Upgrading your AT&T Tilt to Windows Mobile 6.5 (tutorial)
I’ve been meaning to look in to how to do this for awhile, and finally worked up the willpower to do it…
Here’s how you can upgrade your AT&T Tilt to Windows Mobile 6.5. Why would you want to do this? Well…it’s new! 6.5 brings some nice feature upgrades, as well as generally making the whole operating system more finger-friendly. Here’s a couple screenshots of my phone now:
WM 6.5 Today Screen from the TPC Elite Series ROM
WM 6.5 Start Menu
One last thing before we get into it. It seems like there’s a lot of stuff to do to make this work. Keep in mind that most of this stuff is only done once. Every other time you want to change your ROM it will be much easier.
Ok, on to the tutorial.
Step Zero – Let’s Break Stuff
Please note that if you don’t follow the directions well, or you use some weird ROM that no one else has heard of, or lightning hits your house while doing this….you can permanently break your phone! I don’t take any responsibility for anything bad that happens as a result of the following.
That being said, it’s a pretty fool-proof process as long as you follow directions.
Step One – Backup your data
You’ll want to be sure you back up stuff on your phone that you don’t want to lose. For me, I was mainly concerned with all the contacts. If you’re syncing your phone to Outlook on your PC, your contacts are already backed up.
If there’s more you want to back up, Tilts have a program called Sprite Backup on them which you can use to back up just about everything on your phone.
Be sure you think about what you want to keep for awhile. For example, I also had an extensive collection of bookmarks to mobile-friendly websites so I was sure to back those up as well.
Step Two – Finding a ROM
You’ll need to head over to the xda-developers forum for the Kaiser. (Kaiser being the name given the ATT Tilt hardware by it’s original manufacturer.) Peruse the ROMs available and download one that it seems you would like. Getting the ROM with all the features you want on the first try isn’t necessary, as once we’re done it’ll be easy to move from one ROM to the next. You can get a copy of the original ROM for your device if you ever want to go back (or you need to do a warranty return).
Update: Several people have a hard time finding a ROM to use. My favorite is the ROM created by twopumpchump which you can find in this thread here. I’m currently using v11 of his ROM, but he should have v12 out before long.
In case it’s not clear, you are downloading Windows Mobile 6.5. The “v11″ refers to the fact that twopumpchump has created 11 versions of the Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM. The differences between each version relate to software that is included with the ROM, updated versions of WinMo 6.5, and other little goodies.
Step Three – Note your radio version
There appears to be a bit of voodoo about the software package that manages the different radios on your device (WiFi, GPRS, etc). Some ROMs work better with different radios. The easiest tack to take is to leave your radio alone unless the ROM maker specifically says it must be changed or if after upgrading your ROM you run into the problems talked about in this forum post. In the least I’d make note of your current radio version.
To check your radio version, just turn your phone on (or off and then on) and look at those red numbers in the lower right corner of the screen. Those are the version numbers of the various software packages required for your phone to run. The one that starts with an “R” is the version of your radio. Make note of it.
Step Four – Let’s get started! (Or, time to flash HardSPL)
Download this file and unzip it. The following is ripped straight from the xda-devs forum…
Flashing via ActiveSync with USB Lead
1. Copy JumpSPL1.56-KAIS.exe, JumpSPL1.93-KAIS.exe and JumpSPL1.94-KAIS.exe to your device memory (NOT STORAGE CARD)
2. Pull out the battery and reinsert it (this step IS important) *DONT turn phone back on yet*
3. REMOVE SIM and SD CARDS!!
4. Turn phone back on and let it boot back into your operating system
5. Connect your phone to PC with a USB cable and wait until it syncs with your PC
6. Run File Explorer on your phone, browse to where you copied JumpSPL1.56-KAIS.exe on your device and run it (make sure the USB cable is still connected). If you get a white screen then reset your device and now try JumpSPL1.93 and lastly try JumpSPL1.94 if that one doesnt work.
