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Flashing ROMs is dangerous !!!

There's two type of ROM upgrades: Operating System ROM upgrades and Radio Stack Upgrades.
Radio Stack Upgrades:
Radio Stack upgrades are distributed by the devices resellers. They come in packages with names that may or may not include "Programme B" or "RSU", and they are usually about 2 MB in size. Version numbers are a mess, and lower version numbers do not mean earlier versions. There's at least three different paths of version numbering out there, and the version number on the file doesn't always match the version number displayed at boot and by 'Device Information'.
The official Radio Stack Upgrade process is a mess. We've seen way too many people wreck their devices doing nothing weird or strange. Our advice regarding Radio Stack upgrades is to get them from your own device provider (so you know it's for you type of device: 900/1800 or 900/1900 MHz), and to only upgrade if you know the upgrade will fix known issues that are bothering you.
Operating System Upgrades:
Operating System upgrades are distributed by the resellers in packages whose names may contain "Programme A" or "RUU" (to confuse things, RUU stands for "Radio Unit Upgrade", even though they do not upgrade the Radio part but the PDA part). Operating System upgrades are usually 15 MB in size, and unless you use our utility 'adaptROM', they will only install on phones sold by specific resellers in specific markets.
In this community, the OS is sometimes also distributed as .nb1 file, for use with our XDArit tool. These files are often zipped to about 15 MB, uncompressed they are 32MB (well: 32 MB minus 256 kB actually).
We've seen a number of people doing terrible things to their devices by upgrading their OS ROMs. Here's what we've seen:
- It appears someone is distributing an EXE file for the PPC2003 ROM that contains a part of the OS in the spot where the bootloader needs to be. People that use this EXE to upgrade to 2003 may experience problems immediately or later on, possible making their device unusable.
- We've observed our XDArit tool in the hands of people that should not be using it. If you don't know what a DOS box is, or think you can rename .nb1 files to .nb0, or if you generally do not feel technically proficient, do not use XDArit. It's as simple as that.
(We also blame ourselves for this: XDArit is very counter-intuitive in some parts, and is long-due for an overhaul....)
- Apart from the above, there seem to be problems for people getting back from PPC2003 to earlier versions of the OS. We've been busy doing other things, and we haven't really researched this yet.
- It seems the exe files Jeff makes are OK, and if they aren't, people would know pretty quickly. We advise against running exe-files from others until we've found what causes this 'bootloader mangling' we've observed.

Thanks for your warnings. I just checked my device information. It reads rom version 3;14.06 ENG, Rom date 10/01/02, Radio Version T313. Being not technical at all. Your advice is not to upgrade the Rom or de radio version.
But that leaves me with some problems. F.i. when I try to synchronize with Outlook on my pc. I keep losing mails. The only mails being synchronized at all are those from my inbox. A series of attachments cannot be converted and there is no way to know which mails they are in. I was also hoping that a rom-update would solve my constant memory-lack.
Are there any other solutions?

Upgrade Fails
We have been upgrading some ATEK's with success, but we have two that don't want to upgrade. The message is:
"Can not open COM/USB port...." \\Can someine help...

Re: Upgrade Fails
scalci said:
We have been upgrading some ATEK's with success, but we have two that don't want to upgrade. The message is:
"Can not open COM/USB port...." \\Can someine help...
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:wink: it's same problem that i have but the slution is download the XDA-dev's XDAtools.exe and cook your ROM then save it on your SD-card
for me it's work 100% my Qtek provieder in Saudi Arbia said that you can't downgread ROM after you do upgread but what ?? it's work
:lol:
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Upgrade radio fail
Thanks for the advice. Unfortunately I read it a bit too late.
I download ROM from O2 site, program A (3.20.06ENG) and program B(4.21). Upgarded my xda with program A, after reset it works. When upgrade the radio program B it hang for half hour. After reset the xda does not boot!
Is there a way i can flash back the ROM so that i can use back my xda?
Original version ROM 3.17.03ENG and radio 3.14.
Thanks in advance.

After upgrad radio from 4.16 to 4.21, My O2 does not reset or hardreset normally. After a long process, I get a blank screen with only input icon on the lowwer right corner. How to fix it now?

problem solved.

inaccess said:
problem solved.
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How have you done it ?

