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can't get the xda to load from sd to upgrade to WM2003

hello,
i'm using the xdatools to put the nk file on the SD card, but when i hard reset my xda, i get into bootloader 5.22 mode, it says "gsm ok", and when i press the action button i get into a test menu.
How can i load the nk file from my sd card? please help.
thanks guys.

Did you place the ROM on the SD card by browsing to your device (...) or using the drop down and choosing your SD reader or XDA SD slot?
I had the same problem until I used the drop down... if you browse to your card, XDA tools will not create a bootable SD.

i used directy dropping down the box to SD

When you use the drop down menu on the destination there should be a drive letter next to your card eg: F: 59.60M USB sd reader or similar, choose that and it should work.

do we soft reset or hard reset
well after loading nk.nbf file
do we soft reset or hard reset to get into bootloader.
also,
the drive letter in destination folder will come if u use card reader,
but if in expansion slot than it does not give the drive letter.

Hello
I did hard reset .

I am having this same problem...
I download to the SD card through the cradle, using the phone's expansion slot. I do a SOFT RESET, to get the bootloader, and all I get is a GSM OK message. If I hit the action button, I then get into the test menu.

Hello
Means you have no nb.1 on your SD card .

as per the instructions I've been following that have been listed in detail here on this site as well as the att siemens support forums, you are supposed to copy the nk.nbf file and use that with the OS Image tool...is this incorrect?

OSImage
I just installed new ROM from new ROM Kitchen .
http://lumpistefan.dyndns.org/
1) Get the file on your desktop ( download or ...I do not care)
2) Open OSInage
3) Source :arrow: Brows to your file
4) Destination :arrow: your SD card (where is it :?: -on your phone
or on the SD card reader)
5) Copy the file to SD card (takes 20 seconds)
6) Remove the XDA from the cradle and soft reset with power button held in.
7) When it says press action to download, push the big button between dial and hangup.
8) Hard reset.
9) Injoy the rest of your day

No way getting SD-Card recognized
Hello,
i have the same problem, the ROM (Made with xda-tools or XDArit) on sd-card is not recognized to download when i boot into bootloader!
I found no way to get this running.
Any ideas?

read this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=3274
most likely, your wallaby bootloader is not 5.15. Anything above 5.15 won't work. I could downgrade from 5.17 and 5.22, but not from 6.22
still awaiting for some help to down grade 6.22. Nobody seems to care. THis forum has become "too" big that it is not as effective as before ...
People tend to just "shout" and ask before digging deep enough...
too many people posting the same questions into different threads again and again

andhy said:
read this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=3274
most likely, your wallaby bootloader is not 5.15. Anything above 5.15 won't work. I could downgrade from 5.17 and 5.22, but not from 6.22
still awaiting for some help to down grade 6.22. Nobody seems to care. THis forum has become "too" big that it is not as effective as before ...
People tend to just "shout" and ask before digging deep enough...
too many people posting the same questions into different threads again and again
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I'm in the same situation - I have v6.22 on T-Mobile 4.01.00ENG and can't do anything, even with an SD card!
Even the BootLoader downgrade tool with XDATools doesn't work.
Any help with this would be appreciated by many other users in the same situation.

The downgrade batch file in XDA-Tools doesn't work for a lot of people (didn't work for me either). However the wallaby patch should work. Otherwise, use XDARit to downgrade the bootloader using the .nb0 file that comes with the downgrade batch in XDA-Tools.
You write the wallaby patch onto the SD card using XDARit, go into the bootloader and enter diagnostics. Then take the SD card out, write bootloader 5.15 onto the card using the bootloader option in XDARit, and place the SD card back into the device. Then from the patched diagnostics screen select Restore SD and it will recognize a bootloader update. I'd recommend saving your original bootloader from the diagnostics first, but that wouldn't work for me for some reason.

i had a 5.17 boot loader that i downgraded to 5.15 via OS image tools, i also downloaded a rom file from the Kitchen & wrote it on SD but i still can't load from SD & i only get the test phase thing

i also downloaded a rom file from the Kitchen & wrote it on SD but i still can't load from SD & i only get the test phase thing
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Try using XDRit instead of XDA-Tools (use the older version of XDRit instead of the newer version). I'm not sure what you mean by "test phase", but maybe your bootloader screwed over during the update? If so you may need to rectify that first, but that's definately beyond me. If you burn the image correctly onto the card it should pick up automatically as soon as you enter the bootloader with 5.15. If you don't burn it correctly then it won't be picked up.
I'm just throwing in my 2c because I've made all this stuff work with a 5.15 downgrade. There's a possibility the thing simply doesn't like your card too, so try a different 64MB SD.

