Hi guys
I own a HTC TYTN (Vodafone 1605) having WM5 and would like to have latest updates and features on it. I checked HTC site and i suppose they are not offering any updates for this model.Please help since i am not very used in doing upgrades etc.
Thanks
Ashok
Start here!
DO THIS FIRST!(MOST IMPORTANT)
HARD SPL
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=296722
THIS IS NEXT
SIM/CID Unlock
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=293665
THEN GO HERE
Schap's WM6 ROM (It's great!)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=359458
IF YOU GET STUCK GO HERE
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=455859
Mind you, Schaps is a very old rom now, go to the wm06 part of this forum to find roms that are more current.
It may be old but it still works great.
It might be old but i like it. It doesn't hang and all my 3rd party apps work flawlessly even TOMTOM 7.
What ROM would you suggest?
At the moment I'm using REVROM Lite. I changed the flash screens though as I like some others better. I also use Tomtom 7 though I have it installed on my sd card and just send a shortcut to windows startmenu folder. Have no probs whatsoever.
Its really fast and seems to be stable with me NOT having to soft reset at all for the last 2 days... You gotta admit thats pretty decent performance, I've also had no HR's or freezes. Could just be I've finally found the rom and setup that is good for me...
Cheers...
Yeh, i hear ya. I actually flashed two other ROMS on my phone tonight just to see what they were like, but i'm going back to schaps. It was stable and it seemed to give good battery life. I have all my 3rd party apps installed to my 8GB SD card to save space on my phone. Seems to work for me. Thanks for your input. Two heads are better than one unless one of them is a goathead. LOL Anyway thanks again.
Have been having similar problems upgrading my HTC TyTN from its official WM5 to the Official release of WM6. Every ROmor upgrade or program I have used has failed once it has switced the phone into bootloader mode even using Hard-SPL. Ive being crazy trying to find a solution. Hasnt help that Ive had enough trouble getting started thanks to using Vista-64bit and its driver signing problems. I have since sorted that problem and am now not getting any further with flashing the ROM.
I wouldnt class my self as an expert but I also would consider myself a novice as I build PC's and have flashed both my Xbox 360 and my PSP so am used to working in the shady underworld.
Vista Home premium
Ok here's what i've found with vista. I run AVG anti virus and spybot search and destroy on my laptop. When i use my laptop to flash a rom to my phone i have to turn both off. Even then when i flashed to the OEM cingular rom i had to put my phone in bootloader for it to flash. If i let the program put it into bootloader it wouldn't work. Now, when i flashed to shcaps and my preferred radio rom it worked fine as long as advanced network funtionality WAS checked. Before i found these fixes though i used the SD flash method which is in my opinion the best way to go since it is so simple. That is the way i flashed my Axim X51V so i was familiar with that method, i just had to figure out the correct procedure for the phone.
This is from the post that explains SD flash.
1. download hardspl v7 from the first post.
2. extract ruu_signed.nbh and rename it to HERMIMG.nbh
3. copy it to a microsd card, make sure the card is formatted as fat32
4. download sspl-herm from here
5. extract SSPL-HERM.exe and copy it to your phone.
6. insert sd card and run sspl-herm.exe on the phone.
7. you should see the tri-color screen and then it should change to this
8. press power button to start flashing
9. reset when you get the msg that its done
Good luck
OH and if you need the official Cingular WM6 ROM you can download it here.
If you have Hard SPL installed ignore the steps using SSPL.exe as that is Soft SPL. It's not as safe as Hard SPL.
Cheers...
PS. make sure you use a 2Gb or less sd card as the bootloader won't recognise sdhc cards, format FAT32 (most cards are default formatted FAT) & make sure of your spelling as it won't work otherwise - hermimg.nbh.
thank´s you all for help me upgrade HTC TYNT
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Hi, I already read a lot in the forum and the wiki, but as my first try to update my rom went terribly wrong I tend to ask some pros for help
I got me a used XDA1, it worked fine and was a german O2 Model. Then I got the last Update from O2 (3.19) and updated it with success. Then I wanted to unlock it with your Special Edition Rom, downloaded it and tried to apply it just like the O2 one via active sync and progam A. Result was, that my xda got stuck, now I can only see the empty transfer bar on the xda and can´t connect to the xda with active sync anymore. Both resets won´t help to bring the xda back to live the silly bar comes back every time... I can still get into the bootloader, though. As far as I understand I can still get the thing working again with a SD-Card and a rom on it? Can someone pleasepleaseplease tell me which card to buy (I don´t have one jet...) and how to get a onto this card and where I can get this rom? I still have the Files this O2 exe unzipped onto my disk and theres a nice 31MB NK.nbf in the Program/German folder. I already found the description how to flash from a SD-card with the bootloader, I just don´t know where to find the right rom and how to put it on a card... And maybemaybe, could someone tell me the right way to get this O2 xda working with a D1 card without getting it stuck again???
