where to begin? - HTC Titan

have a htc titan
not sure where to begin...
i am happy with how it is - but when i try to tether - it says i have to call at&t (i dont want to do that and just want to tether with the data i had already paid for)
if i hold volumne up and down together and boot phone... i get this...
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Security Unlocked
PI39***
SPL-1.8.160015.3(131788)
eMMC SAMSUNG 15028MB
TOUCH A1(F:81,ID:1,V11,B:F8)
Radio-16.23.02.09_2
Serial
APPSBL
IMAGE CRC
FACTORY RESET
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what does it mean? tried searching for this SPL with no avil...

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slpin said:
have a htc titan
not sure where to begin...
i am happy with how it is - but when i try to tether - it says i have to call at&t (i dont want to do that and just want to tether with the data i had already paid for)
if i hold volumne up and down together and boot phone... i get this...
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Security Unlocked
PI39***
SPL-1.8.160015.3(131788)
eMMC SAMSUNG 15028MB
TOUCH A1(F:81,ID:1,V11,B:F8)
Radio-16.23.02.09_2
Serial
APPSBL
IMAGE CRC
FACTORY RESET
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what does it mean? tried searching for this SPL with no avil...
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Double check your SPL please?

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PL is
SPL-1.8.160015.3(131788)
just checked again....
i cant seem to find any information on doing hspl on it since everytime i look up that spl, it shows up as radar but i have a titan?
that isnt really my main concern... mine is the fact that i cant even tether with this unlocked/unbranded htc phone..... it complains about AT&T tether plan...
then it complains about some conection error about phone cant connect to the internet when it is on zune and i cant use the zune pass

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held volumn up and boot phone
have a red LED blinking but no display
connect to computer, says Qualcomm CDMA Tehcnologies MSM
does that mean anything?

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slpin said:
PL is
SPL-1.8.160015.3(131788)
just checked again....
i cant seem to find any information on doing hspl on it since everytime i look up that spl, it shows up as radar but i have a titan?
that isnt really my main concern... mine is the fact that i cant even tether with this unlocked/unbranded htc phone..... it complains about AT&T tether plan...
then it complains about some conection error about phone cant connect to the internet when it is on zune and i cant use the zune pass
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SPL1.86.160015.3...is your device the x310e?
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slpin said:
held volumn up and boot phone
have a red LED blinking but no display
connect to computer, says Qualcomm CDMA Tehcnologies MSM
does that mean anything?
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To get into bootloader mode you must hold down both volume down and volume up simultaneously and while you're doing it, hit the power button until you see the white screen, continue to hold down volume up/volume down but let go of the power button.

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here is the screen inside bootloader
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
here is the one inside about

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slpin said:
here is the screen inside bootloader
here is the one inside about
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Your device model number is the HTC Titan x310e. You will note all we folks with the AT&T HTC Titan in the United States have the "x310a". If you're overseas somewhere other than the US and Canada, I believe you're going to debrand your device with the Cingular 1.10 ROM where we are required to use the European 1.09 ROM but I'm going to be honest with you and all; I'm not sure. My interpretation of the original debrand post is to debrand your device with the opposite ROM depending on where you from and I have spent more time on the Titan threads in the last 6 weeks than I have since my Motorola z3 and HTC Rhodium days but I'm a math major and no where near the level of expertise of most here including this very thread. It is unknown if the Windows Phone 8 devices will be capable of being unlocked other than the carrier-subsidy unlock; the HTC Titan II to date can't be HSPL so it begs the question if the latter devices will equally be highly improbable. I think those of us who also own the HD2 hope the future HTC Titan III (Zenith) will be what many have achieved in our HD2s.

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The bootloader is waaaaaaayyy too old. That's like the first walking days of the Titan, but your OS versions seems to have caught up. In this case, no debranding is necessary as all X310e model are unbranded, you just straight flash HSPL and do a custom rom, or you might even consider going stock, which football has provided, including the latest and official 8773 firmware with 4.6 bootloader.
There have been a couple of reports that WP8 crashes, tinkering/trying to unlock the bootloader, showing a PC-like error upon startup asking for a "recovery disk". The only way to fix this is via warranty.

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NeuroXT said:
The bootloader is waaaaaaayyy too old. That's like the first walking days of the Titan, but your OS versions seems to have caught up. In this case, no debranding is necessary as all X310e model are unbranded, you just straight flash HSPL and do a custom rom, or you might even consider going stock, which football has provided, including the latest and official 8773 firmware with 4.6 bootloader.
There have been a couple of reports that WP8 crashes, tinkering/trying to unlock the bootloader, showing a PC-like error upon startup asking for a "recovery disk". The only way to fix this is via warranty.
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I wondered whether if the device hardware began as an "x310e" if the debrand was necessary. Our "x310a" devices have to be debrand and made to mimic the "x310e" to successfully HSPL...but no one outside the US has been able to verify this. Over on another thread an individual asked my about his "x310e" and his OSPL is 1.86.160015.3 and I asked him to double check that for me and again he said the same thing. It's my understanding, he's good to go and simply has to flash both the SPL205 and HSPL and that's it.

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berrywr said:
I wondered whether if the device hardware began as an "x310e" if the debrand was necessary. Our "x310a" devices have to be debrand and made to mimic the "x310e" to successfully HSPL...but no one outside the US has been able to verify this. Over on another thread an individual asked my about his "x310e" and his OSPL is 1.86.160015.3 and I asked him to double check that for me and again he said the same thing. It's my understanding, he's good to go and simply has to flash both the SPL205 and HSPL and that's it.
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wow
you are right
no gold card, no nothing...
just flash it and it is all done now!
it is surprising that I need to do this on a unbranded/unlocked device.... the x310e 's tethering is *still* locked by AT&T.../
does the top left of my device saying "Security Unlocked" mean anything special?

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slpin said:
wow
you are right
no gold card, no nothing...
just flash it and it is all done now!
it is surprising that I need to do this on a unbranded/unlocked device.... the x310e 's tethering is *still* locked by AT&T.../
does the top left of my device saying "Security Unlocked" mean anything special?
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Honestly, I don't know. If you have successfully HSPL your deice and you're using a custom ROM, not a stock ROM, you should be good to go.

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slpin said:
wow
you are right
no gold card, no nothing...
just flash it and it is all done now!
it is surprising that I need to do this on a unbranded/unlocked device.... the x310e 's tethering is *still* locked by AT&T.../
does the top left of my device saying "Security Unlocked" mean anything special?
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I take it you're using that Titan inside US? If so, then you will need to have a tethering plan with ATT (as I understand with most US carriers, they make you pay to tether). Otherwise if you're on a custom ROM, you can follow the guide in the Titan development forum about unlocking the tether option with ATT.

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end up having to do the registry hack to get tethering to work...
this is kind of crap seeing as it is an unbranded/unlocked device which is still affected by AT&T's tethering limitation.... for example, the Lumia 800 isn't faced with this issue. Perhaps it may be time to switch to tmobile soon..