Expert Wizard Challenge - 8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading

Hi all, i am stuck, i need the help of the experts in either saying my 2 Qtek 9100s are bricked - chuck them or, they are retreivable.
Here goes:
2 X Qtek 9100 made by T-mobile - emei if needed.
Both devices stuck on the boot screen, but will both go in to Tri colour screen for flashing, but fail flashing (with several roms), i think they have button rom, its a beer glass.
GSM: - 01.12.10
OS: - 1.5.4.2
ipl 1.01 and spl 2.24
Can these be revived?
Thanks.

A Wizard by T-Mobile is a "MDA Vario", you can't have a Qtek9100 by T-Mobile. Anyway..
Have you tried flashing official ROM while they are in bootloader mode (tri colour)? Does the flashing process went smoothly? Does the IPL/SPL change when you flash the latest ROM? Give more info.

More info
At present both of them are stuck on the info below, i cant reflash them with anything else now.
Official T-mob rom 2.26 will not work...think the error was [239] or something.
Thanks.

lokidan said:
At present both of them are stuck on the info below, i cant reflash them with anything else now.
Official T-mob rom 2.26 will not work...think the error was [239] or something.
Thanks.
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sounds like u didn't accomplish step 16 of 'the definitive guide to unlocking & rom upgrading G3 wizards' by Dr Puttingham.
both IPL AND SPL need to be the same

lokidan said:
At present both of them are stuck on the info below, i cant reflash them with anything else now.
Official T-mob rom 2.26 will not work...think the error was [239] or something.
Thanks.
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what was the exact error.. post the code and error msg.

i got the same problem
ipl/spl 1.01
i tried "CUSTOM__RUU_Wizard_1050412_WWE_101_11210_WWE"
many many time but nothing
please help

bigfatjack said:
i got the same problem
ipl/spl 1.01
i tried "CUSTOM__RUU_Wizard_1050412_WWE_101_11210_WWE"
many many time but nothing
please help
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Since your ipl/spl are 1.xx just follow the sticky by Dr. P at the top of this forum. You will start at the step running lokiwiz as you don't have to downgrade. Then upgrade to an official 2.xx rom. After that you can flash a custom rom.

errors
Various error messages with various roms.
Invalid vendor
Invalid nkbf file
Upgrade only
I believe that these devices were upgraded by a user who perhaps did not fully unlock them.
Is it possible these devices would exhibit these error if they were flashed with a G4 rom, or would they just not boot if that was the case?
Thanks ALL

lokidan said:
Various error messages with various roms.
Invalid vendor
Invalid nkbf file
Upgrade only
I believe that these devices were upgraded by a user who perhaps did not fully unlock them.
Is it possible these devices would exhibit these error if they were flashed with a G4 rom, or would they just not boot if that was the case?
Thanks ALL
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Well, the only difference between a G4 and a G3 rom is that the G4 rom will not contain IPL/SPL. If you flashed a G4 rom in a G3 device you are fine. If you flashed a G3 rom into a G4 device then you have bricked your devices.
In your case you haven't finished the unlock/downgrade process. like mentioned above you seem to have missed step 16.
You need to re-flash the button rom to get both the IPL and SPL to 1.01. Once that is done then flash an OFFICIAL carrier rom (T-Mobile 2.26 suggested). When you have completed that then your IPL/SPL will both be 2.26. From THIS point you will be able to flash a custom rom, you will have no success until then. The unlocking guide that is stickied contains everything you need to recover from your situation.
The 2 steps that most newbies forget is to downgrade a second time to get IPL/SPL to 1.01 and after you are completely unlocked then upgrade to an official carrier rom that includes IPL/SPL (note this unlocking procedure is not for G4 devices -- doing this will brick them) Once your IPL/SPL are 2.xx THEN you can flash custom roms.

