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Updating to WM6 ROMs on Vista

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!

unable to revert to O2 rom

Hi Guys,
i consider myself relatively experienced at flashing HTC devices having been using and upgrading for a few years but i've run into an issue on my CID locked G4. i upgraded to WM6 without issue and i tried to revert back to my O2 rom, the flash failed and i'm now stuck at the splash screen. I've tried to flash the original ROM from boot loader but i get a 101 error unable to connect(can see it in device manager). as i'm using vista i did a search and found some instructions and driver files but i get the same result. the only thing i can think of now is to CID unlock but i'm not sure it will help (unless it allows me to do the SD card restore). any ideas guys?
IPL:2.21.001
SPL:2.21.001
GSM:02.25.11
OS:10.1.0.811

OK., what you need to do is use a PC with XP, because i have read that vista PC's can get you into a lot of trouble. When you are at an XP PC, follow the instructions in my previous post
( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=313354 ).
When you flashed the original ROM, and you succeeded in doing so, think real hard if you still want to upgrade to a new ROM.
If you still want to do that, stick to a PC with XP installed (no vista!).
If you did reflash a good ROM into your HTC you'll be one step closer to upgrading your ROM.
Read this post thourougly :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=298613
as this will help you in case you didn't CID unlock your device.
(thanks vippie; this is the clearest walktrough i could find!)
If you are really sure you CID unlocked your device, you can flash your device to any ROM you think is useful to you.
If your device is really CID unlocked, you should be able to flash any ROM that is posted on this forum.
I know that it is that easy, because i have tried every WM6 ROM that is posted on this forum
good luck, and i hope in the end you will have the ROM that you want....

thanks. my device IS CID LOCKED and i've tried to flash it from 2 XP machines so it is looking like its a brick thanks anyway.
for sale wizard with pretty 3 colour screen - sold as seen!!!

One thing you can try is use another USB to mini USB cable, i have had one cable that didn't connect really well.
Sometimes it worked but if i moved my phone the connection went down.
I just thought of that because it was a while ago that this happened - I threw away the faulty cable and had no problems after that.

tried 3 different cables too

knownuser said:
tried 3 different cables too
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How much do you want for it? I need a new screen and body shell!

jabreu203 said:
How much do you want for it? I need a new screen and body shell!
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was actually kidding i'd like to fix it but i'm open to offers PM me.

ok .....HELP
i've paid for the CID unlock which went well i then tried to flash the O2 default rom failed error 101 (connection) i then tried wizard love failed error (300) in italian.
so stage 2 was to use the sd card recovery i ran the utility and then followed the instructions r2sd all etc..all seemed fine i restored the image to the wizard and rebooted it still won't go past the splash screen i've tried re-flashing and hard reset still no go....please guys any help???

If you have a memory card take it out. Right click on ActiveSync and go to connection settings. Uncheck allow usb connections then try to flash. With windows XP...

tried to flash on a win2K machine (4 pc's thats the only one thats not vista) still get error 101 on the original O2 rom and 300 on the wizard love rom.
still no joy anyone have any ideas???
http://www.t-mobile.hr/mdasw/RUU_Pro...R_WWE_Ship.zip fixed i'm on a tmobile rom i'll try downgrading again.

Error 246, 260 and 202

hey guys,
I'm freakin' out... I followed the instructions on trinityguides.info to upload the Hard-SPL. However, even though the Active Sync is working and the RUU seems to connect to the mobile and everything if going fine so far I get this bloody 246 and that *****y thingy of a mobile is going into the three colour mode... Ok, not a big deal. As I've read in the FAQ just start the RUU again and it should be cool... well, its not... now I get a 260. Nevertheless, I've not given up yet. I tried the installation again. This time without accepting the message on the mobile, after a while I get another error 202....
so please guys... where is the trick??? I read something about go into bootloader manually - I reckon that's the camera,power and hard reset button combo. When should I do this???
I also downloaded all three of this roms, 1.20, 1.30 and the other Macrofl or so....
I'm running XP SP2, Active Sync 4.5,
Mobile: HTC P3600, IPL-0.50, SPL-1.07.0000, WM5 German

