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Two questions:
1. How do I tell what generation my Prophet is? I see a lot of references to G3 and G4 but no information on how to work this out.
2. I currently have the latest i-mate JAMin rom, which is AKU2.0. Is there is a stable AKU2.3 ROM people have been using or is this still "experimental" It's hard to work this out from the threads.
Thanks all.
spaceboy said:
Two questions:
1. How do I tell what generation my Prophet is? I see a lot of references to G3 and G4 but no information on how to work this out.
2. I currently have the latest i-mate JAMin rom, which is AKU2.0. Is there is a stable AKU2.3 ROM people have been using or is this still "experimental" It's hard to work this out from the threads.
Thanks all.
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1: during bootup, 2nd screen find
SPL
2.xx.0001 = g4
2.xx.0000 = g3
2: aku 2.3 seems very stable. Everything works as expected. i've only installed one version, after reading this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/sho...ht=16Mb_AKU2.3_GSM02.30.21_Extrom-4PDA.ru.exe
it's the 16Mb_AKU2.3_GSM02.30.21_Extrom-4PDA.ru.exe from this sites' ftp. It has been much more stable and responsive (due to the larger cache) then the preinstalled AKU2.0 on my qtek s200. Boot time is shortened by about 20s.
Before you install this you HAVE to unlock the CID:
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Prophet_Upgrades
i didn't do this first time, and had to find a valid qtek rom that would install, since my device didn't bootup anymore..
Thanks for that. A question about unlocking the CID:
On the Prophet upgrade page you link to, it has the warning (3 times, in bold!): *WARNING!!!!! DO NOT PERFORM THIS IF YOUR PROPHET HAS THIS ROM "SPL 2.xx.0001" (New G4 Version)
Don't all G4's have that ROM? Mine does (2.13.0001). So where does that leave us for unlocking?
Thanks again.
Im also running a JAMin with the latest official rom and ive seen some good things about the 2.3 updates but im new to the whole cooked roms thing but ill figure it out.
What would I loose by upgrading from my JAMin rom and what would I gain?
Can I go back to my jamin rom if I dont like it?
I have installed the latest DOPOD ROM and I run it native without any soft installed and I reboot only about 1 a month!
To partially answer my own question: The CID unlock process looks like it IS for G3s only. To upgrade G4s you use pdocwrite.exe.
I've seen the details for using pdocwrite to install the pdamobiz ROM, but has anyone used it to install the 16Mb_AKU2.3_GSM02.30.21_Extrom-4PDA.ru.exe?
Cheers
dannyoneill said:
Im also running a JAMin with the latest official rom and ive seen some good things about the 2.3 updates but im new to the whole cooked roms thing but ill figure it out.
What would I loose by upgrading from my JAMin rom and what would I gain?
Can I go back to my jamin rom if I dont like it?
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I'm guessing you'd loose some of the vendor customisations - which really are only some useless themes and the network provider settings - which for me just means setting up GPRS. Of course, you also risk loosing your JAMin entirely if you stuff it up
What you gain is a more up-to-date OS which is faster...
what about the extended rom? all the custom stuff is in there, i can access it no probs but would that remain with the rom mentioned above?
would I still be able to run them (if I back them up)
just been researching this rom, looks like it defaults overclocks your device and installs a ton and I mean a ton of apps that most people dont want.
Be warned, its heavily customized and may not be to everyones liking.
Anyone know if I do upgrade to this and unlock my CID if I can then re-apply the official JAMin rom?
dannyoneill said:
just been researching this rom, looks like it defaults overclocks your device and installs a ton and I mean a ton of apps that most people dont want.
Be warned, its heavily customized and may not be to everyones liking.
Anyone know if I do upgrade to this and unlock my CID if I can then re-apply the official JAMin rom?
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To anyone reading this, here is my experience as of last night.
On my G4 I tried installing 16Mb_AKU2.3_GSM02.30.21_Extrom-4PDA.ru.exe after first hard-resetting my device. The installer went ahead fine, but it would not start-up: it would not get past the boot loader screen. So I reinstalled the latest i-mate ROM, booted up, then proceeded to try: ftp://xda:[email protected]/2006-10-05_Upgrade ROM_AKU2.3_lvsw.rar.
