yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] mskip:
Any STOCK Radio, which covers all the ones in that radio thread will work with any of the cooked or stock roms. Some might work better than others depending on your location and service provider. Now HardSPL has been completed, once you have it flashed you can change radios at any time without affecting your existing Rom. This means you can test different Radios with different Roms as much as you want til you find the best Radio for you.

I know someone who travels round the world and keeps a whole set of Radios for different locations, when he goes to a new country he just renames the radio he wants and puts it in the root of his storage card then flashes it until he leaves, then goes on to another Radio. He has a different phone though and as yet the only Radios available for the LEO are stock ones but more should be available soon.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] mskip:
What exact method did you use to flash the Rom? Also are you using the CustomRUU to flash the rom?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] xda_ryanchow:
thanks for your detail explan

very clear and very useful ! very good ! :)

new user of WM HK user ;)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] Ankon:
Thanks for this amazing guide. Now I'm looking for ROM comparisons.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] kayzee:
I created a folder to put CustomRUU and .nbh, and run it....

Is this the right step?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] kurniawan77:
This one should be a sticky!!!!! Moderator?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] Zilas:
Never mind :-) I figured it out... I flashed via SDcard, and I found out that I had to take out the SDcard before resetting the phone... Now everything works perfect :-) Thanks for the time :-)

Have a nice day
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] dodo2244:
Decided to take the plunge (pun intended ;-) and break my flashing virginity. Given the anxiety leading up to my first time, I was bit disappointed - the ground didn't shake or anything - my phone only did a brief vibrate on the soft reset, and the HSPL was over. Just like that, lol. Thanx for the page for us noobs. Will now settle down to an orgy of flashing :-). Just pray I don't catch something along the way ..... Again Thanx a Mill!
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] mskip:
Wow a whole message full of innuendos haha well done :D

The first time is usually over very quick and a bit of a let down to be honest but im sure after a bit of flashing and opening yourself up to new possibilities that you will experience the pleasure the rest of us have come to look forward to ;)

LOL have fun and stay safe :p
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] M0J0 78:
Why do i feel liked I've walked into a Carry On movie all of a sudden?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] dodo2244:
Why do i feel liked I've walked into a Carry On movie all of a sudden?

Yes, an XDA rated Carry On Flashing movie. Would have liked a threesome (winmo and android), but the latter party is, IMO, not yet mature enough. Settled for an Energy ROM Leo for now
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] oneill5000:
Hello.

Sorry for my English.

I want to flashed my HD2.

I have installed HardSPL an have check ist in the Bootload. All ok.

I have downloaded

RUU_Leo_HTC_GER_1.66.407.1_Radio_Signed_15.30.50.0 7U_2.06.51.07_Ship.exe

extract this, rename the RUU_signed.nbh in LEOIMG.nbh, copy it to the FAT32 formatted SDHC Card (16GB).

Then i have power down, start the bootloader, start the update... update wath in progress.

Then came the message "0002802 not allow" and the boolloade screen come back.

Please Help me! What have i make wrong?

At the moment no System can be started... only the Bootloader.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] oneill5000:
Ok i have flash the HardSPL again.

Now starts original windows mobile with Vodafone Branding.

But what is wrong? Is it not possible to flash an original HTC Rom update with SD Card, weh i have an vodafone Branding?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] Durv84:
I also have a HTC HD2 bought from Vodafone.

I flashed my mobile and installed Pandora 1.4 ROM...it was always freezing my Leo every time I looked at docs tab, so I decided to install shipped Leo ROM 1.66 and that is when things went wrong, same problem as you have now, so I downloaded h**p://w w w .4shared.com/file/205652004/1bf6c7ce/RUU_Leo_Vodafone_UK_1434051_Ra.html

aka the original ROM from Vodafone UK and it is working now....but now I am no sure if I wanna try more roms because next time I can be stuck with error screen forever.....:o
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] mskip:
Did you not read the first post on flashing via microsd card?

If you flash a stock rom (original rom) via microsd card then it will overwrite your HardSPL with a stock spl. This method should ONLY be used if you want to send your phone back and need everything back to how it was when you bought it.

Once you have HardSPL on your phone then you can just sync your phone and pc and then run the exe to flash the stock rom and preserve your HardSPL.

If you cannot boot into Windows Mobile but still have HardSPL on your phone then download a CUSTOM rom and flash the nbh file via microsd card to get your phone bootable again and then you can flash the stock rom via activesync.

People have used the microsd card flashing method with the new 2.07 test rom and have now bricked their phone. DO NOT DO THIS!!
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] Durv84:
@mskip

I believe you got your device from Vodafone too...so I need some help here. (I think it is not relevant but as a noob I am gonna be biased)

I have tried to flash the Duttys_Leo_Sense_2.5_5.2.21891.5.0.88_2.07_HG_V0.7_Leo_Radio_2.07.50.27_2_WWE on my device just now and failed...I believe it is because it is based on 1.66 or 2.07 like you said...

