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Stoopid noob needs advice,please dont flame.

Just been given a Vodafone u.k 1605(hermes),the digitiser was trashed so ive soldered in a new one.I would love to install Black 2.5 for T-moblie u.k which is my sim network.Do i just install this to the phone or do i have to take any other action first?The phone is unlocked.
Sorry,i imagine this has been asked many times before.I have seen mention of Hard spl's and other thing a ma jigs lol.
Many thanks Tony

You really have a lot of reading to do. So much that we cannot post it all here. It has taken an entire forum for all of the information. You need to start here:
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=HTC_Hermes
Get familiar with what you can do. First thing you are going to want to do is update the boot loader so you don't brick your device. Read here for more information:
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Hermes_HardSPL

maxoutput said:
Just been given a Vodafone u.k 1605(hermes),the digitiser was trashed so ive soldered in a new one.I would love to install Black 2.5 for T-moblie u.k which is my sim network.Do i just install this to the phone or do i have to take any other action first?The phone is unlocked.
Sorry,i imagine this has been asked many times before.I have seen mention of Hard spl's and other thing a ma jigs lol.
Many thanks Tony
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Do not "just install" ... ideally read the wiki first, and then follow instructions on Mrvanx's Guide. Upgrading is pretty painless and easy ... and the guide should keep you on track.

A ha ,i knew there would be more to it than that,not sure what a wiki is lol but looks like im gonna find out.
If someone could just give me a list of things to do before hand ill do the appropriate reading
i.e 1 upgrade the boot loader etc etc ,please dont go into detail a mere shopping list will do.
,thanks for the links by the way.
Best wishes tony

maxoutput said:
A ha ,i knew there would be more to it than that,not sure what a wiki is lol but looks like im gonna find out.
If someone could just give me a list of things to do before hand ill do the appropriate reading
i.e 1 upgrade the boot loader etc etc ,please dont go into detail a mere shopping list will do.
,thanks for the links by the way.
Best wishes tony
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If you follow the advice in link #3 above you wont go wrong.
The site referred to gives you all the knowledge and confidence to do the job.
Trust me I learnt the same way, by reading threads.
good luck!

Sorry peeps,just reading the guide above.I typed before i looked,hopefully all will become clear....ish lol

maxoutput said:
A ha ,i knew there would be more to it than that,not sure what a wiki is lol but looks like im gonna find out.
If someone could just give me a list of things to do before hand ill do the appropriate reading
i.e 1 upgrade the boot loader etc etc ,please dont go into detail a mere shopping list will do.
,thanks for the links by the way.
Best wishes tony
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Here is the list you wanted:
Read the wiki
Read the installation guides.
Read the threads concerning the threads on available roms.
Understand what you have read.
Flash your phone.

Here you go... step by step list of everything you need to do to upgrade to the Black 3.0:
http://www.mrvanx.org/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=45&Itemid=26

Just about to hard spl and reported bat below 50% so have to wait now for it to charge a little lol.Just tried to download black 3.0 and the link seems to be down,i have black 2.5 is that a good one to flash?
Thanks for everyones help thus far by the way.

maxoutput said:
Just about to hard spl and reported bat below 50% so have to wait now for it to charge a little lol.Just tried to download black 3.0 and the link seems to be down,i have black 2.5 is that a good one to flash?
Thanks for everyones help thus far by the way.
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My subjective pick is Black 3.01 ...
Remember to go "Hard SPL" first, and that you need to upgrade your radio seperately.

Right just updated the Hard splv7 and my radio to 1.41.00.10,ive also flashed with black 3.0. Now i cant seem to get a wireless link to work or turn on my bluetooth?
Also does this mean i can flash any cooked rom?
Many thanks Tony

Update: it just needed a reboot and all was well.
Getting back to the above question-can i flash with any coocked rom now?
Thanks for all your help.Tony

maxoutput said:
Update: it just needed a reboot and all was well.
Getting back to the above question-can i flash with any coocked rom now?
Thanks for all your help.Tony
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generally speaking, yes.... but be sure you are flashing OS only (unless you want to upgrade your radio too). Most folks are putting out OS only upgrades now, but some replace the radio. once you are hard spl and no longer a flashing virgin, it becomes second nature.

Thanks for everyones help,all sorted,nice one!

Wow what a refreshing read. A noob explaining himself and asking clear questions and members helping him out in an open and non-judgemental way...
Well done everyone!

...and no flames...
Kudos go to MrVanx for those incredible guides.

Yep superb guides and a very noob friendly thread,thanks again peeps.Flashed to a couple of different roms today to check them out.

