Hey everybody I just got the sprint version of this phone about two weeks ago and was wondering what changes to the operating system I can make. I was wondering if all the ROMs will work with the Sprint Version.
Also If i can upgrade the ROM which is best and could someone please explain how to go about it, I tried to read the guides but was very confused.
I have a Sprint Diamond too, and although under Diamond ROM Development, there are some CDMA ROMs for the Diamond, I have found that there are more topics relating to our phones on forum.ppcgeeks.com.
This website is GSM centric, and the GSM ROMs that are posted here don't work on CDMA phones (i.e. 95% of the ROMs here don't work on CDMA phones).
WE KINDA FEEL LEFT OUT OVER HERE ON XDA ALMOST EVERYTHING IS FOR GSM NOT FAIR WE NEED MORE CDMA DIAMOND STUFF... SO THIS IS THE POST FOR IT!
Cdma diamonds
FIRST PLEASE CAN WE GET SOME OF THE OH SO GREAT ROMS THATS FOR GSM CONVERTED OR MADE IN CDMA?
Only for cdma diamonds
swurvv said:
WE KINDA FEEL LEFT OUT OVER HERE ON XDA ALMOST EVERYTHING IS FOR GSM NOT FAIR WE NEED MORE CDMA DIAMOND STUFF... SO THIS IS THE POST FOR IT!
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JUST TO NOTE AGAIN THIS POST IS ONLY FOR CDMA DIAMONDS THANKS!!!
Rodium 1d and groove rom 4
JUST TO LET ALL CDMA USERS KNOW THAT GROOVE ROM 4 AND RODIUM 1D IS A GREAT AND PERFECT MATCH EVERYTHING IS WORKING JUST FINE AND I EVEN GOT THE NEW 3.0 ALBUM IN AND WORKIN JUST NO FACEBOOK UPLOAD THO BUT FIXES THE PROBLEM WHEN TRYING TO ADD PICTURES TO CONTACTS AND ALSO TO THE NEW MY CONTACT CARD NO MORE RED SCREENS THE ONLY THING THAT STOP WORKING IS THE MENU ENHANCEMENTS DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPEND! OH AND TO NOTE THIS IS THE CLEAN ROM VERSION OF THE GROOVE ROM 4 AND THIS IS A SPRINT BASED ROM
EVERYTHING IS WORKING GREAT AND REALLY FAST
TRYED MANY ROMS AND NONE WORKED GREAT LIKE THIS FOR THE RODIUM PACKAGE TRUST ME TRY THIS OUT YOU WONT BE DISAPPOINTED
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JUST TO LET ALL CDMA USERS KNOW THAT GROOVE ROM 4 AND RODIUM 1D IS A GREAT AND PERFECT MATCH EVERYTHING IS WORKING JUST FINE AND I EVEN GOT THE NEW 3.0 ALBUM IN AND WORKIN JUST NO FACEBOOK UPLOAD THO BUT FIXES THE PROBLEM WHEN TRYING TO ADD PICTURES TO CONTACTS AND ALSO TO THE NEW MY CONTACT CARD NO MORE RED SCREENS THE ONLY THING THAT STOP WORKING IS THE MENU ENHANCEMENTS DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPEND! OH AND TO NOTE THIS IS THE CLEAN ROM VERSION OF THE GROOVE ROM 4 AND THIS IS A SPRINT BASED ROM
EVERYTHING IS WORKING GREAT AND REALLY FAST
TRYED MANY ROMS AND NONE WORKED GREAT LIKE THIS FOR THE RODIUM PACKAGE TRUST ME TRY THIS OUT YOU WONT BE DISAPPOINTED
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Jeez lay off the caps!!
You'll find all of the CDMA stuff over at PPCGeeks.com
seriously though, stop yelling
yes ppcgeeks.com have alot of stuff for the cdma diamond but for me i cant seem to download anything from there it just keeps telling me i dont have enough privileges to download. so can we get them here too.
All that you have to do is register, just like you did here.
