Official Diamond ROM 2.03 update - HELP

[xevier69]

Hey guys,

I have no idea what's going on. I appreciate your suggestions. I flashed my Diamond many times (and other phones as well) with most of the ROM available. Unit a month ago or so I've been using the official 1.93 ROM with previously installed hard SPL 1.40. When I attempted to install a new 2.03 ROM I went through the whole procedure same way as always with a little exception. Right after completion - 100% the unit reboots, shows the rainbow screen with a message "Upgrade ROM code error" - try again. What is the world is this? I also have a message on my desktop "Error 270-update error" - The image file is corrupted. My unit is european and I downloaded the ROM from both US and Euro sites. From this point I managed to downgrade again to version 1.93. Then I ran again the hard SPL 1.40 and reattempted to upgrade to 2.03 - SAME THING!
I don't know what to do next. Why I cannot flush it with the latest ROM? Any ideas or similar situations? Please see picture.

Thanks

[my_xda_username]

Same Thing happened to me :S wtf??

[cobbs]

Hey guys,

I have no idea what's going on. I appreciate your suggestions. I flashed my Diamond many times (and other phones as well) with most of the ROM available. Unit a month ago or so I've been using the official 1.93 ROM with previously installed hard SPL 1.40. When I attempted to install a new 2.03 ROM I went through the whole procedure same way as always with a little exception. Right after completion - 100% the unit reboots, shows the rainbow screen with a message "Upgrade ROM code error" - try again. What is the world is this? I also have a message on my desktop "Error 270-update error" - The image file is corrupted. My unit is european and I downloaded the ROM from both US and Euro sites. From this point I managed to downgrade again to version 1.93. Then I ran again the hard SPL 1.40 and reattempted to upgrade to 2.03 - SAME THING!
I don't know what to do next. Why I cannot flush it with the latest ROM? Any ideas or similar situations? Please see picture.

Thanks


Hi have you tried to flash from the internal storage?

[carburano]

Have you tried flashing with internal storage method?

[Radeon123]

Exactly the same problem here, so I tried to flash to a really old original HTC ROM after the failure and it flashed fine :eek:

So I thought I would try upgrading over the top of an original ROM, had the same error :confused:, bloody HTC :mad:

[xevier69]

So, any ideas how to resolve this issue? Are we stuck with the old ROM? I'm glad that I'm not the only one experiencing the same problem.
No, I have never tried to flash from internal storage. How can this be done? do I copy the whole .exe file to storage and run from there? Any pre-cautions?

Thanks

[Radeon123]

Though I bricked my phone when it happened, never seen that error before despite many ROM flashes :eek:

I have now tried tommytaos ROM which is supposed to be very close to the original but some with some tweaks.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=479049

It installed just fine on my phone. Seems HTC have broken their ROM :)

[carburano]

So, any ideas how to resolve this issue? Are we stuck with the old ROM? I'm glad that I'm not the only one experiencing the same problem.
No, I have never tried to flash from internal storage. How can this be done? do I copy the whole .exe file to storage and run from there? Any pre-cautions?

Thanks

it's the best way to flash the rom and the safest...

From Suiller thread:

the standard procedure to cook a ROM is made trough activesync program, I mean that the .nbh file is pushed into the phone trough activesync, across the usb cable, but this procedure can give some troubles:

1. it takes long time, about 10 minutes
2. it's a bit unsafe (even if the procedure can be always restored safely)
3. it's possible only with Windows OS (NO Linux nor *BSD, et cetera...)


I don't know why this is not well known but ALL producers (like HTC) give the possibility to upgrade the rom/firmware without having MS windows (thanks GOD someone knows that there aren't only windows users).

This faster procedure can be done also with *nix variants (or whatever you use) because the ROM update is made directly by the phone.

