Hi All,
Just got my new XDA Mini S from O2 and straight away I hate the way O2 customises it. I've been reading about ways to change the rom and I have tried several methods, but none of them have worked. Mostly I get an error message stating that I am using an old upgrade utility. Now I assume that this is because the rom I currently have is newer than the one I'm trying to replace it with.
Firstly, how can I tell whether I have the G4 chip?
Secondly, am I going to right way about this? I want to get rid of all the O2 stuff and restore it to how it would be SIM/Network Free.
Thanks in advance
cp33c
I had exactly the same problem. The O2 stuff takes up about half of the today screen.
I did a hard reset with the original ROM and then did a soft reset before the O2 stuff started installing. Worked a treat!
The only problem I noticed was that it didn't install the smart dialer, but I just installed that myself. Now my phone is just about perfect.
Hard reset or upgrade to latest o2 rom, but select Corporate install and use 0506 as the code it asks for.
Thanks for information. I decided to do a Hard Reset, then Soft Reset before it installed the O2 software......seems ok at the moment.
Thanks
Related
Hello
I have an XDAII1 PH10C
Ive had a few issues with TomTom etc and have downloaded an update or two - including the official O2 update.
Unfortunately me XDA keeps freezing and Im getting pretty upset with having paid £400 for nothing.
When I did the O2 upgrage I got the following :-
The file "rofs_target.zip" was not copied sucesfully. To re-install, you will need to get the source .cab file again. Continue with Setup?
Ive even let both batteries run down completely in the hope of restoring original O2 set-up - but I get a Country Error code when I re-install the upgrade.
My hardware settings are :
ROM 1.11.00 WWE
Date 01/27/05
Radio 1.04.00
Protocol 1337.42
ExtROM [this is blank]
Ive got the chance of returning to O2 support to try and sort problem, but I need original O2 set-up or they will charge me £96+vat for re-setting XDA.
PLEASE - does anyone have solution for solving [blank] ExtROM issue or the original O2 settings to solve the repair bill problem.
Thanks
Paul
what types of sd card are you using
sometimes i get that error as well but all i have to do is re run the no id app and it works 2nd time
I have a PQ1 1GB card, but dont have that inserted when I download updates or reset PDA.
Paul
re-run the O2 update if it errors with country ID error then just start it back up again it should then work.
It looks from the specs you posted your using the latest 1.04 radio. i assume you installed PUGs new update version ?
Hi
Yes I tried Pugs version, and the ExtROM was still blank.
So, Ive gone back to an O2 version - and the ExtROM is still blank.
I need to reassure myself that I have ONLY O2 software on the XDA before I send it in for repair as it will be free - if they find any other stuff on there they will charge me c£100.
Paul
PS Im still having major TT5 issues. Today it froze and I had to hard reset and then tried to re-install TT5. Only to be told it was already there and did I wish to overite. When I said yes, the today screen came up and theres no sign of TT5 anywhere.
Bloody XDAIIi is doing my head in.
Have you downloaded the latest O2 ROM from the XDA2i mini site?
When you are installing it have you got your anti-virus software turned off?
Yep - O2 download.
Yep - AntiVirus, Internet Security & Anti-Spam all Off.
Ive just done the download again and still got the rofs_target.zip message.
Paul
Hi there, have you tried unlocking the extended rom by any chance? This will cause the storage to be locked and cause the extended rom to stop installing past a certain point (Happened to me). There are instructions on this site on how to unlock it, do a search for unlock and my screen name (pug).
Hope this works.
Pug
I found the link you refer to and downloaded the exttools.200.exe and ran it on XDA.
I then tried the official O2 update again and the XDA has FROZEN !!!!
It is now stuck on Serial v1.01 and WILL NOT alter no matter what I do.
Ive soft-reset, hard-reset and done the soft-off-action button thing - and nothing.
When I place in cradle, the PC plays a tune as if to say it knows the XDA has been connected, but I cannot get activesync to recognise the XDA.
Now what can I do please ?
Im particularly worried that I now cant remove the exttools.200.exe from the XDA and will have to return it for repair with that dodgy software on there - they will definately be charging me for a repair now.
What can anyone suggest please ?????
Paul
Hey, I tried to go from TouchFlo 1.1 to the new 2.0 and bricked my phone, it just got stuck in the process even though I followed all steps.
Now, I bought my device in Germany at an O2 Shop, so its German language with the O2 Bubbles and WM6.
There is no original RUU Rom on the O2 Website so I am still stuck on the brubble screen.
I heard there is no way of unbricking the phone unless o2 releases a RUU for the phone, is that generally true? Should I just get it reprogrammed and pay cash for that
I have seen a post with a http://rapidshare.com/files/32745275/os62.nb file that is apparently extracted from the o2 Wm6 Rom, would that do any good.
