Hi tehre, I've been a bit daft. I accidentally tried to load a CDMA rom onto my GSM diamond....my own fault, got a ROM from a different forum and was not used to their structure for CDMA/GSM rom locations...anyway, is there a way to flash a GSM ROM back onto my phone? I used to have a trinity and i though there was a way of entering the boot loader without having the device in the operating system. But not sure how you do this on a Diamond.
Any help would be greatly appreceated, feel a right burk!
just a note, i have actually found the bootloader option but wanted to check I could actually load the rom from this point without any harmful side effects
bootloader can usually be accessed by holding volume up and reset at the same time.
should be able to flash from there - doesnt make any difference to the flash
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Does anyone know if doing this will make the phone a brick? I am daring to do it, but hesitant because I cannot find a launch rom from Verizon to go back to.
Mike
I would not recommend doing this, there are some major differences in how they work there networks, and you will probably brickafy your phone. It's best not to try.
but what if you use the unbranding trick (hard reset after you flash, soft reset before carrier customization begins)?
anyone treied this? anyone WILLING to try this? i will supply the sprint rom if needed!
With all the ROM swapping we did on the 6700 it seems like it should be possible. As long as just the CE ROM is updated and not the Radio ROM you shouldnt run into any problems. The Extended ROM may need some select customizations (removals from the Verizon, additions from the Sprint) but that is cake once the CE ROM is updated. My guess is all that would be needed is an MaUt_NoID ROM updater for the 6700 like we had for the 6600. I don't have a 6700 as of yet so I can't help you but I'm upgrading from my 6600 soon and am definitely interested in getting this new ROM working for other carriers
I'm pretty new to the whole PDA world, so I am still gathering some basic info. I have a Sprint PPC 6700 I would like to convert to the Verizon network, and it is already a brick. When turned on it shows 'Serial' at the top of the screen until it is plugged into the USB, and then it says 'USB'. At the bottom it reads 'v1.00'. I assume this is the bootloader screen, but what I need to know is how do I get a rom to install. I would settle for getting this thing back to factory.
put it in the cradle with power and run the Rom Upgrade Utility
That won't work because in its current state, Active Sync does not see it. Windows sees it and recongizes it as a CE device, but that's it.
try using WinRAR to open up the installer and run the EXEs it contains one by one (I think the one you'll need is MaUpgradeUt.exe or something like that
I'll give that a try this evening. Thanks.
I tried that, and it tells me that the ROM image is corrupted, and I need to download the proper image for my device. I have tried both updates with this with no luck.
Hey there everyone, I am pretty new to this forum so I must apologize for throwing you all into the deep end. I recently purchased an o2 XDA mini S second hand from a guy on boards.ie here in Ireland. I got the phone and really liked it because it allowed me to get rid of my Dell Axim X3i and mp3 player and keep it all in one device.
After a little bit of more research I discovered that I could remove some of the bloatware from the o2 xda mini S by just hard resetting and choosing the basic option which I than did. Still not satisfied with the overall performance of the XDA I decided to try a rom upgrade. Not wanting to do a totall overhaul I decided to just do a radio upgrade first.
My device is sim unlocked, it was like that when I bought it. I used the latest wizard service tool to CID unlock the device before I even flashed the phone. I also used the wizard service tool to change the nk.nbf file within the o2 mini S radio update into 96000000-GSM.nb. I then used this file to write to the GSM radio code (Bdk 1) according to the wizard service tool in the hopes that it would upgrade my radio version.
Well when I restarted, nothing of the sort happened, on the boot screen I noticed I was now missing my GSM version and when the phone finally got into windows mobile, it did not pick up any signal even though beforehand it could. The phone also became super slow to the point where it was unusable.
I have gone into bootloader mode subsequently after reading on this forum and tried to reflash with a number of updates with active sync disabled and nothing else running with the phone connected via usb to the pc. None of the updates would even pick up the phone or allow me to flash it.
My phone is pretty much screwed, I have a spare so it is not that big of an issue but I would like to make this usable again if at all possible. So my question is how do I flash a rom while the phone is in bootloader mode?
