Hi guys!
I'm not easily puzzled by terms and stuff to do to tweak your hardware, but since I'm all new to WM, I am trying to make sense of how to go ahead with running a custom ROM. I have a TC with original UK ROM.
First, obviously I should make a dump of my currently installed ROM. I am just very unsure how I achieve that?
Second, I have figured out that I need to Hard-SPL to get rid of certificate-checking in de device to run ROMs.
Third, I need to flash a custom ROM ... at this point I can have my way with the device, and do what I want. Also, not clear how I do that, unfortunately
Offcourse, at some point I will want to return my device for maintenance, warranty or maybe even sell it ... at which point I need to un-do the HardSPL hack, and reflash with the original image ... How would I go about that?
I've searched the forum, and I couldn't find it unfortunately, maybe, since I am a newbie, I missed a term to search for, or maybe I completely misunderstood
Any hints are very welcome!
Mescaline said:
Hi guys!
I'm not easily puzzled by terms and stuff to do to tweak your hardware, but since I'm all new to WM, I am trying to make sense of how to go ahead with running a custom ROM. I have a TC with original UK ROM.
First, obviously I should make a dump of my currently installed ROM. I am just very unsure how I achieve that?
Second, I have figured out that I need to Hard-SPL to get rid of certificate-checking in de device to run ROMs.
Third, I need to flash a custom ROM ... at this point I can have my way with the device, and do what I want. Also, not clear how I do that, unfortunately
Offcourse, at some point I will want to return my device for maintenance, warranty or maybe even sell it ... at which point I need to un-do the HardSPL hack, and reflash with the original image ... How would I go about that?
I've searched the forum, and I couldn't find it unfortunately, maybe, since I am a newbie, I missed a term to search for, or maybe I completely misunderstood
Any hints are very welcome!
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All of your questions had been answered a number of times already in this forum so there's only one thing you can do, Search and you will find the answers.
Hi. I'm actually searching for the same stuff and haven't found some all-in-one topic yet.
Don't mind "kutonglupa", i'm beginning to think he's a bot on this forum. Even though you say (i did it too) that you used the search function he can only come with one response: "use the search".
I'll keep searching too.
Try this for starters: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=356895
You probably know this already
Hard-spl flash:
Download hard-spl
Plug the usb cable to your pda.
Run RomUpdateUtiliy on PC.
PDA will display tricolour.
You will be asked REPLUG you usb cable. DO IT!
After a few second Hard-spl will be upgraded!
Rom flash:
Download the rom
Step manually to bootloader (press and hold camera button and press reset)
You will get a tricolor screen.
Plug the usb cable to your pda
Start RomUpdateUtiliy.exe (or Rom.exe) on you Pc.
Pda screen will be grey, you will see the process indicator.
When it is 100%, update is finished.
Radio-rom flash
The same as rom flash above, just download and use the radio-rom.
Back to offical rom + radio:
The same as rom flash above, just download and use the offical rom!
Back to original spl:
At this time no working method as I know...
katbollie said:
Hi. I'm actually searching for the same stuff and haven't found some all-in-one topic yet.
Mind "kutonglupa", i'm beginning to think he's an Angel on this forum. Even though you say (i did it too) that you used the search function he can only come with one response: "use the search".
I'll keep searching too.
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That's right dude. Keep searching!!!!!!!!!
Mmm, sweet, i've immediatly put it in my sig......in case i can ever help another newby.
(who owning a Polaris would ever think of searching in Kaiser )
katbollie said:
Mmm, sweet, i've immediatly put it in my sig......in case i can ever help another newby.
(who owning a Polaris would ever think of searching in Kaiser )
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See! Now you know you'll find a more comprehensive explanation if you'll just search, init? You've learned the lesson and you've earned your respect. CONGRATS DUDE!
Thanks
Newbie thanks for opening this thread,
it give a very good overview what to really do for flashing the Rom without having to read through XX Pages.
Unfortunately I have still have not found a right link on how to backup my orginal O² German ROM.
What do I need for this just in case I do need to send in the Polaris?
Is the software specifc for the Polaris?
Look forward for a quick note.
Cheers
Rar9
Be careful with what you try from the Kaiser forum in terms of tweaks though, I've read people had problems using them on the Polaris. see the Polaris tips and tricks thread for details
nahguam said:
Your posts in this thread are a good way to get a name for yourself as obnoxious.
