I have a new (refurb) Cingular 8525. Ihave been doing a lot of reading and research. The amount of information available here, Is damn near intimidating. The first thing I need to do is flash the radio. The shipped version is 1.16.00.00, and the signal strength is terrible. Since everyone here, sends the newbies to Mr Vanx tutorials that is where I started. I flashed to Olipro 2.10. And my bootloader confirms the flash worked. The next step is to flash the radio. But his instructions say to use autodetect. This does not work. So I went to the Olipro post for v7 and he says in his instructions that autodetect will no longer work, force SSL. But later in that thread when this question is asked, the person is told that if he knows that it is 2.10, then check that box and the one that says is it hard SPL. When I try that it warns that it is for version 1.11...etc. I would really appreciate some good advice. Thank you in advance, for reading this far.
badbert said:
I have a new (refurb) Cingular 8525. Ihave been doing a lot of reading and research. The amount of information available here, Is damn near intimidating. The first thing I need to do is flash the radio. The shipped version is 1.16.00.00, and the signal strength is terrible. Since everyone here, sends the newbies to Mr Vanx tutorials that is where I started. I flashed to Olipro 2.10. And my bootloader confirms the flash worked. The next step is to flash the radio. But his instructions say to use autodetect. This does not work. So I went to the Olipro post for v7 and he says in his instructions that autodetect will no longer work, force SSL. But later in that thread when this question is asked, the person is told that if he knows that it is 2.10, then check that box and the one that says is it hard SPL. When I try that it warns that it is for version 1.11...etc. I would really appreciate some good advice. Thank you in advance, for reading this far.
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The conflict is actually that the custom_ruu has been updated to properly auto detect. You can either A) get the new Custom_RUU (and that should work) or B) just select Oli2.10 and check the box for HardSPL and keep going.
todd_jg said:
The conflict is actually that the custom_ruu has been updated to properly auto detect. You can either A) get the new Custom_RUU (and that should work) or B) just select Oli2.10 and check the box for HardSPL and keep going.
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Thank you for your prompt reply. And forgive me for questioning your advice. Is the latest radio 1.50 packaged with the latest Custom RUU? I downloaded the one from This Thread in the resources sticky. And it still could not query the device. And if I try the method you suggested it gives me the following warning:
"Please be aware that this flasher is intended solely for SPL 1.11 and you MUST have 1.11 Hard-SPL installed in order to flash any unsigned files."
Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.
I have flashed my "Wizard" literally (see my signature) hundreds of times. With only a couple of minor errors. I would like to upgrade to WM6, in the very near future. But I paid too much money to brick this sucker!! (Read: My wife would kill me!)
Anyone else have any insight to this? I'm having the same gut wrenching inhibitions about trying out the vp3g rom because of this
"Please be aware that this flasher is intended solely for SPL 1.11 and you MUST have 1.11 Hard-SPL installed in order to flash any unsigned files"
error in the RUU
The RUU from that thread should autodetect, but if it isn't you may have a comm error with your USB. I am 99% sure you can just select and go, but I won't bet your Hermes on it. With HardSPL you are virtually brick-proof. If you use force SSPL, you will bypass HardSPL. I would do the following:
1. While NOT connected to USB, put the phone in bootloader mode
2. Connect the phone to the USB (this will prevent ActiveSync from hogging the port).
3. Start the RUU
4. Manually select Olipro 2.1
5. Do it.
Worked perfectly.. that little notice just made me a bit nervous
No worries - a good craftsman measures twice and cuts once.
l3it3r said:
Worked perfectly.. that little notice just made me a bit nervous
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Did my quoting the "whole notice" lead you to this post?
Yes, actually!
l3it3r said:
Yes, actually!
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I wish more people would post like that things would be so much easier to find, Instead we have 3 gazillion posts that say "Somebody help me please!"
The Hermes Wiki needs to be updated as the old Custom RUU is posted and Olipro new RUU is only available in the thread mentioned above. I discovered this a while back and figured it would be changed by now. Leaving the old RUU on the Wiki is problematic and causes confusion for those not in the know.
My 2 cents..
couldn't agree more.
the wiki is a compilation of a communities contributions... You can update it!!!
I try to correct anything I find!
