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Hi there! I want to put the LATEST OFFICIAL SW from SE on my X1i. I bought the phone in Switzerland. It would not appear that it is branded in any way. ROM Version says "1.03.939.8" dated "12/21/08", so I suppose that's old. I tried SEUS but it ****s up with the phone identification, displays the screeen for an hour without any changes. Tried multiple times. Now I'm downloading the following: APP_SW_X1i_GENERIC_CH_CDF1215-3301_KOV_R2AA008 to flash it using MicroSD.
Is this going to do what I want? I wish to keep German Language and Swiss Keyboard Layout, as well as default apps (Opera, StreamingMedia, Panels).
Your help is very much appreciated!

Yep, it's the latest ROM for Switzerland.
But you have that on your phone already...

Lokatho said:
Yep, it's the latest ROM for Switzerland.
But you have that on your phone already...
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How can you tell? I thought a new SW had been released a few weeks ago... And definitely not in December of last year
BTW I got SEUS to work meanwhile. And it indicated current Version is CH CDF1215-3301. So that would match the ROM i mentioned, but not the R2AA008-Bit. I read a lot about R2A being the new one and R1A the old. So what's with that?
And how am I supposed to determine this Version on my phone without SEUS? I don't see any link to the "ROM-Version 1.03.939.8" I get.
Finally, IF this ROM-Version I downloaded equals the one I am currently running, how can I use it for future updates? The file is .image, so would I rename it to kovsky.nbh and Copy to the MicroSD or do I absolutely need the kitchen? And do I get it right that, with a Hardreset, I am doing exactly the same as with flashing the current ROM? And if I flash a newer ROM (Supposing there will be one in the future), will the Hardreset get me back the old ROM or the new one?

forumleecher said:
How can you tell? I thought a new SW had been released a few weeks ago... And definitely not in December of last year
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There are only two firmware versions and the first had to be released before the phone was released. So December last year can only be the latest firmware.
But to be sure press START --> EINSTELLUNGEN --> SYSTEM --> GERÄTEINFORMATION --> BENUTZERINFO
There should be the SOFTWAREVERSION R2Axxxx

Oh right... Who would associate Userinformation with ROM Version... Didn't even bother to look at it when I had the device info open. Thanks for the hint! Any answers to the other questions?

forumleecher said:
The file is .image, so would I rename it to kovsky.nbh and Copy to the MicroSD or do I absolutely need the kitchen?
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A kitchen is needed to cook custom ROMs, but you just want to flash an existing ROM.
You rename the image to kovsimg.nbh, place it on the root of your storage card and boot your phone with the volume down and power button pressed.
Then the bootloader asks you if you want to flash the image.
But this only works with official (signed) images, for custom ROMs you need hardspl first.
And do I get it right that, with a Hardreset, I am doing exactly the same as with flashing the current ROM? And if I flash a newer ROM (Supposing there will be one in the future), will the Hardreset get me back the old ROM or the new one?
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Nope, that's totally different things.
With flashing a new ROM you place the ROM into the boot loader and with a hardreset you are setting the phone back to the ROM-origin.
Imagine, you have a computer with Windows XP on it -this is similar to your ROM.
Flashing a new ROM is the same as formatting your computer and installing Windows Vista.
Once you have Vista installed and customized the desktop and your files, a hardreset would be the same as reinstalling Vista so all your personalisation would be gone and the operating system would be fresh once more.
The ROM inside the bootloader stays the same when hardresetting. You can't "hardreset back" to an older ROM, you just can "flash back" to an older ROM.

