yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Touch Diamond2, Pure Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] came99:
I agree.. The helpfulnes here has been overwhelming, and has given me the bravery to try this out. But I am still very nervous.

Let me sum up what I learned from tonight.

1) When following your instructions I will have a phone which I can modify with custom roms.

2) As long as I am 100 % sure the rom is for Topaz I dont have to worry about messing up and bricking my phone due to doing wrong stuff to the radio-thingie? (yes, I still dont understand what that is)

3) I will be able to get back to factory defaults and warranty by installing the official rom you linked and afterwards install the original spl thingie afterwards?

4) Should I mess up and brick my phone, there is a fair chance of being able to restore it by the help of another device and a micro SD-card? (See I DO try and learn myself.. (Its probably incorrect though :rolleyes: ))

5) I need to give up on the danish interface, but I will without too much hassle be able to get a danish keyboard?

6) To be absolutely sure not choosing a wrong ROM, please confirm this one as a possible choice: "Duttys Topaz HG R10 [5.2.23541.5.5.0]"

It is downloading and I am ready to take the leap... Geronimoooo!
[Touch Diamond2, Pure Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bruce Inman:
I'm usually not on the forum as much on the weekends but if you get stuck, shoot me a PM which will notify my e-mail and I'll see if I can help.

I take it you were successful with HSPL? If so, thats most of the battle!

Peace!
[Touch Diamond2, Pure Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] came99:
"5. With any luck, you won't get stuck at 0% and the flash will complete."

Well... Guess what...

Can someone please help.. Im stucked here and having a stroke.

Edit: Tried on 2 different computers and its the same: Stuck on 0 %.. Antivirus disabled.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bruce Inman:
Just do a hard reset. Soft reset and immediately hold volume up/down keys until white screen appears then follow screen prompts.

There are a few other things to try before having to pay for it.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] came99:
Yes I found your info in the post "Help stuck at 0 %" :)

Do the following;

1. Hard Reset

Instructions:

- Soft reset with stylus

- Hold Vol up & Vol dwn simultaneously until white screen appears

- Following screen prompts, Press Vol up to confirm.

2. Go to bootloader mode.

Instructions:

- Turn off your device using the power button

- When the device is turned off, simultaneously press the Vol dwn + Power button

- Your device will startup in Bootloader mode

Should say SPL: 1.33 or something.

3. Sync your phone to your PC.

4. Install enablerapinew.cab

5. Unzip both Topaz_CustomRUU_v1.1.zip & SPL_183.zip to the same folder

6. Run the CustomRUU.exe

But there is one thing I dont get.. How should I be able to follow point 3 and 4 while in bootloader mode?

I tried resetting to factory, reinstalling enablerapinew.cab through the file-explorer and trying again.. Still stucked at 0 %.

The error I get is a 262 btw..
[Touch Diamond2, Pure Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bruce Inman:
Sorry, I should have clarified that is just the step verify your current SPL. I forgot to say to get out of bootloader with a soft reset then sync. My apologies.

Another flashing method is to copy the .nbh file to the root of your storage card and rename the file "TOPAIMG.nbh" exactly without quotes, then go into bootloader and it will flash from your SD card
[Touch Diamond2, Pure Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] came99:
Assuming that I shall still run the exe from the PC but first move the file nbh file from the folder to my storage cards root, renaming it as mentioned, start up with the 4 color screen and then running the PC program doesnt work. Says that it cant find the requested file. Activesync doesnt seem to be connected when being in the bootloader (assuming it is the 4 colored screen) either.

Maybe you expect something to happen when the 4 clolor screen pops up. I briefly see a white flash where it says something about "no imagefile found".

Edit: Fat32... on it...
[Touch Diamond2, Pure Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] came99:
whooptido.. Formatted the card and tried again. Now when starting the bootloader it just go to the white loadingscreen and hangs.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bruce Inman:
Just curious, what SPL showed in bootloader?

Bootloader is only to see SPL version and to initiate flash flash from SD card. Active sync will not connect in bootloader.

You must be sure the .nbh file is named exactly as I stated previously.

Were you able to restore your phone to factory with a hard reset?
[Touch Diamond2, Pure Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] came99:
Yes, I could restore to factory.

Spl says 1.83.

Let me get this straight, because I think I had my battery out 30 times by now and I am starting to worry about both bricking and battery cover.

1) I extracted the 2 files from the zipfiles and placed it in the same folder ON MY PC.

2) I moved the third file, the .cab to my device through active syncs explorer and installed it.

3) Then I go to the folder on the computer with the exe and nbh in it and run the exe file, and follow instructions. Then a bar appear on both PC and phone but it hangs at 0 %. DID I DO THIS CORRECT?