The procedure is very simple, it will take just 2 minutes, can be done everywhere & is good for cooking radios too (very fast in this case)


-= COOKING ROMs & Radios from phone =-

1. open from your PC the rar or zip archive and extract only the BIG .nbh file
2. rename as DIAMIMG.NBH
3. copy the renamed file into the root dir of your "Storage Card" or "Internal Storage" (the one of 4Gb... NOT to the internal phone memory!)
4. reset your device and within 3 seconds push together the Vol_Down + Back button (the one on the right above the hangup button) and keep pressed until the boot loader appears (the one with the color stripes)
5. soon as you see the bootloader stop to press those poor buttons
6. a very simple gray menu will appear asking you what to do, simple press the power button to perform the ROM/Radio upgrade
7. while the upgrade runs be patient and don't press again the power button, reset the device or play with it until it finishes, when finished a message "UPDATE SUCCESS" will appear, now you can safely reset your device
8. who prefer can perform a hard reset after the fresh cook (soon after reset simply press Vol_Down + Circle button, then when you see another simple gray menu choose Vol_Up to confirm format), even if this has no-sense because internal memory is pre-formatted during flash, but... there is always a but... for some unknown "scientific" reason sometimes an hard-reset can save time & headache


notes:

* be sure to have at least 10/20% of charge, anyway the whole procedure will take about 2 minutes, so you must be ensure that your mobile will stay turned on for at least those 2 dirty minutes (just in case you can attach the power AC/DC too), don't panic if something goes wrong... read few lines below
* like told you above the same procedure is good for cooking Radio too, of course Radio are smaller and it will be really fast (about one minute!)
* you don't need windows anymore or activesync, is enough just to copy the file into the storage card (transfers WITHOUT activesync are faster)
* it's possible to make a reset simply by getting off the stylus and pressing the small red button under the stylus carrier
* don't worry if something goes wrong... any cook failure can be always restored, the important thing is that you don't fail hardspl flash... but you have to do it just one time in your life



special note about hard-spl:

if you have signed-only hard-spl I strongly suggest to upgrade to an un-signed one, personally I tested many & I can confirm that the "good ones", at least in my experience, are the Olinex 1.37 or 1.93, you can find a copy here

remember also that you can NOT brick your device if you have a good hard-spl (like the ones I mentioned above) & flashing directly from phone is really faster (also good for flashing radio)

so the only one thing you should take care is when you change/upgrade the hard-spl, but you have to do this step just once, I'm using this hard-spl from about 6 months & I was able to flash everything (plus dozen recovers for failed flash)

for rom/radio upgrades you can safely also reboot/remove cable/turn off your phone while flashing ...every lost flash can be always restored safely, it's enough to restart your device in boot mode & restart flashing, also with cable trough the classic RUU (to put device in boot mode simply reset & keep pressed Vol_Down button)


In the hope this procedure can be useful at least to save time

[cobbs]

if you have the official rom which is a exe file you can extract the rom file using winrar.

[xevier69]

EUREKA!!! Done Deal!!!
Flashed from Internal Storage as per following directions:

-= COOKING ROMs & Radios from phone =-

1. open from your PC the rar or zip archive and extract only the BIG .nbh file
2. rename as DIAMIMG.NBH
3. copy the renamed file into the root dir of your "Storage Card" or "Internal Storage" (the one of 4Gb... NOT to the internal phone memory!)
4. reset your device and within 3 seconds push together the Vol_Down + Back button (the one on the right above the hangup button) and keep pressed until the boot loader appears (the one with the color stripes)
5. soon as you see the bootloader stop to press those poor buttons
6. a very simple gray menu will appear asking you what to do, simple press the power button to perform the ROM/Radio upgrade
7. while the upgrade runs be patient and don't press again the power button, reset the device or play with it until it finishes, when finished a message "UPDATE SUCCESS" will appear, now you can safely reset your device
8. who prefer can perform a hard reset after the fresh cook (soon after reset simply press Vol_Down + Circle button, then when you see another simple gray menu choose Vol_Up to confirm format), even if this has no-sense because internal memory is pre-formatted during flash, but... there is always a but... for some unknown "scientific" reason sometimes an hard-reset can save time & headache

THANKS! THANKS! THANKS!

[band27]

Flashing using the Internal Method is the safest and most convenient way to flash. Spread the word.......:)

[akash_84]

xevier69, Thanks for your thread
Having just purchased Oli's security unlocker... I was annoyed about this problem with a HTC official rom!
But your method has solved this issue!

Thanks again

[ysq2002]

Thanks guys it works perfect!