This uses the PDAmobiz method to upgrade a G4 which is essentially running a batch file while it unlocks and writes to the ExtRom and the ROM - then doing a hard reset, but it is not the PDAmobiz ROM.
This worked fine, and I now have AKU2.3. Even better, it is not customised, so there's no extra software installed, which I'm happy about. It's been running over night and seems very stable so far. I'm not sure what the paging size is on the ROM, maybe it's smaller = more stability.
So that's my experience!
My experience:
My JAMin running IPL/SPL 2.13.0001 using that rar file that worked for you...
hung on the copy of the OS to the device.
Trying now to recover it by downloading and trying to install latest JAMin update.
I cant get activesync / network connection using USB to phone... Don't know if that will be a problem trying to recover. Its sitting at the 3 colour screen atm.
Is there a way for me to update to IPL/SPL 2.15.0001 from 2.13.0001 before trying again? (assuming my phone is not already dead).
orian said:
My experience:
My JAMin running IPL/SPL 2.13.0001 using that rar file that worked for you...
hung on the copy of the OS to the device.
Trying now to recover it by downloading and trying to install latest JAMin update.
I cant get activesync / network connection using USB to phone... Don't know if that will be a problem trying to recover. Its sitting at the 3 colour screen atm.
Is there a way for me to update to IPL/SPL 2.15.0001 from 2.13.0001 before trying again? (assuming my phone is not already dead).
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If your phone is G4, you should be able to install the vendor ROM no problem - which is magical really. You don't need ActiveSync running; well - it won't connect as the device is dead .
When you say it hung copying the file... it took a good 15-20 minutes to copy across for me, so I hope you weren't just being impatient.
yeah the JAMin rom worked so I'm back where I began.
I did wait 30 mins and it had crashed.... activesync wasnt doing anything, buttons / screen taps weren't working on pda.
Is it because I am running 2.13.0001 is my worry? The update specifies its for 2.15.0001. Is there any way I can update to 2.15.0001 from 2.13.0001 before trying again?
Cheers.
Tried the update again, and this time it worked.
Device is running AKU2.3 now, but still says 2.13.0001 for ipl and spl on boot.
Any ideas anyone on how I can update that to 2.15.0001? and what kind of change that makes anyway?
Thanks all.
dannyoneill said:
just been researching this rom, looks like it defaults overclocks your device and installs a ton and I mean a ton of apps that most people dont want.
Be warned, its heavily customized and may not be to everyones liking.
Anyone know if I do upgrade to this and unlock my CID if I can then re-apply the official JAMin rom?
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you have been researching a different rom. this one does certainly NOT overclock the device by default. And it's a clean install, without any overhead, but WITH the stereo bluetooth headset support. perfect for my uses.
looks like i was looking at another rom, one loaded with junk.
I took the plunge and updated my jamin to the 16mb 4pda rom and im now back on the official jamin, it was way too unstable. Today I rebooted 5 times.
The volume is too low on headset and loud speaker
and some other annoyances.
I need stability
when i'm using AKU2.3,
in Settings / Regional Settings:
there is no "Turkey" option (also Russian).
how can i do that, is there a patch for apply these regions ?
thats why i'm using latest official jamin rom now (wwe) (from clubimate.com)
Ive found the source of instability with the 4PDA rom. Its the radio rom 02.30.21
I went back to my old ROM on my jamin and all was fine, a day without crash, Then loaded on radio rom 02.30.21, hardreset for good measure and setup again,. same as always.
Then, every hour or so im resetting.
Back to official jamin rom and all is fine again.
Radio ROM 02.30.21 is just totally unstable. Ideally I would like the AKU2.3 updated rom but without this awful radio rom they seem to be putting in them all.
Newbie here,
Flashed my Tmobile SDA (Tornado) to imate_sp5m_wwe_2.6.331.2. Everything looks good, Bluetooth does not work.
Accessing the BT via Comm Manager -> BT Setting, any changes I do for "Discoverable or ON" gives me a message "The settings could not be saved"
BT was working earlier with TMobile ROM. Any help is appreciated..
