Database Develop

Recovering from a bad flash...

I was running xelencin's latest custom rom. I have used his previous versions and all was good.
This one hung at 98%. I was just letting it do its thing when out of nowhere, BSOD. So now my phone is just sitting at 98%. I thought there was a forum post here about recovering but I'm not able to find it.
Thanks.

Update: After a soft reset, I am back to the multicolor screen. When I plug it in, it says USB in the bottom left hand corner. Device manager shows a PocketPC USB Sync device as well.
When I perform a hard reset (Comm Button + Voice Dial held, then press soft reset with stylus), I am taken right back to the same multicolor screen.

You're at the bootloader.
This is a Good Thing(tm).
At this point, you should be able to rerun any (assuming you are CID unlocked) any RUU ROM upgrade. Let it do its thing and you'll be good to go.

gamescan said:
You're at the bootloader.
This is a Good Thing(tm).
At this point, you should be able to rerun any (assuming you are CID unlocked) any RUU ROM upgrade. Let it do its thing and you'll be good to go.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
For those that get stuck here in the future:
I had to extract the installer so as I could get past the CID unlock. I then ran "ROMUpdateUtility_Wizard_NoID.exe" and all went well!

rosewood said:
For those that get stuck here in the future:
I had to extract the installer so as I could get past the CID unlock. I then ran "ROMUpdateUtility_Wizard_NoID.exe" and all went well!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yep, I went thru the exact same thing yesterday when trying to upgrade to 2.24. My PC decided to shutdown (not restart, a complete instant shutdown!) at 8% flashing. I decided to grab the "Mr Clean AKU2.3 ROM" which already had the ROM flash program available separately and then just put in the .nbf file I wanted and it was good to go

if your not cid unlocked, then what? xtract what? to wherehow can i transfer any thing, it seems though the device screen says usb, the avtivesync doesnt detects my phone. n?m, ive got it

What happen when your not CID unlocked? I had removed my hardspl before I tried to again flash a rom. I am stucked with the bootloader now...
Pls help

xpxj said:
What happen when your not CID unlocked? I had removed my hardspl before I tried to again flash a rom. I am stucked with the bootloader now...
Pls help
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Only Official stock rom or the wizard_love rom will get flashed,no other wm6 rom is possible.

Can you unbrick a Wizard ?

ok ive done a search and not come up trumps.
Im looking at buying a so called bricked wizard of ebay for either spares or as a test to try and learn somit new.
The guy has flashed a g3 rom on a g4 device and now its dead.
as there any way to get the original rom back onto the device and breath some life into it ?

Ask him if he's able to get into the bootloader. If he is, it's very possible to revive it.
If not, run away!

this is wha he said !
"unit boots into a screen that say xda power or something like that.basically a phone engineer said that it was corrupt,if you understand these devices i flashed a g4 device with a g3 rom"

bleep said:
this is wha he said !
"unit boots into a screen that say xda power or something like that.basically a phone engineer said that it was corrupt,if you understand these devices i flashed a g4 device with a g3 rom"
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
A 'bricked' device works the same way a brick does, i.e, does nothing (not even start)
Since that unit does boot into something i believe there's still a chance to make it work again, but... it's not a sure thing.

ok well when it comes i cant start looking at trying to fix it.
if it cant be fixed it will be good for spares for my currently dodgy g4.
what kind of things should i be trying when it comes then >

bleep said:
ok well when it comes i cant start looking at trying to fix it.
if it cant be fixed it will be good for spares for my currently dodgy g4.
what kind of things should i be trying when it comes then >
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
The only thing you can try is to put the phone into bootloader and try to flash another rom. Dont get your hopes up though, flashing a G3 rom to a G4 tends to make this impossible.
Good Luck

so to get in bootloader what combination of buttons is it ? and i guess i just run the carriers update program to put the standard rom back on the device or is there something else i have 2 run ?

bleep said:
so to get in bootloader what combination of buttons is it ? and i guess i just run the carriers update program to put the standard rom back on the device or is there something else i have 2 run ?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You could have had the answer faster and easily if consulting the wiki
The way to enter the bootloader is by keeping voice-dial button pressed while poking softly the reset hole with the stylus

ta.
then run the carriers updater proggy ?
I know i should but I just thought id ask

But be sure to flash one from the ORIGINAL provider unless you're sure the CID is unlocked!

ive got the original british o2 rom here so will use that.
just a quick question. is the wizardlov rom one that works on both g3's and 4 ?

