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methods to update rom using windows?

yesterday I came across a page which gave two methods to upgrade a treo 750 (or similar from memory) rom, one method was using a sd card and the other was using the computer in some way, I unfortunately cannot now find that page again
currently running Cingular WM5 I'm trying to upgrade to WM6 vodafone, sim is locked (was planning to unlock after upgrade (bad idea?))
in my searches I came across XDAtools but that does not seem to work for me (says something about cannot establish a serial connection) and the built in installer in the exe will not work
I only have a 4gig SDHC card so do not believe I would be able to upgrade
using the sd card method (though have not tried)
mostly I am hoping someone here knows of the page, it talks about two methods
it was probably on XDA and probably the wiki, maybe the forum, though its possible it was on a treo forum, I cannot access the computer I used
alternatively if you know of other ways to upgrade using the usb cable that information would be much appreciated
lastly if this question has been asked again and again and again I am sorry, my searches of this forum and the wiki have not turned up what I am looking for as far as I can find

SD Update
You need to have a miniSD card formatted FAT32 and the card must not be HC. Copy your .nbh file to the card and rename it cheeimg.nbh. Insert the card into your Cheetah and put it into bootloader mode by holding down the media key and depressing the reset. the update process is displayed.

Mini Sd Slot, problems

hi.
1st post and a tricky problem i can't overcome. i have a g4 wizard, and have done the hard spl thing so its 2.**,**.oilp (*=wildcards, cant remember number)
And Also flashed FariaWM6 on to the phone. the sd card slot used to work, but when i first recived the phone i pressed reset to manufactur defaults (o2 software) and inserted the 1gb sd card out of my mobile(as the previous owner wanted to keep thier mini sd card). it never worked. i have formatted the minisd in FAT, and FAT32, but it is still not recognised by the phone. in the about area of the phone it does say expansion slot is in use (regaurdless of sd in or absent) when i insert the sd card the light comes on (saying to me that it still knows something ) but its not avaliable via PC, Or the phone. yet works fine in my mobile(6280) still.
i have tried numerous tools on the phone for formatting the card, or just plain reading it. today i am going to collect the original SD card that came with the phone ( the only card to my knowlage that has worked)
The card i am trying to use is a sandisk 1gb.
Any help would be greatly appreciated, i have searched but cant find any posts with similar problems, so sorry if i annoy anyone by creating new.
any more info needed let me know, but i think i have almost covered everything.

Anybody?
Hellooo??? Boost!!!
70 views, could someone at least post back and tell me its f*cked if it is. i have run out of idweas, and if no one else got any then please let me know so i can stop fiddling with this problem. many thanks
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Hi friend,
I'm having the exact same problem with my kaiser. Mine does change to expansion slot not in use when I remove the card however. I really need to get this fixed so I can take more media with me! Will some guru please let us know if a new rom might solve the problem or if there's a way to confirm a hardware problem?
Thanks!

Is there a way to flash the ROm from (Micro) SD

I have a bricked herald an I hope that I can Flash the ROm with a SD card.
In some posts I find someting about flashing the ROM with an (Micro) SD card. Can anyone tell me what files I have to put on the SD card and is it correct I have to hold the camera button while pressing the power button?
Thanks
Jan-Mathijs

take the .nbh file and rename it HERAIMG.nbh. Make sure that your device is HardSPL'd (thats the key).

fzzyrn said:
take the .nbh file and rename it HERAIMG.nbh. Make sure that your device is HardSPL'd (thats the key).
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First of all THANKS!!!. I hope it works but till now it runs through bootloader without chenking the sd card.
I am not sure that my device is HardSPL'd. How do I do that withour activesync features?

i read your other thread. It seems your device is NOT hardSPL'd, but it is also below the requirements of hardSPL (SPL/IPL of more than 4).
I suggest you refer your question to papamopps or some of the more proficient people.
In the other thread, i suggested that you use the RUU for your device. Do that, and wait for Papamopps response about HardSPL-ing with an SPL under 4. Actually, ivan might know too....

jeijt said:
I hope it works but till now it runs through bootloader without chenking the sd card.
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There was a problem with people flashing a ROM from their SD card and it turned out to be the SD card itself. You have to have an SDHC card and either have it partitioned or use a small one like a 128mb card because with bigger sd cards, the device doesn't have time to read the whole card . Personally I used a 128mb card and it worked fine.

i suppose you mean "not an SDHC card"
i have a 512 and it works. If you somehow get your device HardSPL'd, be patient when you try to flash using SD. It takes a long time (longer than you expect. You'll know what i mean when you try it).

