This might be a silly question, but nevertheless I am not very clear how it should be done. Prior to upgrading my Maple to WM6.5 (official HTC upgrade) I made a dump using pdocread -l, resulting in 4 files:
- Part00.raw: 3196K
- Part01.raw: 3584K
- Part02.raw: 104320K
- Part03.raw: 104064K
These files are made from the Maple running the Dutch version of WM6.1, for which (not at that time, and not now either) no stock rom is available. I thought that turning these raw files into a flashable nbh file wouldn't be such a big deal but it seems that I was wrong.
I started with installing HardSPL, to be on the safe side.
I followed the instructions on http://www.modaco.com/index.php?showtopic=255090&mode=threaded and http://www.xdasite.com/showthread.php?t=1084. I tried to adhere as much as possible to these guides, picking the Kaiser as device because it appears to make the tools work, but so far I have not been able to produce a working ROM from the dump: after flashing WM6.1 boots, displays a warning about my SIM missing (which is correct). Then the first boot customization tool launches but fails doing some file operation leaving the device inaccessible. A reboot does not make any difference. Judging from this I think it's missing some stuff, but I have no idea what. Anyone has a working guide how to reconstuct the ROM again?
Btw, as soon as I manage to get one working I'll upload it so it can be added to the above mentioned ROM thread.
Thanks.
Any ideas?
For some reason I can't get my Polaris to run the latest Android version (i.e. Froyo).
1. Downloaded latest kernel (polaimg-panel3-320-froyo-07-07-10.nbh)
2. Downloaded last build (Incubus26Jc's Super FroYo RLS10)
3. Put last build (.tar or .tgz file) on SD card in directory /andboot
4. Flashed by using NBH file together with RUU Update Utility
Now it gets tricky:
a) or the system reboots, vibrates twice, I see a red and blue line and then a black screen and nothing;
b) or the system reboots, I get the Android installation menu after pressing middle button, install, but after soft reset I get a "No such file found" kind of system error
Can someone help me getting Android on my old Polaris? Thanks!
SnoopThaDoctor said:
For some reason I can't get my Polaris to run the latest Android version (i.e. Froyo).
1. Downloaded latest kernel (polaimg-panel3-320-froyo-07-07-10.nbh)
2. Downloaded last build (Incubus26Jc's Super FroYo RLS10)
3. Put last build (.tar or .tgz file) on SD card in directory /andboot
4. Flashed by using NBH file together with RUU Update Utility
Now it gets tricky:
a) or the system reboots, vibrates twice, I see a red and blue line and then a black screen and nothing;
b) or the system reboots, I get the Android installation menu after pressing middle button, install, but after soft reset I get a "No such file found" kind of system error
Can someone help me getting Android on my old Polaris? Thanks!
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Same for me with polaimg-panel3-320, but it works great with polaimg-panel1-320-24-05-10.nbh
Thanks! Got it working with the older NBH file. Not completely flawless, but it works!
Don't use the old polaris panel 1 nbh, instead download the latest and then use this utility to change it to panel 1.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=689812
Thanks!!! Got it working with the latest NBH files! Great!!!
Hey, Could anybody unswer me on two questions.
1. why we have to change from panel3 to panel1 in this nbh file?
2. what is that mean panel3 or 1? why DZO do this type of the nbh (with panel3 i mean)?
thanks a lot, ithin it will helps not only me but everyone in future who didn't know about this modification
skydemon said:
Hey, Could anybody unswer me on two questions.
1. why we have to change from panel3 to panel1 in this nbh file?
2. what is that mean panel3 or 1? why DZO do this type of the nbh (with panel3 i mean)?
thanks a lot, ithin it will helps not only me but everyone in future who didn't know about this modification
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The panel type depends on revision of your polaris, more specifically the make of the lcd panel, see here. I just tried every panel until I found one that works, I use panel 1.
Thanks a lot, but could you please answer me again. How i will know what kind of LCD panel in my Polaris and which number i should use?
these parameters is placed in my start-up file for the haret launcher
#alloctest 0x2000
set RAMSIZE 0x08000000
set MTYPE 1723
set KERNEL zImage
set initrd initrd.gz
set cmdline "board-htcpolaris.panel_type=1 pm.sleep_mode=1 mddi.width=240 mddi.height=320 no_console_suspend clock-7x00.mddi=0xa51 hw3d.version=1"
boot
can i use panel type from here?
i have opened this polaimg-panel3-320-froyo-07-07-10.nbh file in NBH editor and saw that the HW3D is set in Eclair. Should i change this to Froyo or left as is?
