Anyone know of a way to debrand the Tmobile Dash to get all of thier splash screens off of it?
Flash with the ROM posted in this thread. There are pluses and minuses to both. I like the S620 ROM myself. The only thing I miss is the ability to hold a key down to get the corosponding symbol. I don't miss the T-mobile garbage
how well does the rom work. is that the only issue is that you cant hold the keys down to get the other characters??
As long as you are WM literate enough to change the mms/gprs settings to work with your provider. Everything works great
are you refering to the post with this rom?
RUU_Excalibur_HTC_WWE_1.11.405.4_4.1.13.28_02.63.9 0_Test.exe
making sure I am on the right track.
i would like to know how to do this also without turning my unlocked cingular dash into a brick.
bkeaver said:
are you refering to the post with this rom?
RUU_Excalibur_HTC_WWE_1.11.405.4_4.1.13.28_02.63.9 0_Test.exe
making sure I am on the right track.
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Indeed. I think it is the only one in this forum
havieri23 said:
i would like to know how to do this also without turning my unlocked cingular dash into a brick.
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Just follow the direction to the tea. Other than that there are never any promises. But more people successfully flash their ROM then don't
jcjdoss said:
As long as you are WM literate enough to change the mms/gprs settings to work with your provider. Everything works great
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before i get started, what do i need to change speficially to work it with cingular?
is there a way to revert back if it doesnt go well?
I've done this myself with my Dash as I have changed from T-mobile to Cingular.
Make sure that you are CID unlocked. Do not confuse SIM unlocking with CID unlocking. If you need help determining if you are CID unlocked I've got one question, did you pay to get CID unlocked? If yes then you know what you are doing but if no then you are not CID unlocked and it will not flash. Getting a SIM unlock code from T-mobile allows you to use other carriers but you still cannot flash the phone with just a SIM unlock.
Flashing the phone is simple, plug it in, let active sync run and then double click the Rom file you've downloaded and follow the instructions. In a few minutes your phone will restart and all of the T-mobile stuff is gone and you are off to a fresh start.
As for settings, you will need to change GPRS and MMS settings like others said. The info you need can be obtained from hofo or cingular's website, it's pretty straight forward.
Troy
how do i go about CID Unlocking it?
I have an o2 cosmo in german. I know it is unlocked because I can use my cingular sim card. If I try to flash a new ROM without knowing if it is CID unlocked, would it brick my phone? or would it just not let me do it?. I have changed ROM's before on different HTC's phones but it seems like there is not a lot of reseach on the excalibur.
what happen if i get my tilt2 unlock and after that i flash a different ROM would the phone lock it self again, what would happen i m addicted to flashing every week.
fastguebo said:
what happen if i get my tilt2 unlock and after that i flash a different ROM would the phone lock it self again, what would happen i m addicted to flashing every week.
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When you get your phone unlocked it just allows you to use different carriers sim cards. It is no longer locked onto their system. You could then use a ATT phone on Rogers for instance.
If you are refering to HardSPL, and I think you may be, that allows you to write unsigned roms and radios to the phone. Without the HardSPL the phone will not process any rom but the ones that are signed by that carrier or HTC. You would not be able to flash any cooked roms until you get the phone HardSPLed. After that is done you can continue to use the stock rom, flash a cooked rom or different radio. The phone will not relock so flash away.
On verizon I need to call and reprogram my phone with a custom ID everytime I hard flash. not the normal phone programming, I litterally have to call and manually enter a number to get my phone working again. Not sure if this is the same for other carriers, but I have a feeling they might get suspicious if it happens a lot.
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On verizon I need to call and reprogram my phone with a custom ID everytime I hard flash. not the normal phone programming, I litterally have to call and manually enter a number to get my phone working again. Not sure if this is the same for other carriers, but I have a feeling they might get suspicious if it happens a lot.
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That's because the activation of a CDMA phone is stored on the phone itself. In GSM phones the activation is stored on the SIM card so this should not be a problem.
i mean paying to unlock my phone or calling att because i will travel very soon. and if i flash another rom do i have pay to unlock it again or not.
no, sim unlock will stay, it will not re-lock if u flash a new rom.
Dont pay for a sim unlock, just call at&t and tell them your going overseas for business and need the unlock code. They'll email it to you within a week.
I have a hrad time believing they will just give you an unlock code when they go through all the trouble of locking them and keeping them locked.
