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HOW TO UPGRADE SPV M3000 (without bricking)

hey folks. i think i need to reflash my spv m3000 because it keeps restarting and the phone is reaaaly sluggish..
IPL 1.09
SPL 1.09
GSM 01.04.10
OS 1.9.1.1
This is what i have got. i have no clue whatsoever if this rom is good or not but it doesn;t seem to do the trick for me..
i have be reading for some weeks but i am still unsure wether my phone is CID locked or not. or what rom should or can i use.
i still don;t understand the G3 G4 difference and why everybody talks about 2.xx spl and ipl and i have 1.09....
could anybody please translate all this technical details into english? i have no intention of bricking the device..so i am folowing the advice in all tutorials "if u n't know what you are doing ..ask first"
i have some more questions:
are the new roms more stable or at least faster? because this one keeps restarting randomly.
cand somebody really give me some step by step information on what i need to do?
how can i back up this original firmware..so if the upgrade doesn't work i would still be able to reflash it back
i am mentioning that the phone was sim locked and i uset lokiwiz tool to unlock it.

ftp://xda:[email protected]_US_226102_22610105_022511_WWE_Ship.exe
I would use this one, it's safe, original.

i would appreciate if you could answer al my q's..i am not ready to flash it without knowing if i am cid ocked and what is that...etc

I thought you mentioned you unlocked it.
The ROM is stable, all the posts like Beta, Unhappyhousewife etc. have thgis one as basis.
About your Backup, to be honest I don't have clue because I never had or wanted to go back.

ok. my main concern is about the 1.xx spl and ipl comaptibility. all i could find aroundhere was said about 2.xx
i am afraid to upgrade untill i know for sure what my 1.xx means in practical terms
did u have 1.xx before upgrading?

I did,yes.
Most of us start with 1.

thanx man. so without sounding stupid i will ask for final instructions.
correct me if i'm wrong.
i will have to cid unlock the devicei first using lokiwiz 2
then i will be able to use the rom u suggested?

Upgrading a second-hand wizard

I bought a wizard from a guy who got it from T-mobile US, so it's a T-mobile branded wizard. I want to upgrade my ROM version, so I read the guide and it says that I should do some steps untill I my spl and ipl are 2.26. My wizard's spl and ipl are 2.26 already (gsm02.25.11, os2.26.10.2) so I want to know if i'm ready to upgrade my ROM without a CID unlock and downgrading to 1.05 ROM (That guy may have done that, but I don't have a clue...)
Thanks.

Since you don't have a clue, then you need to carry on reading.
There are threads in here about CID unlocking, and also in the wiki (links at the top of the page).
It's better to understand what you are asking for help on if you can't follow the instructions, than to follow someone blindly in case you miss a step they assumed you knew.
It's an expensive device to brick if you don't know what you're tring to do.

AlanJC said:
Since you don't have a clue, then you need to carry on reading.
There are threads in here about CID unlocking, and also in the wiki (links at the top of the page).
It's better to understand what you are asking for help on if you can't follow the instructions, than to follow someone blindly in case you miss a step they assumed you knew.
It's an expensive device to brick if you don't know what you're tring to do.
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I'll second that opinion!

please help me. DEAD WIZARD

Hi! my phone is dead.
I had installed xpl and changed ipl to 3.08 and spl to 3.08 and the wizard could not work. After I installed this rom (CUSTOM__RUU_Wizard_1050412_WWE_101_11210_WWE) my ipl turned to 1.01 and my spl stayed as it was, 3.08. Now the wizard doesn't work and I can't enter the menu.
Please, someone help me!!!!!!!!!!!

DJjohnie said:
Hi! my phone is dead.
I had installed xpl and changed ipl to 3.08 and spl to 3.08 and the wizard could not work. After I installed this rom (CUSTOM__RUU_Wizard_1050412_WWE_101_11210_WWE) my ipl turned to 1.01 and my spl stayed as it was, 3.08. Now the wizard doesn't work and I can't enter the menu.
Please, someone help me!!!!!!!!!!!
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read the stickies. They have the information you need. Of particular interest is the definitive guide to unlocking and upgrading G3 Wizards. You know the one at the top that says [READ FIRST] in this forum?
Don't skip any steps. Even if you don't think you need to do it, do it anyways.

try to put it in bootloader manually and load the a different ROM.

