Hi all,
I am new here and I have been snooping around. This is a great forum.
anyway, So on tuesday I recieved my rogers HTC touch diamond with a 3 year term extension. The phone came in WIMO 6.1 FRENCH. I was a bit pissed because I'm pretty sure that I specifically asked for the english version. After reading another forum post, it seems another user ran into this issue with rogers. they don't seem to carry the phone in english.
I wanted to return the phone but then i stumbled upon xda developers and hard spl'ed the phone and loaded new roms on it. the thing runs pristine now. I am in love with this phone. I do want to keep it but I dont want my 3 year lock-in with my carrier.
So, I was wondering if anyone has a dump of the french version rogers rom for the diamond? this way i can revert it back to manufacturing defaults and return it within my 30 day trial window and then just buy one BNIB off ebay or someone off howard forums.
can anyone help me out here?
I also got a French ROM on my Rogers Diamond. They do have english versions as well though. If you do a search you will find a link to the english Rogers ROM.
My guess is that they would not check if the ROM was supposed to be french or english. They would just check that it is a stock ROM and spl.
Check this thread for the English version:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=455347
To restore back to orignal state,
1) Flash the OS ROM
2) Flash the original radio
3) Flash the original splash screen
4) Finally, use the Soft-SPL method to change the HardSPL to the original Rogers SPL
5) Return it
pinball said:
I also got a French ROM on my Rogers Diamond. They do have english versions as well though. If you do a search you will find a link to the english Rogers ROM.
My guess is that they would not check if the ROM was supposed to be french or english. They would just check that it is a stock ROM and spl.
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thanks for the reply. I hope you are right about them not checking.
the contents of the box have french documents. I hope that they dont clue in
well I guess I'll give that a go. I hope they they dont charge me the $200 policy for used or damaged returns. but if they do its worth not having to lock-in for 3 years.
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Does anyone have a link to the default hardspl , radio rom and rom for tmobile uk as need it for a warrantly return. I did a quick google but could find it.
lohap said:
Does anyone have a link to the default hardspl , radio rom and rom for tmobile uk as need it for a warrantly return. I did a quick google but could find it.
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Try with the Forum search tool. You can find out more by reading the Announcement in the thread!
Found the rom just wondering what hard spl verion it should have on it and if anyone has a copy also the stock tmobile rom is at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=406327
Just wondering if anyone knows the version of the spl that tmobile ships with.
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Just wondering if anyone knows the version of the spl that tmobile ships with.
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good question. I would like to know too
I have phone the oem spl at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=2324837#post2324837 just need to know the version to install now
Don't worry. I returned my previous phone with a Dutch T-Mobile ROM and they didnt notice. They just reflashed it / swapped it out....
well tmobile pulled me up on a flashed n95 and said it wasn't in warranty so dont want to risk it again.
My friend had 1 and when i flashed hard spl for him his was on 1.37
Just put that rom and the 1.37 stock spl and it will do the job.
Just 1 quick question why do you want to return the diamond? any problems?
returning it for the touch pro cant stand the crap battery life. Plus had a vario 3 and cant get on with out a keyboard.
lohap said:
returning it for the touch pro cant stand the crap battery life. Plus had a vario 3 and cant get on with out a keyboard.
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Sorry to go off topic but just on Monday I asked UK T-mobile about the Touch Pro and they had no idea of availability. Are you suggesting they are now available?
i rang up today i they said they had them in but some of them called it the vario 4 or some called it the vario dimaond, but they said it was 89 quid on flex 35
lohap said:
I have phone the oem spl at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=2324837#post2324837 just need to know the version to install now
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are those SPLs the same used in branded devices or just the stockSPLs used by HTC?
or am i getting something wrong
sry for offtopic^^
kikakeule said:
are those SPLs the same used in branded devices or just the stockSPLs used by HTC?
or am i getting something wrong
sry for offtopic^^
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SPLs are HTC produced.
No operator has it's "own" private SPL (afaik).
So SPL version 1.01 (random number) is exacty the same for all operators.
okay, so i'm not realy into all this hardspl-stuff ;D
i thought it was also providing me from flasing original HTC-Stuff on branded phones ;D
sry for newbie question its my first WM
but thank you for stating this out ;-)
kikakeule said:
okay, so i'm not realy into all this hardspl-stuff ;D
i thought it was also providing me from flasing original HTC-Stuff on branded phones ;D
sry for newbie question its my first WM
but thank you for stating this out ;-)
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Hard SPL won't allow you flash any other SPL..
