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T-Mobile Vario Unlocked and using Orange! Now to flash ROM?

Hi,
Thanks to the very clever people over at www.imei-check.co.uk I now have an unlocked T-Mobile Vario.
http://www.imei-check.co.uk/m3000unlock.php
I now wish to know if I can flash my unlocked Wizard with an Imate K-Jam2 flash?
I know there is another post on flashing the the Qtek 9100 with the K-Jam but I dont know if the T-Mobile Vario will pose any different issues or problems.
What I want to know is :-
1) Can it be done, can I flash my T-Mobile Vario with a K-Jam2 ROM?
2) How do I make a backup of my T-Mobile ROM before taking the plunge?
I am a Sony Ericsson P900 convert so please be gentle with me on your responses. I'm no expert but have got this far (Unlocked) by reading these and other forums.
If any of you can help out I would be most gratefull.
Cheers
Lee

I have (had) a Vario from T-Mobile Netherlands. I unlocked like you and ran the ROM upgrade utility for Qtek 9100, available for download on :-
http://www.beyondthetech.com/blogs/kjam/
It works fine. My Dutch phone now talks to me in English.... phew!

@belgilux
What are the advanges of the qtek rom over the vario ??

Niets dat ik kan bespeuren. Enkel is ding dat zijn in WWE - wereld Wijde Engels - dit is good voor mij aangezien mijn Nederlands niet zo goed is. ..

ok thanks ,
mijn nederlands is goed , dus hou hem liever in nederlands
grtx, arnold

Hey, guys, I have the same problem - I want to change the OS from a german to en english one. My device is the XDA Mini S from O2 Germany. Do I *really* need to pay for unlocking first or I can just flash it?
P.S. How did you back up the ROM before the flashing?

hello ingenious ,
as far as i know , you have to unlock it first otherwise you can't acces the bootloader.
buckup of your old rom can be done (only after unlocking).
you need the program romupdate.exe
disable activesync on usb connection
turn off phone
connect usb cable while pressing camera button
start romupdate
chooice usb connection
enter 'r2sd all' this coppies your phone rom to your sd card (sd card will be erased !!!!!)
next step is to dump the sd card to file to store.
you need ntrw.exe and sd card reader
in a dos box in a dir with ntrw enter 'ntrw read dump.nb1 drive_letter_of_reader:'
that will dump you entire sd card to file.
to restore , but it back with ntrw write .......
reset phone while holding voice an camera button and chooise restore from sd card.
good luck , arnold
p.s. i'm wrinting this out of my memory so forgive me if i have something wrong.

Hey, thanks very much
Just a thing bothers me still... If I unlock the phone (i.e. replace the boot loader) won't I just lose my warranty from O2?

mhh that doesn't worry me to much,
officiali it will only void your warrnaty if they can proof that that is the problem.
if not they can not hold it against you (in holland that is) , but you may have to 'fight' for your warranty.
grtx , arnold

run the ROM upgrade utility for Qtek 9100
hi guys,
i wanna ask a questions about run the ROM upgrade from utility for Qtek 9100.
my pda-phone is mda vario, is it possible if i did it without unlock my phone?
because i tried run the ROM upgrade utility for Qtek 9100, but it said that there is an error with my phone while in process. but in that case, i haven't unlocked my phone.
anyone can help me, please
thank u...

reset phone while holding voice an comm.manger button and chooise restore from sd card.
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but he boot NOT from the sd card ... where is the trick ?
regards

I have successfully replaced the ROM on my MDA Vario with a K-Jam ROM and now I want to go back to the original ROM. Following the instructions by arnoldl earlier in this thread I created a backup dump.nb1 file and used ntrw_189.exe in a CMD window to dump this to a file. This took bloomin' ages since I have a 1GB card - very tiresome!
Anyway, I have now reversed that process to copy the dump file back to the mini-SD card but when I hard reset my Vario I do not get a prompt to restore from the SD card. I only have options to restore to original settings or cancel.
I have allowed a hard reset to complete and the mini-SD card does not even register in the Vario. Removing and reinserting does nothing. I've tried a hard reset twice and still no joy.
Assuming I have successfully created a working ROM image on my mini-SD card are there any other tips or options for restoring it to the Vario ROM?

anyone knows the keys to press for restore an image from sd card ?
I have tried all combinatiosn of keys, but nothing are working
regards

sorry , it is hold camera and voice comm button while resetting.
previes state must be on!!
grtx arnold