Trust me. Go to PPCGeeks, it will save you time. Nobody's going to post their apps/ROMs/tweaks for CDMA phones in XDA if there is already a thriving CDMA community over at PPCgeeks.com.
Thes nuffin for gsm diamonds at ppc geeks but we dnt moan
Cdma stuff
Joeball88 said:
Jeez lay off the caps!!
You'll find all of the CDMA stuff over at PPCGeeks.com
seriously though, stop yelling
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I know about ppcgeeks and there doing a great job over here but it alot more over here and and us cdma users shouldn't have to be redirected to other sites for great roms when really all the great roms are over here in gsm why is it that us CDMA users can't have all the good stuff
The best roms come in gsm so what happen to us just like touch pro section has a cdma touch pro forum but diamond dosen't we are missing out big tyme...
Now that Tmo has made 6.5 available forthe Tp2 and Dash 3G. is it possible to somehow make that version work for the original Shadow? Seems to me like it should be a stable build? My wife has the Dash 3G and I've upgraded hers to 6.5, seems pretty sweet. I'm holding out for a snapdragon model but sure would like to upgrade my poor old Shadow somehow, without having to worry about this key not working and that function not performing correctly as I seem to read about from the ROMs that everyone else talks about. Help me out here!
You could always use the 6.5 ROM from Allshadow.com...I used it for nigh on 6 months without any real problems, only reason I stopped using it was when I upgraded phones heh.
Thanks for the reply ashasaur. I'll consider this but I'm still perplexed why an official ROM can't be reconfigured to use on my Shadow. There has got to be someone smarter than me that can do this!
Ah, I see. Well the main reason why the Shadow 07/09 will never get an official 6.5 from T-Mobile of course is because development for them from HTC stopped some time ago. The Shadow was never really a big time seller, and HTC is notorious for not supporting devices that don't sell well.
The other reason that an official-ish ROM is unlikely is because of hardware compatability between models. While it's true that the Snap/Dash 3G is technically just an upgraded Shadow, the hardware is COMPLETELY different.
So like I say, the unofficial AllShadow WM 6.5 is probably your best bet for 6.5 on the Shadow. While I can understand your want for an official ROM, custom ROMs are most of the time VASTLY superior to stock or official ROMs. Much less overhead, better preinstalled programs, no crapware etc. I would at least give it a try!
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Now that Tmo has made 6.5 available forthe Tp2 and Dash 3G. is it possible to somehow make that version work for the original Shadow? Seems to me like it should be a stable build? My wife has the Dash 3G and I've upgraded hers to 6.5, seems pretty sweet. I'm holding out for a snapdragon model but sure would like to upgrade my poor old Shadow somehow, without having to worry about this key not working and that function not performing correctly as I seem to read about from the ROMs that everyone else talks about. Help me out here!
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can u send me the rom
i have a stuck phone on boot
tmobile phoe100
not going on update
Hi all,
I know we've got some great cooks here, and so I'm hoping one of them will help! I have been playing with ROMs since I got my Tilt2 (ATT) and I have been pretty happy with some of them, yet still not quite completely satisfied. Some come close to what I want, but all seem somewhat finicky with my ATT phone (my wife has refused to let me play with her Verizon Touch Pro 2, something about me breaking it
For me, the holy grail of ROMs for this phone would be:
A fast, Manila 2.5+, Windows 6.5 (or 6.5.3, if its rock solid) ROM with no frills or cooked in software.
A simple user interface, something normal but snazzy looking. If it could be like the original Verizon one that'd be awesome, if not the normal HTC would be fine.
Basically, I want a stripped down speedy version of the normal HTC look, but haven't been able to find it. I MIGHT be able to learn how to cook my own, but cannot currently spare the time as I'm in grad school.
If anyone could help, that would be AWESOME!
if u dontmind trying... try DA_G rom... its built for AT&T so your keyboard will work just fine its 28206 built and lite... alot of rom and ram space... no manila 2.5 so i was using SPB mobile Shell Pro...
Okay so I use to keep up with the cell phones a decent bit but never got into the windows mobile phones.
