yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] Fallen Spartan:
Difference between HSPL and USPL is that HSPL is permanent (so to speak) and USPL is only temporary. For example, if you use USPL and flash a rom or radio, you will need to re-use USPL again if you want to flash another rom or radio. HSPL is different as once you use it, it will remain on your device until you remove it and you can flash rom's over and over again without having to re-use HSPL. Downside to HSPL is that if something happens to your device and HSPL is on it, but your phone is broke and you cannot remove, HTC will state this voids your warranty. USPL is different, once you flash a rom it is gone so it won't void your warranty. Hope this explains things better
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] mcscooby:
Bummer, I followed your intsructions to the letter but now my screen has gone all "16 bit colour" on me....
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] ClydeB1:
Something must not have gone according to the instructions. the "16 colour" bit is typical of having the wrong spl version for the rom loaded.

Did you go uspl or hspl?

What spl is currently showing in your bootloader screen?

What rom did you flash?
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] mcscooby:
Thanks for the reply, I did have the wrong spl and have now fixed it.

:D
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] ClydeB1:
Glad to hear.
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] gun:
After running HSPLWrapper_Blackstone_156OliNex.exe my tri-color displays 156OliNex. So I flashed new ROM: Miri_WM65_21882_Premium_Manila_2.5_V14.0.

Now touch flo runs in 16 colors mode. What do I do now?
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] austin8868:
im at step HSPL2a in bootloader but the activesync will not come on anyone know what is wrong? thanks
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] ClydeB1:
You do not need ActiveSync in order to flash, as long as when you are in the bootloader screen, the screen shows usb at the bottom. Whenever you go to bootloader, the connection to ActiveSync is lost.
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] austin8868:
sorry for the back to back questions but i finished everystep, turned on my phone and the colors were messed up the like the start menu and touch flo3d are pink.
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] ClydeB1:
No problem. Then something did not install correctly in one of the steps, specifically the hspl, because those are symptoms typical of the wrong spl for the rom you are using.

In bootloader, what spl is showing? As you used hspl, it should show 1.56.Olinex. Which rom did you flash?
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] austin8868:
yes it says 1.56.olimex and i have the EnergyROM "Leo" 28005/21877 downloaded but it didnt do anything everything on the phone is still the same.
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] ClydeB1:
That is very strange as the symptoms indicate that the spl is wrong for the rom, but 1.56 should be correct for the rom you have flashed. Are you sure that in bootloader screen the spl shows as 1.56.Olinex?
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] ClydeB1:
Ok, that explains things. The rom and the spl need to match, so if you have changed spl, but still have the same rom, there is a mismatch and one of the symptoms of the mismatch is the colour problem. Flash the new rom and all will be good.
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] austin8868:
I was pretty sure it said 1.56.olimex before but now is says 1.54.0000...The colors changed back to normal but the rom is still the same
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] ClydeB1:
Ok, you will need to run through the steps again, as if you used hspl, the spl should not change (as it is a semi permanent fix). The only time it should revert to 1.54.0000 is if you used uspl.
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] austin8868:
On step HSPL4c it says its going to update to 1.54 stock and not the energy rom, how can i change that?
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] ClydeB1:
Did you unzip all of the files downloaded into separate folders? It seems that you must have a 1.54 spl.nbh file in the same folder as your rom. Unzip the rom to it's own folder and it should just have the Blackstoneruuwrapper and the blacimg.nbh files in the folder and no others. When you run the ruuwrapper it unpacks a few more files.
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] austin8868:
The rom is a rar file (not sure what that is) and wont let me unzip it to its own folder.
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] ClydeB1:
A rar file is a zipped file, you need WinRAR to unzip it.
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] austin8868:
thanks everything worked...sorry if some of the questions i asked were a little stupid im new to all this.
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] ClydeB1:
No worries m8, it's a pleasure to help, we were all noobs once ;)
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] gun:
Yes it says 1.56.Olinex in bootloader screen. I should also add that first I had to do SSPL-Manual-TouchHD from the headset and screen run with even less colors then. Now I can run HSPLWrapper_Blackstone_156OliNex which I did few times already and I can confirm 156OliNex is installed. So now background of TouchFLO has 3 circles instead of like a fading effect. It is like there is not enough colors.
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] ClydeB1:
Oh that is a very different issue. This is due to the poor drivers installed on our devices and some chefs cook the enhanced drivers in and others choose not to. Install the neos2007 drivers and the problem should be solved.
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] gun:
The driver pack was what I needed.