Thanks a lot for the conception)))
pannel type 1...
Did I brick my Polaris?
Well, it makes me laugh looking at the last post dated back July 2010 but I decide to post anyway because I feel somebody might have passed through my problems and might help.
Following indications on this forum:
1. I downloaded:
- Kernel: polaimg-panel3-240x320-2.6.32-froyo-09-09-10_21.nbh
- Last build: Incubus26Jc's Super FroYo RLS16 All Languages
2. Put last build (androidinstall.tgz) on SD card in directory /andboot
3. Used RUU Update Utility to flash the nbh file
Everything when smoothly. When it reboots, it vibrates, "Smart Mobility" message shows up, vibrates twice and then a blank screen is displayed.
Going through this forum I think I might have used the wrong type of panel and should have used Panel 1 instead of 3. So I downloaded Windows NBH Editor and managed to change the nbh into Panel 1. Then I shall try again.
This time my Windows 7 is unable to recognize my Polaris and all it can see is a new Disk Drive with no ADB device displayed. So I installed PdaNet302.exe to implement the USB driver for HTC Android Phone but it still cannot see my device and the process aborted.
What worries me is that one step of the process requested to change a setting on the Polaris (On your phone, click Settings > Applications > Development and make sure USB Debugging is on.). Obviously I can't do that as the screen is completely white!
I believe if I can manage to have my PC talking with my device then the problem will be fixed with the panel1-based flash. But every attempt to install the USB driver for Android Phone regularly fails on my PC.
All that time the Polaris remains with the lighted blank screen and there is no way to turn it off as the on/off switch refuses to work.
Shall I buy a new phone? Thanks for your help.
Did you try flashing the phone with a regular oficial HTC rom? just try it. Put the phone in the boot mode (press camera button and another one, dont recall which one) It will change to the tri color screen. Then connect it and try it.
Also there is a modified nbh rom which includes nothing, just the tool to recover your rom. Do a search to the forum.
I recently tried to install on my Polaris and it went really wrong. And finally could recover. The file is called ROMUpdateUtility_task29. I will erase everything on the phone but later you will be able to recover it
Form that point no more experiments. Polaris was made to work with Windows Mobile. It's really unstable, video camera is useless. And so on.
PC Carvalhon rom and I can use my phone as I want.
regards.
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With this you can recover your phone: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=6227425&postcount=7160
A second life for my Polaris
Kafkacell,
1. Following your suggestions, I successfully started the bootloader (camera touch while reset), the 3-colour screen appeared, Windows 7 recognised the device. I then flashed the offcicial RUU_Polaris_HKCSL_WWE_3.19.831.3_radio_sign_25.85.30.07_1.59.42.15_Ship and everything successfully completed. With enormous pleasure I see again my Polaris back to activity. Thanks for giving my Polaris a second life.
2. Back to Feb 2009, I flashed a pcarvalho eXtreme ROM. I don't recall any longer the version of this ROM but it was very stable and never ever crashed. Recently I downloaded and flashed most recent ROMs. From that moment on, I have no peace. It crashed 2, 3 times a week. Now I wish I could go back to the old version but couldn't find it. Perhaps pcarvalho removed them to save space? May I ask you which pcarvalho eXtreme ROM version do you currently run. Thanks.
Im currently running 29022 version (latest update from PCCarvalho).
Notes:
UPDATE:
29022 is up
this is a fix release...sound issues should be gone...had to remove htc volume control is it still has issues...fixes minor gfx glitches...updated to lastest and probably final leak version of wm6.5.3 (29022)...will from now on work on unresolved issues and finalize rom...this will still take some time due to work...
updated physics engine and utask app by ultrashot...my thanks to him...
patched htc album to novsync, faster scrolling once cache is made...
removed no longer supported apps (my phone and marketplace)...if u need them install via cab...
Here is the link for the rom: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=15707730&postcount=8079
it was posted on July of this year, and so far it runs great. The trick is to not install a lot of apps in your main memory. Do it on your SD card. Also a hard reset is a must to avoid all kind of problems.
regards and glad you have your phone back to life
Hi all,
I am not starting this thread without doing my research.
I have installed few android versions (some will install and some won't). And the one I was able to install were not fully functional. They were either alpha or beta versions.
