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custom rom help!

hey...
i cant install any custom rom on my xperia.
i installed HARD SPL.
and during the bootloader...
it says what it suppose to say like in the guide[of biovolt]
i meant during the bootloader...when the tri color screen appears.
it says
KOVS110
SPL-0.72. 01iNex
MicroP1-787
MicroP2-707
i formatted my memory card. [fat 32]
then i put the rom, on the root of the memory.
naming it Kovsimg.nbh
[and yes there is nothing but Kovsimg.nbh]
even then...
it says no image found during the bootloader.
anyone! help me!
please....

Did you try to use other Roms?
everything looks ok there should not be a problem. maybe your Kovsimg.nbh is corrupt.
there als can be a transfer fail, i had this problem i copy it to my sd card but couldn't flash it. when you copiyed the nbh to sd card don't pull it out wait a moment then try to take out the cable/sd card. this is what i did and worked for me.

commodoor said:
Did you try to use other Roms?
everything looks ok there should not be a problem. maybe your Kovsimg.nbh is corrupt.
there als can be a transfer fail, i had this problem i copy it to my sd card but couldn't flash it. when you copiyed the nbh to sd card don't pull it out wait a moment then try to take out the cable/sd card. this is what i did and worked for me.
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yes , i did.
about 5 roms.
and it's not corrupted...
cause i always check...
even inside my phone via file manager also.
maybe it's my micro sd.
that's the problem.

igoodbyes said:
yes , i did.
about 5 roms.
and it's not corrupted...
cause i always check...
even inside my phone via file manager also.
maybe it's my micro sd.
that's the problem.
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Then you know what to do. Try other sd cards.
you can find the problem by trial&error method. what it means is you just have to try different things to find whats wrong it is one off the most used methods.

commodoor said:
Then you know what to do. Try other sd cards.
you can find the problem by trial&error method. what it means is you just have to try different things to find whats wrong it is one off the most used methods.
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haha
i agree
thank you
btw i got my rom changed via pc method...
which i dont mind using...haha
sorry for the trouble!

Charge/sync problem

I have read about 10 pages of charging and syncing problems but they weren't like mine. I flashed hardspl 3.34 and then it all went bad. When it is turned on it wont charge from wall/car/usb. When I put it into bootloader, it seems like my computer recognizes it (it asks me if I want to safely remove hardware) but windows mobile device center doesn't say it's connected, nor does it show up in computer. I did a hard reset and all that. It still has original 6.1 rom. Should I flash another spl? Or another rom? Any suggestions? I really hope I didn't f up my tilt. I finally got it after I bricked my wizard a year ago.

thedon809 said:
I have read about 10 pages of charging and syncing problems but they weren't like mine. I flashed hardspl 3.34 and then it all went bad. When it is turned on it wont charge from wall/car/usb. When I put it into bootloader, it seems like my computer recognizes it (it asks me if I want to safely remove hardware) but windows mobile device center doesn't say it's connected, nor does it show up in computer. I did a hard reset and all that. It still has original 6.1 rom. Should I flash another spl? Or another rom? Any suggestions? I really hope I didn't f up my tilt. I finally got it after I bricked my wizard a year ago.
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Well, if you are in bootloader and you got the USB sign on it you are ok. Try to flash another rom or reflash your stock rom.

Yes bootloader seems to work and says usb. I think what I did was flashed hardspl 3.29 following the directions in the "flashing your first kaiser rom" thread. But when I flashed 3.34, I flashed it using usb and not an sd card like it said. I just want to go back to original spl and rom.

thedon809 said:
Yes bootloader seems to work and says usb. I think what I did was flashed hardspl 3.29 following the directions in the "flashing your first kaiser rom" thread. But when I flashed 3.34, I flashed it using usb and not an sd card like it said. I just want to go back to original spl and rom.
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Just look here: http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Kaiser_ROMs
Hope that helps

I flashed that rom and it still does the same thing.

thedon809 said:
I flashed that rom and it still does the same thing.
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Let's try this one my friend http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=335568 probably you can revert back to the original spl and stock rom

What about these steps?
11. Download pof's SSPL-KAIS.exe and copy it to your phone
12. Run SSPL.KAIS.exe from your phone (make sure you do this on your actual device and not your PC)
I can't do them because my phone won't sync to my computer.

