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Help Please ! Won't go past the Splash Screen?

I've been trying to get my old extended rom and new Qtek OS on my Wizard (Vario).
But now it gets stuck in the spash screen (ie the one giving the ROM numbers).
I've tried putting the wizard into bootloader mode and I can flash RUU's but when it resets it still gets stuck on the spash screen and won't go any further !!!????
What can I do ??
Please Help
Cheers
John

I should say that I had flashed using button's ROM RUU_Wizard_1050412_WWE_101_11210_WWE.exe.html
and this worked fine!
I then copied across my T-mobile Extended ROM and again everything seemed OK.
BUT then I tried to restore my new saved OS ROM using aWizard and this caused a freeze on my Wizard. It was after a hard reset that the wizard stopped at the splash screen.
Now of course I'm limited in my options because Activesync won't work until the Wizard has fully booted up.
I have tried setting the Wizard into bootloader mode and tried several ROM's (RUU Installer ones) but every time the correct splash screen comes up with the new ROM numbers but that is as far as it gets.
I also noticed on hard reset that you get the following message
Format FAT partition
Format failed
it then goes to the splash screen as before.
Are there any other things I can try Or will I have to send it back to T-mobile for a replacement??
(It's only 2 months old and I have re-flashed it with the orginal T-mobile ROM - but still won't go past the splash screen!!)
I live in hope
John

I have this EXACT same problem!
I can reflash any ROM but it will not go past the splash screen. Only difference was I wasn't playing with my extended ROM. I flashed the AKU2 QTEK ROM yesterday and have been fine through several soft resets, etc. This last time I was uninstalling phonealarm and after a soft reset I got a "could not find smswakeup.exe" (or something similar) and it's been stuck ever since! I also get the "Format Failed" message. Can anyone help!?

I think I'm going to have to send it back to T-mobile and hope they give me a replacement. Something is wrong, it doesn't seem to make any difference what ROM I used.
I think I'll reload the T-mobile shipped ROM grom the FTP site and send it back - and claim ignorance that it it suddenlt freezed and now won't boot up! - Bummer!!!

Right I've logged a fault and it will be sent back - let's hope T-mobile can't detect it's been unlocked and had several ROM updates - I suspect they will try a ROM update themselves then give up ???
The worrying thing though is that it IS possible to kill your phone with updates - maybe it was when I used aWizard to try and restore a ROM that did it??? I'll be more carefull next time!!

this has just happened to one of the devices im flashing at the moment.... absolulty f**king raging :evil: :evil:
i wish teher was a solution!!? anyone got any ideas?
activesync wont find it, so aWizard wont work.
i can flash between 3 roms without any problems (1.5.x 1.6.x 2.x) but always hangs on the splash screen. i have flashed back to the default rom that it came installed with it so i could just send it back to o2 (only 2 days old!)
i would rather just get it sorted by myself thoough so if anyone has ANY ideas then please let me know.
thank you!

Good luck! after about 3 days of trying different types of firmware, I gave up and sent it to expansys, for repair. And it looks like they've lost the bloody thing now. :evil:

tonym001 said:
Good luck! after about 3 days of trying different types of firmware, I gave up and sent it to expansys, for repair. And it looks like they've lost the bloody thing now. :evil:
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yup looks like i might have to give up... ohwell, no worries i will just return it back to O2...
looks like one of our sales guys wont be getting a new phone on tuesday :lol:

same problem here.
tryed to write os with awizzard after changing extended_rom.
kills phone.
format failed..
Tryed different os's from win util - failed
upgraded with sd card methode worked.
in short :
you need a working wizzard to make a os dump on sd card.
Connect to wizzard with usbterm or romupdate.exe or simular.
do a rs2all command to dump os to sd card.
stick this card in broken phone.
hold voice comm button while resetting.
On ask press voice comm button again.
it bow restores the sd backup to phone.
saved mine.....
btw sd card backup can be read ad write by pc with util ntrw.exe .
so if you don't have a working dump i can upload one.
just mail me.
grtx , arnold

hard reset your device and hold your Camera Button prior to starting the wizard back on.
when the device turns back on, you will get the boot screen. Plug in your USB cable and load one of the known ROMS like the second to last iMate ROM.
This will allow you to get past the splash screen.

