Upgrading and Unbranding Treo 750 - Palm Treo 750 ROM Development

With this method I have successfully unbranded, unlocked, and updated 2 Treo 750s that were originally AT&T/Cingular branded.
I spent hours running through multiple threads reading and searching to finally find a solution that worked flawlessly. These steps have been compiled from multiple threads:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=428048
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=412999
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=334100
Big thanks to Olipro, konker, and jcrompton!!!
Download the following:
Magic Unlocker from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=2468221&postcount=2
CheetahUnlocker from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=1556568&postcount=1
1_CHEE_MountExtROM.cab and 2_Chee_Extrom_rename.cab from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=1424566&postcount=374
Treo750_OS5_2_19199WWE_STD.rar from http://omnifusionhosting.net/treo750/
(I couldn't find the original posts for Treo750_OS5_2_19199WWE_STD.rar so I uploaded to my own site for now)
1. Download, extract, and run MAGIC_UNLOCKER on your phone.
2. Select both options in MAGIC_UNLOCKER and click unlock. This will unlock your phone.
3. Format your SD card to FAT32.
4. Extract Treo750_OS5_2_19199WWE_STD.rar and copy/paste CHEEIMG.nbh to the formatted SD card.
5. Transfer 1_CHEE_MountExtROM.cab and 2_Chee_Extrom_rename.cab to your Treo 750.
5. Run/Install 1_CHEE_MountExtROM.cab and then soft reset the phone.
7. Run/Install 2_Chee_Extrom_rename.cab and then soft reset the phone.
8. Click and run Start>Programs>Chee_Extrom_Unlocker. Run it about 3 or 4 time and you should some type of error messages. Just OK or X them and soft reset the phone again.
9. Open File Explorer and click the drop down arrow, in which you will now see ExtendROM. Open it and delete the 2 files in the partition folder.
10. Download, extract, and run CheetahUnlocker on your computer. For this part make sure you have an ActiveSync (XP) or WMDC (Vista) connection to your phone. Click Flash SPL and go through the steps for CheetahUnlocker to Flash SPL. Don't worry about any of the other items in the menu.
11. After going through the steps in CheetahUnlocker and the phone, the phone will enter into tri-color bootloader screen momentarily followed by Loading screen...
12. Next, you'll see a light blue screen with the heading CHEEIMG.nhb followed by a few other entries below it. At this point, it will tell you press the power button. Go ahead and press the End Call/Power button. This will begin the ROM flashing. The ROM flashing takes about 5 to 15 minutes.
13. When the flashing is completed, the bottom of the screen will say Update successful and the entries above with the OK seen at the end. Now reset the Treo 750 with the stylus and immediately (during the Palm Logo) perform a Hard Reset. This is accomplished by pressing and holding the End Call/Power button and simultaneously resetting the Treo 750.
14. You will now be prompted to Erase All Data. Press the Up key of the D-Pad to continue and erase the data. This will format the phone.
11. Upon completion, the Treo 750 will continue to boot-up and go through the initial start-up steps and wizard. Once completed, your phone will now be unlocked, unbranded, and updated to Windows Mobile 6.1.
I made this thread to help people unbrand, unlock, and update their Treo 750s without having to waste hours looking for solutions and how-to something. Basically, made it easier for the noobies and everyone else to find everything in one thread.

Hey man Thanks a lot for the noob hand book
I'll try this but i dont know if it's works for me. if you can let me know thanks..
my treo 750
treo750-2.25-att
1.54.27.00

It should work on all Treo 750s!
Just make sure you are not running WM5 on it and its already upgraded to WM6.
It looks like yours already is WM6 from the 2.25.
SO you should be good!

Thanks for the info
I had a Dash, which I upgraded to 6.1 and it was great. Now I have a Treo and have unlocked it but am not sure how to format the SD stick. I must admit to being spoiled using 6.1 and being able to recognize the SD as a separate USB drive. Is there a way to do that with the AT&T version of 6.0? I am not seeing how to format the disk from the phone. Any ideas?

There are many programs you can find to format your SD card to FAT32. Just look around on XDA and you'll find some posts about it.
I just stuck into my computer and did a quick format to FAT32.

Finally a tutorial for this process that I could follow. The other night, I flashed my treo 750 to WM6.1. It didn't go smoothly for me however, and I had to do it a number of times before it "took". After each of the first 2 failures, I had to reflash back to WM6, and start over. I did nothing different, it just finally took. During one of my failures, it even booted WM6.1, but locked up and failed during the initial regional setting phase. It would help if the following section of the instructions were clearer:
12. Next, you'll see a light blue screen with the heading CHEEIMG.nhb followed by a few other entries below it. (WHAT ENTRIES?)
13. When the flashing is completed, the bottom of the screen will say Update successful and the entries above with the OK seen at the end. Now reset the Treo 750 with the stylus and immediately (during the Palm Logo) perform a Hard Reset. This is accomplished by pressing and holding the End Call/Power button and simultaneously resetting the Treo 750. (WHY NOT HARD RESET DIRECTLY AFTER "Update successful"?)

mtiberio said:
12. Next, you'll see a light blue screen with the heading CHEEIMG.nhb followed by a few other entries below it. (WHAT ENTRIES?)
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I can't recall exactly what those entries were but it didn't really matter what the entries.
mtiberio said:
13. When the flashing is completed, the bottom of the screen will say Update successful and the entries above with the OK seen at the end. Now reset the Treo 750 with the stylus and immediately (during the Palm Logo) perform a Hard Reset. This is accomplished by pressing and holding the End Call/Power button and simultaneously resetting the Treo 750. (WHY NOT HARD RESET DIRECTLY AFTER "Update successful"?)
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I guess you could hard reset there but like i said in my post, i compiled the directions from various threads and that's what they said to do.
Were you able to unlock, unbrand, and upgrade the Treo eventually?