Unlocking them
Thanks ZZan, i think though i have actually blown the rom with button, but it does not bring the ipl/spl down to 1.01, it appears to blow the rom and complete 100% reboots and comes up with button Beer glass and goes no further.....
Err help?

lokidan said:
Thanks ZZan, i think though i have actually blown the rom with button, but it does not bring the ipl/spl down to 1.01, it appears to blow the rom and complete 100% reboots and comes up with button Beer glass and goes no further.....
Err help?
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Have you tried booting into bootloader and putting your carrier's latest rom back into it? I would suggest this. If all works and you can get completely back into the phone, you could try to unlock again starting from the beginning.
The only way you could have really hurt your device is if it was a G4 before you started, or interrupted the flash process while the bootloaders were being written. I don't think it would even boot up to that screen, or flash to 100% if this were the case though. It sounds like a bad flash from the first button attempt. I would suggest using a carrier rom from the carrier that the phone is locked to to get it back to working status. Once there then you can try to downgrade and unlock again.

Are they G3 or G4
How do i tell again, something to do with the ipl/spl revisions?

You can also try re-downloading the button rom and performing the downgrade again. I have the button rom in my sig. it's possible the rom may be damaged in some way.

G3 or G4.. from the wiki
A G3 Wizard will have the following
IPL: 1.xx or 2.xx or 2.xx.00x (Note that this version only has TWO 0's.).
SPL: 1.xx or 2.xx or 2.xx.00x (Note that this version only has TWO 0's.)
A G4 Wizard will have the following
IPL: 2.xx.000x (Note that this version has THREE 0's.)
SPL: 2.xx.000x (Note that this version has THREE 0's.)

button rom
Any ideas where i can get this rom from?
thanks.

Ignore me
just seen it on your footer

It flashes but....
it goes all the way through 100%, reboots and sits on rom boot screen exibiting:
IPL 1:01
SPL 2.24
GSM 01.12.10
os 1.5.4.2
And a nice picture of a beer glass....
Help, should i reflash again? i Have done it 3 times and it still sits on boot....
Thanks.

lokidan said:
it goes all the way through 100%, reboots and sits on rom boot screen exibiting:
IPL 1:01
SPL 2.24
GSM 01.12.10
os 1.5.4.2
And a nice picture of a beer glass....
Help, should i reflash again? i Have done it 3 times and it still sits on boot....
Thanks.
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You said your phone was a T-Mobile phone. Flash the T-Mobile 2.26 rom and see if you can get it to finish booting. If so THEN you can retry the button rom. You are in a corrupt state right now. Whatever caused it, it doesn't look like the button rom is going to recover you from it. Flash the official carrier rom for your phone and get it back to working status first. Once you can use the device and phone then you can go back and start from the beginning of the unlocking thread.

T-mob original
I have tried T-mob original (RUU_Prodigy_2210206_22102109_021911_TMO_UK_WWE_Ship.exe)
[294] invalid vendor ID
I have tried t-mob (RUU_Prodigy_1060204_105_11210_TMO_UK_Ship.exe) using NoVendorID and nk.nbf from above rom - Flashed 100% complete - rebooted - stuck on Button boot screen (beer Glass) and not booting.
Button itself will flash, with the same result, looks like its doing it then reboot, halt on beer glass.
I have i trully bricked these two? i cant have they flash and go to boot loader surely they would not do this if i had totally bricked them???
Help....

T-mob
Weird, it has upgraded the IPL to 1.06 (from 1.04) though, does this mean anything to anyone?

Related

Wizard stuck on boot screen

Not sure the history of the device, however it will go to Tri colour screen and allow flashing of certain rom, i.e. the custom get out of jail rom and other - Mr Clean, etc..
however after flashing they boot backup and sit on the boot screen in the case of custom rom, displaying the beer glass?
Err, help.
More
button custom rom
IPL 1.01
SPL 2.24
GSM 01.12.10
OS 1.5.4.2
Thanks.
lokidan said:
button custom rom
IPL 1.01
SPL 2.24
GSM 01.12.10
OS 1.5.4.2
Thanks.
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If you haven't already, go to the thread for how to CID unlock your phone:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=285435
Since your IPL is 1.01, you can start at step 4. The key is that after you run lokiwiz, you need to get your SPL down to 1.x also, so you'll need to flash the Button ROM. A few people have mentioned they have had to flash it a number of times (like up to 8 times) to get both IPL and SPL to go down to 1.x (not sure why, but its happened a few times). AFter you get both IPL and SPL down to 1.x (on only after both are at 1.x) then continue with those instructions to flash an official ROM (the TMobile 2.26 one is linked in that thread and is a preferred one to use no matter what carrier you plan on using). Once that is done you will have a fully functioning phone running the latest official base rom. From there you can flash other custom roms if you so desire.
Good luck!
sorry, I didn't fully think about what your first post is saying. To do what I said above assumes you can use the phone in the current condition, but now I don't think thats the case. You should grab the Button ROM and flash it to see if you can get it to function (just flash it directly at the Boot screen). If that doesn't work, go get the TMobile 2.26 ROM and go ahead and try flashing it. if that doesn't work, then find and flash the Wizard Love rom. After getting one of these to work (and one of them should) then follow the CID Unlock procedure exactly (to downgrade, run lokiwiz, downgrade again, upgrade to 2.x).
further info
Thanks for getting back to me much appreciated.
I was under the impression that lokiwiz will not work unless your machine boots up?
Mine gets stuck on the initial button loading screen (beer glass)???
Will check through your link, i have been doing lots of reading etc, but cant find the definitive answer.
help
ahh, thread cross over
Will try the love rom.
Keep you posted.
Once again thanks.
tried Button Rom
Still stuck on the magic beer glass
5th time or re roming.
Cant get love rom quickly enough.
If you can do Torrents, search for Wizard_Love on PirateBay. Then just use uTorrent or BitComet to pull it. Its seeded and shouldn't take too long.