well i do have a 256 mb card & as far as i can tell the downgrade worked fine, now to use the xdarit files to i need to have the SD reader or i can do it the same way i do in XDAtools which is directly into the card through Active Sync

Upgrading from SD Card

i have used the OSimage tool to write the desired rom version cooked from yorch.net, it write it & when i preformed a resed by pressing the power botoon simultansly with the reset button, i get the boot loader screen & not an upgrade screen

what's yoru bootloader version ? ... is it 5.22 ?

thanks for your concern but i have boot loader 5.17, i understood its more protected & intentionally would not load from SD if am correct what is the solution?

Same Problem
Hello,
i have exactly the same problem. My bootloader version is 5.22.
What can i do?

Bootloader 5.17
My RSU upgrade failed and bootloader shows GSM error
When I press I think the contacts key (left top) Im getting the 4 options
to copy to SD card but when I select any of the options using the action key the message is "Card Key Invalid -Press Action to Exit" and I'm not gettting anywhere.
Anyone has any hints how to get the XDA back on line
this would be greatly appreciated.
TIA

The best bootloader version for SD method is 5.15 and you can use the XDAtools to flash the bootloader to 5.15
check this http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=3274&highlight=

how to do
How can i do an downgrade of bootloader without having a runnig OS?
And without getting the downgrade recognized from SD?

i have downloaded my bootloader to 5.15 but still can't boot from SD, BTW my sd is a 256mb would it make a defferance?

Somebody did write in the forums about having a card key error with a 256MB card. Try and get your hands on a 64MB card. I did some research on this, and there were a couple of people who posted that they solved this problem for themselves; unfortunately they didn't post how they did it :roll:.

SD Card and XDATools
My SD card is 64Mb and I use 6in 1 reader writer.
Somhow I have a problem with XDAtools to recognise the SD card so I used XDArit 1.o which allowed me to download the patch for bootloader 5.17 to bypass this Key passward and I could download the Bottloader+ROM to the card but when I wanted to modify the files names to reload them back to 02XDA none of the XDA tools would recognise the card. The message was that the SD card is not formated and if I want to format it. So I'm stack again.
Any GOOD ideas out there??
TIA

when I wanted to modify the files names to reload them back to 02XDA none of the XDA tools would recognise the card. The message was that the SD card is not formated and if I want to format it. So I'm stack again
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So you got it to recognise to load the bootloader patch, but can't get the O/S written? There's a couple of things I'm not getting here, I've done this procedure quite a few times, including downgrading the bootloader so I don't need to patch it anymore.
The first thing that doesn't make sense to me is
when I wanted to modify the files names to reload them back to O2XDA none of the XDA tools would recognise the card
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How do you mean modify the filenames? If you're using XDRit, you select "write to SD card", then click the [...] beside the type of write you want to do - O/S, bootloader or diagnostics, and you select the correct header type. You obviously got all that right to load the diagnostics to patch the bootloader. If you've patched the bootloader then when you write the O/S onto the SD card you select the headers option that you did *not* use for the diagnostics patch. The card was recognised in order to write the bootloader, so it will be equally recognised to write an O/S. You would need to elaborate on the type of error here, maybe even make some screenshots. Infact, I'll post some screenshots as a followup to this message.
The second thing that doesn't make sense to me is
The message was that the SD card is not formated and if I want to format it
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If you're trying to load the O/S from the patched bootloader you don't ever get any such message. If you select "Restore SD" from the patched bootloader and the info on the card is not recognised *nothing will happen*. There is no option to format it in the diagnostics. The option to format happens when you reboot your PPC and get into the O/S, it will recognise that the card is not formatted and prompt to do so.
That suggests to me that you are loading the bootloader patch, writing the O/S onto that card, putting it back into the machine and rebooting. That's the only place that message can appear. Once you patch the bootloader, you enter the diagnostics screen with the Action key, you then remove the SD card, write the O/S upgrade onto it using XDRit. Then place the SD card back into the device and select Restore SD. If you selected the correct headers in XDRit it will start writing the ROM, if you did not select the right headers, nothing will happen.
I hope that helps and that I haven't misunderstood, but from the info you have given the messages can only come from certain stages in the bootup lifetime.

