Comprehensive Step by Step flashing guide for your first (and subsequent) custom ROM flashes.
I had a couple requests (sorry it took so long to get to them) to post a step by step guide on this forum on how to flash your Fuze for the first time (and what you should keep in mind when flashing new/updated ROM's).
I know that XDA-Developers site can seem a little daunting and intimidating, especially to those that are not as "geeky" as the rest of us. I hope this guide helps you and lays to rest any fears you may have.
Please note, myself, or anyone else associated with HTCFuze.org can not be held liable if you brick your phone or otherwise render it useless. The instructions provided here are for personal and educational purposes and come with NO WARRANTIES, implied or otherwise.
These steps MUST be completed in order so you have properly prepared your system AND phone to flash custom ROM's.
Note: THIS WILL VOID YOUR WARRANTY! I am not going to sugar coat this at all, this will void it, period. So, if your phone gives you problems, and you cannot reverse the process before sending it in for a warranty repair/exchange, you have been warned.
Q&A
Q: What is the advantage of flashing a custom ROM?
A: None, outside of being able to play with the latest OS for your mobile phone.
Q: If there is no advantage, then why do it?
A: Well, I say there is no advantage because MOST of us flash with a Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM (which is still in BETA (Testing)) and does have some issues, which we expect since the OS is not yet finished. However, there ARE Chef's out there that tweak Official Windows Mobile 6.1 ROM's. What you get when you use EITHER types of ROM's will depend on the ROM and what the Chef did. Most of the ROM's will feature some or all of the following:
1. Performance. There are a TON of Registry Tweaks, add-on applications and tools that can help you get the most performance out of the device as possible.
2. Eye Candy. Many will tweak themes, icons, colors and other parts of the ROM to make them look better.
3. Removal of Bloat-ware. Every new PC from ANY manufacturer comes with applications and tools that you will never use. Mobile PC's are the same (unfortunately). Most, if not all, cooked ROM's will have most of this junk removed and you can always find the CAB files for most of them to add back if you need it.
4. Battery Life. Most ROM's are tweaked to extend battery life.
Q: I see most of you use EnergyROM, why this one and why not others?
A: This is mostly for personal choice. I have tried many ROM's from different Chef's and have always come back to EnergyROM because of stability and eye candy. Again, this is mostly PERSONAL CHOICE. Feel free to try other ROM's and then post about them.
Q: I see you guys doing posts with screen shots, how do you do that?
A: My Mobiler is an application that allows you to take control of your mobile phone and use it as if you were holding the phone. The added benefit is that you can take screen shots. Once you do, then host them somewhere like PhotoBucket and link to them on your posts.
Q: Can I brick my phone?
A: If you properly apply the HardSPL, then no. You cannot brick your phone. (Instructions on recovery will be added to this post series)
Q: Can this process be reversed and my phone restored to factory?
A: Yes, I will add those steps as part of the guide as well.
Q: Can I use this guide on my site?
A: Yes, under the following conditions.
1. Link back to http://www.htcfuze.org at the BEGINNING and END of the post
2. Include FULL CREDIT for the original post
3. No changes are made without permission (unless they are minor corrections, but if that is the case, please PM me and let me know what's wrong).
4. Do not host ANY of the files yourself without the express written permission of the application owner. Link back to original posts at XDA-Developers to ensure the latest version as well as integrity of the files remain intact (with 3rd party hosting of files, you need to be careful that someone didn't inject a virus or some other nasty bug).
Q: Any other suggestions?
A: YES! Regardless if you are going to be flashing a custom ROM to your phone or not, I would HIGHLY suggest you at least install the HardSPL. This way, if you apply an official update and something goes wrong, YOU WILL NEVER BRICK YOUR PHONE!!!
Please note, that this topic will be LOCKED, so there is no replying to this post. There is another thread that has been made for discussions of flashing custom ROM's (http://www.htcfuze.org/index.php?topic=625.0). If there are any issues with this guide, PLEASE send me a private message and I will get it fixed ASAP.
