Hello,
I bought a new HTC One (M7) in Switzerland for a Thai friend. When I turn on the phone, I can select a language in the list of the pull-down menu. The Thai language is missing in this list and I would to add this language.
1. Can I get the Thai language if I flash the phone with a firmware using ODIN?
2.a Which firmware should I use to get the Thai language, and where to download it? I would like to use the HTC official firmware, this one pre-installed in HTC One sold in Thailand.
2.b Same question for the Samsung Galaxy S4.
3. If I understood the guide below, a hard-reset* will not reset the phone to the original HTC firmware pre-installed on the phone when I bought it. Isn't it?
* After flashing the phone with another firmware.
http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/what-is-meant-by-firmware-stock-custom-roms-and-flashing-guide/
Thanks in advance and regards.
ODIN? Is not that for Samsung? Not working with HTC.
But flashing a different ROM will solve your issue.
Point 3 is correct.
Though i don't think that official firmware for a different region can be flashed without modifying a couple of things in the phone. AFAIK you need S-OFF because of the CID and change it to a different one than current or to SuperCID.
CID stands for Customer ID. HTC implemented this check to prevent flashing other region firmwares. For example, if you have a phone which CID belongs to Singapore, you normally can't update ROM from other region like EURO/USA/CHINA etc. You've to use same region firmware. Remeber that, SIMLOCK is not related to CID, if you sim unlock a phone still you may not be able to flash other region ROM. But unlocking tools like XTC, HXC etc does CID unlock too as well as SIM unlock. To Determine your phone's CID I've made a small script. Download getcid.rar from attachment, extract, connect the phone to Computer in Fastboot Mode, run getcid.bat. It'll show phone's current CID.
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In my opinion it's better to unlock the phone, flash custom recovery and flash a stock custom ROM (official).
I think WWE ROMs have Thai (see screenshot), if I'm correct.
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Hi, I am trying to find a link to the stock 2.2.1 for uk, I am on o2 2.2 but i would like the unbranded version so i can upgrade, can anyone point me in the right direction with instructions for a noob. many thanks
Forgot to mention its locked to o2, I have tried the unlock tools and they dont work on my SGS
I think you will need to unlock first as it will ask for an unlock code if you want to use it on another network. It may even ask for it just because it is not the O2 rom (I could be wrong)
can you suggest some other ways to try to unlock it, it is rooted and I have tried the unlock apps from the market also the way when you connect your phone to your pc and run a program but i forget whats its called it just said it couldnt find the code, also is it possible to lock it again if i needed to for warranty
If you install stock then in theory you have broken your warranty as its not your network supplied firmware its the basic firmware supplied by Samsung to the network .
You will have no future updates from O2 if you are not using the O2 firmware .
You sure its locked most SGS from O2 UK are unlocked .
Personally i would use the Rom Kitchin to install different rom and build my own .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=817703
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Hello there
I am Abdallah from EGYPT, I have bought HTC HD7 t-mobile used phone and i am interested in knowing some information about it, so i am going to ask some questions if some one would like to help me answering them
Info. about my phone
HTC HD7 T-Mobile / Unlocked
Firmware : 2250.09.12001.531
Rom : 1.20.531.01
Radio : 5.51.09.11a_22.31.50.09U
1- is this firmware the latest version ? if not, how can i update it ? and which ROM is suitable for my phone ?
2- is there any way to install apps/games from PC to Phone instead of using the market place ?
3- what is meant by phone brand and how can i get mine ?
4- what is meant by branded roms and unbranded roms and which is better in case i want to implement one to my phone?
5- is there any way to have HTC sense in HD7 like Hd2 ?
