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Not sure if this is where this should go... but...

I just want to recommend a ROM for anyone wishing to flash their pure. ( T|6.5|ROM|WWE| ★ EnergyROM "Leo" (23016) Oct 11 ★ Latest Manila 2.5 / Twitter Tab)  http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=562942 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=562942)

Been using it a few days now and so far so good.  Only con so far is that it seems to use a bit more battery than stock.  Other than that, it's been really stable.

i won't personnally use a rom from an older phone, the pure has been updated since the diamond 2 origanally came out. but another suggestion would be the tess rom. less custom, much faster, and uses alot less battery. for those brave enough of course.

I'm interested to know exactly 'what' has been updated that would be directly affected.  Like I said, I havn't had any issues with this rom 'so far' so I'd like to know what I should be looking out for.  When I first got my pure, I wanted to flash to a new rom but there were several to choose from.  None of them originated from a pure but I've seen no adverse affects (other than maybe battery life) and only positives.  The new manila is nice (although I've seen 2.1 updated with alot of the 2.5 enhancements without the 2.5 bloat).

Oh, and being able to flash from the sd card is something that is really slick (after coming from the incite).

well you say what can be affected, the shorter list would be what it doesn't affect (or couldn't effect.) it can't move your buttons on the phone for example. ;) roms can literally change everthing, you can swap the buttons to call to end n end to call or reverse the zoom bar. you can even completely remove windows and throw android or the new palm os (if u were that good :).) the problems come with drivers and compatability. if you flashed energyROM most things should work since it was derived from the d2 which the pure came from. but the pure is newer so they could have swapped gps units or changed ram addresses or ..well u get my point. when you mix roms very bad things COULD happen. i'm simply waiting for a flashable stock pure rom before i play. to answer your question though, most roms simply get rid of bloatware, turn off services, n change cosmetics. battery life comes n goes with the rom build. if it's built to be "flashy" it will most likely suck the battery. if it's built for speed it most likely isn't running alot of services n ram. thus better battery life. anyway, best of luck to you. keep me posted on roms you use, i'd love to know.

Yes, I understand all that.  I just was wondering if you knew first hand of any changes that the pure made (hardware wise) that was so different than the original d2. 

As far as roms go, I'm always looking to tweak, flash, etc.  One of the main reasons I went with a winmo phone.  The incite gave me my first hand experience with flashing and it took only a couple of days with the pure before I did my first flash with it.  What I have soon found out is that there are alot more 'chefs' to choose from.  Deciding on which rom to flash has become quite a challenge.  I will post as I flash to anything else (in fact, I've dl'd an update from the same guy that uses manila 2.1 vs 2.5 but with some of the 2.5 look).  I'm really tempted ;)

http://www.phonearena.com/htmls/compare_advresults.php?phones (http://www.phonearena.com/htmls/compare_advresults.php?phones)[]=3717&phones[]=3477

looking here i don't see any difference except the processer is a 7201a on the pure and a 7200a on the td2. typo?? i don't know but they look the same except the base OS, pure having 6.5 of course. i'll still wait for a reliable backup rom, but i don't see a single problem flashing topaz roms to the pure. keep me posted :)

link broke, copy paste should work...

Just here for another update.  Updated to the latest EnergyROM 10/29 w/Manila 2.5.1920 and WM 21864.  I have pretty much decided I absolutely hate WM 6.5.1 (when they moved the start button, etc to the bottom) so I am now trying to stick with versions prior to this. 

With this ROM + Max Manila Ultimate for 2.5.1920, I have a very functional, nice looking interface.  Very very close to the functionality/look I use to have with mobile shell 3.  Battery life has improved from the prior rom I had (about 1.5 days of use).  Speed has been acceptable (although it doesn't score high on the spb benchmark tests for the roms, it doesn't seem slow).  I have not ran into any bugs (3 days of use so far).  I don't use facebook so I can't comment on whether or not that stuff works or not.

On a side note, Dutty has released a new version (what he calls, the 'Holy Grail').  I'm very tempted to try that one.  If anyone here has tried it, I would love to hear how it is. 

