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[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] onesreality:
hi, i just hardspl and i get it done. my screen discoloured i guess i need to flash a new rom.

just a few question.

when i go into bootloader, it show usb ? so is it fine?

but i am not connected to activesync so is it alright for me to start the exe file! pls reply asap!!!
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] DaveShaw:
As I put in the PM, yes it's fine, just flash the ROM.

Dave
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] ClydeB1:
Is that a standard (ie original) rom? With 1.56.Olinex, after you have successfully changed the spl you now need to flash to a 1.56+ based rom otherwise your spl and rom are mismatched. It's the same effect as flashing a cooked rom and keeping the original spl. In other words you need to always keep the spl and rom in sync and if you change only the one and not the other you will get the discolouration effect and have problems with calls etc.

Same as above as also pointed out by DaveShaw.
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] seas of tears:
problem with the color

hey guys

yesterday I flashe the new energy rom...

after the flashing I started to see red color everywhere in the screen

by the way i'm using 1.5.6 oliNex

could you please help me
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] Fallen Spartan:
Could you explain what you mean by red colour everywhere? Does distortion go away if you turn screen on/off by power button?

Colour distortion is usually caused by having incorrect SPL. You state you have used HSPL, have you checked your SPL to confirm HSPL was successful? Does SPL state SPL 1.56.Olinex? Also, this could be a bad flash. Did you hard reset device after flashing? If you have correct SPL and hard reset doesn't work, try reflashing rom again.
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] philrom:
How to know the SPL of the ROM we wanted to flash on to our blackstone?

Just fot my Touch HD, very newbie.... :)
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] seas of tears:
I meant by red color is that red color is shown as shadows...

I've tried different roms and hard rest many times but nothing much

by the way I don't see that red color in the splash screen and the bootloading mode

can you please explain more about confirming SPL with HSPL
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] Fallen Spartan:
Basically all latest roms will be based on 1.56+ so you need either HSPL 1.56 or USPL. Follow this guide and you'll be fine

To check your current SPL, go to bootloader by doing the following:

Turn phone off.

Hold the volume down button while you press the power on button.

You should see a tri-color screen with some text (This is bootloader).
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] Fallen Spartan:
As I stated in post above you can confirm SPL by going into bootloader :

1. Turn off device

2. Hold the volume down button while you press the power on button.

3. You should see a tri-color screen with some text (This is bootloader).

If you have successfully used HSPL it should state something like this:

BLAC199 32M

SPL-1.56.Olinex

MicroP-Blackstone (LED) v6

As you can see from above my SPL is correct
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] seas of tears:
yeah that's exactly what i have seen in my bootloader
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] Fallen Spartan:
Then your SPL is correct. If you are experiencing this in all cooked roms, then I'd advise you to restore stock rom and then try flashing cooked rom again
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] seas of tears:
sorry I know that i'm asking too many questions !!

but can you please tell me how to flash back to stuck rom or at least give me a link for that so I can download the rom and flash it

thanks in advance
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] ClydeB1:
Rather ask the questions upfront than ending up with a very expensive paper-weight ;).

You can find links to stock official roms

here

.

The process and downloads needed to return to the stock spl can be found

here

(right at the end of the post).In order to see that your phone is not damaged you will need to install and setup the stock rom. You will therefore need to also match the correct stock spl to the rom you are using or else you will still get colour issues. Depending on the rom you choose you will need either 1.13, 1.14, 1.15 or 1.54 and it may be a little bit of trial and error to see which one is the correct one for the rom you choose.
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] seas of tears:
I've tried every single solution, nothing worked

:(
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] ClydeB1:
Which solutions did you try? Did you install a stock rom (if so which one) and what spl did you load with the rom?
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] seas of tears:
I restored it to 1.14... stock rom with 1.14 spl
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] ClydeB1:
And you did confirm via bootloader that 1.14 spl was loaded? If so then it sounds like you have a problem with the screen and you should return the device for service.
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] Fallen Spartan:
I would agree with ClydeB1's comments above. If you have returned device to stock rom & SPL but still have problem, it looks like a warranty return
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] canjoy:
Hi,

My bootloader is currently showing " SPL-1.54.0000".