Thanks dubLeE so much for the detailed steps.. Here are my comments:
2. Select both options in MAGIC_UNLOCKER and click unlock. This will unlock your phone.
I didn’t do this step since I got my treo 750 originally unlocked.
3. Format your SD card to FAT32.
Succeeded.
4. Extract Treo750_OS5_2_19199WWE_STD.rar and copy/paste CHEEIMG.nbh to the formatted SD card.
Succeeded.
5. Transfer 1_CHEE_MountExtROM.cab and 2_Chee_Extrom_rename.cab to your Treo 750.
Succeeded.
5. Run/Install 1_CHEE_MountExtROM.cab and then soft reset the phone.
Succeeded.
7. Run/Install 2_Chee_Extrom_rename.cab and then soft reset the phone.
Succeeded.
8. Click and run Start>Programs>Chee_Extrom_Unlocker. Run it about 3 or 4 time and you should some type of error messages. Just OK or X them and soft reset the phone again.
OK, what I did is the following. I clicked on the program 3 to 4 times.. Each time I get an error but I ignore, finally I did one soft reset.
9. Open File Explorer and click the drop down arrow, in which you will now see ExtendROM. Open it and delete the 2 files in the partition folder.
The two files are found and deleted successfully.
10. Download, extract, and run CheetahUnlocker on your computer. For this part make sure you have an ActiveSync (XP) or WMDC (Vista) connection to your phone. Click Flash SPL and go through the steps for CheetahUnlocker to Flash SPL. Don't worry about any of the other items in the menu.
Mmm this step faild so I couldn’t complete to the next step!!!!
My Treo restart to the colored screen and then I get a gray screen with a counter on the top left. The counter start until it reach %7 then suddenly the device restart and I get a black screen which I have to restore my previous WM6 original ROM… ok, I personally believe I have to upgrade my SPL… this is my current configuration
CE OS 5.2.1239 (Build 17746.0.2.4)
Software Version:
TREO750-1.16-RWE
Hardware Version:
A
Farmware Version:
1.12.0c.00
On the colored screen I get the following:
Palm Tr
IPL-0.20
Palm Tr
SPL-0.24.0000
Waiting for your advice….

Hey hammod2k, try running magic_unlocker and see if it make any difference.
If not, then do a hard reset on the phone and go through ALL of the steps again. I read somewhere on the forum that some people were having problems and a hard reset first helped unlock and install WM 6.1.

Thanks for your fast reply. I will try it and i will let you know

hammod2k said:
Thanks dubLeE so much for the detailed steps.. Here are my comments:
2. Select both options in MAGIC_UNLOCKER and click unlock. This will unlock your phone.
I didn’t do this step since I got my treo 750 originally unlocked.
3. Format your SD card to FAT32.
Succeeded.
4. Extract Treo750_OS5_2_19199WWE_STD.rar and copy/paste CHEEIMG.nbh to the formatted SD card.
Succeeded.
5. Transfer 1_CHEE_MountExtROM.cab and 2_Chee_Extrom_rename.cab to your Treo 750.
Succeeded.
5. Run/Install 1_CHEE_MountExtROM.cab and then soft reset the phone.
Succeeded.
7. Run/Install 2_Chee_Extrom_rename.cab and then soft reset the phone.
Succeeded.
8. Click and run Start>Programs>Chee_Extrom_Unlocker. Run it about 3 or 4 time and you should some type of error messages. Just OK or X them and soft reset the phone again.
OK, what I did is the following. I clicked on the program 3 to 4 times.. Each time I get an error but I ignore, finally I did one soft reset.
9. Open File Explorer and click the drop down arrow, in which you will now see ExtendROM. Open it and delete the 2 files in the partition folder.
The two files are found and deleted successfully.
10. Download, extract, and run CheetahUnlocker on your computer. For this part make sure you have an ActiveSync (XP) or WMDC (Vista) connection to your phone. Click Flash SPL and go through the steps for CheetahUnlocker to Flash SPL. Don't worry about any of the other items in the menu.
Mmm this step faild so I couldn’t complete to the next step!!!!
My Treo restart to the colored screen and then I get a gray screen with a counter on the top left. The counter start until it reach %7 then suddenly the device restart and I get a black screen which I have to restore my previous WM6 original ROM… ok, I personally believe I have to upgrade my SPL… this is my current configuration
CE OS 5.2.1239 (Build 17746.0.2.4)
Software Version:
TREO750-1.16-RWE
Hardware Version:
A
Farmware Version:
1.12.0c.00
On the colored screen I get the following:
Palm Tr
IPL-0.20
Palm Tr
SPL-0.24.0000
Waiting for your advice….
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I followed all the instructions and got to the same thing as you. Now I have a black screen and not sure what to do now as I am not able to soft/hard reset the treo anymore?
What do I do to get out of this black screen and upgrade and unlock my treo?

hammod2k said:
Thanks dubLeE so much for the detailed steps.. Here are my comments:
My Treo restart to the colored screen and then I get a gray screen with a counter on the top left. The counter start until it reach %7 then suddenly the device restart and I get a black screen which I have to restore my previous WM6 original ROM…
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I cannot get out of this black screen now?
It wont even sync with Active Sync anymore for me to do anything....PLS HELP!!
How can I restore my Treo 750 back and unlock it?

Ok, After longs hours on the computer, I found a way to fix it and load back up the ROM.
I have also been able to do all your steps line by line with success. I have been able to upgrade to W6.1 but my treo 750 is NOT YET UNLOCKED!!!!
I have done it twice. line by line, number by number and step by step. All with ease but still not unlocked.
Can someone tell me how to unlock it now?
I have a Rogers Version

drapizan said:
Ok, After longs hours on the computer, I found a way to fix it and load back up the ROM.
I have also been able to do all your steps line by line with success. I have been able to upgrade to W6.1 but my treo 750 is NOT YET UNLOCKED!!!!
I have done it twice. line by line, number by number and step by step. All with ease but still not unlocked.
Can someone tell me how to unlock it now?
I have a Rogers Version
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Glad you were able to fix it! Do you mind posting what you did hear in case others run into the same problem?
Why do you say it's unlocked? How did you come to that conclusion? If you were able to install WM 6.1 then technically that means your phone was unlocked (correct me if i'm wrong).

dubLeE said:
Glad you were able to fix it! Do you mind posting what you did hear in case others run into the same problem?
Why do you say it's unlocked? How did you come to that conclusion? If you were able to install WM 6.1 then technically that means your phone was unlocked (correct me if i'm wrong).
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I had the black screen like the other member on this forum. I had to reinstall my previous ROM/OS (after 10 hours of searching on the net for it) successfuly and then followed the steps again you listed and was successful at upgrading with ease.
However my Treo is still not Unlocked. Not sure what I did wrong or what you recommend I do...