Less than a hour I'm going to flash my pure with Duttys Grail. Review maybe until i used a couple of days.

as far as i can tell the only difference is the radio that hasn't been released yet. i can't wait for a stock pure rom, then i'll start flashing. i have noticed the more chefs for the htc than the lg, i'm glad for that.

Again... another update.  I've switched to the Tess 4.2 ROM.  Other than the startmenu icons used and the theme included, this rom really rocks.  I've changed my startmenu to 4 columns and the icons to match more my style.  Added a couple of dusk themes and using them now.  Max Manila works with this version of manila (2.5.1921)... it didn't work on the same version of manila on the energy rom.  Overall, the rom seems faster than the energy rom.  I really enjoyed nrgz's roms (just the over style he had) but I can't deny the tess rom just seems 'better'.  It's been a little over a week with it and so far so good.  Battery life is a bit of a concern but I think it has more to do with some of the other apps I have running rather than the rom.  First couple of days with the rom battery was good but I've done alot of mods since then so I can't blame it on the rom.  Still... after a days worth of use I usually have around 30% free.  I can deal with that.

Let me know how it goes.  I tried one of Dutty's before but had a problem with the location service.  Couldn't get weather to update etc. 

Ok, just another update.  Running the Tess Leo I rom now.  So far, so good.  Much better battery life than 4.2.  All around quicker.

Dutty's Grail is awesome. Works great and is fast. Battery life is good, just like the oficial AT&T ROM. Weather update with no problems. Some regedit tweaks is necessary to adjust values like bitpool for bluetooth. The only bug i found is when i want to update my hotmail account trough Windows Live Services , when the WI-Fi is connected, always open the 3G connection. I'll try the official ROM of HTC Diamond 2 now. Review, next week.

here you go
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=600339 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=600339)

Yep... i saw this was released.  Real nice to have handy 'just in case' of warranty issues.

i just flashed the holy grail rom and...... wow!! 10 times better than the stock rom. tf3d isnt quite as smooth but overall better rom. so much more storage space makes it alot better.

the weather home screen is a little slow but u cant expect it to be as fast as the leo cause of the processor. thinking bout flashing the newest energy rom just to try it out... also, it keeps asking me for the damn timezone every couple of hours or so..... getn kinda annoying.

just flashed the new tess 4 rom and this thing smokes that holy grail rom. i would def recomend this rom to anyone so far....will report back with more updates.pretty good rom, but i feel like flashing everything till i find the right one. just flashed the newest energy rom....

LOL.. once you start, you can't stop.  I loved the Tess roms but I've recently (well, maybe a month ago), went to Cheetah.  Using the 2.2 version now (there's a 2.3 out).  It's even faster than Tess.  They're both really good though.  Tess and Cheetah are by far the fastest roms out there.  Energy is the most 'packed'.

this energy rom is very cool. most features of any rom ive tested. seems to be pretty fast too. i can say that this is my fav so far, prolly keep this one til somethn different comes out. energy rom is prolly the best ive found if u wanna use 2.5

everyone needs to try the new energy rom, this thing is badass!! http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=562942 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=562942)

new tess prime 1 rom- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=587119 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=587119)

this rom is pretty damn fast. i dont like it as much as the energy roms but the energy roms are just kinda laggy. they are full of features but if you want speed and 2.5 i would go with this new tess rom.

edit- already switched back to the energy rom. cant stay away!!

Yeah, I downloaded Prime I yesterday but havn't flashed yet (still on Cheetah 2.2).  I flashed to Cheetah 3 the other day but .net framework is screwy in it (alot of apps won't run) so I went back to 2.2.  I am thinking of switching to prime because of the updated base and manila.  What is it about the energy rom that is keeping you from switching?  I was a big energy rom supporter before I went to Tess and then Cheetah.  The speed/space improvement was just too big.

man, ive tried pretty much every rom available and i just like the energy roms the best. no they are not the fastest, but they sure do look the best in my opinion. that new tess prime rom was kinda buggy, idk what was wrong with it. i didnt try the new cheetah rom, but im prolly not going to now that you said it was buggy too. all i gotta say is big ups to nrgz28!!

edit- i also like having the start menu and buttons on the bottom. makes it look better and easier to use!

i flashed the new cheetah rom and it was not in english. cant use that.its fast though.


edit: the one I downloaded was in dutch. i didnt see the english version til right now......downloading......

