Hi guys also girls maybe
I am going to use the excuse of being female Haha no excuse for anything i know
After having a "Desire" i was able to root that just so i could use Aps2SD to move my apps. yada yada lol I never had the nerve to attempt to install Custom Rom.
Since that went wrong a couple weeks back i purchased a tada "HTC DHD"
I have been reading my eyes sore for the past week on how too:
1.root the DHD=success Ace Hack Brilliant
2.The Plunge..install Custom Rom.. RCMix3D"LOVE IT" using RomManager.
3. Radios-kernals etc
Now my questiones
Q.1
Having read so much about roms. Am i to believe in the later versions of the Roms.aka RCMix3D v4.0..
Do these already include the suitable radio-kernal etc?
If the latter versions do,does this applie to earlier version?
Q.2
Before i installed RCMix3D i did a rom backup of my stock rom using RomManager.
If for any stupid known reason i needed to revert back to stock. Is it a simple case of restoring the back up? Would this do the radio etc?
Also when it comes up on the backup saying the "date-time"etc can i rename the back up to easely reconise it?
Q.3
As the DHD didnt come with a SDcard i used a 2Gb i had laying about spare.Titchy size i know..
As i have now got a Kingston 32Gb "Size Does Matter "
Is it possible to transfer all the files off the 2Gb card onto my laptop then onto the 32Gb, Then inserting the 32Gb into the DHD with out any problems arrising due to a differant SdCard?
This information maybe on the forum but work is killer so im sorry for appearing lazy
Thanks to every 1 at XDA and the followers for the help in advance..
Regards Nikki
1) all roms come with the kernal. Radios are independent and would be up to you if you wanted to flash it
2) yes on both. You can name it whatever your heart desires. And restoring is as easy as hitting restore in cwr
3) yes
ok thanks. nice quick reply. all i needed to know for now
Hi - on 2), ROM Manager has an option to rename the backups - use that, don't rename it using a File Explorer app.
I'm not 100% sure if it's still the case, but in the past, on older versions of ROM Manager and CWM, if I renamed the backup inside ROM Manager it was fine. If I renamed it manually then it wouldn't restore correctly. Probably something to do with the checksums.
Also, the backup doesn't include the radio. So if you change the radio, and want to revert, you'll need to flash the previous radio back separately.
Hope that helps.
How can I check the radio I am on? On fast boot?
I havnt flashed a different one yet so hope I can make a note of mine.
Thanks
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In Android it's in Settings/About Phone/Software Inforrmation - then the exact screen depends on your ROM version. Look for "Baseband".
In the bootloader/fastboot, it's the 4th line down. Mine says
"Radio-26.14.04.28_M"
Got mine from fastboot.
Radio-26.10.04.03_M
Thanks for the reply.
Is there any other stuff I should note down before delving deeper into roms etc
Thanks
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Most ROMs include everything but the radio, so everything else is covered.
The only other thing that might be worth checking is the hboot version, on the same screen that you got the radio version from. I can't think of many times when you'd need it, but if you ever apply Eng S-Off, which replaces the hboot, you might want to know what version the phone originally came with. It's unlikely but can't hurt.
Incidentally, the best way to revert to stock (for example if you have to send the phone back for repairs), is to flash an RUU, and that includes everything - ROM, radio, hboot, the lot.
So I'd say you're fine.
Thanks again for the useful information
I have Eng S-OFF so i guess cant check my oringinal one? Unless is a way too do this.
Also apparently i dont have ENG Bootloader. When i tried flashing a new splash screen. Is this easily available?
Thanks..
Sorry to ask, but are you sure your phone has Eng S-Off? There are two types of S-Off, Radio S-Off and Eng S-Off. Eng S-Off completely replaces the standard hboot with a special engineering hboot, that removes a lot of security. One of the things it does is allow you to use fastboot commands to flash things like rRadios and splash screens.
If you have Eng S-Off, on the bootloader screen the first line will say
"ACE PVT ENG S-OFF"
and the hboot version is
HBOOT-0.85.2007
If you have this version, you have the engineering hboot (or bootloader) and should be able to flash a splash screen.
If it says "ACE PVT SHIP S-OFF" then you only have Radio S-Off, which allows you to flash custom ROMs, but not to flash anything that uses the fastboot.exe to flash, such as radios and splashes.
If you don't have Eng S-Off yet, check this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=855403
(You don't need to run Visionary before the tool if you already have a custom ROM with root.)
