Hello friends i have got a T mobile Diamond - and i am very happy with it now. When i got the phone 1st i was not. Why? Because i was flashing roms one after the next and getting the same annoying problems. i.e the phone would be slow, the phone would halt to a stop requiring me to soft reset. For the life of me i was confused..I thought i knew all there was to know but not SO. Well long story short, I flashed the very 1st original rom for the t mobile diamond which gave me the original boring feature set that is normal and crappy.. After which i was able to my delight flash any rom most of which was giving me trouble but now run fast/smooth and that ever important eye candy.. Hard SPL OLINEX is a must. ORIGINAL STOCK ROM - Flash what you need.. The diamond has trouble with win 6.5/ titanium/sense - 2.5 it just aint got enough under the bonnet.
Win 6.1 covered by sense 6.1 so you get ultimate use out of your phone seems to work best for me..Peace
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Been lurking around for quite a bit now, been flashing my diamond since i discovered xda-dev, and with that goes out awesome thanks to the chefs out there for pushing what our phones can do, and how quickly they do them!
Though I've run into a problem that search cant seem to find an answer to!
My Diamond requires a Hard Reset about every 12 hours, and if it doesn't, then all programs disappear, and eventually it'll hard reset itself!
I was running CT's 6.4 for 2 months without a single lockup, decided to flash topaz r6, then back to CT's 6.4 and then bam, problem started. I've tried numerous roms, seems to have developed into a chronic problem with all of them.
I've managed to uncover this problem, or very similar to this with other devices, especially when moving to a wm6.5 rom, and it seems the fix is to flash back to a stock rom, then to the rom of choosing!
But this is where I'm on the confused side. My phone is a branded (rogers) diamond, htc doesn't seem to have released a stock rom for this phone, so I'm not sure how to go about fixing the problem!
If someone has some insight, you'd be a huge help! Thanks!
Just flash ANY stock ROM. Doesn't need to be branded. Just one that is not cooked. Any one that is released by HTC or a Telco should do the trick.
if flashing a stock rom doesnt fix your problem have a look here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=3433851&postcount=22
cobbs,
After 3 weeks, that quick fix solved the problem right away!
I appreciate you digging out that answer for me!
Hi Guys,
I'm using touch x ultimate on my xperia and its been amazing, but last night I had to use the soft-reset button because the HTC interface had jammed up, usually takes a few minutes but after the s-e logo showed up, it just went black. Tried for ages to make it work, nothing. I had to load up the boot-loader and update the rom, well 'update' as in re-install the same rom.
Its quite a worrying thing to happen, I lost all my data, loads of important stuff.
Just wondered if anyone else has had this problem, and If not why would it have occured!
Many thanks
Go for a change!
Hey u better go for touch it rom by itje or gtrab's 6.5 roms. Touch x ultimate is no longer updated and supported by the cook. It still has some bugs. I had to soft reset my device atleast twice a day when using touch x rom. It hangs so often. Right now im using gtrabs 6.5 rom. Until now its great. cheers!
Not sure why this occured on your device but.....It is still supported by the creator, he is just not cooking until a stable 6.5 platform comes out....ummm and if you look all (hense the hundreds of posts saying "Great rom...butttt"...lol)of the cooked roms have bugs, so if he is looking for a solution...then ask the creator of the rom...if you are worried about using a cooked rom....then the option to go back to a stock rom is always available.
Regards,
WC
Darkrider114 said:
Hey u better go for touch it rom by itje or gtrab's 6.5 roms. Touch x ultimate is no longer updated and supported by the cook. It still has some bugs. I had to soft reset my device atleast twice a day when using touch x rom. It hangs so often. Right now im using gtrabs 6.5 rom. Until now its great. cheers!
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Hi,
same problem here, using Valkyrie Firestorm 2.1 ROM . Basically a good ROM, but since i can't trust it this will be the reason why i change the ROM again.
I use touch x 10.1 Blue and so far no problems at all. Could it be something you've installed after flashing that's caused it?
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I use touch x 10.1 Blue and so far no problems at all. Could it be something you've installed after flashing that's caused it?
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I Use Firestorm since Wednesday. First Crash happened without any hint. After a normal Softreset it stuck and after a long time waiting suddenly the setup screen of windows mobile appeared.
The Second Crash was today after installing Fingerkeyboard 2.1 (wvga version) . After the konfig screen appeared the phone freezes and i had to reboot using the stylus, then Hardreset followed (and no, i did not press the two silverbuttons in the middle of the phone in addition)
btw: now, fingerkeyboard runs perfectly. I will wait and see, syncing my data all the time not to loose something.
