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Rom Ugrade Questions

I am having afew problems trying to upgrade the rom, and have afew questions before i start i have not been able to find the answers for in the forum.
Does upgrading the ROM with an O2 version lock the SIM type again, so it has to be unlocked again?
Can you upgrade using an IRDA cable or does it have to be serial or USB?
Why does the provided ROM upgrade crash after step 2?
I seem to be having no end of trouble with this thing. It seems that one problem just seems to lead to another. I'm seriously starting to regret this!

Dave said:
Does upgrading the ROM with an O2 version lock the SIM type again, so it has to be unlocked again?
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If you've unlocked it properly (i.e. with an unlock code from your provider or with The Manipulator), it will remain unlocked.
Can you upgrade using an IRDA cable or does it have to be serial or USB?
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An IRDA cable? You can upgrade via serial or USB.

IRDA
You can install stuff using active sync and an infra red cable, i am assuming you cannot upgrade the rom using the same equipment. Could this be the reason the software crashes after step 2 of the rom upgrade?

XDAunlock: Unlocking without serial cable

XDAunlock needs no serial cable
You can now use XDAunlock to remove the SIMlock from phones with the latest ROMs (Qtek or XDA-developers Special Edition ROM).
Users that install the Special Edition ROM do not need to download since XDAunlock is included and ran at cold-boot. Users of Qtek 3.16.52 ROM click here.
Using XDAunlock you can also view the SIMlock code or re-lock your phone (using command-line arguments).
[I attached the EXE for easy downloading. Works on any 3.x ROM that has wmodem.exe]

Excellent work! True brilliance
I'll be testing this real soon. All I have to do is find a unix box....or will linux do aswell?
Chiani

a windows box with http://www.cygwin.com/ unix tools will do too.
make sure you select perl and bash in the cygwin setup tool.

xda unlock
i have recently downloaded the xdaunlock.exe and transfered it to my xda but an error occured.
the error message was: "error getting unlock code"
could this happen because i have the german version or where can i find a data which is working on my german xda.
Or is it enough only to change the language

It says on the page: XDAunlock only works if you upgrade to a ROM which also has the Wireless Modem feature. Presently, this is either the new O2 English ROM, the latest Qtek ROM, or our own XDA-developers ROM, of shich a new version is due out later today. Given the number of irritating issues some people are experiencing, you may want to wait for the new one, which will fix all these issues.

Special Edition ROM now official unlocking method
I've updated the Manipulator page to say that we no longer advise anyone to download The Manipulator unless they already have a serial cable and need to reset call counters or change IMEI on pre 4.20 phones.
Installing the Special Edition ROM is the preferred method for unlocking from now on. Sell your XDA serial cable company stocks today.

Just use this excellent proggy with my XDA which was locked to O2 took 2 seconds to unlock with just this proggy and its now unlocked to all networks, GREAT JOB Guys thx

Anonymous said:
Just use this excellent proggy with my XDA which was locked to O2 took 2 seconds to unlock with just this proggy and its now unlocked to all networks, GREAT JOB Guys thx
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Hi where I can get it

XDA developer Peter Poelman said:
XDAunlock needs no serial cable
You can now use XDAunlock to remove the SIMlock from phones with the latest ROMs (Qtek or XDA-developers Special Edition ROM).
Users that install the Special Edition ROM do not need to download since XDAunlock is included and ran at cold-boot. Users of Qtek 3.16.52 ROM click here.
Using XDAunlock you can also view the SIMlock code or re-lock your phone (using command-line arguments).
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hi can I get help
my phone doesnt work
regards
avri

[email protected] said:
hi can I get help
my phone doesnt work
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Great, I love detailed error reports.
Avri: I think the moderator of your forum has already contacted us. If you're the same person, you probably have 'no signal', right?
If so: did you mess with the 'GSM band' tool under 'Programs'? If you did, just set it 900/1800, possibly soft-reset your phone afterwards (stick the stylus in the big hole on the bottom left) and you should be fine. Let us know if that is not it, or if you're a different person altogether. But please, please, please, do not come back saying:
It still doesn't work. Please help.
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Instead: provide detailed descriptions of why and how precisely "it doesn't work".