Thanks
P.S Any place from where I can download the Tmobile original ROM ?
Just wondering, why do you still flash WM5 when you have WM6?
Get WM6, read the tutorial on my signature
Installed WM6
Kar Hoe, Thanks,
I went ahead an completed the install. Looks good, How do I get Windows Live Messenger ??
BTW, BT is still not working, not sure why
I had similar behavior with my older Qtek 8010. One day I found out bluetooth doesn't work anymore. I tried to hard-reset, re-flash, nothing helped, still getting same messages as you. I thought it's broken so I bought Qtek 8310. After some time WM6 for Typhoon appeared so I flashed it to my no more used Qtek 8010 just for curiosity how it looks. I tried to switch bluetooth on and to my surprise it worked without any problem. But don't ask me why
i had this problem but it only stayed till i soft reseted the device.
sunjay said:
Kar Hoe, Thanks,
I went ahead an completed the install. Looks good, How do I get Windows Live Messenger ??
BTW, BT is still not working, not sure why
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Get it from phil's extras folder
http://www.jm012a9749.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Extras.zip
karhoe said:
Get it from phil's extras folder
http://www.jm012a9749.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Extras.zip
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Do the files work on Typhoon as well
They are normal WM6 apps, all should work
Err, hearing the word Typhoon in Tornado forum doesn't sound good, let me warn you. Tornado is not compatible with Typhoon. Don't flash Typhoon into Tornado and vice versa
karhoe said:
They are normal WM6 apps, all should work
Err, hearing the word Typhoon in Tornado forum doesn't sound good, let me warn you. Tornado is not compatible with Typhoon. Don't flash Typhoon into Tornado and vice versa
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Sorry, I shall be careful next time
I didn't flash the roms interchangibly
Thanks for your help
neitin said:
Sorry, I shall be careful next time
I didn't flash the roms interchangibly
Thanks for your help
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Lol, you wanted to flash Typhoon ROM into Tornado? Thank god you didn't, or we will have another 'white screen problem' thread
Live Messenger Installed. whats next recommendations
Kar hoe
Installed the live messenger, I see a lot of *cab files, most of the names are meaningful, but some are not,
whats the diff between t9 and xt9 ? I also plan to use VOIP, should i install some of the voip cabs ?
the other question is on reset to see if I overcome the BT problem, if I hard reset, will I loose the cab and the rom installed, I dont mind loosing my data as I have a backup and resync faster. Please advice
Thanks, appreciate all your help
they are different t9 softwares, simple as that, user preference, t9 is the normal one, where else xt9 is slight different
If you are using Andot's PEE, you just need to configure the xml files,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=324472
If you hard reset, you will lose your data only, you will still have the cabs and ROM, as long as the cabs are in your storage card
Hello.
I have a G4 unlocked Wizard.
I flashed the Carbonara beta 2.51.
It's a nice Rom but i have the following problems:
- it's SLOW, really SLOW. I tried to overclock, but it's still much slower than the original WM5 Qtek 9100 ROM
- Wifi is really unstable. I'm to try more than one time to make it work (press on/off/on/off/on...). When i'm using wifi sometimes the arrows disappears and i'm to press on/off many times to make i work
- when i click the voice dial button i receive a error.
Did someone solve this problem? Did someone try the kitchen edition of this rom? Is there a bettere italiano version of wm6 for the wizard?
thanks a lot!
hey hey.
I tried the Simunlocker by jotach
Everything works fine. I get the code to enter, but the field for the 8 digit PIN isn´t there because I only can make Emergency calls...
I thougt it could be ROM problem and I´ve testet all HTC ROM till 1.57. and Installed the radio 1.0
No success.
I read about more people with this problem and without success. Is there another way to unlock? Or is this Phone to new?
Any comment is welcome!
Look on the vert first post under sticky. Unlock your Kaiser is o simple. I test my unlock Tilt with T-Mobile SIM I pop off my iphone. Wow, it works!!!!
Now, I can switch my Tilt with my iphone when ever I need it!!
farmer.joe said:
hey hey.
