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[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] makix13:
upgrade for Russia,France,Netherlands,Spain & italy

Today:

"An updated ROM is now available for HTC Touch Diamond2 users to download. As always, HTC is committed to providing customers with the best possible mobile experience."

http://www.htc.com/es/SupportViewNews.aspx?dl_id=733&news_id=315

:D
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] fchan6sg:
WM 6.5 ROM Upgrade Available

SE Asia - WM6.5 Rom is officially available for download at HTC site.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] oizumi:
Thanks. Downloading now but very slow. 56KB/sec.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] oizumi:
USA server was much faster for me here in Sydney.

Worked like a charm on my Hong Kong WWE device.

No HSPL needed.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] illi:
Honestly, wont be worth flashing. It's only a 'face-lift'. GO for cooked ROM.

Just me 2 cents:D
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] Tom Lenferink:
Honestly, definitely worth flashing, it's more than a 'face-lift' go for ORIGINAL ROM.

Cooked roms containing extra software and registry tweaks and so on only the chef itself uses but hardly anyone else.

They clog up your phone, make it slow and use storage.

If you wan't extras you can put them on yourself.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] illi:
Probably you dont want/need Manila 2.5 like I do?
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] TravisBean:
(@ forum) Just out of curiosity, what do you think would happen if I tried to install this ROM on my Sprint Touch??
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] TimY22:
The official launch of Windows Phone and 6.5 will be at 16h in Paris (French Hour) by Steve Ballmer.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] vikramdhani:
well there will be a update it is just that companies will take a little time to start giving out the updates
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] ahtoj:
It is strange that there is no news about today's launch at HTC-s homepage.

There should be some kind of info about todays big event? MS says clearly that 6.5 final is available for HTC to spread all around the world.

Waiting in here, bought my topaz to replace iphone3g. Today i'am not happy with the 6.1.

Ahto from Estonia
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] oizumi:
I got an unlocked TD2. How long can it take? There is no network operator in the middle. Just Microsoft and HTC..........
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] darval:
For this ROMs, it's only WM 6.1
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] TimY22:
Exact, a french news about them (09/10/01):

SPF
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] Artifaction:
Feels kind of strange that the update hasn´t been posted for the unbranded version yet, as someone posted in a prev post, from a mail from htc saying that they have to test it first before they can release it (if they´ll be provided with the update??)? has this not been done on the german voda release?

Seem blurry and strange to me..

Waiting for the unbranded version.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] ragdoll20:
any news about the netherland launch? ive been up all night haha :p and now its almost afternoon and still nothing..

Also, its not just the windows 6.5 interface thats gonna be on the Topaz right? you can switch to the updated manila (or touchflo) as well? cuz else i wont be getting it ;)
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] oizumi:
As far as I know the TouchFLO will be comming toguether.

At least it is on the German (vodafone) version.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] TimY22:
In 4 hours!!!
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] middlep1:
With that do you mean the updated TouchFlo 2.5/2.6 (or SenseUI as it is on the HTC Hero)?

I always expected HTC to be slow is releasing the update, I'm hoping that if there is an official MS announcement later today they align there release with that, but I don't hold much hope and expect it will be within the next 2 weeks for the unbranded version and within 1 month for the network branded versions to appear.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] oizumi:
Sorry. I got no idea. Have a look on these links. They have some shots from the new german vodafone rom.

http://www.slashphone.com/vodafone-...windows-mobile-6-5-for-touch-diamond-2-036930

http://news.softpedia.com/news/WM-6-5-and-Windows-Marketplace-Already-Live-123401.shtml
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] WasStoNed:
This is poo, why publicise something that isn't going to happen on the date you said........especially the annoncement from HTC regarding the German ROM updates.....

I won't be able to flash today anyway but that's not the point
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] oizumi:
This is what I got from the Hong Kong Microsoft Windows Mobile Webpage.

"The newest Windows® phone launch event will be held at Mongkok Langham place on October 7 from 3:00pm to 3:45pm. The four days road show, form October 7-10, will demonstrate the brand new Windows phone. Come and experience the new Windows phone and see how it can take you to endless possibility."

I saw somewhere that the lauch in Australia is going to be on the 7th as well.