XDA developer Peter Poelman said:
[email protected] said:
hi can I get help
my phone doesnt work
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Great, I love detailed error reports.
Avri: I think the moderator of your forum has already contacted us. If you're the same person, you probably have 'no signal', right?
If so: did you mess with the 'GSM band' tool under 'Programs'? If you did, just set it 900/1800, possibly soft-reset your phone afterwards (stick the stylus in the big hole on the bottom left) and you should be fine. Let us know if that is not it, or if you're a different person altogether. But please, please, please, do not come back saying:
It still doesn't work. Please help.
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Hi
Yes I am the sane person.
I didn't sleep for 2 nights I read a lot in this forum.
I tried what you said I get i bandswitch current 900/1800
but I still get NO SIGNAL.
I wroth before that I have T-Mobile PW10B1 model.
Please help this phone cost in Israel about $1,700
regards
avri

If the provider you're trying to connect to is on 1800, chances are things will not work. Major consensus narrative at this time is that at least the filtering for this phone is not set to a wide-enough range to make it a true tri-band phone, even if it might work in some sporadic cases.

XDA developer Itsme said:
a windows box with http://www.cygwin.com/ unix tools will do too.
make sure you select perl and bash in the cygwin setup tool.
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I'm confused, what would *nix be needed for?
cheers
ant

simple onlocking process
WARNING THICKO ALERT!!. I am referring to myself here I have looked at the various postings on unlocking but cant seem to get my head round what is required to unlock my XDA. I have just received a second hand O2 locked 32MB XDA it came with two USB cradles and all the other stuff. Can anyone please tell me is there a simple way to have it unlocked without sending it off. There are many references to the unlocking progam on here but no direct link to it. I would like to be sure that the unlocking process is simple and relativley risk free can anyone offer any help maybe an already created ROM or whatever it is that is required? If the file is largish please send it to [email protected] this is my broadband email address and can accept large files.
Cheers Sean :shock:

*nix (or cygwin) is needed when you want to build your own rom, using our mkrom tools.
you can find xdaunlock here. you will need a relatively new rom ( which includes wmodem.exe ) to run it. either 3.17 qtek, or our own Special edition ROM

Re: Thicko Alert: I managed to download the unlocling software and hey presto its unlocked.!!So yes the thicko was apt all I had to do was read the item fully.
Now for another question. Can anyone suggest a suitable method of connecting to the net using my unlocked xda. I dont need to worry about phone costs (long story) so as long as the dial up is a UK one with no out of country prefixes I should be able to get online free?

Unlocking Siemens SX56 ATT US
I have an At&t siemens sx56 that Im trying to get to work on vodaphone in Germany. I've tried the XDA Unlock program, but it won't work because I don't have the latest ROM. I'm not sure what to do from here, especially because I use it with a mac and the PocketMac software, so I can't use a serial cable. Any suggestions?
Thanks
Jake

Re: Unlocking Siemens SX56 ATT US
jkirsch said:
I have an At&t siemens sx56 that Im trying to get to work on vodaphone in Germany. I've tried the XDA Unlock program, but it won't work because I don't have the latest ROM. I'm not sure what to do from here, especially because I use it with a mac and the PocketMac software, so I can't use a serial cable. Any suggestions?
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Yes: simply back up everything and install the XDA-developers Special Edition ROM. It will unlock your device and make it cooler.

Re: Unlocking Siemens SX56 ATT US
XDA developer Peter Poelman said:
jkirsch said:
I have an At&t siemens sx56 that Im trying to get to work on vodaphone in Germany. I've tried the XDA Unlock program, but it won't work because I don't have the latest ROM. I'm not sure what to do from here, especially because I use it with a mac and the PocketMac software, so I can't use a serial cable. Any suggestions?
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Yes: simply back up everything and install the XDA-developers Special Edition ROM. It will unlock your device and make it cooler.
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Do I install it from an SD card or through a pc? Sorry for a stupid question.

Re: Unlocking Siemens SX56 ATT US
jkirsch said:
Do I install it from an SD card or through a pc? Sorry for a stupid question.
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http://xda-developers.com/SER

Unlock HTC Prophet

Lokiwiz was tested and working on Prophet type devices.
The link for download is in my sig.
Bye,
Ricardo Afonso

million thanks

why Lokiwizb can not unlock my Qtek S200,
IPL:2.09
SPL:2.09
OS:2.9.7.24
ERROR: ITWriteDisk - 出现了内部错误

any chance you can dump the ROM (if it's english) and put it on the ftp site?

i can not unlock my Qtek S200,how to dump the rom?

wlinsong said:
i can not unlock my Qtek S200,how to dump the rom?
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me too i am used 0.2b but it can not working .
who can tell me why??
thank!!

