How-to upgrade your HTC Phone.

whoknew — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 02:17:22 +0000

This is most defiantly the question I get asked the most, and I am sorry for the delay in the response. This topic will contain all the links to software and the official HTC ROMS for your windows mobile device. First and foremost I want to make it clear that any damages to your device are your responsibility and I do not take any responsibility in data loss or bricked phones. This tutorial was written with that in mind so if you follow the directions word-for-word you should be fine.

First off you will need to download ActiveSync 4.5 if you do not already have it installed on your windows XP or Vista computer. FYI – In vista it is called the mobile device manager and is pre-installed in most vista distributions. You can download ActiveSync 4.5 here >>> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/en-us/downloads/eulas/eula_activesync45_1033.mspx?ProductID=76

Second head on over to the xda-developers wiki. Honestly the easiest way to get to the wiki is to google it. So go to http://google.com and search for xda-developers wiki. Once at the wiki page find your phone. FYI – The HTC name of your phone is different then the AT&T, Cingular, T-Mobile, Verizon, Sprint name of the phone. Make sure that you find the HTC name of your phone and select that on the wiki page. For example the HTC name for the AT&T 8525 is the HTC Hermes. The link for the HTC Hermes wiki on xda-developers can be found here >>>http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=HTC_Hermes. Once on the page that matches your model phone. Scroll down till you see Official Factory Shipped ROM’s, click on the link and you will be directed to a page that will show you all the Factory Shipped ROM’s for your phone. You have many options here because you can choose to install the HTC ROM that will basically only install the O/S and HTC preloaded software or you can choose the ROM for your carrier. The carriers ROM usually includes bloatware that will slow down the phone a.k.a – at&t’s music software. I choose to install the HTC ROM in this tutorial. Once you go to the download page you can then download the ROM from rapidshare.

After you have everything download you will need to install active sync 4.5 and reboot the computer. After the computer has booted back up plug in your phone with the USB cable that it came with and once active sync sees the phone double click on the new ROM for your phone. A box will appear that will tell you a few things that need to be done before you can continue, please read it carefully before click next. After you click next you will be asked if the phone and computer have more that 50% battery life along with a few other questions. Once you click next the ROM flashing program will open and begin flashing your phone. FYI – The phone will reboot and you will see a multi colored screen. DO NOT UNPLUG, POWER OFF, OR REMOVE THE BATTERY. You will see a status indicator on your phone and computer, once again wait till it is finished the phone will reboot again into your new O/S and you are done. Just reconfigure your phone and re-install your favorite programs.

If you have any questions please email me at support@bluephoenix.tv.

Last but not least I have put a tutorial video in the post and I strongly recommend anyone who is serious about upgrading their phone to please watch it.

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How-to upgrade your HTC Phone.