FOR USERS OF THE WALLABY 5.17 BOOTLOADER
--ensure your device is fully charged before continuing--
1. Select your SD card reader device and click "write to SD card"
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
2. Select the "before 5.17 (1k)" bootloader header, click the diagnostics box and locate the wallaby patch tool. Click OK to write the image to the SD card.
3. Put the SD card in your device and press reset while holding the power button, when the bootloader screen loads, press Action and you should be presented with the (patched) diagnostics screen as follows:
Wallay Patch
Tool 1.2/5.17
-------------
Boot -> SD
CE -> SD
Boot+CE -> SD
Restore SD
About
Exit
4. Remove the SD card from your device and put it back into the SD card reader (leave your device switched on in diagnostics mode). In XDARit, select Write to SD Card, select the "at least 5.17 (3.5K) bootloader header option, and tick the Windows CE box. Locate your O/S update file and click OK to write the image to your SD card.
When complete (about 7 minutes) remove the SD card from the card reader and place back into your PPC phone. Use the arrow direction keys at the bottom of the phone to select "Restore SD", you will get a confirmation message and the device will begin reading the update.

Having Programs A&B how to get imiges for SD card to fla
Ebswift,
You are great and I thank you for your time.
In my posting I was not realy clear and you right there.
Even prior to your detailed explanation I did the bootloader 5.15 stuff as you suggested and it worked but the rest I messed up.
My old brain is not working as efficient as yours so somehow I thought that I can recover the bootloader + ROM imiges directly form my XDA, rename them and flash the XDA again. Now I guess it was wrong.
However the question now would be how I can create *.nb0 and nb1 from the 02XDA downloaded programs A&B?

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krystan said:
However the question now would be how I can create *.nb0 and nb1 from the 02XDA downloaded programs A&B?
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I believe than an .nbf file is a combined .nb0 and.nb1 file. If you use WinRAR you can locate a .nbf file within the installer .EXE file.
I don't know how to seperate the .nbf file into .nbo and .nb1 (well, I guess you can install the .nbf and then back up the ROM and loader seperately using the bootloader, but that's about an evening to accomplsh). But installing the .nbf file might accomplish the same as installing the two files individually.

now i have downgraded my bootloader from 5.17 to 5.15 through the fix in the OSimage tools, still my boot loader menuw doesn't have the restore from SD options, also if i write on my 256 sd card an Nb1 or nbf file to load a new rom it still doen't recoqnize it, as if i still have the 5.17 boot loader, another thing to clarify, when i went to buy an SD card reader/writer, i was told that all reader can write like files into the card (explorer way) others told me the a reader is differant than a reader/writer, which one is more accurate? (i wish someone fix the connection fault in programme A and lets us get rid of all the crappy written & reading

The 5.15 bootloader doesn't have a menu as such. If you write the ROM correctly onto the SD card it will prompt you to restore the ROM automatically in the bootloader. Use the older version of XDRit to write the ROM onto the card, you can't just copy via explorer. Ensure you select the header for pre-5.17.

so i still need an SD card Reader, os is it writer, or a normal reader will do

Cool, i'm gonna try doing that, but i need to know where to get the bootloader and windowsCE files from.
I have wallaby V5.22, and need to put it all back on as described in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=6795
Thanks

so i still need an SD card Reader, os is it writer, or a normal reader will do
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Use any device that assigns the SD card its own drive letter and you'll be able to read/write, do whatever you like. I personally used an X-Drive.

Help copying bootloader v5.15 to SD reader
I cannot figure out how to copy the bootloader_v5_15.nb0 to the SD card on my reader in a format that will be recognized by my XDA. All the examples here are will the older XDA tools which I can't find. I have the newest (I think) XDA OS Image tool and I can't seem to figure out how to get it to put the bootloader file on the SD card in the right format. Thanks.

How to fix failure during upgrading ROM

I have a siemens sx56 with AT&T. I was trying to upgrade the ROM version to unlock it. Using XDA developer software and during this process, somehow the connection between the computer and the phone stopped (active Sync). Now the phone is not responding and the screen still displaying the upgrading process. I tried to reconnect but the Active sync does not recognize the devise. I read in this forum that you can solve this problem by using SD card with a good ROM version. Here is what I did. I copied the NK.nbf to the SD card using my computer SD read/write slot. I inserted the SD card in the phone and did the boot loader mode. What I got is "Wallaby boot loader v5.22 GSM OK" that set. Does the phone will automatically ask to press action to start flashing or I have to press a certain key. I tryed all the keys but they give me different tests that they work fine. So far I am not able to find the key that will install the the cooked rom. After that, when I tried to use the SD card in the computer, it did not recognize the card and ask me to format the SD card. I tried the fat and the fat 32 format and download NK.nb1 and/or NK.nbf and again I got the samething. Do I need to down load the ROM file using the XDAtool or just copying the file from the computer to sd directory will do it. I would really appreciate it if someone points out the best way of handling this problem (i.e. get the phone to work with the appropriate ROM and unlocking it) thanks.

