Hi
I am going to purchase a HTC Touch Diamond off eBay, but I had a few questions I was wondering you guys could please answer?
The Orange version of the HTC Touch Diamond has not been changed as far as I know; apparently just the name - from HTC Touch Diamond to HTC Diamond.
But does it still have the Diamond-like back cover?
Also, is there ANY branding on the device, hardware or software wise?
Or is it just a HTC Touch Diamond with a slightly different name thats locked to Orange..
Thanks
my Orange diamond does have the diamond back cover, no software on it and their is a small orange brand on the back cover at the bottom but apart from that its all nice
Thanks for the fast response!
Looks like ill be getting the Orange version
Thanks again!
I think it depends what one you get. My Orange Touch Diamond has a small "orange" logo on the back - other than that it looks identical to unbranded version. However I got mine through dialaphone rather than orange direct
In addition the ROM on mine is standard HTC. However other Orange Touch Diamonds I have seen, including the one shown in the manual supplied with mine have Orange's own ROM with different clock on Home screen and different tabs on the Touchflo.
The tabs on mine are Home, contacts, messages, email, internet, photos and video, music, weather, settings and programme. Tabs on Orange are home, contacts, messages, email, call history, photos and videos, orange downloads, orange music, orange TV, orange world, weather, settings, and programme.
I think I read somewhere here that the Orange ROM was dropped because it was causing problems and later phones came with HTC ROM, but not sure where you can find that.
I have just noticed that Orange now have an updated ROM for the HTC available for download from their site - that is new! Not sure what it does, but perhaps others can report what you get when you install it.
hi
do you have a link for the update on the orange site?
ill give it a go
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=426120
many thanks
superpricey said:
hi
do you have a link for the update on the orange site?
ill give it a go
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I think you have to be registered and logged into your Orange account to get this update. Once in your account choose "get help using phone", then when new window comes up choose your phone then choose "your phone's features" then "download software".
If you do try it I would be gateful if you could tell me how it goes - I must admit I prefer the standard HTC home screen and clock more than the Orange one and don't want to chnage unless there are some positive benefits
i cant seem to update
i have a macbook and use paralels for win xp
the installer goes fine until the diamond goes into the loader screen which disconnects and wont reconnect to xp
i think the problem lies with using paralels as when you plug something usb in it automatically connects to mac os instead
tried changing some options but no joy !!
so looks like no upgrading for me
Yay
Just ordered my HTC Diamond off eBay - I got the orange version.
My friend will unlock it for me (don't know how he is going to do it);
It comes with the latest ROM pre-installed, but would this interfere with the unlocking process?
Also, if the phone has Hard-SPL installed can I go ahead and install the latest HTC ROM Updates instead as normal? - I would only do this if the original ROM had Orange branding in it (yuekh)
Sorry for all the questions.. but I am new to the Diamond Scene!
Thanks
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I am about to get an Orange network branded Kaiser phone, does anyone know if this is identical in function to the unlocked HTC version ie:- wifi, GPS, not crippled, and secondly is it easy to re-flash the rom to get rid of the Orange branding or is this difficult and could easily cause a malfunction and lock the device.
Thanks
1) wifi and GPS all work fine.
2) The Orange homescreen is deselectable on Today settings, Item tab. You can then install the HTChome if you download it from here.
3) If you really want to flash the HTC rom (or a cooked one from here), I think its easy...but I havent bothered. Other than the colour scheme on the dialler page, its fine.
I have an orange branded kaiser, tomtom is not on it nor is wlm from stock, within an hr I had flashed the htc rom, giving me wlm etc and then installed tomtom from the thread in this forum and installed the maps etc from my other copy.
easy enough to do if you follow the instructions on this forum.
How you managed to get one? Retentions?
Mine was from O retail (as I couldnt talk to retentions til next month)
Thanks for all the info,
The company I work for has 6 mobile phones and we were contacted by Orange about an upgrade so I asked if we could upgrade to the Kaiser and they said yes no problem and no charge for the upgrade.
They are very keen on retaining business accounts at present. Make sure you get free calls between the six of you and a worthwhile data package.
AvengerPenguin,
Sorry to be a pain but I have never flashed a rom before and don't want to mess up can you reply with the link to the standard HTC rom and any simple instructions and also a link to the TomTom software as I have the maps I can use that I purchased for my old Artemis.