Thank you
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] Trevab:
Genius!!!

I struggled for hours before I found this one!!! Cheers mate!:cool:
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] kdatale:
I am not able to flash any cooked ROM.When I run HSPLWrapper_Blackstone_156OliNex.exe, a progress bar is shown on both PC and my Touch HD. But it donot go further and shows 0% ony and after some time recovery widow pops on the PC. After removing the battery and putting it back HD boots again to normal. Not able to hard SPL 1.56liNex. Even USPL is not working. I am using WIN 7 OS.
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] ClydeB1:
What error message do you get. It should give you a number eg Error 262.
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] Fallen Spartan:
Have you tried tried SSPL, i.e. troubleshooting section

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] kdatale:
Thanks. I could flash after insallin mannual SSPL. However after flashing I am mot able to hard boot the device. Even after pressing Volume UP and Volume Down button the phone is booting in normal i.e. "Smart Mobility". Is essential to hard boot the device?
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] Fallen Spartan:
You have 2 ways to hard reset device. Either by using vol up & vol down or by letting device boot up fully, then go to start > settings > system > clear storage and restore factory settings. This is just the same as doing a hard reset

As a general rule of thumb I hard reset after every flash
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] ClydeB1:
So let's check where you are. You used the manual sspl method that would have given you a 1.07.Olinex spl. You then should have upgraded the spl to HSPL 1.56.Olinex. After that was successful you then installed your rom? Which rom are you trying?

To do the hard reset (and yes it is advisable to do at least once), you must switch the phone off (I normally just pull the battery out after the flash completes) and then hold in both the up and down volume buttons and while holding them in together, tap the power button and then follow the instructions on screen. I'm not sure what you mean by the screen is booting in normal "Smart Mobility" that is often just a splash screen and after this the setup starts.
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] kdatale:
Thankyou very much for the guidance. I could hard reset the device. I was keeing power on switch pressed for longer time and that was the mistake. I flashed Dutty's RUU_Duttys_HD_WM6.5_Sense_2.1_Holy_Grail_R0 ROM. Thanks again.
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] ClydeB1:
Common mistake, I used to do it too in the beginning ;). Glad that you came right.
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] accountabc:
Hello,

I'm the Dutch guy with the Blackstone with broken screen. i used to have the Olinex 1.56 HSPL. I want to go back to stock to be able to claim warranty. What I did then was flashing this official rom:

_HTC Touch HD_MR_2009_RUU_BlackStone_HTC_NLD_1.56.404.1_Radio_52.62.25.34_1.13.25.24_Ship.exe

Then I followed the instructions in the other HSPL thread (with the exception that i had to put the device in bootloader mode manually) and flashed the 1.14_2 file attached in the first post. After that I flashed the official rom again (so the rom flashed with the stock SPL)

as I said, my screen doesn't work, so i have no way of knowing wether the SPL is the right version for this rom (since its a 1.56 rom I guess not), but does that matter? My story is: My screen stopped working so I tried installing the latest update from the HTC site.

Will this work?
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] Fallen Spartan:
If the flashing processing appeared to be successful, i.e. % screen on computer completed then it would appear you have stock rom and SPL. This would be fine for warranty purposes
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] accountabc:
Ok, thank you for your help

now let's hope HTC repairs my screen on warranty...
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] Jasonong75:
do i need to backup my data whn preforming HSPL??
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] jigners:
yes, if you are aiming to flash a custom/cooked ROM, every photo, music, video, programs you've bought and other data files you have that resides in your device's memory should be back upped in a memorable place (ie., a dedicated folder in your PC or SD Card)
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] Fallen Spartan:
You wouldn't need to backup before using HSPL............but!!