Re: Upgrade radio fail
pcloo said:
Thanks for the advice. Unfortunately I read it a bit too late.
I download ROM from O2 site, program A (3.20.06ENG) and program B(4.21). Upgarded my xda with program A, after reset it works. When upgrade the radio program B it hang for half hour. After reset the xda does not boot!
Is there a way i can flash back the ROM so that i can use back my xda?
Original version ROM 3.17.03ENG and radio 3.14.
Thanks in advance.
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I did the exact same thing and had the same problem. anything I could do to had my xda up and running again?
thanx in advance

Re: Upgrade radio fail
darkdragoon said:
pcloo said:
Thanks for the advice. Unfortunately I read it a bit too late.
I download ROM from O2 site, program A (3.20.06ENG) and program B(4.21). Upgarded my xda with program A, after reset it works. When upgrade the radio program B it hang for half hour. After reset the xda does not boot!
Is there a way i can flash back the ROM so that i can use back my xda?
Original version ROM 3.17.03ENG and radio 3.14.
Thanks in advance.
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I did the exact same thing and had the same problem. anything I could do to had my xda up and running again?
thanx in advance
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If you push the power buttom and than do a hard/cold reset do you get a bootloader ???
If so you need a storage card and put a good rom on it.
Read more on this forum

Re: Upgrade radio fail
I got a problem yesterday night, while trying to updgrade the ROM with the XDA developers Special Edition ROM v1.2, I got the message from the tool saying it will take up to 5 min and a scroll bar appeared on the XDA and not removing it from its base.
But I accidently removed it (in fact, I caught my foot on the damn wire and everything went to the floor).
Now nothing works, except the diagnostic bootloader when I reset and press on button. Hard reset changes noting.
The screen when I hard-reset it shows the scrollbar that was displayed when I tried to upgrade it.
ActiveSync does not recognize it anymore (PC beeps when the XDA is put in craddle, but it does go further).
Any idea how to put back original ROM content ? I have backup of the content made with Active Sync.
I own a SX-56 and subscribe to Rogers AT&T; I guess my config is identical to a AT&T phone, as it's written on top
Any suggestion will be welcomed
Bernard

Re: Upgrade radio fail
droletbe said:
I got a problem yesterday night, while trying to updgrade the ROM with the XDA developers Special Edition ROM v1.2, I got the message from the tool saying it will take up to 5 min and a scroll bar appeared on the XDA and not removing it from its base.
But I accidently removed it (in fact, I caught my foot on the damn wire and everything went to the floor).
Now nothing works, except the diagnostic bootloader when I reset and press on button. Hard reset changes noting.
The screen when I hard-reset it shows the scrollbar that was displayed when I tried to upgrade it.
ActiveSync does not recognize it anymore (PC beeps when the XDA is put in craddle, but it does go further).
Any idea how to put back original ROM content ? I have backup of the content made with Active Sync.
I own a SX-56 and subscribe to Rogers AT&T; I guess my config is identical to a AT&T phone, as it's written on top
Any suggestion will be welcomed
Bernard
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You need a storage card (32 MB or more SD or MMC will do) and a reader/writer for it,
than write a rom on the card, put it in your devices an start the boot loader, than if everthing went good it will ask you if you wanted to update the rom.

Re: Upgrade radio fail
Weezer-DC said:
darkdragoon said:
pcloo said:
Thanks for the advice. Unfortunately I read it a bit too late.
I download ROM from O2 site, program A (3.20.06ENG) and program B(4.21). Upgarded my xda with program A, after reset it works. When upgrade the radio program B it hang for half hour. After reset the xda does not boot!
Is there a way i can flash back the ROM so that i can use back my xda?
Original version ROM 3.17.03ENG and radio 3.14.
Thanks in advance.
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I did the exact same thing and had the same problem. anything I could do to had my xda up and running again?
thanx in advance
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If you push the power buttom and than do a hard/cold reset do you get a bootloader ???
If so you need a storage card and put a good rom on it.
Read more on this forum
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Yes, I got the Wallaby bootloader and it said GSM failed.
Pls show me where about I could get more info on the forum.
ThanX in advance.

