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Is it required to HardSPL our device each time we want to flash a new rom?

Is it required to HardSPL our device each time we want to flash a new rom?
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My logical thinking tells me that once we flash HardSPL we wont have to keep doing it every time we want to flash a new rom. But I could be wrong as my logic may be flawed and I didnt think it through more deeply.
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I almost don't believe in such question, did you read this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=431217

If you use HardSPL you have to flash it only one time, then you can flash all the roms you want
But you can use USPL too, in this case you have to use it every time before flashing a new rom.
Then, if you want to test a lot of roms, I suggest to use HardSPL. If you want only to change your rom with another and you want to stay with it for a long time then use USPL.
I hope I've helped you, good luck

davideuck said:
If you use HardSPL you have to flash it only one time, then you can flash all the roms you want
But you can use USPL too, in this case you have to use it every time before flashing a new rom.
Then, if you want to test a lot of roms, I suggest to use HardSPL. If you want only to change your rom with another and you want to stay with it for a long time then use USPL.
I hope I've helped you, good luck
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Great Answer!! 1000 brownie points awarded to you. Thank You.

speed200 said:
I almost don't believe in such question, did you read this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=431217
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I don't believe you understood my previous question. I was asking how to flash but if I need to HardSPL every time I want to try a new rom. But thanks for trying your best to help answer.

Hi bro You dont required to flash hardspl everythime you flash a new rom, it should also mentioned there on the wiki, once u have hardspled ur device you can flash as often as u like , unless on a weird occasion ur hardspl is overritten which is unlikely.
I will close this thread now.

Hero Application

hi guys,
i want to install hero rom on google g1 but droiddeveloper lin is loss http://www.droiddeveloper.com/hrbuilds/app_s.zip
any alternative link ? rapid 4share etc ...
thank you

alperk said:
hi guys,
i want to install hero rom on google g1 but droiddeveloper lin is loss http://www.droiddeveloper.com/hrbuilds/app_s.zip
any alternative link ? rapid 4share etc ...
thank you
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This forum has about 7 different versions as well as links to Rom databases please use the search. And please post your questions in the Q&A section not the Dev section. Also Hero is not an application, it is a phone & build Sense is a UI that runs on these devices.

Look up at the top of the forum where it says "don't start a new post questions and answers here " click on that.....

sory again, but install procedure is below
i dont know and alternative procedure.
hey guys i want to install hero rom on g1 help please
i am new user for google g1 phone. help again please....
(COPIED FROM HAYKURO's OFFICAIL THREAD)
Installation:
1. Download http://www.droiddeveloper.com/hrbuilds/app_s.zip
2. extract "app_s" into your sdcard's ext2 partition.
3. Download http://www.droiddeveloper.com/hrbuilds/hero-signed.zip
4. Place on regular sd card.
5. Reboot into recovery, wipe and flash.
6. Enjoy.

First of all, you need to root your phone, then you need to flash the new RADIO then flash new SPL,then create an ext2/3 partition on your class 6 sd card along with a linux swap partition, then you need to find a newer hero rom and flash that.

alperk said:
sory again, but install procedure is below
i dont know and alternative procedure.
hey guys i want to install hero rom on g1 help please
i am new user for google g1 phone. help again please....
(COPIED FROM HAYKURO's OFFICAIL THREAD)
Installation:
1. Download http://www.droiddeveloper.com/hrbuilds/app_s.zip
2. extract "app_s" into your sdcard's ext2 partition.
3. Download http://www.droiddeveloper.com/hrbuilds/hero-signed.zip
4. Place on regular sd card.
5. Reboot into recovery, wipe and flash.
6. Enjoy.
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1.do you have a factory g1?
2.wat build is it?
3.have you rooted your phone yet?
4. do you have the lastest SPL and radio?
haykuro hero is OLD!! try a newer version hero_over or anyone

bigslanki said:
1.do you have a factory g1?
2.wat build is it?
3.have you rooted your phone yet?
4. do you have the lastest SPL and radio?
haykuro hero is OLD!! try a newer version hero_over or anyone
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hi friend,
1- yes i have a factoury g1
2-i dont know.
3- Unfortunately any rooted
4- i try to download lastest spl and radio but i dont know anything... where can i install

