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[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] Diewi:
Yes, exactly. But the LED is only blinking for one or two seconds and then stops blinking. To me it seems that the phone state is an infinite loop, that may correspond to the parameter transmission. It is kind of weird that this happens with every mass storage card reader I tried (2x single slot card reader, 2 different WM Phones), so it's got to be the HD7 that doesn't play along.

Also I noticed that you get the message "Loading..." and "-Serial-", if your sd card isn't a goldcard, for example if you formatted it to fat instead of fat32 or didn't write the goldcard image. Just for further users.

Which card reader do you have dorianmuthig? Yesterday, I already ordered one from the link you gave me.

P.S: I'm a student of electrical engineering and information technology (with pratical experience, one always has to add this...), so I'm not just a fool that doesn't know what he's doing (one could get to this after the long discussion). This one here is really tricky. I'll also post a little guide based on my experience here, just to summarize all the work done here.

And thank you again for your time and patience dorianmuthig, you already helped me a lot.
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] dorianmuthig:
Then it's probably the card reader that isn't compatible with some operation the phone would like to perform (like reading CID) or card reader and phone don't get enough power from that notebook you're using. You might want to try the wall plug power adapter that came with the phone, too.

If the mass storage device attached doesn't contain data the phone can use (not formatted with either FAT or FAT32, both are supported) the phone will reboot into USB host mode.

If the device is formatted properly and there's no image file (must be called SCHUIMG.NBH) on it, it'll go back into serial mode.

If you try to flash an invalid ROM or the ROM isn't for your device and you flash without goldcard header, you will get a not supported message and the phone will go back into serial mode.

If you installed a valid master key for the CID on your SD card and try to flash a ROM block that doesn't fit inside the old ROM block, flashing will fail and the device will reboot into SPL bootloader mode.

You can flash without the CID key code using any FAT or FAT32 formatted mass storage device smaller than 2GB, but you can only flash signed ROMs for your device type in that case.

I have used card readers from Moai Electronics, Motorola, Sandisk, a few without manufacturer labels from China. I have an old hama reader, too, but that one didn't work, not even after a firmware upgrade.

According to my security analytics on the phone and while it's apparently very tamper safe and only authorized engineers are able to mess with the OS, it's not theft safe, it's too easy for thieves to turn a phone from paper weight (remote wipe + lock) into a usable phone by pressing a few buttons. The thing with the cable is just too simple to go wrong, right?
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] abgary:
Thanks for this great article, specially xboxmod for that diagram that helped a lot, I flashed a unbranded Asian rom to my TMOUS HD7 and got updated :D

Instead of card reader and a card i used my pendrive, which is 16GB but i removed the partition and put a 1GB partition and formatted to FAT32 to be on safe side, worked like charm...

xda rocks :P
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] PanNet:
Hi,

Which software did you get CID of PenDrive?

Regards
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] dorianmuthig:
You don't need a CID auth code, if the ROM you're flashing is signed for your device model. There are some modified ROMs which you could flash without it. You wouldn't need to resort to the USB OTG method however.
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] ecj123:
loaded european rom on o2 hd7 also using a 4gb flash drive, I used the container id from flash drive properties to make a Goldcard and made a y cable from usb cables had.

when it finish flashing it said on screen that had failed but after I booted the phone it was de-branded and received the 7008 update.

thanks for the guide.
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] dorianmuthig:
You might have a problem with your cell reception, your touchscreen or a corrupted phone system, if one of the ROM blocks failed flashing and the phone boots. You should flash your phone again.
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] ecj123:
I have been using the phone for a few days and is running quite well no problems
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] zedd2000:
Is it possible to flash with goldcard if I do not have usb to usb adapter? I think maybe if I will put goldcard into reader on laptop or change the way how it is all connected, I mean connect the phone into female connector of Y cable and reader into male connector of Y cable. Does any of these works? Thanks
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] dorianmuthig:
No, you cannot flash using your goldcard without a powered USB 2.0 OTG cable. You can make this cable yourself or you can buy the required adapters and a compatible SD card reader for less than 10 bucks.