Re: Upgrade radio fail
Weezer-DC said:
droletbe said:
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Now nothing works, except the diagnostic bootloader when I reset and press on button. Hard reset changes noting.
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Any idea how to put back original ROM content ? I have backup of the content made with Active Sync.
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Any suggestion will be welcomed
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You need a storage card (32 MB or more SD or MMC will do) and a reader/writer for it,
than write a rom on the card, put it in your devices an start the boot loader, than if everthing went good it will ask you if you wanted to update the rom.
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Any place/URL to look for such thing as the ROM and the writer ? How much should I expect ?
Thanks for your help

Re: Upgrade radio fail
droletbe said:
Weezer-DC said:
droletbe said:
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Now nothing works, except the diagnostic bootloader when I reset and press on button. Hard reset changes noting.
...
Any idea how to put back original ROM content ? I have backup of the content made with Active Sync.
...
Any suggestion will be welcomed
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You need a storage card (32 MB or more SD or MMC will do) and a reader/writer for it,
than write a rom on the card, put it in your devices an start the boot loader, than if everthing went good it will ask you if you wanted to update the rom.
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Any place/URL to look for such thing as the ROM and the writer ? How much should I expect ?
Thanks for your help
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Now everything works ! And this accident "forced" me to buy an SD, so I will not be so limited by the 32Mb limit
Thank you very much

help needed....
i hard reseted my qtek 1010 .... its like 30mins ....and am still gettin 4 bands white red greem blue... is that normal ...that hard reset take this much time... if this si not normal ... what should i do next

Bootloader not recognising sd card image
I am having the same problem. When pressing power and reset, bootloader shows v 5.17 GSM fail.
I have an sd card which has a new bootloader and nb1 file on it. I do a reset with the card in the slot and i get the same screen v517 GSM fail. From what i have read i should be getting an option to upload the new rom.
Can some one help me out please?
If I currently turn the device on normally activesync does not recognise the device.....
The sd card I have was configured using the xdirt programme and it appears to have worked as the sd card is shows not formatted now...

Thanks for all the info and warnings, just got my XDA II today and Im not too hot with it yet so I guess I will be leaving the ROM's alone for the time being

Peter Poelman said:
Radio Stack Upgrades:
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We have several system where the GSM rom is toast. Is there a way to get a GSM Rom to SD w/o using the PC Monitor program?
The systems will successfully bootup and we have tried loading the GSM rom using RSUpgrade, but it fails after 1%.
Is there any other way to recover the GSM Rom?

You may try speaking to Cgigate on this forum, he has hardware methods of programming the chips directly, whether it works for the radio stack as well as the bootloader and rom you will need to ask him.

rom flash crash

hi folks tried to update special rom and upon where the XDa comes up with upgrading takes 5mins the software crashed out telling me to remove from cradle and do soft reset well did all that but cant get active sync to recongnise the XDA and the XDA is still on that upgraing 5 minute screen HELP

If it will not resume when you restart the upgrade program on the PC, then it's time to upgrade via the bootloader method. You need (access to)an SD-card reader/writer for the PC, and to read around on this forum a bit.

thanxs I guess thats the conclusion I came to however just to make sure do u know the steps involved in installing the special rom I have the download exe file someones put on the forum

****. I cooked a second ROM (based on testing the first one - and removing utils I didn't need)
Flashing started - but this time, ActiveSync dropped out and I was left with the 5 minutes screen.
I have tried hard reset but only the "upgrading' screen appears. Now I'm wishing I had never messed with it.
I can get the Wallaby Boot loader screen to come up (GSM OK) it says.
But I have no clue about this other "bootloader" method mentioned on this page. Can anyone please advise where can I find details of the fix? Is the ROM really wiped out and no longer recoverable?

I have the same problem as the first person who posted.

Then you will need to restore the OS using an SD card. (Min 64mb).
Probably easiest to cook a ROM at Jeffs Kitchen to your taste:
http://cuba.calyx.nl/~jsummers/ROMkitchen/
Save it as .nb1 type (bottom of that page).
Then get XDA Tools (yes I know its starting to sound complicated but its not really). http://xda-developers.com/XDAtools/
That program allows you to copy the .nb1 file you cooked to be loaded onto the SD card.
Once you have transferred the OS (.nb1) file to the SD, stick it in your XDA.
Turn on the XDA pressing simultaneously the on switch and sticking the stylus in the SOFT reset hole.
You should get a white screen saying something like flash ROM from SD. Press the JOG (navigator) big switch at the bottom to start the process.
Make sure you have mains power to XDA during this process.
When it finishes, REMOVE the SD card and press HARD reset.
Should be back to normal!

p.s. It goes without saying that you need an SD card reader !!
p.p.s I hope yours is better than mine. Try to get the latest version with drivers that can deal with big SD card sizes...

