[HOW-TO] - - Flash a Rom or Radio and re-locking on your TP2 from the SD card

[cornelious2]

sounds like he flashed it from a pc to fix it. ive yet to have that issue and i've flashed many roms this way im curious what is going on. which rom did you flash?

[WhiteBlazer01]

I normally have no trouble flashing (I've done it a million times), but the new Nov 20 Energy Leo rom (28002) just won't flash. It keeps crashing (Vista 64 bit). So I tried the included nbh file, but I get the same error described above.

[cornelious2]

try flashing a different rom than that one.

[WhiteBlazer01]

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Originally Posted by cornelious2

try flashing a different rom than that one.

you mean just to see if NOV 20 rom it works? I'm currently on the Energy rom leo Oct 25 rom.

[cornelious2]

sure, or stock, or any other rom thats not the one that caused the issue. or are you up and running again on a different rom? if so maybe that download was just corrupted.

[WhiteBlazer01]

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yea, I'm already on a flashed rom since late Oct. Just wanted to try out the new rom. I thought the download might be corrupted, so I tried again, but no luck. I guess I'll try later, or maybe flash a different rom just to rule out user error.

[Alc7258]

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Originally Posted by cornelious2

First and foremost you must be unlocked to flash any roms on your phone you can get the unlocker at this link http://rhodiumw.htc-unlocks.com/hard-spl.php Unfortunatly Due to the new process unlocking is not available via the SD card so you will have to find a PC if you don't have access to one.


If you are going to flash any of Cmonex's special patched radios you will have to be sim unlocked you can do this http://rhodiumw.htc-unlocks.com/ Again This has to be done with a computer.


now once you get that piece out of the way we can get to the fun part, flashing a new rom without the aid of a pc. Similar to the mogul days and touch pro days, I have found flashing new roms much more convenient from the SD card than from the PC that way I could let my phone download the rom and then flash to a new version while I am out and about. Another added benefit is to be able to keep multiple roms on your SD card so you can test one, but still keep your standby at hand and not be locked to your computer.

A pre-note to this process. Your SD card must be formatted fat-32 (not just fat) for this process to work. formatting your SD card will wipe out all information on it so remember to backup first!

This is actually a really simple process.

Step 1: find the rom/radio you wish to flash and download it
Step 2: extract the .nbh file out of said rom package (will usually be named RUU_SIGNED.nbh if the rom is packed in an exe use pocket rar to extract from your phone or 7zip/winrar from your pc)
Step 3: rename the .nbh file to RHODIMG.nbh
step 4: place rom on the root of your SD card (meaning not in any folders)
step 5: power down the device completely
step 6: hold volume down and power (sleep/wake button on the Verizon variant) till the screen boots into bootloader mode (red green blue screen)
step 7: when prompted press power to flash
step 8: wait for it to finnish, sometimes it will restart on its own, sometime you need to restart it yourself but make sure you wait for the flash successful screen.

That's all there is to it I will add to this as time goes on. Happy flashing!

So I do the unlock and then put it in the root of my sdhc... But will it do it automatically or do I click it and do a hard reset

[RED_RAIN]

When you flash, do you lose all programs and data installed to your device?

[cornelious2]

Originally Posted by Alc7258

So I do the unlock and then put it in the root of my sdhc... But will it do it automatically or do I click it and do a hard reset

you enter bootloader and press power to flash when it prompts you

Originally Posted by RED_RAIN

When you flash, do you lose all programs and data installed to your device?

yes, all files and installs are gone, your SD card still retains all files, but the device is wiped clean.

[RED_RAIN]

Thanks, if people are able to flash to multiple roms back and forth, how are they avoiding the setup time?