As per above post you will need to backup everything on your device before flashing a rom as this will wipe everything off your device except for what is included within rom, i.e. everything will be set to default so you will lose all setting changes, contacts, emails, tweaks, registry changes, apps installed, weather, cities added etc etc etc etc

You can use backup software. One such free backup tool is Sashimi or PIM Backup. 3rd party software includes SPB Backup, Resco & Sprite
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] felixpapalardi:
Hi there,

I got stuck on step USPL3c

USB no longer appears in the white bar at the bottom of the bootloader screen.

I have tried unplugging it and then plugging it back in as suggested but no joy with that.

Any ideas?

Thanks
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] ClydeB1:
I presume you followed the step of unplugging your device, waiting about 20 seconds and then re-inserting the usb cable? If so, then have you updated your usb drivers? See here

You can also try rebooting your pc and trying again.
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] alareth1976:
ok... surely it'll be a silly question, but i'll have to ask :)

I'm a former P3300 owner and i've just switched to the Blackstone.

Previously, to install a new ROM my preferred way was to upload the bin file to the sd... no chances to do the same thing with the blackstone?

thx and sorry for the silly question :P
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] felixpapalardi:
Thanks, I did update the drivers before starting. Managed to get it to work in the end after a couple of reboots.
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] mcange71:
HTC T8282

Thanks....thanks....

you are the very best of HTC FLASHING !!!!
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] ClydeB1:
I'm not sure what the bin file is. After changing your spl with either uspl or hspl as described in the beginning of this thread, you can flash the rom using the sd card. You need to store the rom's .nbh file on sd card and rename it to Blacimg.nbh. After switching to bootloader mode and pressing the power switch it should flash from the card. I've never done this myself though, but I believe these are the steps, hopefully ;):o
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] alareth1976:
thx ClydeB1, i'll give it a try as soon as i can :)

any opinions about which USPL it's the better options?

the resident one or the volatile one? usually i'm uploading many roms....

cheers
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] Fallen Spartan:
Both USPL & HSPL work fine and can be used to flash many roms. Only problem with USPL is that it would have to be used again before each flash to a new radio or rom. HSPL however only needs to be used once and then you can flash countless roms or radio's without the need to re-use it. Problem with HSPL is that it voids your warranty if you are unable to remove it due to phone breaking for whatever reason, i.e. if your phones breaks and you are unable to remove HSPL, HTC will say your warranty is void
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] Marne Jr:
Flashing Radio guide !!!!

Hi,

I couldn't find any detailed guide about flashing radio ...

I want to put 1.09 radio (that came in a 1.14 rom) in my HD that have 1.14 stock spl but now have Miri 21882 rom that entered there with USPL GUI v 2.5 ...

Now I must use USPL GUI v 2.5 again to flash the radio ?

May I just have to flash the radio because my SPL is 1.14 and radio 1.09 came from a 1.14 rom ?

Is possible put any radio in any rom ???

I did not find any guide for that !!!

Help !!!

Thanks.
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] ClydeB1:
From the wiki ;)
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] Marne Jr:
Green screen again !!!

Hi,

I have a blackstone that have 4 days battery with original Rom: RUU_BlackStone_HTC_Europe_1.14.401.2_Radio_52.49a.25.26_1.09.25.14_Ship.exe

I used USPL GUI v 2.5 to put Miri 21882 rom inside my blackstone.

I want that radio (for battery reasons): 1.09.25.14 _52.49a.25.26U inside it now plus Miri 21882 rom ...

What I did:

- Downloaded 1.09.25.14 radio but I think it's from 1.14.405 rom version (is what is said when flashing) and just flashed by through my natural SPL that is for this version ... then screen got freezed on 0% ...

- Than I runned GUI v 2.5 and then flashed the radio by it ... When it finished I got that green screen of old times when use wron SPL ... What should I do ?

