Anyone know a good compilation of boot screens made for the titan? if not post some here. =)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=379822
thanks, those are hot.
Thank you....I plan on making a thread and posting all of the ones I have but I want to get them all converted first so it's easy for everyone to flash them.
bored, are you talking about .nb conversions? or are you just going to leave them as .gif and let people replace startupanimation.gif in their windows folder?
They will be converted so they can be flashed via RUU. This is for the splash 1 and 2. The startup animation will most likely have to be handled a lil differently, just not sure how I'm gonna present it yet.
ive got cooking and customizing down pat, the only thing im still sketchy on is the boot screen. i assume when you are saying flash via the RUU you mean convert splash 1 and 2 to .nb files and then use a nbh compiler along with a .nb ROM image to make a .nhb that we would flash? or are you insisting that its possible to flash a boot screen without flashing the entire rom, like a radio flash.
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ive got cooking and customizing down pat, the only thing im still sketchy on is the boot screen. i assume when you are saying flash via the RUU you mean convert splash 1 and 2 to .nb files and then use a nbh compiler along with a .nb ROM image to make a .nhb that we would flash? or are you insisting that its possible to flash a boot screen without flashing the entire rom, like a radio flash.
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Yes that's it... I just havent taken the time to compile everything for anyone to use. Wife, 4 kids, job, plus volunteered to build a site for my father in laws church..... I'll get it when I get a lil time.
the only part that im sketchy on is the txt file that tells the nbh complier how to compile. ive been trying to make sense of it but i keep getting lost. i think in DCD's kitchen its called "titan rom.txt" or something like that. i know i have to put nb's in there, again i just havent really had the time to mess with it
There is a tool and I believe its by Dutty that will convert nb to nbh and vice versa. There was also another one I found that would make a bmp into a nb but unfortunately I'm not near the computer I have those tools on so I can't post them for you at this moment.
Sweet deal bored.... I'd love to have those as well.... I use the PPCkitchen just for flashing new splash images, but I have to do the whole ROM with that... Your procedure would be a whole lot better....
Thx
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There is a tool and I believe its by Dutty that will convert nb to nbh and vice versa. There was also another one I found that would make a bmp into a nb but unfortunately I'm not near the computer I have those tools on so I can't post them for you at this moment.
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I know i have the one that will convert bitmap and gif to .nb. And i think you are right, i believe dutty has the tool to do that conversion. So basically you are saying if you can convert the .nb to .nbh it will flash without erasing?
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I know i have the one that will convert bitmap and gif to .nb. And i think you are right, i believe dutty has the tool to do that conversion. So basically you are saying if you can convert the .nb to .nbh it will flash without erasing?
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Yes use your standard RUU to flash.
Here is my Custom Splash Screen. I have the exactly same one for my Boot Screen but animated with some glare and i increased the lighting.
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Tried the last build of SK Tools to benchmark unlocked Extended ROM. It hung in the middle. After soft reset, the phone hung on the HTC splash screen, WM splash will not show up. Hard reset restored phone boot, but unlocking the Extended ROM leaded to the same hang.
I've downloaded a version of my ROM, and, using the tools and instructions from Wiki, extracted extended ROM nb, and created an NBH containing only Extended ROM. Flashed it using SSPL from MicroSD. Then restored the latest backup and the phone is up and running again!
All was done using Windows 98SE computer, so no ActiveSync working.
So, this is one more reason why phone may hang on HTC boot screen that is not in the Wiki.
I just wonder what does the number (700 to replace 900) in the text file to pass to nbhgen mean, but it work.
I had a similar thing, the phone hung whilst writing something to extended ROM. It would then not go past the HTC splash. Like you, i got a bit nervous when i realised this wasnt addressed in the wiki!
I took a slightly different approach, using mtty.exe and 1.01mfg bootloader to flash a new extended rom to the appropriate address. Let out a real cheer when i saw the windows mobile splash appear!
Could one of you add this to the wiki perhaps?
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I just wonder what does the number (700 to replace 900) in the text file to pass to nbhgen mean, but it work.
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Header type for ExtROM inside NBH file is 0x700 for Hermes, 0x900 for Trinity.
See here:
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=NBH_headertypes
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Could one of you add this to the wiki perhaps?
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Would love to contribute!
But which section? This isnt an upgrading problem per-se... its more to do with writing to the Extended Rom and dramas which arose because the phone hung whilst doing so.
That section could be renamed to something more generic, although I'm not sure that's a good idea. For now, you could just add it in there, it's possible to come up with a reason for it being an "upgrade"
OK, ive put it on the problems page, under "other problems".
