Flashing a custom Rom to your Htc Touch Pro allows you to have an operating theory that fits your likes and needs. In many cases, custom Roms strip out non important preinstalled software as well as apply discrete carrying out tweaks. In my experience, using a custom Rom is much great than the stock Rom plainly because of performance. The incompatibility is night and day! Touch Flo 3D does not lag, programs open faster, switching in the middle of programs is much faster, returning to the Today screen is faster, and allembracing theory responsiveness is much quicker than before.
Note: These steps only apply if you have a Cdma Touch Pro. These instructions Will Not Work with a Gsm Touch Pro*. Also, if you to return your phone for any reason, you will have to flash back to the stock Rom and relock the phone.
Basically, there are three steps to flash a custom Rom to your Touch Pro.
- Unlock the phone to allow it to load and boot custom Roms
- Choose and download your choice of custom Roms
- Flash the custom Rom to your Touch Pro using the Rom update Utility (Ruu)
*If you have a Gsm Touch Pro, the process is virtually similar except you will need to use a Gsm unlocker and Gsm custom Roms.
Preparation
Backup your personal data using a schedule such as Pim Backup (freeware). Also make sure your phone has at least a 50% charge.
Please read through this guide and download the all the important files beforehand. That way, you know exactly what you're getting into.
Unlock Phone
You will need to use the HardSpl utility to unlock the phone. This is a relatively simple procedure; all instructions and files needed to do this can be found at the website in the reserved supply box.
Download and setup Raphael_Cdma_Hspl_037.zip if you have a Sprint Touch Pro. If you have a Verizon Touch Pro, use Verizon_Hspl_Package.zip.
Choose and download your custom Rom
There are many, many custom Roms out there for the Touch Pro. To find custom Roms, I go to the Rom forum at Ppcgeeks.com.
Look through the threads and find a Rom that you like. custom Roms differ in their preinstalled software, theory settings, carrying out tweaks, and more.
I chose to go with Yay 4 Juggs' v4.0 Rom because of the increased page pool and a nearly clean slate of applications. Roms ordinarily come compressed in a .zip file. Passage the Ruu_signed.nbh file to somewhere on your hard drive temporarily in making ready for the next step.
Flash custom Rom
You now need to procure the Rom update Utility (Ruu) which can be found on the website in the reserved supply box. Passage the Ruu portfolio to somewhere on your hard drive, like your desktop. Then copy the custom Rom file (Ruu_signed.nbh) to the Ruu portfolio you just extracted. For example, the Ruu portfolio is at C:\Ruu and the custom Rom is located at C:\Ruu\Ruu_signed.nbh .
Power off your phone by holding the power button down until you get this message:
"Power will be turned off, and you may lose data if you have not saved them. Do you want to continue?"
Choose "Yes" and the phone will shut off. Now, hold the down power and volume down button at the same time until you see the tri-color bootloader screen. Then join together your phone via Usb cable to your computer. The photo to the right shows what your screen should look right before flashing.
Once you've got everything hooked up correctly, run the RomupdateUtility.exe schedule inside of the Rom Utility Updater portfolio (e.g. C:\Ruu\RomupdateUtility.exe). Supervene the onscreen instructions to flash the custom Rom to your phone. Reboot your phone at the end and you're finished. Enjoy the new custom Rom!
How to Flash institution Roms to the Cdma Htc Touch Pro