thedon809 said:
I think what I did was
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That bit made me shiver.

stuntdouble said:
That bit made me shiver.
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lol, I know that's exactly what I did. I was just saying, that I think that has something to do with it not charging and syncing. I'm not sure though, because I'm not a pro at flashing and all that. I can rebuild an engine, but I can't flash a stupid rom on a phone . Whatever I have to do to fix it, will have to work the next time because I only have about 60% battery left.

thedon809 said:
What about these steps?
11. Download pof's SSPL-KAIS.exe and copy it to your phone
12. Run SSPL.KAIS.exe from your phone (make sure you do this on your actual device and not your PC)
I can't do them because my phone won't sync to my computer.
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Anyone have any suggestions on what to do about this? Will using my sd card work? Sorry about the noob questions. I know what it's like helping noobs that have no clue what they are doing.

thedon809 said:
Anyone have any suggestions on what to do about this? Will using my sd card work? Sorry about the noob questions. I know what it's like helping noobs that have no clue what they are doing.
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You can upgrade SPL via SD but you will need a WM donor phone (spare) or a card reader to format the sd card. Try that and let us know if that worked

gmaniac2008 said:
You can upgrade SPL via SD but you will need a WM donor phone (spare) or a card reader to format the sd card. Try that and let us know if that worked
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My hp laptop conveniently has an sd card reader.

Ok, to install from sd card, I put stock att hardspl RUU_signed.nbh and KAISDIAG.NBH into sd card, pop it in and go to bootloader? Correct?

thedon809 said:
Ok, to install from sd card, I put stock att hardspl RUU_signed.nbh and KAISDIAG.NBH into sd card, pop it in and go to bootloader? Correct?
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Follow the instructions of how to flash via sd card from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=2741200&postcount=1

Do I have to change the name of the att hardspl to KAISIMG.NBH?

thedon809 said:
Do I have to change the name of the att hardspl to KAISIMG.NBH?
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No.
(message too short so adding more letters to post comment.......)

Himalaya Radio Upgrade

Hi I have
HTC Himalaya PH10A
[CE OS 5.2.23001 (Build 23001.5.0.60)]
and I want to upgrade my radio v1.06.01
I downloaded two radio versions v1.17 and v1.19
i read that v1.17 is most stable version,
and v1.19 has a flight mode issue but it is the latest version
I dont use flight mode so I would like to upgrade to v1.19
but my connector is broken so i can only use SD card
so my question is how to upgrade new radio with SD card on my himalaya
i cant find this anywhere i used search and nothing, or im searching wrong
pliz help!

1.17 is better anyway.

ok then ill use 1.17
but i didnt get an answer how to upgrade new radio with SD card

i think it's no so easy to upgrade your hima from sd, you need to have a sdcard backup for have some information and the only way for do a sdcard backup it's to have your connector.
i think it's better to solder your connector on your motherboard.

i already done the rom upgrade with sd card, friend has the same himalaya and we did it with his!
but is it the same process for radio rom install with sd card??

HTCMDA2 said:
u already done the rom upgrade with sd card, friend has the same himalaya and we did it with his!
but is it the same process for radio rom install with sd card??
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Don't know it exactly, it should be the same. Can you wait about 2 or 3 weeks.
I'll disassemble the old one of aeroflyluby and use the spare parts. Are you able to solder a new used connector or is the mainboard damaged?

i think its not damaged, idiot in some mobile service soldered only 2 pins just for charging but usb doesent work, i dont even have a usb cable or a cradle so i find out few months later at my friends place, i seen this when i opened my himalaya the guy didnt even tell me that he done that
but i cant solder small pins like that, even he couldnt do it i think!
i would like to update my radio cause sometimes i cant get normal connection in places where is normal signal, and for the battery life cause my battery lasts on only one day if i use it a little

Did you test this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=596798
Underclocking when the phone isn't used works fine. You don't have to overclock, if you don't want to! Just set max speed to 400mHz.
So, it is a new connector badly mounted to your device? There should be a workaround to fix it, maybe someone else knows to fix that easyly !?!

