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I started a new thread so that people wouldn't have to read through my trials but long story short I have a G3 wizard and I'm trying to flash it. Followed all of the steps in the guide by vippie. I used the button rom to start with but mine was one of the many that stopped at 98% and gave me error 302 so I ended up using the XDA mini rom as the alternative that was suggested.
Now I've flashed my phone three times with the same rom to try and get the IPL and SPL the same but to no avail. The IPL and SPL are 1.05 and 2.25 respectively. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
hey i flashed my tmobile mda to a chinese rom too and then it changed spl to a diff version than the ipl and then i tried to flashed it with love rom and still it doesnt change the ipl and spl to the same version that i had before, then i removed the battery then my phone does not charge or turn on anymore, i have a g4 by the way, i m not sure if i bricked it or not
joco2560 said:
hey i flashed my tmobile mda to a chinese rom too and then it changed spl to a diff version than the ipl and then i tried to flashed it with love rom and still it doesnt change the ipl and spl to the same version that i had before, then i removed the battery then my phone does not charge or turn on anymore, i have a g4 by the way, i m not sure if i bricked it or not
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I think you may have been trying to offer your empathy for my particular situation but that's what we in the business call thread jacking. Start your own thread please. Thanks for the comments though.
I was thinking today I may give flashing the button rom another try. Any suggestions people?
And a bump for some professional help and good luck as well.
SharpieMarker said:
I think you may have been trying to offer your empathy for my particular situation but that's what we in the business call thread jacking. Start your own thread please. Thanks for the comments though.
I was thinking today I may give flashing the button rom another try. Any suggestions people?
And a bump for some professional help and good luck as well.
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wow, basically the same problem just trying to let u no that other ppl r having the same problem and i thought my problem would've helped in some ways...thx for trying to be nice at the end but ur not. sry i forgot to metion that:" hey, SharpieMarker im having the same problem that ur having..."in my previous post
joco2560 said:
wow, basically the same problem just trying to let u no that other ppl r having the same problem and i thought my problem would've helped in some ways...thx for trying to be nice at the end but ur not. sry i forgot to metion that:" hey, SharpieMarker im having the same problem that ur having..."in my previous post
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Well I apologize if I came of as a douche, I guess I didn't understand what you were saying exactly. I appreciate any support I can get with the issues I'm having so its good to know I'm not the only one. Thanks joco.
SharpieMarker said:
Now I've flashed my phone three times with the same rom to try and get the IPL and SPL the same but to no avail. The IPL and SPL are 1.05 and 2.25 respectively. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Surely you're not serious? oh Jesus, you are.
OK... SPL is separate from IPL, not only is it impossible to get them to be "the same version" it would also achieve nothing to actually do so either... so please, the procedure is very simple, you flash a patched SPL, you flash your crap on. Job Done... I thought there was already a patched SPL for G3... do I need to make one of those as well?!?
Olipro said:
Surely you're not serious? oh Jesus, you are.
OK... SPL is separate from IPL, not only is it impossible to get them to be "the same version" it would also achieve nothing to actually do so either... so please, the procedure is very simple, you flash a patched SPL, you flash your crap on. Job Done... I thought there was already a patched SPL for G3... do I need to make one of those as well?!?
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Well that seems logical however I was misinformed. SO I've flashed this Xda_mini rom, then what is the cause of the issues I was having getting a connection error when trying to CID unlock? Wizards have to be CID unlocked before flashing 2.X roms right?
What started as a simple, objective thread, has become quite confusing in a matter of a few posts.
joco2560 said:
wow, basically the same problem just trying to let u no that other ppl r having the same problem and i thought my problem would've helped in some ways...thx for trying to be nice at the end but ur not. sry i forgot to metion that:" hey, SharpieMarker im having the same problem that ur having..."in my previous post
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Well, in fact your problem ISN'T the same as SharpieMarker's because his phone is still alive...
I believe you tried to downgrade a G4 to 1.xx bootloader which only exist for G3. Once the battery came out your phone could never boot again. Say bye bye to it...
SharpieMarker said:
Well that seems logical however I was misinformed. SO I've flashed this Xda_mini rom, then what is the cause of the issues I was having getting a connection error when trying to CID unlock? Wizards have to be CID unlocked before flashing 2.X roms right?
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A LOT of people are reporting failed downgrades which 'block' the SPL at 2.xx. Once there even after 30 flashes the SPL never lowers to 1.xx to allow CID unlocking.
No solution is known until now...
Olipro said:
Surely you're not serious? oh Jesus, you are.
OK... SPL is separate from IPL, not only is it impossible to get them to be "the same version" it would also achieve nothing to actually do so either... so please, the procedure is very simple, you flash a patched SPL, you flash your crap on. Job Done... I thought there was already a patched SPL for G3... do I need to make one of those as well?!?