THEN ALTERNATIVE METHOD:

I renamed the nbh to TOPAIMG.nbh and moved it to root on fat32 'formatted storage card and turns on my phone so 4 colored bars appear. Then it hangs on a white loading screen. DID I DO THIS CORRECT?

Is it me or what? I give up for tonight in 20 mins.. Its 5 o clock in the morning here, and I tortured my phone for 6 whole hours. I really hope to get this resolved, and if it takes 4 pounds, then I gladly pay it if it solves it without any more topaz-torture. If I totally misunderstood your instructions, please correct me.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bruce Inman:
You did everything correctly.

Now go to the HSPL thread, download the autoinstaller and follow those directions (I've never done this).

Sorry I couldn't get you flashed.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NNagendran:
Did you manage to get it working?
[Touch Diamond2, Pure Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] came99:
I am happy to say that while I was on my way to bed and brushing my teeths at 7 o clock this morning I managed to witness Duttys Rom install on my device :) With the auto-installer it worked like a breeze.

Thank you so much for your help. Even though we didnt get it to work the other way, I managed to get the hang on a lot of concepts regarding flashing.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] ehsan_olips:
how can i disable HTC messaging and use MS Messaging as default and also

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=556614

didn't work for me . . . i mean :

when i received a new sms and i press the Icon for viewing on notification bar it opened HTC new Messaging Service . . .

can i remove it and set the Old messaging Serv as Default ??????

and it's name is E-mail can i rename the "Email" to "messaging" ????
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] ehsan_olips:
and my ohone is diamond 2 with window mobile 6.5 ver 2.53!!!
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] ehsan_olips:
any one ? there is not any way ?
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] gpap2004:
Try this:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=5673798&postcount=387
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] ehsan_olips:
ok Thanx . . . A lot . . .
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] libove:
thinkblu rules!

Totally thumbs up to gpap2004's reference to thinkblu's fix.

I'm running Dutty's HG R9 on my Topaz and HATED the HTC SMS app. This fix works great.

There's one small nit left over: when I get a new SMS notification in the topbar, if I tap on that notification I still get the crappy HTC SMS app. (If I remember to just tap on the normal Email app, everything is fine).

Does anyone have a fix so that tapping on the topbar "new SMS" notification launches the normal Tmail.exe app? (n.b. Dutty's HG R9 is based on WM6.5 with Manila and Sense; I do not use Sense at all; frankly I'm unsure whether I "use" Manila. My front screen I have enabled with a rather old HTC Home screen plugin, but I do still get that new HTC WM6.5 style top notification bar).

Thanks!

Jay
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] Xstyle:
So my question is what are the benefits of a costum rom ? Is a Stock rom very bad ? Can you do more with a Costum Rom ? Please give me a anwser :D
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] rossle12:
They're not full of bulky crap that carriers put into the rom.

Much smoother and more customizable, quicker also.

The Chef's do great jobs on what they do.

Try them out, you'll see how the benefit your phone.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] akashastrega:
To answer that question...

Every rom is dependent on the "tastes" of the user.

I use stock, I went back TO stock after trying some custom roms. For me, stock was more reliable and I simply removed shortcuts and some minor reg tweaks to keep any Tmo bloat from working.

If I knew HOW to cook a rom, I'd say that custom would be best, as I would create my rom for my personal tastes...with my particular apps already cooked in, and certain apps removed.

Unfortunately the great chef's here must cater to the masses, so while the various roms I tried were all very good, they did not FIT ME.

You have to try out various roms until you find one you like. Custom roms are great because they are cutting edge. Our chef's are at the front lines to improving HTC/WinMo roms. If you are like me, and need a rom for pure stability without added social networks or video stuff, etc, and are willing to give up eye-candy and even a little speed, then stock may be for you.

Just please don't ask WHICH rom to try...because your answer can be found in the second sentence of this post!!
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] burtonsnow8:
Custom ROMs will have some added applications...facebook, twitter, TV...In all honestly the two fastest ROMs I have used so far are VZW's stock 6.1 and MightyROM. Figure out what you like your phone to do, do some footwork and you will find the perfect solution (which there are many WinMo apps that you can use).
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] stevedebi:
But that "TMO Bloat" is also taking up space in the ROM. The custom ROMs can remove the files, increasing storage.

I myself am still stock, and may well remain that way. I have used the cooked ROM in the past, with my Magician, but I bought this phone from T-Mobile and I don't want to Hard SPL. Also, it is working OK for me.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] Fin9ers:
Speed and stability. Plus you dont get a load of apps you probably wont use.

Memory is another one. I found after moving to a custom ROM i had loads of RAM left over.

