i had ipl/spl 2.25. i tried to flash with g3 since it doesnt touch the bootloader part. i would freeze @ 98% (btw my device is CID locked/SIM unlocked). so i tried to load original cingular ROM (RUU_Wizard_225111_22511102_022511_CWS_WWE_Ship.exe) but it always stops @ 80%. the bar goes red n it doesnt do anything. i tried multiple times n still no go. is my device bricked? or is there still a chance of getting back everything. lmk otherwise im gonna have to RMA it.
thanks
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anyone? i really need to get it back working,.
how long are you waiting? most roms hang around the 94-98% for a few minutes, then go.. also when the bar is red that means its writing, just be patient... if all else fails try an official rom
shogunmark thank you for your reply. i waited n the bar moved on until i was able complete the flash with cing original rom. now if i want to upgrade/downgrade ROM on a CID locked device (2.25 IPL/SPL) (since lokiwiz isnt able to CID unlock 2.xx verisons) what r my options?
so far from what ive read on forums the options are as follow:
get the CID taken off by some company on the web.
cook ur own roms n remove the bootlader parts n then install (rsiadro - sorry if i mispelled the user name)
also is it ok to upgrade SPL/IPS on a CID locked device as long as the version is higher than the current? am i right here?
any news on lokiwiz cid unlocking 2.xx devices?
thank you again
i really must work it out before next week since im on tmobile using slow cing rom
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I have currently the following:
IPL 2.25
SPL 2.25
GSM 2.25.11
OS 2.25.11.1
I am a self proclaimed newb when it comes to cell phone mods, however i've started to research on this site and read a few of faria's and other people threads. I have come to the conclusion i'd like to test out summiters AKUv2.3 ROM, however from what im reading it seems since my phone is NOT CID locked i can not first downgrade to unlock the CID (needing what i believe is an <v2.21) to then flash the rom to his custome rom. although i also saw where someone said they used a cingular shipped rom to downgrade their phone, i believe my phone originally came with v1.18. my other option is to return this phone to the carrier and get another phone which would ship with the v.1.18 or whatever it was and then i can follow faria's thread..
am i correct? or is there the ability to downgrade with my current setup
Thank you, great site, loads of info
If your phone is CID locked (and it is CID locked by default unless you have unlocked it) upgrading to the 2.25 ROM has prevented you from using the free tools on this site to do the unlock.
If you want to CID unlock you will have to pay for the http://imei-check.co.uk service. It claims to do both a SIM and CID unlock and is currently the only known way to CID unlock ROMs that are version 2.21 and higher. If you wait, a free solution will no doubt come out but if you want it now, it's going to cost you £20/$40.
Once the Wizard is CID unlocked you can flash any Wizard ROM you choose to it.
Re: Please Assist- Cingular 8125 and downgrade options(if an
aixenv said:
I have currently the following:
IPL 2.25
SPL 2.25
GSM 2.25.11
OS 2.25.11.1
I am a self proclaimed newb when it comes to cell phone mods, however i've started to research on this site and read a few of faria's and other people threads. I have come to the conclusion i'd like to test out summiters AKUv2.3 ROM, however from what im reading it seems since my phone is NOT CID locked i can not first downgrade to unlock the CID (needing what i believe is an <v2.21) to then flash the rom to his custome rom. although i also saw where someone said they used a cingular shipped rom to downgrade their phone, i believe my phone originally came with v1.18. my other option is to return this phone to the carrier and get another phone which would ship with the v.1.18 or whatever it was and then i can follow faria's thread..
am i correct? or is there the ability to downgrade with my current setup
Thank you, great site, loads of info
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You'll want to flash to the original shipping rom which is on the xda-dev ftp at:
ftp://xda:[email protected]/Wizard/Roms/Cingular/Cingular_RUU_1.8.11.1.WWE.ship.exe
Once that's installed, use awizard or lokiwiz to CID unlock. And once that's done, flash to whichever ROM floats your boat.
Post back here if you run into any snags and can't resolve it reading through the existing messages.
Are you an AIX admin?
ahh yes im now finding on the ftp server
Cingular_RUU_1.8.11.1.WWE.ship.exe
yes linux/UNIX guru (AIX, FreeBSD, SUSE, etc) & phone noob, go figure..
im seeing conflicting statements here, 1 saying i can just downgrade to my shipped rom, the other saying i cant.
i received the phone yesterday, read up on some of the apps to try out, saw the new rom out, decided to try that out, did a soft reset on cingular extrom and then well have what i have, now i wanted to play a little more and test other peoples roms out and yet with no CID lock which would be the default i was under the impression i was SoL.. is that not correct? JUST to reverify with conflicting reports
after doing some more research i'm not sure which way is the accurate position, i read on one forum that there is a locking done once you go past the v2.21 rom so you cant downgrade to then Cid unlock, but then i've read other places you can, im downloading the v1.8.11.1 file and i guess ill find out soon enough
aixenv said:
after doing some more research i'm not sure which way is the accurate position, i read on one forum that there is a locking done once you go past the v2.21 rom so you cant downgrade to then Cid unlock, but then i've read other places you can, im downloading the v1.8.11.1 file and i guess ill find out soon enough
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Try it, the worst that will happen is that you get an error saying that you can't flash an older Rom (than what is already installed).
well the update (downgrade to v1.8 shipped rom from 2.25) util is at 75% atm, .. will update accordingly....
ok well it ran the "downgrade" with no problems, i soft reset on the cingular apps, and when the system boots back up i get the following:
IPL = 1.08
SPL = 2.25
GSM = 1.09.11
OS = 1.8.11.1
so from what ive read on the forums i think it's a good thing i asked them to overnight me a new phone due to faulty reception (which is true it doesn't get the reception a buddies gets)..because i would assume with the SPL at > 2.25 i wouldnt be able to unlock the CID, correct?
