[Q] Please Help Me Debranding my Titan

[nyonik]

Hello,
i have a brand Vodafone IT Titan with:
OS: 7.10.8107.79
firmware: 166.2200.20501.165
radio: 16.23.06.10_16.32.00.23U
bootloader: 2.5.160015.3(137079)

i wanted to upload the 2.05 eu rom so i have downloaded this rom: http://www.filefactory.com/file/1ybq4xqcazyp/n/IMG_Eternity_HTC_Europe_2.05.401 and obtained the file named 'IMG_Eternity_HTC_Europe_2.05.401.01_Radio_Signed_16.23.06.10_16.32.00.23_ETERNITY_RELEASE.nbh' (yes it has the apex included in the file, vary strange for me) that is 419.982 KB

i have renamed the file in ETERIMG.nbh.
i have downloaded goldcardtool and goldcard.img.
i have formatted the microSD in fat32.
i have copied ETERIMg.nbh in the microSD.
i have patched the microSD with goldcardtool and goldcard.img
i have connected the Y usb cable to the Titan, the microSD card reader and the PC.
i have booted the Titan in USB HOST mode but it always show me "Entering USB Mode". Upload does not begin at all.

So, what am i doing wrong ???

Please guys help me!!!!

 

[habnzrot]

i have renamed the file in ETERIMG.nbh.
i have downloaded goldcardtool and goldcard.img.
i have formatted the microSD in fat32.
i have copied ETERIMg.nbh in the microSD.
i have patched the microSD with goldcardtool and goldcard.img
i have connected the Y usb cable to the Titan, the microSD card reader and the PC.
i have booted the Titan in USB HOST mode but it always show me "Entering USB Mode". Upload does not begin at all.

So, what am i doing wrong ???

Please guys help me!!!!

Looks likes that your Y cable is fine, with your phone showing "entering usb mode". This leaves your gold card as possibly the main culprit. In other threads, some had the same issue and managed to flash their phone by trying other type of microsd card and card reader. I used a kingston 2gb microsd card and multicard reader. I managed to debrand my att titan to european 2.05 rom (see the thread I started on this topic: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1693334&page=2)

 

[nyonik]

Thanks for the replay.
I don't know if the cable is ok. I bought it on ebay:
http://www.ebay.it/itm/260747604735?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649
It is a normal Y cable used for external HardDisk when a single usb port is not enought for powering the device.
I connected the miniUSB port to my card reader.
I connected the dataUSB port to my phone (using a famale-famale adapter)
I connected the powerUSB port to my pc.
The strange thing is that when i plug the phone (phone is already turned on)
then the phone fell i had connecet it and the led become red.
Also the led on the card reader is Turned on, meaning that it is turned on.
But when i restar the phone and push vol- and camera going in USB Host mode,
the led on the card reader is desapeared, so i thing it is turned off.
The phone is now waiting in USB Host mode.
So i disconnect and reconnect the power usb cablo form the pc, and so the card reader turned on again. But the upload does not begin.

Do you thing that there is something strange ?
may be i miss something on doing the gold card (wrong image, wrong name) or samething like that?
I have already tried with 4 different memory card but (512MB MMC, 1GB microSD, 8 GB microSD and 1GB SD card) the result is the same.

 

[nyonik]

I have a question, after downloading the
'IMG_Eternity_HTC_Europe_2.05.401.01_Radio_Signed_16.23.06.10_16.32.00.23_ETERNITY_RELEASE.nbh'
file

I have to extract RUU_Sigbned.nbh and rename it in ETERIMG.NBH
or jusy keep the whole file and rename it in ETERIMG.NBH ???

If i have to exctract RUU_Signed, how can i do that??

 

[jonesk001]

I have the same question as nyonik.

After getting to the USB Mode, I plug in the phone the card reader turns on and off and it goes straight back to ther SPL screen and freezes there. When I unplug the device the word "serial" appears on the screen. I've havent been able to find someone on here describing a similiar scenerio. I've tried several different types of media and they all do the same thing.

 

[habnzrot]

@nyonik- you copy the euro rom 2.05 to microsdcard rename it to ETERIMG.nbh then make it a goldcard.
@jonesk001- that also happened to me, what u need to do when it goes back to spl mode, unplugged phone "serial" appears, then restart phone by pressing power button for few secs when it start to boot hold down vol- and camera buttons this will boot ur phone to "usb mode" screen, at this point plug it back to Y cable. Your phone should proceed with flashing. If it again kick back to spl mode repeat the steps i described. Goodluck.

Sent from my TITAN X310e using XDA Windows Phone 7 App

 

[jonesk001]

Thanks Habnzrot for tips. Finally got everything to work. Amazing enough I used WinXP to format and make the gold card instead on Win7 and it worked, using the same setup that was previously didn't work.

 

[habnzrot]

Thanks Habnzrot for tips. Finally got everything to work. Amazing enough I used WinXP to format and make the gold card instead on Win7 and it worked, using the same setup that was previously didn't work.

Good to hear that you now managed to flash your phone Enjoy custom rom (s)!

 

[ballgate]

use 1gb msd card. before I used a 4gb card it has the same issue.