Okay, here's a story from a WP7 n00b. Got the Mozart yesterday from O2 UK. Read on the forums about how good Mango is, so decided to upgrade to it. I assumed that upgrading would automatically debrand the phone. Obviously, being a n00b I was wrong. Now I have a Mango 7720 phone (firmware version 2250.21.14201.206) with O2 gibberish on it. I've read on forums that HTC has released the official Mango update, and it might take a few months before it gets to me via O2.
Finding myself at this stage, what I would like to do is to have a dev unlocked debranded Mango phone. My guess is that I will have to downgrade to NoDo, debrand it, dev unlock it and then upgrade it to Mango. Can someone be kind enough to let me know if my guess is right? Also, can you please point me in the direction of the tutorials on how to achieve all this?
i tried do same thing but i was failed. i tried to flash lots of roms that i used before mango but all off them gave same invalid vendor id error at %1.
then i restored the rom via zune back to nodo. invalid vendor id error is continuing.
i can't install any rom to my mozart even it's branded tmo_de rom.
the only thing that i see different in settings/info is hardware revision number. before 004-now NA.
how can i correct the vendor id?
please help!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=984239
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Fellows, Do i need to CID unlock my branded tmobile HTC pro before i can flash a new rom to it?
Anybody who give me a save step by step program so i can't brick my expensive gadget?
Lot's of love to the one
millz said:
Fellows, Do i need to CID unlock my branded tmobile HTC pro before i can flash a new rom to it?
Anybody who give me a save step by step program so i can't brick my expensive gadget?
Lot's of love to the one
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You don't need to CID unlock but you do need to install Hard-SPL. Then you can flash any ROM you like. Try reading the wiki and read the forums about flashing before you flash for the first time.
The sticky posts on the Forums often cover the basics.
Mr Vanx has kindly collected useful links into this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=419746
First link is Raphael for Beginners
Ta
Dave
I read the Wiki a couple of times, but i dont really understand it.
tmobile foon with tmobile rom with a tmobile sim, use SPL and get my ROMeO rom, update it.... that's all?
When do you have to use CID unlock then?
millz said:
I read the Wiki a couple of times, but i dont really understand it.
tmobile foon with tmobile rom with a tmobile sim, use SPL and get my ROMeO rom, update it.... that's all?
When do you have to use CID unlock then?
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hooold it! before you make a big mistake.
* ALWAYS use hard spl!
* use any rom that you like
* update it...and that's all
you don't use CID lock unless you are 100% sure of what you're doing! when you're device is CID unlocked there is no way back!
(a pain in the *ss with warrenty issues)
Is there are way to know if your phone is already CID unlock or not?
Cuz i bought my phone with a custom rom in it already... so i know that it has been HardSPL already, but i don't know if they had unlock the security/CID or not...
Thanks for the help,
Radio:1.02.25.31
ask the person you bought it from?? he will tell you.
millz said:
I read the Wiki a couple of times, but i dont really understand it.
tmobile foon with tmobile rom with a tmobile sim, use SPL and get my ROMeO rom, update it.... that's all?
When do you have to use CID unlock then?
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Only the SPL, the Vario IV's are not locked.
(The one I have isn't, a "contract" renewal, got it for free )
HTC Touch Pro 2 Vodafone
Hi I have issue with start any rom upgrade at my phone. i have 1,14 rom wersion iside my HTC. when i try to install any rom i god error mesge and phone back to Vodafone is without simlock but is impossible to install any rom. can i ask you for help. i have use one of rom from comunity and after 5 min with 0% recive error 262.
carvi said:
Hi I have issue with start any rom upgrade at my phone. i have 1,14 rom wersion iside my HTC. when i try to install any rom i god error mesge and phone back to Vodafone is without simlock but is impossible to install any rom. can i ask you for help. i have use one of rom from comunity and after 5 min with 0% recive error 262.
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Pretty sure error 262 is vendor ID check which means your not Hard-SPL or CID unlocked i'd advise you take some time to read the stickys at the top of forum before going any further...
Hi guys, I'm new to this world, to custom ROM'S and such.
I have waited for the Official ROM from HTC, but I'm rly disappointing whit the Official ROM, but now I have seen some topic saying that after installing this one, it's impossible to downgrade it and put a custom ROM. But I have seen some replays around the forum saying that is possible.
Oki, saying this, I have been searching the forum since then, about a good tutorial for this, so i can put a custom ROM on the Hero, but I cant find any, so i, making this post so that the experts can help me out
P.S. I know about the warning's and such, but nothing is impossible, it just can take some time do to it.
Thanks for the help guys
As far as i know, official 2.1 = locked phone.
Might change sometime but not yet.
Rooted mine, far preferable
Try this, about the best one i found
androidforums.com/all-things-root-hero/54802-how-root-install-custom-rom-backup-more.html
Sorry, no linky, forum says i'm not old enough. Or was it too few posts
Wrong, you can downgrade it. Just run the RUU update file and it will downgrade (goldcard method).
2.1 is also now rooted with the same method for root as 1.5/1.6/2.0.
andrewb84uk said:
Wrong, you can downgrade it. Just run the RUU update file and it will downgrade (goldcard method).