Me too ....
I can't unlock my phone to use my two SIMCards
HELP me ...
Please
(It's ORANGE FRENCH SPV M600 !)

not working on a qtek s200

Right, let me get this straight...
"Lockiwiz can only unlock your Prophet device if your Rom version is 1.XX.XXX. For the new AKU2 ROMS (i.e Orange M600 ROM) there is no solution yet."
If this is the case, then can we use A-Wizard or the hacked romupdateutility to FLASH back to a pre-AKU2 ROM and then use Lokiwiz to unlock the device, and then flash back to a 'latest AKU2 ROM' (Dopod one is latest and greatest atm) and continue to have a SIM UNLOCKED device???
Please can someone try this? I get my M600 in a week and need to be able to unlock it. Am in the USA atm and need to use a T-Mobile SIM in it.
Appreciate any help.

in theory that would work.... the problem is that i havent seen any rom 1.xx for qtek s200 except for an arabic one or the one from imate jamin. unfortunately, not even with the modified romupdateutility we can flash roms from previous versions from the one installed on prophets...
not only that needs to be corrected, but then someone would have to get a non-aku2 rom, costumize it and then flash it so that the sim lock can be removed.
i need to unlock my prophet too, but i predict a long waiting period ahead...

Doesn't work on my Qtek S200 either :?

I have just CID unlocked my Qtek s200.
What I did.
Downgrade to JAMin_WWE_1000925_10009114_11420_ship.exe
You will need to use a hacked version of the rom update utility or something like JAFWM.
Next I ran awizard latest beta.
And chose unlock rapi.
and then unlock CID.
My qtek s200 was then unlocked. I checked this by running r2sd all command from bootloader.
Hope that helps someone. I will detail these steps and add them to the wiki page for the prophet.

I've tried the following 3 ROMS with the "NoVendorID" loader:
RUU_Prophet_1001321_10013102_11320_DopodAsia_Ship
JAMin_WWE_1000925_10009114_11420_ship
JAMin_Arabic_1000927_10009115_11420_ship
Unfortunately none of them would load as the version was older than the current one on the phone.
Anyone know if it is the loader on the PC that is rejecting the "nk.nbf" file due to its version being lower than the one already on the phone, or is it the loader that is in the phone?
It should be easier to create a hacked loader for the PC so I hope it's that way. It might be a bit risky to hack the loader on the phone as you're in trouble if that goes wrong and you loose the loader on the phone.
Perhaps the old "nk.nbf" file could have its embeded version number tweeked to look new enough? Sounds like the simplest approach, although there are no doubt checksums to make it more difficult.
Or is there a utility to erase all of the phones FLASH except for the loader. Surely it would not complain about any version you loaded then?
Alan
(Trying to use Lokiwiz to remove the SIM lock on a UK M600 Prophet.
Curent ROM -
RUU_Prophet_2151327_21513121_021921_DOP_ASIA_WWE)

Is there any solution today, or it's already impossible ?

darknior said:
Is there any solution today, or it's already impossible ?
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It is possible with JAFWM 2.0
Release of JAFWM 2.0 will be 17 of June, there is unlocking implemented but it will be not for free, every handset will cost one credit. Unlock procedure takes around 10 seconds and does not require any technical knowledge.
Since no need downgrade the phone, you also no need worry to damage the phone.

raskal said:
darknior said:
Is there any solution today, or it's already impossible ?
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It is possible with JAFWM 2.0
Release of JAFWM 2.0 will be 17 of June, there is unlocking implemented but it will be not for free, every handset will cost one credit. Unlock procedure takes around 10 seconds and does not require any technical knowledge.
Since no need downgrade the phone, you also no need worry to damage the phone.
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How much is 'one credit' in real money?