Ok, I'm flying high now.  Prime II... woo hoo (with max manila 3).  Manila is pretty dog on fast.  About as fast as 2.1 was and Max Manila just makes it pop.  Here's my 'base' setup:

Aman's Prime II
Max Manila 3 (honestly, I think I installed 3 but it 'might' have been 2.9 now that I think about it)
BattClock (I think it's up to 1.8 now)
X2 Taskmanager (a really really nice alternative to the htc one (the htc one isn't cooked into this rom so you are free to choose))
I use g-alarm so I have the hack to have the alarm from sense open up g-alarm.

And of course all the other little apps n stuff like s2u2, etc.

After boot, I have about 85mb of free ram.  Everything is running smoothly (animation in sense isn't jerky or anything).  My battery life has also improved (better than it's been in quite awhile).

The only thing I want to change is the dialer.  This one doesn't have the 'slide for more options' thangy.  The good thing though is that I don't have any issues when answering (on the last 2 roms I used, sometimes it just wouldn't answer) 

is anyone else in here flashing cooked roms? or is it just me and kravguy? would be nice to hear from others on which roms they like and why. ;D ;D

Seriously... if you havn't flashed yet, you don't know what you're missing.  That was one of the big reasons I went with HTC.  So many more choices than I had with the incite.  I think I'd be bored to death of my phone if I only used the stock rom.

I think I hear the crickets chirping in this forum

Hey Lee (since we seem to be the only one posting in here), you are running a NRG rom right?  If you are running a max manila version too, can you do me a favor and bring up the battery app (top right click in max) and tell me what kind of battery drain # you are getting (the Current).  It'll flucuate (damn... forgot how to spell) but it should steady out after a min.  On mine, when I first flashed and after my initial loading of my main stuff (s2u2, etc), I was getting around -50 to -99 type drain (which is way better than I've gotten before).  Now, it's usually around -130 to -150 which is closer to normal for me.  No real reason why, just kinda curious is all.

man, haha, i just flashed the new cheetah rom. figured i would give it a shot since hearing about how quick it is. but it doesnt have tbattery. when i flash back to a energy rom ill post what mine says. btw, this cheetah rom is pretty fast. had to put the dusk 2.5 theme and the 4 row start menu tweak on it. the only thing i dont like about it is , the start button being on top. ive just gotten so used to it being on the bottom cause ive been using the 23529 roms which is 6.5.5 . sure ill be back on energy when a fresh one comes out the oven!!

LOL... I'm totally opposite.  I like the start menu of top.  Are you using Max Manila?  Put it on top of any rom that doesn't have it included and it really improves the functionality of sense.

yeah, i always get the maxmanila roms when im on energy, but ive been getn a lil tired of it so i decided to use something different.ive been thinking bout flashing that leaked factory rom they were talking about on xda. have you used it yet?

this new rom by pisca is pretty fast. its a topaz leaked rom with 2.5 . not ported from leo. got it on mine and im liking it pretty good. i think its the fatest ive tried so far,we'll see. here it is if you wanna give it a shot yourself.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=622436 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=622436)

Thought I would answer the crickets and say I am about to try this rom as my first. I just hope I don't get addicted like you guys changing roms all the time =)

nrgz28 just got a topaz to test his roms on{he has been cooking roms for our phone and doesnt even own one} so he said in a few days he will have alot better roms for us. but i just flashed his feb 22. rom and its pretty good. cant wait for his new ones though. idk why is so addicting, i guess its just fun to check-out what everyone likes to do different when cooking their roms{cause they are all different}. good luck. have you ever flashed a rom b4?

make sure you flash hard spl first or you will brick your phone!!!