Dunno, you must check if the nk.nbf has IPL/SPL files packed and if it has then what DOC version is it for

and how u do that ?

bleep said:
and how u do that ?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Open the RUU with winrar or other compacter and extract the nk.nbf
Get my tool (WST - check signature), use respective button to extract the files from nk.nbf and see what files are extracted

i have read the wizard lov rom and ther is no ipl/spl files or doc so does this mean safe for g4 ?

bleep said:
i have read the wizard lov rom and ther is no ipl/spl files or doc so does this mean safe for g4 ?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
doc? what do you mean 'doc'?
Have you extracted chunks from nk.nbf?

there was about 5-6 files extrated when i hit the extract button. to be honest i got a little lost when using it

bleep said:
there was about 5-6 files extrated when i hit the extract button. to be honest i got a little lost when using it
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
well, this is where you can't be lost
Go back and make sure that when extracting nk.nbf with WST there are no IPL or SPL files as a result. If such then it's safe to flash to a CID UNLOCKED G4

ok will let u know

ok received phone today
charged it up and turned it on
the phone freezes after the initial splash screen where it confirms the spl and ipl.
Its def a g4 device, i can get to bootloader with no issues, hard reset works fine and ask me if i want to clear rom etc so im going to attempt the flash back with the standard 02 rom .
fingers crossed it works

what am i doing wrong

ok, i am totally confused. i had flashed to three different roms since joining this forum. i tried to flash ttrans OTv5.0UL and nothing happens. bootloader comes up, screen goes white, generic pda menu opens and all seems fine. when phone starts back up, all of my original setting are there just like if i only did a soft reset. i tried again with a different rom and the same thing happens. i have tried 4 times and nothing. can someone please let me know what i am doing wrong

when did you buy your wing???
and are you using flashcenter ?? so it can temporary cid unlock the device?

i got my wing in feb or march 08. yes i do have flash center, and i have used it w/o problems before. i have flashed from touch it to open touch and one of aserg's roms too. i have been using OT 4 lite black for weeks now. i have been watching the threads about the new OT 5. so i downloaded it and nothing new is flashing.
does this help any?

digitalknoll said:
ok, i am totally confused. i had flashed to three different roms since joining this forum. i tried to flash ttrans OTv5.0UL and nothing happens. bootloader comes up, screen goes white, generic pda menu opens and all seems fine. when phone starts back up, all of my original setting are there just like if i only did a soft reset. i tried again with a different rom and the same thing happens. i have tried 4 times and nothing. can someone please let me know what i am doing wrong
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Please provide more details as to how your trying to flash your device.
Are you using the standard activesync method or via SD?
Regards,

ttran i'm honored!
ttran001 said:
Please provide more details as to how your trying to flash your device.
Are you using the standard activesync method or via SD?
Regards,
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
iwas hoping not to bother any of the main guys with this little problem, but i'm glas your here (love your OT's btw ). ok, i am using the standard activesync method.
heres what i do:
1. download new rom and put it inside my RUU folder on my computer's C drive.
2. run the herald-uspl.exe.
3. follow the prompts
thats all i do and it used to work. i don't know if this helps, but it's the only other thing i have been doing diff. on another thread i asked if it was ok to delete old roms out of my RUU folder. i actually removed my OT v4 lite black and then put the OT v5 UL and ran the uspl. do you think thats what it is? maybe you have to have your old version in the RUU before you flash to a new version?
hope this helps

No. You don't have to have anything but your newest ROM in the RUU folder. When flashing, the phone doesn't know or care what you currently have flashed, unless that ROM is causing problems with your active sync. If that's the case, place your phone into bootloader mode, install the stock ROM (unless you have a HardSPL phone, and it sounds like you don't since you're using USPL.) Then boot up the ROM and run the USPL.

ok, so now know what to do, but why did this happen? whats wrong with the herald-uspl?
i just checked my device info and it says im running open touch v3! i thought that i was using v4. i have hard-spl downloaded, but i dont know if i need to use it or not. should it? then try to flash?

