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Flashing tomorrow, do I have everything?

Okay, so I decided on Romeos 4.1. I am trying to make sure i have everything, but I am getting a little confused. When i downloaded the No_radio romeos 4.1, unraring i get the rom and a KaiserCustomRUU.exe. Is that(.exe) my hard spl??
Do I need anything else?
I assume I may need the jump spl, but just not sure.
THanks for helping a first timer flasher guy.

No
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=396922
download any version of your choice, install it first *VERY IMPORTANT*
then install romeos 4.1, dont forget to get a compatable radio with that, or just download the one with a radio.

thanks a bunch. jusr curious, what is this soft spl thingy?

ebayork said:
thanks a bunch. jusr curious, what is this soft spl thingy?
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Please do not take offense to this... But if you really don't know the answer to that question, you are not ready to flash your phone. Go back to the Kaiser Wiki and read on up all the information there.

No offense taken. I develop medical software for a what i call "monopoly" healthcare company. However, reading up on what needs to be done to simply flash a phone, keeps taking me in circles.

Read the ENTIRE Wiki section on flashing your phone, it'll save you a LOT of problems. Seriously, don't do it blindly. You could do like some silly folks have done and flash a ROM or Radio with a SPL Flasher, etc, which will cause you problems. There's a lot of smart people here who can problem help recover your phone but save yourself the trouble!
Personally, here's an outline of what I did:
Decide which software you want to reinstall, make sure you have all of your serial numbers and cabs on hand.
Also I suggest writing down any 'complicated' settings so you can get back to work without too much fiddling.
Backup and get original ROM and Radio (just in case I needed to go back)
Hard Reset
Install HardSPL 3.29 (as suggested by the ROMeOS Cook), verify it's installed
Install ROMeOS 4.2 (it's coming in a few days, I'd wait..)
Install a suggested radio (he lists three in his thread)
Hard reset again
Reinstall your software by hand (don't try to restore from backup)

ebayork said:
No offense taken. I develop medical software for a what i call "monopoly" healthcare company. However, reading up on what needs to be done to simply flash a phone, keeps taking me in circles.
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The steps listed in the post above are the exact process you need to follow. Just go to the Wiki and research each bullet-point listed. Until last week there was no section in the Wiki for the 3.xx HardSPL's, so I added it.
As long as you understand the process outlined above, you will not fail.

I know that when I started for the first time I was a bit worried about the out come and I felt confused. It's hard to accept that what is in the wiki is all that you need, and it's also hard to see that it's very simple when you see pages and pages of things. When I flashed back in Nov. for the first time, the instructions were so good that they took you through pretty much every screen..
Didn't there used to be a Youtube video on this?

You guys are the best. No matter how dumb my questions are(and they are), i have yet to hear a smart-a$$ remark back, which is nice, and shows people are willing to help.
I think khaytsus outlined everything i wanted, and will try when 4.2 comes out. I did go through a tutorial from the at&t forums, with a bunch of files to make the OS look like an iphone, and it is really cool. Baby steps i say.
I hope to fully flash, and get into the nitty gritty this week when 4.2 comes out!
:O)

ensure HardSpl installed
use a labtop (avoid power failure, short circuits)
have a shipped rom handy nearby - first use of cooked roms may be different so have a plan B
dont worry we are here for support
best of luck

ebayork said:
You guys are the best. No matter how dumb my questions are(and they are), i have yet to hear a smart-a$$ remark back, which is nice, and shows people are willing to help.
I think khaytsus outlined everything i wanted, and will try when 4.2 comes out. I did go through a tutorial from the at&t forums, with a bunch of files to make the OS look like an iphone, and it is really cool. Baby steps i say.
I hope to fully flash, and get into the nitty gritty this week when 4.2 comes out!
:O)
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lol i think you gott he wrong impression.. keep using search and we will be nice..
baby steps to the roms forum

I am new, and read though everything and am stuck. I am one the soft spl hard spl step.
following these dirrections:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=396922
I am getting this screen
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sim and micro is out.
I am sure it is something stupid.

crghou said:
I am new, and read though everything and am stuck. I am one the soft spl hard spl step.
following these dirrections:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=396922
I am getting this screen
sim and micro is out.
I am sure it is something stupid.
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1. Plug the device into your PC (it stays plugged in until step 7)
2. Copy Jump/Soft to your device. It can be downloaded here
3. Take out your SD card & SIM Card. (you can take these out before you start step 1)
4. Run Jump/Soft SPL on your device <-- you have to navigate to the program called "JumpSPL1.56-KAIS" and click it (it will be an icon of kermit the frog)
5. Wait for the bootloader screen to appear and "USB" to show on your Kaiser.
6. Right-click activesync (at the bottom right of your computer screen, usually), go into connection settings and make sure Allow USB Connections is unchecked
7. Unplug your device from the USB port, wait 5 - 20 seconds, plug it back in.
8. Run KaiserCustomRUU.exe and flash this SPL from your desktop
*Directions taken from kyphur's FAQ posted here. It's post #2*

By the way, one other detail (I'll update my original post too), I personally have always preferred SD Card updates. Always seems like there's less to go wrong.
The HardSPL (afaik) must be done via USB, but once that's done, you can follow instructions to update the ROM or Radio via USB or SD.
Seems to me that SD updates are faster and you can do them 'on the fly', particularly the radio.. I've read of people who change radio perhaps a couple times a day, it only takes a few minutes with the SD card.

