[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] veyka:
This FAQ will be updated as more common questions are found!​

I hope this will help cut down the number of threads that just pop up with the same old questions! PM me or post if you have something that you think should be added.

Made sure you have the newest .net frameworks installed on your computer before you try to do anything!​

You can get it here!

Custom RRU and other things will NOT run without this installed on the computer you are trying to flash from.​

Basic Troubleshooting and how to ask questions​

¤Do these first

Soft reset your device

Check there is no other programs conflicting

Check if there is a newer version of your program that fixes the bugs, same goes for roms.

¤How to ask questions

If all else fails and you need to ask a question, at least do it in a way that makes it easy for us to help you.

Tell us what rom you are running.

What radio you are running

The above two points is why most people have there device info in there sigs.

Dont just say "it doesn't work" tell us what happens, is there any errors?

What have you done to try to fix it? Have you googled and checked this FAQ first?

What device do you have? The Hermes comes under many different names, tell us

Anything else you think that might help, the more info we have the better!

Roms​

¤I want a rom, where can I find the best roms?

See this sticky here or see the list below this FAQ that zocster will be starting and maintaining (Should be more upto date).

¤I want a fast rom! Give me SPEED!

You can see here for some info,

And here is my own benchmark thread​

¤English isnt my native language, are there roms out there in other languages?

This is an english forum, but there are roms cooked for other languages, here is a Spanish rom and a polish rom, finaly, schaps's roms are available in English and French

Also, here is a thread for a Japanese rom

And now a Italian rom

And a beta of a Czech rom

A cab patch for Chinesein WM6

If you want to do it yourself, You can translate WM into your own language, here though this thread isnt much help for the average user.

¤Will this rom work on my AT&T 8525/ect?

The first thing you see under the devices HTC codename is the list of names its sold under, YES the 8525 is a Hermes!

¤What version of hardSLP do i need? Whats it do?

HardSPL helps prevent bricking your phone though bad blocks, and superCID’s your phone to allow you to flash a custom Rom. Get it here

¤Where do I find my carriers “shipped” rom? And what is it?

This is a rom that a carrier puts out rather than a cooked (custom) one, see here

¤Whats RBSC/RBSC/NBSC/NBCN mean?

RBSC - Real Big Storage Compressed

¤ More storage space than normal

¤ Extra storage space because of being compressed

¤ More snappy and responsive

¤ Less stable

¤ Requires the installation of an original carrier ROM before installation in order to avoid system freeze and spontaneous Hard Resets

¤ No extended ROM

RBSN - Real Big Storage Normal

¤ More storage space than normal

¤ No Extra storage space because of being compressed

¤ More snappy and responsive

¤ Less stable

¤ Requires the installation of an original carrier ROM before installation in order to avoid system freeze and spontaneous Hard Resets

¤ No extended ROM

NonRBSC - Non Real Big Storage Compressed

¤ Doesn't have more storage space than normal

¤ Extra storage space because of being compressed

¤ Not so snappy and responsive

¤ More stable

¤ Doesn't require the installation of an original carrier ROM before installation in order to avoid system freeze and spontaneous Hard Resets

¤ Extended ROM

NonRBSN - Non Real Big Storage Normal

¤ Doesn't have more storage space than normal

¤ No extra storage space because of being compressed

¤ Not so snappy and responsive

¤ More stable

¤ Doesn't require the installation of an original carrier ROM before installation in order to avoid system freeze and spontaneous Hard Resets

¤ Extended ROM

To check if your rom is BS look in settings/system/memory ... if it is big storage it will have over 70 mb Free program memory.

When you are flashing your shipped rom, use dutty's good NHB tool to extract the carriers NBH, then put it back together without the radio, due to the dangers of flashing your radio over and over again. "nbhtool.exe" which is the tool, is attached zipped to the last post.

or here is the rom with the radio striped out (by me).

I myself use this, and im not on AT&T.. it was just the first stock rom I downloaded and stripped, it really doesnt matter where you live. The reason for doing this, is its quicker, you dont need to reflash the radio( Just the OS and extended rom), and radio flashing can also lead to bricks if you get an error midflash!

See here for more info

You should do this everytime you move from a bigstorage rom to another bigstorage, you will be fine going stock --> bigstorage, and you should be fine going bigstorage --> normal cooked, but sometimes its better safe than sorry! (I flash shipped when im planning on keeping a rom for some time, even if im going to a non BS cooked)

¤What is a "naked"/"lite" rom?

This means that the rom is as "lite" as possible, that it doesn't contain any/much extra software, normally designed to give you as much program and storage memory, to allow you to load the apps you want to use rather than using what the chef thinks are the best.

Radios​

¤Will flashing a new radio solve my problems with Wifi/slow SMS/poor signel/Slow 3G?

Your radio rom only affects GSM/UTMS signal quality and speed, as well as call drop-outs can be palatially due to having a old radio. So, if your having slow 3G, poor signal, or lots of drop-outs, look into flashing a new radio.

¤Whats the best radio rom for me?

This depends, on where you live and what carrior, lots of people like the newest radio here and there is a thread about the radios that use the least power here.

¤Where do I find a radio rom?

All radios are here

¤Is flashing a Radio rom more dangerous than flashing a rom? If so, why and what can i do to protect myself as much as i can?

Yes, a lot more, if the flash gets interupted you could brick your radio. The best way to flash a radio is via the SD card method (see flashing section of this FAQ).

¤Noo! Im to late, my radios bricked, what do i do?

Well, see this thread here for help unbricking.

¤Best radio for XXXX countery

Best radio for South Africa

Best radio for Belgium