I'd update if I knew what I was talking about! I don't have the latest version of the RUU, and probably won't for some time. This installation went perfectly for me, I don't see the need to change any time soon! But if anyone else has the info, they should deffinately update the wiki
Thank you very much! It was very helpful. I've met this problem too And now it solved.
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Hi, there are some strange problems on my device I'm listing them here, so if any one knows what's wrong and how to fix it please answer.
1. a few days ago i tied to flash the new radio rom 1.38.00.11 on my device so i put it manually in bootloader mode (my SPL is "1.10.Oli") and everything went without any error but afterward radio is still the old 1.16.00.00, then i flashed it using SSPL
2.I spotted "Hard-SPL-V2" and flashed it on my current "1.10.Oli" then no RUU managed to connet to this new "1.11.Oli" spl ,what a great way to BRICK your device, so flashed the previous version using SSPL
3.and the most strange thing my ExtROM seems to be locked and I cannot flash on it, no matter what I try it's not flashable, so when I want to flash a rom I have to extract it and make sure that the nbh file does not contian ExtRom.
mht220 said:
Hi, there are some strange problems on my device I'm listing them here, so if any one knows what's wrong and how to fix it please answer.
1. a few days ago i tied to flash the new radio rom 1.38.00.11 on my device so i put it manually in bootloader mode (my SPL is "1.10.Oli") and everything went without any error but afterward radio is still the old 1.16.00.00, then i flashed it using SSPL
2.I spotted "Hard-SPL-V2" and flashed it on my current "1.10.Oli" then no RUU managed to connet to this new "1.11.Oli" spl ,what a great way to BRICK your device, so flashed the previous version using SSPL
3.and the most strange thing my ExtROM seems to be locked and I cannot flash on it, no matter what I try it's not flashable, so when I want to flash a rom I have to extract it and make sure that the nbh file does not contian ExtRom.
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in response to number 2. -
YOU HAVE TO FLASH USING THE NEW RUU WITH 1.11 YOU ****TARD, DON'T START TELLING PEOPLE IT BRICKS THEIR DEVICE.
in response to number 3. -
YOU NEED TO HAVE SUPERCID OR MY ExtROM PATCH TO WRITE IT.
if you avoid making libellous claims, in future I'll be more civil.
hilarious!
Oli,
I'm disappointed.. I'm not sure he's a ****TARD, I'm thinking he's more of a ****WIT! Do you think ****tard is a bit too nice for him?
Seriously, read the ****ing threads! All of Oli's stuff works perfectly. YOU ARE THE ONLY THING THAT DOESN'T WORK AROUND HERE!
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hilarious!
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do you think if I'm intolerant and crass appropriately, eventually the idiots will go away?
seriously though, it's quite a piss off when you go to the effort of doing something, and some little ****BAG starts slagging you off in a thread because they didn't read the ****ing instructions properly
Oli, i think i speak for everyone when I say I cannot wait for your next version of HardSPL, especially with the breakthroughs you've made in the last few days
Gotta LOL at the OP in this thread.
mrvanx said:
Oli, i think i speak for everyone when I say I cannot wait for your next version of HardSPL, especially with the breakthroughs you've made in the last few days
Gotta LOL at the OP in this thread.
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ah, you're Mr Vanx... I didn't notice before... can I please give you a massive thanks for the tutorials that you wrote that some other guy is linking to, thanks for making the effort to do that, you should advertise them more
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YOU HAVE TO FLASH USING THE NEW RUU WITH 1.11 YOU ****TARD, DON'T START TELLING PEOPLE IT BRICKS THEIR DEVICE.
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I'm truly sorry,no offences was meant, as you see in title there something wrong with my device and I wannted to know why can't I use it on my device, and also I tried to flash using RUU came with the hard-spl-v2.
again I sorry, I've read the Threads and know how great your Hard-SPL is
Olipro;YOU NEED TO HAVE SUPERCID OR MY ExtROM PATCH TO WRITE IT.[/QUOTE said:
I think I have SUPERCID,but still no luck
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mht220 said:
I'm truly sorry,no offences was meant, as you see in title there something wrong with my device and I wannted to know why can't I use it on my device, and also I tried to flash using RUU came with the hard-spl-v2.
again I sorry, I've read the Threads and know how great your Hard-SPL is
I think I have SUPERCID,but still no luck
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Sorry man, wrong answer AGAIN
I THINK I have? Supercid isn't an OPINION, is a clear evidence. You HAVE or you HAVEN't, "I THINK I have" means they were right assessing...
http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com/index.php/****tard
Check your CID with the MTTY method, may be you applied the supercid patch without success...
