WM6 On Mda Vario - 8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading

When i installl the xda 6.0 rom it sticks with 99% en gives a error..
can anyone tell me how i get this away??

there's been at least 2 or 3 other posts like these in the past few days. common answer seems to be that you're phone is not properly unlocked. read this thread and follow EACH step. read it a few times if it's confusing.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=285435

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Newbie question about lokiwiz

I just received my Cingular 8125 refurbed. I believe I have a G3:
IPL 2.25
SPL 2.25
ROM 2.25.11.1 WWE
I tried using lokiwiz2b and got the ERROR: ITWriteDisk - An internal error occurred.
After reading about 50+ posts, it seems I am not the only one, but again it seems lokiwiz worked for many.
Can someone help me here where should I start from ? How can I SIM unlock this phone to use it with other carriers ?
sunnye said:
I tried using lokiwiz2b and got the ERROR: ITWriteDisk - An internal error occurred.
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You can't run lokiwiz .2b until you drop to a 1.xx ROM.
Please read, understand, and follow every step in this (and the posts it points you too) or you will kill your phone before the first day is out...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=298613
And rather than asking for how to do things, take some initiative to look around more. Just reading the Stickies at the top of the Wizard Upgrading and Wizard WM6 forums is enough to answer all of your questions. Also don't forget the Wiki. Everything you need (including SIM Unlocking) can be found here. We are willing to help, but we aren't willing to pick up the spoon and put it in your mouth for you
Also make sure to check the Wiki! Lots of useful info over there. (If you need any of the programs it talks about in the step by step posts let me know, I can reupload if your unable to get links to them)
mfrazzz said:
You can't run lokiwiz .2b until you drop to a 1.xx ROM.
Please read, understand, and follow every step in this (and the posts it points you too) or you will kill your phone before the first day is out...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=298613
And rather than asking for how to do things, take some initiative to look around more. Just reading the Stickies at the top of the Wizard Upgrading and Wizard WM6 forums is enough to answer all of your questions. Also don't forget the Wiki. Everything you need (including SIM Unlocking) can be found here. We are willing to help, but we aren't willing to pick up the spoon and put it in your mouth for you
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Excellent thread link, I a regular at HF so know my way around there, but new to this forum so had a hard time looking for info. Thanks for the info.