When the Phone hardresets itself one more time, i must react. Fortunately i have vacation at the moment..
and sorry for my bad english, im from germany
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I Use Firestorm since Wednesday. First Crash happened without any hint. After a normal Softreset it stuck and after a long time waiting suddenly the setup screen of windows mobile appeared.
The Second Crash was today after installing Fingerkeyboard 2.1 (wvga version) . After the konfig screen appeared the phone freezes and i had to reboot using the stylus, then Hardreset followed (and no, i did not press the two silverbuttons in the middle of the phone in addition)
btw: now, fingerkeyboard runs perfectly. I will wait and see, syncing my data all the time not to loose something.
When the Phone hardresets itself one more time, i must react. Fortunately i have vacation at the moment..
and sorry for my bad english, im from germany
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That´s exactly my problems with the Valkyrie 2.1 as well.
All I can say from my experience is this....sometimes when "beta" programs are used with other "beta" software...because in essence all of 6.5 is beta and ported from another device to work with the xperia....you will have random weirdness...things work one day...the next they don't....Yes they may look pretty and may have the latest and greatest so to speak in them, but with too many customizations,tweaks,mods....things are bound to break sooner or later....So this may be something to consider before flashing a cooked rom as opposed to sticking with a stock rom....
Regards,
WC
Hi, i have had this phone for a couple of months now and it crashs a lot. At first when i havent flash any roms or radios yet, it was just slow and plain and battery life suck. But after i security unlocked and network unlock the phone would just crash a lot and program would just stop functioning, the conclusion is it would become very unstable and screw up. I tried flashin different roms and even wif the most stable one after couple weeks of usage it just automatcially shut down and wont let me get into the phone anymore. SO i just hard reset it and install another rom. I dont no if the problem is just inherent wif the phone(like a manufacture defect) or was it the roms i install(but other ppl dont seem to have my problem.) Anywayz i loved the phone when i just got it but its been a pain so far. can anyone plz help
rom:energyrom 3.0
radio: 1.09.25.23
i think the hardspl is 1.93
Hello. i am no cook lol, but I've flashed plenty of trouble free (not bug free) Roms between my old TP and my new TP2. The worst I ever saw was that POS htc messaging client.
Lately almost every ROM I flash has serious issues. My phone will stop responding so I soft reset and it takes foreeeever to boot up. If it all, usually stuck at ROM boot screen.
Then I loaded Viigo, rom says its untrusted and hard resets! Then doesnt work right! Then I tried restoring my PIMBackup and it wouldn't connect to Outlook. Before that, my data connection kept being very erratic, more off then on.
Very frustrating here. I thought maybe my phone was failing, but I saw another person complaining of the same thing.
can someone explain what causes this? I am on Tmobile, Tmobile TP2, and my usual ROMS are the Fusion and Shadowline ROMS, which have worked best for me. Never ever had these probs before. Is it the builds used? Possible virus (doubtful) or hardware failure?
With the shipped 6.1 rom i never had to reset. Honestly i never removed the battery cover until i installed my first cooked rom. I did some soft resets via hd restart just to free memory.
Most of the cooked roms are extremely buggy, also the official 6.5 doesnt power up from standby some times.
Energyrom photon is very stable though, better than official 6.5.
I highly suggest Pro Cell v5.5 (V6 being released soon!) never had any problems with it, is fast and responsive, looks the best in my opinion with colour icons etc 10/10 for me
Hello all,
I just got myself a Touch HD after waiting for a long time. I'm excited to be here and get to know a lot about my device after extensive reading on this forum. Its really well done and very very resourceful. Kudos to all you guys who are making this happen
Now, coming back to my device .. Ive had certain issues with my device and I wanna know from you guys if flashing to another ROM is necessary or not.
ROM Version : 1.18.723.3
Radio Version : 1.09.25.14
Touch Flo 3D version : 1.3.356******
My Concerns at the moment
1. TouchFlo 3D is not smooth at certain times and it gets stuck for a couple of seconds and its annoying.
2. Messaging screen hangs if i try to type my message quickly.
3. Phone takes about 3-4 seconds before it starts ringing.
4. I cannot flip through the mails from the touch flo 3d view.
5. The phone is constantly trying to connect to EDGE network. Even though i turn it off it still happens.
What I've done to correct these after referring the forums.
1. I'm not sure if I can update just the Touch flo 3d to a higher version without updating the ROM. So I havent done anything yet
2. I've tried to tweak the registry and also used HD Tweak to correct the ringing problem but still no good.
What I've installed on fone so far ?