CREDITS: I used various posts spread all over XDA-Developers forums to make this guide. I did NOT come up with all of this on my own, although, some of the information is mine and what I have learned, the bulk of it was those guys. Thanks to those guys, they have brought new life and love to Mobile PC's and Smart Phones!!
I had a couple requests (sorry it took so long to get to them) to post a step by step guide on this forum on how to flash your Fuze for the first time (and what you should keep in mind when flashing new/updated ROM's).
I know that XDA-Developers site can seem a little daunting and intimidating, especially to those that are not as "geeky" as the rest of us. I hope this guide helps you and lays to rest any fears you may have.
Please note, myself, or anyone else associated with HTCFuze.org can not be held liable if you brick your phone or otherwise render it useless. The instructions provided here are for personal and educational purposes and come with NO WARRANTIES, implied or otherwise.
These steps MUST be completed in order so you have properly prepared your system AND phone to flash custom ROM's.
Note: THIS WILL VOID YOUR WARRANTY! I am not going to sugar coat this at all, this will void it, period. So, if your phone gives you problems, and you cannot reverse the process before sending it in for a warranty repair/exchange, you have been warned.
Q&A
Q: What is the advantage of flashing a custom ROM?
A: None, outside of being able to play with the latest OS for your mobile phone.
Q: If there is no advantage, then why do it?
A: Well, I say there is no advantage because MOST of us flash with a Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM (which is still in BETA (Testing)) and does have some issues, which we expect since the OS is not yet finished. However, there ARE Chef's out there that tweak Official Windows Mobile 6.1 ROM's. What you get when you use EITHER types of ROM's will depend on the ROM and what the Chef did. Most of the ROM's will feature some or all of the following:
1. Performance. There are a TON of Registry Tweaks, add-on applications and tools that can help you get the most performance out of the device as possible.
2. Eye Candy. Many will tweak themes, icons, colors and other parts of the ROM to make them look better.
3. Removal of Bloat-ware. Every new PC from ANY manufacturer comes with applications and tools that you will never use. Mobile PC's are the same (unfortunately). Most, if not all, cooked ROM's will have most of this junk removed and you can always find the CAB files for most of them to add back if you need it.
4. Battery Life. Most ROM's are tweaked to extend battery life.
Q: I see most of you use EnergyROM, why this one and why not others?
A: This is mostly for personal choice. I have tried many ROM's from different Chef's and have always come back to EnergyROM because of stability and eye candy. Again, this is mostly PERSONAL CHOICE. Feel free to try other ROM's and then post about them.
Q: I see you guys doing posts with screen shots, how do you do that?
A: My Mobiler is an application that allows you to take control of your mobile phone and use it as if you were holding the phone. The added benefit is that you can take screen shots. Once you do, then host them somewhere like PhotoBucket and link to them on your posts.
Q: Can I brick my phone?
A: If you properly apply the HardSPL, then no. You cannot brick your phone. (Instructions on recovery will be added to this post series)
Q: Can this process be reversed and my phone restored to factory?
A: Yes, I will add those steps as part of the guide as well.
Q: Can I use this guide on my site?
A: Yes, under the following conditions.
1. Link back to http://www.htcfuze.org at the BEGINNING and END of the post
2. Include FULL CREDIT for the original post
3. No changes are made without permission (unless they are minor corrections, but if that is the case, please PM me and let me know what's wrong).
4. Do not host ANY of the files yourself without the express written permission of the application owner. Link back to original posts at XDA-Developers to ensure the latest version as well as integrity of the files remain intact (with 3rd party hosting of files, you need to be careful that someone didn't inject a virus or some other nasty bug).
Q: Any other suggestions?
A: YES! Regardless if you are going to be flashing a custom ROM to your phone or not, I would HIGHLY suggest you at least install the HardSPL. This way, if you apply an official update and something goes wrong, YOU WILL NEVER BRICK YOUR PHONE!!!