I've copied SSPL-Manual-TouchHD.exe to myHD & runned it. It reboot into its bootloader and shows SPL v 1.07.OliNex. I tried to run HSPLWrapper_blackstone_156OilNex.exe from your computer but the flashing process remains at 0% and i get an error 262 and goes into recovery. But recovery, it's still the same problem :(

As the above method didn't work out, so i tried another method. I tried to run USPL.exe but when i click to start it, an error msg " USPL GUI v 2.5 has encountered a problem..."

Hmm.... anyone can advise what i should do.

Tks in advance
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] ClydeB1:
With error 262, you just need to try a few times. Usually the fix is to run sspl but as you've already tried that I don't know what else to suggest apart from trying again.
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] canjoy:
Oh mine.... have been repeating it for too many time already :P

In this case is it a hardware problem? Send it back to HTC?
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] ClydeB1:
Did you try to reboot the phone and try to run hspl again. Give it a few attempts?

It's not necessarily a hardware problem. When you switch your device to bootloader and plug in the usb cable, does it show usb in the white section at the bottom of the screen? What os do you run on your pc? If it's Vista or Windows 7 have you tried changing the usb drivers (you may actually need to downgrade them). You can find more info here
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] doctorbeastmaster:
when browsing net,my phone becomes unavailable for phone calls

hi bro,thankyou verymuch for ur support, i followed ur instructions and upgraded to wm6.5, no i have a special problem, in these roms

when i am browsing net in my phone,during that time, if anyone tried to call me they are having a message ( number is currently unavailable ) i am unable to receive phone calls,because mine is automatic update,unlimited package.

i called the network operator,they told nothing wrong with them & told to contact htc service

i called htc, they told wm6.5 rom is not official ,so they dont have any settings regarding this rom

plz help me,i am not supposed to miss calls, i am a doctor now working in emergency unit,malaysia,tq
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] ClydeB1:
I don't have an answer for you, but you may get more response if you post this to the General Blackstone forum - http://xdaforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=452
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] canjoy:
I tried the HSPL method & run the "HSPLWrapper_Blackstone_156OliNex.exe", but also get the same error 262 :(

At the bootloader screen, it does show USB in the white section. My OS is running on window 98. I've also update the USB driver too.
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] ClydeB1:
I have not come across a problem like your before. You say you ran sspl and changed your spl to 1.07.Olinex and then when you run hspl it gives a 262 error. sspl is supposed to fix the 262 error. Does the spl in bootloader still show 1.07?
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] Fallen Spartan:
Once you got SPL 1.07.Olinex did you try disconnecting device from pc, rebooting your device, then reconnecting it to pc and then trying HSPL again?
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] valanxda:
"When you say you tried the manual solution is this what you meant. You may need to reflash to your stock (original) rom first and then run manual sspl from there.

As this is now becoming a flashing problem, please post further responses in the Dummies Guide thread and I'll help you there. This thread will probably be closed soon."

I tried to flash with original ROM and it is done with no problem. But hd is still not going past windows first screen! So to run sspl manualy how can I do that? How do I access the file explorer in the phone? Please help me. Thanks
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] ClydeB1:
Is this still on the stock rom that it is getting stuck? Which screen does it get stuck at - what info is displayed on screen?
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] valanxda:
Yes. This is still on the stock ROM (OrangeUK_HTCTouchHD_1.59.61.2_Radio_52.64.25.34_1.14.25.24_Ship_phone_software). It starts with 'smart mobility' and goes to windows version 6.1 initial screen (preparing for first use), after about 5 seconds it restarts again. It repeats it all the time till I remove the battery.
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] ClydeB1:
Did you do a hard reset after flashing back to stock? If still no luck try to flash to another stock rom from here
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] valanxda:
Yes, I did hard reset 2 times. I try one of these roms now and come back to you. Thanks again
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] ClydeB1:
Sorry, i just want to check that you did a proper hard reset.

