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Orange Branded HD - Upgrade ROM

Hi Guys
Ive done a search but cant find anything specific so im starting a a new thread.
I have a Touch HD which I got through Orange UK.
Rom version sis: 1.19.61.1 WWE
At the moment im told that I cant receive any updates directly from the HTC site and orange dont really seem to care about offering a good after service.
So my option is to flash my phone with a new ROM, however which version to go for is my biggest question and I really dont have any idea. I understand the flash proceure. WIll any ROM allow updates from HTC site?
Thanks
Craig

hi
i also have a uk branded orange touch hd
i flashed it with the latest official rom from htc (the one that needs a serial number to download and the orange serials dont work)
just use a serial provided in the offical rom upgrade thread to download the rom from htc and use uspl 2.5 to flash it
i used uspl 2.5 to upgrade the rom
all info can be found using the search fuction on this forum
i also made a dump of the phone before i flashed it, just need someone to rebuild the .raw files to a flashable rom
hope this helps
math

Nice one Math, that helps a lot! Will give this a go over the weekend.
Craig

Ok, where do we start? Which ROM you choose is really a bit like asking what car should I choose to buy. The choice is entirely yours based on what you want and what you like.
I think the first question to ask yourself is what do you want? What Windows Mobile OS do you want? WM6.1, WM 6.1 with Touch flow, WM 6.1 with the latest version of Touch flow or WM 6.5 Beta. I'm sure there are more but lets keep it simple.
WM 6.1 or 6.5? HTC Touch Flow or not? What is your native language as you have nothing set in your profile etc?
May I suggest you have a look through the first few posts of each of the ROM threads for this month and see what takes your fancy. If you ask ten people you will get ten possibly different answers.
Look at peoples signatures and see what most people use as most display what current ROM they are using. Maybe try a few, but I suggest use the safest route and follow the instructions to the letter.
Its always a matter of personal opinion but I like Duttys current WM6.1 with TF3D XT3. It's the latest and well tested with fewer bugs than the stock ROM from HTC (IMHO) and is based on the latest technology from the next gen HTC phones.
Do your research and enjoy!
H

cb25 said:
Hi Guys
Ive done a search but cant find anything specific so im starting a a new thread.
I have a Touch HD which I got through Orange UK.
Rom version sis: 1.19.61.1 WWE
At the moment im told that I cant receive any updates directly from the HTC site and orange dont really seem to care about offering a good after service.
So my option is to flash my phone with a new ROM, however which version to go for is my biggest question and I really dont have any idea. I understand the flash proceure. WIll any ROM allow updates from HTC site?
Thanks
Craig
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Yes, the choose is your, but as an Orange user myself. I was bored with the official HTC Orange Rom and decided to flash my rom. Did manage to keep the back up on original rom in cause of warranty reason. I have try quite a lot of cook rom the only problem I had was mainly with battery life wasn’t good and will not last for a day or so. Since with this rom, HD|ROM||WWE|| ** EnergyROM HD Series 21042 - Final Topaz Manila ** || Build 40909 || man!! The software and battery life is incredible. Yes I would recommend to you

amireshan said:
Yes, the choose is your, but as an Orange user myself. I was bored with the official HTC Orange Rom and decided to flash my rom. Did manage to keep the back up on original rom in cause of warranty reason. I have try quite a lot of cook rom the only problem I had was mainly with battery life wasn’t good and will not last for a day or so. Since with this rom, HD|ROM||WWE|| ** EnergyROM HD Series 21042 - Final Topaz Manila ** || Build 40909 || man!! The software and battery life is incredible. Yes I would recommend to you
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where did u get this rom from? link?

couple of newbie questions. I also have orange phone ...
If I upgrade to the latest HTC rom will I loose all my programs installed in the phones memory?
Will I loose my programs/they stop working (e.g. Tomtom) that have been reigstered with the phone (in add/remove programs) on my memory card?
Can I restore everything from a backup (sprite) ?
Is there any way of goign back to the older ROM if I need to send my phone back for warranty reasons?
Thanks
James

james00000007 said:
couple of newbie questions. I also have orange phone ...
If I upgrade to the latest HTC rom will I loose all my programs installed in the phones memory?
Will I loose my programs/they stop working (e.g. Tomtom) that have been reigstered with the phone (in add/remove programs) on my memory card?
Can I restore everything from a backup (sprite) ?
Is there any way of goign back to the older ROM if I need to send my phone back for warranty reasons?
Thanks
James
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yes you will lose all programs, have to be installed again
if you take backup from your current ROM you can restore it later

jammieeeee said:
where did u get this rom from? link?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=502157