spv m3000 stuck at 98% with rom

Great my wizzard is stuck
its on 98% then de blue/green bar on my phone turned red en stays that way it doesnt do anything anymore, after a while my computer says the installation is finished, (SOMETIMES i get an error that has something to do with memory on my computer. or it says usb connection got lost or something)
i can reboot my phone but its going straight in the boot menu with those collors, i can try the downgrade rom again but it keeps getting stuck at 98%
anywone some suggestions?
I tried to install the folowing: CUSTOM__RUU_Wizard_1050412_WWE_101_11210_WWE.exe
becose i wanted to unlock my phone (dont know if its locked or not)
I tried a few other roms but they wont install at all
I forgot some info:
ipl/spl 2.18 so i have/ (HAD) a G3
gsm 01.04.10
os 2.18.1.3
it is an orange m3000 (i have a t-mobile simcard)
im using my sim in another phone do i need the simcard in the m3000 ?
well a few minutes later:
i put my simcard in my phone, but it still hangs
i tried in now on 2 computers but both are stuck at 98%
on my second pc i get the message ERROR [302] : UPDATE ERROR
The ROM update Utility has encountered communication errors during the update process. The program will guide you stem-by-step to recover from te errors so you can continue with the update.
2 choices to click: View Document or Recovery
lol i did the Recovery it made me put out the battery and reboot the phone en replug the cables
well ill try again then... :|
did it about 8 times now, keep getting stuck at 98% notice that the bar becomes red at 98%
anywone please any suggestions? im afraid i bricked my phone
There are 24 people who look at this topic and nowone has a clue what i need to do???
kaasaanfiets said:
I tried to install the folowing: CUSTOM__RUU_Wizard_1050412_WWE_101_11210_WWE.exe
becose i wanted to unlock my phone (dont know if its locked or not)
I tried a few other roms but they wont install at all
I forgot some info:
ipl/spl 2.18 so i have/ (HAD) a G3
gsm 01.04.10
os 2.18.1.3
it is an orange m3000 (i have a t-mobile simcard)
im using my sim in another phone do i need the simcard in the m3000 ?
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is a 1.04.10 radio a valid radio for a 2.xx rom?
If you are stuck, the only/best way to recover is to flash an official rom from your carrier. You can get to the bootloader so you are NOT bricked. You are just flashing roms that have a CID that doesn't match your phones. Try the button rom or the wizard love rom that the unlocking stickies mention repeatedly.
Were your IPL/SPL 2.18 before you started?
Read the Wiki, Read the stickies. For every person that says the process doesn't work there are 100 that it works flawlessly for and 99% of the time those that can't get it to work don't follow all the steps in order or just outright skipped steps or substituted with what THEY thought was better. There is a reason for each and every step in the guides. IF you follow them properly you WILL NOT have any issues.
For the situation you are in now: STOP trying to flash custom roms, you MUST get your phone back to a usable state before you go down that path again. Use your carriers latest available rom to recover your device.
Also you are lucky to get an answer at all because your question is asked in almost every single new thread and every single ROM thread. The answers are already easily found if you take the time to look yourself.
thanks man, i tried the original orange rom and it worked.
RUU_Prodigy_2180103_21801103_OR_NL_DUT_Ship.exe
im so happy, thank you for all your helpful comments
2.18 before i flased is yes.
i wanted to copy a new rom to my device, but i thought it was cid locked.
so i followed step by step the guide from faria
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=263116&highlight=stuck+at+98%
but i think the problem was that i did not have an aku2 or whatever that means.
Im sorry if im being rude, but you people do a wonderful job on those roms and step by step guide's but u forget that there are people that have no clue what aku2 means when i google is, it says a new rom from t-mobile with wm5 but it doenst say how somewone can check for themselfs if they have an aku2 rom...
Im verry sorry for those noob questions but it look like a heva the same rom that i had before i messed it all up.
so can i install a new rom from here? like one of these?
Pro Black 3[1].0.1.exe
CB-AIRAF.exe
?
kaasaanfiets said:
thanks man, i tried the original orange rom and it worked.
RUU_Prodigy_2180103_21801103_OR_NL_DUT_Ship.exe
im so happy, thank you for all your helpful comments
2.18 before i flased is yes.
i wanted to copy a new rom to my device, but i thought it was cid locked.
so i followed step by step the guide from faria
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=263116&highlight=stuck+at+98%
but i think the problem was that i did not have an aku2 or whatever that means.
Im sorry if im being rude, but you people do a wonderful job on those roms and step by step guide's but u forget that there are people that have no clue what aku2 means when i google is, it says a new rom from t-mobile with wm5 but it doenst say how somewone can check for themselfs if they have an aku2 rom...
Im verry sorry for those noob questions but it look like a heva the same rom that i had before i messed it all up.
so can i install a new rom from here? like one of these?
Pro Black 3[1].0.1.exe
CB-AIRAF.exe
?
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You will not be able to install a CUSTOM rom until you CID unlock. I don't believe the Black 3.0 rom is available for the Wizard. It is a Hermes rom. There are several WM 6 roms available for the wizard, you should probably look in the WM6 sub-thread once you get yourself completely CID unlocked.
The tutorial tells you everything you need to know, even if you don't know anything about anything. Just read the instructions follow the links to download the roms/tools that it is talking about. If you don't understand the instructions you can post in that thread and the authors or others will help you there. Though they most likely will not respond until you show that you have read and at least have an idea of what you are trying to do, where you started where you are and where you would like to end up. If you don't understand the instructions there is always the IMEI unlockers site that will give you a utility to do it if you want to pay them for it.