I am pretty sure I did it in that exact order. I will try it one more time to see though.

crghou said:
I am pretty sure I did it in that exact order. I will try it one more time to see though.
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Please don't hijack threads. Your issue should be posted in the HardSPL thread in the ROM Development section.

sorry i thought my issue would be related since I was stuck on one of the steps he was asking about in his original post and b/c he is flashing the same ron i wish to flash i figured this would be a valid thread to post in and b/c if i did something he might end up doing as well then maybe he can learn from my mistake.
No?

Let me introduce you to my friend, his name is Comma.
, <-- Hello

SO, after the below steps are completed, just pick the ROM you want, and use the .exe to flash it. Then flash your radio, and your done??
1. Plug the device into your PC (it stays plugged in until step 7)
2. Copy Jump/Soft to your device. It can be downloaded here
3. Take out your SD card & SIM Card. (you can take these out before you start step 1)
4. Run Jump/Soft SPL on your device <-- you have to navigate to the program called "JumpSPL1.56-KAIS" and click it (it will be an icon of kermit the frog)
5. Wait for the bootloader screen to appear and "USB" to show on your Kaiser.
6. Right-click activesync (at the bottom right of your computer screen, usually), go into connection settings and make sure Allow USB Connections is unchecked
7. Unplug your device from the USB port, wait 5 - 20 seconds, plug it back in.
8. Run KaiserCustomRUU.exe and flash this SPL from your desktop

ChumleyEX said:
Let me introduce you to my friend, his name is Comma
, <-- Hello
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ROTFLMAO!!!! At least he understands proper use of the . Now lets work on proper sentence structure. Was the above post an interrogative or declarative statement?

I'm a retard and think I have a brick now, please help

So I've flashed plenty a rom in my day, but for some reason this time I forgot to flash back to an official rom. I was running SNN Diamond, and was flashing to CR86 Touch HD .5 and forgot to flash the T-mobile ROM first and now all it does is boot the first flash screen and everything is the same except the OS version is different. I tried hard reset, but nothing works. Please tell me someone can fix this.

So...
Flash original.... if not...
Try Drugstore solution DIY thread i havent the link but is something like stuck on splash screen search a little...
Not Downgrade dont cause this ISSUE...

So here the deal now. For the last few hours its been trying to boot to the new OS and failed so it reboots and tries again. At a few points I have been able to get to align my screen but then it reboots again. Eventually I was able to establish an activesync at one point and took my chance and tried to flash the T-mobile ROM. It was at about 20% when it entered the 3 colored screen and was disconnected from my computer. After a few failed recovery attempts by the T-moblie ROM (the wizard would keep restarting every few seconds) the update utility gave up on me and in other words said go find a service provider. It stays at the 3 colored screen fine, I go to update, gets to about 1% and starts spazzing out again by constantly restarting.
tl;dr: stuck at 3 colored screen, keeps restarting itself after trying to flash T-moble.

Its due to weak battery,perhaps its not having enough juice to complete the flash.Get the battery fully charged or may be the battery has seen its days,get a new one.

I just tried the Cingular ROM (since it its the Cingular 8125) and I got up to 85% then the progress bar went red and hung up then gave up. The error I keep getting is 302 and how can I charge my battery in bootloader? I tried using Wizard Love and got this:
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Here's what I'd try,
First remove the battery out of the wizard, next put it in. Without turning the wizard on, plug it into your wall charger and wait to see if the light on the phone turns orange. If it does then let it charge till the light turns green and try flashing a stock rom again.
If that doesn't work, you may have to get a new battery and one of those cradles that lets you charge an extra battery without it being in the phone.

raventec said:
Here's what I'd try,
First remove the battery out of the wizard, next put it in. Without turning the wizard on, plug it into your wall charger and wait to see if the light on the phone turns orange. If it does then let it charge till the light turns green and try flashing a stock rom again.
If that doesn't work, you may have to get a new battery and one of those cradles that lets you charge an extra battery without it being in the phone.
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Unfortunately I tried that, the problem is when I plug in my charger it automatically boots up to the bootloader, if I try to turn it off, its stays off for half a second, led turns orange for another half a second and bam, its back to bootloader.

