Hi
I have a UK orange Diamond which has been unlocked using the legendary Oli unlock method....
Can I put the UK orange HTC ROM upgrade directly on this and will the handset still remain Sim unlocked?
I am on T-Mobile UK and want to make sure I can continue using this without a brick!
also is there a good method of backing it up?
are there any alternative ROM updates which anyone would recommend in this situation?
Thanks all
If your Device has Hard-SPL installed on it, you should be able to flash any ROM without any problems.
If your device has been SIM-Unlocked, do whatever you like it will remain SIM-Unlocked. Even if you flash a new ROM or even Radio ROM it will stay SIM Unlocked.
To backup messages, contacts, etc I recommend you use PIM backup.
But anything on the 4GB storage doesn't get wiped off anyway.
And about bricking your device...apparently Hard-SPL is meant to be a lot safer than the Stock-SPL because if you screw up your Flash you can just go back to the Hard-SPL and flash a new ROM, overwriting the corrupted one.
Thanks for that,
Silly Q but how do I know if Hard SPL is installed? I know the unlock method required installing something...
Im scared of doing this as I have bricked in the past my HTC Kaiser! lol... dont want to make this mistake again!!
Lol don't worry about it, I even freak out when installing official updates.
Flashing ROMs still scare me and I have been using and flashing PDAs since 2005!
To make sure HardSPL is installed, Go into Bootloader mode on your HTC Diamond.
I think its the Soft Reset Button + Volume down button.
Hold the Volume down button and quickly press and let go of the Soft reset button, whilst holding the volume down button until the bootloader menu comes up.
If you have HardSPL installed, you should see something along the lines of 'Olinex'.
As far as I know, if you used Olipro's unlocker then you must have installed HardSPL in the processess anyway, but best to be sure!
Thanks for the info, It does say OliNex on it so im flashing now....
still on 0% .......
only been 3 mins tho, so patiently waiting...
How did the flashing go?
got there in the end mate
had to put the HARD-SPL developers version as the official orange rom would not go past 0%..
was scary but its working a treat now!
thanks a lot for your help
Glad you got there in the end
Enjoy your HTC Diamond
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Hello, i bought a ATT kaiser last week on ebay. The phone is unlocked and comes with HTC WM6 rom. Now i was thinking on upgrading it when it gets here to WM6.1 Duttys. Just wondering if this sounds right. When i get it do i have to run HardSPL then the rom , and lastly the radio...Do i have to install a new radio or can i leave it out. and Since it has been hacked to HTC rom's do i need to run HardSPL first. Thanks and feel free to fill me in on anything i am missing. i really do not want to brick my new phone eheh. Oh one more thing is it really even worth upgrading the rom to 6.1 will i see a big differance with all the effort.
Thanx a ton Grand Pooba
Oh also i heard i might have to install the org. rom first. is this true ?
What you want to do is check out the following thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=369282
Read all you can regarding flashing to understand the process better.
To answer your questions:
1) If the device is not HardSPL, then you need to do that first. To check this, hold down the Camera+Power Buttons, and press the Reset button using the stylus. If it's HardSPL you should see a tri-color screen (Red, Green, Blue) with "KAIS1*0 MFG and some additional info, including "SPL-1.0.OliPof. If you see this then it's HardSPL.
2) For the radio it depends on what's currently on your device and what's required by the ROM you want to use. Normally each ROM will have details as to which radio you need. It's recommended to flash Radio first and then ROM.
Well I would like to get another software because the orange software is pretty much the worst one you can get.
I’ve been trying to update from wm6 to wm 6.1 but I had to hard reset my phone many times cause whenever I try to flash the rom, I get that white screen that stay at 0% during the whole process to finally see an error not on the devise but well from the software (running on vista).
Please help!!!!!!
few things to remember befoe u do anything to ur phone:
1) read kaiser wiki
2) from wiki follow links on how to flash hardspl on to ur device.
3) go to kaiser rom development forum and read the first sticky containing info about flashing.
flashing hardspl will cid and sim unlock ur device.