Your not locked down as much with a stock/branded ROM either.

Like akashastega said, your gonna have to look around and try some ROMs for yourself to find the right one for your needs.

There are so many to choose from.

But if you do decide to try out some custom ROMs your gonna need to research a bit.

Start with HSPL:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=550131

This is needed to allow Custom ROMs to be flashed

Once your done with that, here's a list of Custom ROMs (this is where i started to get a feel for Custom ROMs):

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=557177

The latest and greatest are always being updated in the 'Windows Mobile ROM Developement' thread:

http://xdaforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=490

And lastly, if you get stuck at any point. Here's a great guide on flashing a ROM:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=550540
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] akashastrega:
Yes the bloat is still there, and it does waste space, but at least for me, I have disabled most of it, so my speeds are better and I haven't lost stability.

Custom roms DO remove this, but sadly many of them add apps I don't need and would never use. One of these days I will get my head out of my a$$ and learn to cook, then custom will be the way to go HANDS DOWN.

Good luck to the OP and finding the right rom for your needs. I'd suggest making a list of what is necessary for YOU, and what you can sacrifice. Once you have that list, finding a rom will be an easier task. For me, I needed absolute stability. I needed a working calendar/schedule. I needed 100% phone capabilities including BT. Then I wanted a decent media center, some games to kill time with, some ebook readers. My life is a busy mom, I need to stay on task, on time, and maybe help my kids kill some time while we are waiting somewhere.

A business minded person may absolutely need push email, instant messaging, texts, office.

A student may want office, internet, facebook, texts...

What do you need? Figure that out first, then test roms that fit your needs.
[HD2 General] donalgodon:
literally out of nowhere, I noticed a small white dot after 4 months of daily use. Could a microscopic drop of water cause this and can it be reversed? :(
[HD2 General] samsamuel:
could simply be a pixel that has died......
[HD2 General] donalgodon:
it does not show in dark background and blooms in a white one. what do you think? is it pixel or something else?
[HD2 General] samsamuel:
i read somewhere a while ago of someone who had successfully unstuck pixels using a colour cycling program. I'll try hunt down the link to the thread later, (though i dont hold much hope, i never commented in the thread)
[HD2 General] abmantis:
Check this article:

http://www.smartphonemag.com/cms/blogs/3/an_easy_way_to_fix_dead_stuck_pixel_prob
[HD2 General] mdmhd2:
Try this video and read its description:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=liMySLZkF5o
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] .hide:
To have more app icon appear in a single columm in start menu. default is 3 per row. i seen some having 4 or 5 . thanks
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] Steve0007:
4 and 5 hereafter :)

Single column no idea
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] .hide:
thanks steve! thats what i looking for.!
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] donwhann:
just ignore..........
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Binary100100:
Any time that this has happened for me it's always been the cache.
[Touch Cruise General] vaibhavj007:
can any one tell me da best 6.5 rom for my polaris which is stable and fast
[Touch Cruise General] albekb:
here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=597197
[Touch Cruise General] student21:
i just installed it.... IT IS GREAT!!!

MEGAN version by Salvy is working...

THANKS SALVY!!!
[Touch Cruise General] cruiserrr:
Do not get angry at me, but why a new thread?: thread in this 1st page:
[Touch Cruise General] DaveShaw:
Thread closed.

Please find your own ROM, what works for you doesn't work for everyone else.

Dave
[HD2 General] alibehzad:
Hi guys,

i got an issue that i cannot solve and the search function didnt give any solutions.

I got gmail IMAP Account on my HD2 and when i click on send and receive, only the unread emails are downloaded.

I should be able to see all emails if i go to the folder "all emails" and press send/receive again, but altough it connects, it doesnt download anything.

So the question: Is there a way to see your already read emails on your mobile phone in wm6.5 with the hd2

Thanks in advance,

Ali
[HD2 General] samsamuel:
are you checking teh mail from another machine? (PC perhaps) that could be removing the messages once you send and recieve from there.
[HD2 General] alibehzad:
i do, but it doesnt remove or download them.

When going into my gmail account online, i still can see all entries.

i checked that already
[HD2 General] kilrah:
Are they in the inbox or in "all mail" in Gmail?

Only those in the inbox will display. If your other PC moves them out of it (or gmail does it on its own once the mails are retrieved by the PC) they wouldn't show.

Must be such an issue, because I use 3 imap accounts on my HD2, that are also used by 2 other PCs, and everything's fine. Those are on my own server though.