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Thanks dude. You're welcome!
I was reading now in the whole forum for about two whole afternoons, and I have to say that I still have the same questions as the threadstarter.
These questions answered once and for all, this thread would be worth pinning in my opinion, because complete newbies don't know where to find the necessary information in this really huge forum.
For the case someone wants to come up again with "use search", I will try to make clear, what problems of newbies (including me) are:
For example: I now already found three different lists of HTC-cab-files in the forum, one here in the polaris-section, one in the general section, a half one in the wiki... often without version-info, and so don't really know whats the actual one...
so far so confusing, I tried to search for the answers onto the exact same questions as the threadstarter posted. in the wiki, there is simply nothing on WM6, no tools, no real how-to, nothing a newbie can use.
Only thing I could understand from wiki, is that cooking an own ROM, needs to have a unix(-like) OS, and even there, I'm not sure if it is still actual for WM6.
Reading a bit around, I then was glad to at least find out that the devices are locked for non-certified ROMs, and that one needs to do that HardSPL.
Well that's as far as I could get until now, and I really don't know much more than before. Pretty unsatisfactory...
So could anyone make (or point to) a little overview of what one needs to know about dumping, flashing WM6-ROMs, and before flashing, what one needs to "cook" an own ROM.
Perhaps I was imagining this way to easy, but I thought about nLite/vLite-style applications for customizing ROMs?! Probably you'll all laugh at me, but I would very much appreciate taking me serious, because I want to learn how to do it. Simply don't want to lose time searching the forum for information, that don't help me advance...
thanks a lot
Eric
EDIT:
well I found this, which I can only recommend to all newbies: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=356895
with this, questions of flashing are all answered,
but what tools one needs for dumping, flashing, editing ROMs and all of the remaining questions mentioned above remain open
Hey guys, I'm new to all this flashing etc. and now I wish I never started lol. I'm really worried, I USPL'd the latest energyrom and really liked it, but 1) I have severe stability problems 2) The phone won't connect to a network.
So I have a couple of questions, basically I would love to keep the energyrom so can I fix the stability problems and get the actual phone function to work? But what I'd really prefer to do is go back to my stock ROM, is this even possible ?
Note to admin: I hope this is the right section, sorry if it is not.
Note to all: Please ask for more info, if need be.
Note to all #2: Thank you very much in advance if you can help !
click the tutorial link in my signature and retrace ALL the steps to flashing to make sure you've completed them all. a non-working phone function coupled with the "green screen" is a sure sign you missed a step somewhere. and yes, the link will also direct you to the process of getting back to a stock ROM. fyi, the mods will likely close this thread so you should post further questions in the "guide to flashing" or "returning to stock ROM" threads. hope you get it sorted out.
dpk said:
Hey guys, I'm new to all this flashing etc. and now I wish I never started lol. I'm really worried, I USPL'd the latest energyrom and really liked it, but 1) I have severe stability problems 2) The phone won't connect to a network.
So I have a couple of questions, basically I would love to keep the energyrom so can I fix the stability problems and get the actual phone function to work? But what I'd really prefer to do is go back to my stock ROM, is this even possible ?
Note to admin: I hope this is the right section, sorry if it is not.
Note to all: Please ask for more info, if need be.
Note to all #2: Thank you very much in advance if you can help !
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If you do want to go back to stock rom, you should just be able to flash it as you used the USPL method you will still have the stock SPL on your phone.
From your post it seems that you did not have issues with the blue/green screen, so I presume you had the correct USPL 1.54 before you flashed. If you do want to remain with the Energy rom, it is probably best to post these queries in the thread for that rom. It is possible that these issues have been sorted out or else you just had a bad flash. Did you do a hard reset after the flash?
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Future posts should be made in Dummies guide thread
Hi...
I have a htc touch hd like follow
ROOM ..............1.14.405.0 (21010) WWE
Radio................1.09.25.14
Protocol.............52.49a.25.26U
I would like to update my room by 1.59 or so.
I download and try with severals rooms but when I started the program a error comes up saying Error Vendor ID. I was reading about that but I need a program for unlocked.
The problem is Im just wanna update my room but I cant by that error. And I dont like do anything wrong. Always I read in this forum that You should be probe everthing that was tasted before.
So please anyone Help me and guide me.
