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.
hi there
I've imate pda2
i've been reading and reading
lately i've upgraded my rom to o2's Modified XDA_IIi_Upgrade_v1.11.162_Radio_1.04 thingy
though its nice and all i hate the O2 logo right next to the start button
also the splash screen..
how can i remove those is 1 thing
the other is
is there a newer version for my imate pda2 ???
last: what are we supposed to see when we unlock the extended rom?
i've tried some methods but its not really working..
I do see the windows directory i believe thats normal (it always existed )
when i went to registry to look for [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\StorageManager\Profiles\TRUEFFS_DOC1]
I don't have that key instead i've TRUEFFS_DOC so without the 1
and it says storage in it. which my permenant saved stuff goes into..
so how can i show my extended rom thingy?
thanks :d
To get rid of the O2 crap hard reset you device and when the phone reboot's a O2 looking thingy will appear, type 0506 and then corperate button now you wont have the o2 crap.
corperate button ???
Hi,
I have a used qtek 9090 With the Italian version.
When i try to upgrade the rom to a english one, ou upgrade with a original italian version it always get stuck on the bootloader screen.
On the PDA i get a screen only saying usb 2.07.
On the PC it get's trying to retriev information.
If I cancel the operatio after a while I have to run a litle program to get out from bootloader.
So I need your help with this.
My guess is the pda it's locked or something is wrong with the bootloader.
Regards
kruzpt said:
Hi,
I have a used qtek 9090 With the Italian version.
When i try to upgrade the rom to a english one, ou upgrade with a original italian version it always get stuck on the bootloader screen.
On the PDA i get a screen only saying usb 2.07.
On the PC it get's trying to retriev information.
If I cancel the operatio after a while I have to run a litle program to get out from bootloader.
So I need your help with this.
My guess is the pda it's locked or something is wrong with the bootloader.
Regards
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use Mitty, when stuck on bootscreen
which instruction pass to multi-port tty with device stuck on bl?
I've tried your solution but it doesen't work on my device.
I See again:
- Serial v2. 08 (outside of cradle)
- USB v2. 08 (inside cradle)
My device:
Vodafone VPX 1620
Model PH2OB2
Thanks to all
I also have a Qtek 9090 and am stuck on the "serial v2.08" screen. I've searched all over the internet for the last hour and while this site is (by FAR) the best resource I still haven't been able to get past that screen. I've tried hard and soft resets by holding down the power key, voice record key, and pushing the stylus in the reset button on the bottom with no luck. I've tried just the power and reset buttons and even all four buttons (reset, power, record, camera) - which was a little hard to manage But now I can't figure anything out and could REALLY use some help as I'd hate to have an expensive paperweight after only owning this unit for four days.
Btw, I've gotten to this point while (rather stupidly, in hindsight) clicking on EnterBL.exe during an attempt to upgrade to WM6
Success! I got it after all!
hi all
i upgrade my pocket pc imate pda2k se2003 to windows mobile 6 professional with (HELMI_BA_WM6_R0_Public Pass newdevicesuck) its working fine but after one day my pocket pc got error (wrong password) i enter correct password many times but it say worng password i soft rest my ppc after soft reset my ppc can't start. reset my ppc many time but problem is still i connect my ppc with desktop pc to syncronise (microsoft active sync) but dont detect my ppc . plz help me what can i do?
plzz
AddAn
There is a bug in WM6...when the main battery is drained or removed you cannot use your password. In this case there is no other option...you have to make Hard Reset!
thx for ur reply.i reset the PPC On/Off button + Reset button.but problem is still it requests passward.How to make Hard Reset and further help.plz reply
If this is true I'm sure you do not perform Hard Reset correctly. If this is new ROM you should go to Boot Loader first.
Tip:How to:
1.Perform Soft Reset
2.Push Record and Camera button at the same time and hold them until the Boot Loader screen shows up.
P.S. You should do step 2. before the Radio version/ROM version appear in the right bottom of the screen.
3.“Enable KITL” must be NO, “Clean Registry Hive” must be YES, “Format Storage” must be YES
P.S. Use the Record and Camera buttons for navigation.
4.Press Mail button.(Do not touch anything until the white screen disappears)
NOTE: IF YOU WANT TO GET RID OT THE PASSWORD(WITHOUT DELETING YOUR FILES) YOU SHOULD PERFORM NO/YES/NO PROCEDURE!
That's it! Good Luck!
thx.soft reset done.thx alot for ur suggestion.PPC working properly.if there is any other Bugs n other issues that r ristricted in this version plz send me detail.if u dnt mind.once again thx
my camera and recorder button works before booting and after that it does not move the option in the boot menu...............will some one please help me
i had got imate pda2k could u please tell the place form were i get steps to inatall wm6
welcome to the forum!
short question - short answer:
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=HTC_Blueangel_WM6_WizzardMain
step by step instructions, don't skip anything, if there is something you don't understand, come back to this post and ask for it.
Hi to all
I have htc tytn II
windows mobile 6.1 pro
ROM VERSION : 3.28.405.0 WWE
ROM DATE : 05.02.08
RADIO VERSION : 1.65.17.56
after change in the registry The contacts sim disappear,but return after soft rest!!!
what can i do ?
Is anybody can help ?
Thanks Hila
Hmmm,
not on mine! Maybe you SOFT RESET too early? Just change the REG KEY, then do something else for a minute or so, use the power button to turn of the device afterwards - then start up, make soft restet and see if they are still hidden.
nothing help's
I even try to erase the key "showsim" , and after 10 min i reset the phone and the key came back as it was , i think it's locked somewhere ...