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I have a hrad time believing they will just give you an unlock code when they go through all the trouble of locking them and keeping them locked.
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You don't have to believe us. I've done it a few times, as have many other users on this board, but you don't have to believe us, try it yourself
Is it really that easy to unlock your phone? I am going to try it. Thanks guys.
My Htc tp2 is security unlocked.I had Mightyrom on it forever so i figured why not try a new rom.I did not like the android thing so i removed it and flashed mightyrom back.Before the flashing of android rom i could use any Sim.My problem is now i can't use my Sim i want anymore for some reason.
PH: HTC Touch Pro 2 rhod500 which is telus cmda security unlocked.
Red,Green,Blue,White Screen-Security Unlocked
RHOD500 32m ss-bc
SPL-1.00.O1 iNex
Does anyone know whats up.I have been searching with no luck.
joe17150 said:
My Htc tp2 is security unlocked.I had Mightyrom on it forever so i figured why not try a new rom.I did not like the android thing so i removed it and flashed mightyrom back.Before the flashing of android rom i could use any Sim.My problem is now i can't use my Sim i want anymore for some reason.
PH: HTC Touch Pro 2 rhod500 which is telus cmda security unlocked.
Red,Green,Blue,White Screen-Security Unlocked
RHOD500 32m ss-bc
SPL-1.00.O1 iNex
Does anyone know whats up.I have been searching with no luck.
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Ok, so you have a RHOD500 which is a CDMA device first and a GSM device second.
What I mean by this, is if you're using for GSM in the US, then you have to get the SIM slot unlocked.
Installing Android will do nothing at all, whatsoever to your SIM - so lets just leave that on the side.
With all that said, if your SIM worked before I'm really not quite sure what could have changed to break it. The SIM unlock I was talking about earlier wouldn't apply, if the exact same SIM worked previously.
So perhaps explain in detail what you've done and what you're trying to do. Have you changed carriers? SIM's? Anything like that? Does it work on the stock ROM?
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Ok, so you have a RHOD500 which is a CDMA device first and a GSM device second.
What I mean by this, is if you're using for GSM in the US, then you have to get the SIM slot unlocked.
Installing Android will do nothing at all, whatsoever to your SIM - so lets just leave that on the side.
With all that said, if your SIM worked before I'm really not quite sure what could have changed to break it. The SIM unlock I was talking about earlier wouldn't apply, if the exact same SIM worked previously.
So perhaps explain in detail what you've done and what you're trying to do. Have you changed carriers? SIM's? Anything like that? Does it work on the stock ROM?
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Thanks for the reply.I managed to fix this problem by searching and reading .After checking Radio of the phone i seen it was a WV so i installed a WU radio and now my Sim is working.I don't know how my radio got back to a locked wv one but never the less thank god for these forums.Being a rookie at cell phones is rough but at least theirs plenty of help and info on the net.
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Thanks for the reply.I managed to fix this problem by searching and reading .After checking Radio of the phone i seen it was a WV so i installed a WU radio and now my Sim is working.I don't know how my radio got back to a locked wv one but never the less thank god for these forums.Being a rookie at cell phones is rough but at least theirs plenty of help and info on the net.
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Ah makes sense, I didn't even think about suggesting that. Enjoy!
Most roms will not load a radio, but a few will. Perhaps when you reloaded your rom changed the radio out. it If you watch the white screen during a rom load it will usually tell you what it is loading. I have some nhb files that will only change the boot screen art. So it is possible to mix and match what is loaded.
Glad you found the issue.
network problem
joe17150 said:
Thanks for the reply.I managed to fix this problem by searching and reading .After checking Radio of the phone i seen it was a WV so i installed a WU radio and now my Sim is working.I don't know how my radio got back to a locked wv one but never the less thank god for these forums.Being a rookie at cell phones is rough but at least theirs plenty of help and info on the net.
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please tell me from where u got this WU radio software or guide of setting..
please tell me .i too have the same problem..
i was trying to switch the other sim but after that no sim is supporting till now
please give some idea about this problem...
htc service center is also not solving this problem....
avijeet7422 said:
please tell me from where u got this WU radio software or guide of setting..
please tell me .i too have the same problem..
i was trying to switch the other sim but after that no sim is supporting till now
please give some idea about this problem...
htc service center is also not solving this problem....
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Google.
So, after searching the forum, I haven't found anything that really answers my question...