It does not say hard reset it say cold reboot to reset. So I did a soft reset and it worked after about 7 tries.
I really like what they did with this ROM Kitchen. I would think that if they can get this really stable then they should offer a service to create your own ROM's allowing the user to select what programs they want to include in the ROM.

Er, if you read other areas on this site you will notice that this is run by enthusiasts, who are making their work available to others.
So a little please and thank you will ease your way.
Rather than... "they should" maybe "it would be nice if...."
:idea: If you really want to DIY - then follow all the instructions, get yourself a Unix platform and MKROM.
Bye
ps sorry I got one detail wrong.
pps Sorry I bothered actually

Ariel said:
Er, if you read other areas on this site you will notice that this is run by enthusiasts, who are making their work available to others.
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Believe me as the owner of www.pocketpcminds.com I understand this. Back in the days of carrying a Palm OS device there a program that allowed you to add and delete things in your ROM.
What I was suggestion is a service that users could pay for that would inlude a list of Pocket PC programs that the users could choose what programs they want loaded in the ROM. From what I have seen of Pocket PC users each person has a list of programs that they find useful and use regularly.
I onlt suggest this because the people running this need to cover thier cost. Otherwise they may use intrest and stop it all together.

We're all too busy with other things to turn the ROMkitchen into a commercial thing. But if anyone else wants to do so, please contact us.
Pro:
- It would be a great sales platform for software (spb gprs monitor, PIMs, etc.)
Con:
- Available space shrinks as OS grows
- No idea how this works out on XDA II yet

Can't burn the Wallaby Patch to the SD
When I try to burn Wallaby Patch to SD the following error appears
Failed to open device \\.\PhysicalDrive8
Anyone help with this.

hi I did all that but when the XDA is being flashed it finishes but comes with achecksum error now I know I am doing everything right as I managed to reload O2 original .nb1 file and my xda is still as was however I want the forums version rom so can unlock many thanx for the previous how 2 instructions

SD card flash - 5 min screen
Ariel said:
Then you will need to restore the OS using an SD card. (Min 64mb).
Probably easiest to cook a ROM at Jeffs Kitchen to your taste:
http://cuba.calyx.nl/~jsummers/ROMkitchen/
Save it as .nb1 type (bottom of that page).
Then get XDA Tools (yes I know its starting to sound complicated but its not really). http://xda-developers.com/XDAtools/
That program allows you to copy the .nb1 file you cooked to be loaded onto the SD card.
Once you have transferred the OS (.nb1) file to the SD, stick it in your XDA.
Turn on the XDA pressing simultaneously the on switch and sticking the stylus in the SOFT reset hole.
You should get a white screen saying something like flash ROM from SD. Press the JOG (navigator) big switch at the bottom to start the process.
Make sure you have mains power to XDA during this process.
When it finishes, REMOVE the SD card and press HARD reset.
Should be back to normal!
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I have a similar 5 min screen, and I tried as told, that is bought a card reader, cooked ROM, downloaded and transferred the nk.nb1 file to sd card using xda-tools, and entered into bootloader. But all I get is WAIT and then GSM OK message. Not the one that gives me option of flashing the ROM. How exactly to transfer the ROM image to SD card?

Rom Flash Crash
Just in case
I found that getting the XDA going initially by putting across the O2 installer programmeA onto the SD card rebootting with soft reset which installs the standard O2 locked phone system however this allows your XDA to be seen by the PC
all I did then was using the Kitchen Rom is double clicked it then goes into install mode through Programme A and does a PC to phone install.
I found I reinstalled twice and the phone now is working unlocked as required
I tried many times to do the soft reset install as instructed on the forum but it just crashed everytime

I guess the WBL version 5.15 does not identify nk.nb1 file as a rom image. it needs the rom image in raw form, the same as it is copied by bootloader that is WinCE to SD. I think the old XDArit writes it in the required format. dont know how the XDA-Tools does it.

ROM flash crash - solved!
It finally worked. With help from ntabikha, a member of this forum, I got it going. I plugged it in the cradle after hard reset. Activesync kept announcing that it can not connect to the device, and I kept clicking "Retry" (perhaps "disconnect com port" might as well have been all right, but I didn't do it. I thought it might disconnect the com port and stop the Program A from connecting to the device).
I then ran the Original Qtek Upgrade installer, and it did not connect on the first attempt. But it asked me to soft reset the device and run the program again. I did so, and whoa! it worked! It worked great! However, I don't understand why the cooked version 3.17 from Jeff's kitchen was installed instead of Qtek Upgrade Version 3.16.52. I care the least though, since I now have a working xda! Thanks to the guidance from ntabikha.