I can do with either 2.1, 2.2 or 2.3.
Can someone please tell me if there is a version out there that I can install and work perfect or near perfect on my HTC Touch Diamond?
I have been trying to search this forum and everytime I come accross a perfect version, it won't load on my phone. I am not sure what am I missing.
Hope someone understand where I am coming from.
I can describe where I am getting stuck etc as well.
Cheers
SB
stuck
I have just installed FroyoBV6
1. my device is: HTC Diamond
2. I'm using kernel: Default from Froyo B-V6
3. I'm using Ver: Froyo B-V6
4. the problem is: my phone is not going past the initital animation. I have rebooted and ran Haret.exe several times now.
Any ideas..????
I want a version that can let me use -
- WiFi
- 3G
- Camera
- 2G
- Market
- downloading on my SD card...
- GPS/Google map
Anyone who has tested or is still using anything similar to this on their HTC touch Diamond, please let me know...
Have either of you checked out this thread for known issues?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1178546
A Small Query Regarding Andriod Installation on HTC Touch Diamond
Hi All,
I have a small query.
I am trying to install Andriod on my HTC touch diamond after reading from threads, the query is that where exactly i have to dump the extracted files. what is meant by "Internal storage"
If i place it in Internal storage i.e the 4GB one and try to run "haret.exe" its says that "cauld not read trailer"
and if i am trying to place it in the root folder i.e "my device" in parallel to "windows", "program file" etc its says not enough disk space. when i checked the memory available its less and data is larger... and just to be clear that HTC is not having data i already did a hard reset and removed my all data.
can you please help me.
Thanks!!!
small problem
i downloaded xdandroid for htc touch diamond...but while booting it shows "cannot find rootfx file on sd card,extracrt it"
but when i try to extract in mobile r laptop it shows...operation failed,i used many software to extract but no use...
pls tell me how to extract it...??
thanks..
Hello,
it turns out, that the producer of tat handy tablet/navigation dropped support for our devices. Last available version of android was 4.0.3 and has many bugs including spontaneous restart while sleeping or wrtie access blocking to internal SD card. Without those problems the device is very nice and as navigation with i.e. Sygic on board works very well.
So, I am not a developer. The device is not very popular around the globe. It may be accessible in Poland only, therefore there aren't any alternative versions of that firmware.
Fortunately, the producer gave all the tools needed to manually upgrade the firmware to 4.0.3. It is the PhoenixCard writer and ROM image. The device upgrade process itself is then very simple after that.
Can you help me and many other polish users of that device? It would be nice to correct those two errors mentioned above (reboots and r/w problems) but much better it would be to have any stock android without any hidden menus or features (perferably 4.2.2+), or even better, any version of super ROMs.
Any help would be great.
Sources:
ftp.modecom.pl/ENG/Navigation/FreeWAY_TAB_7.0/drivers/firmware/
inside you'll find booth image and flash program.
Thanks
Thebigbadwolfguy
Hi all,
8" chinese ROCO 2GB/16GB white 2 speakers on the back. Base rom was android 6
1 - Device was bricked due to bad firmware. No backup, no stock ROM (yes still exist this kind of people).
2- Found rom on needrom for Roco C805 (https://www.needrom.com/download/roco-c805/). V6 doesn't flash. V11 has a corrupt file.
3 - downloaded ten's of rom for every MT8163, read hundreds of forums (yes, I don't like to bother). Always an error when flashing due to load (yes boot loader was gone)
4 - Found rom for Philips e1027 (https://www.needrom.com/download/philips-e1027/). Flashed ok! No sound on speakers. This version is Android 7.
5 - made a few changes using bootloader from e1027 + remaining files from V6 (see 2-)
6 - Have a flashable rom with preloader ok + remaining files ok + items.ini file cleaned and adapted to screen resolution (8" 1280x800). Still no sound
So i read that maybe I should use libaudio*.so files from Android 6 and copy to this ROM. But I don't have the original android 6 rom copy from.
Also read that Alsa Mixer could fix it but I'm not being able to root with common tools such as android tools, etc.
This is the device from my young daughter and I've run out of ideas of how to fix the audio issue.
I've some programming background ... all the help I can get is appreciated.
regards
Any news regarding this? I have this tablet but it is still on android 5. I would like to update and root it if possible
You can upload this file C805.N.V1.8.RC-V11.rar ???
Thanks!