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Hello all, I have just a quick question. I have a SB X01HT that I bought off of Ebay and at this moment I have my Tmobile Sim card in it. I have had pdas in the past, but not with a phone mixed in. Now starting in January I am switching to Cingular for the 3G services. Should I flash the unit with their Rom or just leave the one that’s in it now. The rom ver is 1.23 / radio 1.13 and the spl is 1.04. I guess the phone is unlocked seeing that I am using a T-mobile Sim card. After reading this site for sometime I am not sure of the benefits to flashing to Cingular’s rom. Just wanted to see what others would do. Thanks…
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Hello all, I have just a quick question. I have a SB X01HT that I bought off of Ebay and at this moment I have my Tmobile Sim card in it. I have had pdas in the past, but not with a phone mixed in. Now starting in January I am switching to Cingular for the 3G services. Should I flash the unit with their Rom or just leave the one that’s in it now. The rom ver is 1.23 / radio 1.13 and the spl is 1.04. I guess the phone is unlocked seeing that I am using a T-mobile Sim card. After reading this site for sometime I am not sure of the benefits to flashing to Cingular’s rom. Just wanted to see what others would do. Thanks…
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Where you at? Was it cheap?
Anyway, i dont think you HAVE to change it. But some roms have more or less
functions and some are a little better in performance.
I am in the US. As for price I paid 569.00 for the phone and 30 for shipping. I see that The guy I bought it with now sells them at 549.00
hi all is there any hardware difference between ameo and u 1000.
coz i heard that theres a micro drive issue in the ameo
No, originally people had issues with some of the Microdrives in the U1000, but that has all been sorted now. I think it was software related, but there is no difference in hardware between the two devices.
HTH
Fin
thanks dude
your reply helped a lot
i have 2 buy one tomorrow which one shld i take ameo or u 1000
ameo is 40% cheaper than dopod.
which rom is the best 4 ameo can it b loaded easily
nittin_sp said:
your reply helped a lot
i have 2 buy one tomorrow which one shld i take ameo or u 1000
ameo is 40% cheaper than dopod.
which rom is the best 4 ameo can it b loaded easily
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it's a easy decision for you, if you only want the silver one, go for Ameo, since it's cheaper (on ebay maybe) or just sign up a contract with T-mobile, now some thing you will need to know, All three machine (HTC Advantage, T-mobile Ameo, DOPOD U1000) has Microdrive issue, it's to do with their ROM, you are more likely to find it on Advantage compare to DOPOD U1000 OR Ameo, Actually, DOPOD U1000 is even less likely to happen compare to Ameo due to it's recent ROM update.
If you are not T-mobile customer and will be using other sim card, then you need to consider the sum unlock issue, you can get it done by paying some money.
If you are new to PDA and don't know what CID lock is, and you would want to update your ROM frequently, then t-mobile might not be such a good chose, they don't provide that must support on upgrade and currently there are no promise on WM6 update too.
So really, you should ask yourself these question, are you going to use it with other sim card other then T-mobile (other country)? will you want to upgrade to latest ROM (wm6) without breaking the warranty?
Good luck with your decision, after all, you are about to purchase a wonderful device.
Thanks wu
i am going to use another sim and its unlocked and without warranty
i think pof or asukal or gurus like u might find out how 2 unlock cid
i will go for ameo then
thanks a lot buddy
"NO RADIO" or "NO GSM" GSM/3G module failure T-Mobile Ameo original ROM for warranty?
****** A note for those who may be in a similar situation or pondering over something similar ****
How it ended is that HTC refused to honour the warranty for the reason of "nonstandard software installed / user inflicted damage". To be perfectly honest the law is on their side on this one unfortunately.
I was charged for the repair, waiting for the unit now. :/
Conclusion - as was easy to predict is that HTC will try to use the argument of different branding to refuse warranty, so if you're using HTC branded ROM on T-Mobile branded unit - the warranty goes.
Nothing new here, just for others to have a track.
Also, for those experiencing following problems:
- No GSM, No 3G, but at the same time WiFi and GPS working
- At the boot "NO GSM", "NO RADIO" or "R NONE" displayed instead of the radio stack version, the message depends on the radio stack version
... your motherboard is 99% damaged.
It's not repairable apparently (relax, the unit is). I was charged for "M/B repair", but when the unit came back the motherboard was obviously replaced - new IMEI, physical marks gone. Compared to the price of the whole unit the repair is not that much, so don't despair, send it to them. They're very fast.
The fault is apparently rather rare, but not unknown. May be caused by misuse like leaving the power source plugged in when removing the battery or simply a manufacturing fault. If you have standard software, you will have the repair under the warranty.