Yours's Nor Bricked Or Dead!
Same problem as mine.I finally found solution myself.Check my post here for to revive your fone or visit my blog at http://360.yahoo.com/dreamteam3x for your solution.
Good luck!

My phone get in only in bootloader mode. what other i can do to fix my phone?

DJjohnie said:
My phone get in only in bootloader mode. what other i can do to fix my phone?
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If your phone can get to the bootloader then try flashing the official rom from your carrier. If that doesn't work then flash the Wizard Love rom.
Read and follow this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=298613
If you still have problems then you need to tell us more details (exactly what you've tried, exactly what happened, exactly what error messages, exactly what IPL/SPL you are currently at, etc). Little short messages saying its stuck, or I need help don't tell us enough to diagnose what is happening or what the solution might be.

my ipl 1.01 spl 3.08 i folow all the solutions and the steps you suggested of this site. i flash many roms including the oficcial and again i only get in bootlader mode.

and the error when i flash some roms is "error" 296 :uprgade onlly, this nbf file can not use for your pdf phone. please get newer nbf lile

DJjohnie said:
my ipl 1.01 spl 3.08 i folow all the solutions and the steps you suggested of this site. i flash many roms including the oficcial and again i only get in bootlader mode.
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Did you notice how short your details are as compared to the solutions. It pissed people off trying to help you. The 'all the solutions and the steps' aren't details enough.
Anyway, your unit seems to be CID locked? Have you tried dreamteam3x's solution?
If people stopped answering your questions, you only have yourself to blame.

dreamteam3x said:
Same problem as mine.I finally found solution myself.Check my post here for to revive your fone or visit my blog at http://360.yahoo.com/dreamteam3x for your solution.
Good luck!
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FWIW: I looked and didn't see the solution you are talking about, and the images behind your text make this very hard to read (IMO). Sorry to go off topic, but post a direct link to the solution you are talking about and you may want to lighten the background images...

DJjohnie said:
my ipl 1.01 spl 3.08 i folow all the solutions and the steps you suggested of this site. i flash many roms including the oficcial and again i only get in bootlader mode.
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Thank you for the wealth of information that I asked for... (read my post about providing details and exactly what happened and all). If you want help, you have to tell us more.
Biggest issue I see right now is your haveing IPL 1.xx and SPL of 3.xx. you have to get both of them down to 1.xx and CID Unlock that phone. But the SPL of 3.xx may cause you problems (I still for the life of me don't understand why people think they have to have the highest version numbers). To be honest, I'm not sure you can downgrade from 3.xx to 1.xx directly.
Worst case, you might give this a shot:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=276963&highlight=splash

Is This Permanently Bricked?

I just tried updating my 8125 with this update (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=330080). I had my deviced unlocked by Cingular some time ago. Anyway, I get to the end, get the error message and go into the recovery tool. I have the red, green and blue screen. I run the recovery tool and the error is I need an updated RUU tool? Now my screen is stuck on the red, green and blue.
Now what?

try flashing to your latest provider rom. if you can get to that screen (bootloader) you're not bricked.

I ended up doing that and it did the trick. So I have started all over again. I can't however locate the RUU version 1.5? so that I can downgrade the rom, run CID and then flash. The link on that post does not work.

Navec245 said:
I ended up doing that and it did the trick. So I have started all over again. I can't however locate the RUU version 1.5? so that I can downgrade the rom, run CID and then flash. The link on that post does not work.
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As long as your phone can get into bootloader mode (tricolor screen),it's not bricked.
What you mean by getting your phone unlocked by cingular,you must have gotten the SIM unlock code from the cingular,it'll only SIM unlock your phone,meaning you can use sim of any carrier with this code,but SIM unlock and CID unlock are two different things.If you want to upgrade to wm6,you are required to CID unlock your phone.
Read the unlocking guide here :-
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=285435
download link for Button's Rom 1.05 :-
http://rapidshare.com/files/18066956/CUSTOM__RUU_Wizard_1050412_WWE_101_11210_WWE.exe

Thanks. I did end up searching for that rom and found it. I followed the instructions and I now have that HTC Rom for WM5. Its really nice!
Thanks for the assist.

