I'd like to upgrade my TyTN with Windows Mobile 6. I've read many howtos but I noticed that different roms use different bootloaders. What should I load on my device to make possible to try different roms?
Thanks!
Borzo
First, use the links on my signature and go to the WIKI and from there to upgrading, flashing ROMs, etc. That will tell you everything you need to know.
As for your specific question, load Hard SPL first (go here)
This will prevent problems when you flash. BEFORE flashing make sure to READ, READ, READ. The links below in my sig can help and include Mr Vanx Upgrade Guide which I highly recommend. Then READ some more and get comfortable with what you want to do. Then follow the directions carefully.
Good luck, and have fun!
Thanks! The thousand guides I've read are Mr Vanx's.
Ok, i just flashed my hermes to WM6 the offical by HTC, but i want to flash it to one of the great OSes here.
I am scared to death of bricking my device, and i want to go ahead and learn how to go and emulate these OSes first.
I am running the SDK emulator, but i realize i need a dang .bin Os file and not the ones you guys are putting out.
You can't flash a Hermes ROM onto an emulator. Period. However, if you're that afraid, flash HardSPL first, it will protect you.
I'm not sure I understand your problem. If you just flashed the official HTC Rom the process is exactly the same - so you've already got over that problem.
I do agree with koterpillar though, flash hardspl first to help recover from any bricks you may make.
Check out Mrvanx's guide in my signature for procedures.
so theres no way i can test the firmware first and see if i like it by emulating it on my normal PC?
I am rather scared and want a guide on how to do all of this personally
i went to go load the wrapper, and it errored on it (loaded it on my PC)
cvpiftw said:
so theres no way i can test the firmware first and see if i like it by emulating it on my normal PC?
I am rather scared and want a guide on how to do all of this personally
i went to go load the wrapper, and it errored on it (loaded it on my PC)
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Well buddy, there is no way to find out whats in the ROM without flashing. Read all the stickies and wiki to understand what can go wrong during flashing and be prepared. We cant help you out if you dont want to read, all the information you need to be safe is all the in the stickies and wiki...good luck!!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=325748
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=296722
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=286755
I used to have an htc wizard and now one of these phones will arive shortly.
I dont see any sticky advise on how to cid unlock the phone as it did with the wizard, anything I need to know?
Thanks!
If you really want to flash immediately after receiving your phone (like i did it :d)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=299462
Regards
This is hermes forum. I would suggest you read wiki for wizard to unlock your phone and load wm6.
ai6908 said:
This is hermes forum. I would suggest you read wiki for wizard to unlock your phone and load wm6.
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Don't be too quick to jump on the poor guy, he says he used to have a wizard but now has a hermes so he's more than welcome here.
Try this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=295751
Yeah, between Mr Vanx's guide and the Hermes WIKI you'll find pretty much everything you need to get you up and running, oh and I strongly suggest you use the MicroSD card method of flashing your OS and Radio.
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I strongly suggest you use the MicroSD card method of flashing your OS and Radio.
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Can you tell me more about this method (how to do it) and what advantages if offers over conventional flashing? Cheers.
Thanxs guys!
Trust me I will do my homework before I flash the rom, I already learned my lesson with the wizard!
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Can you tell me more about this method (how to do it) and what advantages if offers over conventional flashing? Cheers.
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Find it here http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Hermes_SDCardFlashing
If you read the massively long "Bricked Thread" (link in my Sig) I would guess that 99.99999% of those people bricked their phones using the USB method.
What people fail to realize is that their USB connection could be pretty flakey without them knowing and the first time they see evidence of this is when their phone gets bricked, especially when flashing the Radio as this is a sure way to fubar the phone! HardSPL may make it possible to recover but why not avoid that inconvenience in the first place.
The phone has to maintain a USB connection while flashing and this can be broken for a split second for a multiplicity of reasons.
I know of only one person who bricked their phone flashing via the MicroSD method and this is due to his file being corrupt. To avoid this always check your card for errors prior to rule this out. (Right-click on the card icon in My Computer and select Properties->Tools->Error-Checking... tick both options, OK.
I personally bricked my phone 4 times flashing via USB. No problems via MicroSD and 70+ flashes.
Like the title says this is my virgin flash. So what do you guys think should be my first ROM? I've looked at a bunch.
Looking for stability and style.
Just to get this correct I need to unlock my phone even though it's att and I'm using att. (Should I just unlock the CID or both)
Then I need to install HardSPL 7.1?
Then flash the ROM I choose.
Then load APPS as needed?
Thanks for the help!
Hardspl v7 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=296722
I would unlock and supercid http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=293665 then I ran hardspl again just to make sure, because unlocking changes the bootloader.
Then you should be good to go. Hardspl will help you in case you get a bad flash or bad rom, it's easier to recover. Supercid will allow to flash unsigned code (custom roms).
Looks like your on the right track, I'm just not sure where you got v7.1 for hardspl? That's why I included the links.
Also, "any rom you choose", but only from the Hermes forum. Flash a rom for another device means instant brick and you may not be able to recover it.
Hard SPL is a safety net only, there are NO guarantees you won't end up with a permanent brick, Hard SPL or no...
Most times you have to do something REALLY dumb to end up with a total brick but there is a miniscule chance, especially if you are playing around with the radio rom.
Happy flashing...
