yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] mr nick:
Looks like I spoke too soon about this. After a few days use this phone is now giving me more grief than the phone I sent back. The GPS will no longer get a fix - it appears to 'see' the satellites but never locks on and memory card disappears and reappears every couple of minutes. Because of the issue with the memory card it means I can't install any apps onto it otherwise the phone freezes when trying to run one of these apps when the card isn't showing up. I could probably live with the GPS issue as I've got a couple of bluetooth ones that work perfectly well but the memory card problem means that I either can't run TomTom as it can't find the map at startup or it goes missing while I'm navigating.

All a bit of a pity really as the phone seems to run quite smoothly when I don't have a memory card in it and I don't use the GPS - but as the ability to use navigation software on the device was one of the main factors I wanted, it's not really a viable workaround :( .

**EDIT**

I seem to have sorted the memory card issue (hopefully I'm not jinxing myself by saying that!). The phone came with a snide 'no-name' 2Gb card in it but I have swapped it for a Kingston 4Gb SDHC one I found in a drawer and so far so good - no freezes and no disappearing card. Still no joy on the GPS though - and a new issue has just thrown itself up too. It seems the G-Sensor has now developed an issue but I'm not sure what the root cause is. When I go into the G-Sensor settings and try and calibrate it, I get an error telling me I need to select at least one option - even though I have a few selected. I'm guessing this is more a software issue rather than hardware but I could be wrong. The G-Sensor has worked well straight from the off so I don't know what has caused it to mess up at this point.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] Sonic999:
What software are you using for the GPS? Maybe it's a software issue. Try the included software, "Visual GPS", that only shows your position and the satellites. If that one works fine, it's the software you're using that's causing the problem.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] Maetel:
I need the 6.5 English rom for my t5353, because in DVD i have o nly the chinese rom, where i find the rom in this format ? :

img541.imageshack.us/img541/5852/90839451.jpg
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] cybermaus:
Probably in this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=618132&page=2
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] mr nick:
This phone doesn't have 'Visual GPS' installed by default - it just has something called 'GPS Settings' which is similar but much less comprehensive. I explained in a earlier reply how this bit of software has never actually got a fix but TomTom did and worked very accurately. However, a few days later when I fired up TomTom it refused to get a fix. I have left it sat on a chair in the middle of my garden with sleep disabled for approx 60 minutes and no fix. I have two BT GPS units which both get a fix within seconds of being turned on so I know for a fact that satellite coverage is very good. I have even installed Visual GPS and within about 5 seconds of starting the application it tells me there are 12 satellites in view but it never gets a fix. If I put the 'radar' screen on and keep an eye on it, the satellites will have a tendency to jump very erratically every couple of minutes even though the phone is sat dead still.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] mr nick:
WooHoo! I just checked back on my phone and it has finally got a fix. It's taken about 90 minutes and almost a full battery to get there but it got there eventually. It still seems a bit erratic but I'll go for a ride an a bit and see if it settles down.

I'm now so close to having a 'perfect' phone - just need to figure out what's happened to the G-Sensor now. I spoke to the seller last night and they told me they were waiting for their engineers to turn up so they could try and figure it out. As I said earlier, it was working fine but then for some reason just stopped. Can't think of anything that's changed other than messing with GPS settings and swapping memory cards but now this is what I see if I try to change any settings:
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] Sonic999:
Ok, great! About the g-sensor, I guess they'll just tell you to reset the phone back to factory settings (Start-->Settings), or do a hard reset (button combination).
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] mr nick:
The GPS still isn't fantastic - it takes about 15 minutes in open air to get a fix each time I want to use it and it seems to refuse to get a fix while on the move which is a bit of a pain but I'm hoping it'll get better once it's been used a bit. I started out losing signal while I was riding every couple of minutes but after about 20 minutes it seemed to settle down and be pretty stable so I can live with it.

