843KD01000
HT844KD01000
HT845KD01000
HT846KD01000
HT847KD01000
HT848KD01000
HT849KD01000
HT840KD01000
It would help if somebody with an MEA-Egypt device would help the comunity out by giving us a hint about what the S/N looks like.
Somebody was nice enough to post a S/N of Hong Kong Rom
I tried a few combinations and they to don't work
HT850KD11000 2000, 3000, 4000, 5000, 6000. 7000, 8000, 9000
HT850KD21000 ......
HT850KD31000 ...
HT850KD41000
HT850KD51000
HT850KD61000
HT850KD71000
HT850KD81000
HT850KD91000
Thank you guys, I already sold the phone now in order to be able to buy Pro 2 and I was lucky as I bought it for 5,600EGP last December, and I sold it since 3 weeks for 5,000EGP. today it worth 5,000EGP brand new with GPS enabled.....
really I was lucky....
NotATreoFan said:
As long as you flash HardSPL first, you can flash any Raphael ROM to the Fuze.
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Thank you my friend
Find below my serial number HT849KD25081
Location is Egypt
GPS enabled
fadimck said:
Find below my serial number HT849KD25081
Location is Egypt
GPS enabled
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thanks a lot
Guys I bought my htc blackstone from a guy here, and I don't know from where he brought it from.
Now there is a rom upgrade, and everytime I enter the serial number into the htc website to download the rom, a messages in red comes up saying the upgrade is not suitable for your device
can anyone tell how can I know from where this guy bought the phone
thanks
i think this means it is a branded htc touch HD and not sim-free so we would of got it on contract (orange if in uk). The htc website will only give you the upgrade file for sim free HD's not branded (orange or so on).
Not so ...
I have an OEM HTC Touch HD, not branded, no contract, sim free phone, and I get exactly the same message as hykhleif.
It all depends on where the unit was originally distributed. For example, if you're unit was supplied originally in Singapore, you CANNOT get any ROM upgrades from the HTC UK site. You have to get the upgrades from the Asian site that handles Singapore.
As far as determining from where the unit was originally supplied, I don't know if the serial number will give you that information.
Peter
hykhleif said:
Guys I bought my htc blackstone from a guy here, and I don't know from where he brought it from.
Now there is a rom upgrade, and everytime I enter the serial number into the htc website to download the rom, a messages in red comes up saying the upgrade is not suitable for your device
can anyone tell how can I know from where this guy bought the phone
thanks
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rom upgrade can be found in wiki anyhow, and you can use USPL to flash it
Just read up on it and follow guide in wiki or cRaCKwHoRe's guide in my signature
Hi,
Is anyone able to provide the Hutchinson ROM upgrade from the Australian HTC WEB site (http://www.htc.com/au/supportdownloadlist.aspx?p_id=267&act=sd&cat=all)?
Or possibly a serial number (or part thereof) which will allow the download? I purchased my Magic in Singapore & would like to flash this ROM. My serial number will not allow me to access the file!
Illium said:
Hi,
Is anyone able to provide the Hutchinson ROM upgrade from the Australian HTC WEB site (http://www.htc.com/au/supportdownloadlist.aspx?p_id=267&act=sd&cat=all)?
Or possibly a serial number (or part thereof) which will allow the download? I purchased my Magic in Singapore & would like to flash this ROM. My serial number will not allow me to access the file!
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Check your PM.
Hi, I'm in the UK and purchases an HTC HD2 from Phones4U on the Vodafone network. I've been trying to upgrade my ROM (currently on 1.66.405) and hit a few problems.
I tried to download roms direct from HTC and thne found out about the commercial problems between Vodafone and HTC, i.e. my phones serial number won't allow me to download a rom directly from HTC and instead I should download from Vodafone.
I then downloaded a ROM from Vodafone and then the installation fails at 1% because of an invalid vendor id - presumably because my ROM is currently on Phones4U's vendor id instead of Vodafones?
Has anyone else had a similar problem? If so can anyone point me to a program to change my vendor id (all the links I found using search seem dead) and what value should I use to set my vendor id to Vodafone UK rather than Phone4U ??
All help appreciated
There is a thread with all the official roms listed. Even a dedicated website. Google.
Its because your on the latest Rom already.
I purchased my HD2 on Orange from phones4u it comes with the generic wwe Rom, so no operator specific junk on it,phones4u dont have thier own software or vendor id.
The only difference between your Rom and the Vodafone 1.72 (I think) is generally the hotfixes are now intergrated.
hi, i experienced the same issue with "invalid vendor ID"
Presently I am running 1.48 WWE Stock ROM and i tried to install the latest hot fix on the HTC web site - New SMS Function Update. It says the hotfix is applicable to ROMs less than 1.66
Anyway I received the error "invalid vender ID" at the 4% of the installation. I tried again but received the the same error.
Thanks
Thanks bbobeckyj (!) I scoured the ROM forum for the Leo and upgraded my HSPL. I could now install the official vodafoen rom from their website directly and so I presume I would also be able to install official htc roms at a later date when I need to, though I think the Voda one will do me for now
Hi, Htc update the ROM, but it need the Serial Number
My hd mini has been flashed a ROM with a different language to original ROM.
How can I get the Serial Number?
It's written under the battery