I guess we in Asia will have to wait longer.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] middlep1:
well the homescreen certainly looks like the 2.5 update, but some of the other screens such as the music library don't appear to be the same those those on a few of the 2.5 (Leo) cooked ROM's such as Dutty's and EnergyROM, I hope HTC don't give a half arsed update
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] B1CEP:
the days still young...maybe itl be avaialble by the end of the day?! *fingers crossed*
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] Jack_Surfer:
Thanks, but this is still the same site without Touch Diamond 2 connotations.

maybe I simply am duff, but as I buy an expensive WinMo phone.

It was not cheap, cause I both it UNBRANDED for ca. 450,00 € (without SIM-lock) from a distributor (EuroRtvAgd) not by any GSM-provider network.

GREAT:

1. no clearly defined link for HTC Touch Diamond 2 new ROM with WM 6.5

2. my P/N number is 99HHH009-00, that again is not listed, even on

the SunnySoft site ("formal HTC distributor" in Poland)

3. The official customer line is under "not existing number"

SO what the f**k I should do now ??????? :mad::mad::mad:

Honestly - no idea !!!

MAYBE SOMEBODY MORE CLEVER, THAN ME HAS A SOLUTION TO PAINLESSLY

UPGRADE MY TD2.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] oizumi:
Not for me in Australia. It is already 23:00 of the 6th here in Sydney.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] qbus00:
There are no Polish ROM updates nowhere. The explanation on pda.pl sounds resonable and on sunnysoft page there are polish ROMs for HD and Touch Diamond available.

Just be patient.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] B1CEP:
Great....guess i wont hold my breath then

anyone with a definitive idea on when it will be released?!?
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] TimY22:
Windows 6.5 doesn't exist until 16:00 French hour. The official announcement will be in Paris by Steve.

So HTC can't launch the rom (I don't know why for Germany) before Microsoft. I think you could understand that, it's not oblige to be clever for that.. ;) :D

Just wait some hours...
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] WasStoNed:
Do you think that stands for the rest of the world too then, or just France????
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] TimY22:
WorldWide of course :D

Source FR : here

"Since the new headquarters of the French group, Steve Ballmer, CEO of software giant will announce the worldwide launch of Windows Phone, a mobile phone designed to compete with Apple and its iPhone" [GOOGLE TRANSLATION]
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] Jack_Surfer:
Well....no other choice anyway.

Thanks qbus00

[i miejmy cierpliwość]
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] jonas9000:
6th October is fading away......!! WTF is the problem. Roll it out !!
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] Tatsch:
Only the release by Microsoft is today.

There is NO announcement of a specific day for an update by HTC with Topaz Touch Diamond 2. Update will be released in October. Maybe we have to wait just a couple of days.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] jonas9000:
Or a week, or a month, or a year ..........
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] TimY22:
Exactly, I just said that microsoft will launch WinPhone in 1,5 hour and HTC couldn't bypass his partner.

But I don't know why Germany has a rom on 6.5 like someone said before in this thread.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] Fru T Bunn:
Full Google translation here ... always good for a laugh these Internet translators.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] AaronJoYee:
I guess all of us have to be patient then. I just want the HTC ROM upgrade. Windows Mobile 6.5 will still be ugly. Things are bigger to make it finger friendly. That is all.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] mrTablet:
If the upgrade does't come today, I trash my D2 and buy me an iPhone.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] Bandis710:
:( on the dutch site tweakers.net there is somebody who called HTC customersupport. Customer support told him that a dutch Topaz 6.5 rom will be released by HTC in the second or third week of october ..

