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[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] chris5s:
I'm sorry but I just don't understand this attitude. Flashing hardspl is simple - just connect your phone to the pc, download the file, run it from your pc and it is done in 5 minutes or less. Then select the rom you like - or think will like! - place the .nbh file onto an sd card - renaming it TOPAIMG.nbh in the process - insert into your phone, reboot holding the volume down button and then press the power button when prompted. REboot at the end to a new rom!!

Of course I understand people's concerns about bricking a valuable piece of techware, but it will be the same process - minus the hardspl bit - if you want to upgrade to official 6.5 so why wait? And moan about waiting!!?
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] emili000:
Actually it varies from the FAQ I've read. In the FAQ someone was writing about running some kind of programme after unlocking. I'm still afraid that it might get damaged if I do a mistake. When I damage the pda with HTC soft, I won't lose anthing.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] HTC Touch Freak:
I understand the concern. i was scared to hspl my original touch but i did it and it was easy. with my diamond2 i volunteered to be a beta tester before it was ready to help so others wont have problems and brick their phones. many of us risked brickingvour phones so you all wouldnt. its 100 percent safe.

Go to the Topaz Rom development section and look at the first stickies. U will find the files and steps there. its simple and great and i flash new roms weekly. I woukd linkbua but i typed this from my TD2.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] Leetmu:
Thanks for this, i may go and flash my TD2 now, seeing as the official one will take a while.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] bilal671:
I'm tempted as well to flash to another rom but can't find one bit of information. When u flash will all your messages, contacts etc be deleted?

Edit

Ok found it will be deleted, hmm seems like alot of effort installing everything on again tbh.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] oizumi:
My main concern to flash with an unofficial rom is the warranty.

I know that is possible to reinstall the stock rom. However it is only possible if you find the original rom available right?

I couldn't find a stock rom to be downloaded that matches the one in my device.

Is it possible to create or backup my original rom?

Cheers...
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] HTC Touch Freak:
Its no hassel at all.

-Use PIM Backup to backup contacts, messages, and emails. (Save the backup to the SD Card)

-Run HSPL.

-Then install new ROM.

-After setting up the email accounts install and run PIM and restore your backup.

That simple and easy.

Link for the HSPL for Topaz/Diamond2/Pure

I am not familiar with how to backup (dump) a rom but if you search you can find out how to do that and recompile it.

After you do that you can HSPL, Flash a new rom, then you're good to go. Don't forget to backup your phone though.

If you every need to send the phone in for warranty issues just flash your OEM ROM and "re-lock" your phone. The package for taking HSPL is in the link above. (Note #2) That is also where everything to do HSPL is.

Link to get you started in the right direction of dumping and recompiling the Stock ROM.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] Laban:
HTC Touch Freak-->

Sounds like you're good at this, woyld you (or anyone else) mind helping me out with some questions that I have?

1. Do I need to install a new radio or is a new radio included and installed automatically when using a cooked ROM?

2. I have a Swedish ROM today. Except the menu languages, will everything else work as it should (Swedish T9, weather for Swedish locations and so on)

3. Do I in this whole process need to tack off the back cover (when flashing the ROM or HardSPL:ing)? My back cover is a bit loose and I'd like to leave it so it won't get any looser.

4. Is Shadowlines 6.5.1 ROM a good ROM to start with?

5. Can I put the files on the memory card while it's still in my phone (connected over Active Sync) or do I need to put the files on my memory card when the memory card is connected to my PC with a memory card reader?

Thanks in advance!
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] HTC Touch Freak:
I'll try my best

1. No u do not need to install a new radio unless u want to find one that may be better than ur current one. radio roms are not flashed in cooked roms. they are flashed seperatly and do not erease any data.

2. For the swedish T9 working i beleive u will need a cooked rom that has swedish as a choice. For the location based weather that will and should work anywhere in the world with whichever language and rom.

3.yes. atleast once after every flash and after the hslp. You will need to press the reset button to reset the phone after the update is complete.

