okay so got my phone today, but i'm abit annoyed
is it possible to get this phone on contract with vodaphone without all the branding?
i was hoping the touch pro would come with the sleek black theme it was shown with on all the reviews i checked online, instead i have a branded vodaphone touch pro with a red theme, the htc logo has been replaced on the front with vodaphone as well
just wondering if its possible to not have this on the phone? and i should have said something over the phone
thanks
Leoncc said:
okay so got my phone today, but i'm abit annoyed
is it possible to get this phone on contract with vodaphone without all the branding?
i was hoping the touch pro would come with the sleek black theme it was shown with on all the reviews i checked online, instead i have a branded vodaphone touch pro with a red theme, the htc logo has been replaced on the front with vodaphone as well
just wondering if its possible to not have this on the phone? and i should have said something over the phone
thanks
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As its a contract phone, its branded and i doubt very much that they will have any unbranded, as they tweek the sofware to remove things that they dont want you to use. However read the other posts that bascially ask the same question you have just asked. You can flash the device with the generic HTC ROM, which will give you the full functionality and the looks that you have seen. However this does invalidate your warranty if all goes wrong, but that is slim and there are many people on this site that can help. Before you ask ..... read the wiki on how to flash a custom rom.
YOu can buy a new battery cover to remove the branding that i believe is on the back, however without taking the phone apart, you can not remove the branding from the front.
ardsar said:
As its a contract phone, its branded and i doubt very much that they will have any unbranded, as they tweek the sofware to remove things that they dont want you to use. However read the other posts that bascially ask the same question you have just asked. You can flash the device with the generic HTC ROM, which will give you the full functionality and the looks that you have seen. However this does invalidate your warranty if all goes wrong, but that is slim and there are many people on this site that can help. Before you ask ..... read the wiki on how to flash a custom rom.
YOu can buy a new battery cover to remove the branding that i believe is on the back, however without taking the phone apart, you can not remove the branding from the front.
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thanks for the prompt response, i have read the wiki and have a good enough understanding to go ahead and flash my device, though i can't seem to find the rom you said on the forums as theres so many.
Hey my phone is vodafone as well. ROM flash is a bit extreme unless you are confident, suggest you read how to change themes - I use HTC 3d buttons applied using the TF3d config utility, removes those red icons. You can then experiment with the bigger themes (HTC Black, spiderman etc)although some do seem to slow the phone down and shrink the middle working part of the screen! These theme changes are however easily removed if they don't work and a hard reset would put you back in warranty should anything happen. You will also find that youtube is missing but you will find several alternatives including core player and the original app in the diamond forum. I am a whole week ahead of you and now have a far different phone to the one delivered (including working Tomtom7), unfortunately many of the posts ramble a bit and it takes a lot of reading (however the wiki draws together some of the threads, read this one and the diamond wiki) but I'm afraid the printed logo on the screen will have to stay!!
Leoncc said:
okay so got my phone today, but i'm abit annoyed
is it possible to get this phone on contract with vodaphone without all the branding?
i was hoping the touch pro would come with the sleek black theme it was shown with on all the reviews i checked online, instead i have a branded vodaphone touch pro with a red theme, the htc logo has been replaced on the front with vodaphone as well
just wondering if its possible to not have this on the phone? and i should have said something over the phone
thanks
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I have my TP with vodafone... But I don't have the vodafonbe bullsh*t.
Yust bought a 'general' phone.. without any provider logo etc.
also without simlock so I can insert every sim I want. I'm gonna use vodafone 4 a few months so I have my TP with vodafone.. but without all the vodafone crap
I am 4 weeks ahead of you ,
But flashed my ROM with the 1st day of having the phone.
Go on become the Phantom Flasher
Its worth it m8ty
I also flashed my ROM the same day I got my phone
I've updated mine to have black/white background.
There's a thingy available for download - the manila theme that's the orginal that came with the device:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=2358935&postcount=225
Which'll let you turn it to something a little more elegant looking. I think that's the one I installed.
Look for a different supplier if you want unbranded
Leoncc said:
okay so got my phone today, but i'm abit annoyed
is it possible to get this phone on contract with vodaphone without all the branding?
