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Advice on upgrading to WM2003

I'm thinking of upgrading my o2 XDA to WM2003, it is currently unlocked and I am using the Orange network (UK)
My current Radio Version is : 4.21.00, with 3.17.03 ROM.
Is it possible to just upgrade the ROM and not the radio stack?
If I do this am I definatley still going to be able to make phone calls once upgraded?
I have NO SD Card at present, but am I right in thinking there is a method of upgrading without an SD card?
And one last thing, if it all goes t1ts up I assume I would be able to downgrade back to my current rom.
Many Thanks
:wink:

You can upgrade without the sd card. Just download from jeffs kitchen the .exe and it will upgrade while synched to the pc, it will not affect your radio stack. I would suggest getting an sd card, I backed up my original rom to sd and it has got me out of problems. Scan the rom upgrade pages for all the advice you will ever need on the subject.

How to upgrade T-mobile wothout SD card ?

How to upgrade T-mobile wit bootloader ? I haven't any prog, and haven't SD card. T-mobile cannot accept Programme A "connection error"

You have nothing, you do nothing!
or ask an expert to do it without risk!

Ok, one years ago I upgraded this O2 with bootloader + serial cable. Now, I upgrade to t-mobile firmware and can not accept programme A. I cant remember what is the name of software (serial upgrede,with bootloader)

Ok first go to Start, Settings, System, Device Information and post whats listed as this will give us some insight in to your device.
HTH

ROM: 4.00.16 ENG
Radio: 4.16.00
Protocol: 32S54
PW10B1

Wadarr said:
ROM: 4.00.16 ENG
Radio: 4.16.00
Protocol: 32S54
PW10B1
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Your XDA version cannot work with programm A.
you need buy SD card and SD card writer!
You don't have these things, so you cannot do anything! :roll:

but a usb sdwriter really dont cost all that much
nor does a sd flash card unless you want it to be bigger then 128MB

Ohh ****.... so, it is impossible to flash with serial or usb cable and bootloader 5.14 ? Yesterday it was a PW10A1.....

anyone have 3.12 or earlier PPC version in .nbf file ? I have 32 mb SD card, but 3.17 is bigger than 32 mb. (32.2)

Wadarr said:
anyone have 3.12 or earlier PPC version in .nbf file ? I have 32 mb SD card, but 3.17 is bigger than 32 mb. (32.2)
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I have 3.08.09 ROM!

You must use TMO2003.exe update program.
When it run, it will install all file on c:\program files\ruu\..
It will check rom version on c:\program files\ruu\english\NK.nb1
When it chech rom pass copy your own rom(o2 or other ....) to c:\program files\ruu\english\ then press Next.
When you finish rom update you must run o2 program B to update your radio stack.

Radio Stack upgrade failed in Australia

I'm aware that this is not realy new subject but reading the forum for last two days did not unswered all my questions and Im a newbie so please dont shoot.
I'm assuming that the my xda site before providing the current upgrade to the OS and radio stack they had tested all these and it should be safe to upgrade as with other softeware. Well I was wrong.
The Program A upgrade went OK but when I almost completed loading Program B I got the screen as I would switiched the phone ON and I was asked for my password. I entered my old passward which was not reconginsed two times after which the device rebooted shownig only top bar and keyboard on the bottom right hand corner. I went ot Telstra to check if this is due to my SIM card got freyed but they changed my SIM card to a new only because they have more up to date with lower Voltage requirement and this did not change a thing.
I've tryed Walloby bootloader but after while it displays "GSM ERROR".
I've tryed the power buuton+directional button+ soft reset which gets me to the 4 options
CE ROM TO SD
BOOT TO SD
CE+BOOT TO SD
GSM ROM TO SD
But when I select any of these using the directional button I get that the Card key has failed (I have 64MB MMC card that I bought some time ago and I have or had quite a lot of staff on it). I wander if all this is still t=here as my card reader/writer is asking to insert the card which is already there. I would not mind to get to my old software which had problems but was working or anything to get XDA back on line.
Please help I can not work without my XDA.

