ok so after reading many many times and attempting to flash to 1.05 which worked but i was never able to upgrade. I used the shell tool to try and get XM6R5 to flash and it locked up. since then the phone now starts to boot but locks in on the button rom (from button with love) and shows
IPL 1.05
SPL 3.08
GSM 01.12.10
OS 1.5.4.2
After sitting on this bootup screen for over a minute the picture looks shaky??
So i attempted to reflash to 1.05 again and it goes all the way to 100% and tells me successful and reboots then locks up! So i try to flash back to Tmobile rom and i get a 296 error: ERROR {296} : UPGRADE ONLY This NBF file cannot be used for your PDA phone. please get new NBF file.
The usb and active sync wont work either.
I even held the comm and voice button and pushed reset and tried to format and it says format failed.
Please help, i now wish i never attempted to flash to WM6. This is a brand new replacement MDA and i figured i would attempt to upgrade it before i did anything and now it seems locked!
ok,as long as it gets stuck at the loading splash screen of button's rom,it ain't dead yet.
First,how did you get SPL 3,08 ?,did you flash the ipl/spl 3.08 before flashing the button's rom 1,05 ?
Secondly,There was no need to upgrade with 'Shell Tool',after downgrading to ipl/spl 1.xx by button's rom,you shud have used 'lokiwiz02b' to SIM/CID unlock the phone and upgraded to any wm6 Rom.Try to get the phone in bootloaders mode(Tricolor screen),if it gets there,download the official carrier's rom of your phone from its website and flash it in the bootloaders to bring the phone back to its default status.After that downgrade with button's rom 1.05 and SIM/CID unlock your phone with 'lokiwiz02b' and upgrade to wm6.
its very hard to brick it fortunatly
let us know if you succeeded , it might help others
I flashed to 1.05, then tried tmobile 2.26, once i did that i upgraded to 3.08 which made ipl/spl 3.08. I tried several times to reflash to 1.05 again and the ipl changed back but the spl stays at 3.08. I have flashed several times to 1.05 and the spl will not change from 3.08(how can i make it do this) So now that the 3.08 is stuck there the original tmobile rom wont install and it gives me a 296 error when attempted.
I have taken the battery out and gotten into bootloader on reboot however, when i flash to 1.05 or tmobile and it goes thru the cycle... once it gets to 100%(I also get the pop up that says upgrade successful and hit ok) the phone reboots and then gets stuck again in the splash screen?!?! then the screen gets shaky looking as well?
oh and i used the shell tool because everytime i downloaded the button rom the ipl only changed to 1.05 the spl would never change from 2.26 to 1.05 and i tried several times to flash. then using lokiwiz2b it would NEVER unlock the phone. Kept giving me an internal error. Maybe because the extracting of lokiwiz automatically would open the program when i downloaded in mozilla firefox? is this IE use only maybe?
So anyhow i thot shell tool would be best to use since i couldnt unlock it. Guesss not.
I wish one of you guys lived right down the street so we could do this together or maybe i just call one of you geniouses
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oh and i used the shell tool because everytime i downloaded the button rom the ipl only changed to 1.05 the spl would never change from 2.26 to 1.05 and i tried several times to flash. then using lokiwiz2b it would NEVER unlock the phone. Kept giving me an internal error. Maybe because the extracting of lokiwiz automatically would open the program when i downloaded in mozilla firefox? is this IE use only maybe?
So anyhow i thot shell tool would be best to use since i couldnt unlock it. Guesss not.
I wish one of you guys lived right down the street so we could do this together or maybe i just call one of you geniouses
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hmmmm, thats the mistake.After downgrading to ipl/spl 1.xx after flashing button's 1.05,you shud have first sim/cid unlocked the phone and then flashed t-mobile 2,26 to upgrade to ipl/spl 2.xx.Then shud have upgraded to any wm6 roms,upgrading to ipl/spl 3.08 is not at all necessary for upgrading to wm6,but an option,where as,ipl/spl 2.xx is only required for wm6 upgrading.
You,instead,of getting your phone sim/cid unlocked,flashed and upgraded to 3.08,but to sim/cid unlock,its required to have 1.xx,now it won't downgrade to 1.xx with button's rom.Its very commonly observed that after upgrading to 3.08 without getting the phone sim/cid unlocked,it becomes a pain in a** to downgrade to 1.xx and unlock.Now its a catch22 situation,where it doesn't downgrade to 1.xx for unlocking and nor accepting any other rom flash,its stuck at splash screen at 3.08.