How is the back cover loose? Does the back cover move a little at the bottom? If so thats normal. Ive removed the back cover hundreds of times and it is still like the day i got it 6 months ago. Even after multiple drops.

4.Shadowlines rom is what I am using now. I cant really say which is good and which to start with. You would have to try and compare. most 6.5 roms with the sense ui are buggy. I like shadowlines Roms. NRG also has nice roms and an organized start menu.UDK also has good fast Roms. Pick one and test it. If u find it buggy change to another. its simple.

5.You can do either or. I prefer to bypass active sync and connect the phone directly as a storage device. But active sync works just as well. Remember to always renane the .nbh file as Topaimg or Topaimg.nbh and save directly to the sd card. never into a folder unless you want to store multiple roms in folders for later testing. It wont flash unless it is in the main area of the sd card. (the root)
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] pliarch:
back to our topic.

I don't now if anyone posted this already:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/en-us/meet/wm65-upgrade.mspx
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] WasStoNed:
Hey HTC Touch Freak, that PIM Backup is a great utility but can you tell me how you backup your installed applications? or your custom weather info for example?

I tend to spend a while tweaking the phone which means flashing often would be quite tedious.....that's the main reason I'm put off and wait for full releases!

cheers

Greg
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] Laban:
Wow! Thanks! Finally things are a bit more clear!

Sorry for the off topic, last question:

Isn't it possible to hard reset the device by holding the volume buttons and then press the power button?

http://www.hardreset.eu/htc_touch_diamond_2_hard_reset_soft_reset.html

This way I don't have to remove the back cover?
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] marjanot:
OK, we are moving on :) at least it's not Date not yet available
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] WasStoNed:
It's alot better for us considering TD2 wasn't even there on the 6th :D
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] sabbourh:
htc middle east said that this relesase date that microsoft put on it's web page is the release date that microsoft is supposed to give the official rom to htc

the person in htc technical support said that htc is going to take more time in order to update the touch flo 3d and all the branding for it to be the official rom

i don't know why does htc and microsoft are both treating us like we paid them nothing for our td2
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] WasStoNed:
I think they are talking out of their butts as how would the current HTC 6.5 handsets be available......surely HTC has already done the work
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] trishul:
TD2 upgrade

hi guyz i just thought i would share this wid all of ya

http://asia.cnet.com/reviews/mobilephones/0,39050603,62058006,00.htm
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] adigraham:
Its easy, exactly the same process as upgrading your radio, install hardspl, copy rom to the sdcad power off, power on holding volume down and then press power to install the rom .. thats it!
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] gyedema:
HTC NL says "week 43". In an official mail from tech support.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] emili000:
is it 100% safe method?

I'm gonna flash my 1st rom today ; O I want to be 100% sure that the device doesn't get harmed.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] WasStoNed:
Dudes, I just got this outta a UK support email

"Regarding the mobile operating system update we are just awaiting the final software itself so we can upload to the site. We recommend to follow us in Twitter for instant notifications at http://twitter.com/htc_eu"

I will follow
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] ArtieQ:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/en-us/meet/wm65-upgrade.mspx
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] emili000:
I've just flashed my 1st ROM! Everything went rly easy, if you doesn't do anything against the FAQ, nothing bad will happen!
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] HTC Touch Freak:
Even if you wait for a full release you will not be able to save the apps. You are going to have to re-install them anyways.

Are your apps on your memory card. If so it shouldn't take but a few minuets to install them. You could also try the My Phone Service form Microsoft. That is supposed to back up all your Files and Apps and reinstall them on a new device. I would backup with PIM first just to be safe you can reinstall after flashing and restoring with My Phone.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] HTC Touch Freak:
No. You don't want to do a Hard Reset. You want a soft reset. I should also mentoin that Like any WinMo phone there are some times that the phone will need a soft reset because it locks up and freezes. With The cooks getting all the bugs worked out this will be required less and less.

Oh and you can't do a Hard Reset (HR) while the phone is in bootloader anyway. So that method wouldn't work.