7. CLick Continue on phone when prompted
8. After a few seconds the tri colour screen will appear on the phone and “USB” will be displayed at the bottom
9. Unplug the usb cable for 30 seconds and then Replug (phone will not re-sync but still says “USB” on the screen)
10. Right click on the Activesync icon in the bottom corner icon on the computer, goto connection settings, deselect “Allow USB connections” and click “ok”
11. Run the KaiserCustomRUU.exe file on your PC thats in the same folder as the HardSPL .nbh file and follow instructions (ticking boxes and clicking Next) *DO NOT re-enable USB Connections in Activesync*
12. Update will goto 100% (should take less than a minute), the Congratulations screen will be displayed on the PC and the phone will restart
13. Unplug USB cable from phone then REPLACE SIM and SD CARDS !!
14. Restart phone
*Remember to re-enable “Allow USB connections” in Activesync connection settings after a successful flash*
The only additional information I would add to the above is this: If you’re using Vista or Windows 7, you don’t have an Activesync icon. In those two operating systems you use Mobile Device Center. Just hit the Start button, type “Mobile” and then select it from the list. For step 10 you select “Mobile Device Settings” and then “Connection settings”.
At this point, you’ve made it so you can flash a new ROM any time you want. None of the previous steps need be done again.
Step Five – Flash your ROM
Again, ripped straight from xda-devs forum…
Flashing Via ActiveSync(Mobile Device Center)
1. REMOVE SIM and microSD CARDS !!
2. Turn phone back on and wait until it syncs with your PC
3. Run the KaiserCustomRUU.exe from the Roms Folder
4. Once phone finishes flashing, resets and gets to the screen where it configures the stylus, HARD RESET
(press left and right softkey buttons on the front and hold in reset with stylus until message appears)
5. When prompted, Press “Send Button” (Green Call Button on Front) to Clear Data
6. When prompted, Press “Send Button” (Green Call Button on Front) to Restart Phone
7. Follow onscreen instructions to set up your New Rom
8. Once phone has gone through customisation procedure then replace Sim and microSD Cards
9. Turn phone back on and set up as required
You’re basically done. If your ROM came with a preferred radio, you may want to flash it, which is done in the same way you flash your ROM.
Update: Some of the keys on the keyboard are swapped around on the Tilt when you flash a new ROM. To fix that go here.
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120 Comments
Dustin on June 28th, 2009
Which ROM are you trying to flash?
Michael on July 23rd, 2009
I tried this too but nothing happened. I found the forum where the documentation originally came from and it didn’t make much sense. For instance, where’s the ROMs folder? How do I get KaiserCustomRUU.exe to recognize the ROM that I downloaded?
Dustin on July 23rd, 2009
For instance, where’s the ROMs folder?
When you download the file it’s going to probably be some sort of compressed file like a zip file. So, the ROMs folder is going to be wherever you extract it to.
How do I get KaiserCustomRUU.exe to recognize the ROM that I downloaded?
The ROM just has to be in the same folder as KaiserCustomRUU.exe.
Michael on July 23rd, 2009
Thanks Dustin. I had tried adding the ROM to the folder but it just doesn’t seem to work for me. I download a file named 21929_Full.7z from xda-developers forum. Could it be I have the wrong file?
Michael on July 23rd, 2009
Wow, that looks awesome. I will download that and try the upgrade again.
Lettman on July 24th, 2009
Dustin – Do you, or does anyone you know upgrade Tilts? I am technically inclined but time challenged. You guys have done the research, tweaked the version and can do a better job in a shorter period of time than I can. Let me know, I’d like to talk to you if you are interested or know of someone who does this work. Thanks!
ROB THOMAS on August 7th, 2009
excellent tut…thanks!
Anonymous on September 17th, 2009
thanx yaar
Anonymous on September 17th, 2009
thank you very much for ur detailed information
Anonymous on October 2nd, 2009
I went through the process I still have WM 6.1 after the customization and reset.
Anonymous on October 2nd, 2009
Can you repost that link to Version 9 or the newest version you are on now?
icebreaker on October 4th, 2009
hey, i really want to change up my phone but i’ve never done this before and i’m worried about bricking my phone. Are the instructions as easy as they seem to be?
Anonymous on October 5th, 2009
for me I completed step 4 no problem, but step 5 was not working for me. After I did the hard reset my phone came back to WM6.1. It actually took a combination of reading different blocks to figure it out. My suggestion is complete step 4 on this page, then click on Dustin’s link and download one of the builds there. Then follow step 5 but use the download from Dustin’s link. See if that works.
Dustin on October 5th, 2009
hey, i really want to change up my phone but i’ve never done this before and i’m worried about bricking my phone. Are the instructions as easy as they seem to be?