Now,the only solution is to get the phone back to its default status.Try to flash either official stock rom,button's rom,if button's don't work,try the xda_minis_launch rom or the wizard_love_rom in the bootloaders mode.You got to keep your patience and it might take several flashes with either of these roms to get through.
Good luck !!!
thank you, im going to attempt all this now, ill keep everyone posted!
ok heres the scoop...
ive tried the tmobile official rom 2.26 upgrade and the xda_minis_launch rom and the wizard_love_rom (Love rom seems to be in a foreign language and gives a error 300) in the bootloaders mode and every time it will refuse to read the usb and gives me either a 264 or 296 error with these roms. Not sure why the phone says its not connected for the above roms but will read buttons rom still saying its not connected
The only rom that seems to read for whatever reason is buttons rom and i have flashed it 5 times at least now and always tells me it works but then gets stuck in bootloader with a glass of beer and the same ipl-1.01 spl- 3.08 gsm- 01.12.10 os- 1.5.4.2
so i dont know what to do!! there must be someway to get this thing to work!
Yes ! I understand it sometimes becomes very annoying and frustrating,but you got to keep cool. believe me and I can assure you there's nothing wrong with your phone as long as it can get into bootloaders.It's just that the bootloaders have got corrupted and stuck on spl 3.08,its only spl 3.08 which is creating all the problem,untill and unless it doesn't downgrade to either spl 1.xx or 2.xx,it'll not be possible to flash any other rom.now the only way to get the bootloaders corrected is to flash any official rom to bring both ipl/spl to 1.xx or 2.xx.
ok,when you get the phone in bootloaders and connect the phone via usb,does a small usb appear at the bottom of the bootloaders screen ? forget about the activesync for a while,cuz activesync doesn't work or get connected in bootloaders.The only way to verify if the phone has established connectivity with the pc is to verify if usb appears in the bootloaders.Rather I'll suggest you to delete the partnership with pc in activesync and uncheck the option 'allow usb connections' in the Async.If its verified that usb appears and has connection in bootloaders then you are good to go and run RUU,but if there's a problem and it doesn't show in bootloaders then your usb is not establishing proper connection.In that case,either the usb cable is faulty or the mini usb port of the phone is damaged.Check and verify this.
Secondly,lets try to flash the Rom with replaced RUU like 'RomUpdateUtility_wizard_Noid', or 'newromupdateutility_wizard_noid' or 'Ruu_Mun',you can find them in the forum.Either copy and replace it with ruu in the rom or copy and past 'nk_nbf' in the rom to the folder of these RUU and try to flash in the bootloaders,but first confirm the connectivity of the phone via usb as explained above. Hope this might do the trick,lets hope so!!!
Cheers!
I had a same problem like you. Here is the solution: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=276963
not my idea. Works great. Martin
maty said:
I had a same problem like you. Here is the solution: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=276963
not my idea. Works great. Martin
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ok,was your phone CID unlocked when you did back up with sdcard using 'Mtty' program ? cuz its not possible to go through recovering back by this method if the phone is CID locked,the rom will not back up to sdcard,it'll give error.Here his phone is still Cid locked and he has upgraded to 3.08,now it won't let him downgrade to ipl/spl 1.xx to use lokiwiz02b and SIM/CID unlock his phone.
Cheers!
ok here is the problem im having now. ANY ROM i attempt to flash to in bootloaders mode or 3 colored screen WILL NOT WORK! it gives me a 264 error on any of them besides button rom. I have tried several times to upload tmobiles official rom and it tells me i have to get a newer nbf file!
I pop the battery out and wait a few seconds and then hold camera button and power, (now in bootloaders) i then plug in usb and the USB letters do show on the bottom left hand side. I also disabled allow usb connection on active sync.
i wish i understood why no other rom except buttons will flash? even muns ruu wont work, it gives me a 300 error invalid update tool!
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I was doing the cid unlock process, and the downgrade stopped at 98 percent on the phone, and 99 percent on the computer, then the bootloader program closed it self. Now when I turn on my 8125 i have a red green and blue screen with ipl and spl at 2.25. what can i do now? thanks in advance guys.
Jeb
Re-connect your device to your PC, on that Red/Blue/Green screen, called the bootloader, does it say USB in the bottom left? If so, flash your device with your carriers latest official ROM. You can not use a custom ROM. Once your back up and running, try the CID unlock process again.
yeah i did that, got back to cingular 2.25. i am trying to downgrade again but it still doesnt work. phone stops at 98 percent, computer stops at 99. whats going on? any ideas?
thanks by the way
jeb
How long is it hanging at 98%? Most ROMS do hang around that time, but typicaly not more than a few minutes.
