Hi,
I've just bought my wife a Herald (P4350) here in Moscow. It comes with Windows Mobile 5 in Russian and we really need to change it to English. I've been referred here as the best place for help on how to do this but looking around this forum there is a huge variety of information that is quite confusing for the noob (which I am for this type of thing!)
Can anyone tell me how to change the ROM? I don't know if it's cid locked or anything else! You'll need to tell me how I can check, if you don't mind. It's just branded as HTC. I don't mind if the ROM is WMM 5 or 6 as long as it's in English.
Thanks!
Upgrade your phone with the official WM6 HTC ROM. Then if it's still not in english, use any of our custom ROMs as they're almost all in English.
IF you decide to HardSPL, please take note of the SPL version you have or you will brick your device.
ivanmmj said:
Upgrade your phone with the official WM6 HTC ROM. Then if it's still not in english, use any of our custom ROMs as they're almost all in English.
IF you decide to HardSPL, please take note of the SPL version you have or you will brick your device.
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Thanks for the advice ivanmmj. The official update is in Russian as this is the only option it gives to download. Can you please tell me what HardSPL means? I notice other people mentioning it but I don't know what it means.
[edit] It seems that HardSPL is something that provides a more foolproof way of changing ROMS. As I am a complete newbie at this, I am worried of trying something that will render my wife's phone useless! She needs it for work.
Is it possible to upgrade my ROM to the official English WM6 ROM found in the Herald WIKI of this site? Will I have to unlock the CID?
You cannot use the official WM6 update to get it in English,
you will get a Invalid Vendor ID error, You should flash the official
WM6 RUssian first, then download USPL.
Now Download the desired ROM (pick one you like there are enough)
And always read instructions!!
USPL
RUU Russian
Read the Instructions in the USPL folder,
Put the downloaded ROM in .nbh format in the RUU folder.
If you have questions please post before just trying,
you don't want a Brick like many of us (including me) have owned
auricle said:
Is it possible to upgrade my ROM to the official English WM6 ROM found in the Herald WIKI of this site? Will I have to unlock the CID?
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No you can't, Invalid Vendor ID error will occur.
If you really want Hrd-SPL,
Upgrade to WM6 Russian first, Hard-SPL needs an SPL higher than4.xx
You can try Hard-SPL indeed, but flash official WM6 first(!!!)
Hard-SPL
*Upload by papamopps
Thanks very much for the info Dutchman! It's becoming clearer.
Where can I find information about each ROM and what they contain? There isn't a WIKI page for them yet.
auricle said:
Thanks very much for the info Dutchman! It's becoming clearer.
Where can I find information about each ROM and what they contain? There isn't a WIKI page for them yet.
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http://rapidshare.com/users/5EWZ4
every official rom....
Upgrade to the russian WM6 first, before HardSPLing and verify that you have the correct SPL version before you start.
Thank you all kindly for your help. I'll let you know how I get on.
Related
A new test ROM for the HTC Artemis is available on xda-developers!
ROM Version: 1.12.405.1 WWE (World Wide English)
Radio Version: P4.1.13.28_02.67.9
Bootloader: 1.12.0000
CID: HTC__001
You can find the ROM upgrade on the "Shipped Complete ROM" section of the Artemis wiki page or in xda-developers ftp:
ART_HTCWWE_11240501_026790_WWE_Test.exe
I don't own an Artemis and can't test it so I don't know what's on this ROM and what's different from the previous one, if you try it please post details about it.
Enjoy!
Hi thanks for the ROM. It's good to see support even before the device is released! (at least in my country..)
It's gonna be released as the Dopod P800W here, and I was wondering if I can use this ROM *in case* the Dopod one isn't as good.
Havent tried with hacked ROMs before (didnt have appropriate device) that's why I'm asking.
Thanks.
Thanks for the ROM.
I tried to update it but i get "INVALID MODEL ID".
Is there a hacked ROMUpdateutility.exe already out?
I tried to update with the hacked one from the HTC Prophet but it always tells my File not found but the filename is the same so i think HTC did a good job here to prevent it.
Any ideas?
i already have that version in my artemis from the begining
your device seems to flashed with pre-production bootloader. I sorry to say that, but you need to upgrade your bootloader first. Otherwise you would not be able to flash new firmware to your device.
FaCeOff said:
Thanks for the ROM.
