WM5 -> WM6 via memory Card? Please HELP! - P3600 Software Upgrading

Dear friends,
I just gave up after having spend the most obnoxious 2-3 hours of
my life trying to activate a connection pc (asus desktop and Fugitsu notebook, both XP operated and performing very reasonably),attempting to connect with my HTC TRIN100 (3600, i believe) and suffering the infinite stupid bravoury of the M$ gif animation of a sort of hook shuffle approaching its natural craddle and then taking back as if byted by a wild small beast -- this scene altogether accompannied by a sonnar sound submarine prospecting-like. My God how ridiculous and poseur attitude can a bad programme assume!
I ended up deeply frustrated (after having even installed Office and
Outlook (which i hate) just to satisfy the demands of M$ Active Sync but reached nowhere in both my rigs. And it goes on declaring: Not Connected!!!
Terribly enough i came to learn that there's no alternative application
at my disposal to entail a flashing Rom action from WM5 to WM6.1,
Mary 37, for instance.
Apparently there's a way to perform this operation from the SCard but
then again the so-called instructions are so frightening and full of
hardcore tech mumbo-jumbo specifics that i had to give it up. And the whole intention got buried within the flux of my enraged curses and tachycardic insults.
Since my device does not allow to install any applications (.cabs i copied to SCard
-- it wheels and wheels around for ever and does not install any programme, which is another stupid situation it offers, i need a strong medicine such as flash out its Rom and or edit its
registry but i ignore what i should in such status quo...).
Is there anykind soul that would lend me a helping hand in the said task???
THANKZ KINDLY for your possible effective help,
HN

NOBODY???
No one to lend a helping objective advise?!
Good grief!...
-- What's this forum good for, then?!

simple, extract your .nbh from rom you pretend to upgrade and rename it to TRINIMG.nbh ant put it the root of your SD card, then enter bootloader....
for other questions about upgrading check wiki:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=HTC_Trinity

Bem hajas! Thankz man.
Will try to follow your advise.
just clarify one more small detail:
The so-called bootloader should also be in the same folder containing the
TRINIMG.nbh, am i correct?
If not how can i activate it otherwise? ACTIV SYNC is a lotery i go on loosing...
Cumps,
HN

N'Rique said:
Will try to follow your advise.
just clarify one more small detail:
The so-called bootloader should also be in the same folder containing the
TRINIMG.nbh, am i correct?
If not how can i activate it otherwise? ACTIV SYNC is a lotery i go on loosing...
Cumps,
HN
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bootloader is a menu...
To enter bootloader Push and hold the Camera and Power buttons on the side, then reset with stylus.
the TRINIMG.nbh file have to be in the root of the SD card not inside in a folder...
If you pretend to flash with a cooked rom it's recommended that you upgrade the spl to hard-spl. Preventing you from a bad flash and your trinity to become a brick...
read the wiki link that I gave you there you can find important and useful information...

Oh...not to know is to be a blind person (kind of)
Thanks but no joy.
I performed the ssplTRIN and all i got was a 4 stripes monitor:
RED with: TRIN100, IPL-ISR(?) by Des
TRIN100 1.07.ds
GREEN
BLUE
WHITE in the bottom with the word serial 'Serial'.
I had to soft reset with stylus to return to apparently same old WM5 way.
Will now try the manouevre you explained.
NO| Nothing. Absolute failure. It did not react any differently from a soft reset made
just through the stylus in the bottom hole...
It booted with the damned Vodafone Splash as ever and presented the very same
Blue styled "Today" -- not even a sign of the flash -- i guess i will have to give up and
announce hereby i'm willing to pay for some expert friend to operate on my behalf.
I'm sorry to say it but the truth is i have a university degree and i do not understand
the high-tech mumbo-jumbo "instructions" and sundry referrals people use even in the
site you appointed me to.
And then if you acknowledge the sheer number of complains of " i bricked my device
beyond repair! -- Help me!!!", one ends up (as i quoted before remembering the old
painting where some blind guys lead groups of other even more blind ones to some
pitfall (no pun or offense intended in our case!).
Thanks for your patience anyway and if you know of anyone who might be willing to
loose sometime with my device (under a reasonable fee, of course), i would appreciate
such an information.
Regards,
HN

N'Rique said:
Thanks but no joy.
I performed the ssplTRIN and all i got was a 4 stripes monitor:
RED with: TRIN100, IPL-ISR(?) by Des
TRIN100 1.07.ds
GREEN
BLUE
WHITE in the bottom with the word serial 'Serial'.
I had to soft reset with stylus to return to apparently same old WM5 way.
Will now try the manouevre you explained.
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you have to do is hard reset, only then reflash with the official Rom
about official Rom you can find in http://www.shipped-roms.com/index.php?category=windows mobile&model=Trinity

To perform a hard reset
Hard reset Soft reset
1. Press and hold the Left SOFT KEY and the Right SOFT KEY, and at the same time, use the stylus to press the RESET button at the bottom center part of your device.
2. Release the stylus, but continue pressing the two soft key buttons. Release them only when you see the following message on your device screen: “Press SEND to restore factory default, press END to quit.“
3. Press on your device.
Warning! Your device will be set back to factory default settings. Please ensure any additional installed programs and/or user data have been backed up before a hard reset is performed.