Have never edited a Wiki before, please feel free to dress it up a little (i.e. i dont know how to turn words into links to other wiki pages, nor do i understand how formatting works etc etc).
Cheers
Martin
I fixed it up a bit; thanks for the writeup!
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I fixed it up a bit; thanks for the writeup!
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No, thank you mate! Looks much better.
Cheers!!
It Seems Like Im Not The Only One To Have This Problem, I Upgraded The Radio Version To 3.27 (the New One) And I Couldnt Find The Hard Spl 2.40 Olipro Since Ppcgeeks Is Shut Down, And I Crossed My Fingers It Would Work And To No Avail....stuck On Splash Screen, Cant Run Sprint Rom, Or Any Other Rom Because It Doesnt Load Up To Be Able To Sync
Pleaseeeee Helpppppppppp!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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It Seems Like Im Not The Only One To Have This Problem, I Upgraded The Radio Version To 3.27 (the New One) And I Couldnt Find The Hard Spl 2.40 Olipro Since Ppcgeeks Is Shut Down, And I Crossed My Fingers It Would Work And To No Avail....stuck On Splash Screen, Cant Run Sprint Rom, Or Any Other Rom Because It Doesnt Load Up To Be Able To Sync
Pleaseeeee Helpppppppppp!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Well when i first tried to install it didnt really work because i didnt use the newest bootloader. I dont think its going to work for you either unless you use it. I would just go back to the stock rom/radio and use then install the newest boot loader/unlocker, then radio, then gps rom.
But if you want to try, your going to have to get a sd card, format it to fat32 then put the .nbh (the largest file in the rom download) file on the card, but name the file TITAIMG.nbh. Then put the phone in boot loader mode (hold camera, power, and reset)
When the phone starts up this time the bootloader will load that .nbh file to the phone just as if you had done it through active sync (close).
You can use this for anything really. If you want to go back to the stock rom, download the rom exe from htc's website and extract the .nbh file with a program called zipscan. If you do this you will be back to stock everything except maybe the BL im not really sure if.
If you want to try the newest rom (which most likely wont work since your not using the newest hard spl) just take that .nbh file and name it TITAIMG.nbh and put it on your sd card and put phone in boootloader mode and it should copy that image.
I tried to explain the best i could just ask if you have any questions.
for the life of my i cannot see why people cant search for a problem before they post about it.
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for the life of my i cannot see why people cant search for a problem before they post about it.
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Seems like most of the problems are from people not following directions... Even the ones I was having...lol. But this stuff is new to a lot of people and the information is kind of spread out.
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It Seems Like Im Not The Only One To Have This Problem, I Upgraded The Radio Version To 3.27 (the New One) And I Couldnt Find The Hard Spl 2.40 Olipro Since Ppcgeeks Is Shut Down, And I Crossed My Fingers It Would Work And To No Avail....stuck On Splash Screen, Cant Run Sprint Rom, Or Any Other Rom Because It Doesnt Load Up To Be Able To Sync
Pleaseeeee Helpppppppppp!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Did you try to hold down the power/camera buttons and do a soft reset to try and get back to the bootloader screen?
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Well when i first tried to install it didnt really work because i didnt use the newest bootloader. I dont think its going to work for you either unless you use it. I would just go back to the stock rom/radio and use then install the newest boot loader/unlocker, then radio, then gps rom.
But if you want to try, your going to have to get a sd card, format it to fat32 then put the .nbh (the largest file in the rom download) file on the card, but name the file TITAIMG.nbh. Then put the phone in boot loader mode (hold camera, power, and reset)
When the phone starts up this time the bootloader will load that .nbh file to the phone just as if you had done it through active sync (close).
You can use this for anything really. If you want to go back to the stock rom, download the rom exe from htc's website and extract the .nbh file with a program called zipscan. If you do this you will be back to stock everything except maybe the BL im not really sure if.
If you want to try the newest rom (which most likely wont work since your not using the newest hard spl) just take that .nbh file and name it TITAIMG.nbh and put it on your sd card and put phone in boootloader mode and it should copy that image.
I tried to explain the best i could just ask if you have any questions.
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This worked for me too!!!! Simple too. You can extract the .nbh file using winrar too.
And to comment on why people don't search for answers first before posting.....
