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Hello there,
I'm very excited to try some really nice ROM's I have seen in here, but I'm afraid that some day if I would want to get it back to the "factory" version of my HTC P4351 (that's the model name for our "Herald" here in Brazil) I could not do it.
Anyway, is there a way to Backup my actual ROM before I flash it to another? Also, is there some concern I must have regarding my carrier (not only the network configuration itself, but some "block" that they could have implemented in the device)?
My cell phone carrier is CLARO, if there are other brazilians here who actually had success in flashing, your comments are really appreciated!!
Thanks in advance folks.
fmachado2906 said:
Hello there,
I'm very excited to try some really nice ROM's I have seen in here, but I'm afraid that some day if I would want to get it back to the "factory" version of my HTC P4351 (that's the model name for our "Herald" here in Brazil) I could not do it.
Anyway, is there a way to Backup my actual ROM before I flash it to another? Also, is there some concern I must have regarding my carrier (not only the network configuration itself, but some "block" that they could have implemented in the device)?
My cell phone carrier is CLARO, if there are other brazilians here who actually had success in flashing, your comments are really appreciated!!
Thanks in advance folks.
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Claro Que Si!
Sorry, I had to, but yeah I'm pretty sure you can although I never have. It's called a dump, right guys??? I dunno, someone else will come along and tell you how
fmachado2906 said:
Hello there,
I'm very excited to try some really nice ROM's I have seen in here, but I'm afraid that some day if I would want to get it back to the "factory" version of my HTC P4351 (that's the model name for our "Herald" here in Brazil) I could not do it.
Anyway, is there a way to Backup my actual ROM before I flash it to another? Also, is there some concern I must have regarding my carrier (not only the network configuration itself, but some "block" that they could have implemented in the device)?
My cell phone carrier is CLARO, if there are other brazilians here who actually had success in flashing, your comments are really appreciated!!
Thanks in advance folks.
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I had the same question a few months ago. I was told to use the search function (which turned up nothing).
Good luck!
I found this in Wiki: http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=XDAtools
but it looks like it's just for old phones/OS ... Does anyone know how to create an image of the WM6 Pro ?
You can follow ITJE's post regarding on how to build your own rom ... dump your rom, then recook it. I'm not a cook, so I wouldn't know all the details.
Hi All,
After spending a large amount of time trying to find a solution for the SPL 1.24 to hack. Mainly the Telstra Australia WM6.5 Upgrade. Combining the many efforts of XDA Members I finally got a proper working hack going. I thought I'd post it straight away for the rest of the world to see.
First what you need to do is download the WM6.5 Upgrade from the HTC Website. When you open this you need to go to Start - Run - Type %TEMP% Find the location where the extractor has dumped the files and rename RUU_Signed.nbh to MAPLIMG.nbh. Copy this to the root of the SD Card. Reset your phone into Bootloader and let the flash start. It will fail at 10% than reset itself and install it properly.
From here you need to download a cab clearsecurity.cab which is suppose to be for the Samsung Blackjack 2 but it enables the HTC Snap to be hacked.
From there download the desired Custom Rom and run 1.19 auto.bat and watch the screen go black and the custom rom install.
Any Success???
Hi, can anyone let me know if they have had the same success???
Hi Roger,
Thanks for the post as it worked a treat for me, I was able to flash the HTC Snap after following the above steps. One thing I didn't do is backup the Telstra spl 1.24, Do you know where I can get a copy from?
Once again thanks for the post.
Mr.D
THis looks great. I'd love to try this now, but before I do, I'm hoping you might be able to answer a question of mine, to ease my mind:
If you need to reinstall the original Rom and SPL 1.24, is there any way the the Telecom company can see that the phone's firmware has been previously changed?
Thanks.
Flashing back to Telstra 6.5 Rom
Hey guys, I believe you can just download the latest 6.5 Telstra Rom for the snap from the HTC website. I havern't tried it since I have hacked the phone and the only reason why you would obviously do it is for warranty. Actually I also found out that you can get WM 6.1 rom but you need to contact HTC and you can upload it from there FTP. Sorry I can't provide any more assitance maybe when my phone breaks and I need to flash it back I will post up what I have done.