skycamefalling said:
A kitchen is needed to cook custom ROMs, but you just want to flash an existing ROM.
You rename the image to kovsimg.nbh, place it on the root of your storage card and boot your phone with the volume down and power button pressed.
Then the bootloader asks you if you want to flash the image.
But this only works with official (signed) images, for custom ROMs you need hardspl first.
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So how do I know I am owning a signed image? I downloaded it from this forum, from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=475482 I suppose/hope these are signed?
Why do they use .image Extension and not .nbh straight from the beginning? You sure this will work just by renaming? I don't want to question your statement, never, I just want to be sure I'm doing it right if I just rename the file, put it on the card and start in Bootloadermode. I guess, if the flashing failed, that loader ("SPL" or what it's called) would still work, wouldn't it?
skycamefalling said:
Nope, that's totally different things.
With flashing a new ROM you place the ROM into the boot loader and with a hardreset you are setting the phone back to the ROM-origin.
Imagine, you have a computer with Windows XP on it -this is similar to your ROM.
Flashing a new ROM is the same as formatting your computer and installing Windows Vista.
Once you have Vista installed and customized the desktop and your files, a hardreset would be the same as reinstalling Vista so all your personalisation would be gone and the operating system would be fresh once more.
The ROM inside the bootloader stays the same when hardresetting. You can't "hardreset back" to an older ROM, you just can "flash back" to an older ROM.
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Still it's hard for me to understand, I don't see a direct comparison to PCs here. So when I'm flashing, the phone somehow stores both the "original" state, that is to be used when hardresetting, as a kind of backup, and the state that is going to be used afterwards, where you install your apps and keep your files etc? Or how does that work? What does the device exactly do when I Hardreset?

forumleecher said:
So how do I know I am owning a signed image? I downloaded it from this forum, from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=475482 I suppose/hope these are signed?
Why do they use .image Extension and not .nbh straight from the beginning? You sure this will work just by renaming? I don't want to question your statement, never, I just want to be sure I'm doing it right if I just rename the file, put it on the card and start in Bootloadermode. I guess, if the flashing failed, that loader ("SPL" or what it's called) would still work, wouldn't it?
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Yes, these are official images from SonyEricsson. Just put rename it to kovsimg.nbh and put it on the Storage card (everything is explained here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=446070)
If the flashing fails, for whatever reason, the bootloader will still work and you should be able to flash the image again.
But to minimize the possibility of an error, the phone's battery should have at least 50% power and you must be sure that the image download is complete (sometimes downloads just stop somewhere in the middle). So verify the size of the file from rapidshare.
Still it's hard for me to understand, I don't see a direct comparison to PCs here. So when I'm flashing, the phone somehow stores both the "original" state, that is to be used when hardresetting, as a kind of backup, and the state that is going to be used afterwards, where you install your apps and keep your files etc? Or how does that work? What does the device exactly do when I Hardreset?
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Your phone has three stages of memory:
1. The ROM (Read only memory):
In this stage lies the image
2. The internal memory
The operating system installs itself onto this memory after flashing with a new image and starting up the phone.
You can also write and read from this memory.
3. The storage card (if available)
A ROM-Image is a file that consists of the operating system (WinMo6.1 in our case) and all the application that SE wants you to have on your phone (panels, games, office application and so on).
This file is flashed into the phone's memory, the ROM. You cannot change this ROM or write anything in it except flashing it with another ROM-Image.
You can compare the image with your Windows Vista DVD. The DVD is like the ROM inside the phone -the operating system is compressed on it and the computer can't write onto it, just read.
When you switch on the phone the first time after flashing (the same as the first time you switched it on after you bought the phone), the operating system installs itself from the image onto the phone's internal memory (the same as your Windows Vista-DVD installs the operating system on your harddrive). Once this is done, all the other application that are contained in the image are installed too (e.g. Word, Excel, the Panels, Solitär aso.).
Now everything the phone needs to work is on the internal memory and the ROM is left in freedom but the image is still in it.
Now, if you hardreset your phone, the internal memory will be formatted. Everything on it will be erased. After that the operating system and all the applications are installed out of the ROM image onto the internal memory again as described above. It's like the first time you switched on the phone after you have bought it.
From now on, everytime you hardreset the phone, the image out of the ROM is installed. And it's always the same one to the point when you flash a new image to the ROM.

Thanks a lot for this very in-depth and useful explanation! I think I finally got it Thanks again for all of your help! Now it's all clear to me I'm so happy ThX!

As the full official upgrades (R2) have a radio upgrade, then I'd seriously recommend that you charge to 100% before flashing.
Some people don't seem to think it does anything, but I think it makes the battery calibration better. Doesn't hurt either

fards said:
As the full official upgrades (R2) have a radio upgrade, then I'd seriously recommend that you charge to 100% before flashing.
Some people don't seem to think it does anything, but I think it makes the battery calibration better. Doesn't hurt either
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What's that radio? As I already seem to have R2, I should have that thing too, should I not? How can I tell?