Report to HAKIM RAHMAN
Greetings.
I followed rigorously -- as far as i could understand them -- your instructions:
obtained the so-called hard-reset, reached the light gray monitor and the msg
about sending to restore factory settings...
But then it says: press END to quit -- which local, what place, where is any button or label depicting END? Nowhere. NONE whatsoever...Zilch.
Your point 3. declares: «Press on your device».
I'm sorry for my dumbness but 'press' what? where?
=> Once the gray monitor, with its obnoxious message about sending to restoration freezed there, and i feared it grew accustomed to it, i waited for
a while, and pressed like a mental-retarded in all the buttons and commands-alike protuberances of the device and, since i got no response from that juggling and much less any action concerning the file "TRINIMG.nbh" i had previously placed in newly formated duly inserted sdisk, i gave it some seconds more & then empaled the stylus in the bottom of the creature.
Then it ressuscitated, displaying the Vodafone logo-splash and entering the
green wallpaper of Windows "push to bla, bla".
After a rapid checking i realized that except for some programmes icons greyed out and paralized, nothing more had change, nothing, nothing.
This is a "basket case". W'ont you agree?
Thanks for your attention anyway, with my kind regards,
HN

N'Rique said:
Your point 3. declares: «Press on your device».
I'm sorry for my dumbness but 'press' what? where?
HN
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It means to power on your device -> press on

Thanks XARABAS
But if it means press power on, the bluish printed msg states press END to
restore factory defaults or QUIT - where and/or how does one quit from such a frightening situation, i.e.: the milky wallpaper bearing that infinitive stupid msg?
2. Further, unfortunately i was right to be so fearfull:
After the hard reset, it rebooted as if nothing happened with the small light
consequences i described (some freezed programmes), but later on i realized
a much worse side-effect: the device does not recognize any memory card:
and i tried several different -- it continues to declare that NONE is installed!
I'm beginning to heavily repent having dared to to perform such HIGHLY risky
operation...
What can i do, now? Trust the device to the garbage tin or is there any simple & effective, last rite i could be able to use and convince the cheesy device to accept the fact that there are accessories such as scards??
Thanks for the eventual possible patience.
Regards,
HN

Which version of active sync do you have atm, latest?

Let me add just another bit of info
Hi Xarabas,
To spice my text above, just consider this:
I followed an advise of someone of this here site:
CHANGE the SIM card and enter the IMEI #. (Could not enter the whole
number since it does not accept the last 2 digits!). But better much better
after having previously with siuccess perform the SSPL TRIN.exe i think it
had unlock the CID and the other item i hate to recall the name, complete
with progress column of small squares adding up and announcing EXIT in
the end; after this, when of changing the vodafone sim card i had for another card i use, the stupid htc declared the new sim BLOCKED and added
a message saying: «Since you've tried 13 times, now you have to wait
until the latency time be exceeded».
This would gain a championship of stupidity! I never tried not even once!!!
Active Sync 4.5 for me is an already lost bet: it does not connect.
Regards,
HN

Ah, crap, only 4.5 works on XP, at least that's what MS says.
Have you considered upgrading to Win7 and trying with 6.1 active sync, works for me.

N'Rique said:
But if it means press power on, the bluish printed msg states press END to
restore factory defaults or QUIT - where and/or how does one quit from such a frightening situation, i.e.: the milky wallpaper bearing that infinitive stupid msg?
2. Further, unfortunately i was right to be so fearfull:
After the hard reset, it rebooted as if nothing happened with the small light
consequences i described (some freezed programmes), but later on i realized
a much worse side-effect: the device does not recognize any memory card:
and i tried several different -- it continues to declare that NONE is installed!
I'm beginning to heavily repent having dared to to perform such HIGHLY risky
operation...
What can i do, now? Trust the device to the garbage tin or is there any simple & effective, last rite i could be able to use and convince the cheesy device to accept the fact that there are accessories such as scards??
Thanks for the eventual possible patience.
Regards,
HN
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Try formating your SD card in a computer with fat16 or fat 32 filesystem.
And try not using SDHC cards, some cards it's required some tweaks to make them work...