FarSeide said:
hard reset your device and hold your Camera Button prior to starting the wizard back on.
when the device turns back on, you will get the boot screen. Plug in your USB cable and load one of the known ROMS like the second to last iMate ROM.
This will allow you to get past the splash screen.
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this didn't work for me.
couls flash rom. even splash screen changed to new roms one.
but still stuck at splash...
tried it with about 4 different orgigenal roms
grtx arnold

arnoldl said:
FarSeide said:
hard reset your device and hold your Camera Button prior to starting the wizard back on.
when the device turns back on, you will get the boot screen. Plug in your USB cable and load one of the known ROMS like the second to last iMate ROM.
This will allow you to get past the splash screen.
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this didn't work for me.
couls flash rom. even splash screen changed to new roms one.
but still stuck at splash...
tried it with about 4 different orgigenal roms
grtx arnold
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Don't worry, I met the same problem as you before, almost lost my hope, but finally I managed to fix it.
The solution is simple, that is to find an original SD card backup image from your wizard or others, then try to restore it in the bootloader mode. In my case, it said checksum error or sth else after begin restoring, and it gave up. Then I put my wizard into bootloader mode, picked one offical released RUU package, start reflash again. Finnally, I found the wirzrd works again for me after reboot.
I guess the principle is that the SD restore will destroy some import flash data structure before it said wrong, then the RUU package will rebuilt it wholely in the next reflash.
Hope this helpful, and sorry for my bad english.

There is hope
Last week after trying to downgrade to the original Cingular ROM on my 8125 using aWizard I ended up with a device that was close to being a paperweight. At least I thought so until I read and read and finally was able to get it to the bootloader and then plugged in the USB cable and ran the RUU for the new Qtek ROM (2.17). Guess what happened, yeah it worked. To my surprise I had a perfect device after 15 minutes.
For about 3 hours I thought I was a toast. Never will I do that again.

THIS is truly heaven for me !!
I have my O2 XDA MINI S locked on the splash screen .. and i updated some ROMS to it ....BUT IT DOESNT GET THROUGH IT .... please tell me what to do in a little detailed manner .. please so that i can get my phone to work.. there is no warranty on the phone and i stay IN INDIA . SO YOU'LL ARE MY ONLY HOPE .
my email id is - [email protected]
If you have a dump of the O2 XDA MINI S ..please mail it to me
Plese tell me what to do next ? WILL TRULY APPRECIATE HELP