Hi Roger
Thanks for the reply. This is what's stopping me from trying to flash the ROM. Knowing whether I can restore it back to it's original condition without the telecom company knowing it's been flashed. The phone is only new and if it does develop a hardware problem and I had to send it back, I'm sure they won't fix it under the warranty if they can see that it's been flashed.
If as you suggest, it's just a matter of re-flashing it with the original rom, then that's fantastic. But, I'd really like some firm confirmation before going ahead.
The ROM developed by ookba looks AMAZING and I can't wait to try it.
Thanks.
Flashing Advice
Hi Badcam,
I have owned many HTC phones and I have to say the Snap is probably the most durable out of them all. I find with the Snap and the newer models of the HTC phones from australian carriers they really lock them down and you don't get the full functions as what you pay for. Worst of all they infest the phone with all these carrier features that are not needed.
It is really your choice flashing your phone. Every single phone I have had I have flashed and never had problems only when I drop them lol. For warranty purposes you can always flash back to orginal rom and just tell them thats how you got it. They really can't say much. But I did abit of reading and when you do upgrade the rom from HTC website it does install SPL 1.24 back meaning if you want to flash it back you need to go through the hack again.
Hope this has been helpful.
You said it Roger.
There's so much Telecom rubbish on this phone, it's not funny.
Well, I'll give it a go this weekend. If you're happy it's going to work, I am too. Thanks very much for your advice.
Hey do you guys know how much (in USD) a Telstra SNAP is out there if you buy it outright? Can can anyone ship me one to the States?
What about a TelecomNZ one?
http://store.telecom.co.nz/mobile/pay-monthly/htc-s523
NZ$499.00 is around US$361
http://www.xe.com/ucc/convert.cgi?Amount=499.00&From=NZD&To=USD&x=16&y=17
I'd be happy to sort something out for you. PM me if you'd like.
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Badcam said:
What about a TelecomNZ one?
http://store.telecom.co.nz/mobile/pay-monthly/htc-s523
NZ$499.00 is around US$361
http://www.xe.com/ucc/convert.cgi?Amount=499.00&From=NZD&To=USD&x=16&y=17
I'd be happy to sort something out for you. PM me if you'd like.
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Thanks but that's kinda rough. I get the MAPL100 (Dash 3G) here for $100. Looking to get a SNAP S523 for around that, even used. Let me know if you run across one. Thanks!
It's atrocious. Believe it or not, that's a good price. It's just come down NZ$200. Of course, I had to buy my two days before the reduced it.
I'll keep an eye out.
roger.higginbotham said:
Hi, can anyone let me know if they have had the same success???
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Hi, can anyone tell me how to get the device into bootloader mode? i have followed the steps, but getting it into bootloader mode and then letting it hardspl from the sd is not happening :-( THANKS!!!
Can't find clearsecurity.cab. Can anyone tell me where to find it?
Attempt to answer questions lol
Benzin,
Type in google "clearsecurity.cab download" and find the mediafire link
If you have problems please let me know. Maybe XDA-Developers already have it posted.
wcampagne,
So you are getting into bootloader right, its just not picking up the MAPLIMG.nbh file. You have renamed RUU_Signed.nbh to MAPLIMG.nbh. Also a train of through if you have tried applying previous Roms before hand I suggest you go to %TEMP% file and remove anything that is there that has reference to RUU_Signed or the rom at all. You are probably uploading the wrong file as it might be cached. As I said its just a train of thought. If you have any more problems please feel free to post up and I will figure out a fix for you.
Ookba,
Ebay is your best bet. I got my handset for $150 AUD brand new on bid.
Works great for me and I thank you so much!
I saw a page about a firmware update at:
http://htc-linux.org/wiki/index.php?title=Leo/Wifi#Firmware
I have a couple of questions I'm hoping someone can answer. (I did search this forum and the developer one. Didn't find what I was looking for.)
Have there been any reported issues with the new firmware?
Does this actually upgrade the firmware on the phone (permanent, run just once), or just run a virtual firmware layer (update every build with it)?
Is there a change log showing what's been updated with the new firmware?
Who put out the new firmware? Was it HTC or a third-party developer?
Is there a file to revert back to original (if it is a permanent change)?