I have the GSM Variant of the HTC 10. It's currently locked to Bell Mobility in Canada. I am looking to unlock this phone without paying Bell the fees they charge for unlocking. From the XDA searches and reading I've done, it looks like there may be a free way of accomplishing this... I found a post that indicates that the Sprint method may or may not work, but you need S-Off...
I found another post that suggests its the exact same as the HTC One M9 and I can use the directions from there. It also indicated that it was only for the Sprint HTC 10 too...
My question is, is there a free unlock method for the GSM HTC 10? Or does it only work with the Sprint version?
According to some googlling, you share the same phone as US unlocked model, based on MID (model ID). You would need S-off to flash a different modem though. modem partition is blocked by s-on feature. sunshine app and java cards are the only way to S-off. both are paid though, sunshine $25.
CID: BM 001
MID: 2PS650000
proceed at your own risk and research well :good:
Right. I think I knew that... ...which means that changing the CID would allow me to flash any RUU for Model 2PS6500, and should theoretically work period.
Which leads to another question I had after posting... Would flashing the US Unlocked RUU remove the sim lock on the phone? I've heard that an RUU replaces everything on the phone with pristine, shiny new code straight from HTC... Would this also replace the code that effectively locks the phone to Bell?
If that is the case, this could be far too good to be true...
Edit: Almost forgot. Perhaps slightly off topic, but what is a java card?
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Right. I think I knew that... ...which means that changing the CID would allow me to flash any RUU for Model 2PS6500, and should theoretically work period.
Which leads to another question I had after posting... Would flashing the US Unlocked RUU remove the sim lock on the phone? I've heard that an RUU replaces everything on the phone with pristine, shiny new code straight from HTC... Would this also replace the code that effectively locks the phone to Bell?
If that is the case, this could be far too good to be true...
Edit: Almost forgot. Perhaps slightly off topic, but what is a java card?
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I've read that changing the MID/CID and flashing a modem is enough but.... since I can't quote it I cannot help you with that unfortunately. but should give you a running start, good luck
Thanks a bunch for the info. The thanks button didn't seem like enough thanks for the info.
Also, I'll post my procedures and results here, so if it doesn't work, at least we have a record.
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Thanks a bunch for the info. The thanks button didn't seem like enough thanks for the info.
Also, I'll post my procedures and results here, so if it doesn't work, at least we have a record.
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you're welcome and I just google searched quickly and didn't find anything solid but again I'm sure you'll figure out a way.
So, just an update.
I used a website that allowed me to use trialpay to get my SIM Lock code, which worked beautifully.
Unfortunately, Bell Mobility seems to be in the market of continuing to cripple their phones... I've inserted my Rogers sim card and found that voice and text both work on Rogers. Data, does not (cannot set APN settings, not don't know how), along with LTE. Given that the phone supports all the bands that Rogers uses in Canada, I would not be overly surprised to find out that Bell crippled the radio firmware to ensure that the phone would perform it's best only on the Bell network. Heck, they did it with the CDMA Nokia phones, and with the old school Blackberries to ensure their revenue stream...
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So, just an update.
I used a website that allowed me to use trialpay to get my SIM Lock code, which worked beautifully.
Unfortunately, Bell Mobility seems to be in the market of continuing to cripple their phones... I've inserted my Rogers sim card and found that voice and text both work on Rogers. Data, does not (cannot set APN settings, not don't know how), along with LTE. Given that the phone supports all the bands that Rogers uses in Canada, I would not be overly surprised to find out that Bell crippled the radio firmware to ensure that the phone would perform it's best only on the Bell network. Heck, they did it with the CDMA Nokia phones, and with the old school Blackberries to ensure their revenue stream...
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Maybe now is the time for that s-off and flashing of U.S Unlocked ruu.
The other thing you can try before spending the cash to s-off is unlocking your bootloader, flashing a custom rom and seeing if you can add a new apn from there. I'm very much surprised Bell would block that btw, I've unlocked Bell gsm phones and added new apn settings in the past.
While with XDA im all for free unlocking etc, if you are not S-off then it might be a bit hard
https://sim-unlock.net/site/HTC/10/
Ive had a stupid amount of phones and ive used these guys everytime ive needed a SIM unlock done.
Never failed once and if you can spend the money, it might be worth it in your case here... Against s-off - $25...
For me its a no brainer... I mean for 9 euros?....