[Mastermnd]

This just happened to me too and the only roms i have ever flashed:
1.37 official spanish: came with the phone
1.37 official WWE
1.93 official WWE
and now 2.03 official WWE fails.
WTF... One would expect the upgrade not to fail, right?
I wonder if they are checking for HardSPL to be original too!? :confused:

Anyway thanks for the workaround

[sutt359]

This worked for me to

Cheers

EUREKA!!! Done Deal!!!
Flashed from Internal Storage as per following directions:

-= COOKING ROMs & Radios from phone =-

1. open from your PC the rar or zip archive and extract only the BIG .nbh file
2. rename as DIAMIMG.NBH
3. copy the renamed file into the root dir of your "Storage Card" or "Internal Storage" (the one of 4Gb... NOT to the internal phone memory!)
4. reset your device and within 3 seconds push together the Vol_Down + Back button (the one on the right above the hangup button) and keep pressed until the boot loader appears (the one with the color stripes)
5. soon as you see the bootloader stop to press those poor buttons
6. a very simple gray menu will appear asking you what to do, simple press the power button to perform the ROM/Radio upgrade
7. while the upgrade runs be patient and don't press again the power button, reset the device or play with it until it finishes, when finished a message "UPDATE SUCCESS" will appear, now you can safely reset your device
8. who prefer can perform a hard reset after the fresh cook (soon after reset simply press Vol_Down + Circle button, then when you see another simple gray menu choose Vol_Up to confirm format), even if this has no-sense because internal memory is pre-formatted during flash, but... there is always a but... for some unknown "scientific" reason sometimes an hard-reset can save time & headache

THANKS! THANKS! THANKS!

[g0x]

Thers some other option

Install twice from activesync 1st time = error, run for the second time the same version and OK it updates.

At least with my Diamond had worked

Cheers

[miriamscorob]

The same thing happend to me too... I think it's because of the serial number we have entered when we have downloaded that 100 MB ROM Update file from the HTC support site... well i think it doesn't match with the serial and IMEI of the phone that the upgraded rom checks at the end of the update process... so i think it's kind of a protection against piracy developed by htc... taiwanese idiots!

[miriamscorob]

pls anyone send any information about an rom update file that works and doesn't report errors after it installed 100%. pls specify it's rom version too! 2.03 would be great ;)
thanks in advance

[fishyidea]

pls anyone send any information about an rom update file that works and doesn't report errors after it installed 100%. pls specify it's rom version too! 2.03 would be great ;)
thanks in advance

read all posts please :)

works like a charm folks! thank you!

[omaga]

Thers some other option

Install twice from activesync 1st time = error, run for the second time the same version and OK it updates.

At least with my Diamond had worked


I made this too for testing First flash: Error, Second time: Ok

[kib57210]

Hi, I had the same problem using HSPL 1.40 with rom 2.03 then I change to HSPL 1.93 unsigned and everything work fine.

[PJ6363]

Thanks all...this sorted my issue as well...wish HTC would get their act together!!! :mad:

[Kevbodian]

EUREKA!!! Done Deal!!!
Flashed from Internal Storage as per following directions:

-= COOKING ROMs & Radios from phone =-

1. open from your PC the rar or zip archive and extract only the BIG .nbh file
2. rename as DIAMIMG.NBH
3. copy the renamed file into the root dir of your "Storage Card" or "Internal Storage" (the one of 4Gb... NOT to the internal phone memory!)
4. reset your device and within 3 seconds push together the Vol_Down + Back button (the one on the right above the hangup button) and keep pressed until the boot loader appears (the one with the color stripes)
5. soon as you see the bootloader stop to press those poor buttons
6. a very simple gray menu will appear asking you what to do, simple press the power button to perform the ROM/Radio upgrade
7. while the upgrade runs be patient and don't press again the power button, reset the device or play with it until it finishes, when finished a message "UPDATE SUCCESS" will appear, now you can safely reset your device
8. who prefer can perform a hard reset after the fresh cook (soon after reset simply press Vol_Down + Circle button, then when you see another simple gray menu choose Vol_Up to confirm format), even if this has no-sense because internal memory is pre-formatted during flash, but... there is always a but... for some unknown "scientific" reason sometimes an hard-reset can save time & headache

THANKS! THANKS! THANKS!

I am glad to see this is helping others. Nice post Xevier (so many people never follow up on their threads).

The only issue I have (I have many issues :o ) is that this has nothing to do with "cooking".