Navec245 said:
Thanks. I did end up searching for that rom and found it. I followed the instructions and I now have that HTC Rom for WM5. Its really nice!
Thanks for the assist.
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Thanks !
glade you got it all worked up
Well,thats what this forum believes in "Help and Sharing"
good luck

zabardast_1 said:
Thanks !
glade you got it all worked up
Well,thats what this forum believes in "Help and Sharing"
good luck
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True, but if you ever feel you want to show your love for our help and donate a case of beer...
Seriously though, this forum is a life-saver, so props to all who come here and do what they can to enrich the community!

akashastrega said:
True, but if you ever feel you want to show your love for our help and donate a case of beer...
Seriously though, this forum is a life-saver, so props to all who come here and do what they can to enrich the community!
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Oh Yeeeeeeeeeeaaah !!!
You know ,you are a gem of a lady

Help!!
I know this question has come up a million times, but I have an 8125 IPL 2.25 SPL 2.25 thats stuck on the red green and blue screen tried to update to WM6 and screwed up, I know the answers are all here but if someone cold take the time to put them in a sequence for this stupid old man would be appreciated or if you want me to send you the phone and pay to have it done can do that as well.... Leave me a message

Would help if you let us know whether your wizard is G3 or G4...

I don't think I'm as lucky..
I was having issues iwth my G4 Wizard getting the TNT TouchFlo 19199 ROM to flash. It said it was OS only so I didn't do SoftSPL (possible mistake)
It locked at 99% with a communications error..
I then tried to flash with what I thought was the wizard Love rom but turned out (Definate mistake) to be the Wizard Button which it came up as successfully flashed but it froze at teh start up screen..
That is when I noticed that the IPL was 1.01 instead of 2.28.0001 like the SPL.. Now this thing won't even power on.. This device I believe then is truly bricked.
Any thoughts on what I should do other than pretend to talk to ppl on the phone?

IPL and SPL that don't match

I started a new thread so that people wouldn't have to read through my trials but long story short I have a G3 wizard and I'm trying to flash it. Followed all of the steps in the guide by vippie. I used the button rom to start with but mine was one of the many that stopped at 98% and gave me error 302 so I ended up using the XDA mini rom as the alternative that was suggested.
Now I've flashed my phone three times with the same rom to try and get the IPL and SPL the same but to no avail. The IPL and SPL are 1.05 and 2.25 respectively. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

hey i flashed my tmobile mda to a chinese rom too and then it changed spl to a diff version than the ipl and then i tried to flashed it with love rom and still it doesnt change the ipl and spl to the same version that i had before, then i removed the battery then my phone does not charge or turn on anymore, i have a g4 by the way, i m not sure if i bricked it or not

joco2560 said:
hey i flashed my tmobile mda to a chinese rom too and then it changed spl to a diff version than the ipl and then i tried to flashed it with love rom and still it doesnt change the ipl and spl to the same version that i had before, then i removed the battery then my phone does not charge or turn on anymore, i have a g4 by the way, i m not sure if i bricked it or not
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I think you may have been trying to offer your empathy for my particular situation but that's what we in the business call thread jacking. Start your own thread please. Thanks for the comments though.
I was thinking today I may give flashing the button rom another try. Any suggestions people?
And a bump for some professional help and good luck as well.

SharpieMarker said:
I think you may have been trying to offer your empathy for my particular situation but that's what we in the business call thread jacking. Start your own thread please. Thanks for the comments though.
I was thinking today I may give flashing the button rom another try. Any suggestions people?
And a bump for some professional help and good luck as well.
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wow, basically the same problem just trying to let u no that other ppl r having the same problem and i thought my problem would've helped in some ways...thx for trying to be nice at the end but ur not. sry i forgot to metion that:" hey, SharpieMarker im having the same problem that ur having..."in my previous post

joco2560 said:
wow, basically the same problem just trying to let u no that other ppl r having the same problem and i thought my problem would've helped in some ways...thx for trying to be nice at the end but ur not. sry i forgot to metion that:" hey, SharpieMarker im having the same problem that ur having..."in my previous post
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Well I apologize if I came of as a douche, I guess I didn't understand what you were saying exactly. I appreciate any support I can get with the issues I'm having so its good to know I'm not the only one. Thanks joco.