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As I have a TyTN II on Vodafone contract (well my 12 months is now up actually), sure it's possible to get an unadulterated, HTC branded Touch Pro on contract with them but you'll likely have to get it through a different supplier than a Vodafone shop. The thing to do is to make it a black and white requirement (when agreeing your contract) that any supplied phone must not be Vodafone branded in any way and then if it turns out to have branding, you can reject it as not being according to your wishes. The more people do this, then eventually maybe the networks will wake up and stop changing the phones around. It's understandable for them to want to lock the phone to their network/sim card but with the exception of networks which use proprietary/non standard radio technology and therefore require special radio coding programmed in, that should be the limit of any customisation in my opinion.
If you contact HTC or go through their website, that'll tell you where you can get their 'native' device and some of these companies will offer them on contract also. It'll likely cost you more than a carrier modified version (in some cases much more) but thats the price you pay for 'the real thing'.
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Hi,
I have had my HTC TyTn II from Orange UK for 3 days now, I love the phone but hate the fact that Orange have removed windows live messenger, and customised the home screen (not in a good way in my opinion!).
Here are the version numbers I see as the phone starts:
R 1.27.14.32
G 22.45.88.07H
D 1.81.00.00
I have been reading up on this forum for the past few days and have decided the best way to get rid of the Orange customised screen and the lack of windows live messenger would be to flash the TyTn II with a different ROM, maybe the original HTC ROM??
Obviously my main concern is bricking my phone, and also voiding the warentee, so i'm basically looking for advice on my best course of action?
I have read that the first thing I should do is load HardSPL (which I understand is a modified bootloader?) my current bootloader versions show as: (obtained by powering up the phone with the camera button pressed)
KAIS130
SPL-1.81.0000
CPLD-8
..but won't even this first step of replacing my bootloader void my warentee, or can it be reversed?? Can I take a backup of my entire phone (including bootloader) in it's current state so that it can be restored if need be?
Can anyone give me some advice / point me in the right direction of where I should start, as I am scared of breaking my new phone, as people on other sites have said they have done!!
Thanks in advance,
Regards
Richard
Read this tread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=365497
then:
Read all the wiki's and stickies for Your device (Kaiser, right).
Use Search to find out about things whick is not clear.
Best of luck!
Personally, I would go for it.
yes to hardspl
then I wouldnt settle for a stock rom - I would go for a cooked one- like dutty's.
You will void the warranty, and as far as I know there is no way back from this.
But that is what this site is all about. Ignore the #2 poster, I can see you have read all you can and you seem to have the right idea about this. So go on.
Just do all of the HardSPL steps and then install a Cooked ROM.
You won't look back. At the moment I suggest you stay away from the 6.1 ROMs until a stable one emerges.
I have an Orange Kaiser.. the branding is really crappy compared to the HTC stuff, god knows why they changed it!
Anyway, I thought I'd retain my warranty for the time being.
So I removed the Orange Home app, installed the HTC Home with 5 buttons, the HTC WMP skin, HTC Calc skin and Kaiser Tweak - all from here and it's much better now.
I expect I could save some memory and get it running a little faster without the Orange ROM, but for the time being it's fine.
Rob.
goforboy said:
Hi,
I have had my HTC TyTn II from Orange UK for 3 days now, I love the phone but hate the fact that Orange have removed windows live messenger, and customised the home screen (not in a good way in my opinion!).
Here are the version numbers I see as the phone starts:
R 1.27.14.32
G 22.45.88.07H
D 1.81.00.00
I have been reading up on this forum for the past few days and have decided the best way to get rid of the Orange customised screen and the lack of windows live messenger would be to flash the TyTn II with a different ROM, maybe the original HTC ROM??
Obviously my main concern is bricking my phone, and also voiding the warentee, so i'm basically looking for advice on my best course of action?
I have read that the first thing I should do is load HardSPL (which I understand is a modified bootloader?) my current bootloader versions show as: (obtained by powering up the phone with the camera button pressed)
KAIS130
SPL-1.81.0000
CPLD-8
..but won't even this first step of replacing my bootloader void my warentee, or can it be reversed?? Can I take a backup of my entire phone (including bootloader) in it's current state so that it can be restored if need be?
Can anyone give me some advice / point me in the right direction of where I should start, as I am scared of breaking my new phone, as people on other sites have said they have done!!
Thanks in advance,
Regards
Richard
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Do it.. BUT READ EVERYTHING ON THIS FORUM FIRST RELATING TO FLASHING ROMs. Once you have read it, read it again and ensure you understand it. That way it is unlikely you will brick the device.
