[T-Mobile HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Development] Blairware:
EASY WAY TO APPLY HSPL ON T-Mobile 2.13 UPDATE VIA ACTIVE SYNC - NOT VIA SD CARD

Okay - FIRST:

Chef has been basing T-Mobile Roms on 2.13 since at least the 13th:

"NRGZ28 So the official TOM 2.13 base is out.. and you guessed it I'm updating my Leo ROMs with it... "

SECOND:

Here is the scoop on Official T-Mobile Versions, and putting custom ROMs on HD2. It's not that you can't Flash Energy on top of a 2.13 update - it's that you need to Put HSPL on BEFORE applying 2.13 - or you will lock yourself out, in a sense (Pun Intended ;) )

T-Mobile has 2 main releases: The primary difference - as far as loading ROMS is the SPL. I am not going to go into the Radio which was updated, or the features/screen response of ANY of that. Just facts regarding FLASHING. Aslo doing a Task 29 to clear ROM space is up to you, although I almost always do a Task 29 before a new flash.

The Original Shipping T-Mobile ROM is 2.10 - The SPL included is 2.08 - The HSPL - sometime referred to as "HARD SPL" that you need for T-Mobile versions of HD2 is the HSPL2_RUN.zip written by DFT, bepe and Cotulla It was written to overwrite that original T-Mobile ROM (I just love when they make the phone display "I Hacked it" :rolleyes:

Here is a link to HSPL thread an the download:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=611433

SPL is a boot-loader, not the ROM and you need a custom boot-loader for custom ROMS (prevents bricking your nice new and expensive HD2)

For true Noobs PLEASE read the Flashing instructions here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=653614

Read it until you think you understand it

then read it again

The main issue:

The new T-Mobile release; 2.13 contains SPL

2.10

- The HSPL that you need for flashing custom ROMS was not written for it, does not currently overwrite it, and will need to be fixed or re-written by those geniuses that we all depend on before 2.13 will allow HSPL to overwrite it.

If you get a HD2 that already HAS 2.13 applied OR if you do something REALLY STUPID, like flash the new 2.13 Upgrade from T-Mobile, right on top of the original 2.10, without FIRST changing the Stock SPL to HSPL you won't be

able

to put HSPL on anymore, and you will be stuck, no longer able to flash a custom ROM nor the HSPL. I did this when T-Mobile sent me a replacement phone, not thinking and rushing to have the newer radio that comes with 2.13

The fix for this is much easier than some would lead you to believe. You do NOT have to put the .nbh file on your SD card. You DO NOT have to format the SD Card. You do NOT have to do the Ethiopian Rain Dance (unless you LIKE doing that.. but it remains optional.)

All you

have to do is this:

Go to the sticky thread with all the original and test ROMS:

ROM]Leo 1.5 T-MOBILE Test & Stock ROMS

Grab this one:

2.10.0 (Do NOT get the next one in the list, 2.10.1, since it indicates that it has no Stock SPL, which is the whole point of this exercise)

Here's a link to the 2.10.0

http://www.vbnfiles.com/xda/xmoo/Leo....08_2_Ship.zip

Don't worry about what it has, or ANY of that, since it will only be on your device long enough to fix the problem.

You can flash this using the standard Active Sync flash method, remember all the same rules apply (battery 50%+, HD2 attached and synced, etc.)

Now go ahead an flash the HSPL2.

Now go ahead and flash your favorite **Energy** ROM