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[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] Magpir:
None of the devices in my arrangement communicate with the comuter , even without the plugs, they only power on

then i need a mini usb to male usb plug???

so the arrangement is like this

mini usb- male usb foes into computer

the other 2 are still male , both to be usng 2 female to female

these 2 will use the usb card reader , and phone?

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this is from another thread: it only uses the female usb to female usb to power only. there are no other connectors.
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] Ttblondey:
@dorianmuthig

My mini to micro connected to my hd7 which is connected from male usb to female to female usb adapter.While my mini adapter connected to my kaiser.Then the other male usb connected to my pc.
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] Magpir:
whats the result, can it work?
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] Ttblondey:
nvr try i don't have a less than 1gb microsd card.I don't have a goldcard and a schubert asia rom.
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] Magpir:
As for roms here they are :

http://www.filefactory.com/f/6eefe15693c7a0c9/

u can try with a thumbdrive with any goldcard

U can the downloaded gold card image file

u need the gold card tool found in the first post of this thread

GoldCardTool 0.0.5

1)Format your drive in windows and put a 1gb Fat 32 Partition on it with 4096 bytes

2) In gold card tool, choose yr drive and format again

3) "load image" ( the downloaded gold card image file) choose and "patch MMC"

4) success confirmation
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] dorianmuthig:
This is what I have, I believe the pictures are self-explanatory, but whichever types of adapters you use, this is how you need to connect it:

All parts visible

Everything connected

You can use your computer instead of the HTC power adapter, if you want.

In my case the plug with the red connector only carries power, while the blue plugs carry power + data. The black adapter cable is a standard USB2.0 OTG cable. (USB A female to microUSB AB male).
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] Magpir:
thanks, i think the Y cable u used is the correct one...there are no adaptors in yr configuration, thats why its working, i guess the adaptors may be causing problem in mine..

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one more question i a m left with a bottle neck here

I am left with a mini usb

Can i use a cdrom as the other device???
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] Ttblondey:
if i partition my 16 gb and make it to 512mb or 256 mb will it be possible.Coz I have try ti partition and can make any amount that I want. I'll try it.
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] Magpir:
it need to be a single partition

which means yr usb even though its 16GB , it should show only 1 gb , 256 or 512 in windows explorer
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] Ttblondey:
Yup I can do that.
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] Magpir:
again the cables are most important

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[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] varun335:
My Phone will be safe? mean any Harm by using this?
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] alnova1:
I made my own Y cable. I used a micro usb for one end and a Female plug for the other and of course a male usb for the power end. I have tried both of my card readers and nothing...will not light up or do nothing. I can plug in my Sandisk memory stick into the female port and it will light up for about 5 seconds and then nothing. I have hooked up 2 phones at the same time to each port (micro and female) and they both are getting power. Should I conclude that I don't have the proper card readers and memory stick or could it be something else. I triple checked my wiring and solder the wires.
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] dorianmuthig:
Depends. If you flash your phone more than 10000 times, the ROM memory will degrade and fail at some point, you could also turn your phone into a brick if you remove power to the phone during flashing of the SPL (requires removing the battery or a faulty battery). You will probably not harm your phone, but as with everything, something unexpected may occur which is why you perform all actions on your own risk.

You may have used faulty wires, caused a short circuit or reversed the polarity somewhere. Take a closer look at your data lines (pin 2 and 3).
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] alnova1:
I have checked and they are perfect. Wouldn't the card reader still light up even if the data lines were messed up? I know it blinks when data is being transfered but it looks like it would still light up.
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] dorianmuthig:
Not necessarily. That depends on how the reader device is programmed to function. Most readers are programmed to light up once they are registered with the operating system and to blink when data is being transferred. Being powered has usually nothing to do with it. There are however quite a few readers who will light up if they are being powered, turn that light off once they found they are connected to a host adapter and then to turn it back on once they are registered.
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] alnova1:
Just about ready to give up. The green and white data cables only go to the micro and the female usb correct? Green to Green and White to White and then all 3 cables are connected to the red and black for power correct?

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I got it! I found another 2GB Memory stick and formatted it to 1GB plugged it in and the phone read it and I'm on SPL 1.54! Like I said I'm a newbie to Windows phones so this means now I can RSPL/HSPL and install custom roms?
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] dorianmuthig:
Yes, that's how it should be.