To my friends Xarabas and [email protected] (?)
1. Windows 7? Oh good Lord that woud be the end! The HORROR! (As Marlon
Brando declared in Apocalypse Now, did you see it?).
That is the opera-prima of encoded perversity, juggling with the user and
obliging him to follow sundry prefetches. Thanks but no thanks.
It took me several years of study to get around all the 'niceties' of XP -- in
compairison with Windows 2000 Pro. To tweak and escape to Xenocodes, to
DRMs, MVTs and the sort.
Have you ever think about the 'evolution' of Windows Media Player and all
the restrictions it went on entailing?! No, thank you -- as soon as Linux with
qemu, reaches full devellopment, i'll wave good bye to WinBlows XP.
Regards to you, for now.
2. Greetings also to you Hacker...
I've done all the steps you advise. As you know Fat16 reduces overall capacity of a formated SCard, but what the heck: i used Hirens 12 utils and
formated my 8 Gb, which now bears only 6 Gb and something in capacity.
Luckily enough after having soft-resetted some 12 if not 13 times in a row,
my stupid device finnaly decided to acknowledge it, but then, as a token of its erratic humor, returned to an old bipolar psychic disease of his: it allowed me to install coreplayer -- but nothing more (even .jar chess games were forbidden! _ Midlet Failure it announces. As for anyother application i tryed to install, it shows the logo wheeling around and around forever until it crashes and freezes.
I am so sick and tired of this idiotic performances and so i flag my defeat here
and today (better said: to-night) enough time lost in improductive and frustrating activitties.
I plan to acquire an ANDROID thing, which they tell me is much more open and stable -- Would you agree?
Thanks for your attention in this idiotic quest of mine.
And best regards.
HN

N'Rique said:
I plan to acquire an ANDROID thing, which they tell me is much more open and stable -- Would you agree?
Thanks for your attention in this idiotic quest of mine.
And best regards.
HN
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I haven't tested any Android device to it's limits, but I've played with some devices for short times and Android is for sure a good OS. With a lot of applications and potentiality...
I have my trinity since november 2006 and I'll be with my trinity as far as it keeps working good and without problems, but when I'll bough a new device it will be a Android one, for sure.
If it was right now, Htc Desire Z it's the dream...
Maybe your trinity came faulty, and you had bad luck...

