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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.

kostas

Hi my name is Kostas i'm from Greece and i have a touch pro.i need some answers so i can do some update at my rom from 6 to 6.5.i found i rom that i like but i have some questions.
1.What CDMA is and what GSM,what is the difference and how i know which one i own.
2.To update to another rom i have to Hard SPL my phone?and what is this?do i hve to unlock something?
3.If i flash my touch pro can i install the Greek Language?
4.The rom i found is this
Code:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=511146
, is it good?which one should i download from this one,the Regular or the MSVC?
Thank for any answer in advance please help me to work it out.

The easiest to explain (without going into the technology) is that a GSM phone most common has a SIM card while the "SIM" in a CDMA phone is a fixed install, you as a user / customer cannot change. Since you are in Europe I assume you do have a SIM card thus a GSM phone.
Most ROMs here in the forum if not otherwise specified are GSM and you do need to flash any than your carrier provided ROM.
You must have your phone SECURITY UNLOCKED (which is different from SIM unlocked) to flash a NON Raphael/Fuze Radio.
The ROM you quote IS a GSM ROM.
More on the CDMA the subject can be found here http://www.google.com/cse?cx=000825...+cdma&sa=Search&cof=FORID:0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8

So my touch pro is GSM?What tools do i need to have wm6.5?which rom i mean and what tools?to SECURITY UNLOCK the phone what do i need can you help me out with some steps?does this rom is any good?it will work on my phone?

As mentioned to you in the Energy 3.0 thread, please DO some reading!
You first need to backup your PIM data (contacts), flash hardSPL (please look up the thread and download the software).
Afterwards you can flash a non carrier bound ROM (i.e. Energy ROM where you posted as well).
WITHOUT hardSPL you may BRICK your phone or get STUCK at 0% loading for ages.
Note:
Be aware that you have an original TouchPro not a branded ATT Fuze so you should read up front to get the right keyboard layout back, you'll find the "how-to" here in the forum.

ok 2 more questions for you please sorry if bothering.about hardSPL could you send the page to download it?after i do hardSPL i update with the rom i send you?at the post of this rom it says Download from EU Server > Regular / MSVC which i use Regular or Msvc?And last with right keyboard layout back you mean to bring back Greek language?

hardSPL
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=410150
ROM version valid 2.0 and 3.0
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=3749191&postcount=1627
Keyboard... look yourself

i still don't understand what you mean with the keyboard.i downloaded hardSPL and the MSVC rom i send you.now i'm ready to flash my phone?

First you have to flash hardSPL (read the corresponding thread) to allow to flash a non carrier provided ROM.
Afterwards you can flash the NRG ROM you want.
If you have Greek characters on your keyboard I cannot help you but answers HOW TO get the right keyboard layout are in the forum.
If you have the original TouchPro engl. layout just read NRG's first post!!!
If you own a Touch PRO, use the "Keyboard Selector" application under Utilities (after you flash the ROM) to select the proper keyboard layout to use. The ROM comes with the Fuze layout by default.
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If you really don't know what you are doing, read and learn like all of us did and in two weeks or so you'll be up to speed.

Hi everything worked fine the only thing i have to fix is the Greek language now.thanks for your help.

kostas I'm really not the one to ask since I simply do not know exactly what to do.
You have to change the MUI value in the reg to get the greek characters and keyboard working. Do a search for keyboard mapping or for MUI codes.
There is a Tilt ROM chef called B16B in the Tilt forum who is from Greece, you may contact him he may be able to help.
Perhaps there's something in this search but I don't know
http://www.google.com/custom?hl=en&...G=Search&cx=000825531964825142534:cqr2sjirilw

[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

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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.

[Q] Box requesting network unlock code won't appear. How do I access it?

