UK Orange Diamond Unlocked - Rom upgrade?

[hackmaster]

Hi

I have a UK orange Diamond which has been unlocked using the legendary Oli unlock method....

Can I put the UK orange HTC ROM upgrade directly on this and will the handset still remain Sim unlocked?

I am on T-Mobile UK and want to make sure I can continue using this without a brick!

also is there a good method of backing it up?

are there any alternative ROM updates which anyone would recommend in this situation?

Thanks all :confused:

[prank1]

If your Device has Hard-SPL installed on it, you should be able to flash any ROM without any problems.

If your device has been SIM-Unlocked, do whatever you like it will remain SIM-Unlocked. Even if you flash a new ROM or even Radio ROM it will stay SIM Unlocked.

To backup messages, contacts, etc I recommend you use PIM backup.
But anything on the 4GB storage doesn't get wiped off anyway.

And about bricking your device...apparently Hard-SPL is meant to be a lot safer than the Stock-SPL because if you screw up your Flash you can just go back to the Hard-SPL and flash a new ROM, overwriting the corrupted one.

[hackmaster]

Thanks for that,

Silly Q but how do I know if Hard SPL is installed? I know the unlock method required installing something...

Im scared of doing this as I have bricked in the past my HTC Kaiser! lol... dont want to make this mistake again!!

[prank1]

Lol don't worry about it, I even freak out when installing official updates.
Flashing ROMs still scare me and I have been using and flashing PDAs since 2005!

To make sure HardSPL is installed, Go into Bootloader mode on your HTC Diamond.

I think its the Soft Reset Button + Volume down button.
Hold the Volume down button and quickly press and let go of the Soft reset button, whilst holding the volume down button until the bootloader menu comes up.

If you have HardSPL installed, you should see something along the lines of 'Olinex'.

As far as I know, if you used Olipro's unlocker then you must have installed HardSPL in the processess anyway, but best to be sure!

[hackmaster]

Thanks for the info, It does say OliNex on it so im flashing now....

still on 0% :( .......

only been 3 mins tho, so patiently waiting...

[prank1]

How did the flashing go?

[hackmaster]

got there in the end mate

had to put the HARD-SPL developers version as the official orange rom would not go past 0%..

was scary but its working a treat now!

thanks a lot for your help

[prank1]

Glad you got there in the end

Enjoy your HTC Diamond ;)