Related

This phone is driving me nuts

This phone is making me like...crazy!
and this is why:
I synct some playlists to the phone with windows media player 10, suddenly all playlists on my diamond are empty.
When i removed all the playlists on windows media player 10 to sync them again, it deleted all my songs!
now i got all my songs onto the device again, and wanted to alter 1 playlist, it took windows media player 6 minutes, to just alter, replace, 1 pooping playlist!\
Its not possible to remove a playlist created in the touchflo music player itself.
Not able to select it and then delete it.
Half of the icons in the games folder are ****ed up, we already have a thread with solutions(i tried all of them), but none of them worked.
And the performance, even with the tlr rom or whatever the name was, the diamond still goes slow!
And the battery depletes quickly, with auto attach off, and incoming beam off.
Cant receive a file with bluetooth, with incoming beam on or off, it keeps saying my pc is a new device and asks if i want to set a password, no matter if i set a password or not, it goes back to the menu, and still says my pc is a new device
And i used a mod of the diamond tweaks thread, to auto lock my diamond when the screen goed off.
Well, 1/5 times, it autounlocks itself when i turn the screen back on. not good...
And finally, the opera browser is sometimes not doing what i want. sometimes goes to a random place on the page, if i move and let the stylus go, it moves back to that random page, to fix this i need to quit, then restart opera.
This happens about 1/5 times i use opera.
Is this where i payed 481 euro's for...?
Any ideas how to fix this sh!t is welcome, i already did a hard reset to try getting rid of some problems.
borgqueenx said:
This phone is making me like...crazy!
and this is why:
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Nothing to complain about the phone?
marco899 said:
Nothing to complain about the phone?
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what do you mean?
theres a whole list of bad things there.
btw: forgot to mention that the diamond stylus made some nasty scratches on the screen when wiping over the screen in opera to scroll page, or goto next photo in touchflo, ect.
Got a protector included for that.
Install a fresh rom, I don't have any of your problems.
I use bluetooth a lot:
Sending files (goes hell fast), don't want to use cable when using .cab files here
For my parrot
For use as a modem (have reached 120kbyte/second) when online with phone!
All flawless.
I have very very good results with HTC's own new rom update via e-club.
TLR nr. 2 was quite buggy at my phone.
GOod luck!
borgqueenx said:
This phone is making me like...crazy!
and this is why:
...
Any ideas how to fix this sh!t is welcome, i already did a hard reset to try getting rid of some problems.
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Spare yourself next trouble to come and sell it, as I did with mine
czbird said:
Spare yourself next trouble to come and sell it, as I did with mine
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what have you got now may i ask?
Humbly returned to my previous P535.
I must admit that apart from Diamond, there is currently not many devices to choose from on the market... Was thinking about getting P750, but still unsure...
Xperia scares me, mainly because of the unusual screen resolution (dunno how all the apps will handle it) and that also is supposed to be made by HTC...
Maybe Diamond Pro will not suffer from these newborn diseases that my Diamond had - will see...
i think im going for the iphone 3g. will be expensive though...
the touch diamond really disappoints me...
borgqueenx said:
Its not possible to remove a playlist created in the touchflo music player itself.
Not able to select it and then delete it.
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Use the hardware buttons beneath the screen. You can navigate to the playlist you want to delete, and hold the 'enter' button to get the menu to get the 'right mouse button menu'.
Using your fingers it is impossible as it automatically selects the playlist if you press it. No menu will pop up.
borgqueenx said:
i think im going for the iphone 3g. will be expensive though...
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What do you mean? It will be much cheaper than the Diamond.
I wonder if you're expecting to install applications on that phone, or do any customization...
Mwahahahahahha!!!!
Another Winer! XD
I'd give this post 5/5 for creativity, 6/5 for whining and -1 for usefullness ^^
you can almost FEEEL that you joined only after buying the phone, and I'd guess that it's your first WM one..
Anyway, regarding your problems..
If your phone really is that bad, it's probably broken (pre-production, grey, some dimwit dropped it in the shop or any other reason). In any case, return it by warranty, and get a new one..
Having so many people love this phone, and being able to fix the issues.. and only you and a handful of others run around whining.. Surely it's obvious that it's either a lack of hands.dll or a simple hardware failure..
I mean you should be smart enough to grasp it.... ermm.. right?
Cheers
P.S. Oh, and please don't be offended by this post.. It was mainly inspired by your post anyway, but it was written half-jokingly as I couldn't really answer seriously to that amount of QQ
@ 205_laCoste...
You're my hero.
Had a lot of trouble removing two playlists, but using the hardware buttons solved it right away....
Thank You!
I'm ready to throw my diamond out the window, for pretty much the same reasons. I paid way too much money to have so many problems. And I shouldn't have to flash a new rom. It should be good to go out of the box.
Before I'm also accused of being a whiner, there is a plethora of posts of people having the same problems....with no solutions. The bluetooth issue is a biggie. I tweak my phone to enhance it, but I shouldn't have to be a programmer to simply make it function properly. To suggest that is just arrogant.
There are things that I absolutely love about this phone, but simply as a phone it sucks.
most of the time it is not the fault of the phone but the person
using it.
a lot of people have come here after having a normal phone and
dont understand how to use this one.
treat it more like a computer than a phone.you dont have to be
a programer you just have to know how to read a thread and
follow the directions.
if you have a 1.37 rom you need to upgrade it to a 1.93.
1.37 is crap.okay it shouldnt have been but it was that why
it was upgraded to 1.93.
if you still dont get it then sell the phone.go buy a fruit
phone and get ripped off just like all the other sheep out there.
I have to stand up for nursie here. I've returned my diamond several months ago (yeah, it was driving me nuts) and am happily living with my P750... these offenses are absolutely not necessary and untrue as well as uncritically extolling the device - gee, it's just another PDA
czbird said:
I have to stand up for nursie here. I've returned my diamond several months ago (yeah, it was driving me nuts) and am happily living with my P750... these offenses are absolutely not necessary and untrue as well as uncritically extolling the device - gee, it's just another PDA
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I have to agree, to an extent.
It's generally accepted on here that the Diamond is badly configured out of the box, which is why new users are recommended to flash a new ROM. This is not a good thing, although it's great we have such a good community of chefs to help solve the problem.
What's less well accepted is that much of the HTC software on the Diamond is slow and awkward. I'm talking about TF3D and the HTC dialer in particular, get rid of them and you can make the Diamond a great little phone just like your P750.
964rs777 said:
most of the time it is not the fault of the phone but the person
using it.
a lot of people have come here after having a normal phone and
dont understand how to use this one.
treat it more like a computer than a phone.you dont have to be
a programer you just have to know how to read a thread and
follow the directions.
if you have a 1.37 rom you need to upgrade it to a 1.93.
1.37 is crap.okay it shouldnt have been but it was that why
it was upgraded to 1.93.
if you still dont get it then sell the phone.go buy a fruit
phone and get ripped off just like all the other sheep out there.
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I upgraded to 1.93. And I'm quite proficient at reading and researching. I'm also very proficient with current technology. I get it. What you don't get is that a consumer spending big bucks on this phone shouldn't have to resort to advanced tweaks (which I understand, BTW...you won't find me here asking newbie questions) in order to bring the phone up to basic performing standards.
Again.....yours is a fine example of ignorance masking itself as arrogance.

