well at least I killed it, I'm afraid. I unlocked it using lokiwiz, but I think it was the wrong version (1?). after that the charmer kept crashing more and more often, sometimes even in the middle of a phonecall. i then tried a hard reset & thaught it might help, but the charmer is dead since then.
do i have to bury it now? or is there any way to reanimate?
thx
try flashing new official rom, german aku 3.3 for example.
moving to charmer.
thanks, but where do i get it from? t-mobile only offers updates....
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I did an upgrade for my wizard and yes the CID was unlocked on my phone before going for my second upgrade...
[big edit]
Something went wrong, the updater attempted a second update which succeeded....
I only have these questions:
- Will the phone be working 100% or will I have some hik-ups because of the error I got during upgrading and then re-upgrading it again…?
- Did some of you had an error during an upgrade?
I can edit also!
Thank you
@Dr Puttingham
The topic start was indeed to descriptive, but it was something I needed to get off my chest albeit executed in a very poor way.
My sincerest apologies for that.
Very first time I ever tried to flash the ROM in my 8125 (was up to the latest Cingular release), it errored out on me. Didn't have any problems after doing it again.
Since then, I've CID unlocked and flashed to several different ROM's, right now running one of Summiters ROM's..
@sk0t
Thank you, good to know that future upgrading went without problems.
So far it has. And I've done a weird path of upgrading and downgrading and such.
Started @ 1.8. Upgraded to 2.5. Downgraded back to 1.8 (SPL stayed at 2.25). CID unlocked phone. Upgraded to 2.17. Now running a Summiter 2.3 (I think) ROM w/ the radio from 2.17.
So far so good.. I also keep wiping my extended ROM clean using Summiter's multi-installer. I find it's easier just to get rid of the damn thing. And if I really need something from the extended ROM, I just go nab an extracted one from the FTP.
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@Dr Puttingham
The topic start was indeed to descriptive, but it was something I needed to get off my chest albeit executed in a very poor way.
My sincerest apologies for that.
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Thank you for the big edits. As for your question, agreeing with sk0t, things should be better. I've felt it necessary to reflash a couple of phones a couple of times before I felt that they took the update. I've rebuilt many phones many times and have have learned to watch the IPL/SPL closely. If you really want to make sure that you're fully unlocked and upgraded, downgrade to the early Button 1.05 and then back to your 2.x watching your IPL /SPL.
Glad you got that off your chest btw, must have been a *****!
@Dr. Puttingham
Thank you for the extra info, I will do a re-flash in the near future while keeping my eyes on the IPL/SPL. (and thanks for your edit )
I also want to downgrade. I now have "Mr. Clean" AKU 2.3 ROM installed. I only have problems with it. So you suggest to go back to 1.05 or 1.08 and then to 2.21?
I have read that this maybe can brick your device. I have a mda vario.
(I already have tried to downgrade to the dutch t-mobile rom 2.21 directly. The setup fails when it restarts my vario, nothing serious. It's already CID unlocked.)
so i downloaded the wwe version found on the Molski.Biz site
it installed ok then after the count down to intalling the extended rom it start installing stuff then it restarts.... that was the end of my 9100 i tried to turn it back on so many times...
is there any way to fix this...
please some one respond
*sigh*
Which rom do you have in the first place.
Gotta, know more info to know if you really did brick your phone.
RUU_Prodigy_2170702_21707102_20710_QTEK_WWE_Ship.exe
It looks like you flashed the wrong Rom!
Do you have a G3 (IPL/SPL 1.xx or 2.xx) or a G4 (IPL/SPL 1.xx.001 or 2.xx.001) Wizard?
If you flashed a G3 Rom into a G4 Wizard or the other way around you bricked your Wizard.
Please provide me with as much info as you possibly can about your Wizard.
Regards,
Molski
i have the g4 i think with the 2.xx.001
oh boy....so is there a way to fix it?
tell me what u need to know
I flashed my G3 phone with the wwe rom yesterday. After the flash the phone booted fine, then installed some software and my contacts, did a soft reset and bam, phone would not boot. Every time it would freeze at the post screen. I tried about 30 times, then i did a hard reset with the top two side buttons and the soft re-set. The phone then booted and has been working fine since then.
just my experience
kiteOregon said:
I flashed my G3 phone with the wwe rom yesterday. After the flash the phone booted fine, then installed some software and my contacts, did a soft reset and bam, phone would not boot. Every time it would freeze at the post screen. I tried about 30 times, then i did a hard reset with the top two side buttons and the soft re-set. The phone then booted and has been working fine since then.
just my experience
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but mine has no power at all...
noivaj said:
i have the g4 i think with the 2.xx.001
oh boy....so is there a way to fix it?
tell me what u need to know
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I dont know for sure if it can be fixed. Look around on this particular forum, there are a lot of topics with people with the same problem as you.
