Hello to all. I am a new user and I just received my HTC 8925, bought as an upgrade to my old HTC 8525. I was interested in upgrading my phone's appearance through applications, etc. I have browsed through the related threads, and I am not sure of some of the terminology. ROMs and flashing are a few terms that I'm unsure of. Also I could use some knowledge on how to modify the registry on my phone. Any insight on any of the above would be helpful.
Audio Alchemist
ROMS refer to Read Only Memory. This is the software that's resident in the computer when the power is off and usually includes the operating system (Windows Mobile) and a suite of applications selected by your carrier. A portion of the ROM also contains the instructions for running the phone's radio.
Flashing is the process of putting different programs into the ROM.
There is much you can do to change the appearance without resorting to flashing the ROM. I'd recommend working with various launchers and today screen plug ins first. (HTC Home, Ultimate Launcher, etc)
There's a great wiki on the forum that has instructions for flashing if you decide to go that route. There are also links to most of the major applications too.
Cheers!
I got a Q9c about a month ago and a couple days ago learned how to "unlock" it. I installed a few apps, but now want to edit the way it looks and the menus.
Where in this site should I start? There's all these names like Excalibur and what-not, that don't make sense so far to me. But this is my first "smart" phone. I'm not un-savvy with technology, just this is my first WinMo device/phone.
Mainly what I want is to be able to customize (maybe add a whole customized page of) the start menu so that the programs I always want handy are available quickly, and I want to add a couple widgets to the Homescreen.
Remember that I am not dumb, I am tech savvy, but this is my first time with WinMo. I have 6.1 and it's a Q9c on the Sprint network. I have a 16G microSD installed for storage (looking for compatible 32G, but can't find any reasonable).
Ok, now that I've written a novel, please help. Thanks in advance.
I have looked but cant seem to find any thread if there is one please point in the right directions. My question would be is there anyway to remove WMO on my HTC HD2 and replace it with Androind and not using the SD card to boot off of ?
welcome to android hd2 world.
check out here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=735
We running android on sdcard not replace winmo for now.
your concept we call NAND, this is not public yet but testing in dev team.
Thx for the info will look under the link you gave me. The reason why i asked about replacing the operating system is I have seen on Youtube that there is some program out there that will do this but not really sure if I want to go that way..
ok, first off all I have to say that I have explore this forum searching for this answer, and yes there is some things that are very useful. but, since I'm new in these things (I have some knowledge, but I'm little afraid to do something in which I'm not to familiar), I would love to see best and the simplest way to do with tutorials or reference that is compact (or at least what to do first, second...). So how to jailbreak it to use windows device manager so I can install other apps besides market apps?
here is my sys info:
Model: HTC HD7 T9292
OS version: 7.10.8107
Hardware version: 0002
.NET CLR version: 3.7.11140.0
In the end I must say that I'm glad to be a part of XDA forum among the best devolopers in the world, and I hope so that I will be able to help someone in the future after I get more knowledge and expirience in this area.
There's no working "jailbreak" for an up-to-date HTC phone right now. All you need, though, is a developer unlock; "jailbreak" is usually used to describe something that bypasses or modifies the phone's security settings; developer unlock is a feature built into the phone by design.
Until recently, you could use ChevronWP7 Labs (http://labs.chevronwp7.com) for a cheap dev-unlock, but apparently Microsoft has limited the number of uses of that tool, nd they sold out a month ago. No word yet on if/when they'll get more. In the meantime, there are two official ways to get dev-unlocked:
1: Purchase an AppHub (marketplace developer) account from http://create.msdn.com. $99/year, 10 unsigned apps at once, lets you submit to the marketplace.
2: Get a free student AppHub account through http://dreamspark.com. Requires a student email address and only allows 3 unsigned apps at once, but no cost and also lets you submit to the marketplace (if you're into that; please remember that this is a developer forum, not a "make my phone cool" forum).
Alternatively, you could downgrade your phone to pre-NoDo (build 7004 or 7008), set your computer's and phone's clocks back a year, and use ChevronWP7 Unlocker (not the ChevronWP7 Labs, the original one). Then, look for instructions on staying "chevron unlocked" as you install the upgrades on your phone. It's a mess but it's possible.
To try and increase the number of apps you can install (to an effectively unlimited number), and allow installing apps that use the capability ID_CAP_INTEROPSERVICES (which can be used to get an app more permissions than its sandbox allows) on Mango, you can look up "interop unlock" as well. If you use the legacy ChevronWP7 Unlocker and then carry that forward, you'll almost certainly get interop-unlock included for free (one way to simplify this would be to install the Htc Interop Unlock XAP in NoDo, then upgrade to Mango and follow the unlock instructions after updating).
Maybe it's the best option for downgrade, and than again update on mango. I just want to know is it gonna effect my phone in any way (I mean on bad effect). I'm gonna search here for that options.
Thank you for your answer and for your time. I appreciate it!
@mailman78
Let me know how this all goes for you, as I have the exact same phone (in Australia). I'm wanting to try the downgrade/jailbreak/update route, but would love to know how someone else went about it. Cheers!
I've done it without problem!
1. downgrade bootloader from 5.xx to in my case 1.69 (or other 3.xx, 2.xx, 1.xx)
(http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1411904)
2. install RSPL and HSPL
(http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=18244911)
3. install custom ROM
(http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1476058)
Step 2. is VERY IMPORTANT, otherwise you CAN DAMAGE your phone device.
You must consult guys from thread-s that I gave you for Australia, I haven't spot anything about Australia! Before you doing anything, first take a time to read very carefully posts, comments and other things, BECAUSE I live in Europe, and here it's working (it's says europe htc hd7 devices)! In this threads it's explained very smooth and great!
I hope so that you will find something for you.
Best rgds
I decided to repair my old Samsung Focus with a new screen. Since this will be my backup phone, I am a bit more willing to mod it myself.
I want to update the phone to 7.8. I know the easiest way to do this is SevenEighter. I read the long, LONG WP Cabs thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1306415) and have a few questions about the language packs:
1. For you ATT Focus v1.3 owners, what language packs did you select for a successful upgrade?
2. If I do not select all languages, does this limit what languages I can use latter?
3. Can I select all language packs without running into errors?
The other thing I have been having a hard time searching for is how to developer-unlock the phone. I know Chevron is no longer around, and I do not want to pay $99 for a developer license just to flash the phone with a custom ROM. Any ideas?
Thanks!