Seif said:
I have a siemens sx56 with AT&T. I was trying to upgrade the ROM version to unlock it. Using XDA developer software and during this process, somehow the connection between the computer and the phone stopped (active Sync). Now the phone is not responding and the screen still displaying the upgrading process. I tried to reconnect but the Active sync does not recognize the devise. I read in this forum that you can solve this problem by using SD card with a good ROM version. Here is what I did. I copied the NK.nbf to the SD card using my computer SD read/write slot. I inserted the SD card in the phone and did the boot loader mode. What I got is "Wallaby boot loader v5.22 GSM OK" that set. Does the phone will automatically ask to press action to start flashing or I have to press a certain key. I tryed all the keys but they give me different tests that they work fine. So far I am not able to find the key that will install the the cooked rom. After that, when I tried to use the SD card in the computer, it did not recognize the card and ask me to format the SD card. I tried the fat and the fat 32 format and download NK.nb1 and/or NK.nbf and again I got the samething. Do I need to down load the ROM file using the XDAtool or just copying the file from the computer to sd directory will do it. I would really appreciate it if someone points out the best way of handling this problem (i.e. get the phone to work with the appropriate ROM and unlocking it) thanks.
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Bro, you shouldn't change the Sd fat you erased what's written on it anyway your unit is still on the safe side and you can bring it to normal.
First of all downgrade your bootloader to 5.15 >>>
goto this http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=3274

Hi,
I also have exactly the same problem with my Siemens SX56 as those of Seif's. My Wallaby's boot loader version is 5.22. Ramram said that the first thing to do is to downgrage bootloader. But I couldn't understand how to downgrade the bootloader because I do not have a copy of old bootloader. Should I use 'OSImageTools' or 'XDArit' to write backed up CE image to SD card?
Seif, how did you solve your problem?
Best Regards

rafia said:
Hi,
I also have exactly the same problem with my Siemens SX56 as those of Seif's. My Wallaby's boot loader version is 5.22. Ramram said that the first thing to do is to downgrage bootloader. But I couldn't understand how to downgrade the bootloader because I do not have a copy of old bootloader. Should I use 'OSImageTools' or 'XDArit' to write backed up CE image to SD card?
Seif, how did you solve your problem?
Best Regards
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You need XDArit to write the rom to your SD read the past post on how to copy rom to your SD which is the safest way of installing the rom into the device, by using XDAtools press on FIX BROKEN BOOTLOADER this will downgrade you bootloader to 5.15 don't forget to connect your unit to the cradle when you want to downgrade.
I recommend 1rst of all to make a quick search in threads to be totaly ready for this
this would help :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=6581&highlight=downgrade+bootloader
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=2068&highlight=downgrade+bootloader
Good Luck now.

Update : How to fix failure during upgrading ROM
The problem was solved. Here is what I did. I copied the NK.nbf file to the SD card using the XDAtools. It seems that the XDAtools uses special format for the bootloader that well recognize the ROM file on the SD card. Rafia your bootloader (v5.22) is fine you do not need to downgrade it.
You should follow this procedure:
1. Install ActiveSync that comes with the device.
2. download XDAtools from this site and install it in your computer.
3. Cook the ROM ( or get it by extracting the zip file from the XDA developers special edition ROM.)
4. Use the XDAtools to copy the cooked NK.nbf file from your computer to the directory of the SD card
5. Insert the SD card in the dead device and go to the bootloader mode (soft reset while pressing power key). Make sure it has more than 80% battery before starting.
6. If it is still working and the bootloader ver. is older than 6.22, it will ask you to press action to start flasing.
7. Once finished, remove the SD card and hard reset, wait 60 sec and hard reset again.
Good Luck and special thanks to Biso for his help.