[tiwas2]

I tried hard resetting my device, but only get back into bootloader and the "upgrade rom code error" text :S

Any more helpful hints on how to get the phone working again? Can't upgrade the RUU or anything, and certainly cannot get to the storage card to put anything on it...:eek:

[wrsg]

just want to mention i was having the error 270 update error problem using the official htc rom, but solved it using the internal flash method listed above.

basically you must have hardspl 1.93, and then copy the ruu_signed.nbh file to the root of the internal storage, then rename it to diamimg.nbh. then hold down the volume down button and the back button, then power off, and on. then it should start the flash (after you confirm).

[blueboys25]

it's the best way to flash the rom and the safest...

From Suiller thread:

the standard procedure to cook a ROM is made trough activesync program, I mean that the .nbh file is pushed into the phone trough activesync, across the usb cable, but this procedure can give some troubles:

1. it takes long time, about 10 minutes
2. it's a bit unsafe (even if the procedure can be always restored safely)
3. it's possible only with Windows OS (NO Linux nor *BSD, et cetera...)


I don't know why this is not well known but ALL producers (like HTC) give the possibility to upgrade the rom/firmware without having MS windows (thanks GOD someone knows that there aren't only windows users).

This faster procedure can be done also with *nix variants (or whatever you use) because the ROM update is made directly by the phone.

The procedure is very simple, it will take just 2 minutes, can be done everywhere & is good for cooking radios too (very fast in this case)


-= COOKING ROMs & Radios from phone =-

1. open from your PC the rar or zip archive and extract only the BIG .nbh file
2. rename as DIAMIMG.NBH
3. copy the renamed file into the root dir of your "Storage Card" or "Internal Storage" (the one of 4Gb... NOT to the internal phone memory!)
4. reset your device and within 3 seconds push together the Vol_Down + Back button (the one on the right above the hangup button) and keep pressed until the boot loader appears (the one with the color stripes)
5. soon as you see the bootloader stop to press those poor buttons
6. a very simple gray menu will appear asking you what to do, simple press the power button to perform the ROM/Radio upgrade
7. while the upgrade runs be patient and don't press again the power button, reset the device or play with it until it finishes, when finished a message "UPDATE SUCCESS" will appear, now you can safely reset your device
8. who prefer can perform a hard reset after the fresh cook (soon after reset simply press Vol_Down + Circle button, then when you see another simple gray menu choose Vol_Up to confirm format), even if this has no-sense because internal memory is pre-formatted during flash, but... there is always a but... for some unknown "scientific" reason sometimes an hard-reset can save time & headache


notes:

* be sure to have at least 10/20% of charge, anyway the whole procedure will take about 2 minutes, so you must be ensure that your mobile will stay turned on for at least those 2 dirty minutes (just in case you can attach the power AC/DC too), don't panic if something goes wrong... read few lines below
* like told you above the same procedure is good for cooking Radio too, of course Radio are smaller and it will be really fast (about one minute!)
* you don't need windows anymore or activesync, is enough just to copy the file into the storage card (transfers WITHOUT activesync are faster)
* it's possible to make a reset simply by getting off the stylus and pressing the small red button under the stylus carrier
* don't worry if something goes wrong... any cook failure can be always restored, the important thing is that you don't fail hardspl flash... but you have to do it just one time in your life



special note about hard-spl:

if you have signed-only hard-spl I strongly suggest to upgrade to an un-signed one, personally I tested many & I can confirm that the "good ones", at least in my experience, are the Olinex 1.37 or 1.93, you can find a copy here

remember also that you can NOT brick your device if you have a good hard-spl (like the ones I mentioned above) & flashing directly from phone is really faster (also good for flashing radio)

so the only one thing you should take care is when you change/upgrade the hard-spl, but you have to do this step just once, I'm using this hard-spl from about 6 months & I was able to flash everything (plus dozen recovers for failed flash)

for rom/radio upgrades you can safely also reboot/remove cable/turn off your phone while flashing ...every lost flash can be always restored safely, it's enough to restart your device in boot mode & restart flashing, also with cable trough the classic RUU (to put device in boot mode simply reset & keep pressed Vol_Down button)


In the hope this procedure can be useful at least to save time
i download these this morning and they worked
rom version 1.57.831.1(47324)wwe
radio version 1.14.25.24
protocol version 52.64.25.34u
when i bootload in tri colours screen it shows
BLAC100 32M
SPL-1.56.OliNex
MicroP-Blackstone (led)v6
if it shows that i must of done something right i think of what ill read
and i have windows 7 ulitmate
and like i say i have Miri_WM65_21815_V19.0_Premium
when i double click on the BLACKSTONE RUU WRAPPER it crashes then i rename a new folder and done it from there and it works but it comes up wit error 208 file open?now my htc touch hd is dead wont turn on
all i want to do is get windows mobile 6.5 working i cant understand that it can be so hard to do
whatelse can i do u think or whats your solution plz thanxs blueboy!

