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Hey All-
I'd appreciate any help anyone can offer. I am having problems updating to any of the WM6 ROMs out there (up here). One of a few things is happening:
1) Either RUU crashes just after it successfully sends my PDA in to bootloader mode, or
2) RUU is able to stay up, but for some reason, does not like the update file:
I either get an error: "This NBF file cannot be used for your PDA Phone. Please get a newer NBF file.", or
it suggests the nbf file is "corrupted", I think indicating the RUU util I am running is out of synch with what the PDA is expecting.
I'm using a T-Mobile MDA (Vario?) and Vista.
I've tried all of the solutions I have been able to find:
* changing the driver to HTC USB Sync so that it can "reconnect" once in bootloader
* various flavors of the update utility to get around the crash, which do not let me upgrade to the ROM of choice!
* hard reset of the device
* I even tried pulling down one of the ROM upgrades from the T-Mobile dowloads site and dropping that in with a WM6 ROM nbf file. That was a huge flop.
I know people have done this! I've seen it over and over again. So what in the world stupid thing am I doing to not make this work?
Thanks.
Joel Niemeyer
Seattle
RUU doesnt work on Vista. Use shelltool.
Thanks for the advice. I'm sure it was good advice, but I am three hours in to it running now, and I don't have a good feeling about it. I think it says it would take at least 15 minutes. Not 180! Ugh, now I wonder what I should do?
Joel
jniemeyer said:
Hey All-
* changing the driver to HTC USB Sync so that it can "reconnect" once in bootloader
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How do you do that? Thank you because when i try to downgrade my ROM or w/e so that i can unlock it when i gots to bootloader the fred green blue thingy it doesnt reconnect to active sync and maybe thats my probelm...=[
chaos, just look around for the RUU with Vista instructions- they are everywhere!
hey mate,
just follow this instructions http://www.modaco.com/index.php?showtopic=252977 to falsh every official ROM under MS Vista. Surely, when it comes to WM6 you gotta use the Shelltool.
regards
irm
Answer for Vista
My question is why don't people just dual boot vista with xp or 2000/etc...that would solve a lot of issues about the problems with vista.. just boot to xp..
I figure if you have the $Funds$ to spend on a $250+ phone you could shell out $50 for a 150gb 16mb cache HDD for your pc and dual/tri/quad/etc... sheeet son i've been doing this for years with linux/m$/mac.
Gotta face it, some software just runs better on one OS over another. peace out.
can someone confirm shell tool work
ANTC said:
can someone confirm shell tool work
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I tried it, took like 6 minutes then it was completed, knowingly it wasnt flashed right, but did the hard reset on the phone and was stuck at the SPL screen, so just loaded up VMWare to reflash.
It worked for me...
I flashed one of the WM6 ROMs using my Vista Ultimate computer. One of the main parts in making the thing work is remembering to put your computer in bootloader before doing it. On post #7 in the MoDaCo thread, it says this.
Once more, here is the link: http://www.modaco.com/RUU-on-Vista-It-can-be-done-the-ultimate-guide-t252977.html
so your saying witht hat tut you flash a custom rom??
Yes
Yes I was able to. I don't remember which, but I think i was Core 2.0
Yeah, I was able to use shelltool to make this happen. Thanks for the feedback, folks. Only hang up was that it had appeared to have seized up (was seemingly stuck before the "End" portion). I waited for like 3 hours before I finally threw up my hands and hard reset the unit. Low and behold my wizard booted up in to the new ROM and I have been good to do since!
Hello everyone,
First - I'm really happy to have found this resource. I had no idea about all the cool things I could do to my phone. Thanks to everybody for all your hard work.
I spent a lot of time reading up with the goal of upgrading to a Windows Mobile 6 ROM. But now I need some help please, because I can't get my phone back!
I determined that my phone is a G4 (IPL/SPL of 2.16.0001). I attempted to load various WM6 Roms (TNT 4.0 Official and XDA Mobile 6), without success (error 300). Eventually, I succeeded in loading Wizard Love 2.26.10.2, and booted into Windows successfully. I then tried to load TNT 4.0 on. It got up to 100%, rebooted - and now I am stuck on the RGB / bootloader screen. Plugging in USB cable gives me the USB txt in the bottom left, but no response from the computer. The various RUU utilities I have tried to restore the phone back to Wizard Love or official iMate ROMs all fail - they can't seem to find the phone.
I would greatly appreciate any help. Thanks you in advance.
Regards,
Nick
Progress!
More research led me to find that WinXP should be able to install a new ROM without ActiveSync - in fact, you need to disable ActiveSync USB connections and end wscecomm.exe via task manager.