What's the deal with the free software firmware over at OpenFWWF? It's directly under the GNU section, but the outline columns make it seem like it's part of it.
Thanks for any help you can give in the matter.
Edit: Oh, and it's for HD2s, right? The Europe or American version?
This is all just observation take it for whatever its worth.
I Havent tried it as I use a modified kernal.
I am no dev but I dont think its permenant as Its for the android builds. I do believe that onces its included you wont have to keep adding it to every build.
Cant tell If it was from htc looks like its originally from broadcom themselves.
I found this http://android.git.kernel.org/?p=platform/system/wlan/broadcom.git;a=summary
I think that maybe the base for the driver over all.
Hopefully some can shed some better light on the subject as you have great questions.
I am looking to see if i can find anymore info.
Anyone have any information on this?
Hi community,
just switched from Symbian to Android, so I've got to learn a lot.
I am a German living in China. This brought up some problems with my brand new Gal S2/9100. When I try to update it (kies) tells me it is not possible for this firmware. I also can even not register an account at Samsung with the telefon. It seems that this Shop sold me a "branded, modified or cracked " Phone. However, I learnt here I can flash my phone.
As I am in China, most "up load" servers are blocked, I cannot access them.
So I need urgently the help of you guys. Here my DATA:
PDA I9100XWKE7 : CSC I9100 XEU KD1
Build: Gingerbread XWKE7
But but but: I wonder if I could get an European CSC Package with the latest KF2?
thats the data;
I kindly ask the community to give me a chance to download all that stuff through a one time FTP connection from someone's PC. Just use Filezilla FTP server.
I could do it in the night in order not to disturb you. We have 6 hours time shift. So, my morning is your night.
Or any other server to download all the stuff (firmware pack,including ODIN)?
Hope you don't let me down, I hope i can return this effort to the community one day.thanks in advance
Robbie
Would the following Suffice?
XXKF2
This package has: PDA:XXKF2| PHONE: XXKF2| CSC:XEUKD1.
MultiCSC OXXKE2:
Contains the following CSC: AUT, COS, CYO, DBT, DCM, DNF, EUR, FWB, KOR, LUX, NEE, OMN, ORG, ORS, PAN, PLS, SEB, SUN, SWC, TMS, TPH, VDH, VIA, VOM, XEE, XEH, XEO, XEZ, XSK.
Which servers can you access in China? I think you can get Hotfile / Megaupload.
Go thru this thread for more information.
We all get this message when we are up to date like you are. It is also normal that you cannot register a samsung account since samsung hub is not for the UK (you are running. UK firmware)
thanks for the quick answers
since some weeks almost all servers including (hotfile and upload) are blocked.
that's the problem.
So, I learnt I do have a UK firmware, that's ok to me. However, the shop put a lot of Chinese stuff as system apps on to the phone. I cannot uninstall it.
I also can not install any emails except GMAIL ( which by the way works great on the S2) so I have to use K-9 Mail as client the build in widget is buggy and crashing all the time. Also my phone gets quite hot on the backside close to the cam, when I switch it off and on it gets cool quite quickly again. I couldn't figure out what application is causing this.
I talked to a SAMSUNG guy here, he said this bug is fixed in the latest firmware.
Samsung was aware of the "getting hot issue" but does not tell what the reason was.
Summary: I think now, the Chinese screwed up the phone by mixing various stuff from different countries on a UK phone. They told me it was imported, what ever that means in China.
The only solution to me is to put my phone back to the original status quo.
I tried to /su and found out the phone is not routed.
May be they rooted it and put on top of the UK firmware all that Chinese stuff, then unrooted it again. (if this is possible).
Would really be nice, if I could download may be the original firmware package from someone. By the way, I also can only access the Chinese apps android market. This is really horrible. I do speak Chinese and read the basics but I prefer English/German or Spanish software.
Hope this gives you a picture of my situation.
Greetings from SiChuan
rr
If you tell me the files you need, I can host them on a server that's not blocked by the GFOC
If you can see www.villainrom.co.uk, then you can get to the files
yes I can see this page. Seems to be ok.
I will try to find the files in the next 20 minutes and let you know.
If you could do this for me I owe you something........
thx
rr
RbbCHan said:
yes I can see this page. Seems to be ok.
