I want to flash a non brand rom for my friend's Desire C which has a bloated brand rom. I could find RUU_GOLF_U_ICS_40A_HTC_ARA_1.49.415.4_Radio_10.11.98.09H_1.06.98.13M2_release_268891_signed for my region.
As far as I know I should get the zip file from it and put it on a gold card sdcard and boot into fastboot.
But something I'm not sure is, should I check the current software version? Is downgrading possible?
Device software version: 2.00.841.4
Hboot: 1.31
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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
Is there any way to extract the whole rom from the phone it self ? (I got my self a new HTC One....had to DOA my previous.)
Anyhow..my current phone has firmware version: 1.29.401.13, cidno: HTC_Y13.
And since I haven´t found this firmware or RUU in any of the collections out there, I thougt that if it´s possible to extract it...would, and mabye get it uploaded somewhere !
Before i flashed this on my htc device
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2457069
now i want to install the latest dark firmware from here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2391611
can i flash the latest firmware 3.57.401.500 dark on my device?i remember some people said if i flash stock firmware it can brick my device or something like that
Check if the firmware you will flas is in this thread
However, are you s-off?
If yes, no prob, you can flash everything...
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.
Hello All
I have unlocked bootloader and rooted my P9, but have recentley seen an OTA come through to turn my current version to B160.
I understand that I need to flash a stock Rom in it's entirety (re-lock BL and lose root) before I can proceed with the OTA?
The issue I have now is that my current build number does not appear to be available anywhere as a stock rom. I am in the UK and with the 'Three' network.
If anyone can point me to the stock ROM for my build or can recommend another stock Rom to flash that will work without issues, I'd very much appreciate it? :good: