So I found out that my diamond is from the Middle East (if I read the details correctly) and I live in Australia. I was wondering if that would have any effect on the service or quality of use I would get from my handset with regards to configurations and what not. I understand that my s/n won't allow me to register with the htc club thing on the Aus site, I gotta register on the middle east site. When ROMs say that you can only use it on devices from region X, why is that? what happens if I try using it on a region Y handset?
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Hi guys,
I was wondering on how I can find out from which country my Diamond originates. It came with the following ROM version: 1.35.456.3 WWE and SPL 1.35.
Is there any chance to find out if it is an Asian or European phone? Would it also be possible to understand from which country it specifically comes from?
One more info: it came with a Euro-style adapter.
I would like to update the ROM, but would try to avoid to install a HardSPL for now.
Thanks for the help.
it's from Taiwan
Skele said:
it's from Taiwan
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I've seen a "made in Taiwan" on the box, but I guess that HTC produces all phones in Taiwan. Nevertheless they put different SPLs and ROMs on them, depending for which country the shipment is destined.
Did you intend the made in Taiwan or do you think that I got a phone that was build for the Taiwanese market? How would you know that? Looking at the ROM version?
Sounds like an asian unit to me...the european models come with 1.37 rom as far as i know. I should have my UK spec Diamond tommorrow morning so ill check then.
But yours seems to be one of those 'grey' imports ie Asian.
Almost all the PDA phones including the HTC are design and make by Taiwan, an island east of China, west of Japan and south of Korea.
Asia has been designing and manufacturing many phones, include some Nokia, Moto, Sony phones. Of course Samsung is from Korea. I am talking of the big 4 here.
@Spawn12
So anything wrong with Asia made phones?
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@Spawn12
So anything wrong with Asia made phones?
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Well from what people have been saying on here, there seems to be quite a few problems with them ie laggy interface etc etc. Although people have posted tweaks in order to resolve those issues. Almost put me off buying one but im glad HTC held back the release of the UK spec models in order to apply the 1.37 rom which seems to have solved alot of those earlier issues.
Hmm... Why should an Asian model come with a European plug...
Other thing I noticed. The warranty comes in three languages: English, French and Arabic. Wouldn't make sense for a Hong Kong version, would it? On the other hand the update to the European 1.37 ROM posted on this forum does not work (invalid vendor id).
people seem confused about 'grey' imports and 'asian' phones
ALL diamonds, every single one that we have in our hands, were made in asia, apparently taiwan. they have exactly the same hardware. they are the same phone. The so called 'UK spec' models are exactly the same, with a different ROM. The only advantage of 'UK spec' is probable better local HTC support but even that is debatable. Maybe in the future when HTC do a 2nd production run there will be difference in hardware, but there isn't any now.
HTC distribute these identical devices with different ROMs according to their intended export destination. observed differences in performance come from the different ROMS, occasionally useful tweaks, and the almost superstitious and fanatical obsession many of us seem to have with 'tweaking' our devices' (if you change registry key HKLM/Drivers/Biotouch/SecretPerformanceBoost/Enable to 1 and soft reset, the device is much faster and TF3D more responsive).. I mean we're all geeks or we wouldn't be here but lets try a little perspective. Many of these tweaks don't do anything but give us a comforting dose of placebo effect..
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Hmm... Why should an Asian model come with a European plug...
Other thing I noticed. The warranty comes in three languages: English, French and Arabic. Wouldn't make sense for a Hong Kong version, would it? On the other hand the update to the European 1.37 ROM posted on this forum does not work (invalid vendor id).
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Guys, do not stress me too much pls . I just finished loading a container of Diamonds for EVA Air heading for Paris tonight.
the Hong Kong version (WWE) is normally NOT foresee for export / sales outside of HK. If you have a box with SIS International Limited on it, it is a Honkie version.
As for te ROM 1.37 and "invalid vendor id" --> welcome to XDA and start reading. the answer is out there (... hardSPL tip)
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people seem confused about 'grey' imports and 'asian' phones
ALL diamonds, every single one that we have in our hands, were made in asia, apparently taiwan. they have exactly the same hardware. they are the same phone. The so called 'UK spec' models are exactly the same, with a different ROM. The only advantage of 'UK spec' is probable better local HTC support but even that is debatable. Maybe in the future when HTC do a 2nd production run there will be difference in hardware, but there isn't any now.
HTC distribute these identical devices with different ROMs according to their intended export destination. observed differences in performance come from the different ROMS, occasionally useful tweaks, and the almost superstitious and fanatical obsession many of us seem to have with 'tweaking' our devices' (if you change registry key HKLM/Drivers/Biotouch/SecretPerformanceBoost/Enable to 1 and soft reset, the device is much faster and TF3D more responsive).. I mean we're all geeks or we wouldn't be here but lets try a little perspective. Many of these tweaks don't do anything but give us a comforting dose of placebo effect..
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........ Amen
Hi I have problem register my Diamond on Htc official e-club. I am getting this message
Sorry, you have entered an invalid serial number. Please check the serial number and try again.
