Ok Confused here -- What is Wings?

[zcink]

Is this a new forum for the HTC T-Mobile Wing?

[A.Bagatov]

haha. this i the forum for the htc wings aka htc s730. search for this model in google pics to see what it looks like.

[NoNco]

wings are found on airoplanes and birds, also a nickname for the HTC S730 :)

[zcink]

Ok got it, saw it. Looks like a great phone.

Just curious why there was Never a forum for the HTC Wing -- forcing us to use the Herald forum (cuz its the same phone)

but a nickname for a smartphone gets a forum?

Whatever

Its all good.

[oddball1]

Just complaining, always complaints!!! Is something never good?

[zcink]

final statement was its all good

can't read I see

[zcink]

//music Well her name was Magil but she called herself Lil but everyone knew her as Nancy...............

[NoNco]

Hi Nancy....

[zcink]

Hey NomNutso

[dacheeta]

I have searched all over the internet, and understand "Wings" is some kind of S730 AKA, but cannot discern if the Phone was store bought as "wings" or did you have to first flash the ROM to make it say "Wings" in the device Information Model name: field.

This is what my HTC S730 says:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3499/3304005002_026ece4f15_o.gif
I have upgraded the official ROM from the HTC website.

I see on the first "sticky" in the Wings forum that I can install WM6.1
If this is possible, I think it looks like a very interesting option for me.

[spone1]

Your phone is actually a HTC S730, code name "Wings". The OS on it is not relevant. You have come to the right place, dacheeta :)

edit: I see that you're from the netherlands. Please allow me to point you at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=452397 :)

[dacheeta]

Thank you spone1

After searching for quite some time, I did find one reference to Wings, its said it had a modified ROM to turn it into a "PocketPC" type phone.
Is this accurate?

Believe it or not I walked all day in my city, Amersfoort, to find the only phone with an English OS, I was going to get the HTC TynII but it was only in the Dutch Language.

Now~ I know you can change all that :) so I would have gotten the HTC TynII.
and I do want an all English OS, to simplify things.
However this October I can finally renew my 2 year contract and get a new phone, and hopefully theres something better than the TynII, maybe the Touch HD Pro, well I'll keep watching the reviews.

Thank you for your help, I have been at a point where I almost clicked "Next" to convert my ROM for the 6.1 OS, but chickened out, I guess I just need to know what are the reasons for me to do that Pro/Cons?

[spone1]

I have read that too, flashing a modified TytnII rom onto the S730 but I wasn't sure if it would be sensible. For instance, it has no touchscreen. And imo a touchscreen is pretty much necessary for a touchscreen OS. Imagine controlling Windows without a mouse. It works, but it's a pain. I must admit that I never tried it on the phone.

So you're now at 6.0? I'd really recommend upgrading it to 6.1, even if you just try it. I like the new homescreen very much. All important information in a single view. If you don't like it, just flash it back to the stock rom again. No gain, or pain, or how do they say that?
If I understand you correctly, you spent an entire day in Amersfoort visiting all the phone shops out there searching for that single phone which carried the English language? Damn you're one of a kind ;) A friend of mine got a S740 "Rose" with his new contract. It's just slick. It will be my next phone.

[dacheeta]

No I never intended to flash a TynII ROM on my phone, rather wanting a TynII with English OS. so Settled with the S730 because it had English OS.

Well isn't it more complicated than that? flashing it? I mean don't I have to first turn it into the "Wings" (PPC ready) and then upgrade to WM6.1?

[spone1]

It isn't all that complicated. Forget about the PPC thing. First you will need to flash a piece of software that allows the S730 to run non-htc-approved ROMs, such as Alcalines rom or my deviation of it. This piece of software is called HardSPL. Compare it to the computers bios.

After that is done you can flash any ROM to it, HTC Original 6.0 or a custom 6.1 ROM (that is intended for the S730 of course). Compare it to the operating system on your computer.

But hey, if you don't feel comfortable doing it I won't push you into it. You'll just miss out on quite a nice upgrade.