How to - Upgrade Gene to WM6 - P3400 ROM Development

Many people has been asking about exact/detailed steps to upgrade the Gene WM5 to WM6 provided by mun_rus. I've created a detailed document, that explains the complete process with screenshots.
Download the pdf from RAPIDSHARE or from MEGAUPLOAD.
Any feedback/comments are most welcome.

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mobix said:
Many people has been asking about exact/detailed steps to upgrade the Gene WM5 to WM6 provided by mun_rus. I've created a detailed document, that explains the complete process with screenshots.
Download the pdf from RAPIDSHARE or from MEGAUPLOAD.
Any feedback/comments are most welcome.
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hey good work mobix

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hey mobix thats a really nice post .....but if you want to downgrade to the original wm5 rom in case i face some problem then what is the procedure. need your step by step instruction on that tooo.....
Thanks in advance...

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Thanks a lot mobix
I am going to upgrade my HTC P3400 to WM6.....
This will be definitely useful... btw can u tell me that what needs to be done to backup original rom in case of any failure..

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mGforCe said:
Thanks a lot mobix
I am going to upgrade my HTC P3400 to WM6.....
This will be definitely useful... btw can u tell me that what needs to be done to backup original rom in case of any failure..
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there are many tools [paid & freeware] available for backing up. i heard that one of the best backup tool is Sprite Backup [though i've never used it].
if you want to backup just the contacts/appointments/smses/etc then u can use PIM Backup available in the forum, that's what i used when i upgraded first time. though this does not backup the original ROM.
best of luck with the upgrade.

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mobix said:
there are many tools [paid & freeware] available for backing up. i heard that one of the best backup tool is Sprite Backup [though i've never used it].
if you want to backup just the contacts/appointments/smses/etc then u can use PIM Backup available in the forum, that's what i used when i upgraded first time. though this does not backup the original ROM.
best of luck with the upgrade.
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but Sprite backup doesn't copy the ROM... Its just the settings... modifications done after ROM hard reset..

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Help Needed!!! Noob Here!
Hello Mobix,
I am trying for the past 2 days to upgrade to WM6 following your guide.
Initially, couldnt manage through the camera + voice command button so tried with Gene_HSPL.exe file i found in these forums.
After ages i am able to see SPL as 1.10.Olip.
But now theres another issue which is driving me nuts completely.
Whenever i try to run the RUU from Gene_HSPL in my desktop to upgrade the ROM, my activesync connection dies out and i have to reset Gene.
I have downloaded all files from the links you mentioned in your How-To.
So i m quite stuck with the 1.10.Olip and the step to do after this.
What do i do next?
What do i do to keep my active sync connection going till the full update of ROM???
Desperately seeking suggestion and help here.
Ramon.

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Resolved!
Hello Friends,
Dunno how or what or why, but things seem to solve on its own.
After running the RUU for something like 20 times, i went past the blue-green-red screen and the update process started happening.
I have no idea how it happened and i am yet clueless abt the whole thing.
But i have the WM6 OS on my Gene now. I havent been able to get weather details for my location,Mumbai. The data download always fails.
The Internet connection seems to work and the MMS doesnt work.
Have tweaked the registry to set Segoe UI as my system wide default font and every thing looks hunky dory at the moment.
Will holler for help when i need some.
Thanks to Mobix, vukile, olipro ababreka, mun_rus, nirvana and all the others whose forums and posts helped me get this done.
p.s. gotta admit, for a man familiar to windows and linux, these ROM's are pure greek.

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ramon_mac, nice to know u were able to flash wm6. cudn't reply u earlier as my system died on me so had to re-install everything.
reg default font, you will have to enable the cleartype for fonts to render properly.

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mobix said:
Many people has been asking about exact/detailed steps to upgrade the Gene WM5 to WM6 provided by mun_rus. I've created a detailed document, that explains the complete process with screenshots.
Download the pdf from RAPIDSHARE or from MEGAUPLOAD.
Any feedback/comments are most welcome.
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Hi Guys
noob here
MOBIX, you are a hero. If it wasn't for this brilliant manual, I would have probably stuffed up the whole thing and I was struggling so badly to find the RUU utility. The links in your pdf provided everything I needed
Thank you so much and also mun_rus for the ROM offcourse
Looking forward to updates..
Thanks guys

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CougarESP, glad to know that the guide was helpful to you.

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Ramon_Mac said:
I havent been able to get weather details for my location,Mumbai. The data download always fails.
The Internet connection seems to work and the MMS doesnt work.
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Dude any updates on this???
Same case here, except even the internet doesnt work..

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i faced error INVALID VENDER ID when flashing at 2%
how to upgrade
seems upgradeutility is invalid
plz help

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hey, i followed all the steps in ur guid. it seems everything went correct. but now when the update starts, after 2% it says "Update Failed. Corrupt Image File." i tried again but it gives the same message everytime. plz help. i wnt the latest ROM on my GENE.

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need ur help want to upgrade my 3400i to 6.1
hi
can u guide me on how to upgrade my new 3400i to WM6.1 is their any posting i can read the one you have given below is for WM5 to 6 i want to do 6 to 6.1 and im not a techi so if u dont mind kindly advise
thanks
hari
mobix said:
there are many tools [paid & freeware] available for backing up. i heard that one of the best backup tool is Sprite Backup [though i've never used it].
if you want to backup just the contacts/appointments/smses/etc then u can use PIM Backup available in the forum, that's what i used when i upgraded first time. though this does not backup the original ROM.
best of luck with the upgrade.
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thanks
hi
thanks for ur reply but now i got my problem solved thanks to some nice person like Krazy i got every thing done now using his ROM
svrhari said:
hi
can u guide me on how to upgrade my new 3400i to WM6.1 is their any posting i can read the one you have given below is for WM5 to 6 i want to do 6 to 6.1 and im not a techi so if u dont mind kindly advise
thanks
hari
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