Hi,
I used to upgrade roms all the time on my 8125 and never had a problem - until a couple of days ago. I tried installed the wm6 "most beautfiul" rom on my ppc and it bricked my phone. After many attempts I finally realized that I needed to install the official cingular 225 rom (available on the site) in order to get my phone to work. Since then I have tried downgrading to button and to wizard love with no success. My ultimate goal is to get to WM6. I have tried unlocking and have read all the threads and followed the directions but I cant switch roms. Can someone please help me with this. I am getting desperate.
thanks
ecomajor said:
Hi,
I used to upgrade roms all the time on my 8125 and never had a problem - until a couple of days ago. I tried installed the wm6 "most beautfiul" rom on my ppc and it bricked my phone. After many attempts I finally realized that I needed to install the official cingular 225 rom (available on the site) in order to get my phone to work. Since then I have tried downgrading to button and to wizard love with no success. My ultimate goal is to get to WM6. I have tried unlocking and have read all the threads and followed the directions but I cant switch roms. Can someone please help me with this. I am getting desperate.
thanks
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do you have a G3 or G4?
What are your IPL/SPL?
Which other ROMs have you had installed on this wizard?
ecomajor said:
Hi,
I used to upgrade roms all the time on my 8125 and never had a problem - until a couple of days ago. I tried installed the wm6 "most beautfiul" rom on my ppc and it bricked my phone. After many attempts I finally realized that I needed to install the official cingular 225 rom (available on the site) in order to get my phone to work. Since then I have tried downgrading to button and to wizard love with no success. My ultimate goal is to get to WM6. I have tried unlocking and have read all the threads and followed the directions but I cant switch roms. Can someone please help me with this. I am getting desperate.
thanks
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So, you start a new thread with the same problem you posted in another thread hoping to get an answer??
My answer to you is the same one I posted to you before --
READ THE STICKY ABOUT UNLOCKING AND FOLLOW IT STEP BY STEP!!
Then -- and ONLY then -- will you be able to flash to a custom ROM.
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So, you start a new thread with the same problem you posted in another thread hoping to get an answer??
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Yep, I've replied to ecomajor's various posts in various threads and have basically given up. Very little info each time and having a problem that nobody else that has followed the steps has had.
Sorry ecomajor, don't know what else to tell you that hasn't already been said numerous times.
One Last Try -- Then, I Give UP!!
Read the following post on how to flash ANY Wizard (yes, that includes the 8125) --
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=1177659&postcount=1
Now, follow the directions in that post WORD FOR WORD and STEP BY STEP. The only reason it wouldn't work is that you're NOT READING and/or NOT FOLLOWING THE INSTRUCTIONS STEP BY STEP.
If you CAN'T read and follow directions, then don't be trying to flash different ROMs to your phone. If you're not willing to do what's necessary to help yourself, then noone else is willing to help you, either. . . especially when your problem has already been replied to with the same information over and over in 2 DIFFERENT THREADS now.
Let me detail you the exact steps I have taken. I have read through those posts, many times so I am certain I took those steps
1)device starts normally goto step 3.6 since unsure if unlocked.
2) read farias thread
3) download buttons rom
4)attempt to downgrade rom - failed
4a)tried 1.08 rom instead of button - failed
4b)tried wizard love- failed
5)download lokiwiz
6)followed all directions -failed - since was not able to downgrade rom.
Obviously these directions are not 100% foolproof - I know that the first time I tried installing WM6, I did not read through all the threads and after much effort I discovered that if I installed the official cingular 225 rom then I could get my ppc back working but since then I have had no luck getting flashing to work. Please tell me what I am doing wrong because noone has had my exact situation. there is no need to act all holier than thou and accuse me of not reading because since I screwed up the first time I have read through all these threads numerous times.
Ok, one more thing to try (shot in the dark, but I have no clue what is happening here)...
On your PC (its running XP, right???), do you have Firewall and/or Antivirus? If so, reboot your pc and don't start anything and then turn off your Antivirus and Firewall programs (I found a couple of threads where people were getting the error 260 when ZoneAlarm is active). Now try flashing the button rom. Don't try doing any other roms, don't try doing lokiwiz, just try to get the button rom on. If that works, then continue on with the steps here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=285435
You might even try booting your computer into safemode and try flashing that way (I doubt activesync would be there, so put the phone in bootloader mode, and if you see USB above the left softkey then you should be able to flash it this way from safemode. Never tried it, but it pretty much eliminates anything that may be on your PC thats causing problems).