But be careful if you have an Inspire 4G (as opposed to a Desire HD), as the Eng S-Off method causes issues with some newer Inspires.
Oh. Mine says ace pvt ship s-off.
I assumed I had done everything when I used the ace hack.
I assume I have DHD lol
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Thanks for the link ) made my DHD ENG S-OFF in seconds.. Now i can apply some splash screens
you are a star.
Excellent, glad you got it working. Have fun customising your phone even more!
BTW the Inspire 4G is a variant of the DHD made by HTC for the AT&T network, and I'm sure you'd know if you had an Inspire rather than a DHD. They're almost the same phone, but there are just a few minor hardware differences. Many ROMs are made to work on both models, so a lot of the Inspire users frequent the DHD forums as well as the Inspire ones, and I always like to just double check in cases where the technical advice might vary.
Dum question but what differences between the two are there?
If you know that is lol.
Or a way I can check.
Thanks
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ndbubbles said:
Dum question but what differences between the two are there?
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In most important ways they're identical. The biggest difference is that the Inspire 4G has an AT&T logo on the back.
The Inspire also has more internal memory, but it can only access the same amount of RAM as the DHD. I think there is also a small difference in the audio hardware, which is automatically detected by most custom ROMs during initial flashing, so that the correct sound files can be installed.
Plus the Inspire has (I think) a different transmitter, due to the differences between the worldwide 3G networks and the AT&T one in the USA:
DHD:
HSPA/WCDMA: 900/2100 MHz
GSM: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
http://www.htc.com/www/smartphones/htc-desire-hd/#specs
Inspire 4G:
HSPA+: 850/1900 MHz
GSM/GPRS/EDGE: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
http://www.htc.com/us/products/inspire-att#tech-specs
Then there's the Telus DHD sold in Canada (and possibly NZ?), which I think is like an Inspire but with the same amount of RAM as the standard DHD. Confused yet?
http://www.telusmobility.com/en/BC/htc_desire_hd/index.shtml
Just adding my. 2 cents.
Both the inspire and dhd are the same outside of the 3g frequencies and inspire having a dual Mic plus. Everything else is eseentially the same with sutle difference like the audio files and touchscreen(atmel vs synaptics)
The internal memory looks to be more on the inspire but its not its just how att markets it. The phone has 4gb rom, BUT only 1.5 is user accessible just like the dhd. So technically its not lying just spinning the truth.
Thanks for the input.
I checked mine its definetly a DHD not inspire )
Won't of mattered but good to know I have what I paid for.
Thanks guys.
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Hi.
Just a quick question. After flashing ARHD and RcMIX and cyanogen rom im stuck with the kernal from RcMix now im on cyanogen it is not running to smooth.
How do I go about including the kernal for each rom?
As I thought the roms included them.
I do complete wipe but still doesn't remove.
Thanks for any info and help
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Roms do include the kernal or they wouldn't boot. If the old kernal stayed your phone wouldn't of booted up on cm. Maybe it was a bad flash? When you wipe did you do a full? Data/system/cache/dalvik?
Also why do you feel it didn't remove it? In about phone what's it say for kernal?
I did actually think they contained them. I did a cache-dalvik wipe also using ARHD super wipe. In phone info says Rcmix kernal etc.
Maybe it has not updated the info.
I actually think it is the radio affecting the wifi.
As I have not changed this from the original radio as im scared of bricking the DHD
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Hmm that's interesting. I would say rewipe and flash again. Also for cm I personally recommend lordclockans kernal.
To flashing radios its not as scary as it seems but caution should be taken. If you do decide to flash a new radio just make sure to check the md5sum for file inegrity
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Hi, im a bit stuck here, I have a telstra desire with their 2.1 rom, and a hboot of 0.83.0001 it seems to be able to install clockworkmod ok, and I can get into it but when I install a custom rom, after the reboot, it sticks on the telstra splash screen and vibrates 7 times. at this point if I try to boot into recovery it also does the same thing, the only way to recover is to go into fastboot and update the official telstra RUU again.
I have tried the latest Modaco rom and the latest Leedriod rom, both same effect.
this is exactly what I did to install Leedriod:
install clockworkmod from unrevoked3
copied these 2 files to SD:
32.46.00.32U_5.10.05.17_2.zip
LeeDrOiD_V2.1a_NoA2SD.zip
boot into clockworkmod, Erased Data, into advanced, erased davlik cache
install from zip > choose zip to install > chose LeeDriod > installing......
once that finished, I installed the radio, then chose reboot from the clockworkmod menu.
it rebooted and got a little picture of a box and an arrow coming out of it for a few seconds, then I got the telstra spash screen and 7 vibrates.
has anyone got any idea where im going wrong? I cant seem to find any information and im a bit of a noob to android, just defected from the world of WM (Tytn2)
ok so I have done a little bit of trial and error, turns out my problem is the radio.