2.1 is also now rooted with the same method for root as 1.5/1.6/2.0.
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???????????
where did you see this info? have you done it yourself?
I've tried to do it, with goldcard method and it didn't work.
Reply to confirm what you have stated please.
tks
I don't know or ever used the goldcard method but I can assure I did update my Hero via OTA (both of the updates) and I was able to go back to a different ROM. Simply use Amon-RA's recovery image and you can flash anything you want.
You must know something though, my Hero came with version 1.76 (back in the day) and I never installed an official update through RUU's (thus blocking the phone by installing newer SPLs). And I'm also using the unlocked SPL for the Hero posted by Paul @ MoDaCo.
The RUUs normally install a new SPL (locked probably) but as you are all aware, the 2.1 update is only available via OTA (for now at least) and doesn't install a new SPL, so there's no problem there, assuming you are using an unlocked SPL or an older one. If a new RUU is made available for 2.1, it will probably com with a new SPL, or not, who knows...
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I don't know or ever used the goldcard method but I can assure I did update my Hero via OTA (both of the updates) and I was able to go back to a different ROM. Simply use Amon-RA's recovery image and you can flash anything you want.
You must know something though, my Hero came with version 1.76 (back in the day) and I never installed an official update through RUU's (thus blocking the phone by installing newer SPLs). And I'm also using the unlocked SPL for the Hero posted by Paul @ MoDaCo.
The RUUs normally install a new SPL (locked probably) but as you are all aware, the 2.1 update is only available via OTA (for now at least) and doesn't install a new SPL, so there's no problem there, assuming you are using an unlocked SPL or an older one. If a new RUU is made available for 2.1, it will probably com with a new SPL, or not, who knows...
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So my newly bought HTC Hero is stuck as 2.1 as of now? (Kernal 2.6.29)
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The RUUs normally install a new SPL (locked probably) but as you are all aware, the 2.1 update is only available via OTA (for now at least) and doesn't install a new SPL, so there's no problem there, assuming you are using an unlocked SPL or an older one. If a new RUU is made available for 2.1, it will probably com with a new SPL, or not, who knows...
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That is incorrect, I did my update through an RUU (Chungwa) and therefore I'm stuck with it.
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So my newly bought HTC Hero is stuck as 2.1 as of now? (Kernal 2.6.29)
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It depends...according to Nazgulled, if you did a FOTA upgrade you should be able to downgrade. If like me, you did it through RUU...you're screwed for now...
I'm assuming i'm not going to be able to since my phone came stock with 2.1 lol, oh well. Hadn't planned on rooting right away anyway. Not actually too sure what rooting would do for me...
I have a unlocked xperia x10a on 1.6, Ive read a few things that clash with each other about updating. I read about the flash tool that says you have to be at 2.1 to run the tool.
I want to update the android with either a custom build or even the official build it doesn't matter but im on tmobile and I dont want to loose the unlock and I've already read some material that says once its unlocked you cant update.
Is there a way to update to anything other then 1.6 without loosing the unlock or at least being able to re-unlock.
Im sorry if this has already been posted but I need a specific answer before I mess this up Ive been through like 4 phones in the last month lol.
I actually did the same thing. I bought a x10a from eBay, unlocked the phone, updated to 2.1, and put it on T-Mobile. I didn't lose the unlock when I updated.
As far as updating to 2.1 or other software, I used this guide here from agentJBM. I haven't had any problems. Hope this helps.
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Here's the situation,
i've read all over the topics in this forum and in the development section, but i still haven't found what i wanted to know.
The device has Win 7.0.7 ecc so, no 7.5. I want to understand if there's a method for one of the two systems to be unlocked, i mean unlock the bootloader, to install new roms, different from the stock one.
If this option exists i'd actually appreciate it if you could link a guide or tell me.
For what concernes the debrand of the device, i boght it at TIM in my country, but i don't think it's branded. Anyway i think i will try to debrand it with the goldcard, just to be sure.
thanks for the attention!
Why don't you just update it? ... i've had the first version too (7004) and i've done it pretty easly by forcing
Hi all,
When I debrand a HTC Mozart (in my case a TMO-DE), can I use Zune to update all parts of the device (os+firmware+radio+bootloader/spl) ?
After my (extensive) research here in the forum i understand, that:
Only the os will be updated by zune on a debranded mozart. the radio and the bootloader will not be changed and stay at the version of the htc rom from debrand process.
Also this can lead to problems with the camera and color banding.
The only way to update the radio and bootloader of a debranded mozart is via RUU.
To completely debrand a phone, so u can use zune to update everything, you have to use goldcard.
Ansar gave some advise how to update the radio and bootloader of a debranded phone with RUU here and here. But unfortunately I didn't really get what he meant. Could some please explain this to me in a little more detail?
Please correct me if anything I wrote is wrong or incomplete !!
Thanks to all !
jones
PS: I ask this because I want tethering on my TMO-DE Mozart and Deutsche Telekom is not going to release a tethering update, but on the other hand I don't want to start flashing (custom)ROMS. I really got used to the comfort of updating with zune and don't want to always flash new rom via RUU when microsoft releases an update.