PLEASE SOME ONE ATLEAST MAIL ME the dump of the os SO THAT I CAN TRY THE SD CARD UPGRADING ,.,,, O2 XDA MINI S

Re: There is hope
Dear Friend
I have problem that my xda mini s stuck on O2 screen, could you help me step by step.
Thank you so much
my mail : [email protected]
Thanks friend
hellomoto_25 said:
Last week after trying to downgrade to the original Cingular ROM on my 8125 using aWizard I ended up with a device that was close to being a paperweight. At least I thought so until I read and read and finally was able to get it to the bootloader and then plugged in the USB cable and ran the RUU for the new Qtek ROM (2.17). Guess what happened, yeah it worked. To my surprise I had a perfect device after 15 minutes.
For about 3 hours I thought I was a toast. Never will I do that again.
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Dear Friend
I have problem that my xda mini s stuck on O2 screen, could you help me step by step.
Thank you so much
my mail : [email protected]
Thanks friend
odyseus said:
I've been trying to get my old extended rom and new Qtek OS on my Wizard (Vario).
But now it gets stuck in the spash screen (ie the one giving the ROM numbers).
I've tried putting the wizard into bootloader mode and I can flash RUU's but when it resets it still gets stuck on the spash screen and won't go any further !!!????
What can I do ??
Please Help
Cheers
John
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stuck on o2 screen helppp
Dear Friend
I have problem that my xda mini s stuck on O2 screen, could you help me step by step.I see alot of post, so complicated
Thank you so much
my mail : [email protected]
Thanks friend
flexchen said:
arnoldl said:
FarSeide said:
hard reset your device and hold your Camera Button prior to starting the wizard back on.
when the device turns back on, you will get the boot screen. Plug in your USB cable and load one of the known ROMS like the second to last iMate ROM.
This will allow you to get past the splash screen.
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Click to collapse
this didn't work for me.
couls flash rom. even splash screen changed to new roms one.
but still stuck at splash...
tried it with about 4 different orgigenal roms
grtx arnold
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Don't worry, I met the same problem as you before, almost lost my hope, but finally I managed to fix it.
The solution is simple, that is to find an original SD card backup image from your wizard or others, then try to restore it in the bootloader mode. In my case, it said checksum error or sth else after begin restoring, and it gave up. Then I put my wizard into bootloader mode, picked one offical released RUU package, start reflash again. Finnally, I found the wirzrd works again for me after reboot.
I guess the principle is that the SD restore will destroy some import flash data structure before it said wrong, then the RUU package will rebuilt it wholely in the next reflash.
Hope this helpful, and sorry for my bad english.
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how to use bootloader
could you tell me how to use mentioned bootloader for restoring the images? where can I get the software?
Please help
Hendrick
flexchen said:
arnoldl said:
FarSeide said:
hard reset your device and hold your Camera Button prior to starting the wizard back on.
when the device turns back on, you will get the boot screen. Plug in your USB cable and load one of the known ROMS like the second to last iMate ROM.
This will allow you to get past the splash screen.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
this didn't work for me.
couls flash rom. even splash screen changed to new roms one.
but still stuck at splash...
tried it with about 4 different orgigenal roms
grtx arnold
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Click to collapse
Don't worry, I met the same problem as you before, almost lost my hope, but finally I managed to fix it.
The solution is simple, that is to find an original SD card backup image from your wizard or others, then try to restore it in the bootloader mode. In my case, it said checksum error or sth else after begin restoring, and it gave up. Then I put my wizard into bootloader mode, picked one offical released RUU package, start reflash again. Finnally, I found the wirzrd works again for me after reboot.
I guess the principle is that the SD restore will destroy some import flash data structure before it said wrong, then the RUU package will rebuilt it wholely in the next reflash.
Hope this helpful, and sorry for my bad english.
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Hi Arnold
My O2 cda mini s get stuck at splash scree, I read your post, still not so understand how to solve it, could you be so kind to write me step by step, and send me some software to solve it. Your help will be so much appreciated.
Hendrick
Email: [email protected]
arnoldl said:
same problem here.
tryed to write os with awizzard after changing extended_rom.
kills phone.
format failed..
Tryed different os's from win util - failed
upgraded with sd card methode worked.
in short :
you need a working wizzard to make a os dump on sd card.
Connect to wizzard with usbterm or romupdate.exe or simular.
do a rs2all command to dump os to sd card.
stick this card in broken phone.
hold voice comm button while resetting.
On ask press voice comm button again.
it bow restores the sd backup to phone.
saved mine.....
btw sd card backup can be read ad write by pc with util ntrw.exe .
so if you don't have a working dump i can upload one.
just mail me.
grtx , arnold
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Debranded MDA Compact II ROM, 'Qtek' Style

now obsolete
new aku2 here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=279908

so am i right in presuming that the gprs settings and phone settings are present in the rom? if not, how do we find them?
ALSO:
T-Mobile are releasing a rom update this month (ie this coming week!) so it might be worth looking at what they have done, not just for wifi fix but any other maintenence changes. Apparently they do alot of testing on their roms so there might be useful stuff there.

t-mobile gprs and wap settings are part of the extended rom. the 3 cabs files that begin CAB-Customization-...
i didnt include them as i'm on O2. This is more like a 'Qtek' version for the charmer, a universal version. doesnt include any operator specfic content.
looking forward to that update, hopefully its aku2, everyone else is releasing theres at the moment.

SDIO
What about SDIO drivers in this debranded OS?

so if i back up my current rom cabs and then install this, if it all goes pearshaped, i can relaod the origional and not end up with an expensive paperweight?
i wanna do the deed, but am scared as hell with it being my first PPC and only a few weeks old at that.
but anything to speed it up, its like im running windows or something.......
oh!
:wink:

only way you could mess up is if you pull the plug or have a power cut! while uploading the new os. remember to backup all your contacts and stuff as you'll need to hard reset.
you can start all over again if it doesnt boot or something by using the install package on the t-mobile site
http://t-mobile.iris-global.com/download_manager_mda_com2.html
just go into the phones bootloader, with the phone off, hold down camera and plug in the sync cable until the 3 color boot screen comes up and run the install package to go back to factory.

It worked!!
Dear dave106 and all;
i tried your fantastic upgrade yesterday. This was my experience:
1- I works like charm!
2- you might find it easier to use Total commander to uncheck 'system' and 'read-only' in the properties of the windows folder on your charmer, before Unlocking CID (to avoid any error).
3- alternatively you might use Lockiwiz 2b from this forum to unlock and unlock CID first.
4- the ROM upgrade went fine, showed some error messages on the charmer screen (nothing to worry about) but did not indicate an end. I unplugged it after 20 minutes. It rebooted on itself et voila, it was up and running.
5- Changing the boot scrren went very smoothly.
6- I noted that the T-mobile customization (after the new config.txt) did not install at all. I had to manually install the CAB listed in the config.txt file to reload the MMS and GPRS settings.
But now my charmer has no T-mobile crap on it...
However, i did not notice any dramatic change in speed....

