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Hello all,
I am a total novice at this stuff but request a little help. If you have 2 minutes spare please humour me and help out :wink:
I decided to upgrade my ROm etc for the first time and went to the o2 XDA site to do it.
It seemed to go fine. Then I restored my full backup from the xbackup thing, from my SD card. Is this correct? Or have I just undone my ROM upgrade? All my programs are back on but it looks the same.
If I cant restore after an upgrade, how do i get all my photos and other things back on? I can reinstall programs no prob, and contacts and calender will sync from my PC, but what about everything else?
Sorry if this question has already been asked but I tried the search facility and got nowhere.
Thanks in advance
HPJ
PS you never know, one day I might add something to this forum rather than just asking dumbass questions...
Well I got bored waiting so I bit the bullet and did the upgrade with no restore afterwards.
Seems all fine. Gotta reinstall everything I think so i'm slowly working my way through that. I'll keep posting....if anyones reading?! :!: :?:
HPJ
Glad you solved your problem. The reason that you never got an answer is that the topic of should I restore a backup after a new rom flash has been covered so many times before.
I will add a line in wiki BlueAngel For Beginners
Yeah I thought that, but the search facility seems to give so many inaccurate results that it just takes too long to go through all of them.
I'm just not technically minded, as I'm sure many others on here aren't, so more often than not we are stumped by the simplest of things.
Oh well...still far better off with the xda2s than anything else!
I understand your point on the search, it takes time to work it out and some things you just can't search for as they seem to be blocked.
The problem that we have is trying to work out the post that are based on the fact the the user has tried to find a solution and the ones that just have not.
Take the upgrade issue, we have wiki and it points you to a thread that reads Wiki, help me and yes I have read getting started. So Why do we have new threads that read upgrade failed?
On good days some of us point new users in the right direction and on bad days some of us don't. Would be nice if it was not allways the same ones.
That's the problem I had also. I'll search for stuff, but when I get results, a lot of them conflict. Not only that, but in the wiki there are things that branch off onto multiple levels. If someone ran a graphical link checker, I'm sure one would find a spider web.
I've found that I got more precise answers by posting and getting a response than going to the wiki. Although, I actually learned more by reading through the wiki....after I did what I needed to do first.
I use Linux and in the config file for Postfix, there are a million things that you can change. Looking through it I thought I had to change everything. Turns out, after I asked, I only had to make 2 changes to get it working.
I'm sure the mods and the expert posters do the best they can, but I'm thinking some spring cleaning needs to happen....from a newbie's point of view.
Tom
Tom
On the wiki side its an open site, so if you have a login you can change what it says, correct it or even add to it. Thats the whole Idea of it.
I know that its not perfect well I should anyway. However its better than nothing, it can be fixed by us all and not just a chossen few. Please remember that these people don't have the newbie frame of mind so they write what makes sence for them, leaving out information that should be understood by the reader if he is in that section. (Like the kitchen)-
So if you feel that it needs cleaning up then please do it, you have the rights, you have gained the knowlege so its all up to you or others.
Well here's a little update as to my experience upgrading the ROM and all the other bits.
It sucks! My xda2s was damn perfect before I upgraded. Since upgrading I have had to soft reset about 5 times a day, just because it decides to freeze on me.
Then, when you take it out of its cradle, it freezes...EVERY TIME!!! So whenever it comes out its cradle i have to soft reset!!!
Shurely shome mishtake??!??!!
And surely it's been fixed with something by someone on here that has 'the knowledge' (for I definitely do not, in case you hadn't noticed!).
And the benefits?? Er.......well the phone screen looks a little different...ummm.....that's it. I think. Oh yes, did I mention it freezes whenever it bloody well feels like it??!?!
Here's what the figures are now....for those of you that know what they mean...
ROM version: 1.31.00 WWE
ROM date: 12/13/04
Radio version: 1.06.00
Protocol version: 1337.38
ExtROM version: 1.31.139 WWE
Annoyance setting: Maximum
Timescale to be thrown through the nearest window: Imminent
HPJ
Have you got the O2 'today' screen still running (with O2 button top of screen)? If so that's the biggest offender of lockups in my opinion!
I followed instructions here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=18350&highlight=
and since then its only locked once in about about a month...before that soft resent 3 to 4 times per day!
sounds good I'll give it a go now.....will post my results soon!!
My word I think it's worked!
See I knew it would be something simple....just took someone 2 minutes to point me in the right direction :roll:
Cheers vince
I'll crawl back into my newbie hole now until the next problem.....!!!
HPJ
i was in the same situation...only having had my XDA IIs for a month or so...was extremely hacked off that it was so unreliable! BTW did you have the connections.exe or connections.lnk? There seems to be some variation between machines...though moving out either one seems to stop the dreaded O2 software loading up!
by the way, are you using wifi connections? My XDA IIs (and others from searching on the net) seem to have a lot of problems connecting (it says 'connected' in wifi but when you try and go to a website it says "page is not available")....however I found something that said try re-entering WEP keys for known connections....and from my experience this seems to work for me. My Dell Axim organiser never had this problem...so possibly another 'feature' of the XDA IIs !!!