new energy rom out 2day!! woohoo! supposed to be faster than the old ones. downloading right now.here it is if yall wanna flash it.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=562942 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=562942)

Interested in seeing how 'fast' this really is... along with how good the battery consumption is.  Energy was the first roms I ever flashed to on my pure.  After trying Tess and Cheetah, I never went back because speedwise and bettery wise, there was no comparison.  I've been running Pride II for a while now and am very hesitant on changing.  I use to flash like every other week but this old dog is getting tired.

i love the new rom. its alot faster than the other energy roms. in my opinion its just as fast as the cheetah roms and tess roms. nrg finally got a topaz{pure,touch diamond 2} to test the roms instead of just shooting in the dark, cause he was just making roms for our phone and didnt even own one.imo its one of the best roms out there for our phone. big ups to nrg!!

mine says between -118 and -194. not really sure what this means

Currently have this one and so far so good. Only tried two roms so far (feb22 and this one) so not addicted yet. But I will probably try the next one he releases. Do you guys use sprite backup or something to reload all your stuff after flashing. Any problems with doing this?

i just use pim backup {start>tools>pim backup} cause nrg cooks this into his roms. it seems to work just fine for me. the 26th rom compared to the 22nd rom is alot faster for me. ive tried all the roms on xda and i like energy roms the best cause they just come ready to use out of the box. glad to see someone else in here flashing roms, thought me and kravguy were the only ones flashing.

Definitely faster and I thought the 22nd one was good.
After flashing I don't think I could ever go back to that bloated att rom.

na, me either. i dont think ill ever go back to the stock rom. i dont see a reason too. cant wait to see if we will get a wp7 rom. i know everyone keeps talking about how it doesnt have the proper hardware but ive got 6.5 on my old hermes and it works just fine. i know its not the same thing but we can always hope.

Yep, the energy rom is much better than before.  I still don't understand why he cooks in some of that extra crap though (ie, google maps, bing, etc).  Much better to have that stuff on the sd card.  Also, tcpmp doesn't run near as well as coreplayer.  That's really my only gripe.  Been running this for about a week now and so far so good.  Just realized he released an update but not sure if I'm gonna upgrade yet or not. 

As far as the guy asking about using sprite backup and reloading apps after flashing.  Well, after flashing, I have found that it really is better to reload your apps manually.  Some things, like contacts, email, appointments, etc you can use things like pim backup, exchange, myphone, etc.  After about 50 flashes now, I can do my reloading in my sleep.  I have my main system apps that I load first (sometime I don't need to because some roms include them).  Again, it's a personal preference.  I kinda enjoy reloading my stuff.  Gives me a chance to reevaluate whether or not I really want to install some things.
 
The most time consuming thing is setting up my folders the way I want and organizing all my apps in the correct folders.  Other than that though, it doesn't take all that long to do.

just flashed march 5 energy rom and i think its a lil faster than feb 26 rom, maybe my mind playn tricks on me.def a good rom and everything seems to be working so far.

http://hotfile.com/list/112654/44b6aff (http://hotfile.com/list/112654/44b6aff)

hey kravguy, do you ever flash a new radio? ive never done this on my pure and i was wondering how the reception would be on a different one.

Yes, I am using 4.49.25.91 right now.  It seems to have improved reception a bit.  At work, I'm in this big marble building and reception was off and on.  Since flashing to this radio, I now keep at least 1-2 bars of signal strength.  You mileage may vary.  I've flashed about 5 different radios and this one's the best so far.

BTW, the last energy rom is really good.  I'm so glad he's gotten the speed up to what Tess and Cheetah are. 

Just did a hard-spl to my new Pure. That was easy as hell. Now i'm gonna flash it to 23544 MaxManila march 9th and see how that goes. Wish me luck.

nrg has new roms uploading right now, should be out later 2night.hopefully they will be better than the mar9 roms, they just seemed to be not as good as the 2 previous roms b4.