I was just wondering which ROMs can a original 1.43 device can safely flash.

I wanted to try Dutty or Miri ROMs cos I have a feeling they are more stable, faster, bugs free and not just facelift and lots of bugs like others I have tried so far...

I would appreciate if you could set me in the right direction, thanks.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] mskip:
Have you flashed HardSPL to your device yet? That needs to be done before you can flash any custom rom, then you should have no problems with anything. I just flashed duttys 2.07 rom this morning with no problems. If you already have HardSPL then please detail what you are doing and where its going wrong.

Duttys latest rom is working perfectly so far just for your info ;)

Mark.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] Durv84:
I did the HSPL days ago followed all the steps...I had Pandora 1.4 on....I am currently back to Shipped ROM Vodafone UK 1.43...and I did not remove the SPL to before HSPL either.

I tried SD flash Dutty V0.7 and it always got stucked in loading...
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] Durv84:
Should I HardSPL again?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] Durv84:
I am trying Active Sync now and so sign of change...progress bar empty and percentage stuck at 0%...:confused:
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] Durv84:
I think I found the problem...because I flashed a shipped ROm from SD card now my SPL is gone so I am gonna do HardSPL again and try Active Sync Dutty 2.07...
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] Durv84:
yep....upgrading now....that did it...just have to wait and see if it actually worked. :D
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] Durv84:
:Dyep, all great:D
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] mskip:
Glad it went through ok I figured that you didnt have HardSPL installed on your phone.

Be very careful when flashing stock roms via microsd card as they will overwrite your existing HardSPL with the stock spl that comes with the stock rom. If you had flashed a newer stock rom then you could be left with a stock spl that you cant overwrite with HardSPL and no way back.

Happy flashing :)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] Azerox:
Qeustion:

I put in the new ROM from HTC and the original SPL, but its saying its SPL version 1.66 now, this doesnt avoid warrenty is it?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] Azerox:
Ow i see, mskip already gave the answer :D

Too bad, well guess ill be stucked to SPL 1.66 till new HSLP is devved :D
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] mskip:
If your phone is an unbranded sim free phone without contract then if you installed the official rom release from htc your warranty should still be intact as you arent locked to a vendors rom. If you are on contract with a provider and you flashed the rom via HardSPL on a microsd card then the warranty will be voided.

If you have a goldcard image from before HardSPL was released then yo ushould be able to flash back a stock 1.43 rom and reinstall HardSPL.

If not then you can still flash custom roms via SSPL but you will have to wait for a newer HardSPL to be released to get HardSPL back on your phone.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] Azerox:
Thanks.

I have a phone without contract, just a htc model not branded, so i can use the offical htc roms from htc website.

Now i used to use HSPL and a Custom ROM from the website, but then i saw a new ROM on the NLD website, and wanted to try it, so i flashed my boot to SPL again with the methode described in this topic (sd format fat32 etc) and ofc the official ROM that comes with it.

This went well and my phone is working oke, but now want to use some of the other ROMs again cause im not satisfied with the speed of my current ROM. (so tip: dont change to the 1.66 nld version, imho not tht good)

Now i checked the bootloader and it is saying:

PB81100 HX-BC

SPL-1.66.0000 XE

MicroP(LED) 0x05

MicroP(TOUCH) 0x30

This is not the same as described in this topic, and thats why im affraid to flash my ROM, cause i dont know what will happen ;) (and not intending to brick it)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] mskip:
You can always attempt to install the HardSPL, if it doesnt like your SPL version then it will fail the install long before anything goes on your phone. I have no idea if a new HardSPL is being made or when it will be done so I guess its a waiting game for you.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] Azerox:
Thanks for the fast replys.

Ill try later on, maybe when some exeptional build is released :D
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] zingle:
Thank you so much for making my first flash easy (although still left me flapping a bit lol)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] samsamuel:
Just for future reference, and for other people reading this, you did not need to instal the NLD version via SD card, you could have simply run it from your pc over USB, exactly teh same as any custom rom, and it would have installed the NLD version and left HSPL installed too.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] Lightning1987:
What can you do if you spl is 1.66 and its impossible to get it back :(..

All roms doesnt work :(
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] mskip:
Some people think that a newer SPL means everything will run faster and SPL may well be faster in some respects but you have to be prepared for the fact that you may not be able to get back to HardSPL in the future.

Im not naming any names but I have the impression that alot of noobs arent doing the research and reading all the information required before flashing and just jumping straight in without thinking about the consequences.