You'd need a Soft SPL (sSPL) to do that.
Basicly you take the Hard SPL kit.
Replace the hard-SPL nbh with a factory-SPL.nbh and flash that.
(don't know if anybody has posted any "factory-SPL.nbh" for diamond yet)
After flashing the factory SPL you can reflash your shipped ROM to bring the device into Factory condition.
okay so i mixed up with soft and hard spl...
so thanks again, now i got it!(i hope ;D)
Hi Guys!
First @ all. Thank you for this great Community, this great tutorials and all this help and stuff you can find here. It is realy great
But now ... I got a little prob here. I want to restore my MDA Compact IV from T-Mobile with it original Rom and SPL. I can find the ROM but the SPL is missing and I need it for warranty reasons. Does anybody has this SPL and can send or upload it for me? It is for the german version of my lovely Diamond. If it's another language I wouldn't really care about it. The most important thing is that this ugly T-Mobile Logo is back again
Thank you for your help.
I will take a look on this fred tomorrow morning after a looooong sleep
Dilirius Cortez said:
Hi Guys!
First @ all. Thank you for this great Community, this great tutorials and all this help and stuff you can find here. It is realy great
But now ... I got a little prob here. I want to restore my MDA Compact IV from T-Mobile with it original Rom and SPL. I can find the ROM but the SPL is missing and I need it for warranty reasons. Does anybody has this SPL and can send or upload it for me? It is for the german version of my lovely Diamond. If it's another language I wouldn't really care about it. The most important thing is that this ugly T-Mobile Logo is back again
Thank you for your help.
I will take a look on this fred tomorrow morning after a looooong sleep
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Use the search function.. There's a good site called "modmydiamond.." They have the answer there. I've pasted the page below:
http://modmydiamond.info/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17&Itemid=27
I used that function. The problem is that this guide offers me only the htc spls. Not that from T-Mobile
Somewhere on this forum you can download the official tmobile ROM for the UK. That one contains a Tmobile SPL. It is a UK version, but they might be the same....
HTC Victor/Diamond - Stock - German - 1.93.111.2 - ROM - here at official T-mobile Germany www.
http://www.t-mobile.de/fremdcontent/1,2790,123416,00.html
I can not say you what is new in that ROM, because it is in German and I'm waiting in English But may be somebody will be interesting with it.
Enjoy!
PS: Sorry, It's my 1st thread, if I made something wrong please let me know.
Anyone know when this is likely to be available for UK customers?
T-Mobile are so unfair as it looks like the whole of Europe has it except for the UK!!
Its available on the Czech T-Mobile site and now Germany!!
Come on T-Mob UK, Bring the UK MDAs up to date as well....
tmohammad said:
Anyone know when this is likely to be available for UK customers?
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Be polite
Joking. Today I sent e-mail to T-Mobile UK with question when will be available new T-Mobile MDA Compact IV ROM, preferable 1.93 or higher. When I'll receive an answer, it will be posted here.
PS: either T-Mobile MDA Compact IV doesn't presented AS A MODEL! in software download section at http://www.t-mobile.co.uk/help-and-advice/phone-support/software-updates/
Its ridiculous how the UK customer base gets treated
We are always last to get these sorts of updates. The really annoying thing is that with the Stock ROM the phone is almost unusable!
Its so slow and the battery drains so quickly. Hence people have to resort to non-recommended ROMS to get over the issues.
I would much rather have the official ROM on my phone.... But a prerequisite to that would be that its a decent/working version of the ROM!
COME ON T-MOBILE UK, do the right thing for ONCE!!!
tmohammad said:
COME ON T-MOBILE UK, do the right thing for ONCE!!!
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Today, I got an answer from T-Mobile UK
Unbelievable
"Thanks for your email Alex, asking me when the version 1.93 or higher on MDA Compact IV will be available with us along with the new software for PDA and the manual.
I'd like to tell you that as of now we have version 1.37 for compact IV and we haven't released 1.93 version with us. Also I wouldn't be able to let you know when this version will be available."
Sorry to raise an old thread, but this reply from T-Mobile is rubbish. I had my Diamond in for repair (overheating, they just replaced the battery - still doing it ) and they upgraded the ROM to 1.93.110.3 and Radio 1.00.25.16.
That was on the 6th November!!!