I'm not assuming that just because you only have a few posts that you don't know how to do a hard reset, but it's worth a check ;).

To hard reset - Switch device off, then whilst holding both volume up and volume down together, tap the power on button and then follow on screen directions.

It also shouldn't really matter, but it's worth a try to remove the sim and sd card when trying to setup.
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] valanxda:
I did hard reset exactly how you told (I just learnt from the manual really). I took sim card & memory card away already. Now when I try the new Rom, it comes with the message 'Invalid vendor id'. What shall i do?
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] ClydeB1:
Sorry, I forgot that you were still on the stock spl. It is because you are locked to OrangeUK probably so you will need to flash to one of their roms. There are some others on the link I sent. When you flash these you may get some funny colours (low res appearance), this is due to a mismatch between the rom and the spl on the device, but that's ok as you only need to run setup and get to FileExplorer so that you can run manual sspl.
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] valanxda:
Thanks for your help. I managed to get the USB working with help of another thread (USB drivers, clear step by step instructions by DigitalOutcast). Its all working now. I really appriciate the help.
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] moforlyf:
Got a problem :(

Hi, could someone help me out?

i keep getting error 620 no matter wihch method i use (connection error). When i first did it it got stuck at 0% and then showed with the error and the guide said to do the troubleshoot method. I did that too but they both come out with the same result. i have tried a tryd a hard rest, no difference and also i restarted my computer many times.

Also just a question.. do i keep active sync connected or none connection mode?

Any help would be appreciated

Thanks in advance
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] Fallen Spartan:
I'm assuming you mean error code 260 and not 620??

ERROR [260] : CONNECTION

This error occurs when the RUU cannot make a connection to the device right before flashing. This typically happens when you try to flash a new SPL to your device. Use Soft-SPL before attempting the RUU again.

Once you've used Soft-SPL, try disconnecting you device from pc, soft resetting device, putting it into bootloader and then connecting it to pc again before attempting to flash
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] moforlyf:
Hi thanks for the reply,

yeah i tried soft spl then disconnecting but whilst doing the soft-spl the connection error (260) comes up..?

Is there something im doing wrong?

Thanks in advance
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] Fallen Spartan:
Whats your current SPL in bootloader?
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] ClydeB1:
If you get a Connection Error message, have you tried updating your USB drivers. Follow this guide
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] lardje:
I have updated my rom. now I lost all my contacts, appointments and sms's

is there anyway I could get these back or do some kind of rollback?

because i really need them.
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] ClydeB1:
No. If you had read up before flashing you would have seen that this is what happens and that you needed to take a backup. If you have not taken a backup yourself there is no way to get your data back. Have you not synced your data with Outlook or similar?
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] Dallas51:
thx

lovely thx for the guide and work.
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] philrom:
Hello,

I'd like to have EnergyROM on my fresh blackstone.

Is it possible to have it by following http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=462347 method?

Also, if I turn-off my blackstone after I succesfully flash this ROM, will it ask for flash again? Or will it just running as normal ROM (just wait while it's booting)? Because I do turn-off my phone when on charging (to keep the battery health longer).

I just don't want to lose my SPL. My current SPL is 1.14.

Anyone want to give explanation?

Thank you.
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] waque:
want to get the stock ROM

hi there,

where to get the stock ROM. i tried to find it in the forum but couldn't find it. look like everything is the cooked ROM. :) or maybe i'm not good enough in finding things here.

tq very much.
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] Fallen Spartan:
If you use USPL you will keep a stock SPL. But you'll need SPL 1.54 as per these guidelines for rom to work properly. But this is a stock SPL so will be fine for warranty purposes. Also if you flash a rom it will remain on your device whether you hard reset or soft reset. Only way to remove rom would be to flash another rom.