Is it bricked? (Upgrade ROM error)

(I'm not 100% sure this is the correct forum, but since it is very ROM related it didn't feel all wrong to put it in here...)
Hi guys. After som serious flashing of cooked ROMs I decided for some unknown reason that I should try to restore a stock ROM. Now, being very tired as I was, i completely forgott that its probably a good idea to flash a new Stock ROM on the unit BEFORE flashing it with a signed SPL....so I just flashed the Signed SPL to the device. That in it self seem to have gone ok, because when I start the unit it say "SPL-1.15.0000". Problem is though that it also says "Upgrade ROM error, please try again"
Now, what should I do? Have tried put both signed and unsigned SPLs on the storage card and started up via the volume down/pwr button thingy, but that does not seem to do anything. I have also tried to attach the unit to a USB port when in tricolor mode ("USB" shows up on the screen) and tried the CustomRUU program. It finds the device and starts to "upgrade" (grey screen on the device with 0%) but then it just doesnt seem to get any further...
As the device was working fine with a custom ROM before I started all this, I suspect that the main problem proably is that I now have a Standard SPL with a cooked ROM, and that they collide sort of. I, as well as the Blackstone, is now stuck and I am all out of ideas what to do? Have also tried Hard and Soft resets, but that doesnt seem to change anything.
Help!

try removing the SD Card and put the phone into bootloader mode and re-flash the stock ROM! if this doesn't work ... still with the SD Card removed try flashing to USPL and flash the stock ROM again!
hope this helps

You can try USPL on your HD and flash a custom or stock ROM with it.

PapaDocta said:
try removing the SD Card and put the phone into bootloader mode and re-flash the stock ROM! if this doesn't work ... still with the SD Card removed try flashing to USPL and flash the stock ROM again!
hope this helps
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Thanks for the feedback!
Just be be sure, "into bootloader mode" is when you start the device holding down volume down and powerkey until you see the tricolor screen? Then that is probably what I have tried to do for a while now without success (total success that is, I do get into the tricolored screen)). Or maybe I am doing something wrong, could you perhaps point to a detailed explaination besides the one in "HardSPL" thread?
USPL I havnt tried, will do that! Is it still so that trying to do USPL on Vista is asking for trouble?
I read somewhere that Stock ROMs should only be flashed from internal storage, not SD cards, is that true? If so, how do I go about accessing that storage now when it doesnt show up in the file explorer on my PC (PC recognizes it as USB device, "HTC Sync" but I get no file access to it).

improwise said:
Thanks for the feedback!
Just be be sure, "into bootloader mode" is when you start the device holding down volume down and powerkey until you see the tricolor screen? Then that is probably what I have tried to do for a while now without success. Or maybe I am doing something wrong, could you perhaps point to a detailed explaination besides the one in "HardSPL" thread?
USPL I havnt tried, will do that! Is it still so that trying to do USPL on Vista is asking for trouble?
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just do uspl it will work

improwise said:
Thanks for the feedback!
Just be be sure, "into bootloader mode" is when you start the device holding down volume down and powerkey until you see the tricolor screen? Then that is probably what I have tried to do for a while now without success (total success that is, I do get into the tricolored screen)). Or maybe I am doing something wrong, could you perhaps point to a detailed explaination besides the one in "HardSPL" thread?
USPL I havnt tried, will do that! Is it still so that trying to do USPL on Vista is asking for trouble?
I read somewhere that Stock ROMs should only be flashed from internal storage, not SD cards, is that true? If so, how do I go about accessing that storage now when it doesnt show up in the file explorer on my PC (PC recognizes it as USB device, "HTC Sync" but I get no file access to it).
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bootloader mode is when you power off the device and hold the volume button down and press power till you get the tricolor screen...
so here is what you need to do .
1. remove the sd card
2. go into the tricolor mode connect your device to the pc and make sure it says (USB) at the bottom
3. run the stock shipped exe from you pc
if that didn't work then you should try the USPL version.. and there is a guide if you are using vista.. i just tried and worked fine.. here it is
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=3331078&postcount=153
and the reason i'm asking you to remove the sd card because if you have a rom (blacimg.nbh) it won't let you do anything it will try to flash from the sd card and right now you don't want to do that.
and you shouldn't put any rom into the internal storage of the phone..