New Radio Stack and Telstra + Bootloader
I am running the latest O2 radio stack 4.21 on telstra fine. I used the O2 installation file off their site letting it do the Radio Stack and the O/S. Then I later upgraded the O/S using the SD method, and the Siemens SX56 AT&T branded WM2003 rom image.
With regards to getting yours back up and running - have you tried the "bootloaderfix.bat" file in XDAtools? (make sure you are conencted via activesync when you run it - and dont panic if you see an error message)
Also - you can use XDAtools to copy the Radio Stack image or new ROM image directly to your MMC card. Once bootloaderfix.bat has fixed yor boot loader to 5.15 ust whack in the MMC card with the image - run the bootloader and it will detect the new Image and ask you if you want to install (calls it download) it off the card.
Hope that helps. I spent about 6 hours researching all the above - hope to save some others the time

New Radio Stack and Telstra + Bootloader
Thanks Janos,
I will try the SD method but I have a problem with your suggestion as my Actvesync presently is not recognising XDA. I hope that XDAtools will help.
Would you suggest to use the original or XDAtools -Jeff.exe?
Regards

Rdio Stack
hi,
MY PHONE HAS GSM ERROR IN BOOTLOADER. DOES ANYONE HAVE GSM ROM. ALSO WHEN I PUT IN THE CHARGER, THE CHARGING LAMP DOEN'T TURN ON.
I CHECK ON DEVICE INFORMATION AND SEE THAT rOM VERSION:
3.17.03 ENG
ROM date 05/15/03
Radio Version: Not appear
Protocol version: not appear
DOES ANYONE CAN HELP ME TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM. MAYNY THANKS.

HI,
HOW TO copy the Radio Stack image TO SD CARD? THANKS

janos wrote
Also - you can use XDAtools to copy the Radio Stack image or new ROM image directly to your MMC card. Once bootloaderfix.bat has fixed yor boot loader to 5.15 ust whack in the MMC card with the image - run the bootloader and it will detect the new Image and ask you if you want to install (calls it download) it off the card.
i can't radio rom in ur sd but u can copy repair.zip to sd ........... no way to upgrade radio via sd u must us pc monitor ans Rs232 ......... what's hell that mean ?......... use repair.zip .........guy

Hi all,
From my experience, and reading through this forum through long time, when you have "GSM Error" on the bootloader screen, don't try to go any further unless you are expert in soldering and you have a Jtag ship interface. The RSU part controls the ROM and the charging circuet, so it's better to get it repaired by a qualified person.

Probs flashing any rom via ntrw with my NEW mdacompact

:evil:
Hi everyone,
am deperately needing your advice!!!
Just yesterday I rechieved an exchange mdac from tmobile showing serial version v1.02 when put in bootloader mode(previously v1.01).
When trying to flash whatever rom once transferred via ntrw to my sd card, my mdac does simply nothing but stay in bootloader showing serial v1.02. No flashing like in my old one starts.
On removing the sd card it comes out freshly formatted, before it definately was formatted with raw as usual once working with ntrw.
Result : I can not upgrade my system to mksbigstorage or any other rom like i could with my" old one". (same sd card!!!)
Tried downgrading to an older rom version via original upgrade routine and from there flashing via sd card: same problem!, tried other sd card: no solution either!
Any ideas, solutions, people with the same problems?
:?:
Appreciate your help
Thanx

romflashing
Seems to have nothing to do with flashing routine.
Card simply gets formatted once inserted.
Any way to stop this?

Hi! I have had many problems after flashing and re-flashing my rom.
Try boot loader mode and USB then execute (from your PC)MaupgradeUT_noid with a Shipped_rom on XDA ftp. It may work.
Have a look at this link: http://www.mtekk.com.au/forums/viewtopic.php?p=32876
Regards

Try to write SD card with winhex not ntrw. Simply choose open disc feature and write file directly do SD it works every time for me (with ntrw it was roulette). I have 1.02 bootloader

Thanks Shamus but can you explain in details how do you do this with Winhex? my bootloader is 1.00
SPV_M500, ROM 1.12.02 FRE
RADIO 1.12.10
EXTRom no more

Where can I get the rom PPC2002 to be used with the SD Card?

Where can I get the rom PPC2002 to be used with the SD Card?
I have a wallaby with the offical T-Mobile USA ROM (4.0.16 ENG) and would like to upgrade it to the WM2003SE.
I have cooked a new 2003SE rom from lumpisteven's romkitchen. Man, I'm really impressed with this nice web site!
However, my wallaby cannot accept the flashing from the exe file directly. I noticed Lumpi's note that I might need to downgrade to PPC 2002 first before by using the SD card method.
I looked for the PPC2002 rom in the xda-dev romversions list, all of the rom there are in the EXE format. Where can I find such version that can be used to flash my wallaby from a SD card?
Thanks!

Extract the EXE-File using winzip. YOu will get a folder english that contains the ROM NK.nbf (about 32 MB). You have to use this file for SD-Card flashing....
Stefan

Thanks LumpiSteven! I follow your instruction and I have succesfully got my Wallaby loaded with WM2003SE!