Re: Update : How to fix failure during upgrading ROM
Seif said:
The problem was solved. Here is what I did. I copied the NK.nbf file to the SD card using the XDAtools. It seems that the XDAtools uses special format for the bootloader that well recognize the ROM file on the SD card. Rafia your bootloader (v5.22) is fine you do not need to downgrade it.
You should follow this procedure:
1. Install ActiveSync that comes with the device.
2. download XDAtools from this site and install it in your computer.
3. Cook the ROM ( or get it by extracting the zip file from the XDA developers special edition ROM.)
4. Use the XDAtools to copy the cooked NK.nbf file from your computer to the directory of the SD card
5. Insert the SD card in the dead device and go to the bootloader mode (soft reset while pressing power key). Make sure it has more than 80% battery before starting.
6. If it is still working and the bootloader ver. is older than 6.22, it will ask you to press action to start flasing.
7. Once finished, remove the SD card and hard reset, wait 60 sec and hard reset again.
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Thanks a MILLION for this info. I'm in the same boat, with bootloader 5.22. One question though, when I'm in bootloader mode, which option do I choose from the menu to transfer the ROM to my device from the SD card? Will there be something automatically coming up? Or will I use one of the options listed below:
1. CE ROM TO SD
2. BOOT TO SD
3. CE + BOOT TO SD
4. GSM ROM TO SD
5. CE + GSM TO SD
By the way, so I never do anything to ruin my device again, can someone please explain what each option does?? I really don't have a clue.

as you can read from the menu you type in all these options are to the SD card
and they are to backup i suppose
rom upgrading should start automatic when a sd card with valid rom is in the sdport
and you are in the bootloader
maybe it ask you i forget but it's not something you have to find browsing
the menu's

Rudegar said:
as you can read from the menu you type in all these options are to the SD card
and they are to backup i suppose
rom upgrading should start automatic when a sd card with valid rom is in the sdport
and you are in the bootloader
maybe it ask you i forget but it's not something you have to find browsing
the menu's
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Thanks for answering my question. Now I simply need to find a really good ROM to use to load back onto my device. What I would like to do is end up with Windows Mobile 2003, but the device is locked at the moment.
Can someone recommend a ROM for me to load onto the device so that I can then unlock it and THEN upgrade to 2003? Or is there a 2003 ROM out there that will also unlock? Originally, I ended up in this predicament by upgrading to the 2003 upgrade from Rogers AT&T, but that locked the device on me. I then tried to use a cooked 2003 ROM, and that's where I am now, without a useable device.
Thanks for all replies!

Linger1974 said:
Rudegar said:
as you can read from the menu you type in all these options are to the SD card
and they are to backup i suppose
rom upgrading should start automatic when a sd card with valid rom is in the sdport
and you are in the bootloader
maybe it ask you i forget but it's not something you have to find browsing
the menu's
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Thanks for answering my question. Now I simply need to find a really good ROM to use to load back onto my device. What I would like to do is end up with Windows Mobile 2003, but the device is locked at the moment.
Can someone recommend a ROM for me to load onto the device so that I can then unlock it and THEN upgrade to 2003? Or is there a 2003 ROM out there that will also unlock? Originally, I ended up in this predicament by upgrading to the 2003 upgrade from Rogers AT&T, but that locked the device on me. I then tried to use a cooked 2003 ROM, and that's where I am now, without a useable device.
Thanks for all replies!
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First of all get the "Special Edition Rom" to your device Unlock it then cook any other Rom you prefer
Special Edition Rom at http://cuba.calyx.nl/~jsummers/XDA/XDA-developers-SER-v12.exe
Good luck

First of all get the "Special Edition Rom" to your device Unlock it then cook any other Rom you prefer
Special Edition Rom at http://cuba.calyx.nl/~jsummers/XDA/XDA-developers-SER-v12.exe
Good luck[/quote]
Thanks, Ramram. I'm sure I'll have more success this time, but it's just odd that I went from a 2002 ROM, which was unlocked, to the Rogers 2003 ROM, and the phone was locked after that.
I guess I should stay away from that Rogers ROM then?

Linger1974 said:
First of all get the "Special Edition Rom" to your device Unlock it then cook any other Rom you prefer
Special Edition Rom at http://cuba.calyx.nl/~jsummers/XDA/XDA-developers-SER-v12.exe
Good luck
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Thanks, Ramram. I'm sure I'll have more success this time, but it's just odd that I went from a 2002 ROM, which was unlocked, to the Rogers 2003 ROM, and the phone was locked after that.
I guess I should stay away from that Rogers ROM then?[/quote]
Why to worry about the Rogers Rom you know now a way to unlock your phone.
I assume the Rogers rom is based like the At&t rom which it has the sound clipping bug , so I'd rather say that you could cook a T-mobile rom 4.01.16 WM2003 and try it it does not have the sound clipping bug..