stucked at bootloader

I have tried to update to wm6 but the update stoped now i am stucked at bootloader. My ipl 1.01 / spl is 2.26 what should i do next?
Same thing everybody else does. Same thing thats mentioned many times on this forum. Flash back to your carriers rom then you can try to flash again.
whatever i try to flash i get error 300
Did you correctly unlock your device? I mean, CID? It seems looking on your IPL/SPL that you still need to unlock to go on.
Look for the G3 thread "how to" by Dr. P on the top of Wizard upgrading and follow the instructions there. You should get away from that...
Good luck!
Artan said:
I have tried to update to wm6 but the update stoped now i am stucked at bootloader. My ipl 1.01 / spl is 2.26 what should i do next?
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mis-matched IPL/SPL show that you skipped at least one and possibly more steps in unlocking your device. Try again and don't skip the step that says to flash the button rom again after CID unlocking to downgrade the SPL, then flash up to a 2.xx CARRIER rom prior to flashing anything else. You cannot flash a 2.xx or higher custom rom into 1.xx bootloaders.
I had the same problem so I flashed the button rom again and everytime after that when I tried to flash the official t-mobile rom it would change the IPL to 1.01.0000. So after flashing the button rom then the t-mobile rom back and forth and it kept doing that. So I installed the IPL/SPL 3.08 then the 2.19 Radio Rom and just flashed a WM6 os and all works great now
Button ROM issue
I get stuck on the Button ROM loader. At 98% on the phone it stops. Left it going till the battery died and now charging again. Last time I had to start the flash without act syn. Went right into the TMobile ROM and it works again. Any help in trying to get it, Buttom ROM, to work, as in flash completely?
... works now ...