Yes, you can now compromise the security of your phone and go about messing with just about everything on it. Good luck not screwing it up. :)
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] crazysax1:
but someone could do a tutorial to see at least how it's done? After at least we know what to do .. I have all the tools more than anything else .. and to see the difference from how you do compared to how we do it .. I only ask you a video tutorial .. sorry for the bad English, but I'm Italian .. I write the translator =)
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] alnova1:
I only paid 50 dollars for it so it's just a toy to fool with. Thanks for the help though.
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] Ttblondey:
my goldcard tool stated whn click get cid : 'failed to get cid' try it on my kaiser and card reader although my 16gb have been farmatted to fat32 512 mb and it only read 505mb.
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] dorianmuthig:
Well, it's really rather simple. You just need to buy like 10-15 bucks worth of cables and adapters off of Amazon or eBay, plug them together in the right order and use them to flash the ROM. I know for people finding this thread ot may be a bit confusing reading the first post and no one really bothers to read on for 40+ pages, but since I didn't write it, I can't do much about it. If you're looking for a video check YouTube and search for "HTC goldcard wp7".

To make a goldcard SD card, you need to use an SD card with physical size of 1GB or less, that will still fit the ROM file you want to flash. Using SDHC cards will not work, even if you partition them with a single 1GB or 512MB primary partition.
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] Ttblondey:
does the cid contain numbers and alphabet? I use revskill to get the cid and paste it at get cid.Then I load goldimagecard.img and i click patch.After I click it stated that I already make a goldcard but I don't see anything on the sd card.
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] crazysax1:
I swear this is the last question .. at least tell me the brand of microsd "" for those who worked "" and where can I buy online ..
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] Ttblondey:
Do I need to change the rom name?

edit : nvrmind I found the solution.

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do I need to remove sim card?
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] Ttblondey:
i get this error message :
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] NebZoNe:
@Ttblondey,

there's nothing readable on a goldcarded microsd unless you open it in a hex editor...

and your SCHUIMG.nbh should only be transfered by your wm6.1 to your wp7 device, not read/executed as an .exe...can you set it as mass storage only? if so it should work...

@crazysax1,

you'll hardly find 1go microsd in shops...they will send you a 2go by default for many of them...i suggest you to buy a 2go from Kingston, i tried with two of them and it worked (samsung/sandisk didn't)
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] Ttblondey:
So it's confirm that i need to rename to schuimg.nbh.Or do i need not to.
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] Magpir:
the ruu exe file downloaded from filefactory.

Use WinZip to extract its contents to a folder . U will see a list of stuff.,among them U will see .nbh file. , thats what u need , not the whole exe file.

Rename the nbh when u paste it to yr gold card
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] NebZoNe:
rename to SCHUIMG only if you downgrade a schubert device...

@Magpir,

i think it's useless to share a goldcard image because it's built with the card's cid which isn't the same for all...it won't work on another one...sorry if i missed the fact that you already know that.
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] Magpir:
it works on thumbdrives. A few people have confirmed it .

What happens is that the gold card image from others makes the thunbsrive into an unofficial sdcard.
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] alnova1:
I loaded a rom and love it...by the way...Windows has security? :)
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] Ttblondey:
i'm using the gold card tool bit it stated 'failed to get cid'

the new tool version .07 can't be downloaded.
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] Magpir:
the gold card tool is meant to get the cid off a winmobile or android phone

for using pc computer slot or laptop reader u need readcid.exe

Readcid.exe
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] Magpir:
attached ......
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] Ttblondey:
Does usb 3.0 cable support usb 2.0 port or not.
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] Ttblondey:
If gold tool fail try use this attachment.
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] dorianmuthig:
Yes, it does and also vice versa, but why do you care? There are no USB3.0 devices in play here.
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] Magpir:
USB should be backward compatible.
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] dorianmuthig:
Well, if you wanted standards conformity perhaps. This is a discussion about a vendor specific solution and therefore backward compatibility is completely irrelevant. For instance, not every mass storage device works, so standards conformity is already out the window. You can use a USB3.0 port to power the goldcard/phone/cable contraption (USB3 also supports more power per port), but that's about it. Don't bet on your expensive USB3.0 pen drive or card reader to work with the host mode of the phone.
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] Ttblondey:
I was looking for the one that dealextreme sell but without card reader if the price is much cheaper,I will get it.there's no USB 2.0 without the card reader available for the y cable.

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readcid doesn't work on my 64bit PC.
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] dorianmuthig:
Well, a USB3.0 cable only has 4 extra data connections at the front edge of the male plug which aren't connected with a USB2.0 plug. You can use a USB3.0 Y-cable for the standard A male and female plugs, but you won't be able to plug a micro-USB3.0 male plug into a micro-USB2.0 female port (like the one on the phone).