Cause my original use for phones was just to have a phone encase someone needed to reach me.
Then it slowly grew into calls, text, music.
And slowly into the now, calls, text, music, organizer, web browsing, pictures, email, no weather though (rain or shin who cares lol), instant messaging, video, I don't really hit the myspace, facebook, twitter really but would be handy for gf, anyone do anything for wiki yet lol
Man getting old sucks. lol, it use to be easy to keep up with everything.
examples: Home Theater, Car Audio, Computers, Cell Phones, Gaming, Exc.
So keep in mind this is for my Sprint - HTC Touch Pro 2 - Windows Mobile 6.5 Professional
I have noticed not alot of love for the CDMA Phones, and I'm also not sure what type of display my phone is.
I have seen like 4 or 5 different labels for the display types and wondered which mine was.
So to my point. From what I am seeing going threw all of these.
No one seems to be making a version of these things where your not totally re-flashing the phone. Or am I just reading that wrong.
In using these different things do they really replace the original backup image on the phone. Or are they just adding another app or Today Screen Item or System overlay or what ever you call it.
I see alot of warnings and using different things for backing up my phone.
That the person suggest to use.
So I'm just try to gauge the level of change to the phone that is going to happen.
I was also wondering how often to people on here take from people ideas or suggestions?
Since I lack the skills in programing. I was thinking of making up some mock pictures and descriptions of what I would like and see what people and programmers think.
I would also be open to any suggestions in things to add as well.
So I think I am going to start doing to mock ups and will post them in a second post but will make a spot for me to edit after this one.
Mock Ideas & Display
post to be edited in future for ideas and concepts
First of all, you'll have to find out more details about your phone... For that you go to Settings > System > Device Information. There you'll find all the details about the current ROM, Manilla, etc. And enough details to get all the information regarding your phone using Google.
Secondly, it's really not that difficult keeping up with the latest tech. Get a few nice RSS feeds for news on technology. I'm personally still waiting for some viable Augmented Reality tech. If you've got an interest then you'll keep up and with the software we have today you can get everything right on your phone or desktop. I personally spend the first hour of every day browsing news, reading articles and reading my emails using my Google Desktop RSS feeds.
Thirdly, flashing ROMs is the easiest way for custom builds to be released. Otherwise you'd have a hundred different CAB files to install and you'd likely get a million errors because of requirements from other CABs that weren't considered. Flashing is really not that difficult and saves a lot of time and effort for both the developer and the user (for the developer because he doesn't get a million queries on why something isn't working). Of course there are a hundred different apps and themes to change the look and feel of your phone but the problem is that HTC never released a global version of Sense/Manilla 2.5 for the Touch Pro 2 (Phone is sold with WM6.5 and Manilla 2.1). They've recently released some localized versions but getting them for your phone is a mission and it doesn't provide you with all the nice added functionality that some of the XDA developers provide.
It does replace your original ROM but you can always download that again from HTC and just flash it back to the original.
Lastly, writing software isn't just as easy as 1,2,3. Well... sometimes it is but if you really want to create something that's useful and adequately stylish it's going to take some time. What's likely is that you'll create your concept art and someone might have the same passion for the concepts that you do and create it for you. Chances are very slim for that though... but post the concepts and let's see what you can come up with. I'm personally writing an integrated system for my fiance using web-services, windows apps and mobile apps so that she can manage her ballet school comfortably. This is a huge project in itself and I get bored really quickly if there isn't anything challenging to figure out.
Always check google... chances are that someone's already created what you're looking for.
Good luck with the catching up and don't be afraid to ask questions. Just also remember that there is unfortunately such a thing as a stupid question so use the search function on the forum as well as google extensively before asking anything.
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So keep in mind this is for my Sprint - HTC Touch Pro 2 - Windows Mobile 6.5 Professional
I have noticed not alot of love for the CDMA Phones, and I'm also not sure what type of display my phone is.
I have seen like 4 or 5 different labels for the display types and wondered which mine was.
