Need a OEM ROM or just a little help.

[JR2_Alaska]

Okay so I just got a TouchPro from my local carrier here in Alaska (ACS). I have a 30 day window to return this phone and I want to make some changes to see if I can make it work like I want, but I still want to be able to go back to OEM to return it. Does anyone happen to have an ACS OEM ROM? Or maybe have something that will work. I can tell you that ACS is tied to verizon but does not disable any features like they do. Here is the info from the device info page on the phone if that will help:

ROM Version 1.09.557.4
ROM Date 6/10/09
Radio Ver 1.12.31F

Right now I am not happy with how much lag the programs have or the battery life. I know a ROM will fix that. I also wonder if different radio settings will get me better reception in places?

Thanks for your help.

[JR2_Alaska]

Just a little bump to the top hoping someone might have a copy of the ROM version I have....

[slidebabyslide]

have u tried posting in xda?

[JR2_Alaska]

Nope, but I will go join up and give it a try.

[raidzero]

you might try dumping the ROM from it now, if you have hardSPL for your device (which you would need if you flashed a custom ROM) chances are you have a relocker. Dump your ROM now and then unlock, flash back your dumped rom and relock. If it works, you're good to go and the flashing can commence.

here are the instructions: I used these on my sprint TP and dumped the rom successfully

How to dump the ROM (step by step)

This page explains the process to dump the ROM of your Hermes. The HTC_Hermes does not have a disk-on-chip flash, like most other HTC devices, you can however use pdocread with the -w switch.
pdocread is part of the itsutils tools collection, you can download the source + executables here.
Now let's start the process:
1. Unzip the contents of itsutils.zip on c:\itsutils
2. Connect your Hermes to PC using USB cable, and make sure ActiveSync is running
3. Start -> run -> cmd.exe
4. cd c:\itsutils

5. First we are going to find the device handles for all the flash partitions, using pdocread -l
C:\itsutils>pdocread.exe -l
114.88M FLASHDR
| 3.12M Part00
| 2.88M Part01
| 50.88M Part02
| 58.00M Part03
968.75M DSK1:
| 968.50M Part00
STRG handles: 834d5e62
0 partitions, 0 binary partitions
customerid=00000000 uniqueid= 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
(968.50M) 03958bce
0 partitions, 0 binary partitions
customerid=00000000 uniqueid= 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
( 58.00M) 239584da
0 partitions, 0 binary partitions
customerid=00000000 uniqueid= 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
( 50.88M) 039582ce
0 partitions, 0 binary partitions
customerid=00000000 uniqueid= 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
( 2.88M) 2395828a
0 partitions, 0 binary partitions
customerid=00000000 uniqueid= 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
( 3.12M) 6. If you get the following errror, probably your device is application locked:
C:\itsutils>pdocread.exe -l
Copying C:\itsutils\itsutils.dll to WCE:\windows\itsutils.dll
Could not update itsutils.dll to the current version, maybe it is inuse?
try restarting your device, or restart ActiveSync Check this wiki article on information about how to avoid that. Basically you have to modify this registry key, and then softreset using power button:
HKLM\Security\Policies\Policies
valuename '00001001' was set to dword:2, change it to dword:1

dword: any thing other than 1 disallows unsigned
dword: 1 allows unsigned If changing the dword is still giving the issue , try HTC_Hermes_SIM_CID_Unlock solved it for me on a Dopod 838pro
If the registry hack is not working and you have Orange device, this helps: http://spvunlock.rd.francetelecom.com/
7. Note: There are two ways to read each partitionpdocread -h 0xHANDLVALUE 0 0xSIZEVALUE diskimage.nb or

pdocread -d storename -p partitionname StartValue LengthValue file.raw

We will use the second method for the next step.
Overview of flash partitions (just for your information, not a step)