Keep pushing them! Esp. as I'd like a copy of this so I can flash something else, but still have the original in case of (more) warranty work.
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Sorry to raise an old thread, but this reply from T-Mobile is rubbish. I had my Diamond in for repair (overheating, they just replaced the battery - still doing it ) and they upgraded the ROM to 1.93.110.3 and Radio 1.00.25.16.
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martins40, do you have HTC Diamond or T-Mobile MDA Compact IV? Was it in UK?
T-Mobile Compact IV. Standard UK stock from my local T-Mobile store.
Since the new firmware sucks for me, I wanted to ask how to restore the old version 1.37. I want to do a restore to the original T-Mobile firmware without some hacked SPL etc.
So what do I need and where do I get it?
Original German 1.37.111.3
Updater
Anything else?
Top_S said:
Since the new firmware sucks for me, I wanted to ask how to restore the old version 1.37.
Original German 1.37.111.3
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First, please tell what do you mean: new firmware?
Second: search forum http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=406326
cheyenne said:
First, please tell what do you mean: new firmware?
Second: search forum http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=406326
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First:
I meant the above mentioned new 1.93.111.2, which has an autostarting ActiveSync, uses more battery on my device and has the Opera landscape mode bug. So there is no reason for me to stick to the new one.
Second:
Thanks very much! That is really really the original, not hacked, warranty-friendly ROM?
Hello Guys!
Since my Vario IV is with its original ROM not as fast as it could be, I want to install another ROM.
But before I do that, I need the original T-Mobile Germany rom, so that I can install this again, if I have to send the phone back for some warranty-causes, or if I don't like the new modded Rom.
So, is the original one released yet or is there any way, how I can extract and maybe release it?
The other thing is that I don't really know which rom I should install then, since I'm quite new in the xda-business. There are so many roms out there. I'm basically looking for a factory HTC-rom, that hasn't installed much stuff from the start. It should just be faster and has the original htc manila interface, not the ugly T-Mobile one.
edit: And the new rom should be German.
I hope you guys can help me!
Thanks!
T-Mobile MDA Compact IV German Stock ROM
You may download
Latest official ROM here:
http://www.t-mobile.de/fremdcontent/1,2790,123416,00.html
or check here:
1.37.111.3 ROM
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=405835
or here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=406326
1.93.111.2
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=443465
Ahhh, thank you very much!
I wasn't able to find this download on the T-Mobile site on my own.
For further official T-Mobile downloads, can you tell me how I can get to this site, without having the link?
I found it.....
Problem is, I need the stock rom for the mda VARIO IV.
Do you have a link for this, too?
-I know, the thread is posted in the wrong section-
It's seems that VARIO ROm is not presented at t-mobile.de yet.
you may check here (I don't know German) http://www.t-mobile.de/shop/handy/0,4855,2963-_10093-0-1-4,00.html
May be you'll find something helpfull. Or you can write to service support t-mobile and ask about ROM.
Wrong forum, this one is for the HTC Diamond, what you have is the HTC Raphael. You may have a look there.
thank you guys!
you also need original Boot-Loader from T-Mobile !!!
HI All
on 20th july 2010, i bought new HTC touch pro 2. Being an outdated one, this model is one of mine favorites. After one day of purchase i tried to update my phone to windows 6.5 on HTC website but i was not able to do so because this the the phone was intended to be sold in netherland and not in Singapore. This statement was told to me by HTC customer care, then i called the seller and asked that what should i do. They didnt admit that they cheated on me and they advice me to download windows 6.5 from Netherlands website and i followed their instructions. When the update was finished the language of the phone was turned out to be in Dutch. I asked for help from the seller but they told to pay them exta sum to 50 dollars to restore or to install windows 6.1. I even contacted HTC customer care but they didnt help me out.
So guys, if anyone of you have orginal window 6.1 or orignal window 6.5 then please give the link to download the same. I am in a fix right now. I made a bad purchase and right now my money is on stake.
Please help me
Right now i am in Singapore.
If you want to go down the custom rom route, you should use hardspl to unlock your phone (instructions can be found in this rom development section) and then flash any rom you want. There's quite a few choices so you might want to try a few.
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fade2black101 said:
If you want to go down the custom rom route, you should use hardspl to unlock your phone (instructions can be found in this rom development section) and then flash any rom you want. There's quite a few choices so you might want to try a few.
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Yes, go to flashing your first GSM Rhodium topic and then choose a ROM.
