[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus ROM Development] poetryrocksalot:
Here is our conversation PLEASE SPOT WHAT IS WRONG AND HELP US!!!!

Gary says:

will do ...or 'won't; as the case may be!

Peter Nguyen says:

keep active sync and keep the USB connected to your device until i tell you to ok?

Gary says:

ok

Peter Nguyen says:

now its time to use your phone

open file explorer

and activate the "sspl-1.16-nike.exe"

Gary says:

ok - it's open

Peter Nguyen says:

and activate the "sspl-1.16-nike.exe"

via the phone

not the pc

what do you seeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Gary says:

ok - done it. now see the boot loader screen again with spl-1.16.jump cpld-4

Peter Nguyen says:

5. after a few seconds "USB" appears on the display

do you see USB

Gary says:

yes - and activesync just disconnected itself

Peter Nguyen says:

SO U SEE USB

can u explain it

i dont know wtf step 5 means

Gary says:

i csan see 'USB'

Peter Nguyen says:

ok then good enough for me i guess

unplug and replug the usb cable

and then tell me when u did it and wait 1 minutes

and tell me what u see

Gary says:

disconnect, wait one minute, then reconnect?

Peter Nguyen says:

connect now

Gary says:

ok - now reconnected, but no change to pda screen - still tro-colour

Peter Nguyen says:

ok

Peter Nguyen says:

download

unzip

and delete the zip

keep the folder and files

Gary says:

OK - in progress...

Transfer of "flash-uspl-niki.zip" is complete.

Peter Nguyen says:

ok im thinking

Gary says:

All done - save folder to a new folder called 'oeter'

Peter Nguyen says:

i got a question while you are in the colored screen are u able to access your phone's memory?

Gary says:

no - doesn't shwo anything in activesync

Peter Nguyen says:

ok open ROMUpdateUtility.exe

from your pc

Gary says:

OK- get a window with a picture of my dual and various text...

Peter Nguyen says:

hold

on

Gary says:

Will do

Peter Nguyen says:

check the agreement click next

make sure phone connected

Gary says:

ok

ok - it's now asking me to update rom

Peter Nguyen says:

screenshot

Gary says:

OK - one min...

Peter Nguyen says:

send again

Gary sends:

The virus scan could not be completed. Please check your settings in Tools > Options > File Transfer.

Peter Nguyen says:

ok

i want you to disable "hide all files"

Gary says:

how do I do that?

Peter Nguyen says:

and disable "hide protected operating system files"

folder settings

Gary says:

oh - you mean on windows explorer/ my computer

Peter Nguyen says:

look for a bunch of boxes with checkmarks or no checkmarks

yes

im not sure how to do this part...im thinking

oh ok

i think i know what to do

Gary says:

done

Peter Nguyen says:

in your rom update folder

wait

wait

ok

in your rom update folder

are there any invis files

invisible files

hidden files

none?

Gary says:

just checking

no - nothing greyed out

i.e. nothing hidden

Peter Nguyen says:

in the rom update folder i want you to take uspl-1.16-nike.nbh out of the folder and place it in a safe or seperate place

Peter Nguyen says:

download this and place it in the rom updates folder

Gary says:

I cannot remove the uspl-1.16-nike.nbh - it tells me it;s in use

Peter Nguyen says:

ok close the update utility

dont touch ur phone

Transfer of "hardspl-1.15mfg-nike.nbh" is complete.

Gary says:

Closed - i'll try to move the file now

Ok - moved to a safe place

Peter Nguyen says:

ok now run the rom update utility and tell me what "errors" you see

cause the inststructions on htc touch dual are bad i have to experiment and figure **** out

Gary says:

shall i move the 1.15 file into the romupdsate folder

Peter Nguyen says:

not yet

save that for later

just tell me what pops up before i tell u what to do

Gary says:

OK - I am running the romupdate - same screens as before. Shall I check box and move through?

Peter Nguyen says:

just take a break while i do this myself on my comp

so, what phone do u have?

Gary says:

I have a HTC Touch - without the 'dual' i.e. no key board, bigger screen - I love it!

Peter Nguyen says:

hey Gary u from the UK right?

Gary says:

yes - west london

Peter Nguyen says:

i have question about the poor areas in the uk

Gary says:

OK

Peter Nguyen says:

are there any ghettos in the uk?