Read the following thread for downgrading, and un-locking. your G3 device.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=285435
Thanks to Dr. P
i am following that to the T but during the first downgrade it will hang at 98 percent for well over 30 min. then i give up, unhook the phone, go to bootloader screen and load the cingular 2.25 to get going again.
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i am following that to the T but during the first downgrade it will hang at 98 percent for well over 30 min. then i give up, unhook the phone, go to bootloader screen and load the cingular 2.25 to get going again.
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Borrow a friends PC.
never even thought it could be the PC. I will try that tonight. thanks.
jeb
update on the brick
here is an update.
i bricked it.
jacob walked me through several steps and i think i may have had a g4 phone, but some how the ipl and spl was reading 2.25
btw this phone came to me through the cingular warranty program. so luckely i still have my old 8125 that i was turning in for cosmetic reasons.
so bottom line,
i could not flash to 1.05
tried to cid unlock anyways ...... failed
tried to flash molskis anyways ....failed
tried to turn a phone into a brick.PASS
now its time to turn this one in for another one. hopefully ill get a g3 this time
Instead of flashing to 1.05 next time, try downgrading to the Cingular 1.18 rom. I used it to downgrade and had no problems with unlocking.
If you can get to the multicolored screen (bootloader mode) its not bricked!
When I first installed a rom I did not understand the difference in sim unlock and cid unlock...I ran a rom update that was supposed to do a cid unlock but it didn't support the 2.XX rom....later I found you had to downgrade to a 1.xx version for lokiwiz to work..then go back to 2.xx...anyway..I ended up with a phone that would only go to bootloader.
I was able to get my providers rom reinstalled..then I did what everyone always says is the first thing you should do...I used the patched version of teraterm to dump my rom to a minisd card.
Now if I fubar the phone as long as I can get to the bootloader screen (even if usb is not working) all I have to do is insert that minisd, turn on the phone and click YES when it asks if I want to load from minisd.
I highly recommend that EVERYONE make a backup to restore to before doing anything to their phone..it only takes a few minutes.
I have tried to update to wm6 but the update stoped now i am stucked at bootloader. My ipl 1.01 / spl is 2.26 what should i do next?
Same thing everybody else does. Same thing thats mentioned many times on this forum. Flash back to your carriers rom then you can try to flash again.
whatever i try to flash i get error 300
Did you correctly unlock your device? I mean, CID? It seems looking on your IPL/SPL that you still need to unlock to go on.
Look for the G3 thread "how to" by Dr. P on the top of Wizard upgrading and follow the instructions there. You should get away from that...
Good luck!
Artan said:
I have tried to update to wm6 but the update stoped now i am stucked at bootloader. My ipl 1.01 / spl is 2.26 what should i do next?
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mis-matched IPL/SPL show that you skipped at least one and possibly more steps in unlocking your device. Try again and don't skip the step that says to flash the button rom again after CID unlocking to downgrade the SPL, then flash up to a 2.xx CARRIER rom prior to flashing anything else. You cannot flash a 2.xx or higher custom rom into 1.xx bootloaders.
I had the same problem so I flashed the button rom again and everytime after that when I tried to flash the official t-mobile rom it would change the IPL to 1.01.0000. So after flashing the button rom then the t-mobile rom back and forth and it kept doing that. So I installed the IPL/SPL 3.08 then the 2.19 Radio Rom and just flashed a WM6 os and all works great now
Button ROM issue
I get stuck on the Button ROM loader. At 98% on the phone it stops. Left it going till the battery died and now charging again. Last time I had to start the flash without act syn. Went right into the TMobile ROM and it works again. Any help in trying to get it, Buttom ROM, to work, as in flash completely?
... works now ...
Hi,
I accidentally flashed a not CID unlocked wizard with Black Diamond rom using a ShellTool - now it loads only till windows splash screen!
It is G3 device - it allows to flash Buton rom, also MiniSrom and others - process bar goes to 100% but windows doesn't boot anyway!
What options do I have?
PS. I guess I'm one of the guy who have bricked the most devices ever - this one, 3x HTC Tytn, S200, etc.
Need QTEK 9100 German Rom - the wiki links are dead!
