yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] M0J0 78:
i should finally be picking up one of these little bad boys tomorrow. I asked last week if anyone knew if T Mobile (UK) were using SPL 2.xxx as standard yet. If so i would be put off as its a complete biatch to flash.

If there is anyone who has picked up a T mob (UK) HD2 in the last couple of days it would be great if you could confirm what SPL it came with. Please be 1.42, pleeeeeeeease!!!
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] robertsmith1873:
Hi,

can you help me with a T-mobile stock ROM 1.43.110.2(70315)WWE

just in case.

Thanks
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] mskip:
Can i help you how exactly?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] mskip:
Even if it does has spl v2, and im not even sure if they do or not, then you can still flash custom roms using sspl as alot of us did until HardSPL was released. You can also still goldcard your device with an older stock rom to downgrade your spl but there is a fee for that now and im not quite sure how much they are charging.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] rob_rage:
Prefered ROM

I have flashed HSPL onto my HD2 and as I cannot use the official HTC ROM update because it will not accept my serial No. I was wondering what is the best custom ROM to flash ?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] ephestione:
Thank you mskip for continuing support in this thread. I am not quite sure if this question would be more suited in the MTTY thread, but I chose this one over that, because it's oriented to "noobs" in the first place, and the question is still regarding the flash of custom roms.

I just recently discovered the hard-reset "feature" of the HD2 by lurking the forums, and since I would pretty much like to AVOID the mtty procedure, for various reasons spanning from "it's too dam long to apply" to "my guts tell me I am digging too much deep in the device if I do that".... do you have solid proof that flashing a stock rom inbetween custom roms avoids the "hardreset feature" altogether?

I am taking for a given that a manual hard-reset is to be triggered after each flash anyway, be it of the stock or the custom rom.

Also, if the answer to the first question is "yes" (and I am counting on it), could you foolproof the following procedure and tell me if it correctly does the task without touching the HSPL already installed?

(device with previous custom rom to be updated is the starting point)

1) Flash the .nbh file from stock rom using CustomRUU

2) Hard reset

3) Flash the radio required by the custom rom we are going to put in the device

4) Hard reset

5) Flash the .nbh file of the custom rom with CustomRUU

6) Hard reset

7) Restore with pimbackup sashimi or possible other means

Is it going to avoid the risk of random hard-resets without having to follow MTTY thread, and still keeping Cotulla's HSPL in place?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] rob_rage:
I got my T Mob HD2 a couple of weeks ago and yes it does have 1.42 SPL, I have now flashed my handset with HSPL and new ROM as the T Mob software is crap, I had a crackling speaker, loud volume etc but now works like a dream with 1.66 ROM :D
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] M0J0 78:
Right. Picked one of these badboys up today ROM = 1.43 ROM and spl = 1.42. The only little query i have is that its SPL 1.42.0000 XE. Its the "XE" I haven't seen before. am I okay to proceed with this?

By the way. Over the phone, as i have 1/2 price line rental (friends & family), they quoted me £190 for the upgrade (some may recall my horrorin a nother thread). I went to the shop and got talking to the guy. i asked if there was anything he could do on the price. After fiddling with his system he came back and quoted £50!!!!!. Yep your read that right, £50!!!. Moral of story. Don't upgrade over the phone. go to your local shop, sweet talk the assistant and there are rules they can bend to get u a considerable discount (this was on a upgrade / renewal). It actually cost me £60 as i slipped him a tenner under the counter as a huge "thank you" :D
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] bnadir55:
Original language Q

Hi , im new in this ....

small Qs , does my original language going to be deleted once i complete the ROM? + what are the benefits if ill do this compared to my original that i have from the supplier?

Thx!
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] adjp01:
Help!!

Hi i'm new, i have been trying to hspl my hd2 but my usb connection drops out as soon as it starts to install.

i have vista and run wmdc but somehow also have a sync centre that picks it up first.

does anyone know how i can turn off the sync centre to load on the hspl?

hope that makes sence.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] mskip:
What exactly do you mean by the hard reset feature?