Just follow the guide using USPL and you'll be fine
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] Fallen Spartan:
All stock or shipped roms can be found in wiki here
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] moforlyf:
Fallen Spartan, Thankyou very much for your help, i just softspl, flashed my new rom then i did a hardspl. Worked perfect after.

Thanks for your help
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] ClydeB1:
Why would you use uspl, flash the rom and then use hspl???:confused: unless you mean a HARD RESET?
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] Fallen Spartan:
Funny, this was my assumption earlier. I assumed he meant hard reset though I never actually asked :rolleyes:

Note to self - Never ASSUME anything as it makes an ASS out of U and ME
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] ClydeB1:
Hopefully U and Him and not U and ME LOL :p
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] valanxda:
I can flash USPL in my hd, not HSPL. I tried my best, still couldnt do. I follow the dummies guide. It stays in 0%. I'm in this forum nearly four days..:mad:
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] valanxda:
It is not going beyond windows (preparing for first use) screen. I flashed three time the stock rom (1.56 UK Orange). Someone please help me, it is making me mad.
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] Fallen Spartan:
ok, have you tried troubleshooting as per guide as using manual SSPL

Troubleshooting - manual SSPL

Boot up your phone.

Copy SSPL-Manual-TouchHD.exe to your phone. In a file browser on your phone browse to where you copied SSPL-Manual-TouchHD.exe and run it.

Your phone will reboot into its bootloader and should show SPL v 1.07.OliNex.

When it shows USB at the bottom then run HSPLWrapper_blackstone_156OilNex.exe from your computer again.

Go to step HSPL3 if successful.
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] valanxda:
Since its not going into windows, how can I use file explorer to run the file? Is ther anyway I can move th file into the phone? thanks
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] valanxda:
As I said earlier, When I do HSPL, I get error msg 262 (communication error), stays at 0%. USB connection is fine. I have updated the drivers, followed the guide.
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] barbarosie_alexandru:
The 262 Horror

I just purchased my HTC HD, in my bootscreen it says

BLAC100 32M

SPL 1.54.0000

MicroP-BlackStome (LED) V6

So, the smart thing to do is to install a cooked ROM.

First install the HardSPL right?

There is the connection problem ERROR 262

I'v read most of the pages, tryed this:

1. Hard reseted just to be sure

2. installed the USB drivers on my win7 64 bit

3. Disabled firewall/antivirus

4. Already had 10 attempts, no luck

So, only SSPL manual worked, and then instaled 1,56 olinex

I realy love the phone, but it's realy slow with stock rom.

So installed Dutty's last rom(hopefully not the last one).

I'd like to thank everybody that posted on this forum, after a nigth of reading I can safely flash my beatiful phone.
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] ClydeB1:
As they say - "All's well that ends well" ;). The 262 is a very common problem, so it's good to know that the sspl route works out.
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] ayingha:
Hi,

I flashed the SPL with 1.56.OliNex but i got a ERROR [270] UPDATE ERROR - The image file is corrupted. please check your update utility.

on my bootloader screen: Upgrade ROM code error Please try again

Thank you for your help.
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] ClydeB1:
Ah, I see you found the thread, I've just replied to your previous post. If it is saying that the image is corrupt, it sounds like an error with your download and you may need to try to download the file again.
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] mag86:
Error when uppdating

Hi!!

I think i am i deep ****!

I flashed my HD with HSPL and now all white on the screen is blue and i have to press the power button two times to make the real colors appear. Also the phone freezes when booting every time. I spoke to a service place and they told my that my phone was ruined. I think i had SPL 1.14 and i used the 1.56. I would be extremly greatfull if someone could help me!!

/MaG
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] DaveShaw:
Put your phone into the bootloader mode and let us know what SPL it says.

Once we know that we can recommend a matching ROM. (Hint: if it's 1:56, just use any of the newst ROMs, if it's 1.14 search for a 1.14 based ROM).

Dave
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] mag86:
i have spl 1.14 when i start the bootload but when i start the phone normaly it says 1.56.

thanks for the help!