As for the G-Sensor, I already did the hard reset using both methods you describe but neither of them made any difference and I get the error message straight from the off. I could understand if it had never worked but being as it did work when I first used the phone I can't understand why it doesn't after a hard reset - unless the seller added any drivers or software before shipping it. Only time will tell I guess.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] mr nick:
I guess the biggest problem is figuring out exactly what rom will suit your phone. When I originally orderd my T5353+ I was sent a phone that was badged as a T5355+ but was assured that the reason for the name change was purely for terms of legal compliance. I was guaranteed that the phone was a T5353+ and that the spec was exactly right. Because I was having a lot of grief with it they sent me a rom which was actually named FLASH_T5355+(2).bin which was a bit odd being as I was told that the phone had only had a sticker change and nothing more. Anyway, I flashed the phone and it was the exact same image as was already on the phone and it continued to crash all the time so the seller agreed to change it.

I have considered reflashing my T5388++ to see if I can get the G-Sensor working again but I'm wary of the amount of roms out there. I have found three that all claim to be for T5388++ in English but being as there seem to be so many variations of the T5388++ phone out there I'm reluctant to use any of them.

If you want to consider using the rom I was sent for my old phone which was alleged to be a T5353+ then you're welcome to try it. I can tell you that everything worked OK - the GPS was far superior to what I'm getting on the T5388++. The only problem was that the phone kept having memory errors.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] cybermaus:
Hi Mr Nick

just a question, are you using the A-GPS? I did find that without A-GPS, it takes a lot longer to get a fix. It was one of my worries when they introduces A-GPS several years ago, that they would stop making proper standalone GPS.

I tried a few times without, it does get a fix, but takes a long time. Not 90 minutes long, but 10-15 sometimes, yes, especially if its a new day, and the almanac needs renewing. I decided to yield, and have the data connection on now. Its 'only' about 1.5 K every time.

As to the G-Sensor, no idea, sorry.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] mr nick:
Yes I tried it with A-GPS on and off and there was seemingly no difference in the take taken to get a fix. Ordinarily once a GPS has got it's first fix, the subsequent ones are generally pretty quick unless you moved a few hundred km's from where you last had a fix. I'll stick with it and see how it goes for now - I'm hoping it will improve and I've always got my BT GPS to fall back on should I need it.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] sulaimanhakh:
T5358+ and Manila

Does anyone know how I can install manila on the T5358+?
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] Maetel:
I have a t5353 (first Dual Boot WM/Android), i need the english version of Windows Mobile 6.5 in this format or a guide to convert to this format :

BootImage.nb0 (896k)

convert.bin (87,961k) The windows Image

EBOOT.BIN (641k)

fdesc.cnf

LOGO.BIN (185k)

Obm.bin (22k)

To flash is easy i only put the files on microsd hold volume down and power and the flash begin, but i only have the Chinese rom :mad:

Awaiting a link, thak´s :)
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] soul_train:
Can you get us some more details about that?
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] chchyong89:
Hi, is it T5353+ can't support touchflo 3D? , i need the best ROM to flash my T5353+ :confused:
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] mr nick:
Well, just a mysteriously as it stopped working, the G-Sensor has kicked back into life. The only change I have made this time around was the installation of SPB Wireless Monitor (to see what was happening with the A-GPS) and when I started TomTom up the screen rotated so it looks things are back to normal - for now at least ;)

As for the A-GPS, it pulls in 1.1K of data and the log file says it has got a position but this doesn't seem to get passed to the GPS and it still takes an age for me to get a fix. Guess I'll just have to carry my BT unit with me as a safeguard.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] cmd77:
android

does anybody has the android rom for t5353?
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] binary_vortex:
T5358+ wm6.5

Hi.

i do have a Chinese clone T5358+ with WM6.1 on it and i would like to ask if someone has tried to upgrade its ROM to WM 6.5 or even a different OS.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] sulaimanhakh:
mine came with 6.5 and im pretty sure u can find the ROM somwere around here
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] yfchen1988:
Question about Diamond 2 (T5360) flashing RADIO

My cell phone brand is Diamond 2 (T5360).It is a special for India.No 3G.Only one camera.I have unlocked the Hard SPL 1.83.But in many forums,many threads reported that the RADIO of this special version TOPAZ is so different with the other TOPAZs.It can only be sent to the Care Center in India to update adn flash the RADIO.I am not sure.Anyone who can give me some details?Thanks.