Any options??
Kind regards
Pretty much. Just send it back. Is it under warranty?
EIther way, you're completely and totally SOL
Yeah I still got it covered, are they not going to release A RUU for the terra?
I mean, this is Bull****
Guys, I called the o2 support and they say that there is no rom currently for the XDA terra and there is also no annoucement of any coming so it sucks really. I am stuck with a brick in the states where I cannot send it in for repair.
There must be a way to flash it and override the Vendor ID problem isn't there. I can get into the bootloader it's just that I have to somehow flash a new one on there.
Anyone any suggestions?
I am deeply saddened and need help, I need my phone back please understand. I'll try anything!
hi new to all this pda stuff, canany one help me!!!!!
i have been given a pda alpine, but it is locked with a program i carn`t get it to go into windows.
what is the best way way to get rid of this software?????
thanks
i assume you have tried hard resetting and then soft resetting once the HR has finished, in the wee 3 second window where it says customising.
Other suggestion would be to flash a new ROM.
big thanks!!!!!!
i said i was a newbii
ok i can start now, i have windows mobile on, ok whats next for me to do?????
how can i get rid of all that old software ??????
What sort of old software do you want to remove?
A hard reset should only leave you with whatever the carrier has decided to give you. If you do the soft reset trick you should be able to remove any carrier specific customisations leaving you with a bare(ish) Alpine. What you load after that is up to you.
ok so the software that was on when you started up the system has now gone???
i just have windows mobile on now when i start it up.
also i used the unlocker wizard, and it said it had unlocked, but i now have a no network ! mark instead of a strength signal???
any ideas please
Which version of the unlocker did you use? i had more luck with the older version. It sounds as though it hasn't worked, despite saying it had. From memory it does take a while to complete. Have you tried it with any SIM apart from your own one?
i used ver 1.6
and yes tryed it with 2 other sims, but still no luck they both the same.
is there anyway to reformat these pda`s start a fresh as they say
i said iam new
Yup, that's the newer version, i used version 1.5, SIM unlock.
Some days ago, i've flashed my phone to get an "up-to-date" ROM. I chose "PDACornerIllusion 21139" of 2009.03.06. All went fine excepting the keyboard of my GPS wont work anymore (dunno why of course), so i re-flashed with another ROM.
I was surprised that my phone kept the CornerIllusion BootScreen, but i didnt care.
All of a sudden, after having soft reset the ROM i chose (the 2nd one), for an installation of some proggie. The ROM restart as brand new asking me to reset the screen, the clock, date etc... losing all my content and customizations. Then i couldnt sync with Outlook after the first sync i've done minutes ago (error code 800004005). I've decided to soft-reset the phone, and now, TF3D wont even start, (it selft tries to start several times, then gives up), AND the programs lists is all broken, no shortcuts left and the games folder is named *h1/4Eg+ç^, nothing works anymore.
I flashed with about 4 roms (including Aztor one), resulting in the same mess.
Does it have something to do with the first one "PDACornerIllusion 21139" and its still remaining BootScreen?
Can i flash my phone from its roots, to get rid of this ?
As it's maybe not the "fault" of PDACornerIllusion, i write this in this section of the Diamond general thread and made a double post at PDACornerIllusion development thread
I suggest you perform a hard reset before flashing any new rom and that you use the traditional "flash-from-PC-using-ActiveSync-connection" method to flash.
And above all I wish you luck!
What was the other ROM you flashed? I am curious.
rondol1 suggests you hard reset prior to flashing a new rom. I suggest you hard reset after flashing a new rom. Net result is probaby much the same. You could even just do a hard reset now with whatever is loaded and things will probably improve. Main thing is...whenever you flash a rom do a hard reset straight after loading it. I always do this religiously and with the exception of one recent rom I tried I have never had a problem.
First of all, thank you both for trying to suggest hints, i really appreciate it.
I've never hard reset the ROM before or after having installed a new one. I never have a problem before.
For the last 2 months, i was on NEON 1.28, then i've decided it was time to update seeing the new features of the more up-to-date ROMs
I've just reflashed it (an hour ago) with PDACornerIllusion 21139, i've hard reseted before and after. let's see how it turns out ....
I've tried NATALY, CLOUDY, MORNA & AZTOR, no luck with any of them, all died after a soft reset or after the 1st sync (reconnecting for a 2nd sync).
Maybe the problem comes from the very root of the phone (like BIOS in a PC, dunno), maybe something in there got corrupted. How to repair it if my guess exists and is it repairable?
dunnno said:
I've never hard reset the ROM before or after having installed a new one.
