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WM6 upgrades - Various error

Hi all, have floated around the forum for a definitive but not really got my question answered, so here goes....
I have several V1605 Vodafone Hermes/Tytn devices in our organisation that i would like to upgrade to WM6, as the Voda default rom is appalling.
I have upgraded 2 or 3 to Black Majik etc, but i want to upgrade the rest from the default voda to HTC official, however i get the following:
A, INvalid vendor ID on one device
B, Connection error on another
In A, is there a custom ruu package with a non vendor specific ID, although i dont see why.
B, Flumoxed, goes to Bootloader flix on and on, even for a split second shows the grey screen and a progress bar, then Connection error.
Err, anyone got any clues?
TIA

lokidan said:
I have upgraded 2 or 3 to Black Majik etc, but i want to upgrade the rest from the default voda to HTC official, however i get the following:
A, INvalid vendor ID on one device
B, Connection error on another
In A, is there a custom ruu package with a non vendor specific ID, although i dont see why.
B, Flumoxed, goes to Bootloader flix on and on, even for a split second shows the grey screen and a progress bar, then Connection error.
Err, anyone got any clues?
TIA
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For the A question, in this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=1410956&postcount=82 you can find WWE version with CustomRRU. Take care to have the last HardSPL before flash. You can flash the Radio ROM in second stage. If you want other languaje, in the thread you can find more if you take time to read it
For the B question, can be an USB issue (cable or USB port on the PC). Try on other PC and other cable.

Various errors - part 2
Thanks for A, however B, i have tried on several different machines still the same error, its weird and i have never seen one like this before....
Thanks

hard spl users guid
jcespi2005, ran through the guide for hard spl, failded.
it runs, places the device in to boot loader then fails with connection error.
Using Vista machine with latest drivers etc..
Any help?

lokidan said:
jcespi2005, ran through the guide for hard spl, failded.
it runs, places the device in to boot loader then fails with connection error.
Using Vista machine with latest drivers etc..
Any help?
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Try to use a XP box instead a Vista one, and select SSPL to install HardSPL. This must work.

no
It doesnt, however if failed, but my spl is now 2.03
both custom ruu and official rom fail on error 260

Hi,
If these are Vodafone devices are they unlocked? If they are still locked then you will have to unlock them first then install Hard SPL 2.10 Olipro before attempting what you want to do.
Have a look in the wiki; its all in there. Feel free to come back if you need more help.
Good luck.
WB

....that was my next question....
So i unlock them first?
~clearly i do.....
~Will give it a go...

one done...
one of them is now unlocked and upgraded...Thanks.
The other has an ipl of 1.00 and an spl 2.03
can this be unlocked with the unlock tool and then upgraded or do i downgrade the spl?
Thanks all....

My Herm200 can ony be flashed to Black Satin

Every other rom that I try either fails at 12% or 82%. I cant use HardSPLv7 or HardSPL. I've reached my the conclusion that my device will for ever be bricked. I started out with a No GSM error and I end up with Black Satin which is really stable but it doesnt help that I have no radio flashed to it. I refuse to cut my loses. Anyone that can be helpful I would greatly appreciate it!!!
Herm200
Black Statin
no radio NoGSM error
IPL-1.04
SPL- 2.10.olipro
Thank you C Brown

Have you tried flashing the HTC Official Rom with radio?

Try flashing back to the official ROM from your carrier...and the flash different ROM

Sounds like the Radio has been corupted.
Have you checked here
http://http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Hermes_Unbrick
I'm thinking you need to flash a radio back onto your device. Most if not all of the Cooked Roms recently don't have a Radio included. So, try upgrading the radio. From what I know, flashing a Rom with HardSPL on your device is fairly safe but the Radio is where things can go wrong.
Maybe you should visit the Hermes Upgrading forum and ask the guys there, look at the Sticky's.
I wonder how you lost the Radio? Did you try to upgrade it or did it just disappear?

