Unable to flash 6.0 ROM Update

[myth.71]

Guys ,

I have a question to the dev's & pro's of this forum as I am having a strange problem.

Now, I bought my device with the following fw version:

1.56.405.5
22.45.88.07
1.27.12.32

It also had an Ext.Rom with some stuff of my operator (Turkcell)

When HTC released the WWE 6.1 upgrade, I couldn't resist and did the trick with the 5th digit and the update became available for me.

I downloaded it and to my surprise I didn't even have to HardSPL my device in order to perform the upgrade, did it successfully and had no problems ever since.

But now HTC has released a ROM update (not 6.1) which IS intended for my device.

Version is:

RUU_Kaiser_HTC_TUR_Turkcell_2.50.480.0_radio_sign_ 22.51.88.13_1.27.15.32R2_Ship.exe

Now it comes:

I am unable to flash this firmware to my phone and have to HardSPL it first, otherwise it won't work and I get the 'Invalid Vender ID' error.

What do you guys think ?

Has the 6.1 upgrade somehow permanently changed the vender ID of my handset ?

Or what else could the reason be ?

Thanks in Advance for your comments.

[NotATreoFan]

Just an FYI, the Kaiser does not have an extended ROM.

You flashed a WWE 6.1 ROM to your device. Your SPL would have been updated along with this. The original "ship" SPL on your device probably allowed WWE ROMs to be flashed in addition to Turkish ROMs. Now that you have a 3.xx SPL from an HTC WWE ROM, it will block the flashing of any non-WWE ROM.

You will need to flash HardSPL if you want to revert to the Turkish WM6 ROM.

RUU_Kaiser_HTC_TUR_Turkcell_2.50.480.0_radio_sign_ 22.51.88.13_1.27.15.32R2_Ship.exe

The TUR indicates the ROM is coded for Turkish devices.

[myth.71]

Hello,

thanks for your reply.

That sounds interesting and also makes sense.

Yes, I live in Turkey and bought it directly fm the shop of my operator, but the language of my device was English.

And I'm sure that the Ext Rom was present before the 6.1 upgrade, as I could see it in a separate line in 'Device information'.
And when I skipped the customization (where it says 'It will customize your phone in 5 seconds...') via soft reset right after a hard reset, it didn't load the operator stuff and the ExtRom in Device Information didn't appear.

Well, it seems there is no way back (unless I'd HardSPL it first).
I'm stuck with WWE, which actually isn't an issue for me.

My only concern is that I would like to flash the original ROM back in case I would have to make to use of my warranty or if I should consider selling it within the warranty period.

[NotATreoFan]

It's weird that your device would show anything related to an extended ROM because I remember the discussion at the Kaiser's launch back in September, and it definitely does not have one.

As far as reverting for warranty, if you ever need to do so, there is a thread with a very detailed step-by-step process explaining how to. In your case you would need to flash HardSPL, and then start following the guide.

[myth.71]

My TyTN II had an Ext Rom.

Maybe they have introduced it in later batches or only for certain regions.

Here is the content of the PP_ExtVer.xml file I had in this firmware:

- <wap-provisioningdoc>
- <characteristic type="Registry">
- <characteristic type="HKLM\SOFTWARE\OEM" translation="filesystem">
<parm name="ExtROMVersion" datatype="string" value="1.56.408.8601" translation="filesystem" />
</characteristic>
</characteristic>
</wap-provisioningdoc>


And yes, I have already studied that thread, but since I would have to flash it to HardSPL first, it wouldn't set my device 100% back to its original state.

Maybe if I could find my original SPL and flash this one to my device first, I might have the chance to flash a/m 6.0 ROM update on top of it, but unfo I haven't backed up my ROM, nor is it available anywhere.

Well, I guess I have to live with it :)

[NotATreoFan]

Like I said in my last post:

You will have to flash HardSPL at first, but then you can follow the instructions to load your original carrier ROM and your original SPL.

It's a very simple process.