[HINT]

If you take the stylus out and look for the red button you can press it if you modify a paperclip, or something else, without taking the cover off. :D.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] prdic:
and htc czech PR manager said " for TD2 at 5.10 and for TP2 at 6.10 :D:D
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] Laban:
Cool! Didn't know that! :cool:
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] martin07:
Official T-mobile 6.5 German is out

Official 6.5 Rom for T-mobile Compact V

Download: http://rapidshare.com/files/2903849..._sign_topaz_61.42tc.25.31_4.49.25.05_ship.exe

Windows Mobile 6.5 Professional Build 21854.5.0.80

ROM-Version 2.13.111.3 (64965) GER

Radio Version 4.49.25.05

Protocol-Version 61.42tc.25.31U

Have Fun!

Martin
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] bambony:
I use MyPhone - it works fine for contacts, texts etc. If you have an SD card simply move any bigger files, videos, music, photos and apps over and there you have it. It makes sense to store that stuff on a card anyway so as to maximise the phones own internal storage.

Tony
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] Dabz:
hi, i have the t-mobile compact V but UK version will it still work on my phone and do i have to do this hardspl thing or whatever its called. (yes im new to this kind of stuff).

let me know thanks!:)
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] HTC Touch Freak:
You can try but I beleive since that is a German version ur serial does not match to that region you probably will not be able to flash it unless you have HardSPL. Just wait for the update. It should be soon. Or just do HSPL and flash a cooked rom that has Win 6.5 and HTC Sense.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] BugManTheFirst:
What are you talking about? I just checked out the link and it says that expected availability of 6.5 for the TD2 will be October/November 2009 :P Although the page did just get updated... so I'm probably seeing the new stats.

Looks like we won't have to wait too much longer folks :)
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] eXelero:
i actually did it last night. the whole hardspl and stuff...and guess what, it worked!!! whohoooo!!!

now i'm on shadowline's last version. looks great! i love it. well, has a few little bugs, but still it's cool and exciting.

it was indeed easy. thanx guys! :)
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] HTC Touch Freak:
Which build. The 23060x5 Build? If so I'm downloading it now. Should be done in a few. The last release was faster than the previous so this one should be loads faster and have less bugs. Shadow comes out with updates and fixes atleast once a week so keep checking back and be sure to post up bugs you have found.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] PMoto:
Some new news:

NO WM 6.5 for Touch HD ????

Touch Diamond 2 WM6.5 update next month.

Check here:

http://wmpoweruser.com/?p=8773
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] ArtieQ:
Was pretty obvious that the HD wouldn't get free update since it's a pretty old device by now.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] PMoto:
Some more info from HTC:

http://www.htc.com/www/press.aspx?id=112024&lang=1033

PMoto
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] Tatsch:
Three days old .. ;)
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] prabhat:
Dates from MS side:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/en-us/meet/wm65-upgrade.mspx

Touch Diamond 2 : October/November 2009.

Thanks.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] Medusar:
I just received confirmation from HTC that the upgrade will include Manila 2.5. Just thought you'd like to know.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] jgal:
On pocketnow.com Brandon just reported that the ROM upgrade for Touch Pro 2 has just arrived!!! So I think its not long for our Topaz upgrade to come too :) Unfortuantely the ROM upgrade for TP2 has only a slightly modified Manila 2.1 with weather clock, that's all. It's not the Leo version for sure
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] obsydian:
Official or cooked.

Cooked ROM - why is everyone waiting for an offcial release, they are always slow and crap :eek:
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] jgal:
Just go quickly and briefly throughout this whole thread, than maybe you'll understand my dear
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] HandySpanner:
As a developer myself, I understand the often tight correlation between versions of exes and DLLs. Whilst clear layering and encapsulation is implemented to help with source reuse and reducing change impact, it's not usually a design goal to allow different versions of DLLs from different platforms to be cobbled together in an attempt to 'cook' a ROM with a bunch of trial and error registry settings holding it together. The idea of attempting to use one of these on a device which I'd like to be as reliable as possible is a bit :eek: :rolleyes:. I'd rather wait for the official ROM, which at least I know will have come from a single build and will have had numerous levels of testing (unit, UAT, whatever), done on it.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] chris5s:
...now if that doesn't just say it all for windoze all round :p