[blueboys25]

hi all i am very new to this im not sure what i have done or how to fix the problem i download these this morning and they worked
rom version 1.57.831.1(47324)wwe
radio version 1.14.25.24
protocol version 52.64.25.34u
when i bootload in tri colours screen it shows
BLAC100 32M
SPL-1.56.OliNex
MicroP-Blackstone (led)v6
if it shows that i must of done something right i think of what ill read
and i have windows 7 ulitmate and i have Miri_WM65_21815_V19.0_Premium
when i double click on the BLACKSTONE RUU WRAPPER it crashes then i rename a new folder and done it from there and it works but it comes up wit error 208 file open? then i got told to rename to ruu_signed.nbh file to blacimg.nbh and to store it in the root of my sd card done that then somehow i got it to come up to the screen by Turn off the phone, press and keep pressed volume down button and while keeping it pressed turn on the phone then i see a message "Press power to flash your device" and i press power to flash got to 0% and it crashed and come up with Upgrade ROM code error plz try again and stuck in bootloader mode but now it wont even turn on its dead it wont turn on no matter what i do can someone plz help
all i want to do is get windows mobile 6.5 working i cant understand that it can be so hard to do
thanxs blueboys25!

[actebis]

If you flashed rom that is "RUU_Diamond_HTC_Europe_2.03.401.2_Radio_Signed_Dia mond_52.51.25.26_1.09.25.23",you must flash it from the internal storage!

[nosh10]

thanks to all at this forum,;) i'm now running the lattest htc rom on my tmobile,just wish tmo would have released a updated rom from themselfs,would have made everything a lot easier.:)

[megamanx-rj]

i have the same problem in my diamond.

when i decide to return my diamond to a stock rom this problem happens... all i have done to solve is flash a stock SPL to my unit...

HTC installer try to flash SPL, RADIO and ROM in the same time... but de stock installer dont´t flash stock SPL correctly...

After the HTC installer i have used a modified version to flash a stock SPL and it have solved my problem.

i don´t know if reflashing a modified SPL works.

sorry about my bad english... i´m in the practice level of my English Book... :)

[tizaktizak]

so is it possible to flash while having Olinex 1.40 spl version?

[far123far]

:)thanks worked perfect, you are the man

[edoseg]

Exactly the same problem here, so I tried to flash to a really old original HTC ROM after the failure and it flashed fine :eek:

So I thought I would try upgrading over the top of an original ROM, had the same error :confused:, bloody HTC :mad:


Stuck in the 4 color screen, soft and hard reset not working. Can someone recommand ROM version that should work? which ROM version is the original one?

[y2kreamy]

Stuck in the 4 color screen, soft and hard reset not working. Can someone recommand ROM version that should work? which ROM version is the original one?

Hi all,

Flashing thru' activesync worked for me...

I got HTC diamond orange from UK...got it Sim Unlocked to get it worked on other GSM network. But my SPL 1.37 did not allow me to flash or upgrade to 1.93 official rom.

I did Hard SPL 1.40 olinex, the could upgrade to 1.93 , and eventually to 2.03 official.

All flashing thru' activesync believe me.

now, im not using official roms anymore, using cooked one. but cooked thru' internal flashin to b on safer side.

i had downloaded RUU_Diamond_HTC_Europe_2.03.401.3_Radio_Signed_Dia mond_52.51.25.26_1.09.25.23_Ship.exe

which is the latest. always check last digit. it is .3 which released later after .1 and .2

I would recommend internal flashing though.

thanks:):):)

HTC Diamond
Rom : Shaks full 4.30
Radio : 1.09.25.23

[donald-c]

A problem I'm having is I'm flashing everything to stock for warrenty reasons, but I can't install 2.03 :( I have 1.93, stock 1.93 SPL, security locked (didn't work with unlocked either btw), doesn't work with diamimg.nbh. Do I need the Hard SPL to install a stock ROM? lol.