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You're in the wrong forum, this particular one is for the GSM TP2. For CDMA, you'll find a separate sub-forum. But perhaps the best place for CDMA TP2s is ppcgeeks.com
windows mobile 6.5 professinal
processor: msm7600-528mhz
memory: 185.43mb
expansion slot: in use 8gig
Boost
boost software license version 1.0
freeimage
lua
luabind
opengl
stlport 5.0
rapidxml
simplified wrapper and interface generator (swig)
bstring
OS version 5.2.21889
Manila version 2.5.20121324.1
rom version 2.04.651.4
rom dat 3-6-10
radio version 2.32.00wf
hardware version 0004
prl version 60670
pri version 2.20_003
browser version 6.0
eri version 0
cpu qualcomm(r) 7600
speed 528mhz
ram size 288mb
flash memory size 512mb
data bus 32 bits
storage size 192.93
display resolution 480x800 from htc wvga screen
colors 65536
that is all the info i could find directly on the phone but not sure what i'm suppose to look up on my phone on google
as far as keeping up in general yeah its not hard. but keeping up in depth is another story. like the programing behind the phone, programing behind the computer, what is the latest and greatest in home and car audio, playing all the lastest games, exc.
I mean i can build a computer, install home and car audio, i know i can install apps and install this stuff in time with enough reading, and i keep up with enough gaming for me lol
I just can't keep up in the detail that i want to keep up with and be able to do
i figured there was a reason why the better stuff was a rom flash just wondering why
now when were talking about flashing the rom. are we talking like flashing firmware or bios. or we just saying uploading data into the machine in one large load. and does this flashing also replace the windows os or is that left alone?
oh i'm still going to make a mock setup using my paint.net lol
i'm very sure i will design something that will catch peoples eyes and make them want to make it
I have done that plenty for game mods, some windows stuff, and other things along the way
oh i have been searching google for the past couple weeks and how i came across this site. but mainly was finding little apps were some work and some didn't. but didn't give me the final product i was looking for
and yeah i'm on a few different forms for my game and other stuff so i know how they go. just sucks to see 100s of pages of stuff cause its like a needle in a hay stack sometimes or the person description or wording is not clear for every person
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You're in the wrong forum, this particular one is for the GSM TP2. For CDMA, you'll find a separate sub-forum. But perhaps the best place for CDMA TP2s is ppcgeeks.com
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and sorry i thought i double checked and didn't see any direct labels for that plus that I saw a few post in here for both gsm and cdma phones, i did see the fully seperate section for the cdma phones but i saw a decent number of people did make for both in here and figured i might get a bigger audience here.
but thanks for the link to the other place i will check there as well
but so far this place has caught my eye the most
so are you stating that i should close this thread and start a new one in the cdma section or am i within reason for keeping this going for a little longer till i'm ready to post my mock in the cdma section instead of here?
oh yeah and how do i figure out if my phone is cdma or gsm
cause i saw in a post that sprint uses both
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oh yeah and how do i figure out if my phone is cdma or gsm
cause i saw in a post that sprint uses both
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Yeah the CDMA phones can use both CDMA and GSM. But the important thing is that you need to use CDMA ROMs and CDMA radios. If you flash a GSM ROM by mistake then the phone won't boot, but you can easily flash a CDMA ROM.
However, if you flash a GSM radio by mistake onto a CDMA phone, then you *will* brick it, and there's no way back !
The best way to tell is to check the model number of your phone, under the battery. It will be "RHODxxx", where the "xxx" is three digits. Yours will be RHOD400 or RHOD500, which are the CDMA phones. The GSM ones are RHOD100/200/300 (and variants thereof, e.g. 310).
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Yeah the CDMA phones can use both CDMA and GSM. But the important thing is that you need to use CDMA ROMs and CDMA radios. If you flash a GSM ROM by mistake then the phone won't boot, but you can easily flash a CDMA ROM.
However, if you flash a GSM radio by mistake onto a CDMA phone, then you *will* brick it, and there's no way back !
