Flashing advice...

[gurubumsmack]

A long time ago I flashed my T-Mobile UK Vario II with the HTC South African 1.35 Full ROM Upgrade package.

Some time has passed and I'd like to flash with the HTC AKU 3.3 ROM or try one of the WM6 cooked ROM's. The only problem is the methods used to flash have changed and after reading the Wiki's and forums, I'm still confused!

Now, because I used the package, the SPL is now version 1.09. From what I've read, this means I cannot upgrade the Radio ROM only. No big problem I thought, but if I flash again with the HTC 2.05 ROM package, I won't be able to upgrade the Radio from version 1.34 to the latest 1.38.00.10. Is this correct?

[Sleuth255]

no worries. All radio RUUs nowadays automatically load Des' Sspl which can flash any radio. Simply load 2.05 then go flash radio 1.38.00.10 using pof's link.

To be safe however, you should load Bootloader 1.10.Oli after you finish the 2.05 upgrade but before you flash the radio upgrade. This will guard against a flash failure that corrupts your CID. Tomorrow, I'll build a sspl based Installer that loads Olipro's 1.10.Oli bootloader & post to the WiKi since everybody should have this.

[gurubumsmack]

Thanks for clearing that up Sleuth. Its made things a hell of a lot clearer now.:)

Will update to the 2.05 AKU 3.3 ROM + 1.38 Radio and then to WM6 once you lot stop releasing a cooked ROM every couple of days.:D

Many thanks!