Flashing a stock rom will usually fix any problems you might have as it will put everything back to factory settings and give you a good base to start again with. I wouldnt say that you need to do it between every rom flash though (although some people do advise it) but I have never had any problems and must have flashed 20 different custom roms since getting my HD2.

As long as you flash via activesync then the HardSPL wont be touched, its only removed if you flash a stock rom via microsd card. You dont need to hard reset after flashing a radio, and some roms are including radios now such as duttys latest holy grail which im now using. Other than that everything looks fine.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] mskip:
Yes you are fine to HardSPL your device and start flashing whatever rom you wish. Glad it came with the lower version rom, the 2.02 roms must be for usa tmobiles.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] M0J0 78:
Yeah man. All done. such a simple process. i'm on dutty 1.5 but it doesn't have the document preview tab. anyone know a good rom where i can have this functionality?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] mskip:
Roms are available in many languages so you can easily find one in the language you need or even flash a different language if thats what you want.

The advantages of flashing a custom rom over a stock rom are numerous. A faster more stable operating system, no junk or bloatware, more available space as the files for manilla are compressed which gives around an extra 80MB device memory over a stock rom, the latest version of packages and extra programs added to give more functionality. I could go on but I think you get my point lol.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] mskip:
Dutty's Leo Sense 2.5 Holy Grail V0.6 is built on 2.02 rom and has the document tab included. It also has the 576MB Ram included and is very stable and fast. I havent had a problem with it so far, there is a link to it in my signature if you are interested.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] ephestione:
Thanks, you gave me quite some good news. I had no idea about the random hard resets people had been reporting, until the chef of my favourite rom (ax*lor) before his V5 upgrade advised about the possibility of getting the hard resets due to the device "safety" settings, and to follow the MTTY method to clean the problem. Since you are reporting instead no such occurrence, I think I may as well be less paranoid... even if I will still flash a stock rom inbetween to be sure. 15 more minutes are not going to kill me... :D
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] mskip:
Vista does have problems with installing HardSPL. The easiest thing would be to do the HardSPL on a pc with either xp or windows7 32bit and then you can flash custom roms and radios using the microsd card.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] mskip:
You never know what might happen in 15 minutes lol :rolleyes:

I must be one of the lucky ones as I have flashed most of the custom roms available from laurentious, dutty miri and L3V5y and have never experienced any hard reset problem. It wont do any harm to flash stock rom in between custom roms but really theres no reason to if everything is running fine, usually a hard reset after flashing a custom rom is all thats needed to make sure everything runs as it should.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] rzasharp:
Hello all. I was very pleased with the appreciation I got from the first two guides, so I added a newer graphic to my guide with a even more important question...

Should I flash another ROM?

Discussion about the latest stock 1.66 ROM here in XDA.

Videos from Pocketnow.com about features of Windows Mobile 6.5.3

Videos from Phonescoop about features of Windows Mobile 6.5.3

Videos from Pocketnow.com about Landscape features of Manila

Videos from Pocketnow.com about New Document Tab of Manila

Read the rest in this thread
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] [★]:
Cool, good work man ^_^ But might I suggest not scaring people so much

about flashing HSPL :D It only taks about 20 minutes to remove and isnt too much of a big deal, lets not scare the noobs ;)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] M0J0 78:
i tried that one but didn't ;ike the big buttons at the bottom of the screen.

I do have a problem though and i'm not sure if it's to do with Duttys 1.5 WWE i'm currently using.

I can't receive my emails. i have a sky.com account and have tried everything thing. My password is correct SMPT and POP3 are entered correctly but its still not syncing. In fact it can't even recognise sky.com when trying to do run through the automatic set up. Is this because of Dutty's ROM or is it another issues. Some help on this would be greatly appreciated as the phone is pretty useless is i can't receive emails.