The best way to tell is to check the model number of your phone, under the battery. It will be "RHODxxx", where the "xxx" is three digits. Yours will be RHOD400 or RHOD500, which are the CDMA phones. The GSM ones are RHOD100/200/300 (and variants thereof, e.g. 310).
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so yeah my phone is a cdma phone from what your saying there since mine is a rhod400
and great now i got to figure out what the difference is between cdma roms and cdma radios
do i even need to bother with radios or no?
lol you learn one thing and then you find out you still need to learn 10 more things
got to love the spiral effect, stuff slides down hill, never ending loop, or whatever you want to call it, lol
allusion said:
so yeah my phone is a cdma phone from what your saying there since mine is a rhod400
and great now i got to figure out what the difference is between cdma roms and cdma radios
do i even need to bother with radios or no?
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ROMs are the main things running your phone, the operating system and software to operate the main functions.
The radio is the firmware (which also sits in your ROM) which controls the actual radio transmitting/receiving functions - i.e. talking to the cell towers, talking to GPS satellites and (possibly ? can't remember for sure) the Wi-Fi.
So with an updated radio you can sometimes find better reception/battery life/GPS lock. It's easy to experiment flashing different radios because you don't have to backup/restore stuff like you do with ROMs.
Just make sure you flash a CDMA radio to your CDMA phone though, not a GSM one !
alright so basicly i got a bit of research infront of me before i even dare to make any major changes to my phone. blah
how often do people package both the rom and radio together?
and since this is windows, and your saying when you flash the phone it replaces everything, how does microsoft track the os out there or do they not use the os serial key on the phones like they do on the computers?
so in saying this as well i half to make sure whatever rom i do decide to flash to my phone i half to make sure its to a touch pro 2 or i will have problems. if i'm understanding this correctly
i wonder how hard it will be to find guides with alot of pictures?
i never seem to follow just text very well
i have noticed for some of the general things i have picked up from here they had very nice pictorial guides to help me lol
but for the rom back up and flashing i'm noticing pages of pages of text and not much in pictures lol, damn visual bases in learning
If my personal experience is anything to go by, people tend to flash the ROM more often than the radio, because the ROM changes more often, assuming it's a custom/cooked ROM. People tend to stick with a radio which works well for them, when they've compared a few - then if a new one ever comes out it's easy to flash that and see if it's better or worse (or just the same).
MS don't track the OS install like they do with a PC, there's no activation as such. Custom ROMs are often running leaked ROMs from MS anyway, rather than official releases.
When you flash you need to make sure it is for a CDMA TP2, not just for a TP2. Because if you flash GSM stuff by mistake then Bad Things may well happen (which you might be able to recover from, or might just destroy your phone).
any reason people used just the leak roms besides getting an early start
i mean do they ever replace it with a legal version
i'm not a big fan on stolen software. stolen software is part of the reason why items have higher prices, granted most of the price is cause of the manufacturer, but thieves don't help the price lol
now free software is another story that is all good lol
allusion said:
any reason people used just the leak roms besides getting an early start
i mean do they ever replace it with a legal version
i'm not a big fan on stolen software. stolen software is part of the reason why items have higher prices, granted most of the price is cause of the manufacturer, but thieves don't help the price lol
now free software is another story that is all good lol
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If people own the device for which the ROM is intended, then I don't consider it stolen; it is intended for that device, and will be released for that device.
Personally, however, I do not install "leaked" ROMs; they are in development.
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If people own the device for which the ROM is intended, then I don't consider it stolen; it is intended for that device, and will be released for that device.
Personally, however, I do not install "leaked" ROMs; they are in development.
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Just out of interest, how does that fit with running a ROM based on 24631 (leaked and will never be released for the TP2)?
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Personally, however, I do not install "leaked" ROMs; they are in development.
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Which leaked ROMs are you referring to ? Because in the past, when ROMs such as T-Mobile and AT&T ones have been leaked, they have actually been the finished article (as proved by comparison with the final published product), just not officially released as yet, hence not actually under further development.