I tried the 2 steps of the Cheetah method and then the Magic Unlocker and still not working.
When I insert my SIM it says SIM LOCK
You have tried 30 times, please wait until timeout... What is that or what does that mean?
Im still on W6.1 and followed all your steps accordingly.

omg, pop my xda forum cherry baby, do you love me?
ok, so after years of lusting after a windows powered pda in one form or another, I finally copped a really really cheap Palm Treo 750 here in Australia. When I received this bad boy, it had WM5.something installed on it.
This step by step guide allowed me to fix any problems and successfully upload (on the first time!) wm6.1
do it guys, seriously. if you can install a new program on your machine,then you can hook this **** up.
fo' real.

drapizan said:
I tried the 2 steps of the Cheetah method and then the Magic Unlocker and still not working.
When I insert my SIM it says SIM LOCK
You have tried 30 times, please wait until timeout... What is that or what does that mean?
Im still on W6.1 and followed all your steps accordingly.
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Where and when does it say SIM Lock? I've never seen this this issue before nor read about it in the forums anywhere.

the reverse gregama said:
ok, so after years of lusting after a windows powered pda in one form or another, I finally copped a really really cheap Palm Treo 750 here in Australia. When I received this bad boy, it had WM5.something installed on it.
This step by step guide allowed me to fix any problems and successfully upload (on the first time!) wm6.1
do it guys, seriously. if you can install a new program on your machine,then you can hook this **** up.
fo' real.
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Glad everything worked for you!

Really sorry for late reply… anyway, I have tried and yes it worked but I had to do it manually.. First I have uploaded the file using RUUWrapper.exe successfully flashed my ROM to WM6.1
I don’t know what I was thinking of after that to try another ROM made with an uploader called “Kaiser” and I damaged my Treo “BLACK SCREEN”…  I got totally mad and I started to search all over the forums to find a solution since I tried to flash back to the original ROM, and tried like 2 or 3 ROMs but never succeeded to get my device boot up
I found a brilliant solution on http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=366771 which helped me to get my Treo up again
Finally it was by falt… but I still don’t understand the differences between :
1) Kaiser
2) Herman or I think they call it Hermes
3) Vouge
4) Raphael
6) Victor
Are there differences between all of them… are they depend on ROM type? What about Treo compatibility with the above types.. because my experience with Kaiser type cooked by someone I cannot recall his name was total failure..
finally i can say it was great experiance
Thanks