Update via SD
Hi,
I had the same kind of problem just a few days ago... and I solved it simply using my SD memory. Using it, you bypass the pc (and the connection between the PDA and PC) and all this type of problems "connection-depending".
You can flash your PDA putting the rom image on the SDcard (how you should do, you can read here here )...
Ciao
Tompo

hey tompo,
thx for your help, but I still have problems. I formated my Sandisk 2GB ultra II SD card and copied the RUU_signed.nbh to the root of the SD. Then I renamed the file to TRINIMG.nbh and went manually to the bootloader. However, there was only a short flickering of a grey screen that said "loading", after that I was back in that three colour thingy.... crap.... what the hell am I doing wrong???
seems as i have though luck with that mobile....
Any more hints???
cheers

dee-fu said:
hey guys,
I'm freakin' out... I followed the instructions on trinityguides.info to upload the Hard-SPL. However, even though the Active Sync is working and the RUU seems to connect to the mobile and everything if going fine so far I get this bloody 246 and that *****y thingy of a mobile is going into the three colour mode... Ok, not a big deal. As I've read in the FAQ just start the RUU again and it should be cool... well, its not... now I get a 260. Nevertheless, I've not given up yet. I tried the installation again. This time without accepting the message on the mobile, after a while I get another error 202....
so please guys... where is the trick??? I read something about go into bootloader manually - I reckon that's the camera,power and hard reset button combo. When should I do this???
I also downloaded all three of this roms, 1.20, 1.30 and the other Macrofl or so....
I'm running XP SP2, Active Sync 4.5,
Mobile: HTC P3600, IPL-0.50, SPL-1.07.0000, WM5 German
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Ok.....You wanna get to the 3 strip screen?
Make sure the battery has a 50% of its charge.
-Turn the device off.(DON´T HOOK IT UP TO THE COMPUTER YET) so it should be off and unplugged.
-Press and HOLD camera button + power button,now you should see the 3 strips,if so you can hook it up to the usb port.
Got it?
I don´t remember now if you have to follow this step first:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=293957
Like I said I´m not sure,but take a look.....if you brick the phone there´s a way to fix it.
See ya.

THX
thank you guys for the support,
however, the source of the prob was the SD card. Even though I formatted the SD in my laptop with FAT32 and no label, it seemed to me that the mobile couldn't access it. I've done it several times - didn't work. Finally, I thought lets format the thingy with the mobile itself - voila - it worked.... I dono if something with my card reader is wrong... the SD was working fine with tomtom and was accessible in both (laptop and mobile) without flaws. Only the bloody flashing didn't work as it should be.... well, I don't mind any more, may be its a solution for another desperate trinity user....
Cheers guys - I'm runnin' on WM6.1 now....*sweet*

hello could you please say how did you format with the trini, cuz I'm really new and unable to find that function.
I have exactly the same problems, but no external card reader
Many thx

please help downgrade wizard g3 wm6.1 tnt romto wm5

i have searched for a long time and cant find any answers i have a tmobile mda ive tried running the tmobile rom and it didnt work gave me an error any advice please help me i wan wm5 again

Download Official T_mobile wm5 Rom from this link,bet the phone in Bootloaders (RGB screen) and flash to recover back to its default status,then read carefully this guide fron the below mentioned link and do the unlocking and upgrading.
T_Mobile Rom:-
http://rapidshare.com/files/38880130/ruu_prodigy_226102_22610105_022511_tmous_wwe_ship.exe.html
Unlocking Guide :-
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Wizard Windows Mobile 6 for newbies

thats the prob when i do iit it takes me to the rgb screen and the comp says error any info for that

Exactly what error it displays,it must with an error No. and some explanation about it,can you recall it correctly.Does it display Communication error ?

pmed error 260 communication

Ok,I hope you are doing all this on a WinXP machine,if its a vista,it won't work,WinXP is recommended.Now,before start to flash,close/disable any Anti virus and firewall running on the pc,and also try to close as many applications running on the desktop or background through Task manager,don't surf the net during flash or do any Office work.
Close/disable Activesync,coz its not needed while flashing,end the process 'WCESCOMM.EXE' in the Task Manager,delete any Partnership with Activesync.
To check the connectivity problem,get the phone into Bootloaders (RGB) and hook up the phone with pc via usb cable and watch small usb appear at the bottom of the Bootloader screen,if its there,its establishing connectivity,than its good to go and run the flash,but if its not there,then its a connection problem.It may be the usb cable or mini usb port of the phone is faulty,check this out and do the needful.
Many communications errors are also due to dead or discharged battery,it doesn't have enough juice to complete the flash,hence,results in comm error,always start to flash with a fully charged battery.

le problem was the laptop i used a different one and its almost done i got another ? if i changed the radio am i gonna have to get the original tmobile radio too or does it change with the downgrade