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There isn't and i believe you should patch one...
cheers
mestrini said:
A LOT of people are reporting failed downgrades which 'block' the SPL at 2.xx. Once there even after 30 flashes the SPL never lowers to 1.xx to allow CID unlocking.
No solution is known until now...
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So what is the solution or is it the patched SPL that Olipro is referring to?
The HardSPL (Olipro) is ONLY for use with G4. The flash program should keep you from flashing it to a G3 Wizard because their SPL code are not compatible.
SoftSPL also doesn't work for G3 wizard.
joco2560 should be produced a brick because as I know, no unofficial Chinese ROMs are equipped with G4 IPL and SPL.
Man if only these guys would have read the WIKI... There is a link in my signature to an outstanding tutorial for newbies. Just read it and you will feel enlightened. Everything will seem so simple and life's purpose will become evident... Just Kidding but seriously guys... Read the damn WIKI... I'm tired of reading about bricks.
NOTE:: THIS ENTIRE POST IS ONE GIANT LINK TO THE WIKI I'M TALKING ABOUT!!!
READ IT!!!
starkwong said:
The HardSPL (Olipro) is ONLY for use with G4. The flash program should keep you from flashing it to a G3 Wizard because their SPL code are not compatible.
SoftSPL also doesn't work for G3 wizard.
joco2560 should be produced a brick because as I know, no unofficial Chinese ROMs are equipped with G4 IPL and SPL.
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Alright, this is helpful and I was hoping there might be a few suggestions as to what to do at this point. Thanks guys for the comments.
dharvey4651 said:
Man if only these guys would have read the WIKI... There is a link in my signature to an outstanding tutorial for newbies. Just read it and you will feel enlightened. Everything will seem so simple and life's purpose will become evident... Just Kidding but seriously guys... Read the damn WIKI... I'm tired of reading about bricks.
NOTE:: THIS ENTIRE POST IS ONE GIANT LINK TO THE WIKI I'M TALKING ABOUT!!!
READ IT!!!
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Okay, firstly I have not bricked my device. I have read all of the guides and walkthroughs before attempting anything on my wizard. Unfortunately your guide that you have written, just like the other ones, has not answered my question or told me what I should do (unless I have missed it somewhere which is possible).
Okay, after some finagling with the lokiwiz application I managed to unlock and then cid unlock my phone however the IPL is still 1.05 and the SPL is 2.25. Is that accurate or should the SPL be lower now? Do I need to reflash?
Alright, after re-re-re-re-re-reading the instructions I think I understand the bit about IPL and SPL. I think. Feel free to clarify though.
If lokiwiz does not show any errors during unlocking (NOTE That lokiwiz always shows successful regardless it is actually unlocked or not, so the error message is the most important), then either try to flash Button's ROM again and you will get 1.05 IPL and SPL (That's my way), and others suggests to upgrade IPL and SPL directly to 3.08.
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If lokiwiz does not show any errors during unlocking (NOTE That lokiwiz always shows successful regardless it is actually unlocked or not, so the error message is the most important), then either try to flash Button's ROM again and you will get 1.05 IPL and SPL (That's my way), and others suggests to upgrade IPL and SPL directly to 3.08.
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There was no error message when I CID unlocked. It successfully unlocked both times (the first using the U command and after a restart using the C command). My phone restarted twice during the unlocking so I think it went just fine. So should I proceed with the flashing of the tmobile rom? After the unlocking I have an IPL of 1.05 and an SPL of 2.25.
You can always go back to Button's ROM, so it's OK to flash T-Mobile ROM.
However I still recommend to flash Button's ROM once more first.
starkwong said:
You can always go back to Button's ROM, so it's OK to flash T-Mobile ROM.
However I still recommend to flash Button's ROM once more first.
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Well I decided to flash the t-mobile rom and it went smooth. Everything works fine. So now I have an IPL and SPL of 2.26 so I can flash some of the more interesting roms right? Thanks for all the help and advice guys. Much appreciated.
SharpieMarker said:
Well I decided to flash the t-mobile rom and it went smooth. Everything works fine. So now I have an IPL and SPL of 2.26 so I can flash some of the more interesting roms right? Thanks for all the help and advice guys. Much appreciated.
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Yes you should now be CID unlocked and can flash any Rom you want as long as it does not contain an IPL/SPL.
And by the way, It does tell you in that WIKI exactly what you need to do to CID unlock your device. (The SPL will not downgrade to 1.05 unless you flash the button Rom again AFTER completing The Unlocking Process through lokiwiz. I wouldn't even reccomend flashing the button Rom again. It's pointless because Flashing the T-Mobile Rom is going to upgrade you IPL/SPL to a higher, matching pair and is going to give you a very strong, stable base rom to flash to a custom Rom From.