Tried 2 different radio roms, both end up stopping the phone from booting at all. must be something different to the hardware in this new desire that needs a special radio rom maybe?
jayme,
You've likely hit the nail on the head with your issue. Telstra models of the Desire (8183) use a different set of radio hardware. Telstra runs their own 'Next G' network, which is a different frequency network to the rest of the world.
This frequency (850Mhz) requires different hardware to be installed on the phone, which is why the Telstra version of the phone will only ever work on the Telstra network.
My suggestion would be to find a rom that supports the 850Mhz network, using a compatible radio module. Failing that you may have to learn how to build your own.
Good luck.
I actually installed the leedriod froyo rom fine and it works as long as I leave the original radio module untouched, but then I get the stability issues associated with running earlier radios on froyo. what im wondering is what are all these other telstra users running custom froyo roms using for their radio. ive read guides taht say which radio to install on a telstra desire and mine just doesnt work with those versions.
I may have to wait for the official telstra 2.2. update and the compatible radio rom that comes with it
Waiting sounds like your only option. I bought an unbranded phone to use on the Optus network. Thankfully Froyo 2.2 came out a few weeks back, and I'm quite happy with it.
Waiting can be a pain in the arse and considering how long this country has to wait for things from Telstra, getting 2.2 might be a belated Christmas present next year...
Good luck with whatever you chose.
Try teppic74's Rom here <forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=773997>.
I had full success and converted my Telstra branded Desire into generic HTC Desire.
NextG functionality was not affected by flashing teppic74's Rom with the Radio.
Cheers
Wow... so many people commenting that the Telstra (A8183) requires different radios etc...
Wrong.
I bought a Telstra A8183 and rooted it, installed clockworkMod, then have installed several versions of Leedroid through 2.1a, and have recently also applied the S-OFF hack and changed the splashscreen.
I've also flashed about 4 different radios up to the latest as of today without any problems.
My particular phone is an AMOLED model and came with HBOOT 0.75 - however many people with different versions of the HBOOT (anbd including SLCD) with the Tesltra hardware have successfully upgraded.
Sorry I don't know what your particular problem could be - but it's not something specific to all Tesltra A8183 Desires.
Cheers - N
Hi there. Another telstra desire user here. I've had mine since July, amoled and hboot 0.83. I rooted soon after getting it and have run roms from t-mod and cyanogen from whirlpool.net.au. it's. A great place to start and lots of awesome advice too. I wouldn't be here if not for muskier, Bog, and s-murphy. They have links to radio and roms there. Good luck.
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App
Sorry I meant to spell muskie and Bof.
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well turns out the 2 radios I flashed happen to be the 2 radios my phoen wont boot with. both of them have _2 at the end. all the rest seem to work fine, I have since updated to the latest radio and im a happy froyo user. as for t-mod, wtf is the point of it lol, my UAstring is not the special telstra one and everything works fine, even data usage
talkiet said:
Wow... so many people commenting that the Telstra (A8183) requires different radios etc...
Wrong.
I bought a Telstra A8183 and rooted it, installed clockworkMod, then have installed several versions of Leedroid through 2.1a, and have recently also applied the S-OFF hack and changed the splashscreen.
I've also flashed about 4 different radios up to the latest as of today without any problems.
My particular phone is an AMOLED model and came with HBOOT 0.75 - however many people with different versions of the HBOOT (anbd including SLCD) with the Tesltra hardware have successfully upgraded.
Sorry I don't know what your particular problem could be - but it's not something specific to all Tesltra A8183 Desires.
Cheers - N
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What radio are you running?
How did you do the S-OFF hack? I really want to get rid of the splashscreen...
talkiet said:
Wow... so many people commenting that the Telstra (A8183) requires different radios etc...
Wrong.
I bought a Telstra A8183 and rooted it, installed clockworkMod, then have installed several versions of Leedroid through 2.1a, and have recently also applied the S-OFF hack and changed the splashscreen.
I've also flashed about 4 different radios up to the latest as of today without any problems.