[guide] How to make an SD Rom Flash Image

[Your SD card will be formatted in a special format during the procedure below and you won't be able to use it for other purposes unless you reformat it again afterwards. Please be adviced that you will lose the backed up ROM on SD card when you format it afterwards again!!!!]
I successfully created a FLASH IMAGE on my SD card and afterwards flashed my T-MOBILE MDA from there.
The magic tool needed for this is the HTC mtty.exe (attached below)
You have to follow exactly the STEP-BY-STEP guide otherwise the procedure will fail! I will not be responsible for any damage on your device!
Please make sure that your battery is charged to at least 50% and also back up your device before following the guide below!
CREATING THE IMAGE ON SD CARD
STEP 1
Open ActiveSync (device not attached) and uncheck USB and COM port in Connection Settings. This is necessary to release the USB port for the mtty utility!
STEP 2
Get you an SD card of 128MB or bigger (fresh formated to FAT32) and insert it in your WIZARD
STEP 3
Set the Wizard in BOOTLOADER MODE by pressing and holding POWER + CAMERA and press RESET - if you got the 3-colored screen you were successful!
STEP 4
Connect the device via USB to the computer, then start the mtty.exe on your computer
STEP 5
Settings in the mtty.exe:
Port: \\.\WSCUSBSH001
(all other settings leave the way they are! Please pay attention that you write the port exactly as mentioned above: 2 backslashes followed by a dot and another backslash - this is not a typo!!! I attached a screenshot below)
STEP 6
Now click OK. You will get a notepad-like window with a blinking cursor. After hidding the ENTER KEY once you should see "CMD>"
Type behind that: r2sd all
STEP 7
The utility will start now to write your IMAGE to SD. Please do not interrupt the process! You can see its progress on a statusbar on the bottom of the device's screen. Wait until it shows 100%. Also: the CMD> will appear again on your desktop when it is done.
You created successfully your IMAGE on SD!
HOW TO FLASH FROM THE SD CARD ???
Turn of your device!
Insert the SD card with the IMAGE you've created
Turn on your device in BOOTLOADER MODE by pressing and holding CAMERA and POWER button and performing RESET
=> Now you need to be fast!!! A white screen will appear for not longer than 3 seconds asking you if you want to FLASH from SD card. You have to press the VOICE DIAL / RECORD button within that time frame otherwise it will switch to 'normal' bootloader mode.
That's it!
NOTE:
Do not wonder! You won't be able to read the SD card afterwards on a Windows computer - I just tried it. I guess the procedure above formats the card in a special format, at least Windows tells me that the card is not formatted! So, the draw back is that you can't use the card for other stuff but the ROM IMAGE!

Very nice article. A couple of typos, but overall very well written!
Just out of curiosity, I've seen another thread on making an SD image of a rom, but it indicates you have to be CID Unlocked for it to work. Is that true for this method also (I haven't compared the two)? Just curious as that is an important piece of information (either way) to make note of... So if someone with a CID Locked phone could try this, that would be great.
Also curious if this works for G3 and G4 devices.

I can't try it out on a CID locked device since mine is CID unlocked already!
The guide above is for real HTC technicans, so, I guess it should work either way!
If somebody has a still CID locked device: it would be great if you could give it a shot!

Does this uittlity make a ROM image as the OS is NOW (meaning with all tweaks and installs and everything) or just the basic ROM as you would get with a hard reset?

It is not a backup. It will put the factory ROM on SD card.
The actual image with all your 'tweaks and personalization' can be easily backed up to SD card by using SPB Backup or better SPB Clone.

Does this method work for wm6 ROM?I am a vista user

Not sure if the MTTY can connect from VISTA but in gerneral: it should work with any ROM version on your WIZ.

well,can we place our .nbf image file (wm6) on sd card and install it from the sd card?

Not this way! It will create a special formatted FLASH IMAGE from your installed ROM on SD. When you do it you won't be able to use the SD card for data storage until you reformat it again.
I am not sure if somebody came up with a solution for flashing nbf files directly from SD!
The procedure above is still helpful if you just need a backup of your shipped ROM or if you need to reflash an almost dead WIZ or if you have the need to reflash your WIZ on the go without a computer ...

Hi
I have a frozen **** brick which got stuck while upgrading (Dopodp800w) I tried to flash it thru sd card (which containes original nbh file in my doc folder).
When I try to invoke the bootloader it says "searching for sd card" then goes to 3 color band and nothing else happenes
Can you help me

Edit: Working like a champ.
But you need to edit the one in the topic. It dose not work. The one in the screen shot dose.
Thanks.

A couple of questions
Junner2003 said:
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Do not wonder! You won't be able to read the SD card afterwards on a Windows computer - I just tried it. I guess the procedure above formats the card in a special format, at least Windows tells me that the card is not formatted! So, the draw back is that you can't use the card for other stuff but the ROM IMAGE!
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Great finding Junner!
Can I use "your" rom image to flash "my" phone? Or the image is unique for the one you got the image from?
Could you please investigate with your HTC Technician if this process is valid for both G3s & G4s?
Thanks!