Can anybody please advise where to look for Qtek 9100 german rom?!!!
It is G3 device - it allows to flash Buton rom, also MiniSrom and others - process bar goes to 100% but windows doesn't boot anyway!
What options do I have?
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Suche hilft wie immer weiter
Es gibt bereits einige Threads zum Thema!
Have a look for the SD Card Backup method - see also in the wiki for reference/link.
hi, thanks for the replay!
How does the SD card method is supposed to work? Do I need a backup of the old rom? I don't have one!
The phone is NOT cid unlcoked!
After a while playing with the Wizards I have found some things - I got 4 wizards by now - and I have managed to brick 2 of them.
First thing to recommend to all - if your Wizard is running and everything is fine - then don't upgrade - you don't need that brick. Trough if you try to upgrade and you can't get from wm5 to wm6 - then probably you should stop trying unless you want to brick your device totally!!!!
Now I have one Wizard G3 probaby not CID unlocked with IPL 1.01 / SPL 1.03 and different OS versions - I can flash button Rom, Wizard Love etc. but nothing changes, just the version of the OS. I have no GSM and the IPL stays 0.01.
The second one - seems to be CID unlocked - allows to flash any rom, IPL changes, SPL stays at 3.08 - can't downgrade, OS changes - can't boot!
I can flash these units forever, I can change bootscreens - but I can't get back to windows!
This happened when I tried to use ShellTool to flash WM6 on my Wizards - don't do that!!!!
Can anybody tell me why I'm not able to boot OS if I have the Wizard Love rom, button rom and other full working roms on my wizards?
Thanks!
PS. I'm starting to consider to donate a few devices to someone who could try to solve this - I could donate: 3 HTC Tytn, 2 Wizards, 2 Prophets, 2 Alpine etc. - is anybody interested?
karlux - I'd be willing to take a crack at the devices you have and get some good documentation going for everyone. I have successfully revived Wizards, Apache, Wallaby, and the Hurricane so far.
PM/Email me if you want my address to send the victims ...er ... I mean "patients".
donate? how about sending one my way?
karlux said:
After a while playing with the Wizards I have found some things - I got 4 wizards by now - and I have managed to brick 2 of them.
First thing to recommend to all - if your Wizard is running and everything is fine - then don't upgrade - you don't need that brick. Trough if you try to upgrade and you can't get from wm5 to wm6 - then probably you should stop trying unless you want to brick your device totally!!!!
Now I have one Wizard G3 probaby not CID unlocked with IPL 1.01 / SPL 1.03 and different OS versions - I can flash button Rom, Wizard Love etc. but nothing changes, just the version of the OS. I have no GSM and the IPL stays 0.01.
The second one - seems to be CID unlocked - allows to flash any rom, IPL changes, SPL stays at 3.08 - can't downgrade, OS changes - can't boot!
I can flash these units forever, I can change bootscreens - but I can't get back to windows!
This happened when I tried to use ShellTool to flash WM6 on my Wizards - don't do that!!!!
Can anybody tell me why I'm not able to boot OS if I have the Wizard Love rom, button rom and other full working roms on my wizards?
Thanks!
PS. I'm starting to consider to donate a few devices to someone who could try to solve this - I could donate: 3 HTC Tytn, 2 Wizards, 2 Prophets, 2 Alpine etc. - is anybody interested?
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How come you have that many devices ? What's your job ?
Your "dead" wizard is not dead. Only stuck. Get it into bootloader and re-flash .
karlux said:
After a while playing with the Wizards I have found some things - I got 4 wizards by now - and I have managed to brick 2 of them.
First thing to recommend to all - if your Wizard is running and everything is fine - then don't upgrade - you don't need that brick. Trough if you try to upgrade and you can't get from wm5 to wm6 - then probably you should stop trying unless you want to brick your device totally!!!!
Now I have one Wizard G3 probaby not CID unlocked with IPL 1.01 / SPL 1.03 and different OS versions - I can flash button Rom, Wizard Love etc. but nothing changes, just the version of the OS. I have no GSM and the IPL stays 0.01.
The second one - seems to be CID unlocked - allows to flash any rom, IPL changes, SPL stays at 3.08 - can't downgrade, OS changes - can't boot!
I can flash these units forever, I can change bootscreens - but I can't get back to windows!
This happened when I tried to use ShellTool to flash WM6 on my Wizards - don't do that!!!!
Can anybody tell me why I'm not able to boot OS if I have the Wizard Love rom, button rom and other full working roms on my wizards?