PapaDocta said:
and you shouldn't put any rom into the internal storage of the phone..
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What happens if you do that? will it try and flash over the flash? Proper *&@! it up?

nicelad_uk said:
What happens if you do that? will it try and flash over the flash? Proper *&@! it up?
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i don't think anything would happen... the file will get deleted when you flash as the rest of the files in the internal memory

Thank you everyone! The USPL thing solved it, when I did it from a XP machine! The once bricked Blackstone is not alive an kicking again!
About USPL, I saw the workaround for Vista, but downgrading a few components to make it work just doesn't seem like a safe way to do it. And I cant help but to think that it might have unwanted side affects, ie affecting system stability. But maybe I am wrong?

Going back to shipped ROM without bricking?
Hi,
After reading this thread I am now a bit worried and, as a newbie, would appreciate maybe a "simple" answer to my question.
I''ve been experimenting with various cooked ROMs after following the guide in the WIKI for installing HardSPL and then putting the ROM file (BLACKIMG.nbh) on my SD card and installing it using the power on + volume down button method.
However, I now want to revert back to the original "shipped" ROM, which I have downloaded from the list of shipped ROMs via the WIKI (I downloaded the one which closely matched what was originally on my HD - as I didn't know how to backup the actual ROM on my HD at the time).
So, my question:
How should I put the downloaded original/shipped ROM:
RUU_BlackStone_HTC_WWE_1.14.405.3_Radio_52.49a.25.26_1.09.25.14_Ship.exe
into my HD without bricking it?! Do I just run it on my PC with ActiveSync enabled or do I need to do something to remove the HardSPL or something first?
Sorry if this has been answered previously but I get confused when a thread just makes loads of references to SPLthis and SPLthat etc.!

if you have the HardSPL already installed on your phone then you don't need to do anything more.. just connect your phone to the pc and let it sync (activesync enabled) and flash to any shipped rom you want by simply running the exe file..

PapaDocta said:
if you have the HardSPL already installed on your phone then you don't need to do anything more.. just connect your phone to the pc and let it sync (activesync enabled) and flash to any shipped rom you want by simply running the exe file..
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Brilliant! Thanks for the simple answer Worked no problem!

Xperia brainfart: Problems with flashing

So people around here sometimes get troubled with regular flashing that doesn't work anymore.
I'll explain my problem on this part:
I flashed to a new ROM just to find out that i didn't like the content so i wanted to flash back to TOUCH X.
I did the usual stuff to flash my phone with, Hardspl, then bootloader etc. etc.
PROBLEM!
Now all my phone seems to be doing is go into bootlader and start updating. However, after 3 seconds i get the message that the update is complete. My phone resets itself, and i found out that nothing has changed. I tried it a number of other times, without results.
Now my question is: is there any other way to do this, this is obviously not working!
post all your ideas here so other people can read this in case that they have the same problem!

Everytime you flash a ROM, you do not need to hardspl your device, only once...I would reformat your memory card,use a stock original rom and see if it will flash with that....usually the issue you are seeing is because the nbh file is not being read properly, make sure your nbh file is named correctly.I have had the issue earlier in my days where if I copied the nbh file through active sync something gets screwed in the transfer...used an external card reader and copied it to my memory card after formatting it and it went through....just some suggestions....Good Luck
Regards,
WC

didn't solve it at all.
More suggestions?

SyntheticDistortion said:
didn't solve it at all.
More suggestions?
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seems to be your problem? ---> CLICK

Nope, didn't do anything..
Any other suggestions?
EDIT: Really a lot of thanks for anyone helping, i really would love to start flashing again!

grateful for the help arnt you..

try flashing the USB method, if it works its probably due to your memory card. (unless ur already using the usb method, then try the memory card method!)