Yep... agree.  If you are flashing to NRG, flash to Feb 26 or Mar 5 (skip the Mar 9).

where are the links for  march 5th? 
So far no problems with march 9th for me tho.

there are no links on here. he takes down all the old roms when he posts new roms. your best bet is too ask around the energy rom thread on xda for someone that has it on a filehosting site.

new energy roms out and ready to download. these things just keep getting better{except for the mar9 rom}. the new ones have fullscreen weather turned off by default and is prolly the fastest ones yet. not to mention a little change of the default theme.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=562942 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=562942) i like using the standard rom cause it has the fastest homescreen.

The new rom is much better. But what happened to the ereader?

he keeps switching up which version of manila he uses. he will go from the rhodium manila to the leo manila and the rhodium version{i believe} is the one without the ereader tab but someone has made a standalone app of the ereader. just have a look around xda and you should be able to find it.

here is the link to the ereader - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=642463 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=642463)

Good looking. Works like a charm.

How do you access CV with the latest Rom.  cingularvideo.cingular.com won't open and device.home/ (medianet page) doesn't have a link for CV? Any help would be appreciated.

ill see if i can find a fix, then ill start a new thread.

The March16/17 rom was super buggy for me so I ended up going back to Feb26. Anyone else experience the menu transparency blurring and missing text/backgrounds on menus?

i havnt seen one bug yet. i think imo that its the best rom ive flashed so far{and ive flashed them all}.

Have you tried changing the theme?

nope

Unless you are going to hard reset anyway, I recommend you don't or all hell will break loose.  ;)

well he released the mar20 rom so i will flash that when its done downloading.

If you don't mind, before you flash, try changing the theme and see if the menus are messed up so I know if its just me.

the menus are fine but the theme is kinda messed up

Anyone try the new march 20th roms yet? I think I might hold off until the next one because i'm hoping for more changes.

mine is starting up right now. there really isnt much change from rom to rom except for the build number. the mar20 should have the keyboard lag in opera fixed.

March 26th, 2010 (Latest release):

Cooked in Facebook tab
New taskmanager to replace ArkSwitch.
XDA_UC built in. Runs automatically on first boot, or manually by going to \Tools\XDA UC Setup. Copy your cabs and XMLs to \xda_uc on your storage card.
ROM does not require a reboot after flash. Now you flash... wait a minute or two.. and it's ready to use on first boot.
Switched to stable driverset from the USC official ROM. No "sleeps of death" with this one.
Major Sense2.1 improvements.. changed slider, wallpaper, CFC...
Updated some provisioning cabs
Lightened the ROMs a bit by compressing dialer and SIP graphics. This should also make the dialer much quicker to display
Updated MyPhone to latest version
by:NRGZ28

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=562942 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=562942)

yezzir. flashing as we speak.   ;D ;D

make a folder called xda_uc on your storage card and put all the apps and games that you always use in this folder and they will load automatically when you boot your phone.

flashed the mar26. runs good but when I reloaded all my settings the facebook tab disappeared on me. Anyone know what controls this, is it an xml file? Not even sure if its worth worrying about though as I generally never use facebook.

here is the link to the facebook tab thread. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=651007 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=651007)

March 30th, 2010 (Latest release)

23544 and 21898 Builds!
Added Explorer Extension to add .exe to start menu easily(just tap and hold an exe in File Explorer)... (Thanks to RAMMANN at http://digs.by/cxaHbN (http://digs.by/cxaHbN) )
"Mark All as read" option added back to Outlook
MMTaskManager removed (too high a battery usage)
Arswitch back in and updated to 1.1.4
Intshr error solved for some devices
Fixed looping error in XDA_UC script
Streamlined XDA_UC process
Fixed Dialer "Add to Contacts" problem with Sense 2.1 ROMs
Added back missing Arcsoft software for MMS
Lockscreen graphics updated
by:NRGZ28
this is pretty much turned into are own energy rom thread!!

Pretty much.  Has anyone figured out where the Footprints photos are saved?? I can't find them for the life of me..  I can gps tag  regular pictures after they're taken but none with Footprints. Any help would be good.

try looking through this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=478088 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=478088) it was about the only thing i could find about the footprints tab.