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(it says 'connected' in wifi but when you try and go to a website it says "page is not available")....quote]
For me it happends when your ip and subnet mask (in connection card settings) dont match with the wifi net you are connecting to... the pda found and connect but can not go online because is not a part of the right network (i.e. 192.168.0.1 and 10.0.0.2 usually..or subnet 255.255.255.0 and 255.0.0.0) byez!
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ok ive been reading the topics posted by various members re ba+wm5 now im no expert in modding but i have managed to upgrade my roms from time to time, now from what i gather wm5 has probs with the wifi icon and it needs ot be set up over and over again, also i wanted to know how to backup all my sms/mms's is it possible (anything is possible i know) another thing is can you choose an option on the above poll this is for me to know wether its worth upgrading or not and i apologise tpo all in advance i have done searches ande i have read but im still baffled
i tried to update my xda2i rom and it is now dead i am running windows vista. the screen shows usb v1.01 i have read elswhere that all is not lost and some people have suggested trying to install rom again on a pc running windows xp i have tried this without success when i run the upgrade program it shows a communication error 101 i would really appreciate any help or suggestions
If screen shows USB 1.01, it means that your mobile is not completely dead. Worse case when it shows Serial.
Go to Windows XP and install ActiveSync 3.7(only 3.7, not later version) and try to flash again.
Don't worry, I think it will be ok.
peter111964 said:
i tried to update my xda2i rom and it is now dead i am running windows vista. the screen shows usb v1.01 i have read elswhere that all is not lost and some people have suggested trying to install rom again on a pc running windows xp i have tried this without success when i run the upgrade program it shows a communication error 101 i would really appreciate any help or suggestions
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Here's a way of rescuing an Alpine stuck on Bootloader...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=1739989
man im really thnx to you. i tryed to update wm6 on my xda2i(sorry i didnt know) and same ****... im in sama stuation vista ect ect.... the worst thing is i tried on my dads phone he didnt understand what is going on(thnx god) and by the way really thnx to server too
XDA lli DEAD!
Hi ... someone can help me ... I dont want to update my PDA is clear .. but I found a video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHbIjKVzMYg&feature=related
Ok this is not the point, I restar my PDA and stop´s I take out the battery and when I tray again dont do anything I plugin in my PC and dont dettect any light or system ... WHAT CAN I DO? HELLLLLLLP ME!
I've just been given an xda 2i but there is no OS on it at all..just the serial screen, i've tried to hard reset but it just goes back to serial..i think i may need to put a new 2003se onto it but cannot find one anywhere, can anybody help?
baltisalty said:
I've just been given an xda 2i but there is no OS on it at all..just the serial screen, i've tried to hard reset but it just goes back to serial..i think i may need to put a new 2003se onto it but cannot find one anywhere, can anybody help?
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you obviously canot read old post or anything relating to the forum, if you care to actually look there is a post in the forum about the update, and a link in the post to download the OS.
pls try looking before asking daft questions.
FYI the post is called... Deathnoise 1.11.171 ROM. Bluetooth patched, camera fixed. Radio 1.04
amazing isnt it? and that was just a few lines down from this topic, it took me ooo 1 second to find it.
and for the guy that posted teh rply before this one, your an idiot that was a XDA2 not XDA2i
this flame of a idiotic noob was braught to you by.. Flame co.inc.
god sakes dont anybody ever EVER look to see if the few thousand ppl that have been here before may have had the same problem? try reading other posts before asking daft questions
Get a life..and a sh*g skeeve..you take life too seriously. Some people have meaningful and busy lives and don't spend hours and days like you trawling through all these posts, there is a world outside your bedroom you know
ps thanks for the link, i'm just too busy to have checked for my 'idiot noob self' but i've bought a new pda anyway after posting that
baltisalty said:
ps thanks for the link, i'm just too busy to have checked for my 'idiot noob self' but i've bought a new pda anyway after posting that
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you proved my point, nuf said.
It took longer for you to hijack this thread than it would have to check another thread. That would have been much faster to read than signing up to the forum and asking the same old questions.
its very annoying when someone asks a question that been asked a thousand times, I am a mod (not here) in a few pc based forums, you know how long we have to spend removing threads or answering the same olds which have been asked time and time again, even though there are forum search engines, stickies or other posts answering them?
To be honest its you who needs to learn how to use a forum. And READ the forum rules. just like the hundreds of other users out there that never bother.
fyi: I am a second chef in a restaurant and work 36 hours a week. I also run a small pc repair business in my spare time, I just happen to love my xda2 and xad2i, so frequent these forums. Odd really shame I cannot get out of my bedroom and getting a "sh*g"? Well not as often as I would like, but I do manage. And its not nice making this a personal slur, as I was only pointing out your ineptitude about the use and etiquette of the net and forums.
p.s. if you would care to actually read my post as well, i never called you anything, it was the guy that poseted before you that tried to update to wm5/6. that "idiot noob self" must be somthing you get called alot (thats a personnel dig, as i like to leave things even)
Server said:
If screen shows USB 1.01, it means that your mobile is not completely dead. Worse case when it shows Serial.