Ill check your unbraded rom for wifi sdio capabilities over the next few days (on a 'just in case' basis). I'm just recovering from a totally borked pagefile on my main pc so ive been too busy to try as of yet.

is this howto working on that device ?
http://www.vodafoneshop.de/shop/det...schaeftskunde&I_ID=4000&Artikel_Daten_ID=3208
or can i damage something with your howto over there ?

supreme2k said:
is this howto working on that device ?
http://www.vodafoneshop.de/shop/det...schaeftskunde&I_ID=4000&Artikel_Daten_ID=3208
or can i damage something with your howto over there ?
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thats a wizard, so you can just cid unlock it and install the imate or qtek wizard roms. the mda compact 2 is unique to t-mobile no other operator has it.

aeh....your sentence sounds strange to me, is it possible for my device or not ?

supreme2k said:
aeh....your sentence sounds strange to me, is it possible for my device or not ?
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lol, in a word, no.

i am from czech and i dont understand all of this.
This is OK? or only any idea..
is really decustomization my mda compact II? I have tmobile
(i dont can it)

i flashing new rom....
after 10minutes say my mdac "aplication repllog.exe dont start"
...update is OK, and i have second problem
when customization is start it said " \Extended_ROM\CAB-Customization-Connection-TMUK-Charmer-Nov15.sa.CAB"
DOESNT IT, I DONT HAVE THIS FILES IN EXTENDED ROM ++
and third problem, my storage card doesnt work ( i have2gb pretec...
only after the update

dead link
Can someone please post a working to the debranded rom? The current link does not work :-(
Thanks,
Dzim

funkus said:
Ill check your unbraded rom for wifi sdio capabilities over the next few days (on a 'just in case' basis). I'm just recovering from a totally borked pagefile on my main pc so ive been too busy to try as of yet.
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Funkus,
did you try wifi sdio with this debranded rom?
tnx

Re: dead link
Dzim said:
Can someone please post a working to the debranded rom? The current link does not work :-(
Thanks,
Dzim
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try it now, some tit nuked the uploads again

Got the Rom Working, the difference is quite noticable. Re wrote the extended ROM to auto customise just enough to get the MMS and GPRS to work correctly. Did any one work out if a WiFi card SD card will now work?
Would like to know before i buy one!

Re: dead link
dave106 said:
try it now, some tit nuked the uploads again
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Thanks a lot, I have spent few hours searching the Web for this file, but couldn't find it. Thumb up!!
Dzim

aWizard not reconizing os.nba
Hi,
have followed instructions as above but when I go to write new rom it can't find os.nba.
Anyone have any ideas on what i'm doing wrong or what to do next?
I'm a noob, obviously :roll:

[Walkthrough] How to fix your bricked phone

So, you've decided that your shiny new toy isn't very well setup by default. You flashed a ROM and lo and behold, you missed some instruction somewhere and now you think it's bricked.
Here's the good news:
It's not bricked!!
Bricked means that it's dead and it's in no way or shape recoverable.
There is still a chance. (As long as you didn't try to hardSPL with another Device's SPL...)
All you have to do is:
For the WING:
Hold the Camera button and WHILE holding it, soft reset the device (that means press the little hole above the memory card with the stylus.) That will bring you to the bootloader. Now download the appropiate RUU and run that program. A few minutes later and your new shiny toy is back to it's crappy OEM but working self!
I'll put in links for those who can't find them...
Here's tmobile's ROM.

WOW! That´s all??
Ok - then provide us a link to a XDA Terra RUU!!!!!!
hahahaha. Thanks for this help. Maby for some people it is usefull - but written 1000 times before.
ivanmmj said:
So, you've decided that your shiny new toy isn't very well setup by default. You flashed a ROM and lo and behold, you missed some instruction somewhere and now you think it's bricked.
Here's the good news:
It's not bricked!!
Bricked means that it's dead and it's in no way or shape recoverable.
There is still a chance. (As long as you didn't try to hardSPL with another Device's SPL...)
All you have to do is:
For the WING:
Hold the Camera button and WHILE holding it, soft reset the device (that means press the little hole above the memory card with the stylus.) That will bring you to the bootloader. Now download the appropiate RUU and run that program. A few minutes later and your new shiny toy is back to it's crappy OEM but working self!
I'll put in links for those who can't find them...
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papamopps said:
WOW! That´s all??
Ok - then provide us a link to a XDA Terra RUU!!!!!!
hahahaha. Thanks for this help. Maby for some people it is usefull - but written 1000 times before.
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I know it has been stated a million times. I'm just tired of the same question being asked over and over again and so here we are...