I was quite nervous to flash my phone as well. In fact, I started thinking about doing it over a year ago, but never worked up the courage. In the end it turned out to be a bunch of worry about nothing. It was easy.
I’m going to make a change to the post as Anonymous suggests and recommend a specific ROM instead of pointing you to the forum full of them.
Dustin on October 5th, 2009
I updated the post with some more information in Step 2. This should fix the problems Anonymous mentions above.
icebreaker on October 6th, 2009
how about the performance of the phone? will these roms slow down the phone? the number one thing that bothers me about my att tilt is that it’s too slow.
Dustin on October 6th, 2009
how about the performance of the phone? will these roms slow down the phone? the number one thing that bothers me about my att tilt is that it’s too slow.
One of the big reasons for upgrading your ROM is that it increases your phone’s speed. The cooks (that’s what they call people who develop custom ROMS) strip out a lot of the stuff that carriers like AT&T put on the phone that slows it down.
Anonymous on October 8th, 2009
HI, I just upgraded to the titanium the way you described. Works pretty good but now I am getting a warning that the memory is critically low. I have tried deleting anything I can think of but does not free up memory on the phone (I do have a storage card that is 10% full). I think this is preventing it from syncing with my computer. Have you had any issues with this? I ran the Ram cleaner and the temp cleaner programs on the phone as well. Thanks in advance for any help.
icebreaker on October 11th, 2009
okay well maybe i’m retarded, but nothing happened to my phone after step four. i did step five but my phone is….normal still. I downloaded the v11 rom onto my cpu, but the instructions never said to do anything with it. AHHHH help! Thanks.
icebreaker on October 11th, 2009
oops ignore my last question. I didn’t realize that the rom i dl’d had kaisercustomruu in the folder.
icebreaker on October 11th, 2009
That was the easiest thing i’ve ever done. I love my phone again. Thanks for your help.
Dustin on October 11th, 2009
I’m glad this was of help to you!
Guido on October 15th, 2009
Hi, could you please make a list of ALL the stuff we should dounload (and the links). Thanks
Dustin on October 15th, 2009
Hi, could you please make a list of ALL the stuff we should dounload (and the links). Thanks
I did. That’s what the whole post above is for.
Anonymous on October 16th, 2009
Hi Dustin, Thanks for helping me with the problem with the memory. Once I followed the steps in the link that you posted here, everything was good. Thanks again for this article, it has brought new life to my tilt!!!
scrub911 on October 20th, 2009
on the slide to unlock screen my clock is in army time, how do i change it?
sweet_baby_nta on October 24th, 2009
Hi!! I need HELP!
I did everything, step by step.
I’m it Step 5, just did Hard Reset and it stay on a gray screen:
TPC
Elite Rom Series
R
G
D
and does not turn on, does not do anything else.
What happened?? 
sweet_baby_nta on October 24th, 2009
Nevermind… I’m Done. 
Works fine! I used v.11 as per your recommendation. Is there a way to reduce time waiting on phone start?
harldtheb on October 26th, 2009
Thanks for this tutorial. I am beginning to like my Tilt again.
PB on October 29th, 2009
Dustin. Went through the instructions on step 4. Must have missed a step because a Rom folder was not created on the phone. went back to do the unlocker and now my phone will not boot up past the ATT intro – black screen.
Dustin on October 31st, 2009
@PB: A Rom folder isn’t supposed to be created on the phone. Be sure you read the steps again…carefully.
Sri on October 31st, 2009
I tried your procedure…but, as many people mentioned, it didn’t change any thing in my ROM
But, I found one interesting thing in xda-developers web site. Some people are using 6.5.1, but didn’t understand how to install it. I would appreciate ff you can help us out.
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Dustin on November 2nd, 2009
@Sri: I don’t see anyone here who weren’t able to finish upgrading their ROM. Make sure you go over the instructions exactly.
Sri on November 2nd, 2009
Dustin,
I have installed and looks good. The only problem is some times if I try to install any software and it fails or when I need to soft reset/reboot or hard reboot, when reboots, it stucks at the first TCP screen. Also, it wipes off the settings and previously installed apps as if it is a fresh install. Can you please help me what is wrong with the phone or software
Details:
AT&T Tilt
Previous OS: 6.1
Sri on November 2nd, 2009
Seems like…it is completely dead. I started and kept it for more than 30 mins. I am not seeing anything. I did soft book couple of times..and no use.