I will try to find the files in the next 20 minutes and let you know.
If you could do this for me I owe you something........
thx
rr
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OK if you show me the files you want, or even describe what you are after, you can download them in a few mins. It's 100Mb/s anyway so it will be fast for me to get them.
firmware pck
so here we are:
as Mr. sileshn above already said: the XXKF2 package with the multi CSC should be ok. I also need the flash software ODIN to flash the phone.
However, if you could find the original package would be nice.
again my data: PDA:I9100 XWKE7 CSC I9100 XEUKD1
at the moment I think KF2 is the latest firmware, isn't it? I understood that the KF4 is a beta and unstable and not officially released.
So any KF2 firmware with CSC for UK or Germany is fine for me.
thanks
rr
PS:
I feel quite nervous as I used to be an experienced Symbian user, but new to Android. I also have no Idea about LINUX so all the technical terms and actions are new to me.
RbbCHan said:
so here we are:
as Mr. sileshn above already said: the XXKF2 package with the multi CSC should be ok. I also need the flash software ODIN to flash the phone.
However, if you could find the original package would be nice.
again my data: PDA:I9100 XWKE7 CSC I9100 XEUKD1
at the moment I think KF2 is the latest firmware, isn't it? I understood that the KF4 is a beta and unstable and not officially released.
So any KF2 firmware with CSC for UK or Germany is fine for me.
thanks
rr
PS:
I feel quite nervous as I used to be an experienced Symbian user, but new to Android. I also have no Idea about LINUX so all the technical terms and actions are new to me.
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www.villainrom.co.uk/SGS2/GFOC/GT-I9100_XEO_I9100XXKF2_I9100OXAKF2_I9100XXKF2.exe
www.villainrom.co.uk/SGS2/GFOC/Odin3-v1.85.zip
www.villainrom.co.uk/SGS2/GFOC/MultiCSC_I9100OXXKE2.exe
thanks so much
I am downloading
got it, download finished
will try tomorrow as it is already midnight our time.
cu and again thank you
rr
pulser_g2 said:
www.villainrom.co.uk/SGS2/GFOC/GT-I9100_XEO_I9100XXKF2_I9100OXAKF2_I9100XXKF2.exe
www.villainrom.co.uk/SGS2/GFOC/Odin3-v1.85.zip
www.villainrom.co.uk/SGS2/GFOC/MultiCSC_I9100OXXKE2.exe
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Hi, just for your info: Download worked great, thanks again.
The bad news is that my phone got screwed up.
I couldn't identify why. I followed exactly the rules on how to flash this phone.
After uploading the files to the phone ODIN gave back the message: FAILED, write operation failed.
My phone hung up ( a little picture appears with a phone and a PC when I restart), it can not start/boot any longer. Of course after the "failed" message I waited long long time in order not to interupt any process. However one time I had to stop it. All efforts to flash it again did not work.
I am quite nervous now, hope the shop where I bought it can fix it.
They told me they will try. Hope to report better news tomorrow.
rr
short report
thanks again for the help.
The download worked really great.
The bad news is, that i screwed up my phone.
I followed exactly the routine for flashing with ODIN.
It is not that difficult to understand.
But ODIN uploaded the files to my phone and then stopped during the writing process.
"FAILED" was the message I got.
I waited long long time in order to make sure I do not interrupt any processes.
Then I had to disconnect my phone. After restart it was hanging with a little picture that shows a phone and a pc screen. I tried all I know to get the phone back to life but nothing happened.
So I brought the phone today to the shop where i bought it in China.
I hope they can fix it.
it would be good to figure out what was going wrong. Firstly to learn, secondly to help others to avoid this problem.
I believe that it may have something to do with the fact that they sold me "modified" phone, I mean it was a UK PDA and CSC number but a lot of Chinese stuff in the system. Not installed as normal apps but as system apps.
So they may have changed the partition and modified the firmware.
But I checked before, the phone was not rooted.
That's for your info only.
I thank you again for the prompt help you gave me.
If you have an idea what was wrong pls let me know
RR
RbbCHan said:
thanks again for the help.
The download worked really great.
The bad news is, that i screwed up my phone.