You cannot use your internal laptop SD card reader.
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] nibis:
hallo, i ve usb micro sd reader and a y cable but is has male and female output, so i must replace male connector with female? right?

i sow image in first page link but it is the same i have.
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] dorianmuthig:
You need a cable that connects the USB port of your phone, the USB power adapter and your SD card reader. You can use a female-to-female adapter to connect the micro USB cable that came with the phone and your Y-cable, but due to the nature of some female-to-female adapters, you should rather get a micro-USB On-The-Go cable instead. The price is about the same.
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] nibis:
hi, i make right cable, goldcard so i paste into nbh file rename to SCHUIMG.nbh

then i plug in usb cable then card reader after that hd7 in host mode and finally connect to y cable but on the screen show loading...... but not flash nothing

any ideas please? maybe i wrong something?
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] dorianmuthig:
What type of SD card and SD card reader are you using?
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] nibis:
unbranded card reader usb and microsim card
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] xdauser117:
hello,

is possible to make a goldcard with the internalstorage of the htc touch diamond?
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] dorianmuthig:
Can you post a picture? Also, you need a normal SD card, a normal miniSD card, a normal microSD card, or a secure digital compatible MMC card with a capacity of 512MB or 1GB. You cannot use a SIM card and a SIM card reader to flash a ROM.

It might be that you can use your phone, you need to try that first. Not every mass storage device will work. For example the very popular Motorola RAZR V3i, which can be set to mass storage device mode, does not work.
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] xdauser117:
I try the follwoing:

material:

-USB Y cable with USB male A to mini B and power male A

-USB A/A-adapter

-original HTC cable USB A to micro from my HD7

preparation:

-format the internal storage to FAT32 with windows

-to CID read i use PSAS (Diamond in ActiveSync mode) - Menue > Hardware Forencis > WINCE SD Card Utils > "Get SD Serial and Disk ID"

-generate the goldcard.img with the linked goldcard generator

-patch the internal storage with GoldCardTool (Diamond in disk mode) - first i load the goldcard.img and press "Patch MMC", everything worked

-copie the image and rename

implementation:

plugged power into a USB on my PC, mini B into htc touch diamond and on male the A/A adapter on this then the HTC cable.

then i booted into USB Host mode on the HD7 and not happening

should actually appear but the mode selection window, but that did not come.

does this mean now that it does not work with the htc diamond. or I do something wrong?
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] dorianmuthig:
If it doesn't work, you'll need an SD card reader, you can get those for one or two bucks on eBay these days, shipping included.
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] mndl632:
having a few problems if someone can help, trying to flash the HD7 nodo rom on to my o2 HD7, i've got the goldcard and the SCHUIMG.nbh file on my mem card, running mass storage via my touch pro. On my hd7 it boots into host mode and then shows loading, after which it will say Not Allow at the top and Serial at the bottom.

Anyone know what i'm doing wrong or how i can sort it out? much appreciated thanks
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] kangu:
has anyone used android as the sd card holder? i cant get it to work.
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] dorianmuthig:
"Not Allow" means the ROM you are trying to flash isn't for your device model and you aren't authorized to override the protection. This means your SD card isn't formatted as a goldcard. You need to write the goldcard image to the beginning of the SD card using a disk editor.

If your handset doesn't work for this, then you will need to get an SD card reader for this.
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] FlexIDK:
Hello!

I'm try use 3 usb card reader... and view only "USB Host mode" message?

Why?

you can help me?
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] dorianmuthig:
Either there is something wrong with your cable and it isn't powering both your phone and the SD card reader, or the reader you are using isn't compatible.
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] kangu:
To be clear, when my goldcard is plugged into my computer, I am just supposed to plug in my phone with the "Enter USB Host Mode" screen and then plug in my phone then the update should occur as shown on the first page?

I am very confused, mine has been stuck at the Enter USB Host Mode forever. I've tried several of my SD card readers that I have laying around.