It was late last night and I couldn't remember if it was 7 or 7.1 lol. I'm charging the phone now. Gonna make sure it's nice and full then I'm gonna give it a shot. Thanks to you both for the help. I just needed to hear I was going about this the right way. I think I'll try one of Schaps ROM's first then try one of Josh's and see what I like about each. I've only got about 50 pages in on each so I'll read alittle more while the phone is charging. Thanks again!!
Oh wanted to ask also is there a Page or sticky just for Apps, skins, themes, and such or do I need to know what I'm looking for and search it?
Dang I thought my other phone had a microSD card in it.....turns out it's M2. Guess I'll stop on the way to work to pick one up. Non SDHC 2gb or less! Another question when it states now copy this to your phone....What file do I copy it to? (I'll head back to the Wiki and see if I can find that myself but figured I'd ask).
copy the RUU_signed.nbh and rename it hermimg.nbh the exe file is the flashing utility, and you don't need it if your flashing via the sd card.
make sure the card is formatted as fat32 (not fat).
Ok I did it the RUU way without the SD card. I'm now at 2.10.01 so I'm good. Now off to work and will hit the unlocker next. Thanks for the help!!
Ok unlock has been completed now I'm going to run Hardspl again. What about the radio I see that is has changed. Should I change that back to what it was at some point?
Ok I've done my first ROM flash wow! I grabbed Schap's WM6 Pro 4.31. I'll try it out and see if I like it. If not try another. Thanks again for helping me thru!
If you wish to risk changing the radio, do so but only if theres a problem. If the radio rom flash is interrupted, you will almost certainly have a brick on your hands.
Use the sd card method to flash so you then minimize the amount of problems you may have.
Remember though, if the radio rom is working fine, don't touch it....
Cheers...
boog321 said:
I would unlock and supercid http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=293665 then I ran hardspl again just to make sure, because unlocking changes the bootloader.
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Hard-SPL makes your device appear as SuperCID... it's all you need.
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Hard-SPL makes your device appear as SuperCID... it's all you need.
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Ah, cool! Thanks, vp3G! I guess I took all the info wrong. Reading the 2 threads it wasn't clear. I guess my method worked though! haha
Yea, it's all quite confusing... Hard-SPL ended up negating the need to use pof's unlocker. Olipro is a friggin' genius (as is pof).
So all I needed to do was Hardspl and I would have been good to go? I have another hermes I'm doing for myself. I do find I'm not getting very little service if not none at all in the house. I use to get 3 or 4 bars. Should I change the radio? Does the radio change with each ROM loaded?
You can try going back to the radio that you originally had, just do it the sd method to minimize the chance of something going wrong.
You could compare the difference between the 2 hermes.
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Hard-SPL ended up negating the need to use pof's unlocker).
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True, but if you wish to sim unlock then you still need Pof's unlocker.
I have to admit I'm getting there myself LOL. It really isn't that hard after you do it the first time. Some things I got stuck on (Pure newbness).
Some ROMs are compressed with .rar and .7.....I found you must download a unzipper/compressor to extract the files you need. I used Winrar some use 7zip. I'm getting there. There is soooo much info on this site. You find that you search for an answer and you get a page of answers with 3 different ways to do it LOL!
We have all been there at one point, too!
When I first brought my hermes home and it was still locked to the at&t network, I was so worried I was going to break it.
Lots of reading, and lots of tinkering later, and I am working on my own rom. Granted, I didn't port it, but I have done so much tweaking that I don't think anyone could tell where it came from.
Funny thing is, I still keep learning so much more. I think it's like my other hobby, ham radio, I don't think anyone can try everything! It seems to go on and on.
Ya know you gotta love the internet LOL. I've learned about so many things (mostly due to them breaking lol). Here's another question for you guys. For those who have Josh's 6.1 ROM. Where is the lock unlock button??? I see the lock device setup for password protection but I don't see a regular lock the screen so I don't make but calls button. LOL I'm gonna try to load his S2U2 thing when I figure out how to do it.
You can add device lock to the today screen under settings>today (at least it should be there), but if your using manilla I don't have a clue lol
Hi all!
Glad to found this forum, I just got my Xda Exac 4G 64Mb from O2 (sim free by default)
I've spent lat 3h reading this forum but most of tutorials are outdated, so i have some suestion just to make thimgs clear for me.
1. Do i need to unlock my phone first with "HTC_Uni_Unlock_v1" or other apps (if other please give a name and link) before falshing new rom
2. Do i need to use some kind of loader or included installer will do all the job (i know i need to go to bootloader mode)
3. How safe it is?
4. How can i backup my orginal rom in case i would like to go back to orginal one, or where i can download orginal o2 rom?
5. Is device getting power from usb durning flashing? I dont know how long this battery will last I dont want power lose durning flashing.
6. Tomal or Luca? Which one will be better for me?
7. Where in Ireland i can get memory upgreade?
Thanks for all the answers Cheers
Welcome to forums
here all you need yo know for flashing:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=567017
It is 100% safe if you follow instructions
Charge your battery to 100% before flashing and take out sim card and sd card
I recommend Tomal, but it´s up to you, depending on what you want from a ROM
Read, Search, Respect and Enjoy!
so just run the instaler and follow info on the screen? no need for SuperCID? or maybe installer will set device to SuperCID by it self?
what i want from a rom? well... a nice look, to be stable and fast, and have nice functions
ok since noone really wants to answer my questions i did update myself..
here's what i learn (maybe someone will need this)
you dont need to unlock your device if it's sim free
you need to have all the files you want to update in one folder
all you need to do is run ROMUpgradeUt.exe and follow info on the screen
for me whole procedure took 2-3 min
thats it ....