How do i use the USB method exactly?
And really guys, thanks for all the feedback, maybe make this a sticky for future reference?

SyntheticDistortion said:
How do i use the USB method exactly?
And really guys, thanks for all the feedback, maybe make this a sticky for future reference?
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well what you do is download the file attached to this post (it is available in one of the stickies but when i tried to download it, it failed so i zipped this one up for you)
extract the .exe within to where your nbh file is (not on xperia, on computer)
make sure there is no KOVSIMG.nbh on your memory card!
put your phone in bootloader (tricolour screen) and plug in via USB
run the custom_RUU.exe and follow the prompts pressing next etc.
you don't have to sync via activesync 1st like it says.
ignore the version number of the ROM just make sure your using the correct nbh and flash!

urm i think you should at least try to look at the stickies .........
this is very useful. i had problem flashing using micro sd so all my flashes are via usb.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=497511

That seemed to have done the trick people!
Thanks very much and keep up the good work!

SE Updater failed to install new rom, what is the best thing to do now?

Hello,
I know you guys got some excellent walkthroughs, roms, programs and threads where you've helped a lot of people out but I could really use some personal feedback. I had hoped to fix my phone using one of the excisting threads but unfortunalty I can't get it to work with those.
My problem is one I've seen more of in here, I used the SE updater and it froze at 53%, I did what the program said, reconnected and it froze again at 12%, and again, again, etc. So I disconnected thinking it might be a bad USB port. But then the updater didn't recognise my phone at all. So I used the mtty program suggested in some of the threads and I got past the red/green/blue screen but now it's stuck at the Sony Ericson logo, as if WM6.1 is gone.
This is what the red/green/blue screen currently states:
KOV110
SPL-0.78.0000
MicroP1-787
MicroP2-707
From what I gather this means I can't flash roms, right? I tried making it a hard-spl but when I use the tool it says it can't connect.
So is there anyway to get a rom on it and bring it back to life?
Thanks inadvance!

Get an original rom from here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=475482
copy .nbh file from the package onto your sd card and rename it to : Kovsimg.nbh then bring phone into boot loader via : vol down + power.
It should flash the rom now. i the problem is still present after that you
have to deal with mTTy but first try the flash...
i think you could also bring phone into bootloader without sd card inserted then connect usb cable, display should now print 'USB',and after that start rom update utility.
regards

meska said:
Get an original rom from here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=475482
copy .nbh file from the package onto your sd card and rename it to : Kovsimg.nbh then bring phone into boot loader via : vol down + power.
It should flash the rom now. i the problem is still present after that you
have to deal with mTTy but first try the flash...
i think you could also bring phone into bootloader without sd card inserted then connect usb cable, display should now print 'USB',and after that start rom update utility.
regards
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Thank you for your reply, I will do as you said although I've already tried something similiar to this. I believe the problem was that I couldn't flash roms from my SD since I don't have the hard SLD. But I will try it anyway as soon as I get home.
In the mean time I would love to hear more ideas about how to fix my phone.

Ronnet said:
Thank you for your reply, I will do as you said although I've already tried something similiar to this. I believe the problem was that I couldn't flash roms from my SD since I don't have the hard SLD. But I will try it anyway as soon as I get home.
In the mean time I would love to hear more ideas about how to fix my phone.
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You really need have to flash the HardSPL first as, based in your above post, you still have not done that. It will be useless to flash cooked ROM with that. If you can still power on your phone and you have an activesynch in your computer, i suggest you download the HardSPL first and update your phone using your PC. If you are successful doing that, then you can flash all you want.

original roms will still work with original spl... but nevermind =P

laurence0609 said:
You really need have to flash the HardSPL first as, based in your above post, you still have not done that. It will be useless to flash cooked ROM with that. If you can still power on your phone and you have an activesynch in your computer, i suggest you download the HardSPL first and update your phone using your PC. If you are successful doing that, then you can flash all you want.
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My phone can still power on in the sense that it shows the Sony Ericson logo or that I can access the three collor screen. But it won't launch WM6.1. I also have a problem with updating to hard DSL. It does recognise my phone because without it connected the program finds nothing and with the phone connected it wants to start updating. It says ''updating from image version: (emply) to image version: 1.00.X1 Ipress next and it opens a progress bar on both my X1 and the PC. But it never goes beyond 0% and then gives me an connection error. I think it has something to do with not being able to get passed the Sony Ericson logo. I mean the hard-DSL program does recognise my mobile but activeSync is never active because my PC doesn't recognise a WinMobile phone (since it wont go past the Sony Ericson screen)