FYI, I am not using the Y-cable.
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] surricatta:
You need to use a Y-cable, so that is your problem I guess. What kind of cable are you using? You need to also have power to the card reader, that is not supplied by the phone, so that's why the Y-cable is needed.
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] dorianmuthig:
You need to use a Y-cable for power, the phone cannot power the SD card reader by itself. Plugging it into a computer alone also won't work, because this is like directly connecting the USB ports of two computers.
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] kangu:
I tried looking for the Y-cable at Fry's they didnt have it. Is the only place I can buy it online?
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] dorianmuthig:
Since you want to buy your stuff at Fry's Electronics, they don't have the exact same cable, but the following will also work:

http://www.frys.com/product/6470312

You also need a female mini-B5 USB 2.0 to male micro-B USB 2.0 adapter, unfortunately, they really don't appear to have that... you should ask in a store.

Oh, and you'd also need a USB-A 2.0 female to female adapter to be able to attach your USB SD card reader
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] claufica21:
Esto funciona de maravilla

Esto funciona de maravilla, Gracias a esto pude Flashear mi HD7 Tmobile.

Hace un mes, despues de muchos intentos me resulto, y consegui dejarlo en Español.

Con esto espero poder ayudar a la gente que necesita dejar su HD7 en español.

Encontrar el CID de la Tarjeta Micro SD, era mas facil de lo que yo pensaba.

Usé una Tarjeta MicroSD de 2GB, marca Sandisk y un lector con coneccion USB.

Lo conecte a mi equipo con Windows 7, la formatié en FAT32, luego fui a regedit y encontre el cid, luego lo inverti y fui a la pagina que ya sabemos para obtener la GodCard.

Instale en primera instancia la Rom Bell Mobility, y ahora me cambie a la ultima rom Europea con actualizacion y luego instalé la ultima radio de otra Rom, dejé la radio que me funciono mejor aqui en Chile, solo renombrando los archivos a RUU_signed.nbh a SCHUIMG.nbh y despues lo copié a la Tarjeta, y luego para instalar una radio de otra Rom renombre el SPL_signed.nbh a SCHUIMG.nbh.

Saludos,

Claudio
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] surricatta:
Anyone knows a solution or something I could try? Goldcard is not working for me. I used my HTC hero and the andriod app to get the CID for a 1GB Sandisk microSD card. Used sd formatter and then windows xp format (FAT32, 4kb). Loaded an MOZAIMG.nbh on the card. Put the card in a cardreader and inserted cables as instructions tell, so Y-cable on power, card reader and then start my HTC Mozart in USB Mode (vol down+camera+power button). Put cable in mobile and devices says loading... shortly then "No Image File!" and stops.

Any ideas?
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] dorianmuthig:
The correct file name for the HTC HD7 is SCHUIMG.NBH. It's not case sensitive, but renaming it to all caps also can't hurt. The name you are using will only work on the HTC 7 Mozart.

Here's a list of valid image names:

HTC HD7: SCHUIMG.NBH

HTC 7 Mozart: MOZAIMG.NBH

HTC 7 Trophy: SPARIMG.NBH

HTC 7 Surround: MONDIMG.NBH

HTC 7 Pro: GOLDIMG.NBH

Make sure you have the correct one for your device.
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] surricatta:
I have a HTC Mozart, so naming should be correct.

Anyone know whether CID reading with andriod goldcard help tool is correct?
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] dorianmuthig:
If the CID would be your problem, you would get the message "Not allow". If the card was properly formatted your phone would constantly reboot. Try to copy the file on the SD card again, and eject your SD card reader in Windows, before disconnecting it.
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] leoiden:
can anyone post a gold card set up for us tmobile hd7 users ntructons thank you
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] surricatta:
Ok, so I do not need to worry about the goldcard, that one seems to be alright. I tried copying the file again, ejecting it properly in windows, but still no succes. Also different roms give the same result.

What would be the error code if I was trying a wrong rom? (for instance HD7 rom) Not that I am trying that, but my phone is a developer phone, so a HTC Mozart with low bootloader and ROM version so maybe that is the problem?
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] afrar:
I got this error in my HD 7 when doing update with TF card

anybody know what is the problem
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] dorianmuthig:
If you tried the wrong ROM with a valid goldcard code installed, it would flash the ROM to your device, that's basically what it is for, it might then however fail to flash that ROM, if the ROM image you're trying to flash is larger than the ROM size of the device.