I had my TYTN II for a week or so and then flashed it to a new ROM... would never consider going back to the orange one...unless of course it needs to go back as a faulty device. ( there are original orange ROMs to revert back to on here if you ever need them)
It's interesting to see you have the .32 radio on yours.....Mine was shipped with .29 so I may now consider flashing my radio ROM.. how are your signal strengths and GPS lock times??
c.b said:
It's interesting to see you have the .32 radio on yours.....Mine was shipped with .29 so I may now consider flashing my radio ROM.
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With what? I had the .32 and couldn't find a copy of it anywhere. I wanted to keep a backup in case of warranty return but I inadvertently flashed the wrong rom yesterday resulting in a new radio and SIM lock
Obviously removing the SIM lock was easy enough but now I can never revert back to my original radio.
The main reason I wanted to re-flash the radio was to see if my wifi problems could be resolved since most of the reports I have seen about the wifi issue relate to UK Orange phones... No luck there either and it's really starting to stress me out
Someone has told me they might have a contact at Orange dev to get a copy of the original rom but I'll believe that when I see it
Anyway, back on topic... even though I've no way to revert back my radio for warranty return, I'm glad I'm rid of the Orange bloatware and will never look back.
Duttys rom looked and felt nice but I had Bluetooth issues with that so have gone back to stock HTC rom for now. HTC home plus the Home customiser, some new icons, quickMenu and that'll do it nicely for me
One word of advice though.... after you've installed hardSPL, CID and SIM unlocked, you'll never be able to put the device down. I don't even want to think about the amount of time I've spent flashing and playing with it since then
foobar1977 said:
With what? I had the .32 and couldn't find a copy of it anywhere.
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I have seen a couple of references to it somewhere in the 248 page Dutty V4 thread. I may try and find it when I find enough time to trawl through it...search yeilds nothing sadly.
foobar1977 said:
One word of advice though.... after you've installed hardSPL, CID and SIM unlocked, you'll never be able to put the device down. I don't even want to think about the amount of time I've spent flashing and playing with it since then
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This is the most truthful thing I have ever read on here Just wait till you get HTC home customiser installed....hours upon hours of wasted productivity at my desk due to that.
Hi all! Im an Xperia user atm but I've been thinking about buying an G1 for some time now but I have 2 or 3 questions to ask before I buy one!
First of all.. the phone will come locked to T-mobile... is it possible to unlock it? I noticed that its possible to change the firmware to a hacked one but will this unlock the phone since u have root access?
Second: I have wi-fi at home and at work so I dont realy need or want a data plan.. soo will it be possible to use the phone as normal without dataplan? since I have wi-fi I dont realy wanna pay for internet access since I have free wi-fi!
And for last: Whoever owned an iphone! is this toy realy something like it? bcuz I had and iphone before I had my xperia and I loved it! its trully an eye candy!
Thanks in Advance!
Regards,
n0brega
Hi,
Unlocking : It's different than rooting your phone. But easier, in a way : just buy a code (from ebay or somewhere else). You'll need your IMEI number, but's that is easy. I unlocked one with success with a code from unlock-tmobileg1.com, but you could also buy an unlocked one on ebay or a dev phone from google.
Wi-fi : I'm in France, and data plan aren't cheap with my provider. So I only enable data access when I really need it. I use APNdroid for that, it's an app you can download on the market that changes all the APN in one step. You can also use the Testing application to disable data but I found that sometimes data connection comes back up. Of course, wi-fi works anyway.
Couldn't tell about the Iphone, never had one, but it is commonly said that it is more eye-candy than the G1, although that could change with time.
regards,
--
nodens
SHould I buy it white or black? xD preferences?
buy the white one it looks much more stylish i reckon the black one looks a little plastic.. the white one is much nicer!
n0brega said:
SHould I buy it white or black? xD preferences?
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Vanilla or Chocolate??
i much prefer the black one.
always been a sucker for black phones, i think they look alot more sleek and stylish.
seriously though, i would definatly recommend buying this phone, bought it 2 weeks ago and it's hardly left my hand since
and it's only going to get better ^^
My Touch Pro is a uk vodafone branded one, their branding of the TP absolutely sucks so, like my Kaiser, I have customised it.
However, I can't quite get it where I want it which is effectively the stock htc theme *.tsk and TF3D with the 'globe' internet tab, 'green' toggles on the comm manager and green highlight focus.