Molski
lol, gotta love it when people don't read the directions and warnings
I am not sure what I have done. I have a cingular 8125 G4. Downloaded the Risidioro g4 rom upgrade and my phone was not probably CID unlocked. Thought that did not matter cause I was able to install Mr Clean ROM couple of months back. I read some users in the forum who successfully upgraded from Mr Clean.
Everything went nice and smooth, the upgrade completed 100% and when it finished and rebooted it stopped at the blue, red screen and got stuck there. I did soft reset, hard reset but every time that blue, red screen comes up and gets stuck.
Has my phone become a "nice but dead piece of furniture" ? Oh! man..that would devastating!
Please help!
BigMonty
All right, no response yet but it is only a hour since I posted but for me it seems eternity already. I did something further reading and got some hope. My phone might not be dead yet. Somebody said, if I can get to the bootloader mode, I still have some hope.
I did some trick on hard resetting found here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=268836&highlight=dead
but to no avail.
Any other idea?? Cry!! Cry!! Cry!!!
Got another guy who successfully got out of the jail by having a SD image. Do you think it would work for me too? If it works where can I find it? I already e-mailed the guy, seems like a nice guy, let's see if he replies.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=274471&highlight=dead
Do you see a USB connection if you connect it to Active sync, normally it is showing in the lower left or right corner, I'm not sure.
If so, you should be able to re-flash again, best would be to do this with your previous installed ROM.
Btw,
Spl 2.25.0001
Ipl 2.25.0001
Can somebody suggest what would be most suitable ROM to go for once I am in the bootloader screen?
Vilem said:
Do you see a USB connection if you connect it to Active sync, normally it is showing in the lower left or right corner, I'm not sure.
If so, you should be able to re-flash again, best would be to do this with your previous installed ROM.
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Thanks a lot Vilem for your reply. Yes I see a USB connection..but I guess we can't get to activesync because the OS did not load yet. I had the Mr Clean ROM installed and I tried to go for it but failed. What should I do now? Go for the original shipped Cingular ROM?Anybody knows which version it was and where can I find it?
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I see a USB connection..
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Means connected, try it. Mine crashed a couple of times like that and managed to get it going again.
You mean I should run the Mr Clean update utility which is the last successful ROM update or the orginial Cingular shipped ROM?
bigmonty said:
You mean I should run the Mr Clean update utility which is the last successful ROM update or the orginial Cingular shipped ROM?
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try the last succesful.
bigmonty said:
All right, no response yet but it is only a hour since I posted but for me it seems eternity already. I did something further reading and got some hope. My phone might not be dead yet. Somebody said, if I can get to the bootloader mode, I still have some hope.
I did some trick on hard resetting found here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=268836&highlight=dead
but to no avail.
Any other idea?? Cry!! Cry!! Cry!!!
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Bigmonty - after getting into allsorts of issues after trying to upgrade my G4 to various 3.2 based ROMS, i also got to the bootloader screen with the USB indicator in the righthand corner.
This worked for me - take the battery out for an hour or so, put back in and soft reset. make sure you have a good charge. reboot the PC and plug in the device.
Now the only ROM i can recover a working device from isto use the latest ROM from the phone supplier. in my case from the club i-mate site (my device is SIM unlocked).
hope it helps
Thanks AirWol. I was able to go back to Mr Clean successfully, which was a great relief. What I was doing wrong was, I was using the wrong update utility of Mr Clean. I should have used the one which was modified according to Risidioro guide for use in g4 chips. But I was using the original Mr Clean instead.
BTW, anybody knows whether it is possible to update g4 phones to the latest Risidioro or Cingular 2.26 ROMS? That is, can I modify according to Rididioro guide for use in g4? Anybody?
Probably I haven't learned enough lessons yet!
Hello!
I tried to flash my Charmer with the new german Aku 3.3. At first everything seems to be ok, but at 95% it stops and i got the Message: update error- there is an comunication problem! So what can i do? I tried to flash the old rom back but there comes also at 95% a message: invalid command - nfb file cannot be used for your pda!
Please help me !
Greetings Musna!
Ps: can somebody upload a sd image for the mda compact II !
Go to bootloader mode, then try to flash RUU rom (1.x). You can find it on Charmer wiki.
It doesn`t work too, it always stops at 95% has anyone another idea?
did you try hard reset?
Yes i tried hard reset, but it is always in bootloader!
I have also the same problem. Tried to upgrade to version 3.3. Everytime it stops at 80%. I don't know why?! I can repair it with the software and re-run it. But it has the same effect.
Now i will try to downgrade to 2.6 again. I really don't understand what causes the problem. I hope i will get this thing running again....
EDIT: I reflashed the device with the older 2.6 ROM and it is working right now. However I didn't really get why it gets stuck at 80% with 3.3 ?!?!
nitrane said:
I have also the same problem. Tried to upgrade to version 3.3. Everytime it stops at 80%. I don't know why?! I can repair it with the software and re-run it. But it has the same effect.
Now i will try to downgrade to 2.6 again. I really don't understand what causes the problem. I hope i will get this thing running again....