If your SD card doesn't have the goldcard code installed, you'll get the message "Not allow".

Try to reformat your SD card with FAT32 4096 byte sectors and then install the goldcard code to the start of the memory card storage space using HxD. Eject the device, reinsert it and then copy your image file on it and try again.

Either your image is corrupt, your SD card is broken, or if this is a modified image, the OS image block is too large. Try flashing the most recent ROM for your device using the Windows tool first.
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] afrar:
Thx a lot.,

Its working now.

Thx a lot for your help.
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] surricatta:
Re-tried this, also double checked before your suggestion that goldcard tool and HxD do the same, which is the case.

Formating is also tried with different methods (through windows xp disk management, explorer and with htc hero), but to no avail. Still get the same "no image file!" error. :(
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] noelito:
i have no y cable, usb slots on notebook sufficient?

I have been calling around in the san diego area to find this alleged y cable with no such luck, a pc tech repair person advised me that if i have more than 1 usb port on my pc i could use that method instead as i am connecting both devices to the pc, the android phone used as mass usb storage device and my hd7 wp7, will this work?
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] dorianmuthig:
Are you absolutely sure you have an HTC 7 Mozart and you renamed the file correctly?

You could have an HTC 7 Surround, they look very similar, the difference only being an almost unnoticable design difference and the flip-out speaker.

If you boot your phone in tri-color-mode what's does the text visible onscreen say?

You need a cable which has two USB-A 2.0 male plugs and one USB-A 2.0 female plug. The name for such a cable may differ, but usually it's called a "USB 2.0 data and power cable". You will also need a standard micro-USB 2.0 On-the-Go cable or a USB-A 2.0 female-to-female adapter and your charging cable.
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] surricatta:
yes 100% sure its a mozart, renamed correctly, MOZAIMG.nbh, other file name also gives much quicker but same error, "no image file!"

boot mode screen says:

PD67100 MFG

SPL-0.80.2230.1

MicroP(LED) 0x06

TOUCH ATMEL(v16)

btw thanks for your help so far
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] noelito:
i dont understand how 2 male plugs on this y adapter will connect both the android device and my hd7
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] surricatta:
you will need to use a female-female usb connector to connect your devices
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] dorianmuthig:
That is strange.

Well, the device ID says it's a generic (unbranded) device with manufacturer commands enabled.

Try flashing either RUU_Mozart_HTC_Europe_1.23.401.06_5.51.09.06_22.30.50_RELEASE or RUU_Mozart_hTC_Asia_WWE_1.26.707.01_5.51.09.06_22.30.50_RELEASE first, one of them should work for flashing from Windows, then try flashing the ROM you want via the USB method again.
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] noelito:
will a usb hub work?
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] dorianmuthig:
No, it will not.
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] surricatta:
Tried both but get: ERROR [296]: UPGRADE ONLY

This NBF file cannot be used for your PDA Phone. Please get newer NBF file.
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] dorianmuthig:
Can you try extracting the RUU_Mozart_HTC_Europe_1.23.401.06_5.51.09.06_22.30 .50_RELEASE.exe file and flash the SPL_Signed.nbh using the goldcard method and then try again? If that doesn't work, please remove the battery cover, the battery and then post everything that is written below there, except for your IMEI number. There are usually also a few letters and numbers engraved on black antenna cover stickers, please post those as well.
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] xdauser117:
unbrand my o2 HD7 be using my HTC Touch Diamond

Hi,

first many thanks to xboxmod and viperbjk to the instructions unbrand.