Would it makes any difference…with and with out SIM and memory card ??
Please help me to bring the phone back to live….
Dustin on November 2nd, 2009
@Sri: So did you flash the recommended radio?
Sri on November 2nd, 2009
I used my phone for one day. It worked OK for me but sluggishly. Today I was trying to open a third party application and it got stuck for long time. So, I soft reset it. After that the phone is not coming back to live, it just stuck at TPC screen only.
I think I didn’t do the radio when I first install. But, everything worked OK for me. But, now I want to do the radio, but the phone is not coming to live, don’t know what to do??
Is there any way I can roll it back to previous OS or factory settings ???
My first priority is now bringing the phone back to live ..
Dustin on November 2nd, 2009
Have you hard reset it?
You can flash a ROM via this method, if you’d like.
Shane on November 2nd, 2009
The process was rather smooth up until the flashing part for me. It would load up the tri color screen and even make it to the load bar, but would then sit at 0% for the remainder until it failed.
After plugging and unplugging several times I got it to work and now I am rocking windows mobile 6.5
To be honest, 6.5 runs much smoother than 6.1 on my AT&T Tilt. There is no input delay or anything buggy, and the bluetooth implementation is much better. Thanks for the great read!
Sri on November 2nd, 2009
Dear Dustin,
Thank you for your help and support. I tried the “flashing via MicroSD Card” and used one “TPC_V11_KAISER_LOADED.rar” from XDA_Developers. It flashed from it and some how brought my cell phone back..but the problem is after resetting it and doing the intial setup, it is rebooting again and again and finally it stuck at TCP screen again.
Do you think, I messed up my phone forever.
Also, I downloaded a ROM “HyperDragon_IV_IOLITE_WWE_20090204.zip” from your dowloads and it has two files, when do we use “KaiserCustomRUU.exe” file.
chukkee on November 4th, 2009
4-12 – the following is not happening: a.) Update will goto 100% (should take less than a minute), the b.) Congratulations screen will be displayed on the PC and the c.) phone will restart
JC3 on November 4th, 2009
OK everything went fine up to step 5 number 4 i actually never got to that point as my screen is frozen for 20 minutes now on the gray TPC Elite ROM SERIES with my radio info in red in the bottom right corner.
What now?
JC
chukkee on November 4th, 2009
nevermind. got it. like a brand new freakin’ phone! thank you! thank you! thank you!
Dustin on November 4th, 2009
@JC3: Try doing the hard reset, JC3.
JC3 on November 4th, 2009
Dustin,
I have tried the hard reset twice (hold both – - buttons and use stylus in soft reset hole) only once did it give the described questions asking for send button (green button) i followed the steps and reset brought me right back to the Charcoal TPC ELITE ROM SERIES boot screen with my red radio info.
I feel as though i am missing something.
JC
JC3 on November 4th, 2009
Dustin,
I finally got the phone to hard reset again (get to white screen and ask for buttons to be pressed) only thing is i notice that it says restoring not deleting? could this be my issue and if so how do i correct it?
JC
Sri on November 4th, 2009
It seems like the TPC V11 Kaiser has some problem. I flashed the ROM via MicroSD with both TCP and other ROMs and I got the problem with TPC.
Can any one let us know when we unzip there are two files 1) xxx.nbh and 2) XXXRUU.exe (Example: KaiserCustomerRUU.exe). So, when do you we use 1 and 2.
Anonymous on November 10th, 2009
Hi,
I followed all the steps and at last I left with WM6.1 only. How can I upgrade to 6.5?
Thanks
Sri on November 10th, 2009
I flahed and got 6.5. But, when I flashed with new ROM, it seems like, it is doing some thing (Tri color screen, etc), but at the end I am seeing my old system only (old 6.5). I used TPC_V11_KAISER_LOADED ROM, but seeling Smart Mobility ROM only, don’t why ??
Please put some light on it.
jaxvette95 on November 11th, 2009
Dustin, where are you located? Is there anyway you can email me for some tech support? I’ve gotten all the way to step 4.12, it went to 99%, then came up with a comm error, and now it won’t go above 0% without giving me the comm error again. It looked good right up till then. Any additional help would be nice.