I think i had the same probleme where my device just keep on reboting on the splash screen. I was able o load new rom but just the os version change. My problem was due to an eprom format error. You can see it during a hard reset. There is a fix for it, if your got the format error during a hard reset (To perform a Hard Reset a)Press and hold the Comm Manager button and Voice Command button on the device b)Keep the two above mentioned buttons pressed,and at the same time,use the stylus to lightly press and hold the Reset button.The phone will restart and ask for confirmation,click 'yes',it'll boot up into windows.), use it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=276963
good luck

yeah the hard reset doesn't do anything, just goes back to bootloader. I'm going to try drugstores DIY when I get a battery charger cause I can't charge in bootloader mode

Now you are reading....
Im happy to heard that.... Like zabardast said battery weak!!! get your batt fully charged... and try agian put in bootloader then reflash the original... if not use the Drugstore solution DIY.

+ Que PPC said:
Im happy to heard that.... Like zabardast said battery weak!!! get your batt fully charged... and try agian put in bootloader then reflash the original... if not use the Drugstore solution DIY.
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Lets hope its just the battery

So I just tried drugstore's DIY and when it rebooted after the whole deal it just went back to bootloader what now guys? I can flash an official ROM up to 85% (both T-Mobile or Cingular) and it always gets stuck at 85% (turns red) and then goes back to rebooting itself again.

HELP!
C'mon guys, I know someone out there can help me.

Is your phone currently HardSPL'ed, or did you manage to remove it?

RTFM
ezekiel2517lim said:
C'mon guys, I know someone out there can help me.
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Flash the Button ROM than T-mobile or Wizard Love, than a WM 6.1
Tutorial

Myrddin Wyllt said:
Is your phone currently HardSPL'ed, or did you manage to remove it?
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I actually don't know if it's HardSPL'ed or not, what do I use to check?
rmcknight said:
Flash the Button ROM than T-mobile or Wizard Love, than a WM 6.1
Tutorial
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Same issue happens. My wizard calls it quits (around 46%) and reboots. Battery is full every time I try a flash.

Are you sure that you are CID and SIM unlocked?
You can use Wizard Service tool to check.
Highly recomend this tool.
Once you see your information, post it here so that we can help you further.
It should also tell you if you have a G3 or G4 so that someone who is more experienced with G4 (If that is what you have) can help you.

WST doesn't detect my device Wouldn't my CID be unlocked from upgrading it to WM6 in the first place? I know my SIM is unlocked cause I was using t-mobile with a cingular device when it was working. Also its a G3 device.

ezekiel2517lim said:
WST doesn't detect my device Wouldn't my CID be unlocked from upgrading it to WM6 in the first place? I know my SIM is unlocked cause I was using t-mobile with a cingular device when it was working. Also its a G3 device.
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If you'd flashed to newer roms previously then that SHOULD mean your phone is CID unlocked. Have you attempted the button rom flash yet? It's small and fast, May work for you.
Shane

Yeah I tried using Button ROM, but not success either.

brick fixed brick again, SPL troubles

Y does my phone brick everytime i try to flash SPL? i know to do radio 1st, the SPL 2nd, then reboot, but when i reboot, it brick, this happened 5 times in a row, just today alone

It's not a brick if you can flash the radio and spl again. After flashing the spl you have to flash a new ROM because the spl removes the ROM.

make sure you flash the right spl for the right device, i flashed hard-spl to my 2nd gen dream and had a brick, 2005 spl worked on the replacement device

Fingerlickin said:
It's not a brick if you can flash the radio and spl again. After flashing the spl you have to flash a new ROM because the spl removes the ROM.
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no believe me it was bricked, i couldnt do anythin, i just know how to fixed a bricked G1 thats all, but thanx 4 the info, i will try it now

djet229 said:
no believe me it was bricked, i couldnt do anythin, i just know how to fixed a bricked G1 thats all, but thanx 4 the info, i will try it now
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Would you like to share how to fix a brick, there are many that would love this information.

Fix bricked g1
david1171 said:
Would you like to share how to fix a brick, there are many that would love this information.
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all u have to do is unroot, have a spare SD card, format it 2 FAT32 just like in the beginning, then place the dream.nbh file on the root of the SD, the start the phone inn bootloader(u guys know this stuff) then when its done, u will have lost root access, but will still have a working G1 and can always reroot

djet229 said:
all u have to do is unroot, have a spare SD card, format it 2 FAT32 just like in the beginning, then place the dream.nbh file on the root of the SD, the start the phone inn bootloader(u guys know this stuff) then when its done, u will have lost root access, but will still have a working G1 and can always reroot
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If you can get into the bootloader the phone is not bricked. Your terminology is incorrect. What you have is known as a soft brick.

rdfry said:
If you can get into the bootloader the phone is not bricked. Your terminology is incorrect. What you have is known as a soft brick.
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Is that also known as a whiskey brick? HAHA

djet229 said:
all u have to do is unroot, have a spare SD card, format it 2 FAT32 just like in the beginning, then place the dream.nbh file on the root of the SD, the start the phone inn bootloader(u guys know this stuff) then when its done, u will have lost root access, but will still have a working G1 and can always reroot
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The brick we are referencing is where the phone will not get into bootloader or recovery.

ummm... aren't you supposed to install a ROM after you upgrade your SPL? BTW, don't tell us you know what a brick is and then show that your phone is not bricked... I'm pretty sure if there was a fix for the brick it would be big news.