I read everything I could before trying all of this out. My computer experienced the BSOD in the middle of the relocking process. The above listed methos was the only way that I could get my device to work. And yes, I asked the same question that hb1774 asked. I had read about this method in another post, but everything is so spread out and very new to me and a lot of people. Lets try not to be sarcastic. People come here to learn and hack. I know a hell of a lot about computers, but I'm not Yoda, so I'm going to need help. Until there is a well organized post with a solution to every issue that comes up, there are going to be repeat questions. If you know that it's a repeat question and you know where the answer is burried in the forum, why not post a link to the answer? Just my 2 cents worth.
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well said johnannie. if you want to help people - help people. i have the same issue with my Mogul.
to the experts: THANK YOU for your work and help.
I need help packing a custom made splash.nb into a NBH file.
Now i found this HTC Rom tool that can supposedly do this for me, but i haven't figured out how, and i only found it in the kaiser section of the forums, so I'm not even sure if it'll work for my titan.
I included the splash.nb, in case there's someone out there that can do it for me, and/or tell me how to do it.
*NEW* i also included the Tool required to convert images to splash.nb files.
Everyone start showing your good work
I also included a preview picture
Here you go. Just unzip and run the file. Will cause a hard reset though fyi, but there's no getting around that.
Oh and P.S. You didn't attach the splash.nb, so I just did it all from scratch.
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Here you go. Just unzip and run the file. Will cause a hard reset though fyi, but there's no getting around that.
Oh and P.S. You didn't attach the splash.nb, so I just did it all from scratch.
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Thanks for this, I grabbed it myself.
Out of curiosity, how did you create this package? PPCgeeks kitchen?
No, it takes way too much time to use PPCGeeks Kitchen just to create a simple bootsplash rom.
If more people are interested, I can write up a little wiki with instructions on how to create your own bootsplash rom. Once you master it, it takes literally 1 minute to make, and less than that to flash.
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No, it takes way too much time to use PPCGeeks Kitchen just to create a simple bootsplash rom.
If more people are interested, I can write up a little wiki with instructions on how to create your own bootsplash rom. Once you master it, it takes literally 1 minute to make, and less than that to flash.
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Sweet, I will be looking for that.
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No, it takes way too much time to use PPCGeeks Kitchen just to create a simple bootsplash rom.
If more people are interested, I can write up a little wiki with instructions on how to create your own bootsplash rom. Once you master it, it takes literally 1 minute to make, and less than that to flash.
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G - I tried to use some of the programs to make my own bootsplash rom, but they didn't work.... If you could write it up, that would be great.....
G - I tried to use some of the programs to make my own bootsplash rom, but they didn't work.... If you could write it up, that would be great.....
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Ok I'll do it now at work...I mean...why not get paid to do stuff I actually enjoy doing...hehe
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G - I tried to use some of the programs to make my own bootsplash rom, but they didn't work.... If you could write it up, that would be great.....
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I second the motion
gc14 said:
Here you go. Just unzip and run the file. Will cause a hard reset though fyi, but there's no getting around that.
Oh and P.S. You didn't attach the splash.nb, so I just did it all from scratch.
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Highly appreciated, and the splash i made look beautiful!
mind telling me how you did this?
Nice theme on the first post!
It has just become my new splash screen...
Thanks man!
Just created new thread with link to the wiki tutorial.
Enjoy
Epic Bored
No offence DCD, I love your ROMs...
Right click save as welcomehead.96.png
Be carefull when using this - each time I've done it, after the hard reset, I couldn't make or receive phone calls until I went and changed the MSID. I've changed the bootsplash three times, and each time, after the hard reset, the MSID was altered slightly - always only 1 digit was off. The first time it happened, it took me a significant amount of time to figure out what had happened. I reloaded the base rom, etc. All that was needed though was to fix the MSID.
Be carefull when using this - each time I've done it, after the hard reset, I couldn't make or receive phone calls until I went and changed the MSID. I've changed the bootsplash three times, and each time, after the hard reset, the MSID was altered slightly - always only 1 digit was off. The first time it happened, it took me a significant amount of time to figure out what had happened. I reloaded the base rom, etc. All that was needed though was to fix the MSID.
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That's weird...never has happened to me. You are aware that you can avoid the hard reset by renaming the splash nbh file to TITAIMG.nbh and flash from microsd card right?
How would I add a boot splash if I didn't include one when I created my ROM from dcd's 3.2.0 kitchen?
I am sure there is a registry setting, but not sure how to find it.
Updated 6/16/08:
-Created bootsplash kitchen along with instructions.
-Included information about flashing via microsd card.