Ohh well nothing new there :rolleyes:
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] mskip:
If you cant flash back to SPL 1.43 by flashing a Stock 1.43 Rom via microsd card then your only option is to flash custom roms via SSPL and wait until a newer HardSPL is developed to cope with the newer versions of SPL.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] samsamuel:
Absolutely. In my opinion protecting SPL is THE number 1 priority, which is why the only time I will use an sd card to flash is if it has my stock rom on it.

Can't help but chuckle ever so slightly at the rash of 'oh i'm stuck in SPL 2.0x after flashing an unknown test rom with sd card' threads that are suddenly appearing.

heh, nothing new under the sun.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] mskip:
This is the first phone I have written a guide for that has used a stock rom on the storage card to put a stock SPL back on the phone so if people are coming from other HTC devices I can kind of understand why the mistakes are being made.

That said I have added a warning in the "flashing a rom via microsd card" steps to warn people about the dangers of flashing a newer rom using that method.

Even though noone will take any notice of it and the new threads pleading for help will still appear lol.

Personally I believe that any new stock rom thats published on here should come with a severe warning in big bold letters telling people not to flash via microsd card.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] samsamuel:
I got caught out with an elf because I didn't have a stock rom, and no means to make a goldcard, so i was extra careful before i started flashing this one.

The main problem i see over the coming weeks/months is that the HD2 will potentially be one of the first WM phones with real mass market appeal to people with zero flashing experience, and so I expect to see a whole swathe of 'oh, my phone is bricked, is there an app for that?' threads, and potentially lots of REALLY unhappy people blaming chefs and anyone else they can vent their fury at for their own lack of research.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] fazz:
A n00b that's not so n00b [^_^]

I'm a little confused with the terms SPL, SSPL and HardSPL, where can I find out more details on these and the differences, as I'm still not following it all.

Also, if I update the Radio ROM, will that erase anything on the phone or do nothing, as it's a separate ROM?

Sounds odd, after saying the above, but I have been using a HTC Touch HD for just over a year and flash it with a new ROM every few weeks. I managed to do all this via W7x64 during the days when getting it to work through W7x64 was difficult, but still managed and again flash it regularly with my favourite choice. However, I still haven't a clue what 'exactly' I'm doing and why it works the way it does. I guess I just want to understand it all better and more clearly.

Reading someone else's English on these Forums are not always straight forward because of abbreviations or bad English, so any guides, not just uploaded videos would be appreciated.

Lastly, I've been flashing from my 'SD memory card' for most of the above and of course, never had a problem at all, but I see that there are consequences that I'm open too, but unsure what these are exactly? Why is it such a huge difference from doing it via a USB connection sync'd with Windows?

Thanks and sorry to be so dull, but thought I should at least ask, as my HTC HD2 is 'finally' arriving in the next day or so and would like to make sure I treat it right and flash it safely.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] knobbyhtccruise:
O2 ...

Hi

i've read and read and read again, the posts re: flashing.

It all seems quite straight forward - HSPL, download rom, sync ... etc.

So, will my leo coming from o2 in two weeks allow me to simply HSPL, then grab the latest stable rom (probably a stock htc) and bung it on ?

Am i missing something ?

Cheers

:confused:
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] mskip:
Ok here goes in laymans terms :)

SPL (secondary program loader) is part of the firmware that allows your phone to flash Roms, Radios, Splash Screens. Carrier locked so you can only use it to flash Roms from your own carrier.

SSPL (soft secondary program loader) is a temporary way to allow your phone to flash custom roms only (not radios). This doesnt give your phone the protection that HardSPL gives you.

HardSPL (as the name sugests) is installed permanently and allows you to flash anything to your phone. Its patched to protect you against bricking in the event of a bad flash and will let you get back into the bootloader to restore your system when a stock SPL wont. Always the best thing to have.

The Radio is sperate from the Rom and will not overwrite anything else. You do not have to Hard Reset after flashing a Radio and can flash Radios safely from microsd card.

The main difference with the HD2 is that flashing any rom via microsd card is the method used to put your phone back to stock condition. Flashing a stock rom via microsd card will overwrite your rom, radio, splashscreen and SPL with the ones included on the stock rom. With previous devices I believe the HardSPL couldnt be overwritten this way but as bepe developed this version it must have been done differently. Stock Roms can safely be flashed via activesync and this method will flash the Rom, Radio and SPlashscreen but will not overwrite the HardSPL with a Stock SPL.

No problem I hope I answered any questions you have. Im sure you will love your phone and if you have any more questions or problems then feel free to ask :)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] misstlo:
forgive me if it's been asked before, I've trawled through a few posts and can't see anything but ....

I've HSPL'd (if that's a term :-)) and installed 1.66 on a vodafone stock HD2, no probs with that. I just want to get an memory card ready with the vodafone stock 1.43 on it to lock way and put in a drawer ready for if I ever need it. I've downloaded the exe rom and renamed it to .zip but can't get it to unzip. I always get an error that the zip file is not valid or corrupt using both winzip and windows xp standard zipp app.