FLASHDR STOREINFO 114.88M (0x72e0000) dev='FLASHDR' store='Microsoft Flash Disk'
nsect=39700 bpsect=200 free=0 maxpartsize=0
3.12M ( 0x31fc00) Part00 'BOOT' end= 18fe type=20 image update kernel partition (XIP), used while image updates
2.88M ( 0x2e0000) Part01 'RAWFS' end= 1700 type=23 regular kernel partition (XIP), used for normal OS boot
50.88M (0x32e0000) Part02 'imgfs.dll' end=19700 type=25 imgfs
58.00M (0x3a00000) Part03 'fatfsd.dll' end=1d000 type=04 user filesystem
EXT_FLA STOREINFO 10.00M (0xa00000) dev='EXT_FLA' store=''
nsect=5000 bpsect=200 free=0 maxpartsize=0
10.00M ( 0xa00000) PART00 'fatfsd.dll' end= 5000 type=04 extended rom This does not include the IPL, splash and SPL.
8. Check that all the partition sizes reported by pdocread are correct:
C:\itsutils>pdocread -w -d FLASHDR -p Part00 -t
real nr of sectors: 6398 - 3.12Mbyte (0x31fc00)
C:\itsutils>pdocread -w -d FLASHDR -p Part01 -t
real nr of sectors: 5888 - 2.88Mbyte (0x2e0000)
C:\itsutils>pdocread -w -d FLASHDR -p Part02 -t
real nr of sectors: 104192 - 50.88Mbyte (0x32e0000)
C:\itsutils>pdocread -w -d FLASHDR -p Part03 -t
real nr of sectors: 118784 - 58.00Mbyte (0x3a00000) Note the partition sizes (in brackets) for the next step. They may differ from device to device.
9. Now let's dump the first 3 partitions (coldboot kernel, base kernel and imgfs), use the sizes you found in the previous step.
C:\itsutils>pdocread -w -d FLASHDR -p Part00 0 0x31fc00 Part00.raw
CopyTFFSToFile(0x0, 0x31fc00, Part00.raw)
C:\itsutils>pdocread -w -d FLASHDR -p Part01 0 0x2e0000 Part01.raw
CopyTFFSToFile(0x0, 0x2e0000, Part01.raw)
C:\itsutils>pdocread -w -d FLASHDR -p Part02 0 0x32e0000 Part02_0.raw
CopyTFFSToFile(0x0, 0x32e0000, Part02_0.raw)
ERROR: ITReadDisk - Not enough storage is available to complete this operation. In case there is a read error in the imgfs (as shown here) you'll have to read one specific 0x800 byte section separately and patch the diskimage to make it work. So either the flash is bad, or the driver reading it has bugs.

• If your phone returns Part02_0.raw without errors, you can simply rename Par02_0.raw to Part02.raw and skip to step 15*

10. Check what we have so far:
C:\itsutils>dir Part*.raw
10/08/2006 22:52 3.275.776 Part00.raw
10/08/2006 22:53 3.014.656 Part01.raw
10/08/2006 23:00 39.911.424 Part02_0.raw
C:\itsutils> 11. We use the 0x800 byte trick to complete dumping the rest of imgfs.
The file size is 39.911.424 (0x2610000 in hex), so we specify this value as start, and 0x800 byte length:
C:\itsutils>pdocread -w -d FLASHDR -p Part02 0x2610000 0x800 Part02_1.raw
CopyTFFSToFile(0x2610000, 0x800, Part02_1.raw) 12. It worked, now we have to start at 0x2610000 + 0x800 and read the rest of the partition which is 0x32e0000 (total size) - 0x2610800 (what we have already read), so the result is 0xccf800 bytes length we need to read:
C:\itsutils>pdocread -w -d FLASHDR -p Part02 0x2610800 0xccf800 Part02_2.raw
CopyTFFSToFile(0x2610800, 0xccf800, Part02_2.raw) 13. And that's it, all dumped successfully:
C:\itsutils>dir Part*.raw
10/08/2006 22:52 3.275.776 Part00.raw
10/08/2006 22:53 3.014.656 Part01.raw
10/08/2006 23:00 39.911.424 Part02_0.raw
11/08/2006 00:02 2.048 Part02_1.raw
11/08/2006 00:06 13.432.832 Part02_2.raw 14. Now we need to concatenate the three Part_02_?.raw files.

• In a Windows operating system

> copy /B Part02_0.raw+Part02_1.raw+Part02_2.raw Part02.raw

• In an Unix operating system

$ cat Part02_0.raw Part02_1.raw Part02_2.raw > Part02.raw 15. Now we can check the filesize is correct, and we have successfully dumped all 3 partitions:
C:\itsutils>dir Part0?.raw
10/08/2006 22:52 3.275.776 Part00.raw
10/08/2006 22:53 3.014.656 Part01.raw
11/08/2006 00:10 53.346.304 Part02.raw

use the raphkitchen to get usable files from your raw files here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=411915
use extract a rom, and then choose the option that takes raw files and outputs an NBH and you should have a dumped rom. it wont be signed but that is OK since you have an unlocked device anyway. Then just relock when its time to send it back.

This may seem like a lot to do but it' really not that hard. Or, you may just find someone who has already done this on the ACS TP hope I didnt scare you away because it's a lot of fun, and the feeling of accomplishment when its done is great

[JR2_Alaska]

Well you did scare me a bit, that is a little beyond my current skill level. I may just try anyway, but will not get time to do it before I have to keep/return the phone.