SharpieMarker said:
Well I decided to flash the t-mobile rom and it went smooth. Everything works fine. So now I have an IPL and SPL of 2.26 so I can flash some of the more interesting roms right? Thanks for all the help and advice guys. Much appreciated.
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I think you should check your CID status with WST before trying to flash a custom ROM. Lokiwiz doesn't check for errors and proceeds as if everything went ok even if it didn't.
For all we know your phone might be originally from T-Mobile and even CID locked would always accept an official ROM.
hi
i've need some help urgently on this as the phone is being picked up in the morning and its currently going really bad
i had dutties 3.9 rom on, but i found a 1.19 orange rom in the wiki, so installed this.
however the display is very bad, and is only showing 16 colours so looks rubbish
I belive this is to do with the SPL
This is what i did:
1. put phone in bootloader mode (was displaying SPL 1.56)
2. ran blac_uspl.exe in USB mode which changed the SPL to 1.15 (USPL)
3. installed the rom
did i do something wrong?
any help VERY appreciated
Thanks
Did you tried to flash back your original SPL??
USPL is just a temporary patch of the SPL...
I think you have to flash back to SPL 1.15...
To check if you have the right version put phone in bootloader mode it should displaying SPL 1.15...
Read here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=431217
D'rath
Ikkari said:
Did you tried to flash back your original SPL??
USPL is just a temporary patch of the SPL...
I think you have to flash back to SPL 1.15...
To check if you have the right version put phone in bootloader mode it should displaying SPL 1.15...
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thats the problem
i dont know how?
D'rath said:
Read here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=431217
D'rath
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Thanks but thats for Hard SPL, where as i used USPL
or am i getting it all wrong?
D'rath said:
Read here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=431217
D'rath
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Just look in the first post under:
How to reflash Stock/Shipped SPL - STEP BY STEP - FOR WARRANTY REASONS ONLY!
very strange
its working now
just needed a hard reset!
thanks for your help
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scratch that, its displaying them stupid colours again
GREAT!
m.r.davies said:
Thanks but thats for Hard SPL, where as i used USPL
or am i getting it all wrong?
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You are getting it wrong!
USPL is a temporary patch to allow you to flash a unauthorized ROM!
You have currently SPL 1.56 installed, but you need flash back stock SPL 1.15
Ikkari said:
You are getting it wrong!
USPL is a temporary patch to allow you to flash a unauthorized ROM!
You have currently SPL 1.56 installed, but you need flash back stock SPL 1.15
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thanks
i understand the problem now
but the link that was posted talks about hard spl, and when it says about reverting the rom, it talks about using hard spl, which is where i'm getting confused
Could you clarify which steps i need to take as its still showing spl 1.54
thanks
m.r.davies said:
thanks
i understand the problem now
but the link that was posted talks about hard spl, and when it says about reverting the rom, it talks about using hard spl, which is where i'm getting confused
Could you clarify which steps i need to take as its still showing spl 1.54
thanks
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go to http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=431217
view the very last part of first post. It teaches you EVERYTHING. I think the part that you confused is going from step3 to step4. Read carefully. =)
good luck.
m.r.davies said:
hi
i've need some help urgently on this as the phone is being picked up in the morning and its currently going really bad
i had dutties 3.9 rom on, but i found a 1.19 orange rom in the wiki, so installed this.
however the display is very bad, and is only showing 16 colours so looks rubbish
I belive this is to do with the SPL
This is what i did:
1. put phone in bootloader mode (was displaying SPL 1.56)
2. ran blac_uspl.exe in USB mode which changed the SPL to 1.15 (USPL)
3. installed the rom
did i do something wrong?
any help VERY appreciated
Thanks
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1. dnload the stock spl from the said thread.
2. dnload the hspl 1.56 olinex wrapper
3. connect ur fone to pc in the bootloader mode.
4. run the hspl 1.56 olinex wrapper and do nothing to the onscreen utility.
5. wait fr the files to be xtracted in the window from where u ran the hspl wrapper.
6. replace the self extracted ruu_signed.nbh with the stock spl 1.15 that u downloaded.
7. continue with the ruu utility.
thats all thts needed..
ultimatepichu said:
go to http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=431217
view the very last part of first post. It teaches you EVERYTHING. I think the part that you confused is going from step3 to step4. Read carefully. =)
good luck.