Mine just died in the middle of the call for no apparent reason and as I had Olipro's SPL and other non-standard ROM on it I was charged for the repair.
The unit is back, like new, I'm happy again and hope it won't happen to any of you.
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Hi all.
First of all, thx for all the effort that you've put into making Athena/Ameo work with WM6 and all those tools.
Now, I need an original T-Mobile UK Ameo ROM. I have searched hi and low on FTP, wiki, but I cannot find an original T-Mobile UK ROM, only HTC (different branding, etc)
The situation is such - my Ameo was bought second hand from E-bay. It already had a WM6 put on it by a very nice and helpful seller.
After some time of using it, the phone module got fried somehow. After the soft reset due to a hang in a phone call the device doesn't see the phone anymore.
GPS works, WIFI works but no phone, when booting it shows "R NONE" like there's no radio.
I've tried re-flashing with two different radio ROM's, then a full WM6 re-flash, all to no avail.
I have a feeling it's a fried SIM reader, before going completely it complained once about "incorrect SIM" or something similar. The SIM is ok of course, I've checked it in other mobiles and also other sims in the Ameo with the same result.
I've seen similar posts on the net, but to claim warranty I will have to revert back to WM5 or of course they will try to claim that the phone module got fried by WM6, wich is balls (excuse my Latin).
So... after this lengthy introduction - does ANYONE have a backup copy of T-Mobile UK original ROM?
PLEASE?
Jack
Check here:
ftp://ftp.xda-developers.com/Athena/Shipped_Complete_Updates
jpiskorski said:
Hi all.
First of all, thx for all the effort that you've put into making Athena/Ameo work with WM6 and all those tools.
Now, I need an original T-Mobile UK Ameo ROM. I have searched hi and low on FTP, wiki, but I cannot find a definite answer.
The situation is such - my Ameo was bought second hand from E-bay. It already had a WM6 put on it by a very nice and helpful seller.
After some time of using it, the phone module got fried somehow. After the soft reset due to a hang in a phone call the device doesn't see the phone anymore.
GPS works, WIFI works but no phone, when booting it shows "R NONE" like there's no radio.
I've tried re-flashing with two different radio ROM's, then a full WM6 re-flash, all to no avail.
I have a feeling it's a fried SIM reader, before going completely it complained once about "incorrect SIM" or something similar. The SIM is ok of course, I've checked it in other mobiles and also other sims in the Ameo with the same result.
I've seen similar posts on the net, but to claim warranty I will have to revert back to WM5 or of course they will try to claim that the phone module got fried by WM6, wich is balls (excuse my Latin).
So... after this lengthy introduction - does ANYONE have a backup copy of T-Mobile UK original ROM?
PLEASE?
Jack
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And you're sure it's a hardware problem and not a band issue with the phone? I know when I first got my phone I had to change the band to make it work with T-Mobile.
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And you're sure it's a hardware problem and not a band issue with the phone? I know when I first got my phone I had to change the band to make it work with T-Mobile.
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Yes, 100%.
1. It did work for 3 days with some heavy usage (phone calls, 3G for browsing for 3 hours straight for a test, GPS driving across country roads for 4 hours, boy that was fun).
2. Before it stopped working it complained about a problem with SIM. SIM is ok, other SIMs don't work either.
3. After a soft reset and all following hard resets, radio rom updates, full re-flashing still at the black screen there is that "R NONE" message. Google'ing around I've found three similar reports about Athena/U1000 and all three end up with "had to take the handset to the warranty repair, got a new one back"...
4. And finally - I left it switched off for the night with 50% battery still there at 1am. At 7:30am when switched on it had 10%. There seems to be some power drain, that makes me think something is hardware-fried.
I am really cautious about approaching T-Mobile warranty with WM6 and Olipro 1.20 SPL onboard, I can almost hear the answer and I don't like it.
Thx.
Jack
wgary said:
Check here:
ftp://ftp.xda-developers.com/Athena/Shipped_Complete_Updates
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Hi, thx for your answer, I've looked there, but there's no T-Mobile UK ROM there, only HTC.
Does anyone have an original backup ROM for T-Mobile UK?
Also - how can I make sure the Hard-SPL by Olipro is gone and all is left is Ameo as it left the factory? Is there something I have to be aware of (to take it off)?
If those questions are stupid I appologise, but I don't have much experience with Athena, I only had it for 4 days. :/
So far I was always working with ipaq's and Imate Jam. Never had to deal with warranty on those.
Thx once again.