Plz do read and search or u will mess up ur toy.
isn't there an issue with flashing orange ones something to do wit the radio and not to change it? I want to flash mine but the wiki isn't too clear on orange versions
doesn't matter what stock rom u have, once hardspl'ed u can flash any rom/radio u want to ur device.
just make sure radio works w/rom u flash. alot of chefs include radios w/their roms and ones that don'zt will tell u which radio works with rom
technocat said:
isn't there an issue with flashing orange ones something to do wit the radio and not to change it? I want to flash mine but the wiki isn't too clear on orange versions
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I've flashed my Orange TyTN II with no problems. So long as it is unlocked to all networks it should be OK. However if you do it then your warranty goes out the window.
Run HardSPL first
Once it is installed, double-check that it is installed by doing the folowing:
Power off and then press power on while keeping camera pressed, this will enter the so called bootloader mode and you see a tri-color screen (Red, Green, Blue). You should see "SPL-1.0 OliPof" on the second line in the top left corner. You can exit this mode by means of a "soft reset": press the reset button with the stylus.
If it does not say "SPL-1.0 OliPof" then HardSPL is NOT installed.
Once HardSPL is installed you can then run jockyw2001's unlocker to unlock the phone to all networks.
Then you can flash ROMS like there's no tomorrow!
nice walkthrough mate what's the differences between the roms just peoples personal customisations? is there a huge difference from the orange version?
the chefs cook whatever they want into the different roms..basically just personal stuff or needs...so read what posts and see which one fits u most...if not...try some out and see which one u like...
Narfy, go over to read this thread ... it is one man's story of getting his Orange unlocked and 'sorted'
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=386089
With an happy ending
Ok having problems trying to unlock my orange tytn2. Hard SPL is installed, Step 1 of the kaiser simunlocker has been done and verified. Following the instructions, I have reset the phone to boot screen and went to step 2, step 2 of course is a command and in xp this closes as soon as you open it. Have went to command prompt to run step 2 and it gives an error about unable to connect to usb: cannot connect to \\.WCEUSBSH001
Anyone any ideas am now stuck lol.
please ignore sorted now helps when you actually read forums lol
Uhh......yea......I was trying to upgrade my Rom to Dutty's Diamond V1 Build 19588. I was using the instructions from Flash-Your-Tilt . I got to Step 4 CID-Unlock it installed 100% rebooted and then nothing. Now the phone will only play the intro with no sound, then go black. It shows in the lower right hand R 1.70.02iNex, G25.65.30, D1.62.00.00. The phone will allow me to do a hard reset but after it it goes through the intro with screen alignment and installs the extra apps, it reboots and then goes black. I did a ton of reading through the wiki's if someone could point me in the right direction or tell me if its toast, it would be much appreciated.
Thanks
Be strong. I think it's only bricked when you can't power it on.
I have a poor net connection and not time atm. So a suggestion if you haven't already, search the forum for the word bricked. I'm sure this has happened before..
There are several tricks that people know so you might be ok. good luck.
Calihoe said:
Uhh......yea......I was trying to upgrade my Rom to Dutty's Diamond V1 Build 19588. I was using the instructions from Flash-Your-Tilt . I got to Step 4 CID-Unlock it installed 100% rebooted and then nothing. Now the phone will only play the intro with no sound, then go black. It shows in the lower right hand R 1.70.02iNex, G25.65.30, D1.62.00.00. The phone will allow me to do a hard reset but after it it goes through the intro with screen alignment and installs the extra apps, it reboots and then goes black. I did a ton of reading through the wiki's if someone could point me in the right direction or tell me if its toast, it would be much appreciated.
Thanks
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Flash an OEM Rom/Radio Combo. Also it wont hurt if you already CID unlocked to to go ahead and flash a new SPL to it. Should fix any and all issues as your phone is still actually booting and Not bricked
Installing windows the 6.1 ROM from HTC's site worked. Thank you very much for the great advice. If I wanted to now put Dutty's ROM on my phone can I go straight to that, or do I need to restart the whole ROM flashing process(installing Jump SPL, Hard SPL and CID) ?