My particular phone is an AMOLED model and came with HBOOT 0.75 - however many people with different versions of the HBOOT (anbd including SLCD) with the Tesltra hardware have successfully upgraded.
Sorry I don't know what your particular problem could be - but it's not something specific to all Tesltra A8183 Desires.
Cheers - N
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+1 to talkiet...
I've had about 15 different ROMS and maybe 8 radios on my telstra desire, never had a problem. (mine is the AMOLED version originally HBOOT .75 now .93 version). The only thing that sometimes goes wrong is the APN settings and thats easy to fix.
I'm not sure how all those UA strings work, but to be honest i've not bothered checking my data usage or so on for a fair while, and the Bigpond unmetered sites are pretty worthless anyway. I never go over and I play around with the phone a lot. So, you can put pretty much any ROM on and just tweak the APNs a bit and no worries!
concerning S_OFF,
its not hard to do at all. just follow the instructions on the alpharev site to the letter, I was worried about bricking my phone, same as the first time I put a custom ROM on there, but if you do your homework, you'll be sweet. When you think about it, the S-OFF process is pretty safe as so many people do it and have a look about, there's not many saying they have ruined their phone using the S-OFF program.
The only thing i've actually broken on my phone over the last year is the sd card (very recently), trying to reformat it for data to ext ROM. Of course it was a cheap one and the card that came with the phone (samsung brand i think) worked fine when i formatted it and stuck it in.
Phone: Desire A8183 AMOLED S-OFF
HBOOT .93 and CWM 3.x
ROM: Crystal Kingdom v0.2 D2EXT+ (damo is a legend!!)
htc a8183 show welcom and vibrating
how to s-off this phone
hboot-0.75.0000
radio-4.50.00.11
any one help me
For all of you having branded phones, go to htc dev site and download 2.3 RUU and flash it. You will get 0.93 hboot and newer radio plus the phone will be debranded, because 2.3 upgrade is made for all versions: amoled, slcd...
After that s-off and root is very easy, use revolutionary and you will have everything...
Sent from my HTC Desire via flashes and thunders
nlooooo said:
For all of you having branded phones, go to htc dev site and download 2.3 RUU and flash it. You will get 0.93 hboot and newer radio plus the phone will be debranded, because 2.3 upgrade is made for all versions: amoled, slcd...
After that s-off and root is very easy, use revolutionary and you will have everything...
Sent from my HTC Desire via flashes and thunders
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lol u should just make ur own post about this coz this is about the 5th time uv told some1 bout the 2.3 ruu
Sent from my HTC Desire
jmcclue said:
lol u should just make ur own post about this coz this is about the 5th time uv told some1 bout the 2.3 ruu
Sent from my HTC Desire
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For me it's the easiest way to upload radio and hboot, get s-off with revolutionary then root and you're open to all possibilities...
That RUU is simply made for all Desires, no brick issues, no radio compatibility issues...
I have a basic n00b question, I'm only asking because there's far too much information available to easily find what best fits my needs.
I have an unlocked A3335 wildfire (the 850Mhz Telstra version), I'm using it on optus so I know I can only get 2100MHz 3G coverage in the city.
All I want to do is remove all the telstra junk and restore the phone back to how HTC would ship it if telstra didnt insist on ruining phones (all the junk apps they include could easily be optionally installed from marketplace if you want their crap...) Its hard to explain to your wife use gmail and not "My Email" because theyre both different, use google maps not sensis maps etc.
I really don't care about boot screen one way or the other.
There are so many ROMS and options available, including the ones from shipped roms (it wont let me post the link because I'm new).
I'm currently on the latest ( 2.38.841.1 Radio 13.55.55.24H_3.35.20.10). So what do I use to keep android 2.2, and HTC sense, but remove telstra (obviously I'm in australia)?
I assume I can follow the regular guides for rooting, creating goldcards etc etc?
Some kind of ROM naming guide would also be nice, it's hard to tell whether I base it purely on version, or some of the other fields in the names. I'm kind of thinking either of these 2, but i dont know if ones later than the other, or its just EU vs Asia or what...
RUU_Buzz_Froyo_hTC_Asia_WWE_2.24.707.1_Radio_13.55.55.24H_3.35.20.10_release_161113_signed.exe
RUU_Buzz_Froyo_HTC_WWE_2.22.405.1_Radio_13.55.55.24H_3.35.20.10_release_160191_signed.exe
It would be kind of nice to know which one telstra took and modified.
Thanks!
