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[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] richard_carter53:
OK, I found the RHOD300, so I know it is AT&T, but I still dont know how to determine if it is a GSM, or a CDMA. I am sure it is quite obvious, but as I said, I am really new to this.

Thanks for your help.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] cajunflavoredbob:
Really? Two of us just told you that answer. Please read.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] nightcrawler218:
My phone is HTC RHOD400 & I use is with GSM carrier . how can I upgrade/change to a new ROM? Is the HardSPL a must for flashing my rom?

The SD card UPGRADE method link of this thread is also dead ( http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=609639 ). No joy..

I am a noob. Kindly guide.

Any help shall be highly appreciated

Thank you.

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Well, finally found the SD card upgrade method (http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=4373555&postcount=1).

But honestly, I am really confused what rom should I use to flash my RHOD400 device. I dont want to face any BRICKED device or 4 color screen instead of 3 color screen. Cant understand which rom is suited.

Energy ROM links are not working (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=562773). The download link says "404- page not found" (http://nrgz28.sylvester20007.com/RHODIUM/Standard). I have PMed the developer but no response... :(

NO GSM rom found in the MIGHTY ROM page (http://www.mightyrom.com/mightyrom/touch-pro-2/). This is the search result (http://www.mightyrom.com/?s=gsm+rom+htc+tp2&task=search)

Downloaded the stock ROM for US Cellular RHOD400 (http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=30677004) but I still dont know if the ROM of the page is CDMA or GSM.

Totally perplexed.

What I am looking for is...

1. Stock ROM for my RHOD400 (US Cellular) which I use with a GSM sim card. Because if anything goes wrong I can switch to the out-of-the-box device.

2. Custom ROMs, just to play with.

Your help is highly anticipated.

Thanks.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] HTC0017:
Some explaining from XDA:

GSM vs. CDMA: This thread and ROMs are for GSM phones ONLY! If your phone is CDMA (Sprint, Verizon, Altel, etc.), CDMA versions of this ROM can be found here. Flashing to a CDMA device will make it non-bootable (flash a stock, or CDMA specific ROM, to recover from that).

How to check if your phone is GMS or CDMA: Look the model number under the battery. RHOD100, RHOD200, RHOD210, RHOD300 are GSM. RHOD400 and RHOD500 are CDMA.

RHOD400 and RHOD500 are CDMA.

http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=86489

Energy.RHODCDMA.21911.Sense2.5.Cookie.Aug.13.7z (WM 6.5 release)

Energy.RHODCDMA.23129.Sense2.5.Cookie.Aug.13.7z (WM 6.5.3 release)

Some working links:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=656851

http://www.shipped-roms.com/index.php?category=windows mobile&model=RhodiumW

http://www.4shared.com/archive/I5UoXF8V/EnergyRHODCDMA29022Sense25Jul0.htm

http://www.4shared.com/archive/3r2Av95q/EnergyRHODCDMA21905Sense25GTXT.htm
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] cajunflavoredbob:
Your phone is CDMA. It doesn't matter which service you use it with. Only flash CDMA ROMs to it. The link you posted in the quote is the correct ROM for your phone. If you flash a GSM ROM to your CDMA phone, it will be bricked.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] nightcrawler218:
Thanks a tonn to both of you for the excellent help & wiki. Since I am using the US Cellular RHOD400 in India & with a GSM sim card. I am afraid that if I upgrade my rom will it work with the same GSM connection??

Should I use HardSPL? Rhod400 HardSPL link..?(The first post has the GSM version of it) Where to find a CDMA RHOD400 HardSPL file & ROM UPGRADE guide for CDMA..?

I am going to flash my RHOD400 with Mighty ROM(http://www.mightyrom.com/mightyrom/touch-pro-2/?did=18). It it the correct ROM for my device(RHOD400 CDMA GSM)..?

One last question, Should I have to upgrade my radio for GSM sim cards..? Or will these CDMA ROMS work with my GSM sim by default?

