HTC HD2
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- Anthony
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- 12 Feb 2010
Liverpool, 12 Feb 2010thank u Anthony,i did everything u said,the call history wo... morewhat you mean? what do you want it to do?
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Morgan, 11 Feb 2010Im looking at buying a HD2 in the near future and was just ... moreWhat is ROM and Cooked ROM...
Fist think you should know is the word “ROM” has a double meaning.
I hope i can explain this without confusing you more.
Here goes...
Think of the word “CD” most know it as a media format e.g. CD,DVD,BlueRay but it also has a double meaning. “CD” stands for Compact Disc which CD,DVD,BlueRay all are.... they are all Compact Disc of different formats, so technically you can call them all CD’s .
That brings me now to the word ROM...
This phone has two types of internal memory hardware, RAM & ROM
RAM is temporary memory that programs use when communicating with the CPU, video chip, sound chip and so on. ROM is long term memory where data is stored.. like a hard drive of CDrw for your PC
Long ago when you bought a PC you got a CD that had the OS and drivers on it for when you wanted to put your PC back to factory settings.
Now that same info is just stored as an “image” on a partition of your hard drive. That software “image” is also called a ROM
So on this phone the win mo OS, Sense UI, hardware drivers and a few more things, are kept in an “image” called a ROM in a portion of the storage memory, also called the ROM.
When people talk about HTC ROM and COOKED ROM it’s the software ROM they are talking about.
But when you want to get that software ROM (may it be from HTC or not, authorised or not) onto the right area of the Hardware ROM. You use a process called flashing your ROM (which formats the hardware ROM and then puts the {new/old/authorised or not} software ROM in the correct hidden area of the Hardware ROM). The software ROM has the flashing Utility built right into it. So you just run that Software ROM from your PC like a program and it does the rest for you, (once your phone is connected in sync mode). So you don’t have to worry about breaking your phone.
Once that software ROM is on the phone, it is used to install the OS, UI, Drivers, and more.
JAIL BREAKING...
Flashing a rom is not the equivalent to jail breaking and iphone. It’s more like updating your un-tampered iphone with the use of itunes.
Most people have to jail break the iPhone because it is SIM locked but only a very small % of HD2’s are SIM locked. So most users of this phone are free to use as many different GSM SIM’s in there phone as they like, without having to tamper with the phone in anyway. And all users {SIM locked or not} are free to put on 3rd party software... so it’s not like jail breaking at all.
What people call an “official ROM” is the group of software put together in the “image” by HTC.
What people call a “cooked ROM” is the group of software put together in the “image” by an independent programmer.
Official software ROM’s are digital signed by HTC and that is where things get kind of complicated.
There is a program know as the “SPL” that is hidden in a special part of the Hardware ROM. Its main function is to look at the Digital signature of an update software ROM and see if it is a match with the software ROM you already have on the phone. If it is a match it will let you do the update, if it’s not a match, the update will be denied.
Cooked ROM’s have no digital signature, so it will never get pass the SPL the normal way. That is where SSPL and HSPL come in to play.
SoftSPL and HardSPL.......
SoftSPL is a program design to make the SPL on the hardware ROM not do the signature check just long enough for you to put on a Software ROM that has a different signature to the Software ROM on your phone or no signature at all.
HardSPL is a program design to replace the SPL on the hardware ROM with one that never does a signature check when you are doing a software ROM update. So any Software ROM will install (official or not.)
This is by far the best way i think i ever explained this and probably every will, so i hope you understand.
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- 12 Feb 2010
Anthony, 12 Feb 2010When i click the link you gave, i get Sorry, page not fou... morethank u Anthony,i did everything u said,the call history works good but the calender icon just beneath it dosent react.
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- 12 Feb 2010
High Tech, 12 Feb 2010Well, tried to install Miri ROM v4, but couldn't get it to ... moreI don’t know if you know this but it is always good practice to do a hard reset, right after you flash a ROM. It sometimes works out driver kinks
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High Tech, 12 Feb 2010Well, tried to install Miri ROM v4, but couldn't get it to ... moreRAM is only used by running programs so if you have less free RAM it means more Programs are running when you did the check.
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- 12 Feb 2010
Liverpool, 12 Feb 2010i just downloaded a reg-edit program and dont know how to f... moreWhen i click the link you gave, i get
Sorry, page not found.
Do you want me to send the editor i used by email?
Or if you can use the program you got let’s try one.
I’m taking the info right from his site and breaking it down for you. Just go to his site to get the rest if you were successful with this one.
ShowCallHistory
Step 1. Open the reg edit program the interface should look like a file explorer. (if not you need the one I’m using)
Step 2. Tap on the “+” next to the words “HKEY_CURRENT_USER” to expand
Step 3. Tap on the “+” next to the words “Software” to expand
Step 4. Tap on the “+” next to the words “HTC” to expand
Step 5. Tap on the word “Manila” to select it. Then tap on the word again to show the files in the folder. (in the preview window below.)