Wizard_love

Can someone point me to an English version of this? The only one I can find linked on this site is http://rs25.rapidshare.com/files/17792050/Wizard_Love_2.26.10.2_WWE_Novii_CF2.rar. This is in another language (Italian maybe) and I keep getting a "300" error. Thanks.
sdl said:
Can someone point me to an English version of this? The only one I can find linked on this site is http://rs25.rapidshare.com/files/17792050/Wizard_Love_2.26.10.2_WWE_Novii_CF2.rar. This is in another language (Italian maybe) and I keep getting a "300" error. Thanks.
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Are you sure you have a G4 ?
No, I have a G3. But according to "How to flash a new ROM to your Wizard... a little tutorial!" http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=298613, if I have an IPL/SPL of 2.xx, I need the wizard_love rom. Read last sentence of G.2.
I used the button ROM. It brought my IPL down to 1.01, but my SPL is still 2.25. Is that OK to proceed?
Keep reflashing the button ROM until both your IPL and SPL are 1.xx. It may take a few times. I think I've read where it's taken some people as many as 7 or 8 times to get them both down. Be patient and make sure your battery is good and charged and when you get them both down, then run lokiwiz to unlock your phone.
xeno1 said:
Keep reflashing the button ROM until both your IPL and SPL are 1.xx. It may take a few times. I think I've read where it's taken some people as many as 7 or 8 times to get them both down. Be patient and make sure your battery is good and charged and when you get them both down, then run lokiwiz to unlock your phone.
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After at least 15 flashes with button, still no luck. I started with Cingular 2.25.
The button I am using is CUSTOM__RUU_Wizard_1050412_WWE_101_11210_WWE.exe.
My IPL is down to 1.01, but my SPL is still 2.25. How in the world do I get passed this?
It really sucks when you can't get past the first step .
P.S. Should the SIM be in the unit during the flash? I've tried it both ways.
Not sure if it matters if the sim in is in it or not, but make sure your SD card is out because that causes problems a lot of times. Here, download and try this, it is an IPL/SPL updater only. It has version 1.05 of both which might be able to bring your SPL down so you can unlock your phone.
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Not sure if it matters if the sim in is in it or not, but make sure your SD card is out because that causes problems a lot of times. Here, download and try this, it is an IPL/SPL updater only. It has version 1.05 of both which might be able to bring your SPL down so you can unlock your phone.
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Tried it several times. No luck, SPL still stuck at 2.25, but thanks for the help. Anyone else out there with this problem?
That's weird, usually it happens the other way around and people get their IPL stuck at 1.xx when they try to upgrade back to a 2.xx but the SPL upgrades without a problem. Since you already have the button ROM on there, go ahead and try and see if it will CID unlock for you. Run lokiwiz and see if it gives you any errors and if not, download and install Wizard Service Tools on to your computer and then run it and click the CID actions button to see if it tells you that your CID is unlocked. If it does then your safe to start upgrading. For some reason I have a feeling it might just work for you.
same here, got the cingular 8125 and flashed the rom. I can not get the spl down. I have 2.25 as well. ahhh what other rom should be good for a cid unlock
also i am on activesync as "guest" dont know if this matters
ctheodores said:
also i am on activesync as "guest" dont know if this matters
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That doesn't matter.
Try flashing Tmobile 2.26 then again the 1.05 Button ROM
From what i know the Wizard Love is only for G4 Users. G3 users should flash Tmobile stoc 2.26
not all g3 are the same!!
i have experienced the same with my g3 (IPL/SPL 2.18) when i tryed to downgrade the spl... ipl 1.05 and spl 2.18 still remain... just try to unlock spl with lokiwiz02b and relax... i tried to install tnt 5.0 23 times before i unlocked the spl... just read and apply this : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=285435
i downgraded and reupgraded my spl locked g3 (qtek 9100) in 45 minutes at the state of art...
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tnx to all people that try and try and try and teach us with his experience...
I have found that the SPL doesn't matter. Go ahead and run lokiwiz and you will be ok.
yeah i got throught just run lokiwiz02b cid unlock and then update to tmo rom