HTCMDA2 said:
i already done the rom upgrade with sd card, friend has the same himalaya and we did it with his!
but is it the same process for radio rom install with sd card??
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How did you do rom upgrade with SD card? Lots of guys here have broken USB connector and want to do rom upgrade with SD!

I will try to do that, okay?

http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=HimalayaBootloaderSdCardFlashing

muckelmaus said:
Did you test this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=596798
Underclocking when the phone isn't used works fine. You don't have to overclock, if you don't want to! Just set max speed to 400mHz.
So, it is a new connector badly mounted to your device? There should be a workaround to fix it, maybe someone else knows to fix that easyly !?!
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its the old connector, but it not broken, its just soldered badly, i mean only 3 pins just for batt charginig!
mns123 said:
How did you do rom upgrade with SD card? Lots of guys here have broken USB connector and want to do rom upgrade with SD!
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we upgrade himalaya with working connector, and then used tutorial http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=482236 and the put the sd card in broken himalaya (mine) and it flashed prefectly! we used swampy`s rom
aeroflyluby said:
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=HimalayaBootloaderSdCardFlashing
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nice man! big ups ill try that

HTCMDA2 said:
we upgrade himalaya with working connector, and then used tutorial http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=482236 and the put the sd card in broken himalaya (mine) and it flashed prefectly! we used swampy`s rom
nice man! big ups ill try that
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Great! I was thinking you cannot use two Himas and do it this way!
Then the Radio upgrade should also work the same way.

in two pages we know everything now about rom and radio upgrade with sd card!
very nice
tnx to everyone

aeroflyluby said:
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=HimalayaBootloaderSdCardFlashing
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im want to try this but how can i copy only radio from another himalaya, and upgrade to mine?

first copy the first 3 M of the radio to sd
d2s 60000000 00300000
SD:Waiting for card insert.........
CMD3 for SD, it's OK, ready to get RCA from response.
SD: Detected one card
SD:ready for transfer OK
Total card size=1D30000ze=0
****************
Store image to SD/MMC card successful.

HTCMDA2 said:
im want to try this but how can i copy only radio from another himalaya, and upgrade to mine?
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Try this Radio. taken from c_shekhar's rom accessories, to update working hima to 1.17.

i found this:
Flashing Radio from microSD
Originally Posted by vip_snoopy
Hi all,
I always find flashing with a card is a lot faster than using a software because I can do this anytime with just one little card. I didn't find this in wiki so might as well just make one. tested by myself.
***IMPORTANT***
Please make sure you have HardSPL on your device. And also make sure you have more than 50% of battery left or you can plug in a charger just to make sure there is no power failure. I am not sure if SIM unlocked is necessary prior to performing these steps, so hopefully someone (maybe pof) can help me with this. DO THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK.
1. Get a 128MB MicroSD card (or whatever size you like) and format it (***please make sure you format it, but not just delete all contents on it) NOTE : Make sure you format it FAT32
2. find the Radio image you would like to use, normally named RUU_Signed.nbh, and rename it to "KAISIMG.nbh" [i think this part is not for hima, its Radio_.nbf]
3. Plug the card into the phone, then enter boot loader mode by pressing down the Power and Camera buttons simultaneously, and using the stylus at the same time to press the RESET button at the left side. Continue pressing the two buttons for a few seconds after pressing and releasing the reset button until the bootloader screen appears. (taken from Wiki)
4. You will first see a tri-color screen then the information on the card. Press power button to start flashing.
5. After all these are done, press the reset button located at the bottom of the phone to reset the device.
DISCLAIMER
I take no responsibility for any conflict, fault, or damage caused by this flashing procedure. No warranties of any kind are given.
Can we try this on our himalaya??

No. We can't

USB Method and Card method don't work

Like the title says, any possible method on flashing does not work on my Xperia anymore....what to do now?
I use a card which has always worked with Flashing, and my PC recognizes my phone as long as it is not in bootloader.....

more info on "doesn't work", how doesn't it work?
also try formatting your card again

Reset?
I take it you've tried a hard reset?!
Have you searched the forum as well? There's quite a few threads about flashing problems. Your answer might be there somewhere already!
Also, you haven't posted which ROM you are using but if its a stock R3AA series ROM then it might have written the stock SPL back to your device (and new radio firmware too) so that might be your problem, since the stock SPL doesn't support SD card flashing.
Without more information on your problem I doubt anyone will be able to help!