Chad
jaxvette95@yahoo.com
blm71 on November 16th, 2009
I have been trying to flash all evening with no luck. When I go to flash the rom, I click on the update and I get the 1.00.000.0. If I try that it does the fast blue bar like when you do the HardSPL, then reboots back to 6.1. Can anyone please help me. I am very frustrated by this and I have done plenty of flashing/unlocking/jailbreaking etc. I know my way around phones.
Anonymous on November 17th, 2009
Worked great! Thanks!
Wiz on November 18th, 2009
Great article. Worked like a charm. I just had some problems with the hard reset.
Birdie on November 22nd, 2009
Hi,
I tried to faithfully follow the directions, but when I get to the flashing step, the progress bar stays at 0% until it times out. When I go through the recovery process, the phone goes back to original ROM. But I can’t get past this step. I am trying the version of ROM that you recommended in your article. Any help would be appreciated.
artie on December 2nd, 2009
Thanks for the great instructions. Worked almost 100% except I lost my audio. Phone audio works, but I’m getting nothing out of the loud speaker on the phone. All settings I can find seem to indicate speaker is on (not silent or vibrate). I can hear a slight hiss from it when I put my ear up close, but no sounds, music, clicks… nada. Any ideas?
Thanks
hmmm on December 9th, 2009
HardSPL and CidUnlocker.zip
Do you have another location where I can download that?? I can’t get it to download from rapidshare…
Sri on December 11th, 2009
Now I am getting storage error..I tried the solution mentioned in this forum (Registry settings), but didn’t work. Any help is appreciated
kk on December 13th, 2009
I also have a problem with my audio. The sound says it’s on but there is nothing coming out when somebody calls or I try to play music. If I’m on the phone I can hear but that’s it. PLEASE HELP!
Dustin on December 13th, 2009
@kk, @artie: You didn’t follow the directions. Specifically, the part about your radio.
kk on December 13th, 2009
Is there anyway I can revert back to 6.1? I’m having issues and I don’t like the 6.5
kk on December 13th, 2009
Okay so if it’s the radio part that I messed up on do I just click the link you put in part 3 and install my specified radio version? Is that all I need to do? I have a 1.27.14.09 radio. Thanks for all your help, sorry about so many questions
Dustin on December 13th, 2009
Just read the forum thread for the ROM you picked and see what the recommended radio is. Download it and flash it as specified in the post.
kk on December 13th, 2009
Okay so if I install the reccommended radio, will have to reinstall the v.11 rom again since I already installed it?
Dustin on December 13th, 2009
no
kk on December 13th, 2009
okay, thank you so much for the fast help! I’ll try it and see if it works!
kk on December 13th, 2009
one last question, after I flash the radio do I hard reset?
artie on December 13th, 2009
I didn’t have to hard reset after the radio flash… but the instructions regarding radio roms is sketchy on the other site. Nobody really knows which rom will work with your phone so you just have to try different ones. I had the same rom as kk (1.27.14.09). The newest radio did fix my audio problems (1.71.09.01). They also have patches for other issues like alt characters mis-mapped. Works great now.
Thanks Dustin for sharing the info.
bif on December 14th, 2009
I noticed when upgrading almost all of my keys for fn key are switched like & and @, ! $. It’s quite confusing. Is there a way to fix that?
Dustin on December 14th, 2009
@bif: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=334911
I’ll update the post with this link.
CB on December 15th, 2009
Great tutorial and easy to follow. Phone works great. Thanks!
shakman on December 25th, 2009
I DID EVERYTHING AND IT WORKS, BUT I DO NOT HAVE WORD, EXCEL ETC. ON MY NEWLY UPGRADED WINDOWS MOBILE 6.5. DO YOU KNOW WHY?
THANKS FOR YOUR HELP
SHAKMAN
bif on December 27th, 2009
@Dustin the keyboard works fine now except for the symbol key when I use fn. I know it’s not that important but I did sometimes need to use that key. Do you know a fix? And I do not have windows mobile office anymore either.