Thanks!
PS. I'm starting to consider to donate a few devices to someone who could try to solve this - I could donate: 3 HTC Tytn, 2 Wizards, 2 Prophets, 2 Alpine etc. - is anybody interested?
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Shelltool isn't dangerous if you use it properly, meaning you can't flash WM6 if the IPL/SPl are still in 1.xx
To use the SD card method and the phone is CID locked then i recommend using imeicheck's tool to CID unlock (must pay) and then try that method.
As for the donation, i wouldn't mind geeting a Prophet as they are related to the Wizard and in case it could be recovered i could try to make a similar tool to WST: the Prophet Service Tool
let me know if you'd like PM or other means of contact...
cheers
sorry-thread hijacking-
I have a similar problem, i (thought) i had CID unlocked my wizard, followed all the instructions, about reflashing the rom's went to 1.05 the to 2.26 & then IPL & SPL to 3.08 in an attempt to flash WM6..
all went well until the last step & it got to 99% of flashing WM6 & came up with a communication error (battery is fully charged!)
Now im stuck in bootloader, & can't re flash any other roms, tried the wizard with love & 1.05 again ...noting doing... have i made a complete brick ??
HELP!!!!!!!
edit, just tried with the O2 offical upgrade...it started to load on but came up with Error 296 Upgrade Only, the NBF file could not be used...
TRY THIS .... I just recovered from a similar stuck in BootLoader issue.
Steps to recovery:
1. Fully charge your phone (VIA Power Cord ... NOT USB)
2. Get the phone to bootloader (three color mode) - by soft resetting and holding the camera button at the same time
2. Connect it to the computer (Windows XP) with a USB cable
3. You will notice "USB" written in a lower corner of the phone (this means it is connected)
4. Download your providers ROM (The "real" rom provided by Cingular/ATT). You can get the one for the 8125 from HTCAmerica here: http://www.htcamerica.net/support/8125/software-downloads.html
5. Stop ActiveSync (from Task Manager)
6. Run the program downloaded in step 4. This will reflash your phone with the ROM. This seems to be the ONLY WAY possible to reload a ROM from BootLoader.
Enjoy!
Thanks, i;ve tried that with this software & the o2 software....i get the same error message both times...
Error296 UPGRADE ONLY,
This NBF File cannot be used on you PDA Phone,
Please get a newer NBF file.
WTF is a NBF file, where do i get a newer one from & how do i get it on the device!!!
thanks
Zpyro said:
TRY THIS .... I just recovered from a similar stuck in BootLoader issue.
Steps to recovery:
1. Fully charge your phone (VIA Power Cord ... NOT USB)
2. Get the phone to bootloader (three color mode) - by soft resetting and holding the camera button at the same time
2. Connect it to the computer (Windows XP) with a USB cable
3. You will notice "USB" written in a lower corner of the phone (this means it is connected)
4. Download your providers ROM (The "real" rom provided by Cingular/ATT). You can get the one for the 8125 from HTCAmerica here: http://www.htcamerica.net/support/8125/software-downloads.html
5. Stop ActiveSync (from Task Manager)
6. Run the program downloaded in step 4. This will reflash your phone with the ROM. This seems to be the ONLY WAY possible to reload a ROM from BootLoader.
Enjoy!
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What is the make/model of your phone?
A nbf file is the file that gets flashed onto the phone (nk.nbf)
it was an xda mini s....i tried loading WM6 & came unstuck.....
huhu
karlux said:
Hi,
I accidentally flashed a not CID unlocked wizard with Black Diamond rom using a ShellTool - now it loads only till windows splash screen!
It is G3 device - it allows to flash Buton rom, also MiniSrom and others - process bar goes to 100% but windows doesn't boot anyway!
What options do I have?
PS. I guess I'm one of the guy who have bricked the most devices ever - this one, 3x HTC Tytn, S200, etc.
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me too....!
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Thanks, i;ve tried that with this software & the o2 software....i get the same error message both times...
Error296 UPGRADE ONLY,
This NBF File cannot be used on you PDA Phone,
Please get a newer NBF file.
WTF is a NBF file, where do i get a newer one from & how do i get it on the device!!!
thanks
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Hey!