The Rom I use is Touch it BL, and I have formatted the card several times, that is all the info I can give you I guess...any idea on how to solve this? And thanks in advance for the help, I read through a lot of the forum but nothing seemed to help me...

re-check the image file name, make sure it is not KOVSIMG.nbh.nbh

Did that too, still no results...

SyntheticDistortion said:
Like the title says, any possible method on flashing does not work on my Xperia anymore....what to do now?
I use a card which has always worked with Flashing, and my PC recognizes my phone as long as it is not in bootloader.....
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does that mean you can't get into boot loader or that when you are in boot loader mode no image is found?

DrakenKorin said:
does that mean you can't get into boot loader or that when you are in boot loader mode no image is found?
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No Image is found, not on the card and not via the USB :S

Did you make sure that the image file is copied on to the root directory of your storage card? What brand and size SD card are you using? Is it formatted Fat32? Also, try a different SD card as there have been some problems with certain brands. Could also be that the image file is corrupted. Might try a different image file.

Same problem here!!!
can't flash via card and activesync anymore recently!
AND must boot with usb cable with power to pass the bootloader, otherwise, the screen will stuck in tri-color screen

Make sure you're using a Micro SD and not a Micro SDHC as that usually has the issue you mentioned. If you can still boot to windows try to access the card and see if it's corrupted. You may have a dead card. Just a couple things to try.

Tried all that, after some trying I found out that the phone is performing well when it has started up, WMDC does what it's supposed to and the phone behaves well..untill I try to flash, as soon as it's in bootloader it seems like my PC doesn't recognise my phone and the phone doesn't recognise it's arttached to a computer...

SyntheticDistortion said:
Tried all that, after some trying I found out that the phone is performing well when it has started up, WMDC does what it's supposed to and the phone behaves well..untill I try to flash, as soon as it's in bootloader it seems like my PC doesn't recognise my phone and the phone doesn't recognise it's arttached to a computer...
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Have you tried re-flashing the Hard SPL to your device?
I know you've said that you can't flash once you are in bootloader but flashing the Hard SPL might work even though flashing a new ROM didn't.
I had a related problem ages ago and re-flashing Hard SPL fixed it for me.
Fingers crossed for you!

Still nothing...I appreciate for the help guys...but I'm getting desperate here...nothing is working!

SyntheticDistortion said:
Still nothing...I appreciate for the help guys...but I'm getting desperate here...nothing is working!
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sry I didn't post this earlier, hopefully it helps
bootloader app

DrakenKorin said:
sry I didn't post this earlier, hopefully it helps
bootloader app
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Sorry mate...again I am stuck in bootloader and the phone is unwilling to co-operate any further..

Did I screwed myself? (PLZ ANSWER FAST)

So I wanted to go back to custom ROM. I did task29 and now i am here, cleuless.
The kovsimg file can't be found on my X1. What do I have to do? Am I supposed to do HardSPL? Thats going to be hard without a OS I suppose.

are you entering bootloader?

caliban2 said:
are you entering bootloader?
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Ofcourse ._.

Is there a way to do HardSPL via SD card? Because I think this might be my problem.

uhm... nope. hardspl stays forever, unless you flash stockspl. and that's a procedure you can't do by accident and without reading how to do it. (if you had done this, you wouldn't ask)
so, let's assume you have hardspl on your phone for a long time already:
a) make sure it's "kovsimg.nbh" in root of your sdcard
or
b) enter bootloader and connect to your pc -> usb-method

caliban2 said:
uhm... nope. hardspl stays forever, unless you flash stockspl. and that's a procedure you can't do by accident and without reading how to do it. (if you had done this, you wouldn't ask)
so, let's assume you have hardspl on your phone for a long time already:
a) make sure it's "kovsimg.nbh" in root of your sdcard
or
b) enter bootloader and connect to your pc -> usb-method
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Already figured out, used an other SD card, still thanks though.

I think your sd card is(was) not formatted in FAT32

ady_95 said:
I think your sd card is(was) not formatted in FAT32
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It depends mate, I've 2 SD cards that are formatted in FAT32 and both of them didn't work with the SD card method. (Tried 0.72 AND 0.78). However, the PC method works nicely with the 0.78.