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Hi,
I'd like to try to make my own rom with mkrom, but first I'd like to know if there is a way to get/extract my actual rom from my XDA before (I have the french one from Bouygues and as no french rom is available I'd like to keep it) ?
Thanks
Zendrui
backing up your rom
i think you can boot your device in bootloader mode by pressing reset and the power button at the same time.
when your device is in bootloader mode press the contact button then you get the flash tools.
there choose ce rom to sd - ( you have to have an empty sd card inserted )
press the action button to confirm and your rom is being saved to the sd-card..
to restore this you have to insert this card and boot your device in bootloader mode - it recognizes the rom backup on the sd card then and asks you if you want to download it from the card..
best regards
tim
Ok in fact I did that thing when I put Linux on a Ipaq but I didn't know you can boot the XDA in bootloader. I try and it works well.
Now I can play with the mkrom
Thank you
Another question. I read on this site about the wallaby bootloader but I'm not sure. If I do a CE+BOOT on SD, do I save all ? (I mean Wince (RUU ?) and GSM (RSU?) part )
If I use this option, flash my XDA then decide to restore what I had on my SD card (CE+BOOT) I retrieve all (GSM Wince ...) ?
Hi
Could you send me a copy of your french rom ?
Best regards
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When I put linux on the Ipaq, I installed a bootldr (it was running under wince) and get the CE rom file (wince_image.gz) that I could copy on my PC.
On the XDA I tried CE+Boot on SD card, but when I restart, my XDA wants to format my SD-card. Of course if I bootlaod it detects that my SD-card has a ROM and ask me if I want to install it.
I don't know how extract the rom file(s) from the SDcard to copy it somewhere else ?
Does someone can answer my previous question : If I do a CE+BOOT on SD, do I save all ? (I mean Wince part (RUU ?) and GSM (RSU?) part )
If I use this option, flash my XDA then decide to restore what I had on my SD card (CE+BOOT) I retrieve all (GSM Wince ...) ?
Regards, Zendrui
For one question the answer was on the site oops:I ask before read it sorry)
So to retrieve the rom from the SD : http://xda-developers.com/XDArit/
I didn't find, yet :roll:, if save CE+boot will allow me to save all features of my actual XDA state ... to be continued
Yes, CE+boot represents the entire state of the flash. It does not include the RAM filesystem, but will get you the same cold-booted device back.
Excellent ! I wait my PC adaptater for SD card to save my rom and I will play with mkrom
Optionnal details : if the CE+boot represents the entire state of the flash, what is the GSM rom ?
Regards.
zendrui said:
Excellent ! I wait my PC adaptater for SD card to save my rom and I will play with mkrom
Optionnal details : if the CE+boot represents the entire state of the flash, what is the GSM rom ?
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Well, I guess the 32MB isn't the complete state, you're right... The GSM ROM is 4MB of flash which is completely separate from the 32 MB of OS ROM. You can play with 'mkrom' all you want and not screw up your GSM ROM, so it'd not that relevant here.
Yes, the main goal to flash my XDA is the "always on GPRS". And I suppose that I only have to update the CE part and not the GSM part.
To be sure I ask Bouygue if I could play with my XDA, by flashing it, and in case of something bad happens, send it back to restore it and they say yes ...
So as soon as I receive my PC adaptater I'll try to save CE rom, GSM rom ... and try different ways to see ... with many precautions of course
after a upgrade that didn't work (RSU) my xda is dead, after a cold boot the message appears
"wallaby bootloader v5.15" GSM ERROR
after a search in this forum, i found the yorch.net link and bakked a ROM.
What are the protocols to put everything back again, i bought a cardreader and a SD Card, and put the ROM in the card reader and put the copy on the Card. Nothing is working, and now the card reader cannot read the card again,
Did i maked 2 horreble mistakes, a dead xda and card?
sa a you can see i'm a dumbo with these things.
Please help me, of a link to a posting thats working out for me
grettings Jaap de Ridder
[email protected]
To be honest, I think you may have ****ed it. If it says GSM error, I'd presume that you screwed the radio stack, so it's be tuned to a different network/GSM, (e.g. 900, 1800, 1900 etc) I'm still a beginner but if you edit the radio stack, you can't downgrade which would mean it's been set to a different GSM country/code thingy.
I've tried upgrading ROM once but it screwed up first time, but I made sure it wouldn't modify the radio stack. With the ROM's you can downgrade but with the radio stack it's permanent.
