yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] mskip:
If you have unlocked it properly then it wont be relocked to another network, but make sure you have flashed HardSPL before you flash a rom from a different carrier.
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] ehehat:
nice, thank you. now how if i'm buying it unlocked how can i know it's "unlocked properly"?
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] mskip:
All the Roms in the Development Thread are stable and well made. EnergyRom and Romeos Rom are good ones to start with. Read through the list of included apps and try to read at least the last 10 pages of the thread to get an idea of any bugs and how the rom performs for other users.

Im sure you will find something that suits your needs perfectly :)
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] mskip:
Try using the microSD Card method for Flashing a Rom and you shouldnt have any problems.
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] shamus072:
Thanks for all the info mskip...

Why does the XDA rom say it needs to use the custom ruu?

When would I use custom over the regular hard spl you posted.

When I install a rom, do I need to start at ver 1.0 or can I go directly to 1.4 etc???

Thanks again.
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] shamus072:
not working.... shows a quick text of "no image file" and stays in bootloader mode....
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] shamus072:
OK.... I tried a different usb port and this time the drivers installed correctly (HTC usb). I did it via active sync. Setting it up now!

Very exciting! Thanks!
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] mskip:
Good job. you might want to check whether your microSD card is formatted to fat32 for future use as that might have caused an unsuccessful flash. Either that or you forgot to rename the .nbh file before copying it.
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] JackHerra:
thanks for the superb guide :)

flashed my new phone within 12 hours of receipt to get rid of the awful Vodafone theme. No problems at all.

Only one question! When I hard reset (hold volume down + enter) I get a question asking if I want to reset all settings to manufacturer default. Should I accept this?
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] mskip:
You are a brave man doing it within 12 hours of getting ur new phone lol

Yes you can accept the hard reset. It clears the memory, settings and contacts list and resets the phone to its original condition so its best performed after a Rom flash to get rid of anything that might be left or if you screw anything up and want to reset it. Hope that helped.
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] JackHerra:
lol yeah! was sweating the whole way through but couldn't bare the vodafone nonsense any longer :)

thanks again mskip
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] lakigucci:
***THIS TUTORIAL IS FOR THE GSM RAPHAEL'S ONLY!!! DO NOT USE WITH CDMA VERSIONS***

Whats the difference and how can i see what kind of phone i have?

Also, what Profits do you benefit from having a custom rom loaded in ur phone?

Thnx in advance.

Im from the netherlands if it helps ;)
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] rhoff412:
brick

I am a newb. I'm almost sure I get the metaphor with brick, but how does this happen? I'm guessing it's totally irreversable? How is it that hardspl loads onto the phone through a windows sync? Sorry, I just have no idea.

I got an att fuze and I'd like to flash a new rom but i'm pretty freaked out about doing it. Did you say that I would need to flash a new radio as well? I'd like to get a good understanding of what I'm doing before doing this. Any things online I can read about this on? I already read this tutorial and looked up some defintions and read all the posts before mine.
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] tassadar898:
How do I enter bootloader on the fuze?

I've pressed and held down the volume and OK key, and reset it, I see the tricolor screen for a split second and then it asks me if i want to restore to default settings press VolUp key. I pressed it and it loaded the same ****ty ATT rom it came with. I'm using the microSD method and have it under fat32 and renamed the file.

THANKS!
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] mskip:
[FONT=&quot]Flashing Via MicroSD Card

1. Make sure your microSD is Formatted to fat32 (you dont have to delete all files but it is safer if you do).

2. Download your prefered Rom from the Raphael Rom Develpoment Page and unzip/unrar it to your computer.

3. Goto the Roms Folder and rename the .nbh file to RAPHIMG.nbh

4. Copy the RAPHIMG.nbh file to your microSD Card.

5. Plug the microSD Card into the phone.

6. Press and hold the volume down button, then press the reset button with the stylus. Release the volume down button when bootloader tricolour screen appears.