Thanks a lot to all your answers, I really need this thing to work again, and still ask myself how I could try to update the rom without reading enough, seems I will cry into my pillow till it works again cause it´s the only cell I got at the moment
Download xdatools and install, choose the nbf file as source and your card reader/writer as destination, choose this from the drop down menu at the bottom. You will need a 64 meg minimum sd card, a card reader/writer, xdatools and the nbf file. Once xdatools has programmed the sd card you insert into xda, push reset while holding power, when prompted push the action key which is the centre of the 4 way rocker switch. You will find many roms in the the kitchen that is kindly run my lumpistefan. Make sure to choose sd card flashing at base of screen before cooking rom. Here is the link for the rom kitchen.
http://lumpistefan.dyndns.org/
thanks a lot for the fast answer I got all the progs and the original 3.19 german o2 rom from rom kitchen. Now I´ll just have to get me a SD-Card... One more little question. I can´t turn the XDA off with the powerswitch and after reseting it also turns on automatically. I´ll have to wait till Monday to buy a SD-Card, so is there a way to get the thing off although it is still in transfermode or will I have to leave it on and in the cradle?
If you want it switched off completely, just poke once into the hole under the headphone socket, this will completely disconnect the battery, when you want it back on just push once again. Always do that procedure after flashing a rom also, push once then leave for on eminute, push once more to switch back on with new rom and noot sequence.
works fine, thanks
Hi,
I bought a HTC 8525 (Cingular) and I have several basic questions that I still can't solve in any other forum. First of all... is the HTC 8525 the same than the Hermes?? I don't see any Cingular forum...
How do I update from Windows Mobile 5.0 to the latest version? Is it free? What's the procedure?
I want to listen to many mp3 files in random order, but my Windows Media Player allows me to play just one at a time. How can I have a playlist, or, is there a better software that I can download to listen to music and videos?
How can I download Opera Mobile? Is it free?
Can I connect an external HDD (80 Gb Lacie hard disk) to the HTC? I would need a 2-way mini usb cable, but never seen one of those...
Lastly... does anyone have any experience with another OS such as Android, Symbian or another? I wonder if it should work better than Windows Mobile... just curious
Thanks in advance!!
1. read up in the upgrading section. You will want to 1st Hard SPL your Hermes (yes, the 8525 is a Hermes). After updating to Hard SPL go to the wm section. There are a heap of cooked OS's there with a list of included apps and a general description.
2. update your library in windows explorer or get another media player. S2P is a REALLY good player and its free. Use the search funtion to find it.
3. refer to last point.
4. No. Not possible.
5. Android (Linux) is in developement but you need to be able to troubleshoot and there are problems... Symbian isn't supported.
I would suggest before posting you do a search on the forum. All the information you wanted was in the WIKI. Asking 1st without searching is the fastest way to be flamed and/or ignored. Esprcially as ALL your questions have been answered Heaps of times. Remember, the wiki is your friend....
Welcome...
Thank you very much
Thanks. I apologize for not reading previous posts or the wiki first.
Just to clarify some things:
- First I have to "Hard SPL" (I researched the Web for the term "Hard SPL" and I'm not sure what it is... neither wikipedia has any article), and then install WM 6, right?
- I like what I saw about S2P. That's what I'm gonna use Now... the search function didn't come up with any results in my HTC. But I'll figure out how to install it.
I guess that's it. Thanks again, excuse me for my language, and regards from Chile!
Go here for Hard SPL - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=296722
Use Hard SPL V7. I'd also use the sd card method - find out in post #1160 on page 116, all app downloads there too.
Please note, Hard SPL ISN'T A GUARANTEE NOT TO BRICK YOU DEVICE BUT IS A SAFETY NET TO MAKE THINGS EASIER TO RECOVER IF SOMETHING GOES WRONG.
Type in "S2P cab". When you download the cab file copy it to the sd card and click on it. It would be best to have upgraded your OS though as you may get a "certificate not registered" error and it won't let you install. The new os's have everything you need. You can install the app to either your device or the sd card.
The WIKI we refer to isn't Wikipedia but the wiki on XDA-Developers.