I'm from Italy and I learn a LOT of english words here too
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Sorry man, wrong answer AGAIN
I THINK I have? Supercid isn't an OPINION, is a clear evidence. You HAVE or you HAVEN't, "I THINK I have" means they were right assessing...
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WELL!OK! I have Supercid, double checked using MTTY, "I THINK I have" was just a manner of speaking.
sergiopi said:
http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com/index.php/****tard
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I don't have access to this url
mht220 said:
WELL!OK! I have Supercid, double checked using MTTY, "I THINK I have" was just a manner of speaking.
I don't have access to this url
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you probably don't want to either, encyclopedia dramatica is crap.
anyway, here's what you need to do;
flash 1.13 to your phone, from here on in, you must use CustomRUU (download it from the thread) to flash stuff to your phone; just drop an NBH in with CustomRUU and run it and pick your SPL, easy.
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you probably don't want to either, encyclopedia dramatica is crap.
anyway, here's what you need to do;
flash 1.13 to your phone, from here on in, you must use CustomRUU (download it from the thread) to flash stuff to your phone; just drop an NBH in with CustomRUU and run it and pick your SPL, easy.
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Thanks a lot, it worked perfectly
I was going to update my Cingular 8525 to WM6 and in preparation for it flashed it with the latest OLIPRO V6. I got COLD FEET and instead decided to try upgrading to the HTC RUU_Hermes_CINGULAR_WWE_2_1_[1].06.502.3_6275_1.33.31.00_108_Ship.exe
Apparently the OLIPRO V6 has changed it to where I can't upgrade… I get an error (206) when trying to upgrade. I lose my SYNC connection. Doing a master reset didn't do a thing and the OLIPRO V6 is still there when I check it. Can someone PLEASE give me the instructions how to get it back to NORMAL? Yes, I realize NUUBS are a real pain in the butt, but we've got to start somewhere (you were new once, too!!).
Whoever helps, MY THANKS IN ADVANCE!!!
Check the wiki...how to flash is inthere...important however will be what OS you computer is running...i'm sytill a nooob too and i was getting the 260 errors when i tried to flash form Vista...ended up having to use a differentset of drivers...then life was cool.
search for "HERMIMG.NBH"
There are other (better) ways too, but I don't think you're good enough to do it yourself.
I'll give you one hint... Oli 1.40 is based on 1.11. The rom you you're installing is 1.04. But, before you screw around.. Read!
I've flashed other phones to different ROMs and never had any problems. As I said, I installed the Olipro V6 as recommended to insure I wouldn't "BRICK" the phone. The phone works now, BUT I still want to upgrade to the HTC supplied "RUU_Hermes_CINGULAR_WWE_2_1_[1].06.502.3_6275_1.33.31.00_108_Ship.exe” and be done with it. Apparently Olipro won’t allow me to do that!!! So I need to re-install what Olipro V6 REPLACED!
LegolasTheElf said “search for "HERMIMG.NBH"
There are other (better) ways too, but I don't think you're good enough to do it yourself.
I'll give you one hint... Oli 1.40 is based on 1.11. The rom you you're installing is 1.04. But, before you screw around.. Read!”
I DID search and read, but I guess I either missed it or don’t understand what I’m reading! So I’m a NOOB in need of help! I guess I need to be “spoon fed” whatever it takes to het me back to an ORIGINAL CINGULAR 8525 where I can upgrade to "RUU_Hermes_CINGULAR_WWE_2_1_[1].06.502.3_6275_1.33.31.00_108_Ship.exe” Did I get in over my head? It seems so!!! Not BRICKED, but just want to revert back to the ORIGINAL CINGULAR 8525. PLEASE can I get some help here??? THANK YOU!!!!
Use the custom RUU with the NBH file you want to upgrade.
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Use the custom RUU with the NBH file you want to upgrade.
