yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] Bruce Inman:
I have been racking my brain trying to figure out "why" it works, but I know it does work.

I flash several times a day sometimes when I am cooking a ROM and have seen bugs present, such as no GPS lock, dialer hosed up, manila won't start, etc.... even after multiple hard resets. I can flash back to stock, reflash the same exact ROM and the bugs are gone. It would have to be data retention that causes it. :confused:

I have also suggested it to others and they have had success in resolving issues on various cooked ROMs.

On my last ROM I did try to HR prior to flashing instead of flashing to stock and haven't seen any bugs yet. So if this continues to work, I'm all for it :)because I hate having to reflash my radio and boot screens.
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] DaveShaw:
Well me and stepw (mostly) got most of the discussion done in this thread : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=3578254

Ta

Dave
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] Bruce Inman:
Thanks Dave,

I did not find this thread in my searches.

Great info!

Peace! :cool:
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] dialupboy:
Hi,

I am new user of touch pro.

If I want to upgrade to latest official rom, should I 1st install hardspl from the 1st page, because i read that by having hardspl will minimize risk when flashing new rom?

thanx
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] Farmer Ted:
I think you might have to, since you say you have a touch pro (it's not a sprint or verizon, I hope). I think that at&t users can flash the rom without hard-spl, because they have the proper CID on their phone. But if you're using a touch pro, it may not work (wrong CID). It pretty much depends on your carrier, I think, which you haven't specified (although maybe you bought the phone directly from HTC, in which case you can flash an HTC update without hard spl).

Long story short, you might as well flash hard spl so you can upgrade to a custom rom after you get sick of Ms. PacMan.
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] dialupboy:
Bought it in Singapore, and I can use any GSM SIMS I Like.
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] Farmer Ted:
You're gonna need hard spl to flash the rom, then. Not sure why you'd want to, when it's going to mess up your keyboard and put a lot of att crap on your phone.
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] decoyeb:
ty v much not shoure wot i did lol but phone is awsome so cant thankyou enough t mobile touch pro were is best place to find out wot diff things do as in roms n stuff lol as comp nube to this
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] VitaPSG:
(I'm french and I live in Paris, please forgive me for my bad english !

Is there any french on this forum ? ;))

Hello everyone !

I'm a new user of the HTC Touch Pro.

I've successfully cidunlocked my phone. (When I go into the bootloader, i can read "1.90 olinex")

I wanted to change my phone's radios rom so i took the file "Raphael Radio 1.14.25.35"

I've follow the topic "Flashing your First GSM Raphael Rom (For Noobs)" but it doesn't work on my phone :

This is what's happening :

The battery of the phone is fully loaded

My phone is sync with the PC,

I've downloaded the file "Raphael Radio 1.14.25.35"

There are only 3 things in "Raphael Radio 1.14.25.35" folder

Raph_1.14.25.35_rilphone (.rar)

RaphaelWrapper

RUU_signed.nbh

I start RaphaelWrapper (only application of the folder) and this is the moment when plenty of new things are making their appearances into the folder :

Then I keep on following the instructions of RaphaelWrapper but ActiveSync is automatically closing itself and there is a white screen on my phone then noting !

I'm forced to take off the battery of the phone and make a soft reset!

And if i start "Rom Update Utility" and close the "RaphaelWrapper" window, I get the message of error that you can see on the screen.

I need help please !

I expect that you'll understand me and again I apolozige one more time for my bad english !
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] mskip:
Read through the various Rom threads in the Rom Development forum. Its the best way to find out whats best for your needs.
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] Bruce Inman:
First, English isn't too bad. ;)

Second, your phone is GSM? CDMA won't work.

Third, what you describe is normal, once you click the .exe, let it disconnect from ActiveSync and you should see a progress screen on your phone. It can take up to 10 minutes so be patient and let it run to 100%.

Fourth, unless your phone is security unlocked, you can only flash radios from the same device.

Hope this helps! :D
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] fone_fanatic:
FINALLY!! after about 4 hours of attempting to flash the hardspl i just got it!!