Unlock your phone with hars spl then run the exe from ruu folder. This method worked for me. I did not try the other way since my phone is unlocked but it should work aswell.

shep211 said:
Unlock your phone with hars spl then run the exe from ruu folder. This method worked for me. I did not try the other way since my phone is unlocked but it should work aswell.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
OK, i'll give it a try

Link to unlock phone software and howto
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=358225

digitalknoll said:
ok, i am totally confused. i had flashed to three different roms since joining this forum. i tried to flash ttrans OTv5.0UL and nothing happens. bootloader comes up, screen goes white, generic pda menu opens and all seems fine. when phone starts back up, all of my original setting are there just like if i only did a soft reset. i tried again with a different rom and the same thing happens. i have tried 4 times and nothing. can someone please let me know what i am doing wrong
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I'm sure you already did this, but I'll throw it out there. Did you leave the original .nbh file in the ruu folder? I don't think you can have more than one .nbh file in that directory.

dougstoner said:
I'm sure you already did this, but I'll throw it out there. Did you leave the original .nbh file in the ruu folder? I don't think you can have more than one .nbh file in that directory.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
actually, here is exactly whats in the RUU.
i hope it helps

Ina Weetald
ok, stoner, you got me.
that was the ticket. i was trying to flash about 4 things at once and i guess my wing flew over to the easiest nbh. i deleated all of them except the BAD ASS OT v5 UL. holy monkey!!! what a peach. i have to thank all of you for the help. i guess we all have these moments at some point in life. well i'm going to start playing around with the new rom. thanks again

digitalknoll said:
ok, stoner, you got me.
that was the ticket. i was trying to flash about 4 things at once and i guess my wing flew over to the easiest nbh. i deleated all of them except the BAD ASS OT v5 UL. holy monkey!!! what a peach. i have to thank all of you for the help. i guess we all have these moments at some point in life. well i'm going to start playing around with the new rom. thanks again
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Ha, wow that was a stab in the dark! Glad that helped man. So how do you like 5.0? I'm thinking about flashing to it...but heard so many issues with it though.

it looks really sweet!!!!
dougstoner said:
Ha, wow that was a stab in the dark! Glad that helped man. So how do you like 5.0? I'm thinking about flashing to it...but heard so many issues with it though.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
OT-5UL looks great all around. this is my first time with ultimatelaunch, so thats cool too. i haven't been able to go thru the posts for some of the fix issues. the only thing i'm a bit bummed about is the amount of memory left after the flash (program-20) i'll keep playing with it. hey thanks again for the fix

digitalknoll said:
OT-5UL looks great all around. this is my first time with ultimatelaunch, so thats cool too. i haven't been able to go thru the posts for some of the fix issues. the only thing i'm a bit bummed about is the amount of memory left after the flash (program-20) i'll keep playing with it. hey thanks again for the fix
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yeah man, no problem. I finally decided to hard spl, and tried out 5.0 and 4.0 and I think I like 3.0 the best. 5.0 seemed kinda buggy.

dougstoner said:
Yeah man, no problem. I finally decided to hard spl, and tried out 5.0 and 4.0 and I think I like 3.0 the best. 5.0 seemed kinda buggy.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
i'm too scared to hardspl. i have the download, but not the nuts to try it. whats the hype about it anyway? it seems like some sort of badge for people in here. not you, but you know what i mean?
i'm gonna let the pro's go as far as they can with the OT V5 UL version and then probably go back to v4. gonna miss the UL (damn).

digitalknoll said:
i'm too scared to hardspl. i have the download, but not the nuts to try it. whats the hype about it anyway? it seems like some sort of badge for people in here. not you, but you know what i mean?
i'm gonna let the pro's go as far as they can with the OT V5 UL version and then probably go back to v4. gonna miss the UL (damn).
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
The HardSPL makes it so that if you flash a bad flash, you don't have to flash into the Stock RUU again just to get a working activesync connection to be able to flash again.