7. Follow the onscreen instructions to start flashing.

8. Once phone finishes flashing and gets to the screen where it configures the stylus, HARD RESET

[/FONT][FONT=&quot] (hold the VOLUME DOWN and ENTER (center) Buttons, press the RESET button with the stylus tip, then release the RESET button but continue to hold the VOLUME DOWN and ENTER buttons until the reset screen appears)[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot] 9. Follow onscreen instructions to set up your New Rom.[/FONT]

As you can see by the instructions in my guide you have performed a Hard Reset and NOT entered the Bootloader to flash the rom. If you have the .nbh file still on your microSD Card then proceed from Step6 and you shouldnt have any problems. Im assuming you have already flashed HardSPL to your device. Good luck :)
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] txemsdoc:
Hi, I'm in the same boat as the original poster.

I have ATT Fuze, running Windows XP through VMWare fusion on mac.

I purchased olipro's unlocking service (raphaelunlocker), tried that unsuccessfully. Tried the radio rom, same error. Installed sspl-manual on the phone, ran it, screen went black. Then ran raphaelhardspl...from my computer and no connection.

Using the programs, I get to the progress screen, it stays at 0%, the phone screen goes black, I have the activesync disconnect noise play on the computer and in a minute, I get an error on teh computer saying the connection has been lost and to exit the program.

Any suggestions?

I'm beginning to wonder if my problem isn't just with my phone's connection to activesync. It does seem to 'drop' regularly when it is connected to my computer and I'm not doing this flash business... any advice there or places to search out?
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] mskip:
Do you have another usb cable you can try? Or another computer you can try it on running windows xp to determine whether the problem is with your device or something else. If you can get HardSPL on your device from another computer then everything else can be flashed viz your microSD Card.
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] txemsdoc:
Hi,

Grabbed my work PC from the office and used it and it worked fine... my problem is something related to VMWare Fusion on Mac and activesync it seems. Thanks so much for your help!

chris
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] lakigucci:
Any help? .
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] txemsdoc:
3 questions -

1) Is it possible to change the two softkeys (I think they are calender and contacts) on the main home screen to two other programs? How so if so?

2) I deleted the version of opera that came with the ROM since I like the newest Opera beta better. But now, clicking on the globe on the Internet tab doesn't open anything. Is there a way to either get it to open the new Opera or to get the old one back?

3) When I start up now, after the spash WM6.1 screen, but before touchflow comes up, I get a Logon to Server screen and it says Resource : MEdia Net and has boxes for Username, Password and domain. Touchflow then loads up and covers it. Internet seems to work fine. Something I should be concerned about?

Thanks,

Chris
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] mikemorris:
Yes bricking is possible, BUT if you follow the steps at the beggining of this post you are VERY VERY unlikely to brick the phone. You don't NEED to flash a radio, some ROMs will work better/worse with some radios, that is where this comes in, you will have to unlock your phone if you want to experiment with the full range of radios.

Completing HardSPL, will assure that the ROMs you put on your phone wont do it damage, and allow the ROMs to be loaded, accessed, used, abused, etc. I re-read the steps for about 3 days before i hardSPL and Flashed my first tilt rom, and then i spent about 10 mins here and flashed my first Fuze/TP ROM. This one is actually much more simple. Let us know if you have any questions.:D

-Mike
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] mskip:
Glad it worked on a different computer. Yeah Activesync does have problems with vmware on macs. Happy flashing and welcome to the community :)
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] mskip:
Put a sim card from a different carrier in it. If its still sim unlocked then it will come up with a message telling u.
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] ajeishrush:
I have ran into the same problem. did you manage to sort it out?

please help me
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] mskip:
Both of you give as much detail about what you did, where you got the error, what the error number is and what it has done to your phone. The more information you give the better chance there is of figuring out how to fix it.
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] ajeishrush:
I was trying to return my phone into the manufacturer's condition (taking off any installed Rom's). But during the phone was being reset, i pressed the reset button again (i think this was my mistake). next time my phone started up...the 'Update Rom code error' came up on the tri colour screen.