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I downloaded and tried the custom RUU, but kept getting the error message 240 file open. The phone shows "Hermes 100 FPL-101 and SPL-1.10.oli. All I want to do is to remove the SPL-1.10.oli and revert back to FPL-101 !!! I'm getting advice that either doesn't work, I can't make it work, I'm not explaining what I want to do OR... God I don't know!! Let it suffice to say I"M A LOST BALL IN TALL WEEDS folks. HELP!!!!!!
I'm so happy you're reading carefully
I'll do this once, if you can't figure it out, then, you're better off finding someone to pay to do it for you!
1) Get CustomRUU
2) Get the Cingular ROM
3) Get WinRAR
4) Extract Cingular ROM
5) Extract CustomRUU
6) Place the .nbh from Cingy ROM and CustomeRUU.exe into ONE directory--alone.
7) Run the CustomRUU.exe file
8) READ THE ****ING DIRECTIONS
That's it.
Oh, and stay away from roms that you don't want to spend the time to understand.
Many THANKS to LegolasTheElf!!! You pulled my bacon out of the fire and saved the day! I DO APPRECIATE IT!!! All is well and these 57 year old eyes are headed off to bed... Lesson Learned!
Hi Titan bastards
I recently hacked up a new Hard-SPL based on a very sexy MFG, except I don't know where ImCoKeMaN went with it so I'll stave off releasing something till he gives an all clear
Olipro said:
Hi Titan bastards
I recently hacked up a new Hard-SPL based on a very sexy MFG, except I don't know where ImCoKeMaN went with it so I'll stave off releasing something till he gives an all clear
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Titan bastards? Kind of rough don't you think?
I know he posted something over at PPCGeeks. He put it in the hardspl thread. http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=9093
I think he means it affectionately.
Maybe we are Titan Bastards, it seems Sprint and other companies have abandoned this phone, we onlyl have a few here like Olipro, DCD and others who continue to develop this rom and make it awesome, so my thanks to them.
yeah i talked with Olipro letting him know that i packaged it and put it up in that link. Not sure yet if he will redo it and update here or what, but he generally uses those terms for his Hard-SPL users. Like his topic in irc for another device SPL "...Hard-SPL-2.60 is out now ****wits! ..."
Either way his patched SPL is working now and it's currently available, but it may be revised.
He's British right? Reminds me of a movie I just watched "This is England" where he calls one of the kids a "cheeky bastid!". BTW, just tried 2.40 right now, works wonderful.
olipro patched that bootloader fast as hell. nothing we do here would be possible without his help. thank you olipro
I am anything u want me to be OLIPRO !!! for i am a unworthy titan owner who has been blessed by all that U and others do for my less than perfect phone.
AND anyone who takes offense to being a titan bastard, can go get a IPHONE
yeah thanks for the hard work mate.
elgreek84 said:
I think he means it affectionately.
Maybe we are Titan Bastards, it seems Sprint and other companies have abandoned this phone, we onlyl have a few here like Olipro, DCD and others who continue to develop this rom and make it awesome, so my thanks to them.
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how has sprint abandoned this phone? we wouldnt even have this new rom and bootloader if the rom sprint has been working on hadnt been leaked (and after using it for 2 days i can see why it hasnt been officially released yet)
im a noob i know i know i shouldnt be doing this unless i have a good understanding which i thought i did but now i am thinking twice. I tried to intall the new unlocker 2.40, i did everything it asked of me and now its stuck in the three color screen and i have no clue how to get out of it nothing is working, Activesync wont connect. someone please help!!!!
I am in the same boat. I got to the boot loader screen no problem, I upgraded to titan_radio_3.27.00.exe no problem. I then ran ROMUpdateUtility.exe from dcd_2.0.0_beta_sprint.exe.
No errors or problems but when i rebooted it hangs onit just hangs at the "HTC smart mobility" screen.
If I tried to replace the dcd_2.0.0_beta_sprint.nbh with another .nbh could that save me?
I am able to get to the boot loader screen and have USB, but on warm or cold boot it just hangs at the "HTC smart mobility" screen.
Seems if i have boot loader access, i am not hosed.