Experts Please help !

I got MDA from T Mobile with:
ROM : 3.04.00 GER
Radio Version : T302
Protocol Version : 32S54
Pocket PC 2002
The Operating system is in German , I need to change the same to English .
Can someone guide me please .
I am not a techie guy and hence request someone's Help.
I would be exteremly thankful .
Thanks and regards

I do my ROM updates using the XDA's bootloader and an SD card. This seems to work a little better with less chance of things getting messed up. There's also a way to run an installer program on your PC but my observation is that a lot of people who have had problems have used this other method.
a few questions first:
Who is your carrier now?
Do you have an SD card 32MB or larger? (If you don't you'll need one.)
Does the phone/Internet work satisfactorily (even though it's in German)?
DISCLAIMER: I am an idiot. I've probably forgotten some crucial detail or two here. It's up to you to figure out where I'm full of sh*t before starting.
Spend an evening or two reading all of the threads in this 'ROM Updates' forum. It's good to understand the ways something can go wrong and how to avoid making that happen.
Back up all of the data on your XDA before starting. This includes your contact/calendar/task data (normaly these sync with Outlook on your desktop PC when you run Activvesync) as well as any documents that you have saved to device RAM.
Some people do a full backup of their XDA, but it's tricky to restore from this backup when you're not restoring to the same OS version that you backed up from. So I don't bother - I just make sure my outlook data and documents are stored away somewhere safe on my PC.
Back up any data that you've stored on your SD card. You'll end up erasing the SD card as part of the process.
Go here:
http://www.xda-developers.com/XDAtools/
and download XDA tools. You'll use this program to move ROM images to the SD card in your XDA to update the ROM.
Go here:
http://www.romanweb.com/yorch/
and in the "ROM Kitchen" section choose the elements you want to have installed in your XDA along with the OS. The XDA has leftover space in the available ROM memory after the basic Operating System is in there, and the kitchen allows you to put other stuff in here (so it won't take up RAM unless you're actually using it). You can choose a European O2 image or a US T-Mobile image. As long as the bar at the top of the page doesn't read "Overload" you can make a ROM image with what you have selected. Make sure that "Zipped NK.nb1 (SD-Card flashing)" is checked, and press "Build ROM Now" The kitchen will go work for a few minutes and finally will indicate that it's ready to download. Make a note of what your choices were for this image (this is more important after you've been playing and you have downloaded a few different ones), and download the ZIP file to your PC.
You need some software like WinZIP to extract the nb1 file from the ZIP file. If your version of Windows (XP, 98Plus, etc understands "compressed folders" this will work. Use whatever method to extract the .nb1 file from the ZIP file that you've downloaded.
(NOTE: You CAN'T just rename the extension of the file to .nb1 if it's something else like .zip or .exe. Sounds obvious that this won't work but people try it anyway)
Put your SD card into your XDA (you've backed up the SD card, right?) and press the soft reset button on the bottom while holding down the power switch. This will put you into the "Wallaby Bootloader" of the XDA. Read about it here: http://www.xda-developers.com/bootloader/ Press the Contacts button on the upper left of the front to the XDA, and use the joypad to highlight CE+BOOT TO SD. Then press the middle of the joypad to start the copying of your machine's Rom to the SD Card. The screen will count up the progress until it indicates that it's done. Remove the SD card and reset your XDA again.
Put the SD card back into the XDA - it will detect that the SD card is no longer formatted (the ROM image overwrites the formatting) and will ask to reformat the card. Select Nein (German for No). Put the XDA in the sync cradle, and use XDA tools to move the ROM and Boot files from the SD card to your PC for safe keeping. IF you've backed up both the ROM and boot files there should be an .nb1 (ROM) and an .nb0 (boot) file to transfer
Now use XDATools to move the new ROM image .nb1 file that you cooked up in the kitchen onto the SD card. When this is done, remove the XDA from the cradle.
Make sure your battery is fully charged. Don't want to run out of juice during the next step.
You might want to turn off the phone part of the XDA next. I haven't, but people always wonder what will happen if someone calls you while you're in the middle of an upgrade.
With the new ROM image on the SD card in the XDA, soft boot the XDA with the power switch held down. This time the XDA will recognize that there is a ROM image on the card and will offer to install this image.
If you don't get the screen offering to install the image, make sure that you installed the ROM image to the SD card using XDATools. Just copying the file to the SD card using activesync or Windows file copy won't work.
When you do get the offer to dowload the ROM image, press the "Action" button to do so. Again the counter will count up, and when it is done the system will do a checksum (to make sure it got loaded right). If the checksum is OK, it will tell you to Hard reset the XDA. Remove the SD card, and press the button inside the tiny hole on the right bottom. This will turn the XDA all the way off. Wait a couple of seconds, and then press it again to Cold Boot the XDA.
If you've been good, the XDA will boot up with a new, English ROM version installed.
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Some other notes:
If your bootloader is Version 5.17 the above process won't work (the bootloader version is shown on the first bootloader screen). Read the xda-developers page about the bootloader for info on what to do if this applies.