Question on flahs rom with Unsigned-Hard-SPL-Diamond-OliNex

Hey guys,
I was using Unsigned-Hard-SPL-Diamond-OliNex to flash b4 installing the new rom. it is showing 100% done and my phone reset, and all look fine...
however when entering bootloader screen it is showing me the version as 1.34.00 (sth like this), and check from the rom in the setting of the phone..it is still 1.34.xx (the original rom).
I was following the steps from some posts in the forums...but still the same..
Can anyone please help? sorry i am a newbie to pda phone...
Thanks again guys

can you follow the steps here exactly and let me know the result?
hard-spl upgrade guide

I have a similar problem. When i made HARD SPL everything is ok, but when i try to make a ROM update there is an error massage on the screen. I tried with 2 or 3 ROMs and always the same ****... I downloaded the official one and it's the same... I made printscreen here it is ---> http://img29.picoodle.com/img/img29/4/7/2/f_gggm_0346e0b.jpg any ideas ?

maybe you installed the rom using sspl and hard spl did not install when you tried to install it. Not sure if this is possible.

Let check the Hard-SPL installed:
press volume down and soft reset (small red button) together and keep until comes out the 3 colored band in the screen, read the Hard-SPL version, it must be 1.40.
Let us know, ciao.

that's the windows error message saying it needs to close.. what's the error message the RUU gives.. it should have a number, or description of what happened. sure your download is not simply corrupt?

Well I have downloaded it 3 times already and every time i tried to make ROM update after HARD SPL my device cannot make upgrade and this error massage is on the screen.. I made soft reset after HARD SPL and there was no 3, but 4 colors on my screen...I thought that I ****ed up the phone, but for my luck I'm not hehe. BUT The f***in version is the same:
ROM version: 1.34.831.1 WWE. ROM date: 05/25/08. Radio version: 0.93.25.NS16. Protocol Version: 52.24.25.08H.
Please help, I don't know WTF!?!? That version is just NO COMMENT!
Thanks...

yeah can you please state the exact error message that comes up?
also, can you confirm you have Hard-SPL on your device.. if so, which version? (signed or unsigned)

racerx_ said:
can you follow the steps here exactly and let me know the result?
hard-spl upgrade guide
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Yea after i followed the steps it is working all fine for me. I think my original problem is the way to enter boot loader screen, but then during the flash of the signed rom (1.37.456.2) i found that the version for boot loader is SPL-1.40.OliNex .
Now all is working fine, thx guys!!!
1 more question, if i have the hard spl installed, flashed a new rom. What should i do if i wanna flash another rom? (let say, after RUU-1.37.456.2 i wanna flash 1.37.401.3). Should i sspl and hardspl and install the new rom? Or i just simply install the new rom without hardspl again?
Thanks again!!

no, hard-spl is 'permanent' on your device unless you manually revert to stock SPL or something..
just flash another ROM without flashing Hard-SPL again

racerx_ said:
can you follow the steps here exactly and let me know the result?
hard-spl upgrade guide
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Could you please stop flashing your site all the way here? Here at XDA there is a lot of info how to flash your phone, it is not needed to flash your site all the time here. One time is enough.

i'm not 'flashing' my site.. if one time was enough he would have already gone through the guide. i didn't even MENTION the site, either, simply gave him a link to the guide. if you take time to read the thread you'll find that it actually helped him get hard-spl on his diamond which is why the site was created so we can minimize these kind of questions and threads in the forums.. if you spent more time actually helping people instead of writing ridiculous posts like this maybe we'd have a cleaner and more productive forum

Thankz guys thatz helpful

racerx_ said:
if you spent more time actually helping people instead of writing ridiculous posts like this maybe we'd have a cleaner and more productive forum
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I'm sorry? Ridiculous posts?
I don't take you serious anymore. Saying that i am posting ridicolous posts while you are spamming all the way in here.
I just asked it friendly and now again, stop spamming your site. I find it in every support topic now a days and you are telling ME about a cleaner and more productive forum???
The info you have on your site is the same info as what can be found in here.

sumitescp said:
maybe you installed the rom using sspl
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not possible, at all, and don't try either, you could screw the device up if you try to flash a ROM we signed.

Yzord said:
I'm sorry? Ridiculous posts?
I don't take you serious anymore. Saying that i am posting ridicolous posts while you are spamming all the way in here.
I just asked it friendly and now again, stop spamming your site. I find it in every support topic now a days and you are telling ME about a cleaner and more productive forum???
The info you have on your site is the same info as what can be found in here.
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Is it me, or does his site look like a rip-off of mrvanx.org ?

Yzord said:
I'm sorry? Ridiculous posts?
I don't take you serious anymore. Saying that i am posting ridicolous posts while you are spamming all the way in here.
I just asked it friendly and now again, stop spamming your site. I find it in every support topic now a days and you are telling ME about a cleaner and more productive forum???
The info you have on your site is the same info as what can be found in here.
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ya, ridiculous cause there is no step by step upgrade guide with pics in the forum, and yeah all the info was there, but obviously some ppl have trouble reading so i gave him the info he needed. You on the other hand have yet to say anything helpful in this thread. So stop being a troll and post something useful. this will definitely be the last reply i waste on you
Olipro said:
Is it me, or does his site look like a rip-off of mrvanx.org ?
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i think it looks like the stock Joomla template that comes with a Joomla installation cause i couldn't find a cool enough template for this site Actually, i offered to help MrVanx add a trinity section to his site before i started my previous site, but no reply so i decided to help some non-hermes users.. this sure is a lot of drama for trying to help people with their noob questions