I was thinking the same as you.It would be so nice if someone Like danne_jo could make a safe version of this rom RUU_Buzz_Froyo_Telstra_WWE_2.38.841.1_Radio_13.55.55.24H_3.35.20.10_release_167270_signed.exe
Plus remove the unwanted apps from the rom also has hboot hboot_7225_1.01.0002_101227.nb0..
For starters you will have to downgrade your hboot from 0002 to 0001 before you can use AlphaRevX you could try it before just in case it will work with the Telstra Rom it has for some Apparently..Before you can have s-off.
I had WWE_2.22.405.1_Radio_13.55.55.2 4H_3.35.20.10 hboot 0001 on the phone before using AlphaRevX for s-off.Then installed CM 7.03 extracted the radio.img from Telstra_WWE_2.38.841.1_Radio_13.55.55.24H_3.35.20.10 and update to the telstra radio file.Just to make sure I had Telstra's 3G
You may want have a look at this Thread before starting.Make sure you backup your phone first..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1145035
Good Luck
deesh1981 said:
I have a basic n00b question, I'm only asking because there's far too much information available to easily find what best fits my needs.
I have an unlocked A3335 wildfire (the 850Mhz Telstra version), I'm using it on optus so I know I can only get 2100MHz 3G coverage in the city.
All I want to do is remove all the telstra junk and restore the phone back to how HTC would ship it if telstra didnt insist on ruining phones (all the junk apps they include could easily be optionally installed from marketplace if you want their crap...) Its hard to explain to your wife use gmail and not "My Email" because theyre both different, use google maps not sensis maps etc.
I really don't care about boot screen one way or the other.
There are so many ROMS and options available, including the ones from shipped roms (it wont let me post the link because I'm new).
I'm currently on the latest ( 2.38.841.1 Radio 13.55.55.24H_3.35.20.10). So what do I use to keep android 2.2, and HTC sense, but remove telstra (obviously I'm in australia)?
I assume I can follow the regular guides for rooting, creating goldcards etc etc?
Some kind of ROM naming guide would also be nice, it's hard to tell whether I base it purely on version, or some of the other fields in the names. I'm kind of thinking either of these 2, but i dont know if ones later than the other, or its just EU vs Asia or what...
RUU_Buzz_Froyo_hTC_Asia_WWE_2.24.707.1_Radio_13.55.55.24H_3.35.20.10_release_161113_signed.exe
RUU_Buzz_Froyo_HTC_WWE_2.22.405.1_Radio_13.55.55.24H_3.35.20.10_release_160191_signed.exe
It would be kind of nice to know which one telstra took and modified.
Thanks!
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If you just want to remove the telstra nonsense yet keep the original android 2.2 then I recommend using this app :
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.anttek.am&feature=search_result
But in order to use this app you will need to root your phone. Or the other option would be to use the shipped ROM like you mentioned. Sadly I don't know which of the two ROMS would be good for you!!
Just for Wildfire A3333.
Well, you can use WWE indicated ROMs from Shipped ROMs, because those are free of carrier junk, pure HTC, and should work world wide.
And it has to be indicated 2.x for Android 2.2.
I recommend this one: Link to Shipped ROMs.
Hit thanks if I helped you.
Edit: In order to install the RUU you downloaded from S.R., you have to create a Gold Card, and I'm not sure, do S-OFF with AlphaRev. (You can try to install it without S-OFF, and if it does not succeed, you know what's the problem.)
Although installing a wwe would remove the carrier junk, you must pay attention to the radio flashed in those RUUs. Especially if you have a regional specific band.
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If removing bloatware is the primary concern, then if the phone can be made s-off by alpharevX it should be done.
And WWE RUU shouldn't be installed, since it has issues with some frequency of A3335
S-OFF by alpharevX
Install custom recovery (optional - not needed for just removing bloatware)
Root the rom
Install "Superuser" + "Titanium Backup"
Remove system apps through titanium backup.
But i don't know how the alpharevX goes when it comes to A3335 wildfire. I remember nand write error for someone with A3335. But don't know about it much (whether it is fixed or not).
Ah, sorry, didn't realize its A3335, mine is A3333 so this method worked.
Sorry again.
mate, im in thwe same vote as you, but im on the HBOOT 1.01.002 version causeing alparevx to have problems on me. if i d were you i would check the index page for the wildfire for basic roms that have no telstra crap and just stock android with htc sense.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1029318
Thanks guys.
