To flash, it should take less than 30 minutes, even with radio ROM flashed. About 10 minutes for OS only.

actually, SIS will say minimum 2 hours. and then when u come back in two hours u have to wait for another hour.

efficiency level zero

LOL....Never knew SIS is like that.

Anyway, sorry for asking this one too many time but what is Hard SPL, Radio ROM etc?

What benefit do they give you? If they can solve the headache i am having now with the TD, i wont mind paying to get those.

And a few more questions.

I am looking to transfer some Java files (games) into my TD. How do i install those? Do i need some Java application on the TD? I tried copying the JAR files via Microsoft SYNC but it seems that it wont transfer. Weird...

Besides that, had anyone have trouble with the Calender before? Originally, it is always showing by day, meaning, there will be a list of TODO's for the day when you click on Calender. However, i already set the Calender to show it by Month, meaning will always display the days of the month (like a normal hp). When i click on calender, you will see a glimpse it showing in months before switching over to the day format again. Cant seem to get it to show month by default.

Yeah, it works with FM radio, but it's not really nice cuz it's kinda large...

your calendar thing is a known issue. check XDA. Hard-spl bypases spl check when u try to flash a cooked rom or a rom from overseas. without hard-spl, flashing such roms may spoil your device. u can read up on the how tos in XDA forum, or if you're lazy, feel free to PM me, i offer the service too.

java games = wont work, u dun have a T9 hardware keypad. so dont bother.

I went to Lowyat Plaza to get a HTC earphone. FM with RDS works like charm with good sound quality. I thought my 838 pro headset does not have antenna lead connection. I came back home happily. CRAP! No reception in Puchong! TD FM radio reception sucks man! Wasted my money buying original HTC earphone.

SPL is a mechanism that loads your operating system, just like how we have BIOS in our computer. With the original SPL, your phone cannot be programmed with another OS ROM in the recovery mode (in case of flashing failure). With HardSPL, the phone can be flashed in tricolour boot mode. Hence, making flashing slightly fail proof.

Radio ROM is the firmware for GSM/WCDMA chipset. It controls every parameter of your PDA's radio including power and frequency. If you experience poor signal quality with the PDA, a new radio ROM may help, but it's not necessary the newest radio ROM that helps. Sometimes downgrade is necessary. Please flash radio ROM cautiously because in case of any failure, even the most godlike HardSPL won't help. It will make your Diamond a phoneless PDA. No one reported JTAG connection for diamond yet, so it may be very very difficult to recover.

Do you have Jblend? Install your Java application through that supplied software.

Ok. Most probably in three months time.

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Added on November 11, 2008, 5:14 pmWhat's this Y cable? Any link?? Never heard of it. I'm not that into radio so it should be fine


This post has been edited by RoMa_84: Nov 11 2008, 05:14 PM

Well, after a few tries, i finally understand why i could copy those JAR programs into my phone. The name is TOO LONG. LOL..

For some reason, if the name is too long, it just wont be transfered into the phone. Renaming it into a shorter form will allow it to be transfered into it. Tried installing a few games that was said to be working on the TD. None loaded successfully. Gave up on that. Just thinking whether there is any good games recommended on the TD so that i can play them when i have some free time

Thanks for the tips given. Now i realise whats the difference. So, in that case, we need to perform a HARD SPL before we could install "third party ROM"? I believe its called Cooked ROM or something similar right?

I have Jblend installed onto my phone.

Yes, cooked ROM/third party ROM requires HardSPL. I have tried flashing a HTC Trinity without HardSPL, it will fail about 80% and fall back to the previous ROM. Reason is stated by Baronic.

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Added on November 11, 2008, 5:27 pmhttp://www.expansys.com/htc/p_htc_item.aspx?i=171922
This is the so called Y cable for diamond. Many versions are available from HTC. They all support 3 function at once; charging, listening to 3.5mm earphones and USB transfer.

This post has been edited by mengsuan: Nov 11 2008, 05:27 PM

Don't you find the Y-Cable large and kind of an extra burden???

I guess it should work appropriately on your work table. Who would charge the PDA and listen to music simultaneously while walking right? Haha..

Anyone have the CAB file to support east asian language? The QVGA CAB file didn't work on diamond.

wut? what exactly u trying to do?

My diamond can't read chinese characters, just like my Dopod 838 Pro. For QVGA device, I have the CAB file to enable east asian languages such as chinese, korean and japanese. Now I need one that supports VGA.

isnt it CE star??

Oh, I didn't use CE star last time.

Edit: Is the ROM posted by you on the front page SEA version? Has chinese fonts?

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Added on November 11, 2008, 9:17 pmFound the cab file. uhei00m-gray.cab is the file in SEA version of diamond.

This post has been edited by mengsuan: Nov 11 2008, 09:17 PM

Dude, install the CE-Star that came with your Diamond yo.

hehe, i just bought my diamond, can i know how can i pimp it up for my diamond?any programs and stuff that u recommend?

There's always the first page for a good reason. Pimp it out with the listed stuff yo.

woopsie, did not notice that. thanks mate.