Has anyone any pointers please????

Thanks
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] mskip:
Double post
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] mskip:
When you get your phone then go into the bootloader and note the SPL version. As long as that version is SPL 1.42 then you can install HardSPL and flash whatever rom you want (I advise doing it via activesync).
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] mskip:
If you cant extract the nbh file using winzip then I would try redownloading it if I was you as it seems like the download was corrupted.

Download sources for Stock 1.43 Rom:

Leo 1.43 ROMs

NLD - Rapidshare

WWE - Rapidshare

WWE (part1) - 4Shared WWE (part2) - 4Shared

WWE - Rapidshare (again)

French
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] misstlo:
thanks mskip, will try again from one of the other sources. I tried the standard 1.43 and the vodafone 1.43 from 4shared and got the same error on both. they look ok they as I started to run the exes to check and they went through the standard install for the rom via active sync but I stopped before the connection to the phone.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] mskip:
What program are you using to try and unzip the file?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] misstlo:
I tried the standard one that comes with Windows XP first and then downloaded winzip and tried that as well one just in case. Didn't have time to download again last night so will kick it off when I get home later. They are renaming to zip files without any problems (renamed in dos to get rid of the .exe altogether) and winzip automatically tries to unzip them.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] mskip:
Ok let me know how you get on.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] fazz:
Cheers Mark!

Thanks for the 'stupid human' version of most of this for me, which I was guessing pretty much as you explained, but you've helped clear it up a little. A little of course, as I'm still not 100%... typical I know... but will attempt to update my HTC HD2 now, which finally arrived this morning and follow the procedures step-by-step and try understand what exactly I'm doing, rather than just do it blindly, as I did with my HTC Touch HD over a year ago. [^_^]

The current ROM on the unit is from 24th Dec'2009 and although the unit runs OK, it still a little sloppy manoeuvring through the menus and the HTC SMS is slow still, so hopefully a cooked ROM with help.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] knobbyhtccruise:
O2

Thanks MSKIP, will have a go when I get one, apparantly O2 take ages to OK a new rom so i'll go the impatient route !

Cheers for all the good advise :)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] mwboy:
Need to renstall all the fixes after flashing a custom rom?

This will be my first rom flash for my HD2 but before flashing, I would like to know if I need to reflash those fixes such as the camera fix, AGPS fix, sms fix from HTC after flashing a custom rom with hardspl?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] knobbyhtccruise:
I think its in the description of the rom that you choose, the chef normally mentions the hotfixes in the roms thread
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] mskip:
Ok let me know how you get on with everything :)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] mskip:
Any custom rom that is based on 1.66 or later will have all the hot fixes included in the rom so you dont have to worry about reinstalling all the hotfixes. All the reputable chefs will make sure everything is up to date and that you have pretty much everything you need included in their rom.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] fazz:
ROM's away!

Hey Mark, all is well so far and the whole thing was extremely easy in comparison to my HTC Touch HD that I did over a year ago, which was a lot more difficult and with Windows 7 (early days) in that mix, made it a little... fun!

Thanks again for your time. My advise to other would be simply be read Bepe's words carefully and all will be KooL and issue-less! [^_^]

Haven't used a Dutty ROM in ages, but I'm back to his fine work (will have to make another donation to him shortly), however I'm hoping to see a more recent XannyTech ROM soon, as I like his work equally and more so on my old HTC Touch HD. \{^_^}/
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] mwboy:
Thanks for the info. Just 1 more question before flashing, do I need to get a copy of my old rom(1.48.8.32.1(71294)CHT) before doing it since I can flash back to my old rom if need be.

I tried to find in the official rom thread but can't seem to find any, any ideas will be appriciated.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] jacko20jj:
just flashed...

I have just flashed to rom 1.66 yet can not get any gprs or recieve any

settings for it my wifi works fine and so does everything else I just carnt get

t mobile internet to work ? Do i need to set up the settings manually via set

up data connection? If so where do i get the settings from to do this? I am

tottally confused... Thanks for any help
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] mskip:
You can usually find your official rom in your providers support site. Failing that just try googling the rom version or download the closest stock rom that you can find. I think most of the HD2 roms are stock apart from maybe o2. Storing a copy of your original rom or the nearest match is a good idea just in case you need to go back to stock for warranty purposes.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] mskip:
Try installing the HTC Connections Setup wizard attached and then run it from the settings, connections screen to set up your internet and messaging settings.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] Fame123:
Hi

Which is the best rom out there currently which close matches the OEM rom(s) but with some additonal tweaks like the following:

1. Increased battery life

2. latest upgrade of WinMo

3. Better reception

4. Faster

5. RAM Increase

6. ROM Increase

7. Additional essential tweaks in terms of utilities and/or web browser tweaks.

Many Thanks.