When i ran the exe and went through all the steps of the flash utility, i would get to the last step, the status bar would show up on the pc, but device would take a really long time for screen to go black.

Once the screen would go black, the device wouldn't reconnect to the PC. I tried manual sspl and same result. Even looked in device manager and the device failed to reconnect.

SO what i did was hard reset the device and soft reset after setup so At&t's rom customizations aren't installed. After that it worked on the second attempt.

First attempt i guess it too long to reconnect to the pc after it entered sspl (a prompt came up asking me if i wanted to run enterbootloader.exe or something like that and i guess i didnt tap yes fast enough)

Anyways, all is well now and i shouldn't be flashign a rom now because i haven't gotten any sleep and have class in a couple hours! oh well, atleast i know that i'm an addict, thats the first step right?

THanks a bunch mskip for your tutorial and oli for everything you've done for xda-devs!!
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] ad1979e:
Flashing using sim card

Where is the root of the sim card or I just save it anywhere on my sim card?
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] Farmer Ted:
The root is just the storage card; basically, don't put the image in a folder.
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] ad1979e:
Thx I've done that an flashing now. At the the moment its reading "update in progress" but the status bar is full at the bottom. When do I soft reset when "update in progess" change or now because the status bar is full?
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] _MsG_:
I bought a phone off someone and when I boot into tricolor mode I already see SPL-1.90.Olinex

MicroP-Raph (LED) v13

MicroP-Raph (KEY) v5

PSOC-Raph STAGE_CUT v0x36

Without doing anything myself. Is it already HardSPL'd?
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] Bruce Inman:
Yes, you're all set to flash
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] Farmer Ted:
It should say 'Update success,' or something like that. There's usually a 5-10 second delay between the progress bar filling up and getting the message-I'm assuming you didn't post that quickly, so yours may have hung a bit longer. That can happen with radios sometimes-were you flashing a radio? If so, wait it out (my longest wait was maybe a minute, but I haven't flashed a radio in months). I would say hit the soft reset if nothing happens after maybe 10 minutes.
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] jetliner:
error [260]

As usually, I am the DUMMIE of the year.

Just spent 4 hours of my precious time to get rid of the error[260] connection message during the HardSPL updating.

I am on XP64, but I tried it also on my XPTablet PC.

I did HardReset, Soft Reset, I tried to use SSPLManual.exe but always with the same result. Yes. That bloody error message.

I have EU HTC PRO, non branded with 1.9. loader.

Is there any way out?

Thanks for any help.
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] jetliner:
OK. I give up.

This all sucks. It reminds me old days of PC's. I really don't have time to play these games. WM 6.2 was unstable, unreliable and slow. That's why I wanted to try 6.5

I am ready to sell my HTC. I think I'll buy Iphone. :-(
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] mskip:
Do you have an activesync connection with your phone?

Do you have Microsoft .NET 2.0 Framework installed on your pc?

Can you get your screen to go black either through the HardSPL program or by using SSPLManual?

If all these are ok then can you tell me exactly where you get the error.
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] Farmer Ted:
I seem to recall that error 260 usually happens cuz NF 3.5 hasn't been loaded on the pc.
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] jetliner:
Yes

Yes

Yes - HTC is recognised, loader version is recognised, the progress bar appears and the HTC's screen goes black, but after soft reset it boots back. Loader version remains the same.

Yes - I tried SSPL Manual.

By the way, being so frustrated, I also tried directly RaphaelWrapper.exe bundled with 6.5 Kitchen. The process itself is simmilar, but HTC enters the tricolor screen, but again looses connection to PC.
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] jetliner:
I have made THREE different tests with THREE different systems. I've installed .NET fresh on two of these machines.
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] jetliner:
Is there any chance to HardSPL from the SD card?
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] jetliner:
error [260] - resolved

OK. finally got the answer!