So no release today or even this week ///
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] oizumi:
I am starting to think that the upgrade will be available for the network operators first and then they will release the unbranded rom.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] WasStoNed:
yeah I'm on contract til December but my time with WinMo may be coming to an end.....not nice being at the tail end of a curve
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] speedyb:
I think that will be the rom in the Dutch language. If you have an WWE ROM the release date will be the same all over the world (World Wide English). Hope this will be today or even this week..... Need something to do next weekend :D
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] jonas9000:
Last updated October 6, 2009

Phone	Manufacturer	Expected availability*

Dash	HTC	Date not yet available

Jack	Samsung	Date not yet available

Mirage	Samsung	Date not yet available

Omnia Pro	Samsung	Date not yet available

Ozone	HTC	Date not yet available

Snap	HTC	Date not yet available

Touch Pro 2	HTC	Date not yet available

Traveler 137	Pharos	Date not yet available

* Dates provided by our partners and are subject to change. Update availability not guaranteed.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] WasStoNed:
Yes I found this page most useful and informative......thanks MS
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] jonas9000:
Why do all owners of a HTC DT2 know the date 6th October 2009 ?? Who wants to know, Microsoft will release a new windows for phones to owners of latest phones on the market this date ?? Only thing a owner of a product like this is WHEN IS IT AVALIBLE FOR ME !!
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] Jurgen78:
Hi guys,

I just received a email from HTC.

The update for HTC Diamond 2, will be on the website by the end of this month, or the beginning of the next month.

They will be no update available today.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] B1CEP:
iPhone it is then!
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] elusiveone:
If AT&T can get the PURE out which is essentially a Touch Diamond 2 with WM 6.5 loaded; HTC should have been able to get their ROM Upgrade out by today! :mad: Time to put the phone up on sale on ebay and get an HTC Hero. :)
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] Drag-On:
I got an email too:

"Regarding the WM 6.5 ROM update for your mobile phone (Diamond 2) we are waiting for a confirmation from the software manufacturer (Microsoft) if the handset will even receive an approved licence or not.

We will publish on our website a press release informing the latest updates."

...this doesn't seem to correlate very well with what the others have heard...

i'm edging closer to getting me a cooked ROM....can anyone recommend a VERY normal, as uncooked as possible 6.5 ROM? (with HardSPL instructions...it's been 2 years since i last used a "naughty" ROM...lol)
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] Drag-On:
sorry for double post...
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] Robje113:
This is the message I received from the dutch HTC support:

Gewaardeerde HTC klant,

Hartelijk dank voor het contact opnemen met ons Klanten Support Centrum.

Uw vragen en opmerkingen zijn belangrijk voor ons en we doen er alles aan om u uitstekende service te verlenen.

U heeft ons onlangs geschreven over een situatie met uw HTC Touch Diamond 2

Om de situatie met uw telefoon te verduidelijken vertelde u ons het

volgende: dat U wilt weten wanneer WM 6.5 beschikbaar komt.

Wij verwachten Windows Mobile 6.5 in de laatste week van oktober. Dit zal op bepaalde modellen te verwachten zijn zoals de Touch 2. Op dit moment verwachten wij dit ook voor de Diamond 2 en de Pro 2..

Kijkt U dus in de laatste week van oktober op onze website www.htc.com onder ondersteuning.

Hopend U voldoende te hebben geïnformeerd.

With other words, for the english speaking people:

"We expect WM 6.5 to arrive in the last week of october. This will be for the Touch 2, Diamond 2 and Pro 2. Please have a look at our website www.htc.com in the support section for the update in the last week of october."
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] illi:
Guys

You want to know what's behind the scene? HTC is waiting for xda-developers' chefs to come out with an acceptable ROM and release it accordingly....:D:D:D
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] tsungha:
Last week of October?! That is a joke! what are HTC playing it? There will be phones out with 6.5 already on them. I am really angry now!:mad:
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] AaronJoYee:
I am sure HTC has their own reason why. Hopefully by then, the ROM upgrade will be almost bug-free since they took so much time to release the upgrade.

I shall wait until the end of October then. Until then, see you all guys! Happy waiting!

To HTC,

Come on! Impress us at XDA. Make our wait count! Prove us wrong for wanting to switch to the Iphone :D
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] tsungha:
I'll just end up buying a phone with WM6.5 by then (HD2)
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] Tatsch:
It's a Vodafone-branded WM 6.5 with Manila 2.1.

Original stock ROM will come with "Sense" (e.g. Manila 2.5)
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] prdic:
I've read on czech forum that upgrade for Diamond2 should be online today and for TouchPro2 tomorrow. Localization for this phones should be online 9.10 on sunnysoft's web. (Eastern Europe languages only) There is also link to microsoft's 6.5 theme creator for ATaT's Pure and Verizon's Imagio.

edit: here in English by google :D
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] 5kordez5:
they told me this:

Thank you for contacting our Customer Support Center.