I was doing the cid unlock process, and the downgrade stopped at 98 percent on the phone, and 99 percent on the computer, then the bootloader program closed it self. Now when I turn on my 8125 i have a red green and blue screen with ipl and spl at 2.25. what can i do now? thanks in advance guys.
Jeb
Re-connect your device to your PC, on that Red/Blue/Green screen, called the bootloader, does it say USB in the bottom left? If so, flash your device with your carriers latest official ROM. You can not use a custom ROM. Once your back up and running, try the CID unlock process again.
yeah i did that, got back to cingular 2.25. i am trying to downgrade again but it still doesnt work. phone stops at 98 percent, computer stops at 99. whats going on? any ideas?
thanks by the way
jeb
How long is it hanging at 98%? Most ROMS do hang around that time, but typicaly not more than a few minutes.
Read the following thread for downgrading, and un-locking. your G3 device.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=285435
Thanks to Dr. P
i am following that to the T but during the first downgrade it will hang at 98 percent for well over 30 min. then i give up, unhook the phone, go to bootloader screen and load the cingular 2.25 to get going again.
monadzback said:
i am following that to the T but during the first downgrade it will hang at 98 percent for well over 30 min. then i give up, unhook the phone, go to bootloader screen and load the cingular 2.25 to get going again.
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Borrow a friends PC.
never even thought it could be the PC. I will try that tonight. thanks.
jeb
update on the brick
here is an update.
i bricked it.
jacob walked me through several steps and i think i may have had a g4 phone, but some how the ipl and spl was reading 2.25
btw this phone came to me through the cingular warranty program. so luckely i still have my old 8125 that i was turning in for cosmetic reasons.
so bottom line,
i could not flash to 1.05
tried to cid unlock anyways ...... failed
tried to flash molskis anyways ....failed
tried to turn a phone into a brick.PASS
now its time to turn this one in for another one. hopefully ill get a g3 this time
Instead of flashing to 1.05 next time, try downgrading to the Cingular 1.18 rom. I used it to downgrade and had no problems with unlocking.
If you can get to the multicolored screen (bootloader mode) its not bricked!
When I first installed a rom I did not understand the difference in sim unlock and cid unlock...I ran a rom update that was supposed to do a cid unlock but it didn't support the 2.XX rom....later I found you had to downgrade to a 1.xx version for lokiwiz to work..then go back to 2.xx...anyway..I ended up with a phone that would only go to bootloader.
I was able to get my providers rom reinstalled..then I did what everyone always says is the first thing you should do...I used the patched version of teraterm to dump my rom to a minisd card.
Now if I fubar the phone as long as I can get to the bootloader screen (even if usb is not working) all I have to do is insert that minisd, turn on the phone and click YES when it asks if I want to load from minisd.
I highly recommend that EVERYONE make a backup to restore to before doing anything to their phone..it only takes a few minutes.
Hows it going guys this is my first post....ive had so many problems since switching to cingular with my tmobile MDA its hillarious!...i unlocked the MDA...got it too work with Cingular! I thought everything was perfect untill i realized i couldnt receive any text messages from any other carriers. Meaning if i used my cousins cingular phone to text my phone it would work....if i used my sprint phone...nothing would reach my phone...so i serched n applied all kind of cingular MMS GPRS settings .CAB files still nothing. If i put my SIM into an offical cingular phone the same thing happens...so now im hoping if i put the cingular rom on my phone it will make things better.. I need to downgrade first because every CID tool i use wont work but i found out its because i have 2.25 so basically does anyone have an old 1.XX offical T-Mobile ROM backed up anywhere or know how i can receive all text messages from all carriers?? Thanks
welcome...and in the future if you take a few minutes to read the stickies and wiki, you may very well get your answer.
the following link is to a sticky which links to button's 1.05 rom.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=285435
well thanks for the help but when i try installing that rom it locks up at 98% everytime and gives me an error....is this becaise of that CID thing is still locked????
Did you follow that tutorial step by step??? I had no problems with the button rom so I am not sure. I myself followed that tutorial when I recently unlocked my MDA and it went without a hitch...make sure you run lokiwiz twice and button twice. Not sure what else to tell you...sorry.
MCarter418 said:
well thanks for the help but when i try installing that rom it locks up at 98% everytime and gives me an error....is this becaise of that CID thing is still locked????
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No, the Button rom is for the purpose of unlocking and is a really low IPL/SPL which was before the CID locking stuff was around.