I did run the latest unlocker Hard-SPL-MFG(2).exe
the new radio/spl is not compatible with the older roms. Something in the XIP has changed and if not present your device will hang.
are you aware of a solution?
you guys are having problems cause you did not run titanrelocker before flashing the ne stuff, or if you ran it you did it wrong.
it is imperative that you run the bat file inside of titanrelocker folder as opposed to running ruu.exe file.
for you to do that now that you are stuck ya gotta boot to bootloader mode , flash a older rom then activesynce and relock the phone the right way.
I just want to point out the fact that this is about the 4th question of the exact same nature i have answered today. I had none of these problems because i READ before i installed. none of what ive said here is news as it WAS ALL MENTIONED IN THE FIRST POST OF KMARTBURRITO'S THREAD
the moral of the story: dont friggin mess with anything if you cant be assed to read the first post of the thread of the rom you're flashing.
have a nice day
Thanks, i appreciate your comments and i thought i was understanding this.
Can you recommend a older ROM and DL location?
Also just to be sure, to re flash i would just switch the current .nbh for the older one. Correct?
As a linux admin i understand noobs on the forum. I am trying to learn I am sorry for the inconvenience. I only posted cause i am desperate and failed trying to fix on my own.
watson540 said:
you guys are having problems cause you did not run titanrelocker before flashing the ne stuff, or if you ran it you did it wrong.
it is imperative that you run the bat file inside of titanrelocker folder as opposed to running ruu.exe file.
for you to do that now that you are stuck ya gotta boot to bootloader mode , flash a older rom then activesynce and relock the phone the right way.
I just want to point out the fact that this is about the 4th question of the exact same nature i have answered today. I had none of these problems because i READ before i installed. none of what ive said here is news as it WAS ALL MENTIONED IN THE FIRST POST OF KMARTBURRITO'S THREAD
the moral of the story: dont friggin mess with anything if you cant be assed to read the first post of the thread of the rom you're flashing.
have a nice day
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I didn't use a relocker and I'm up and running fine. So I don't think your comments work for everyone.
elgreek84 said:
I think he means it affectionately.
Maybe we are Titan Bastards, it seems Sprint and other companies have abandoned this phone, we onlyl have a few here like Olipro, DCD and others who continue to develop this rom and make it awesome, so my thanks to them.
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Quite possible as I don't always understand British humor.
blazingwolf said:
I didn't use a relocker and I'm up and running fine. So I don't think your comments work for everyone.
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maybe not now. they may have changed the new hard spl to accomodate that issue. it was a required step yesterday though
watson540 said:
maybe not now. they may have changed the new hard spl to accomodate that issue. it was a required step yesterday though
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I flashed my phone awhile ago. So it was before any new hard spl.
Anybody that can upload it here or link it to here, from somewhere other than ppcgeeks? There site is down, and I'm sitting here ready to re-up the SPL to try the new dcd rom, since his 1.6.10 keeps not waking up for phone calls and SMS.
After a lot of work, experimentation and hundreds of hours of development time, AP4 is finally ready.
PK - ROM cook, and professional harasser of developers, we gave him the ROM and he chucked the crap into it.
cmonex - Special Adviser/Developer/Low-Level Hacker; when not being harassed by PK, took a few spare minutes in the day to learn C# and write a config app with Olipro in the same stretch... also saved the PDA world with revolutionary new kernel and other patches, also included in AP4.
Olipro - the Hard-SPL guy; largely considers himself to be "too good" for the menial **** and so only enjoys things such as implementing overwrite protection for SPLs with none built-in with cmonex and replacing the HTC signing certificate (oh fooking yes baby). Also found time from blowing cigar smoke in the faces of small children to write the ROM deployer.
So, Here it is:
[size=+1]AP ROM v4.0[/size]
[size=+2]Install Guide[/size]
Smartarses beware: don't try to flash from bootloader.
also, if you need the changelog, great tips and addons, then as usual, go to PK's great thread [size=+1]Athena Project 4.0 Series[/size]
P.S: yes this post has been made by OliNex, even if it is hard to believe
congrats to ap team again!! evrey1 enjoy!
Danke shoen
Thanks. after all we got it.