Btw,I have already flashed the non-offical ROMs.:p
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] yfchen1988:
no answers?
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] cybermaus:
If you were able to update with HardSPL, then in all likelyhood it is a real Diamond2, and this clone-thread is not the right place for you to ask. Try the real Topaz forums.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] binary_vortex:
someone please!
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] yfchen1988:
clone-thread?What's your meaning?I never consider my TOPAZ as a clone TOPAZ.

more details?
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] mr nick:
That's exactly what he's saying - because your device

ISN'T

a clone then you have posted in the wrong place - this discussion is purely for the cheap Chinese knock-offs (read the title - HTC Diamond2

Clone

Models Info ) so you're better of posting your question in the correct forum.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] Maetel:
In my mobile DVD (T5353 Double OS WM 6.5/Android) i have the Chinese WM rom in this format :

img541.imageshack.us/img541/5852/90839451.jpg

I want the english rom in this format or how to convert to this, the image of WM is the "convert.bin" file.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] crzygrmn:
when i get my t5353++ from panda next week , i try to back it up ( if it comes in English);)! How is the android on that phone?:confused:
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] Maetel:
I waiting your backup !

The android in this chinese systems is very bad, is slow (a little fast if you install in internal memory) don´t have Store ( and you can´t install) and some applications don´t work.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] soul_train:
Can you plz upload windows mobile 6.5 and android...

Are you sure this is for T5353 not T5353++ or something like that?

How do you put android on mobile? Is windows 6.5 in FLASH.DIO format?

Thank you for a light of hope for our poor T5353
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] crzygrmn:
Well the store says is T5353++ wm6.5 + Android2.0!

We know for sure when DHL comes tomorow or sunday!

Just lett me fiddel arround for a few hours, so i can figure out how to backup:o!

Does any body know or have an idea, how to backup?
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] bravo2zero:
Can somebody tell me if there is cab installer for the touchflo manila 2d/3d that works on the T5388++?
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] crzygrmn:
If chines copy Try to search chines websites with google translator!

Im sure you will find somthing!
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] soul_train:
It's not that easy. Even allmighty google has problems when translating from Chinese to Eng. And EVEN if you find something for your clone topaz you will probably have to register to download it and that is quite imposible with translate program.

I guess we need a middle man that talks both Eng and China languages...

Until then we with T5353 (not + or ++) clones are stuck with stock win 6.1

But thanks crzygrmn for a second of happynes in previous 2 posts.

:)
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] darkkon:
T5353+ is a great phone!

Hi,

to anyone considering buying a HTC clone I highly recommend the T5353+ .It does everything it promises flawlessly and even more!

Phone signal is excellent everywhere.

Wifi is perfect.

Camera is 3 MP but no flash so only for good lighted objects

GPS is perfect. I have installed TomTom with all Europe maps, Destinator 9 and Miomap 2008...all working like a charm! Only Igo8 goes on a restart loop when it autodetects the GPS but 3 out of 4 is more than excellent!

Screen is an awesome 800X480.

SPB mobile shell 3.5 functions without a single problem.

G-sensor works with games and supporting software.

Came with a 8GB memory card!!!