Little background on Titan boot sequence for those who don't know exactly what this kitchen/tutorial does:
Many confuse the term "ROM" with the OS ROM. The term "ROM" has been used so often in conjunction with the OS ROM, that it's become jargon. When one refers to the "ROM" he/she usually is referring to the OS ROM. The ROM is the read only memory that can only be altered with a firmware flash. In actuality, there are 5 parts that make up the total ROM.
1. SPL - Bootloader
2. Radio - GSM or CDMA radio
3. First Splash - Splash screen that shows Protocol, Rom, and Radio versions.
4. Second Splash - Splash screen after the Protocol, Rom, and Radio versions disappear.
5. OS - The OS, a.k.a. what you flash when you cook a rom with dcd's kitchen etc.
This is how we're able to flash the bootloader, radio, OS etc. separately. You notice this more when you flash with the microsd card. When the bootloader loads and checks the image, it tells you exactly what part of the ROM it is. If you're flashing the OS, it says OS. If you're flashing the radio, it says CDMA (type of radio the Titan uses).
The Titan has either 3 or 4 boot splashes depending on whether or not you use a startup animation. The first 2 are part of the ROM. The 3rd and 4th are the startup animation (if included as part of OS ROM) and the welcomehead splash (Windows Mobile splash, which can easily be changed without flashing anything by copying/pasting your image of choice named welcomehead.96.png to \Windows on your phone).
This kitchen cooks the First and Second Splashes of the ROM.
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=TitanBootsplashTutorial
Enjoy!
Awesome - Thanks GC!!
Nice. Will try later on.
"Below is a guide to cook a tiny ROM which will only flash your bootscreens. Flashing it will cause a hard reset, but will leave your current ROM intact."
So people would read!
Hey GC - This is the same error I got the last time I tried to use this tool.... Hae you seen this, and what does it mean??? I clicked on the nb_image_converter.exe and then these 2 boxes popup.....
Helpppppppp.....
Hey GC - This is the same error I got the last time I tried to use this tool.... Hae you seen this, and what does it mean??? I clicked on the nb_image_converter.exe and then these 2 boxes popup.....
Helpppppppp.....
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Whoa wtf... this program has NOTHING to do with BuildOS. Do you have PPCGeeks BuildOS installed or something?
Yes, but why would it look for that?? This program is a simple executable??
No idea... try to completely uninstall PPCGeeks and see if it still pops up.
Thats the damdest thing..... Uninstalling the ppckitchen and the nb tool runs FINE.....
Thats the damdest thing..... Uninstalling the ppckitchen and the nb tool runs FINE.....
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Haha, well no real reason to have it now anyway right?
You testing this out? If so let me know how the tutorial was and post up your bootsplash!
That goes for everyone, I'd like to get some feedback on how it goes. It seems like a lot of steps, but once you master it, it takes like a minute tops...screw using ppcgeeks kitchen for this.
Also, if you'd like to share your bootsplash, post it up!
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Haha, well no real reason to have it now anyway right?
You testing this out? If so let me know how the tutorial was and post up your bootsplash!
That goes for everyone, I'd like to get some feedback on how it goes. It seems like a lot of steps, but once you master it, it takes like a minute tops...screw using ppcgeeks kitchen for this.
Also, if you'd like to share your bootsplash, post it up!
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Ok - Works great.... I did however make a batch file so that it's just easier to click on it instead of using a DOS box, lots of people may have an issue finding the folder they saved the images in, and it autostarts Duttys.... I can AIM it too you GC....
Here's my screen.....
GC14, was just wondering... You say that there is no way around the hard reset. Well if i remember correctly, quite a wails back, in the 3.27 Leaked ROM era, when i would flash my mogul with the leaked ROM, was the first time i got that annoying "Test purpose only" Boot screen flash.
Well my attempt to change it was to use the official Rom before this, by doing the SD card method, and only wait for it to say Finish flashing bootscreen, and i would reset the device immediately, to prevent any corruption.
This method indeed changed my boot screen splash, and nothing else, and it didn't hard reset anything.
So shouldn't anyone be able to just place the .nbh file into a SD card, and let it just flash the boot screen that way?
I'm only saying.. i actually haven't tried it, since i did it the long way anyway.
GC14, was just wondering... You say that there is no way around the hard reset. Well if i remember correctly, quite a wails back, in the 3.27 Leaked ROM era, when i would flash my mogul with the leaked ROM, was the first time i got that annoying "Test purpose only" Boot screen flash.