Thanks
Having played with the Diamond from orange With the default settings
I can say that after appplying both
Diamond TF3D Config Setup v0.5.1.CAB
And
Schaps_AdvancedConfig_v2.1.0.0.CAB
And applying the various tweaksThere is a notible increase in speed to touchflo
I then set about evaluating the TLR Rom
I was sad to say there was no speed increase and was the same as the origianl out of box for spped wise to touchflo
I have since re-applied the above apps and tweaks and am back to speed how I was,
My advice and mine only would be to seriously evaluate if the rom you want does give you the apps etc you want or the increase in storage.
I will also confirm that the diamond from orange has no Orange splash screens and of there crap buggering the phone. This is a straight HTC standard.
The only bonus I believe is that you get the leather wallet with the orange version.
Thanks for that
Makes me feel better when I get my Orange Diamond next week.
thanks for that, im playing around with my touch diamond just now and exploring what else to do with it. trying to get quake 3 converted but having no joy. anyone shed some light?
Orange Diamond
Yes my orange phone didnt have any orange software installed, but after looking at the manual on the CD all the pictures show orange customization.
Will this mean that any orange updates will make it go like that
Can I backup my current ROM that is loaded to the phone so if I do get any orange update roms I can revert back to the uncustomized phone
If you do get updates from orange though I dont know how orange would push the updates out! and you do end up wanting to go back to original then just install the TLR rom
Orange UK have rushed the handset out to beat the iphone... and thus didnt flash the completed rom. I am sure they will make a rom update available soon on their website.
backing up rom
is it possible to backup the rom I already have on my phone
Hi there,
My friend recently bought an Kaiser on Orange. The Orange Today screen is pretty cool (an orangy coloured side bar) and was wondering if there was a cab out there that I could put on my kaiser?
Im currently running dutty's diamond rom.
Thanks a lot.
I dont think there is one to be honest, I am sure you could flash the whole orange rom though (Search this site for a link to it, im sure its here somewhere)
99% of the orange users of TYTN II (Including myself) flash the device as soon as we got them to either a HTC original ROM or some cooked by the many great chefs on the forums.
Thats all i know im afraid, hope your search goes well.
I have an orange tytn ii, i didnt flash it, cuz I am on contract.
the orange screen can be removed by going
start>settings>today>items
un-tick the orange box. The cab you mention is in here somewhere, search around for HTC Home Plug or somethinglike that.
Hope this saves you the flashing risk
EDIT: JUST RE-READ THE POST - AUTO ASSUMED YOU WANTED TO RID THE ORANGE PRE-SET
I own the Vodafone version of the HTC Diamond:
Rom 1.37.161.2 WWE
Radio 1.00.25.03
The devise was working very well until I installed Diamond Tweaks and changed the Theme to HTC Black. The devise become very slow and completely unusable and it totally messed my custom city weather, which I can no longer manually select a new city due to "File write protection couldn't removed" error, even after reinstallation.
I have reset the theme to default and removed bloody Diamond tweaks but the devise still feels below par and Weather database still won't load.
I was was considering a hard reset but have a few questions:
Will the reset remove all my apps? (Advanced config, Gsen, Vodafone Satnav etc.)
Will it remove the Vodafone connection ssetting? (Is there a way I can back these up first?)
On another subject, I have been reading about the updated Official Rom's/Radio's and Hard SPL and to be fair don't understand any of it lol.
I would like to put the newest (best working) Rom/Radio on, especially if this meant it would debrand the phone but I would want to retain the Vodafone connection settings and I rather do like the Vodafone Satnav software and I fear this would disappear, is there some where i can download it separately? And is there a tutorial with exact instructions on how to update the Rom and Radio and back up setting?
Sorry for all the questions and I know some one will say search forum but I have read over 73 pages of forum data and didn't find what I want. Thanks in advance.
Welcome
But come on, not finding most of the things in 73 pages? If it removes your programms is stated in the MANUAL. You know that thing that everybody finds scary for some reason. And in the 73 pages you didn't find a link to modmydiamond or something like that? The vodafone setting i dont know. I have a unbranded one
As expected, some helpful advice, have seen Modmydiamond link no help for me and as for reading the manual, there isn't one, have Getting started guie, which does say see chapter 13 of user manual for Hard rest procedures and what it will actually do. But no hard copy or files on installation disc.
how much did you paid for it(if it's not a secret),because i plan to buy htc touch diamond.
is it slow?
how long baterry can handle?