Thanks for all your support. Your help is highly anticipated.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] cajunflavoredbob:
I don't really know enough about CDMA stuff to set you straight. I will tell you that you must only use CDMA ROMs, Radios, and bootloaders on your phone. Using any GSM things will brick your phone. Most of the CDMA tweaks and hacks are in the CDMA section, but honestly, PPC Geeks was always a better place to go for CDMA Windows Mobile things. XDA was never a great place to find CDMA things for Windows Mobile devices.

CDMA HSPL is required before you can flash anything other than the stock ROM.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] nightcrawler218:
Thanks Bob for your support. I have contacted the HardSPL developer website as listed in the first post for the key. Lets see what happens.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] cajunflavoredbob:
Might be easier to just use this instead. They don't really respond to support tickets anymore.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] nightcrawler218:
Thanks for the Link but I guess I have found an updated version of the CDMA HardSPL tool. (http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/cdma-tp2-development/93252-hspl-unlocker-rhodium-w-hardspl.html) & some good ROMs also

http://www.mightyrom.com/mightyrom/touch-pro-2/?category=3

http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/2197201-post32730.html

I have finally overcome my fears & able to flash a custom CDMA ROM in my device. Thanks for all your generous support. I shall post a new thread on flashing CDMA (RHOD400, RHOD500) ROMs tomorrow hoping that the thread will help other noobs like me who come up with same kind of situations.

Thanks for all your support guys.

Cheers.

P.S- One more thing why LONG PRESSING POWER Button cant be able to turn off my RHOD400 device. I have installed the Latest MightyROM. Other things are working fine.

Any clue..? Should I mess with the registry keys..? Cant find anything like this in the internet, neither any solutions too.

:-/
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] Bundin:
As described in the introduction posts of the original HSPL thread: the best (and pretty failsafe) way to determine if your phone is compatible is to look at the VersionID in the bootloader (softreset while holding volume down).

From the HSPL topic (my emphasis):
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] mcakar:
Hi. Sorry for being an uber-noob. I've been reading and re-reading the information in these forums and still have butterflies in my stomach.

I finally grew a pair and attempted to flash my T-mobile TP2 (in australia).

I get to the point where it displays current image version (see attachment), but it's not showing any version. I'm a little reluctant to go any further. Could someone please point me in the right direction? I really want to be able to modify my MMS settings.

thanks

mike.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] iridium21:
I still haven't done this yet :(

I have an unbranded TP2 - If I want to go back to the original ROM after flashing, is the one on HTC's website suitable? Is it a full ROM?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] dazkeirle:
OK I was all up for flashing last night (HardSPL) but lost my bottle when i came to something which was not mentioned.

When i first started tot run the program, with my phone in an activsync connection everything was normal.

Then when i click Automatic flash, then ok on the next screen (before the screen with the picture of the TP2 on it) my TP2 goes into a kind of dead mode, black screen no lights.

Now i think this is normal from what I've read, but the weird thing is my computer indicates here that the USB is dropped and activsync disconnects, however some other drivers are then installed and the phone is sort of still connected (although that isnt indicated anywhere).

I was nervous as activsync was not there so hit cancel, did a soft reset on phone and all was still normal (preflashed state).

Please can somebody confirm that activsync only is there at the start and that the activsync will disconnect after you hit ok, it's not explicitly defined in the tutorial and I'm nervous of bricking handset.

Thanks
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] DaveShaw:
When the screen goes black, Windows Mobile is not running so the Active Sync will drop. This is normal.

Just make sure you have a normal AS connection before you start and you'll be fine :).

Dave
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] dazkeirle:
Ahh brilliant, your a star.

I thought that may be the case, but everything else was so well explained and when the tutorial didn't mention that bit I bricked myself and cancelled.

Then when phone wouldn't turn on I imagined the beating I was about to get from the mrs. This was resolved by the soft reset but then I'd already had enough fear for one night so thought best talk oit over with you pros.