ROM is English V02.00 never updated it since I bought it last January although seller send me a backup of it. Hope that helps anyone in a dilemma
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] Sonic999:
Yeah, but there's two reports of bad reception and can't send sms properly. So the devices aren't flawless... you got lucky everything works just fine. I'm still trying to figure out what to do to fix those problems.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] cranico:
PLEASE, upload this rom! I'm looking for it long time! T.T
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] Sonic999:
I already did. Check back my posts.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] agferreira:
Touch Diamond2 clone T5353 won't work

I bought a Diamond2 clone T5353 some time ago because of the gps I needed, but now I don't need it anymore and I gave it to my son. We had to go to my son's network company center to configure the internet and mms and they said that with the windows it had (Wm6.1) it wasn's possible to configure the mms, so I contacted the seller, because he now sells the same product but with Wm6.5, to send me the link to install the rom in the phone.

This rom inverted the colors of the phone, I looked for other roms and I found some in the forum, the 1st one, to test, was one with Wm6.5 + TouchFlo Chinese, it worked perfectly, then I installed other, don't remember which one, that made the phone stop at "Touch Diamond2" screen for 10min. I tried to turn off but it wouldn't let, last resort, I removed the battery and now it won't turn on, when connected to the power or pc the small light is always off, tried hard reset (Vol Up + Vol Down + Power) but nothing happens.

Hope someone can help me!
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] Maetel:
I look all of your posts in forun and can´t find the link.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] Sonic999:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=6055834&postcount=199

Those are chinese roms, only language is chinese... so be warned. I've tried them... and they also lack some functions like g-sensor, camera, etc.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] JOSERODR:
I'm sorry someone can help me in install a sense 2.5 in my diamond 2

I'm sorry for the questionas I will do, I'm very new in installing ROM. Actualy I would like to know how can I install the manila 2.5 in my DIAMOND 2.

1) How can I install the new ROM? it's only transfer to de micro sd card and execute or what can I do?

2) how can I make a backup of my ROM before installing the new one?

If someone can help me or send me a link I would be very grateful.

My device informations are:

ROM VERSION: 1.39.421.0 (47382) WWE

ROM DATE: 04/07/2009

RADIO VERSION: 3.43.25.19

PROTOCOL VERSION: 61.20t.25.10u
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] cybermaus:
Your best (and probably only) chance is to reflash one of the ROMS that you know did work. If/when you have it working with the Chinese TouchFlo, you can go forward again.

About the one with the inverted colors: Did that also stay inverted after a sleep cycle? I know the WM6.5 had a different wau of initializing the screen pallette, the real HTC models also had this when you upgraded to WM6.5, but if you allowed the phone to sleep and wake, it was gone.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] cybermaus:
Wrong thread, this one is only for clone lookalike phones.

Try http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=509708

and http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=562942
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] mr nick:
@cybermaus

Going back to when you posted the above details about G-Sensor operation, did you do anything other than drop the HTCAPI.dll file into Windows and the install the HTCGSDK file? I've done both these things but can't find the 'extra utility' you refer to anywhere on my phone. I assumed it would have appeared in the settings section but I've checked just about everywhere and found nothing. I uninstalled it and reinstalled it, I've rebooted but still no 'extra utility'.

So, either I've done something wrong or there is something missing from but I don't know which. Any ideas?
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] cybermaus:
The extra settings utility should be there, in Start->Settings->System.

Its a transparent cube with a down-arrow in it, and 4 square blocks as a name, which I suspect would be Chinese if that font was installed.

I've done a hard-reset already several times since that first time, and install of this utility worked every time.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] mr nick:
Nope, definitely not there on mine. I'll have another go - maybe third time lucky :rolleyes:
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] cybermaus:
Very odd indeed. You are installing in device and not in /storage?

this sort of OS-integrated utilities should always be installed in the device.

If I recall, you currently have the exact same phone with exact same ROM version, so I have insist it should work. I can imagine bad builds with bad antenna connections, but a simple install of a utility should be identical.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] mr nick:
Yup, definitely installed to the device cos' as you say it's an OS util so didn't bother trying it on the card.