If you have unlocked it, just put duttys onto the SD card and rename the .nbh to KAISIMG.nbh
Put the phone into bootloader and install Its the fastest most successful method. No worry about a data cable coming out mid flash ( happened once to me....not fun )
Shouldnt have to install hardspl again ( or use JumpSPL )
Just make sure that if you are installing a WM6.0 rom that you have a WM6.0 radio. If not, the flashing process for the radio is the same ( rename to KAISIMG.nbh )
Is there a way to see if I the hard SPL install and CID unlock worked ? Can I just restart the whole process regardless. Sorry for the noob questions.
Calihoe said:
Is there a way to see if I the hard SPL install and CID unlock worked ? Can I just restart the whole process regardless. Sorry for the noob questions.
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Go into bootloader. If your screen says hardspl somewhere near the top then you're good to go. Check which version because you can have radio problems if you use a WM6.0 spl with a WM6.1 rom. Most recent roms are WM6.1 so try HardSPL 3.29 or higher.
If you don't have hardspl, get it here for wm6.0 roms or here for wm6.1 roms.
many thanks, your advice with the links were invaluable. I read and read and read, but i guess i did not read enough. This site rocks.
Hello,
Iam daniel. My english is not zo good but i will try.
I have flashed my phone with hardspl 3.56.
After that i installed wm6.5 from josh Build 21198
Then i start up my phone and every think look richt.
Then my phone ask for a restart, zo i start up and there was my problem, he doesn't start up.
I see thee first screen with red letters at the bottom and he does nothing.
Can you help me???
Have you tried a hard reset?
Also, did you CID unlock your phone as well? I believe you have to be CID unlocked to flash a 6.5 ROM on your phone.
Had a same matter last day ago, after re-flash, all working fine
I didn't unlock my phone whit cid...
for a hard reset is it the two buttuns (with the lines on it) near the phone buttom?
And a reflash how does that work?
I have no communication with my pc know because he crased in the screen when you starting up. It is the first screen you see when you restart your phone.
Ok, a couple of things... this is the wrong forum to be asking in, and I bet a mod is going to shut this down at some point. You should try posting in the forum for the ROM you flashed.
What you need to do is grab a stock WinMo 6.1 ROM and flash via the SD card method, that should get you up and running again.
Then, you will want to run Olipro's SIM/CID unlocker. What this will do is fully unlock your phone so you can flash any ROM, radio, SPL, any! Be careful, though, since not all ROMs are meant for Kaiser... so make sure you are flashing stuff meant for Kaiser.
Once you run Olipro's unlocker, you will want to re-flash the 3.56HardSPL, then a new radio, then go ahead and start flashing any ROM from the Kaiser section.
WinMo 6.5 ROMs reqiure you to be CID unlocked, and that is why you are stuck where you are.
And yes, you are right with how to do a hard rest.
Thanks! I try this tommorow if it works, if it doesn't work i will post my problem in the forum for rom. But hopfully it works because if cot know a nokia 6500 and i can't without my qwerty
My htc which is still default from factory freezes on start up. i have been advised that it needs a firmware upgrade but as i am unable to boot the phone up i am unable to upgrade the firmware. i am lost here i have been searching for hours to find a solution and can;t seem to find one so i thought i would ask you guys. it freezes on the screen smart mobility and doesn;t move from there.
Have you tryed to hard-reset?
To flash the original stock ROM via bootloader? as doesn't need to fully load os to flash.
i have tried to hard reset it now and it wont turn on now.
i got it to boot again after the hard reset but it did the same thing just froze on the smart mobility screen again. i had sent it in to be fixed but they wanted to charge me quite a bit to update the software and since i have 4 months till my contract is up i don;t want to pay it is there anyway i can give it the update whilst it is freezing during boot up
Try flash stock ROM via bootloader.
Camera button hold in press in stylus, stock rom "from wiki" now flash via usb or sd.
would you be able to suggest the best rom for me to use i have wm 6.1 the info it givews me is kais130 spl-3.29.0000 cpld-8 i have never done this before i just want to be sure i get the right one
You will need your carrier ROM as when flash will vendor check since not hard-spl'd.
thankyou so much for the help i was able to locate the correct rom and now my phone is working again you have been a great help
Glad you sorted, happy to help