Too bad it'll be stated a million more times afterwards too.

falconeyez said:
Too bad it'll be stated a million more times afterwards too.
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If we sticky it and threatened their lives if they don't read it... lol

ivanmmj said:
For the WING:
Hold the Camera button and WHILE holding it, soft reset the device (that means press the little hole above the memory card with the stylus.) That will bring you to the bootloader. Now download the appropiate RUU and run that program. A few minutes later and your new shiny toy is back to it's crappy OEM but working self!
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It will not help!

ASerg said:
It will not help!
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And we hold their pet's hostage?

ivanmmj said:
And we hold their pet's hostage?
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Or better yet, tell them to send us their phones, then we "unbrick" them and sell them on eBay.

falconeyez said:
Or better yet, tell them to send us their phones, then we "unbrick" them and sell them on eBay.
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Might work out, I get 10% of the over all sold
Ghostrider

Ghostrider said:
Might work out, I get 10% of the over all sold
Ghostrider
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Fine, but I get 15% because it's my thread.

The instructions to do this are actually in my newbie thread. Which is a sticky.

TylerC161 said:
The instructions to do this are actually in my newbie thread. Which is a sticky.
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I know, but most people don't search. I figured, maybe if it says "How to fix your bricked phone" on the title, they might get the idea.
It was actually done mostly as a joke...

help
I used the hardSPL from this thread..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=358225
It worked successfully and I was able to restart into WM6. Then I tried loading the TouchIT 4.4 and it installed cleanly with no errors. But when I went to restart it, my Wing just sits there at the CanonYang boot screen and never changes.
I tried using the steps here to restore the tmo default rom, but it after 1% on the progress bar, the screen goes blank and the CanonYang screen comes back. Is there anything I can do?
edit: I can get to the bootloader screen with the color bars. I'm not sure if this additional info will be of any help.
IPL 4.10.0002
SPL 4.70.Yang

gumbico said:
I used the hardSPL from this thread..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=358225
It worked successfully and I was able to restart into WM6. Then I tried loading the TouchIT 4.4 and it installed cleanly with no errors. But when I went to restart it, my Wing just sits there at the CanonYang boot screen and never changes.
I tried using the steps here to restore the tmo default rom, but it after 1% on the progress bar, the screen goes blank and the CanonYang screen comes back. Is there anything I can do?
edit: I can get to the bootloader screen with the color bars. I'm not sure if this additional info will be of any help.
IPL 4.10.0002
SPL 4.70.Yang
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SPL 4.70.yang!!! your device is HARD-SPL!!
So going back to stockrom--> delete the SPL.nbh from EVERY RUU you are running.
Then it shouldn´t stop......

Big Thanks papa! That did the trick. My Wing is happy once again and running Open Touch. But I still want to give TouchIt another try.

And what if i cant find stock RUU mine came with some arabic keyboard and spl was 1.08 , thanks to Oli he didnt mention that SPL should be 4 or higher , so device is bricked since first Olis release and no way to find this arabic stock RUU.
Any Help ?????
Hitec

If the device had an spl of 1.08 prior to HardSPLing it, then you'll have to bring the device to your nearest repair center. There isn't a way around that. Oli doesn't know everything and that's the risk we take when we try new and experimental things that people create but have no way of testing. But, we live and learn. If it wasn't for that issue, you could always cook your own ROM and if the HardSPL was working, you could've easily flashed any ROM. But the keyboard wouldn't been wrong until you could find someone who had the correct keyboard and you extracted the ROM from it and cooked that keyboard driver into your ROM.