I followed exactly the routine for flashing with ODIN.
It is not that difficult to understand.
But ODIN uploaded the files to my phone and then stopped during the writing process.
"FAILED" was the message I got.
I waited long long time in order to make sure I do not interrupt any processes.
Then I had to disconnect my phone. After restart it was hanging with a little picture that shows a phone and a pc screen. I tried all I know to get the phone back to life but nothing happened.
So I brought the phone today to the shop where i bought it in China.
I hope they can fix it.
it would be good to figure out what was going wrong. Firstly to learn, secondly to help others to avoid this problem.
I believe that it may have something to do with the fact that they sold me "modified" phone, I mean it was a UK PDA and CSC number but a lot of Chinese stuff in the system. Not installed as normal apps but as system apps.
So they may have changed the partition and modified the firmware.
But I checked before, the phone was not rooted.
That's for your info only.
I thank you again for the prompt help you gave me.
If you have an idea what was wrong pls let me know
RR
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That's only a soft brick.
You can fix that by reflashing. You could try flashing via Heimdall, but it's not something irreparable You can get to download mode as usual
I've tried to reflash. no success, same error. However, I hope they fix it for me and If they put on a standard firmware with standard CSC, I should be able to flash in the future.
I did this with my N8 and my N900 many times and never something strange happened.
So, I guess it is an experience for me.
As I have to learn I wonder, if there is a hacker bible or flashing bible for android out there?
Did you learn all by doing or did you have some literature?
More tomorrow when I got back my phone.
rr
Hi there. This is my first post, so please excuse any mistakes.
I just found a rom that provides region unlock, so wanna know this:
Recently I bought a N900P (Sprint) through ebay and want to use it in Europe (Greece).
I don't know the locked/unock status or the IMEI of the device, cause is not here yet.
So, while waiting, I wanna know if I can I flash a Greek 4.4.2 stock rom on it
and after rooting, the above mentioned custom rom, so I can fully use my device in Greece.
Thanks for your time reading and answering this.
ifestion2014 said:
Hi there. This is my first post, so please excuse any mistakes.
I just found a rom that provides region unlock, so wanna know this:
Recently I bought a N900P (Sprint) through ebay and want to use it in Europe (Greece).
I don't know the locked/unock status or the IMEI of the device, cause is not here yet.
So, while waiting, I wanna know if I can I flash a Greek 4.4.2 stock rom on it
and after rooting, the above mentioned custom rom, so I can fully use my device in Greece.
Thanks for your time reading and answering this.
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Since you have said about firmware which will region unlock Note 3 N900P. would mine giving a link to that firmware or us all where we can download please?
Golhaaboa said:
Since you have said about firmware which will region unlock Note 3 N900P. would mine giving a link to that firmware or us all where we can download please?
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There's a few similar roms on Note 3 forum.
I've already installed a few, but a code is also
needed to unlock network. I've even ordered
one, but doesn't seem to work and soon I'll
get refunded (at least I hope I will). I'm not
sure if I'm allowed to post rom links here.
I hope this helps
ifestion2014 said:
Hi there. This is my first post, so please excuse any mistakes.
I just found a rom that provides region unlock, so wanna know this:
Recently I bought a N900P (Sprint) through ebay and want to use it in Europe (Greece).
I don't know the locked/unock status or the IMEI of the device, cause is not here yet.
So, while waiting, I wanna know if I can I flash a Greek 4.4.2 stock rom on it
and after rooting, the above mentioned custom rom, so I can fully use my device in Greece.
Thanks for your time reading and answering this.
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Hello, so if its works for u why don't u give us a link for that ROM so we can try it as well. Otherwise don't come here with stories which u cannot give a proof.
Golhaaboa said:
Hello, so if its works for u why don't u give us a link for that ROM so we can try it as well. Otherwise don't come here with stories which u cannot give a proof.
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Well, dearest and kindest friend, either I'm welcome here or not, you sure won't be asked.
Golhaaboa said:
Hello, so if its works for u why don't u give us a link for that ROM so we can try it as well. Otherwise don't come here with stories which u cannot give a proof.
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Why don't you search yourself in the forum ??? Search " Sweet Rom " in the Note 3 forum & you will get it...