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=563679
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=543081
You need to get to reading before trying anything with your phone. If you flash something without following directions/knowing what you are doing, I can guarantee you will brick your phone.

alperk said:
hi friend,
1- yes i have a factoury g1
2-i dont know.
3- Unfortunately any rooted
4- i try to download lastest spl and radio but i dont know anything... where can i install
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just follow the links and read.....it seems hard but follow step for step and you will be fine. the good thing after you have rooted and installed radio/spl you wont have to do it again. and will be able to use any Hero/Dream(ROM).....
its been about 6months or more since i rooted my phone/ it just takes a bunch of reading and trial and error afterwards. goodluck!

bigslanki said:
just follow the links and read.....it seems hard but follow step for step and you will be fine. the good thing after you have rooted and installed radio/spl you wont have to do it again. and will be able to use any Hero/Dream(ROM).....
its been about 6months or more since i rooted my phone/ it just takes a bunch of reading and trial and error afterwards. goodluck!
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ok dude,
i will try it,
i hope so i can do
regards...

Can I go back to the original Xperia X1 ROM?

I'm tired of using all these different cooked ROMS' and each of them have a different problem...some are slow...some are buggy...or maybe it's just my stupid phone/T-Mobile network...or all because it's Microsoft WIndows.
In any case, I'd try going back to Son'y original ROM, is there a way to do that?

shahmed said:
I'm tired of using all these different cooked ROMS' and each of them have a different problem...some are slow...some are buggy...or maybe it's just my stupid phone/T-Mobile network...or all because it's Microsoft WIndows.
In any case, I'd try going back to Son'y original ROM, is there a way to do that?
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No, never - ever!!!

shahmed said:
I'm tired of using all these different cooked ROMS' and each of them have a different problem...some are slow...some are buggy...or maybe it's just my stupid phone/T-Mobile network...or all because it's Microsoft WIndows.
In any case, I'd try going back to Son'y original ROM, is there a way to do that?
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slow ?? bugs ??
hmmm...
you don't know the power of the dark side
...or you have not flashed the pure SEX1 R5

Hi! Yes you may install the stock ROM same way you've been installing the Cooked ROM's.
Just Find the original stock one in this Forum's ROM Section (it is a Sticky).
If you use the sdcard method is more simple. After finding the stock Rom xxx.nbh file, just rename it to "Kovsimg.nbh".
Hope this helps.

I just did the same 2 days ago. You can find the stock WM 6.1 Roms HERE.
And as said just rename the image file to Kovsimg.nbh and flash it like any other Rom.

shahmed said:
I'm tired of using all these different cooked ROMS' and each of them have a different problem...some are slow...some are buggy...or maybe it's just my stupid phone/T-Mobile network...or all because it's Microsoft WIndows.
In any case, I'd try going back to Son'y original ROM, is there a way to do that?
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Is it now? I waited one year 'til my warranty expires and now that it's 8 days over I'm seeing this. hehehe. by any chance, is this reverting back to original rom will really re-virginize your Xperia? Re-virginize as in Nintendo Wii re-virginize?. Just wanna be sure though.

Hi, I have a question … I'm still running WM6.1 with a stock R3AA010 ROM. I'm considering installing one of the WM6.5 ROMs (gtrab's SEX1 R5 BareBone ROM). To do this I need to install the HardSPL, I know. If I want to go back to the stock ROM will R3AA010 install using the HardSPL or do you have to re-install the Stock-SPL. If so how do you do that? I'm sorry if these are noob questions, but the guides aren't absolutely clear on this point - or maybe its I'm a little thick

nonno said:
Hi, I have a question … I'm still running WM6.1 with a stock R3AA010 ROM. I'm considering installing one of the WM6.5 ROMs (gtrab's SEX1 R5 BareBone ROM). To do this I need to install the HardSPL, I know. If I want to go back to the stock ROM will R3AA010 install using the HardSPL or do you have to re-install the Stock-SPL. If so how do you do that? I'm sorry if these are noob questions, but the guides aren't absolutely clear on this point - or maybe its I'm a little thick
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If you've Hard-SPL and put a custom ROM in but want to change to an official rom, just download the rom and flash as you would a custom rom.
You don't have to put Stock-SPL if you don't want to. But if you someday wanna leave it in for repair etc, then you will have to put Stock-SPL on it, for guarantee reasons.