/MaG
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] DaveShaw:
Flash a ROM that is based on 1.14 then, or upgrade the Hard SPL to 1.56.

Ta

Dave
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] Fallen Spartan:
As Dave has stated above your SPL is not compatible with your rom. You need to have HSPL 1.56 to use roms based on 1.56+ otherwise you get colour & screen lock issues as you described
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] mag86:
Thanks guys for the help!! Now my phone work again!

Best htc forum for sure!!!

Thanks

/MaG
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] chromas:
Help, I keep getting Error 262

I'm running

- BLAC100 32M

- SPL-1.14.0000

- MicroP-BlackStone )LED) v6

How do I go about installing ROMs like

- EnergyROM_28002_BLACKSTONE_20.Nov.2009_StandardM2.5

- Miri_WM65_21876_V31.0_Premium

- or even Miri_WM65_21876_V31.0_Standard

I have the following in the same folder

- BLACIMG.nbh

- BlackstoneRUUWrapper.exe

- HSPLWrapper_Blackstone_156OliNex.exe

- SSPL-Manual-TouchHD.exe

I even tried copying SSPL-Manual-TouchHD.exe to my device to run before running HSPLWrapper_Blackstone_156OliNex.exe and it still doesn't work.

The USB word appears at the bottom of the PDA screen and then when it comes to uploading the ROM, it still reads 0% and eventually goes to Error 262

Am I missing something?
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] Fallen Spartan:
ok, I am assuming you have read and followed this guide. Generally it you get ERROR [262]:UPDATE ERROR, you can just soft reset the device and try running RUU again. The update process will then continue. At this stage the rom on the device is incomplete and it will not boot back up into Windows. You will need to place it into the bootloader to continue.
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] ClydeB1:
What happens when you run the sspl from your device? I presume you loaded it to your device and then on the phone navigated to the folder via File Explorer and ran the program?
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] chromas:
Well, I got to the stage of seeing the bar and 0% for around 2 min and then the Error 262 came up.

I soft reset the phone and it loads back to my original WM6.1 and runs fine as 6.1

I ran the RUU again and tried to load in the ROM and still got the 262.

I tried to run the SSPL-Manual-TouchHD.exe on the PDA and got the other version of the color bars, but still got the Error 262.

Thanks again for the replies and still hoping to get it to 6.5 like you all
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] Fallen Spartan:
When we say reset your device and try again, don't let device reboot up fully. Try running SSPL-Manual-TouchHD.exe or HSPLWrapper_Blackstone_156OliNex.exe and if you get 0% and code error 262, reset device and put straight into bootloader (may need to take out battery to do this for a few seconds) and then try running either SSPL or HSPL again

I also wouldn't put the following into the same folder:

- BLACIMG.nbh

- BlackstoneRUUWrapper.exe

- HSPLWrapper_Blackstone_156OliNex.exe

- SSPL-Manual-TouchHD.exe

Put rom file (BLACIMG.nbh) and BlackstoneRUUWrapper.exe into there own separate folder and HSPLWrapper_Blackstone_156OliNex.exe & SSPL-Manual-TouchHD.exe can go into another folder
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] chromas:
When you say reset the device but don't let it reboot fully, do you mean to press the volume down + power button? I've done that too, along with running HSPL after that.

I've also placed the files in separate folders as you've adviced.

My phone still sticks to 0% and when I fully reboot, I still get back my WM6.1

Running SSPL on the device followed by RUU doesn't yield any results either.
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] Fallen Spartan:
Have you tried USPL route instead of HSPL?
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] gogumah:
Thanks a lot man!!!!!
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] vogelap:
Thanks for the very informative article. I am an experienced PDA user, but a complete newbie when it comes to flashing ROMs, so I appreciate it very much.

It would be helpful to include in your guide a discussion of why someone would choose HSPL over USPL (or vice versa). You do a great job of explaining the

difference

, but not

why

I would consider choosing one over the other.

Based on the guide, I think I want HSPL, but am not certain.

Thanks again for the useful information.