If you use gmail on the HD2 you might want to use activesync instead of imap though....
[HD2 General] alibehzad:
They are not moved out, in my gmail account i can see all emails in "all mail" and "inbox"

But even if, the mobile email app also has a "all mail" folder of gmail so it should work anyway

The active sync thing is not a thing you can use when you arent at home. i would like to read new emails on my phone too.
[HD2 General] Howling Wolf:
I think I see what you mean, I encountered the same "issue" and found the solution "by accident": by default the Gmail account is set to keep emails from the 3 or 6 previous days, so that it erases the messages older than 3 or 6 days on you HD2. You can set a different time period, up to 30 days I think, but no sure...

The thing is I can't remember where it is... sorry, but that may be a lead...
[HD2 General] kilrah:
No, it's actually better than just imap as it enables mail push. So instead of having to check mail every X minutes it's in permanent connection through activesync over data, and you simply receive mail as soon as it arrives on your gmail account.
[HD2 General] alibehzad:
i know, with wm6.1 you could assign that, this isnt possible anymore as the new account options are very few

oh! i didnt know that, do i have an "imap-like" function with it too even if using a non imap client such as "pop"? I mean are mails erased after syncing them to my mobile phone from server?

i ll go and start googling how to setup my mails through active sync ... :-)

thanks for the hint!
[HD2 General] alibehzad:
hmm, no good finding in xda with google.

Kilrah, can you tell me where to set it up?

Its not the usual sync-email feature where you connect your phone to the connectivity center.

is it the "outlook" account when in email tab??

If yes, whats the server adress?

im confused :o)
[HD2 General] kilrah:
http://www.google.com/support/mobile/bin/answer.py?answer=138636&topic=14299

Yes, works pretty much like imap.

Regarding how to choose for how many days it will display, it's still there, still at the same place. Don't forget to scroll the menu down ;)
[HD2 General] alibehzad:
Wow, this rocks, thanks a lot.

One last off topic question. Where are the emails saved to and how can i change it if it is the main memory?
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] aeroflyluby:
As in topic, Is it possible? I don't have HD2, i'm himalaya only, but it seems to be possible.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] aszu:
Sorry, but you don't have a clue what are you talking about...

Not possible.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] Musicman247:
You might as well just set up a remote terminal to your PC and run the emulator from your phone that way.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] devis:
I like this last response :)
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] Kloc:
I can't get it to run over RDP with two PC's so running it through the phone probably isn't going to work very well.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] x-mann:
I have HD2, im satisfied alot with my machine, but Microsoft with those claimings that their OS wont run on HD2 is changing my mind about everything, expecially with that to not use win OS anymore on my phones what im buying...

Thats meen they dont care about their costumers...
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] xma1e:
Why does MS not care about it's customers? Unlike the iPhone, Windows Mobile uses many number of hardware configurations, MS are taking back control of the hardware so that it will make it easier to upgrade the devices in the future. At the moment, Windows is tailored to each individual manufacturer and telecom carrier making upgrades harder.

I have an HD2, but by the time Win7 is released I'm likely to be replacing it anyway with a new handset. The only advantage for me in having W7 on the phone is if I get it before it is offically released. For example, I had W6.5.3 on my HTC Diamond back in November, many months before the official announcement.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] scilor:
You have to much money. :D

-.- The hardware politics make the devices more expensive due to less concurency... And of cause why you like to make a step back to a Windows Mobile System that likely closes itself like the iPhone os?!
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] bilalsheikh:
Hi guys,

Been experiencing this lately. Randomly the rhodium turns off. When I press the power button thinking that it is in standby, the windows boots up.

It is not SOD as in that the phone remains in standby but mine powers off. I know it could be due to a loose connection but has anyone had similar experiences and what was the solution?

I have tried different radios and roms but no joy:confused:
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] Menjic:
Why not bring all SOD threads to one?

As I see all SOD's are same on all devices.

There is bunch of symptoms but if you have sod than you are experiencing some or all of the symptoms.

General help is to hard reset few times than flash shipped ROM then hard reset again few times then flash your favorite custom ROM or leave shipped, and reset again few times. And finaly set network to GSM+AUTO in Phone band configuration. Or try to change SIM with another network operator.

All of this helped some people but there is many who did not solve the SOD with this nor anything else.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] toxicstone:
Hi my girlfriend have an Diamond Phone and i have tweaket it much.

But i find in Fileexplore - startup there is program running

Arkswitsch

autoshortcut

htcstartup

positionfix

poutlook

I know some of them but how to remove them?

i wanna remove arkswitch, poutlook

can i remove positionfix? and autoshortcut what is that?

htcstartup i need to have or i remove the SENSe look right?

regards
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] Rudegar:
are you asking how to remove

or if you can safely remove these things?

because you remove them by deleting the shortcuts in \windows\startup