6- what do tmous, telstra ,Schubert, CID, and RUU mean?
thanks in advance
khashabawy said:
Hello there
I am Abdallah from EGYPT, I have bought HTC HD7 t-mobile used phone and i am interested in knowing some information about it, so i am going to ask some questions if some one would like to help me answering them
Info. about my phone
HTC HD7 T-Mobile / Unlocked
Firmware : 2250.09.12001.531
Rom : 1.20.531.01
Radio : 5.51.09.11a_22.31.50.09U
1- is this firmware the latest version ? if not, how can i update it ? and which ROM is suitable for my phone ?
2- is there any way to install apps/games from PC to Phone instead of using the market place ?
3- what is meant by phone brand and how can i get mine ?
4- what is meant by branded roms and unbranded roms and which is better in case i want to implement one to my phone?
5- is there any way to have HTC sense in HD7 like Hd2 ?
6- what do tmous, telstra ,Schubert, CID, and RUU mean?
thanks in advance
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1. If you are not careful, you could flash a new firmware and brick your phone. Not all firmwares work on all phones. New firmwares will be made available via official microsoft updates. I`d recommend you don`t try and flash new firmwares yourself manually unless you know exactly what youre doing.
2. Not without jailbreaking your phone. Look at Chevron WP7.
3. Phones are "branded" with their carriers logo i.e. tmobile. You`ll see that in the splash screen when you reboot your phone. Its completley normal.
4. See 3. If you buy a sim free phone (i.e. not via a carrier) then it will be unbranded. they function in exactly the same way as branded phones, just without the carriers splash screen at bootup.
5. No. Wp7 doesn`t allow the shell to be replaced like in WM 6.5
6. tmous=keyboard layout, telstra=carrier ,Schubert=code name for HD7, CID (carrier id?).
you sound like someone who likes to "play". Be careful and remember that if it aint broke, don`t fix it. Flashing new firmwares can be dangerous and potentially kill your phone. You are much better off waiting for official MS updates.
1.Not sure about it, I use T-Mobile in Asia with flash unbrand rom (Europe 1.60.401.01 - Radio 5.52.09.16 22.33a.50.10U) it's work like charm and os can be update to 7.0.7008.
2.Use Tom XAP Installer or Windows Phone deployment with Chevron unlock tool.
3.Brand mean that phone is come from carrier with carrier operator logo.
4.Brand rom will be customize something like radio channel frequency to made it compatible with their carrier.
5.MS not allow any OEM to customize their OS ,so.. we can't see sense on HD7 right now yet.
6.Go to visit HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development section ,that's good for you to start.
thanks to you my friends
I bought SGS that was unlocked from orange (UK) then sold in another country (mine)...
1. Does unlocking procedure include rooting?
2. Is this prohibits me from getting official update through Kies?
A simple yes/no will do, although if u answer no plz help me out and explain
(had a hd2 before this one, did some rom flashing.., never did unlocking though)
Unlocked and rooted are two different things and neither should affect kies offering an update.
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hopr this helps!!
mokiki said:
I bought SGS that was unlocked from orange (UK) then sold in another country (mine)...
1. Does unlocking procedure include rooting?
2. Is this prohibits me from getting official update through Kies?
A simple yes/no will do, although if u answer no plz help me out and explain
(had a hd2 before this one, did some rom flashing.., never did unlocking though)
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1.No..(flash via odin to some unlocked firmware)
2.It depends..(ie) if for the previous problem, you flash a firmware not from your region then no your kies wont be able to give you an official update.. so download a region specific firmware( for ex dd means india, dx means singapore. find ur region code). Instead of this i'd suggest you to go to samfirmware.com and get the best rom.
thank you for replies
i found out my firmware is I9000XWJV1 which could also be found in official sources, so i supose it should be available for me to use official updates...
still is there a way for me to know if the phone is with stock/retail firmware or its rooted with a rom thats just almost as stock?
sry if i may sound silly at any point, im new to samsung rooting and stuff
kies says:
"This version of your device cannot be updated.
Current firmware version DA:JV1 / PHONE:JVE?CSC:J
Can you tell me if it means i wont get updates ever, or just couse now its not available?