You wouldn't believe I was one of the original team who hacked the LG Viewty. Now I'm almost too scared to change a wallpaper. lol gutless in my old age.

One other thing. Should SIM and SD card be removed for HardSPL flash or is that only necessary for the ROM flashing stuff?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] dazkeirle:
I'm in the same position as this guy. The software does not show an Image version.

Is it ok to proceed?

Cheers
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] mskip:
Yes its quite safe to proceed

Mark.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] ukjeeper:
Nice. Worked great for me. Thanks. :cool:
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] lunarjetman:
Hi All

If anyone could help me I would be eternally grateful. Like others, i'm so afraid of bricking my phone that I dont want to go any further without some advice if that is okay...

I have a UK Vodafone TP2 with the garish white theme. All I want to do is get rid of it and go back to HTC standard, for now. So, I downloaded two things - HardSPL, and a copy of the completely stock HTC English ROM from the ROM download portal.

When running HardSPL, my phone powered down and a 'cannot connect to the phone' error message came up after a short period. At that point, I had to soft reset, lost my bottle, and here I am.... On my knees asking for help!

1) Will the file combination that I have above work - i.e. will it turn my red and white horror into a black and green themed TP2?

2) Any idea what causes the phone to switch off and/or display this 'failure to connect' message during the HardSPL process?

Thanks in advice!

Best Wishes, LJ
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] mskip:
I think your question is pretty much the same that was answered in post#126 (5 posts back)
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] lunarjetman:
Hi mskip, thanks for the reply. My situation is very similar to the question by dazkeirle, I get the same behaviour; I launch the exe, click the checkbox and then next, the active sync connection drops, and then I click the next checkbox and next - the message in the centre of the screen "Verifying information on phone, please wait" comes up, then I get...

"Error 274, Update Utility cannot connect to the PDA phone"

and I need to soft reset to get the phone back.

Do I need to follow this from the first post? "NOTE2: Anyone having USB problems with the device after it enters SSPL mode, download SSPL-Manual-Rhodium.exe, copy it to the phone and run it. Once the screen has gone black, run the HardSPL package on the PC and select Manual Flash option."

Sorry if I'm being a bit dense....

Regards, LJ
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] lunarjetman:
I decided to grow some balls and just go for it - I did indeed get it to work by running the Manual.exe, and everything seems to be fine. Thanks for this n00bs guide, it was a lifesaver for me. Much appreciated!

Regards, LJ
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] mskip:
Glad it worked and look after that new set of balls haha :D
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] Chondros:
For what it's worth I had similiar issues with the connection dropping. What I did was waited to connect the phone to active sync until after I had opened the program, but made sure it was all connected to active sync when the screen with all the "prechecks came up before I clicked update. Don't know why it did that but I was able to use the automatic SSPL doing it that way.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] stuVM:
this is going to be a very noob question but i would rather have piece of mind over bricking my phone.

i recently got a Rhodium. purchased outright in singapore so not attached to any sort of company or plan.

do i still need to hardSPL it?

also have been trouble with updating with a ROM. everytime it goes to update the ROM it stays at 0%. then have to take battery out and turn it back on. phone stays fine but thats about it nothing more.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] mskip:
Yes you still have to HardSPL to flash custom roms.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] mos_definitely:
flashed new rom via storage card. flash looks successful but im stuck at the update screen. it says 'Update Complete-Update Success'. what do i do from here?

EDIT*

nvm got it
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] ind0mi:
If i want to flash a radio SD-card methode.. do i have to rename radio file to Rhodimg?

any1 ?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] buckingham:
Thank you for the good work

The guide is very useful and helpful. Thank you for all good jobs.

I have already unlocked my TP2 with hard-SPL program of OliNex here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=550131

Now I'm using EnergyROM, which is easy to use and good-looking also.

