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Rom Flashing

As i looked and read on the forum, it becomes pretty clear to me that most of
the trouble with good roms are related to bad flashing..
So i thought i put some words together to help you folks out here.
This is for a G3 device !
Things u need:
- button rom v1 for G3 device
- lokiwiz 1.2b
- XP computer
- free USB port (none other stuff attached and not on a hub or G15 keyboard)
- MDA Vario / HTC Wizard
If this is your first flash of the device and you have a CID locked one :
- remove any attached hardware like GPS, SD cards, headset
- download button rom
CUSTOM__RUU_Wizard_1050412_WWE_101_11210_WWE.exe
and install this on your device.
- install it again (yes, again).
- hardreset the device (goto settingsmenu and wipe storage or press 2 button and reset )
- check both the ipl/spl has version of 1.05
- attach to computer and press cancel at the device setup from activesync
- run the CID unlock tool to remove all locks here (press U)
- run it again and press C to supercid unlock
- hardreset the device
- it should now be totally unlocked and working fine.
- install t-mobile US rom v2.26
- note the IPL/SPL should change both into 2.26 otherwise u did not unlock it good and should start over at the beginning.
- hardreset the device
- if u like install IPL/SPL 3.08 for WM6 (this installs bootloader stuff) (see mrfrazz and my opinion on this)
- install radio rom 2.19 for cincular or 2.69.11 for WM6
- install any custom rom preferably faria's as this guy really knows what he is doing
If this is your Xth flash and you know what ur doing:
- remove sd-card and headset and stuff from phone
- flash t-mobile 2.26 US rom
- hardreset
- flash new IPL/SPL
- flash Radio rom
- flash new OS rom
- hardreset
this procedure eliminates nearly all common errors find with upgrading roms.
additional info:
when your in the misfortune of having this rom flashing gone bad... (and it is a G3 device)
because of:
- your computer crashed
- rom flash hangs for longer then 10 minutes
- rom flash stopped suddenly
- something like this
do NOT turn off the device nor remove battery.
reset the device with styluspen in the side of it (you know where it is )
it should come back with the 3 colored page and now you can just re-do the rom flash
when it doesnt: pull battery and start device it will come up with 3 color screen
one more option is to hold the commmanager button and then reset the device

Overall, good advise, but I'm not sure saying you have to upgrade to IPL/SPL 3.08 is required. I've been leary about moving to it myself (I'm not one that feels they have to be on the highest version numbers, as that burned me doing that with Radio ROMs.)
I do agree that doing hardresets in the process may seem like overkill but I've seen it clear issues on devices. And flashing back to an official release before upgrading a custom rom is something I always do (and I've never seen battery drain issues like people describe) as it redoes the extended rom and all and gives you a clean base to work off of.

your right my friend...
the IPL/SPL 3.08 is good for WM6 roms as it adds some functionality.
first time running it will be slow as it needs to setup some stuff i think.
after a hardreset and setting up the device it works pretty fast.
the radio 2.69.11 faria version works fine here in netherlands on t-mobile allthough its faster it doesnt have that good reception as 2.25 mobile has.
the main advantage of this radio 2.69.11 is that i can do gprs and phone
simultanious where as this original rom sucks on the switching part and doing
multiple things at once. hence i recommend having radio 2.19 for most compatibility.. together with 2.26 IPL/SPL
hardresets are needed to get rid of old files and settings which can be old and not working anymore and it wipes the optional rom areas and caches.
the flashing of the t-mobile rom 2.26 is merely to reset all pointers and caches in the device as this rom is official and fills IPl/SPL, rom area, ext rom area, so it will be in a working non-error state.
battery drainage is due to ext-rom being corrupted and also programs that running in the background... suggest to use HTC X-button and set it to: enable X to end programs and end programs by tap and hold X (live messenger closes totaly and logs you out , as well as skype when u close immediatly)
to answer the question of IPL/SPL... i suggest u use 2.26 for WM5 roms
and 3.08 for WM6 proffesional
its like a bios for mobile device... so it has same procedure as with pc bios
unless u have a hard-error that requires it, i would leave it alone...
and some bios update have nice extra functions... u can choose to have em
or are in need of it coz the operating system WM6 needs it..

