How to hack your T-Mobile Dash (HTC Excalibur)

The Dash/Excalibur is a nice little smart phone that runs on Windows Mobile. If you use it a lot you will notice that it inherantly has a few problems with it from the get go. For example, there seems to be a memory leak and the alarm feature is messed up. If you bought one a long time ago and hoped that Windows Mobile 6.1 would fix it, sorry but you are out of luck. Don’t fret though, the guys at xda developers have solved most if not all the Dash’s problems!

This ROM update fixes most if not all the bugs on the phone, and adds new features.

Summary of Key features:


0.Unread Message Alert(every 15 minutes,you can disable it in the sound settings)
1.WindowsLive
2.Office6.1+OneNoteMobile
3.Jbed Java VM(support fullscreen game)
4.Resco Explorer 6.17
5.Dot Net Compact Framework 3.5
6.OMAPClock(can keep Frequency)
7.dbExplorer 2005(it can modify vol database)
8.HTC Flash
9.Orneta Calc
10.Bluetooth FTP
11.LowLight(Touch JOGGER 3 times in 10 seconds will open Lowlight.Attention,this will maybe make your backlight always on if you don’t close it.)
12.CeleTask Special Version
13.WM5torage 1.8
14.Clock On Top (12 or 24 hour style,change is in bottom of clock settings)
15.BaseHue Express
16.SMSDeliveryNotify Fix
17.PDF Reader(Original name is FoxitReader)
18.Real Media Decoder
19.MS Voice Command
20.Orneta Notepad
21.AlReader2
22.Oxios Alarms(put it in the clock&alarm settings,called all alarms)
23.xT9 with 10 kinds of languages support
24.HTC Connection Setup(can setup your network for Operators all over the world)
Here are the Steps to Upgrade/Hack your Dash

!. Download the SDA Application Unlock
2. Reboot your Dash then connect to the computer via USB cord
3. Run the SDA Application Unlock Run with your Dash Plugged in with a USB Cord
4. Reboot your Dash
5. Download Kavana’s Windows Mobile 6.1 ROM
http://www.coderetard.com/noose//RUU_Excalibur_WM61_Kavana_080408_WWE.zip
6. Run the RUU_Excaliber exe with your Dash Plugged in with a USB Cord
7. Follow on screen instructions

Thats it!
Note*: If you have a US version of the Dash, try out the keyboard after install, if the keys are a little out of place you will need to:

1. Download this file: TegiceT9USEnglish.CAB
2. Copy that file onto your Dash
3. Find the file on your dahs and run the install
4. Reset your Dash, and the keyboard should be fixed.

Screen shots from Kavana.