But I met some trouble when update the weather data. I think maybe I need change the Radio ROM as well.(The radio is 3.44.25.27 now)

Here is my little question:

Is that OK if I flash 4.49.25.17 Radio for my TP2 now, or should I unlock my TP2 for the radio again, separately?

I mean, is the procedure below necessary for radio flashing?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=555339

Wish a great weekend to everybody.

Cheers!
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] DaveShaw:
No, just flash the Radio as normal.

Ta

Dave
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] buckingham:
Good news for me:)
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] hothitter:
LOL, how the hell do i get a sim outta the t-mo touch pro 2? I cant believe it, this thing is like metal walled in here...
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] toawkanavngthded:
hello all. i am new to this community and new to "flashing". i was in the iphone jailbreaking community but am dumping my iphone for the tilt 2! so excited to get it :D. i read the instructions and well i am a bit scared to try and flash cuz i dont wanna brick my phone. i was scared on jailbreaking my iphone but i just kept reading and everything and i got comfortable. is there a video also to show how to do everything step by step? i really want to be as smart as all of you!! and do i need a pc? i have a mac.... i do have a pc but it is really slow... thank you to all!
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] Nastrodamous:
Invalid Attachment specified. If you followed a valid link, please notify the administrator

for the hardspl download in step 1
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] emilware_v1.1:
restoring original rom

I just got my tilt2 from att and i wanna flash it, but is there a way to same the original rom just incase i would need to go back to original setup?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] mskip:
Link updated from original site.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] cpalmer98:
Just wanted to confirm that I had exactly the same problem for a while too - but fixed it now!! thanks very much.

I can confirm that you dont need an activesync connection, after your phones screen has gone black, to flash the update like the rom updater says you do! You may however need to wait until the drivers have installed successfully on vista (thats what im using) - that's what worked for me.

Few other people seem to be having this problem on the original hardspl thread - so maybe this could be added to the instructions?

Many thanks,

Chris
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] stigdu:
I'm having absolutely no luck with this at all.

I've downloaded and run the Rhodium-HardSPL_V2_00R3 file and tried automatic flash. The screen on my phone goes black, and I get an error on the PC screen telling me it's lost connection. I then have to re-flash with an official HTC ROM.

I've tried manual flash, but the same thing happens.

I copied the SSPL-Manual-RhodiumV1_10 file to my phone and ran it from the phone, but it completely froze my phone.

So neither automatic nor manual modes are working for me, and I can't install HArdSPL at all. :(

It's a shame because I've downloaded the Valkyrie 4 signed_RUU.nbh file, which I assume is the new ROM I flash but I need to get HardSPL onto my phone first, don't I???

EDIT: All sorted. :)

I downloaded and installed a small file called enablerapinew.cab, and this then let me run the HardSPL Flash utility program without errors. Might be worth putting a link to this little file on the front page, unless I missed it on there!

Thanks very much for the well-written guide, now a happy new WM 6.5 owner. :D
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] [hfm]:
There's a little notch on the back wall, i stick a straightened paper clip in there to slide it forward.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] YungVarsity:
will it ever be possible to flash a CDMA-GSM worldphone touch pro2?

because i have the Sprint model,and i believe it classifies under this title...so is there any other way to flash ROM onto my device?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] RacerX10:
Windows 7

AT&T Tilt 2

I had to run this :

http://hpcmonex.net/roms/enablerapinew.cab

before HardSPL would flash properly. I had a working activesync connection, but it still wouldn't work until I ran that cab on the phone.

Just a post for the archives .. :)
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] eastside770:
does flashing affect your signal?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] mskip:
Only if you flash a different Radio.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] matthewjayala:
HOw to a flash it back to Factory ROM and Settings?