Cheers
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] blackbird9669:
problem during installing hspl

hello, i try to install hspl on my leo but i always have an error msg "error code 0x80003f".everything goes write till the beginning of the installation, the device is in bootloader mode,usb connect appears and a bit time later the error msg appears.i use seven64 bits and wmdc 6.1, i've tried on vista, same msg.i don't know w:confused:hat to do.thanks for answers
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] mskip:
If you can use a pc with either windows xp or windows 7 32bit then you shouldnt have any problems. Im not sure why it has problems with vista and windows7 64 bit, maybe driver issues, but sometimes it works and sometimes it doesnt. Other than that I cant really sugest anything as its a known problem. Sorry.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] blackbird9669:
thanks for:) the answer i will try on xp.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] mskip:
Let me know how you get on :)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] blackbird9669:
ok using windows xp i succeed in installing hspl, it has worked, thanks:D
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] Azerox:
Little Qeustion:

Why to Hard Reset with Sim AND M-SD inserted (to clear all left over from last ROM).

Cause it will clear ALL personal data ... wont i lose alot of things on my SD/SIM?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] ephestione:
no you will not, hard reset only clears the ROM dataspace and nothing else.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] rzasharp:
Well, you are totally right :), but the fact is that I have the feeling that people, especially newbies should really use their devices for a month or so, just to make sure it's not flawed. It's actually quite easy to flash HSPL & cooked ROMs, but some basic information are usually ignore, for example the fact that flashing from SD card might install SPL 2.00 (which ruins everything, at least for now). Another example: the fact that it's not easy at all for a newbie to make a backup of a carrier ROM, just in case somebody wants to return the phone to its original state.

You might (or not) have noticed how easily we all answer "flash HSPL it will solve all your problems" for simple questions in the "general discussion" threads. Might be easy and all, for us tweakers, but most people might not be ready to go for it... HD2 will become a very popular device, I believe (just watch the statistics of XDA since a couple of weeks), so this will be the first WM and first HTC device for a lot of people, like myself. The more we make it simple, the more newbies might finish up in a dead-end, which I would really feel bad if it happens because of me. Maybe simple tweaks can solve many problems! Maybe a whole ROM install might be unnecessary for simple requests!

The point with most guides is that newbies tend to skip things they simply don't understand. With a flow chart guide like mine, I believe people really take the whole information and do not skip steps. They know there are many steps they should consider.

Well, that's just the way I see it. Cheers.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] M0J0 78:
I had no issues with vista at all. very simple process.

1) ensure you have the up-to-date Activesync

2) download HSPL and run HSPL.exe

3) follow video links at the beginning of this link for easy guide.

couldn't be easier. I'm running Dutty's 1.5 WWE and working like a charm. I did have an issue with email but called T Mobile (UK) and they walked me through the manual set up process for their proxy server.

All good just need to find some nice apps / game to download (for free ;))
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] M0J0 78:
antone know a good source for hd2 cab files? ;)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] edamduke:
Hi, I'm new to XDA-devs and have been researching into upgrading my HD2 to ROM 1.66 for a while now. I think I have most things sussed thanks to the posts on here :)

Before I go ahead with it, I wanted to make sure I have the files I need to remove HSPL and reinstall the original ROM. I downloaded the 1.43 vodafone ROM and 1.66 WWE ROM from the shared folders. I then changed the extension of the 1.43 ROM to ".zip" to extract the ".nbh" file incase I ever need to remove the HSPL. Unfortunately when I try to open the folder it just says the zip folder is invalid or corrupted. Am I doing something wrong?

Also, will the official 1.66 ROM have Copilot built in? And will all I need to do is to enter my product key to get it working again?

Cheers.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] DarksideChris:
You lot are legends!!!

Got my unlock code from t-mobile this morning, so unlocked without delay.... Wouldn't work with o2 data connection so I looked in the roms section. Instructions were simple, and I had flashed the phone to unbranded rom in a few short minutes, absolutely brilliant!! Can't thank you enough.