Regarding the WM 6.5 ROM update for your mobile phone we are now dealing with the license packages from the software manufacture.

We will publish on our website a press release informing the latest updates.

If you have further questions you can call our Call Center from a different handset. In http://www.htc.com/select_country.htm, select your country and then click on the Support tab.

:confused::confused::confused::confused::mad:
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] tomtommy306:
You ALL need to calm down and learn how to flash cooked ROMs to your device. I upgraded to 6.5 a long time ago and am very happy with it. There is really NO NEED in waiting on hTc to release something that is RIGHT HERE!!
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] Laban:
Yeah that's an option and I have been thinking about it for quite long now. But I think I have way too many questions that I'm unsure about so that's why an official ROM feels better.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] HTC Touch Freak:
Why go with the iphone when you can buy the Touch HD2?

Sad that the 6.5 ROM update isn't out for us big spenders but an upgrade to a different device may be in order. I'm still deciding if I like the look of the new HD2. I already have 6.5 with the new Sense UI so I really don't mind.

Cooked Roms Rule!

And there's this. There is hope eventhough a date has not been specified.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] ma_c:
wich version of touchflo3d will come with the new rom? htc sense? :confused:
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] cyron_at:
...yes, htc wrote so..
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] Laban:
And that's not Manila 2.5/2.6 right? It's the UI from Hero?
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] HTC Touch Freak:
Supposedly Manila 2.5 (Sense UI) But from the looks of the US TP2 and TD2 they have Manila 2.1 on top of WM6.5 and not WM6.5.1

Where did they write this. The only device that has it is the HD2 which they just announced. Check out their website. I'dd love it if they do though.

Sense UI for WM = Manila 2.5. There is no 2.6 just 2.5. The Toucflo from the Leo Rom.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] chris5s:
I agree with you mate. I did the same and went to 6.5 ages ago, and there really is a lot of choice on here for those that want to do this. An official rom may sound good, but the process to get it onto your phone is the same as flashing a cooked rom from one of the chefs here, and the end result is just as good, if not better.

There may be some sense in staying away from the bleeding edge stuff, due to stability issues, etc, but there's plenty of tried, tested and stable roms too.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] jgal:
Yeah, but please try to understand guys that there are a lot of TD2 users out there who literally spent their life savings on the device. Therefore a possible bricking of it would be like a life's worst tragedy. As many of you guys stated before, HTC really screwed up. I dont know the economics but I'll risk the statement that unbranded devices are a big, if not the biggest part of the manufacturer's income. Well, it seems that for some reason HTC respects the carriers more. Maybe that is their way of thinking, maybe its' "cultural" in this company. But the fact is that this is an unacceptable way of thinking for most Europeans, especially in countries like Poland. Or maybe we're just mad because our home carriers have always offered us only the ****ty phones and that's why we had to spend heavy cash to get what we want
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] loadstone007:
I tried many cooked ROMs. All of them have annoying bugs and quirks.

The best ROM is the stock one supplied by HTC, so waiting for the new one to be released is the right decision, IMO.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] Svennebannan:
Stock rom have bugs too, but yes they eventually release hotfixes.

TESS 2.F and 3.3 does not feel like cooked roms, more like a fast stock roms :)
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] jay22098:
i've been waiting for the official windows mobile 6.5 for a long long time now. I've decided not to use cooked roms cos im scared of bricking my phone. Today was suppose to be the release date but it's still not out yet. Does anyone know whether this release date only applies to America or to Europe too? I live in england and I can't wait to get the new update since there are so many problem with my current OS. (like the message tone sometimes doesn't go off, or sometimes it vibrates forever and just doesn't stop).

Another thing, when the update does eventually gets released, does anyone know where i can find the upgrade. I'm asking this because some sites say it would be on my networks website (O2) and some say it will be on the HTC site...
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] ArtieQ:
Probably HTC.com
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] TravisBean:
Sending an E-mail to HTC and expecting a response, would be akin to sending an E-mail to Obama ........................ good luck with that.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] illi:
Within 3 weeks...