But if you have already unlocked and they have crippled it like you say, then deffo go for s off
Fellas, correct me if I'm wrong, but if the SIM is unlocked, then all that's needed is to unlock the bootloader. That can be done for free via HTC Dev if you have tech chops, or via Sunshine (probably the better choice anyway). Then all that's needed is to change the CID and MID, and flash a WWE RUU. That would solve the problem, no?
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Fellas, correct me if I'm wrong, but if the SIM is unlocked, then all that's needed is to unlock the bootloader. That can be done for free via HTC Dev if you have tech chops, or via Sunshine (probably the better choice anyway). Then all that's needed is to change the CID and MID, and flash a WWE RUU. That would solve the problem, no?
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Yeah that's what I was suggesting as well. Bootloader unlock and flash a custom rom first to see if he's able to add new apns that way, and if that fails just go full s-off and run the unlocked RUU (unlocked is the better option here over wwe, same mid I believe and better support for updates).
BillTheCat said:
Fellas, correct me if I'm wrong, but if the SIM is unlocked, then all that's needed is to unlock the bootloader. That can be done for free via HTC Dev if you have tech chops, or via Sunshine (probably the better choice anyway). Then all that's needed is to change the CID and MID, and flash a WWE RUU. That would solve the problem, no?
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This is my thinking... I wanted the US Unlocked version anyway, but got the Bell one since I live in Canada, and was with Bell anyway. Actually, the SIM lock and the bootloader lock are two different locks. You don't have to remove the Simlock to remove the bootloader lock.
Tarima said:
Maybe now is the time for that s-off and flashing of U.S Unlocked ruu.
The other thing you can try before spending the cash to s-off is unlocking your bootloader, flashing a custom rom and seeing if you can add a new apn from there. I'm very much surprised Bell would block that btw, I've unlocked Bell gsm phones and added new apn settings in the past.
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I thought about it, but in the end I want US Unlocked due to speediness of updates as well as no more Bell tainted android.
Here is why I suspect Bell blocked it... When I go to view available APN's, all it shows on screen is a message essentially saying APN's cannot be added for this provider.. Also (took me a bit to clue in), LTE doesn't work on Rogers. If I had to guess, Bell wanted to make sure all the HTC 10's it sold stayed on it's network. It wouldn't surprise me in the slightest... The Nokia 6275i was a kick butt awesome CDMA phone back in it's day. AMAZING call quality. Think VoLTE quality on 1xRTT. I don't know how they did it, but it must be a mix of pixie dust and unicorn blood... Anyway, every 6275i Bell sold was severely crippled. No Nokia Maps, just Bell's lame interpretation. Google maps wouldn't work either because it couldn't access the GPS, only Bells navigation app could. Couldn't set a custom ringtone unless it was purchased from Bell. Yet every other 6275i didn't suffer from these issues... Just ones sold by Bell.
So, an update to those interested....
I am now S-Off running US Unlocked firmware.
CID: BS_US001
MID: 2PS650000
Flashing to US Unlocked firmware seemed to do the trick for data. I can now set APNs and data does work. YAY!
Things to do:
1) Figure out why LTE signal sucks...
For whatever reason, the HTC 10 doesn't get LTE at home... I had a Samsung Galaxy S7 (SM-G930W8) briefly which didn't always get LTE at home, but it at least had useable signal, whereas the HTC 10 doesn't, at least not on Rogers. When flashed with Bell firmware it worked as good as the S7 did. I have a theory that when I ran the RUU to change firmware variants, it didn't update the modem firmware... Also, upon further research, it looks like there are partitions that store configuration data for the modem called modemst1 and modemst2, which I'd bet are still configured for Bell, which means they probably set it up to never use LTE on another Canadian network unless you can't get signal on anything else...
2) Figure out how to change Device Certification back to certified.
I'm pretty sure this is because the bootloader is still unlocked... I'm going to try setting it back to locked which shouldn't make a difference to my ability to flash because the phone is S-Off anyway but it may make the difference to Google's Device Certification
3) Maybe try an aftermarket rom, etc... Basically whatever I want.
I actually quite like HTC Sense... Not sure I want to get rid of it just yet. Was thinking of going with Viper due to Wi-Fi Calling being enabled/supported since Rogers supports Wi-Fi Calling, and I refuse to believe I can't make it work on here... It worked on the S7 (same model my wife had on Bell), so why can't it work here? I am also open to suggestions as to good roms to use, so if you think it's good, let me know what rom and why and I may just give it a shot...
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So, an update to those interested....
I am now S-Off running US Unlocked firmware.