Thanks for that. I just realised it says hold camera and voice comm rather than comms and voice comm, like you would normally do for a hard reset.
I've tried a boot with the correct buttons and could see nothing at all on the screen. I now realise there is something but without a backlight it is nigh on impossible to see. Anyway, I spotted that too late and started button mashing to try to get the thing to spring into life. It is now staring at me with a big clear white (lit) screen that dims briefly periodically. I now have no idea what is going on and whether this is the correct behaviour or not.
How long should the reflash take? Will having a 1GB card mean it takes 8 times as long as a 128MB card as it has to read the whole thing? How do I know if this is working OK?There are no progress bars or anything - just a plain white screen.

i did say comm and voice , but i just changed that
reflash was prety fast when i did it , within a minute i thought (256mb)

Oh dear :-( Mine's been blinking at me for 15 minutes now.
I just restarted the process and I managed to see a "Format BinFS Success" message and a progress bar at the bottom which I think said "Upload OS" or something like that - too difficult to read properly in today's miserable grey daylight. But I'm now staring at the plain white screen once more.
Maybe my ROM image is fried. Any ideas how to get hold of a clean T-Mobile UK MDA Vario ROM file?
EDIT : Further info......
Bored of the blank white screen I pressed the reset button on its own. The device reset and this time with the benefit of the backlight being on I could see the Format BinFS success message, a couple of checksum checks and something about downloading ROM and extended ROM. This all took only a minute or two, which seems positive. But then I saw a message about formatting FAT (or FAT32?) and while that was being displayed the screen faded/disolved to plain white and has resumed its periodic dimming.
Unfortunately I now have HTC Innovation and imate branding all over the thing so I can't just pop it back to T-Mobile to fix it. I wish they had a full ROM upgrade/replace image in a .exe, like qtek and imate.

hello,
what means "previes state must be on!! "
i have an 512 mb card and no chance to boot the sd. Has anyone
try the qtek german bin on the xda ftp server here ? i write this
image via ntrw on my 512 mb card, press the camera and voice button and also reset, but the sd card want recognize ...
help! I want this german qtek rom on my wizard.
regards

greddy said:
hello,
what means "previes state must be on!! "
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i only got in this mode when resetting with the buttons pressed when phone was on.
when i first shut it down and then reset it didn't work.
grtx

Having left the white screen for a couple of hours there is no sign of anything useful happening. I reset the device and now I am dumped directly to the bootloader screen - there seems to be no software on the device now.
So it appears I can only get this thing up and running again with the k-jam ROM (or presumably Qtek) by running the .exe ROM upgrade file. But for me my option to go back to native Vario software seems to have vanished forever. Maybe I'm just really unlucky but this might serve as a warning/caution for others who want to flash their Vario.

I upgraded my VPA III to WM5 (logout version)

I tried to upgrade my VPA III to WM5 (logout version), it successfully, but only run a time, that time, speed is very fast, i tested call, media, bluetooth, all is ok! after screen off, i cannot enter my PDA. I tried soft reset, but only enter boot screen with some display:
R 1.2000
G 1334.3
D 5.3.4.HN.WWE
and seems freeze at this screen. I cannot enter my PDA.
anybody have any idea for me!
Thanks,
best regards

Now, I cannot hard reset too. I tried hard reset, but, screen still off too. (

Try to hardreset, don't forget SetOperator

Hi logout!
Help me plz.
Ban la nguoi viet a?
the noi tieng viet nhe. Con VPA III cua tui, da upgrade ban WM5 cua bac thanh cong va chay ngon oo lan dau tien.
Bi h thi ko hard reset dc nua
Toi thu hard reset. press power + soft reset + record. nhung screen van den thui. Lam sao day. huhu

Sorry, that my comment is not concerning your problem.
s60_O2XDAIIs said:
I tried soft reset, but only enter boot screen with some display:
R 1.2000
G 1334.3
D 5.3.4.HN.WWE
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Do you really have a R 1.2000 ?!
@Community: Does a Radio 1.20 exist and nobody knows about it?!
I'm a little bit confused :wink:

hehe! maybe not R 1.2000!
I only remember like as that. because, now, my VPA III doesn't display screen.

try to hard reset, format registry&media..

Thanks, I 'll try and hope successfully.
However, now, screen is off, cannot turn on my PDA. screen always off after try soft reset 3-times. Hope that battery is empty.

