How to upgrade HTC P3600(a.k.a. Trinity) to Windows Mobile 6 and unlock the GPS

FOLLOW THE STEPS BELLOW ON YOUR OWN RISK.!
IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THIS PROCEDURE MAY TURN YOUR DEVICE TO A USELESS BRICK!
NO WARRANTIES AT ALL!

I use HTC P3600 as a phone/PDA which is armed with Windows Mobile 5.0.
The device has a camera, 3G,WiFi,Bluetooth and more. It does not have a GPS(officially).
I noticed recently that the guys from xda-developers.com have published Windows Mobile 6 image for Trinity.
It is important to note that HTC does not provide official upgrade for P3600.

So, I read some posts on the xda forums and finally managed to upgrade my device. I have now WM 6 on my P3600 and the most interesting part is that I have a GPS support.
I followed these steps:
1. Downloaded the WM6 image and ROMUpgrade utility on the PC:
http://ax3l.volospin.com/AX3L_OS%20v2.0.8.2.rar
Check out other available WM images here:
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Trinity_Upgrades

2. Downloaded the following tool(SSPL-TRIN.exe) on the PC.
It allows to bypass the CID and signature check. Download link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=34180&d=1171153073
The following post gives more details: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=293632

3. Connected the device to PC
4. Copied SSPL-TRIN.exe on the device
5. Launched SSPL-TRIN.exe from the device.
The screen turned-off anf a strange colorful screen appeared(bootloader mode)

6. Launched the ROMUpdateUtility.exe from the PC
I performed the upgrade on Vista so I needed to download the ROMUpdateUtility for Vista:
http://203.162.89.207/Ruu_3.13.3.2.zip
I just needed to replace the extracted files from Step 1

7. Followed the steps provided by the ROMUpdateUtility
And ops! I have the WM6 on my device! The big surprise is that the device has now a GPS support!

IMPORTANT NOTES:
  • it is a risky operation and you may render your device unusable. Do it on your own risk
  • do not launch any application on your PC during the upgrade process
  • do not disconnect/turnoff the device
  • do not restart/turn off PC
  • make sure you have device battery charged over 50%
  • disable PC hibernate/sleep features - or just move the mouse to prevent it
  • carefully read the redme.doc before starting the upgrade process

More info may be found on the following places:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=359
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=HTC_Trinity

Links:
Windows Mobile 6 Image for Trinity
SSPL-Trin - tool to bypass the CID/signature checking
ROMUpdateUtility for Vista
Trinity Wikki
Trinity and Windows Mobile 6 Forums

Published Thursday, August 16, 2007 3:46 PM by xman892
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Comments

# re: How to upgrade HTC P3600(a.k.a. Trinity) to Windows Mobile 6 and unlock the GPS

Friday, November 16, 2007 12:34 PM by tamberg

Hi Ruslan,

is there an SDK to access the GPS functionality (with or even better without installing Tomtom)?

Regards,

tamberg

# re: How to upgrade HTC P3600(a.k.a. Trinity) to Windows Mobile 6 and unlock the GPS

Thursday, February 14, 2008 12:01 AM by Artim Ismaili

Tell me how to install in my sellphone a windows and how with bluetoth or with my PC just tell me some steps how to start a install better or just a file in my Htc plz

# re: How to upgrade HTC P3600(a.k.a. Trinity) to Windows Mobile 6 and unlock the GPS

Thursday, February 14, 2008 12:05 AM by Artim Ismaili

Plz tell me your e-mail to tolk I'm Artim Ismaili or artim_ismaili@hotmail.com for conversation to tell me how to install a windows in my device

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