yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Touch Pro CDMA] egzthunder1:
CDMA is a different type of wireless technology. You can google for what it is. There are not too many carriers that use this (most of them are in the US), so unless you live in the US and you have MetroPCS, Verizon, Sprint, Alltel (and a few other small ones), you should not worry about it.
[Touch Pro CDMA] dribbs1:
Do I need to actually load anything on to my touch pro besides the .net framework? I should just run the RUU from my PC and let it connect to my handset, right? Im waiting for my phone to charge so I don't brick it... that's the last thing i want to do.

D
[Touch Pro CDMA] egzthunder1:
You do not need to have the framework in your device to unlock it. Like I said, put your device in bootloader mode and run the RUU in your PC. That's it. Good luck!
[Touch Pro CDMA] rx78:
thank you for those detail information :)

I'm looking for Traditional Chinese version ROM for my Sprint TP, I see There're some for GSM version, but I havn't see any for CDMA version, do you have any information about obtain those ROM in other language ?

thank you :)

RX
[Touch Pro CDMA] dribbs1:
didn't work. I had it in bootloader mode and I got the tri-color screen... I even got the progress bar to come up, but it stopped at 0%. Then the RUU stopped and went in to "Recovery" mode where it instructs me to unplug the phone and remove the battery and then replace the battery to see how it boots. But it still doesn't go through the ROM flash to unlock the phone. So what am I doing wrong? kinda strange, huh?

D
[Touch Pro CDMA] dribbs1:
I unlocked the phone but I didn't flash the ROM... I just changed the radio. HOWEVER, I noticed that my Sprint TV tab is no longer on TF3D anymore. Does this mean that perhaps I somehow flashed a new ROM to my handset?

D
[Touch Pro CDMA] egzthunder1:
Probably,

Go to Settings>System>Device Info and see which version of Windows it says that you are running. If you did flash it, you will probably notice it there.
[Touch Pro CDMA] money_711:
I have unlocked my device according to the steps in the original post. I have made it all the way to Step three i have saved the ruu folder to the desktop and i have selected the rom i want to flash on my device, but once i click on the RomUtilityUpdate.exe file i follow the steps and after clicking next twice i get an error message saying the update utility can not open the requested file. Please check update utility. How do i do this?

also what is the RUU_signed.nbh file? Is this the file for the ROM which comes up as a .rar file and i should save it as a .nbh file?

Please help me someone!!!!!
[Touch Pro CDMA] dribbs1:
This sounds too easy - so I'm getting cold feet:

1) Will I lose all the apps that I've loaded on my handset?

2) Will I lose all of my email / contacts / calendar / GPS functionality?

3) Will I lose all the apps that I've loaded on my handset?

4) Does this affect the radio that I have flashed?

5) Will I lose all the apps that I've loaded on my handset?

Please advise - I may need to "reinstall" the apps to my SD card if I'm going to lose them by flashing the ROM.

Thanks!

D

PS - Can you give a quick rundown / recommendation list on some cooked ROM's out there? I just read on my news feed that someone "famous" on this board claims to have revv'ed up their TP to over 800 Mhz... Is that running a ROM with a DOS window interface? ;) I'd love to see that ROM if it was a) stable b) not skeletal c) usable heavy, daily use... Do you know of this cooked ROM?
[Touch Pro CDMA] egzthunder1:
Well,

Let me put this in as few words as possible. if you flash your device...

1) Will I lose all the apps that I've loaded on my handset? [highlight]Yes[/highlight]

2) Will I lose all of my email / contacts / calendar / GPS functionality? [highlight]Yes, although I don't believe you will loose your GPS functionality, you will loose the program you are using for GPS though.[/highlight]

3) Will I lose all the apps that I've loaded on my handset? [highlight]You have already asked this but Yes[/highlight]

4) Does this affect the radio that I have flashed? [highlight]No[/highlight]

5) Will I lose all the apps that I've loaded on my handset? [highlight]For the last time Yes[/highlight]

Please advise - I may need to "reinstall" the apps to my SD card if I'm going to lose them by flashing the ROM. [highlight]That is good thinking. However, keep in mind that some apps might need to be reinstalled even if you put them in your SD card.[/highlight]

Thanks!

D

PS - Can you give a quick rundown / recommendation list on some cooked ROM's out there? I just read on my news feed that someone "famous" on this board claims to have revv'ed up their TP to over 800 Mhz... Is that running a ROM with a DOS window interface? ;) I'd love to see that ROM if it was a) stable b) not skeletal c) usable heavy, daily use... Do you know of this cooked ROM?