I posted this problem on many posts and never got the real answer about what to do in USPL that you should choose when flashing radios .. not guide tell exactaly what USPL version you need for each radio version ... I AM ALL LOST !!!

Hope someone can help me !
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] ClydeB1:
What spl do you have on your device now? Do you still have the miri 21882 rom also?

Another thing, seeing as that you went back to the 1.09 radio, did you also change the rilphone?
[G1 General] asiantom:
i just got an used white g1 and it randomly restarts. sometimes when i press back button, menu, or just scrolling with the button. sometimes it will just shut off instead of restarting and then ill have to reinstall battery to start coz the start button wont respond. right now when i try to plug in charger or usb the phone will freeze and when i take it out the phone restarts. right now when i plug in charger the phone will freeze and when i take it out it restarts

firmware: 1.1

baseband 62.33.20.08h_1.22.14.11

kernal 2.6625-01845-g85d4f0d android-build@apa27 #27

build number kila-user 1.1 plat-rc33 1236986 ata-rel-keys, release-keys

any one know how i can fix it?
[G1 General] screamsoflust:
maybe do a hard reset?restore with a new rom?if not maybe yours is a fish cake?
[P3400 ROM Development] smb_do:
i have old gene and i use wm6.1 and everything is ok

but suddonly become the sd card unreadable and always ask me to format it

and when i format it i cant see it in explorer

and that massage appare when i put the sd card

(Do you want to format this storage card to make it readable? This will permantly delete any files on the card.

and i select yes

then said

This storage card has been successfully formatted.

but when i go to file explorer

it is not there

by the way my sd card is 2 Gb
[P3400 ROM Development] ramersonw:
Try to format the card on a card reader. If the problem persists, then try another card.
[P3400 ROM Development] krazy_about_technology:
Two possibilities : Either the formatting utility in your rom is not formatting it properly, in that case, format it using a Card Reader as ramerson said, OR The card is probably getting bad due to a bad system area. Its not properly retaining the file system structures created during formatting process and the phone cannot work with this corrupted filessytem.
[P3400 ROM Development] smb_do:
i tried and use another sd card with deffrent sd card size and i have the same proplem and i use wm6.5 and also the same and wm6.1
[P3400 ROM Development] Xumit:
I think there must be problem with your phone if it is refusing different cards on different ROMs.
[P3400 ROM Development] techmate:
@smb: While some of builds of Wm6.5 have issues with SD card:confused:, but such instances are not reported with wm6.1:confused: ?

BTW have you tried to format your card (FAT32) using card reader.
[P3400 ROM Development] krazy_about_technology:
@techmate : Buddy for general use in phone Fat32 is a bad format. It slows down the speed of file access to pathetic levels due to its very small default cluster size of 4096 bytes, or 4 KB. Fat16 is the recommended format for windows mobile, and most other mobile phones.
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] antrak:
Hey guys,

So heres the deal. I tried to flash a rom and then all my colours were screwed up. (I was going from a 6.5 rom to topaz rom from L26.). I then read a bit and saw that it had to do with the spl. So silly old me went got the 1.14 stock SPL from the reverting spl section in the HardSPL thread and saw that it was a nbh file, so renamed it to BLACIMG and tried flashing it. It then finished and now my device is stuck on the tricolour screen stating that theres a Upgrade rom error - try again.

I really have no clue what to do now :confused:. Help would be muchos appreciated since I don't want my HD to die. :o

Thanks in advance guys,

/a
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] Digital Outcast:
(1) Take out your SD card.

(2) Go into bootloader (turn off phone. hold volume down button while powering on)

What does your SPL say? Is it version 1.14.0000 now? If it is you should be ok. All you need to do to fix it is connect it to your computer via USB and run USPL 2.5. You should then be able to load a rom. What rom is it that you are wanting to load now? Is it a WM 6.1 or 6.5 rom? If it's a WM 6.1 rom is it based on the new HTC 1.56 rom?
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] Digital Outcast:
Oh, and if you had/have HardSPL, never never NEVER load a stock SPL without first loading a stock rom based on that SPL.
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] antrak:
It says:

BLAC100 32M

SPL-1.14.0000

MicroP-Blackstone (LED) v6

Upgrade rOM code error

Please try again.

