Small question, Noob in Rhodium

[bteljuice]

Hello guys,

As you can see, I am a noob in Rhodium but have been flashing since Magician, Tytn ,Tytn II.
So I know what to ask before posting, so please do not bash me as I am a noob with Rhodium and never had this Warning Come before in previous Phones.

Warning:

This package is not intended for your device type!!
High chance of bricking!! Existing Now!!

I bought the phone SIM UNLOCKED as I am using another network SIM on it.

I get the warning when trying to Flash automatically.
Now my question is, Should I go manual as the warning says do not attempt Manual UNLESS Another warning comes. Nothing in the Noob section talks about this particular warning.

If anyone could lead me to the right path, it would be highly appreciated
Hope you guys welcome me aboard and start multi flashing as I did on my previous phones

 

[DaveTheTytnIIGuy]

What model of Rhodium do you have? Under the battery, there should be barcodes and RHODxxx, where xxx is a number like 100, 300, etc. For example, my Tilt2 is a RHOD300. See, you might have a GSM/CDMA hybrid device, which needs a different HardSPL (which is in development). The model number will allow you to know if it's GSM or GSM/CDMA. If your device is GSM, it still gives a warning, and you've searched for others with this problem, you should post in the HardSPL unlocker thread.

 

[bteljuice]

mine is a RHOD500.

Help me, what should I do.
I see We ve both followed the same path. Kaiser than Rhodium

 

[DaveTheTytnIIGuy]

Yeah, seems like quite a few Kaiser owners were waiting for a better upgrade than the Raphael, and went with the Rhodium.

Anyway, back on topic. You have a RHOD500, which is a GSM/CDMA hybrid device. Unfortunately, there is currently no HardSPL for the RHOD400 or RHOD500 (only the exclusively GSM Rhodiums have HardSPL). However, you can rest assured that cmonex and Olipro are working on it.

 

[bteljuice]

That is sad as I was really looking forward to turn this Rhodium upside down.
Coz i know it has high potentials.

BTW, wht is the difference between rhod100,300,500,etc... Why the different ones? Were there flaws that were corrected everytime?

Oh well, back to kaiser forum and pimping it out with Stylez

Cant wait to get here and start flashing and helping out with the testing

 

[DaveTheTytnIIGuy]

The difference in model numbers reflects changes in hardware (AFAIK). For example, the the RHOD100 is the European GSM version from HTC, with the front camera, but the RHOD300 is the AT&T Tilt2 without the front camera (it also contains a slightly different chipset). The RHOD400 & RHOD500 are both GSM/CDMA devices, and as such have different chipsets than the GSM only versions. If you remember that the Kaiser had models KAIS100, KAIS110, and KAIS100 (depending on the amount of cameras), it's pretty much the same thing here.

 

[drkfngthdragnlrd]

Also has to do with Radio Chipset. The T-Mobile GSM Only Rhodium is different than the AT&T GSM Rhodium. They have different 3G hardware to handle the different 3G bands used. This is also why the European one has a different Model #. They have different 3G bands as well. T-Mobile is the RHOD210. Also, if you go to HTC's site & check, you'll see each one has a different Qualcomm MSM 7K chipset listed.

AT&T has 7201a
Verizon & Sprint have 7600
T-Mobile & European have 7200a

 

[bteljuice]

Thank you guys. I appreciate your help

A few more questions if you guys dont mind

1- When I had the kaiser, i used to flash different radios(kaiser,polaris,neon,niki) in order to get MY desired radio(GPS,batterylife,etc..). Will I be able to do that with my RHOD500?

2-Regarding also waiting for a HARDSPL(thank you Olinex and Olipro), will I have to wait for a better release in the future? (i.e: Production cars, people dont always buy the FIRST fleet of cars as they still have flaws, so they wait for the 2nd and 3rd production fleet where the company would have fixed the 1st release flaws)
I am not talking about roms as I know thats the case, but close enough since we had 3.29,3.34,etc..for Kaiser.Which will I have to flash?
Will I have to do that?

3-I bought my Rhodium Unlocked(since I am using another company), will I still have to get security/sim Unlocker in order to flash different radios?

Thank you guys for welcoming me over here

 

[DaveTheTytnIIGuy]

1. I'm not sure about that. Since those devices have GSM/CDMA capabilities, they might use different radios than GSM devices (I don't know), but I'm not sure if anyone other than cmonex and Olipro could answer that.
2. No, there really isn't a reason to wait. It's extremely unlikely that any unforseen consequences would occur since they have teams of people testing HSPL long before release, to ensure that it's okay to release to the general public.
3. You do not need to security unlock to flash radios. You DO need to security unlock to flash radios from other devices (such as the Topaz). However, this brings me back to your first question, which as I have already said, I do not know the answer to. Therefore, I think you'll need to wait and see (though HardSPL for CDMA devices should be out very soon from what I hear)

 

[bteljuice]

Appreciate your answers Dave .

Thanks for helping me out.
I do hope they get the HARDSPL soon as I am dying to start working on my RHODIUM.

I do want to ask the questions to cmonex and Olipro, but I am sure they are quite busy. Also I doubt they will answer my questions as they are busy and usualy, most busy people just tell me read the FAQ, which sometimes doesnt have the answer to my question.

BTW, have u tried STYLEZ Black, V3. Trust me, you ll luv it.FLAWLESS

 

[DaveTheTytnIIGuy]

Appreciate your answers Dave .

Thanks for helping me out.
I do hope they get the HARDSPL soon as I am dying to start working on my RHODIUM.

I do want to ask the questions to cmonex and Olipro, but I am sure they are quite busy. Also I doubt they will answer my questions as they are busy and usualy, most busy people just tell me read the FAQ, which sometimes doesnt have the answer to my question.

BTW, have u tried STYLEZ Black, V3. Trust me, you ll luv it.FLAWLESS

Sure, happy to help

As I've said, HSPL should be ready very soon. CDMA HardSPL has already been finished, but cmonex was busy IRL and she also has to work out mirrors and the licensing server (or something like that). And when the Security/SIM/CID unlocker is ready, I'm sure that Olipro or cmonex (whoever posts it) will say what radios you can flash, etc.

 

[bteljuice]

Thx for the explination. Appreciate it

I am watting anctiously to start flashingm y RHOD500

 

[bteljuice]

Hey guys. Now I have a very good question.

In all my previous HTCs, I used to install NeoS2007 OpenVG and Chainfire's GFXBoost which seemed to improve Significantly the proformance and graphics.

Should i also install them on my rhodium?

 

[DaveTheTytnIIGuy]

When I used the NeoS2007 driverpack 3 on EnergyROM "Leo", I actually got worse 3D performance, and it seemed slower than before. GfxBoost didn't really have a noticable effect, IMO. However, you should test them on whatever ROM you have, since the overall effect may be different in your particular setup.

 

[bteljuice]

The thing is, I have the RHOD500, no HARDSPL YET. I just wanted to know in advance of the effect so that when the time comes to flash, ill get everything done by the first flash.

 

[DaveTheTytnIIGuy]

The thing is, I have the RHOD500, no HARDSPL YET.

Are you sure about that?

 

[bteljuice]

OMG OMG OMG OMG!!!!!

OMG OMG OMG OMG!!!!!

I think I just wet myself.

THANK YOU soooooooooo much daveeeee

 

[InRBigness]

Or right here on the site

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=578660