HELP|Imagio KITCHEN HELP|Custom ROM HELP|HSPL General Instructions|HELP
 

WhiteStone\Imagio is my first PPC. I have a lot of questions and by reading the existing threads it sounds like their are a lot of people out there that could use some help. I thought we could get a thread for general questions and hopefully get answers from the experts.



BTW- THIS THREAD IS TO HELP NOOBS LIKE ME...

There are people that have never done this kind of stuff before and need help. "Why didn't you search," or, "RTFM" are not really replies to questions- so if you don't have a helpful answer or you don't want to be helpful- just move on.

But to the experts that like to be helpful- TIA!

Helpful Instructions

Unlock your phone before trying to use a custom rom.

The custom rom's do not unlock your phone. You must run the HSPL first. Sounds like a silly instruction- but I have read posts in which people thought the ROM included the HSPL. Here is a link to the "Unlocker". Make sure to donate!

http://whitestone.htc-unlocks.com/hard-spl.php

The "re-locker" is now posted.

http://whitestone.htc-unlocks.com/hard-spl.php

If something happens to your phone and you need to have it replaced- you must reflash a stock Rom and relock the phone. If you send your phone in unlocked or with a custom Rom you void your warranty. The relock link can be found towards teh bottom of the page (after you visit the above link).

Also dont forget to download the relocker as well because you have to remove hspl before you return unit..

How to reflash Stock/Shipped SPL: - STEP BY STEP - FOR WARRANTY REASONS ONLY!

0. please make sure you already flashed stock ROM and radio, because stock SPL flash is *always* the last step before sending the device in.
1. download the Whitestone Relocker by, extract the zip and run the EXE on your PC
2. if you wish to replace RUU_Signed.NBH that got extracted, feel free to do so, but not necessary (this Hard-SPL will only allow overwrite with a SPL made by us). the included one is the 0.39.0000 stock SPL.
3. flash
4. verify if it flashed by checking version in tricolour screen, it should say 0.39.0000, not 1.01.OliNex.

YouTube HSPL and ROM flash tutorial (thanks Dash and SmartPhoneJunkies).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuQkXPvmltg

HSPL not working for you? Some have reported...

...they could not HSPL their phone unless they had an active connection to the Internet while running the HSPL.

"I use my phone as a modem. I cannot be connected to the internet and active sync at the same time. Now what do I do?"

Well- there is a handy little app you can get called "Wifi Internet Sharing" that turns your phone into a mobile Wifi hot spot. It is free (the developer would appreciate your donation) and can be found here...

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=538874

After installation- look in the Settings\Connections folder on your phone for "Wifi Internet Sharing". Run it. Connect wirelessly to your desktop. Open your desktop browser. Then plug in your USB cable for active sync. Should work (worked for me).

Could Be The Battery

Having problems flashing a Rom? Your phone battery needs to be charged up over 50%.

Now that I have down loaded a custom Rom- what do I do with this file?

In most cases the file you down load is very large, may contain multiple files, so it is "zipped" up and needs to be "unzipped". You can try right clicking on the file and "extract all". You may need a handy desktop program called 7-zip. It is free.

http://www.7-zip.org/

After you have downloaded the Rom and have extracted the files from the download- if there are multiple files in the folder- normally you want to double click "ROMUpdateUtility.exe". If you are flashing an Energy rom look for "Imagio_SoftwareUpgrade.exe".

How to perform a hard reset?

With the phone on...

To hard reset, just go to the Settings Tab, Menu, All Settings, System, Memory, and Clear Storage. Type in 1234 and press OK. FYI, you'll need to dial *228 and choose option 1 to activate your phone before you can use data/voice.

Hard reset if the phone is off

Just press and hold the send key, the end key, and the volume down button at the same time.

"My Data or Visual Voice Mail is not working?" Check your data settings...