I bought the phone bricked it had a No GSM error soo I figured I could fix it. Ive been working with wizards for sometime and I've never been able to not recover one. So Ive tried about 4 different radios all of which either fail for error 260 or 262. I've tried from both the os and bootloader. I had schaps newest rom and black satin and both of which ran fine but still no radio. Every OEM base rom I've tried fails at 82% its strange. I've read on other message boards that the only fix is to swap the boards. I dont believe that. I also tried Mtty's set 14 0
task 8 with no avail. I'm thinking if I down grade to WM5 and find a stable radio any radio for that matter and try to work up the ladder back to WM6.
Herm200
IPL-1.04
SPL-2.10.olipro
Black Satin rom
GSM error so no radio

Try using the V3 Unlock then flash it may help.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=293665

Also its HTC branded its a straight TYTN its not bound to any carrier. So it should be sim unlocked but hopefully the Cid can be unlocked which could be the hang up during rom and radio changes. Thank you all for you advice all of it will be noted and tried out later today.

So I successfully Flashed Pandora to my phone but still no radio

Help no gsm can flash to any rom without radio

Help
Have read as much info as i can about bricked phone.
Have no radio working shows no gsm on boot
It apears that i can flash to any rom with out a radio, if i flash to one that includes it its stops at 11 - 13% and comes up with an error message 262.
have olipro 2.30 and hardslp7
if i try to flash radiio rom only it wont and stays at 0% until errror message 262
so its a 1a
but not having any luck
please help as this was my dads phone
its an orange spv3100/ herms 100

try reinstalling a stock rom. might work but if you cant install a radio it looks like you have a nice pda but not a phone anymore...

No Not really
The only reason i was having to reflash the phone was that it was locking up all the time, even having flashed the phone it was having problems with Tom Tom.
Please HELLP!

Can some one please advise me on this situation,
is there any way of sorting this out?

stock orange m3100 rom wont flash
Just tried standard orange m3100 rom
it stops at 12% and wont continue,
seems any rom with a radio wont flash past 12/13%
any radio free rom is fine
it wont flash radio only roms
PLEASE HELP

Have you tried flashing radio only?

photoscubaman said:
Just tried standard orange m3100 rom
it stops at 12% and wont continue,
seems any rom with a radio wont flash past 12/13%
any radio free rom is fine
it wont flash radio only roms
PLEASE HELP
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Have tried radio only roms,
they wont work at all and stays at 0%
have olivpro 2.30 and hardspl7
thought this was ment to prevent bricking?

no, it improves chances of recovering a brick but wont stop it from happening. It loks like your radio is corrupted. You might have to bite the bullet and tell your dad his phone no longer works... sorry for the bad news...

have you tried flashing a rom with radio included through yur sd card. had same issue and this worked for me.

If ya can't install a radio, sounds like your stuck with a pda and not a phone.
Have you tried a number or radio's?
As ultramag69 says
no, it improves chances of recovering a brick but wont stop it from happening. It loks like your radio is corrupted. You might have to bite the bullet and tell your dad his phone no longer works... sorry for the bad news...
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using hardsplv7 improves chances of recovering, but nothing is 100%
If you flash your phone with manufacturers rom and get everything back to original, see if orange or manufacturer will fix it under warranty or insurance. THIS IS A LAST RESORT AS IF THEY DIG DEEP AND KNOW YOU HAVE MESSED WITH PHONE, THEY'LL DO NOTHING FOR YOU!!!
Personally I have returned phone once due to not being able to receive or make calls. I flashed original rom etc but forgot to put original radio back on. They never noticed and I got my phone back fixed. But this is a BIG RISK.

have now managed to get spl 1.01 on the phone
trying to change to spl 1.04 and reflashing!
however now when i task 32
it has
level FF not Level 0???
any ideas??

shamless bump
Isnt there anybody that can help me?
please

photoscubaman said:
have now managed to get spl 1.01 on the phone
trying to change to spl 1.04 and reflashing!
however now when i task 32
it has
level FF not Level 0???
any ideas??
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Ditto.
Is there anyway of fixing the corrupted radio? is there no way to "re-write" the radio bootloader?
obviously the radio bootloaders have changed over the different versions of the roms so why cant we "re-construct" the bootloaders in this fashion?
Referring to :HERMES Bootloader 1.01 MFG (WIKI) I cant use the "Flashing SPL-1.04 again" method because my radio is corrupted, so, I lose SuperCID, and don't have access to the lnb command; is there a SPL-1.04.nbS that we can use?!
If there is, would it allow us to use a radio of that version? or is this mute?
I've read several threads and the wiki several times, but, it seems this corrupted radio issue is something new that the wiki's are partially addressing, or, whatever has caused the radio to suddenly become corrupt requires a new method to fix it.
I know i've said I've read the forums, wiki, but perhaps I've missed something? Any assistance is appreciated!