I believe,as u have mentioned in ur earlier post that u have upgraded to ipl/spl 3.08,therefore all the official roms r not flashing.Well its not necessary to upgrade to ipl/spl 3.08 to go for wm6.All the experts & cooks in all their threads have mentioned to upgrade to ipl/spl 2.26 to have a stable/strong working plateform, so now I wud suggest u to plz try to flash Buttons's rom 1.05 and get back to ipl/spl 1.05 than onward upgrade to ipl/spl 2.26 by flashing t_mobile 2.26.
If u r able to get back to ipl/spl 1.05,than again use lokiwiz to confirm CID unlock,hope this works out. U can also use the latest WST tool by mestrini to check the status of ur wizzard as if its cid locked or unlocked.it can also be used to unlock cid,goodluck
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Hey!
I believe,as u have mentioned in ur earlier post that u have upgraded to ipl/spl 3.08,therefore all the official roms r not flashing.Well its not necessary to upgrade to ipl/spl 3.08 to go for wm6.All the experts & cooks in all their threads have mentioned to upgrade to ipl/spl 2.26 to have a stable/strong working plateform, so now I wud suggest u to plz try to flash Buttons's rom 1.05 and get back to ipl/spl 1.05 than onward upgrade to ipl/spl 2.26 by flashing t_mobile 2.26.
If u r able to get back to ipl/spl 1.05,than again use lokiwiz to confirm CID unlock,hope this works out. U can also use the latest WST tool by mestrini to check the status of ur wizzard as if its cid locked or unlocked.it can also be used to unlock cid,goodluck
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I just want to add that you MUST stop at 2.xx bootloader when downgrading from 3.08 to 1.xx, otherwise you might end up with a 'locked' SPL in 3.08
you need donate the device ....
I just want to add that you MUST stop at 2.xx bootloader when downgrading from 3.08 to 1.xx, otherwise you might end up with a 'locked' SPL in 3.08
YUP!!
Thanks Mestrini
very wise & valuable advise
Btw, very valuable tool it is WST TOOL,made our lives soooo simple
zabardast_1 said:
I just want to add that you MUST stop at 2.xx bootloader when downgrading from 3.08 to 1.xx, otherwise you might end up with a 'locked' SPL in 3.08
YUP!!
Thanks Mestrini
very wise & valuable advise
Btw, very valuable tool it is WST TOOL,made our lives soooo simple
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Tx m8, that's why i made it and i'm glad you like it.
Hi, Ive looked around the forum and cannot find a solution to my problem. Ok, step by step here is what I did: I used the button 1.05 custom ROM, this was installed successfully. Then I used the definitive guide to unlocking the G3 wizard using the lokiwiz tool and this was successful as far as I know. I then upgraded to the t - mobile 3.08 ROM as this was recommended before upgrading to a WM6 ROM. This is where the problems began. I tried to flash Faria's WM6 crossbow rom and partway through the flash it hung and got stuck in bootloader mode. I read around the forums and tried to downgrade back to button 1.05, the tmobile 3.08 rom, and also the cingular 2.25 rom. The furthest I got was about 49% on the progress when my phone returns to the bootloader screen. My phone always seems to do one of two things: I either get a communication error "with my pc" which starts the recovery process(which never actually works) or I get error 274 which says that I am no longer connected to my pc (even though it still says "usb" on the screen of my pocket pc. I know that my battery will soon run out and I will have to buy a new one to resume trying to get my phone to work again. I ve also uninstalled active sync, re- down loaded and installed it, rebooted my computer (as was suggested) and this didnt work. Some one please help me as I am pretty new at this and cannot find this exact issue on the forums. Any help will be greatly appreciated!!!
Try to flash on another PC.
Ok I've tried to flash it on 3 different PCs and I havent been able to make it work, any other suggestions?
You have misread and misunderstood the definitive guide.You are confusing T-mobile 2.26 and IPL/SPL 3.08,its T-mobile 2.26 and not T-mobile 3.08. T-mobile 2.26 is a Rom ,an OS (Operating System) and IPL/SPL 3.08 are the latest upgrades to Bootloaders and not a rom.
Now,after downgrading with Button's Rom 1.05,your phone's IPL/SPL must have been 1.05,then you applied lokiwiz02b to SIM/CID unlock the phone,but ipl/spl must have remained 1.05 as you had Button's Rom 1.05 installed on your phone.
In order to upgrade to wm6,its required to have IPL/SPL 2.xx,so you were supposed to flash T-mobile 2.26 to get your IPL/SPL 2.26,but,instead of flashing t-mobile 2.26,you flashed IPL/SPL 3.08,so you have now IPL/SPL 3.08,correct ?