Cheers...
Problems with my phone
Hi @ultramag69,
Yeah, I know you refer to the XDA-Developers wiki. I was just saying that there is not much information about all this in the web (in general).
I've had problems... I followed the steps suggested by you and the guys at that post #1160.
My phone gets to the 3 color screen and just sits there and never updates.
This is what I did:
1. downloaded Hard-SPL-V7.zip
2. extract it to my computer. Then I have RUUWrapper.exe and RUU_signed.nbh in my computer.
3. Renamed RUU_signed.nbh to HERMIMG.nbh
4. download sspl-herm
5. extract SSPL-HERM.exe and copy it to my phone, together with RUUWrapper.exe and HERMIMG.nbh
6. Run sspl-herm.exe on the phone.
7. got the tri-color screen and... it never changed (as you can see here)
Now I can't do anything... not even turn it off. I'll appreciate your advices
Your SD card has to be 2gb or less and you need to format it fat32. Make sure you back it up 1st.
Cheers...
I would also suggest not to worry about trying to run SSPL.exe if you can reset into bootloader (hold power, OK button above flywheel and reset with stylus. Hold in until it goes to the tri-colour screen) and it says -
SPL : 1.09.ds
Just make sure the sd card has been formatted fat32, .nbh file has been renamed properly and the sd card is inserted. Then reset into bootloader. It should detect the flash.
Ok so first is first.. I did read the wiki and I have searched.. even posted in a rom 3.42.50 post (i think that was it) but no replies...
so in that other post I followed the instructions.... I used a 512mb micro sd and a 64mb micro sd....
jambrose said:
FROM THE TITAN WIKI:
Flashing a phone with a micro SD card
1. With a card reader on your PC, format a non-SDHC (<=2GB) microSD card into FAT32 (tested to work up to a 4KB cluster size)
(the default size for a 1 GB would not work, also if it takes only a few seconds to format
try formating with some other slot/device. A 1 GB took over a minute to format correctly)
To format your Card - Open a DOS box and type/copy and paste this: ( format ?: /FS:FAT32 /A:1024 )
Replace the ? with whatever your SD cards drive letter is... ie: f, h, I.... Mine is G....
2. Copy the ROM to flash (xxxxxxxx.nbh) to the root of the microSD
3. Rename the ROM xxxxxxx.nbh to TITAIMG.nbh
4. Insert your card.
5. Force into the boot loader with POWER-CAMERA-RESET
6. Follow the instructions and you'll quickly flash your Titan...
7. You may have to soft reset once it says the update is complete
(If you are using UC let the customizations run so it will read the SDConfig.txt file)
This will work to flash with an official ROM and radio, I think regardless of the boot loader you have installed. But ensure that you have the correct boot loader (olipro 2.40 for this GPS ROMs) installed for when you do eventually finish with your flashing and are ready to boot into the OS.
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so i have been trying this for a while tonight.. cant get it to work...
I am getting the Loading... screen.. all grey but that is it...
512mb micro sd... TITAIMG.NBH file exists...
any ideas??
I did not install olipro 2.40... should I??
alot of views but that is it..... hmm...
ok I installed nueSPL-2.47
so now it says.,.
TITA100
SPL-2.47No2Chem Titan SPL EVT CPLD-9
still cant get it...
now trying to boot to upgrade the rom I get the reg, green, blue, white part of the screen... and it says serial....
can anyone help me???
it sounds to me like you have nueSPL installed correctly.
In the past I have had problems with formatting sd cards, the only reliable way I have found to format them so that they work for flashing roms is to use the nue format utility... it is up somewhere on nuerom.com
It will erase everything on your card, so back it up first
after the card has been formatted, copy the "TITAIMG.nbh" file to the root of the card
Put the card in your phone and reboot into bootloader mode
it should detect that there is a rom image on the card and ask you to press the power button to continue.
The flashing process takes about 1 minute to complete (so much faster than using activesync)
Once everything is done it will say something like "process complete", and then you soft reset and you are done
which rom are you trying to install?
mpenguin14 said:
which rom are you trying to install?
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yeah was weird... on about the 12th try of doing so much... copy rom, format, etc... eventually got it...
so which rom....
now I am ready for recommendations on this...
Here is what I use my phone for..
1. Phone - duhhhhh
2. GPS - Big time use....
2.a. Speedometer for my pickup truck... gpsspeedometer.exe
2.b. iGuidance
3. few games
4. Sirius radio via wifi
I do not have a data plan.... was going to get one soon but just bought a 2008 silverado z-71 crew cab.. so car payment is a bit much... so dont want to fork out the extra on a data plan.....