Can't flash with 8gb card

Hey guys, i've got a 8gb Apacer card. I've installed successfully the HardSPL (it shows Olinex's name), i've downloaded Smaberg's latest rom, which is already renamed. I'm taking off the battery and then putting it back, i'm pressing the volume down key and at the same time the power button. It takes me to the 3 color screen but it stays stuck to "Serial" which is written down on the 3 color screen.
Am i doing something wrong?
Bill

Which is the filesystem of your SD Card?
Have you renamed the ROM with this name: kovsimg.nbh?

[email protected] said:
Which is the filesystem of your SD Card?
Have you renamed the ROM with this name: kovsimg.nbh?
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I formatted it with FAT32,
Yup ROM is already renamed to kovsimg.nbh
Can't understand why it stucks to 3 color screen when it says down to the screen "Serial".

U not press volume down long enough
start again

I pressed it for 3 minutes and still stucks to serial screen.

Is the nbh file at the SDcard root?

Yeah it is. I have some other files too at sd root, does it messing up the things?

bill_viper said:
I pressed it for 3 minutes and still stucks to serial screen.
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reformat the card fully....not quick formate and give it a try again.

agent_47 said:
reformat the card fully....not quick formate and give it a try again.
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Just did it but no luck, still the same issue!

I've had the same problem. Formatted my 2Gb a dozen of timeswith my laptop and it didn't function. Finally I formatted the card with another PC at the office and now everything works as planned.
So, not every format is the same??

Just tried to flash a rom with another SD 2gb and worked fine!
What the heck is going on with my devilish 8gb card...the card is working great but no flashing...maybe i'll have to find another computer too to format it.

Kingston card does not support card flash. I do not know why

htyhzd said:
Kingston card does not support card flash. I do not know why
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Mine is Apacer brand. I downloaded also some utilities for SD formatting but again no luck.

maybe only sandisk is ok

htyhzd said:
Kingston card does not support card flash. I do not know why
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Are you sure of you???
Because I have a Kingston 8Gb SDHC card and I use it for flashing my phone with SDcard method when I can't flash it with my PC...

Where is your original 8gb card guys? Did you change it for a reason?

Sorry but the 8GB is not included with every Xperia, at least not in every country.
My german operator send it without sd card, I had to buy my own one.
So I think this may differ from country to country or provider.

I had the same problem, could not flash it with SD card method, tried it via PC (USB), also no success and tried it again with SD method and tried it for like 10-15 times and then all of a sudden it worked.
I tried putting hard-spl on there again, while I knew it was on there already, even this did not work and started working after some tries and then I was able to do the SD method.
I have a sandisk 8GB mem card, so it's probably not brand related..

We have the Kovsimg.nbh, how do we create the ROMUpdateUtility.exe?
Hello guys,
After this huge problem i've got http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=517752 (i can't flash any rom with the 8GB card) and we couldn't find a solution, i'm asking if there is a way to convert the Kosvimg.nbh file to ROMUpdateUtility.exe file so i can flash the ROMs through the PC?
Looking forward to heard the good news! It's too pitty everyday to read about these new ROMs and i can't flash them!
Cheers,
Bill

bill_viper said:
Hello guys,
After this huge problem i've got http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=517752 (i can't flash any rom with the 8GB card) and we couldn't find a solution, i'm asking if there is a way to convert the Kosvimg.nbh file to ROMUpdateUtility.exe file so i can flash the ROMs through the PC?
Looking forward to heard the good news! It's too pitty everyday to read about these new ROMs and i can't flash them!
Cheers,
Bill
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Just put the ROMUpdateUtility and the NBH file in the same folder and run it, it will flash whatever NBH file is in the same folder as it. If you need the RUU exe, just extract it from a shipped ROM using WinRar. Or use this Custom RUU : http://rapidshare.com/files/164933503/X1_CustomRUU.zip
Please don't create new threads for existing issues.
Ta
Dave