Courtesy of Ivanmmj
Step 1. Download Herald-USPL-Beta3. http://www.megaupload.com/?d=A4N36HLO
Step 2. UnZIP the file into a folder on your Desktop. Let's call it "MyFirstROM" for simplicity's sake. Notice that there is a folder called RUU within this folder now. Keep that in mind.
Step 3. Download your NBH file and unZIP or unRAR it into that RUU folder. Make sure that that NBH file ends up in the RUU folder, not within a folder inside the RUU folder.
Step 4. Place your phone into flightmode.
Step 5. Go back to the MyFirstROM folder and then run USPL.exe
Step 6. Follow the directions on the screen. EXACTLY.
* Your screen on your cell phone will go white around the 75% part of the "second step" now.
* ActiveSync will LOOSE its connection.
Step 7. One step 3 on that black window, the RUU flasher will pop up. Just follow the steps.

digitalknoll said:
i'm too scared to hardspl. i have the download, but not the nuts to try it. whats the hype about it anyway? it seems like some sort of badge for people in here. not you, but you know what i mean?
i'm gonna let the pro's go as far as they can with the OT V5 UL version and then probably go back to v4. gonna miss the UL (damn).
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Hey, I was scared for a LONG time to do it...I read so much info before I finally decided to do it! It took me like 2 weeks of reading before I decided. It's an EXTREMELY simple process. Plus, it makes flashing easier. I was getting weird errors trying the USPL method sometimes. Anyway, just do this.
FIRST, make sure your IPL number is atleast 4.000 or higher. You can check this by holding the camera button down, and then doing a soft reset. HOld the camera button down till you enter the bootloader menu. (It's like 3 gradient colors).
If it's higher, great, you are ready to proceed.
Next, download this file.
http://rapidshare.de/files/38148213/...l_WM6.rar.html
Unzip it, and it will contain 3 .cab files you need to install in a certain order.
1. Install canonyang.cab
2. Next, aserpolicy.cab
3. disablesecurity.cab.
Do a soft reset.
Put phone in flight mode!!!!
Now, go to the folder you just unzipped that file from. I think the default folder will be called hard-splwm6 or something like that. Go and run the RUU.exe file in it. Just follow the instructions. The screen of your phone will go white, but just wait, wait, and it will reboot itself.
Presto, you are hard spl, and can load whatever rom you wish!

is my phone (t-mobile wing) really bricked?

My t-mobile wing will only go to t-mobile screen or bootloader screen, which reads IPL 4.10.0002 SPL 4.10.0000. My computer will not recognize it thru usb. I have read about flashing via sd. i am not very tech savy, but i tried to follow what i could find on the forums.
So far found a ruu rom which the phone will try to read but so far doesnt seem to do anything even after hours of waiting.
Also tried different kind of rom, lzx or something, which the phone also tried to read but gave me a error saying invalid certificate.
Is there anything else to do or am I sunk?

Go to Thewingster dot com. click roms, click tmobile wing, click 6.0 click download, it will take you to the tmobile website.
Enter the number located back of phone under battery. Download the StockRom. make sure you enter your phone into boot loader and install the stock rom. You don't need to be Hard SPLed. Should work because it worked for me. After your phone works just HardSPL your phone so you don't Brick it again.

also when its in bootloader it wont have any notification on your computer.

thx will try suggestion
will try. can i extract a particular file and load it via sd card? that is the only connection i have available right now.

Ya the original Tmobile RUU is in the file. I have never Flashed through Sd card so im not sure how that works.