I tried the Simunlocker by jotach
Everything works fine. I get the code to enter, but the field for the 8 digit PIN isn´t there because I only can make Emergency calls...
I thougt it could be ROM problem and I´ve testet all HTC ROM till 1.57. and Installed the radio 1.0
No success.
I read about more people with this problem and without success. Is there another way to unlock? Or is this Phone to new?
Any comment is welcome!
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Are you using a 6.1 ROM or 6.0 ROM? I had the same problem with a 6.1 ROM. I was forced to downgrade to a 6.0 ROM, Load the simunlocker, then load up the 6.1 ROM again. Hope this helps, Let me know how it goes.
Hi.
I appear to be having problems and my phone now thinks there is no sim inserted!!
#5. After you unpacked the download you see directories "step1" and "step2". Go into directory "step1" and run KaiserCustomRUU.exe.
This will flash the special patched radio rom. Follow the instructions until it is finished.
Everything was fine up to here!
Note that you can also skip step 6. and proceed with step 7.
#6. Power off your Kaiser and insert a 'strange' SIM, i.e. a SIM from another provider than the one your phone is locked to.
After changing sim as per #6, it now says “Insert SIM card”. – not proceeded to stage #7 yet.
#7. Once Windows Mobile has booted up it will (usually after you have entered the usual 4-digit PIN) show a window called "Simlock" and a textbox where you can enter a 8-digit unlockcode. Now perform a soft reset by pressing the reset button *but* at the same time keep the camera button pressed. If you did it well you will be back in bootloader mode and you see the tri-color screen. The best technique is to press and hold the camera button first and then shortly press the reset button with the stylus.
Anyone got any ideas, as my phone now does not recognise either my original sim or my spare sim.
I see there are a number of people who have experienced this problem.
My phone is the MDA Vario 3 on T-Mobile.
I didn't take a note of the correct ROM reference, only the bottom line which was "P 1.56.110.4", so I wouldn't know which ROM to flash it back to at the end.
All other functions are fine. WiFi, GPS and all my settings. I now have an american keyboard, so lost the £ (£) sign.
It will not recognise either my UK T-Mobile sim or my UK 3 sim.
MSanad said:
Are you using a 6.1 ROM or 6.0 ROM? I had the same problem with a 6.1 ROM. I was forced to downgrade to a 6.0 ROM, Load the simunlocker, then load up the 6.1 ROM again. Hope this helps, Let me know how it goes.
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I tried with 6.0 and 6.1 !! HTC ROM, AT&T ROM dont work for me.
I downloaded them here: http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Kaiser_ROMs
No success and i´ve tested lots of them!
I had exactly the same problem. Caused me a right headache, follow these steps:-
You are more than likely running 6.0 or 6.1 rom, you will need to downgrade first to a rom that's 5.xx first. Then run the Simunlocker and it will work and you will notice the icon to click "OK" on the sim entry screen will appear.
You can then reflash back to the rom that you are currently using, but I would suggest flashing dutty's rom as it's the best.
So to recap:-
1) Downgrade to a rom that's 5.xx first
2) Then run Simunlocker.
3) Then reflash to your current rom or Dutty's.
4) Might be wise to make a note of the radio version you are using as well and then reflash this again.
Good luck.
techceptional said:
I had exactly the same problem. Caused me a right headache, follow these steps:-
You are more than likely running 6.0 or 6.1 rom, you will need to downgrade first to a rom that's 5.xx first. Then run the Simunlocker and it will work and you will notice the icon to click "OK" on the sim entry screen will appear.
You can then reflash back to the rom that you are currently using, but I would suggest flashing dutty's rom as it's the best.
So to recap:-
1) Downgrade to a rom that's 5.xx first
2) Then run Simunlocker.
3) Then reflash to your current rom or Dutty's.
4) Might be wise to make a note of the radio version you are using as well and then reflash this again.
Good luck.
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HEY THX for your fast reply!
do you still have a link where i can download?
If you have it on your HD, would be nice if can upload it to me...
but... iam really happy to hear that someone had same prob
techceptional said:
So to recap:-
1) Downgrade to a rom that's 5.xx first
2) Then run Simunlocker.
3) Then reflash to your current rom or Dutty's.
