[GUIDE] Step-by-step instructions for debranding and HSPL for AT&T Titans

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OK, the 2nd version of HSPL "DFT_HSPL_WP7SG2_INSTALL.rar" doesnt do any good either.


make sure your titan is not stuck in 2.05spl like the others it must be original spl from att
lol, and how do i supposed to get that if we are already stuck on 2.05MFG?

I think you thought this is the first time I flash my ATT titan w/ HSPL? No, this is like the 100th times I've been trying to do it with different firmwares, ways, etc.

I even tried to flash custom firmware (failed), beta, etc and yet I still manage to bring it back up except for the fact that my Titan is always showing that 2.05MFG SPL no matter what I do.
 

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OK, the 2nd version of HSPL "DFT_HSPL_WP7SG2_INSTALL.rar" doesnt do any good either.




lol, and how do i supposed to get that if we are already stuck on 2.05MFG?

I think you thought this is the first time I flash my ATT titan w/ HSPL? No, this is like the 100th times I've been trying to do it with different firmwares, ways, etc.

I even tried to flash custom firmware (failed), beta, etc and yet I still manage to bring it back up except for the fact that my Titan is always showing that 2.05MFG SPL no matter what I do.
i got this from cotulla

for the ppl that wants to install hspl
i didnt have a 2.05 stuck titan to try the software
i ask for ppl with stuck titan to help cotulla fix it but nobody helped me
so we never did fixed the problem

if you want to try the file go ahead it worked for me in a virgin titan from att flawlessly

if you want to help cotulla fix the stuck titan problem we can maybe help a lot of ppl
 

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Report: it did not work for my titan stuck in 2.05 mfg
Nikola92 is right. He did everything known to man to make his device HSPL and to no avail. All of you who are new to this need to know up front the debrand and HSPL of your devices is at best a crap shoot and at least you now can officially update your devices with the official stock WP7.8 update. We think the issue is with the internal thumb drive on these devices making them impossible to alter the SPL. I wouldn't be surprised if later HTC Eternity were setup like their Radiance counterparts the HTC Titan II which to date are impossible to HSPL. I'm not implying some of your devices won't HSPL because they will but Nikola92 did absolutely everything and struck out. I know, I posted my efforts in doing my device which was entirely different than my wife's device and the instructions which I have posted within this thread a few posts back. All of you who make the attempt, please read everything on the subject. I don't mind supplying the software upon request but I'm not going answer questions that can be found throughout this thread and other places in the Windows Phone community here on XDA. This isn't a quick fix...one method fits all solution. My experience doing my two devices really made me appreciate the work done here and I am by no means an expert; in fact I'm a weather man and a returning full time college student majoring in math education and 53 years old. Don't get me wrong, I don't mind answering questions but please do not jump into thinking that our answers are going to spare you a frustrating experience; the Titan I is not the HD2. I seriously doubt there will be a WP8.x port for the Titan...not at the very least until the HTC Zenith is released and is rumored to be the Titan III. I own a HD2 and WP7.8 runs flawless on it. The HD2 is the best candidate of all the WP devices out there with the potential to run WP8...the HD2 began it's life as a Windows Mobile 6.5 Professional device not a Windows Phone device; one only has to look at the HD2's forum to know how different it is from the Titan despite being released in 2009. There is not likely ever to be another device like it and that's a shame.
 

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Well i am not so messed up, i have WP 7.8 so i am quite happy, the only thing is developer and interop unlock witch i dont need, free apps on market are good enough
 

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Well i am not so messed up, i have WP 7.8 so i am quite happy, the only thing is developer and interop unlock witch i dont need, free apps on market are good enough
What it boils down to is personal preference. Microsoft and carriers go way over the top in locking these phones down and when you finally are able to unleash one of these babies it's hard to go back to a locked down state. I can't speak for all of us but there is something to be said about putting your phone into bootloader mode and flash at will. It shouldn't be hard. I grant you there are those who don't want all the bells and whistles at their disposal. I shouldn't have to go through the Marketplace to download an app. I like the way it's been from the beginning and if you so choose to install your apps from your computer or directly from a website, it should be. For Christ's sake there a law in effect now that leaves it up to carriers if they want to subsidy unlock your devices and a part of me is fine with that if you bought your phone at a discount from the carrier and you didn't pay retail for example. But those of us who have been loyal to the Windows Mobile/Windows Phone platform; what Microsoft and carriers have done is no way to treat customers. Why it is there is no device that has come down the pipe like the HD2 is beyond me. You'd think they'd learn something from the Android community and its popularity. Nope! Take care!
 