Related

How to Downgrade Your Wizard (STEP BY STEP) Instruction

Hey Guys....
I am still working on this DIY but this is how I was able to accomplish reverting back to my OEM Cingular 8125 state.
If someone could plase let me know how to replace the very first SPLASH Screen from "HTC" to CINGULAR, I would greatly appreciate it.
By following the steps below, you will have almost everything back to its original state.
Be sure to download all the necessary ROM files: OS ROM, Radio ROM, splash.bin
Place your OS ROM and Radio ROM inside the c:\sWizard\ROM folder.
DOWNGRADE YOUR OS AND RADIO ROM
1. Download aWizard 1.3b Beta Version (Attached File or Latest Version) from the following link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=37386&highlight=awizard
2. Unzip the folder to your root directory (C:\aWizard or D:\aWizard). You need to avoid having spaces your directory name. This is the reason placing folder in the root.
3. Make sure you have an active connection via Active Sync.
4. Run the aWizard.cmd file from C:\aWizard
5. Run "e" command FIRST !
6. Run "u" command. Your Wizard will reboot.
7. Run "w" command to update your ROM. You will get a prompt to choose your ROM. If you did not place a valid ROM inside the ROM folder, then you wont see it from this list. Also, if you placed your aWizard in other directory with spaces (i.e C:\ MY DOCUMENT) then you wont see it either. Just let it run. It will take close to 20 minutes. At the end, it will as you to hard reset.
8. Run "r" command to update your Radio ROM. Same as Step 7.
Replacing Splash Screen (Back to Cingular)
1. Place the splash.bin file inside the c:\aWizard\lib
2. Open up CMD and navigate to c:\aWizard\lib
3. Type in the following command "pdocwrite.exe -n 1 splash.bin 0x002d0000"
pdocwrite.exe = this program is located inside the LIB folder
splash.bin is a file that I converted.
4. Once completed, please reset your Wizard and now you will have Cingular's Splash (2nd Splash)
Updating the EXT ROM
1. I did this manually by utilizing Active Sync to copy over all the Cingular ROMs to the Wizard and running it individually.
2. Reset and you will now have all the programs Wizard came with.
FAQ
Q. My Wizard is stuck on a splash screen and it wont do anything.
1. Hard reset your Wizard
2. Hold onto Camera Button while turning on the Wizard and you will get the boot screen.
3. Plug in your USB Cable
4. Run one of the known ROM files with .exe extention. When this happened to me while downgrading,
I had to reload the latest iMate ROM.
5. Start the downgrade process again by following the above instruction.
reverting back to original cingular rom
Thank you for this.
Don't you have to REINSTALL original Cingular Rom or does this do that by removing imate updated ROM?
js
Re: reverting back to original cingular rom
urologyhealth said:
Thank you for this.
Don't you have to REINSTALL original Cingular Rom or does this do that by removing imate updated ROM?
js
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When you install Cingular ROM, it will remove/overwrite the existing iMate ROM.
Be sure to place your ROM files in the the ROM folder.
If your running the aku2 imate rom, many people will have problems running awizard or lokiwiz to unlock the CID, I had to run the tmo uk rom update (.exe one) which replaced the imate, and then restore the rom files I had backed up for cingular, although the extended rom is still locked, thats annoying.
jvanbrecht said:
If your running the aku2 imate rom, many people will have problems running awizard or lokiwiz to unlock the CID, I had to run the tmo uk rom update (.exe one) which replaced the imate, and then restore the rom files I had backed up for cingular, although the extended rom is still locked, thats annoying.
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can you please share how you change the very first splash screen on your 8125 ? its the only thing i wasnt able to do or know how to do.
thanks
FarSeide, I'm pretty sure that even the stock 8125's from Cingular showed the HTC screen first, the cingular screen second, and finally the Windows Mobile screen. If that's the case, then your 8125 is as good as new as far as Cingular is concerned.
Also, if anyone upgraded to the AKU2 I-mate ROM, you cannot do the process you described, because (as someone else mentioned) the lokiwiz program will not work. What you need to do is FIRST install a different ROM using an exe file (a good example would be the leaked AKU2 Q-Tek ROM exe file), and only after that entire upgrade process is completed, can you now use lokiwiz to unlock the SuperCID and install the Cingular ROM.
kingbear2 said:
FarSeide, I'm pretty sure that even the stock 8125's from Cingular showed the HTC screen first, the cingular screen second, and finally the Windows Mobile screen. If that's the case, then your 8125 is as good as new as far as Cingular is concerned.
Also, if anyone upgraded to the AKU2 I-mate ROM, you cannot do the process you described, because (as someone else mentioned) the lokiwiz program will not work. What you need to do is FIRST install a different ROM using an exe file (a good example would be the leaked AKU2 Q-Tek ROM exe file), and only after that entire upgrade process is completed, can you now use lokiwiz to unlock the SuperCID and install the Cingular ROM.
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Eli,
thank you for the info. I wanted to put this together because when I tired to do this, there were information but scattered all over all forums. just wanted to help others so that they dont go through the same thing i did.
i was following these instructions and i got a
NOTIFICATION ERROR
cannot execute repllog.exe
so what i had to do was hard reset, boot screen , re-installed imate, ...
i guess i will try it again, what do you guys think
hmmm... sorry to say but my 8125 only ever showed the cingular splash. No HTC, no WinMob. I had assumed that Cingular somehow replaced all 3 splash screen with theirs.... In fact, I never even knew there was more than one splash screen until I upgraded to the Qtek rom.
I'm in trouble
I tried to downgrade the ROM and now I'm hung in the i-Mate SPLASH SCREEN. I tried the hard reset and it hangs every time. I can't get a connection through active sync obviously so what are my options. How can I get a working device.
I'm freaking out.
Please HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Re: I'm in trouble
hellomoto_25 said:
I tried to downgrade the ROM and now I'm hung in the i-Mate SPLASH SCREEN. I tried the hard reset and it hangs every time. I can't get a connection through active sync obviously so what are my options. How can I get a working device.
I'm freaking out.
Please HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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relax... i was exactly where you were...
first, hard reset your device.
Hold the Com Manager, Voice Command and press the soft reset with your stylus.
before you turn the device back on, hold the camera button then turn on the power. you will receive the boot screen. Plug in your USB Cable and kick off the EXE file. Load one of the known ROMS like the iMate ROM.
reload and try again. I am willing to bet that you disconnected the USB Cable while updating to Cingular ROM.
Good luck and dont worry.
does anyone have the exe for the original Cingular ROM ?
my colleague tried to update his 8125 with my imate rom.....and did not unlock it first.
all he has is the bootloader now, the update gives the well known Error: Invalid Vender ID
Any help is greatly appreciated
Thanks !!
Get a copy of the proper ROM on a SD card, and reload it that way.
This is the easiest way out of that box......
Thanks,
but how to get the Rom reloaded from the SD card onto the device using the bootloader ?
dirty_harry said:
Thanks,
but how to get the Rom reloaded from the SD card onto the device using the bootloader ?
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THAT part is easy.
Note that the SD card image is NOT a file. You have to raw write it onto the card, which will destroy the filesystem - so back up the card first! psdwrite will do the job. You also need the image (PREVIOUSLY copied from a SD-made backup with "psdREAD")
To restore it, insert the card, hold the CAMERA button, and power on. The phone will tell you to press VOICE to restore the SD image (it looks to see if there's a valid one in there)
Note that with 1.x bootloaders this will happen with the BACKLIGHT OFF, and you only have 3 seconds or so to press the key - so have a flashlight handy. 2.x bootloaders turn the backlight ON.
Hit VOICE. The image will be verified (checksummed) and if it is good, it will be loaded.
That's it. Takes about 2-3 minutes. When it finishes it will tell you to press any key, and when you do you'll end up at the tricolor screen.
Power off and back on, and the phone will cold boot the new image.
This will work even if you can't run an RUU loader, so long as you can get that first prompt up. It is a VERY effective rescue method.
IMHO before you hack on the firmware in these things you should make an SD card backup just for this reason.
Which tools is best option for ROM backup to Mini SD?
Hi,
Just read your message about writing ROM to Mini SD card.
I'd like to do just that.
I want one or two ROM's for safekeeping stored somewhere instead only a backup or official copy on my pc.
As i've read restoring from SD is safer and faster..
I don't intend to use the SD card for anything more than just that.
In the Prodigy Service Manual (Prodigy Service Manual -XA(0813-2005).pdf) HTC uses mtty.exe. There are also instructions in the PDF.
Since HTC uses this, it should do exactly what i want, i guess?
Or is there a better tool?
Thanks,
Allegro.
P.S: Will a restored ROM from Mini-SD look fresh to HTC?
Or will they see it's a self restored copy instead of a official HTC restore?
Will it reset "everything"?
I was able to fully restore CIngular 8125 ROM, EXTROM, All Splash Images using the SD Restore.
100 Cingular OEM Spec has been restored...
I hv updated T Mo custom ROM..but now can't downgrade even by Awizard utils....can any one throw some light on this?