G4
So when will there be an ipls/spl in the 3.XX range for a G4 wizard?

well i have no clue
the way i see it this G3 and G4 device are the same model and build
the only difference in it is the bootloader
so i seriously wonder if one can just put a G3 loader on this G4 device
as for now i dont know the exact difference.. if this is hardware related u
need a different bootloader for G4
if it is software related it should be working on both devices.
for now i dont have a clue what is so different about the G4 version
the only thing i see is the IPL/SPL which would say to me that it might be
the case that this G4 has different hardware pointers.
u be fine with 2.26 IPL/SPL on this G4
untill we have clear what this difference is, i wouldn't mess around with it
..unlocked or not , as it can render the device useless...

Help with upgrading / ROM ...

Im currently living abroad in Germany and have purchased a Kaiser via T-Mobile, branded as MDA Vario III. Well I love the device but my german sucks and the whole OS is in german. Is there anyway I can flash to ROM to get an english version of the OS? If I did this would it still work in Germany via T-Mobile or is there some kind of lock to the current ROM? Any advice would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

robsahm said:
Im currently living abroad in Germany and have purchased a Kaiser via T-Mobile, branded as MDA Vario III. Well I love the device but my german sucks and the whole OS is in german. Is there anyway I can flash to ROM to get an english version of the OS? If I did this would it still work in Germany via T-Mobile or is there some kind of lock to the current ROM? Any advice would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!
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Yep! Just HardSPL, and then select an English ROM (most are) and flash.
Read the Sticky in this forum for guide lines on how to flash, and common problems and thier solutions.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=1846653&postcount=800
Go there and READ and READ. (Read the Wiki first). You will find all your solution there. Everything you need explained over there.
I will describe the procedures you will need:
1. Back up your stuff
2. Charge up your phone to 100% and connect to your pc with usb make sure ActiveSyn can see your phone
3. CID or SIM unlock your phone first if it is necessary then.
4. HardSPL your phone (You can find the information in the Wiki)
- If you encounter White Screen Problem, check the HardSPL White Screen
Issue - Solved!
5. Find a Rom that you like
6. Find the radio rom that rom supports
7. Flash the rom
8. Do a HARD RESET when you see the "Tab the screen to setup windows mobile..."
9. Flash the radio rom
10. You are DONE!!!!!!!
As long as it's GSM band, then it should all work. You might have to manually setup the 3G network for Germany on your phone.

Thanks for the feedback! My main concern was not knowing if it would work with my carrier after I do the ROM.
However the 3G network is a BIG deal 3G is soooo much faster than GSM. Is it even possible to manually setup the network afterwards?
Thanks again, you have been great!

you can always setup your 3G network manually afterwards. It's just a different rom version. It's like you install English version of Winxp on your PC instead of the German version. You can still setup your wireless connection for your PC.
Sine you are in Europe, I would suggest you use Dutty's WM6.1 Rom (The bluetooth has a bit of issue - not able to receive file transfer, but he's working on the RTM version with the fix). Dutty's rom is cooked based on the Vodafone rom (He's in England), so I would suppose there should be pre-set 3G setting for Germany as well.

Required HTC Touch Indian version ROM

Any one having Stock ROM Dump?
I accidently erased my backup of stock ROM.
Searched in Forum Couldnt find one !!!

well there is no indian stock rom
well i found the difficulty in finding the indian rom as well but you can flash other roms still if u want the ro you can mail me i have a backup rom in india but others work as fine

Getting ENergyROm running on INdian Touch Pro
Hi Francis,
I saw your signature and realised you might be able to help. I have a Touch pro too.
I flashed Energy ROM (the latest Sep 6 release).
After I did so, EDGE stopped working. I am in India too which means that the Touch Pro here has the 7201 processor and not the 7206 processor as is there in the rest of the world. 7201 doesn't support 3G. Max it can handle is EDGE.
In Energyrom, I saw the 3G option (on/off) in Communication Settings. Data connection (on/off) was also there. I could not turn data connection on at all.
I then went back to the HTC India official update that came in around Mar 09 on the HTC India site.
Before flashing Energy Rom I had this version anyway. In this version, the
3G option in comm. settings was never seen.
When I went back to HTC's rom, EDGE didn't work. I couldn't turn data connection on in this ROM. The funny thing is that the processor name had become 7206. I had read about this on another thread that flashing ROMs that are built for 7201 makes the processor name show up wrongly.
I updated rilphone for the 1.14.25.35 radio.
Even that did not help.
Then I again flashed using HTC India mar 09 ROM. This solved the problem.
You seem to have EnergyROM Sep 6 running?? How did you do it? Btw, am I missing any operator specific settings that I need to do. I have an Airtel Mumbai connection. It is now running on Mobile Office (EDGE).
Thanks!
Kunal
HTC Touch Pro
ROM Version 1.95.720.6 WWE
Rom date 03/27/09
Radio version 1.13.25.24
Protocol version 52.62.25.34G
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Solution to your Problem
Hey i am from India too
It took me a while to figure out but this is how it works
Energy ROM uses a different version of Connection Manager than other ROMS around here
So u need to set up manually. Its easy
Go to Start>Settings>Connections>Connection and go to the 2nd tab and delete the aircel settings listed there and then go to the first tab and Type the name of your Operator . For eg: "Vodafone" if u use Voadfone
Then switch off the 3G mode since our model doesnt support 3G
Thats it
Enjoy