I found a reason! My battery is failed! After change battery, my PDA actived, I tried WM5_Ivan_V3 but after hard reset, and first steps to setup screen and date/time, I cannot use my stylus, all tap at screen is no action while keyboard still ok! huhu. Help me

Problem Start Htc P3600 (trinity)

HELLO, MY P3600 (TRINITY) DOES NOT SET OFF PIU' OR BEST JAMS ON the SHIELDED one WHERE E' LOGO HTC AND DOES NOT MAKE ME There TO ENTER IN the SYSTEM.
I HAVE MADE 2000 SOFT RESET NOTHING,
REINSTALL 4 TIMES ROM AND E' ALWAYS the SAME PROBLEM
YOU HELP ME,
HELLO..

You really should learn a little more english or switch to an italian forum. And you shold STOP WRITING IN BIG LETTERS BECAUSE THIS NOT POLITE!

- when you turn the device on what do you see: No GSM?
- how far is it booting (splash screen/windows ce)
- when you start in 3 color screen what version numbers can you see?

Problem Start Htc Trinity
how far is it booting (splash screen/windows ce)
NO ENTER IN WINDOWS CE
HELP ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

- when you turn the device on what do you see: No GSM?

Problem Start Htc Trinity
- when you turn the device on what do you see: No GSM?
NO GSM
NO WINDOWS CE
YES

If NO GSM you either can send it to HTC service they can reflash the radio ROM chip directly.
And next time observe caution.
The problem you describe sounds like YOU cancelled a ROM update in the middle (e.g. when it was looking stuck but in fact it wasn't you cancelled the update or you removed tha cable).

problem start htc trinity
how I make to resolve the problem?
tankyou

And i have this problem, when power on the pda i see No GSm, d v3.00 ....
From where comming my problem? i make hard rest but nothing... reflash with other room (6.0) and again nothing. But some time the pocket freezed.. and i don't know ... if i flshed the radio module will be OK. or maybe have some hardware problem, becouse haven't radio modula + freezed some time...

SERIAL / V 2.07 In Qtek 9090 Mistake

Hello I have a blueangel Ph20b2 aka Qtek9090 try an upgrade of the rom and ruling .. I was just turning on the device with serial and V2.07 I can do .. I have read by the network that has been left without the Romany and non interacts between soft and hard .. There is some system to revive .. Some software anything .. Since connect the PDA at the base i usb of the laptop does not recognize no nothing.

Eeeeehmmmm, yes, nice. But we do not understand a word. Was it google-translated or something?
If you did something wron during upgrade, just do the upgrade again. Follow the procedure step after step, do not omit even one step - try to understand what are you doing and what for.
Without more understandable information (about what were you doing and what is happening) we cannot help you.

Stupid mistake - Serial 2.07
Reading between the lines of the original post I suspect the author has done the same as me - or at least ended up with the same result. Anybody know of a fix.
Cause; I attempted to restore from backup over wifi (yes wifi - I was desperate & didnt have the cradle available).
Result; my XDA 2s went blank and now displays a screen displaying "Serial V2.07" (or "USB V2.07" when in the cradle). No amount of re-attempting to re-connect to the device works. I'v tried soft / hard resets / battery removal etc. I'm using Microsoft ActiveSync V4.5. The XDA is an O2 badged variant.
I suspect I'm looking for a boot strap load program that will repair the xda rom such that i can subsequently reload its operating system. Any positive suggestions gratefully received.

just found reference to putting xda2s into bootloader mode "soft reset button,power button and center of D-pad button together" - this still leaves the screen saying "Serial v2.07" - Am I already in bootloader mode? - if it is what do I do next?

Fixed
problem solved - I went back to the 2nd posters answer and attmpted from the begining to install Xda_IIs_Upgrade_v140242.exe, ignoring what was on the xda screen & it worked.
I now have a functioning xda - but I still have with the problem I was trying to solve in the first place.
After a the xbackup restore, the xda desktop isnt re-written cleanly, it overlays semi-transparently on top of the last program run. The desktop accepts stylus commands to run programs which open and display cleanly. How can I clean this up - I dont want to loose O/S DBs e.g. my messages etc. - I dont see a way I can port them across upgrades so I can not just stick with the Xda_IIs_Upgrade_v140242.exe

I feel if they have not understood anything written .. I do not understand Spanish and in English .. I have the problem of serial V.2.07 screen .. Where can I download a rom for qtek9090. In my pda you do a hard reset buttons with record power + + reset and still continues to do nothing with serial on the screen .. If there is any mistake in what they write what I am using the translator google

i got the same problem ...screen saying "Serial v2.07" - Am I already in bootloader mode? - if it is what do I do next?
hate to throw my phone in the garbage can
please someone help meee

anybody found any news?
still in bootloader mode, error 112 at stage 3. BA turns off when trying to update.
2much 4me
anybody come back from this point to wm3?