Thank you
will flash and let you know how it goes
ALL issues etc.. should be posted to the sticky thread. this was made to catch your attention mostly and so you can get the links a bit earlier.
about flaming time
only joking it has bein an agonizing wait thank you ap team now get busy on the shift rom as i want a shift once my current phone contract expires ill be signing up for a shift and will need some roms 2 play with...
Thanks a lot all of AP team. Long Waiting Time get best result now. Thanks again and again
thanks team.
what about all the add-ons?
where is the manila dialer?
Thanks a lot all of AP team
what about all the add-ons?
Unable to boot .....
I am unable to boot my AP3.0 and my SPL is v1.20 Olipro....
Any suggestions?
Fixed; currently booting AP3.0 > Fixed, now running AP4.0
Wifi not working
All,
My wifi is not working since the flash to AP 4.0.
My radio rom is 1.57.00.
Any suggestions?
Thanks,
HJ
Had a successful flash.
installed Navigon
First i updated to radio 1.57 and then proceeded to install AP4.
Used my laptop, running vista home premium SP1.
Did not have to install drivers while in bootloader mode. windows never wanted any. made me a bit edgy so i let it wait 10 min. but everything went fine.
Nice and clear instructions. Kudos to the ap team
Btw everything working fine also wifi.
and installed Navigon 6.5 and its seems a bit faster now. might be my imagination, but i am happy
A big thanks!
Thanks for all the excellent work (and patience with some members of our community)!
Will give it a try and let you know.
Beautiful!
Very clear instructions, no problems with download, fast good-looking programs, no problems with connections. Kisses (and donation) to all!
my x7501 still has the standard shipped rom on it. would you guys recommend going to ap3 first, make sure it works then go to ap4, or just go straight to ap4?
i assume i have to use the old hardspl first so i can upgrade to radio 1.57 first though so i can install ap4. my current radio rom is 1.47
just need someone to give me a few clear steps on the order i should proceed with it all.
your help is appreciated
PashaK said:
my x7501 still has the standard shipped rom on it. would you guys recommend going to ap3 first, make sure it works then go to ap4, or just go straight to ap4?
i assume i have to use the old hardspl first so i can upgrade to radio 1.57 first though so i can install ap4. my current radio rom is 1.47
just need someone to give me a few clear steps on the order i should proceed with it all.
your help is appreciated
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I wouldn't bother with flashing ap3,
just flash the radio, either 1.50 or 1.57 using
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=372904
there's a direct link here http://www.mabury.nl/Radio157.rar
then follow the instructions to flash ap4
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I wouldn't bother with flashing ap3,
just flash the radio, either 1.50 or 1.57 using
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=372904
there's a direct link here http://www.mabury.nl/Radio157.rar
then follow the instructions to flash ap4
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yeah i read that entire thread earlier. just want to confirm if i need to do anything special to install radio 1.57 like install the older hardspl, or do i just plug my athena into pc, and run that 1.57 update and it will go? and then follow ap4 instructions.
PashaK said:
yeah i read that entire thread earlier. just want to confirm if i need to do anything special to install radio 1.57 like install the older hardspl, or do i just plug my athena into pc, and run that 1.57 update and it will go? and then follow ap4 instructions.
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nope nothing special for the radio although some people tend to take the sim and sd card out.
fards said:
nope nothing special for the radio although some people tend to take the sim and sd card out.
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great, thanx for the info. appreciate it. will do as recommended and report back.
Good Job guys!
Great work on a Great ROM!
Let see those donations flow in everyone!
Hi @ all,
after reading many and many threads here in this forum (and even others) I thought I gathered enough information for starting with update my T-Mobile MDA. The original image shows the following versions:
ROM-Version: 1.35.111.13
ROM-Date: 03/14/08
Radio-Version: 1.58.21.24
Protocol-Version: 25.65.30.04H
I saw that HTC offers an official WM6.1 build for this device and since I'm running WM6.0 with many obvious bugs (and slowlyness) I decided it can't get worst.
Fortunately I found the download-link here in this forum for the official WM6.1 Professional build in german, because HTC denies access telling me that this build can't be installed on a foreign (OEM) device. After downloading the image from the link I've found here I started the updater. But even this updater refused attempts telling me that the VendorID is wrong.