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I had a brick, I held down the power button and the phone turned off and I could not get it to turn back on by holding the camera or home buttons. I finally found that the way to unbrick the phone was to hold down the power button and voila' it worked great
By the way I killed another G1, damn screen died out
***** and complained to t-mobile and got no where's with them, then I found the execitive custumer's relations # within 10 minutes they had me able to go get a brand new one at a store

gridlock32404 said:
I had a brick, I held down the power button and the phone turned off and I could not get it to turn back on by holding the camera or home buttons. I finally found that the way to unbrick the phone was to hold down the power button and voila' it worked great
By the way I killed another G1, damn screen died out
***** and complained to t-mobile and got no where's with them, then I found the execitive custumer's relations # within 10 minutes they had me able to go get a brand new one at a store
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whoa i need that number

hjlow said:
make sure you flash the right spl for the right device, i flashed hard-spl to my 2nd gen dream and had a brick, 2005 spl worked on the replacement device
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somebody can explain what is that ?? which device can I install hard SPL ?

I would like some clarification too... Last night I tried rooting my Rogers HTC Dream with the step-by-step guide using CyanoGen Mod, but on the very last step (Where it should have booted back into normalcy), it just stayed at the Rogers logo forever.
I don't think it's entirely bricked as I can get into the SPL thing (That's where you can do 'Fastboot USB', right?). I'm not sure how to get it back to normal though, I tried doing 'fastboot boot recovery.img' while the phone is in the Fastboot usb screen, and it reboots but it just sits at the Rogers logo again.
Is this thing bricked, or do I have options?

Okay, I did some more reading and now i understand a bit better...
What I have access to is the Bootloader, but I can't seem to get into the SPL. What steps do I need to take to get it back to working condition? I have a Rogers HTC Dream and I must have messed up when trying to apply the Cyanogen ROM

Holy Crap! A way to fix a Brick????!!!!!!!WOW!!!!!!!!
Hey if there's a way to fix a brick let me know cuz WOW! I would have gotten further with the last G1 I sent back to T-Mobile if I could have fixed it myself! Check your statements as you pertain it to being "BRICKED." BRICKED is not going past the T-Mobile G1 screen or not starting up at all! These newbies need to get it right! WOW! This one did give me a GREAT laugh today! This just made my day better now that I've had a good laugh!

can you get into recovery after the spl? home+power

jonzina said:
somebody can explain what is that ?? which device can I install hard SPL ?
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Only the t-mobile g1/ADP1
rogers from canada will brick
use 1.33.2005 for rogers. its safe on that phone
the spl is the bootloader (well just think of it as the same)
in command prompt, when you type
Code:
fastboot devices
can you see your phone?
Also, if you booted off of the HTC recovery rom, your actual recovery is being replaced on each boot.
Search for the
"flash_image not found" thread in this section and look at sleepy_sanchez's method to remove the script that replaces the recovery.
EDIT
fastboot erase recovery
fastboot flash recovery *name of recovery*
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot flash userdata data.img
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot reboot
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try that
making sure the images are in the same folder as the fastboot
if that doesnt work, try
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=4677631#post4677631

You want to flash a rom but are stuck in spl bootload try this, and make your y cable

Hello, i had a problem with my Htc HD7 so i installed nodo rom again and all actualizations again my bad that did solved my problems with wi fi and got me with a spl that could be decreased with normal methods so i found this methodhttp://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=21896081&postcount=286, but it didnt explained me how to make the cable so i found it here:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=893152 , so here is my experience:
First i had to find those old female cable i had here in the house once i found them i put them like this:
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then i extracted RUU_Signed.nbh from a Pre-NoDo Shipped ROM and renamed it to SCHUIMG.NBH(only for htc hd7) and copied it to a 8g flashdrive other sizes biger than 1g will work, i allready prepared the file for you guys so you dont have to look for the entire rom here it is its in two parts because of file limitations of mediafire-link part1: http://rapidshare.com/files/2782802394/SCHUIMG.part1.rar
link part2:http://rapidshare.com/files/3550720848/SCHUIMG.part2.rar
So the steps:
important HD7 must be at least 50% battery powered
1- make y-cable like picture
2-copy SCHUIMG.NBH to flashdrive
3-Plug the male conector in to computer
4- plug flash drive in female conector
5-boot your HD7 in USB Loader Mode, very important not in Bootloader!
to do that hold down Power, Volume Down, and Camera button! all at the same time.
6- With the cable provided with your HD7 conect your phone to the other end of the female conector
7-Now you Hd7 start to recognize the file SCHUIMG.NBH and the process begins , your phone will start reboot several times until it finishes.
8- Put your phone in Bootloader mode hold power and volume down
Then you can install a shiped rom provided here: part1:http://rapidshare.com/files/891722600/RUU_Schubert_HTC_Europe_1.60.401.01_Radio_5.52.09.16_22.33a.50.10_Signed_SCHUBERT_RELEASE.part1.rar part2:http://rapidshare.com/files/390128157/RUU_Schubert_HTC_Europe_1.60.401.01_Radio_5.52.09.16_22.33a.50.10_Signed_SCHUBERT_RELEASE.part2.rar
9-Put your phone in Bootloader mode hold power and volume down,
conect to your computer
and then useHSPL / RSPL for HTC WP7 First Generation provided here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=16189671&postcount=1
And now you are free to install any rom you want on your HD7 !
It worked for me very well!
Thanks to sh4d0w86 , Cotulla and viperbjk
If you think this is useful for you please press the Thanks button