Hello,
I am new to the forum and very much a noob. I had bought my SkyRocket in Miami nearly 2 years ago and it came unlocked (i believe the original carrier was AT&T since there was AT&T bloatware, even though there is no ATT logo on top of the screen, it has a Samsung one instead), however i never even had the original carrier's sim chip. It worked fine with two different SIM chips from different carriers until last saturday when I flashed a ROM update (updated to Jelly Bean 4.1.2 Stock) via Odin.
However, whenever i insert my SIM (which was previously working), instead of popping a box/window to request me a code, it forces me to reboot saying there is no valid SIM (print below).
edit: as a new user I cant post the print screen. it basically is a popup where the Title says: "SIM Card Removed", the content says: "The mobile Network will be unavailable until you restart with a valid SIM card inserted", below that there is a button called "Restart", which reboots my system. Whenever i boot my phone with SIM inside this message appearst and I cant close it, the only thing I can do is restart and remove the SIM if I intend to do anything on the phone.
Anyway, I would very much appreciate your help in trying to get that box requesting network unlock code to pop-up, does anybody know how to do it?
ps: service mode runs extremely slow and does not respond to most commands
pps: already tried typing different combinations of the *7465625*638*# codes and the phone does not respond to such commands (i.e., i insert the code but it doesn't display any alert or enter another screen, it just allows me to keep typing)
ppps: I'm also looking for an ICS stock rom to see if I can unlock it using an older firmware, but i can't find an an odin-flashable stock ics for download anywhere
pppps: I've already wiped cache and partition a few times, to no avail.
I know this is a long post, but I really appreciate and thank you in advance for your help.

need to be on stock to enter code, try jb stock
read the 1stop sticky(link in my sig) for all your needs todo so, theres even a free method to unlock sim if ur code fails

The problem started exactly when I flashed the update to Jelly Bean 4.1.2 Stock.

Willianstein said:
The problem started exactly when I flashed the update to Jelly Bean 4.1.2 Stock.
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if u read the 1stop sticky, i know its long, u wouldve found a rogers ics for odin, a flashable stock att ics for recovery, and a free method to unlock sim.
what do u mean problems started after updating to jb, was it unlocked b4, if so updating shouldnt have reverted the unlock
edit: reread ur 1st post i think the problem is ur radio(jb radio) for the carrier u r trying to connect to, read the radio section in the 1 stop sticky

vincom said:
if u read the 1stop sticky, i know its long, u wouldve found a rogers ics for odin, a flashable stock att ics for recovery, and a free method to unlock sim.
what do u mean problems started after updating to jb, was it unlocked b4, if so updating shouldnt have reverted the unlock
edit: reread ur 1st post i think the problem is ur radio(jb radio) for the carrier u r trying to connect to, read the radio section in the 1 stop sticky
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I updated to JB using one of the instructions I found on this forum ([HOWTO] NEWB GUIDES To | RESTORE TO STOCK | USE/T.S. ODIN | INSTALL TWRP/CWM | ROOT - thanks for the response here and the tutorial there, by the way). It was unlocked before, but I assume it had something to do with the previous firmware, because the sim unlock stopped working after I flashed JB through Odin.
ps: as I said I already bougght it unlocked and assumed it was from ATT given the bloatware, however my GF just pointed out the rogers logo on the back, therefore i think the hardware is from them instead. I'm downloading their rom and will reflash it and hope it works, i'll update the status here as soon as I make any progress

Hi, i just flashed a rogers rom and it worked. I'm sorry for the inconvenience. But wow, it runs much smoother than it did when running the wrong firmware. Idk why but whoever sold this to me had installed at&t firmware (it was always very glithcy, but i just assumed it was down to the hardware), i know that now because i see that rogers has a diferent intro than att app had either on gingerbread or jellybean.
Anyway, thanks for the help and - again - sorry for taking your time needlessly, i should've paid more attention to my own phone.
Moderator, feel free to close/move this thread