4) Might be wise to make a note of the radio version you are using as well and then reflash this again.
Good luck.
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There is no such thing as a WM5 rom for the Kaiser. Your only choice is 6.0 or 6.1.
OK, I'm wrong on the 5x version (i'm a bit of a newbie). To clarify this I flashed Alex's rom to fix the problem (6.0). Quote from Simunlocker:-
Note for WM6.1 users
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Do not try this on 6.1! You will need to downgrade to 6.0
Farmer Joe - here's the link to the thread - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=354583
You will need to search for Alex's Flash rom - ver .52 ultraclean (this worked for me). Then run simunlocker, then run Dutty's rom if you want, then flash a later radio rom for better battery life (I'm using 1.64.08.21...)
How do we setup a WIKI for Orange users then? Any ideas - new to me sorry.
techceptional said:
OK, I'm wrong on the 5x version (i'm a bit of a newbie). To clarify this I flashed Alex's rom to fix the problem (6.0). Quote from Simunlocker:-
Note for WM6.1 users
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Do not try this on 6.1! You will need to downgrade to 6.0
Farmer Joe - here's the link to the thread - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=354583
You will need to search for Alex's Flash rom - ver .52 ultraclean (this worked for me). Then run simunlocker, then run Dutty's rom if you want, then flash a later radio rom for better battery life (I'm using 1.64.08.21...)
How do we setup a WIKI for Orange users then? Any ideas - new to me sorry.
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Everythink works fine now!
To all people with same prob... download Alex's v4 UltraClean and MultiMedia ROMs for AT&T and HTC
then flash the Radio ROM 1.0 from Step 1...
Jehaw! My Kaiser is unlocked!
Thanks everybody for your help and thanks to jotach for his great work!
keep up your good work!
Glad you got it sorted! Enjoy your unlocked Kaiser
NotATreoFan said:
There is no such thing as a WM5 rom for the Kaiser. Your only choice is 6.0 or 6.1.
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Actually he is correct. I assume he's talking 5.0 CE Version, which indeed the standard WM6.0 Roms are. WM6.1 is CE OS 5.2.
That is the embeded CE version that WM is based upon.
CE 5.0 or 5.1 = WM6.0
< CE 5.2 = WM6.1
I would need some help to understand the following :
whatever ROM i try to install, after successfull flash and the following reboot when you get the "customization will start in 3 sec", it always hang on the "Installing WM6_PPC_HTC_Opera9_WWE.CAB" (last time i wait 5h to see if it move)
i tried RomeOS1.01 as well as 1.02 (just a few minutes ago), same also happen with DCS-TouchProv13 or even when i try to revert to RUU_raphaelWWE1.66...
i have a successfull HardSPL1.90.1.3 Olinex properly showing up on the 3 color screen.
Soft reset allow me to use the phone with a somehow successfull install ? (i get some of the appz but not sure it is 100% successfull / how can i check??)
Only concern is that the phone get warm around the camera/speaker after a few hours of usage and battery doesnt sound very powerfull (full load stay on about 5 to 6h with no bluetooth but wifi on)
original is an XDA diamond pro from o2 germany (model RAPH120)
as of right now i have
ROM: ROMeOSv1.02 WWE
Radio: 1.02.25.11
Protocol 52.33.25.17u
Any idea why the custom... always hang on the Opera install ? i dont care to not use opera or dl and install it myself afterward ??
thks
Stephane
(frenchy leaving in Germany and working for a US company.... cannot afford to use a DE phone only )
How about flash ur stock ROM back, then revert the stock SPL. There may be semething wrong with ur device
GERMAN ROM
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=426400
German ROM work fine
Guess what .... after flashing back to a german ROM (thks for the link to an htc oiginal ) the "customization" with Opera9_DE went well and finish up normally.
i am going to work/play a bit with the German version to make sure it does not come from the device
any other idea in how/why my German o2 xda does not love all the great simple ROM cooked here ??
is any o2 Germany user here havig successfully flashed their xda with an English (or French ) ROM ??
Thanks guys for the great work you do here !
Steph.
I am seeing this exact same issue.