[highlight]I have been out of the loop for the Herman for a while since my wife exchanged her TP for a BlackBerry Curve, but I read that NRG is making roms for the Herman. Also, you can try Juicy, Mightyrom, and my personal favorite when I had the device, Fallen Angel. As far as overclocking the device, you can do it, but it will drain your battery faster than you can put the device in the charger. Just so you know, if you look in the Dev & Hacking section you might find a thread about porting Windows 95 and 98 to PPC. They had quite a bit of success with 95 and they were running into some issues with 98 (last I checked anyways) but it might be fun if you feel adventurous enough. [/highlight]

Hope this helps and good luck! :)
[Touch Pro CDMA] r0ck0ut0:
hard-spl = phone hates me

i just recently had to flash back to custom rom & now i can't put any custom roms on anymore bc it keeps rebooting after the 1st splash screen. oh & fyi i have always unlocked my phones via sd card w/ sspl & i was told to try hard spl from my pc but that never loads to my phone. i get the status bar pop up on my phone like it's about to load but gets stuck on 0% then the ruu loading it times out & acts as if i disconnected my phone. THIS IS FRUSTRATING. I WANT 6.5 BACK. :mad:
[Touch Pro CDMA] r0ck0ut0:
tp

i have a touch pro cdma btw
[Touch Pro CDMA] egzthunder1:
In order to do HardSPL from the computer, you have to put your device in bootloader first. Otherwise the HardSPL RUU will do exactly what you are describing. Also, you are using a Touch Pro CDMA, but which carrier? The reason I am asking is because there is a different HardSPL if you are using Verizon.
[Touch Pro CDMA] bigredtalon:
Speading up Touch Pro

I will gladly admit that I am new to using and having a smart phone. Thank you so much for your instructions, I am really enjoying having 6.5 on my phone. That being said, I have one noob question:

One of my reason for flashing a non-stock ROM onto my phone was to make it as fast as possible (I would say I value speed over having a lot of cool apps on my phone). When I was running 6.1, when I clicked on the down arrow in the top right, it consistently hovered around 50% (I am guessing this is how much of my processor is being engaged, but correct me if I am wrong). My brother in law has a different phone (I cannot remember what it is) but his is always around 30%. Now that I am running NRGZ28 Titanium ROM (http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=69545) as my new ROM, I am consistently around 70%, and every once in a while I lags when I switch between screens. Example: When I switch from touch screen to qwerty -- when I am typing in a name from the today screen, so it opens that person's contact info. I wanted to check if this was common or if there was a way to get it lower, and therefore make my phone transition from screen to screen faster. Or maybe I am just way off and have no idea what I am talking about.

Thanks, and keep up the good work.

-Allen
[Touch Pro CDMA] egzthunder1:
NRG makes some of the fastest roms around, so you cannot really do much better than that. You shouldn't have to worry about the number of apps loaded in the device since most of them are not "on" unless you activate them. You are correct about the 70%, his roms normally take a wallop on system resources to make things faster (including battery). Another thing, the keyboard lag is a known issue, not only for the Touch Pro but for the Rapahel as well.

One program that you could try out to save some RAM (that will turn off some non essential stuff) is htcaddict's RAM Cleaner. You can find it in the Dev & Hacking section. Thanks for the praise on my thread :)

Always glad to help out!
[Touch Pro CDMA] egzthunder1:
First Post Updated for MetroPCS

Hey people!

I have added a link to dreynam2's (thanks man!) guide to flashing and setting up your Touch Pro for MetroPCS. With this guide, basically you will not need to shell out $50 to port your device to Metro since you will be doing the transfer yourself!!! So, why not save $50 and look at that guide if you are interested?

Cheers
[Touch Pro CDMA] Ed Zachary:
Dumb bonus question time!

Which HardSPL should be used on Alltel phones that are now with VZW because of the assimil.. er merger?

That is, I have an Alltel-branded TP that I got as an Alltel customer before the merger. Now that I have been assimila.. I mean MERGED into VZW, should I still use the Alltel HardSPL?
[Touch Pro CDMA] egzthunder1:
I would think that as long as the phone is not branded Verizon, you should use the other one (not the VZW).
[Touch Pro CDMA] wtmaxx25:
ok noob issue here, lost all my sprint marked programs when mighty rom, sprint nav, music, tv and networks for web are gone please help
[Touch Pro CDMA] egzthunder1:
Try this link. I believe that there are a few other threads in XDA as well as in PPCGeeks that have the stock apps from Sprint. Just do a search and they will come up for sure. Good luck!
[Touch Pro CDMA] slikgman:
I tried to relock my HTC Sprint Pro and now I am stuck!