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Thanks
yes you're right, it solved my problem
the reason i didn't try in the first place was becuase the title said HARD SPL and i didn't want to mess it up as i used USPL
i used Restore_Stock_SPL_115.zip and swapped the nbh file after initilizing installation (after extraction) and it worked great
thanks for all your help guys!!!!!!
i really appreiciate it
My god, I was feeling your anguish while reading this topic until the end...
Black Antitoon said:
My god, I was feeling your anguish while reading this topic until the end...
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I eventually went to bed at 2:30am
all sorted now and got my new phone!
woohoo
topic... thanks
If you are trying to flash the new Danger SPL by hykuro used in the hero roms then yes. U will want to install RADIO FIRST then the Danger SPL. If u do it the other way around then u are screwed and u will end up with a paper weight...
arbelnox said:
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Doesn't matter as long as it's the HARDSPL.
DangerSPL is a different story.
o ok... thanks a lot. That clarifies my doubt, because I always not sure whether the RADIO first then SPL procedure is applicable to all kind of SPL or just Danger SPL...
thanks again
Hello all,
I have a rooted G1, CM 4.0.2, PVT 32B, and Radio-2.22.19.26I
--First of all I have read this thread."http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=548924".... How do I find my current SPL?
--Primarily-I would like to know why/if I should flash the Danger SPL. What benefits will it give me?
--Also, that thread I posted explains how to flash the radio, spl and CM mod.
Do I need to do all three things just to get the updated SPL?
--If I just want to flash the SPL. I think I just need to DL the "spl-signed" zip file and rename it "update" and flash it.
If I am wrong could someone please link me to a tut or explain how to flash the SPL only?
Thank you.
rakjer said:
Hello all,
I have a rooted G1, CM 4.0.2, PVT 32B, and Radio-2.22.19.26I
--First of all I have read this thread."http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=548924".... How do I find my current SPL?
--Primarily-I would like to know why/if I should flash the Danger SPL. What benefits will it give me?
--Also, that thread I posted explains how to flash the radio, spl and CM mod.
Do I need to do all three things just to get the updated SPL?
--If I just want to flash the SPL. I think I just need to DL the "spl-signed" zip file and rename it "update" and flash it.
If I am wrong could someone please link me to a tut or explain how to flash the SPL only?
Thank you.
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As long as you got the newest radio (which you do) just update.zip and update. The "danger" spl will free up more space on your phone allowing you to install the hero roms. If you decide to do the new spl then be prepared once you flash it you will be stuck on the g1 screen. All you got to do is load a new rom and you'll be back to normal.
Thanks for the reply.
supremeteam256 said:
If you decide to do the new spl then be prepared once you flash it you will be stuck on the g1 screen. All you got to do is load a new rom and you'll be back to normal.
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So when I am stuck, how do I reboot to load a rom? Do I remove the battery?
rakjer said:
Thanks for the reply.
So when I am stuck, how do I reboot to load a rom? Do I remove the battery?
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Just before you flash the new spl put the rom you want to use on the sd card, then boot into recovery and flash. Remember if you use the new recovery you don't have to rename to update.zip.
Thanks for your help!
It Worked!!!
Cool no problem. If you don't mind put [SOLVED] in front of your thread.
spl info ?
Hi,
while this thread is on the go may i ask anyone if they can tell me how to display the currently installed SPL ?
is there a command that shows this info ??? is there another method ???
and am i correct to assume that as i have 90-MEG total on my G1 that i must have the latest SPL ??
i was so careless not making a note of which spl i used during the root method !
(( thanks DEVs ))
terminal 7 said:
Hi,
while this thread is on the go may i ask anyone if they can tell me how to display the currently installed SPL ?
is there a command that shows this info ??? is there another method ???
and am i correct to assume that as i have 90-MEG total on my G1 that i must have the latest SPL ??
i was so careless not making a note of which spl i used during the root method !
(( thanks DEVs ))
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To check, boot in to the SPL by holder camera and power when the phone is off. The version should be at the top of ths screen. A rainbow coloured screen means the SPL is stock.
spl info ?
THANKS...
i see three skater androids,, ..
i remember now, lord i must have been asleep when i did my root !
thanks for the reminder, now i can move on to the issue that made me ask the question in the first place,
anyway thats another thread,
[SOLVED] ... for me at least ....
This may be a dumb question but is there a way to check to see which SPL I have installed on my phone?
ValdreZ said:
This may be a dumb question but is there a way to check to see which SPL I have installed on my phone?
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bootloader (cam + power)
Where would I find it at? I see the radio. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=533731 - Thats the Radio and SPL I used. I was looking to see if its the same as the Danger SPL. If not where can I find it? I'm looking forward to the Cliq/blur rom by drizzy and I read in the post that your gonna need the DangerSPL. Thanks!
See sig for download link.
if your HBOOT says 1.33.2005, you have the danger spl