[Trophy General] TheXev:
Alright, the first question I have is, does the phone still boot into WP7? I have seen half-bricked bootloaders that still boot the OS. If you have data on your phone, you will want to back it up now(please don’t ask me how that works, since I STILL haven’t been able to perform a backup on my own phone) as any method of fixing this will most likely wipe the phone clean.

Now, I will explain WHAT a GoldCard is (since none of the guides explain WHAT it is). A GoldCard is a specially formatted SDCard with a bootloader installed that allows WP7’s (at least HTC ones) to read a rom image from it directly to your WP7 phone. This method can be used to Debrand your phone, so it will act like a generic HTC Trophy.

Okay, I’ve done a bit of research, and you have two options in your GoldCard method. I will describe the basics idea of each option (#2 is my preferred option to maintain your hardware warranty):

#1) [

I would ONLY do this if you have voided your phone warranty

] you make a GoldCard SDCard using another phone, and then put that phone card INTO your Trophy’s SD card slot by tearing it apart and inserting it. If you have already upgraded your internal SD card to have more space (a 16GB or 32GB card), then this option is probably the easiest.

#2) [

Do this to maintain warranty; this is probably the most common method

]. You build a USB-Y cable. One part plugs into a PC (to the power providing device you choose), and the two data ends plug into your WP7, and the other into another phone such as an Android or WM6.5 phone (personally, I used a WM6.5 phone because it was much simpler and required less software installed on the PC).

You create a GoldCard SDCard and then put in into “the host phone” and set that “host phone” into “Mass Storage Mode” so it will act like a disk drive (others have said a regular USB thumb drive can be used for this too instead of an Android/WM6.5 phone). Your WP7 will see this plugged in because you start it in a special bootloader mode (my holding camera AND vol-down + power), and the phone will detect the disk drive and read the rom image from the “host phone” and flash a rom image.

There is no method that can be used to turn your computer into an emulated SD/GoldCard setup. The reason for this is that most PC USB controllers cannot be set to act as anything other than a host device. I read up on it... it’s simply not likely and impossible, so don’t bother fretting over it like I did for two days. Lol

Link to #1 method

Link to #2 method (Diagram to build USB Y-Cable)

I know that in method #2, the diagram link links to set of instructions, but I found the alternate set MUCH easier to follow (but still not clear). I’m sure someday I will write my own guide to making a GoldCard, but probably not until this weekend.

Now, as for rom choice… since you appear to be in Australia, I’m not sure. You might want to ask around, but I wouldn’t unbrand your Trophy (as some people get this weird issue with their CID id going from PC410000 to PC41****), but use another Vodafone rom. I don’t know if the UK rom is the same as what your phone would use (as I said, I’d ask around or hope someone else will post that info in this thread).

Downloadable OEM roms can be found here in Football’s thread.

Hope this will help you get back on track.