How do i Flash my At&T tp2 back to factory settings. I know i find the factory ROM and flash it but then after that what do i do? Thank you.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] charliechung:
Does this mean that you want to flash back and return to AT&T ? :)

If yes, I am thinking about the same thing.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] matthewjayala:
Yes, exactly. a new purphase phone comes with a one year warrenty soooo i want to flash my phone becuz the offical ROM is horrible. I have been playing with it for the last 2 days and the music tab freezes and the pictures tab freezes the phone also. i cant wait to frash the phone and finally have a stable ROM. but i want to be sure i can put it back exactly the way i got it so i can keep up the warrenty. Thank u very much.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] stormrain:
Hello, I have one question regarding the whole spl thing that i'm hopefully going to do tonight. How long more or less will the procedure take? I have read all the posts and concluded that it's not that big of a deal since all i will have to do is run the exe and then be prompted on how to proceed. But since i didn't read something about the time it will take i needed to ask so that i will be sure that the whole thing will be going right or not. And since i didn't spot anyone actually bricking their device, i'm gonna go for it...
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] elamericano:
Between synch, flash, it took 3 minutes, it took longer to find the reset button for the soft reset then anything else......Thank You
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] Montecristo:
Great post, thanks for your works!!!!!!!

One question:

I have a Touch Pro 2 by AT&T, this works in my HTC?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] stormrain:
Thanks for all the info mates. I finally did the procedure since i was way to impatient to wait for the greek rom release. Mind you I am very noob in this ROM changing even windows mobile stuff, and everything went way too smoother than i expected! So thanks to the poster and the original distributer of this programme for the details and the HOW TO thing, very helpfull for a noob like me :)
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] ariel123:
Custom rom exe problem

hi this is my 1st time attempting to flash a rom and i did the hard spl already but when i attempt to do the custom rom it says error 240 the update utility can not open the requested file. please check your update utility

what am suppose to do?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] DaveShaw:
Merged with Tutorial thread.

Ensure the NBH file of the ROM you are trying to flash is in the same folder as the CustomRUU.

Ta

Dave
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] ariel123:
ok i put the rom file in the customru folder and still the same thing

i am trying to flash the leo energy rom onto my tp2
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] DaveShaw:
So in that folder there is CustomRUU.exe and *****.nbh file (***** will probably be RHODIMG or ruu_signed), and nothing else?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] ariel123:
um actually in the folder its just the customruu and the energyrom rar file im sorry i got it confused where do i get the nbh file
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] ariel123:
where do i get the nbh file from?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] mskip:
Try looking in the Roms rar file :)
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] matthewjayala:
Flashing back to factory Settings.

Yes, exactly. a new purphase phone comes with a one year warrenty soooo i want to flash my phone becuz the offical ROM is horrible. I have been playing with it for the last 2 days and the music tab freezes and the pictures tab freezes the phone also. i cant wait to frash the phone and finally have a stable ROM. but i want to be sure i can put it back exactly the way i got it so i can keep up the warrenty. Thank u very much.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] Montecristo:
Please... I have a Tilt 2 by at&t... this works in my HTC???
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] moderateinny:
Sorry if this has been posted, but I can't find it anywhere. How do you get the Tilt 2 into bootloader mode? I can do the factory reset (which appears to be pwr-talk-end buttons) but cannot figure out how to just get it into bootloader mode. I have HardSPL installed already.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] DaveShaw:
Have a look here : http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=HTC_Rhodium/Resets

Dave
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] moderateinny:
I did. The steps for bootloader mode did not work on my Tilt 2. However, once I did a factory reset I was able to reflash another ROM, and then once it was all loaded up, the steps do now work (pwr-vol dwn) to get it into bootloader mode. Very strange that a ROM would effect the bootloader steps, but in my case, it did.

I'm back to NRG ROMs for now and will use his Oct 18th drop for now.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] 3daysaside:
Quick Hard Reset ?

Anybody know of a way to hard reset the phone while it it's powered ON? I hard reset after every flash, and I usually perform this hard reset before the first run completes. And since the device will not power off by holding in the power button until it's in WinMo -- I either have to wait the 5-10 minutes for the first run, or yank the battery.

TIA