First time flasher, ROM dump possible before flash?

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First of all I feel obliged to say I'm sorry for creating a new thread just for these basic questions.
I have read the FAQs and searched through the forum, and it's a bit messy hence this thread.
First of all I want to have the security to be able to revert to the stock ROM in case something goes wrong.

1) I do not find any SWE-rom in the collection thread though. My question is, can I (or someone help me to) dump my 1.43 SWE rom?
Edit: Just found this link by chance in duttys signature:http://rapidshare.com/users/258XUJ
And the swedish rom is included here. I wonder why this is not included in the sticky thread (..........)

2) If I flash to a custom ROM with SSPL, can I flash a stock ROM back with SSPL or do I really need to go through all the hassle with the gold card etc? Is there no easy way to flash an official ROM?

3) If I use HSPL to upgrade my bootloader, my warranty will be affected if I'm not mistaken. Could HTC (or whoever who performs service) deny my phone because I've used HSPL from here? If so, is there any way to revert to the state before using the HSPL, that is to say load the previous stock bootloader?

Once again, if you find this thread unnecessary please just ignore it and let it die or delete it.
I did some searching and still had these questions left, and I'm in the middle of studying for an upcoming exam while my HD2 is pissing me off since my last (and first) hard reset (the WiFi is really bugging out).
So I hope this will save me some time (and maybe other newbies)

I'm not sure if there's a way to actually back it up, but u should be able to get the official one off the htc support website. htc.com/support
using sspl is only for custom roms, but hard spl is now available. it let's you flash anything.g..custom or official.

Thx for the reply,
The swedish rom is not available there unfortunately. Hence my problem.

Regarding the HSPL, I have another question:

3) If I use HSPL to upgrade my bootloader, my warranty will be affected if I'm not mistaken. Could HTC (or whoever who performs service) deny my phone because I've used HSPL from here? If so, is there any way to revert to the state before using the HSPL, that is to say load the previous stock bootloader?

I'm not really sure about hard spl yet..I've not had a chance to read about it..or needed it.
i think you can revert to original spl by using goldcard method...and with this, your warranty still intact... but just read about it in sticky to be sure.

Originally Posted by tshizzle

I'm not really sure about hard spl yet..I've not had a chance to read about it..or needed it.
i think you can revert to original spl by using goldcard method...and with this, your warranty still intact... but just read about it in sticky to be sure.

You don't mean reverting SPL but flashing official ROMs right?
I did not read anything about the goldcard changing SPL?

Now that question 1 & 2 have been answered only question 3 is left.
A way to revert the SPL in case something happens and I have to send it for repair.

Only way to remove the HSPL is to flash an original SPL from SD card.
- Take any "RUU_signed.nbh" from a ship ROM and copy it to SD card.
- Rename it to "leoimg.nbh"
- Reset the device while pressing the volume down button.

you're right...it is flashing original rom...but that removes hspl.
i think you should just read http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...hp?t=611433cuz i haven't...and don't think I'm qualified to give advice..

Originally Posted by tshizzle

you're right...it is flashing original rom...but that removes hspl.
i think you should just read http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...hp?t=611433cuz i haven't...and don't think I'm qualified to give advice..

I see, that one I had missed. So it should be realitvely easy to restore both the SPL (by following the steps you quoted, no gold card needed) and the stock rom if one has HSPL, as long as one has the stock ROM (which I'm downloading atm :P)

In that case this is great news, I'll be ready to start flashing in no time

I dont get it. I downloaded the stock ROM from the link provided above, it is an exe-file. Just like an official rom release from HTC.
Does this mean that I can install a custom ROM with SSPL and revert to the stock ROM simply by running the exe-file while the phone is in ActiveSync, without any need of using goldcard/HSPL?

Originally Posted by umiss

I dont get it. I downloaded the stock ROM from the link provided above, it is an exe-file. Just like an official rom release from HTC.
Does this mean that I can install a custom ROM with SSPL and revert to the stock ROM simply by running the exe-file while the phone is in ActiveSync, without any need of using goldcard/HSPL?

You need to extract the exe to get the nbh-file that you use to flash with SSPL. Just right klick and extract it, put nbh ans SSPL in a folder and run SSPL. Simple as that

Thanks alot for the help. I am ready to flash away