MrKaon said:
yes you will lose all programs, have to be installed again
if you take backup from your current ROM you can restore it later
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Thanks for info. Just to clarify a couple of things..
Will my sprite backup restore all programs and settings to the new rom version?
How can I backup my existing ROM? I'm guessing the official ROM is a HSPL?
Thanks
James

james00000007 said:
Thanks for info. Just to clarify a couple of things..
Will my sprite backup restore all programs and settings to the new rom version?
How can I backup my existing ROM? I'm guessing the official ROM is a HSPL?
Thanks
James
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USPL and HSPL these are different method of putting new ROM to your phone.
you will find more information in here:
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=HTC_Blackstone_Flash1
with this method you can get a backup of your current ROM
http://wiki.modaco.com/index.php/How_to_dump_and_reconstruct_a_Hermes_ROM

MrKaon said:
USPL and HSPL these are different method of putting new ROM to your phone.
you will find more information in here:
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=HTC_Blackstone_Flash1
with this method you can get a backup of your current ROM
http://wiki.modaco.com/index.php/How_to_dump_and_reconstruct_a_Hermes_ROM
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Thanks again. I never thought it would be so complicated. I thougth someone would have created a GUI for this stuff, its amazing what they have GUI's for these days and this is still command line.
Still unsure as to wether I can restore my sprite back up after going to 1.56 rom though. With the amount I have installed its probably not worth the effort for now.

Have anyone New Official HTC WM6.5 Test Version for Rhodium???

i had see many new roms in change log says including new stuff from new wm6.5 test rom
have anyone new wm6.5?

HTC official Roms
WM 6.5 oficial Roms are due out this week, maybe now we will get a decent one which works in all areas, i have yet to seeone

greedydog said:
WM 6.5 oficial Roms are due out this week, maybe now we will get a decent one which works in all areas, i have yet to seeone
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If you look at itje's ROM, my ROM and Ark's ROM we have everything working on all areas or we are just putting the finishing touches on it. All based on official 6.5 ROM

At0mAng said:
If you look at itje's ROM, my ROM and Ark's ROM we have everything working on all areas or we are just putting the finishing touches on it. All based on official 6.5 ROM
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but you can't share it right?

Can anyone confirm if the HTC official WM6.5 ROM for TP2 comes with TellMe software installed as standard?, also do any of the cooks have in in .cab form for WM6.1?
It looks absolutely brilliant but it's probably the only thing I can see that makes upgrading worthwile for me... if there is a .cab file it will save me hell of a lot of hassle ;-)
Thanks guys, everyone's doing a great job on here!!

test it by yourself terryd1980
here is the link
http://rapidshare.com/files/2678251...038_Radio_Rhodium_3.46.25.18_Signed_80331.exe

RUU_Rhodium_S_HTC_Europe_09.06.24.1038_Radio_Rhodium_3.46.25.18_Signed_80331.exe
3.46.25.18 in official HTC 6.5 ROM? when there is already 3.46.25.30 update fr 6.1 from their web?

That's the old 6.5 test rom that has been floating around since mid-august. It's a nice and stable rom but with TF2.1 only.

I think HTC won't give us TF2.5 :-(

I think the offical wm 6.5 is releasing tomorrow right
thats whats been said all over oct 6th launch

At0mAng said:
If you look at itje's ROM, my ROM and Ark's ROM we have everything working on all areas or we are just putting the finishing touches on it. All based on official 6.5 ROM
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i need it too...
is possible to have it?
thanks in advanced

eldefinn said:
test it by yourself terryd1980
here is the link
http://rapidshare.com/files/2678251...038_Radio_Rhodium_3.46.25.18_Signed_80331.exe
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not this one the new one atom have it already.. and maybe more..

If u want manila 2.1 from the official wm65 rom, u can get it here, courtesy of dharvey4651.
Cheers.

Any news on official HTC release yet for wm6.5?

I just checked the offical windows mobile website
It says for the HTC Touch Pro 2 : Release Date yet not available
Since today was the BIG day as per the offical announcements they should have released the offical windows mobile 6.5
But till now no news on the windows website ...

The new official HTC's ROM is available right now for TP2 here : http://www.htc.com/fr/SupportViewNews.aspx?dl_id=689&news_id=272 but still needed a serial of non-branded phone. Can anyone download the ROM and put it here, on XDA ? thx !

lancelot54 said:
The new official HTC's ROM is available right now for TP2 here : http://www.htc.com/fr/SupportViewNews.aspx?dl_id=689&news_id=272 but still needed a serial of non-branded phone. Can anyone download the ROM and put it here, on XDA ? thx !
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This ROM was released on 2009-10-01, so this can't be the 'new' ROM with WinMo 6.5 right?