meska said:
original roms will still work with original spl... but nevermind =P
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Really? That might fix my device then. Could you suggest a rom from the long list? Perhaps one that works on all versions? Because I'm dutch but my mobile has always been in english so I'm not sure what rom version I had. Except that it was identified as an R2 Rom by the Sony updater before it killed my X1...

Go here
Find the latest stock rom for your country (and perhaps your carrier) and flash it
No need to have Hard SPL for that

Mopral said:
Go here
Find the latest stock rom for your country (and perhaps your carrier) and flash it
No need to have Hard SPL for that
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I'm now downloading the initial dutch R1 firmwire, could that one work?

Mopral said:
Go here
Find the latest stock rom for your country (and perhaps your carrier) and flash it
No need to have Hard SPL for that
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Alright so I got an R1 original rom (I now realize that the R3's were originals aswell) and it worked! I'm not sure if it was the different rom or the formatting with FAT32 that did but it works again. So I'd like to thank everyone who was kind enough to reply.
The device is incredibly slow now but now I can use the hard-DSL installer, right? DOes anyone have a suggestion for a good rom to use?

laurence0609 said:
You really need have to flash the HardSPL first as, based in your above post, you still have not done that. It will be useless to flash cooked ROM with that. If you can still power on your phone and you have an activesynch in your computer, i suggest you download the HardSPL first and update your phone using your PC. If you are successful doing that, then you can flash all you want.
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DON'T hard-spl if you're going to flash a stock ROM. And especially if you're going to use SEUS.
Try flashing the R3A first. The R1s are way slow, as you've seen.

Problem after flashing Titanium Ultimate on Kaiser Tytn II, please help!

Hi, i'm totally new to flashing phones etc. I have a tytn II and was running windows 6 on it.
I Flashed it with Hard SPL, and then downloaded TPC 23053 Titanium Ultimate. It's the one on the thread that says you don't need to flash a stock ROM first.
I flashed it and all went fine, booted up and alligned the screen etc. It then rebooted itself then loaded back up. All seemed to be ok, sound and camera wasn't working. In the fourth post of the titanium thread, it says the recommened SPL and radio.
which are Recommended SPL 3.34 Radio 1.70.18.02
So i downloaded both, flashed the SPL and then the radio. Now when i boot i get a black and white image of a tribal kind of dragon. It asked me to setup the phone again so i alligned the screen again. Sound and camera now worked.
However, i was usuing it for a while and then for some reason programs stop loading, it says something like, it's write protected or make sure you have the correct security permissions. When i plug into the pc i can't get anything off the storage card or the phone, it says permission denied.
So when i reboot the phone, it keeps asking me to setup again so i lose all my contacts that i have added etc. I can turn the phone on and off and it's fine, but then eventually does the wierd permissions and access denied thing and when i reboot always asks me to setup the phone.
Can anyone help me as to why this is doing this? I read something about CID unlock etc, is it to do with that because i didn't perform this step.
Not sure why everytime i reboot the phone it asks me to setup the phone again, sometimes it doesn't, it's usually after it stops letting me open programs.
Thanks in advance and sorry for the long post.

Maybe reflash.
You should have posted this in the thread made for the rom.

Thanks for the reply, sorry it's in the wrong place.
Can i flash back to windows 6, is this possible as titanium is 6.5 and do you know where i can find the "stock rom" for the tytn ii.
I think the problem is i didn't flash to stock rom first, but i was already running the stock rom. What was on itwhen i bought it from the shop so it's the same thing isn't it?

Obviously you must have flashed Hardspl and sim/cid unlocked your phone. Upgrade your hardspl reflash with a stock 6.1 rom from the wiki .I know it says that you don't have to flash stock first, but when flashing 6.5 roms, it is always a good to flash stock first to clean out the extended rom.
Flash a stock rom , flash ultimate, hard eset and the set up.