I have to check again but I think this is the one im going for...
Titan M2D Round 4 ROM (DCD 3.2.6 and TouchFlo 2D)
my biggy was getting the radio upgraded more importantly for better GPS... however I have got it to sync yet.... well im inside the house and cant get it to sync... raining outside too....
TeleFragger said:
yeah was weird... on about the 12th try of doing so much... copy rom, format, etc... eventually got it...
so which rom....
now I am ready for recommendations on this...
...
I have to check again but I think this is the one im going for...
Titan M2D Round 4 ROM (DCD 3.2.6 and TouchFlo 2D)
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I am glad that you were able to get it working. I enjoy flashing different roms, but am not really a nit-picky user.
I fonally donated to no2chem today so that I can use his nueRom3-pre3, it is a pretty nice rom that gives you the option to disable your camera and get an extra 8 MB in free ram, I am also really liking the nueWifiSwitch. But like I said you have to donate to get the rom, and I have only been using it for 6 hours or so.
before that I was pretty much exclusively on a custom build of DCD 3.2.6, just a bare minimum rom, which I like because I flash quite often.
It does seem like people are liking the "Titan M2D Round 4 ROM" a lot. It looks pretty good, in fact it even includes a program that I made, Manilla 2D Customizer, which will let you tweak Manila 2D and apply some themes.
Good luck, and I hope flashing your rom via SD card goes a little bit smoother than your radio flash
I am sure some of you are going to read this and shake your head but I need to know what is the whole purpose of updating your ROM on your phone. I currently have a US Cellular PPC 6800 and US Cellular never has anything on their site for new and cool things for their phones. I would like to update the phone to Windows 6.1 not for any particular reason just to say I did it. Is their certain features on this phone that I am missing out on because I have a stock ROM? By upgrading my ROM what features will I be able to get or do?
Thanks for your answers.
speed, speed, more speed, memory tweaks, battery tweaks
Really. I like that. I will start reading threads and getting a better understanding of this whole ROM upgrade. Any particular ROM that someone can suggest so I can read more on it. Anyone have any good words of wisdom on things to do or avoid?
what do you like in your roms? with programs? or barebones?
See that is what I need to learn yet. The differences in the ROM's. But I would have to say I like programs.
then r4r reloaded is the way to go by scrosler or bitserve. to unlock use nuespl
I see that nueSPL-2.47 is the latest version and I assume that would be the version I would use. it says "DO NOT USE with a NON GPS RADIO (2.xx). Only use with GPS RADIOS (3.xx). A version check will be added soon." How can I verify this?
What is the actual purpose of the nueSPL?
I don't mind getting my hands dirty and doing some reading but I am very new to the whole world of upgrading my phone. The fear is if I do something wrong then I have a very expensive piece of junk. I have worked on UNIX machines for the last 15 years so if this was a computer no problems but like I said earlier I know nothing about phones.
Thanks for your help
have you decided on a rom? kitchen or RUU file? let me know which one, then, ill help you unlock and install your rom
I am still researching the best one, or the one I think I would like to try. Thanks for your help and I will get back to you when I think I fully understand.
ok, this is what I believe to be true. a ROM and RUU are pretty much the same and a kitchen allows you to pick and choose which apps you want to install. What I am looking for is a way to allow me to have more features for the phone (ie. turn on GPS and upgrade to WM6.1) but yet also have some of the same programs I use all the time or be able to install the programs I use ( Office, Opera, Calendar, ) Things like that. Since you have way more knowledge on this then I do, with what I mentioned what would you suggest?
go here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=444342
then go into scrosler website and download the LOADED EDITION
have two things ready
1 nuespl (to unlock)
1 loaded edition rom (win6.1 GPS)
do you have a sdcard? what size?
GeLopez said:
go here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=444342
then go into scrosler website and download the LOADED EDITION
have two things ready
1 nuespl (to unlock)
1 loaded edition rom (win6.1 GPS)
do you have a sdcard? what size?
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You will also need an updated radio, I recommend 3.42.40 or 3.42.50.
You have to do SPL first, then radio, then rom.