Basically you will be able to use it on any phone!
My problem is that I only had 2 test devices: an European T-Mobile MDA VARIO and a 8125 from Cingular / USA. I could use one and the same image (SD card) on booth devices.
I have no CID lock and also no SIM lock on both devices, so, I can't give you a feedback on what happens if your device is locked.
Maybe somebody else has still a locked device and is willing to give it a try before unlocking? (But please somebody with experience! I won't be responsible if you brick your device! )

Is there any way I can take the Flash Image from the SD and convert it to nb file?

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Is there any way I can take the Flash Image from the SD and convert it to nb file?
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Hmmm, you would have to figure out first in what format the SD card is formatted. Afterwards you might be able to find an application which can extract the file(s) from the card.
I did not want to digg deeper than I had to, it was only importand to me that I can flash from SD when ever I cross the ocean from USA to Europe. That saves me a lot of 'setting up's' ... ... just flash and load backup!

Not working on CID locked
Junner2003 said:
Basically you will be able to use it on any phone!
My problem is that I only had 2 test devices: an European T-Mobile MDA VARIO and a 8125 from Cingular / USA. I could use one and the same image (SD card) on booth devices.
I have no CID lock and also no SIM lock on both devices, so, I can't give you a feedback on what happens if your device is locked.
Maybe somebody else has still a locked device and is willing to give it a try before unlocking? (But please somebody with experience! I won't be responsible if you brick your device! )
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I tried in a G3 & also in a G4, both CID locked 8125´s. It didn´t work, see attached file for the message I got; looks for me that the CID unlock gives the proper security level to do make the command work. I´ll unlock one of them to see if the result is a different one.

HOW TO: Flash ROMS via an SD Card to your Opal

Hello.
A couple of days ago, I turned on my viva and accidently pressing down the volume down key at the side of the phone. Then a text appeared saying 'Searching SD Card Contents' and then it goes to the tri-color bootloader. Then I was reading a couple of threads on Flashing roms via an SD Card. The instructions was pretty much of the same (I mean that by going into the BootLoader and the Searching SD Card contents part). So i was searching on the XDA wiki on how to flash ROMS via the SD Card. I was looking at the HERMES and NIKE ones, It says you need to name the nbh file HERMIMG.nbh and NIKEIMG.nbh. So i tried by renaming V20 OF PhamQuang's Wm6.5 Rom to OPALIMG.nbh (OPALIMG because its the first four letters of the codename of the Viva, like the HERMES is HERM) with no success, but the original HTC Stock Rom to OPALIMG.nbh also with success! Not bad for a 12 year old kid! Lol.
anyway, if you don't wanna read that, just follow the steps below,
1. Empty (erase the contents) of your microSD card from the Windows Mobile file explorer or format it from your computer using a card reader, make sure to format in FAT32 and not FAT.
2. Extract the .NBH file from your prefered ROM upgrade.
3. Rename the .NBH file to OPALIMG.nbh and copy it to the root folder of your microSD card.
4. With the microSD card inserted on the phone, start the bootloader (The bootloader is booted by pressing down the Volume Down button immediately after resetting or turning on your phone), keep the button pressing until this image appears.
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5. Flashing might hang after some time but this is normal. Just wait. Complete flash takes about 30 minutes, so check your battery or connect to charger before the flashing process starts. After the flashing process is complete, it will tell you to press any button to continue. After this the bootloader screen with its red/green/blue color is shown. Just reset the device and it will boot the new ROM.
I Successfully flashed nguoc's 23053 rom with this process, took less than 10 min
I DO NOT TAKE RESPONSIBILITY IF YOU HAVE BRICKED YOUR PHONE OR VOIDED YOUR WARRANTY! DO AT YOUR OWN RISK!!!
If I have helped you, the least you could do is say thanks by posting a reply.