Jack
i can send you an NBH file with the T-mobile splash screens, i think you can find the extended rom in the forum.. i don't know what is the Radio rom version is, nor the OS that came with mine .. i've a problem with the GPS as well and i did buy my unit from ebay
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i can send you an NBH file with the T-mobile splash screens, i think you can find the extended rom in the forum.. i don't know what is the Radio rom version is, nor the OS that came with mine .. i've a problem with the GPS as well and i did buy my unit from ebay
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Hey, that would be great. Can you upload them here? Or simply mail to [email protected]
Do you still have original WM5 on your device too by any chance?
What problems do you have with your GPS? Maybe I can help?
If your unit is bought on E-bay, you still should have the manufacturers warranty, check that on http://service.htceurope.com/Wizard.aspx
At that link you can quickly check if your unit is still covered, it should be, Ameos are not long enough on the market to expire their warranty.
Thx in advance
Jack
Thanks man for the info, here is the NBH file i've crearted using the HTC tool (attached), Note that your device should be SUPERCID to be able to flash the rom with this image.
My gps isn't working under wm6, tried wm5 but still didn't work, it stops when i try to flash the SIRFBootloader.nb (GPS) with an error code 00018003, i only get that error when i use the miniSD for flashing, as the normal activesync flashing doesn't show the errors as well as the miniSD one. i've tried every single rom in the forum, all fails .. asked for help but non had that problem, some don't know that some roms don't include that SIRFbootloader.nbh and only have the OS,splashes are the radio.
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Thanks man for the info, here is the NBH file i've crearted using the HTC tool (attached), Note that your device should be SUPERCID to be able to flash the rom with this image.
My gps isn't working under wm6, tried wm5 but still didn't work, it stops when i try to flash the SIRFBootloader.nb (GPS) with an error code 00018003, i only get that error when i use the miniSD for flashing, as the normal activesync flashing doesn't show the errors as well as the miniSD one. i've tried every single rom in the forum, all fails .. asked for help but non had that problem, some don't know that some roms don't include that SIRFbootloader.nbh and only have the OS,splashes are the radio.
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Cheerz mate, I will try to combine this branding with HTC WM5 and see how it looks... still I'm hoping somebody will come up with full original image.
Somehow I can't believe nobody backed it up before doing upgrades. In the olden days when I was playing with Linux on iPaq's, how else could we come back? (Ohhh... the warm fuzzy feeling of a text console on the black screen on my iPaq... and nothing more. That was year 2000. )
Sounds like some real trouble you're having there with GPS... I'm afraid it's completely out of my league, maybe somebody else will have some advise.
Jack
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Hi,
having bricked one Ameo trying to unlock it I have a replacement from T-Mobile UK. I am a noobie so I have no idea how to make an image of what you need, but if you post instructions and there is no danger of another bricked unit I'd be happy to upload it for you
Hard-SPL is permanent
Just thought I'd let you guys know that Olipro's Hard-SPL and signature on the bootloader-screen is permanent. Sorry, but that is what made it unbrickable too.
I don't think it is permanent, I no longer have his spl appearing on the boot screen. I presume it was during the last rom flash, (but I've been to sleep since then so may have forgotten what I did), but it now shows as 2.20. before it was the olipro one..
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Just thought I'd let you guys know that Olipro's Hard-SPL and signature on the bootloader-screen is permanent. Sorry, but that is what made it unbrickable too.
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Oh sweet... :/
Thx for clearing this up.
Did anyone have experience trying to claim warranty from HTC on the T-Mobile unit with WM6 on it? After all it's HTC's own soft, but the legal standing is that voids the warranty, so they can use it to refuse repair.
Damn it, it seems the GSM module is not repairable, all reports say about replacing the whole unit. :/
I saw some reports here about T-Mobile UK releasing WM6 official upgrade in September, I think I'll just wait until then, the soft will be official even if the SPL won't.
Will keep you all posted here about the development of all that in case some other poor sod finds himself in a similar pickle.
Damn. :/
Jack
ArnieSack said:
Hi,
having bricked one Ameo trying to unlock it I have a replacement from T-Mobile UK. I am a noobie so I have no idea how to make an image of what you need, but if you post instructions and there is no danger of another bricked unit I'd be happy to upload it for you
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Thx for your offer, it's really nice to find help when you need it.
Although I think I'm giving up.
I'm at the mercy of HTC Europe service anyway. In that situation I'd rather approach them honest with WM6 and the unit as it is, as it is clearly a hardware fault, if they're sensible I have half a chance there.