These steps allowed me to attempt flashing of a new ROM:
1. Uninstall device from device manager
2. Turn off device completely
3. Disable USB in ActiveSync
4. End process "wscecomm.exe" via Task Manager
5. Plug in phone, windows will detect and install as a Windows CE. This will make wscecomm.exe load again. End this before running the RUU tool
6. Run RUU. When detecting your phone, it will run wscecomm.exe. I kept ending it and crashing the RUU . RUU stops it itself.
7. Finally my phone was detected and I was able to proceed to flashing without an RUU error. Previously, i was getting error 260, 264, 300...
I was greedy and attempted to load XDA Mobile 6. It got to 99% and crashed. I will try and get back to Wizard Love.
If somebody could tell me what I am missing / doing wrong that would be great. To summarise:
- I have been able to install Wizard Love
- I have a G4 i-mate KJAM
- TNT 4.0 has reached 100%. On reboot, I only got boatloader.
- After many hours trying to fix, I finally was able to attempt to flash XDA 6 r2. It reached 99% before crashing
I will now try to put Wizard Love back on, but I really want to run WM 6.0 and am not very concerned about which flavour. Thanks for your help
No...You shouldn't use RUU for upgrading to WM6 because your G4 is not unlocked (You need to pay to unlock a G4, however it is not required if you don't use RUU).
Flash to Wizard Love, then get a copy of ShellTool and use it to flash the nk.nbf inside WM6 RUU.
no worries. I have the same phone and running XDA r2a, so it can be done!
Simply get hold of G4_step_by_step_install_wm6 I think theres a link to rapidshare on this forum, try search. (I will try get the link later on.) Follow the steps and it has shelltool which will extract th OS for and you can then install. Make sure you get the splash screens from XDA thread so you get the full package.
Good luck
G4_step_by_step_install: http://rapidshare.com/files/22275022/G4_step_by_step_install_wm6.rar.html
link: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=VRYOZ4GO
Read this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=293480
You need this: ftp://xda:[email protected]/Uploads/WIZARD/Unlocking/ShellTool_bugfixed.zip
G4_step_by_step_install_wm6 will give u step by step guide on what to do.
Thank you
Hey guys - thanks so much, I can't wait to get stuck into it.
You know I spent my whole weekend getting into this stuff and I'm sure I have only just scratched the surface!
I think it's fantastic that so many of you put so much work into this, and then also have time to guide people through the process.
Regarding the FTP links throughout these forums - They never seem to work for me. I get an error 550 - failed to change directory. These are links with usernameassword of xda:xda. The only link that worked had something different, along the lines of xdaupload:xda, can't remember for sure.
What am I doing wrong?
Just get the G4_step_by_step, forget everything else. Its on rapidshare. It has even a WM6 Rom in it so you can even that on your Wizard. But you can install XDA R2a also by following the step by step guide and knowing what to replace. Have you downloaded it? Its about 75MB but well worth every bit of it! You wont need anything else after that.
We learn from each other! Thats why we help others so they help us too
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Regarding the FTP links throughout these forums - They never seem to work for me. I get an error 550 - failed to change directory. These are links with usernameassword of xda:xda. The only link that worked had something different, along the lines of xdaupload:xda, can't remember for sure.
What am I doing wrong?
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The forum carried many ROMs before. Micro$oft had some opinion on this and hence the ROMs were all removed. Most of the 550 errors would be due to this.
kernelguy
i have been looking around the wiki and i have found no solution to this. My activesync does not work and i have been installing all my applications and programs by using my memory card. I read that in order to install hardspl u need to use activesync. Is there a way to get around this by using a cab file from the memory card?
Do you mean ativsync on your phone or on your PC. If PC what OS are you using. Need a bit more info to help
im runin on xp but im not tryin to fix my activesync. ive been tryin to get it runnin for the past two months trying every possible solution. but now im just wonderin if its possible to instal hardspl by using the card
fraid its not. What actually happens when you try and connect activsync. You are using version 4.5 yeah? It could be something as simple as an unchecked option but I need as much info as you can give me on the problem buddy. Go for gold and spam if you need to
u can contact pof but as far as my knowledge goes that can't be done.
um whenever i try to install activesync it just stops at 99 percent and it says that there was an error and activesync could not be installed. ive tried the installer from the website and not from the cd too. it was the latest version and everything. it just gives me the same error.
I am running windows mobile device center on a Vista 64 bit laptop.
I have a t-mobile wing that I got second hand. The wing has OpenTouch V7.6 BP WWE.
Here is the problem,
I am trieing to flash the rom to the latest T-Mobile update. When the flash starts the activesync connection drops and it never gets to even 2% done.