Gary says:

south east london has a few

Peter Nguyen says:

do you know which ghettos are more poor and more dangerous the UK or the USA?

Gary says:

Unsure - probably comparable

Peter Nguyen says:

im testing the nbh files

Gary says:

ok - thanks.

Peter Nguyen says:

wow u have an htc touch and ur gf has the dual....shes got better stuff than u!

Gary says:

I know - b*tch!

Peter Nguyen says:

u bought it for her right

hey do you see people with Xperias in the Uk? Is iPhone popular in the uk?

Gary says:

No - she bought it for herself! ...and she is tucked up in bed while I'm being helped by you 2:40am here!

Peter Nguyen says:

damn 3 in the morning

Gary says:

iPhone is BIG here

Peter Nguyen says:

jesus

double jesus

almost done

its gonna take ur an hour though

dont worry about it i stayed up for 24 hours before

Gary says:

I know - crazy - but I'm off work for a few weeks - I'm a teacher do having a break

Peter Nguyen says:

and i dont even do drugs

what do you teach

and what grade level

Gary says:

math - high school - 11yrs - 19 years ...and a bit of Uni stuff

Peter Nguyen says:

ok im done

Gary says:

great!

Peter Nguyen says:

drag hardspl-1.15mfg-nike.nbh

into the rom update folder

Gary says:

will do

Peter Nguyen says:

and make sure the other SSPL is outside

Gary says:

it already is

Peter Nguyen says:

have you taught other students other than high schoolers?

ok make sure phone is connected, and open the update util

i really wanna teach highschool ... but im working on a business degreee

opened?

Gary says:

just getting there

Peter Nguyen says:

yo answer my other questions too

if u graduate from schoool can u taech high school immeidately?

Gary says:

Yes - taught adults for a year and high school for a year - only being in teaching for a couple of years

Peter Nguyen says:

check the agreement and click next

and folloow the 4 requirements

and click next

Gary says:

ok

Peter Nguyen says:

so ur pretty young

Gary says:

After school you need to do a PGCE (post graduate course in teaching). I am 30

Peter Nguyen says:

hmmm

i see

well follow my steps

have u done everything?

Gary says:

Just got a message - 'error 264 connection'

Peter Nguyen says:

hmmm

ok do all the methods again

except

rename hardspl-1.15mfg-nike.nbh into uspl-1.16-nike.nbh

and then proceed the update

Gary says:

OK - understand

Peter Nguyen says:

that's what i did for my Xperia...but the spl names were different

Gary says:

OK - file renamed - I'll runt the process again

Peter Nguyen says:

ok just as a heads up....if it doesn't work ur gonna have to reconnect activesync on your phone and do the steps i told u from before

Gary says:

OK

haow far are youthrough your bus degree? are you working too?

Peter Nguyen says:

bad

but thats because im irresponsible

not the drugs kinda **** but i just dont really like school

i spend too much time on stuff like phones and doing **** with em

i read on the forums about the error 26 .... just in case

is it error 26 or 264?

Gary says:

same problem again - error 264

Peter Nguyen says:

someone got error 262

Gary says:

'error 264- connection'

Peter Nguyen says:

what do u see now

same error?

Gary says:

Yes - i'll try again

by the way - I still have the tricolour on my screen - is that ok?

Peter Nguyen says:

i think so

Gary says:

I used to work for a US firm - armstrong world ind. - makeers of tiles and ceiling tiles. Great bunch of US people in my team

Peter Nguyen says:

hmm

so it dont work

then i guess reset the phone but keep activesync on

i mean reset the phone

and then connect usb

Gary says:

ok

just resetting...

OK just reconnected activesync and will run the romupdate - OK?

Peter Nguyen says:

yeah

1 question do u have an microsd card for the touch dua

dual

Gary says:

Says battery too low - needs to be 50% and its at 43%

Peter Nguyen says:

lol

damn

Gary says:

No micro sd with me - in my grilfriend's handbag, I think...

Shall I run the process when the battery is back up? then you can go as you've been very good to offer your time?

Peter Nguyen says:

yeah

Gary says:

OK. Peter. You have been brilliant. What service!!! Thank you a 1000 times

Peter Nguyen says:

lol ur welcome but no gaurantreee are u sleeping?

i have two other hardspls straight from the forum that might work on your