Mda II Compact boot failture!

Hello gays!
I hav a problem with my Mda.
In my mda was windows 05 and i want to upgrade to 06
And im download rom from thiece site:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=305125
And i Upgrade rom thiece method :
ANOTHER FLASH METHOD :
If you have the chinese WM6 rom, downgrade to some WM5 with official RUU, then:
download this:
http://rapidshare.com/files/29098553...fixed.zip.html
Once you unpack it, please put the nk.nbf (charmer wm6) into the Shelltool folder. Open shelltool.exe. Click Get Rom info, then click Extract OS. Wait until its finished and you'll receive a file called 8004000-OS.nb (save it for later).
Download the xbeta Chinese WM6 rom : http://rapidshare.com/files/27671349...eta.exe. html
Extract it and put that 8004000.OS you saved before in the XBETA directory. In the itsutils folder of xbeta rom you will find enablerapi.cab and cert_spcs.cab. Copy them to your device, install them on Device Memory, then soft reset.
run xbeta.cmd and choose the 8004000OS.nb file to flash (you should be connected with AS and have your radio module turned off).
When the screen goes green and the flashing is finished make a HARD RESET!. Press Camera and Voice Dail buttons (hold them). Put and hold the stylus in reset button for 2 seconds. Release it. Wait until you see some white fonts on black screen. Then release those 2 buttons. Push the green dial button.
I choose thiece method becouse the first method in the rom subject doesnt work.
But after im instal new rom i have Era rom and when im complete upgrading to wm6 the phone is restart and im see era splash screen and its strange for me :/
So the problem is it is in startup screen showin Era splash screen and he STOP! i tried to hard reset but it gives fat partition error.
Please HElp me!
sounds like your device is CID locked at the time you flash it.. which gives you the same splash screen. However, the fat partition error (I presume it said format fail), is a big problem that AFAIK, it has no solution.
What you can do (at least) now is to put your phone in to bootloader mode and flash it (check the wiki, I think there is a section on this).
I turn on boot loader and i upgrade to another rom Era name and still thiece same Can you give me link with rom ?? to my phone ? Yes i dont unlock the cid
http://www.tm-phonedownloads.com/download_manager_mda_com2.html
Now i download my Net is so slowly :d when im download and upgrade i write and good luck to me ;]
Rom t mobile Doesnt work. Other minds?? But the splash screen is T mobile ;]
ipl 2. 06
spl 2.06. 0000
gsm 02.19.21
os 2.6.2.27
meybe Rescue Rom like i wizard ?? do you now where i can find it??
the splash screen indicated that it has already flashed, but, as I've mentioned above, the partition failure are more complicated than that and may not be fixable yourself. I can't help anymore now, you can try to find some other solution. Good luck.
How to unlock cid ?? can you tell me what i hawe g 3 or g 4
at the top section of this screen, there is this "XDA-Wiki", go in to the 'Wizard' section. G3 G4 CID unlock info is there.
Raptorgda said:
I turn on boot loader and i upgrade to another rom Era name and still thiece same Can you give me link with rom ?? to my phone ? Yes i dont unlock the cid
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""Splash screen freezing -> SOLUTION !!! DIY
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Damn... I walked around and around and solution was all near me and able to do it myself...
Ok here´s how I done it.
First, I must explain what was the problem.
After update the firmware (not actually upgrade, I had the phone full of trash, so I decided to reflash same firmware v2.18 PTG), the Qtek 9100 / HTC Wizard freezed at 2nd splash screen (the one that shows OS versions IPL version, ect). Tried many different versions, upgraded to 2.24, 2.25, downgraded even to 1.6.7.3, but always same problem, freezed on second splash screen. I read many topics on xda-dev, and seen some people with same problem. Apparently there was 2 solutions. 1- send phone back to warranty. 2- write backup ROM from SD in bootloader.
Passed more then 15 hours asking for this SD backup everywhere, and COULDN´T find any help. Apparently no one had this "SD dump ROM Backup".
So here´s how I solved my problem
1- I tought that a SD backup was needed, and yes it is. But u can use your own phone and your own SD to do it.
2- Get a clean SD card (in qtek 9100 / Htc Wizard case is MiniSD) with 128MB (some people say 64MB, but I personally used a 128MB, maybe a 64MB is enough)
3- Kill (task manager) wescomm.exe (this is related with activesync installed on your PC). Insert the blank SD card on the phone.
4- Get your phone in bootloader mode. Like this : Phone powered off, press Camera button + Power On, will enter in bootloader mode (RGB screen).
5- Now connect your USB cable to your phone. And start MTTY_updateROM.exe (http://wiki.xda-developers.com/uploads/romupdate.rar). After open, on Port selection, choose \\.\WCEUSBSH001 and press OK. A window will open with a blank sheet.
6- Type "r2sd all" and hit enter... wait to the end (at end shows "cmd>"). On your phone screen u can follow backup progress... small bar will appear down the RGB screen.
7- Power off the phone (or remove battery), enter bootloader mode (camera button + power on) and this time RGB won´t appear right away. Will ask if u want to "download SD image", press voice dial button to agree, and writting will begin. Wait to the end. Power off and power on normally. Now your phone should be working ok. Not even needed to reflash the phone after this.
Thanks to all and hope this helps more people with this problem""
In Wizard forum
Oszi link doesnt work Do you have other??
Doesnt work sesion like that :
r2sd all
Get_BitData
***** user area size = 0x7A80000 Bytes
R2SDBackup() - Download type = 6
usTotalBlock = 1 sizeof(SDCARD_SIGNATRUE_TABLE)=512 And stop hiere
You have Wizard but i have mda 2 compact do you now?? ;]
But i have a idea can you give me backup files?? on cd card ?? i will put it on my sd card
Raptorgda said:
Doesnt work sesion like that :
r2sd all
Get_BitData
***** user area size = 0x7A80000 Bytes
R2SDBackup() - Download type = 6
usTotalBlock = 1 sizeof(SDCARD_SIGNATRUE_TABLE)=512 And stop hiere
You have Wizard but i have mda 2 compact do you now?? ;]
But i have a idea can you give me backup files?? on cd card ?? i will put it on my sd card
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Yes I know!I have MDA cII to and not wizard!
You must other MDA cII !your pda is dead you must other mda cII and save the rom the new mda cII.
He say maybe work other Pda (mda c,mda cII,prophet and more)
(sorry my bad english)
I will put Sd card with backup from my own wizard meybe it is will be work if not i take backup from my firend (he have mda 2 c ) Sory for my bad english!
I will put Sd card with backup from my own wizard meybe it is will be work if not i take backup from my firend (he have mda 2 c ) Sory for my bad english!
Format Is Failed (!?)
Hi. I know that the focus is now on the new ROM, but I am having a problem with my MDA Compact II after following the alternative flashing method. Original details:
IPL 1.12, SPL 1.12.0000, GSM 01.11.20, OS 1.12.2.23
All seemed to go ok, following step by step as per http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=39129&d=1179243687 and I got to the end step with ‘Congratulations’. I had no error messages. However upon hard reset I got the message: FORMAT FAT PARTITION, FORMAT IS FAILED (oops!)
The screen then showed the same details as before, but with OS now 10.2.0.8.
I’ve done some searching on the Forums & tried restoring the phone via bootloader using both “MDAc2_ROM_Johnnnnnnnnnny_v1.0” (stalls at 99%) and “RUU_Charmer_1120223_11202110_11220_T-MobileUK_Ship” (this completes 100% & reverts the OS to 1.12.2.23, but I get the same FORMAT IS FAILED message).
Any further suggestions how I can revert to the original state, or update to WM6?
(My wife has an MDA II as well – I’ve checked my battery in her phone & it is fully charged).
PS Ignore the details at the bottom - I also have an MDA COMPACT (I)
Chameleon846: if you read carefully, you would know that you need at least bootloader in ver. 2.x to flash WM6. And seeing you have 1.x, no wonder it didnt flash poperly. GO find an official HTC Prophet rom and flash it with RUU. It will help.
no problem with this, this happen time after time on every ppc, it's random flashing error.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=307332
please, read forums before asking, this was mentioned many times...
vlodeck, thanks. A little knowledge... I stupidly missed the 2.x bit...
I've tried the RUU method with an official ROM. It completes all 100%, but will not go any further. I've seen bits about a restore from an SD card, but can't find the exact method (copying the nk.nbf file to SD & running bootloader doesn't do anything. If I manage to sort this am I able to upgrade the bootloader to 2.x?
Thanks.
Chameleon: not charmer official ROM. Prophet ROM!