Bypass Orange stuff at hard reset?

I just did a hard reset of my Orange TyTN ii, and had heard that if you soft reset before the 3 second countdown for customisation then you don't get all the Orange guff installed. (The people who developed the Orange dialler should be banned from developing for life!)
Trouble is, when I hit the soft reset, it's performing a hard reset every time. Am I doing something wrong? Or will this trick not work on the new ROM and 6.1?
Any advice would be very gratefully accepted because I just could not bear to be stuck with that awful Orange dialler. I don't want to flash the ROM on this brand new device, if I can help it either in case I **** things up!
riffian said:
I just did a hard reset of my Orange TyTN ii, and had heard that if you soft reset before the 3 second countdown for customisation then you don't get all the Orange guff installed. (The people who developed the Orange dialler should be banned from developing for life!)
Trouble is, when I hit the soft reset, it's performing a hard reset every time. Am I doing something wrong? Or will this trick not work on the new ROM and 6.1?
Any advice would be very gratefully accepted because I just could not bear to be stuck with that awful Orange dialler. I don't want to flash the ROM on this brand new device, if I can help it either in case I **** things up!
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Maybe you can do a hard-reset with the battery-cover already removed, boot up, go through the initial setup and when the countdown starts, remove the battery.
That trick only worked in WM6... WM6.1 doesn't work!
Thanks for the replies.
Typical! Microsoft continues to annoy and alienate its customers by further restricting their freedoms. It's almost as if they want to drive people to open source software. If only there was a Linux alternative to Windows Mobile. Sigh.
As for Orange, I've sent in a complaint to them about their incompetent developers - not that I expect them to take a blind bit of notice.
Is there a registry hack to banish Orange's crappy dialler and restore the much better HTC version?
riffian said:
Thanks for the replies.
Typical! Microsoft continues to annoy and alienate its customers by further restricting their freedoms. It's almost as if they want to drive people to open source software. If only there was a Linux alternative to Windows Mobile. Sigh.
As for Orange, I've sent in a complaint to them about their incompetent developers - not that I expect them to take a blind bit of notice.
Is there a registry hack to banish Orange's crappy dialler and restore the much better HTC version?
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I think it is time for you to venture into the Kaiser ROM forum like I did when I became sick of the Orange software
rfarnell said:
I think it is time for you to venture into the Kaiser ROM forum like I did when I became sick of the Orange software
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I'm too scared! ;-) If there's any chance of screwing it up, I'd rather not risk it until the Orange contract is over. But unless I can find a registry hack or some other way to replace the dialler, I might have to do it.
It's unbelievable that Orange has buried speed dial in a sub menu! What kind of moronic developer thinks that's a good idea? Have these idiots ever used a phone?
You can get rid of the Orange stuff easily enough without replacing the ROM! Just install whatever CAB files take your fancy. Start with HTC Home Plugin and use HTC Home Customiser to get it the way you like. Then choose from the dozens of nice diallers people on here have developed.