CID: BS_US001
MID: 2PS650000
Flashing to US Unlocked firmware seemed to do the trick for data. I can now set APNs and data does work. YAY!
Things to do:
1) Figure out why LTE signal sucks...
For whatever reason, the HTC 10 doesn't get LTE at home... I had a Samsung Galaxy S7 (SM-G930W8) briefly which didn't always get LTE at home, but it at least had useable signal, whereas the HTC 10 doesn't, at least not on Rogers. When flashed with Bell firmware it worked as good as the S7 did. I have a theory that when I ran the RUU to change firmware variants, it didn't update the modem firmware... Also, upon further research, it looks like there are partitions that store configuration data for the modem called modemst1 and modemst2, which I'd bet are still configured for Bell, which means they probably set it up to never use LTE on another Canadian network unless you can't get signal on anything else...
2) Figure out how to change Device Certification back to certified.
I'm pretty sure this is because the bootloader is still unlocked... I'm going to try setting it back to locked which shouldn't make a difference to my ability to flash because the phone is S-Off anyway but it may make the difference to Google's Device Certification
3) Maybe try an aftermarket rom, etc... Basically whatever I want.
I actually quite like HTC Sense... Not sure I want to get rid of it just yet. Was thinking of going with Viper due to Wi-Fi Calling being enabled/supported since Rogers supports Wi-Fi Calling, and I refuse to believe I can't make it work on here... It worked on the S7 (same model my wife had on Bell), so why can't it work here? I am also open to suggestions as to good roms to use, so if you think it's good, let me know what rom and why and I may just give it a shot...
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FYI you can clear the modem settings using the following from bootloader mode:
fastboot erase modemst1
fastboot erase modemst2
Tarima said:
FYI you can clear the modem settings using the following from bootloader mode:
fastboot erase modemst1
fastboot erase modemst2
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I tried with HTC_fastboot and normal fastboot but:
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htc_fastboot v3.0.9.2 (2015-05-29)
erasing 'modemst2'...
FAILED (remote: Partition modemst2 erase not supported)
finished. total time: 0.001s
htc_fastboot finished. total time: 0.235s
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I tried with HTC_fastboot and normal fastboot but:
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From bootloader mode?
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From bootloader mode?
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Yeah, I found the bootloader thing in another thread, thanks for the follow up though.
I've tried flashing US Unlocked, was prompted for a sim unlock code when I put a Verizon sim in my Tmobile phone.
So I tried flashing Verizon firmware, it told me that my verizon sim... was not a verizon sim.
Did the modem reset, didnt make a difference. Not sure what else to try.
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So, as an update to any parties interested,
I've resolved some of the data issues I was having, where data didn't seem to work unless I was using LTE.
It seems that it's a joint problem between me and Rogers.
My problem was that even though the US Unlocked variant appears to be using the same radio firmware as the Bell variant, the Bell variant seems to have better programming, since I've been getting stronger signal in more areas, as well as slightly better throughput on HSPA connections. The issue I had with APN's and Bell firmware seemed to sort its self out after flashing back to the Bell variant from US Unlocked.
The Rogers end of the problem, is the Rogers network in Manitoba appears to have been a joint venture between Rogers and MTS, prior to MTS being bought out by Bell Mobility. Now that Bell has taken control of MTS, it sounds like Bell realized a lot of the MTS equipment was outdated, and has been attempting upgrades, which seem to be causing more problems than what they're worth. A co-worker is with MTS, and has been having a heck of a time with all of his services from MTS, and the technician's he's spoken to have led on to some deeper issues than what he's seeing. I would imagine that since the agreement was between Rogers and MTS originally, that Bell will have to honor that agreement for at least some time, which (to me) says that my HSPA data slowness could be due to Bell attempting to update the shared hardware between MTS and Rogers.
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I've tried flashing US Unlocked, was prompted for a sim unlock code when I put a Verizon sim in my Tmobile phone.
So I tried flashing Verizon firmware, it told me that my verizon sim... was not a verizon sim.
Did the modem reset, didnt make a difference. Not sure what else to try.
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I'm not sure that flashing the VZW firmware would write to RFG_8 (the simlock partition)... If that simlock partition hasn't been rewritten, you're phone is likely still locked to T-Mobile, but with no way to unlock it though the VZW firmware since AFAIK T-Mobile uses an app to remove the simlock. The modem reset would only reset the parameters of the modem, not remove the sim lock...