Treo 750 Hard-SPL/Unlock/Unbrand Guide

Cannot get Hard-SPL on your Treo 750? Want to unlock/unbrand your Treo 750?
Check attached files to make your life easier.
Here is a guide to having a successful flash:
1) Create an ActiveSync connection with your phone.
2) THIS STEP IS ONLY FOR VISTA/WIN7 USERS! Follow the guide at this website first and complete all the instructions!
3) Download CheetahUnlocker to your computer, and extract the program - DO NOT RUN IT YET.
4) Download the attached Treo750UnlockFiles.zip and extract it to your computer. Take CHEEIMG.nbh and athena_unlocker.exe and copy them to your SD card.
5) Open/Run CheetahUnlocker.exe, and agree to the warning message. This will open a box with 3 options (2 are greyed out).
Option1:
Click "Flash SPL"
Click Next
Click the checkbox, then click Next
Click the checkbox (again), then click Next (again)
Click the "Update" button, then click Next
At this point CheetahUnlocker will send files to your phone to bypass the protection and flash your phone (called SSPL) and start your phone in bootloader mode. You may have to agree (on your phone) to these files being sent! Since we have placed the CHEEIMG.nbh file on your SD card CheetahUnlocker may respond with an error, ignore this error and click OK, it will go back to its original screen - DO NOT CLICK THE SECOND OPTION YET.
Your phone will find the CHEEIMG.nbh file on your SD card when entering bootloader mode and confirm that you would like to flash the file. Press the "Power/End Call" button to flash this file now, it should go rather quickly and say "Update Success" if all goes well.
After it is finished, pin reset your device using your stylus and the small button near the SD card slot. Your phone will boot up as normal, let it finish entering the OS and reconnect to ActiveSync.
Optional: Enter bootloader to confirm the flash by holding down the "Media" button (round button on left side) and using your stylus on the pin reset button (near the SD card slot) simultaneously. If all went well you should see SPL-1.4.0.OliNex.
Option 2:
Click "Unlock Radio"
Click the checkbox, then click Next
Click the "Update" button, then click Next
The program will flash an unlocked version of the radio to your phone. After it is finished it will boot normally, wait until it is done and has reconnected to ActiveSync. Around this time the program will prompt you with a box telling you it has to send files to your phone to unlock it, this will fail with an error. Click continue and the program will go back to its original screen. On your phone, locate the athena_unlocker.exe file on your SD card using File Explorer/Total Commander/Resco Explorer and RUN it. The program has 2 options, check both of these, then click "Unlock". This will unlock your phone, but we aren't done yet!
Option 3:
Press and hold "Shift" and "2" on your keyboard and click the title bar of CheetahUnlocker. This will unlock all 3 options. Click the 3rd option "Flash Normal Radio".
Click Next
Click the checkbox, then click Next
Click the checkbox (again), then click Next (again)
Click the "Update" button, then click Next
CheetahUnlocker will flash a normal working radio to your phone so that it operates normally. After it is finished, the phone will reboot and load as normal.
Congratulations, your Treo 750 (Cheetah) is now unlocked, unbranded, and ready to go!
need to hard-spl without computer
i'm in a limiting setting and would like to flash & unlock my locked at&t branded/locked treo 750. i can not in any reasonable way gain acces to a pc. is this possible if so how please? any help is appriciated.
pls can this method unlock treo 650
please i can't doing step 3, i press shift(pc) + 2(pc) + click in title bar of program but do not jump to 3 option.
tictac_m said:
please i can't doing step 3, i press shift(pc) + 2(pc) + click in title bar of program but do not jump to 3 option.
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click in the textbox at the bottom of the program.
There's not connection with SD CARD
Sorry, but if i let it in the SD CARD in I recive a message of error conection.
sixtus said:
pls can this method unlock treo 650
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this is not the correct place to ask that
Thank you
Thank you for your contribution! I applied this to my 750 that was sitting around doing nothing so that I can give it to my niece. I haven't been able to test if it works yet as I don't have a SIM for another network. Everything went as you described so I am crossing my fingers.
thanks man it worked like a charm.... i also cant wait for your WM 6.5 cooked rom.. it will be off the chain
Hi,
My brother just gave me his Treo 750 to replace my broken Hermes. I'm trying to Hardspl this device but without the need to hook it up to the computer. My brother lost the usb connection for the Treo. Is there a way I can flash the Hardspl with a MiniSD card? Please help cause this official WM6 on here is locked to UMTS only...cannot change to GSM. Any help will be much appreciated. Thanks in advance.
newbie
several days ago i upgrade mytreo from wm 5 to 6.5, but for several item didn't work such a camera, button, & can't switch to silent, & can't turn off (at the red button), & can't read mini SD 2 GB,need for the info to fix it, how should i do?
It isn't working D:
When I attempt this, it goes smoothly, but the SIM unlock isn't happening. When I insert the SIM after running step 3, I get this:
You have tried 76 times, please wait until timeout....
The app is sim lock, and I can't go to any other window.
I cannot create an activesync on the step 1...because my treo stucks in palm logo..please help me navenedrob .....
Is it necessary to do option 1,2 and 3?
My Treo is already simlock-free , so...
Thanks in advanced,
Rickson
you need to unlock the treo even your treo is a sim free. it is not the same...
libal said:
you need to unlock the treo even your treo is a sim free. it is not the same...
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Ok, so i have to walk through option 1,2 and 3.
I'm gonna give it a go this week.
Thanx
Works great! originally lock At&t Treo 750 and now tested with t-mobile sim and work perfectly. Hardspl also in full effect...since then I've switch a bunch of time between each roms. Thank you for putting together this complete guide.