32-bit or 64-bit doesn't really matter here, you need a SDA Standard conformant host adapter device. Those are common in laptops (especially business and enterprise ones). You can't use that program with a USB reader (or a PATA/SATA adapter for that matter).
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] Magpir:
I am using a laptop the read cid works.

Not sure for desktop systems
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] Ttblondey:
I'm using desktop, but anyway I use revskill to get cid.
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] Magpir:
Note to everyone, it seems the y cable for external had or CDROM drive is not working .

there seems to be only one data connection and not 2 .

I think u need to get an USB otg cable.
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] dorianmuthig:
If the cable works with your CDROM drive, you can use it with the right adapters. You just need to plug the reader device and the phone into the ends with the data connection. If you plug the "power" connection into wither the reader or the phone, it's no wonder it won't work.
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] Magpir:
it comes with 2 male USB and one mini USB

when using a cdrom the mini usb goes into a cdrom device

the other 2 USB male goes into the laptop

but the problem is it seems (i am not sure) one of the USB male is power only used to deliver extra power to the cdrom.

so in this case it doesnt work ...

or am i wrong??

the data line has to be used with a female to female adaptor,so it this adaptor causing problem?
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] Ttblondey:
Unless one of the male change genes to female :D then it's possible.
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] Magpir:
i beleive the adaptors may be the problem, they may not be able to transmit data

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i have the same problem, but my cable arent diy, they are premade y cables for external cdrom and hdd devices

the card reader actually lights up when something is reading it, in this case the phone, if the phone can read, it will show an error if something is wrong with yr card reader or goldcard or the connection end of the card reader. this is an indication that the cable connections are correct.

so the phone is not reading it or there is no data connection . problem is cable, or the plugs//adaptors u are using are blocking the data
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] dorianmuthig:
You need a mini-USB to micro-USB adapter and plug that end into the phone.

You also need a female-to-female adapter and you plug that into the data cable male plug (that's usually the one that has the long end directly connected to it, judging from that picture) and then you plug your reader device into that and the remaining male plug goes into your powered USB adapter or port.
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] Magpir:
thats what i did exaclty, its not working

i suspect though the female-female usb or the mini - micro usb is blocking data

I think yr configuration that u put up a picture earlier is not using adaptors, thats why its working

either i follow yrs or i need the find a cable not using adapters

this means a Y cable with

micro usb

1 female

1 male
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] dorianmuthig:
Ok, answer me two questions:

1. Does your CDROM drive work with your cable?

2. If you add the micro-USB adapter to the cable, plug it into your phone and plug the other end into your computer, does your computer recognize the phone?
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] Ttblondey:
Hope this is the same as the one that has been posted.
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] dorianmuthig:
No, you have a cable similar to mine. For your cable the long end male plug (from the ferrite ring onwards) should be the power only part which goes into your powered USB port. This should however be written on the cable.
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] Ttblondey:
both male and female (for the y cable )have the same length.You mean my cable is wrong?
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] dorianmuthig:
Look closer at your cable. There is this round thick part near one of the male USB-A plugs, right? From there, the short end goes into your USB-OTG cable and the long end into your powered USB port of your choice. And if that doesn't work (and it turns out I was wrong), swap the two and try again.
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] Ttblondey:
try with 2 device hd7 and kaiser connected to pc.connected short one to the otg and the long one connected to pc Both device battery are very low I open

zune and windows mobile device centre it doesn't recognise their own device.
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] Magpir:
Looks like the right cable

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using the adaptors , none of the device is recognised in the PC.
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] dorianmuthig:
Yes, that's how it should be. Now disconnect the cable from your computer, put your Windows Phone in USB host mode and reconnect it.

Yes or no answers, please. And don't forget to indicate which question you were answering by putting the respective number infront of it.
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] Magpir:
both devices arent conencted to the PC, they are connected to each other

the PC powers the kaiser using the usb power male. HD7 does not draw any power as its running on its battery in USB host mode

if yr cables are working, the phone should show an error on usb host mode (power + vol down + camera)
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] Ttblondey:
this is the second attempt. first attempt i just connect only.
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] Magpir:
yr phone screen shows the black screen ( OS update mode/downgrade mode), its supposed to be on grey screen ( SPL, bootloader update, downgrade mode) right

TUrn off the phone , hold vol down and camera and the power button last
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] Ttblondey:
I notice when i press volume down and camera(under bootloader) my card reader doesn't have any light.I reboot my device connected to power plug without go into the bootloader the card reader lights up.
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] Magpir:
U should not be in the black or coloured screen. if u are, u booted into the wrong mode

disconn the phone from the cables, do it again,

U have to hold down the camera and vol down button until it goes to grey screen

it will briefly show the coloured screen then go to the grey screen

once it reaches the grey screen, connect the phone
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] Ttblondey:
yup it works but it's under serial.
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] Magpir:
u have to keep holding the vol down + camera until the grey screen appears.