I have tried to do the Hard SPL provided on this thread. but during the update, when it shows which image it is being changed from...it is blank. also, it doesn't progress at all, it stays at 0% and then a recovery option comes up. even after following this, nothing happens.

the tri-colour screen has the following on it:

RAPH100

SPL-1.90.0000

MicroP-Raph (LED) v13

MicroP-Raph (KEY) v5

PSOC-Raph STAGE_CVT v0x36

Upgrade Rom code error

Please try again

I am clearly a newbie and any help will be appreciated

Thank you
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] mskip:
Does the phone boot up into the operating system or does it get stuck in Bootloader everytime?
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] ajeishrush:
it gets stuck everytime
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] wildbird:
just did my first SUCCESSFUL flash (elite rc3):). I work with PCs and small devices all the time, but the prospect of bricking my $400 or so phone was not too exciting. Well documented, thank you so much for the taking the time to describe these steps. Once you do it, it appears trivial, but, if you have never done it, it appears very tough. Thank you also for documenting the hardspl install - same as above, easy but tough without instruction.

elite rc3 is nice - love the speed of it
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] mskip:
You are welcome im glad everything went ok and you can get the full potential from your phone now with the excellent roms available on xda :)
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] krook6023:
It only took me 15 mins to brick my phone...just kidding everything went PERFECT! how could I have messed it using this wonderful tutorial! Thanks so very much for this...you made it very easy on me.
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] legendz411:
NEVERMIND

Worked like a charm
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] wilbur-force:
excellent thread thanks :)

im on the verge of flashing my MDA VARIO IV (T-mobile UK) - which i believe is actually a Raphael and I have a couple of (probably very noob) questions :confused:

1) Are any of these ROMS country specific ? ie if im from the UK will I have problems if the ROM is 'designed' for the US ?

2) The backup tool suggested backs up texts etc, but is there a way I can backup my full current ROM/setup in case i need to revert back (warranty etc)

3) most worryingly, how likely is it that i will truly, irrecoverably, 'brick' my handset - my wife will kill me if I do - and the years of 'i told you so' would be intollerable :p

im looking at the ROMEO and Energy ROMs btw :cool:
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] mskip:
Romeo and Energy Roms will be fine for the uk. They are both WWE (World Wide English) so you wont have any problems. Just make sure you go into the Regional Settings after the flash and set it to united kingdom.

Most of the current Original Roms are on the WIKI so goto Start, Settings, System, Device Info and write down the Rom and Radio versions, then if you need to go back to a stock rom for warranty purposes you have a good start. You could dump the entire Rom but its no straight forward.

Theres always a slight chance but thats the risk you have to take. Everyone who has ever flashed will tell you how worried they was the first time but after a few flashes they dont even think about it anymore lol. Windows XP is the best operating system to use as it seems to have far less problems than using vista.

Good luck.
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] wilbur-force:
wow ! speedy reply for a saturday morning :D

yep - id already checked the wiki for my rom version but it isnt there.

1.69.110.8 wwe

radio 1.02.25.19

:mad:

just a little twitchy about not being able to get back to what i have. the T-mobile 'out the box' experience was awful and its taken me some time to customise it and make it relatively stable (moon over mobile matt is the theme of choice at the moment).

thanks for the reply tho - gradually becoming more confident in the concept now :p
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] mskip:
As long as you have a computer running windows xp and Microsoft .NET 3.5 then you really shouldnt have any problems. Make sure you can get a good clean sync between the phone and pc first and that it stays synched. If all that works fine then jump in and give it a go ;)
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] wilbur-force:
ooooo - downloading .net framework now .... could that have been my first clanger :eek:
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] mskip:
A few people had problems with the flash stopping at 0% which seemed to be down to .NET 3.5 not being installed. Just an extra precaution that I will put on the guide later when my son isnt climbing all over my back haha :D

Do you have Windows XP on your pc? If so which service pack is on it?
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] wilbur-force:
XP Home edition version 2002 service pack 3 - please tell me thats OK as im about to flash hardspl :p
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] mskip:
Thats perfect im online til 12:30 so if you run into any problems let me know.
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] wilbur-force:
rom flashed :) thanks for your help and hand-holding :)

not as scary as i thought :o
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] mskip:
Glad it all went without any problems. Hope it makes your phone more useable :)
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] txzman:
'No Image File' Despite Repeated Tries

OK I've flashed other phones many many times. Have a new Fuze for my wife, trying to flash ROM without any success.