I tried to update it but i get "INVALID MODEL ID".
Is there a hacked ROMUpdateutility.exe already out?
I tried to update with the hacked one from the HTC Prophet but it always tells my File not found but the filename is the same so i think HTC did a good job here to prevent it.
Any ideas?
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P.S. this 2.67.90 radio has sensational battery life. amazingly good.
SecureGSM said:
your device seems to flashed with pre-production bootloader. I sorry to say that, but you need to upgrade your bootloader first. Otherwise you would not be able to flash new firmware to your device.
P.S. this 2.67.90 radio has sensational battery life. amazingly good.
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Thanks for this information and yes, it´s a preproduction bootloader.
So is there any way to upgrade the bootloader seperatly?
Thanks for your help
SecureGSM said:
your device seems to flashed with pre-production bootloader. I sorry to say that, but you need to upgrade your bootloader first. Otherwise you would not be able to flash new firmware to your device.
P.S. this 2.67.90 radio has sensational battery life. amazingly good.
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Did you find other improvements? i.e. more stable gprs connection data?
Whats really mean test rom? Only a non certified rom, or it introduce something other to test the unity stability and then make a log o something similar?
Thanks in advance for the reply.
Hi,
im new here.
How i can update the bootloeder, beacuse i also get the message error invalid model ID
thanks for your help
Change ROM France to English
Iam brazilian, sorry my english.
I bought the P3300, but it came with language in French, as I make for the language for English. It could teach the details to me of the change
Thanks
travegliaesogno said:
Did you find other improvements? i.e. more stable gprs connection data?
Whats really mean test rom? Only a non certified rom, or it introduce something other to test the unity stability and then make a log o something similar?
Thanks in advance for the reply.
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Someone could please answer my question?
travegliaesogno said:
Someone could please answer my question?
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The only one reason why I reflash my device was that originally it was with the French ROM, so it was unappropriated for me.
So now I have this "Test WWE" ROM on my device and did not notice any difference with "certified French" ROM. Only one thing, when you soft-resetting the device, it will show screen says "TEST UI..... blah-blah-blah".
Is there a problem with the ftp? Or howcome I can not download the file?
I just bought a french version. Now I would like to set it up in english as far as possible. Any ideas what I need to do, and how I get hold of the correct ROMs?
I can download it... check that no firewall is blocking you.
Thanks, problem solved. downloading the art_tmuk. This is the a released full version for the UK? I have got a french version on mine today.
Do I just have run the .exe file or do I need to do something more?
Regards,
Johan
claudares said:
Iam brazilian, sorry my english.
I bought the P3300, but it came with language in French, as I make for the language for English. It could teach the details to me of the change
Thanks
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I have got the same problem. Just downloaded the new .exe files WWE. Not sure if I can just run these or if I have to do something special first?
Regards,
Johan
Silver_J said:
I have got the same problem. Just downloaded the new .exe files WWE. Not sure if I can just run these or if I have to do something special first?
Regards,
Johan
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Tmouk_wwe is a t-mobile rom! I'm almost sure you don't want this one!!!
RalphLauren said:
The only one reason why I reflash my device was that originally it was with the French ROM, so it was unappropriated for me.
So now I have this "Test WWE" ROM on my device and did not notice any difference with "certified French" ROM. Only one thing, when you soft-resetting the device, it will show screen says "TEST UI..... blah-blah-blah".
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Thanks a lot!
Hi all,
Maybe you guys might be of a help too me. I had a Artemis which is bought from china. Now I want to change the rom to english rom but the bootloader version in build is 1.27 is there anyway for me to downgrade it to version 1.25? Please do advice me on this. Thanks.
I never download something from this site as i am not able to enter the FTP site can someone tell me how to make step by step
Thanx
ftp access.
to access ftp site use:
l/p - xda/xda
if you access from ie, you can do following:
ftp://xda:[email protected]
best regards.
Hi folks, compared to another devices listed on xda-developers I do not find many links and information about the WM6 upgrade for Herald. I know that I have to go for it at the HTC Club, but before that I like to use your brains and find out, whether it is possible to flash a worldwide english firmware onto a german Herald - and where to get it? (I guess at HTC club I'll get the german version, but I like to have the english one)
many thanks guys & greetings from rainy munich.
fire00 said:
Hi folks, compared to another devices listed on xda-developers I do not find many links and information about the WM6 upgrade for Herald.