Crap... JIM... I think I may have BRICKED it

Well I was enjoying my Diamond today (picked it up from my local Telus store here in Vancouver, BC.) I was disappointed with the aGPS functionality so I tried to enter into service mode and load up the recommended applications (in other posts on PPCGeeks - I think the code was ##3326 or something like that...) Well - tried to install the application from the PC but unfortunately my PC didn't have the necessary file to do it. I started on my merry way using the phone anyhow and things were working fine without a hitch until I tried to take some video and the device slowed to a crawl. I decided to go ahead and soft reset the unit to clear things out. Right after I did this I the machine went into boot mode (where Touch Diamond heading appears and the red ROM information displays.) This is exactly where it has stayed. I thought maybe the battery was dead so I plugged it into the wall and let it sit for a while. Then I picked it up to see if it would boot. No go - WM 6.1 will not boot up. After to attempting to boot again several times through soft reset I decided the only choice I would have would be to hard reset. I held down the volume down button and held down the enter button, pushed in the reset button with the style... let up the reset button (still holding down volume down and enter...) and waited for the impending message to appear confirming a wipe. No Show Dorthy... nothing - zilch, nadda noonkah. So now I'm sitting here looking at this beautiful piece of equipment wondering if I have bricked the unit by entering the service mode and not getting out (pardon my ignorance on the topic... I'm a rank noob.)
Long story short - I'm looking for assistance, guidance, and help. The Touch Diamond screen just stares me in the face every time I try and reboot and I'm getting frustrated. It was by an act of the high heavens that I actually got the unit (the store only had 2) and I am praying there is hope for my lovely piece of lush ... albeit useless... Diamond...
SOS to the masters.
Sincerely,
Tweaking Diamond User
I don't know what you mean by service mode. Does it display SERIAL or USB? What do you exactly see. Don't think you bricked it, you need more for that
Not sure what you did to the ROM but it doesnt sound like you went into boot loader - rather just reset the device.
Hold down the down volume button while you hit reset and keep holding the down volume until the unit goes into a three color screen. Once its there that is the bootloader. Probably best to Hard SPL it from there and then load another quality ROM onto it.
open the back take out the battery for 10 seconds, reinstall battery, boot it up!
.it should work. if not, then you have one very expensive BRICK!
I second mr_cat's solution. You need to enter in the bootloader mode...
You should be able to revive it...look here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=417341
This is a CDMA device... do not use hardspl or any roms on here, as there is no good reason to believe the gsm roms will help you... I suggest as gtpete does... remove the batt for a small period of time then try again. When trying to hard reset make sure you keep the vol dn and enter buttons held until you see the clear storage screen... don't let up too early.
Failing any of this return it to telus... no damage no foul...
citats said:
This is a CDMA device... do not use hardspl or any roms on here, as there is no good reason to believe the gsm roms will help you... I suggest as gtpete does... remove the batt for a small period of time then try again. When trying to hard reset make sure you keep the vol dn and enter buttons held until you see the clear storage screen... don't let up too early.
Failing any of this return it to telus... no damage no foul...
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Well, for clarification, what model of the diamond are we speaking of? The DIAM100 is certainly NOT a CDMA device. I'm in the US and use a GSM provider so I can't speak of Telus.
TomInMB said:
Well, for clarification, what model of the diamond are we speaking of? The DIAM100 is certainly NOT a CDMA device. I'm in the US and use a GSM provider so I can't speak of Telus.
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I have both an asian gsm diamond and a telus cdma diamond... it is consider model diam500 or p3051.
Took that puppy back
jessiethe3rd said:
Took that puppy back
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Maybe explain how? You might help future visitors.
And what is this service mode you speak of?
Mathew
DaPozt said:
Maybe explain how? You might help future visitors.
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I would assume he means that he took it back to telus.
MJNewton said:
And what is this service mode you speak of?
Mathew
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It is CDMA specific

Diamond screen fault/Orange UK warranty invalid after flashing?