help can't upgrade, have followed the steps

1-15. Done
16. Watch the rebooting of your PDA, if BOTH IPL and SPL are 1.xx then great. Quite probably your IPL will be 1.xx and your SPL will be 2.xx. Rerun the button 1.05 ROM downgrade a second time and it will become 1.x on both IPL and SPL. You don't need to redo the unlocking.
when i try this I can't get the SPL to go back, IPL is fine, but i've tried 4 sucessive times, no chance..
I then tried this :-
Step 17 - Download and install the 3.08 IPL/SPL rather than the 2.26, your choice! (I suggest doing the T-Mobile 2.26 first but that's me )
that went ok, and then I tried flashing roms, but the only one I can get to work is the Wizzard Love ROM.
I'd love to run WM6 but i can't, if i try the other ROMS they flash ok, but I just go back to the Wizzard ROM when it reloads
any ideas ?
very many thanks, Will
Will_Plaice said:
1-15. Done
16. Watch the rebooting of your PDA, if BOTH IPL and SPL are 1.xx then great. Quite probably your IPL will be 1.xx and your SPL will be 2.xx. Rerun the button 1.05 ROM downgrade a second time and it will become 1.x on both IPL and SPL. You don't need to redo the unlocking.
when i try this I can't get the SPL to go back, IPL is fine, but i've tried 4 sucessive times, no chance..
I then tried this :-
Step 17 - Download and install the 3.08 IPL/SPL rather than the 2.26, your choice! (I suggest doing the T-Mobile 2.26 first but that's me )
that went ok, and then I tried flashing roms, but the only one I can get to work is the Wizzard Love ROM.
I'd love to run WM6 but i can't, if i try the other ROMS they flash ok, but I just go back to the Wizzard ROM when it reloads
any ideas ?
very many thanks, Will
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"17. My suggestion, take for what it's worth, is to download and install the T-Mobile 2.26 ROM
This will give you a strong 2.26 IPL and SPL to work with."
'Now you SHOULD have a IPL and SPL of 2.26 to work with. If not, you screwed up! Don't attempt to install someone's hard work and ***** before you do these steps!'
EDIT for Step 17 - Download and install the 3.08 IPL/SPL rather than the 2.26, your choice! (I suggest doing the T-Mobile 2.26 first but that's me
Well,
You missed the all important step 17,flashing the T-mobile 2.26,this cud have given you solid IPL/SPL 2.26 to work on,Instead opted for Edit to step 17,flashing 3.08.
Your device is not CID unlocked,download WST tool and check the status of your phone,
secondly you shudn't have upgraded your ipl/spl to 3.08,till you were sure your phone is cid unlock and both the ipl/spl are the same.
anyway download the wst tool to check your phone's status and post the report here,
bugger...
i tried another rom and am stuck in the bootloader...
i have 3.08 for IPL and SPL
I think the WST will not work from the bootloader (and i can't find it to download)
any further sugestions ?
I have tried both the t-mobile and button roms
tia will try not to do any more damage ;-)
Will_Plaice said:
bugger...
i tried another rom and am stuck in the bootloader...
i have 3.08 for IPL and SPL
I think the WST will not work from the bootloader (and i can't find it to download)
any further sugestions ?
I have tried both the t-mobile and button roms
tia will try not to do any more damage ;-)
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In this particular situation no rom will flash,the only option is to get the IPL/SPL back to 1.xx,only than you can unlock.
If you are in boot loader,try to flash buttons 1.05 again,if worked,ok. otherwise download the latest official rom from the carriers site and flash,it will work and bring back your phone in working status.then flash button's 1.05 to unlock with lokiwiz02b.
Are you having any sdcard in your phone,remove it,it'll help,sometimes sdcard freezes the boot loader,by removing it,boot loader mode is released,good luck
many thanks, i came across a IPL SPL 2.26 only ROM and this I managed to get to flash, and with your advise I now have WM6
thanks, Will
Will_Plaice said:
many thanks, i came across a IPL SPL 2.26 only ROM and this I managed to get to flash, and with your advise I now have WM6
thanks, Will
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THANKS
Glade it's up and running

Need help!!

Hello Guys,
I have the cingular 8125 G3 and I need to load a rom into it. I have try to load 2 diferent roms but neither worked. I have followed this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=310831 but nothing.
Here's the thing, after I load the rom the screen says:
IPL 1.01
SPL 3.08
GSM 01.12.10
OS 1.5.4.2
Any help I would really apreciated. If you want I can donate too.
Thanks
Try to flash back to Button's ROM, then try to use Wizard Service Tool to unlock CID and verify that CID is unlocked in WST.
After unlocking successful, you can flash with any ROM you want.
Thanks for the answer.
Now, just for my records, how do you flash back to buttons rom?
Is it to flash the original rom?
arys64 said:
Hello Guys,
I have the cingular 8125 G3 and I need to load a rom into it. I have try to load 2 diferent roms but neither worked. I have followed this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=310831 but nothing.
Here's the thing, after I load the rom the screen says:
IPL 1.01
SPL 3.08
GSM 01.12.10
OS 1.5.4.2
Any help I would really apreciated. If you want I can donate too.
Thanks
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You already got IPL 1.xx,there's no need to flash back to Button's Rom,just try to CID unlock with WST Tool,hope it'll work out.
I tried that but the thing is when i turn on the device it comes up with a screen and the info I've said before. It doesn't go anywhere else. Just to that screen that have this info in red colored.
and everytime i want to flash a rom into it, the device says flashing from language cingular, and it never changes. How can i put it back to factory default?
Thanks for all your help guys, I couldn't fix it so I sold it as is.
I really appreciate what you have done.
If there is anything I could do, let me know.
Have a great one....
First enter bootloader by pressing Camera+reset. After enter the tri-color screen, flash with Button's ROM.

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