1. I've got S2U2, HD Tweak , and some apps for Windows Market place.
What I really need ?
1. A smooth touch flo 3d version like the one for TP2 Sprint version [Its awesome]
2. Ring without delay
3. Smooth and easy messaging.
Now please suggest if a new ROM will fix these problems or I could just do away with cab files that could fix this problem ?
If a new ROM is required , based on "What i really need" can you suggest something which would get me close to or exactly the same ROM which is running on the TP2 Sprint version.
PS : I typed out a long description , so please excuse me if I went out of track and if somethings are unclear
@ MODS : I just realised that I may have posted in the wrong section. Please move it if necessary.
Hey,
I guess you're using a stock winmo 6.1 ROM. IMHO the stock ROMS are not as fast as some of the cooked ROMS found here. Difference between winmo 6.1 and winmo 6.5 is just personal taste but I prefer the 6.5 because of its finger friendly UI. Drawback is most of the ROMS drain the battery faster compared to 6.1. Maybe you can try a 6.5 ROM and see if you like it. I like Energy and Xannytech Roms, but again, that's personal taste. You can just flash a few and see what u like best.
As for the GPRS problem, some ROMS have cooked in apps for this, but I like WM Longlife as u can customize alot, ranging from completely disabling GPRS to not put it on when roaming. I hope I helped u a bit
Well , it is a stock rom as i just got this device last week. It was shipped from HK.
About flashing ROM's to my device , im still a lil too skeptical as I'm running Windows 7 and most of the flashing guides have reference to either vista or earlier versions of windows.
I also remember reading about a guy trying to flash a cooked rom and he was running Windows 7 and he claims to have bricked the device and it just refuses to turn on.
I'm still going through the wiki and downloading all the necessary tools required to flash my device. Once i'm a confident and comfortable I will go ahead and try out all the ROM's. I'm sure to get addicted to it.
And btw, if i flash the ROM to some cooked ROM and I decide to go back to stock ROM , will pushing the tiny reset button under the battery get my fone back to stock ROM ?
Like you, when I first got my HD, I was a bit concerned of bricking my device if I flash to a custom ROM. But let me tell you, with the stock ROM of yours, you wont see the full potential of your HD...I too experienced those things you mentioned and suffered for a while...if you feel its too early for you to flash, then just check some possible fix for your concern in cabs. I believe the HTC site has a fix for this typing delay bug, not sure about the ring issue.
But if you think its time, then read this Dummies Guide and just a heads up, flashing can be very addictive...so GET READY TO BECOME A FLASH-AHOLIC!
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...so GET READY TO BECOME A FLASH-AHOLIC!
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Agreed, this ability to transform your phone is quick addictive. Be prepared to loss a bit of sleep as the excitement of manipulating your device sometimes can replace your basic needs for other things...
Girlfriends / wives might notice a difference...LOL
Some of us are worse then other.....
band27 said:
Agreed, this ability to transform your phone is quick addictive. Be prepared to loss a bit of sleep as the excitement of manipulating your device sometimes can replace your basic needs for other things...
Girlfriends / wives might notice a difference...LOL
Some of us are worse then other.....
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Spot on ! I'm on XDA like all the time - @ work , @ school .. you name it .
I want to learn as much as possible before I try experimenting anything.
I did try all the patches that HTC has offered but , it hasnt fixed it. HD Tweak was really good and to some extent has solved my problems.
Does Windows 7 have anything to do while flashing the ROM , I mean do i need to take care of anything before I go ahead just in case in the future ?
napsterdj said:
Spot on ! I'm on XDA like all the time - @ work , @ school .. you name it .
I want to learn as much as possible before I try experimenting anything.
I did try all the patches that HTC has offered but , it hasnt fixed it. HD Tweak was really good and to some extent has solved my problems.
Does Windows 7 have anything to do while flashing the ROM , I mean do i need to take care of anything before I go ahead just in case in the future ?
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If you use HDSPL to protect your device then you are fine with Windows 7. However, if you use USPL then look <<HERE>>. Once again if you use HDSPL, then skip above drivers and follow <<HERE>>
Wait a second. Have you tried installing some 3D drivers first? And do you realize that Windows Mobile 6.1 is FASTER than 6.5?
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Wait a second. Have you tried installing some 3D drivers first? And do you realize that Windows Mobile 6.1 is FASTER than 6.5?
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I havent installed the 3D Drivers as yet. Does it enhance the performance of TF3D ?
I havent tried the 6.5 yet as i'm still on the stock ROM , but after i saw a video on youtube of Dutty's 3.9x turbo running 6.5 , i really want to try that ROM as it looked really smooth and fast.