Alright, but do I need a activesync connection for it since I can't powerup my phone. :P

I'll try the USPL thing you said now.

Learned my lesson about the stock rom before stock spl :o.

Thanks alot for the fast reply mate,

/a

--EDIT

about the other thing, its L26 V2.0 Topaz rom. Think it's based on 1.56 since he talks about using USPL aswell to install it, should I still do the thing you said? I'm in tricolour screen now with the upgraderom code error on the screen and in the white lower part it says USB, so it recognizes it.
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] Digital Outcast:
No problem! When it's in the bootloader with the SD card out, plug in the USB cable and plug it in to your computer. Does it change from Serial to USB at the bottom after a few moments? If it does, then you can run USPL and flash another rom. If you are not familiar with USPL then you can download and read about it here.
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] Digital Outcast:
Just saw your edit. Since you are wanting to flash a rom based on HTC 1.56 code then you will have to flash the original HTC 1.56 rom first. This is because it will raise your SPL level to 1.54. If you do not do this first and try to install a cooked 1.56 based rom over a 1.14 SPL you will have huge issues.

Read the guide in my signature. It explains upgrading to a cooked 1.56 based rom with an older/original SPL version step-by-step.
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] antrak:
Alrighty.

So I'm at the point where theres USB in the tricolour screen. How would I load up the stock 1.56 rom? First do the 2.5 USPL and then?... My phone will still probally be stuck then aye? And as the 1.56 stock rom I see everywhere are .exe files which load up through activesync (which is no option since my phone is still stuck o_o) how would I do it? Should I try reverting back to a stock 1.14 rom or am I talking nonsense now? So confused my heads starting to burst! :P :confused:

Geez, I've been flashing for a long time but never delved so deep into this. :eek:

Thanks for all the help mate!
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] Digital Outcast:
Haha no worries. Just eating pizza and watching tv like a lazy ass anyway ;)

If you haven't downloaded the original HTC 1.56 rom yet, open my guide and click the link in step (1d) and select the right one for you (my guess is WWE).

Once you have it downloaded you will need to extract the .EXE using WinRAR or something similar so that you get the RUU and the .NBH file out of it. After you have that done, follow step (5) and on in my guide. You actually do not need to run USPL to load an original HTC rom unless the rom you are trying to load is a different CID than your device.

Basically, download the original HTC rom, extract it and run the RUU with your phone connected in the bootloader showing USB. If it says something about invalid vendor ID then do the exact same thing but run USPL first (steps (5a) through (5e) in my guide.
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] antrak:
Righto, downloading a 1.56 rom now. I'll let you know what will happen through a edit. :D Enjoy your pizza.

:cool:

--FIRST EDIT

Damn, can only find rapidshare links. This'll take a while... x.x. I don't get why people use rapidshare! :P

--SECOND EDIT

Found a ftp mirror, will be done in 4 min. Yay!
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] Digital Outcast:
Good deal, will check back in a bit.

Edit 1: Haha yes Rapid**** is exactly that...
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] antrak:
Okay great :eek:. I started the whole thing, everything worked fine and the install went up to a whole 1%. Then it failed due to... (...backlight going off on my phone closing the usb connection I think :mad:) and now the RUU can't connect to my phone anymore. Giving a [260] error. Argh!

Gonna try restarting my PC, hope that will help.

-EDIT

Got a vendor ID thingie error now, so gonna try flashing the stock rom with USPL as in your guide. Damn these phones! If this works (it's 2 am here now o.o) I'll be drinking a beer at midnight. :D

(regardless of if it works or not I think I'll get a beer soon :p.)
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] Digital Outcast:
LOL just make sure you drink the beer as suggested in step (7)!!! Otherwise you could end up back in step (1) :P

How goes it now? I'm a few Captain Morgan and Coke's deep myself at the moment... ;)