If none of that works, then get back to an official stock rom again and report back here with exactly what you did, what you saw, and all. Don't worry about the post being long, because to me, too much info is better than just short posts that don't tell us anything. Also, only update this thread. Forget all the other threads you have stuff going on about this problem.
Final question, I asked this before (and I don't remember if you answered or not)... Have you tried to flash your device from another PC?
And I've attached the ROM Update Utility Readme.doc that describes the error messages and how to fix them.
The weird thing is I never get code 260 with the cingular rom update just with the other roms. I will have to try the disabling all firewalls, antivirus etc at home bc at work there is all sorts of stuff i dont want to mess with. Problem if I do it in safemode is then the activesync driver wont be loaded and it will give me an error for that.
mfrazzz said:
Ok, one more thing to try (shot in the dark, but I have no clue what is happening here)...
On your PC (its running XP, right???), do you have Firewall and/or Antivirus? If so, reboot your pc and don't start anything and then turn off your Antivirus and Firewall programs (I found a couple of threads where people were getting the error 260 when ZoneAlarm is active). Now try flashing the button rom. Don't try doing any other roms, don't try doing lokiwiz, just try to get the button rom on. If that works, then continue on with the steps here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=285435
You might even try booting your computer into safemode and try flashing that way (I doubt activesync would be there, so put the phone in bootloader mode, and if you see USB above the left softkey then you should be able to flash it this way from safemode. Never tried it, but it pretty much eliminates anything that may be on your PC thats causing problems).
If none of that works, then get back to an official stock rom again and report back here with exactly what you did, what you saw, and all. Don't worry about the post being long, because to me, too much info is better than just short posts that don't tell us anything. Also, only update this thread. Forget all the other threads you have stuff going on about this problem.
Final question, I asked this before (and I don't remember if you answered or not)... Have you tried to flash your device from another PC?
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ecomajor said:
The weird thing is I never get code 260 with the cingular rom update just with the other roms. I will have to try the disabling all firewalls, antivirus etc at home bc at work there is all sorts of stuff i dont want to mess with. Problem if I do it in safemode is then the activesync driver wont be loaded and it will give me an error for that.
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I've never tried it in safemode so I don't know if that will work or not, it was just an idea as we are grasping at straws here. But if you boot to safemode, and with the phone at the bootloader screen (hold down the camera button while you turn it on to get to the "rainbow" bootloader screen), if it shows USB above the left softkey then the computer and phone are communicating and Activesync does not matter. BTW:You can try the safemode way there at work as you will have no network connectivity in safemode so you don't have to worry about violating security policies.
You still have not answered my one question directly... Have you tried flashing the button rom to your phone on multiple computers? Or have you always done it from the same PC? And are the PC(s) that you are using running Windows XP?
What DOC chip does your device have? G3 or G4?
If you have a G4 then i guess you ruined your bootloader since G4 devices don't have and don't accept 1.xx IPL versions!!
I have tried button from multiple pcs. This time it gets up to 98% on button and then dies and it gives error 302 - update error for the button. This is a problem that I was having before.
Did you read the document I posted?? If you're getting Update Error 302, you're not going to be able to recover with anything other than the stock Cingular ROM.
Chances are that you did indeed ruin the bootloader when you tried using the ShellTool to flash a G3 phone. And I doubt seriously that you'll be able to do a warranty exchange if you can run the stock ROM successfully, so I'm afraid you're stuck now with the stock-shipped ROM.
So you are saying there is no way to fix the bootloader (like flashing it or soething) I was figuring I had screwed something up. I actually had read the document before but thanks for your help. Why is it that you can fix many other issues with the 8125 but not the bootloader?
I'm not saying it CAN'T be done. What I AM saying is that in the year I've been registered and active here, I've not seen any posts/threads about recovering from a bad bootloader. But that doesn't mean that there ISN'T a way to do it.
You might want to do a search of the Wizard section for bootloader error or recovering bootloader to see what might come up.
Good Luck!!
hi everybody,
When I'm trying to upgrade my wizard, the process always stop at 99%.