Thanks, i will try it now. I'm following these instructions. Do i need to do all of this including the bootloader, or just to restore the OS to step 2? Also once done do i need to reinstall HardSPL?
1. Get the original ROM for your device (HTC or ATT)
2. Flash the OEM ROM to your device (this will restore your OS but not the bootloader, we'll get to that below)
3. Copy the ROM to a temp folder and extract it, I use WinRAR, just right click on it and select "Extract to Here"
4. After extracting the ROM you should have a several files here, one called RUU_signed.nbh is the one we're looking for. Copy this file to another empty temp directory.
5. Download NBHExtract and follow the instructions in the link to extract the NB files from the ROM (essentially just copy nbhextract.exe to the temp folder where the nbh file is and run it from a command line - like so C:\temp\kitchen\>nbhextract.exe RUU_signed.nbh
6. You should now have several .nb files in that directory, the one we're interested in is the 01_SPL.nb.
7. Now you have to create an NBH file with just the SPL, to do that download htcrt (HTC Rom Tool).
8. Run the tool and under the ROM Builder tab select Kaiser, the rest on the left side doesn't matter right now. On the right side of this window click the "..." next to SPL and select the 01_SPL.nb you extracted from the OEM ROM. This should be the only thing added under Firmware Contents. Click Build ROM.
9. You should now have a NBH file that is relatively small (about 258K), copy this NBH file to a new empty directory
10. Download pof's KaiserCustomRUU.exe and put this in the same directory used in step 9. Don't run this yet.
11. Download pof's SSPL-KAIS.exe and copy it to your phone
12. Run SSPL.KAIS.exe from your phone (make sure you do this on your actual device and not your PC)
13. When you have the bootloader screen on your phone run KaiserCustomRUU.exe from the folder used in step 10.
14. After it's finished verify your SPL by holding down power and camera buttons while doing a soft reset.
15. Send your device back for warranty repair or replacement.

No you don't have to do all that. That is just if you want to restore your phone for warranty return. All you have to do is go to the wiki. http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Kaiser_ROMs and download a stock rom to your desktop. Connect your phone and run the RUU and follow the onscreen.
After your phone is flashed with stock, just reflash Ultimate the same way.
First however , enter bootloader , depress camera and power button while soft resetting, and check your spl, if it is still 1.0 olipro , upgrade it first to 3.29 or 3.34 using this guide. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=498320
Once your phone is hardspl'd you never have to do it again

Thanks very much for your help. I have 3.29 on there at the moment, should i flash to 3.34, then flash to stock rom, and then to ultimate again.
Or flash stock rom, then 3.34 SPL and then ultimate?

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Thanks very much for your help. I have 3.29 on there at the moment, should i flash to 3.34, then flash to stock rom, and then to ultimate again.
Or flash stock rom, then 3.34 SPL and then ultimate?
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You can do it both ways it doesn't matter since you already have hardspl on your device and basically you are updating the current 3.29 to 3.34 to have a better performance with the ultimate rom.

I downloaded 3.34 SPL, and transfered the 3 files, JumpSPL1.56-KAIS.exe and JumpSPL1.93-KAIS etc to my device, it then says to take the battery out.
However, when i do this my device hard resets, i have to setup the phone again. Because it hard resets it deletes the 3 files so i can't run JumpSPL1.56
How important is taking the battery out after transferring the files to my device. How can i get round this, shall i just run the file without removing the battery?

Mitchsnake said:
I downloaded 3.34 SPL, and transfered the 3 files, JumpSPL1.56-KAIS.exe and JumpSPL1.93-KAIS etc to my device, it then says to take the battery out.
However, when i do this my device hard resets, i have to setup the phone again. Because it hard resets it deletes the 3 files so i can't run JumpSPL1.56
How important is taking the battery out after transferring the files to my device. How can i get round this, shall i just run the file without removing the battery?
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No, it's important to remove it. How long are you leaving the battery out for? And was it over 50% charge before you removed it?
I'm assuming you followed steps 1-4 to the letter.
1. Copy JumpSPL1.56-KAIS.exe, JumpSPL1.93-KAIS.exe and JumpSPL1.94-KAIS.exe to your device memory (NOT STORAGE CARD)
2. Pull out the battery and reinsert it (this step IS important) *DONT turn phone back on yet*
3. REMOVE SIM and SD CARDS!!
4. Turn phone back on and let it boot back into your operating system
It sounds like there could be a hardware problem from all the hard resets happening there. Have you made sure that the reset button at the bottom is functioning correctly and isnt blocked by any dirt etc?