Anyone yet have a way to write over the Hermes radios 154.__.__ etc. yet
NickMl said:
When I attempt this, it goes smoothly, but the SIM unlock isn't happening. When I insert the SIM after running step 3, I get this:
You have tried 76 times, please wait until timeout....
The app is sim lock, and I can't go to any other window.
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I have same problem with locked vodafone Treo 750. I can go thru all the steps, but at the and the phone is still locked. By the way I can upgrade to wm 6 or downgrade to wm 5. As I see I can not upgrade the radio rom of the phone.
Any help will be apprecitated.
Thanks to the forum.
y_aris said:
several days ago i upgrade mytreo from wm 5 to 6.5, but for several item didn't work such a camera, button, & can't switch to silent, & can't turn off (at the red button), & can't read mini SD 2 GB,need for the info to fix it, how should i do?
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Read through the threads on the version of the 6.5 ROM you used. Some of the issues you are reporting are known bugs in various versions of 6.5 that have been posted.
For example, navenedrob has indicated he will be publishing an update to his 6.5 ROM which has fixes to most of his ROM's reported bugs, one of the major of which is the 'red button' issue you are experiencing.

Tilt Bootloader

ok im going to start off by saying...im young at this thing...anyway the other day i wantd 6.5 on my htc8900...i got the rom onthe sdcard but im stuck at the screen?!?!?! n i really really just want to figure this out...some1 please!!!
ok so what all did you do, we need more info then you provided.
basically i was searching how to get this beta on my tilt...so i came across this 1 guy from here and he gave me a list of links to follow..."FIRST READ THE
WIKI
HARD SPL
SUPER CID
THEN FLASH via sd card or usb"
exact words....then i did all those things...n everytime i do that bootloader reset it states "KAIS1*0
SPL-3.56.0000
CPLD-8"<---red bar
nothing in green...and nothing in blue, and @ the bottom it say serial.
AND it stays there forever...i can softreset and go back to my normal state but i want beta please help me seniors
just need step-by-step for 6.5 email->[email protected]
6.5 is no different then 6.0 or 6.1, it's what you use that matters.
Which 6.5 ROM are you using, there are several out there already?
Is this not setp by step enough for you?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=433835
ok i did read that... and did it but im tryin to put this on my htc http://anryl.freeforums.org/21232-public-releases-links-requests-t29.html#p261
but what?
Follow the instructions and it will be done.
From Mskips post
Flashing Via MicroSD Card
1. Make sure your microSD is Formatted to fat32 (you dont have to delete all files but it is safer if you do)
2. Download your prefered Rom from the Kaiser Rom Develpoment Page and unzip/unrar it to your computer
3. Goto the Roms Folder and rename the .nbh file to KAISIMG.nbh
4. Copy the KAISIMG.nbh file to the root of your MicroSD Card
5. Plug the MicroSD Card into the phone
6. Hold in the Power and Camera buttons, then press the reset button with the stylus for about 3 seconds until the BootLoader screen appears
7. You will first see a tri-color screen with the phone and SPL Information at the top
8. A message will then pop up asking you to press the Power button to start the update
9. Press power button to start flashing
10. Once phone finishes flashing and says Update Complete, reset with the stylus
11. When it gets to the screen where it configures the stylus, HARD RESET
(press left and right softkey buttons on the front and hold in reset with stylus until message appears)
12. When prompted, Press "Send Button" (Green Call Button on Front) to Clear Data
13. When prompted, Press "Send Button" (Green Call Button on Front) to Restart Phone
14. Follow onscreen instructions to set up your New Rom
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IBTiltin325 said:
basically i was searching how to get this beta on my tilt...so i came across this 1 guy from here and he gave me a list of links to follow..."FIRST READ THE
WIKI
HARD SPL
SUPER CID
THEN FLASH via sd card or usb"
exact words....then i did all those things...n everytime i do that bootloader reset it states "KAIS1*0
SPL-3.56.0000
CPLD-8"<---red bar
nothing in green...and nothing in blue, and @ the bottom it say serial.
AND it stays there forever...i can softreset and go back to my normal state but i want beta please help me seniors
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You still have the stock AT$T spl on your phone. So obviously you did not follow the steps in the guide. If you followed all of mskips steps, you would have Hardspl on your phone.
Re-read and follow all the steps carefully in mskips guide. Do not mess around with things that you do not understand or you will have a very expensive door stop on your hands.
@Chumley, is that a custom rom I see on your phone ? I thought you were the last bastion of the stock rom. What happened ? And 6.5 no less.
Oh no, I flashed this baby the first week I had it. I ran duttys last rom for about a year though.
haha look everyone...after i opened my eyes n started to read then i got it....THANKS TO ALL SENIORS...4real what ya do is something sick...and ya good at it...ohhh last question though...is there any other 65 roms like recent?
thanxs again...
IBTiltin325 said:
haha look everyone...after i opened my eyes n started to read then i got it....THANKS TO ALL SENIORS...4real what ya do is something sick...and ya good at it...ohhh last question though...is there any other 65 roms like recent?
thanxs again...
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Go in to rom development and look around, even though I don't care for 6.5 , I have flashed 6.5 roms by Josh , anyrl, abusalza, and support. Chumley is currently using one by chinhe. They are all great, try each one and keep the one you like best.
im guessing....7 is out of the question...or im too early for class?
IBTiltin325 said:
im guessing....7 is out of the question...or im too early for class?
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LOL ....too early for class, come back @ spring 2010

