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FLASHING MY MDA ROM WITH A MAC

Trying to figure out if anyone out there's been able to flash their device using a MAC? All the ROM's are EXE files and need to be run off a PC. Is there a way around this?
thanks to all who make this site so helpful,
whalien

whalien said:
Trying to figure out if anyone out there's been able to flash their device using a MAC? All the ROM's are EXE files and need to be run off a PC. Is there a way around this?
thanks to all who make this site so helpful,
whalien
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Possibly under emulator, but the flashing process is so timing-sensitive that I don't know if it would work. You could try it, but if it gets stuck mid-flash, you'd then HAVE to find a PC to complete a successful flash.

that's a possibility. i was hoping there was a specific way of doing this with the MAC. virtual PC doesn't really seem like a good idea to me.
thanks for the suggestion,
whalien

it's possible with Mac Intel

If you have a Mac Intel there are 2 ways:
1) Use bootcamp and install Windows XP, check www.apple.com/bootcamp
2) Use parallels, a very good/fast Virtual Machine, and install Windows XP, chek www.parallels.com

no intel nooooooooo....
unfortunately i have no intel mac at this time and don't plan on getting one. waiting for the new desktop to come out first. any other thoughts?
whalien
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What about SD Flashing?
I'm looking to get an mda, and this would be a deciding factor.

[Help] How to update rom in a MAC?

Hi guys,
anybody knows how to update the rom in a mac without bootcamp ?
Im actually trying to use fusion; but the device restarts in the boot screen and it stays stuck there, while the program gives me a connection error on the xp machine.
Thanks in advance

Just flash your device from a image stored on the sd card. Instructions are given in the various posts (or wiki) here.

Could be kinda hard Flashing from Storage Card without being able to flash HSPL.

scarface said:
Could be kinda hard Flashing from Storage Card without being able to flash HSPL.
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That's true .

Install Windz on a VM?

syqe said:
Install Windz on a VM?
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As i said, im using Fusion, (VM), but it dosnt work.
Didnt know (and couldnt find) the sd way to flash it, so i just used a spare win pc lying around here.
Thanks anyway

better try "BootCamp"

I've tried it with Parallels and get the same problem. I haven't got boot camp but borrowed a friends pc to flash the HSPL and then use the storage card route.
Bootcamp might work though.

Parallels works for me. Put your device into bootloader mode, then connect it to the virtual machine.

Its doesn't work for me...I put device into bootloader mode than connect it to Parallels and try to update,but it show me error 260 (connection error)

Paralles and Fusion will work sometime.
the problem is the USB connection....device will not connect always after first boot.
This is a new problem what was not there in the Fusion 1.X and older versions of paralles.
I'm doing the updates via my physical Windows XP system..or the micro-SD card.

Cannot flash Blackstone

Hello,
Yesterday I tried to flash my phone. First I read al the info here and also watched some videos at youtube. I have a iMac and use parallels to run Windows XP. I can sync without any problems through Activesync. The usb is plugged in at the back of the iMac.
So I started the hsplwrapper from olinex. Everything went okay until I got the tricolour screen including text 'usb'. Then the usb connection stopped and the phone could not be flashed.
Checked the issues on the forum.
I tried different usb ports a sspl-manual with no results. Also restarting pc, hard reset on phone also nothing.
Maybe it is not possible because I use windows through parallels? Or do I have to use a cradle instead of a plain usb cable?
Does someone have a clue?

Unplug the USB cable after running uSPL or HardSPL, then plug it back and wait till USB comes on the screen again.
Maybe search for the proper HTC drivers for Windows XP.

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Thank you I will try this.

blackstone ruu is known to stop functioning using xp running on parallels..
ull need a pc to update to hspl and then u can use the sdcard to flash in future..
try instead of parallels using boot camp with the updated drivers, maybe this can help..

Is there also an other alternative virtual maschine for Imac that is more stable for performing this task?
If possible I do not want to use bootcamp.

watertijger said:
Is there also an other alternative virtual maschine for Imac that is more stable for performing this task?
If possible I do not want to use bootcamp.
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well parallels and vmware actually limit the xp capabilities..
for full functioning there is only boot camp yet..

Okay then I will give bootcamp a try
Thanks for the tip!

watertijger said:
Okay then I will give bootcamp a try
Thanks for the tip!
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gud luck and do post the results...

Luckely I still have some older desktop windows pc and tried there to flash it and it works without any errors ... so thank you all for the help and I am looking forward to all new roms!

are you unlocking your phone, or trying to flash a rom? if its a rom , just name it BLACIMG.nbh and copy it to the root of your SD card. then reboot your phone while holding down the "volume down" button.

Well I flashed a rom and now I'm enjoying the new 6.5 wm and it works fine.

watertijger said:
Well I flashed a rom and now I'm enjoying the new 6.5 wm and it works fine.
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happy for u dude..
nd mainly.. HAPPY FLASHIN!!!!

Important! My rhodium crashed during flashing

I synchronize my phone using ActiveSync. After flashing wizzard my rhodium wanted a driver. I didnt find it and now I'm standing in the tricolor.
Somebody help me please what to do !!!!! :-(

In the tricolour screen (the bootloader), does it say "USB" at the bottom ? If so, you should still be able to flash it ok. Though if there is a missing driver on your PC, it might just come up with an error and not be able to flash it. You could still try flashing from SD card in that case.