P.S I forgot to include the Current boot screen details:
IPL - 1.05
SPL - 1.05
OS - 1.5.4.2
Hi,
You can use the Wizard Love Rom from here http://rapidshare.com/files/17792050/Wizard_Love_2.26.10.2_WWE_Novii_CF2.rar
Hey there, thanks for the advice, I did download that ROM but like I said before, none of the roms manage to flash my XDA because they all cannot seem to connect to it. Activesync does not even pick it up in windows mode, and even when I have it connected in bootloader mode via usb and I double click on the love rom, it goes through the motions but never managed to "verify the information with the pda"
Try a stock Tmobile ROM but not from bootloader. Also, I would check the activesync app on the device. Make sure it's set to use USB as the default connection method.
A few other steps to try...
Uninstall ActiveSync and install an older version. If still no go, try a newer version.
Try a different USB cable and/or USB port.
Try a different computer with XP, not Vista.
Try flashing it without the SIM card or any memory cards.
If all else fails, you can try the SD card flashing method. There are instructions in the Wiki on how to do it, but always a stock ROM.
Try this one... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=311027
Updated IPL/SPL and radio 2.69
Hey Devis, I think I have come one step closer, I tried all the suggestions that you made. Except well now my phone will not even go into the operating system when I switch it on. It will boot and the version numbers show but then it just resets itself.
I tried a different usb cable and I am not using vista, tried a different pc and the same result. The one place I did have some marginal success was the sd card method.
Basically what happened is that It backed up the OS from my phone and then reloaded it, not exactly what I wanted since the OS and rom are both screwed on the phone so my question at this point is, is there anyway using the SD card method to load one of the stock roms onto my phone?
I searched around the net and found the opposite to the "r2sd all" function, would be the "s2d" function, would that allow me to flash the phone with a stock rom?
Thanks for your time, I am going to call it a night here in ireland and head to bed.
Ok, if the phone resets then you probbably have a dead/dying battery. Charge it for about an hour or so using the wall charger, not the USB cable. Try to restart it and see if you can get in the OS. I was looking in the SD card method thread and some guy was successful at restoring the image from the SD even though his OS had died. He then had a fully functional phone.
The other thing to do would be to get the image file from someone that has a living and breathing wizard, preferably one with a stock ROM. Since this method is the equivalent of making an image of a PC using Ghost, the restoration of such an image to your Wizard should work just fine.
Just make sure that the other Wizard is SIM and CID unlocked. Or just go buy a Wizard from the store, unlock SIM and CID, copy the image on the SD and flash your device. Or... since u've got a new Wizard in your hands, just take the freaking thing appart and swap the guts return the store bought wizard to the store saying that the thing just doesnt freaking work!
As for the AT commands... it is possible that s2d would workfor you, it doesn't work in my wizard. from what i have been reading it appears that the bootloader is password protected and that password is randomly generated. I haven't played long enough with it to figure out how to get the password.
It looks like you've got some "trial and error" processes ahead of you. There is a wealth of info on bootloader AT commands on Wiki, nothing for the Wizard though. But something may work... not sure.
I could try to get you a ROM dump from my Wizard but I already am on SPL/IPL 3.08 and running WM6. the SPL/IPL version alone wouldn't allow you to restore from my backup.
Hey Devis, thanks for your time, just woke up here, will work some more on the phone today and let you know what is going on
Hey Devis, I did not even get a chance to fiddle around with the phone today, from being able to switch on less than 24 hours ago, it does not even want to switch on now so I am going to officially declared it a brick and move on. Will see if anyone can fix it for me, spent way too much time already when I should be working on my dissertation, thanks alot anyway
Sorry to hear that...
I have bricked one phone myself in the past... my old Pana GD87 and I absolutely loved that phone. I know how you feel.
Good luck with your dissertation.
Hey everyone,
I am trying to flash a new rom (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=418320), but I think I have run into a problem along the way. Please forgive me, but I am a very beginner at this stuff.
I was following the steps from this page (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=2707841&postcount=4035). I have reached step 6, but in stead of a menu appearing, I only get the "loading..." on a gray screen appearing, and it has been like this for the last 15 minutes.
Any idea of what can be wrong? I have Olinex 1.30 Hard SPL.
Any help apprechiated.
Daniel
Need more info. What kind of device do you have? Are you trying to flash a GMS ROM on a CDMA device?