dogans said:
If you've Hard-SPL and put a custom ROM in but want to change to an official rom, just download the rom and flash as you would a custom rom.
You don't have to put Stock-SPL if you don't want to. But if you someday wanna leave it in for repair etc, then you will have to put Stock-SPL on it, for guarantee reasons.
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Thanks for the clarification dogans. So just to be clear, if I revert from a custom ROM back to a stock ROM the Stock-SPL isn't installed as part of the process. You have to install it afterward, just as you do with the Hard-SPL - Yes?

As far as i know, the HardSPL cant' be overridden by a usual stock ROM. You have to manual flash the original SPL.
Using a stock ROM with HardSPL isn't a problem, but i can't tell you how to get the original stock SPL back if you did _not_ back it up before (thats what i did -.-).
Maybe someone can tell me how to do this, would be very nice

nonno said:
Thanks for the clarification dogans. So just to be clear, if I revert from a custom ROM back to a stock ROM the Stock-SPL isn't installed as part of the process. You have to install it afterward, just as you do with the Hard-SPL - Yes?
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Correct. Stock-SPL isn't included in stock ROM.
You will have to flash that separately.

my xperia x1 can't change rom anymore.. after i change original rom to htc rom(i don't back up the original rom), i can't change it with another rom. plizz help me how to solve this problem.. i'm really want to change it into windows mobile 6.5 pure rom.. thanks..

yes,i am whith Nand version of Android caynogen from Alex,but i want my old WM and i cant go back because it wont make an any conection with the PC...please help us

casper4o said:
yes,i am whith Nand version of Android caynogen from Alex,but i want my old WM and i cant go back because it wont make an any conection with the PC...please help us
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have you tried to go in bootloader mode (3-color-screen) turn phone off. Than press vol down button and camera button until you see a 3 color screen, then you you can put in your USB cable and flash a rom you like the same way you did it with the android rom.

Noob trying to flash ROMs

Hi all,
I'm new to this kind of operation, so I'm just wondering if the following sequence is correct or not.
1. Flash the HardSPL
2. Flash the ROM (I'm looking into the WCX Rhodium TILT 2 ROM)
3. Flash the Radio.
4. Run Task 29
Am I done? Do I need to download the hotfixes from HTC's website? I'm going to get the Tilt 2 from AT&T.
Thanks a lot!
Vincent

vincentmoy said:
Hi all,
I'm new to this kind of operation, so I'm just wondering if the following sequence is correct or not.
1. Flash the HardSPL
2. Flash the ROM (I'm looking into the WCX Rhodium TILT 2 ROM)
3. Flash the Radio.
4. Run Task 29
Am I done? Do I need to download the hotfixes from HTC's website? I'm going to get the Tilt 2 from AT&T.
Thanks a lot!
Vincent
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try this
http: //forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=550540

So, do I run task 29 after all is done? what about the 2 hotfixes from htc?

vincentmoy said:
So, do I run task 29 after all is done? what about the 2 hotfixes from htc?
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I dont know exactly what is task 29, but when I was flashing my TP2, then I did this steps
1. sync my phone with windows in windows wia USB
2. start HardSPL auto mode (this have to be done only once, if you never made a flash before).
3. reboot TP2
3. run custom ROM
4. reboot phone
5. do a hard reset (recommended but not necessary)
remember that flashing your phone will erase all your data on it !!!!
this was all and everything works fine
If I can recommend than try energy ROM with Sense 2,5, it seems to be reall fast and stable ..
http ://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=562773

Task 29 is actually sticky on the top of this board

Task29 formats the memory of your phone. If you want to use it you have to do it BEFORE installing the new ROM. It is not recomended if you are changing from Stock to Custom ROM, more likely if you flash different Custom ROMs.