As stated before I read and read and read before trying the update - but it went wrong finally. By using uSSPL 1.16 I started the update process with the original HTC updater. Everything went fine until 15% then the updater again quotes that my device has a wrong VendorID. From that moment on I saw only the rainbowscreen telling me the following:
(Top right corner: RUUNBH)
NIKI200
SPL-1.18.0000
CPLD-4
I assume that the SPL on my device is guilty of deciding which firmware to install. Luckily I found a way of still booting my device using MTTY 1.42 and sending "boot" as command. Then it booted - but I have to do that right now every time I boot up the device - it doesn't bootup by itself :-(
Here's my first question: How can I achieve that the device boots up completely and automatically again without sending a "boot" command?
I certainly still want to upgrade to ANY better OS than the current one - it just sucks! So, here're my further questions and I know there are many, many threads here and I think that read all of them according to this, but I'm still confused:
Q: What do I need as prequisites for updating this T-Mobile branded device with the official HTC Image? I'm sure SPL 1.15 and 1.16 are "too old"(??) for dealing with this brand new release firmware, right? Maybe that was the cause why the update failed.
Q: Is it necessary to install a hardSPL before starting the update? I would prefer NOT to modify the hardSPL because if I brick the device totally, I lose warranty - I just want to prevent that! If anyone tells me here, that there's really no risk of flashing hardSPL and that this certainly will work (due to his/her own experience) then I sure would proceed. BTW: I'm a newbie to this forum here and by dealing with consumer PDAs and flashing them in general, but I'm working for a company who's manufacturing such devices for the industry in rugged environments as technical supporter/consultant therefore the basics an beyonds are clear to me - only this specific field is new.
Final question: According to my questions above, a structured list (Step-By-Step) of what is necessary to do to "convince" this T-Mobile device of loading foreign Firmware is highly appreciated!
Thanks in advance for your support!
Reingucker
If you can actually get in with the boot command from mtty you're in luck.
If you're getting the vendor ID error then you'll need to unlock the device (see http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=395945)
You don't need to install a hard spl, once you're unlocked and booted copy over the sspl file from the spl thread to your device (the device itself and not the SD) then take out your SD and run the sspl
This will then reboot the phone to bootloader and allow the rom to be flashed without a hard spl. As the new rom comes with spl 1.22 this will be installed.
WOW - thanks very much for this fast response!!
I've read the article of the link you quoted. There it is said, that I have to flash hardSPL 1.15 before proceeding. So I guess, there's no way around of modifying the device in such a manor that it would be noticed in cases of warranty repair, right?
Cheers,
Frank
hardSPL is an advisable safeguard while flashing but you can always revert to a stock SPL afterwards if you need to.
If you went to SPL 1.22 you'd need to do that anyway if you needed to return the device as T-mobile don't have a rom with that spl yet.
Dear randomelements,
THANKS VERY MUCH for your fast response and help!
FINALLY I DID IT!!!
BUT :-D one question left:
Now I've flashed the official HTC Image with WM6.1.
Is there any way of getting the T-Mobile splash screen back onto
the device? I've found the splash-screen flasher, but do you know
where to get the T-Mobile splash-image?
Thanks again very much,
Reingucker
There are some t-mob roms around for download (links are somewhere in the forum)
Using the nbh tools the splash screens can be extracted from that and repackaged.
I'll have a look when I get home tonight.
OK, great - thanks!
In the meanwhile I'm searching around for this as well. If I'm faster I'll let you know.
Since my device is "still" on hardSPL 1.15, would you recommend to upgrade to 1.22 or is that not necessary - or, better to say, what would be the advantage resp. the disadvantage?
Cheers,
Frank
Reingucker said:
OK, great - thanks!
In the meanwhile I'm searching around for this as well. If I'm faster I'll let you know.
Since my device is "still" on hardSPL 1.15, would you recommend to upgrade to 1.22 or is that not necessary - or, better to say, what would be the advantage resp. the disadvantage?
Cheers,
Frank
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I have 1.22 for two days now an it is so fast. I think there are no disadvantages
Reingucker said:
OK, great - thanks!
In the meanwhile I'm searching around for this as well. If I'm faster I'll let you know.
Since my device is "still" on hardSPL 1.15, would you recommend to upgrade to 1.22 or is that not necessary - or, better to say, what would be the advantage resp. the disadvantage?