1) absolutely never copy the new ROM on your flash card before flashing HardSPL

2) Never use older/newer .NET framework. It works only with 3.5 version

Hope this helps to everyone stucked.
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] mskip:
Glad you finally managed to fix it. Now I guess you dont have to trade it in for an iPhone :D
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] jetliner:
that was sad, wasn't it? ;-)

Anyways, 6.5WM feels really good, althought I still didn't manage to set my providers internet access. Grrrrr ...
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] mskip:
What Rom are you using?
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] BumAround:
this error 260 (connection error) happened to a friend of mine last week, it occurred that he had faulty onboard usb port(s) on an XP machine. plug in a PCI usb ports, worked like a charm.
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] selim97:
i have a mda vario iv with tmobile rom, after i have done the hardspl do i need to upgrade to stock rom before upgrading to a custom rom? or can go straight to the custom rom?

also if i want to change the radio do i do this before or after flashing the custom rom?

thanks
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] jetliner:
this one ... though the one from 6.June. Will try to update now.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=474406
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] Farmer Ted:
Just flash away; there's no need to upgrade to a stock rom. And you can flash the radio in whatever order you choose. It may make more sense to do it after, just so you can test out your current radio on the new rom (you don't lose data when you flash a radio; it's like a soft reset). Make sure you only flash raphael radios, unless you buy and run the security unlocker.
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] Saxophone:
This tutorial has been a HUGE help. I have successfully flashed my first ROM and it was a lot easier than I thought it would be.
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] selim97:
how long does it take to flash hardspl, rom, and radio? not alltogether, i mean seperately.

also after i have flashed the rom do i need to hard reset when it says to calibrate the screen?
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] jayrush:
frustration

I tried several times to load the hardSPL (unsigned, 1.23 and 1.24) either copying jumpSPL to the device or via USB cable without any success.

I have ATT Fuze, ROM 5.11.502.2 WWE

radio. 1.14.25.35

protocol 52.64c.25.35H.

tried in both machines and same issues, running windows 7 RC1 in one and vista 32-bits.

Any help, ideas?

Thanks
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] mskip:
If everything runs smoothly then HardSPL should take about 5 minutes, flashing a Rom should take around 5-10 minutes and flashing a Radio takes maybe a minute or 2 depending on how quickly you press the buttons.

I would always recommend a Hard Reset after flashing a Rom when it gets to the screen calibration.
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] mskip:
Well it would help a bit if you describe the steps you went through prior to the failed attemps, exactly where the flash failed and any messages or what happens when it all goes wrong.

The more information you give, the better the answer will be :)
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] jayrush:
I followed the steps on the first post both for flashing ROM with SD card and activesync as well as HardSPL via activesync.

When I run HardSPL it goes through the black screen, tri-color screen and than the device reboots or freeze on 0% gray screen, loose the connection with PC and nothing else happens.

When I flash ROM from SD card it does not recognize the card or it's content and install the original ROM

When I flash ROM from Activesync, loose the connection with PC and nothing happens.

I will borrow my friends PC running windows XP and try that way

Thanks

-
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] mskip:
PLEASE dont try to flash a Rom until you are sure that you have HardSPL on your device. If anything went wrong you would have a bricked phone and no way of fixing it.

Make sure you have Microsoft .NET 3.5 on your computer (link in the first post) and retry the HardSPL. If that doesnt work then like you said try flashing HardSPL on a PC with XP on it.
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] CamBendy:
HardSPL flashing with Windows 7

Would I be correct in saying there appears to be a bit of a general issue flashing the HardSPL using Windows 7?

I've tried... and failed. The flashing app lost connection from the PC to the phone, and the phone screen just stayed black. :confused:

Is this a common issue; random? I notice others saying that they have had no issue using Win7.

Are there similar common issues on Vista? That's the only other machine I have ready access to.

Cheers,

Cam

Update in progress

------------------

I was able to flash perfectly on my Vista machine..... a Win7 compatability issue or driver issue perhaps?
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] selim97:
just flashed my device! thanks to mskip for creating the guide and answering questions, and thanks to everyone else for creating roms and everything!

i just have one thing though, i have a mda vario iv which is the tmobile version of the touch pro, after flashing the phone i thought it would have got rid of the tmobile boot screen but it hasnt. have i done something wrong? i did a hard reset after flashing.
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] mskip:
Some cooked Roms dont include a custom boot screen so your original one wont then be overwritten. You can either flash a boot screen of your choosing or find a Rom with a boot screen included. If you arent that bothered that you still have the original T-Mobile screen then dont worry about it as it doesnt affect any part of the Roms operation.
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] Captain_Throwback:
Windows 7 fails to automatically install the HTC/Pocket PC USB Sync driver, which is necessary for the HardSPL to complete successfully.