You need to configure the user name and password for the #777 data connection (Start -> Settings -> Connections -> Connections -> Manage existing connections) ...yes data will work in some applications without it, but VVM will require it to be set manually. How to do this has been described many times in all the Imagio threads, but here are the specifics again:

User Name: [Your 10 digit mobile number]@vzw3g.com
Password: vzw

Click on Start->Settings->Connections and then click on the Connections Icon. Click on Advanced at the top and then select networks. In the first box it should already say Verizon Wireless, if it doesn't change it to that and then click on Edit. Change it to Verizon Wireless and click on Edit at the bottom. Click on Next. The next screen should have #777 there for the number - if it doesn't enter it and then click next.

Your username is

YOUR10DIGITPHONENUMBER@vzw3g.com (ie 1115551212@vzw3g.com)

and the password is

vzw

then click on finish and you should be able to connect.


If I have provided bogus information- forgive me- and nicely correct me. Thanks

Re: Custom ROM's\HSPL General Discusion\Requests\Instrucions
 

What you are asking for is called a "KITCHEN" . With a kitchen you cook your own individual ROM. You add what you want. There aren't any kitchens yet but they will pop up soon enough.

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Yes- a kitchen would be nice. Except I wouldn't know how to cook in it. But a couple of guys are already cooking. So i thought they could cook up "The Lite ROM". And actually- I don't want all my applications cooked in. I just want to add them with my .cabs because a lot of them get updated so much- if they were cooked in- i would be stuck with the old version until I could update my ROM. At least I think that is how it works?

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The kitchen would come with a base rom minus the carrier and 3rd party bloatware . You would add the cabs you want in the rom so it would be the way you want it, basically.

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Thanks for starting this maison. Many of my questions are the same as yours. This unlocker will be my first excursion into unlockers and custom roms.

My question is how successful can I expect to be by grabbing roms made for other devices? What I'm ultimately after is a stock Sense 2.5 rom - no flashy customization: no custom dialers, no themes - like you (I think) I too want to do most of that myself and pick and choose a lttle from here and there.

So, what should I be looking for if I start browsing roms cooked for other devices - or should I steer clear of anything not Imagio specific?

Is there a stock WIN 6.5.3 (I think that's the most current) with a clean Sense 2.5.(whaterver) sitting somewhere that I don't know about? THX!

Re: Custom ROM's\HSPL General Discusion\Requests\Instrucions
 

Definitely DO NOT flash a ROM not made for this phone, it will brick it! With that in mind, have some patients as the chefs will be making ROMS with plenty of choices...

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Thanks.
Same as my love.

Re: Custom ROM's\HSPL General Discusion\Requests\Instrucions
 

HSPL ISSUE:
Wow, I'm feelin' rather noobie right outta the gate here. I D/L'd the hspl file and installed it on my desktop. So I plug in my imagio to sync. It syncs fine then I proceed to open the hspl file. Opens fine, but when I click on the application I get a very quick flash of the extracting box then it proceeds to the next phase. I seem unable to get it to extract correctly. I've never seen it do this before on any other devices I've unlocked all which were done via my vista powered laptop. If I try installing via the manual option I get as far as the loading progress bar but it never moves off of 0%. I've let it sit there for several min. and nada. I unplug it and it's no worse for wear because I've never got the dang thing extracted in the first place from the application in hspl file. I've tried it in bootloader and not. My imagio has been hard reset before I tried anything. Any suggestions?

Re: Custom ROM's\HSPL General Discusion\Requests\Instrucions
 

Try right clicking and "Run as administrator"... always seems to be the issue with Vista...

Re: Custom ROM's\HSPL General Discusion\Requests\Instrucions
 

thanks for the suggestion,but still a no go. Are you guys who have got this to work using bootloader mode or not? cmonex in her instructions indicates you must be synced. In bootloader the winmo device center shows "not connected" Just wondering. I'll keep playin' with it. If any more ideas, I'm all ears.