SharpieMarker said:
Now I've flashed my phone three times with the same rom to try and get the IPL and SPL the same but to no avail. The IPL and SPL are 1.05 and 2.25 respectively. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Surely you're not serious? oh Jesus, you are.
OK... SPL is separate from IPL, not only is it impossible to get them to be "the same version" it would also achieve nothing to actually do so either... so please, the procedure is very simple, you flash a patched SPL, you flash your crap on. Job Done... I thought there was already a patched SPL for G3... do I need to make one of those as well?!?

Olipro said:
Surely you're not serious? oh Jesus, you are.
OK... SPL is separate from IPL, not only is it impossible to get them to be "the same version" it would also achieve nothing to actually do so either... so please, the procedure is very simple, you flash a patched SPL, you flash your crap on. Job Done... I thought there was already a patched SPL for G3... do I need to make one of those as well?!?
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Well that seems logical however I was misinformed. SO I've flashed this Xda_mini rom, then what is the cause of the issues I was having getting a connection error when trying to CID unlock? Wizards have to be CID unlocked before flashing 2.X roms right?

What started as a simple, objective thread, has become quite confusing in a matter of a few posts.
joco2560 said:
wow, basically the same problem just trying to let u no that other ppl r having the same problem and i thought my problem would've helped in some ways...thx for trying to be nice at the end but ur not. sry i forgot to metion that:" hey, SharpieMarker im having the same problem that ur having..."in my previous post
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Well, in fact your problem ISN'T the same as SharpieMarker's because his phone is still alive...
I believe you tried to downgrade a G4 to 1.xx bootloader which only exist for G3. Once the battery came out your phone could never boot again. Say bye bye to it...
SharpieMarker said:
Well that seems logical however I was misinformed. SO I've flashed this Xda_mini rom, then what is the cause of the issues I was having getting a connection error when trying to CID unlock? Wizards have to be CID unlocked before flashing 2.X roms right?
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A LOT of people are reporting failed downgrades which 'block' the SPL at 2.xx. Once there even after 30 flashes the SPL never lowers to 1.xx to allow CID unlocking.
No solution is known until now...
Olipro said:
Surely you're not serious? oh Jesus, you are.
OK... SPL is separate from IPL, not only is it impossible to get them to be "the same version" it would also achieve nothing to actually do so either... so please, the procedure is very simple, you flash a patched SPL, you flash your crap on. Job Done... I thought there was already a patched SPL for G3... do I need to make one of those as well?!?
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There isn't and i believe you should patch one...
cheers

mestrini said:
A LOT of people are reporting failed downgrades which 'block' the SPL at 2.xx. Once there even after 30 flashes the SPL never lowers to 1.xx to allow CID unlocking.
No solution is known until now...
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So what is the solution or is it the patched SPL that Olipro is referring to?

The HardSPL (Olipro) is ONLY for use with G4. The flash program should keep you from flashing it to a G3 Wizard because their SPL code are not compatible.
SoftSPL also doesn't work for G3 wizard.
joco2560 should be produced a brick because as I know, no unofficial Chinese ROMs are equipped with G4 IPL and SPL.