Well, a lot of the roms around here may not have come from a single build, but you can't disagree that there have been "numerous" levels of testing going on around here! ;)

C'mon, the devs here aren't just cobblin' **** together and trying their luck. I see experienced developers and programmers putting together seriously ass-kickin roms that, yeah, probabll will blow out of the water what microsoft/htc can give us. Isn't that, after all, choice and freedom of expression?
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] PMoto:
Can someone answer me:

If I install a WWE WM6.5 ROM can I change it to Portuguese later???

PMoto
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] chris5s:
Yes :)

You can switch to whatever ROM you like, any number of times. HardSPL gives even more options ;)
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] loadstone007:
I have NO idea what you're talking about.

Cooked roms are slow and crap, and I tried a lot. Official roms are the best, speedy and with minimum bugs. Cooked roms come with the most weird issues - and we bought this phone to USE it.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] tsungha:
Forget that!! why does HTC Touch Pro 2 have a download from HTC for 6.5 and diamond 2 dont?? Thats just bull$hit... it has the same hardware except the keyboard! Im pissed!
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] PMoto:
No, no... no.

Thanks for the answer, but what I mean is to change the language of an already installed ROM - keeping the rom but change the language, OK? ;)
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] Tom Lenferink:
Phones that can be updated from Windows Mobile 6.1 to 6.5

Because the Touch Pro is sold with 6.5 it has a 6.5 rom for download.

The Touch Diamond2 is sold with 6.1 and therefor there is only a 6.1 rom to download.

Just wait a few days, maybe weeks and there will be a 6.5 rom official download available, check this site:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/en-us/meet/wm65-upgrade.mspx#phoneList

Phones that can be updated from Windows Mobile 6.1 to 6.5

Touch Diamond 2 - HTC - October/November 2009

Be patient!
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] Tom Lenferink:
Not possible at all!

Language is inside the rom and a rom only contains one language.

So choose your language befor flashing rom.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] Tom Lenferink:
I agree with you!
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] Oskala:
as far as I know, TP2 was shipped with 6.1 in the beginning, as well as topaz, so no reason that there's no upgrade available for topaz yet. since 6th october i believe that both of them is shipped with 6.5? Btw, Snap also got the upgrade.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] darval:
The updates WM6.5, we started in France but not for the diamond2 :(

Only SNAP and TOUCH PRO2 :

http://www.htc.com/fr/support.aspx
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] PhilipL:
Hi

Absolutely agree, I keep trying them and always have issues and bugs bad enough they can't be lived with.

Regards

Phil
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] adigraham:
I would agree having tried the 'latest and greatest', i settled with Amans roms as they are not as new but stable, very fast and he helps if you do find a bug .. if you dont like cooked sit back and wait ... if the original roms are so great it will be 'worth the wait' :p
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] ArtieQ:
1-2 days for Topaz upgrade I would say..
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] fugitiv3:
sorry for the noob question but can someone tell me what is WWE? i just saw in the HTC website (europe) "ROM Upgrade (WM6.5) for HTC Touch Pro2 (WWE)"...
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] ArtieQ:
World Wide English, it's the language of the ROM.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] fugitiv3:
thx ArtieQ!
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] PretoriaPhil:
I'm guessing this means the TD2 rom release is imminent.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] warpyb1:
Fingers crossed really looking forward to seeing the new ROM - Does anyone know if the new OS will update the Bluetooth drivers on the device? I have real issues with the MKI900 parrot hands free kit. Im hoping that this new update might sort this out?:confused::confused:
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] elmalote:
HTC probably wants to minimize bandwidth load on their servers. Thats why they put TP2 download up but not Topaz..:rolleyes:

They know when the WM6.5 for Topaz is released traffic is going to be huge :D
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] Powersup:
Is this Win Mobile 6.5 for the Topaz? In the support overview page the topic is announced as "

ROM Upgrade for HTC Touch Diamond2 (Voda_ DE)", but if I put in my IMEI from my german Vodafone HTC TD2 it says "wrong IMEI" :(

Does anybody have an unbranded IMEI or can provide this update to me?

