July 24th, 2008

HTC Touch Diamond ROM update adds 850 MHz support and much more

Posted by Matthew Miller @ 10:21 am

Categories: Windows Mobile, Mobile software, HTC

Tags: ROM, High Tech Computer Corp., HTC Touch, Matthew Miller

I’ve written a few posts about the HTC Touch Diamond and my last one discussed some of the issues I was seeing with the device. I like to visit the XDA Developers site for the tweaking they do to the HTC devices, but it is kind of gray area when they post ROM fixes and updates. However, this latest discussion on the HTC Touch Diamond ROM discusses a ROM fix posted on the HTC Hong Kong site so it seems legit to me. The major functionality that this brings to owners here in the U.S. is that it enables the 850 MHz GSM band so you can now use it more reliably with AT&T!

I should be getting my Touch Diamond back shortly from a buddy I loaned it to and plan to install the update before I reload the device with all of my applications. According to the XDA Developers site, the update also looks to fix a few of the other issues I was seeing and I am actually quite excited about the prospects for a more stable and functional device. The list of fixes includes:

I haven’t seen this ROM update posted on other HTC sites yet, but since it is up on the Hong Kong site there shouldn’t be much risk in upgrading your device. I’ll report back on my experiences after trying out the update myself.