Why are you trying to upgrade? Do you need to upgrade? Are you willing to void your warranty on your phone? Can you live without it if something drastic happens and you truly do brick your device, in most cases you will not be able to exchange your phone under warranty? If you haven't defined the first question or answered no to any or all of the other questions you shouldn't be rom flashing, especially not with unapproved roms that aren't supported by your carrier. You need to measure the potential gains against the risk of doing these things to determine if it is right for you. Once you get unlocked and flash a couple of roms you will see that it is easy and relatively safe as long as you read and follow the instructions they are tried and true and do work if they are followed properly.
I would suggest using this thread to unlock your device: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=285435
Zzan said:
You will not be able to install a CUSTOM rom until you CID unlock. I don't believe the Black 3.0 rom is available for the Wizard. It is a Hermes rom. There are several WM 6 roms available for the wizard, you should probably look in the WM6 sub-thread once you get yourself completely CID unlocked.
The tutorial tells you everything you need to know, even if you don't know anything about anything. Just read the instructions follow the links to download the roms/tools that it is talking about. If you don't understand the instructions you can post in that thread and the authors or others will help you there. Though they most likely will not respond until you show that you have read and at least have an idea of what you are trying to do, where you started where you are and where you would like to end up. If you don't understand the instructions there is always the IMEI unlockers site that will give you a utility to do it if you want to pay them for it.
Why are you trying to upgrade? Do you need to upgrade? Are you willing to void your warranty on your phone? Can you live without it if something drastic happens and you truly do brick your device, in most cases you will not be able to exchange your phone under warranty? If you haven't defined the first question or answered no to any or all of the other questions you shouldn't be rom flashing, especially not with unapproved roms that aren't supported by your carrier. You need to measure the potential gains against the risk of doing these things to determine if it is right for you. Once you get unlocked and flash a couple of roms you will see that it is easy and relatively safe as long as you read and follow the instructions they are tried and true and do work if they are followed properly.
I would suggest using this thread to unlock your device: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=285435
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I bought my phone second hand (i dont have a receet of something) so i dont have any warranty anymore
i like my phone but i have troubles with sms the recever keeps getting old of no messages so that why a want another rom
i would be a shame if i brick it, but im willing to try
im doing the steps from your link now, ik istalling te rom at the second point but it still is stuck on 98% :|
is there another 1.5 rom? that i can try? i read someting about the love rom
kaasaanfiets said:
I bought my phone second hand (i dont have a receet of something) so i dont have any warranty anymore
i like my phone but i have troubles with sms the recever keeps getting old of no messages so that why a want another rom
i would be a shame if i brick it, but im willing to try
im doing the steps from your link now, ik istalling te rom at the second point but it still is stuck on 98% :|
is there another 1.5 rom? that i can try? i read someting about the love rom
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The Wizard Love rom is another that people use when the Button rom doesn't work for them. I don't have a link to it but I am sure it is linked in the Upgrading or G4 sub-forums. Maybe even in the Wiki. Sorry haven't been spending much time in the Wizard forums as I only flash my wizard when something breaks, or a new feature is added -- My wife uses that phone now .
There is always the pay to unlock website but you should be able to get it unlocked with either button or the wizard love rom.
Just out of curiosity how long do leave it sitting at 98% before you determine that it is stuck? All roms "stick" at a few points during the flashing process. If you didn't wait at least 5 minutes or get an error on your PC you probably didn't wait long enough. Best advice I have on this is disable all power management/screen savers on your PC set up the flash. Once it starts leave the room and close the door for no less than 30 minutes. This way you can be sure that you didn't interrupt it. For a Wizard the flash should complete in 10 minutes or less. For the Hermes it can take a full 30 minutes depending on your flashing method an which components you are flashing. It is normal to hang for a few minutes at different points during the flash process, just because there is no transfer doesn't mean something isn't being decompressed/written on the device from what has already been transferred over.
Zzan said:
The Wizard Love rom is another that people use when the Button rom doesn't work for them. I don't have a link to it but I am sure it is linked in the Upgrading or G4 sub-forums. Maybe even in the Wiki. Sorry haven't been spending much time in the Wizard forums as I only flash my wizard when something breaks, or a new feature is added -- My wife uses that phone now .
There is always the pay to unlock website but you should be able to get it unlocked with either button or the wizard love rom.
Just out of curiosity how long do leave it sitting at 98% before you determine that it is stuck? All roms "stick" at a few points during the flashing process. If you didn't wait at least 5 minutes or get an error on your PC you probably didn't wait long enough. Best advice I have on this is disable all power management/screen savers on your PC set up the flash. Once it starts leave the room and close the door for no less than 30 minutes. This way you can be sure that you didn't interrupt it. For a Wizard the flash should complete in 10 minutes or less. For the Hermes it can take a full 30 minutes depending on your flashing method an which components you are flashing. It is normal to hang for a few minutes at different points during the flash process, just because there is no transfer doesn't mean something isn't being decompressed/written on the device from what has already been transferred over.
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Yes well i waited the first time for like 15 minutes then my computer shut down the update programm
today i waited like 30 minutes cos i even had dinner.
Well ill try the love rom some other time cos i need my phone to work sunday becose i need tomtom
thank you for your information i appreciate it verry much
i noticed that the original rom that does work: RUU_Prodigy_2180103_21801103_OR_NL_DUT_Ship.exe that one, also flashes red and green while installing so i guess thats normal...