I have try with several rom and it's always the same kind of problem. These just one Rom that is working the Wizard_Love_2.26.10.2.
Do someone have any clue of how to upgrade my phone with a wm6 rom?
Thank's a lot
How long have you waited? I've seen it sometimes take 10 minutes or something until it finished..
The windows sofware send me an error and then the update stop..
Your phone is locked. I had the same error, also need to lower your Rom.
I already have flashed my rom to a lowest one for instance "WM5SE rev 4.0 - WM5 without stylus but style" (this one work without any kind of problem). Then I have tryed to update with a WM6 one and it stop at 99% or I have the message "Invalid upgrade toll".
Do someone have had the same kind of pbl and solved it?
thank's a million
i had the same problem a few days ago and all i did was downgrade it to buttons rom and then upgrade it to the tomobile2.26 and everything installed correctly.
Hi All,
the website for all the guides relating to the Trinity is down and just wondering if there's either another version or someone with a hard copy of the website.
I'm mainly after a flashing guide as I've just got this phone and whilst being very techy in the sense of computers I've never dabbled in PPC's, so this is a new on for me, so just need to make sure it goes ok ...
Also, I have TOMTOM Nav.6 on this with UK/IRE and European maps (pre-installed, bought second-hand) and im trying to make a back-up of it to restore once I get 6.1 on there (planning on using the WWE Elegance ROM), but TT-Home is utterly useless and crashes every time no matter what (does this with my Dad's TT-ONE) ...
If I simply copy the contents off of the card, will be be able to re-use these on a fresh install of Nav.6 once WM 6.1 is on?
Thanks all for any advice,
Luke.
trinityguides.info back to normal again.
http://www.trinityguides.info
I have a HTC Wizard G4
Model T-Mobile MDA - Wizard 200
I tried flashing it with farias old build and it stoped at 99% then error occured now i only get the bootloader screen
I have downloaded an upgrade rom from mda website and tried it but it says i need a different version to update
My phone currently shows only with the red green blue screen
IPL 3.08.0001
SPL 3.08.0001
What on earth can I do to get it working again?
Im currently trying step G4.3 on page http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=310831
Downloading wizard love now, please advise if I will further ruin the phone or if I am on the wrong path, btw i need this phone urgently so will be going ahead with the next step in about 45 mins, will keep u updated unless I am stopped by one of the uber leet on the forums
Woohoo!
Ok so I ran the step as mentioned above. It is now booting into wizard love version of windows! Could whoever is responsible for creating that walkthrough and tool please email me directly at [email protected]. I would like to give you $50.
I dont know if I should now bother flashing a new rom as it seems to have what I need and I can always install apps on there myself unless anybody else disagrees with that? (is it outdated and a crappy OS or is it fine to keep on here?)
One problem is that it is not a qwerty keyboard layout but functions as one
For example - y is z and ? is ~
Are there any software apps out there that allow you to configure the keyboard layout?
Kindest regards,
Nic
Winmo5 is a fine OS. Have you tried Resco Keyboard Pro? I use it and really like it. WM5 is older, true, but is considered by many to be the last STABLE version of windows mobile. There are many apps and tweaks you can apply that will upgrade your device considerably.
just attempted to upgrade mda compact 2 using :-
RUU_Charmer_38221_382116_026921_TMO_UK_WWE_Ship.exe
from the t-mobile website , it loses communication at 80% and attempts a recovery this then fails this happens every time , any suggestions before it goes in the bin?
Try any other WM5 ROM for charmer. Or use the NoID RUU. It will flash it. Search for it in the Charmer forum.
Try this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=471490
In this package there is a NoID. so thanks rmagyar for pointing to it.
thanks for the comments but still a brick
thaks have tried the noid version which is suppose to help on hanged upgrades that didnt work I, have noticed on an old thread others hanging at 95% have used a radio version which I have also tried that didnt work, I have noticed that others have re-installed v2.6 and its been fine my problem is foolishly I did not bother with the backup , has any one got 2.6 or any other suggestions ...Thanks
There is one possible way. But nobody can say how it works. You have to do a upgrade with a SD-card. This is the ultimate solution. But I can't tell you how it works on Charmer I yust know it for the Wallaby. But you can just look in the Prophet forum maybe somebody there knows how it works.