Good luck, getting it working...I just hope you haven't killed the stack, but me being a learner still, I only know so much.
I have an SD/MMC card arriving to try to get mine back in action, but time will tell if it's possible.
so ****ed up
hereby i understand that there is no posibillity to work again with my XDA
I have no idea what to now, my knowledge about these things is over my head.
I tryed to make a new rom, but from what and where to ??
In the trashcan with it.
Not so fast. I'm not an expert on this but I have found that almost anything on this unit can be fixed.
I have done what I am telling you nelow and it worked for me.
Download the XDA OS Image Tools application from the xda-developers site (http://www.xda-developers.com/XDAtools). Burn your rom to an sd card using the XDA OS Image Tools application and your card reader (the application won't work with the card reader on windows 98 but xp and 2000 works fine). Next put the sd card in your xda and go into bootloader mode. It should recognize the OS on the sd card and allow you to flash the xda. Afterward, pull the card out and hard reboot the xda. This should get you up and running. Next, you need to get the radio stack back. This can be done by first determining what stack you want/need to put on the phone (there are a few on http://www.yorch.net in the Upgrades section). Once you've downloaded a radio stack you need to extract out the four files (monitor_ul_bs.m0, monitor_us_bl.map, RSUpgrade.cp64, RSUpgrade.exe). Connect your xda to your pc via activesync and copy the 4 files to your windows directory on the xda. You can also reformat your sd card and copy the four files to the sd card and transfer them to your xda using the sd card slot on the xda. In any event, once you copied the files onto your xda, go into file explorer on your xda find the RSUpgrade.exe file and double click it. It should begin upgrading your radio stack. Afterward, reset your phone and you should have a completely functional xda (oS and radio stack).
Regards,
I forgot to mention that you should make sure the phone portion of your xda is off when you upgrade the radio stack. I caused myself problems upgrading the stack with the phone portion on and it took me a while to get it back working.
and now I'm very confused, because i downloaded the latest XDAtools.exe , i have install these and then, if i go to the OSImageTool, i can browse to.......?? it seams it looking for a file *.nb1 (windows CE) where is that file, i have never made a backup (ROM) from my XDA.
So how i am makeing a booteble ROM
greeting
jaap
Using win2000 prof. NL
Where can i (or from who) download a copy of a working OS PPC 2002 O2-NL in a NB1 format, this to save my XDA
thanks
jaap de ridder
[email protected]
Go to www.yorch.net, choose your rom, uncheck all the additional software, at the bottom left of screen are all options for download, choose the sd card method, once downloaded, write it to your card reader/writer using xdatools then follow instructions from previous person posting.
I did bakked a rom at yorch.net, the XDA downloaded it and after a cold boot, the only screen i get is a blank screen with an icon of a keybord in the right corner in the bottom. nothing is working and the configurationscreen of windows is also not there.
what have i done wrong???
i'm getting deperate now.
greetings
jaap
Can you advise what was happening on the xda while you were flashing the rom? You should have seen numbers at the bottom of your xda increasing incrementally while the flashing process was in progress. Also once the actual flashing was done you should have seen something like "checksum ok" and "cold reboot" (or cold reset). Did you see that?
I think the battery wasn't in full charghe, because during the updateproces the screen was off, he was on 18% of the update that time.
After that, everything is going wrong.
From the sound of it, you didn't flash it using the bootloader process. Using the booloader process the xda should not be connected to the pc at all and the flashing process doesn't show percentages of completion. If your xda screen was off and you saw 18% complete I assume you saw 18% complete on your pc. If so, you were not flashing it via the bootloader. The bootloader process doen't rely onn the pc at all as your xda is never connected to the pc during the process and the screen is always on during the process.
Using xdatools browse and locate your downloaded rom (nb1 file) as your source file.
Then, the destination should be the sd card (not the xda card slot but the sd card reader that you connected - it should show up as a choice if it's properly connected and you're not using windows 98)
Hit the copy button. Once it's done, you have a bootable sd card.
Put the sd card into your xda.
Go into booloader by pressing the power button and soft resetting at the same time.
xda should recognize the sd card and allow you to flash the os.
Try this and see if you can get this far. you have to get to that point to proceed.
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..
I have been trying to cook a ROM for my XDA 1 using Pocket PC 2002 o2 3.17.03 and a few other programmes. I end up with about 250K vacant in my Rom.
When I burn and download it I download a file of about 15.8MB named rom but whenever I try to execute it nothing happens.