Need help
THanks for a very explained reply .
Infact since I did not had SD card and I tried to run the upgrade utility and guess I had screwed up .
Now when i power up i only see a progress Bar and try to connect the cradle to laptop it does not sense the device as well .I tried soft and hard reset couple of time .
Bootloader is working and its v5.15 .
I am totally helpless .
Is there anyway out from here .
I would be thankful . Please help

Hi ...
Seems the upgrade files have been corrupted. Whenever you make a soft or hard reset it trys to flash the ROM. The safest option here since the bootloader is working fine is to get a ROM backup on SD card from any other working device (it doesn't matter what ROM version), but it should be the ROM only. Make sure it's NOT the RSU backup.
Insert the SD card into the device and go to the bootloader screen. It should sense the ROM backup and will flash your XDA.
Good luck ...

Thanks to Cooperative people !
THanks !! ,
Thanks for your help .Especially to Qman and Ronin !, who went out of the way to help me fix my XDA problem .
People like them make this world a little better !
Cheers to them .
Finally after lot of struggle with Ericsson Parallet MP3 Burner which had glitch with windows XP and then XDRIT problem with windows 98 ( XDRIT does not work with 98 ) and then when i used XDRIT with windows XP thru a parallelt port ROM burner it read but declined to write . Even ROM image tool when wrote to the ROM , XDA refused to accept it a CE Rom .
Finally with right leads , I got my XDA working again !!
Thanks for your help and lead to right threads !!
Have a nice weekend and thanks for your timely help .to all who have contributed to this place called XDA forum ...
cheers to all of you ! and keep it up !!

upgrading xda rom to wm2003

Someone please help!!
I downloaded the xda-developers rom unlocked the phone and now want to go back to wm2003 on my sx56, but cannot get past all the technical language in the other posts to figure out how to do it.
Would someone please let me know in the most rudimentary English possible how to do this?
Thanks a million

It's pretty easy and I just did it. I read the forums for hours before trying it to make sure I wasn't missing something...
I decided to go with the Beta 2003 Rom first... there are posts that the final ATT Rom is buggy... so I'll wait and see.
1. I installed XDA Dev Rom 3.17.03 and unlocked my SX56
2. Downloaded and installed XDA tools
3. Started the install (Programme A) of the original ATT PPC2002 Rom. It's going to unzip/install to a directory and then stop telling you that your SX56 isn't a version recognized and the process cancels.
4. Place a 64mb or bigger SD card in your reader.... or connect the SX56 via activesync to your PC with a 64mb or bigger card in the SD slot.
5. Start OSImage Tool located in the XDA folder.
6. For Source you navigate to the folder where the NK.nb1 file is... Program Files under SX56 upgrade utility.
This was the part that was confusing me.... and I mean I spent hours figuring this out since I could not find it in a post...
7. For Destinations use the drop down and choose either the XDA SD slot or your SD reader. DO NOT browse to either of these devices since it will not create a bootable SD card. Let OSImage Tool do it's thing and you now have a bootable SD.
8. Connect your XDA to power and put the SD card in the XDA and hold the power button while performing a soft reset.... you now see the install from SD menu.... install your ROM. When it is installed you perform a "hard reset" (not soft like if said before).
9. Now you can run the .exe install of WM2003 Beta or WM2003 Final. This will upgrade your radio stack. If you for some reason don't want to upgrade the stack just start with #1 and do it all over again.
I hope this helps... since it no longer makes me the newest XDA newbie. I graduate from pre-school XDA to 1st grade... only 12 more years of XDA learning to go... woohoo.