I have also tried to flash to different Ver. of OpenTouch and same thing.
Is this a problem with the phone or yet another Vista Issue...........
ANYONE !!!!!!!!!!!
omg! we have the same problem dude i wanted to flash the latest t-mo wing rom but then activesny drops and never installation progress never reach 2%.... will sum1 pliz help? i think this is not a small issue here pliz some1 help
I flash from vista 64 all the time run flash as Administrator
i can flash HERALD.ASerg.Clean2.WM61E.WWE and also HERALD.ASerg.9.WM61E.WWE.6pp(which i am currently using) but i cant flash the t-mos really need help pliz
Solution for flashing from Vista 64bit and postin only once
I do have the solution for your issues (specially looking the amount of posts you have done since your incorporation to XDA-Dev's):
1) Go to the top of the page, near to your username
2) Look the third link in the brown menu bar, from the right (LogOut, QuickLinks, ...)
3) That's right: this one which says "Search". Click on it.
4) Write "Flashing from Vista" in the combo which appeared
5) Read the issues with Vista and specially with Vista 64 bit or even XP 64 bit
6) You'll have the solution, and you'll have found it by yourself. That's to be proud !
6b) In some cases, you'll find it's too hard to flash from Vista and you need XP or the use of SD card ;-p
thanks buddy but actually i am using xp32. so now?
is your phone Hard spl?
wingmanbill said:
I am running windows mobile device center on a Vista 64 bit laptop.
I have a t-mobile wing that I got second hand. The wing has OpenTouch V7.6 BP WWE.
Here is the problem,
I am trieing to flash the rom to the latest T-Mobile update. When the flash starts the activesync connection drops and it never gets to even 2% done.
I have also tried to flash to different Ver. of OpenTouch and same thing.
Is this a problem with the phone or yet another Vista Issue...........
ANYONE !!!!!!!!!!!
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That's not Win XP 32bit...
On the other side, if you use Win XP 32 bit, did you hard-SPL ? Can you put all the data about your device ? (SPL, Radio, etc.) so that we can know what is happening ?
afn691 said:
That's not Win XP 32bit...
On the other side, if you use Win XP 32 bit, did you hard-SPL ? Can you put all the data about your device ? (SPL, Radio, etc.) so that we can know what is happening ?
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I too had trouble flashing the default ROM on my Wing. The secret is actually to open up the official RUU application, then search your Temp folder for two NBH's, the RUU_signed.nbh, and the SPL.nbh. You need to then copy them into the RUU folder of Flash Center, run that as administrator, and make sure to flash without SD card. That's the way that I used to restore mine to stock from Hard-SPL.
Ok, i've tried everything that i've read in these threads, but am not having any luck.
I've got an HTC Breez (rom 1.13.251.2, radio 1.06.00.10, spp -2.05), and i'm trying to update it to WM6.1.
i've tried to use Hard SPLV7, which tells me that my phone needs to be application unlocked.
Then i tried to use AppUnlock-Check.zip (ApplicationUnlock.exe) to unlock it. But that tells me that my phone cannot be unlocked.
So, can someone please help me to prepare my phone to be rom updated? Please? This WM5.0 is not very nice!
thanks in advance for any help.
Ok, some progress. Based on this method i got the phone application unlocked.
However, when running the Hard-SPL-V7 it runs through until i give the last ok, then looks like it's running, then crashes. So no luck there.
Question: i am assuming that i need hard-spl prior to loading a new (WM6.1) onto the phone, correct?
thanks.
Hello out there. Is there no one that can lend me a hand? A hint?
He,,
You still need help?
Wich windows are you using? rom update only works with winXP...
You can search for updating using sdcards
Ah, hello!
I am using Win xp, and it did not work. Can you tell me exactly which version of Hardspl i should use?
thanks
You could try this one:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=552567
Tell me if you got hard SPL to work with this one. Follow the instructions on that page^^
There is also an update program wich automatically put your phone in sspl mode:
http://rapidshare.com/files/110014028/MTeoR-FutureShock-WM61-1.61.0004.0.rar
But,, if I where you I should first put Hard-SPL on your phone couse else you could brick your device.
Hello, and thanks for this. Problem is that the only SD card that i have is 4 gb, which does not work with the breeze!
Do you have any other way of making the 1st method work?
thanks for your help.
Download both files of my post above.,, In one of them you find the update program. In this folder you found an NBH file or something.., Delete this one and copy the NBH file of the other argive to this folder. I'm not sure if you have to rename it to the name of the NBH file you just deleted...
Connect your device over usb with active sync Then run the bat file.
Hmm, does not work! Any other suggestions?
Does active sync connect to your phone?
Wich application unlock tool did you use?