Go to Windows XP and install ActiveSync 3.7(only 3.7, not later version) and try to flash again.
Don't worry, I think it will be ok.
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HELp !!
My XDa2I has today started randam resets , 7 times thus far !
I changed the battery with no success and it has just settled down at last .
Each reset showed the serial numbers at the bottom of the screen .
Does that indicate something ??
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ideas where I can get a cheap replacement battery for my dying XDA 2i ?
Hi there,
Odd question I know, but i've got an XDAiis which has sat in a drawer for almost a year as I moved to Orange, and didn't know how to unlock the phone from O2.
Now I've unlocked it, thanks to a thread on this forum (thanks) and am back loving it again. However, I notice that things have moved on since last I used it, and was wondering if there's much point upgrading the software to WM5 or 6.
I don't expect anyone to tell me what the complete differences are, but is there anything interfacially that has been improved? Speed?
All I really use it for is checking emails/texting/phone calls/calendar (which I sync with Vista) and then most importantly, TomTom (V6).
I've got hold of 5 and 6, and after reading this thread, it looks like a pain to do the upgrade - but if it's worth it (and I'd say it's worth it if only to remove the O2 branding) i'd put in the time to do the upgrade.
Thanks in advance for any advice.
John
I have a BA XDAiis on WM6 and it runs faster than on 2003, well worth the update, it was really easy to do, and the O2 branding is gone forever!
the BackUp Battery/Persistent Memory issue is solved here (WM6)...
which means if you changed Battery and the Backup Battery fails in WM6...
it will not Automatically Hard Reset the BA like WM2003SE always does.
if you're upgrading
just be careful about settting unit password in WM6
when you remove the battery it will be wiped out.
Could anyone offer assistance in unlocking my kaiser i have spent quite a bit of time reading and searching the forums without much success. I have tried to install hard spl and used olipro's unlocking tools with no success, the machine either goes gray white with no progress bar or a bar appears and sits at 0%. I have also attempted to try using the boot from sim method with no success, my machine is an orange branded tytn11 running wm 6.1
when going into bootlooader mode i am presented with :
kais130
spl-3.27.0000
cpld-8
on initial startup i am presented with :
R 1.65.16.25
G 25.83.40.02H
D 3.28.00.00
the errors i get range from incompatible device to failure to communicate errors when active sync is connected. I have evn tried buying the sim code ( fortunately i got a refund as that would not work either) and now have a sim lockout timer on my machine. Could somone please point me in the direction of a solution that is relatively simple and without wading through masses of pages.
Thanks very much for your time people
cheers Fred Newman
Fred Newman said:
Could anyone offer assistance in unlocking my kaiser i have spent quite a bit of time reading and searching the forums without much success. I have tried to install hard spl and used olipro's unlocking tools with no success, the machine either goes gray white with no progress bar or a bar appears and sits at 0%. I have also attempted to try using the boot from sim method with no success, my machine is an orange branded tytn11 running wm 6.1
when going into bootlooader mode i am presented with :
kais130
spl-3.27.0000
cpld-8
on initial startup i am presented with :
R 1.65.16.25
G 25.83.40.02H
D 3.28.00.00
the errors i get range from incompatible device to failure to communicate errors when active sync is connected. I have evn tried buying the sim code ( fortunately i got a refund as that would not work either) and now have a sim lockout timer on my machine. Could somone please point me in the direction of a solution that is relatively simple and without wading through masses of pages.
Thanks very much for your time people
cheers Fred Newman
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Follow all these steps this is the easiest guide there is.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=433835
Thank You very much Denco7 it worked a treat as an aside what is the best rom to throw on to it, the original htc rom or another one? i am just looking for options . But all in all glad i decided to ask a question politely rather than tossing the dammned thing against a wall it's been pissing me off for ages as i waded through all sorts of pages .
Cheers
Fred Newman
Fred Newman said:
Thank You very much Denco7 it worked a treat as an aside what is the best rom to throw on to it, the original htc rom or another one? i am just looking for options . But all in all glad i decided to ask a question politely rather than tossing the dammned thing against a wall it's been pissing me off for ages as i waded through all sorts of pages .
Cheers
Fred Newman
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Just read all the first pages of the roms and see which one interests you. I have been using TPC Extreme and Abusalza's Ultimate X series, both excellent 6.1 roms I also spent some time with mbarivan's Solice series and sakajati's Hyperdragon series. When I felt like WM 6.5, I have used Josh's anryl's and sakajati's 6.5 roms. Now that you have Hardspl'd your phone, you can try them all. Or stick to your stock rom, but try a few cusytom roms,they are so much better than stock.