This is the procedure I used to get it working on my Windows 7 install:

Put the phone into Bootloader mode (press & hold reset button on phone with stylus while holding Volume Down button. Once Tri-color screen appears and remains, you are in Bootloader) and connect it to the computer. Windows should attempt to install the necessary drivers for the device, but will likely fail. If it doesn't, then you're good to go.

If it does (and it likely will), you have to go into the Device Manager and find the Device which should have an Exclamation point (or something next to it). You need to select "Update Driver", and DO NOT choose the option to update it automatically. Choose the other option. And then at the next screen, choose the option to choose the driver you want to use.

At the next screen, it should actually show you the driver you need to install. Select it, hit Next, and it should install successfully. On the Tri-Color screen on the device, the words at the bottom of the screen should change from "Serial" to "USB". Then, HardSPL should work fine.

I typed all that from memory, so it may not be exact, but I know I was able to get it working by manually installing the driver.
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] rvt1000:
ha ha....i just gave up and went to my vista computer when trying spl off win 7 for flashing a friend's fuze....
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] wilbur-force:
yep - i have a mda vario IV and i can thoroughly recommend flashing to the NRG Phoenix ROM. much quicker and more stable than the t-mobile pink and white abomination :eek:

HARDSPL then flash to NRG. Update your radio too !

Scary doing your first flash but I will admit now im a flash junkie :D
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] CamBendy:
Champ - thanks!
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] wacits:
hardspl

can some one tell me?? i down loaded the hard spl to install but when i look at the versions

from image version 1.90.405.1 (my phone feb09)

to image version 1.90.Raphael

is this correct?

before i move onto the nextstage of updating the rom

thanks
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] mskip:
yes thats correct
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] wacits:
new rom

thanks on to next step.

need to choose a new rom ;-)
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] mskip:
Have fun theres plenty to choose from. Try a couple on and see which suits your needs best :)
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] Black C5:
Can’t Flash Any ROM

My SOP is to flash from my SD card. The only thing out of sync this time was I accidentally put the RAPHIMG.nbh in the device root directory when I tried to update the first time. It came to the Bootloader tri screen, flipped to the upgrade white screen with a message like ‘no image found’ or something like that (the screen flashes by so quickly that I cant’ read exactly what it says even though I have seen it now at least 25 times).

I moved the .nbh to the root of the Storage Card, overwriting the existing ROM .nbh and tried again. Same @ tri screen.

I hard reset the device, same. I downloaded several other ROMs with the same results.

I tried the RUU through ActiveSync several times with several different ROMs including the at&t stock ROM and the setup runs through the check boxes reading the current ROM version on the device and verifying the update ROM and then the tri screen appears on the device and then ERROR [260] appears on my XP PC. I have tried the RUU from the PC with the SD in and out of the device.

I have spent MANY hours trying every permutation I can think of and searched the forum and the Wiki with no solution. My Fuze runs great on the current ROM, but I want to update this one…thanks – David.
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] mskip:
Ok a couple of stupid questions but they need asking.

* I assume you already have HardSPL since your sig says so.

* You extracted the .nbh file from the downloaded rom before renaming it and copying it across to your storage card rather than just renaming the rar/zip file.

* What size is your storage card? Flashing from storage card is best done on a 1GB card as higher capacity cards sometimes arent recognized by the SPL.