Unable to Load Bootloader

I have tried hitting record + power + reset and still no dice.
I did this last Jan to my BA with few problems, put in the wm6.1
Wanting to install this one WM6.5
I also installed the Wizard Service Tool and it doesnt seem to work. It will give me info but the hard reset and other rom features don't want to work.
is there a workaround for gettin to the bootloader? Or should I take this all as a sign not to brik my phone? ;D
thanks,
chela

hi , i'm new on the forum...i think i've the same problem, on my PDA2K..
I try to install a new rom from wm2003se, using a file called "preparazione BA"( i think i've unlocked the extrom), then i normally setup with the MaUpgradeUt_noID.exe..But now, when the upgrading is completed to wm6, i'm not able to load the bootoption..i can see 4 colour bands (green blue red white) but no option to boot. The rec+photo+reset seem not to work.
Could anyone help me\us??
Regards at all
Davide

after 2 hours..here are some news: my pda2k display became with the 4 color but there was writen something about R none, G none and (version onf the rom i tryed to install) then pressing rec+cam i saw for little fraction of second the menu enable kitl ,clean registry, etc.. and then suddenly the wm6 starts. After installing the OS ask me to reset..Well, it return to the same 4 color, and the only word i see is R1.11.00
I'm getting crazy...
Please big chef tony help me!
i don't know what to do now...i'm little down
Davide

...lol maybe because I dont do this often enough, but this case was solved with a little bit of RTFM!
I didnt realize I was pressing the wrong fsking button! derr!
Here is Chef Tony's post...should carve it into my desk!
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=BlueAngel_WM5_For_Beginners

Hello, my ppc always dispays the four band with R1.11.00 written..After a lot of reset(often unplugging battery) and photo+rec, i was rarely able to display the boot option, but here is strange what is written(attached photo n°2): R None, G None, D 1.21 Michy.. Then pushing "mail" the OS start installing wm6, then, it ask me to boot so i would be able executing extrom to install cab file.It resets and then it appears the famous four band with R1.11.00
Any idea??
I've finished mine....Aww!!
Regards
Davide
P.s. think it's important: my bootloader is v 2.08

i've solved my problem..reading on other forums, they suggest to install a rom WM5, where there was radio upgrade too..After i was able to install WM6.1 ! Now..i have to wait..and crossing my fingers!
Thank you all, if anybody has question ask me, i'll happy to help you
Bye
Davide

Davidenji said:
Hello, my ppc always dispays the four band with R1.11.00 written..After a lot of reset(often unplugging battery) and photo+rec, i was rarely able to display the boot option, but here is strange what is written(attached photo n°2): R None, G None, D 1.21 Michy.. Then pushing "mail" the OS start installing wm6, then, it ask me to boot so i would be able executing extrom to install cab file.It resets and then it appears the famous four band with R1.11.00
Any idea??
I've finished mine....Aww!!
Regards
Davide
P.s. think it's important: my bootloader is v 2.08
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Nothing strange about what is in photo #2! That is the debugger screen.
Looks like you got it rolled back to the original ROM but if you decide to put the latest stable ROM 6.5 on there you're going to have to follow the Chef's directions in the above supplied link.
Good luck,
Chela

glad you found it out, you are right, there was something wrong with the radio, which is why in screenshot #1 there is only the radio listed and i think that's also why in #4 the comm icons are red, i've never seen that before, but could also be a custom skin in that rom.
brujeria is right, there is nothing wrong with the 2nd and 3rd screenshot, except for the 2nd one only showing the rom and no radio or protocol, meaning that the device was probably resetted by pulling out the battery and not pushing the reset pin with the stylus, unless that was also a radio issue.
unless you already started customizing your device you should probably think about hard resetting it once again and trying if that works, or even re-flash the rom, without flashing the radio, that way you'd know for sure, if from now on you'll always have to flash a "baked rom" (usually a term for a cooked rom, together with radio and extrom, a full flash, in this case i mean rom and radio rom, since the extrom is not really flashed anymore).
with best regards,
Chef_Tony

i've already customized...a little! Now, everytime i soft reset i read this: R 1.15.00 , G 1337.45 , D 1.21 michy.
I've no problem at moment..but i hope i won't never hard reset!
This Rom (WM6.1 included only Rom upgrade) it's nice, but i'm interested about WM6.5..anyway i think to keep this one untill a problem will come out
P.s. Like you say, now the antenna isn't red anymore..it's bright green
Thank you a lot for the support guys!