And yes, I think we have the same phone (T5388++ Dual Sim, K3 CPU etc). That's why I thought this was bound to work but something isn't playing. I have uninstalled the CAB and reinstalled it, I have put the dll into the Windows directory a couple of times (and it has prompted me to overwrite each time so I know that the file is definitely in there) but there is definitely no extra app showing up in the system settings (or anywhere else for that matter).
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] cybermaus:
Last chance, just to make sure you are not somehow missing it.

The icon at the bottom left.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] mr nick:
Ahh. I'm using Mobile Shell and it seems to give a different set of system settings. If I go in via the Today screen I get the app showing up. Even after I've used it, it doesn't show up in SPBs list of recently used apps so it seems that the two items don't like each other.

Anyway, thanks for the nudge cybermaus. Much appreciated :D
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] weery:
Hi to all !!!

I'm new here and happy owner of T5388++ (ROM C03.001.01 ITA) for about a month, so I also wanted to give my contribution to those who ask or had doubts. Here i am...

In the meantime I wanted to ask @cybermaus that I installed application cab for Gsensor, but I can not configure it because it's on Chinese language ...:confused::confused::confused:

How could I do?

I also tried Gyrator2 and ChangeScreen 2.78 (correctly configurated ste by step), but the screen never turns except for photos and images (pimage.exe)

many thanks!!!
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] N0human:
Russian firmware for t5353++:

Build 21840.5.0.60

Download: hxxp://depositfiles.com/ru/files/ehqngcudc

Also for it work firmware from Sunno s880pro, but sometime it sleep and awake only after reboot...

kitchen from s880 decomposite this ROM and composite it, but

Check sum fail at 5% :(
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] cybermaus:
Well, first of all, I would advise to not try and use any other rotation app then the one included. While I was happy to find this utility for an occasional game, its probably a bad idea to stack a permanently active utility written for HTC hardware onto another permanent utility hacked together for emulation of said hardware based on other hardware. Its a recipy for instability.

So I advise to not use programs like changescreen or gyrator, purely based on common sense. I did not try it, so while I expect it to be unstable, I could be wrong, so go ahead and try, but don't come crying if it is not working.

Having said that, I repeat the earlier email. Please note I also do not speak Chinese, so I am guessing all of this too.

- Press the 'button' below the picture to activate. the numbers on top start changing

- select invert X (thats the selection with X next to it)

- select swap X-Y (thats the selection with X-Y next to it)

- select x4

- Press one of the bottons at the bottom, one of them is bound to be OK.

If its not working, you pressed the wrong buttons, try the other ones. Thats what I am doing, I can also not read this stuff......
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] agferreira:
The problem is to put another rom i need to push dial key + hang up key + power to display on the screen "download" but it doesn't show anything!:(
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] mr nick:
I have to admit that I'm using this alongside ChangeScreen and it's working fantastically so far. I have disabled the inbuilt G-Sensor app and now just have this version running and all is good. I have tried multiple configurations but found that the settings cybermaus used in this post work exactly right.

The reason I use ChangeScreen rather than the inbuilt system is that it is just that bit more configurable and I can stop certain apps using particular rotations whereas the inbuilt system is a bit of an 'all or nothing' scenario. This was a pain when using TomTom on my bike because going round corners at certain lean angles or hitting bumps would cause the display to turn upside down and then I'd need to wait for another bend or bump to try and get the screen to sort itself out.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] cybermaus:
Did you read post #3?

Make sure you know if you have a HiSilicon based T5353 or a Marvell based T5353+ (you should have made sure of that before already when you started flashing, because they are from different series, probably from different factories, and quite incompatible) and then you can try to flash with IDT or SUT utilities to flash over USB from the PC. No, I do not have those myself, but there seem to be several links in this thread.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] cybermaus:
Happy to hear it is more stable than I imagined. You did notice that there are extra pages in the inbuild app that allow to select which programs to rotate, and even at what angles and what response times to rotate?