Nevermind, i found uot myself.. google almighty =)
So, my baseband version is I9305XXBLL5, and I'm on Portugal's Vodafone. I'm planning on rooting my phone so I can unlock it, but I gotta make sure I can return it to factory status (unrooted/locked) just in case I need to, for warranty purposes.
In SamMobile, there are 3 different firmwares with the same baseband version: one for Germany (Vodafone), one for Croatia (T-Mobile), and one for Switzerland (Swisscom).
Once I need to flash one of these to restore it to factory settings, can I just flash any, as long as they have the same baseband version? Or does it need to be the same carrier/country? If so, where can I find one for my carrier/country?
Baseband is nothing. What you need is a firmware with the correct CSC.
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Baseband is nothing. What you need is a firmware with the correct CSC.
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Where can I find my CSC? And also, after rooting and unlocking, wont I lose all the Vodafone apps? If so, if I flash a firmware with the same CSC (whatever that is) but different carrier, wont it come with that other carrier's apps?
CSC is the sales code three letters found on the box as the last three letters in the ART code and if I'm correct it should be TCL.
And the CSC contains the operator apps (normally in the hidden partition). So only if you change that ROM to another CSC you will lose operator apps.
CalInTheZone said:
CSC is the sales code three letters found on the box as the last three letters in the ART code and if I'm correct it should be TCL.
And the CSC contains the operator apps (normally in the hidden partition). So only if you change that ROM to another CSC you will lose operator apps.
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Ohhh I see. Finally, someone that can explain things right to me.
Would it be too much to ask for you to help me backup the phone, root and unlock it? There are so many different ways, and some count for the flash counter or something like that, some don't, I don't know which one to use.
I just needed to SIM-unlock my phone, and know how to return it back to its original state if I need to, I don't want to install any custom ROMS or anything besides unlocking it. And I really needed it today
PNGC said:
Ohhh I see. Finally, someone that can explain things right to me.
Would it be too much to ask for you to help me backup the phone, root and unlock it? There are so many different ways, and some count for the flash counter or something like that, some don't, I don't know which one to use.
I just needed to SIM-unlock my phone, and know how to return it back to its original state if I need to, I don't want to install any custom ROMS or anything besides unlocking it. And I really needed it today
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If you do a simple search you find all the answers right here. To unlock you need a 4.1.1 firmware but read here this does not need root afaik.
I've just got a new HTC One which when setting up did not have English UK language as an option. The setup defaulted to English German and I've since found out that the phone is an EU version. Is this going to give me any issues in getting system updates and running apps? If the phone is not a specific UK model I'm worried I may not get certain updates. Will the language also influence the way apps run? Should I send it back?
Shouldn't be an issue if you're able to set it to English. The updates you receive will be specific to the software version you're running, which can be changed.
If you go to Settings>About>Software Information, what is the software version? Ideally you'd be looking for x.xx.401.x which is the WWE (world-wide English) version, or x.xx.1540.x which is the US Developer Edition, which should be equally suitable for EU usage. Only real difference between the two is the Dev Edition receives updates well before the others.
If your software version is not one of those, you can do some searching here on how to S-Off your phone and flash one of those versions to your phone. The short version is to register at HTCDev.com, follow the instructions on how to unlock your bootloader, then use Rumrunner to make your phone S-Off. After that, the doors start to open on allowing you to switch your phone's operating system. Just do some searching if this is the route you want to take. It sounds complicated, but once you've done it, it's not too bad. The next barrier would come only if your phone's model ID is different from the one the software you want to flash is for. I'm going to assume your phone is PN0710000 which would mean the 401 software would be an easy transition. To use the 1540 software, you'd have to change the model ID to PN0712000, which requires some extra steps.
Last thing if you decide to go this route is you will trip over the words "custom recovery" over and over again. Don't worry about it. Unless you have a specific need for one, I always advise against it since it will prevent you from receiving updates and has great potential to brick your phone if you don't know what you're doing.