Sorry, if you want to register this product, you need to enter the serial number.
Register your product today to get free updates, applications and drivers.
You can only register HTC-branded devices (e.g. HTC Touch or HTC S620 ) here. If you purchased your device (e.g. T-Mobile Dash or Orange SPV E650) from a mobile operator, please check with your mobile operator if they have their own product registration service.
Anyne can help me?
Well it would help if you actually told us where you are in the world and which htc site your trying to register with??. It might be that you have an asian unit that were released first onto the market before the official UK and european models were released a few weeks later. IF thats the case then you will have to register through the Asian site of HTC to get it to register.
I am in Cyprus and trying in www.htc.com
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I am in Cyprus and trying in www.htc.com
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Well the link you just posted takes me to the UK site, so unless you have uk spec Diamond then it wont work...try the european one instead:
http://www.htc.com/member/login.aspx
If that doesnt work then you will probably have an asian unit so you NEED to register on the Asian site rather than the European or UK one. But as you havent told us where you bought the Diamond from...we cant be of much help can we????
if you have a branded device you won't be able to regsiter it on htc.com
if it ist stock htc, you have to enter the serial number, not the imei. found under the battery!
this were told other users, before, use the search function next time!
dear Forum
I am living in Switzerland, and i got from a US friend his "old" TP2 because he bought the new i-phone...
now i am here in Europe and can't use it because it only accepts T-Mobile SIM cards (which we don't have in Switzerland).
Moreover i am travelling quite often because of my profession and i'm usually buying local SIM's....
Does anyone know if there is a ROM which unlocks this device?
would be great if this also contains TomTom or CoPilot navigation as i own those licences arelady frommy previous device.
As I know there are two versions of TP2:
- the "normal" HTC
- the T-mobile version which got brownish color and lacks a front cam....
my question is specifically about the brownish T-mobile version.
thanks for your help
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dear Forum
I am living in Switzerland, and i got from a US friend his "old" TP2 because he bought the new i-phone...
now i am here in Europe and can't use it because it only accepts T-Mobile SIM cards (which we don't have in Switzerland).
Moreover i am travelling quite often because of my profession and i'm usually buying local SIM's....
Does anyone know if there is a ROM which unlocks this device?
would be great if this also contains TomTom or CoPilot navigation as i own those licences arelady frommy previous device.
As I know there are two versions of TP2:
- the "normal" HTC
- the T-mobile version which got brownish color and lacks a front cam....
my question is specifically about the brownish T-mobile version.
thanks for your help
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There is no ROM that will unlock your phone for you. You have to either call T-Mobile and get them to unlock the phone for you or ask your friend to call T-Mobile for the unlock code, OR you can pay to have it unlocked by providing the IMEI number to someone who knows how to unlock it. Also, ROMs generally do not come cooked with TomTom or CoPilot, so you'd have to install those separately. I'm sure if you looked around you could find the cab files to install them.
that's interesting... my old diamond came with simlock from a local carrier... after flashing it with an open ROM, the simlock was gone...
that's why I am asking if there is simlock-free ROM for this specific type of TP2...
for the "normal" one i saw plenty ROM's but because of the differences i am sceptic if they would work.
thx for ur hints
You don't need a ROM, you need to SIM-unlock your device. See http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=555339
I purchased a new Touch Diamond2 last week and getting used to the deive now. This is my first windows mobile after all Nokia...
I purchased from a small store here but not from the authorised dealer, as they have heighr price for this. So can I verify if this is official or I am get cheated here?
Is there a way I can verify?
thank you
ALL HTC devices are official, but that may or may not belongs to your region. Ex: if you are in India your device may not be an India Model of HTC (which happen to me in Hyderabad and further HTC service senter charged extra for any service telling that it is an International Model )
Here is how you can verify:
Go to your regional HTC Site. As I see ur from India you can go to http://www.htc.com/in/SupportDownload.aspx?p_id=249&cat=2&dl_id=803 and try download the ROM by entering your device serial number and it should tell you if the serial is valid or not.
If the serial is NOT valid in your regional HTC site then it is not belongs to the region and is an International Model.
Hope this will help.
Thanks for the reply dear friend.
I tried that It accepted that so It seems to be the official. Then why the authorised show room take more money than the small shop? Is there any difference?
Also I downloaded the ROM by doing the above step and shall I go ahead and install that?
thank you
Hi guys, my first post so would like to say hello firstly and glad I found a dedicated forum on WP7 and the HD7!
Anyway, I've just bought my very first WP7 and HTC handset which was from an eBay shop based in the UK.
The phone came with a EU plug so it's obviously not a UK phone but that's ok. What I am worried about though is that settings such as the radio and keyboard don't have the UK listed as an option. The radio setting only has 'World, North America and Japan' and the keyboard only has 'English US'. I did have to change the region to UK as it was defaulted to AU.
Any ideas if I can get UK listed and if it would even make a difference? Not really worried about the keyboard to be honest, but I have found the radio to be very poor - I can only pick up one station which is BBC Radio 1, and even that is quite temperamental.
Thanks in advance for any advice or suggestions.