So are you guys running the max manilla version or the cookie monster ROM?

the last two roms i was using were the maxmanila roms but for the newest{mar30} i flashed to the standard rom{i was loading some new themes to see how they looked}. cant wait for some maxsense roms!!

I'm running 23554 with maxmanilla. I might try out cookie monster next time I flash tho.

I'm just the opposite. Running cookiemonster, but will try maxmanilla next time. The only bugs I've seen with mine is the "lock" icon sometimes disappears from the bottom of the 'windows' screen (not from the actual locked screen) and sometimes the time display overlaps showing 2 digits in one space. All in all, not much to complain about really. Batt life isn't too great, but I came from a non-touchscreen phone, and I know big touchscreens can be kinda power hungry.

I'm kinda intrigued by the "Melissa" Rom that will be out soon. All meat, no filler. I'd just load up my couple of apps and be good with it.

i like the xda_uc function on the new energy roms. makes it alot easier to get stuff back the way you want it after a flash. hopefully he will cook some new gtx roms soon, and then maxsense when it comes out.

Question for those running Energy roms:  Is there a 'delete all' option in the call logs?  ???
Every time I go to delete my call log its a pain to check them off individually.

i didnt see anyway to mass erase.

Anyone try out the latest roms. I flashed the april 7 gtx w/ cookie last night. But the gtx theme is just too bright for me. Going to flash the new max manilla now.  And I'm glad he fixed the e-reader.

New Energy rom with Cookie Home tab 1.7 is out. Faster and more customizable than before.

I loaded the Energy ROM with the Cookie home tab and its great.  Everyone's comments in this thread have been extremely helpful, especially for me being a novice at changing the ROM on my phone.  I had been contemplating getting a new one, but not anymore.  All my problems were caused by the garbage AT&T loaded on the phone.

Thanks!

    Thanks man for helping me with the new rom selection I love this phone. I using windows default right now because sense eats up too much memory. But I use it to show off to my iphone buddies. And they go crazy. Loving my pure.
   I read that hd2 people are getting mad at the stock rom, beacuse sense eats up all their memory. Thankfully we have titanium also as plan B. Great! can the hd2 use the titanium ui also or not? Love the Pure! ;D

Hey guys i just read all 6 pages of comments and I have my stock Pure , and i want to upgrade my phone i never flashed it before and i need some guidance i will be thankful , i will like to hear an opinion of wich rom to use i will like to use one with great look and not so laggy. the only thing i ever done is to upgrade my old BlackJack2 to a newer version of windows. I always wanted an hTC now i have it since december if u can write me the steps to follow i will be grateful i have read every rom u guys tried and ive seen the improvements thx .

First hard spl  with 2.51  http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=520312 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=520312)

Then grab the latest Energy  rom from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=562942 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=562942) snd enjoy.

Not hard at all. I bought my Pure last month and flashed it the day I got it. Easy as pie.

Right now i'm downloading the energy rom cookie monster but i havent use the hard spl, is it necesary 2 have an internet connection when doing the upgrade ? cause i use my phone as modem...

I believe so. I did it through activesync. If hard spl fails install the enablerapinew cab.

Install it period.  Trust me on this. Then you soft reset THEN you Sync your phone and run HardSPL. During the initial start up, monitor your Sync connection because the Sync sometimes disconnects on its own, at least it did in my Vista 32bit.

You TECHNICALLY can install from SD Card, I say "technically" because it's hit or miss for most people. I tried manual and it failed, then I used the autoinstaller available at XDA and it went through in 30 secs. to 1.83 I then bounced in the update to 2.51 HardSPL. After that I put in the newest release of the Energy ROM (Version 21xxxx) and haven't had a day of regret yet.

Just thought I'd give my 2 cents!  I'm using Energy's latest Sense 2.5 with Cookie's Home Tab and loving it!  It's faster than the stock ROM, Prettier, Battery is better.  I'm a happy guy.  If you are having problems deciding to flash, go for it!  You'll love it.  I recommend the storage card method!

I sucessfuly made the modification and installed sense 2.5 from cookie and it looks great and it was easy thx.

