I'm thinking of getting a Sprint Diamond this week, but I want to be able to modify it so that it doesn't answer in the pocket, and so that the keyboards and apps will work in landscape mode.
Will the mods in this forum work for a Sprint Diamond, or just the GSM ones.
Also, just to be sure, if I decide to return the Diamond to Sprint within my 30-day trial period and buy an unlocked GSM Diamond or a Fuze, will a hard reset restore the firmware to its original version? If not, is there a way to restore it to original so that I don't have any return problems?
Thanks for your input. You guys are the best.
Almost all apps should work, the ROMs will NOT.
Hard reset takes it to current ROM image, which may or may not (if youve flashed it) be the Sprint image.
There are tools to relock and ROM images of the stock Sprint image available (or will be).
Is there any chance that someone will cook up an enhanced Sprint ROM that includes the Sprint-specific apps (ie. TeleNav, Pocket Express, etc) that will incorporate many of the performance enhancements the GSM ROMs have? I would be very interested.
Thanks to any cooks working on this in advance!
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Well, every where i go it seems to tell me that this is the place to get my questions answered about this device, so excuse me if i start a repeat thread. ( i searched and found nothing that answered my questions so far)
i have a cingular 8125 with 2.25 ROM, it seems, and use T-Mobile service. I have already unlocked the SIM lock using Lokiwiz MSL, (thanks!) and the voice and text messaging works perfectly, however obviously no data and MMS setting are loaded for T-Mo usage. I have looked and looked for places to apply the proxy settings to simply allow a new connection rather than flashing my ROM to i suppose a T-Mo or custom variant? canot find the screens, only allows DNS and Wdns settings. Obviously this is the rom that everyone is having problems CID unlocking, but i have heard around that the rom could be downgraded and then CID unlocked using lokiwiz02B, tried this using Cingular_RUU_1[1].8.11.1.WWE.ship and the installer told me it was not an up to date version, and i needed a newer installer to do this, no progress bar, and the PPC displays the 3 color bootloader screen and freezes. battery out, battery in reboots fine. Honestly, im looking for a little help in which direction to go, do i need (or is it possible?) to put a different rom on this device? and is this what i need to do to enable the settings i desire? (i use the 5.99 T Mobile Web package on my Nokia 9300 (also unlocked) and it works fine) If so, how exactly do i work this since the installers i can find don't seem to work...? Thank you for taking the time to read this post and thanks in advance for any help.
Anyone have any ideas?
Search for T-Mobile USA data settings or T-Mobile Customizations Cabs, they are here...
Hi.
I am looking at purchasing my first HTC phone. My first thought is who to go with. As I am looking through the forums people generally don't seem to happy with what orange have done with the tytn 2. However vodafone customers seem quite happy with the v1615, apparently vodafone have not messed with the phone too much and it still remains close to the HTC release.
Do either vodafone or orange change the main screen with the options for weather etc.
If anyone has any further experience with this, It would be great to hear from you.
Thanks
Marc
I have the V1615, which is only lightly branded. The HTC Home plugin (with the weather etc) is disabled when you first get the phone, but can be easily re-enabled in the Today screen settings. Similarly you can swap the vodafone message and calendar icons for proper WM6 icons in the same settings page. It comes with a nasty Vodafone theme installed, but again you can swap that for something more standard.
The only other customisations I found were the dialling screen, and comms manager, which have cosmetic changes to fit with the Vodafone theme but are functionally identical to the HTC versions. It's also missing a couple of apps - namely Windows Live, Messenger, and Worldcard Mobile.
It's perfectly livable with, certainly compared to what I've seen of the Orange version... having said that, I did debrand mine in the end and switch to the stock HTC rom.
PS - from what I've read here and elsewhere the V1615 is actually sim unlocked, so open to any network, but I've not actually tried any other sim in mine.
The orange customisation is appalling... I flashed the phone with the shipped HTC generic ROM as soon as I got it home. Keep in mind that to do this you have to sim unlock the phone (currently no free solution, £20 or more depending on where you do it)
Also, the orange do not provide the TomTom taster than comes in the generic package.
HOWEVER... I have not seen the Voda TYTN II, but I say with certainty that the Orange TYTN (Hermes) looked much better than the Voda TYTN (Hermes).
Can anyone comment on the differences between how the Kaiser handsets differ visually?
EDIT: I just checked, the two variants look almost exactly the same
Just to jump in here too, I'm looking at getting the TyTN II on either Vodafone or T-Mobile, but can't decide which one to get
Just to add, the Voda V1615 did come with the TomTom taster on disk, along with Sprite backup etc - the same CD package as the HTC, afaik.
I flashed the phone with the shipped HTC generic ROM as soon as I got it home. Keep in mind that to do this you have to sim unlock the phone (currently no free solution, £20 or more depending on where you do it)
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If this is true (and I've no reason to doubt it) then the Vodafone is definitely SIM unlocked. All I had to do with mine is use the free CID utility available here (which just "unlocks" the firmware itself) and then run the usual Rom Update Utility to flash it with the generic HTC version. Total cost = £0.00.