Hi there. Long-time lurker, first-time poster here. There’s something amiss with the alignment of my HTC Diamond (Orange UK – upgrade from August). It’s as if the screen is repeatedly being pressed on the bottom right hand corner (so it’s pretty much permanently cycling through PROGRAMS, REMOVE, DONE etc.). There are a number of threads floating around this forum regarding screen alignment going nuts, but they all seem to be happening when the device gets hot – with mine it happens constantly, regardless of temperature. And, it’s not just when I touch the screen, it’s all the time.
What I’ve done to try and fix the issue:
-Re-aligned screen (via ‘Settings’) – this usually takes several attempts
-Soft reset
-Hard reset
-Removed screen protector
-Tapped the four corners of the screen firmly (www.htcwiki.com)
-Opened ‘note’, pressed firmly, drawn line with stylus (as advised on www.htcwiki.com)
-Flashed back to stock ROM
None of this has made the slightest difference, so now I’m trying to get the phone returned to stock settings, so hopefully my warranty won’t be invalidated. Steps I’ve taken so far:
-Cleared internal storage (via SETTINGS).
-Hard reset
-Flashed latest (1.93) ROM from the Orange UK website (www.orange.co.uk)
-Identified SPL bootloader (VOL DOWN + POWER + SOFT RESET)
(Tricolour screen):
DIAM100 MFG 64M
SPL-1.24.Hard
MicroP-Diam (LED) v11
PSOC-Diam STAGE_PVT v0x30
-Downloaded Stock SPL from here (after reading this thread: Heeeeeellllpppp UK ORANGE SPL RESTORE. Am I correct in thinking that despite having the latest 1.93 from Orange, I still install the 1.37 SPL? ). Haven’t yet installed, but will shortly do so having fully read and understood the advice in previously linked post, and info on modmydiamond.info
*EDIT* I had problems restoring the original SPL as the screen has now gone completely ballistic and is constantly registering this phantom pressing of the bottom corner of the screen. I managed to solve the problem by pressing down on the screen (which seemed to 'freeze' it), and then,using the hard keys, navigating to PROGRAMS>FILE EXPLORER and then (still using navigational hard keys) running SSPL-Manual.exe from the Diamond (then following instructions from above thread). Checked bootloader, now says SPL 1.37. Phew.
Now, what I’d like to know is:
Have I missed something? I’ve searched long and hard on this and other forums, and can only conclude that this screen issue is a hardware fault. My first port of call is hopefully going to be returning the phone to Orange, and hoping that they fix it under warranty. Has anyone got experience of returning a Diamond to Orange after having flashed it (and returned it to ‘stock’ ROM & SPL)? All previous posters who’ve discussed possible Orange warranty invalidation after flashing ROMs haven’t updated their thread with the results. Or maybe I’m searching for the wrong terms in the forums ...
If the worst comes to the worst (and having experienced Orange customer services for the past 10 years, I’m fully prepared for this ...), can anyone recommend any reliable HTC qualified technicians about who could possibly diagnose and repair my Diamond?
Apologies for the lengthy post. I’ve tried my best to search the forums for a solution, and I’m acutely aware of unnecessary newbie posts, but I’m kinda at the end of my tether here.
Yours hopefully ....
Orange are not all that likely to go poking around in the insides of the diamond to check every version is stock. I'd ring 154 and tell them the problem, don't mention that it has been flashed or tampered with at all. They will run you through a diagnostic session and probably sort out a replacement for the next day.
If you have an Orange official ROM and Spl you'll be fine, Orange get thousands of returns daily, they are not going to check each and every one for the correct software versions, as long as it has the right numbers somewhere it'll be fine, and I think you have done more than enough to cover that.
If you have any problems PM me.
Thanks for your reply. I called Orange earlier, played a little dumb, and they did just as you said. Although the only diagnostic they recommended was to perform a soft reset (no hard reset, no clearing storage - just soft reset).
I got the feeling they've had quite a few returns, as they didn't ask any questions about whether the handset had been damaged/exposed to extreme temperatures/any other potential damage-causing scenarios. They're sending out a replacement handset shell (handset only, minus battery & SIM) tomorrow morning to swap with my faulty one. I've had issues with Orange customer service in the past, so I am pleasantly staggeringly surprised by this unusually competent level of help from them.
Hopefully I'm not counting my chickens on this one, and the new handset works and no questions are asked about any flashing of the old one ...
Thanks again,
Most phone companies just do a straight swap on the door, so im guessing thats what they are giving you?
If thats the case, then i highly doubt they are going to bother chasing you up on it even if they ever notice. They must have loads of these things coming in everyday, they will probably just ship it back to htc, who might notice, but by then i doubt they will know where its come from.
Though just giving you a new shell seems a bit stingy!
New shell arrived at 9am this morning (I may have to temporarily rethink my opinions of Orange CS ...). The only part exchanged was the phone part - I even kept my old batter cover. I suppose it is slightly stingy, but also more convenient. The replacement is clearly a reconditioned model, which is fine with me. The reason I think it's reconditioned is that the screws inside the phone show signs of having been unscrewed, and there are minute marks around the screen which would indicate it's been removed, and probably replaced. The screen also feels different somehow - as if there are two membranes connecting when applying pressure with the stylus. Not an unpleasant sensation at all though.
So far, it's working well. Super fast (running Orange's latest ROM & Radio: 1.93.405.1WWE & 1.00.25.05) with an immediate response, so I may resist tampering with software for at least a day or two! Apart from installing MSVC - Cyberon Voice Dialler is a total waste of time in my eyes.
Fingers crossed, this handset will last the distance, and there'll be no flashing repercussions from Orange.
Cheers!
orange wont check the internal structure of th device
they once tried to tell me the omnia was unable to be debranded from there firmware it took me 10 minutes to do
I sent my orange diamond back after the backlight stayed permanently on.
I was worried about them checking, but i still left the hard spl on and the rom - they didnt bother checking
would anyone tell me if i send the faulty orange phone to orange service without proof of purchase. Would they check phone or repair it without proof of purchase?
Appreciated for your replies
kamikserg said:
would anyone tell me if i send the faulty orange phone to orange service without proof of purchase. Would they check phone or repair it without proof of purchase?
Appreciated for your replies
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I've never had to provide Orange with proof of purchase when returning a phone to them but every time I did I had Orange Insurance on it which was bought when I bought the phone so they would have the details on the system.
I doubt Orange check these devices when returned. I sent a phone back for a scratch on the screen, they asked me if it affected normal operation to which I replied "Yes". They said "Are you sure because if we exchange and find the device still works you will be charged for it". I said "Yes", arranged the return and promptly tried to damage the screen further to stop it working. I gouged a crater into the screen without it failing and just had to let it go and hope nothing happened. I've never heard back from them and it's been at least 1 year.
i had this issue as well. i have tried everything then i have found that somone mentoned about AZTOR V7 rom. i had it once i remember. since my diamond came back from repair with comment: unauthorised software/unlock voids warranty i have decided to have last try.
AZTOR V7 rom solved the issue for me!!!!!!!!!!
hail AZ