Apparently Windows 7 won't allow me to run RaphaelHardSP at all so I gave up and moved to the MicroSD try.

Despite Fat32, I can get into boot loader mode, but get the 'No Image File' and it hangs. Reset works fine - can do this all day if needed. File is properly named to RAPHIMG.nbh.

So gave up and went to WinXP LapTop. There I also get the 'No Image File' and it hangs at 0% update.

All files came from this forum, re-downloaded and re-extracted to make sure. Can't figure out why the MULTIPLE attempts from different methods not working.

Thanks for any help!
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] mskip:
You HAVE to flash HardSPL through the computer via activesync. If you cant get a sync running Windows7 (its possible using the latest Windows Mobile Device Center because I have done it on my laptop) then windows xp is your best bet to flash your HardSPL and then everything else can be done via Storage Card.

Can you tell me the exact procedure you went through to try and flash HardSPL? The file you run is an .exe file and should never be renamed to .nbh

Mark.
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] bliind:
I just read this, nevermind what I said before. I'm just having some troubles with .NET I think.

EDIT: Yup, was .NET... You won't believe what I had to go through to get 3.5 installed on a fresh copy of Home, but all is well, the flash is taking place as I type this. Thanks!
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] GeordieBlowk:
Update

Hi

Noobie Ithink

Done the 1st stage....all OK Then got a 6.5 Rom....Great

But Im getting ann "Update Facility" error

Im ggreen as grass... Any ideas
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] bliind:
Okay, so I flashed my Fuze with NATF's 4.6

After getting it all set up, I get a message over everything that says "This concludes the beta test of this software release." and it won't let me do anything. I can't sync it with ActiveSync, and when I placed a RAPHIMG.nbh in the storage card to try to reflash, the bootloader tells me there's no image file.

I don't think it's bricked, since I can get into the bootloader, and into WM for that matter, but right now, it might as well be, as I can't do anything on it.

I've tried hard resetting a couple times, and even hard reset then soft reset before the customization, and still no luck.

Please help :(

EDIT: Apparently my storage card was FAT and not FAT32.. Reflashing now...
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] mskip:
When are you getting the error?
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] mskip:
Glad you sorted out the problem. Let me know if the flash works out ok.
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] itsAUG:
hey mskip, what windows os are you using on your computer. i just got my fuze this week and after installing activesync from the disk i connected my phone and it says that the device is not found on any ports. i have the original xp home with .net 3.5. i dont have any xp service pack updates, do you think that could be my problem??
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] mskip:
Thats most probably your problem since the service packs fix alot of problems with usb and activesync. You should be able to download and install the latest service packs from the microsoft site. I have windows xp sp3 on my desktop and windows7 on my laptop and both sync fine.
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] bliind:
It worked out wonderfully. Now I can't decide what ROM I want to stick with lol...
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] mskip:
Haha yh that does kinda create a whole new problem but a fun one since u can flash all the roms you like and see which one u feel most comfortable with. When you find the one thats perfect for you you will know it.
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] ehehat:
Same boat. I was SO NERVOUS hitting that next button the first time! now I have a flashy new rom (Shep's) and new radio. It is so much easier than i thought it'd be. My wife is going to miss me!