One more thing: what format is your internal storage. I'm not positive, but I think it has to be formatted as FAT32, and it comes as plain FAT. If you didn't reformat it, it might not be able to read your ROM file, and thus you won't be able to flash it that way. You'll have to use a Windows PC and try to flash it that way.
I have the Touch Diamond. I assume it is a CDMA device? I do not know what a GMS rom is really? Please forgive me if I have started something im really not qualified to do. After having read through several guides here, I assumed that flashing a ROM was pretty general as long as I stuck to the right device section?
Who is your phone carrier?
I have a windows PC (vista). However, I chose to follow the steps Suiller (post linked above) explained, as I got the impression it was safer (and faster).
My phone carrier is Network Norway. The phone was bought in Australia in october, but it is unlocked.
Ok, you have a GSM phone (that's the type of radio it uses). I believe you pointed to a GSM ROM, so it should be Ok.
It's probably the formatting. Can you still boot into the phone with the old ROM, or does it only go to the bootloader screen? If you can boot in, try formatting the internal memory (this will destroy all the data, so back it up). If that still doesn't work, try downloading another ROM file. That will let you know if you just got a bad copy of the ROM you want or if there is something wrong with the way you're trying to install it.
Thanks for your help!
Hi friends i am new here and i have got my htc diamond before a month and when i googled for apps i found this great site
Then i have dled some apps and tweaks and thanks again to xda mods and members for this
However i keep on seeing flashing of roms and i am new on flashing but dont worry cause i have everything read on this site with full details and i am not in a hurry to flash as i dont want to get into problem by flashing and i will do it slow and steady
But the problem is that my device is sim unlocked already but i dont know that the device is unlocked or not so can anybody suggest me an app which will give me full details of locked or unlocked or any method and one more imp thing that if my device is already unlocked and still i do a HARD SPL and then radio and then sim unlocker is it okay or not. i got this info:
STEP 1 ( HARD SPL )
- In short, this resets the CID. This makes your phone able to run firmware installs from other that your phone provider, which is normally locked.
- Just run "diamond-sspl.bat". When the screen on your phone goes black and the bat file is done, open the folder "HardSPL-1.24" and run "DiamondCustomRUU.exe"
STEP 2 (Radio)
- This flashes a new radio, witch is able to simunlock.
- Run: "DiamonCustomRUU.exe"
STEP 3 ( RUN UNLOCKER )
- Copy "DiamUnlock.exe" to your device.
- As and joke from the developer this is really hard to execute. You have about 1/10 of a second to press the center of your joystick (this ticks the "remove simlock" box) And almost instantanely press, with your stylus on the box at the bottom. I mean it says "COMMIT" but I cant honnestly remember.
i have Duttys Diamond ROM 5.2.20764.1.4.3 [3.02] which i want to flash as i have 1.93.7** version which is little laggy.
and is there any app which will completely backup my original rom and radio so that i can reflash it back if anything happens to my device
My htc which is still default from factory freezes on start up. i have been advised that it needs a firmware upgrade but as i am unable to boot the phone up i am unable to upgrade the firmware. i am lost here i have been searching for hours to find a solution and can;t seem to find one so i thought i would ask you guys. it freezes on the screen smart mobility and doesn;t move from there.
Have you tryed to hard-reset?
To flash the original stock ROM via bootloader? as doesn't need to fully load os to flash.
i have tried to hard reset it now and it wont turn on now.
i got it to boot again after the hard reset but it did the same thing just froze on the smart mobility screen again. i had sent it in to be fixed but they wanted to charge me quite a bit to update the software and since i have 4 months till my contract is up i don;t want to pay it is there anyway i can give it the update whilst it is freezing during boot up
Try flash stock ROM via bootloader.
Camera button hold in press in stylus, stock rom "from wiki" now flash via usb or sd.
would you be able to suggest the best rom for me to use i have wm 6.1 the info it givews me is kais130 spl-3.29.0000 cpld-8 i have never done this before i just want to be sure i get the right one
You will need your carrier ROM as when flash will vendor check since not hard-spl'd.
thankyou so much for the help i was able to locate the correct rom and now my phone is working again you have been a great help
Glad you sorted, happy to help