If you're outdated (like me... ) I recommend a stock 6.1 rom, which I just love. I donno if you're staying in Singapur or not, then choose an Asia ROM.
Right now, it sounds like you're limited to Dutch ROMs, since that's where your phone was designed to be used. But as others have said, if you install HardSPL on your phone (see the sticky posting about it), then you will be able to choose from *any* official ROMs (either from HTC or from carriers) for the GSM Touch Pro 2, or any of the custom ROMs on this site.
So put on HardSPL, then it should be easy to get a ROM to meet your needs.
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Yes, go to flashing your first GSM Rhodium topic and then choose a ROM.
If you're outdated (like me... ) I recommend a stock 6.1 rom, which I just love. I donno if you're staying in Singapur or not, then choose an Asia ROM.
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Thank you for the reply...As i am new in this , please advice that how can i choose Asian version rom?
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Thank you for the reply...As i am new in this , please advice that how can i choose Asian version rom?
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Not sure about language but I highly recommend McCune's Cosmik Debris Rom. FASTEST WM6.1 ROM and flawless. It doesn't come with any today plugins except the basic ones so you can install whatever you want (I installed sense 2.1 and it's fast as hell).
Once you try this one, you won't care to try any other ones . Just be sure to download the Connection Setup from somewhere (on the 2nd or 3rd post of the thread).
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Not sure about language but I highly recommend McCune's Cosmik Debris Rom. FASTEST WM6.1 ROM and flawless. It doesn't come with any today plugins except the basic ones so you can install whatever you want (I installed sense 2.1 and it's fast as hell).
Once you try this one, you won't care to try any other ones . Just be sure to download the Connection Setup from somewhere (on the 2nd or 3rd post of the thread).
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I think that hard spl is installed in the phone, because when i bought this phone it was loaded with windows 6.1 (english) after i update it to windows 6.5, i stucked up with dutch language.
what you think?
harsh795 said:
I think that hard spl is installed in the phone, because when i bought this phone it was loaded with windows 6.1 (english) after i update it to windows 6.5, i stucked up with dutch language.
what you think?
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I doubt it, it's probably just that you loaded a ROM that was compatible with your specific phone - i.e. if it's a Dutch TP2, then you'll be able to load Dutch official ROMs (but nothing else).
To check, you can put your phone into the bootloader and it will tell you the SPL version (don't worry, this won't harm your phone). Hold down the "Volume Down" button on the side, and press the reset button (and keep holding Volume Down). The phone will come up with a tri-coloured screen and a load of text. In there will be the SPL version, it will be something like 0.79, or 0.84, etc.
HARD-Spl
HARD SPLing your phone will void your guarantee, but you shouldn't worry about it.
Go to the noob session, HARD SPL is an exe, will "open" your phone in 2-3 minutes.
Then, you can flash any rom.
I do not know, if you need an asia rom just because you stay in asia.
Maybe not.
I use 6.1 stock rom, also called shipped rom.
Or just choose any.
I have this if this (6.1)is what you are looking for.
RUU_Rhodium_HTC_Europe_1.19.401.0_Radio_Rhodium_3.44.25.27_Signed_Ship
I will have to zip and upload it.
Moved as not ROM Development.
Ut0p1a said:
I have this if this (6.1)is what you are looking for.
RUU_Rhodium_HTC_Europe_1.19.401.0_Radio_Rhodium_3.44.25.27_Signed_Ship
I will have to zip and upload it.
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No need to do that. All original ROMs can be downloaded from here (just not the carrier specific ones).
Ut0p1a said:
I have this if this (6.1)is what you are looking for.
RUU_Rhodium_HTC_Europe_1.19.401.0_Radio_Rhodium_3.44.25.27_Signed_Ship
I will have to zip and upload it.
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Thank you for the cooperation. I will be thankful if u can upload it and send me the link. But please note that i need windows in English version. will be waiting for your reply
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Thank you for the cooperation. I will be thankful if u can upload it and send me the link. But please note that i need windows in English version. will be waiting for your reply
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Now I'm also looking for the original windows 6.1 for my HTC TP2 but this is the end of this topic. All I want is the link of the English version 6.1 rom. Can anyone get it for me?
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Now I'm also looking for the original windows 6.1 for my HTC TP2 but this is the end of this topic. All I want is the link of the English version 6.1 rom. Can anyone get it for me?
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I posted a link a few posts above.