Let me know if you passed all those questions.
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] Black C5:
SD Card Flash Problem

Yes

Yes

4gb

I have flashed both 6.1 and 6.5 ROMS from the same SD card and several radios about 20 times... Thanks - David.
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] fliaz:
hello..i've a really dumb question here..huhu..what is hardspl?
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] fliaz:
hello..another question here..

i am actually try to flash via microsd..

is it normal for the screen to be white with "loading.." for more than 5minutes..

doanyone know whats wrong with my tp..
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] JRShield:
Thank you for this excellent guide! I'm a total noob when it comes to flashing, but it was a piece of cake with your guide!

btw, you might also want to add this to your guide when it comes to resetting:

http://www.hardreset.eu/htc_touch_pro_hard_reset_soft_reset_en.html
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] Black C5:
HardSPL

Hard SPL replaces the Soft SPL that comes stock on your device. The stock SPL is software that filters or limits your upgrade options to official at&t and/or htc ROMs and other operating system upgrades.

HardSPL allows you to upgrade to any OS compatible with your device.

Here is a link that will help answer more of your questions: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=396922
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] sm8ckd0wn1:
I am having the same problem... I've flashed successfully before but it's been a very long while since I've last done so (Nov. 08)... During the while loading screen, I've waited as long as 20 minutes with no action...
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] mskip:
What are you trying to flash and by what method? Please give a bit more details.
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] sm8ckd0wn1:
I'm trying to flash the new WWE ROM 21815v2. And I'm trying to flash via MicroSD card way... I'm thinking I should just HARDSPL first. I didn't think I needed to that since I've flashed before...
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] Black C5:
[SD Card Flash] Problem: UPDATE

History

Normal RUU HardSPL update via ActiveSync.

I Flashed my first 6.1 ROM via my wife’s 1gb card and the myth of lost data on flashing SD card proved true. I did recover her photos and data with a data recovery program, but her card was unreadable after my first flash. I quickly forgot about data loss.

I formatted my class 6 card a couple of times before using it in my Fuze assuming that the data loss on my wife’s card was because of the factory format of her card. I merrily flashed ROMs, radios, splash screens, installed apps for several months without a hitch.

Then, a few days ago I couldn’t get my Fuze to flash. I tried every way I could think of from my SD card and it would freeze on the bootloader screen after saying it could not find the image.

I tried the RUU from my PC and it lost connection every time after verifying my current ROM and replacement ROM, and then it showed the ERROR [260] : CONNECTION message.

It was time to search the Wiki again and I found a little suggestion that I had forgotten about because of all my successful flashes; mskip also mentioned it after a previous post of mine on his thread…USE A SMALL SD CARD.

So I borrowed my wife’s 1gb card from her phone, moved her data onto my PC, reformatted her card, put my new ROM image on her card, put the small card in my Fuze… <volume down> + <reset> BINGO! Back to Flash City.

I now have a dedicated 1gb card I use for flashing only (actually my wife’s old card; she has a new 4gb card), and I don’t have to worry about losing the 2gb of data and photos on my Fuze’s SD card.

I have come face to face with reality the second time; having a $10 1gb card for flashing is a smart idea.

The Moral:

For safe ROM updates and data protection, use an empty 1gb card and Flash from your device.

Thanks mskip
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] mskip:
If you have flashed HardSPL before then you dont need to do it before each rom or radio flash. If you havent flashed HardSPL then YOU NEED TO FLASH HRADSPL FIRSTT!!

Sorry for the caps but its very important if you dont want to brick your phone and im sure you dont want to do that. Each step is listed in the order it should be done and if you have read any of this thread you will see it repeated over and over.

Flash HardSPL first and you shouldnt have any problems flashing the Rom of your choice.
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] azonei:
ROM flashing (n00b)

sorry if this has been answered already - 96 pages+ is not easy to consume!

OK, I have the Touch Pro, bought in Dubai. But I live in UK. This means that the only offical ROM I can use is the Arabic one, since my S/N won't allow me to DL the UK version. I've flashed the Arabic ROM, but since it only seems to add Arabic support, it was pretty much a wasted exercise.

I have 'acquired' a UK S/N which will allow me to get the UK ROM.

My question is: do I need to use HardSPL at all if I'm going to flash the UK stock ROM? I'd like to keep things nice & tidy until I learn a bit more about this ROM stuff :)

edit: if anyone can suggest a good win6.5 ROM, then I'd happily use HardSPL first...

am liking this forum, but am imatient to get started! :D