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I'm having problems running the ROM upgrade by iMate. I keep getting Error 101 connection error, and I had grown to assume this was a problem relating to running from Virtual PC on a Mac rather than a real PC.
Today I at last managed to get access to a PC running Windows XP, activesync 3.7.1, and got exactly the same problem. I tried it several times.
I'm beginning to wonder if any of my past failed attempts on my mac have done something to the phone that is preventing it from being controlled properly by the ROM upgrade software?
Is there anything more than a hard reset to take the device back to factory settings?
Please - if anyone can help me get this sorted I'd be really grateful. The device is just too unreliable in it's current state, and I just cannot manage to get the ROM upgrade working. It's just unbelievably frustrating!
A hard reset will take the device to the last rom upgrade.
Now in your case this could be the failed rom upgrade which you did over the mac. You would have to look at the device info to check that.
If I was you I would do a rom upgrade of a PC and not off a mac, not that I have anything agaist macs (apart from ...) Its just that I know it works of a pc.
I tried a ROM upgrade from a PC this morning and it didn't work. It kept reseting the device, then said Error 101 connection error (even though it was connnecting fine to Activesync 3.7.1).
I've made a little progress since then. I've pressed power-reset-record to put it into the 'bootloader'? and this allows the installer to go one step further and says installing the radio rom (but never gets beyond 0%). I now get the error 114.
Now that I've got this far, I will have another go with a PC on Monday and see if that makes any difference.
I've just bought the SE K700i which I hope will be a little more reliable. I really just want to get the PDA2K upgraded so it's in a fit state to sell, and perhaps I might even consider keeping it if the ROM makes a radical difference to reliability. It's so nice to go back to just using iSync with the K700i without go-between software and Virtual PC and all that hassle. My plan is to use the K700i until something comes along that catches my attention (I'm still not convinced by the Treo 650 or P910, and I wont forget my experience of Pocket PC for a while!).
If I may add my experience on similar situation, I got a device which was upgraded using a wrong ROM file, and now it ended up with no radio and no operator ID :shock: ... and can't accept "standard" ROM upgrade ... I managed to be able to upgrade the ROM or Ext ROM individually by using null operator ID ... but when it comes to Radio upgrade it doesn't start at all giving failure.
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So what is the story if you let the device drain down and then take out the battery. Would a Normal offical update not work then.
I have yet to read anything about were on the device the Opid is coded in the hardware. What I know is that the ndf have the opcode in the header and this is checked against the getdevicedata.
I have had check for the opcode in regedit with no luck. (this I some what expected as I did not feel that it is part of the OS).
anybody have a better understanding on that issue?
when I run getdevicedata.exe I get nothing except "PH20B" ... so I used NULL opid to upgrade ROM and Ext ROM ... but this trick didn't work with the Radio part ... more over, I tried the trick of draining the battery down ... it worked only once and the radio is back (I don't know how!!) however, with the last reset after the upgrade the Radio is gone again!!
My suggestion so far is that the Radio part is there but it's inactive due to a problem with the charging circute ... and since the Radio is the 1st stage of the upgrade, it holds the whole process failed.
maybe someone with solid experience with the device design itself can shed more light on this issue.
Hum!
Well what I know about the radio is that it is Lang independent, which means what ever check is run on the upgrade it does not look for the lan code.
Further it must check against the radio type as this is part of the config file that is in the upgrade.
I know that a hardreset will load what ever file is around (so it must be stored in the orignal format on the device, then loaded on hardreset). This seems not to be true for the EXTrom as this seems to be extracted as files on the device (thus you can flush it).
So we have a hardcored opid somewere on the device that now shows zero for you. What was the shipped version of it. Have you tried a ship.exe from your original device without using the xda-tools.
Can you tried a radio only upgrade and used your shipped opid in the fix.bat (maybe after a battery drain again)
Seems a shame to have a paper wheight and not a phone.
Crossing my fingers, but now it worked!! :lol:
The only additional action I took this time is to take the battery out and close the bottome notch which I believe has something to do with the backup battery.
When the device restarted, the Radio part is back with the original version, IMEI and call durations which confirms my idea that the Radio part was always there but blocked by a power charging issue.
Update [27/2/2005 6:40 pm GMT +2]:
I checked the devicedata.txt file and it has nothing except "PH20B" ... this means for me that this device will never accept any official ROM upgrade in the future ... and doing a hard reset is a potential risk to loose the Radio again :?
All user have to be aware of this serious problem, I happened to me twice.