Well my attempt to change it was to use the official Rom before this, by doing the SD card method, and only wait for it to say Finish flashing bootscreen, and i would reset the device immediately, to prevent any corruption.
This method indeed changed my boot screen splash, and nothing else, and it didn't hard reset anything.
So shouldn't anyone be able to just place the .nbh file into a SD card, and let it just flash the boot screen that way?
I'm only saying.. i actually haven't tried it, since i did it the long way anyway.
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I've never tried it. I simply said there's no way around the hard reset if you use the RUU. First and foremost, if people are going to try it, they have to rename RUU_signed.nbh to TITAIMG.nbh. If you want to try it and let me know, go for it.
Thanks gc14 (aka gcincotta ) for the tutorial. Worked great...now to play with some different splash screens!
Just to be clear this will hard reset the phone but will not erase the ROM. This means all contacts, programs, settings, etc... will be left intact?
great tutorial! worked like a champ! Thanks!
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Great change brother..... I see you liked the batch file idea!!! Yours is pretty close to mine.... but better.... lol Nice job...
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Does the microsd flash have the same issue as others where it has to be a smaller card? Sorry for not being more specific. I haven't looked too much into that issue as I don't have a smaller card, I'm a 4gb microsd.
Does the microsd flash have the same issue as others where it has to be a smaller card? Sorry for not being more specific. I haven't looked too much into that issue as I don't have a smaller card, I'm a 4gb microsd.
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Flashing via the microsd card is the same whether flashing rom, radio, or bootsplashes. Non microsdhc card, formatted to FAT32, with cluster size less than 4k.
Which splash screen is this? The Windows one or the (on DCD Verizon) the white verizon screen?
Hi guys, hope you can help me.
I have a Hd2 and have flashed it with sspl and a custum rom etc. i managed this as the post in question gave a link to the flashing program, but the new version does not provide a link, so questions:
1) are flashing programs gneric? as in can i just replace the nbh file next to the flasher program and it will flash the new rom or is each flasher tied to the rom 9such as each one writes different data depending on the rom)
2) is the flashing program for a radio the same as the one for a rom? can i use a flasher program to flash a radio and the same one to flash a rom?
3) is the flasher for other HTC devices the same as the one for the HD2? i have an image file from a older HTC device, could i replace the nbh file in that with the one i want to flash and it works?
P.s. the rom i use is atemidis and i am interested in dutty`s new rom as the new artemdis has problems with things missing.
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Hi guys, hope you can help me.
I have a Hd2 and have flashed it with sspl and a custum rom etc. i managed this as the post in question gave a link to the flashing program, but the new version does not provide a link, so questions:
1) are flashing programs gneric? as in can i just replace the nbh file next to the flasher program and it will flash the new rom or is each flasher tied to the rom 9such as each one writes different data depending on the rom)
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not sure, they may be, but why risk it since all(most)roms come with a customruu.exe anyway
2) is the flashing program for a radio the same as the one for a rom? can i use a flasher program to flash a radio and the same one to flash a rom?
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yes, however you said you used sspl, , , sspl wont work for radios.
3) is the flasher for other HTC devices the same as the one for the HD2? i have an image file from a older HTC device, could i replace the nbh file in that with the one i want to flash and it works?
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the nbh file is the actual ROM, if you flash a rom from a different phone, , well, just dont.
P.s. the rom i use is atemidis and i am interested in dutty`s new rom as the new artemdis has problems with things missing.
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dutchtrance said:
1) are flashing programs gneric? as in can i just replace the nbh file next to the flasher program and it will flash the new rom or is each flasher tied to the rom 9such as each one writes different data depending on the rom)
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As far as I know they are, as in you should be able to use any of them to flash any ROM onto the HD2 (I've done this plenty of times, though alot of times I will use the one that comes with the ROM). Note that not all of them are the same as some will perform task29 before flashing the ROM or another trick.
Thanks for the help thus far.
You've confirmed what i thought.
I installed the new spl-2.08.HSPL, then installed the recomended radio.
I`ve then flashed the athedies v28 gen 2 but it wont boot into windows, it just hangs at the red/orange screen with the big windows logo where it says its setting up the today screen.
I gather that i can flash a new image as i have the hspl, but how do i go about doing this as i cannot get an activ sync connection in windows to launch the flasher.
I assume i can hold down the down key to get into the HSPL menu and then flash from there some how? does this mean i have to do a flash from the memory card?
I have managed to flash by holding down the down key and getting into the 3 colours screen and then i can flash from there, but the thing still hangs at the red/orange screen. think its the rom