Try to setup the manual connections first on EnergyROM. Dont delete the aircell though as deleting that causes some issues sometimes. Let us know if all this worked

Will Sprint Hook up a TP2 w/ Custom Rom

Hello All,
I have a TP2 I am going to hook up that was just taken off the network. It is fully unlocked with a custom rom & 2.23WU radio.
Question is will they hook up a phone with a custom rom if I call them? Also, if I need to flash it back to stock rom will I loose the unlocked GSM radio? Reason I ask is the stock rom has 1.96WF radio in the title which I know is a locked version.
Thanks,
Force

i would think as long as it's a sprint phone with a clean esn, it wouldn't matter which rom it's running.

All you need to give them is your esn #, i don't see how they can tell what rom you are using or if the gsm sim is unlock or not. Just go ahead and try, i don't see the harm.

Cool, Thx guys
One time I had a TP1 and sold it on ebay and the guy said sprint was having problems hooking it up, I know it had a clean ESN,
He flashed to stock and they hooked it up NP.
Later,
Force

They may ask you to use the "Update Profile" software that comes in Sprint stock roms, and depending on your custom rom, that software may not be included.

Never mention is has a custom rom to them. They won't honor the warranty if you do

NEVER mention to any service provider that you "hacked" your phone, as stated this will guarentee you A voided warentee. I would also guarentee they will certainly not hack it for you.
just make sure when you hack it to backup your stock rom. that way if something were to go wrong and your Rhodium would need serviced you can stock-ah-fy (yeah, I said it) it. One look at a flashed Rom and they will tell you that you're S.O.L.

So they hooked up the phone and sure enough just like the TP1, the voice works, but no data works.
It is running latest NRG Rom 2.5, Same thing happened with Mighty rom on the TP1 a year or so ago.
Any ideas, maybe use the provisioning app on it?
Thx,
Force

Yes, you should run the provisioning app located in the Start Menu\Programs\Tools folder.
There was a new NRG 2.5 Sense Cookie HomeTab ROM released on June 27th. I'd suggest you reflash to ROM to the newest one on your phone rather than relying on something the previous owner flashed.
Also it's advised to do a Task29 clear. (Search for it in the PPC Geeks thread dedicated to the Touch Pro 2 CDMA NRG ROMS: http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=86489 )
Plus the recommended unlocked radio for the CDMA Touch Pro 2 is the 2.32.00WU version found in this thread http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=106571 on PPC Geeks.
I've found that PPC Geeks is where the best support for the NRG ROM and unlocked radios for the CDMA Touch Pro 2 are found. Whereas I prefer xda-developers for most of my apps.
PS I run the Titanium version of the Touch Pro 2 CDMA NRG ROM's so don't have first hand experience with the Sense versions.
I'm still running an ancient version (Late May) of the NRG ROM and it didn't have any of the sprint PRL and Profiler update apps. I found a cab that will install them in the MR. X ROM thread: http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showpost.php?p=1563450&postcount=4

[Q] question about flashing HTC 7 pro US cellular CDMA

Here is my question I have an HTC 7 PRO (aka HTC ARRIVE,HTC GOLD) the model is HTC USCCHTC-PC93100 I have a student unlock but I need a full unlock. I am new to rom flashing on windows phones im used to jailbreaking and rooting android and ios. I was looking at try to flash this rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1499981 to my phone what I want to know is is it possible to flash this to my model of HTC and if I do flash it will it will I have to take my phone back to US cellular to have them reprogram the phone to their network or will it work just like normal after flashing any adive would help thanks.

