I've been doing some reading on flashing to a new ROM and am thinking of doing this (probably Dutty's ROM), however is it necessary to unlock the phone to do this?
From what I can gather the HSPL removes any branding, but would be grateful if someone could confirm this.
I'm a bit anxious about flashing the ROM from experience with a PC. I realise that if you get things wrong it can brick the device...
Thanks in advance for any input...
bump... Anyone?
I'm interested as well.
Start here: http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=HTC_Blackstone
This will answer most questions, especially about ROMs
The wiki doesn't answer the question.
ModernMuseum said:
The wiki doesn't answer the question.
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Yes I have been through the wiki as well and agree that it doesn't really answer the question. As several (hundred) people now appear to have done this someone must know the answer...
It is NOT necessary to unlock first
mo.ammi said:
It is NOT necessary to unlock first
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Excellent - thanks mo.ammi.
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Just got an M600. Ok, spent ages searching to see if you can swap the rom without unlocking and stuff, all I can find is..
You can't unlock it for free yet ?
You can't unlock CIC bit yet
You can't flash another rom to it without doing this ?
Anyone with an M600 flashed a new ROM ?
Cheers
CIC
Hi
Im new to all this still learning
what is CIC
and what is cid or are they the same.
monkeyphonix said:
Just got an M600. Ok, spent ages searching to see if you can swap the rom without unlocking and stuff, all I can find is..
You can't unlock it for free yet ?
You can't unlock CIC bit yet
You can't flash another rom to it without doing this ?
Anyone with an M600 flashed a new ROM ?
Cheers
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your not searching hard enough
monkeyphonix said:
Just got an M600. Ok, spent ages searching to see if you can swap the rom without unlocking and stuff, all I can find is..
You can't unlock it for free yet ?
You can't unlock CIC bit yet
You can't flash another rom to it without doing this ?
Anyone with an M600 flashed a new ROM ?
Cheers
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your not searching hard enough
monkeyphonix said:
Just got an M600. Ok, spent ages searching to see if you can swap the rom without unlocking and stuff, all I can find is..
You can't unlock it for free yet ?
You can't unlock CIC bit yet
You can't flash another rom to it without doing this ?
Anyone with an M600 flashed a new ROM ?
Cheers
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duncan888 said:
monkeyphonix said:
Just got an M600. Ok, spent ages searching to see if you can swap the rom without unlocking and stuff, all I can find is..
You can't unlock it for free yet ?
You can't unlock CIC bit yet
You can't flash another rom to it without doing this ?
Anyone with an M600 flashed a new ROM ?
Cheers
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Thanks for that one Dunc.
Unhelpfull
When duncan has a problem he asks and get an answer looking at his posts but when someone asks him hes not so helpfull
Duncan888, how about you help us all out mate?!
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When duncan has a problem he asks and get an answer looking at his posts but when someone asks him hes not so helpfull
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I havent asked any questions about this subject because there are millions of post discussing this subject. You just cant be bothered.
thanks mate, another helpful productive answer. You're a legend!
Well done
How long would it take you to explain briefly what you did, jesus!
Nothing like community spirit eh.
Squuiid said:
Duncan888, how about you help us all out mate?!
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anyway, there is no software out there to sim unlock for free at the moment. The only way to unlock it is through websites such as http://www.imei-check.co.uk/
But if you want to flash to a different rom, you can still do this without sim unlocking the phone. just look for the modified romupdateutility in the prophet upgrading section of the forum
Try reading this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=46548
Chrz :wink:
Hi,
I am due to get my new HTC Touch HD from Orange tomorrow and i was wondering if someone could explain what the roms on here are able to do that the original rom wont be able to do.
I am Completely new to this as this is my first WM Device.
Thanks
Jamie
here we go again! ! ! ! !
jamieewart said:
Hi,
I am due to get my new HTC Touch HD from Orange tomorrow and i was wondering if someone could explain what the roms on here are able to do that the original rom wont be able to do.
I am Completely new to this as this is my first WM Device.
Thanks
Jamie
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What you need to do is read the wiki (see signature), and rom related threads, as to answer your question would take to long and as the previous person mentioned, we have been here before.