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You are kidding right ?
there are a gazzilion topics regarding this matter.
If you want to flash other language to your phone go to www.imei-check.co.uk/heraldunlock.php, pay the guys wait a few minutes follow instructions download WWE RUU and flash.
HI, you have the possibility to flash any WM6 rom to your device, if you searched for "asergs.cab" or simply read the Topic about the Touch-IT or PDAVIET rom...
BUT: HTC´s Romupdates won´t work in different languages
It is not impossible anymore, but you really have to read 4 yourself to get it working
And remember: If the process fails, you need to have a WM6 rom of your language to unbrick your Herald again !!!
many thanks guys. I guess I got too lazy after using my HTC Touch and flashing all the time different ROMs and languages without any problems, without paying money and without searching for hints etc. thanks Meisterschlampe...eh sorry, Meisterlampe
Sorry for asking stupid question....I searched on this forum, couldnt find answers.
I read on official HTC site, that after I upgrade to WM6, I cannot downgrade to WM5 anymore.
I found many customized ROM here (WM6), if I used that ROM, can I downgrade to WM5 after some times?
thx
Of course you can ...
how is that done, do you just overwrite everything with the standard HTC ROM or do you have to delete the Hard SPL and radio upgrades first?
You can do, but once you have WM6 you will not what too...
May be an idea to keep a copy off your orginial rom,
incase you want the exact same one back...
steveecourt said:
You can do, but once you have WM6 you will not what too...
May be an idea to keep a copy off your orginial rom,
incase you want the exact same one back...
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how can i extract my original version of wm5 from my htc p 3600? i have a "customatized" version with all carriers settings and multi language. it's some programs who can do that? thanks
Hello guys,
I would like to know where I can find the ROM of Windows Mobile 6 in English for QTek 9100.
Thanks in advance.
Best regards.
Fred.
noob
Hi im a noob to i currently run wm5 dutch tmboile would like to put wm6 on but where can i find the ROM.
What is not clear for me on this forum and that is because i am a noob. is that the wm 6 forum does it contain a complete rom which i can flash my phone with or do they require at least the wm6 core?
If it requires wm6 core how do you obtain this or is this one of those paid packages like win xp
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=334976
Read carefully and you guy will find all references you need to proceed !!!
Good luck!
Huckleberry88 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=334976
Read carefully and you guy will find all references you need to proceed !!!
Good luck!
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Huckleberry88
Ah!!! that's a real Masterpiece ,loved it,grrrrrr8 going
Well, I know how to flash the ROM on my Qtek 9100, but I don't find the WM6 in english for it. I know the question must be redoundant, but the information is not easy to find while I already carefully searched for it before posting.
I'm ready to bet that there must be a tutorial for downloading the ROM of WM6 for Qtek 9100. But I have not found it. That's why I'm asking.
I have not found the official WM6 ROM for the Qtek 9100. If someone could upload it, it would be nice.
Cheers.
Fred.
boulifb said:
Well, I know how to flash the ROM on my Qtek 9100, but I don't find the WM6 in english for it. I know the question must be redoundant, but the information is not easy to find while I already carefully searched for it before posting.
I'm ready to bet that there must be a tutorial for downloading the ROM of WM6 for Qtek 9100. But I have not found it. That's why I'm asking.
I have not found the official WM6 ROM for the Qtek 9100. If someone could upload it, it would be nice.
Cheers.
Fred.
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There is no tutorial that illustrates how to download WM6 for the wizard. Its a bit self explanatory considering there is a WM6 forum for the wizard with lots of releases as well as a wiki for the wizard that contains an awful lot of important information.
The closest thing to an official rom for the wizard is known as 'ingenetics' rom.
Good Luck
boulifb said:
Well, I know how to flash the ROM on my Qtek 9100, but I don't find the WM6 in english for it. I know the question must be redoundant, but the information is not easy to find while I already carefully searched for it before posting.
I'm ready to bet that there must be a tutorial for downloading the ROM of WM6 for Qtek 9100. But I have not found it. That's why I'm asking.
I have not found the official WM6 ROM for the Qtek 9100. If someone could upload it, it would be nice.
Cheers.
Fred.
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Unless I'm mistaken, just about every WM6 Rom here is in english. For example:
ALL NBD Roms
ALL TNT Roms
ALL Black Diamond Roms
Look around, Read, Learn, Flash, Enjoy!