I was wondering if any body had spl 1.04 on their mini sd card?
the method were you just transfer over to the mini card and click on it.
i managed to change my boot loader to version 1.01 this way.
if i can change it to 1.04 can i flash to radio with out it stopping.
thanks

just solved exact problem
Hi
i have been dealing with the same problem for 4.5 hours finally with the help of wiki and pof 's posts i managed to unbrick radio.
first of all i tried almost evceryting. i finally succeed by reseting radio sector. i used mtty to gel into hermes and used commands of one of pof's posts for erasing radio sector.
i dont remember the link but google xda for it. then i flashed tweaked version wich is inclueded in unlocker by pof i aborted the operation in unlocking phase then installed hardspl7
i can use my phone now radio version is 1.10 sth but i didnt tried to install newer radio ( too tired :=) )
i hope it is usefull if anything not clear PM me or write here....
PS:Many many thanx to pof...
bartan

bartan said:
Hi
i have been dealing with the same problem for 4.5 hours finally with the help of wiki and pof 's posts i managed to unbrick radio.
first of all i tried almost evceryting. i finally succeed by reseting radio sector. i used mtty to gel into hermes and used commands of one of pof's posts for erasing radio sector.
i dont remember the link but google xda for it. then i flashed tweaked version wich is inclueded in unlocker by pof i aborted the operation in unlocking phase then installed hardspl7
i can use my phone now radio version is 1.10 sth but i didnt tried to install newer radio ( too tired :=) )
i hope it is usefull if anything not clear PM me or write here....
PS:Many many thanx to pof...
bartan
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This link you speak of is of high importance!! what were the commands? what was the link?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/archive/index.php/t-280372.html
but after installing radio 1.47 it happened again in one call.
still in square one ....
No SD-card install works (stucks in GSM)
no shipped rom works
i want to ask if there is anyway to erase the whole radio sector ??
rerase command did not work on my hermes may be pof has some solution to this.
bartan

After lots and lots of reading the wiki's and forums over and over again I believe I may have solved the radio corruption problem on my 8525.
Just to let everyone know that I've tried flashing several SPL's; 1.01 MFG, 1.04, 1.10 Oli, 2.10 Oli, 2.60 Oli. Back and forth between the versions but finally I stayed put at 1.10.
I have/had a type 1a brick, but, not from flashing, everything was working great and then it just died. I tried Method 1 of Problem 5: Device shows NO GSM when booting more times then i would like to remember, however, nothing worked. When i tried a Radio only flash it failed at 0% and when i tried a FULL RUU it failed at 12/13% (GSM.nb). Convinced I had a $500 paper weight I got angry tried Method 2 of Problem 5 (see above link) ... strangely on the first try i was able to see the radio (1.40.30.00) and the protocol version as well...
I then thought this was too good to be true and then soft-reset my phone; BAM! "NO GSM".... I tried several times and then finally got the version readouts again... So i soft-reset into bootloader mode
Code:
typed: info 2
returned: HTCS
typed: task 32
returned: Level = 0
typed: rtask b
returned: AT-Command Interpreter ready <--------- YES!!!
I was then able to get enter the AT/Radio Commands so i did what anyone else would do.... FLASH ANOTHER RADIO!!!
I flashed the Radio from HTC_Hermes_SIM_Unlock_v2a and it just finished... I got an error at the end, and after the soft-reset the version stayed 1.40.30.00, but once booted into WM6.1 it immediately picked up the 3G signal... I hope this lasts longer then others have reported.
Should i try to flash another radio that is radio_bootloader 108???

*sigh* ... froze in WM6.1 reset then "No GSM" again... so then i tried HTC_Hermes_SIM_CID_Unlock_v3a but it failed because I kept getting No GSM; so i did the battery trick to get version info's then ran the .bat as instructed and it perfomed the unlock; this time it reflected the radio 1.16.0.0
since I know what it takes to get the radio to flash, i'm trying RUU_Hermes_CINGULAR_WWE_3.62.502.3_6275_1.54.07.00_108_UOOS_SVN05_Ship.exe ..... i mean what do i have to lose right?
[EDIT] it worked... so lets see what happens.... [/EDIT]
[EDIT2] Radio is 1.54.07.00 & Protocol is 32.86u.7020.23H ... so it looks like its perm now... I've been able to send and recieve calls now too.... [/EDIT2]

after several hours of usage, radio no longer responds and WM becomes unstable and after a soft-reset I get "No GSM" ...
Question to Olipro, Des, pof:
Is it possible to log the beginning bootup screen to see what exactly triggers the "No GSM" vs the radio/protocol versions?!?! there has to be something that were missing... it would seem ever since radio 108 this problems have arisen... comments?