Oh noooo!!
Hi ivanmmj,
I used your guide to flashing my HTC P4350 at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=358615.
It was in French and I wanted it in English. So I downloaded one of the official HTC ROMs "HTC_P4350_WWE_4.17.405.2_4.1.13.44_02.94.90_Ship.exe" assuming this was the English one because all the others couldn't have been.
I copied the "RUU_signed.nbh" from the above HTC ROM and put it into the RUU folder as instructed by yourguide (I didn't copy the SPL.nbh file). I then ran the herald-uspl.exe and everything went fine until the RUU utility stopped with the error "invalid vender ID".
The RUU exited without completing, now all I get when the device boots is the screen giving my IPL (1.08.001) and SPL (1.08.001). How do I flash another ROM from this state? I can't do it the "normal" way because ActiveSync can't see the device. When I try to use the RUU tool that comes with your tool, the progress bar shows then it says the tool can't be used with my device.
Someone please help!

foo_bar_baz said:
Hi ivanmmj,
I used your guide to flashing my HTC P4350 at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=358615.
It was in French and I wanted it in English. So I downloaded one of the official HTC ROMs "HTC_P4350_WWE_4.17.405.2_4.1.13.44_02.94.90_Ship.exe" assuming this was the English one because all the others couldn't have been.
I copied the "RUU_signed.nbh" from the above HTC ROM and put it into the RUU folder as instructed by yourguide (I didn't copy the SPL.nbh file). I then ran the herald-uspl.exe and everything went fine until the RUU utility stopped with the error "invalid vender ID".
The RUU exited without completing, now all I get when the device boots is the screen giving my IPL (1.08.001) and SPL (1.08.001). How do I flash another ROM from this state? I can't do it the "normal" way because ActiveSync can't see the device. When I try to use the RUU tool that comes with your tool, the progress bar shows then it says the tool can't be used with my device.
Someone please help!
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Oh wow. I'm so sorry. I think I may have forgotten to put up a warning for people that have an SPL lower than 4.0. Was your SPL lower than 4.0? If it was, you cannot use the USPL OR the HardSPL and they end up writing part of the ROM over your current SPL and brick the device. This, unfortunately, needs to be fixed by your local repair center. I'll talk to the Mods about unlocking that thread so that I can update it.

ivanmmj said:
Oh wow. I'm so sorry. I think I may have forgotten to put up a warning for people that have an SPL lower than 4.0. Was your SPL lower than 4.0? If it was, you cannot use the USPL OR the HardSPL and they end up writing part of the ROM over your current SPL and brick the device. This, unfortunately, needs to be fixed by your local repair center. I'll talk to the Mods about unlocking that thread so that I can update it.
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Oh deary me! I am so dead now - I live in Tanzania, East-Africa. My "local" repair center is several hundred thousand miles away across The Big Blue. What exactly do the repair center folks do to fix the device? Perhaps I can soldier out myself with some guidance...
Thank you,
foo_bar_baz.

kaiser not starting

ok, some urgent help needed, yesterday ok, today will not start. only get as far as, 'smart mobility' R1.27.12.32 G22.45.88.07H D 1.56.00.00
phone is standard WM6 HTC. i have the 6.1 image for upgrading and tried to load using SD card, i get past tri colour screen, then loading, then checking then 'not allowed' and back to tri colour. it says KAIS130, SPL-1.93.000 CPLD-8. what?next
any help appreciated guys......

gazzacbr said:
ok, some urgent help needed, yesterday ok, today will not start. only get as far as, 'smart mobility' R1.27.12.32 G22.45.88.07H D 1.56.00.00
phone is standard WM6 HTC. i have the 6.1 image for upgrading and tried to load using SD card, i get past tri colour screen, then loading, then checking then 'not allowed' and back to tri colour. it says KAIS130, SPL-1.93.000 CPLD-8. what?next
any help appreciated guys......
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To Flash a ROM you'll most likley need Hard SPL
Follow the "Getting Started" Link in my Sig.
If you cannot get WM to boot, you'll need to re-flash your orginal carriers ROM.
Ta
Dave

thanks for quick reply DaveShaw. fell at the first though, site for 'Cmonex's HardSPL 3.29SD' is blocked here in UAE, dont know why. are there any other links?

gazzacbr said:
thanks for quick reply DaveShaw. fell at the first though, site for 'Cmonex's HardSPL 3.29SD' is blocked here in UAE, dont know why. are there any other links?
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You shouldn't be using cmonex's SD method the first time round. It is for upgrading only.
I have downloaded the package from point 2 (you should follow the USB method in post 3, NOT the SD set) and have upload it onto my site, please let me know when you are done with it.
http://taeguk.co.uk/xda/HardSPL and CidUnlocker.zip
Ta
Dave

ok, thanks DaveShaw, i have downloaded those files. the method in step 2 involves copying the jump progs to the device memory, which i do not have access to as it will not start. can i just copy to the sd card? thats why i was trying to flash a standard rom. i need a solution that will work just from the card. will the RUU_Kaiser_HTC_WWE_1.56.405.5_radio_sign_22.45.88.07_1.27.12.11_Ship.rar load using what i have on my phone now? i assume that the spl gets replaced when i upgrade to 6.1 with htc ruu. i can try anything as i have nothing to lose now (do i?)