Please note, that this topic will be LOCKED, so there is no replying to this post. There is another thread that has been made for discussions of flashing custom ROM's (http://www.htcfuze.org/index.php?topic=625.0). If there are any issues with this guide, PLEASE send me a private message and I will get it fixed ASAP.
CREDITS: I used various posts spread all over XDA-Developers forums to make this guide. I did NOT come up with all of this on my own, although, some of the information is mine and what I have learned, the bulk of it was those guys. Thanks to those guys, they have brought new life and love to Mobile PC's and Smart Phones!!
Create an account here: http://forum.xda-developers.com - Some of the file links will require you to have an account on these forums to download the files.
***THIS TUTORIAL IS FOR THE GSM PHONES ONLY!!! DO NOT USE WITH CDMA VERSIONS***
If your phone has a SIM Card Slot then its a GSM Model. Carry on reading.
If it has no SIM Card then its CDMA and you should not use this procedure.
*ONCE YOU HAVE FLASHED A HARDSPL ITS PERMANENT. YOU DON'T NEED TO DO IT AGAIN WHEN FLASHING NEW ROMS OR RADIOS*
*DO NOT start another process while the flashing process is taking place*
*DO NOT click off of the status bar... Let it stay in the foreground*
*DO NOT let the Screen saver activate*
(any of these can lead to a bad flash and possibly brick your phone)
*FLASH HARDSPL BEFORE FLASHING ANY CUSTOM ROMS*
YOUR DEVICE MUST HAVE AT LEAST 50% BATTERY POWER FIRST BEFORE ATTEMPTING
FLASH HARDSPL (this will NOT wipe any data from your phone)
Before flashing make sure you have installed Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 on your PC
Flashing via ActiveSync with USB (I will not cover flashing from an SD card as it is something I have not done and can't really say how well it works or not)
1. Download Hard-SPL package and unzip it to your Hard Drive. Make sure it's launched from a local drive (not through network drive, etc.)
2. REMOVE SIM and SD CARDS!!
3. Turn phone back on and let it boot back into your operating system
4. Connect your phone to PC with a USB cable and wait until it syncs with your PC
5. Run RaphaelHardSPL-Unsigned_190_1_3.exe
6. Follow steps in the RUU (Rom Update Utility), check device for prompts after PC shows loading bar
7. It should go to a black screen now
8. SPL flashes, device automatically reboots, job done
9. To confirm you installed it correctly, go into boot loader mode (tricolor screen!) and verify the screen shows 1.90.OliNex
**To enter Boot loader and check HardSPL version; with the device turned on, press and hold the volume down button, then press the reset button with the stylus. Release the volume down button when boot loader tricolor screen appears**
NOTE 1: You will not see the SPL version during normal boot, that is the OS version, not SPL!
NOTE 2: You do not need to SIM or CID Unlock your phone to flash a new Rom.
***THIS TUTORIAL IS FOR THE GSM PHONES ONLY!!! DO NOT USE WITH CDMA VERSIONS***
If your phone has a SIM Card Slot then its a GSM Model. Carry on reading.
If it has no SIM Card then its CDMA and you should not use this procedure.
*ONCE YOU HAVE FLASHED A HARDSPL ITS PERMANENT. YOU DON'T NEED TO DO IT AGAIN WHEN FLASHING NEW ROMS OR RADIOS*
*DO NOT start another process while the flashing process is taking place*
*DO NOT click off of the status bar... Let it stay in the foreground*
*DO NOT let the Screen saver activate*
(any of these can lead to a bad flash and possibly brick your phone)
*FLASH HARDSPL BEFORE FLASHING ANY CUSTOM ROMS*
YOUR DEVICE MUST HAVE AT LEAST 50% BATTERY POWER FIRST BEFORE ATTEMPTING
FLASH HARDSPL (this will NOT wipe any data from your phone)
Before flashing make sure you have installed Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 on your PC
Flashing via ActiveSync with USB (I will not cover flashing from an SD card as it is something I have not done and can't really say how well it works or not)
1. Download Hard-SPL package and unzip it to your Hard Drive. Make sure it's launched from a local drive (not through network drive, etc.)