EDIT: I reflashed the device with the older 2.6 ROM and it is working right now. However I didn't really get why it gets stuck at 80% with 3.3 ?!?!
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The aku3.3 is up to date the bootloader version!!!
IPL and ISP version now is 3.00.
http://www.windowsceportal.hu/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1079
Sorry but i do not speak hungarian. What do you want to tell me ?
I´ve got the same: My charmer is in Bootloader IPL 2.06.0001 SPL 3.08.0001
I can´t downgrade to AKU 2: Please order a newer Version.
Every try to upgrade to AKU 3.3 failed at 95% with Error 326.
Is there any help for my charmer???
oh.**** !!!! I got the same problem with them and my first pda uk rom already empty screen and then i try with my scrond pda German rom it the same problem and now just only show in bootloader screen.Have i ask someone who knowage about this he told me that if SLP in you PDA have chang it be hard to repair.So,I think I lose 2 PDA did I try to flash in T-Mobile Official Rom de that i hope to develop it but i hve to kill 2 Charmer.Who take responsibilities,T-Mobile right ???
Ok no problem you can repair it! At first you have to brand your device with the rom you want to! After 95% the Problem will come again! When it stops you have to go with a reset to bootloader again.When your device is in bootloader you have to install the Radio Rom from this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=302768
After that your device will be able to boot again and it should work!- But the Problem during the installation will stay,so you have always to use this way to flash your Mda compact II!
In the new rom there must be a problem with the radio rom and this causes the broken device.
I`m sorry for my bad english but i`m not used to talk very much! So i hope you understand what i mean!
Greetings from Austria Musna!
that link is broken
Then try this one:
ftp://xda:[email protected]/Prophet/Radio_Roms/Prophet_G4_RadioRom_v2.47.11.exe
You can find the radio rom also on the ftp server. Prophet> Radio Roms>Prophet_G4_RadioRom_v2.47.11.exe
You can try different Radio Rom versions, i have flashed the v.247.11 and it worked.
Normaly it should work!
Thank u so much !!! My Charmer secrond PDA come back have life again and it can working.So,my Charmer first PDA UK rom still empty screen and notthing working when i press any button.Who can slove this problem !!
Musna do you have any massage such as msn
I tried reflashing my IMATE KJAM to WM6
The process went till 35% and then got disconnected.
Now its stcuk on the Bootloader Screen(Three colors screen)
Tried the Hard Reset(comm mann+voice button+reset)
It doesnt do a hard reset, the same screen flashes back again.
Tried reflashing i get the Error 300
The previous ROm was crossbow underground edition.
Please help and let me know whats next that i can do.
paraozzy said:
I tried reflashing my IMATE KJAM to WM6
The process went till 35% and then got disconnected.
Now its stcuk on the Bootloader Screen(Three colors screen)
Tried the Hard Reset(comm mann+voice button+reset)
It doesnt do a hard reset, the same screen flashes back again.
Tried reflashing i get the Error 300
The previous ROm was crossbow underground edition.
Please help and let me know whats next that i can do.
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You know what the totally histerical thing about this is? This is the exact same reason I made my first post. LOL.
Alright I'm gonna try to help you seeing as how it doesn't look like too many others are looking here.
I have several questions first before I can help you.
1. Who is your wireless service provider? IE: T-Mobile, Cingular, Etc...
2. What Is your IPL/SPL?
Answer these 2 questions for me and I will be able to better help you.
Thanks for the quick reponse
Now the irony is i am here in nepal and i use the phone as a simple mobile phone, but as far as i know i remember flashing a T-Mobile ROM while upgrading to WM6, the IPL and SPL both are 2.26, i unlocked the device while upgrading..
Thanks
Kushal
paraozzy said:
I tried reflashing my IMATE KJAM to WM6
The process went till 35% and then got disconnected.
Now its stcuk on the Bootloader Screen(Three colors screen)
Tried the Hard Reset(comm mann+voice button+reset)
It doesnt do a hard reset, the same screen flashes back again.
Tried reflashing i get the Error 300
The previous ROm was crossbow underground edition.
Please help and let me know whats next that i can do.
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Hey!
ok lets c if I may be of some help here,if u r in bootloader screen than try to reflash again T-mobile 2.26 rom and if it goes alright than go on to flash any other wm6 cooked roms.
or
if it doesnt flash than i wud suggest u reflash back the buttons 105 rom to get back to ipl/spl 1.05,than again use lokiwiz tool to unlock cid & reflash T-Mobile to gain ipl.spl 2.26
hope it works out.it happened once with me also, I did the same & now I'am running wm6 XM6r3 Rom,Secondly u can use the WST TOOL by Mestrini to verify ur device status, u can even Cid unlock ur device with it, Goodluck
Yup man flashing the T-mobile 2.26 did the job..
Great thanks for the same..
paraozzy said:
Yup man flashing the T-mobile 2.26 did the job..
Great thanks for the same..
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glade you got it up and running good luck and happy flashing