Glad it worked out for you and Greenskeeper! Its a pretty nice ROM.

I have on my phone Olinex 1.83 how can i make the upgrade to 2.51 I tried via sync but cant , and already have installed cookie rom, thx









hTC Pure Olinex 1.83
Cookie rom may 09 2010

Shouldn't hurt anything upgrading the SPL with the ROM already installed, but since most ROM updates are based on the most current SPL (2.51) you definitely want to in order to insure stability.

I am assuming you downloaded the update_to_251.zip from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=520312 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=520312)

Make sure you unzip it in its own folder, I just did mine on the desktop. Should be a file in the folder named CustomRUU.exe or RUU.exe. Connect phone via data cable and select ActivSync. Depending on which Windows version you have, run either ActiveSync (XP, 2000 etc.) or WMDC (Vista and Win7) make sure it Sync's and holds, Vista tends to drop Sync for some reason. Double click the RUU.exe file and it SHOULD take about 30 secs to 2 minutes to complete. When done, do a hard reset, boot it up and then do a soft reset. This is to reset the the SPL properly so the mods take full effect. You will have to re-do any personalizing but it's worth it. To verify the SPL version, turn phone off, hold down the down-vol soft key and tap the power button. It will show the bootloader screen and SHOULD read 2.51 OliNex.

I downloaded the update_to_251 and extracted to its own folder and it reads RUU_Signed.nbh and windows doesn't recognize the file, because when i click it it navigates to the internet to try and find a program that reads the file i am running windows 7 ultimate on my laptop and i succesfuly sync my device,  and i tried to run it in my device and still doesn't work. thx again

Rename the unzipped file to TOPAIMG.NBH and put it in the root of your storage card. Then reset and go into bootloader. Do a soft reset while holding the "volume down" key on the left side of the device. keep holding the volume down key until you see tricolour screen which is the bootloader mode, then release it. Follow the instructions on screen and you should be fine. That's how I updated it myself.

Yeppers, what he said.. ;)

Don't know why my copy has the .exe in it and yours didn't but the way fearce describes works well..

Sorry for my ignorance but wheres the root of my storage card what file name exactly should i seek i already rename the file to TOPAIMG.NBH and place it in different folders of the storage card via file explorer and its seems where i have place it doesn't work, i go to the bootloader in the tricolour screen it doesn't appear any instructions after i waited like almost a minute each time i've try, it says loading pretty fast like almost in a second and the info appears and that's all , I touch the screen and press all the buttons and nothing happens... thx again

Place it directly on your storage card. That is the root.  Put it there and it should work.

The root is the "base directory", where all the folder names are listed. Just copy it to there below the folders, not in one. That should resolve it. A lot of folks have issues figuring out where/what the root is so don't feel bad, you have lots of company. No reason to feel ignorant for not knowing something, NO human knows everything, even though there are a bunch running around who think they do. ;)

Thx i did it  and now its Olinex 2.53  ;D, it was a mistake i did when i rename the file via file explorer from my phone it appeared RUU_signed.nbh i edited to TOPAIMG.NBH but i didn't realize it only let me edit the name but not .nbh so when i renamed the file , from file explorer it appeared TOPAIMG.NBH and from mass storage  via computer it appeared TOPAIMG.NBH.nbh and that was the problem , my bad anyway :-\  thx everyone.

Glad you got it figured out!  ;D

Let us know how you like the Energy ROM.. love mine and STILL haven't explored it 100%!
 The HomeTab Editor is my fav and my 2yr. old loves the weather animations ..  ::) Especially with the current thunderstorms rolling through Central Texas. (Can we say constant updating to get the lightning to flash?)

Energy rom looks awesome and runs pretty well , the animation it's unique thats what i like from windows mobile, so many modifications you can do , but i would like to try cheetah rom, i read in this forum that it runs lightly , 1 day i would try it only for testing but energy still my favorite.  8)

I may test others eventually, but not till I hear more on over flashing issues. Been hearing a few forums expressing concerns of possibly harming the phone. Figure I'll just wait a month and watch the debates.