mclyte14 on January 1st, 2010
i followed all the instructions and the ROM is great but i havent been able to send text messages since i did this. i went to xda and looked around it was kind of confusing. i flashed my radio to 1.70.19.09 but i’m still having this problem. do you have any idea on what i can do? my phone is a AT&T HTC Tilt 8925 and i flashed the v11 of the TPC Kaiser Rom
mclyte14 on January 1st, 2010
i followed all the instructions and the ROM is great but i havent been able to send text messages since i did this. i went to xda and looked around it was kind of confusing. i flashed my radio to 1.70.19.09 but i’m still having this problem. do you have any idea on what i can do? my phone is a AT&T HTC Tilt 8925 and i flashed the v11 of the TPC Kaiser Rom
qb55 on January 5th, 2010
followed instructions, but get error 240 file open at custom ruu. already have hard spl 1.56 from flashing rom to 6.1. what;s the work around?
boydston on January 6th, 2010
Thanks for the helpful steps! Unfortunately, I am lost at step 5. I tried to download the ROM and just got a file titled “TPC_V11_KAISER_MANILA.rar” but no “KaiserCustomRUU.exe” I tried to use the “KaiserCustomRUU.exe” (from step 4) with “TPC_V11_KAISER_MANILA.rar” in the same folder and it gave me an error. Any help?
Dustin on January 6th, 2010
@boydston: .rar is a compressed archive like .zip. You’ll need a program to decompress it like 7zip or WinRar.
88 on January 6th, 2010
i got to step 5.3 and then it gave me an error any advice?
Dalnutt on January 13th, 2010
I installed WM 6.5 on my Tilt phone and I liked some of the features and eye candy, but it made my phone run horribly slow. I ended up hard resetting my phone back to WM 6.1.
Dustin on January 13th, 2010
@Dalnutt:
Some 6.5 ROMs are a lot faster than others.
Jimbo on January 20th, 2010
Is voice recognition available in WM 6.5? I used it quite a bit in 6.1. I used the TPC v11 ROM mentioned above and that worked fine but I can’t find anything other than MS “Recite” on 6.5… and that’s no longer supported!
Dustin on January 20th, 2010
@Jimbo:
I haven’t looked for it myself, but I know you can find MS Voice Command for WM 6.5
Check around the XDA forums…
JDUNN on January 22nd, 2010
I did this last night and it worked great. the only thing is that my phone is not recognizing my 2gig micro sd card. any suggestions?
Dustin on January 22nd, 2010
@JDUNN: Only thing I could suggest is trying the card in a card reader on your computer…
jdunn on January 22nd, 2010
the card works fine in the computer but does not show up when its in my phone.
silvasys on January 23rd, 2010
Not all SD cards are the same… Is it a new SD card? If so try (re)formatting it…
jdunn on January 26th, 2010
i formatted it and it did not work. i have a 512 card i threw in that works so im just using that now. not as nice as a 2gig but it will do for now. thanks.
Myketal on January 27th, 2010
This does not work I tried 4 different roms and they all did not work I think this is phoney no pun in tended
Dustin on January 29th, 2010
@Myketal: Yes, all the people in the comments above yours and the hundreds of thousands of posts on the XDA forums are all in on the conspiracy to get you to waste your time flashing ROMs.
Tiggy on February 17th, 2010
Hi Dustin:
I haven’t tried the up grade as I am concered I will not be able to use my third party program for Expensbles (not support by the factory on the mobile version any more). Also, I run XP inside of Windows 7 and Active sync to programs there. I also sync to to Windows 7. Were should I put the update programs, Windows 7 or the Virtual XP in Windows 7.
Dustin on February 18th, 2010
@Tiggy:
I do not know if your program will work with WM 6.5, but if I were you I would use Win7 for the flashing.
Tiggy on February 19th, 2010
1.) down loaded to V11 versions of the rom, mega and chump. Which should I use?
2.) my radio number is r 1.65.21.18 can’t find that listed any place (should I still try the upgrade with on of the rom’s above?
3.) other information on the screen with the radio type is G25.88.40.05 H and D35.70.00.00(or was that a D? went by to fast) do these tell me anything I need to be concered about?
4.) will my skin still work on the PC as it does now in both Windows 7 and the XP vitural Machine?
Thanks
Anonymous on February 24th, 2010
Hi I have 6.1 on my tilt. I followed all steps specified but my phone still shows 6.1 only not upgraded to 6.5. Can you please help?
Thank you
Dustin on February 24th, 2010
@Anonymous:
You didn’t follow all the steps.