Ahh, thanks!
What about the 2 hotfix from HTC, do I need to install them after the flash of the custom ROM?

vincentmoy said:
Ahh, thanks!
What about the 2 hotfix from HTC, do I need to install them after the flash of the custom ROM?
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ok, so as I understand, task29 have to be started after HardSPL and before ROM flash to clean ROM memory.
I didn't used it and I don't see any bugs or something like this
about hotfixes
I thing its not necessary custom ROMs have in most cases everything well-tuned
you will see

Wonderful, I think that's all I can think of right now! Thanks for all your help!

I take the POST to ask something else...
The suggested order for the flashing of a Rhodium is:
HardSPL
Task29
Flash ROM (Recommended Hard Reset after flashing)
Flash Radio
The process is right?
I can download the next update of the site of HTC Mobile Phone
Support
(http://member.america.htc.com/download/RomCode/HTC_Tilt2_ATT/HTCTilt2ATTOriginalShipROM.exe) and install it before HardSPL?
Or I can install HardSPL before an official update from HTC?

hasbrone said:
I can download the next update of the site of HTC Mobile Phone
Support
(http://member.america.htc.com/download/RomCode/HTC_Tilt2_ATT/HTCTilt2ATTOriginalShipROM.exe) and install it before HardSPL?
Or I can install HardSPL before an official update from HTC?
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You can still install official ROMs (e.g. from HTC or your carrier), even if you've got HardSPL, yes.
As for the first bit above though, whether you can install an official ROM without HardSPL depends on your phone/ROM combination. If that ROM is an official ROM designed specifically for your model/branding/carrier of phone, then you don't need HardSPL. e.g. I have a Vodafone-branded TP2, so without HardSPL I would be able to install official Vodafone ROMs, but I would *not* be able to install an official HTC ROM (because my phone isn't just a plain HTC-branded TP2).

steviewevie said:
You can still install official ROMs (e.g. from HTC or your carrier), even if you've got HardSPL, yes.
As for the first bit above though, whether you can install an official ROM without HardSPL depends on your phone/ROM combination. If that ROM is an official ROM designed specifically for your model/branding/carrier of phone, then you don't need HardSPL. e.g. I have a Vodafone-branded TP2, so without HardSPL I would be able to install official Vodafone ROMs, but I would *not* be able to install an official HTC ROM (because my phone isn't just a plain HTC-branded TP2).
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Thank you very much.
Help is greatly appreciated...
Another little question?
Is there any problem if flashing first the Radio (4.49.25.77) and then the ROM (WWE | Rhodium | Energy | May 28 | 21905).
THANKS.

Please refer to here for flashing questions.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=550540

[Q] Question on TASK29, ROM, Radio

I have two simple questions, I have been reading everything I can find on Task29, Flashing etc. (I have successfully performed a ROM flash of a custom ROM and updated my radio ROM, but now I want to learn more) - I just want to make sure I understand this correctly so thanks for answering my questions if you are able.
1. I know Task29 formats/clears all memory.
2. I know as part of that task how to then flash a custom ROM
My first question is this - if I do this process, do I *HAVE* to flash a Radio ROM after, or do most custom ROMs (example: Energy) include a Radio ROM so after Task29/flash custom ROM the phone is usable?
Second (related) question - Does Task29 clear the Radio Rom from memory too?
Thanks again!

awalt said:
I have two simple questions, I have been reading everything I can find on Task29, Flashing etc. (I have successfully performed a ROM flash of a custom ROM and updated my radio ROM, but now I want to learn more) - I just want to make sure I understand this correctly so thanks for answering my questions if you are able.
1. I know Task29 formats/clears all memory.
2. I know as part of that task how to then flash a custom ROM
My first question is this - if I do this process, do I *HAVE* to flash a Radio ROM after, or do most custom ROMs (example: Energy) include a Radio ROM so after Task29/flash custom ROM the phone is usable?
Second (related) question - Does Task29 clear the Radio Rom from memory too?
Thanks again!
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i'll try to explain:
task29 executes format c so windows is away BUT bios is not.
same on touch pro2:
internal memory is cleaned but radio and splashscreen are untouched
custom roms can include but nromaly they dont radio roms
so task29 is just doing format c:/
you can flash a radio rom afterwards but thats nothing special =)
after task29 only memory is cleared! nothing more and nothing less

Thanks for the explanation! I flashed an updated Radio ROM so I know how to do that. The explanation of BIOS vs. memory was good. I understand now, thanks!