Do you have a GOLD (also known as the 7 Pro) or a GOLD_C (also known as the Arrive)? The GOLD is a GSM phone, and won't work on Sprint or any other CDMA carrier. The Arrive is a CDMA phone and won't work on T-Mobile or any other GSM carrier. Flashing the ROM won't help here, either - this is a hardware issue (literally, the radios are different, plus GSM phones have SIM card slots and CDMA phones usually don't). Do *not* attempt to flash a GOLD_C ROM to a GOLD or vice-versa; it'll probably fail but if it doesn't you may make the phone unusable and unrecoverable short of using a JTAG connection.
However, if you want to flash a GSM ROM to a GSM phone, or a CDMA ROM to a CDMA phone, go ahead. However, that won't remove the SIM-lock if there is one. The odds are, if the phone can't be activated with your preferred carrier right now, re-flashing the ROM won't help.

US Cellular says its a 7 PRO but model says 93100 which is the arrive it doesn't have a sim slot so it is a CDMA and DFTs XSPL Tool says its a GOLD_C it has spl version 4.1.230513.1 I have tried the spl downgrade tool but it fails at 4 percent and says invalid vendor ID but if I did manage to flash it would if have to be reprogramed by us cellular to work again since its CDMA and not a sim card

I ran a system information tool and it reports the phone as the HTC arrive so I'm not sure why us cellular markets the phone as the 7 pro but it is definitely the HTC arrive gold_c with a sol of 4.3

Try to flash the older version of your US cellular radio (download from the website in this link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1427907)
And then try to flash it, using the directions listed here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1295068
In other words, you want to downgrade your SPL with just a radio flash (task 00). It is not necessary to flash the whole ROM. (Or you can do a hard reset - no big deal, as you will loose all your stuff anyway if you do flash a new ROM)
Then, you can go ahead and try to change RSPL and flash the ROM to see if it works. If not, not big deal, can always flash back your stock rom (also avail on above web site)

I have managed to downgrade my htc arrive us cellular spl and I used the xspl tool to install rspl and hspl now is it possible for me to flash this rom image: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1499981
the only thing is the rom image says gold_c_sprint and my carrier is us cellular will I be able to flash this and use the phone like normally or will I have to take the phone back to us cellular after flashing and have them set the phone back up with there network

I have managed to flash my phone with the rom I posted and it still works but all branding on the phone is now sprint is there any way to get the branding back to US Cellular via reg edit for warranty purposes I have went into
HKLM\System\Platform\DeviceTargetingInfo\ and changed mobile operator to USC-US which is US cellular
I also changed the MODeviceName into USCCHTC-PC93100 which was the original name of the device. but im not sure if there's anything else that need to be changed and I cant figure out how to get the marketplace back to the us cellular marketplace they had apps that were only available when it was set up with us cell

I would be careful of changing things in DeviceTargetingInfo; poke the wrong setting and your Marketplace (and all apps installed from it) can stop working or your phone may receive an update that damages it due to an incompatibility with a prior update from a different MO or something.
There is a "Marketplace Config" app available that allows you to select the OEM and MO marketplaces. On a GSM phone, the MO marketplace is usually automatically switched depending on the SIM card (this switch may take a day or two).
Another option would be to start with the US Cellular ROM, and customize it with full-unlock and any other changes you want. This is not my area, though; I have no real experience with creating custom ROMs but there are entire sections of this forum devoted to the topic.

that might be what I have to do is just make a custom us cellular rom Ill look for a section in the fourm to see what I can find on how to make a custom rom

please give me link for us cellular raido
I have htc 7 pro aka htc arrive gold c mobile which is us cellular and I have spl 4.1
I have dft tools to install hspl but I can't find raido to downgrade spl. I googled so many sites but all those raido links for htc hd7. only in this thread mentioned about us cellular radio but the link was expired.please post the new link. thank you
sorry for my bad english

Finally......
Ramesh006 said:
I have htc 7 pro aka htc arrive gold c mobile which is us cellular and I have spl 4.1
I have dft tools to install hspl but I can't find raido to downgrade spl. I googled so many sites but all those raido links for htc hd7. only in this thread mentioned about us cellular radio but the link was expired.please post the new link. thank you
sorry for my bad english
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Yahooo! i have found my radio. just googled htc 7 pro shipped rom.