Hard-SPL, Or How to Not Brick Your PDA Ever Again And Fix Bad Blocks!

[sundar]

OK, well... I'd like to introduce Hard-SPL; available in 3 flavours:

SPL 2.10 based on 2.02 will be released shortly at £5 per person... only kidding... it's free, and out now, but do consider a donation

1) 2.10 - Hard-SPL-V7 - see Changelog for further details
(at the bottom)

2) 1.10 - Olipro SPL - based on 1.04 and unlocked - use for rtask commands.
Hard-SPL.zip

3) 1.01 - Olipro MFG - based on 1.01, and really for testing only.
Spl-Olipro-MFG.zip

TO FLASH THE NEW Hard-SPL, Select Force-SPL, you should only choose otherwise when recovering your device from an old Hard-SPL version!

RUU now forces SSPL every time... do not use this RUU for anything else.

For older CustomRUU users; pick the 1.40 option, autodetect will not work... or download and use the new CustomRUU

1.01 is provided as SSPL and SPL; SPL is intended for flashing, SSPL is intended to be loaded by SSPL, neither of these are packaged as an NBH since if you intend to play with it, you should know how to make your own package for it.

Bad Blocks SPL Available! - Hard-SPL-V6.zip - fixed RUU bug for those using 1.11/1.13/1.30

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[B]CURRENT FEATURES[/B]
-SuperCID
-no file signing required
-no password required to authenticate with bootloader
-bad NAND can be recovered with "task 2a"
-bad NAND can be recovered by flashing an OS
-SPL protected from all HTC retail SPLs being flashed by accident (to bypass, use SSPL)
-IPL protected from all flashes; protection against bogus NBH's
-bad NAND can again be checked for with "info 8"
-version displays 2.10.Olipro
-no longer tries to read bad NAND - should fix whitescreen issue

[B]ChangeLog[/B]

[B]Hard-SPL-2.10[/B]
-based on a newer SPL base; bugfixes.
-IPL flashing disabled to prevent bogus NBHs bricking your device.

[B]Hard-SPL-1.40[/B]
-repairs a bug that affected SPL being replaced by retail ones.

[B]Hard-SPL-1.35[/B]
-addresses an issue for those with Real Bad Blocks to prevent whitescreens.

[B]Hard-SPL-1.30[/B]
- removed password for wdata commands and rbmc etc.
- activated "task 2a" to allow recovering bad blocks as well as flashing valid OS.
- Disabled SPL flashing; this SPL protects you from writing over it by accident.
- Bad Blocks "info 8" command works now allowing you to check for bad blocks.

[B]Hard-SPL-1.13[/B]
- Patched NAND check; bad NAND ignored, valid OS can be flashed to recover bad blocks.

[B]Hard-SPL-1.11[/B]
- Flashing Radio BL 0108 now supported
- Downgrading SPL no longer allowed.
- rtask command removed.
- new RUU interface required to flash ROM files.

[B]Hard-SPL-1.10[/B]
-Initial release; SuperCID and no signing required
-Compatible only with Radio BL 0107
-has rtask commands for accessing radio facilities.Looking for other SPL Files? scroll back up! they're at the top underneath each version heading!please remember that 1.35 and 1.40 are the same as 1.30, so when using CustomRUU, either select that, or download the NEW customRUU and overwrite.

[puffo25]

Dear all, I just received as a gift a brand new TIM brand HTC X7500 with Windows Mobile 5.0. Of course on the HTC site there is no, any longer, the free Mobile 6.x download link.
I have look around in many web sites on how to upgrade my X7500 to Windows Mobile 6 but I must admit that for a novice HTC user many comments assume that the user know already most of tricks in the upgrade process. There is also a video tutorial, however no sound and the image quality is poor!

I am kindly asking someone to post on this site, a clear step by step clear info on how to prepare the phone to be upgraded! (I guess explain how to do the hard reset, how to update the antenna, the OLI SPL and how to apply the rom upgrade). I know that one of the problems that many users find is how to reset properly the phone in order to communicate properly to the PC without any security control turned on!

Waiting for your kind support!
Thank you so much!
Puffo