HTC Kaiser Soft Reset Problems

Hi,
I'm fairly new to the world of windows mobile and PDAs'. This website was recommended to me by a friend who has been using these types of phones a lot longer than I have.
Anyway, after buying my first windows mobile, HTC TyTn II, I used this mobile for a couple of months with its original ROM, and after a long conversation with my friend decided to flash the ROM.
It took me awhile to find a ROM I liked, eventually I did, but thats when the problems began to occur.
It is my belief that my soft reset button on the phone is either broken or possibly jammed and thus causing the phone to randomly reset (sometimes continuously sometimes at random points during the day), because of the countless times the soft reset buttin has been used, and i was just wondering whether there was a way to change the registry on my phone, or something similar, to disable my soft reset button.
I have searched the forum and read several long threads about other peoples problems with their phones soft resetting, and none of their problems sound anything like mine, their problems usually involve the phone not starting at all or getting past the OS loading screen, and my phone will do that eventually, it just soft resets at random.
Anyway, thanks anyone in advance for any help you can provide in this area.
Hixxy1991
What do you mean by soft reset button? Hole by the mini usb on downside of the device or power button on the right side, `cause Kaiser doesn`t have another button for something like that. Anyway, you can try to apply power on off function to another button (I`m not sure about that, search around forum for that), or try something with PsShutXp or XDA Shutdown (they both are free). And, of course, good luck!
The soft reset button is a switch... it's either in the on or off position. If your kaiser is randomly resetting it could be a software, battery or loose connection inside the phone issue. Could also be a bad flash or a dodgy rom. Read the stickies thoroughly and flash back to your original rom. If the reset problem still occurs then check the battery connections, etc. Poke a cocktail stick in the reset area (with battery removed), wiggle it around and see if any dirt/grime comes out.
Last resort is to open up the case using the manufacturers service manual, because getting to the reset area is a right fiddle, and not recommended if you haven't explored the guts and know your way around all the parts pretty well.
It's correct: the random reset may be due to a faulty rom/flashing problem and to a wrong battery contact...
It may be due to unstable software or to thousands of causes...
But what Hixxy1991 is saying may be a cause too...
The reset button is exactly a "button" i.e. a "monostable" switch similar to keyboard keys: it has a active "closed" position (when pressed) and a rest "open" position when unpressed.
Inside the button there is a little spring mechanism that holds the button in the rest position so that it gets closed only when you press it.
Due to the very little size of the button and to the unfrequent usage it was expected for, the spring isn't very strong so the Hixxy1991's supposition it isn't so unlikely...
Due to "phisical" cause, you can try to leave the phone over a soft cloth for a while, so it's away from vibrations, and look if it resets.
If yes, you can guess the problem isn't due to the reset button.
Even, you can check if shaking the phone drives it to reset...
I suppose there isn't any way to disable the reset button via software, as I can guess it's an hardware trap...
I'll check around if I'm wrong...
Stay tuned and, please, conduct both checks I suggested and let me know...
See You, Pino
sometimes this problem is due to a problem in the main board :s , and you won't be sure if this is the problem or not except when you try the solution posted above, one of my friends had this problem and it turned out to be what i told you, hope that flashing the rom would solve the problem getting you away from any hardware matters
thank you all
Thank you all for your advice, I have taken everything that you suggested onboard, however after trying both of ppelleg2003's checks to see if it is the hardware, and it was at this point that my mother, bless her mind so full of wisdom, decided to tell me to stop pissing around and just get in contact with HTC.
I then did exactly as I was told, sent them an email and they have asked me for the devices serial number so that they can see if the device is still under warranty, although i think its all academic now because someone sat on the device the other day and added a huge crack in the screen to my problems, so the device will have to be sent back to HTC for repair.
Once again, thank you all for your help
Hixxy1991
Sorry to hear about the damage... and it will surely not under warranty :-(
I wish You best luck in future
See You
Sorry to hear about the damage... and it will surely not under warranty :-(
I wish You best luck in future
See You

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