All the best,

Chris.

Oh, I may try some cooked roms another time.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] ephestione:
The best thing altogether would be to download an official (officially compatible) update for your phone somewhere on the net. We unlocked users go to HTC website and insert our serial to get the ROM that's sure to be "ok" for our devices, warranty-wise... maybe you have something similar referred to your mobile provider.

Anyway, the ZIP folders of the windows explorer app are not adequate for the purpose, and are also not adequate for "real" zipping, so just download the freeware 7zip which will support zip, rar and 7z files, and most importantly, will let you open the EXE tom update "as archives" (right click), inside a folder named with just spaces you will find the NBH together with other files.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] mskip:
A 'cab' files covers such a huge range of different things from apps and games to screen mods and fixes. Be a bit more specific? And if you are after warez then forums are the place to ask lol.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] M0J0 78:
games and apps please.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] M0J0 78:
okay, i've had my phone for 3 days now and haven't put it down. (do the point where my wife is threatening divorce!).

I have flashed Duttys 1.5 WWE ROM (a process that was incredibly simple [

be sure to do a hard reset after falshing any new ROM

)

I am a bit of a veteran with WinMo and am fully aware of the flaws of the OS. When setting up the phone to how you really want it you have to delve into the dark underbelly of the old set up screens / folders and sub-folders. You can use the ones provided by the Sense GUI but they really doesn't let you do enough tweaking.

Once I set the phone up to exactly how i want it (i.e you don't have to return to the folder trees and cutting / pasting things around) you can pretty much stick with the glossier Sense make over. Since this has been the case the phone has been an absolute pleasure. Lightening quick, super responsive, and i've only had to do a couple of soft resets when i had hundreds of tasks running simultaneously.

This phone is class if you are able to mod / tweak. It gets bad press because out of the box it has its faults - lots of them! This isn't HTCs fault but the phone operators' who stick their crap all over it and weigh it down with their "fatty tissue".

If you are technically savvy or have the patience to become so then this is an amazing phone. If you're looking for mass market appeal then you may not want the head ache some will experience when making the necessary tweaks needed to make this phone run how the manufacturer always intended it to.

don't quite know why i wrote this review as i've never done it before but hope someone out there finds it useful.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] edamduke:
Well after weeks of researching and umming and ehhing, I decided to take the plunge as a noobie to upgrade from my buggy vf 1.43 ROM to the 1.66 WWE ROM.

I am extremely impressed at how quick and easy it was and even more impressed by the speed of the new ROM!

Thank you to all who have made positive contributions to this site/thread, it has made such a difference to my phone.

Like many other frustrated vf customers have already said. "I wish I'd done it sooner!"
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] 55555:
Handy freezeduinf update

Hi!

it seems i have a problem.... I have flahed a lot of roms on my THD and one rom (dutty 1.4) on my HD2 with usb cable. Now im at hollidays and have the problem. Because i have no cardreader odr usb cable herer, i donwloaded the rom (miri 3.0, sense 2.5) directly to my mobile. I unziped it, unnamed it and softreset the phone while holding the vollume button. everything seemed to be ok but after a few seconds (maybe ca. 20%) it stops.

I wait for 30 minutes but nothing happens. So, i decided to take the batterie out and restart the phone. But i cant start. the mobile shows me a triangle with a exclamation mark and goes into the upgrade modus.

i start the update 2 times more, but ist stopped again at the same point.

So it seems i cant start the mobile, i cant finished the upgrade and i cant charge the phone. The battery was during my first try by 69%

Please helped my because im a little bit afraid!

THX in advance!

edit: i have installed hspl.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] mskip:
It seems like either the download was corrupted or whatever program you used to unpack the downloaded file didnt extract the nbh file properly. I have had this happen to a few people before on various phones, you need to download the rom file to a pc and then extract the files on your pc before copying them to your storage card or the file will be corrupted (in my experience).