I've read on another post that someone was having problems flashing the button rom like you are, and they were finally able to flash it by changing their radio rom first (I don't know if they had one of the newer radio's or what). Doesn't make sense to me as I've never seen that before, but what they heck, you could try downgrading to like the 2.19 T-Mo UK radio to see if that helps.
Also, have you tried flashing the T-Mobile 2.26 rom to your phone? Since this is an MDA and you are running Cingular 2.25 it sounds to me like you were already CID Unlocked (and you don't have to downgrade again to switch carrier roms, just switch).
It also is best to remove your sd card when doing the downgrading procedure.
I'm at wits end and have been trying to do this for weeks straight. It's driving me nuts. First, I read ALL 36 pages of the thread The Definitive Guide to Unlocking & Rom Upgrading G3 Wizards (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=285435) and all of thread SOLUTION FOUND -CID/sim UNLOCKING FOR WIZARD WITH AKU2 ROMS (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=263116). Both refer to downgrading to (ftp://xda:[email protected]__RUU_Wizard_1050412_WWE_101_11210_WWE.exe). It always freezes at 98%. I tried different computers, cleared my Temp files, rebooted the phone and PC.. I tried all this over a dozen time and had to revert back to the factory ROM a dozen times. I even tried xelencin's ROM (T-Mobile_RUU_Wizard_2261020_226_22511_ENG_US.exe) which has a built in CID unlocker and it froze at 98% too!! It didn't unlock my CID either. It's working for everyone else who has Cingular or Tmobile phones, but I think since mine is directly from the factory, it's different. Is there any other ROM I can downgrade to 1.X or a way to CID unlock with my 2.17 (G3 phone). At this point I'm wore out of ideas and will try anything. I would greatly appreciate any help and experiences.
All flashing stalls for a while in different parts of the process showing the red bar in your phone (even @100% in the progress bar), how long have you left the phone in "freezing" status? May be you aren´t giving it enough time...?
try a different computer if its possible, i tried downgrading to button's rom like 10 times on my dell 700m and it got stuck @ 98% everytime, then i went to my desktop and it worked on the first try. best of luck
try searching 98% in the forums' i think other people had the same problem when i searched it months ago
To Unlock 2.xx you can use lokiwiz03
If your looking to CID unlock I believe lokiwiz03 will do the job. But if your on 1.xx IPL/SPL then you can use lokiwiz02.
MGF
I had the same pbl as you your phone is CID locked. to solve it I have uncid my phone by using this toll first:
hard_SPL-G4.exe
you will find it here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=329147
then I have used the toll lokiwiz02b and choosed the option CID unlock.
After that I have try all of the WM6 ROM and it had worked with 100% of them.
Let me know if it have worked for you.
Have Fun
Dcapolungo said:
I had the same pbl as you your phone is CID locked. to solve it I have uncid my phone by using this toll first:
hard_SPL-G4.exe
you will find it here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=329147
then I have used the toll lokiwiz02b and choosed the option CID unlock.
After that I have try all of the WM6 ROM and it had worked with 100% of them.
Let me know if it have worked for you.
Have Fun
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Let me correct you here,your phone is semi CID unlocked due to 'HardSPL',it's not permanently CID unlocked or get it unlocked by lokiwiz02b,it didn't do anything,who gave you this impression,that you can CID unlock a G4 device with lokiwiz02b and that to after performing 'HardSPL'.you are upgrading to all wm6 latest custom built Roms,cuz your phone is HardSPL and all the new Roms do not include IPL/SPL in them,but never try to flash a rom with IPL/SPL in it,you'll "Brick" your phone,ok,even if you try to flash the official carrier's Rom,which includes IPL/SPL in it,will brick it,until and unless you remove the 'HardSPL' from your phone.
A permanently CID unlocked by lokiwiz02b can only happen with a G3 device and it can be flashed with any rom,even if it contains ipl/spl.
SO, don't post a wrong advise to guys,like this.
Cheers !!!
I have a 8125 G4 sim unlocked w lokiwiz and a flashed WMSE5_rev4 with soft spl, well the problem that i have now is that i recentley tried to flash a new wm6 rom without hard spl ( yeah i know stupid) And now i am stuck on tri color boatloader screen no matter if i turn it off or not still goes back to the same thing. and yes the rom that i was flashing was g safe, i think were i messed up is not CID unlocking it with hard spl?when i tried to flash the new rom it went all the way to 100% and then gave error after that. NO activesync connection right now
questions
1- DID I BRICK IT
2- is there a way to recover this device
nothing at all?
AHHH man exactly the same thing just happened to me please some one help us and tell us there us a way to fix it
Download the official carrier's Rom and flash in the tricolor screen or you can even try with wizard_love rom,it usually works with a G4 device.Activesync will not connect in bootloaders (tricolor screen).If you had not got your phone 'HardSPL' then always do the flashing through 'SoftSPL',cuz after flashing with 'SoftSPL',it only patches or tricks the device to think its CID unlock,which is temporary and as soon as you Soft Reset the phone,it goes back to its original ipl/spl and into cid locked situation,therefore,each time to flash,it has to be used again.
Cheers!