TNX ruyzalim,
I build the cable, and it works well on my HD7.
Now I'm installing Nextgen+ Rom )

OMG
It's been months now I've been trying to downgrade my HD7.
Thank you for this tutorial, it's well explained and thanks for the Picture attached.
GOD BLESS YOUUUUUUUU, JUST DOWNGRADED IT.:laugh:

foxibs said:
It's been months now I've been trying to downgrade my HD7.
Thank you for this tutorial, it's well explained and thanks for the Picture attached.
GOD BLESS YOUUUUUUUU, JUST DOWNGRADED IT.:laugh:
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hehe im happy for you

I have a problem - when i plug the flash stick and then the phone it's starts loading and after there is text on my display "Not allow" and at the bottom "Serial" What is that?help

gogolaidis said:
I have a problem - when i plug the flash stick and then the phone it's starts loading and after there is text on my display "Not allow" and at the bottom "Serial" What is that?help
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Hey buddy! Just wanted to make sure that your in USB host mode and not in bootloader mode. Volume down + press the camera button together and power on the device. The screen will show an image of the device hooked to a computer.
Also if your SD card doesn't have the goldcard code installed on it, you'll get the message "Not allow".

Does anyone know where i can buy one of these wires from, I have tried making my own but it didn't work sadly :/

ibrahim.sayid said:
Does anyone know where i can buy one of these wires from, I have tried making my own but it didn't work sadly :/
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Yeah you can buy one from Amazon here:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0041CFFBM/ref=redir_mdp_mobile?qid=1334327842&ref_=sr_1_17&sr=8-17
Alot of times home made Y cables don't work because they are too long in length and that causes a problem with transferring the data. So I would try and shorten the cables on yours first and also make sure you have everything connected to the right ends and then try it again.

Help with downgrade and flash please HTC HD7
does anyone have a guide or could help me im new to the htc hd7 ive done android phones before but not this so here goes:
i am aware i need to downgrade?
Please could someone send me a link to guide and what tools/software i need
heres my details:
htc T9292
Phone is unlocked to any network was on O2 (uk)
pd29100 ss-bc (4k)
spl-5.11.2250.0 (134400) MNG
Microp (LED) 0x07
touch s1 ( v 1.8# 1624)
hardware version 0002
firmware version 2250.21.51101.206
OS version 7.10.8112
NET CLR - 3.7.111400
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ccrewdroid said:
does anyone have a guide or could help me im new to the htc hd7 ive done android phones before but not this so here goes:
i am aware i need to downgrade?
Please could someone send me a link to guide and what tools/software i need
heres my details:
htc T9292
Phone is unlocked to any network was on O2 (uk)
pd29100 ss-bc (4k)
spl-5.11.2250.0 (134400) MNG
Microp (LED) 0x07
touch s1 ( v 1.8# 1624)
hardware version 0002
firmware version 2250.21.51101.206
OS version 7.10.8112
NET CLR - 3.7.111400
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Take a look at Shadows tutorial, it explains the process and steps. Since your bootloader is 5.xxx you will have to either use the goldcard/Ycable method to downgrade your OSPL from 5.xxx to under 3.xxx to install RSPL/HSPL and then you can flash a custom rom of your choice.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1295068

ccrewdroid said:
does anyone have a guide or could help me im new to the htc hd7 ive done android phones before but not this so here goes:
i am aware i need to downgrade?
Please could someone send me a link to guide and what tools/software i need
heres my details:
htc T9292
Phone is unlocked to any network was on O2 (uk)
pd29100 ss-bc (4k)
spl-5.11.2250.0 (134400) MNG
Microp (LED) 0x07
touch s1 ( v 1.8# 1624)
hardware version 0002
firmware version 2250.21.51101.206
OS version 7.10.8112
NET CLR - 3.7.111400
HELP WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED MANY THANKS SORRY IF POSTING IN WRONG PLACE OR DRAGGING UP OLD THREADS OR IF ITS ALREADY HERE THANKS
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hello you can use this tutorial in this page !! is very intuitive and explains how to build the y-cable!
regards

I have no idea what I'm doing wrong. I made my cable and I got my phone to the grey screen that says "Enter USB Host Mode. .", and my flash drive lights up but the phone doesn't do anything. I've also tried hooking everything up with my phone on the screen with the picture of a phone plugging into a computer, and still nothing happens.
What am I missing here?