HTC Vogue on Sprint - No 3G

I've searched everywhere and I can't find an answer.
I purchased an HTC Touch for Sprint today, booted it up/unlocked it, and flashed Android. I realized that I never setup Power Vision in WinMo prior to unlocking/installing Android. I've tried to reinstall the Windows Mobile 6.1 stock rom that came with the phone so that I can get to the EPST menu and update my PV info, but the rom freezes at 29% when I try to flash it.
I'm not vary experienced, so please pardon me if there is a stupidly easy answer. I've flashed a 6.5 rom, but I couldn't figure out how to get to the EPST menu on it to auto-configure my data settings.
If anyone can help me out, it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

i also had a lock-up when flashing the official sprint ROM once, and i created a new windows account, re-downloaded the rom, and it worked. no idea why

Hey, what do you mean by a new windows account? Thanks!

new user/login

GeJohnO said:
I've searched everywhere and I can't find an answer.
I purchased an HTC Touch for Sprint today, booted it up/unlocked it, and flashed Android. I realized that I never setup Power Vision in WinMo prior to unlocking/installing Android. I've tried to reinstall the Windows Mobile 6.1 stock rom that came with the phone so that I can get to the EPST menu and update my PV info, but the rom freezes at 29% when I try to flash it.
I'm not vary experienced, so please pardon me if there is a stupidly easy answer. I've flashed a 6.5 rom, but I couldn't figure out how to get to the EPST menu on it to auto-configure my data settings.
If anyone can help me out, it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
If your using the unlocker .40 then that's why, use unlocker .34, only use unlocker .40 if your relocking your phone and flashing back to stock to send in for warranty repair, some phones don't like to flash from usb when relocking.
you might be able to get it to flash from the memory card if you put the nbh from the exe onto the mem card, etc.. or just try to flash a 6.5 rom.
if it just so happens that you can't flash anything and you can't go anywhere past the bootloader, take it into the store, tell them you turned it on and it wouldn't boot and they will take it into the back and reflash it, then start again from the beginning, but remember to provision your phone first.

mrono said:
If your using the unlocker .40 then that's why, use unlocker .34, only use unlocker .40 if your relocking your phone and flashing back to stock to send in for warranty repair, some phones don't like to flash from usb when relocking.
you might be able to get it to flash from the memory card if you put the nbh from the exe onto the mem card, etc.. or just try to flash a 6.5 rom.
if it just so happens that you can't flash anything and you can't go anywhere past the bootloader, take it into the store, tell them you turned it on and it wouldn't boot and they will take it into the back and reflash it, then start again from the beginning, but remember to provision your phone first.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
How can I flash 2.31 when I cant bring up activesync? (I dont have 6.1 installed)

mrono said:
if it just so happens that you can't flash anything and you can't go anywhere past the bootloader, take it into the store, tell them you turned it on and it wouldn't boot and they will take it into the back and reflash it, then start again from the beginning, but remember to provision your phone first.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Then take it to the store and have them reflash it for you

put your phone in bootloader mode (tricolored screen, hold camera and power, then press and release soft reset). connect to your computer. download andn run the official sprint gps rom (not the stock rom; can use with unlocked phone, won't mess with the unlocker, here, under shipped gps rom newer version in post 1), and allow it to flash your phone. get 3g working however you can - even call sprint if you have to. then flash back to android.

tatnai said:
put your phone in bootloader mode (tricolored screen, hold camera and power, then press and release soft reset). connect to your computer. download andn run the official sprint gps rom (not the stock rom; can use with unlocked phone, won't mess with the unlocker, here, under shipped gps rom newer version in post 1), and allow it to flash your phone. get 3g working however you can - even call sprint if you have to. then flash back to android.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It's possible that he won't be able to flash at all, when mine screwed up and wouldn't let me flash none of the roms worked, even offical ones

Fixed it. Flashed a custom 6.5 rom, ran activesync and flashed a .31 rom, installed stock rom, provisioned. Thanks for the help! I would have never figured out I had the wrong unlocker, haha.

GeJohnO said:
Fixed it. Flashed a custom 6.5 rom, ran activesync and flashed a .31 rom, installed stock rom, provisioned. Thanks for the help! I would have never figured out I had the wrong unlocker, haha.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Cool, glad to see you got it all figured out!