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I did not use bootloader mode, just plugged in, did not open WMDC and ran the file using the "automatic" choice.... I did notice that when it started, windows needed to load another driver, so I let that finish before clicking ahead... Using Win7 btw

Re: Custom ROM's\HSPL General Discusion\Requests\Instrucions
 

When I flashed the unlocker it took like 10 seconds. I have never seen one flash that fast , but it worked and I was unlocked . Might want to check your bootloader and see if it worked.

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vista's always been pretty good to me and I've got my tp2 till I figure something out. I didn't notice it try to install another driver. Maybe thats what it needs to do. Thanks for the comments tho.

Re: Custom ROM's\HSPL General Discusion\Requests\Instrucions
 

sounds like you are having problems extracting the .exe
you probably have virus protection running.
disable it and try again.

Re: Custom ROM's\HSPL General Discusion\Requests\Instrucions
 

I had to disable my virus protection in order to unzip the unlocker. After that it was a breeze. Running Energy now, cant wait to see what else there will be.

Re: Custom ROM's\HSPL General Discusion\Requests\Instrucions
 

Thanks for the suggestion, didn't help tho. I notice when I open the energy rom file I get an error telling me it's damaged. I've always been able to open the file before right on the desktop on all the roms I've ever flashed, never had an issue doing that. Anyone have an issue using the energy rom titanium only version? This is a first for me, never had this much trouble before.
I've got a clean/reset imagio with the stock rom. Guess I'll start reloading and stick with it. I had it set up real sweet to , Damn flashing compulsion,:( the grass ain't always greener I guess, just hate to be left out of all the fun. Guess a brick job would have been far worse.LOL.

Re: Custom ROM's\HSPL General Discusion\Requests\Instrucions
 

were you connected to the internet cbreze?

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No, I guess not as I tether to connect to the internet. I read something to that effect in the cmonex hspl directions. Is that my problem? I've unlocked two devices previously by just downloading the hspl file/application to my desktop then sync my device and thats it, open it follow prompts and done deal. I was not connected to internet for those devices. If thats the case then I am outta luck anyway , because I have no other internet service, tether only.

Re: Custom ROM's\HSPL General Discusion\Requests\Instrucions
 

neither do i .. I used the tether off my phone while connected via WMDC. It all worked well.. I am using Windows 7 though. I just did the hspl like 15 minutes ago. You can read my post on the HSPL thread.

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I hard reset first and lost tethering settings. ](*,)I've always done it that way. Have everything ready, then hard reset, then sync prior to flash. Oh well. Guess I screwed that up maybe.

Nicaraguense, U R the man! Thanks buddy. I followed your post in the other thread and it worked! I thought once the process started it would drop, but I guess it had the verification it needed. Very Cool! I'm off to find a good ROM.

Re: Custom ROM's\HSPL General Discusion\Requests\Instrucions
 

i didnt even hard reset.. I just backed up all my stuff ahead of time juuuust in case.

Re: Custom ROM's\HSPL General Discusion\Requests\Instrucions
 

Many thanks for the assist!:headbang:

Re: Custom ROM's\HSPL General Discusion\Requests\Instrucions
 

Glad it helped, The requirement for the internet to get the HSPL unlocked to run crushed my plans.. till I decided I'd try it this way.

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I am glad you guys brought this up- bc I tether to connect to the Web and after reading Mrs. C's instructions, I did not realize you had to be in Active Sync and connected to the Web.

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Yeah, stuff thats good to know. I actually read it and didn't believe what I was reading based on my experience flashing previous hspl's always by D/L the hspl via tether, get it on my desktop then install. BAM! done. This is def diff. but, now I(we) know.

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As for ROM requests, I want me some MightyRom action!

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Maybe we should contact some of these ROM chefs and let them know that we are unlocked?

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I am torn.. I have been waiting for the HSPL, but just installed JMART's Sense 2012 cab a few days ago, and it is so smooth and so light, i am wondering if I really want to deal with some of these ROMS that are being cooked right now.

I honestly think that I will wait for someone like jmart or one of the other Imagio guys to cook one up, because this is my primary work phone, and cant afford to have things like GPS, VVM or other things to not work...