IPL/SPL 3.08 is an option to upgrade your IPL/SPL (Bootloaders) but upgrading to T-mobile 2.26 is recommended,so that you get IPL/SPL 2.xx to upgrade to wm6.There's your mistake,got my point ?
So,now try to downgrade to ipl/spl 2.xx or 1.xx,to do so,download the official carrier's rom of your phone from it's website and flash to get back to its original default status.
After that reread the guide correctly and follow the method.
Good luck
Thanks for your help, I'll try that and let you know how it turns out.
OK i downloaded the official cingular ROM 2.25 and attempted to flash it. I got about 76% done and got a communication error. I've tried to do it several times since then with no luck. However, my ipl and spl did change to 2.25. What should I do now?
Anybody have any suggestions? I'm dying here guys I would really appreciate some help, thanks
ok,get into Bootloaders (tricolor screen)check usb appear at the bottom of bootloaders,,try to get down to ipl/spl 1.xx,first try with button's rom,if it works,fine,otherwise try xda_minis_launch rom or wizard_love rom,if any of them installs,download WST tool and check the status of your phone by hitting the 'CID Action' button.It'll verify if your phone is locked or unlocked,ok,if unlocked then flash t_mobile 2.26 and if locked,run the lokiwiz02b again to unlock.
while flashing,turn off any antivirus,firewall and don't surf the net,check email or play any games.Leave the phone and pc alone.Must have a fully charged battery.Delete partnership with activesync and uncheck 'Allow usb connection' in the activesync,it helps sometimes.Try with a different usb cable or plugin usb cable in other usb input slot of the pc.I do hope,it might do the trick and work out fine.
Good luck
Short version:
I have an xda Mini S
ipl 1.01
spl 2.21
OS 10.1.0.811
I was running the mfrazzz WM6 I think it was vers XM6r5 RC1. I tried to updgrade my ROM to a new one because if issues I was having with this version. It was great but I could no longer surf the web and my unit would crash with the WAN and internet running.
I had to CID unlock my phone last July to get this XM6r5 RC1 to run (I believe I did anyway).
Today I attempted to flash the button ROM to my phone and it made it about 22% then the phone reset and crashed (started to loop on and off at the green, yellow and blue screen). Now it starts to update the rom but most of the time it reenters that loop shortly after the button rom app starts. The battery was full when I started. I have tried 2 different PC's with no luck. Any help would be appreciated.
Additional info: the reason I tried to upgrade the phone was it would crash when accessing the web via wifi (just recently). When connected to the PC it was fine. If I used the wifi sometimes it would work for 5 mins sometimes none but everytime I would it would crash and start to loop on and off crashing at the splash screen showing the IPL and SPL. The only way to recover it was to pull the battery. It is now doing this reboot loop at the bootloader screen when it crashes).
I hope thats not TMI but I really want my phone working again.
I just discovered that it will start the reboot sequence regardless of whether it is plugged in or not. It will start randomly rebooting once it is turned on. I tried installing the RUU Hermes Qtek rom and now it is telling my my ipl is 2.26 as well as my spl.
Please help!
hi
I have a o2 mini s too mine is g4 i dont know yours but if you have hard spl you shouldnt flash official rom if you said that you have 2.26 ips slp then you should not have problems flashing to your official rom but if that doesnt help use the wizard love.
Hope i help.
gdtymze
Its really strange,if you say you had XM6r5 RC1,which is your device, G3 or G4 ?,cuz if you have a G3 phone,how come you have ipl 1.01 and spl 2.21.wm6 roms cannot be installed with ipl1.xx,got to have ipl/spl 2.xx. Also you say you Cid unlocked the phone.Are you sure ,it was xm6r5 OS ,which was running on your phone ? How did you flash it ? with ipl 1.01 and spl 2.21 ?
Well,if you have a G4 device,its not possible to CID unlock it and IPL shud have been 2.21.0001 and the SPL is 2.21.olip ? after HardSPL and in SoftSPL IPL/SPL remains the same as the original ipl/spl e.g 2.21.0001.
Would you plz be more specific and explain what the status of your phone is and what exactly you did before ?
Cheers!
zabardast_1 said:
gdtymze
Its really strange,if you say you had XM6r5 RC1,which is your device, G3 or G4 ?,cuz if you have a G3 phone,how come you have ipl 1.01 and spl 2.21.wm6 roms cannot be installed with ipl1.xx,got to have ipl/spl 2.xx. Also you say you Cid unlocked the phone.Are you sure ,it was xm6r5 OS ,which was running on your phone ? How did you flash it ? with ipl 1.01 and spl 2.21 ?
