mike,I had the same problem.
to get houdini to "see" the phone, you gotta run a put the TP2 into diagnostic mode first. usually, the command is initiated by dialing ##DIAG (##3424) or ##3424# (depending on if you have vzw or sprint version of TP2. this command initiates a program called "DMROUTER". when DMROUTER is running, a different set of drivers are installed by winxp or vista when the TP2 is plugged into the USB.
by running dmrouter first before plugging the phone in, can you get houdini to see the phone.
however, I had a really hard time getting to this step. first off, my vzw tp2 didn't even have dmrouter, so I had to go on the forum searching for it. even after I copied onto the tp2, I couldn't run it. ##3424 wouldn't run it. so I had to take another further step and download another program called "nOpen" to run dmrouter. running nOpen allows you to select the program "dmrouter.exe" file to open, and also specify a command. the command to use is "\DIAG".
and, for me, I had run it twice, because for some reason, my vzw tp2 would only run dmrouter for 3 seconds the first time and then shut down the program. running dmrouter.exs using nOpen a second time, I was able to keep dmrouter running, plug in the USB cable, and get houdini to install the correct drivers.
run houdini normally like you would to try and find a htc diamond or diamond pro.
now, that was my first hurdle. houdini didn't automatically "see" which COM port was being used. we had to manually select each port present one by one by hand to find it, and on the last try, COM127 port, did houdini find the phone and clear the ESN.
once houdini runs thru and clears the ESN into the metropcs inventory, the rest is just regular programing of the phone, just like you would a vzw or sprint htc diamond.
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Originally Posted by mikezpc
ok guys got the msl and i can go in and change the prl and all that, but here's the thing, when i went to the metro store by me, houdini wouldn't recognize that the phone, would having the correct prl change that? if i understood the process correctly that's what it seems like. please let me know.
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