I have flashed many roms on to this phone and this is the first time I have locked it up.

My phone never resets back to normal now.

After I finished flashing the oem sprint rom, I flashed to stock sprint radio, then I think I made a mistake on the relock step. I used the RUU to relock via USB because for some reason I was unable to flash from my SD card anymore when I started this flash back to stock process. When I used the RUU to flash the relock I thought it completed but it was stuck on a "Loading...." screen. After removing the battery I seen the splash screen and it says, " Security Unlocked, RAPH800,SPL-0.37.0000,MicroP-Herman (LED) v0c85,MicroP-Herman (KEY) v0685,PSOC-Raph STAGE_EVT v20, Upgrade Rom code error,Please try again,Serial".

I have tried - Flashing stock rom many time from different OS (Vista and XP) different computers, different USB connections. I did notice my splash screen changes from serial to USB when connect to computer. When flashing from USB screen changes to "0% with loading bar but nothing happens" on phone and computer.

Every time I try flashing from SD card it goes back to the original "Loading...." screen message and just locks up.

Can anyone help please..............

I have taking care of the problem, I just broke it for real and returned it for a new HTC TP PRO 2, I won't make this mistake again.
[Touch Pro CDMA] egzthunder1:
Hehe,

you know what they say... if it ain't broken, break it and you'll get a free upgrade :D
[Touch Pro CDMA] Rogue2:
Long time reader, first time poster!

I have flashed a few touch pros so far, but this latest one (touch pro bought refurbished off ebay) is not working like the others.

I open the HSPL_37 (Sprint phone), and I have the phone hooked up via USB and it syncs.

Then I hit next and check all the boxes.

It goes into the tri-color bootloader screen, and about 15 seconds later, I get an error 284?

I then have to disconnect the USB, and do a battery pull, and eveything goes back to normal,

I have attached the screen captures. Any ideas?

Edit: And the last time I just tried again, and right when it went to the tri color screen, my computer (windows xp) flashed a blue screen and before I could read it, it was restarting????
[Touch Pro CDMA] egzthunder1:
Try a different pc
[Touch Pro CDMA] clknia09:
Did you ever find a solution to your problem?
[Touch Pro CDMA] egzthunder1:
The file inside of the rar is the nbh file. The uncompressed file has to be placed in the RUU folder.
[Touch Pro CDMA] pmassey31545:
Links

Firts let em say a huge thanks for writing this tutorial for the noob flashers such as I.:) It was perfectly written and worked like a charm.

Now, question. I flashed to lunacie ROM and want to get my auto corrects for messaging back. You know how it corrects spelling and punctuation and contractions. Don't, doesn't, can't, he's, and capitalizes I and some proper names. You have info about a lot of tweaks at the start of the thread but none of the links are working.:confused: Help?

Again, thanks a million for the guide. Paypal? I'll send a few bucks!:D
[Touch Pro CDMA] egzthunder1:
I do not believe that it a tweak specific for the Herman. In fact, it is something that you will find if you go to Start>Settings>Personal>Input. In there, go to the tab labelled "Word Completion" and click on "Enable Auto Correct". Then, go to the tab labelled "Options" and check the one that says "Capitalize first letter of sentence". I am not sure which rom you are using, but it could be that the cook decided to leave these settings out (they can be a pain from time to time)

As far as my Paypal, my e-mail is egzthunder1@gmail.com

I will set up a donations link in my signature later, but any donations are appreciated :D!
[Touch Pro CDMA] pmassey31545:
About the links on the first Page thread?
[Touch Pro CDMA] egzthunder1:
I will update them soon. I just got your gift. I greatly appreciate it :D!!
[Touch Pro CDMA] Bryanhere2:
Sprint to Cricket

I am new to this and have a question. I have a sprint phone that I bought that was already flashed to Cricket. I can not get internet or MMS. If I flashed my phone and found the right rom could this fix my problem? Is it possible to have internet and MMS from a Sprint HTC Touch PRO flashed to cricket?
[Touch Pro CDMA] egzthunder1:
Yes yes and yes :D
[Touch Pro CDMA] nuniiblack:
Hi i am using the final update to mighty rom 6 for my tp but im on cricket and i cant get the mms fix to download can you help me please. I would go to ryan mogul being that its his but i cant find him on here for some reason and mighty mike has 1million and 1 replies and there is no way i can look at them all if u have yahoo feel free to im me at nuniiblack
[Touch Pro CDMA] egzthunder1:
This is the post that you are looking for

http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showpost.php?p=1121273&postcount=1

(some coffee would be nice ;))