@lancelot54: its not 6.5 - its still 6.1 I guess. Look at the date.

I have got the non-branded one but it does not accept neither my SN or IMEI.

People are right. This rom is out of date. The latest french official rom on the site is 1.19.406.1, whereas this is 1.19.73.5 and seems to be older !!!

Problem with my WM6.5!

I have a major problem right now.
i wanted to get co0kies home tab on my TP2
but i think that something screwed up..
i followed this tutorial for manila / sense 2.5
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=108707
i did everything it told me to.
exact the way it told me.
after installing sense 2.5.2012.cab i've got this problem..
the language changed to english ( was on dutch )
and now i have this..
everything is wrote in capslock, and has IDS_ infront of it.
example: IDS_INTERNET, IDS_MUSIC_LIBARY, IDS_TWITTER, IDS_SETTINGS
etc etc
how do i fix this?
please help me fast!
greetings!
// edit
information about my software:
OS VERSION 5.2.2.1854
MANILA VERSION 2.5.20121225.0.CFC
ROM VERSION 1.88.404.3 (67102) NLD
ROM DATE 10/23/09
RADIO VERSION 4.49.25.17
PROTOCOL VERSION 61.44tc.25.32U
//edit2
i have the standart ROM, Did not flash it ! ( NO HARD-SPL OR W/E IT MEANS )
If i have to Flash it ( HARD-SPL ) Please help me with it, Even with the tutorial i can't do it on my own.
im so afraid right now!
//edit3
i've turned off HTC Sense, and turned on the normal WM GUI, Very simple but works without problems, so i think that i'ts the Sense that isn't working correct..

Maybe there's a way to sort things out on your phone right now, but I think it would be a lot simpler if you flashed a ROM that already had Sense 2.5 and Cookie baked into it. There are plenty of ROMs here that should do that for you, though of course you would need HardSPL first.
The sticky postings about HardSPL and how to flash ROMs are very detailed and explain things well. But if you have further questions on those then you can ask in those threads.
Someone else might come along and tell you how you can fix your Sense 2.5 right now, but that's beyone what I can do myself.

Thank you for your post, i will upgrade my phone to 2.5 with the ROM from HTC.com
Because i have a unlocked phone i can just download this, lol..
after that i might HardSPL.
thanks!

xheroxkefx said:
Thank you for your post, i will upgrade my phone to 2.5 with the ROM from HTC.com
Because i have a unlocked phone i can just download this, lol..
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That doesn't have anything to do with whether your phone is unlocked though, you may well find it doesn't work (saying "invalid vendor id", or similar).
The official HTC ROMs will only work on HTC-branded phones for that specific area/region, unless you have HardSPL.

I live in Europe,
I will download the official HTC Rom for Europe Users,
After fixed, i will try to HARDSPL.
what does it means actually?

spl
im no pro but flashing hardspl will allow "unsigned" roms to be flashed. this means roms from htc and "cooked" roms will work on you're phone.

awsome, didn't know that.!

[Question]Stock rhodium rom with WM6.5 and sense 2.5

Hey guys.
Is there a stock WM6.5 sense 2.5 rom for the rhodium? Ive been searching but i cant find one. I need a Dutch (NLD) or English rom.
Thanks to all.
Peace out.

Stock ROM.
Yes, Theres WWE and some other versions. But trust me, you wont like it. I am on Energy and just switch to stock to see the difference, And I found myself back with an energy rom within one hour. But still you are interested, maybe can give you a link by tomorrow....

That would be nice

Here you are:
Official Europe Rom update for Touch Pro 2
- 2.07.401.1

Do you have HardSPL on your phone already ? Sorry if you already know this, but you won't be able to use an official HTC ROM unless you've got a non-carrier-branded phone (i.e. a plain HTC phone) and it's of the correct region. Or unless you install HardSPL.

steviewevie said:
Do you have HardSPL on your phone already ? Sorry if you already know this, but you won't be able to use an official HTC ROM unless you've got a non-carrier-branded phone (i.e. a plain HTC phone) and it's of the correct region. Or unless you install HardSPL.
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My signature states i currently use energyrom, which wouldnt be able without hard-spl. And i got a unbranded plain 'htc' device ;]

Aightu said:
My signature states i currently use energyrom, which wouldnt be able without hard-spl. And i got a unbranded plain 'htc' device ;]
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Doh ! Sorry, didn't notice your sig.