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There in lies the problem.
I bet you will be fine from now on. Don't ask why you need to do the hard reset - as no one has been able to give a definitive answer - But it is a well known step that many chefs recommend post flash - just do it from now on and you wont regret it.
logger said:
There in lies the problem.
I bet you will be fine from now on. Don't ask why you need to do the hard reset - as no one has been able to give a definitive answer - But it is a well known step that many chefs recommend post flash - just do it from now on and you wont regret it.
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completely agree with logger - hard reset after you flash any ROM. I haven't used PDACorner - so can't say for sure... but do the flash via CustomRUU once... when the new ROM is flashed... do a hard reset as soon as it's complete..
good luck!
let's see then, >>>>crossing fingers<<<<
I've had this happen a lot lately as well. Might have something to do with the newer SYS? Anyway, hard reseting hasn't always fixed it for me. However, flashing back to the Sprint stock ROM (or HTC stock for you GSM guys) then flashing a new custom ROM has always done the trick. Maybe because the stock ROMs are bigger and "clean" out the memory somehow? At any rate, flash stock and then you're good to go. No permanent damage.
no luck, after a 2nd soft-reset, the phone is asking "touch the screen to configure for the 1sy use blablabla", all data's lost again & again...
what do you mean by stock Rom ? the rom that came with my phone when i've bought it ?
I've got the same problem with the Diamond rebooting like a hard-reset. But I always did a hard-reset after a fresh install. I blamed it on the rom and tried several others, including donsalari's "Clean Basic Rom", the Gen.Y Sense 2.1 and 2.5 versions and an older Aztor rom. Same problem every time, the first reboot after changing the device locale works fine, then I set the whole phone up properly and on the next reboot it will come up as if had performed a hard reset.
Additionally, the file system on my internal storage got corrupted somehow, had to reformat. At some point, I also had the impression that data on the phone memory got lost gradually. First the Contact's numbers got replaced by some nonsense characters, then there were numbers and contacts missing, and finally I had no contacts at all. ActiveSync stopped working so I was in the middle of a trip without my phonebook...
I've got two hypotheses:
1) The Gen.Y bootloader messed with the phone (Had tried the Sense 2.5 Gen.Y rom before donsalari's)
2) Flash controller or Flash itself is broken
@dunnno: I suggest you rename the thread to something like "diamond hard-resets on 2nd reboot after rom install"
edit: oops, just realised I resurrected a very old thread... Maybe there's a fix already?
My diamond still suffers from this problem. I tried it again and again with different roms but everytime, at some point all my configuration is lost and the diamond reboots like after a fresh install. Can anyone please help?
I'm having this problem as well :|
Grr, I have to rely on my phone for so much, but it just doesn't want to work correctly.
Help is immensely appreciated.
Well, I got mine to work, I just flashed the stock HTC ROM and everything has gone back to normal. H3PO, I suggest you give that a shot if you are still having problems.
I had these problems when I first started flashing my Diamond with custom roms.
Now I always flash my carrier stock rom first, then hard reset, then flash custom rom, then hard reset and I never have any problems. I have no idea why flashing the stock rom first stops the problems but I haven't had any problems with the dozens of roms I've flashed using this method.
Also I always flash from internal storage, but others prefer using MTTY
I still have some problems with the Contact Database, but flashing some stock O2 Rom solved the "reboot as new" problem.
My htc which is still default from factory freezes on start up. i have been advised that it needs a firmware upgrade but as i am unable to boot the phone up i am unable to upgrade the firmware. i am lost here i have been searching for hours to find a solution and can;t seem to find one so i thought i would ask you guys. it freezes on the screen smart mobility and doesn;t move from there.
Have you tryed to hard-reset?
To flash the original stock ROM via bootloader? as doesn't need to fully load os to flash.
i have tried to hard reset it now and it wont turn on now.
i got it to boot again after the hard reset but it did the same thing just froze on the smart mobility screen again. i had sent it in to be fixed but they wanted to charge me quite a bit to update the software and since i have 4 months till my contract is up i don;t want to pay it is there anyway i can give it the update whilst it is freezing during boot up
Try flash stock ROM via bootloader.
Camera button hold in press in stylus, stock rom "from wiki" now flash via usb or sd.
would you be able to suggest the best rom for me to use i have wm 6.1 the info it givews me is kais130 spl-3.29.0000 cpld-8 i have never done this before i just want to be sure i get the right one
You will need your carrier ROM as when flash will vendor check since not hard-spl'd.
thankyou so much for the help i was able to locate the correct rom and now my phone is working again you have been a great help
Glad you sorted, happy to help