Need Help Finding The Correct Rom For My PRO

[semsem1969]

Hello to everyone,
am new in here and i like this forum its quit nice . also am new to the whole thing about flashing Rom and updating the phone and please i need your help please.
i have a touch pro its from Softbank Carrier (JAPAN) its call X05HT model and i need to change the os from Japanese to English .
so i assume that the phone or what they using is cdma type (UMTS 3G 2100) and to be sure how i could find out ???
second is do i have to sim unlock or no need before i start?
and what files do i need and what the best Rom to suite my phone.
i can not choose cause am a beginner and i dont know what is ok and what is not.
finally if you can explain to me what is disadvantage of upgrading to a different rom (example am not gonna be able to use messages or internet ...etc...)
i know i asked too much but really i appreciate it .
thanks

[TMartin]

Originally Posted by semsem1969

Hello to everyone,
am new in here and i like this forum its quit nice . also am new to the whole thing about flashing Rom and updating the phone and please i need your help please.
i have a touch pro its from Softbank Carrier (JAPAN) its call X05HT model and i need to change the os from Japanese to English .
so i assume that the phone or what they using is cdma type (UMTS 3G 2100) and to be sure how i could find out ???
second is do i have to sim unlock or no need before i start?
and what files do i need and what the best Rom to suite my phone.
i can not choose cause am a beginner and i dont know what is ok and what is not.
finally if you can explain to me what is disadvantage of upgrading to a different rom (example am not gonna be able to use messages or internet ...etc...)
i know i asked too much but really i appreciate it .
thanks

You say it has a SIM??? If so, you might have a GSM, which you will want to switch over to the GSM Touch Pro Forum. I would recommend a WM6.5 Build 21232 rom since you might have a GSM. Hope that helps.

[semsem1969]

Originally Posted by TMartin

You say it has a SIM??? If so, you might have a GSM, which you will want to switch over to the GSM Touch Pro Forum. I would recommend a WM6.5 Build 21232 rom since you might have a GSM. Hope that helps.

thanks for your replay but am not sure what they are using here in japan.the phone has a USIM card and its on the 3g network .some websites says they using (HSDPA 2100) and some say GSM .how i can find out .
again thank you so much for your help

[TMartin]

I really don't know how to tell honestly. Actually wait hold the top power button, volume down button and then use the stylist to hit the soft reset button. Keep holding power and volume down buttons until it goes into Bootloader mode. If it says RAPH800 you have a CDMA and if it says RAPH100 you have a GSM.

[psooky]

Originally Posted by semsem1969

thanks for your replay but am not sure what they are using here in japan.the phone has a USIM card and its on the 3g network .some websites says they using (HSDPA 2100) and some say GSM .how i can find out .
again thank you so much for your help

the wiki on softbank says they use w-cdma(umts), so you're better off checking the GSM forums.

[semsem1969]

Originally Posted by TMartin

I really don't know how to tell honestly. Actually wait hold the top power button, volume down button and then use the stylist to hit the soft reset button. Keep holding power and volume down buttons until it goes into Bootloader mode. If it says RAPH800 you have a CDMA and if it says RAPH100 you have a GSM.

Again thanks for your replay,actually i called Softbank today and ask them what my phone use GSM or W-CDMA and they confirmed that its W-CDMA so am still on the right forum or W-CDMA is same as gsm (way of flashing the rom)
again thanks for your replay

[thacounty]

Originally Posted by semsem1969

Again thanks for your replay,actually i called Softbank today and ask them what my phone use GSM or W-CDMA and they confirmed that its W-CDMA so am still on the right forum or W-CDMA is same as gsm (way of flashing the rom)
again thanks for your replay

W-CDMA is GSM. There is a gsm upgrades forum here too though. So check that one.

[semsem1969]

Originally Posted by thacounty

W-CDMA is GSM. There is a gsm upgrades forum here too though. So check that one.

thanks a lot i should move to the GSM forum.
again thanks for all your help guys.