Do a search in the rom development forum and read the first few posts on each rom which will tell you basically what that rom includes. Do the same for whaever roms you are interested in and then try them out if you want.
All I can say is read read read and follow guidelines regarding flashing in the wiki and cRaCKwHoRe's guide. Both can be found in my signature
thanks
Hi
Thanks for your reply I am goign to start reading tonight and hope I understand what it all means.
Thanks again
Jamie
jamieewart said:
Hi
Thanks for your reply I am goign to start reading tonight and hope I understand what it all means.
Thanks again
Jamie
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It may appear daunting at first, but everyone here was in your shoes at first. After reading the wiki and implementing advice/tips/tweaks etc listed within you should be on your way to understanding. As a close mate (cRaCKwHoRe) said, if you read the wiki you'll know what I know, and this is the truth
There is also guidelines and tutorials on how to flash to knew roms and improve radio (reception) etc.
All information on each rom is listed on first few posts of each thread on that particular rom.
If you have any problems on any topic people here will gladly assist you (well most). If no one helps you, which I doubt, PM me.
I read and searched a lot on the forum before posting this.
1/ Why is there 1000 methods to flash a ROM?
2/ Do I need to do a partition in all cases?
3/ Is there a ROM for 32A that adds multi touch to my device?
4/ Might be a lot to ask but why is there no PROPER tutorial on how to install a ROM?
5/ Can I brick my phone?
Thanks for your time.
This is not a development question. This belongs in the Q&A section. Read the stickies. From those stickies, you would also see a Hacking Wiki for the sapphire.
Read that.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=538979
cizake said:
I read and searched a lot on the forum before posting this.
1/ Why is there 1000 methods to flash a ROM?
2/ Do I need to do a partition in all cases?
3/ Is there a ROM for 32A that adds multi touch to my device?
4/ Might be a lot to ask but why is there no PROPER tutorial on how to install a ROM?
5/ Can I brick my phone?
Thanks for your time.
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I have found out using the forums that 32A do not support multitouch.
WebghostDK said:
I have found out using the forums that 32A do not support multitouch.
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Yes they do.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=568032, for example.
WebghostDK said:
I have found out using the forums that 32A do not support multitouch.
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I use MyHero 1.1.3 (32A with BFS 303 kernel) and multitouch DOES work. But it needs to be supported by the software, works great in the browser for example.
Ok good to know, i was not quite sure about it
cizake said:
I read and searched a lot on the forum before posting this.
1/ Why is there 1000 methods to flash a ROM?
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Erm .. there's only one way to flash a rom ..
- Download rom and copy it to the sd card root folder
- Boot into recovery
- Do a nandroid backup
- wipe
- Flash the new rom
- reboot
4/ Might be a lot to ask but why is there no PROPER tutorial on how to install a ROM?
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Look at the link in my signature, has all the detail an Android newbie needs.
Also check the Sapphire hacking wiki as bcrook mentioned above.
And use the forum search button!
st0kes said:
Erm .. there's only one way to flash a rom ..
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Thats what I was thinking too
and my fav question out of the list:
Can I brick my phone?
Let me answer this one... from your list of questions I find it hard to believe you even know what "brick" means (no offense) but you should NOT even attempt to change anything about your phone except for whats in the menu>settings>sounds/display area
and I'll say it again no offense but people like this that have no idea what their doing is why the companies are so against us gaining root access because yeah theres some of us that understand what we are doing and the concept of linux but then you have these people that have NO CLUE then screw their phones up and guess who they call... not the dev, but the company crying about how they need a new phone...
Bottom line is if you dont know what you doing, DONT DO IT!
cizake said:
I read and searched a lot on the forum before posting this.
5/ Can I brick my phone?
Thanks for your time.
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if you are asking this question, yes you will brick your phone
Hey guys, can someone PLEASE tell me how can I downgrade from the new rom to the older one ?
Thanks
ZaZu90 said:
Hey guys, can someone PLEASE tell me how can I downgrade from the new rom to the older one ?
Thanks
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1. Go to the ROM section, linked here....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=534
2. Ask the same question again.
You'll get more luck in there, and this forum shouldn't be cluttered with stuff that should be in others.