Good luck!
[Touch Pro CDMA] flashpolanco:
im looking for a good wm 6.5 rom.. i went to the link on ppcgeeks but theres so many to choose from. im just lookin for sumtin pretty basic

also, is there a wm 7 available?
[Touch Pro CDMA] pmassey31545:
I have tested, so far, 21 different ROMs. I am currently using RSTG v.11Bloat. I love it. Has a lot of programs and is fast. SKI ROM is also really nice. As far as Win Mo 7, not yet I don't think. MS hasn't even released it yet. But I could be wrong.
[Touch Pro CDMA] egzthunder1:
You are absolutely correct :D

As far as roms, NRG makes pretty darn fast roms if you want to take them for a spin. Had them for my Raphael, and they worked flawlessly (but with some bugs here and there of course :D)
[Touch Pro CDMA] flashpolanco:
thanx alot fellas. ill try those out
[Touch Pro CDMA] flashpolanco:
do you have a link where i can find these roms?
[Touch Pro CDMA] egzthunder1:
That would actually be on Step 2 of my guide

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=3673635&postcount=3
[Touch Pro CDMA] pmassey31545:
^^^^^^ and when you get to ppcgeeks, just search for rstg and you'll find it/them.
[Touch Pro CDMA] flashpolanco:
thanx everybody
[Touch Pro CDMA] pmassey31545:
New development?

What about any new development for the Touch Pro as far as ROM's? Anyone know? Looks like everyone has quit working on them.
[Touch Pro CDMA] egzthunder1:
Even at PPCGeeks? NFS is still going at it (I think)...
[Touch Pro CDMA] lcordero:
VetVito seems to have the best rom that i have seen
[Touch Pro CDMA] egzthunder1:
Rom cooking for this particular device never really took root here at xda for some reason. After I posted this flashing guide, a few cooks started showing up, but I guess since the TP (both for Sprint and Verizon) had too many issues, a lot of people decided to stay away from it (overheating, low volume, overheating, newton circle on the screen developed because of overheating, gnitaehrevo).... you get my point :D

I would love to start cooking for this device, but I no longer have one (haven't had one for a while too)...
[Touch Pro CDMA] RadarRider:
Okay I have 4 SD cards from 500 mb to 2GB. I've flashed from the 500 to my mogul last year. I DO name the file named RAPHIMG.nbh in the root I SIMPLE NEVER get the "push power button" message. I just get the COMDEX 37 or manual sspl tri-bar if trying that. Some screen briefly flashes, maybe says loading. On the mogul we had to do a particular block size fat32 format to get the cards to read. BUT I'd really appreciate some insight/tips trick to get this to work so I don't have my fav roms on my cards handy. I hate being dependent on a beater (pre-usb2 I think?) XP I'm currently typing on and HP's locked down Vista laptop they insist I rebuild every time I have a problem. Any help, much thanks

Thanks--RR
[Touch Pro CDMA] egzthunder1:
Don't let go of the buttons after using the stylus. Only let go after it tells you to use the power button. Good luck and I hope this works.
[Touch Pro CDMA] yut916:
thanks for putting this together egzthunder. great tutorial.
[Touch Pro CDMA] egzthunder1:
Thanks for the praise :D

I like helping out in any way I can..
[Touch Pro CDMA] crusades:
Hello.. I have an HTC TOUCH PRO - Verizon CDMA... is possibile pass to GSM and use in EUROPE?

Thank's
[Touch Pro CDMA] egzthunder1:
Sorry, but no. The phone has a completely different set of hardware... most importantly, it does not have a SIM card slot. Having said this, I believe that the Sprint Touch Pro2 is CDMA/GSM capable. Give that forum a visit and see if you find what you need there.
[Touch Pro CDMA] trendicoff:
Hey,

I just can't seem to get this thing unlocked. I run the unlocker and although the progress bar shows up on my pc, my phone screen just freezes up -- no tricolor screen. Any ideas?
[Touch Pro CDMA] slickspur:
Stupid question, but if I flash a ROM and want to flash a different ROM, do I have to find a way to uninstall the current ROM, or can I just flash the new one exactly as if its the stock ROM on there now, i.e. same as in the instructions.
[Touch Pro CDMA] egzthunder1:
Try to manually put the device in bootloader before starting the process.
[Touch Pro CDMA] egzthunder1:
Simply flash it (same as you did with the current rom) over and make sure that you hard reset afterwards. Once the unlocking is done, you can flash the device to whatever you feel like it simply by running the RUU.
[Touch Pro CDMA] slickspur:
Great, thanks for all the help.
[Touch Pro CDMA] egzthunder1:
Your are welcome :)
[Touch Pro CDMA] runwitme:
follow your steps to unlocking my TP and it was a breeze .. thanks for all the infos . might try flashing rom in the near future when i have enough courage since im using my phone daily . dont want to mess it up yet .. lol :D
[Touch Pro CDMA] egzthunder1:
Depending on your stock rom (Sprint, Alltel, etc), but you may want to use something else. The stock in the Herman (in my experience at least), is incredibly sluggish. It really takes a toll on the phones true performance. Flash something (believe me, any rom will be better than stock for this device).