US Diamond (pregame)

Hello XDA Friends!
I have done 2 solid nights of reading now - not to say I am in the least bit an expert, but this is my second experience with flashing htc phones (previously had a htc wizard). I am not a complete newb, but I have a few unanswered questions before i jump in balls deep.
1) After searching the forums, I have found that I seem to have a (rare) ROM version - 1.93.422.4 WWE to be exact. It is the stock US 3G GSM ROM. It appears that others have (after hardSPL) successfully flashed their Diamonds accordingly with European versions. I went to HTC's website and registered my Diamond and they told me that they do not have a down-loadable version of their ROM (an official HTC ROM) for the 3G US version. HTC simply does not make a version for US 3G that they release.
-"Unfortunately, after some checking on our website with your serial numbers, we have found that currently there is no ROM update for your devices. From our experience, there is almost never an update developed for unlocked US GSM devices. The way we release our updates is we develop them first (after receiving the operating system from Microsoft). Then the carrier or vendor takes the update and modifies it to fit their policies and we release it. Unfortunately, the vendor that usually sells unlocked US devices does not complete the last step." -HTC
This concerns me as this is my fallback in the event things do not go so well for me while flashing. SOOOO all that said, does anyone have a copy of the ROM lying around for my backup benefit!?!
2) Can anyone with a US diamond verify that they are indeed running with a cooked ROM (and be so kind as to suggest which one they prefer?). Obviously its trial and error, but stability and speed are high on the priority list (stock is SOOOO SLOOOW)!
3) The hard reset is confusing me. HTC rep said that if i do a hard reset that it will restore the device to factory settings, thus no need for me to download a ROM to restore the device (i obviously did not tell him i was looking into cooked ROMS!).
-" As far as a ROM that would restore the device, you would simply need to do a hard reset in the even that the ROM became corrupt. This would restore the device to factory defaults. " - HTC
This would indicate that the ROM is somewhere on the internal 4gb storage and copies itself back to the ROM. Is this erased when upgrading ROMS or becomes unavailable after going to hardspl? or would i still have the option to hard reset (take the red pill) and wake up believing that my dance with cooked ROMS was a dream!?!?
Thanks for all your help - fire away - I have thick skin. I'm sure someone will point out my lack of research skills ;p
Long live Xda,
-Nate

I have an unlocked US GSM also. I also tried to get it off the site and it said it was not for my device...
HTC support is pretty much useless, I called and they told me over the phone that my phone wont run WWE roms and that i needed US roms and i told them thats funny because it came preloaded with 1.93WWE.
Anyways The New official rom will work on your phone and its allot faster than the 1.93
First the Hard SPL i used this.
I use this RUU_Signed_1_93OliNex_HSPL_UnsignedEdition
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=400950
And if you want the official 2.03 WWE ROM its here
Want this one
RUU_Diamond_HTC_WWE_2.03.405.2_Radio_Signed_Diamond_52.51.25.26_1.09.25.23_Ship
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=471699
I haven't used any cooked ROMS yet so i cant help you out there

Awesome - thanks for the info - that was exactly what i was looking for! Yea... the fact that it says WWE in the ROM is completely contradicting - HTC tech support doesn't seem to know whats going on.
Have you tried the hard reset since you loaded the new ROMs? does it revert to 1.93?
Thanks again for posting,
-Nate

ok all,
flashed to hardSPL olinex 1.40, confirmed in the bootloader, tried to flash to 2.03WWE (as referred to me from above) and it gives me:
Error [244] : invalid model ID
This update utility cannot be used for your pda phone. please check your update utility.
OK. from reading i gather this is because something is wrong with hardSPL? what hardSPL should i use? Or is it another issue entirely?
thanks,
-Nate
btw - after hardSPL, and hard reset, everything on the internal storage is there