I upgraded my BA to WM5 the latest patch i think, then I installed Spb Pocket Plus 3. After installation done, i went to settings in "Today Plug-In" option and I wanted to add some tabs, at that time I suddenly change my mind I wanted backup all my data first before doing anything else. I clicked "Ok" button, the loading icon showed up, I wait and wait.... until I could wait anymore, so I did soft-reset, you know what, all my datas' gone even datas on my SD card. I tapped on the start menu, there were only Programs and Help, all others were gone, I went to Programs there was only Pocket Msn stay. I placed my BA in the craddle and browsed my pocket pc through Active Sync, I realized that all my other folders were gone including my SD card and in the Windows folder, 60% of the files were also gone.
I don't know this is the bug from the WM5 upgrade ROM or from SPB. Just want to let everybody know so users can aware of it.
Did you have the safe mode startup selected in PocketPlus? If so, then that's a problem already reported in the main Wizzard ROM thread.
Yes, I enabled the safe mode, but this also happened in the version 2.5 which doesn't have Safe Mode.
No isssues here
Hey, I'm running WM5 (Wizard port) and SPB pocket plus 3.0.0 build 3888 and I havent had any issues with thsi config. I have safe mode off, though.
I also ran the same SPB version on previous WM5 Hima port and it ran fine as well.
Yeah, I have no problem so far beside the one I stated.
Since my Kaiser is Dutch I do not know if the translations are okay.
Ik have the following problem on my Kaser (TyTN II).
In Setting, System, Info, Device ID, I have name my Kaiser with a certain name. Probably (but I do not know for sure) the problem started because I put a backup back.
When I sync with my works computer (windows XP) the name stays the same, no problem.
When I sync with my home computer (Windows Vista Home Premium) the name is changed in HTC with to digits (like HTC62).
If I change the name back to the original name the device says: there is already a device with the same name in the network.
I have deleted the sync relation, I have looked in the register of the computer and the Kaiser, checked files, checked networks, etc but I can not find out why I can not name the Kaiser as I like. It even seems that I'm not able to use any name because it always goes back to HTC..
Please help .....
I recently called in a warranty for my tilt due to a broken screen. They shipped a new one, and low and behold it had 6.1. I didn't think I could mess up my phone by installing a theme .cab that was made for a different version of windows, but I did. It rebooted five to six times, and after that it would either stay turned off or on. When it was on, the touch screen was unresponsive, as well as the hardware keys. I called the insurance and they said they might have sent a defective phone [didn't say anything about the .cab file hah], and now I'm back where I started.
I'm scared if I install old .cab files I will have the same situation.
Will the KaiserTweak.exe still work well with WM6.1?
This might be a little far fetch to hope for, but will this theme work for the tilt: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=366521
If not, am I able to use old themes for the diamond without being stuck in reboot?
Another problem I've found is I'm unable to edit the windows of my phone folder on my computer. I'm wanting to do some heavy changes, and it's easier to navigate on my computer. The error message I get when I try to copy/paste clock images is that I don't have permission to edit the files. Is there a fix for this?
I ran into the same problem as you at first. I ended up using the HTC Home Customizer to set any changes theme wise and that did the trick. As for the Kaiser Tweak, it does work with 6.1 and I have used it quite a bit to unlock some of the limitations of the Tilt. Another option would be to use the Advanced Configuration Tool, from Julien Schapman. It seems to work pretty good too and works well with 6.1. For the locked file problem, I have not run into it much, you could try and use MyMobiler to remote to your phone so you can use the mouse to move things around. Hopefully that helps.
I found the black theme I was looking for here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=364541
I still have the "cannot copy "'HH_HOME_0':Access is denied. Be certain that there is enough free storage memory, that the destination is not write protected, and that the file is not currently in use" As well as unable to edit it from my computer.
It's not in use because I disable the HTC home plug in, so it's not showing up on the today screen.
Same deal, i had 6.1 on the new one, and it took some doing to get hardspl to take on the phone. Also the bloatware just kept coming back no matter what i did. The window on the bloatware reset is like 1 second now w/ 6.1. It loads it so fast.
I have an interesting problem with the Weatherpanel application and windows 6.1 on my stock Kaiser. I have set the program to use the system time but it shows up as one hour earlier on the today screen. I have tried fooling it but it reverts when I sync the program.
I have an old Ipaq 5555 that I use as a gps and have same program working just fine on it. It seems to have happened when I upgraded Kaiser to HTC's stock 6.1 rom but that was also when DST kicked in. I think this is a windows problem more than Weatherpanel but cant be sure. Not a huge issue but one of those things that piss you off until you can fix it.
Any ideas? Is there a special registry setting that sets time that program could be using? The system time is correct in all other apps and on today screen as well but would like to disable that one as the top bar is pretty crowded.