it will briefly show the coloured screen, but u keep holding , it will go to the grey screen shortly
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] Ttblondey:
sorry have to edit.Is this correct ?
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] Magpir:
i think its working, at least the cables are the phone is finally reading something

something wrong with yr goldcard or car dreader.

either not connected

or goldcard not working
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] Ttblondey:
Actually this is for testing only.I haven't make any goldcard yet (actually made one but I reformat back:mad::o), gonna try with my 16gb partition maybe tonight.If this is correct way then I will proceed once both my device battery is full.
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] Magpir:
u got half of it correct....

yes i think the cables working because its reading something on the other end
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] Ttblondey:
you mean the other half is the goldcard am i right.By the way i try revskill with my partition i get an error none found just now.saturday i try i can get the cid:confused:
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] Magpir:
i believe i explained earlier, thumbdrive does not have cid

for usb thumbdrive, see below
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] Ttblondey:
I'm using my micro sd card 16 gb partition to get the cid through revskill.
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] Magpir:
why is that showing an error?

try the thumbdrive method

if it doesn work u need to use 1GB sdcard
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] Ttblondey:
Ok i've done that.Goldcard created on my sd card and now the RUU_signed.nbh I rename it to SCHUIMG.nbh and copy it to my thumb drive am I right?
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] Magpir:
yes.....thats right.....
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] Ttblondey:
Everything's fine what should i do now?
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] Magpir:
restart the phone, thru power button, if it's not working pull out the battery .

and insert again, power on the phone.

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Have u succeeded??
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] Ttblondey:
Yup: OS version 7004

Those who have a 16 gb can still make goldcard,I use mini tool and Gparted(needs to make a disk for booting)I partition it for 500 mb visible the balance is unvisible.

@Dorianmuthig thanks for the picture post.:D:D
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] Magpir:
great!!!!!!
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] Ttblondey:
My setup using sandisk 16gb partition to 500mb.

Thanks to everyone who have help me in some way or another.;)
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] Magpir:
well. see ya later mate.
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] cmiuc:
unlocking the sd card to retrieve the data

Hi,

Is there a way to unlock the SD card without losing the data on it? I would like to be able to keep the data on it so as to eventually pull off the SMS...

Thank you very much for any kind of help on this!
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] dorianmuthig:
Short answer: Yes, there is.

Long answer: You can't actually do it without either expensive equipment or knowing the security code the phone randomly generated during device setup.

By the way, wrong thread.
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] Ttblondey:
you can use SMS backup.xap and save game backup.you can even try WPDM/ Touchexperience provided your phone is unlock.It should be on Q&A Thread :D
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] cmiuc:
oh Sorry, wrong thread... (please direct me)

So its James Bond stuff? need M to whip me up sth special huh? I put back my 16 gig, and if i try my 32, Win7phone wants to puke and shut down. So if i need to post in the 'right place' i will, i am sorry for that... but really thanks, coz i hope there is some kind of way to do it... without JB...
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] Ttblondey:
I think this is the best place for you Happy Searching : http://xdaforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=605 ;)
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] cmiuc:
thanks a million guys!
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] Ttblondey:
we're here to help each other.so you customize your device?
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] asd602602:
when you can't progress anymore in 'Enter USB Host Mode..' screen, be sure that your y-cable length is over than 2 meter.

it may occur connection failure.

sorry for my bad english :D
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] dorianmuthig:
The length of the cable has no effect as long as it is no longer than 25 meters (or ~80 feet).
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] crazysax1:
goldcard but works with the latest update 7.10.8107?
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] dorianmuthig:
This feature is part of vendor specific servicing software, and a special functionality of the SPL bootloader. Updating your phone will likely never remove it.
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] cmiuc:
So what is the solution? I've repeated the steps... and yes sometimes get into USB mode, but nothing past "loading...."

I have a 32 gig SDHC(Sandisk) and for the life of me, cannot break it or put a goldimg on it. I've seen my fw drop down to spl but still the USB mode is not working as it did with my 16 gig...
[HD7 Windows Phone 7 Development] dorianmuthig:
That's because you need to use an SD card, SDHC cards (or SDXC for that matter) won't work. To be on the safe side, use a card with 1GB or smaller size that can still accomodate your ROM image (can be up to 512MB - reserved space).