Hi all
Brand new to this forum, having just got an htc wizard and unfortuantely I have vista on my laptop.
I'm just wondering whether it's possible to use a vmware xp installtion (or similar) to flash my phone?
Is it a possibility?
I know it's possible with vista, but from reading it seems easier with xp?
Thanks
You need to install windows mobile device centre for vista from here
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/devicecenter.mspx
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Hello,
I know there is a procedure for updating the phone on Windows Vista, but I'm asking myself if someone tried to do an update from a Windows XP virtual machine (as those machines can access to the USB)?
In a nutshell :
Windows Vista real computer
--> Running VMWare Workstation 6
----> Running Windows XP Pro
------> Updating the ROM of the phone
Thanks !
tubededentifrice said:
Hello,
I know there is a procedure for updating the phone on Windows Vista, but I'm asking myself if someone tried to do an update from a Windows XP virtual machine (as those machines can access to the USB)?
In a nutshell :
Windows Vista real computer
--> Running VMWare Workstation 6
----> Running Windows XP Pro
------> Updating the ROM of the phone
Thanks !
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Well, I do this with XP running virtually in Mac OSX through a similar program called Paralells - works like a champ. NOt exactly what you are asking, but close.
I use VMWare 6 in my Vista PC for flash using XP OS before WDCM was launched... and works great...
Now i continue using to flash my Wizard in XP Box trough Virtual Machine cause upgrade tool for Wizard is not compatible with Vista...
So you can use to flash what you want, sure.
Regards.
Thanks for your experiments This will be a super trick for updating my hermes without having to worry about windows vista drivers things!
Thanks!
works like a charm ive been using it since january and i always updaye my roms in it and parallels
dont understand post,
jdac21
Did you guys configure something special in VMware? My VM'ed XP doesn't find the phone (Wizard) over USB, I just get an error in the RUU...
I'm running XP Pro 32bit in VMware 6 on Vista 64bit. Didn't change anything in the VMware configuration... Any ideas?
Not to horribly change the subject, but why not make sure your phone is supercid and flash from an sd card?
I have used this method many times from my Mac desktop, instead of getting out my XP Laptop.
at the very least:
http://www.mobilitysite.com/boards/...139-easiest-way-flash-rom.html#post1059250668
ROM flash through VMWare with a hackintosh/osx86/hackint0sh
Just a little note for anyone searching
You can also flash from a VMWare XP virtual machine in OSX on a hackintosh
hi friends
i am not abe to find out where is the usb to pc icon on my newly installed htc snap rom
my active sync is not working
as i wanted to uprade to rc2 of the same rom
please help
can we flash without active sync?
Same here
I had the same problem with vista's mobile device center. It would not recognize my phone. Luckily I had an old windows XP desktop that would recognize my phone.
I don't think there is currently a solution to get the current build of the energyrom to work with mobile device center in vista. Which is too bad cause I would rather not use XP everytime
thanks for the reply
but i have windows xp pro
and still the active sync is not working and i want to flash the rom
how can i flash it as i have to unlock through sda unlock application which runs only through activesync
Maybe you guys should continue this discussion where it belongs... I might see it there... LOL
i got my self an lg ks20 wish run win mobile 6 and i want to flash it with 6.5 or 7 but the problem is that he doesn't want to show on computer , so help me please i been searching for months on internet to figure it out
i have already installed usb driver for my phone but still doesnt show
i had that issue too. are you using window vista? when i use window XP my ks20 can be detected but for some reason vista cant....not sure about window 7
kyozen said:
i had that issue too. are you using window vista? when i use window XP my ks20 can be detected but for some reason vista cant....not sure about window 7
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the same and at windows 7 x64 .the only way is to install at vmware or at virtual box windows xp and flash your phone
Hello so i struglle here now 2 days in a row trying to jailbreak my hd 7 , can anyone tell me how to do it if i am running Windows XP (3 service pack)
Do That To WIN7.
Do not have any acess to WIN7 ... so is there any way to unlock the phone using WINDOWS XP ?
Had the same issue; running XP and didn't want to upgrade. The only available solution for me was two fold; acquire vmware and vista/win 7 (trial versions will do fine). Install vmware, only 300mb, then load vista or win 7 from inside the prog, (I'd recommend win 7, as you'd need to load sp1 & 2 on vista before you can install developer tools!). And there you go! All whilst keeping use of xp!
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no need for vmware, use virtual box it's freeware
After downloading WP7 device manager i got a bit pissed after the installation failed because my computer isn't Windows Vista or 7. Like the windows developer tools i was able to bypass the requirements and install it to me Windows Xp. I was wondering if i could do the same for the device manager?
I'm not sure, but why do you need it? Syncing the phone can be done with the Zune software, which is available on XP as long as you have SP3
EDIT: Nevermind, I didn't realize what you were talking at first...I was thinking of WP7 device manager for the mac which allows content sync...not the same as what it is on windows. Disregard this post