As far as I can see, the radio version in all the latest ROMs has the same number as the telstra ROM, I think I read somewhere that the newer firmwares have a version of the radio that supports all the different hardware. Anyway it doesn't really matter since my network is 900Mhz anyway (I picked this phone up super cheap for my wife to use), we can only get 2100MHz 3G in the city and drop back to GSM in the country (no different to her old iphone 3G).
I think I'll try rooting and S-OFF with AlpharevX first, then see about removing the telstra applications, if thats good enough then I'll leave it at that.
If not, then I'll search for the ROM thats the best fit for what I want, I did want to stick with a stock HTC ROM, but then if nobody uses those it's probably best to go with one of the ones from the index page that more people use, at least then I have some information about what I'm applying.
Those stock WWE roms confuse me, there has to be some method to their versioning and naming system. I'm still not sure on the difference between:
RUU_Buzz_Froyo_HTC_WWE_2.22.405.1_Radio_13.55.55.24H_3.35.20.10_release_160191_signed.exe
RUU_Buzz_Froyo_hTC_Asia_WWE_2.24.707.1_Radio_13.55.55.24H_3.35.20.10_release_161113_signed.exe
The asia one has the newer version, but I'm not sure whats different between the asia and non-asia ones (obviously the TW and HK ones are country specific.)
Thanks guys! I'll try the safer option first, she'll kill me if I brick her new phone. I'll get one for myself to play with afterwards.
This Morning I made a Rom from the ( 2.38.841.1 Radio 13.55.55.24H_3.35.20.10) Telstra's new Rom version.In Mintlinux with Kitchen I removed all the Telstra stuff.And installed the Rom and it works Beautifully .The phone now has just the plan stock 2.28.841.1 with the Telstra Radio for 3G.
What was on the phone before I Updated was =
alpharevX s-off 0001
Rooted
CM7.03
So as you can see I never needed to downgrade the phone or goldcard as this was already done.
You must have s-off and a goldcard if this has not been done first to install the Rom.
Backup First and read the forums on how to s-off ClockworkMod and rooting.If you install the Rom before installing wipe data/factory reset..
Link to Rom=https://rapidshare.com/files/1443242914/buzz_signed_070111_102419.zip
HTC wildFire A3335 Question
I have a basic question,
I'm only asking because there's far too much information available,
on here
and its not easy to find what best fits my needs.
I have an unlocked A3335 wildfire ( Telstra 3g version), I'm using it on optus,
my boyfriend was useing it he dowloaded a font change app for the phone,
but when he did it my phone went in to bootloop mode.
and its still sitting in bootloop mode,
all i get is the start up screen,
with yes you guessed it (Telstra 3g crap)
All I want to do is try and get my phone from this bootloop mode and try and recover...
my phone back to how it was Its hard to explain,
ok when i go in to the boot screen
i have this on my phone
BUZZ PVT SHIP S- Off
HBOOT-1.01.0002
MICROP-0622
TOUCH PANEL-ATMEL224_16ab
RADIO-3.35.20.10
DEC 27 2010,
17:49:10
Now when i did the fastboot on my phone
it done nothing
then i did the recovery
it rebooted to a black screen with A
triangle shape with one of these ! in the middle,
but still stuck
I can follow the regular guides for rooting,
then i did a search for my HTC WILDFIRE A3335
to fine how to fix it but found nothing until
seen this post
can any one help me to get my phone back to
how it was please
And I really don't care about this part much,
but would be nice to have it off the phone
and remove all the telstra junk and restore the phone back to how HTC would ship it,
(all the junk apps they include could easily be optionally installed from marketplace if you want their crap...)
(obviously I'm in Australia also)
There are so many ROMS and options available, including the ones from shipped roms (it wont let me post the link because I'm new).
I just want my phone back to how i got it,
can any one help me please....
Hey Fr3ddY303,
It seems your Rapidshare link is dead (no great surprise there - considering it was 6mths ago you uploaded it).
Just wondering if you still had it laying around somewhere and were willing to upload it again? I would love to have a copy of it if possible.
Failing that, could you recommend a tutorial on how I could go about recreating it. I have rooted my Wildfire and have a backup of the ROM in question and use Linux, but I am finding it a little daunting, mostly because there seems to be too much info! (And a lot of it doesn't seem consistent...)
Thanks
I haven't flashed the new hboot yet. I'm currently running CM7 and have the eng hboot 0.76.2000 with s-off.