I need the unit badly as a GPS now anyway, so I have to wait and there's a chance T-Mob UK will release WM6. Then the situation looks even better again.
But as I cannot apparently remove Olipro's SPL, the unit shows clear signs of tampering. If I were them, I must say I would be much less understanding seeing a modified unit which then somebody tried to conceal and did it badly on top of it leaving the SPL cracked.
Or... if that's hardware problem and there's a power drain there's that outside chance the whole motherboard will go and the ROM version is not a problem anymore I guess.
I find it all a bit crazy though, I hate those legal catch 22 cases. ROM by the manufacturer, but warranty void on a 400 quid unit because of branding (warranty would be ok if I used the HTC WM6 straight on the HTC branded unit instead of Ameo).
Ok, sorry for flooding, it's just that the frustration is killing me. :/
Jack
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I don't think it is permanent, I no longer have his spl appearing on the boot screen. I presume it was during the last rom flash, (but I've been to sleep since then so may have forgotten what I did), but it now shows as 2.20. before it was the olipro one..
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I think you're referring to ROM version.
SPL original would be 1.00 I think and Olipro's I have now is 1.20
Jack
I got the phone back in June for my birthday, but mainly bc it was the most expensive phone from T-Mobile & it looked cool & imean with the Father's Day promotion it was free so Why not? It got me away from AT&T. Well I had fun with the phone but got tired of the constant freezing, so I bought the Nexus One on EBay
It cut me off! Anyway my friend wanted to use my HD2 with Android since I'm not using it so I did factory reset, wiped SD card, upgraded it to most recent Stock Rom: 3.14.531.1 (04666) WWE, and used HSPL3 to unlock (she has AT&T). And I put an android image on SD card for her so she's good to go. But when she put her sim card in it, she couldn't get past WinMo w/out an unlock code. So what should I do? HSPL? HSPL2?
Sent from my Nexus One using XDA App
You will need to call or e-mail T-Mobile for the unlock code. They will send it to you via e-mail a couple of days after your request. That is how mine was done. Just let them know that you need to unlock it so that you can use your phone overseas.
th3pr1nc30f3gypt said:
It cut me off! Anyway my friend wanted to use my HD2 with Android since I'm not using it so I did factory reset, wiped SD card, upgraded it to most recent Stock Rom: 3.14.531.1 (04666) WWE, and used HSPL3 to unlock (she has AT&T). And I put an android image on SD card for her so she's good to go. But when she put her sim card in it, she couldn't get past WinMo w/out an unlock code. So what should I do? HSPL? HSPL2?
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hspl has nothing to do with your carrier. roms are independent of carriers (tmo, att). actually, from what i have read 3.14 is not that compatible with hspl - eats a lot of memory.
as noted above, call tmo (say you are leaving the country and need to use it.) there are internet services that can help too from what i read (have never used them.)
Hi, i have gone through multiple threads on xda and google to find a solution, but could find none. finally posting out of desperation.
I had WP7 and android from SD (through MAGLDR) on my HD2. for WP7 i had upgraded the radio to 2_14_50_04. But my data and cell phone signal kept dropping in both wp7 and android. after trying a couple of other radios, i decided to go back to an old radio. So i went into bootloader and installed 2_07_51_22_2. The install was successful and thats it, the phone went dead.
No bootloader, no lights, no vibration, no hard reset/soft reset, nothing from the phone. Tried every possible combination of keys, nothing. The only glimmer of hope is that when i connect the HD2 to the computer, it recognizes a USB input and tries to install but cannot. When i plug it out, it makes the usb disconnection sound, so i am hoping there is still some life in it.
Battery was around 80%, so cannot be battery issue (tried charging it again, no luck)
Any help please anyone. I am not able to get into the bootloader, but the usb is being recognized. is there a solution from this kind of problem?
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Hi, i have gone through multiple threads on xda and google to find a solution, but could find none. finally posting out of desperation.
I had WP7 and android from SD (through MAGLDR) on my HD2. for WP7 i had upgraded the radio to 2_14_50_04. But my data and cell phone signal kept dropping in both wp7 and android. after trying a couple of other radios, i decided to go back to an old radio. So i went into bootloader and installed 2_07_51_22_2. The install was successful and thats it, the phone went dead.
No bootloader, no lights, no vibration, no hard reset/soft reset, nothing from the phone. Tried every possible combination of keys, nothing. The only glimmer of hope is that when i connect the HD2 to the computer, it recognizes a USB input and tries to install but cannot. When i plug it out, it makes the usb disconnection sound, so i am hoping there is still some life in it.