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Ill throw in my request for a newb friendly kitchen or a very lite 6.5.5 build with sense 2.5 or for shits and giggles a completely bone dry one with titanium so we can see just how fast this thing can be.

Thank you anyone and everyone!

Re: Custom ROM's\HSPL General Discusion\Requests\Instrucions
 

Try drellisdee's alpha rom , it is just like jmart's .cab and a lot faster. GPS , VVM and everything else works. I was running his cab also but this is faster and more stable.

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I tried... never loaded. Just got hung at the HTC loading screen...

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I have a question. I have not flashed a ROM yet bc so far I don't really see what I am looking for. I don't use sense- and it seems that most people only want a custom ROM so they can get the latest version of sense.

Anyways... Do the custom ROM's still include all the WinMo pro stuff? Like Word, Excel, Powerpoint etc?

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I use MS not Sense (I like separate eml icons for each address on the homescreen - a hangover from my BB years) but have flashed to the Cookie 23544 R2 ROM to use 6.5.5 and the wonderful utilities. MS works fine, btw.

All the WM apps (OM 2010) that + more are included. Very cool. Total Noob to WM and to flashing but it was pretty easy (actually its very similar to a BB OS update but the BB retains more personalizations if connected to BPS,BES).

NRG has a 23544 version (WM 6.5.5) w/o Sense but at my last check the file was corrupted. If it contains all the utilities then that may be the one for me.

Re: Custom ROM's\HSPL General Discusion\Requests\Instrucions
 

yes, most all of them include these applications. All of them include the base WinMo 6.5 and 6.5.x Titanium.

if you dont want Sense, just go ahead and wait around, these ROMs are really new, so I bet someone will create a really lightweight ROM without Sense.

Re: Custom ROM's\HSPL General Discusion\Requests\Instrucions
 

If any one comes across some helpful instructions or good tutorials concerning HSPL or flashing ROM's- please please post a link here and I will try to add it to post #1. SO if people are looking for answers they will not have to plow through 200+ pages to find them.

Re: Custom ROM's\HSPL General Discusion\Requests\Instrucions
 

here you go an all in one for hardspl and rom flashing :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuQkXPvmltg

Re: Custom ROM's\HSPL General Discusion\Requests\Instrucions
 

Thank you. I will link this in the post #1. Something that you did not mention that I have read and maybe you can verify. To HSPL your phone- your computer must be logged on to the Internet? Some people said that they could not HSPL without being logged on- what are your thoughts on that?

Rom request
 

*ROM REQUEST*

I would love to have a custom ROM that is totally lite. No Sense UI. No TouchFlo3D. No Titanium (can you have no Titanium? Bc if you don't have to have Titanium- that can go too.) No Verizon bloat (Navigator, TV, etc.).

No offense to any chefs- but I read a post that said, "after I installed the custom ROM I had 80 free MB's". I have 100free MB's with the stock Sense and the stock ROM upgrade and all the Verizon bloat. I want my phone to be lightning fast. I have a lite weight UI that I use already and love. I would love to have a ROM that is like a blank piece of paper that I can then add the stuff I want to add to it.

So I am requesting "The Lite ROM". If any one can help me, I would be willing to make a donation.

Re: Rom request
 

I get 129mb free on boot with my tp2 running 6.1, I don't think 6.5.x.x is capable of giving you the ram you want to see. There is a tp2 rom cooked by freeza that is the most trimmed down rom I've ever tried but it is not without it's bugs which all cooked roms will have to one degree or another. IMHO 6.5 variations just require more ram to operate and it is the nature of the beast. But sense and it's variations are def ram hungry. Try NRG's titanium only and disable the titanium, run mobile shell or something and like me you will get a pretty snappy experience. or forget MS altogether and run nothing but a few plugins for the most ram available. In anycase there is a limit to what can be done.

Re: Rom request
 

I was wondering- you say, "...forget MS altogether...", can they make a Rom without Titanium?