A soft reset isnt recommended after rom upgrade, you need to do a hard reset by unscrewing the stulus and poking the top part in the hole on the right hand side of the xda, wait one minute then poke it again.

oh yeah... that is what I meant... I keep thinking hard reset is moving a switch like my POS Toshiba e750.

steps to upgrade
hi, well i have xda with rom version3.17.03 and radio stack 4.21,,
i m really excited to know bout the ATT upgrade to window2003,,,
but dont know how it should be carried out.
if someone just mention the steps for it.

I cant decide which rom to upgrade to. What are other people using for o2 UK? I see some have got ver 4.01.00. Ive got 4.00.05 at the moment but would like to have TomTom in the rom so if im going to upgrade it again, might as well save some space.
To be honest Im not sure what the difference is between the versions are. I looked thorugh the posts and Im nore confused than before.
Any sugestions?

bpd3701,
Thank you so much!!!!!!!!!
I have successfully upgraded, and the phone is unlocked and everything.....thanks so much.
CC

plz help me i can't pass1% to repair gsm error

in two day ago i post i cannot flash rom to 2003 but only 2002 that ok..
i repair infared and flash again ....now that's work for all of rom that kitchen have.....But now I have big problem to repair radio upgrade fail .... Help me please
At first I read this ...http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=4123&highlight=rsu+upgrade+error already but still cannot fix it pass 1%...upgrade fail
I have two model of my friends to repair
In first case.... I don't know version of radio this model before but i think may be he try to upgrade in 4.21. ...i test wallaby and That show gsm error on bootloader screen V5.17 .... I reset it and that show 3.14 and no radio...and g...then i press volume key until that show today screen...but no have start menu
That show blue color on top of screen ...but have owner name calendar and contact .... I cannot go to start menu coz cannot align sceen i try in 4-5 times but same...
I decide to flash rom to xda.ser12 by patch wallaby.... Finish.. cold reset...
It show front page of loader in xda-developers and 3.17.03 no s ..g same
But i can go to aligne screen and go to today screen....... I try to find Rsugrade.lnk and ...this
monitor_ul_bs.m0
monitor_ul_bs.map
RSUpgrade.cp64
RSUPgrade.exe
But cannot find .........????
I sync with pc..... That show screen in active sync... But cannot find...
I copy this file from pc
monitor_ul_bs.m0
monitor_ul_bs.map
RSUpgrade.cp64
RSUPgrade.exe
To card reader because i cannot sync with pc
I put a card in xda and copy 4 files to /windows ..... And run ... Rsupgrade.exe
That show ..radio stack upgrade but cannot pass 1% it's show fail press ok to reset ...
I try to do in same at 5 time and results is Same..... How can i do ... I don't know the way to pass 1%.....
2. In another model my friend he told me...
His O2 is rom 4.00.11ENG and Radio is 4.16
He want to upgrade to 4.21 .....
but he didn't up radio by use Program B to upgrade ...
He remove sim card and fully charge of battery.... And copy 4 files of Pc to xda by active sync ....
monitor_ul_bs.m0
monitor_ul_bs.map
RSUpgrade.cp64
RSUPgrade.exe
And he put out of cradle .. And go to start-file explorer and press rsugrade.exe
That make it go to radio stack upgrade screen.... 1%...5%....10%....and stop at half and hours.... He press softreset...and that show screen of ..test only not for sale..
4.00.11 but no have radio ...e press volume key to go today screen.... That ok. Not same as in one case that i wrote... He delete..
monitor_ul_bs.m0
monitor_ul_bs.map
RSUpgrade.cp64
RSUPgrade.exe
From O2 and reset..... Wait to go today screen..... And sync with Pc... Pass can sync with Pc... He copy 4 files from pc to xda by active sync... Put it of and ran...rsugrade.exe same...that i wrote cannot pass 1% same show upgrade fail press ok to reset and he try to do like this in 4 times but same result.....
I read this..... From this forum
lbazil wrote
Date: Thu Dec 11, 2003 03:32
I only have two things to add:
1. RSUpgrade _fails_ much more often without SIM card inside the phone;
2. Your battery should be fully charged (100%) before you start the upgrade, since if it does fail, the battery will stop charging, and the next time you attempt to upgrade, you may not be able to get past 1%, even if you have power adapter plugged in. If you happen to have another XDA, you could swap batteries, or use an extended battery, if you have one.
Good luck...
And MrDollyMaker wrote
I never do the RSUpgrade with a SIM in my phone.... Never failed unless I tried to do it with the EXE thing. But I do agree to make sure you have a full battery, but since it already is at the 1% error, you can charge it with the charger if you do not do anything when the error comes up. just let it sit and charge.
This mean i must charge battery in another and wait until show green led light in another O2 and swap battery to dead xda.... And ran rsupgrade.exe this way is make me pass 1% ????? Or not... I have no idea to repair it... Please somebody advice me to repair...
This is my trouble
1. Xda in first case can go to today screen and use pda.. But cannot sync with pc coz it's show cannot find .... And after try to another rom in 2002 or 2003...it hank and show blue color on top of screen ...but have owner name calendar and contact .... I cannot go to start menu coz cannot align screen ...but in xda-developers ser12 that mae me go to today screen and use file explorer
2.xda in second case can go to today screen,sync with pc,copy 4 files to xda by active sync but cannot pass ...1% i didn't flash os rom to another coz 4.00.11 can pass to today screen...
Please someone guide me to fix 2 dead xda for my best friends in my life.... I beg u..
Sorry to long story and very bad english...
And i hope for help ..... Best regard...