Oh Dear !!!Ooooopppsss !!

I have a MDA Vario and had been experiencing problems with an Orange SIM card. Read various posts and the solution was to upgrade the ROM using the Wizard_Love download. Others had the same problem with same (G3) machine and it worked for them,
Everything was going well until my PC crashed when the update was at 98%. Don't know why...didn't even touch anything and had no superfluos progs running
The upshot is that all I'm getting now is the multicolour bootscreen on the MDA
Understandably I am now unable to get the PC to connect to restart the ROM upgrade.
Have I now got myself an expensive paperweight ??
Any help gratefully received, even jokes will be humourously acknowledged.
Thanks in advance.
TIP:
Look towards the end of Dr. Puttingham's thread on unlocking Wizards. You will find someone who mixed an old IPL/SPL pack with an O2 ROM. That worked for me.
Thanks Merlin. I have read Dr P's pages thoroughly afterwards
I have now got the Vario communicating with another PC and trying the ROM retrograde to 1.05. Kept crashing on my Laptop at 98%
Now trying another m/c....I hope it works !!
Thanks for the response.
Well, I've got out of bootmode !!!
I used the Button 1.05 upgrade as suggest by Dr P and now back to Windows. I will follow the rest of his advice now ...
Just a quick post to say that I am now back up and running.
Thanks to Merlin and the fantatstic Dr P's stickie I'm back in business !!
Glad to help
But next time, RTFM

IPL/SPL=1.01/3.08 .. even though i use a 1.05/1.05 ROM!

