Hard-SPL, Or How to Not Brick Your PDA Ever Again And Fix Bad Blocks! - 8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin

OK, well... I'd like to introduce Hard-SPL; available in 3 flavours:
SPL 2.10 based on 2.02 will be released shortly at £5 per person... only kidding... it's free, and out now, but do consider a donation
1) 2.10 - Hard-SPL-V7 - see Changelog for further details
(at the bottom)
2) 1.10 - Olipro SPL - based on 1.04 and unlocked - use for rtask commands.
View attachment Hard-SPL.zip
3) 1.01 - Olipro MFG - based on 1.01, and really for testing only.
View attachment Spl-Olipro-MFG.zip
TO FLASH THE NEW Hard-SPL, Select Force-SPL, you should only choose otherwise when recovering your device from an old Hard-SPL version!
RUU now forces SSPL every time... do not use this RUU for anything else.
For older CustomRUU users; pick the 1.40 option, autodetect will not work... or download and use the new CustomRUU
1.01 is provided as SSPL and SPL; SPL is intended for flashing, SSPL is intended to be loaded by SSPL, neither of these are packaged as an NBH since if you intend to play with it, you should know how to make your own package for it.
Bad Blocks SPL Available! - Hard-SPL-V6.zip - fixed RUU bug for those using 1.11/1.13/1.30
Code:
[b]CURRENT FEATURES[/b]
-SuperCID
-no file signing required
-no password required to authenticate with bootloader
-bad NAND can be recovered with "task 2a"
-bad NAND can be recovered by flashing an OS
-SPL protected from all HTC retail SPLs being flashed by accident (to bypass, use SSPL)
-IPL protected from all flashes; protection against bogus NBH's
-bad NAND can again be checked for with "info 8"
-version displays 2.10.Olipro
-no longer tries to read bad NAND - should fix whitescreen issue
[b]ChangeLog[/b]
[b]Hard-SPL-2.10[/b]
-based on a newer SPL base; bugfixes.
-IPL flashing disabled to prevent bogus NBHs bricking your device.
[b]Hard-SPL-1.40[/b]
-repairs a bug that affected SPL being replaced by retail ones.
[b]Hard-SPL-1.35[/b]
-addresses an issue for those with Real Bad Blocks to prevent whitescreens.
[b]Hard-SPL-1.30[/b]
- removed password for wdata commands and rbmc etc.
- activated "task 2a" to allow recovering bad blocks as well as flashing valid OS.
- Disabled SPL flashing; this SPL protects you from writing over it by accident.
- Bad Blocks "info 8" command works now allowing you to check for bad blocks.
[b]Hard-SPL-1.13[/b]
- Patched NAND check; bad NAND ignored, valid OS can be flashed to recover bad blocks.
[b]Hard-SPL-1.11[/b]
- Flashing Radio BL 0108 now supported
- Downgrading SPL no longer allowed.
- rtask command removed.
- new RUU interface required to flash ROM files.
[b]Hard-SPL-1.10[/b]
-Initial release; SuperCID and no signing required
-Compatible only with Radio BL 0107
-has rtask commands for accessing radio facilities.
Looking for other SPL Files? scroll back up! they're at the top underneath each version heading!
please remember that 1.35 and 1.40 are the same as 1.30, so when using CustomRUU, either select that, or download the NEW customRUU and overwrite.

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Olipro said:
ROM's not available yet; I'm sending them to pof for testing before anybody is allowed to flash this... there's still a chance you could brick your phone
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great stuff... i'll report in a while

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Damn... a lot of people are sure gonna like this! How about doing 1.01MFG too so we can still flash os.nb in < 5 mins with lnb?

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Sleuth255 said:
Damn... a lot of people are sure gonna like this! How about doing 1.01MFG too so we can still flash os.nb in < 5 mins with lnb?
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if someone sent me it as a .nb then certainly... a proper nb... unsigned.
Current Status: Pof has successfully flashed his device, unsigned ROM seems to be flashing fine, if all is well, then I'll get a package ready within the next 10 minutes.