For each JAFWM serial number is only one FREE credit possible. Test it, and post here your opinon. I give only 100 free credits to 100 different
We are testing now the beta 4 with Typhoon, Hurricane, Tornado, Wizard/Prophet, Charmer, Prodigy unlock support. Any rom version is supported, please do not try downgrade your phone before, just leave it in ORIGINAL STATE.
Please ask ONLY for a free credit if you really got the phone on hand and can test it right now.
How it works:
1.) make sure you update your pkey online
2.) download latest beta from http://files.odeon.cn/JAFWM
3.) post here your JAFWM serial number and i will add 1 credit to your dongle
4.) put your phone in BOOT MODE
5.) connect cable and press the UNLOCK button
6.) post here your unlocking log and also your opinion, honest opinion, no matter if negative or positive.

my user id:000002762

wlinsong said:
my user id:000002762
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i added you one free credit, try and post the log

hello raskal
my jafwn user id is:00002785

Questions regarding Unlocking and Flashing

Hi,
I tried searching for the answers but got none.
If I flashed my orbit, do I have to re-unlock my phone again?
Is there any link that teaches beginners how to flash from the start?
Thanks,
Jackey

jackey said:
If I flashed my orbit, do I have to re-unlock my phone again? Is there any link that teaches beginners how to flash from the start?
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No, once unlocked is always unlocked. It is not stored inside the ROM itself, but in a separate location on the phone.
Flashing can be quite simple: establish a ActiveSync connection, run the ROM.exe from the pc and follow the instructions on the screen. I read somewhere that some possible difficulties might be avoided by performing a hardreset before starting the procedure.

GRUN: not really, if U flash DOPOD ROM UR device is simlocked again.then U need again unlock

phsnake said:
GRUN: not really, if U flash DOPOD ROM UR device is simlocked again.then U need again unlock
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Are you sure? I've never heard this before, and asking myself why a firmware would do such a thing? What's the advantage? Furthermore, as far as I know, the key to locking/unlocking is to know the IMEI code. How does the firmware know the IMEI code of my phone?

yes i'm 100%sure, but its maybe in this ROM is if i remember new radio and SPL, maybe there is lock check included in ROM somewhere. but i run c3unlock again and everythink works fine after that. btw. i guess there is no prob for any app to get UR imei and compare to imei range( ie: dopod "made" artes have imerange for example from 000-100 - and if your imei is out of range ... is locked and as i remember from imei you can get infos about manufacturer, phone type ......)

Universal qtek 9000 Problem. What im doing wrong?

Hello good friends,
Im from Portugal and i have a qtek 9000 since 2006. In the last days i decide to improve my universal performance...
i try everything to update my qtek since the software is very old ( windows mobile 5 2005)
After a lot of hours searching in this forum, i download a lot of software from all the posible tutorials.
From evk to updatev2, kitchen, etc.
With the kitchen in the last part i always get an error of the extended rom.
With the update, it only appear the nk file.
I try to download one of the radio files, but without sucess and i donw know what to choose
I dont know what to do more, since i use the romupgradeut, but now the qtek only start in the first image where tells the version of rom and hang up, freeze, dont do the all restar.
The only thing that work it is the soft and hard reset. With the bootloader appears usb when connected and serial disconected.
Can you guys help me find a full package including the last windows mobile, the last radio definitions, the extended rom and all i need to upgrade my qtek.
I really dont know what to do more, even the qtek logo image not appear any more.
Sorry for all this questions, but i see in this forum you are my only hope.
Please help me.
Thanks a lot

jus to help us..
could you post the error message?

I try to upgrade the rom with a software download from qtek.nl, but i still dont have good news

Can anyone help me?
I dont know what to do anymore

cybervtec said:
I try to upgrade the rom with a software download from qtek.nl, but i still dont have good news
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did you read and answer Simon request ?
what are the error message ?
I currently have a qtek9000, and i made my first upgrade late 2006.
I was using XP sp2, activesync, and a software called uniextROM...
Later, I have tried using vista and win7, both requiered installation of USB Mobile Modem Driver and disabling activesync or mobilesync.
so be more precise when you post you issue.

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Simon_WM said:
jus to help us..
could you post the error message?
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Hi Guys,
How can i read the errors? Where can i find it?
Sorry for all the noob questions.
All i can see in the universal is a dead phone without any kind of signal when turned on

cybervtec said:
Hi Guys,
How can i read the errors? Where can i find it?
Sorry for all the noob questions.
All i can see in the universal is a dead phone without any kind of signal when turned on
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Can you get into the bootloader?
Power + light + Softrest button ?
then connect to your pc and flash

Simon_WM said:
Can you get into the bootloader?
Power + light + Softrest button ?
then connect to your pc and flash
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Hello Simon,
Yes, i can get in the bootloader. When i connect appears usb.
The problem is i dont know what files i should load.
Can you give me the links to the files i should use. Sorry for the trouble.