2. REMOVE SIM and SD CARDS!!
3. Turn phone back on and let it boot back into your operating system
4. Connect your phone to PC with a USB cable and wait until it syncs with your PC
5. Run RaphaelHardSPL-Unsigned_190_1_3.exe
6. Follow steps in the RUU (Rom Update Utility), check device for prompts after PC shows loading bar
7. It should go to a black screen now
8. SPL flashes, device automatically reboots, job done
9. To confirm you installed it correctly, go into boot loader mode (tricolor screen!) and verify the screen shows 1.90.OliNex
**To enter Boot loader and check HardSPL version; with the device turned on, press and hold the volume down button, then press the reset button with the stylus. Release the volume down button when boot loader tricolor screen appears**
NOTE 1: You will not see the SPL version during normal boot, that is the OS version, not SPL!
NOTE 2: You do not need to SIM or CID Unlock your phone to flash a new Rom.
DOWNLOAD AND FLASH YOUR PREFERED ROM
NOTE: THIS WILL WIPE ALL PERSONAL DATA FROM YOUR PHONE! BACK IT UP!!!
Flashing Via ActiveSync
1. Download your prefered ROM from the Raphael Rom Develpoment Page and unzip/unrar it to your computer
2. REMOVE SIM and MicroSD CARDS!!
3. Turn phone back on and wait until it syncs with your PC
4. Run the Raphael_RUU.exe (or RaphaelWrapper.exe if thats included instead) from the Roms Folder
5. Once phone finishes flashing and gets to the screen where it configures the stylus, HARD RESET
(Hold the VOLUME DOWN and ENTER (center) Buttons, press the RESET button with the stylus tip, then release the RESET button but continue to hold the VOLUME DOWN and ENTER buttons until the reset screen appears)
6. Follow onscreen instructions to set up your New ROM
7. Once phone has gone through the customisation procedure then turn off the phone and replace Sim and microSD Cards
8. Turn phone back on and set up as required
NOTE: When upgrading your ROM (new version), just follow THIS POST, you do NOT have to re-apply the HardSPL, you do NOT have to re-install Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 (unless you are doing it from a different machine that originally flashed from), you can just get your new ROM and flash.
NOTE: THIS WILL WIPE ALL PERSONAL DATA FROM YOUR PHONE! BACK IT UP!!!
Flashing Via ActiveSync
1. Download your prefered ROM from the Raphael Rom Develpoment Page and unzip/unrar it to your computer
2. REMOVE SIM and MicroSD CARDS!!
3. Turn phone back on and wait until it syncs with your PC
4. Run the Raphael_RUU.exe (or RaphaelWrapper.exe if thats included instead) from the Roms Folder
5. Once phone finishes flashing and gets to the screen where it configures the stylus, HARD RESET
(Hold the VOLUME DOWN and ENTER (center) Buttons, press the RESET button with the stylus tip, then release the RESET button but continue to hold the VOLUME DOWN and ENTER buttons until the reset screen appears)
6. Follow onscreen instructions to set up your New ROM
7. Once phone has gone through the customisation procedure then turn off the phone and replace Sim and microSD Cards
8. Turn phone back on and set up as required
NOTE: When upgrading your ROM (new version), just follow THIS POST, you do NOT have to re-apply the HardSPL, you do NOT have to re-install Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 (unless you are doing it from a different machine that originally flashed from), you can just get your new ROM and flash.
FLASH PREFERED RADIO IF DESIRED (OPTIONAL).
Before flashing any radio to your device, please make sure your device has HardSPL - If you want to be able to flash Radios from other devices (Non-Raphael) then you will need to pay for a SIM/Security Unlocker (HERE)
Flashing a new Radio ROM using CustomRUU, doesn't hard reset your device (wipe data)... But, if you are novice at the whole process, I would consider backing up your data anyway, just in case.