I have installed LantisOS TF3D with HD Contracts which gives me everything but the above mentioned.
I have searched and searched on this site but cannot quite find the tweaks that I would like. I don't want to flash another ROM as this is beyond my capability, I tried a number of routes to get what I want, I have tried;
tlr-manila
12aeon manila
Both do the same as the Lantis OS TF3D, they don't modify the internet tab or the comm manager or the highlight focus.
I have also tried using a theme installing using Diamond TF3D Config, still the same issue. I have also tried the following programmes too;
manila customizer
uitweak
Still the same
So, any help would be much appreciated beer tokens can be made available too.
Flashing a new rom is easier than it sounds. The guys here make things much more difficult than they actually are. I have the Vodafone TP and am using NATF's Standard 4.7 ROM. I followed these instructions to flash it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=448008
Agreed. My Touch Pro is my first WinMo device & I've only had it for 2 months. It must be on its 7th or 8th custom rom by now. Just dooooo it!
Take it step by step & you won't have a hassle - HardSPL -> Custom ROM -> new radio/rilphone.dll & you're sorted. Just don't flash a GSM ROM to a CDMA device and vice versa & you'll be fine.
Thanks for the help chaps, will have a look.
Ok, have decided for the moment not to change the ROM so still looking for help please.
Hi,
I have a vodafone branded HTC - though I didn't get it from vodafone.
I use ROMeOS and that gives me the "normal" touchflo tab buttons (though I now use IphoneToday)
I'm only a noob and I managed to flash my phone following those instructions (make sure you backup your stuff though) Plus I'm a girl, so it must be easy!
GreenSaints said:
Hi,
I have a vodafone branded HTC - though I didn't get it from vodafone.
I use ROMeOS and that gives me the "normal" touchflo tab buttons (though I now use IphoneToday)
I'm only a noob and I managed to flash my phone following those instructions (make sure you backup your stuff though) Plus I'm a girl, so it must be easy!
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I'm a big girl's blouse!
Allen Mead said:
I'm a big girl's blouse!
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Yes... yes, you are Elaine Mead
Not to worry, acceptance IS after all the first step. You're well on your way. If you pop down to the southern bit of Africa, I'll guide you through the process.
It's really not that big a deal and it adds the novelty of having a 'new' phone every couple of weeks. Just read up a bit in the ROMs forum and once you feel comfortable, then read some more. And if something does go awry don't freak out - there are a lot of smart chaps on this forum.
Case in point: Day after I got mine I hurriedly flashed a Touch HD radio to the phone. Suffice it to say that the phone didn't appreciate this much & I feared I sorted myself a very expensive paperweight. But after I dug out the trusty Nokia N95 and popped on here to READ some more, I got it sorted again.
Then again, I only made the mistake because I didn't read enough beforehand.
*DISCLAIMER*
Although I am encouraging you to take the plunge, please don't hold me personally responsible if you do c#$k up your phone... Oh, and get the stock ROM/SPL downloaded as well. If something does mess up, or you need to return the phone for warranty purposes you can easily revert back to factory spec.
Ok, this may be a dumb question but I found evidence of this as a possibility elsewhere and wanted someone to clear this up for me. I have an AT&T Fuze. We are looking at switching to the Sprint network. Will I need to get a new phone, or is there a radio flash that can be used to make the change?
Forgive my newbie question. I'm still learning!
Thanks!
nope sorry you can not use a gsm phone on a cdma network.
cant: this is in hardware, not software
Well that was easy enough.
Next, if I purchase a used, unlocked Verizon phone, will I be able to use it with Sprint?
Thanks!
my fze shows a cdma option why is that?
pratthinds said:
Well that was easy enough.
Next, if I purchase a used, unlocked Verizon phone, will I be able to use it with Sprint?
Thanks!
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No, you will not.. Sprint will not activate any phone they did not sell originally (not model of phone, but physical phone itself)... If it was not originally a Sprint phone that they do not have a record of, it can not be activated EVER on the sprint network.. They are the biggest "jerks" about that...
But on the good news, is just look for a Sprint HTC Touch Pro... it has TWICE the ram that the Verizion TP version has... And there are TONS of them all the time on craigslist... many in excellent condition... My only advice would be is, if you are buying any cellphone on craigslist, agree to only buy it if then will go WITH YOU (or meet you) at a Sprint Retail store, and have the Customer Service guy verify that the phone is not reported lost or stolen... If it is reported lost or stolen by whoever had it registered most recently, you will never be able to activate it on Sprint either...This way protects you in not only do you knwo for sure it is a legit phone, it will stop some seedy people from trying to rob you or anything...