Cheers,
Frank
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It's usually better to have a later SPL and everyone is saying that 1.22 makes the device run smoother.
Liquid Silver has created a 1.22 HardSPL so you might like to give that a try - I've been using it without issues:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=2778832&postcount=429
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OK guys, especially randomelements,
I'm through! I did everything I wanted to do... Time to setup the device aknew.
Thank you very, very much!!
Hope the device works more stable now.
Have a great day!
Reingucker
Grrrrr.....
Okay, one more thing....
I tried to replace the "animated.gif" in the /windows directory.
But the file is a system file and I always get an error message
that this operation isn't allowed.
How can I replace this?
Thanks in advance,
Reingucker
You can replace it with Resco Explorer or Total Commander, because these File Explorers can overwrite system files!
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OK, thanks for the hint....
I achieved it by changing the registry entry that links to the file...
However... learning that these two apps can do that helps certainly...
Thanks again and....
GOOD BYE for today!!
Cheers,
Reingucker
hardspl 1.6 or 1.22 is good?
hello mate
can you post a reply how excactly did you solve the above isue?
As i am havving the sane problem and cannot fix it.
Please help if you do remember how you solved this
rob
Reingucker said:
Hi @ all,
after reading many and many threads here in this forum (and even others) I thought I gathered enough information for starting with update my T-Mobile MDA. The original image shows the following versions:
ROM-Version: 1.35.111.13
ROM-Date: 03/14/08
Radio-Version: 1.58.21.24
Protocol-Version: 25.65.30.04H
I saw that HTC offers an official WM6.1 build for this device and since I'm running WM6.0 with many obvious bugs (and slowlyness) I decided it can't get worst.
Fortunately I found the download-link here in this forum for the official WM6.1 Professional build in german, because HTC denies access telling me that this build can't be installed on a foreign (OEM) device. After downloading the image from the link I've found here I started the updater. But even this updater refused attempts telling me that the VendorID is wrong.
As stated before I read and read and read before trying the update - but it went wrong finally. By using uSSPL 1.16 I started the update process with the original HTC updater. Everything went fine until 15% then the updater again quotes that my device has a wrong VendorID. From that moment on I saw only the rainbowscreen telling me the following:
(Top right corner: RUUNBH)
NIKI200
SPL-1.18.0000
CPLD-4
I assume that the SPL on my device is guilty of deciding which firmware to install. Luckily I found a way of still booting my device using MTTY 1.42 and sending "boot" as command. Then it booted - but I have to do that right now every time I boot up the device - it doesn't bootup by itself :-(
Here's my first question: How can I achieve that the device boots up completely and automatically again without sending a "boot" command?
I certainly still want to upgrade to ANY better OS than the current one - it just sucks! So, here're my further questions and I know there are many, many threads here and I think that read all of them according to this, but I'm still confused:
Q: What do I need as prequisites for updating this T-Mobile branded device with the official HTC Image? I'm sure SPL 1.15 and 1.16 are "too old"(??) for dealing with this brand new release firmware, right? Maybe that was the cause why the update failed.
Q: Is it necessary to install a hardSPL before starting the update? I would prefer NOT to modify the hardSPL because if I brick the device totally, I lose warranty - I just want to prevent that! If anyone tells me here, that there's really no risk of flashing hardSPL and that this certainly will work (due to his/her own experience) then I sure would proceed. BTW: I'm a newbie to this forum here and by dealing with consumer PDAs and flashing them in general, but I'm working for a company who's manufacturing such devices for the industry in rugged environments as technical supporter/consultant therefore the basics an beyonds are clear to me - only this specific field is new.
Final question: According to my questions above, a structured list (Step-By-Step) of what is necessary to do to "convince" this T-Mobile device of loading foreign Firmware is highly appreciated!
Thanks in advance for your support!
Reingucker
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Click to collapse
hello mate
can you post a reply how excactly did you solve the above isue?
As i am havving the sane problem and cannot fix it.
Please help if you do remember how you solved this
rob
You wrote you need an update from WM6.0 to WM6.1,
i think you are a german user, so if you want a original WM6.1 from T-Mobile try this <<link>>
Its the T-Mobile Update to WM6.1 including the start splash screen