I did a soft reset and my old ROM was boot. Driver is missing. I have to install it. Thx

Wihtefaust said:
I did a soft reset and my old ROM was boot. Driver is missing. I have to install it. Thx
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if you want to obtain the missing driver, you shouldve left the phone on the tri colour screen, and now this is my question, what OS are running? Win7 or XP? if youre on Win7 its going to search for the drivers on the internet and it should take 5 mins, as stated above if the drivers are installed it should say USB on the bottom and should be ready to be flashed, this happens to me once in a while when i flash a ROM, i just leave it on that screen and let the computer do the work and sometimes the RUU which is the program u use to flash a ROM will have an error, thats fine, just re run the RUU and should be fine from there

My OS is win XP, but this computer is adjusted using XP lite. One of important component is removed (maybe drivers support... idk). I did not know that I have these problems during the flashing on this computer.

Wihtefaust said:
My OS is win XP, but this computer is adjusted using XP lite. One of important component is removed (maybe drivers support... idk). I did not know that I have these problems during the flashing on this computer.
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If you have the ActiveSync drivers it should be automatic. If you were able to Sync with ActiveSync, you can flash. Just let it install the drivers by itself or download ActiveSync again and install and try again.

or flash from memory card.... no need for drivers.

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I synchronize my phone using ActiveSync. After flashing wizzard my rhodium wanted a driver. I didnt find it and now I'm standing in the tricolor.
Somebody help me please what to do !!!!! :-([/QUOTE
Copy RHODIMG.NBH (you can take from any Rom, sometimes it has another name, rename it rhodimg.nbh) to your SD card using a card reader form your computer
Put it in your phone than start. It will ask you to push start button to begin flashing.
After flash restart phone with red button under battery cover
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Have you tried doing a Windows update while the phone is hooked up to your computer? Your computer probably just doesn't recognize the phone. I had that problem when I did my first flash. Windows update just found the drivers and installed them and I was good to go.

I think what he was trying to say is that he used N-Lite to strip down his XP install and removed some critical driver or possibly PNP pieces..

hx4700 Killer said:
I think what he was trying to say is that he used N-Lite to strip down his XP install and removed some critical driver or possibly PNP pieces..
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I understood that but if ActiveSync works, then flashing should work as they are the same driver. Probably needs even less components than ActiveSync.

[Q] ROM Flashing from PC on Mac - not working

I am trying to flash the ROM on my Touch Pro 2 before I sell it. I am running windows XP on a mac using Parallels 5.0. I have tried running the ROM update when active sync is connected and all starts ok then I get error 226 saying cannot connect. I then tried flashing straight from a newly FAT32 formatted microSD card and that jsut stocks on with a Loading message. So I tried flashing Hardspl, although I think that I have done this before when I still had a pc, but that failed with a connection error too. Any tips/advice anyone?

You need to provide more information. Are you trying to flash a custom ROM, and which one? What ROM are you running now? What version of the phone do you have/what carrier?
If you are still HardSPLed, the second line of text on the bootloader (tri-color) screen will say "OliNex", probably saying "SPL-0.85.Olinex". If it doesn't say this, the SPL is locked, and you won't be able to flash a custom ROM.
If you are trying to flash the stock ROM, I think some people have been having trouble doing so with the phone HardSPLed. But it may depend on what stock ROM. I am able to flash the Euro stock ROM just fine on my HardSPLed phone.

ok, i'll try to answer your request for more info:
trying to flash Energy Rom build 23699.
Existing ROM version is listed as 2.07.401.1 (80303) WME dated 2/4/10.
Phone is an unbadged HTC Touch Pro 2 as sold by Tmobile etc in UK.
Can't see any mention of OliNex on bootloader screen, so perhaps I didn't unlock= it after all. Certainly no T mobile stuff left on the phone now.
??

jbevan said:
ok, i'll try to answer your request for more info:
trying to flash Energy Rom build 23699.
Existing ROM version is listed as 2.07.401.1 (80303) WME dated 2/4/10.
Phone is an unbadged HTC Touch Pro 2 as sold by Tmobile etc in UK.
Can't see any mention of OliNex on bootloader screen, so perhaps I didn't unlock= it after all. Certainly no T mobile stuff left on the phone now.
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Don't know off hand what ROM that you have installed right now. What do the boot screens look like when you start the phone? Also, what does the bottom row of red letters say, when you startup the phone?
If it doesn't say Olinex on the bootloader screen, you are not HardSPLed. Either you never did it, or you relocked it.
Run HardSPL, and you should be able to flash from the SD card no problem.

Redpoint. Thanks for your replies and interest. I have tried to run HardSpl but this fails with a 260 connection error, even though Activsync is synced and connected. Id this to do with running a virtual pc on a mac perhaps?

Your welcome, hope my advice is helpful.
HardSPL is pretty finicky, even on Windows Vista and Windows 7 systems. I think running it on a Mac is difficult or even impossible. You can search the HardSPL thread and see if anyone was able to get it to run on Mac. I'm pretty sure I read different users on that thread mentioning issues with running HardSPL on Mac.
My best advice would be to run HardSPL on a friend's Windows XP system, if possible. It usually runs smoothly on XP, and only takes a couple minutes.

Yes, that confirms my suspicions. I will try it frommy partners windows XP netbook whenshe gets home. Fingers crossed.
Will let you know how I get on and if I need any more help!