TheJoester09 said:
I have no idea what I'm doing wrong. I made my cable and I got my phone to the grey screen that says "Enter USB Host Mode. .", and my flash drive lights up but the phone doesn't do anything. I've also tried hooking everything up with my phone on the screen with the picture of a phone plugging into a computer, and still nothing happens.
What am I missing here?
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Try this...these are some common problems with getting stuck in USB host mode:
Sometimes if the Y cable is too long in length it won't work properly in transferring the data.
There are 2 .nhb files, so make sure your downloading the correct .nbh file (ruu_signed.nbh) and rename the ruu_signed.nbh to SCHUIMG.nbh Has to be capitalized letters when renaming the file.
Make sure the correct ends are plugged in where they should be.
Sometimes the camera button will get stuck in and prevent the device from flashing correctly.
Make sure the SD card is wiped clean and place the file inside the SD card and patch it with the goldcard tool.
Try a different flash drive/card reader.

xdrc45 said:
Try this...these are some common problems with getting stuck in USB host mode:
Sometimes if the Y cable is too long in length it won't work properly in transferring the data.
There are 2 .nhb files, so make sure your downloading the correct .nbh file (ruu_signed.nbh) and rename the ruu_signed.nbh to SCHUIMG.nbh Has to be capitalized letters when renaming the file.
Make sure the correct ends are plugged in where they should be.
Sometimes the camera button will get stuck in and prevent the device from flashing correctly.
Make sure the SD card is wiped clean and place the file inside the SD card and patch it with the goldcard tool.
Try a different flash drive/card reader.
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Out of all of those things, the only thing that I think might be wrong is my flash drive, which sucks because this is the only one I have. :\

TheJoester09 said:
Out of all of those things, the only thing that I think might be wrong is my flash drive, which sucks because this is the only one I have. :\
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That's usually the most common problem too... A card reader and small SD card like a 1gb to 4gb work the best, you can use larger SD cards but you should partition it and needs to be formatted to FAT32

xdrc45 said:
That's usually the most common problem too... A card reader and small SD card like a 1gb to 4gb work the best, you can use larger SD cards but you should partition it and needs to be formatted to FAT32
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Yeah, I initially tried it with an 8GB flash drive and it wasn't working, but I found an old 8GB microSD lying around so I bought a card reader and it worked like a charm! Thanks for all your help!

TheJoester09 said:
Yeah, I initially tried it with an 8GB flash drive and it wasn't working, but I found an old 8GB microSD lying around so I bought a card reader and it worked like a charm! Thanks for all your help!
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Awesome man... Glad I could be of help!

My phone is stuck at enter USB host mode , nothing is happening , Help

hi, i hope this one is NOT a stupid question:
i have a y cable from my external hd, with the proper adapter (a usb F to F and a usb mini to micro) it works as the one i can make following the instructions in the first post.
am i right?
sorry i'm not allowed to post links...

b3lial said:
hi, i hope this one is NOT a stupid question:
i have a y cable from my external hd, with the proper adapter (a usb F to F and a usb mini to micro) it works as the one i can make following the instructions in the first post.
am i right?
sorry i'm not allowed to post links...
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It should work just fine! Try it out... Sometimes you have to switch around the connections on the female ends of the cable, between the SD card reader and the power supply to see what one sends and which one receives data and it should work perfectly.

[Q] Not downgrading at all

Ok guys, I'm finally biting the bullet and I'm gonna ask you guys. Been through too many forums and none have worked. So I bought my HD7 off my friend who has had it since before Mango. He updated it before he gave me it.
The attached pics have the specs on them.
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It is an O2 UK locked phone. The 16GB model.
Every time I try to downgrade the SPL I end up with some kind of error. Mostly Error 260 or if it's different, it'll be close to that number. It always says stuff like communication error and connection error. I'll get more specific details on the errors tomorrow but long story short, nothing works.
Is there anyone out there with a similar problem or who knows how to fix this?
Thanks in advance and sorry if I'm being a noob,
Huzi

Also, can a mod move this to Q&A? Just realised where I've posted. My bad.