YOUR DEVICE MUST HAVE AT LEAST 50% BATTERY POWER FIRST BEFORE ATTEMPTING
**If you want to Flash a Non Raphael Radio then your phone MUST be Security Unlocked**
Flashing Via ActiveSync
1. Download your preferred Radio from HERE. I would highly suggest version 1.14.25.05.
2. Extract the zip/rar file
3. Sync your phone with the PC
4. Run the Raphael_RUU.exe from the Radio's Folder and follow the instructions.
Before flashing any radio to your device, please make sure your device has HardSPL - If you want to be able to flash Radios from other devices (Non-Raphael) then you will need to pay for a SIM/Security Unlocker (HERE)
Flashing a new Radio ROM using CustomRUU, doesn't hard reset your device (wipe data)... But, if you are novice at the whole process, I would consider backing up your data anyway, just in case.
YOUR DEVICE MUST HAVE AT LEAST 50% BATTERY POWER FIRST BEFORE ATTEMPTING
**If you want to Flash a Non Raphael Radio then your phone MUST be Security Unlocked**
Flashing Via ActiveSync
1. Download your preferred Radio from HERE. I would highly suggest version 1.14.25.05.
2. Extract the zip/rar file
3. Sync your phone with the PC
4. Run the Raphael_RUU.exe from the Radio's Folder and follow the instructions.
STEP BY STEP HOW TO RETURN TO STOCK SPL - FOR WARRANTY REASONS ONLY!
0. Be sure to first restore stock OS, and stock radio. Stock SPL is always to be done last!!
1. Download the stock spl package from HERE.
2. Also download the original hardspl from HERE.
3. Run the hardspl exe but do not click anything in RUU yet. just let the hardspl EXE extract the files for flashing.
4. The SPL you want to revert to is a .NBH file, put the NBH in the extracted hardspl package, overwriting the original NBH file in it!
5. Continue with the RUU (or if needed, run SSPL-Manual.exe manually, then run RUU when it goes to black screen), it goes to 100%, reboots, done.
6. To verify, volume down + reset, see version number on tricolor screen, should now just say 1.90.0000.
that's it.
0. Be sure to first restore stock OS, and stock radio. Stock SPL is always to be done last!!
1. Download the stock spl package from HERE.
2. Also download the original hardspl from HERE.
3. Run the hardspl exe but do not click anything in RUU yet. just let the hardspl EXE extract the files for flashing.
4. The SPL you want to revert to is a .NBH file, put the NBH in the extracted hardspl package, overwriting the original NBH file in it!
5. Continue with the RUU (or if needed, run SSPL-Manual.exe manually, then run RUU when it goes to black screen), it goes to 100%, reboots, done.
6. To verify, volume down + reset, see version number on tricolor screen, should now just say 1.90.0000.
that's it.
Unbricking, or recovering from a bad flash.
Doanload MTTY from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=71806&d=1203597568
1. Stop ActiveSync, by Task Manager (press Ctrl + Alt + Delete)
kill two processes rapimgr.exe and wcescomm.exe
2. Connect the USB Cable
3. Run mtty and Choose USB in 'PORT'
4. Type "set 16 0" without the quotes to tell boot loader to boot the OS after reset.
5. Type "task 8" to get your device formatted
6. Unplug the USB cable and manually reset it if it does not do that already.
Doanload MTTY from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=71806&d=1203597568
1. Stop ActiveSync, by Task Manager (press Ctrl + Alt + Delete)
kill two processes rapimgr.exe and wcescomm.exe
2. Connect the USB Cable
3. Run mtty and Choose USB in 'PORT'
4. Type "set 16 0" without the quotes to tell boot loader to boot the OS after reset.
5. Type "task 8" to get your device formatted
6. Unplug the USB cable and manually reset it if it does not do that already.
0 件のコメント:
コメントを投稿