Battery was around 80%, so cannot be battery issue (tried charging it again, no luck)
Any help please anyone. I am not able to get into the bootloader, but the usb is being recognized. is there a solution from this kind of problem?
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Yep you bricked your phone. You made the mistake by flashing a .51 radio which is only for non T-mobile hd2 phone. Since you have a tmobile phone you can only flash .50 radios. Your phone now has a radio that is incompatible with it so it wont turn on. Good news is that there may be a way to unbrick it. Here is a link that may help you unbrick if you have HSPL installed which you do.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=668347#6262090
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Yep you bricked your phone. You made the mistake by flashing a .51 radio which is only for non T-mobile hd2 phone. Since you have a tmobile phone you can only flash .50 radios. Your phone now has a radio that is incompatible with it so it wont turn on. Good news is that there may be a way to unbrick it. Here is a link that may help you unbrick if you have HSPL installed which you do.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=668347#6262090
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Thanks dimension. But i actually tried the steps in this link. Step 11 there asks me to put device in bootloader. But I am not able to get to the bootloader screen at all. Do you know how i can do that?
You can't.
that link is no good to you, it needs the phone to be able to power on.
There is no fix other than jtag or repair center.
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You can't.
that link is no good to you, it needs the phone to be able to power on.
There is no fix other than jtag or repair center.
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You may be right, but in all hope you should still try it even tho your not able to see the boot loader screen. It may work for you because your computer detects your phone. At this point I would try anything...or cry because I can't live a day without this phone. If it does not work then send it in for repairs which would cost $100 or so, but at least you wont have to pay $250+ for another HD2.
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You may be right, but in all hope you should still try it even tho your not able to see the boot loader screen. It may work for you because your computer detects your phone. At this point I would try anything...or cry because I can't live a day without this phone. If it does not work then send it in for repairs which would cost $100 or so, but at least you wont have to pay $250+ for another HD2.
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i know i cant too. the last 2 days have been pretty depressing. I am now tired of seaching, can anyone point me to a thread as to how to get it repaired (i dont have a tmobile contract or insurance or warranty, so guess i will have to take it to a htc repair center or something). Any pointers would help. I am in the Atlanta, GA area.
Thanks
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you should contact the member of this forum by the name of trashcan... he is the only person in the united states that has the jtag device used to re program the hd2
boysha8 said:
i know i cant too. the last 2 days have been pretty depressing. I am now tired of seaching, can anyone point me to a thread as to how to get it repaired (i dont have a tmobile contract or insurance or warranty, so guess i will have to take it to a htc repair center or something). Any pointers would help. I am in the Atlanta, GA area.
Thanks
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The first time whet I briked HD2 they asked 20 euro, the second time (after 4 experiments days) only 10 euro
Dimension2035 said:
Yep you bricked your phone. You made the mistake by flashing a .51 radio which is only for non T-mobile hd2 phone. Since you have a tmobile phone you can only flash .50 radios. Your phone now has a radio that is incompatible with it so it wont turn on. Good news is that there may be a way to unbrick it. Here is a link that may help you unbrick if you have HSPL installed which you do.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=668347#6262090
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Guys, just joined the HD2 forums as I previously had a HD. Noticed this thread and checked my new HD2 T-Mobile (UK) phone and the radio is 2.07.51.22.2 which makes a mockery of your statement regarding the .50 radio, unless I am missing something (which is always possible).
Ooops, just realised that this forum is for USA phones only. Apologies.
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Guys, just joined the HD2 forums as I previously had a HD. Noticed this thread and checked my new HD2 T-Mobile (UK) phone and the radio is 2.07.51.22.2 which makes a mockery of your statement regarding the .50 radio, unless I am missing something (which is always possible).
Ooops, just realised that this forum is for USA phones only. Apologies.
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yup, it can get confusing in here since they split the forums
Me 2
I made the rookie mistake of flashing the wrong rom too, careless on my part. I've contacted HTC Customer Support and put in for RMA, with fingers crossed they won't catch the flashing of illegal software. I know it's a long shot, but we'll see. Worst case scenario I pay for shipping and the $15 fee for them to diagnose my phone. I'll repost if successful.
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I made the rookie mistake of flashing the wrong rom too, careless on my part. I've contacted HTC Customer Support and put in for RMA, with fingers crossed they won't catch the flashing of illegal software. I know it's a long shot, but we'll see. Worst case scenario I pay for shipping and the $15 fee for them to diagnose my phone. I'll repost if successful.
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was it sucessful, I bricked my phone with the wrong radio too and now I'm debating wether to send it in to htc (my warranty expires in 4 days) or just use it as an expensive mirror