If you go this route, I highly reccoment the NSFAN roms... They are great, well put together roms... They sort of remind me of the Energy roms on the Fuze....
Anyways, hope I was some help!
Thanks, Teej!
I've been watching items on Ebay. That's where I got my Fuze.
Does the Tael ROM work for the Sprint Touch Pro? I have had good luck with it and like the config. What do you like about the NSFAN ROM?
pratthinds said:
Thanks, Teej!
I've been watching items on Ebay. That's where I got my Fuze.
Does the Tael ROM work for the Sprint Touch Pro? I have had good luck with it and like the config. What do you like about the NSFAN ROM?
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I have never used the Tael Rom, so I can't comment on that one.. buut the NSFAN one is great... I installed the exact same rom on both a US Cellular as well as a Sprint version of the Touch Pro and both "just worked" right out of the box... it is very finger friendly... has on all the little features and tweaks to a settings liek I would have them set.. The programs that come with it are very useful.. It looks good... and runs pretty quickly it seems as well... I have installed tomTom on it, and it also just "worked" out of the box without any special GPS configuration... and it locks on in like 30 seconds! We also have a fuze, and that one seems to takes 3 or 4 min, both from a cold start, started at the same time in the same car... (we compaired them many times)... Batterys seems to last about 2 days on typical use... It also seems to be very stable....
Hope I have helped....
Hi Guys,
New to flashing the Sensation, though I've done my HD2 a good few times.
Girlfriend just bought a Sensation and I'm eager to flash a decent ROM to it but failing at the first hurdle.
From what I can tell, there is no HBOOT but instead it has uboot (forgive me if this sounds ridiculous).
When I use Power+Volume Down, I do not get a white screen with options and information but instead get a black screen. There's no sign of an HBOOT version, but there is a uboot version number.
If I press Power +Volume Up I am sent to a recovery mode, but I don't think it's CWM.
If I try to use Revolutionary, it finds the phone (in normal mode, not h/u boot) and says that the phone is not supported.
Phone was bought in China but I think it is a Euro model (T Mobile branding on top of phone)
There is a possibility that a ROM has already been flashed onto it - but it sucks, and I want her to get the best from her new phone.
Also, I cannot get the CID or MID number. Tried CID getter, neither of them were on there. Tried terminal emulator, no response from getprop ro.cid or ro.mid.
So even if I wanted to upgrade the firmware, I am unsure which one to use!!
Has anyone run into this sort of situation? Using SuperTool I was able to get root access, which is at least a step in the right direction but I'm not sure how to proceed. Maybe it's already s-off and I can update the firmware and thus get hboot. But if it's not, then I run the risk of ruining it.
If you think I can go ahead and try to install new firmware, without risk of bricking or semi bricking, then I would probably be inclined to go for it.
Looking around here and also on Google, I haven't seen anyone with the same issue, so any help you can give would be very welcome!!
Many thanks in advance,
Mr Al
two possibilities: your sensation is faked or it has been relocked by the sellor which is called "baikamumaji".
Sent from my Sensation using XDA
Thanks for that, although it's slightly bad news!!
I'll see if we can get in touch with the seller and take it from there.
Ok, we've just spoken (online) with the sellers 'tech' guy.
I think pmbldc is right, it's a fake.
Their guy says that it can be flashed, but only using the roms on their forum.
I think it's bull. Currently feeling ripped off and unhappy, but what can I do?!?!
Never buy any more devices from China??? Jus sayin... Sorry you got ripped off bro.. Sucks that that sort of thing happens...
Haha! A little tricky that one, as I live in China!
I've bought lots of electronics over here, both locally branded/produced and international. Lots of successes.
To be fair (grudgingly) this guy was considerably cheaper than everyone else. That old adage of 'if something seems too good to be true, it is' applies very well in this case.
Pretty disgusted with the whole thing, the conversation my girlfriend had with the 'tech' guy was ridiculous. Both she and I work in tech so his usual line of BS didn't work with us.
So now, having decided to be sensible and not buy the HTC One X, we're going to end up spending about the same amount of money anyway!
All we can do is learn from our mistakes, and at least now I know what to look for when buying a Sensation!!!!
True Story, bro