jonrulezz said:
Hello.
A couple of days ago, I turned on my viva and accidently pressing down the volume down key at the side of the phone. Then a text appeared saying 'Searching SD Card Contents' and then it goes to the tri-color bootloader. Then I was reading a couple of threads on Flashing roms via an SD Card. The instructions was pretty much of the same (I mean that by going into the BootLoader and the Searching SD Card contents part). So i was searching on the XDA wiki on how to flash ROMS via the SD Card. I was looking at the HERMES and NIKE ones, It says you need to name the nbh file HERMIMG.nbh and NIKEIMG.nbh. So i tried by renaming V20 OF PhamQuang's Wm6.5 Rom to OPALIMG.nbh (OPALIMG because its the first four letters of the codename of the Viva, like the HERMES is HERM) with no success, but the original HTC Stock Rom to OPALIMG.nbh also with success! Not bad for a 12 year old kid! Lol.
anyway, if you don't wanna read that, just follow the steps below,
1. Empty (erase the contents) of your microSD card from the Windows Mobile file explorer or format it from your computer using a card reader, make sure to format in FAT32 and not FAT.
2. Extract the .NBH file from your prefered ROM upgrade.
3. Rename the .NBH file to OPALIMG.nbh and copy it to the root folder of your microSD card.
4. With the microSD card inserted on the phone, start the bootloader (The bootloader is booted by pressing down the Volume Down button immediately after resetting or turning on your phone), keep the button pressing until this image appears.
5. Flashing might hang after some time but this is normal. Just wait. Complete flash takes about 30 minutes, so check your battery or connect to charger before the flashing process starts. After the flashing process is complete, it will tell you to press any button to continue. After this the bootloader screen with its red/green/blue color is shown. Just reset the device and it will boot the new ROM. I am not sure about this one, I just copied this from the Vox thread since it would probably the same
Please note that I did not flash the rom, but it came to the countdown screen with the Stock Rom, but PhamQuang's at the "Checking Contents" part (Maybe his one would work but I gave up because it took a long time.)
I DO NOT TAKE RESPONSIBILITY IF YOU HAVE BRICKED YOUR PHONE OR VOIDED YOUR WARRANTY! DO AT YOUR OWN RISK!!!
If I have helped you, the least you could do is say thanks by posting a reply.
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If im not mistakin the rom itsself has to be LZX compressed, and ur SD card has to be FAT32 Format

i mentioned the FAT32 in step 1, but i have no idea about lzx

jonrulezz said:
i mentioned the FAT32 in step 1, but i have no idea about lzx
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Ah my bad i guess scanning thru it u dont get the whole "picture"
yea its not problem but to use this feature to the max we should have a stripped version of our roms like Ivan's Juststable micro edition over at the herald sub-forum and then we could really have memory to waste and such

I've been using this method for a while, in my opinion its safer. In my experience it works for flashing Phamquang's ROMs as well. I used it for v 19 and 20.

XirXes said:
I've been using this method for a while, in my opinion its safer. In my experience it works for flashing Phamquang's ROMs as well. I used it for v 19 and 20.
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so i wasn't the first to find out about it...

i personally hate these ROMs i wish there more like the one in this thread : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=515344 ...its uses its storage to the max.

Problemm with the ROM!
Hello everyone, i'm new here, i have a HTC Opal (viva), and i want to upgrade the rom, i was trying to do it by SD card, and when i press the down volume button, appears the screen red/gree/blue but it never disapears. I can't do it by an other way (by usb cable) cause the device turns off when the status bar goes on 2%, so the only way that this thing doesnt turns off is when i insert the rom in the SD card, what can i do!!?, please help!.
PD. oh an other thing is that sometimes appears something like "your update is corrupted". this is a very confusign thing

problem ROM
if i named OPALIMG.nbh appears a white screen and says "Cheking SD contents" then "Invalid certificate, press any key to continue"
What is wrong?

did you install hardspl b4 trying to flash? that could be the problem...

jonrulezz said:
Hello.
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Not bad for a 12 year old kid! Lol.
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jonrulezz said:
did you install hardspl b4 trying to flash? that could be the problem...
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I have same problem, before install im install hardpl but now say 1.26.0000
What can i do?

When I reboot and press volume down button, appears on the screen "USB Update Mode!"
What can I do?
Thanks in advance.

I have the same problem that a few others have faced, Once i restart my phone and hold the vol down button, it goes into bootloader mode but after that nothing happens. It just stays there.
And in the in the SD card all that is reqd is the OPALIMG.nbh file? sounds strange cause a lotta other places have other round about procedure as compared to this.

karthiksk said:
I have the same problem that a few others have faced, Once i restart my phone and hold the vol down button, it goes into bootloader mode but after that nothing happens. It just stays there.
And in the in the SD card all that is reqd is the OPALIMG.nbh file? sounds strange cause a lotta other places have other round about procedure as compared to this.
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[FIXED]
The SD card wasn't formatted using FAT32 it was formated using FAT. re-formatted it,
issue resolved. So for others who faced similar issues, here is your salvation.

this works ! nice
you saved my ass mate

Thankssssssssssssssssssssssss!!!