@Tiggy:
1. Whichever one you want. Read what he says they all include.
2. You should use the radio they recommend in the FAQ for the ROM. (IIRC, it’s in the second post of that thread)
3. Don’t worry about the other numbers.
4. Skin? I don’t know what you’re talking about, but flashing a ROM doesn’t change anything on your PC.
ji on March 3rd, 2010
I assume this works with sync center that is used with windows vista? It seems to work ok until step 5.4.
In step 5.4 it does not go the step up mode, where you set the screen with the stylus. I continue anyway but it does not update to 6.5. All that happened is I lost all my setup, not a big deal since it is backed up.
I am fairly sure I am following all the step but 6.1 is still on the startup screen. Any suggestions?
Anonymous on March 8th, 2010
Worked like a charm. Though I downloaded the Titanium version of the ROM and my SMS Text Messaging doesn’t work. I am going to try version 11 to see what happens.
Tiggy on March 8th, 2010
Still have not found the time to do the upgrade! Maybe by the time I have some time to do it Windows PHone 7 will be out? Wonder if the tilt will take that and if it be worth it. From what I have read “not” for business, more iPhone type.
jarhead on March 15th, 2010
Dustin – your directions worked like a charm. Do you know if there is a place to get Office Mobile for WM6.5. I tried to download from MS site and it wants to see a previous version before installing. Thanks!
Dustin on March 15th, 2010
@jarhead: I’ve seen links to it around the XDA Developers forums. Head over there and do some searches for “office cab”.
jarhead on March 15th, 2010
Thanks! Just loaded the Titanium; going back to v 11, I like it waaaay better.
frank on March 17th, 2010
Dustin if you can please help. all went well until step five. no matter what i do i keep getting error 240 Googled it and they talk of changing files to .nbh from .image ??? re downloaded it changed zip extractors still same error
frank on March 17th, 2010
dustin as a ps in step two i went to thread here and downloaded tpcv 11 mega /manilla/motto home/tpc but not the mirror portion. was this correct? i got the congratulations message and the phone looks like it did before i started this. is it step five that puts in 6.5 Tnx6 Frank
frank on March 19th, 2010
Dustin found the solution to error 240 downloaded system and it is gorgeous. thanks for the basic walk thru
mike on April 6th, 2010
Only issue I found is the Wifi doesnt work anymore.
jdunn on April 12th, 2010
I did this upgrade a few months ago and everything was working fine, then all of the sudden I was gettting a message that my system memmory was critacally low. it showed 0.00mb free space. I deleted a bunch of stuff and it showed. 2.XX free. then over night it went back to 0.00 with a system message. I restored factory settings and it went away for a month, now it is doing it again. I will delete something and have plenty of space then over night the free space will disappear. any ideas on this?
jarhead on April 24th, 2010
I am having the exact same problem as jdunn and hace tried the same things to fix the problem to no avail. Something is obviously storing but I can’t figure out what it is. I even deleted the Auto Call record program. Any help is appreciated.
jarhead on April 24th, 2010
Disregard. After more research I found the solution on the xda forum. Thanks anyway!
gordster93 on May 14th, 2010
I got to the part where i run the kaisercustomruu file but it doesnt recognize my phone.
Chandan on May 21st, 2010
Hi Dustin,
First wanted to say thanks…the steps in the xda-forums are very hard to follow but you have made it so simple..my Tilt is now a totally new phone.
One question: I used the TPC_V11_KAISER_LOADED and every thing works great except the camera. I can store the pics on the Phone but it does not write the pics in the STORAGE CARD. The card had enough free space available.
Can you please help?
Thanks
fedegiam on May 27th, 2010
Dustin thanks a lot for all this information! you really rocks
Best regards
walpat on May 27th, 2010
Hey there. I’ve already upgraded from 6.0 to 6.1 via a rom file. Do I still need to do all that flashing stuff or can I just run the 6.5 rom to upgrade again?
Grant on July 28th, 2010
All good to your step 12. I get the progress bar, it never goes past 0%. Then I get Error 262: UPDATE ERROR from the ROM update utility. Apparently some type of communication problem.
DWK on August 5th, 2010
Will this process also work for the AT&T HTC Pure, which also runs Windows Mobile 6.5?
johnnycodekiller on August 22nd, 2010
So i did what you said, and i dont have any audio, people cant hear me, and i cant hear anything… any suggestions?
shortiek16 on June 26th, 2009
hey I tried this but I got to the flashing part and it got to 1% and said invalid model id I tried it several times and got the same message. what should I do. please help, Kyle