[Blade General] wbaw:
This will convert your Gen1 phone to Gen2 & boot into ClockworkMod for you to install your rom. You will lose your data. Make any backups you want first. Gen1 nandroid backups wont restore on a Gen2 phone. Always check MD5s, one way to do it is to download AFV (Android File Verifier) from the Android Market, search for AFV.

It is for European Gen1 ZTE Blades, Orange San Franciscos, Sapo A5s & Base Luteas sold with Android 2.1 Eclair only. None of the downloads on this page will work if your phone was sold with or operator upgraded to Android 2.2 Froyo. In that case, you already have the upgraded radio firmware. This is a safer alternative to the operator 2.2 upgrades which keeps some of the good features of Gen1 (like fastboot mode, tpt mode & extra storage space), but upgrades everything necessary to run Gen2 Android 2.2 Froyo & Android 2.3 Gingerbread roms.

Custom rom version (should work well with most custom roms, more room for your apps & data)

Download: Gen1-to-Gen2-TPT-v10-custom.zip

File size: 16.30 MB

MD5: 3b41b8c9dbf06cd9c33f91a728885633

SHA1: 4d8cafd9556ade12ef105be36aacb9725ec3bb89

Partitions: 2mb cache, 160mb system, 294mb data

Alternative version - enough space to install most gen2 stock roms

Download: Gen1-to-Gen2-TPT-v10-stock.zip mirror

Download size: 16.3mb

MD5: ae0207cd88429a062d8b1770b3acd2c4

SHA1: 2ccc4cd531d00465559a2edb56aa07ee31deabee

Partitions: 37.5mb cache, 215mb system, 203.5mb data

CM Nightly 257 Version (Upgrades from Gen1 to Gen2 & installs latest CyanogenMod nightly build - all in one)

Download: cm7-n257-blade-gen1-to-gen2-tpt.zip mirror

Download size: 107.8 MB

MD5: 813ba810ca0a596da4eb6ea7e47205a1

SHA1: 11030dff7b48c79463185b25fc848d488fe77768

Instructions

Copy a Gen2 rom zip file to your sd card ready to install. Check the md5sum of that against the source (you can use AFV for this).

Unzip this Gen2 TPT zip file to your sd card, it should create an image directory.

Check the nandroid.md5 file in the image directory on your sd card using AFV on your phone (long press on nandroid.md5 file, then Verify Nandroid Backup)

Power off, wait a few seconds, then power on with menu & vol+ held.

It should take a few seconds to flash the new Gen2 firmware (you should see some green text), then it should reboot into ClockworkMod recovery, use that to wipe data & then install your Gen2 rom.

Once installed, remove the image directory from your sd card, to prevent accidentally reinstalling. Once you have installed this just vol+ & power on will send you back into tpt mode if there is an image directory, even if you needed menu & vol+ before.

It is reversible using any Gen1 full TPT (links below), but this will only work on phones that have been upgraded using this method, not phones bought with Gen2 or upgraded with the windows software.

Going back to Gen1

If you upgraded to Gen2 using the above TPT, then going back to Gen1 is easy & safe (if not, sorry, out of luck here). You can install any Gen1 TPT to go back to Gen1, but make sure that it contains a Gen1 amss.mbn & amsshd.mbn use the same method described above, with the files listed below.

Here is Gen1 with stock partitions & ClockworkMod 3.0.14 (16.4mb) -

Download: Gen2-to-Gen1-TPT-v2-stock.zip mirror

MD5: fddc02f6f48a53910c317fbef38cf7e4

Partitions: 42mb cache,207mb system,208mb data

Orange 'B20' Android 2.1 Stock TPT - This will reset your phone back to factory condition if you have a UK Orange San Francisco.

Download: OUK-B20-Gen1-TPT.zip

MD5: cf0fd68dc0fc33611c751b32ad3fb10f

Partitions: 42mb cache,207mb system,208mb data

Safety

Charge your phone first, make sure it's well charged before doing any TPT, but remove it from the charger before you TPT.

Check the MD5 of any files, they're there for a reason. AFV from the android market will help you to check the files on your phone, there is a nandroid.md5 file to check.

There is a nandroid.md5 file in the image directory, check that when it's on your phone, using AFV from Android Market.

There is a small risk of breaking your phone with any TPT flash.

No guarantees, no warranty, no support.

Remove the image directory from your sd card after install, to prevent accidental wipe & re-installs in future.