Well,if you have a G4 device,its not possible to CID unlock it and IPL shud have been 2.21.0001 and the SPL is 2.21.olip ? after HardSPL and in SoftSPL IPL/SPL remains the same as the original ipl/spl e.g 2.21.0001.
Would you plz be more specific and explain what the status of your phone is and what exactly you did before ?
Cheers!
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Ok please bear with me my recollection is hazy on this. Last August my phone was runnging the O2 software. After checking in here I identified my phone as a G3 phone. I then checked to see if it was CID locked (after doing a posted test it appeared to be). I don't recall how I did the CID unlock. I followed the CID and flashing insructions posted somewhere in the xda-developers forum (it may have been with the rom I used (mfrazzz version) I think I flashed the original O2 xda software from the O2 site then I flashed the Wm6 to my phone I believe it was XM6r5 RC1. I think it was the XM6r5 RC1 only because when it would boot I would see 3 splash screens. First was a Cylon witht he HTC logo, followed by an orange speedometer (with the IPL listed as 1.01 and spl as 2.21 OS was 10.1.0.811 and I don't know that the GSM numbers were) and the third was the splash screen from mfrazzz (dark blue/green with mfrazzz on it). I am pretty sure it was the XM6r5 RC1 build but I could be wrong I think it was the latest at that time. It was stable for several months (basically until 2 weeks ago) when I deleted the recycle bin and temp fold from the memory card (not the device). After that if I accessed the web via wifi it would crash then go into a repeating loop and the LED would change from green to red. The only way to stop it was to remove the battery. I don't know what else to tell you. When I left it yesterday it was at ipl/spl of 2.26 after initiating a RUU hermes . . . . I left it overnight started it up with button rom and it made it 60% then started looping again and gave the error code 274. A second attemp made it to 14% then code 302 (it started to loop again. It still says ipl/spl 2.26. I'm really at a loss here.
ok, I believe,what you are saying must be true,anyway,its not common or observed or even seen to have ipl 1.xx and upgrade to a wm6 rom,untill you have a cid unlocked phone with ipl/spl 2.xx, I'm really,rather, surprised,how you got it!!! or you might have got ipl 1.xx after now again flashing Button's Rom 1.05,the second time now.
Anyhow,now download the official carrier's rom or T-mobile 2.26 or xda_minis_launch Rom and try to flash and recover back to default status and check with WST tool,speciaaly the 'CID Action' button,to verify the SIN?CID lock/unlock status of the phone, then proceed further,ok
Cheers!
I don't know how I got it either. I do know that the ipl/spl while it was working was 1.01 and 2.21. After my first few attempts to load the button rom and then a version of the hermes and t-mobile rom, my phone boots to the bootloader screen and has ipl/spl of 2.26. I have attempted the t-mobile rom a few times but the most successful was the initial attempt after letting it sit over night. It almost made it through (80%) with the t-mobile rom then it crashed and started its loops again. Subsequent attempts made it to as high as 60% and as low as 14%. Is it possible to charge the battery while it is in boot loader mode, perhaps with a wall charger and not plugged into the PC. I ask b/c I am worried my battery may be getting too low and also when it is plugged into the pc it boots automatically. Perhaps I should ask this but do you know where I can get the xda_minis_launch Rom I have searched here and google and no luck. What i did find here http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Wizard_Upgrades gives me an error 530 unable to switch message.
Thanks for your help!
gdtymze
ok, try out this link below,you'll find all the requirements here and guidance.
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Wizard Windows Mobile 6 for newbies
Goodluck
Thanks! I will dl that and try that rom. Have you heard of a phone rebooting like mine does? Today once again I was able to start RUU (t-mobile) and once again it made it to just over 80% and then the phone would reboot and start looping until I removed the battery. I tried again immediately and it made it just past the phone verification before it started the reboot loop. Since then I have been letting it sit. Any suggestions or ideas as to why it would do that?
Thanks for your help.
Your are welcome !
It won't charge in bootloaders mode or from the pc via usb cable,but you can charge it with a wall charger and its always better and recommended to have a fully charged battery before flashing.
Cheers!
So if it is powered off and I use a wall charger then it should charge. When I started this process the batter had a full charge but I have no idea where it is at now that I have attempted to flash it so many time. With the new rom it only makes it about 65% then it loops. It is really starting to wear my patience.