perhaps i need to be more specific. When i enter the bootloader, it says:
DIAM100 MFG 64M
SPL-1.40.OliNex
what the bible says it should say is
Hard SPL 1.40.Olinex
DIAM100 MFG 64M
SPL-1.40.OliNex
Does this mean that it did not upgrade correctly? Any ideas? Im trying win 1.37 OliNex
again it says in the bootloader
DIAM100 MFG 64M
SPL-1.37.OliNex
lets me get all the way to 99% and then fails with
Error 270 :update error
The image file is corrupt. please check your update utility.
I need some help guys. Starting to get a little frustrated do you have to update the radio rom before it will take the main rom?
-Nate
Ok, next update. Could not get any of the olix hard SPLs to work. I have tried to upgrade to hardSPL 1.24 per this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=408621
only problem is that the phone does not ever boot into windows. When i go into the bootloader, it still shows olix 1.37 hard SPL. I have tried re-downloading the file. So far it gets to 100% of the ROM flash and then throws the error 270. Any thoughts?

I never had this problem but on the page were you got the ROM they say if your having issues installing through the update utility to do this.
Rename ..NBH file to DIAMIMG.nbh
Copy to Internal Storage
Soft Reset + Hold volume down button + back button <--
Follow instructions on screen
Anymore problems just read this through the thread were you got the ROM your not the only one who got the "corrupted 270 error".
But flashing it from the storage card should work . ..Goodluck
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=471699

Ok all,
I have had a hell of a time getting a rom that will install. I could repeatedly get to the bootloader without a problem, and every rom i flashed after installing olinex 1.37 allowed me to get all the way to 100% but would then tell me that the rom was corrupt.
I downloaded and installed Shaks rom, version 3.20 from
http://diamond.geg0r.de/index.php?dir=Shaks/V3.20/
AND ITS BACK INTO WINDOWS!!!!!! thanks GOD!
I will report on further issues i have with the device.
-Nate

When I try to burn the 2.03 WWE ROM mentioned onto my stock US Diamond I get: Error 294: Invalid Vendor ID.
Any ideas what I need to do? I did not change the SPL - must I do that?
I read through the referenced threads and see where people with Error 270 need to put the image file onto internal storage but I have been hesitant to try that since it for Error 270 and not necessarily Error 294.
Any ideas?
Thanks!

wpsantennas said:
When I try to burn the 2.03 WWE ROM mentioned onto my stock US Diamond I get: Error 294: Invalid Vendor ID.
Any ideas what I need to do? I did not change the SPL - must I do that?
I read through the referenced threads and see where people with Error 270 need to put the image file onto internal storage but I have been hesitant to try that since it for Error 270 and not necessarily Error 294.
Any ideas?
Thanks!
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You need to upgrade to HardSPL.

demo23019 said:
I never had this problem but on the page were you got the ROM they say if your having issues installing through the update utility to do this.
Rename ..NBH file to DIAMIMG.nbh
Copy to Internal Storage
Soft Reset + Hold volume down button + back button <--
Follow instructions on screen
Anymore problems just read this through the thread were you got the ROM your not the only one who got the "corrupted 270 error".
But flashing it from the storage card should work . ..Goodluck
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=471699
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Here is the Rom only if anybody wants to flash it. You will not get the invalid ID error.
http://www.sendspace.com/file/iesg1h

Thanks for everybody's help. Burning the new SPL did the trick.
Have tweaked everything pretty much back to how I like it and am quite happy with the new ROM. My only complaint is that I prefer the larger Compact QWERTY keypad of the 1.93 ROM since I have fat fingers. I know that I can dig that keypad up elsewhere but I'll try to get used to the new one first.
Thanks again.

Advantage of HardSPL

Hello,
I have a HTC Touch Diamond p3700. Now I have take a look around at the forum/wiki and other external links. and found a solution to my problem. What I wanna do is change the language from my phone to english. Throught a website found on google I was able to get "HTC Touch Diamond_MRII_RUU_Diamond_HTC_Europe_2.03.401.3_Radio_Signed_Diamond_52.51.25.26_1.09.25.23_Ship"
from the HTC website (by the provided serial number). my question number 1 is is this file I got compatible with my phone?. Also by reading the wiki about SPL I found out I could do a SPL ROM update (just install the rom with the provide file from HTC website) or do a HARDSPL ROM update. Question number 2 is What is the avantage to have a HARD SPL?.
To my situation isnt it better to have a soft SPL over hard? If I just want to change the OS language! I dont need any tweaks or so. Just want it in english, like how it will be like a brand new HTC comes from US or UK.
I hope you guys can help me out with this question. Thanks in advance