As promised, here are the questions:
1) Has anyone flashed the new hboot and tried to restore a custom rom?
2) If I flash the new hboot (0.86.0008) will I be able flash back to the eng hboot?
3) What are the differences between the two? I usually use cwm/recovery, but if I need the hboot, I would like to be able to flash all the partitions. Is this still possible with the SHP version?
4) the nb0 files seem like I could flash them via "flash hboot" and skip the zip or disk destroy. Does this make anyone nervous?
5) I lost track of all the rooting going on... I rooted with gfree before there was a version number. Is there a root method that unlocks even more?
Thanks in advance... I've been playing with the ASUS transformer lately which has an unlocked, unbrickable bootloader, so I know I should slow down before getting to flash happy with hboot.
Why do you want to flash a new hboot? Something wrong with your device or something?
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This is one of those "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" things.
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The more you tell me not to do it, the more I want to flash it!
I'm just curious....
Same as u gee one, I wanna know. If no one ever tried new things cause what we had was "good enough" we would be years behind in progress in about every level of life.
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Stick with the ENG HBOOT -- it has more of the fastboot commands enabled.
I think we all plan on sticking with eng hboot. Still doesn't answer the question about what is different with the new one.
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Hboot changes are typically to add security (i.e., take away your freedom), not add new features or make anything better. Unlike the radio, it will NOT affect performance. This is just a bootloader, like GRUB or LILO. Once it hands the CPU off to the Linux kernel, its life is over. As long as it does that correctly, there is no reason to change it.
Thank you 234 I think that is the kind of answer we were looking for I would hit thanks but am on the mobile app.
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I have flashed the htc desire hboot on the G2 and so far I'm still able to flash any rom for both the G2 and the htc desire .
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What "features" are missing from the existing hboot? If it aint broke dont fix it, definately a case of theres a new version must flash it must be better, think will stay on my old boring hboot that does what i need it to do until the wiki is updated.
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Hold my beer, I'm gonna flash the new hboot!
There's nothing wrong with hboot- I'm just asking about what differences there are. I never asked if it was better. I understand that it's not an engineering hboot, but I don't know what features are "missing" from it. This is the exactly the question that I'm asking. I know that flashing a new hboot will not increase my battery life or improve my radio reception. I know that flashing hboot can be dangerous and lead to bricked devices. I know that flashing hboot will not solve world hunger, resolve the world debt crisis, or bring peace in the Middle East.
I think if I asked about a new ROM, people would just tell me to flash it and find out for myself.
Flashing hboot can be dangerous and possibly brick your device. I do not recommend it. This thread is for entertainment purposes only!
gee one said:
There's nothing wrong with hboot- I'm just asking about what differences there are. I never asked if it was better. I understand that it's not an engineering hboot, but I don't know what features are "missing" from it. This is the exactly the question that I'm asking. I know that flashing a new hboot will not increase my battery life or improve my radio reception. I know that flashing hboot can be dangerous and lead to bricked devices. I know that flashing hboot will not solve world hunger, resolve the world debt crisis, or bring peace in the Middle East.
I think if I asked about a new ROM, people would just tell me to flash it and find out for myself.
Flashing hboot can be dangerous and possibly brick your device. I do not recommend it. This thread is for entertainment purposes only!
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No offence buddy but why do you want to flash a new hboot then? You mention different ways to root but as far as I am aware the wiki is the "official" recommended way, will stick with what Ive got until such times as the wiki recommends changing my hboot,that is the only guide to rooting that I need.
I never said I wanted to flash it. I just asked what was different about it. What changed from the old stock hboot? Maybe the partition layout is different and there is more memory allocated to data? I don't know, hence the questions.
As some people have asked, if it ain't broke, then why fix it? Then why would HTC/T-Mo change it? I'm just curious about the changes.
I agree, for most users, they would never need hboot. The zipped up roms and radios are just fine for flashing in recovery.
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I agree with you. There's nothing wrong with wanting to know what does the new hboot do. Furthermore, the only thing "wrong" with knowing more is that you get more awesome stuffs, kinda painful isn't it?
And, "if it ain't broke, then why fix it", why are we using HTC Vision here, not Nokia 1100, or better yet, smoke signal?
Holy thread resurrection, Batman !