Hello All Developers,
It's my 1st time yo post a new thread, well thats because i always found the answer in either the subject or the answers. Yet, for problem in hand, I cant find any thread with it included.
I bought a G3 Wizard, and I fell in love with it, this is not new, i fall in love with all my mobiles and PDAs.
I have a Himalaya too which is much more simple than Wizard regarding upgrading. and here we go
I followed the instructions in the sticky thread titled:
[READ FIRST] The Definitive Guide to Unlocking & Rom Upgrading G3 Wizards
I found it very helpful. I followed mainly the FARIA version too, i was reading the 2 threads in parallel to double check my understanding.
it all went great .. till the IPL/SPL upgrade step, i followed my guess that i dont need to go though the 2.26 ROM to update afterwards to 3.08. so i upgraded to 3.08 and all went well.
the next was to upgrade to any WM6.1 versions. and for my sorrow, all of them failed to update.
the failure it self was a piece of art. after the completion of the update taking its 10 mins, it just hard reset my device. no new rom is installed.
my guess was, go back to 1.05 and go to 2.26 instead of 3.08
i did that and found my IPL/SPL changed from 3.08/3.08 to 1.01/3.08 even though the rom is supposed to have both of them equaling 1.05
ignoring this fact "an error i'll regret soon" i tried to upgrade to any WM6.1 ROM and voalla
I BRICKED MY BELOVED WIZARD.
yes thats right, it stuck at 98% and sowed a failure message. allowing me only to follow the recovery steps. and i got this 4 strips screen (i'm counting the white strip too)
any way, after trying with different roms, different uti upgrading file, all reached the point of failure.
so, i kinda lost hope, and removed the batt, the SIM and left the device like this for 4 hours or even more.
i returned from work, and prayed to god to help me. i cant live without my beloved Wizard.
and the only thing i could do was to try to install the button 1.05 rom again. i tried b4 the 4 hours break, and it failed just like the others.
i dont know how but while praying , the mobile continued to flash the rom and booted completely!!!
now, after this story, here is my current status,
IPL/SPL = 1.01/3.08
ROM : button 1.05
additional info: i'm afraid of trying to upgrade to WM6 or WM6.1,may be i get it bricked for life this time!!!!
should i use WST to restore my old IPL/SPL?
what can i do to use WM6 or 6.1?
thanks for taking time to read this thread, i appreciate it
Try to install an official rom from cingular or t-mobile and then try to upgrade to wm6.1
solomhamada said:
Hello All Developers,
It's my 1st time yo post a new thread, well thats because i always found the answer in either the subject or the answers. Yet, for problem in hand, I cant find any thread with it included.
I bought a G3 Wizard, and I fell in love with it, this is not new, i fall in love with all my mobiles and PDAs.
I have a Himalaya too which is much more simple than Wizard regarding upgrading. and here we go
I followed the instructions in the sticky thread titled:
[READ FIRST] The Definitive Guide to Unlocking & Rom Upgrading G3 Wizards
I found it very helpful. I followed mainly the FARIA version too, i was reading the 2 threads in parallel to double check my understanding.
it all went great .. till the IPL/SPL upgrade step, i followed my guess that i dont need to go though the 2.26 ROM to update afterwards to 3.08. so i upgraded to 3.08 and all went well.
the next was to upgrade to any WM6.1 versions. and for my sorrow, all of them failed to update.
the failure it self was a piece of art. after the completion of the update taking its 10 mins, it just hard reset my device. no new rom is installed.
my guess was, go back to 1.05 and go to 2.26 instead of 3.08
i did that and found my IPL/SPL changed from 3.08/3.08 to 1.01/3.08 even though the rom is supposed to have both of them equaling 1.05
ignoring this fact "an error i'll regret soon" i tried to upgrade to any WM6.1 ROM and voalla
I BRICKED MY BELOVED WIZARD.
yes thats right, it stuck at 98% and sowed a failure message. allowing me only to follow the recovery steps. and i got this 4 strips screen (i'm counting the white strip too)
any way, after trying with different roms, different uti upgrading file, all reached the point of failure.
so, i kinda lost hope, and removed the batt, the SIM and left the device like this for 4 hours or even more.
i returned from work, and prayed to god to help me. i cant live without my beloved Wizard.
and the only thing i could do was to try to install the button 1.05 rom again. i tried b4 the 4 hours break, and it failed just like the others.
i dont know how but while praying , the mobile continued to flash the rom and booted completely!!!
now, after this story, here is my current status,
IPL/SPL = 1.01/3.08
ROM : button 1.05
additional info: i'm afraid of trying to upgrade to WM6 or WM6.1,may be i get it bricked for life this time!!!!
should i use WST to restore my old IPL/SPL?
what can i do to use WM6 or 6.1?
thanks for taking time to read this thread, i appreciate it
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Perhaps! your phone is still CID locked and you upgraded to 3.08,sometimes,while downgrading from 3.08 to 1.xx,spl freezes at 3.08,now try to upgrade back to 3.08 and downgrade first to 2.xx by flashing the official rom and then downgrade to 1.xx.
or,download the latest version of WST 4.2.2 and check the CID lock/unlock status,if its still locked,you can try to CID unlock with WST 4.2.2,its seen,it sometimes performs the CID unlock with different SPL other then 1.xx,atleast one user did report this successful.

error 260 during upgrading process

hi, every time wenever i try to upgrade mah t mobile mda its shows error 260, problem is that it stuck in bootloder mod, my ipl and spl is 2.26 nd mah phone is cid unlocked that i was done before sme months ,i tried many official rom
pllllllllllllllllllllzzzz help me
any1 cnt help
k
thanx
hey.........no solution yet
Search the Wizard forums, there are some very good step-by-step instructions for reviving a Wizard that is in this condition. Just the other day I had this happen when installing the original ROM in order to check my extended ROM size. I searched the forums, found very simple instructions that involved a "Wizard Love ROM", and quickly got the phone working again. SOrry I cannot remember more details, but search diligently and you will find.

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