Referring to my thread from 10th March 2011th

With a small change in the material I brought it to work:

Here are the working instructions:

material:

-DeLOCK (65306) - USB data- & powercable

-USB A/A-adapter

-original HTC cable USB A to mini from my Touch Diamnod

-original HTC cable USB A to micro from my HD7

preparation:

-format the internal storage to FAT32 with windows

-to CID read i use PSAS (Diamond in ActiveSync mode) - Menue > Hardware Forencis > WINCE SD Card Utils > "Get SD Serial and Disk ID"

-generate the goldcard.img with the linked goldcard generator

-patch the internal storage with PSAS (Diamond in ActiveSync mode) - Menue > Hardware Forencis > WINCE SD Card Utils > Write Imagefile

-copie the image and rename

implementation:

-plugged power (red plug) into a USB on my PC or HTC charger

-USB A male into USB A/A-adapter and into htc touch diamond

-htc touch diamond put in the disk mode

-HD7 put in the USB host mode

-plugged HTC cable USB A to micro on USB A female and finally plugged into HD7
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] noelito:
i finally have the y cable

i have a tmobile usa hd7

1. i have the y cable, wm6.5 phone, a usb 2.0 card reader and various micro usb cables, am i able to flash or do i still need the female to female usb adapter that im still waiting on?

2.can anyone confirm if they were able to unlock the phone after flashing using chevron? is there a new certificate out to use? i found a thread where someone said to download the unlockme certificate and i did, will this new certificate work?
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] dorianmuthig:
You will need the adapter, if you can't connect the red plug of the Y-cable to power, the USB-A female plug to the card reader and the USB-A male plug you your phone through any other combination of adapters you have.

I cannot confirm to you if the chevron unlock tool works with the No Donuts update, nor am I familiar with the certificate method you described. I'll know more next week, though.
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] noelito:
im so close! sigh, i need that female to female adapter! arrrghhhh!

also the y cable is all black, none of the plugs are red, do you know which plug is the power cable?
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] dorianmuthig:
There should be some indicator on the cable telling you which one of the two male plugs is for power only, if there isn't you need to try which one it is, just don't use a computer's USB ports for power, use the phone's charing adapter instead.

If your cable has the second male USB plug attached near the first one, the power lead is usually the plug on the short cable.
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] noelito:
im uploading a photo of the cable in a few minutes so you can see also have another question, one moment please
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] noelito:
here is my y cable, which is the power? also..

ok so based on what you said, i plug the power cable into the phones wallcharger to get power

and after that let me see if i got this correct, the next thing i plug in is the sd card reader to the y cable, but

do i use the readily available female port or do i apply the female to female adapter to the other male end and connect the card reader?

then i connect my hd7 while it is in the tricolor screen boot loader mode

my next question is once all three are connected in this order, the phone will automatically load the rom just like that? it just happens like magic lol or are there additional menu prompts or?
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] dorianmuthig:
The plug that's in the middle (in that picture, that is) goes into your power adapter or a computer's USB port. The card reader goes in the USB plug of that cable at the left, and the plug on the right would go into a USB 2.0 On-The-Go cable. Since you however chose to go for the female-to-female USB-A 2.0 plug option, the female-to-female adapter goes on the plug on the right and then you can plug your charging and sync cable in either side, with the card reader on the other side. You cannot use a cross-over USB adapter (twisted pin-out).
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] noelito:
thank you, i know i will be back on the board once the ftf adapter arrives, thanks for your help!
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] noelito:
help! i have the y cable and female to female adapter

however the process does not work, i realized that this female to female adapter does not power own or recognize any device i plug into it! nothing happens! did i buy the wrong female to female usb adapter?
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] surricatta:
Was away for a holiday but tried the goldcard method, however also to no avail.

Not sure which numbers you mean exactly, I see this:

Model: PD67100

P/N: 99HLU000-00 X2

S/N: HT07RRP00125

And on the black cover the following is printed:

37H00340-00M

XC01-100707

DT10.07.11D11

LH100714

I hope you can help me further with this info.
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] dorianmuthig:
The part number is quite odd, and so are the part numbers for your wifi, GPS and bluetooth modules. Unfortunately I can't tell from this which update you need. I can offer you to send your phone to me for third-party servicing, but even then I cannot guarantee you 100% that I can fix and upgrade your device.
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] surricatta:
Ok, thanks for the help and offer. I will think about it, maybe in the future new possibilities will be developed.
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] leoiden:
anyone in the usa with tmobile hd7 get this goldcard to cid unlock with success

if so please post your steps thanks in advance!