Thank you mskip for this thread!
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] itsAUG:
ok thanks. i will try to find a full version of xp sp3 and completely reimage the hard drive because there is prolly years of useless crap on there.
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] wilbur-force:
is anyone flashing from a vista machine ? when i last flashed i used XP and I was told XP was better - but my XP laptop has died and im now on the wifes vista machine :mad:
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] mskip:
Do you already have HardSPL on your phone then? Or have you never flashed that device before.
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] wilbur-force:
yep - already installed HardSPL - you gave me confidence on saturday for my first flash :)

thinking about flashing again as i cant sort my callerid problem - doesnt match numbers to contacts :(
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] mskip:
Which rom are you running now? Energy rom is a good solid rom but then most are. As long as you can get an activesync then you should have no problems flashing a new rom. The alternative is to flash via microSD Card but the recommended size for that is a 1Gb card so if you want to do it that way you might want to pick up a cheap one from somewhere just to use for flashing.

The main thing is that you have HardSPL on your phone now which means you cant brick it as long as you can get back into the bootloader.
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] wilbur-force:
to be fair im hugely impressed with energy ROM - except for the fact that caller IDs arent matching to my contacts, nor are text recipient IDs. Ive asked around but nobody seems to have any suggestions. I run a junior football squad so get loads of texts and need to know who they are from :(

its the only reason im looking at other ROMs.

but yes, i flashed HARDSPL from XP :)
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] mskip:
Yo ucould try doing a hard reset, then reflashing and doing another hard reset just to make sure you have a nice clean version. It mite just be down to a bad flash and if that doesnt fix it you could try NATF or RomEOS they are both respected chefs.
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] driftoz:
hey i have a htc touch pro, ive just flashed the HARD SLP fine showed up in bootloader as SPL-1.90.OliNex, i then proceeded to flash the rom with mighty rom5 install seemed fine installed and said completed phone reset and screen just sat at load up saying TOUCHpro in white txt and black background sat there for 5 mins or so, i decided to do the hard reset, now all the phone does is stays showing TOUCHpro, i can get to bootloader which shows

RAPH100

SPL-1.90.OliNex

MicroP-Raph (LED) v13

MicroP-Raph (KEY) v5

PSOC-Raph Stage_CVT v0x36

its all i can do soft reset and hard reset and removing battery does nothing, anything i can do to get my phone back please??
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] DerekZoolander:
Flash via SD card

I have flashed via active sync several times now. I decided to try it by sd card this time. When reading the instructions I noticed how it tells you to remove the SIM card when flashing via active sync but it doesnt mention removing the SIM card when flashing via SD card. Whats the reason for this? Should I remove it?
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] mskip:
I cant seem to find the Mighty Rom 5 that you flashed in the Raphael Development thread anywhere.

I would sugest you download a well proven rom such as Energy Rom and flash it via the microSD Card method from my guide. If possible use a card 2GB or under and format with FAT32 using a pc. Follow the method exactly as listed. Let me know how it goes.
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] mskip:
Removing the Sim Card is a safe guard against getting a call or message after the Rom has flashed and is going through the setup and customisation process. So yes remove it before flashing :)
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] DerekZoolander:
Thanks! Now is it safe to use the same SD card to hold my data and to flash a new ROM? or should they be seperate?
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] mskip:
As long as you dont have any config files like sdconfig on the root of your storage card then its fine, you dont need to completely erase everything.
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] Farmer Ted:
Uh, oh, Mighty ROM is from ppcgeeks. It's a mighty cdma ROM. Time for a resurrection.
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] suzuer:
Mskip,

Any chance you played around with BBconnect ? It will no longer make a connection

so I wiped it out and reloaded with BB 4.0.0.106, which loaded fine but when I try to provision via BB desktop I get a error message unable to connect to the devise, returned zero(0) pin

any suggestions
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] driftoz:
Ty for reply i couldnt try the sd method last night because i had no way to copy anything to my micro sd card, went out today and got a 2gig kingston micro sd card with sd adaptor for $15AUD got home and used my bros pc with sd card reader and copied the energy rom onto it and done the bootloader and installed rom via micro sd card perfictly i now have my phone up and running :D so happy now.
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] mskip:
What operating system are you running and do you have Microsoft .NET 3.5 installed on your pc?