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man it works!! That's the safest thing to put on an hermes
Thanks Olipro

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Fantastic work! This will definitely be a big help to everyone.

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not to sound stupid or anything, but what does this enable your phone to do exactly??

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Its the holy grail of hermes flashing! As long as there's no bad blocks in NAND, bricking due to corrupted CID can now be now be avoided.

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Olipro said:
if someone sent me it as a .nb then certainly... a proper nb... unsigned.
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only 1.01MFG I've ever seen is .nbs

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koolhand79 said:
not to sound stupid or anything, but what does this enable your phone to do exactly??
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Same features as SSPL, but flashed on the phone and with bootloader version 1.04 (hex edited to be shown as 1.10.Oli), that is:
Ability to bypass signature in NBH files (friendly for cooked roms)
Ability to access radio bootloader (no more corrupted CID bricks)
Shows itself as SuperCID when doing a rom upgrade (but it internally isn't)
Can be uninstalled by just reflashing a shipped SPL, so no warranty is lost

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Sleuth255 said:
only 1.01MFG I've ever seen is .nbs
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yeah, but it's just the .nb with the NBH headers on... I'm a lazy sod and was hoping someone had already made it an nb to save me the time
also... in a few seconds, a flash package for my SPL will be available!

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When? When? When? Waiting... Yahooo. Good news to us all as cooking and flashing going to be as safe as possible.

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Okay it is my time to sound like a moron.
Alright I get the general idea of what this does, not could someone point, no need to show the link, just mention where in the documentation I can find more real info on this.

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Probably Des or Olipro can answer that:
Can we also patch the SPL to always write 0xFF on the "disastrous 517th byte" of each physical NAND page? (or not overwrite the existing value, whichever is better), this way even when the flashed OS.nb contains a value != than 0xFF on that byte, will not produce a bad block and this would make flashing cooked images _really_ fool proof.
For those willing to go deeply, read Des comment here.

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pof said:
Same features as SSPL, but flashed on the phone and with bootloader version 1.04 (hex edited to be shown as 1.10.Oli), that is:
Ability to bypass signature in NBH files (friendly for cooked roms)
Ability to access radio bootloader (no more corrupted CID bricks)
Shows itself as SuperCID when doing a rom upgrade (but it internally isn't)
Can be uninstalled by just reflashing a shipped SPL, so no warranty is lost
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Not that there's a heck of a lot of reason for doing it any more but does that mean we can now downgrade radio bl versions? Also will it help recover from bad bootloader flashes? I am constantly in awe of the brilliant people in this forum!

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chymmylt said:
does that mean we can now downgrade radio bl versions?
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No, if you have 0108, will keep 0108.
chymmylt said:
Also will it help recover from bad bootloader flashes?
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No... a bad flash in bootloader means a bricked device, but this is not common on hermes, the most common is bad flash in radio which can only be fixed if the bootloader is 1.04 or the rom has KITL enabled.

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pof said:
No, if you have 0108, will keep 0108.
No... a bad flash in bootloader means a bricked device, but this is not common on hermes, the most common is bad flash in radio which can only be fixed if the bootloader is 1.04 or the rom has KITL enabled.
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that means you've overwritten the bootloader I have made... so obviously not.
however, the bootloader does have built-in recovery functions (HTC's work) and generally you need to be doing something funky to bugger the SPL up.

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pof said:
No, if you have 0108, will keep 0108.
No... a bad flash in bootloader means a bricked device, but this is not common on hermes, the most common is bad flash in radio which can only be fixed if the bootloader is 1.04 or the rom has KITL enabled.
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Still very exciting! Y'all da man! (Men?)
Thanks again!

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For those with 1.01MFG or 1.04 SuperCID, will this new BL give any new benefits? I understand those with 1.09 will benefit, but, is it worth flashing if I already have 1.01MFG on the device?

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with this will i be able to upgrade and downgrade to any radio i want regardless of nbh or nbf, since no one is answering me in the thread i created about this. lol