Upgrade to 6 stuck on windows loading

Hi,
I got given a couple of Treo 750 phones. Both on the Optus Australian Network so I scratched around for days and found the upgrade software. Shows update 2.27
1st one went perfect.
2nd one on same computer got through copying files and executing update and stalled at the start of completing update.
I got the Windows mobile screen show and it just was not loading for ages. Previous one loaded and then asked for input of Date, touch screen settings etc.
The installer can be re run but says no USB connection at the moment.
I have done a hard reset and get the palm display then locks on the Windows Mobile screen.
I saw procedures to use the Mini SD card but the cards I have won't work in any treo, they are not SDHC type but standard 2G ones.
I next found the recovery tool but holding the left lower button and then hitting reset did not work but does work on my good phone where it shows the coloured bars and SPL....
The left button is a bit dodgy so I suspect it may be faulty. Is there anything else I can try?
EDIT: Ok I pulled apart the phone, looks like it had a hard life as broken case around two screws and they would not unscrew easily. Found the tiny button had dry solder joints. Fixed that up and was able to recover using the reset proceedure.
Phone now working.
could you explain in more detail what you did. thanks man
webafile said:
could you explain in more detail what you did. thanks man
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What would you like to know?
Once I physicaly repaired the phone as indicated in the edit I was able to hold the left hand button (which was faulty) and the reset at the same time that allowed me to get into the SPL mode and recover the phone.
I understand it very little and most posts on these forums are over my head.
I would like windows 6.1 but there is so much information that seems to conflict that I don't know I am game since it is now working on an official 6.0 Optus version.
I am happy to help but if you can maybe tell me where you are at the moment and what you want to acheive and what you have tried I hope I can fill in the gaps for you.
because im new to this to and i got stuck in the windows screen also. so i would like to know what to download and where from and step by step if you could please.
thanks man
webafile said:
because im new to this to and i got stuck in the windows screen also. so i would like to know what to download and where from and step by step if you could please.
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Ok to start with what country are you in and what telco were you with eg Vodafone etc as you will need that as a start.
USA and im with AT&A
Try the method describe in the thread below - Mine work
Hi, you might want to try this method
Follow it one by one and do not skip a step
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=460783
I just did mine last Saturday (it was a Vodafone phone)
AT&T should be easier since the Windows 6 ROM is easier to get
If you'd like to update to WM 6.1, you should upgrade first to WM 6
Something i read about the radio not working to full capacity if you upgrade straight to 6.1
As for the WM 6 ROM, i'm sure you can find it
Good luck
Hi All,
I have a Treo 750 and it WAS running WM 6.0 Professional (OFFICIAL) and I got it onto the phone and then tried to install WM 6.5 and then I downgraded to 5.0 and tried to update back to 6 and it bricked my treo, any of you wonderful xda ppl have any solution?
Also, I have tried installing the ROM again (via SD updater) and it looks like this:
SPLASH1 OK
BOOTLOAD OK
GSM OK
Micro P OK
EXTROM FAIL
OS
Update Terminate
UPDATE FAIL
I cant install the windows installer one as WMDC 6.1 or ActiveSync 4.5 WILL NOT show the device up on the computer. I have Windows Vista Home Basic, and when I tried MTTY, the only ports I get are COM1, COM2, and COM3. I can't get the usb to show up. Even with MTTY 0.01 when I got the USB connection, it would not open. Is it Vista? Or am I not doing it right? ANY HELP WOULD BE APPRECIATED TO GET MY POOR TREO BACK!!!!!!!!!
Thanks
~Mike
Try this?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=427519
simunlocktreo said:
Try this?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=427519
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Is this universal (i.e. Hermes/BA/Trinity) or just for the Treo 750. I think what bricked it in the first place was installing a custom rom by veisen (WM 6.5)
~Mike
Didnt Work
That one thing didn't work. It keeps coming up ERROR 226: FLASH WRITE ERROR Anything else???
~Mike

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