newbie seeking help: which rom and how

greetings,
I recently inherently a Samsung Note Edge (SCL24). The phone is showing its age. It is on its default rom (4.4.4) but many things aren't work. For example, it is extremely slow; it won't remember wifi passwords, etc. I am hoping that by flashing a new rom I may bring it back to life.
The spec is listed below:
SCL24
Adroid 4.4.4
Baseband: SCL24KDU1ANJ3
as I am browsing through this forum, I am a bit confused as to the flashing procedure. Assuming it is the same as every other phones I have flashed, I suppose I would need to root it, install a recovery, possibly a new basebank, and then a new rom.
Is there a guide as to how to do this for this particular phone? It has been a while
any help, and suggestion as to which rom to flash, would be very much appreciated.
ps. I am not looking for anything fancy, but in the past I've always used slim rom.
regards,

mikec_ca2 said:
greetings,
I recently inherently a Samsung Note Edge (SCL24). The phone is showing its age. It is on its default rom (4.4.4) but many things aren't work. For example, it is extremely slow; it won't remember wifi passwords, etc. I am hoping that by flashing a new rom I may bring it back to life.
The spec is listed below:
SCL24
Adroid 4.4.4
Baseband: SCL24KDU1ANJ3
as I am browsing through this forum, I am a bit confused as to the flashing procedure. Assuming it is the same as every other phones I have flashed, I suppose I would need to root it, install a recovery, possibly a new basebank, and then a new rom.
Is there a guide as to how to do this for this particular phone? It has been a while
any help, and suggestion as to which rom to flash, would be very much appreciated.
ps. I am not looking for anything fancy, but in the past I've always used slim rom.
regards,
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Try a factory reset first.

done that many times
This phone was purchased in Hong Kong and other than the model number "SCL24" I couldn't find any other information. Judging from this forum, looks like there are many variations on this phone (vendors in North America, Japan, and others common in south asia). Also from this forum I realized that I probably need to update the baseband in order to flash any new ROMS (post kitkat).
Hence I seek your help,
regards,
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Try a factory reset first.
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mikec_ca2 said:
done that many times
This phone was purchased in Hong Kong and other than the model number "SCL24" I couldn't find any other information. Judging from this forum, looks like there are many variations on this phone (vendors in North America, Japan, and others common in south asia). Also from this forum I realized that I probably need to update the baseband in order to flash any new ROMS (post kitkat).
Hence I seek your help,
regards,
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Interesting.
Is this an international phone?
I tried asking about custom ROMS for my phone (don't want brick it) and didn't receive any responses.
I did do a Google search and didn't find much of anything.
I did download Marshmallow from Sammobile and have been gutting pretty heavily.
I guess after this much time, interest is fading.

problem solved, for now
As I mentioned earlier, this phone was purchased in Hong Kong and the model number was listed as SCL24. Following the thread on Project_ECSTASY (https://forum.xda-developers.com/no...rojectecstasy-custom-rom-galaxy-note-t3545658), I managed to flash the "Global edition stock rom without any bloatware from carrier au" using odin. The step I followed was:
1) installed samsung USB drivers for the phone (directly from samsung website),
2) downloaded and executed Odin,
3) rebooted the phone into Odin mode (vol down, home, and power),
4) connected the phone to computer via USB,
5) updated the rom through Odin.
6) once the phone rebooted, factory reset
I have not had much opportunity to play with the phone but it seemed to be working thus far. I have not had a chance to put a SIM card into it so I don't know if the new rom/Odin also flashed a new baseband and if the radio works.
will report back tonight,

mikec_ca2 said:
problem solved, for now
As I mentioned earlier, this phone was purchased in Hong Kong and the model number was listed as SCL24. Following the thread on Project_ECSTASY (https://forum.xda-developers.com/no...jectecstasy-custom-rom-galaxy-note-t3545658), I managed to flash the "Global edition stock rom without any bloatware from carrier au" using odin. The step I followed was:
1) installed samsung USB drivers for the phone (directly from samsung website),
2) downloaded and executed Odin,
3) rebooted the phone into Odin mode (vol down, home, and power),
4) connected the phone to computer via USB,
5) updated the rom through Odin.
6) once the phone rebooted, factory reset
I have not had much opportunity to play with the phone but it seemed to be working thus far. I have not had a chance to put a SIM card into it so I don't know if the new rom/Odin also flashed a new baseband and if the radio works.
will report back tonight,
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Cool.