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...I think it looks like the stock Joomla template that comes with a Joomla installation cause i couldn't find a cool enough template for this site Actually, i offered to help MrVanx add a trinity section to his site before i started my previous site, but no reply so i decided to help some non-hermes users.. this sure is a lot of drama for trying to help people with their noob questions
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I like the site and the content. Update it always like MrVanx did before to his info site. There's no harm done here.

my touch diamond is die

i have htc touch diamond
and when i try to update the rom
he is restart and never open i don't know why
plz help me in this

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=540290

ty
ty but i dont under stand eny thing from this link

Could you reset to bootloader ?

i hope help you
you mast go to start boot and setup new rom
1- press power and down vole in one time
2- conect your usb cable
3- start setup your rome from your computer

you can search on the forum (on the sticky thread for example), instead of creating several new thread for questions which have been answered million of times.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=416211
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=540290
it is a forum, not an after sales service, so before asking you can search.
i am not rude just annoyed by all these people, who doesn't want to put any effort to solve there problem, and who are just polluting this forum.

that's all is not working
what can i do?

kiobeed said:
that's all is not working
what can i do?
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Put on your reading glasses and start reading this forum!
Use the excellent search function in here, and i'm sure you'll figure it out, just like we all had to at some point.
Solidpowder gave you some good links to start, this one might also be usefull:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=409425
Sorry, not meaning to be rude, but if you really want to solve your devices problem you really have to educate yourself, no one else can do that for you.

Take a look here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=4759071&postcount=7
As Nirak says, next time, please try to fix the problem yourself first by reading, searching, reading, searching, and reading.
Hope this helps.

Help please

PLEASE COULD ANYONE HELP ME TO SOLVE MY PROBLEM. I AM NEW TO THIS SITE AND THE WHOLE EPISODE OF ROM FLASHING. I READ THROUGH THE INSTRUCTIONS COUPLE OF TIMES BUT WOULD NOT UNDERSTAND. A FRIEND HAS HELP FLASHED THE ROM ON MY P3300, THE ROM IS NOT FUNCTIONING WELL AT ALL. MANY FEATURES SUCH AS BLUETOOTH AND THE CAMERA ARE NOT WORKING.
I AM THINKING OF STARTING FROM THE SCRATCH ON MY OWN AS MY FRIEND HAS RELOCATED ABROAD.
I AM A LAY MAN I NEED SOMEONE TO HELP ME BY TELLING OR TEACHING ME HOW TO RE-FLASH THIS ROM SO THAT COULD BE ABLE TO ENJOY MY P3300 AS BEFORE
THANK YOU.

...
on startup you see red numbers and letters..
what are they?
i you see 1.11.cmon
you can flash any rom on the artems forum..
if you do not have that..
click the link for UPLOADS FOR P3300
download 1.1.cmon (its spelt wrong, i know..lol)
read the dummies guide..
*do not soft reset though!
any problems, pm me..
im here to help..
Rn

Welcome to xda-developers, solaabdul.
First of all, why all those caps? It's perfectly readable in normal letters.
Secondly, everyone wants a "flashing for dummies guide" and a personal trainer to get the latest roms on their device. The trick is, finding those guides by using the "search" function, on top of this forum.
You can use the advice given by Raving_nanza to get your device updated.
Good luck in finding the right rom for your device.

I KNOW THIS ISNT THE PLACE ... but

just thought it would be easier to get my answer by some good-sensed people unlike myself .......
ive noticed a lot of people made minor mistakes with programs/options/rooted ways and thought it was OK to go .... but caught themselves stuck at the samsung bootloader screen ... SO ... im asking politely ... because i installed a FONT that crashed my system ... im a [email protected]$$ .. i know ... would someone be willing to upload their "twrp backup" of their stock rom ... i installed a font and now my phone wont go past sammy .. already tried factory reset and wont work thru TWRP .. this might help others get their phone back to life also ...
thanks again if someone makes it possible to upload the file somewhere for us all

timmyhawk1983 said:
I KNOW THIS ISNT THE PLACE ... but
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"...I felt like posting a question in the Development board anyway", right?
Next time I'll happily treat you to the well deserved "Posting in the wrong forum" warning. You may want to keep in mind that we got better things to do than to play "house maidens" and clean up after you.

B.Jay said:
"...I felt like posting a question in the Development board anyway", right?
Next time I'll happily treat you to the well deserved "Posting in the wrong forum" warning. You may want to keep in mind that we got better things to do than to play "house maidens" and clean up after you.
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im sorry i know you guys dont like getting PM's ... i will follow the rules next time ... i just thought it was a decent idea to let you guys take over and make a new thread to help some of the dummies out including myself who have access to TWRP and stuck at the bootloader screen ...... i apoligize JAY

so no one has done a backup of there stock rom through TWRP ??????????

Give me a sec and ill pm you a link.

no one is going to give you there nandroid at least i wouldn't there is info in it that is personal.

nevermind fellas .. someone gave me the files .. i got it fixed and back to stock .... appreciate the help .. im workin on a little page at the moment in another thread
but ... like u just said blownco ... it does give personal info out and i did a factory restore soon as i noticed