Mitchsnake said:
I downloaded 3.34 SPL, and transfered the 3 files, JumpSPL1.56-KAIS.exe and JumpSPL1.93-KAIS etc to my device, it then says to take the battery out.
However, when i do this my device hard resets, i have to setup the phone again. Because it hard resets it deletes the 3 files so i can't run JumpSPL1.56
How important is taking the battery out after transferring the files to my device. How can i get round this, shall i just run the file without removing the battery?
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I wouldn't complicate things that are more than clear. The intructions literally says the following: 2. Pull out the battery and reinsert it (this step IS important) *DONT turn phone back on yet*. Just follow them, probably mskip for doing this tutorial spent a lot of time "trial n error". It really won't take anytime to do this step

Yep i follow those steps. I leave the battery out for about 30 seconds as it says. But obviously it hard resets so i can't do this at all as the files aren't there when i put battery back in. I have to set up the phone again.
I suppose i could just flash the stock rom, then see if that works when i remove the battery and then i can update the SPL? soft reset isn't blocked by dirt either.
If that fails i'm stuck with a bad phone

Mitchsnake said:
Yep i follow those steps. I leave the battery out for about 30 seconds as it says. But obviously it hard resets so i can't do this at all as the files aren't there when i put battery back in. I have to set up the phone again.
I suppose i could just flash the stock rom, then see if that works when i remove the battery and then i can update the SPL? soft reset isn't blocked by dirt either.
If that fails i'm stuck with a bad phone
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Well yeah... if you had read it all you would know that you are meant to be doing all of this using a stock rom on your device. There's your problem right there.

If you already have hard spl on your phone so you don't need to go through all the steps of flashing hardspl for the first time. Just upgrade the easy way from the SD card.
I have had 3.29 on my phone and have flashed over a hundred times with never a problem, including Ultimate several times. Just try flashing a stock rom first and then Ultimate. Then hard rest and then setup the rom. If i works great, if nt then you can always upgrade your spl later.

Stuntdouble, theres no need to be like that, some people are new to this, and if you had read my previous posts you'll see that i didn't flash to stock rom first, because i'd just got it from the shop, so the stock ROM was already on it. I didn't think i needed to flash it with the same one again first. Thanks for the help though everyone, I've now flashed stock rom, and gonna try ultimate again/

Sorry, but the amount of people on here who don't actually read FAQ's/Stickies before flashing their device don't get much sympathy from me. I think people underestimate the risks involved when flashing for the 1st time. However i've been having a bad day so I apologise for snapping.

Yeah no worries, it annoys me too when there are tutorials yet people can't be bothered and just post asking how to do something. But the only reason i didn't flash a stock ROM was because i got it from the shop so didn't think i needed too.
There is something i would like to know though that i can't find how to do. I'm trying to install 3.34 Hard SPL now, i have 3.29 at the mo. I don't have a card reader unforunatley so can't format my card to FAT32 like it says to if installing from card.
Is there an easy way to upgrade it other than using storage card? Or can i do the same steps as when i first did it. i.e, run the JumpSPL 1.56 but instead of opening the 3.29 KaiserCustomRUU, i open the 3.34 Kaisercustomruu?
I apologise if this info is anywhere, but i've read all the faqs and searched google and can't seem to find a guide on upgrading SPL from 3.29, it only tells you how to first install 3.29.
Thanks.

Off with their heads!

Ok i ran JumpSPL 1.56 and then ran the KaiserCustomRUU of the 3.34 Hard SPL, now when booting i get the dragon spaslh screen, but when i go to bootloader, it still says 1.29.
What am i doing wrong?

Fixed this now, thanks for everyones help appretiated