If this is true (and I've no reason to doubt it)
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There are loads of threads with noobs who've flashed and then said AAAAHHHHHHHH WTF ha ha ha ha
I'm not exactly sure why the sim lock kicks in... legally I don't think it should because I have an orange SIM in an orange phone - I've just flashed it with a non-orange OS build.
I read in another thread that maybe the handset detects that you've got a radio stack of a non-orange build and prompts for SIM unlock code...
My UK v1615 is also unlocked. How cool is that?
I rather like the phone so far and visualy it's a very pretty phone with the brushed metal around the screen and the black glossy back. Very nice indeed.
Havent tried to debrand the ROM yet as i've found no reason to.
I have the V1615 from Vodafone and can confirm it is not sim locked none of the phonesi have ever had form Vodafone including my old TYTn were ever locked.
V1615 seems quite normal and has a very low amount of customisation, less than on most Vodafone phones.
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If this is true (and I've no reason to doubt it) then the Vodafone is definitely SIM unlocked. All I had to do with mine is use the free CID utility available here (which just "unlocks" the firmware itself) and then run the usual Rom Update Utility to flash it with the generic HTC version. Total cost = £0.00.
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What happens is, if you flash a new radio rom (that is not an orange rom) to an orange TYTN 2 then the phone complains about the sim card not being accepted.
The only current way around this is to pay £20+ (there is a member on here that will provide you with an unlock code) and unlock the phone.
Then you can carry on using the phone with none orange radio roms.
What people are currently doing (and sucessfully with out paying £20+ to unlock the phone) is flashing HardSPL and then flashing just the OS rom to their orange phones
Putting aside the Orange variants problem with simlock (which can be solved relatively cheaply) I would have said the argument is which carrier provides you the best deal, not just on the phone but the airtime package, network coverage etc.
At the end of the day, the device is the same and you can flash any of the ROMs found here and customise your shiny device any way you want
To be clear on the Orange simlock issue - this only occurs if you flash a different radio rom, flashing an OS only rom has no issues at all. Currently there is no need to use a different radio rom with the cooked rom's available here.
where can i get the original PTT software from htc that came on my att tilt?
nobody? =\
You are not going to be able to add PTT to a non-at&t Rom.
What you need to do is use an at&t Rom that has not been castrated to the point of having PTT removed.
The problem lies in the fact that there are hooks to at least a couple of the dlls that are specific to at&t Roms.
i have the same rom as i always had.....and i still have the the DLL's...
If you are running a stock at&t Rom then you don't need to reinstall PTT.
If you have followed the instructions to disable PTT your best bet is to hard reset.
I have attempted to create an installer to put PTT back into my cooked at&t Roms which retained the original at&t dlls but have not been able to get it to work.
Trying to get this section of the forum really active .
Those other ROMs that are listed on the regular Diamond development portion of this form, can they be used on the CDMA phones as well?
Also, in the interest of me wanting to completly wipe my phone out (I mean getting rid of the sprint ROM that is "hidden", that starts up after WinMo gets installed, I see the Sprint ROM link on the PPCGeeks site), I would have to re-configure my phone for my phone number, MSID, etc.
is there a guide to do that on a CDMA / Sprint phone?
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Trying to get this section of the forum really active .
Those other ROMs that are listed on the regular Diamond development portion of this form, can they be used on the CDMA phones as well?
Also, in the interest of me wanting to completly wipe my phone out (I mean getting rid of the sprint ROM that is "hidden", that starts up after WinMo gets installed, I see the Sprint ROM link on the PPCGeeks site), I would have to re-configure my phone for my phone number, MSID, etc.
is there a guide to do that on a CDMA / Sprint phone?
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You shouldn't have to reprogram the MDN or MSID after flashing a new ROM
Those other ROMs that are listed on the regular Diamond development portion of this form, can they be used on the CDMA phones as well?
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no, gsm roms do not work on cdma roms and vice versa, it will ruin your phone if you try flashing a gsm rom.
It wont completely ruin your phone all u have to do is hold the volume down, power, and back, buttons and then press reset all at the same time(which is somewhat difficult) and flash a CDMA ROM onto it... I've done it plenty of times.
I just purchased an HTC One rooted Soff iwth the Google ROM installed. I found that it is incompatible with TMobile's 1700MHZ radio so I get no 4G. I've decided to sell it and have a dumb noob question. I want to default the unit so I can sell it and am a bit uncomfortable flashing ROM's to it as I don't plan to keep it. My question is kinda too stupid to ask but here goes. I want to default the phone removing the personal information I seet up - accounts, apps, etc but not blow the GPE Rom. If I factory reset under the settings menu will I get the phone into a saleable condition. I hope this only requires a quick answer from one of you geniuses out there. Thanks in advance.
Yes