Man if only these guys would have read the WIKI... There is a link in my signature to an outstanding tutorial for newbies. Just read it and you will feel enlightened. Everything will seem so simple and life's purpose will become evident... Just Kidding but seriously guys... Read the damn WIKI... I'm tired of reading about bricks.
NOTE:: THIS ENTIRE POST IS ONE GIANT LINK TO THE WIKI I'M TALKING ABOUT!!!
READ IT!!!

starkwong said:
The HardSPL (Olipro) is ONLY for use with G4. The flash program should keep you from flashing it to a G3 Wizard because their SPL code are not compatible.
SoftSPL also doesn't work for G3 wizard.
joco2560 should be produced a brick because as I know, no unofficial Chinese ROMs are equipped with G4 IPL and SPL.
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Alright, this is helpful and I was hoping there might be a few suggestions as to what to do at this point. Thanks guys for the comments.

dharvey4651 said:
Man if only these guys would have read the WIKI... There is a link in my signature to an outstanding tutorial for newbies. Just read it and you will feel enlightened. Everything will seem so simple and life's purpose will become evident... Just Kidding but seriously guys... Read the damn WIKI... I'm tired of reading about bricks.
NOTE:: THIS ENTIRE POST IS ONE GIANT LINK TO THE WIKI I'M TALKING ABOUT!!!
READ IT!!!
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Okay, firstly I have not bricked my device. I have read all of the guides and walkthroughs before attempting anything on my wizard. Unfortunately your guide that you have written, just like the other ones, has not answered my question or told me what I should do (unless I have missed it somewhere which is possible).

Okay, after some finagling with the lokiwiz application I managed to unlock and then cid unlock my phone however the IPL is still 1.05 and the SPL is 2.25. Is that accurate or should the SPL be lower now? Do I need to reflash?
Alright, after re-re-re-re-re-reading the instructions I think I understand the bit about IPL and SPL. I think. Feel free to clarify though.

If lokiwiz does not show any errors during unlocking (NOTE That lokiwiz always shows successful regardless it is actually unlocked or not, so the error message is the most important), then either try to flash Button's ROM again and you will get 1.05 IPL and SPL (That's my way), and others suggests to upgrade IPL and SPL directly to 3.08.

starkwong said:
If lokiwiz does not show any errors during unlocking (NOTE That lokiwiz always shows successful regardless it is actually unlocked or not, so the error message is the most important), then either try to flash Button's ROM again and you will get 1.05 IPL and SPL (That's my way), and others suggests to upgrade IPL and SPL directly to 3.08.
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There was no error message when I CID unlocked. It successfully unlocked both times (the first using the U command and after a restart using the C command). My phone restarted twice during the unlocking so I think it went just fine. So should I proceed with the flashing of the tmobile rom? After the unlocking I have an IPL of 1.05 and an SPL of 2.25.

You can always go back to Button's ROM, so it's OK to flash T-Mobile ROM.
However I still recommend to flash Button's ROM once more first.

starkwong said:
You can always go back to Button's ROM, so it's OK to flash T-Mobile ROM.
However I still recommend to flash Button's ROM once more first.
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Well I decided to flash the t-mobile rom and it went smooth. Everything works fine. So now I have an IPL and SPL of 2.26 so I can flash some of the more interesting roms right? Thanks for all the help and advice guys. Much appreciated.

SharpieMarker said:
Well I decided to flash the t-mobile rom and it went smooth. Everything works fine. So now I have an IPL and SPL of 2.26 so I can flash some of the more interesting roms right? Thanks for all the help and advice guys. Much appreciated.
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Yes you should now be CID unlocked and can flash any Rom you want as long as it does not contain an IPL/SPL.
And by the way, It does tell you in that WIKI exactly what you need to do to CID unlock your device. (The SPL will not downgrade to 1.05 unless you flash the button Rom again AFTER completing The Unlocking Process through lokiwiz. I wouldn't even reccomend flashing the button Rom again. It's pointless because Flashing the T-Mobile Rom is going to upgrade you IPL/SPL to a higher, matching pair and is going to give you a very strong, stable base rom to flash to a custom Rom From.

SharpieMarker said:
Well I decided to flash the t-mobile rom and it went smooth. Everything works fine. So now I have an IPL and SPL of 2.26 so I can flash some of the more interesting roms right? Thanks for all the help and advice guys. Much appreciated.
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I think you should check your CID status with WST before trying to flash a custom ROM. Lokiwiz doesn't check for errors and proceeds as if everything went ok even if it didn't.
For all we know your phone might be originally from T-Mobile and even CID locked would always accept an official ROM.