 Well, opinions still vary- some say just re-flash as much as you like, others say you could damage the "motherboard" (per se) of the smartphone. Any one else have opinions on this; pro or con?

i have flashed in may 16 update last week and works great and smooth ;D

Kewl!  I'm still running my May 1st, a few minor issues have cropped up but MAY be user errors so I haven't been overly concerned about them. Normally a phone reboot clears them up and I just continue on my merry way.

Can you help me put it on my phone. please can anyone help me by putting step by step instructions  on how to do it

 Hello and welcome! You can find some fine directions under Inman's Start to Finish area. Start with the HardSPL topic before concerning yourself over ROMs. You HAVE to do this first or stand a very good chance of jacking your phone up. Feel free to ask any questions there if you need something cleared up.

 Explains some basic info here:
http://www.htc-pure.com/htc-pure-reviews-and-video/what-is-flashing-and-why-should-i-do-it/ (http://www.htc-pure.com/htc-pure-reviews-and-video/what-is-flashing-and-why-should-i-do-it/)
 
  Flashing HardSPL, including some files to help get it done:
http://www.htc-pure.com/htc-pure-reviews-and-video/flashing-hspl/ (http://www.htc-pure.com/htc-pure-reviews-and-video/flashing-hspl/)

I installed the May 28th version of 23569 and wondered what the SMS / MMS issues were that recommended the update to the messaging client.  I've seen some oddities but the HTC message client listed on the Energy forum nearly locks the phone when used.

Also, Does anyone know how to reconfigure the action buttons.  I searched the XDA forums with no luck.  I'd like the gps button to launch Garmin instead of google if possible but don't see a way to do it.

Thank you

  To be honest, I'm not too sure on the SMS issues. I still run the May 1st  21 series and haven't seen any real SMS problems. I did install it as the Chef states they are the more stable of the two- 21 series vs 23 series. Give Bruce a shout out (bruceinman) and see if he knows more on this.
There are a few key mappers here under How-to.. and I believe Bruce added one to his Topic Section. Installing one of these should allow you to do what you're looking to. Good luck and keep us posted on this, you may discover something we'd all love to know about! ;)

I'm glad for the improvements this forum has made and bruceinman joining it , personally I have this page bookmark since I found it  ;) ... anyway I'm still running may 16 energy rom and it works great, I haven't got any problem, I'm from Puerto Rico and almost 2 weeks ago I updated my radio to 4.49.25.91 and it made a nice increase in the signal performance but still I haven't tried my GPS since i don't use it that much.

There are a couple of SMS fixes but they are from 2009. Any newer ROMs should have the fix included.
I have never had an issue with SMS so I'm not sure either.
For key remapping, I posted the best app Here: (http://www.htc-pure.com/htc-pure-reviews-and-video/registry-tweaks/msg588/#msg588) (Post#2)
Its the shiznit! Simple to use and you can configure up to 3 actions on one key.

Also, thank you for the compliments.  Feel free to Cookie me....   ;D

The only issue I've found with the SMS is that the toolbar counts don't show for messaging like they do for the other mail accounts setup.

After digging around in the registry some more; I found the commands listed under something called HTC BioTouch and was able to modify the command there.

Thank you for your advice.  The app recommendation is cool and will be put to use as well :)

Regarding the 'overflashing' debate: has anyone come up with a ballpark figure as to approximately how many times you can flash, or is it all a crapshoot?

I've only flashed mine 3 times, but have been holding off on updating my ROM (NRG rom from sometime in May) because of the concerns (valid or not) of damaging the phone.

I haven't seen any devices actually fail due to over-flashing at this point.
Chefs would certainly experience this more than average.
One thing I have found is that if you don't clear your memory by flashing back to stock ROM or using Task 29 (posted here) your memory retains portions of the previous flash, even with a hard reset.
I've flashed about 20 to 30 times w/o issue, but do a Task 29 between each flash.

I have flashed mine like five or six times. I believe theres a risk if you do it wrong and I prooved to myself thay a hard reset before flashing is the way to go. But I certainly love this phone. ;D