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The HD2 is a leak and pain in the butt for microsoft and HTC, by creating those type of phones they want one thing and that is to sell as much as they create, by doing so they plan to copy apple, for every update we give you a new phone, they dont want: hey we sell u HD2 now and u wont have a need for a phone for next 5 years? No, ofc, the HD2 is still keeping some consumers from buying new phone alltough they have financial posibilities to buy one or few, and thats not what an company as HTC or any other want. Locking is only way to secure money, earn even more and stand high in this buisness
 

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The HD2 is a leak and pain in the butt for microsoft and HTC, by creating those type of phones they want one thing and that is to sell as much as they create, by doing so they plan to copy apple, for every update we give you a new phone, they dont want: hey we sell u HD2 now and u wont have a need for a phone for next 5 years? No, ofc, the HD2 is still keeping some consumers from buying new phone alltough they have financial posibilities to buy one or few, and thats not what an company as HTC or any other want. Locking is only way to secure money, earn even more and stand high in this buisness
I've owned 5 devices since we went to cells and not a landline. It's been an amazing and a depressing evolution as what began as $2.99 data is now as high as $70.00 and that's only 10 years if you're with T-Mobile; the carriers too have a role in all of this too. Like IM, it's a cash cow for carriers but T-Mobile narrows what devices can use wi-fi to call and text and its not available on other carriers unless everybody in your universe is using the same app...not likely. It's frustrating when there is money to be saved but I have no doubt, it's all deliberate.
 
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Ofc the internet calling and stuff is destroying their buisneses, so they now give u 4g network so u can use fast Data package and leave wi-fi connnections for some rare ocasions
 
i've ha prob.
my titan is branded Vodafone (EU). now i'm on 7.8 and (after a long and difficult journey) i was able to upgrade spl from 1.8 to 2.6.
now, the problem is that the GC method doesn't work! the phone doesn't read the SD at all, it remains on the "enter usb etc etc". this happened also with the 1.8, so i decided to upgrade to 2.6, but the problem is still here.
i've changed microsd, microsd reader, formatted with windows 8, windows XP, tried to power with wall adaptor, with the usb port of the pc.. nothing! the phone doesn't read the GC. who can help me?
 

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I'm actually contemplating to try again to debrand and flash HSPL on my At&T Titan despite I have almost bricked it. My Titan has cameback to life again and i have done again the procedure to Debrand/HSPL my device, but still, the same errors have appeared, specially when flashing EU NBH via Goldcard

UPDATE TERMINATE
UPDATE FAIL ERROR CODE:33 INTERNAL


That error appears when the device starts to flash the Goldcard with EU NBH - RADIO FAILED AND OS FAILED

But still, my device, still works ok with these errors, like nothing happened

Any thoughts?
 

berrywr

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i've ha prob.
my titan is branded Vodafone (EU). now i'm on 7.8 and (after a long and difficult journey) i was able to upgrade spl from 1.8 to 2.6.
now, the problem is that the GC method doesn't work! the phone doesn't read the SD at all, it remains on the "enter usb etc etc". this happened also with the 1.8, so i decided to upgrade to 2.6, but the problem is still here.
i've changed microsd, microsd reader, formatted with windows 8, windows XP, tried to power with wall adaptor, with the usb port of the pc.. nothing! the phone doesn't read the GC. who can help me?
Yep, BTDT...you need a new memory card; I recommend you use a PNY 4 gig thumb drive and a Y-cable, you only have to format it once. It was not necessary to upgrade your SPL from 1.8 to 2.6 but neither is it the end of the world; you're going to need to return to 2.5 following the installation of the debrand ROM 1.09 or 1.10; it must read x310e when you're done with the initial flash via gold card...not PI39100.
 
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