"Thanks for contacting HTC.

With regards of your query, while its essentially the same hardware in the Diamond2 and Pro, and TV out is a function of the Qualcomm chipset, not all of the pins connecting to the chipset may be connected through to the extUSB port in the same way.

Please kindly wait for the WM 6.5 (which will release within 3 weeks) to see if the TV out cable is there."

so... let's see within the next 3 weeks...:rolleyes:
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] PretoriaPhil:
From http://www.htc.com/www/press.aspx?id=112024&lang=1033
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] Jimmy Chew:
Finally HTC announced the availability of the upgrade for existing D2 users to WM6.5. Waiting for them to make available on their websites.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] elmalote:
The update will be available in week 43.

Snap will probably already get it this week, latest beginning of next week.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] nunein:
I'm confident we do not have to wait for it very long: yesterday HTC announced that from now on all new ordered TD2 and TP2 will be sent out with WM6.5. By knowing this forum I assume that a couple of hours after the first member receives a new Topaz the 6.5 upgrade will be available here. ;)
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] PretoriaPhil:
What week are we in now?
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] Thomas.A:
@PretoriaPhil: We're in week 41 :)
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] jaskel:
man im haning for this one...ive got a TD2 in Australia and really want to get it to 6.5..lets hope it is soon!
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] toth42:
Does anyone know for sure which TouchFlo will ship with the update?

Will it be the "Leo"-one, as on this picture:

Additional, is there really a Manila/touchflo 2.6, if so, what's the difference from 2.5? And, which is shown in the picture above?
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] AceofSpades25:
I beleive an updated touch flo won't ship with the update.

In other news, they've just released the HD2. I must say it looks gorgeous. I my opinion this is the first mobile that HTC have made that beats the Topaz.

We should be getting the update for winMo soon now, since both this and the Touch 2 are both running it.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] philaldred:
Can i ask, where are you people reading that a update would even be available on the 6th? Ive never seen anything confirmed in stone from HTC that it would be released on the 6th.

The only thing ive read is that Windows mobile 6.5 is released on the 6th, this does not automatically mean that a update will be available on this date!

Just be patient, it will be released when it is ready, Id rather wait a few more weeks and have a better rom.

Weve already waited years for a upgrade from 6.1, so a few more weeks wont hurt!!!

And for the person who said hes buying a iPhone, I say I suggest you remove yourself from these forums, because iPhones SUCKK!!!!!
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] Medusar:
Please all calm down a little bit. Nobody told you that HTC would release their upgrade to WM6.5 on the same day as WM6.5 would be released. We've all been waiting for months, a little bit later really won't hurt. There are many cooked ROMs availible, if you really want it, go ahead.

I contacted HTC today, and they said that the upgrade will be availible the last week of October... that is the Dutch version. A WWE version may be released a bit earlier, but I wouldn't count on it.

In the meantime, I will stick to my official ROM. It's still as good as it used to be before WM6.5 was released.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] PMoto:
So, could you please post a link to your ROM, that I (European Portuguese) could flash to my (unlocked) phone to get a stable WM 6.5, please, while I keep waiting for the official update.

Thanks.

PMoto
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] Tom Lenferink:
Microsoft Reveals New Windows® Phones

http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2009/feb09/02-16MWCPR.mspx
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] Tatsch:
A press release fro, February 2009? Why posted here?
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] HTC Touch Freak:
So true. But I give up now because the cooks have better Roms with newer versions ofmanila and 6.5. Heck I'm using 6.5.1 with the Leo Manila. no point if it's just 6.5 and it has Manila 2.1.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] emili000:
The only thing that prevents me from flashing unofficial rom is that I've never done it yet and I'm afraid I'm gonna do something wrong and damage my device.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] eXelero:
indeed, I used to be an iPhone user and did unlock/jailbreak and all the upgrading stuff several times with success. somehow it was pretty much easy, since the tutorials were very clear.

here, with the all the HardSPL thing and all the mixed-up steps and un-userfriendly tools, I really am afraid to do anything unofficial to my phone because I don't wanna brick it...