Good luck
johncmolyneux said:
1. Go to the ROM section, linked here....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=534
2. Ask the same question again.
You'll get more luck in there, and this forum shouldn't be cluttered with stuff that should be in others.
Good luck
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Using HSPL
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Using HSPL
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Mate - he wants to downgrade! He's already flashed one ROM.
Anyone, please don't encourage him. This forum has enough on it's plate without becoming ROM Dev MkII lol
johncmolyneux, I thought you're more helpful than this.
I downloaded the ROM update from HTC .. I dont like it .. it ruined my phone, I want my original ROM back, is that illegal ?
ZaZu90 said:
johncmolyneux, I thought you're more helpful than this.
I downloaded the ROM update from HTC .. I dont like it .. it ruined my phone, I want my original ROM back, is that illegal ?
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I AM being helpful. Follow the instructions and you'll get what you need. This is simply the wrong place to post. If we just answer every single post, regardless of what section it's in then the forum would be a massive mess and you'd never be able to follow anything.
How am I not helping you??? After all the help I have given you I'm suprised by that comment.
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I AM being helpful. Follow the instructions and you'll get what you need. This is simply the wrong place to post. If we just answer every single post, regardless of what section it's in then the forum would be a massive mess and you'd never be able to follow anything.
How am I not helping you??? After all the help I have given you I'm suprised by that comment.
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Thats why I said I always THOUGHT you were more helpful, because you helped me alot before. I was referring to the post where you said "Mate - he wants to downgrade! He's already flashed one ROM.
Anyone, please don't encourage him. This forum has enough on it's plate without becoming ROM Dev MkII lol"
Anyway,
The ROM section is dead, I already tried posting there some questions before, they look for ROM downloads and updates, not for questions.
I posted here because I am desperate, I am struggling from my new ROM update.
If anyone knows what I can use to simply revert back to my previous ROM, ill be very grateful ..
Thank you.
I said not to encourage you as this thread does not belong in this forum. Simple as that.
There's a thread in the ROM forum with official download links. You need that. Just download the one you want and flash it.
But I guess I'm not being helpful now. Thanks a lot.
I guess I understood it in the wrong way then, I owe you an apology Im sorry
Oh no its not that, im just really desperate and my day today wasnt at its best, in a bad mood from other life events haha.
"There's a thread in the ROM forum with official download links. You need that. Just download the one you want and flash it."
Thats all I really needed, thank you very much Disregard what I said earlier, its just me in a bad mood today.
I still luv ya John!
ZaZu90 said:
Disregard what I said earlier, its just me in a bad mood today.
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Thanks man - consider it disregarded
northernneil said:
I still luv ya John!
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lol - you love me, I had another guy beating himself to me the other day! This site has it all
johncmolyneux said:
lol - you love me, I had another guy beating himself to me the other day! This site has it all
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lol, I'm just points scoring!
Hi to everyone.
I wanna change the rom version on my HD 2. But my English is not so perfect. Can someone assist me with this? I will need help in doing it step by step.
I am using the lates version of Cookie's home tam, and will need the ram where I can use it normally as well.
I really need someones help. I am using the skype...and here is the adress
Viktor44207. Once again, please.
There is already a step by step guide.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=609477
Great, thank you. I will try to understand. Any advices concerning Rom version?
Viktor.Tsoy said:
Great, thank you. I will try to understand. Any advices concerning Rom version?
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Read up about it, like I did, and many others before. All the answers to all of your questions have been asked and answered time and time again.
Two of your three posts have been asking for people to hold your hand and give you a step by step guide on ROM flashing, try using the search engine. Or better yet, go to the ROM forum and look at the stickys.
The link that Leechoonhwee posted will tell you exactly how to flash a ROM, which ROM you want to flash is up to you, flash as many as you like it takes less than 10 minutes from start to finish to flash a ROM on a HD2.
My advice is to look thoroughly and find a ROM you like the look of, EnergyROM & Artemis are some of the most popular ROMs, start by looking there.
Thank you.
I knnow that I ma asking maybe stupid questions. But my English is not so good.That's why I was asking someone to help. Thank you very much for the links and advices, I will try get it