gazzacbr said:
ok, thanks DaveShaw, i have downloaded those files. the method in step 2 involves copying the jump progs to the device memory, which i do not have access to as it will not start. can i just copy to the sd card? thats why i was trying to flash a standard rom. i need a solution that will work just from the card. will the RUU_Kaiser_HTC_WWE_1.56.405.5_radio_sign_22.45.88.07_1.27.12.11_Ship.rar load using what i have on my phone now? i assume that the spl gets replaced when i upgrade to 6.1 with htc ruu. i can try anything as i have nothing to lose now (do i?)
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Enter your bootloader and try flashing any ROM supplied by your carrier to get into Windows Mobile.
What screen do you get stuck on? If it is the tri color screen check out the link in my signature.
Ta
Dave

Hi again, i am not actually 'stuck' on the screen as i can get into the loader, its just that i get the message saying that the (newer) rom will not load. i am extending my (c)rapidshare as free will not let me down load the 'standard' rom, then i will try that (just had to re-initialise my paypal and the passwords are on eWallet the phone, so ive reloaded the eWallet on my pc and ....so it goes on zzzzzzzzzz its funny how these things spiral down - not).
is there any way to update the spl only from the sd card?

gazzacbr said:
Hi again, i am not actually 'stuck' on the screen as i can get into the loader, its just that i get the message saying that the (newer) rom will not load. i am extending my (c)rapidshare as free will not let me down load the 'standard' rom, then i will try that (just had to re-initialise my paypal and the passwords are on eWallet the phone, so ive reloaded the eWallet on my pc and ....so it goes on zzzzzzzzzz its funny how these things spiral down - not).
is there any way to update the spl only from the sd card?
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No.
Can your phone boot into Windows or not?
Ta
Dave

Hi, no, it will not boot to windows. just been reading around while 'RUU_Kaiser_HTC_WWE_1.56.405.5_radio_sign_22.45.88.07_1.27.12.11_Ship' is downloading. ive got connected with mtty and get cmd>. when i type boot i get 'Command Error !!!' i assume thats not good, i think rom is corrupted. tried standard HTC 6.1 RUU_Kaiser_HTC_FIN_3.29.414.0_radio_sign_25.83.40.02_1.65.17.56_Ship version 3.14.4.1 again on USB and after phone says 1% also message saying that it will not load error 294: invalid vendor id

gazzacbr said:
Hi, no, it will not boot to windows. just been reading around while 'RUU_Kaiser_HTC_WWE_1.56.405.5_radio_sign_22.45.88.07_1.27.12.11_Ship' is downloading. ive got connected with mtty and get cmd>. when i type boot i get 'Command Error !!!' i assume thats not good, i think rom is corrupted. tried standard HTC 6.1 RUU_Kaiser_HTC_FIN_3.29.414.0_radio_sign_25.83.40.02_1.65.17.56_Ship version 3.14.4.1 again on USB and after phone says 1% also message saying that it will not load error 294: invalid vendor id
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Yeah, you need the ROM your carrier supplied.
Where is the Phone from?
Does a Hard Reset help?
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Dave

woo hoo, yippeeeeeeeeeeeeee. the kaiser lives. back to standard 6.0 rom. cheers, i owe you a beer (or 2) if you are ever in abu dhabi, let me know ;-)
i can reload all from sprite backup (only from yesterday) to get me going again
but..... next will try to replace spl and then load 6.1. not sure why HTC standard would not let me update, i thought the ruu would update any htc phone
HardSPL 3.29 is first (yes?) then will try Kaiser_HTC_ASIA_HK_WWE_3.34.721.2 which sounds good. one more thing, my phone is not locked so do i need to do the 'SIM and CID-Unlock'