Confusion !
First of all, Hello !
xavierdemon said:
I own the Vodafone version of the HTC Diamond:
Rom 1.37.161.2 WWE
Radio 1.00.25.03
The devise was working very well until I installed Diamond Tweaks and changed the Theme to HTC Black. The devise become very slow and completely unusable and it totally messed my custom city weather, which I can no longer manually select a new city due to "File write protection couldn't removed" error, even after reinstallation.
I have reset the theme to default and removed bloody Diamond tweaks but the devise still feels below par and Weather database still won't load.
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To avoid any misunderstanding (you must be precise) : I think you are talking about Diamond TF3D Config wich is not the same as Diamond Tweak, another app.
Also, you should post it in the appropriate thread...
Thanks to correct that.
Got it free on Vodafone Upgrade, they did want to charge me £140 for it but have a friend who works at Voda and they told me to cancel my contract and wait till they phone me back and surely enough some guy phoned and offered it free to me.
@MonteCristoffOn apologies for putting in wrong place and yes your correct it is the Diamond TF3D Config that messed everything, oh and hello
you are really lucky htc for free!!!
and what about batterry and perfomanse??
Battery is not too good, doesn't last at all, goes to about half battery at the end of the day, would probably last longer if i stopped playing with it . Performance is quite good, once you put Advanced Config on it, which works really well.
Here's a hint:
Just make sure you delete EVERY manila theme file on your \windows directory.
Leaving any of them behind can make your device go bonkers. Happened to me too...
Perhaps your restore on the TF3D config didnt work well...
the problem is i dont understand what is manila theme
Manila is TouchFlo 3D. Please stay on topic.
Have completed re-set the phone now and it's working sweet again I hear that Vodafone are working on updated ROM themselves, which may be out later this year, so will apply there's when it's complete.
After actually having the Original Black Manila for a bit, I decided don't like it and the Voda version is clearer. So will stick that for the time being .
OT anyone know what the time interval is for the Weather updating when automatic update is set and if the value can be changed via reg hack or app?
vodafone knows how to make the HTC Diamond very slow
I went from 1.37 "Vodafone rom" to 1.93 NL without all the Vodafone stuff and now its really fast! I only had to reinstall Tomtom 7 as it was preinstalled on the Vodafone rom.
No problems left except for the battery. I just ordered a spare original battery (35€), problems solved.
(btw i bought it for 95€, 2year Vodafone, 18€ a month.)
Hello everyone,
I'm new but I have been reading these post's for about a month now and just had a few questions.
1) For some reason the ability to remove stylus and open notes application while on phone does not work, wondering if there is any fixes on that. Also the ability to activate phone from sleep mode with removing the stylus doesn't work either.
2) I've been trying to upgrade new R.O.M for Hong Kong version touch diamond and I keep getting a wrong ID device code, wondering if any fixes for that.
3) Also looking for a site to download programs only for touch diamond if there is one.
4) Also time on sms messages and clock on phone is very off by 22 hrs, wondering if any fixes for that issue.
5) Also wondering is there any scratch remover for Touch Diamond as I've already scratched the screen a little trying to use touch flo with my finger nail.
6) Also looking for a good USD site to buy Touch Diamond products/accessories.
7) Also looking for a good site to buy music online with Touch Diamond.
8) Also looking for right setting in camera to get rid of blurring images. People move while trying to take a picture and pictures comes out blurry.
9) Also looking for a way to brighten screen.
If able could someone have one thread that list all cabs for diamond and any new files made each day, now that would be nice.
Okay just so you know I have a touch diamond I bought for $800 USD unlocked from www.cti-miami.com back in 15 Jun 08. I have R.O.M. version 1.34.831.1 WWE and radio version 0.93.25.NS16 with protocol version 52.24.25.08H. Model # is HTC Touch Diamond P3... And I beleive I have English Hong Kong version.
Also I did not install any spl's on my device so that may have been why upgrade did not work. I've read both the wiki's and post in these sites but still have some questions. Many deal with a guide to use programs like the voice command program.
I'm currently using phone in Afghanistan with Roshan cellular network. Works fine with a few drops of signal. I'm thinking a radio update would help out a lot.
Thank you in advance for your help.