I have previously SER 1.2 installed. I have active synch up and running as well but as soon as I double click a black window appears for a few seconds and disappears.
Could you tell me what is the problem. I have noticed that such behaviour doesnt exist when I try Win mobile 2003.
FYI i am using a Windows XP machine to access internet with 256MB RAM.
make the rom as nbf or nb1 and not exe is my advice
here is a guide as to how you get it to the xda after that
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=10698
sd way is much more safe
Will I need a card reader?
Hi,
I dont have a card reader with me. Do proceed by the suggested method would I need a card reader or anyother hardware other than my SD card (which by the way is a 64MB MMC card)
Will the existing information in the card be deleted? Would I need to backup that Info?
Regards,
download XDAtools.exe from here and you can use your XDA as a card reader/writer ... I 'm not sure the MMC can be used instead of SD
Hello guys,
got myself a BIG problem!!
I had installed a Nand version of android and it all worked fine but there was an update of the version so i thougt lets reinstal it all back to normal (WM 6.5) but the PC didnt recognized my phone the US doesnt work anymore
so i thougt it was a app i installed true Magldr 1.11 and tried to find it and delete it but unforuntly i had deleted all my setting and also the nand Android version!!!
when i tried to enter the 3 collerd screen it all runs op good and when i connent my USB it wil jam and keeps saying Serial and there will not get any text of USB
and when i do the Magldr screen and want to connect to SD card also the phone Jams and i need to disconnect the Battery and restart the phone and i can do the same things again......
Anyone got a suggestion to get my phone back up running!!
PS its about the HTC HD2 and i got the latest Radio and HSPL!!
Greating DragonRX
DragonRX said:
Hello guys,
got myself a BIG problem!!
I had installed a Nand version of android and it all worked fine but there was an update of the version so i thougt lets reinstal it all back to normal (WM 6.5) but the PC didnt recognized my phone the US doesnt work anymore
so i thougt it was a app i installed true Magldr 1.11 and tried to find it and delete it but unforuntly i had deleted all my setting and also the nand Android version!!!
when i tried to enter the 3 collerd screen it all runs op good and when i connent my USB it wil jam and keeps saying Serial and there will not get any text of USB
and when i do the Magldr screen and want to connect to SD card also the phone Jams and i need to disconnect the Battery and restart the phone and i can do the same things again......
Anyone got a suggestion to get my phone back up running!!
PS its about the HTC HD2 and i got the latest Radio and HSPL!!
Greating DragonRX
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Boot into bootloader and then get the .nbh file from the wm rom you want to flash and copy that to the root of your sd card (formatted FAT32) and flash via sd card.
ClydeB1 said:
Boot into bootloader and then get the .nbh file from the wm rom you want to flash and copy that to the root of your sd card (formatted FAT32) and flash via sd card.
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Thanks for the fast reply on my post,
butt what if i want to reinstal it back to te stock WM 6.5 do i need to put the RUU_Leo on my sd card??
and what did u mean with the bootloader the 3 collerd screen or the home screan of Magldr??
Just do the following:
Download a WM 6.5 ROM
Extract the .NBH file from the ROM to your SD card. (If you have to remove SD card and put into computer to be able to access it then do that)
Rename .NBH file on SD card "leoimg.nbh"
Turn phone off
Hold vol down button while pressing power button to enter bootloader
Phone should recognize the leoimg.nbh file on SD card and flash it to your phone
DragonRX said:
Thanks for the fast reply on my post,
butt what if i want to reinstal it back to te stock WM 6.5 do i need to put the RUU_Leo on my sd card??
and what did u mean with the bootloader the 3 collerd screen or the home screan of Magldr??
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Get the stock ROM that you want to flash back to and you can unzip it with something like winrar or 7zip (it's a self extracting zip file really). The just rename the .nbh file to leoimg.nbh and put it in the root of your SD card. Start the phone in bootloader (tri-colour screen) and it should automatically flash the ROM for you.
Hope this helps - good luck mate.
Edit: Or what Digital Outcast posted while I was typing
thanks guys for the fast reply's will try it out as soon as i'm gettig @home
i'm @work so dont got a usb flasher over here (A)
again thanks and I hope this works!!!
Good luck
Thanks guys my phone is working again(Y)
but still no USB
so ony of u guys got a idee what happend to the USB connection??
Or anybody else
Your usb port is prolly busted meaning you have to get your motherboard fixed sadly.
try a different cable and usb port to start with rather than assume the usb is broke onthe phone