[sleepyn]

great!!!
had the same problem and it worked!!!

thanx! you should sticky this along with the HOW TO FIX upgrade problems

[sibbor]

I tried hard resetting my device, but only get back into bootloader and the "upgrade rom code error" text :S

Any more helpful hints on how to get the phone working again? Can't upgrade the RUU or anything, and certainly cannot get to the storage card to put anything on it...:eek:
I've got the same issue. And in the white area it doesn't say "USB" even though the USB cable is connected to the device. Am I screwed?

* Can't reach internal storage to put diamimg.nbh on it
* Can't get boot loader into USB mode
* Can't hard reset the phone

Oh my...!?

[b00kl33ch]

Hey guys,

I have no idea what's going on. I appreciate your suggestions. I flashed my Diamond many times (and other phones as well) with most of the ROM available. Unit a month ago or so I've been using the official 1.93 ROM with previously installed hard SPL 1.40. When I attempted to install a new 2.03 ROM I went through the whole procedure same way as always with a little exception. Right after completion - 100% the unit reboots, shows the rainbow screen with a message "Upgrade ROM code error" - try again. What is the world is this? I also have a message on my desktop "Error 270-update error" - The image file is corrupted. My unit is european and I downloaded the ROM from both US and Euro sites. From this point I managed to downgrade again to version 1.93. Then I ran again the hard SPL 1.40 and reattempted to upgrade to 2.03 - SAME THING!
I don't know what to do next. Why I cannot flush it with the latest ROM? Any ideas or similar situations? Please see picture.

Thanks

When you get the tri-colour screen and the Upgrade ROM code error, just flash hard-spl 1.38 and hard reset your phone and it will boot from the image that you flashed.

Hope this makes sense.

Just incase it don't

here's some more info

I tried for ages to flash my phone with an original htc rom (I say ages only got it yesterday lol), cause I got a mda compact iv from ebay and I didn't like the pink and white stuff (already had a htc touch so I half knew what I was doing), anyway nothing I tried would work. I flashed the olinex signed spl but still every rom stuck at 0%.

So I flashed the unsigned version and then got to 5% and this is not the correct rom - blah blah.

This is when I followed the stuck at 0-5% thread and changed the RUU_Diamond_HTC_Europe_2.03.401.2_Radio_Signed_Dia mond_52.51.25.26_1.09.25.23_Ship as per instructions.

then the error came on my phone as is your uploaded image (Upgrade ROM code error), with tri-colour screen.

This is when you need to reflash hard-spl1.38 then hard reset.

My phone now thinks its a proper htc and is all nice and black and all the white and pink stuff had gone, sorry t-mobile branding is good but there is no need to push it in our face.

Hope this helps

and big thanks to all you guys at xda sweet site best on the net hands down

Cheers
Shane

[ginar]

Hey everyone,
I need help. I also tried to install the new rom on my htc through the internal storage ( didn't work through active sync, I got the 207 error), but it just doesn't anwer to the key combination volume down and back, after I restart, it just goes on starting like I don't press any button.

[shoae]

flash with this rom:

http://www.orange.ro/files/devices/phones/htc-touch-diamond/mobile_software/ruu_diamond_orange_ro_2.11.70.1_radio_signed_diamo nd_52.62.25.34_1.13.25.24_ship.exe

[VladoR]

I tried to flash my htc diamond, which had some custom rom on it. I tried to flash it to official 2.03 rom. I am htc flashing noob :)

I got some error 270, i tried the recovery and something (i used official htc updater), but i can not turn on my phone now. All i get are 3 coloured bars and try again message.

What should I do. I cant access its internal storage I guess.

I am worried and need help. Thanks.

p.s. should i try flashing it with 1.93 first?

I got it working with 1.93.

Now, again I really want wm 6.5 :) which rom is the latest/safest, and which is the best update procedure?

[dgaveh]

Hello,

I have a radio unlocked htc diamond and i am try to upgrade to signed rom below;
-Windows Mobile 6.5 b21854 Stable and TouchFlo 3D2

I tried using upgrade utility several times but i always get unable to communicate with device. restart again
I am trying now to update from internal memory and was able to load rom but the phone is currently stuck on gray screen with message 'Loading...' for more than 20 minutes now.
What is the problem? what can i do.

NB: Splash screen is still carrier customed 'SFR'. Only ROM upgrade from carrier works perfectly.
-Does this mean that my ROM is still unlocked?

HELP me please i am really new at this.