anybody ???????
any idea ? help me please

It looks like you have tried just about everything, rs 4.21 was the baddest of the bad when it was released, the tales of woe are endless where that radio stack is concerned. There is a person on this forum that can fix your xda but he lives in Canada and it may not be worth the trouble. I think his nickname is cgigate.

ok i will email to him or change mainboard
thx u for share idea i will email to him or decide to change mail board.... in my country a price of mailboard is ......1,150 us dollars.... that's expensive ? ........ last way i can do...

Re: ok i will email to him or change mainboard
[email protected] said:
thx u for share idea i will email to him or decide to change mail board.... in my country a price of mailboard is ......1,150 us dollars.... that's expensive ? ........ last way i can do...
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Contact your dealer for the nearest repair centre. They will replace your radio with a new one using a special SD-card. This will work regardless of your current radio.

thx for reply me
but repsir center in my country is say only word... can't fix it u must change mainboard.... Dumb center........

now i can sync with pc
last try to flash rom in first case to 4.01.16 original roby t mobile....until finish i can go to today screen and align screen......and..can...sync dead xda in 1 case with pc...and copy 4 files to xda....run rsupgrade.exe...bad luck cannot pass 1% same in all lastest radio all of version
( asia,at&t,t-mobile)and when i flash back to another rom like a xda-developre ser 1.2 that cannot show align screen.... but jump to today screen without align screen ?.....and cannot sync to pc ...
i have 2 rom to bring me in today screen ...and use file explorer another rom except this make me hank on boot screen..//
1.xda-dev ser 1.2 cannot sycn
2.4.01.16 can sync but cannot pass 1% to upgrade
may be tomorrow i will trow it in a bin ....... thx for any reply

You need to replace the radio stack using a special SD-card, and your dealer (or a repair shop) should definitely be able to do this for you. This is the normal way for the service guys to do an upgrade, they won't rely on the USB sync to work.
I had the same thing happening to a friend of mine, and we got his device updated for free.

thx for reply
thx bamse ..... for reply but i think people in xda-dev.. so clever more than my repair center : (

hello all,
After spending some night to test on the xda1. I found that if your radio stack error, you can never get the radio stack fix in any way. So, don't try it because i waste your time. We can only fix it when we have the sc card radio stack fix by using the bootloader. (there is no way to fix it in window)

SX56 GSM ERROR YOU CAN FIX IT
In Some cases, you can fix this yourself, read this thread (last line of this post links to it), and try my solution, or PM me and I will make arrangements to fix it for you.
Too many people are getting this error, SIEMENS only wants your money, everyone is looking for an answer. It took some time, but I fixed mine, and I'll help anyone who needs it do the same for their SX56.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=10702

only sd update can help
Yes I totally agree that only SD update can help
but to do it we need at least some serial cable to xda
Where to find it or meyby anyone can post some schema of it
rgds
Lukasz

Yes. we need a man to help us how tho backup a radio stack in the sd card so we can load it in the bootloading mode. Please help us out!!!!

hoanghon said:
Yes. we need a man to help us how tho backup a radio stack in the sd card so we can load it in the bootloading mode. Please help us out!!!!
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who can help??!!!! I have the same problem!
Can somebody make a ROM GSM on SD card?