Thanks

Powersup
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] makix13:
in spain on 12/10, HTC had published the upgrade for HTC Touch Pro2 http://www.htc.com/es/SupportViewNews.aspx?dl_id=714&news_id=297, I hope the upgrade for topaz will be soon.:)
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] scaglma:
WM 6.5 ITA

On HTC Italian Site the flwg updates are available today

http://www.htc.com/it/SupportViewNews.aspx?dl_id=708&news_id=291

for HTC Snap

AND

http://www.htc.com/it/SupportViewNews.aspx?dl_id=711&news_id=294

for HTC Touch Pro2
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] Laban:
Do we know yet if it's Manila 2.1 or 2.5?
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] ArtieQ:
It's "HTC Sense 2.1" which basically is Manila 2.1 with Manila 2.5 clock, slider+icons. I don't know more than that yet, and I still wanna know if the Twitter tab is included or not.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] linshilinshi:
hello~

Where did you get this news? from HTC Official?
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] ArtieQ:
No, just something I speculated in myself. If the TP2 is out it must mean the TD2 is in progress/is ready but they won't release it right now because the TP2 downloads is probably massive right now.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] linshilinshi:
if so, then I think there will be a delay of 2 weeks.

for last time D2 Rom updated on 7/21, then Pro2 updated on 8/4
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] Spyros12:
Look this!!!

http://www.htc.com/index.html

i think they prepare tha update!!
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] ahtoj:
http://www.htc.com/index.html check it out, something is happening in there. Lets hope its the update! Strange way to change things though :)
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] opensea:
Yesss. They're updating the side. Probably our new roms coming. :)
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] mrTablet:
I doubt it.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] Bandis710:
:cool: me too .. I think it has something to do with the price they won yesterday with the Hero
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] szalajko:
i have a tmobile wing aka htc atlas, and i cannot find it on this forum? its just not here, and i know its not that old, i need to know where i can get roms for this particular phone, where i could get the rom upgrade tool for it, and directions PLZ HELP, i beg anyone who reads this and knows a place where i could find alll this info plz help me. i used to have a htc himalaya, and did upgrades daily, however i forgot everything and lost all the rom sites , i know the risks so dont warry, i just really need the above information (directions on how to upgrade, latest roms for my device, rom upgrade program, and anything else i need to do an upgrade.)

thank you ahead of time..

Mike Szalajko
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ssantos6981:
I love Cyanogen's roms. I just do not like his 5 home screens. I know I can just leave them blank, but knowing they are there bothers me.

is there anyway I can delete the extra home screens?

I tried using Akirah's, which works great I, but the usb to 3.5 mm headphone jack converter doesn't work with that rom. I need my music on the go!
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] X-i-phoner:
From home screen tap menu>more>extended>homesreen....... This is were it gets a little buggy. The slide is reversed, If you put it to 7 you have 3 home screens, If you put it to 9 you have 1 home screen.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NguyenHuu:
you can try that, but if it doesnt work its probably because cyanogen may not have bundled the advanced launcher in his rom because of its buggy-ness. if yo u really want it, some themers include the launcher or you can go to the development forum and grab it from the dev's thread. search "advanced launcher'
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ssantos6981:
aHH, so if I get this advanced launcher on there I'm GTG?

Sounds like a plan.

Thanks guys!
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] X-i-phoner:
My bad..... Just removed an experimental theme and all is well with advanced launcher. No reverse bug!
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Proxin:
I have the same problem as OP, I dislike the amount of Home screens. However, I've tried Advanced Launcher and it seems to only slow down my system.

Does anyone know how to actually edit some file to manually change the amount of Home screens? Three is fine with me, I never had a problem with that number.