BTC
I do not have a spare SD Card I am going to buy one and I have read that I need 1 no more then 2GB and to format it as FAT16
ok, I have downloaded Radio ROM 3.42.50, R4RLoaded, going to get SD NueSPL, and 2GB SD Card.
jskoland said:
I do not have a spare SD Card I am going to buy one and I have read that I need 1 no more then 2GB and to format it as FAT16
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might want to make that fat32
nuespl will format the card as fat 32 once we get it running
ok I am ready to go, I have an extra 1GB microSD card, After some reading, I am going to copy nueSPL to my phone with ActiveSync, SPL will format the 1GB card and then the unlock process will begin, After that I will install the ROM ( I need to re-read that because I forgot how to do it) and then after the ROM install the RADIO using the SD card method.
jskoland said:
ok I am ready to go, I have an extra 1GB microSD card, After some reading, I am going to copy nueSPL to my phone with ActiveSync, SPL will format the 1GB card and then the unlock process will begin, After that I will install the ROM ( I need to re-read that because I forgot how to do it) and then after the ROM install the RADIO using the SD card method.
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ill help you with the installation because its quite simple
once you get it unlock
rename your rom (ruu_signed.nbh) to TITAimg.nbh
copy TITAimg.nbh to storage card (using whatever activesync or card reader)
put phone in tri-color screen (in case you dont know it's power+camera+reset hold for 2 seconds)
that will install your rom.
the steps for upgrading the radio are the same:
delete previous titaimg.nbh file and replace it with your radio (titaimg.nbh) file
tricolor screen
done
Ok thanks for you help. going to try my very first ROM upgrade right now
jskoland said:
Ok thanks for you help. going to try my very first ROM upgrade right now
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go for it. ill keep my eyes on this thread
and my ears up for screaming
Can some one know how can I get windows 6.1 for my dopod 838pro and installation procedure. I saw some preview from youtube that it will work like htc touch pro or touch diamond. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsSNzYftjZs
OK, look at the top bar, You should see a word that looks like this - "Search". Click on it, type in a request making sure to specify the hermes. Wow, answers galore....
Sorry I tried my level best but I can't find any wm 6.1 for my dopod 838pro. Can you plz give me any direct download link in english version. My present rom
ROM: 3.54.707.3 (07/05/07)
Radio: 1.47.00.10
Protocol: 32.80.7020.20H
Try the WM06 part of the forum, I believe heres a sticky with a heap of cooked roms and the new WM6.5 in production on various posts....
At least tell us you Hard SPLed your Hermes, look here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=296722
You need to do this BEFORE upgrading the rom. You need Hard SPL V7.
I got problem to instal spl v7. When trying to update it after a certain next, the display gone multi color and it says that connection is no longer exist. when I check spl on my device it shows spl 2.03. I am using vista home. What to do. Sorry for bother you again.
Go to page 116,post 1160 of thread I gave you. It tells you how to install Hard SPL with the sd card.
Just remember, the sd card MUST be 2Gb or less, it has to formatted FAT32 and the spelling of hermimg.nbh is VERY important.
Cheers...
Thanks bro fainally I made it.
I still can't find the wm6.1 upgrade page. I tried HardSPL 7, it finishes in an instance, how do i check whether i have HardSPL it?
And where do i find the update for 6.1? I'm pretty new to all this, so I am kinda blur and lost now~
@ultramag69 i tried Hard-SPL-V7 with the help of this instruction http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=296722&page=116 and mobile said update in progress bfor half an hour and still its in progress it ill complete or is it in problem can i remove battery?....................
still update in progress more than 45 mins is this complete can i remove battery anyone pls help me..........
after one hour its in progress so i removed battery now mobile not power up not enter in to boot mode any solution? any one pls help me.................
Just Did my phone for the first time
Go to this link first and make sure your phone has the latest version installed.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=296722
Follow the sets it's easy enough
After you soft reset your phone
That being done you'r now ready to flash a new rom there are plenty on the hermes windows mobile 6 thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=355
I found this rom to be the most like the one on the u-tube video
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=461490
Down load the rom, extract the files
rename the ruu_sgned file to "Hermimg"
Now put a micro SD memory card in a card reader
open my computer right click the drive that represents the memory card and format it
choose the fat 32 file system.
now copy the hermimg fie to the root of the card
soft boot your phone
press the power button to comfirm the rom update and watch the progress bar
when complete
reset your phone and the new software will install
if you get a new soft ware installed do you want to reset pick no
the phone will reset when all the software is installed.
great stuff
try a few rom
find the one you like best
sry but you will need to put that card in your phone after you copy hermimg onto it
maybe you should go to the how to unbrick my phone thread
didn,t see that last post
ouch!!
here's the best chance at I solution
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Hermes_Unbrick
Go here
I hope you find an answer