gazzacbr said:
woo hoo, yippeeeeeeeeeeeeee. the kaiser lives. back to standard 6.0 rom. cheers, i owe you a beer (or 2) if you are ever in abu dhabi, let me know ;-)
i can reload all from sprite backup (only from yesterday) to get me going again
but..... next will try to replace spl and then load 6.1. not sure why HTC standard would not let me update, i thought the ruu would update any htc phone
HardSPL 3.29 is first (yes?) then will try Kaiser_HTC_ASIA_HK_WWE_3.34.721.2 which sounds good. one more thing, my phone is not locked so do i need to do the 'SIM and CID-Unlock'
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That's right, flash the HardSPL 3.29 first (SIM unlock is optional, CID unlock isn't needed - Hard SPL takes care of that - but it comes as part of the SIM unlock) then flash a WM6.1 ROM.
Ta
Dave

gazzacbr said:
not sure why HTC standard would not let me update, i thought the ruu would update any htc phone
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Only if it's from the same region the RUU was intended for eg the European TyTN II's won't accept the latest Hong Kong WWE ROM by default because of this so as already suggested hardSPL works around this. My WM 6.0 UK original TyTN II upgraded to WM 6.1 OK but that was using the HTC UK provided ROM update. That updated everything required including the SPL and Radio to the required HTC versions. I'm back on the original WM 6.0 version though due to reliability issues with 6.1 and poor GPS performance.

Treo 750 WM6 Upgrade

Ok I've been doing searching on the forum and find there are quite a few ROMs to update the WM OS. I want to upgrade from WM5 to WM6. I have a Treo 750 cingular phone which is unlocked. I'm currently using Tmobile on it. What is the latest but stable ROM that I can use for WM6? I am unsure as to which to go with. I am also in the US if that isn't apparent.
Thanks a lot!

AT&T provided a stable WM6 ROM a long time ago. If you want stable and don't want to mess around with cooked ROMs, that would be your best bet.
You can find it here (along with many others):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=335402
It's the first one on the list.
Personally, I am using the cooked WM6.1 ROM (not the 'lite' version). It's pretty good in the stability department, but I find myself doing soft resets more often than on the AT&T WM6 ROM.

The links are dead to the generic rom on that link you provided. However, my phone is unlocked. If I upgrade using ATT stable release from ATT themselves will I have to unlock the phone again?

http://750.teamus.us/wm6/

tristanstewart said:
http://750.teamus.us/wm6/
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Thanx for the link, but when I try the PC upgrade, even though I am plugged into my 750 via USB, a error message says that I am not connected. I tried two good cables, and the same message is displayed. Any ideas?

hello, do you know how well this runs on the treo? i've updated my bj2 to wm6.1 and it ran kinda laggy

well... after upgrading to wm6 my initial thoughts are that its not tooo shabby at all. thanks for the link dood.

awitz said:
Thanx for the link, but when I try the PC upgrade, even though I am plugged into my 750 via USB, a error message says that I am not connected. I tried two good cables, and the same message is displayed. Any ideas?
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not a clue, man. i used the mini sd update.
duswdav said:
well... after upgrading to wm6 my initial thoughts are that its not tooo shabby at all. thanks for the link dood.
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not a problem. it took me a good while to find the links myself. i found them here somewhere, but cant recall exactly where.

awitz said:
Thanx for the link, but when I try the PC upgrade, even though I am plugged into my 750 via USB, a error message says that I am not connected. I tried two good cables, and the same message is displayed. Any ideas?
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make sure its connecting to activesync

awitz said:
Thanx for the link, but when I try the PC upgrade, even though I am plugged into my 750 via USB, a error message says that I am not connected. I tried two good cables, and the same message is displayed. Any ideas?
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I had same error. What i did was to disable the antivirus and then it worked perfect.

treo 750 offical update help
now this sounds like it should be a real simple thing yet my treo seems very stubborn. what gives? heres my story;
(device= treo 750 at&t bone stock(no mods) locked wm5.
7›4hard reset (okay)
7›4unzip contents of sdupdater downloaded off mytreo.net(okay)
7›4put contents in root cheeimg.nhb, cheeimg.??? (32 b) folder i think 2257 or close to that. (okay)
7›4hold ptt & press pin reset(okay)
7›4two outcomes here:
-4gb sdhc fat32= stuck on tri color screen says; cheeta
IPL-0.20
cheetah MFG
SPL-0.14
and it stays there
then with 1gb microsd fat32 it does all above then flashes a white screen says updating in red letters with some numbers (hex address?) for like 2sec and pops back to tri color screen and says serial at bottom.
do i have the wrong ROM ver?
hard reset and im kewl in wm5. please tell me i do not have to do that hard-spl thing. i though this was officail at&t rom. i have no access to a computer only other pocketpcs. please help