I will appreciate it
it's called read/research before flashing ROMs. i think your post is the 7th or 8th i've seen in the last 24 hours asking for help because the OP flashed first only to discover the flash didn't go well, lol. go to the Blackstone ROM forum and read and follow the HD Dummies Flashing Guide and you should be good to go. good luck!
Question about flashing the HTC Blackstone
Hello Everyone
I have a htc touch hd like follow
ROOM ..............1.14.405.0 (21010) WWE
Radio................1.09.25.14
Protocol.............52.49a.25.26U
I bought my phone unlocked. My question is when I going to flashing my mobile I will lose the unlocked. For example Im just need put into the phone the sim card for the country to syncronize and works awesome. Something could happening with that stuff?
Thank you
No, you should not lose your "unlocked" state. You WILL lose all the data on phone.
But that is also stated on many other posts...
Flashing HTC Blackstone by First time
Guys!
Sorry by all my inquiries but this it will my first time for flashing my phone!
Could you send to me the post where explain about the losing data?
Another thing is I dont have idea which way takes the HSPL or USPL
I dont know which one will be the best way!
I will appreciated all the help, or if you have a post for read. I will appreciat it
Thanks Guys!
juanguijaragris said:
Guys!
Sorry by all my inquiries but this it will my first time for flashing my phone!
Could you send to me the post where explain about the losing data?
Another thing is I dont have idea which way takes the HSPL or USPL
I dont know which one will be the best way!
I will appreciated all the help, or if you have a post for read. I will appreciat it
Thanks Guys!
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Read this guide and the wiki. Both should answer all your questions!!
Flashing a phone is similar to hard resetting it. All data will be lost on phone, but you will have a new OS, i.e. a new rom
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hi every body
im new here and i found this site very useful thanx to you developers !
i have htc touch hd from orange /uk with wm6.1 and after 1 year using it i want to upgrade the rom to the newer wm 6.5
i cant do it from the htc.com web site
so can any body help me with that ? there is so many pages in this forum so i couldnt find what the best is.
many thanks ..
btw : im not professional with installing rom, so i prefer easy way to do it with usb and computer !
A'laa
im looking for rom not very modified ...i need all the original programs come with htc hd rom 6.1 like remote desktop and gps and games..facebook, youtube... ext
thx
since this has nothing to do with development i will have to report this thread to our beloved mod Fallen Spartan
but when you already asked you can learn everything you need to know here:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=505377
and you can find a nice rom here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=460640
(i use that one and it is faster than 6.1 so start with it,although it is a bit old it is still far better than the others IMO....but hey if you survived with stock 6.1 rom for over a year....then you won't bother with this one being released on 17. November 2010.)
almost all new roms are "1.56" so read the guide for 1.56 roms, if you use anything else your screen will look cyan and all messed up,but don't worry you can prevent it by reading or cure it by flashing the device properly with corresponding uspl/hspl (1.56 in most cases)
you don't need to bother with understanding this above right now,when you rad the guide it will be crystal clear to you
uspl unlocks the device for just one flash
hspl unlocks it forever
if your device is still under warranty i advise you to go for uspl since you won't have to flash SPL (let's say "put the lock back on") to send it for repair (flashing cooked roms voids warranty)
read,learn and search before asking something again (i am 100% sure that all questions you might ask are already answered somewhere in the forums,and if you know how to use search you can find all the answers...if not click one of links in my signature) and if everything fails,ask your question in dedicated thread such as Q&A thread in general htc hd subforum or in the tutorial thread i pointed in first part of the post
and welcome to xda-devs
Think farukb answered your queries very nicely. The rom development forum is for rom development only. All queries should be posted in General forum
The dummies guide thread near top of this forum is a step-by-step guide on how to flash roms. Post all flashing queries in that thread
As for which rom to use, try a few and make your own educated opinion afterwards
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Sent from a little black thing with flashy lights....oooh its a phone!!!
Which version is the best to update to if I want to make sure I receive notifications and maximise battery life?
Also it would help me a lot, since I've been reading the main threads for a week and I still don't understand, what links I need to be using and how I get to unlock the bootloader, flash the rom and do the rooting? I've asked once or twice and all I've gotten is people telling me to read and understand what's being said. I do not understand what to do, and I don't want to brick my phone. I've never rooted my phone before so some help here would be appreciated a lot.
Thank you
Find srk tools in the sticky thread ,it will help you with all the procedure.
And in the sticky thread there is also links for how to do things.