Glad my guide helped you :)
[Touch Pro CDMA] runwitme:
i have a sprint TP .. ill keep an eye out for roms .. thanks :D
[Touch Pro CDMA] egzthunder1:
Mighty Mike's roms are pretty good as well as Vevitto's, NFSFan's, and NRGZ. Some of them, you will have to look for in PPCGeeks. Good luck!
[Touch Pro CDMA] nofunsally:
Hello,

I just acquired a Sprint branded HTC Touch Pro. I have yet to activate it or really use it. I am very appreciative for the instructions at the beginning of this thread.

There is a ton of material that could be read about modifying this phone. I've never performed this type of operation so I've read a bunch, but still feel like there is more than I can synthesize fully. I'd like to switch from the stock rom (due to its noted performance problems) to a different rom. The problem I am encountering is that there are quite a few roms to choose from.

I'd like to use the best one. Which I understand in subjective evaluator. Is the number of replies or views of a rom's post a good gauge of quality? Also, do I need to activate the phone before I change roms?

Thank you kindly,

Cheers,

Mike
[Touch Pro CDMA] egzthunder1:
Number of replies could either be a good or a bad indicator. The reason is simple: the rom could be full of bugs and most posts are from people complaining about it. On the flip side, it could be from people congratulating the chef for the job. This is why you should always read as much as possible on any thread. Having said that, the best way to determine if a rom is good or bad is by testing it oneself. Most of these roms come pre-loaded with tons of apps for different usage styles, which might or might not match yours. Again, trying them will not hurt you (as long as you do the flashing properly, that is). Some really good chefs that I could recommend are:

NRGZ

Mighty

Vevitto

NFSFAN

Anything outside of these, I haven't really tried, but like I said, the roms are out there for you to try and evaluate yourself.

On a side note, I wanted to thank you for not opening a new thread asking this... Apparently, there are still people who read rules and use common sense :)
[Touch Pro CDMA] nofunsally:
Thanks for the information. Does anyone know if I should be good to go to flash onto the Sprint TP even though I am using it with Boost Mobile? I don't know if flashing / using ROMs impacts or is impacted by service provider.

Thank you kindly,

Cheers,

Mike
[Touch Pro CDMA] egzthunder1:
As long as you install the carrier cab afterwards, you should be in good shape.
[Touch Pro CDMA] nofunsally:
Thanks again for the information.
[Touch Pro CDMA] egzthunder1:
Anytime :)
[Touch Pro CDMA] cappii:
Very nice walkthrough. Thank you for taking the time to lay it all out in such concise details.
[Touch Pro CDMA] egzthunder1:
You are welcome :)
[Touch Pro CDMA] rmancl:
if a carrier cab is not available for my carrier what information will i need before flashing? Great walkthru by the way.
[Touch Pro CDMA] egzthunder1:
Thanks for the praise.

If the carrier cab is not available, I think that you will need to set up your internet and MMS connections by hand. On top of that, you will have to flash a PRL yourself, which can easily be done via EPST. Other than that, I think that pretty much does it.
[Touch Pro CDMA] Ocalap2p:
I'm getting an error 266 when I try to unlock. I've tried starting out with my tp in bootloader mode, and I've copied the RUU*.nbh file to /sdcard/raphimg.nbh then into bootloader w/o success.

Help please?
[Touch Pro CDMA] egzthunder1:
What OS are you using?

Try to do it via XP (32 bit) since it solves a lot of compatibility issues and errors.
[Touch Pro CDMA] Ocalap2p:
I'm on XP. Are there alternative Mac or Linux methods I could try? Doing the /sdcard/ralpimg.nbh was just a shot in the dark (it works on a Vogue). When I booted into the bootloader, it displayed 'Loading' but nothing happened.
[Touch Pro CDMA] Ocalap2p:
I finally got it sorted out. I recopied my raphimg.nbh file to the root of my sd. The unlock 'took' after a reboot.
[Touch Pro CDMA] egzthunder1:
Glad to hear you got it working :)