Energy Rom
I see you talking about the energy rom. I've tried severall, but they al drain my battery like crazy....
Is there someone with a new energy rom link?
I've contact my carrier as the shop where i'v baught the phone. First i have to give them at least 5 changes to fix my realllyyyyyyyy slow interface..
After 5 times no succes they will think about replacement...
So, who can give me a good link for energy...
(i've got hrd-spl)
Marcel

why not look in to the energy rom thread?

Aightu said:
Hey guys.
Is there a stock WM6.5 sense 2.5 rom for the rhodium? Ive been searching but i cant find one. I need a Dutch (NLD) or English rom.
Thanks to all.
Peace out.
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I must say, that stock ROM with sense 2,5 is really horrible. It is incredibly slow and unstable and it was the reason that I flashed to energy ROM which is more that 4 times faster and more stable.....
Don't flash to latest stock ROM
if you want to try then here are links, also with localizations
http: //www.sunnysoft.cz/htc/

marcel112 said:
I see you talking about the energy rom. I've tried severall, but they al drain my battery like crazy....
Is there someone with a new energy rom link?
I've contact my carrier as the shop where i'v baught the phone. First i have to give them at least 5 changes to fix my realllyyyyyyyy slow interface..
After 5 times no succes they will think about replacement...
So, who can give me a good link for energy...
(i've got hrd-spl)
Marcel
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You have to adjust the battery and backlight settings, plus tweak using the advanced configuration program NRG has cooked in. Then it will get decent battery use.
Read the first three posts of the NRG ROM thread to get the download links.

Downgrade from WM 6.5 to old WM 6.1 (original)???

Hello!
I have a huge problem. I've had some problems with the battery on my HTC TP2 and in service they changed it. The problem is that they made an update to the software to what they call it is the last version: WM 6.5 with HTC Sense. I didn't ask for this and since it was a hardware problem I don't know what happend.
I asked them if they can downgrade to WM 6.1 like it was in the original phone and they said they couldn't do that.
I was wondering if I can get any help here?! Is there a way to find the original WM 6.1 from HTC? They don't have a version for HTC TP2 on their site ... So, how could I solve this problem?
I hate WM 6.5 with Sense because it moves really SLOW! Yes, it has many interesting things but there are a lot of badly made things . This is why I want to erase it from my phone.
Regards,
Laurentiu

http://www.xda-roms.com/
Yes the 6.1 stock roms are there too
cheers

Thank you!
And that is the original ROM??? From HTC? Released especially for this phone???

Well not all off them on that page!
But the ones that start with "RUU_Rhodium_HTC_" are the official ones released for the rhodium (HTC Touch Pro 2) by HTC.
You just need to pick your language or the world wide english(WWE) variant.
In my case i am from the netherlands and would have to choose: RUU_Rhodium_HTC_NLD_1.19.404.1_Radio_Rhodium_3.44.25.27_Signed_Ship.exe
Cheers
ps. in my signature is one of the best wm 6.1 roms i have ever stumbled upon. If you are not persistant in keeping your phone "official" HTC, i can really recommend that one. Loads of RAM very stable. Beats the stock rom in every way. But you would have to flash your htc touch pro 2 with a non official rom. (check it out at: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=618063)

Bear in mind that if your phone doesn't have HardSPL, you won't be able to flash most of the official ROMs (there are loads of them), you'll only be able to flash official ROMs designed for your specific model/branding of phone. e.g. I have a Vodafone UK-branded TP2, so without HardSPL, I can only flash Vodafone UK official ROMs, I can't even flash a generic HTC official ROM.
With HardSPL you can flash any ROM you like for your phone (GSM Rhodium), official or "cooked" (custom).

steviewevie said:
Bear in mind that if your phone doesn't have HardSPL, you won't be able to flash most of the official ROMs (there are loads of them), you'll only be able to flash official ROMs designed for your specific model/branding of phone. e.g. I have a Vodafone UK-branded TP2, so without HardSPL, I can only flash Vodafone UK official ROMs, I can't even flash a generic HTC official ROM.
With HardSPL you can flash any ROM you like for your phone (GSM Rhodium), official or "cooked" (custom).
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Since i have the "luxury" of an unbranded rhodium, i never had to think about that, but your absolutely right! Sure hope TS has an unbranded model so the choices are not too limited

hi there:
I have the HTC TP2 for Tmobile and I want to go back to wm6.1. there are two versions:
RUU_Rhodium_TMOUS_1.04.531.0_Radio_Rhodium_3.43.25.13_Signed_Test.exe
and
RUU_Rhodium_TMOUS_1.12.531.2_Radio_Rhodium_3.44.25.17_Signed_Test.exe
which one should I pick?
TIA

the link is broken or death where can i download

nugrahadewa34 said:
the link is broken or death where can i download
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You can get these ROMs from here