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He's got a good point though.
ok so ive been with android a while now but am new to the g2
just looking around the threads i havent found a good answer yet.
so what is the best radio/hboot for a tmobile branded g2
where i live i have always gotten great reception with tmobile across any devices
but i had my g2 for a day before i rooted it and i noticed a 4g symbol??
did a little research i guess that isnt 4g but im still looking for an answer.
tried a few roms, on miui.us now, something else tomorrow...
hboot-0.76.200
microp-0425
radio-26.02.01.15_m2
emmc-boot
aug20, 201, 16:51:01
im guessing there is better?
thanks in advance
You can check out this link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=970809
And look for one you'd like to use. All radio's for the HTC Vision (g2/Desire Z) are on that page.
I have the same hboot and I'm using the .19 radio. Seems the best for me, been through a few and every once in awhile I get flashy and try others just to come back to that radio. It has the best reception and battery life combo for me.
DFW, TX
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There is no overall "best" radio because there are too many factors involved in terms of radio performance (e.g. geography, how you use your phone, etc). So it's trial and error. Try one of the latest radios from that thread for a week or so, see how you get on, then you can flash a different one and compare.
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thanks everyone for the tips, i downloaded all the radios from the thread i was linked to with plans on trying out all or most of them over the months to find my preference. couple quick questions
it was recommended to match the lib-ril files to the radio i am using (doing it in a couple days to test the difference) but i only found the files needed for the latest radio (26.13.04.19) for the other radios where can i find these files?
also is there any benefit (or even an option) to use a different spl/hboot? or so long as i have an engineering hboot they all are the same as in no added benefits?
There's a thread about a useful tool to match the RILs for you, I will edit in a link if I can find it.
Edit - I see you found it already lol. But if you want the RILs to match with other radios, you will have to extract them from whatever stock ROM came with those radios. I don't know if someone has done this already, to make it easier ?
As for hboot then no, the main difference is eng hboot vs stock, the eng version giving you a few more options.
The only other issue is sometimes people flash the DZ hboot onto a G2, because the two phones have different stock partitioning (via hboot). This is typically an issue when flashing a Sense-based ROM onto a G2, since that has a slightly smaller system partition (so the ROM won't fit).
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yeah kinda what i thought. are there any options on custom mtd partitions? not that im too crazy over sense but this way if it ever became an issue i do a few small edits before flashing a sense rom. either way thanks for the tips
oh an yeah someone gave me a link to the auto patcher for the lib files, i didnt even think to look there for i was planing on manually moving them anyway, but yes they are all placed in there but thanks for digging for me anyhow!
Ok have a question for you smart guys. I havnt found an answer to it even looking through the forums (mind you I'm on the phone on edge so I may have well missed it) but is there anything listing the pros and cons of both the dz and g2 ones? Also if you flash a rom on the wrong hboot is it the end of the world?
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end of the world? of course not, end of your phone? no not that either. if you have the g2 hboot and you flash a custom rom that is to larger to fit on the spcae allocated to system (mostly sense roms) well then it wont boot. not broken just need to flash something else. if you have the dz hboot and you flash a rom "meant" for the g2, no biggie it will flash and work just fine.
the main difference is the size of the system partition, the dz has a larger one and it steals that extra bit of memory from cache and data (no big deal) if you want to be able to flash any rom for the vision just make sure you have the dz hboot and your good.
HERE you will find some info on how to flash it, this is more or less a thread on how to use fastboot i made recently but it will have all the downloads needed as well as a fairly in depth explanation on how to. you can flash your new hboot straight from your bootloader but i dont like this method for a few reasons further explained in the thread
hope this helps
Demkantor thanks for the reply. I read through the post and can't get it to work through the pc way (issues on my pc, sometimes I poke at stuff I probably shouldn't ). I booted into the bootloader option through the power menu and it says s-off and desire. Does that mean I allready have the dz hboot?
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can you write down everything on your hboot screen
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Ok here goes
Vision pvt eng s-off
Hboot-0.76.2000 (pc1010000)
Microp-0425
Radio-26.02.01.15-m2
Emmc-boot
Aug 20 2010,16:51:01
Hopefully the actual caps didn't matter because I forgot to write them down.
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no you have the g2 hboot still, maybe write down the steps you were trying to take and what the problems (or errors you got) were. this generally is easy to figure out. actually do you want to write it the thread I linked you to, my toutorial skills aren't great so if you have some questions others probably do too
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I appreciate the offer of help and I will definatly take you up on it. I think the problems I am having are caused by my laptop. Tried hacking on the distro I have installed and I'm all but positive that's what is causiing. Soon as I get a moment and can boot and nuke it I will try again then stalk you in the other thread.
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