If you want to change stock rom, with another language than on your phone, you have to flash HSPL olinex-unsigned, you can find it on this forum, use 1.93-olinex-unsigned.
You don't have to flash SPL, just if you upgrade your stock rom with same language like on it, which came with your phone, where you buyed, form example if you buyed phone in SWE, rom on it is SWE, and if you try to change lang-rom with WWE, it will show message, "wrong vendor id, or lang id" , than what you have to do, if you change lan OS, from originally, you have to flash with olinex-unsigned...

What I have done now is Flashed to Hard-SPL-Diamond-OliNex.
The problem now is when I try to run the SPL ROM update it will stuck at 0 procent (phone screen) and in windows it say 262 update error.
I have tried with _HTC Touch Diamond_MRII_RUU_Diamond_HTC_Europe_2.03.401.3_Radio_Signed_Diamond_52.51.25.26_1.09.25.23_Ship which I downloaded from the HTC website and also with RUU_Diamond_HTC_Europe_1.93.401.2_Radio_Signed_Diamond_52.29.25.12_1.00.25.05_Ship which is provided in this forum as supported ROM.
Can anyone help me out?

lhyeung said:
What I have done now is Flashed to Hard-SPL-Diamond-OliNex.
The problem now is when I try to run the SPL ROM update it will stuck at 0 procent (phone screen) and in windows it say 262 update error.
I have tried with _HTC Touch Diamond_MRII_RUU_Diamond_HTC_Europe_2.03.401.3_Radio_Signed_Diamond_52.51.25.26_1.09.25.23_Ship which I downloaded from the HTC website and also with RUU_Diamond_HTC_Europe_1.93.401.2_Radio_Signed_Diamond_52.29.25.12_1.00.25.05_Ship which is provided in this forum as supported ROM.
Can anyone help me out?
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Place your device into bootloader mode(soft reset + hold vol. down until you see rainbow screen) before flashing.
Connect to pc....u should see bottom switch from serial to usb then flash device using your RUU_exe.

it say "Trigger USB Host..." Few seconds later than in red "Retry Enter USB"
More Info:
Currently
ROM Verion: 1.93.404.1 NLD
ROM Date: 07/10/08
Radioversion: 1.00.25.05
Protocolversion: 52.29.25.12H
Some Extra Info:
SPL I flashed with, comes from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=400402 file Hard-SPL-Diamond-OliNex.zip (1.92 MB, 49371 views)

lhyeung said:
it say "Trigger USB Host..." Few seconds later than in red "Retry Enter USB"
More Info:
Currently
ROM Verion: 1.93.404.1 NLD
ROM Date: 07/10/08
Radioversion: 1.00.25.05
Protocolversion: 52.29.25.12H
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It should just read USB in bootloader mode. Not familiar with above statements. Try another USB port.

when I do (soft reset + vol down + back) it comes into the tri color screen. Then it switch screen to something where it say "no image found" and switch to the screen I descript
Edit:
I have plugged the phone into another usb port now I get the tri color screen with USB on the bottom. Then I run the RUU I downloaded from the htc site. But it cannot detect my current ROM version so I ignore that and just go on. Then the phone jumps into the progress bar screen!! it has been 3 minutes now but still @ 0%

I have no idea what it was or why is that. But I have successfully update the ROM into english. What I have changed from my configuration above was searching for SPL 1.40 on the internet. After reading alot I have the idea that the version 1.30 I had downloaded is not the right one. And unfortunately I cannot find 1.40 on this forum so I had to try with google. After flashing the phone into 1.40 UNSIGNED (yes I took the risk and put the unsigned version on it).
When all that has happened I could easily run the ROM I downloaded from the HTC website and update the phone. Everything goes smoothly without problem.
So the problem lies in version 1.30 HSPL vs 1.40 HSPL.
For people just drop into this website and want to change your ROM etc. here is a good tip. The information given on this website is great, good, and correct! but just beware that the tools provided might be outdated while tutorials, FAQ's, WIKI and forum threads are all taking about the newer version of tools.