Original ROMS
lorijuan1024 said:
le problem was the laptop i used a different one and its almost done i got another ? if i changed the radio am i gonna have to get the original tmobile radio too or does it change with the downgrade
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The Original ROMS got his Radio ROM included. in fact... Stck ROMS got...
IPL and SPL
Extended ROM
Operative System
Radio Version

Can this be done if I have Vista?
I know someone mentioned installing a rom won't work with Vista, but I was hoping maybe it was just a personal preference. I have two pcs that both run Vista and Linux. My problem is, the wm6 rom (faria crossbow) doesn't work by default and I have a cracked screen so when I try to set it up I can do every step except setting the proxy port #s because when I highlight one there's no way to tap on it, and pressing or holding the select button (the button in the middle of the 4 way joypad) doesn't allow you to edit the values or pop up a context menu. I was hoping to get my $5.99 internet or at least my email and mms working but I got layed off and the holidays are coming so I prob won't have the extra (I know its not much, but I have no job) $30 to buy a new screen until sometime in the new year.

Why not downgrade to the Button ROM, and then upgrade to WM5 afterward?
Chuck

Treo 750 WM6 Upgrade

Ok I've been doing searching on the forum and find there are quite a few ROMs to update the WM OS. I want to upgrade from WM5 to WM6. I have a Treo 750 cingular phone which is unlocked. I'm currently using Tmobile on it. What is the latest but stable ROM that I can use for WM6? I am unsure as to which to go with. I am also in the US if that isn't apparent.
Thanks a lot!

AT&T provided a stable WM6 ROM a long time ago. If you want stable and don't want to mess around with cooked ROMs, that would be your best bet.
You can find it here (along with many others):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=335402
It's the first one on the list.
Personally, I am using the cooked WM6.1 ROM (not the 'lite' version). It's pretty good in the stability department, but I find myself doing soft resets more often than on the AT&T WM6 ROM.

The links are dead to the generic rom on that link you provided. However, my phone is unlocked. If I upgrade using ATT stable release from ATT themselves will I have to unlock the phone again?

http://750.teamus.us/wm6/

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http://750.teamus.us/wm6/
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Thanx for the link, but when I try the PC upgrade, even though I am plugged into my 750 via USB, a error message says that I am not connected. I tried two good cables, and the same message is displayed. Any ideas?

hello, do you know how well this runs on the treo? i've updated my bj2 to wm6.1 and it ran kinda laggy

well... after upgrading to wm6 my initial thoughts are that its not tooo shabby at all. thanks for the link dood.

awitz said:
Thanx for the link, but when I try the PC upgrade, even though I am plugged into my 750 via USB, a error message says that I am not connected. I tried two good cables, and the same message is displayed. Any ideas?
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not a clue, man. i used the mini sd update.
duswdav said:
well... after upgrading to wm6 my initial thoughts are that its not tooo shabby at all. thanks for the link dood.
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not a problem. it took me a good while to find the links myself. i found them here somewhere, but cant recall exactly where.

awitz said:
Thanx for the link, but when I try the PC upgrade, even though I am plugged into my 750 via USB, a error message says that I am not connected. I tried two good cables, and the same message is displayed. Any ideas?
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make sure its connecting to activesync

awitz said:
Thanx for the link, but when I try the PC upgrade, even though I am plugged into my 750 via USB, a error message says that I am not connected. I tried two good cables, and the same message is displayed. Any ideas?
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I had same error. What i did was to disable the antivirus and then it worked perfect.

treo 750 offical update help
now this sounds like it should be a real simple thing yet my treo seems very stubborn. what gives? heres my story;
(device= treo 750 at&t bone stock(no mods) locked wm5.
7›4hard reset (okay)
7›4unzip contents of sdupdater downloaded off mytreo.net(okay)
7›4put contents in root cheeimg.nhb, cheeimg.??? (32 b) folder i think 2257 or close to that. (okay)
7›4hold ptt & press pin reset(okay)
7›4two outcomes here:
-4gb sdhc fat32= stuck on tri color screen says; cheeta
IPL-0.20
cheetah MFG
SPL-0.14
and it stays there
then with 1gb microsd fat32 it does all above then flashes a white screen says updating in red letters with some numbers (hex address?) for like 2sec and pops back to tri color screen and says serial at bottom.
do i have the wrong ROM ver?
hard reset and im kewl in wm5. please tell me i do not have to do that hard-spl thing. i though this was officail at&t rom. i have no access to a computer only other pocketpcs. please help