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Marlz
29th January 2007, 08:02 AM
Hi,

I have been using a Wizard for about a year now but last week i dropped it really hard and its having some problems. So, I was thinking about getting the Hermes.

I live in Taiwan and the Hermes that I can get through the phone company (unlocked. No phones here are locked) has a chinese version of WM5 on it. I was wondering how easy it is to change this. Is the ROM actually WM itself? Meaning that I could just download a ROM?

That's my main question.

Another question I'd like to pose to yuio guys is how you feel abuot the Hermes in general especially as compares to the Wizard (if yuo were a past user).

Thanks in Advance.
Marlz
29th January 2007, 04:57 PM
Anyone?

Basically Im just wondering if a ROM is a whole new OS.
Marlz
30th January 2007, 02:03 PM
Would really appreciate a response.
pof
30th January 2007, 02:11 PM
Read the wiki:
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=HTC_Hermes
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Hermes_UpgradeFAQ
toemke
18th February 2007, 12:15 PM
Hi Marlz, I'm with you.
I have a XDA II since about 3 years and I'm pretty sure I was amongst the first who got the Language changed from German to English.
It worked nice until now. Today my PDA is acting up, the phone "hangs" a lot lately. I missed several calls due to that. Also, every time I want to send an MMS it does a hard reset...

Now, why am I telling this?
I'm in the process of buying a french Hermes (TYTN). So I said to myself, no big deal, just hop on the Forum and look for some info like I did some years ago and change it in English.
Well, in the mean time there is so much information on this site that I really can't see the wood through the trees, if you know what I mean.
If been surfing for a while now but I can't find a clear and simple guide or information in order to change the language.
Did you manage to do it?

Anyone with a clear guideline or link... feel free.
Thanks and greetings from Belgium
Marlz
19th February 2007, 12:42 PM
Hi!

Yes i managed to do it with no problems. After reading the wiki i pieced together the needed steps whichn outlined here:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=292474

I think the step depend on what version of bootloader you have.

Good Luck.
toemke
19th February 2007, 01:25 PM
Thanks but I kinda circumnavigated the problem, I bought a new UK one.
Thanks for the tip though.