huzi_a said:
Ok guys, I'm finally biting the bullet and I'm gonna ask you guys. Been through too many forums and none have worked. So I bought my HD7 off my friend who has had it since before Mango. He updated it before he gave me it.
The attached pics have the specs on them.
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It is an O2 UK locked phone. The 16GB model.
Every time I try to downgrade the SPL I end up with some kind of error. Mostly Error 260 or if it's different, it'll be close to that number. It always says stuff like communication error and connection error. I'll get more specific details on the errors tomorrow but long story short, nothing works.
Is there anyone out there with a similar problem or who knows how to fix this?
Thanks in advance and sorry if I'm being a noob,
Huzi
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What OS version are you using on your PC?

xdrc45 said:
What OS version are you using on your PC?
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Hi there. I'm running Windows 7 ultimate 64 bit.

huzi_a said:
Hi there. I'm running Windows 7 ultimate 64 bit.
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Ok.
Not sure what method you're trying to downgrade with.. I'll give you a run down on them and how it works.
Your SPL has to be at or lower than 3.xxx to install RSPL/HSPL, (which is required to install a custom rom) once that's achieved then you can install a custom rom of your choice.
Theses are the only methods available to downgrade SPL 5.xxx
SLSPL by Ansar- If your trying this method it won't work, your firmware revision # doesn't match, it has to .401
Goldcard/ Y cable method - Requires a Y cable, either home made or purchased, a card reader and a clean/wiped small 1gb to 4gb SD card formatted to FAT32 (larger gb cards will work but have to be formatted to FAT32 and partitioned) or a flash drive and download the goldcard tool and a stock/shipped Pre-NoDo or NoDo rom.. The card reader works better though. Putt the rom on the SD card, patch it with the goldcard tool, put the device in USB host mode, connect the Y cable and the flash process will begin. Your spl should be lowered to 3.xxx or lower, then you can install RSPL/HSPL and flash a custom rom. Tutorials here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1597837
Zune restore point. Since your buddy had the phone before Mango, you can restore the device to a Pre-Mango state,(you will have to use the computer he did it on) this won't downgrade the SPL, but the re-update process process through Zune will change the SPL to 4.xxx just before it reinstalls Mango. The key here is, the device has to be updated all the way back to Mango and the device will reboot twice, once to change the SPL to 4.xxx and once to install Mango, at that point you have to stop the update process before the the next update is installed which is the HTC Firmware update, if you install that then it will change the SPL back to 5.xxx. Once the device is back on SPL 4.xxx then you can flash a stock/shipped Pre-NoDo or NoDo rom (via bootloader mode) and lower the SPL to 3.xxx or lower, install RSP/HSPL and then flash a custom rom. Zubair's tutorial here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1362194
You can follow Shadows full step by step tutorial on how to, Downgrade SPL, flash XSPL and install a custom rom. It has all the links for Goldcard, Zune restore method and all the stock/shipped roms and radios.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1295068
If you have any questions or need any help just let me know!

xdrc45 said:
Theses are the only methods available to downgrade SPL 5.xxx
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Ansar's method failed bit time. I was rather hoping to not go down the y cable route but it looks like I'll have to try. The reason I didn't wanna do it is coz I cannot strip down wires to save my life Although I didn't know you could purchase one. The Zune restore wouldn't work either coz his computer died a while ago (the psu blew) and he just threw it out without realising he could have kept the hard drive. Also, is the goldcard method different to the y cable method or is the y cable the way to use the goldcard tool?

huzi_a said:
Ansar's method failed bit time. I was rather hoping to not go down the y cable route but it looks like I'll have to try. The reason I didn't wanna do it is coz I cannot strip down wires to save my life Although I didn't know you could purchase one. The Zune restore wouldn't work either coz his computer died a while ago (the psu blew) and he just threw it out without realising he could have kept the hard drive. Also, is the goldcard method different to the y cable method or is the y cable the way to use the goldcard tool?
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Basically they are the same...The Y cable is used for the goldcard method, but you can also use just the Y cable method without patching the rom with the goldcard tool. Seems as thought the goldcard method is more successful.
You can check on Amazon to purchase the Y cable, should run around $5

Ok so I tried the Ansar's method once again and I'm getting an error 260. I've tried restarting and even factory resetting the phone and restarting my PC as suggested but that didn't work. Any ideas?

huzi_a said:
Ok so I tried the Ansar's method once again and I'm getting an error 260. I've tried restarting and even factory resetting the phone and restarting my PC as suggested but that didn't work. Any ideas?
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Do you have windows mobile device center installed on your PC? It installs the proper drivers for the device to sync to the PC.
Make sure that the drivers installed properly for the device when it's in bootloader mode. It installs a different set of drivers for it in bootloader mode than when the device is just on and synced to the PC.
Error 260 is open connection error.
Try this.. click on the .nbh file, drag and drop it to the RUUwrapper, (it should highlight and say "open file with") the RUUwrapper will open and follow the prompts on the screen.
Hopefully that will work for you.