Are you sure these roms will work on the qtek 9100?
I have not found these roms on the ftp site. Where are they?
Cheers.
Fred.
When I posted the first link I really meant to reccommend you to read, read and read first - but I did not mean it personally at all.
Sorry, but if you haven't been able to find any WM6 ROM in this Wizard forum yourself yet, I seriously doubt you know how to flash (non-official) ROMs ..
therefore I strongly advice you to start reading the wiki and the sticky threads on top of the forum first (as the other members also suggested in their posts above) and to understand the steps before flashing otherwise there is a high risk to brick you wizard.
Again, the links to the reading are given in the other thread as well.
Good luck!
I have found NON official ROMs on the wiki.
But no official ROMs of WM6.
What I'm looking for is just an official WM6 for Qtek 9100. That's why I'm asking.
It's not the sea to drink or reach the moon...
Best regards.
Fred.
There aren't any, so you'll have to settle for unofficial ones.
ah, ok.
That's too bad
So installing WM6 on a qtek 9100 is not that "leagal" right?
Or maybe some one has posted a ROM with WM6 somewhere and doesn't yell on each roof
error 300 invalid update tool
Hi
I receive this error when trying to update from WM5 to WM6
I have tried several WM6-roms and all of them end up with the same message
In my Qtek9100 I have IPL 2.17 and SPL 2.17. Language is swedish.
Where to find a newer update tool? The tool in all update files is from 2005-11-21
regards hasse
Hi,
I have the same IPL as you (2.17) so it's a G3 qtek.
At least you aleardy have found WM6 roms.
As I mentionned, I'm looking for an english official WM6 ROM...
It seems to be not obvious to get
Why do you want the official one so badly? If you want it that badly, perhaps you should purchase a new device with WM6 already installed?
Now using Black Diamond!
I have a Qtek 9100...people here call it a Wizard (HTC Wizard). There is no official WM6 rom for the wizard (OEMs have never been keen on upgrades to these devices, they want you to buy a new one. The upgrades they DO release are for THEIR purposes (make them more money), not necessarily to make your phone work better). All of the unofficial roms for the Wizard will work on the Qtek 9100. My Wizard (Qtek 9100) works SOOOOO much better with an UNOFFICIAL WM6 rom than it EVER did with the factory WM5 rom. My advice is to quit worrying about official or unofficial, and learn how to flash your phone so you can improve its performance. Believe me, the corporations that release official roms don't care as much about the performance of your phone as the rom cookers in this forum do. The corporations just want money, the rom cookers just want their Phones to work better.
Qtek Htc 9100 Upgrading Rom
ipl 2.18.0001
spl 2.18.001
gsm 02.07.10
os 2.18.7.4
i need the upgrading rom for this version
I have a qtek 9100 g4 and i'm scared by this "upgrade"
i'm a noob and i would upgrade but i don't know how to recover my device if something go wrong.
flash or something in install procedure
crashes or freeze after install
how could i prepare a full backup of my rom to restore if problems comes?
ronkpunk said:
I have a qtek 9100 g4 and i'm scared by this "upgrade"
i'm a noob and i would upgrade but i don't know how to recover my device if something go wrong.
flash or something in install procedure
crashes or freeze after install
how could i prepare a full backup of my rom to restore if problems comes?
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You can use the Sdcard method to backup your present Rom using the 'Mtty' and 'r2sd all' command,but remember,only OS will be backed up and not all the applications/programs or your personal settings will not be backed up.Search for the 'Sdcard' backup method in the forum or check out this thread :-
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=276963
However,to upgrade a G4 phone,read the 'HardSPL' and 'SoftSPL' methods as 'Stickies' in the G4 forum.
I did take the time to search and found nothing.
QUESTION: If I hard SPL my russian Herald will I be able to flash English roms and turn the language to english?
I have upgraded the russian software to 4.xxxxx
I keep getting vendor ID errors on anything US that I try to update. So i was hoping that this would be a work around for that.
Any Info would be helpful
Thanks in advance
What is your SPL? Is the SPL greater than 4.00? As long as it is, it should be fine.
Then you should be able to follow the same HardSPL instructions the Herald and Wings do, here: http://thewingster.com/Documents/How to HardSPL (Wing-Herald).pdf
I don't see why your region would make a difference...but I have no experience, it's just my guess.