I have had no end of grief flashing my Raph, I maintain an XP VM (I am on OS X) entirely for flashing. I have flashed many different devices with dozens of ROMs and never had a problem until I got the Raphael. I have seen BSOD's and numerous connection issues while flashing using both Raphael_CustomRUU_v1.2 and RaphaelWrapper.
Also, every ROM I have flashed (on a XP SP3 box I put together from old pieces just to flash this bastard) has hung whilst installing opera.
I am using the o2 uk variant (as yet unreleased XDA Serra).
It is a RAPH120, is this unique to o2 devices?
Would appriciate any help getting this sorted, it could become a more widespread problem with the o2 uk variant is released, as there may be an influx people wondering why their device wont flash properly.
nb. I have an unreleased o2 built ROM (RUU_Raphael_O2_UK_1.60.206.1_radio_sign_52.29.25.12_1.01.25.16_Test.exe) that flashes and installs fine even from inside my VM.
Thanks in advance for any help anyone could provide!
[UPDATE] I tried installing Opera build 1957 from a cab and it worked fine.
maybe a dumb suggestion... but try to get your device unlocked and see what happen
I checked with Oli about whether unlocking would help:
Olipro said:
I see, then that's a weird issue, however, not related or fixable by the unlocker.
your best bet is to do a soft reset as soon as the customization dialog appears and see what happens.
I was initially suspecting it could be region protection, but in those cases, the ROM doesn't boot at all, so your case is a strange one.
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So no leads there, as an interim solution I will repack ROMeOS² v1.03 without Opera and see how that works out.
i have the same device and the same problem. I will try to repack it with the german version of opera..
Oh dear, so it would appear that current roms do not work on O2 variant devices...
Has anyone successfully flashed an O2 device (with a cooked rom)?
I have hit some problems repacking ROMeOS² as hung has included measures to stop people making their own roms based on his. I pm'd him last night asking if he could help us out, but as of yet I have not recieved a reply.
I will probably start making my own rom from scratch tonight, but its a fair bit of work just to take opera out of the customization sequence. Hopefully its just some odd bug in the opera install, rather than something more serious. I guess worst case scenario is that after opera is removed it just crashes at another point during the costomization process.
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hang.tuah said:
@dabs
I'll try to make it [ROMeOS² without Opera] for v1.04 mate, thanks for ur support..
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Excellent, so at least we have a workaround in the pipeline. Still, it would be best to find the cause of the problem, as not all cooks have the time and dedication to make special versions of their roms for a small sub-set of users.
Actually Opera is included but with no device specific & v1.04 is done
smaier said:
I would need some help to understand the following :
whatever ROM i try to install, after successfull flash and the following reboot when you get the "customization will start in 3 sec", it always hang on the "Installing WM6_PPC_HTC_Opera9_WWE.CAB" (last time i wait 5h to see if it move)
i tried RomeOS1.01 as well as 1.02 (just a few minutes ago), same also happen with DCS-TouchProv13 or even when i try to revert to RUU_raphaelWWE1.66...
i have a successfull HardSPL1.90.1.3 Olinex properly showing up on the 3 color screen.
Soft reset allow me to use the phone with a somehow successfull install ? (i get some of the appz but not sure it is 100% successfull / how can i check??)
Only concern is that the phone get warm around the camera/speaker after a few hours of usage and battery doesnt sound very powerfull (full load stay on about 5 to 6h with no bluetooth but wifi on)
original is an XDA diamond pro from o2 germany (model RAPH120)
as of right now i have
ROM: ROMeOSv1.02 WWE
Radio: 1.02.25.11
Protocol 52.33.25.17u
Any idea why the custom... always hang on the Opera install ? i dont care to not use opera or dl and install it myself afterward ??
thks
Stephane
(frenchy leaving in Germany and working for a US company.... cannot afford to use a DE phone only )
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Hi Stephane and others having similar trouble,
I had the same situation but my original ROM was Japanese, after trying a lot of possible official WWE versions for flashing and cooked ROMs, only one version worked.. Check the official WWE version Singtel.. it worked up to customization without problem.. the only difference the default internet page is Singtel but it is not a problem cause I can still go to the other sites..