xdrc45 said:
Do you have windows mobile device center installed on your PC? It installs the proper drivers for the device to sync to the PC.
Make sure that the drivers installed properly for the device when it's in bootloader mode. It installs a different set of drivers for it in bootloader mode than when the device is just on and synced to the PC.
Error 260 is open connection error.
Try this.. click on the .nbh file, drag and drop it to the RUUwrapper, (it should highlight and say "open file with") the RUUwrapper will open and follow the prompts on the screen.
Hopefully that will work for you.
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Thanks for the quick reply. I have windows mobile device center however it does not recognise my phone. Zune recognises it fine. I'll give that .nbh solution when I get back home. Thanks again

xdrc45 said:
click on the .nbh file
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Wait a sec, there are 2 nbh files. Would that be RUU_signed.nbh or SPL_signed.nbh?

huzi_a said:
Wait a sec, there are 2 nbh files. Would that be RUU_signed.nbh or SPL_signed.nbh?
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RUU_signed.nbh

xdrc45 said:
RUU_signed.nbh
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Thanks man! Sorry to keep bothering you but I connected it with windows mobile device center running and nothing happened. Then I went into the bootloader and it said it was installing Qualcomm drivers or something. And I still get an error 260. :S

huzi_a said:
Thanks man! Sorry to keep bothering you but I connected it with windows mobile device center running and nothing happened. Then I went into the bootloader and it said it was installing Qualcomm drivers or something. And I still get an error 260. :S[/QUOTE
It's no problem man!
Ok.. That's good it installed the Qualcomm drivers, that's a step in the right direction.
Start fresh and close out all the programs on the PC, even Zune and disconnect your device.
Open the whole SLSPL folder and reconnect the device to the PC, wait for it to sync, (it may even install more drivers) "Serial" in the white section of BL mode will change to "USB" now and then just the double click on the RUUwrapper. it should work!
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xdrc45 said:
huzi_a said:
Thanks man! Sorry to keep bothering you but I connected it with windows mobile device center running and nothing happened. Then I went into the bootloader and it said it was installing Qualcomm drivers or something. And I still get an error 260. :S[/QUOTE
It's no problem man!
Ok.. That's good it installed the Qualcomm drivers, that's a step in the right direction.
Start fresh and close out all the programs on the PC, even Zune and disconnect your device.
Open the whole SLSPL folder and reconnect the device to the PC, wait for it to sync, (it may even install more drivers) "Serial" in the white section of BL mode will change to "USB" now and then just the double click on the RUUwrapper. it should work!
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Success and failure.
It recognised the device and it started updating. It then failed and said "Error 294: Invalid Vender ID"
Could it be because my phone is the o2 UK model? Could I just use an older o2 UK RUU to downgrade?
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huzi_a said:
xdrc45 said:
Success and failure.
It recognised the device and it started updating. It then failed and said "Error 294: Invalid Vender ID"
Could it be because my phone is the o2 UK model? Could I just use an older o2 UK RUU to downgrade?
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This ones your only other hope! Give it a try and see if it works.
https://rapidshare.com/#!download|8...0.401.04_SLSPL_Signed_by_ansar.zip|195403|0|0
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xdrc45 said:
huzi_a said:
This ones your only other hope! Give it a try and see if it works.
https://rapidshare.com/#!download|8...0.401.04_SLSPL_Signed_by_ansar.zip|195403|0|0
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Ermmm, yeah, my only other hope failed Now what?
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huzi_a said:
xdrc45 said:
Ermmm, yeah, my only other hope failed Now what?
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Goldcard/ Y cable method, that will work for sure. You can either make the Y cable or purchase one online from like Amazon.
Here's some tutorials on how to use it and make one. Its a really easy process
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1597837
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1676794
If you have any questions or problems just let me know!
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xdrc45 said:
huzi_a said:
Goldcard/ Y cable method, that will work for sure. You can either make the Y cable or purchase one online from like Amazon.
Here's some tutorials on how to use it and make one. Its a really easy process
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1597837
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1676794
If you have any questions or problems just let me know!
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Hey man! I got a y cable and a memory card reader etc and I've followed the guide but when I connect the phone and put it in USB Host Mode and all that stuff it just keeps rebooting into host mode then shuts off and repeats. Any thoughts?
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huzi_a said:
xdrc45 said:
Hey man! I got a y cable and a memory card reader etc and I've followed the guide but when I connect the phone and put it in USB Host Mode and all that stuff it just keeps rebooting into host mode then shuts off and repeats. Any thoughts?
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Try switching the connections of the card reader and the phone on the Y cable.
Mine was doing the same thing yesterday when I downgraded my replacement phone. I was trying it with a SD card reader and a 8gb flash drive (I even partitioned it down to 1gb) and both of them were going through the loop from "Enter USB host mode, to Loading, then to bootloader mode."
So I went and bought a SanDisk 5 in 1 SD card reader and as soon as I hooked it up everything worked and updated the device.
You might want to try a different card reader and see if that works.
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