Step 6. Find the file- CoOkie.ShowCallH... and tap on it.
Step 7. Change the Value data: from 0 to 1 then tap the grey ok key
Step 8. Close the reg-editor and restart the phone.
See if the call history shows on the home page.
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- High Tech
- kNk
- 12 Feb 2010
High Tech, 11 Feb 2010GO FOR IT.... I'm going to update my HD2 with Miri ROM v4.0... moreWell, tried to install Miri ROM v4, but couldn't get it to work on my HD2. It would freeze after install (HTC screen) and wouldn't load. Then I tried Miri ROM v3.2 and that was the same as v4, it froze on HTC screen. Now I'm trying Dutys new ROM v80 I think. So far so good. It loaded up fine. The only problem I see so far is that Miri ROM gave you more RAM to work with. Dutys ROM did unlock the RAM to 576, but you only have 119MB free for apps. The Miri ROM gave you more RAM to work with..... Will post later how Dutys' ROM is working........
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- 12 Feb 2010
Anthony, 12 Feb 2010did you get the reg-editer?well ,,i did succeed ,,but 1 thing dosent work from the moment that i instal co0kie 1.5 2days ago,,the calender icon dosent react but the call history dose react and no problem,,i dont know whats wrong with the calender
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Anthony, 12 Feb 2010did you get the reg-editer?i download the reg-editor program from here http://best-regedit.en.softonic.com/pocketpc/download,,the free try one
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- 12 Feb 2010
Anthony, 12 Feb 2010Look on page 3 Freewareppc.......... i was talking to you... morei just downloaded a reg-edit program and dont know how to find the co0kie settings through the program,,!!!!!!
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- 12 Feb 2010
Liverpool, 12 Feb 2010yes i need a reg-editer program ,,days ago u sent me a linq... moredid you get the reg-editer?
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- 12 Feb 2010
Liverpool, 12 Feb 2010yes i need a reg-editer program ,,days ago u sent me a linq... moreLook on page 3
Freewareppc.......... i was talking to you. That is a reg editor for the phone.
When you go to that page click the link that says
“Download from server 1” better yet do it right from the phone so you can install it as soon as it is done.
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- mGB
- 12 Feb 2010
Anthony, 12 Feb 2010No that is not what i was talking about. I gave more than ... moreyes i need a reg-editer program ,,days ago u sent me a linq to download such a program but couldnt find one for mobile phone all were for pc
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- 12 Feb 2010
Liverpool, 12 Feb 2010i did download the reg file which made by co0kie ont hte sa... moreNo that is not what i was talking about.
I gave more than one link one goes to a next web page.
The names i gave with dates are on that next page among other things.
You have to find them.
Download them.
Copy them to the phone.
Then click on them from the phone and they will install them self.
The reg-edits on cooky site are in a window. With parts/strings and you have to use a reg-editer program to find those parts/strings on your phone registry and make the change he sad to make manually.
I gave the link to a registry-editor program.
If you still need help i will have to walk through it with you one at a time and not try to cover all at the same time.
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- Arcanus
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- 12 Feb 2010
Mark, 11 Feb 2010Hi Anthony, soz but I cant seem to find any paperwork that ... moreMark its very very easy almost dead easy lol i was making that questions myself
literaly just download the files from the links below
execute or run the HSPL file
follow the steps
then do the same with the LEO ROM
thats it ;)
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- 12 Feb 2010
Arcanus, 12 Feb 2010hey guys
i was trying to get the cookie monster home tab... more.cab files are never to be taken apart/unzipped.
You just copy it to the phone as is and then click it to install it just like a program.
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- Arcanus
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- 12 Feb 2010
hey guys
i was trying to get the cookie monster home tab 1.5
but when i downloaded the file in zip format it had lots of files inside
can any one explain to me the installation procedure???
thanks ;)
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- Liverpool
- mGB
- 12 Feb 2010
Anthony, 11 Feb 2010Along with the smaller screen will come smaller CPU and sma... morei did download the reg file which made by co0kie ont hte same page of co0kie 1.5 version but further wut am i suppose to do in order to download the cabs???
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- High Tech
- kNk
- 12 Feb 2010
High Tech, 12 Feb 2010HELP. Anthony I did a rom update, but know it is stuck on H... moreOkay did a hard reset and it brought me back to the setup screen. Flashing again with the new ROM.. Anothny I still may need you????????
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- High Tech
- kNk
- 12 Feb 2010
HELP. Anthony I did a rom update, but know it is stuck on HTC screen. It loaded the first time, but changed my lang to USA english and had to reset phone. Now only HTC sreen shows......What do I need to do???????