As long as you have HardSPL you should be able to flash a working rom back to your phone using the correct method but you are going to have to wait until you get access to a pc or you get back home.

I know you want to get the latest roms on your phone as soon as possible but the methods outlined in the first post are tested, safe and working and I wouldnt advise trying anything differently or you could end up with what you have now, a non working phone.

Luckily for you as long as you can get back into the bootloader then everything should work out fine.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] Zilas:
HELP!

Hi there.

I just flashed my HD2 for the first time, and everything went exactly as it should. Booted up after that it just starts up showing some of the buttons. It wont load HTC sense and I cant go into the start menu. I cant really do anything :(

And when I insert my simcard it just keeps on trying to detect it?

Have I done something wrong?

Pleasy help me!

Regards
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] mskip:
I assume you flashed HardSPL first. What Rom did you flash?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] [★]:
Gah :mad:

Lol ok :)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] mskip:
Updated post fully with instructions on using HardSPL for flashing everything :D
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] [★]:
Nice will go check it out, Ive read the other mini guide by bepe but hopefully yours will be more indepth, today is the day I do my first flash :p
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] thomas_pieps:
I've worked some time in a after sales department and thought that I've heard everything till know but this one is a new one and very good one also :)

Thanks for the perfect explanation!

Mods: Sticky??
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] mskip:
To be perfectly honest its the easiest HardSPL flash I have ever done. I think my 2 year old son could do it haha.

Just follow the instructions in my guide and everything will go fine :)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] [★]:
DONT PATRONIZE ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:mad: [lol]

if you want to help me out for 1 last thing, then check out my post on This thread :P
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] bentez2003:
Hi (noob alert),

Does it matter if you want to install the HSPL that you already have the SSPL flashed to it? I checked my SPL version in the bootloader and it is 1.42, but I read somewhere that the SSPL has an SPL of 1.4266 will this be ok?

Thanks
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] TerryChow:
You can also cover it in horse sh*t and state that you're a vet and it stopped working while being talked through a tricky procedure.

You can more or less guarantee that they won't try to scrutinise it
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] mskip:
Taken from my FAQ in post 2 :)

What is a Radio?

The Radio is the Firmware that works between the Operating System and the Cellular Hardware. It handles the Sound, Camera, GPS, Bluetooth, Wifi, Phone Calls, etc. The Radio must be compatable with the ROM's Operating System or you may experience problems with your sound and camera.

To answer your question I love in the UK (east anglia) and for me the best radio is 2.06.51.07. I started with the stock Radio that came with the 1.43 Rom which was the 2.04 radio and it was hopeless in my house with the signal always dropping but since i upgraded to the latest version the signal is good and constant :)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] Ibb1982:
You're a legend mskip, thanks for updating the guide :)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] mskip:
SSPL isnt permanent and will only be on your phone while you flash as it doesnt replace your SPL version. Once you reboot your phone it will go back to the original Stock SPL so its quite safe to go ahead and flash HardSPL :)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] mskip:
Dude thats just WRONGG haha I like the way you think ;)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] [★]:
Ok then, thanks :D Heres a question, is the 2.05 radio compatible with both of those roms I mentioned? because to be honest, I seem to get pretty good reception wherever I go, and Im always able to have a 3g connection, not always hspa but none the less Im pretty please :p, you say its related to the camera as well? Im guessing updating the radio wont change the camera pink splodge error am i right?

Also once ive installed the rom, can I leave the radio for a while, test it, and keep changing it till I have a preferred one, or will an incompatible radio stop the device from starting up?

cheer mskip
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] kayzee:
I've installed HardSPL and flashed a cooked rom

but after finished the installation, the phone keep crash, and I reset it....everytime I reset the phone, it will re-install the rom again....

I tried to flash other cooked rom, still the same!!

I need to flash back to ship rom, then the phone works fine......

Did I get the steps wrong?