Flashing from sd card Problem

Hallo,
i cooked many ROMs and every time i try to flash using SD Card (8GB), but without any sucess, it does not find any ROM to flash!
I renamed the cooked ROM to blacimg.nbh (also tried blackimg.nbh), copy to SD Card, Rebo0t into Bootloader mode (Power + Volume Down), it reboots and search for ROM then change to serial (usb)
I used search but no answer found
What am i doing wrong?
Thnax in Advance
WBR
Siemens Lover

SiemensLover said:
Hallo,
i cooked many ROMs and every time i try to flash using SD Card (8GB), but without any sucess, it does not find any ROM to flash!
I renamed the cooked ROM to blacimg.nbh (also tried blackimg.nbh), copy to SD Card, Rebo0t into Bootloader mode (Power + Volume Down), it reboots and search for ROM then change to serial (usb)
I used search but no answer found
What am i doing wrong?
Thnax in Advance
WBR
Siemens Lover
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Which file did you rename to blacimg.nbh (that's correct and not blackimg.nbh)? Did you save it to the root of the sd card as suggested (although mine is in a folder and this also works)? Because the steps you are describing are correct and should work (work like that for me). The only thing I can think is that there is possibly something wrong with the file you are using. Is it one of your own cooked roms?

ClydeB1 said:
Which file did you rename to blacimg.nbh (that's correct and not blackimg.nbh)? Did you save it to the root of the sd card as suggested (although mine is in a folder and this also works)? Because the steps you are describing are correct and should work (work like that for me). The only thing I can think is that there is possibly something wrong with the file you are using. Is it one of your own cooked roms?
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Thanx for ur reply
Yes, i cook my own clean ROMs, the ruu_signned.nbh is renamed to blacimg.nbh and is directly copyed to the root of my SD Card
I do not know what is wrong!
WBR
Siemens Lover

faced the same prob long time ago with a old 4 Gb card...no matter what i've did was not able to flash. However I sugest to reformat your sd card (FAT 32 and not on your pc/laptop, do it with your phone) and then try again after formating, altough it may not help. to be sure that you are not doing wrong try another SD card if possible.
Another option to check your self is flashing with ActiveSync after formating.
Good Luck
p.s. It seems this is happening often if you used your SD card in another device

I'd a similar problem while flashing on my old P3300
To avoid the problem, I'm using a 1gb micro sd dedicate only to rom flashing but with a single partition of 256MB.
dunno if this could help u
cheers

I was having exactly same problem today when I tried to flash - mine's 8gb mini SD which came as a part of package from Orange, U.K.. I ended up using normal USB cable but I was wondering why it didn't work...

zephyr said:
I was having exactly same problem today when I tried to flash - mine's 8gb mini SD which came as a part of package from Orange, U.K.. I ended up using normal USB cable but I was wondering why it didn't work...
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Fashing with some big SD >4gb could generate some issue. Use one small dedicated to that and format it first in Fat32.

Hi Carl, thanks for your advice - it actually worked like a charm. I didn't really thing 8gb would cause this problem. I used just a plain 2gb ScanDisk card, formatted in Fat 32 and put only blacimg.nbh following normal procedures - thank you very much again!

My 2 cents
I had a similar problem not long ago with my 8Gb Micro SD that came with the card. I'd re-formatted it via the PC and altered the default settings based on a thread I read on here which was supposed to speed up access to the card. If I remember correctly it was changing the default allocation size.
Long story short, reformatted back to default settings and I was able to flash again from SD. IMO it's moreso the format of the card, not so much it's size as I never had a problem with flashing from card before tweaking it's format settings.

SD Card
I always flash from my SD card.
My latest card is a 16Gb class4 SanDisk, and I must have flashed more than 50 times from this. I always put my blacimg.nbh file in the root of the card.
Size of the card is not important, it just have to be formated in FAT32.
There are several reports that some brands of card do not work very well with Windows Mobile.
One time I purchased a Kingston card that simply would not work.