I WAS PERFORMING AN UPGRADE ON XDA1 and got and error and the suggeation was to reboot and that the pgm would recover. Whoever wote these programs must have been in LA LA land when he/she wote them. Now my XDA1 shows only an OS version when it boots and no radio stack. When I now want to reflash with the help of the SD card I do a soft reset power button ritual and get a GSM error and no option to load from the SD. Does anyone know how to get out of this mess? Please give me detailed instructions if yo do
I have a similar problem. i flashed, but it must have failed or been bad versions. i write to the sd but it doesn't boot. i tried the wallaby bootloader but either i scrod the pooch, or it isn't working. if i let it boot, it halts at white screen with top blue strip. if i leave itr go, it reboots after a while and the cycle starts again. i have v5.17 bootloader onboard.
Help!
Since my post I have given up trying to fix the device myself and have sent it to Siemens here in Canada. For a fee of 35$ can they will reflash my phone if that is all that I have screwed up. I have also found out that for the SD card to be recoconized with a new ROM it must be loaded on the card with OSItools. Otherwise it won't. I am using bootloader 5.15
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My device: XDA O2, with wallaby boot loader 5.17
Tried to flash RSUv1.15(GPRS_421_ENG_O2) into it. Update froze at either 48% or 53%. Tried it 10 times over, while waiting infinitely but the device just auto-booted itself after each froze. Deleted the autorun files from the startup director on the XDA. After which it did not try the update at bootup anymore. Instead the device is now dead :
On boot it just gives a white screen and everything fails / nothing can be done. The device cannot be connected through USB, and nothing on either SD card of MM card will install.
I tried to flash wallaby-patch-tool.nb2 to fix the key problem with 5.17 bootloader but as GSM fails at the bootloader: it just ignores the disk. I tried the patch tool on a SD card and on two other MM cards it does not work on any of them: as the damn bootloader checks GSM first (and gives GSM ERROR)
Also since the device is trashed it does not apper to load its battery, I assume it must be quite dead soon. (is there any way to load a battery on a software-trashed XDA O2??)
I have another fully working XDA O2 at my disposal. That machine is running older version of CE, GSM and 5.15 Bootloader. I tried flashing the OS from that device to the SD card, succeeded in getting it there - but the broken device will not flash itself from the SD card since it has "wrong key", and the patch tool fails to work because the GSM fails before it even checks any cards in 5.17..
The GSM cannot be copied to the SD card from the working device, because copying the GSM requires connecting something called RS232 and running some program nobody has heard of..
Is there anything I can do? I even tried copying the 5.15 bootloader from the working device to SD, and flashing that to the 5.17 broken device: no success, since it fails the GSM at bootloader startup, and the card has "wrong key" anyways.
How can I recover from this?
When you do reply, please reply in full generously abundant and exquisite detail. I am unable to follow instructions such as "just do this and that" if you do give instructions please be very detailed: tell me where to load the files (paste the links) and preferably go step by step through the process.
I have noticed that some other people have this exact same problem. If you give good enough guidance maybe we can create a help file to address this same problem in the future as well.
Thank you in advance!
A further problem with the other XDA
A further problem emerged with the other XDA:
- now it only boots to bootloader, and refuses to power up properly
pressing the power button does nothing. Soft reseting does nothing. Hard reseting does nothing. The only thing that seems to work is pressing the powerbutton+softreseting at the same time == entering the bootloader mode. There the machine passes all tests and seems to be fully functional. however refuses to power up.
I tought maybe the SIM slot is improperly closed, tried closing it better, and manually pressing the switch inside - doesn't work either.
Also tired inserting, taking out, and reinserting the XDA to the cradle, with either the power button pressed at the same time or not (this seems to work sometimes when the XDA O2 in unresponsive) but that doesn't work either.
What to do? how can the device be powered up?
Still stuck with this same situation
Hi all,
I'm still stuck with this same situation. So far nobody has even tried offering any help to me. What can I do? Do you think I should just give up and toss the damn device to the nearest body of water I can see, or what?
look for "repair.zip" in the forum, for some people this helped.
XDA developer Itsme said:
look for "repair.zip" in the forum, for some people this helped.
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Tried that. That doesn't work since that repair requires that the device works as far as the today screen - my device dies out well before that. As described above it dies right in the start: just frozes up and displays a white screen with a blue bar in top, and after that does nothing, runs nothing, reacts to nothing, etc..
Any other ideas?
HELP.... I was unable to upload my sx56 with the new 2003. I crashed my ROM... Any ideas on how to restore.
Rock
Tell me what you see from the display.
I can help!
Froozen SX56 while upgrading the ROM
Unfortunately my system crashed when i was upgrading my ROM this is for a AT&T SX56 Pocket PC which I wanted to unlocked so that I could use it with T-Mobile SIM card. Now the screen says :
Upgrading
It will take about 5 minutes...
I was trying to upgrade it with the xda-developer rom verison.
I dont have any backup also for this device please help and I do have a SD card and SD card reader also.
If the bootloader not be erased, you could still use SD to restore OS.
If the bootloader already damaged, the only solution is hardware solution.
I can help you to resolve all problems
How to restore using the SD please tell me.
I do get the bootloader mode when i pressed the power , navigator and reset button on the pda
shri62 said:
How to restore using the SD please tell me.
I do get the bootloader mode when i pressed the power , navigator and reset button on the pda
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using Xdrit to write the OS to SD card via SD writer.
you can get Xdrit from xda-developers.com (do some search).
Need real help
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I can help you to resolve all problems
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I had this stupid RadioStack crash that resulted in GSM ERROR that made my device unable to recharge the battery or run mobile function, so the status now is a ppc which has no phone and should always be conected to AC
when I consulted the Agent service tey claimed it's a motherboard error that would require a new baord, which'll cost me around 300$.
could you please help me!!
Cgaigate, is it possible to restore a corrupt radio stack using jtag, if you have the capability I can let people know.
GSM ERROR - RADIO STACK CRASH
Hi Smiley,
I crashed my Radio Stack, too. Has anyone an idea? Is it possible to repair? By myself?
I heard cgigate could help?
Bye
Yep - "GSM Error" in Wallaby Bootloader 5.15
Anyone got any ideas on fixing this one?
Cheers!
Andy
Hi got the xda1 rom/radio upgrade from o2 web site.
installed radio upgrade first, it then asked me to remove ac power, i took it off dockign station, it rebooted, asked me for a simlock.. to which there was no mention of in the upgrade instructions.. i turned it off and on, and now it wont even boot up.. comes on with 02 logo.. then a white screen with blue banner at top..
what can i do to fix it??
i cant even see it on the pc!!!
please advise, i really hope i have not broken it.
can o2 do anything?
i can get to the bootloader by holding down power when soft resetting phone.. comes up with gsm error...
then nothing....
i can get to other menu about sd backup ect if i hold down the two buttons at top of unit when in bootloader.
how do i go about repairing the radio and rom ??
is it possible?
bootloader
ok, i can copy the rom ect from xda to sd card... and even copy it back over again.. so if i put the sd card in a reader on the pc.. and put a good rom and radio on it.. will it work ok booting off the sd card?
i can get to that menu from the bootloader..
You need to get a working rom installed then try to address the gsm error, I never heard of an xda asking for sid code when doing an official upgrade. Did you leave your sim card in the xda when it was updating the radio stack? You may be aware from reading on the forum that radio stacks once corrupted are very difficult if not impossible to rectify. I would suggest unpacking the rom you downloaded, burn just the ce part to rom using sd/bootloader method, then try to install gsm again, this time without sim inserted, you will find here on the forum the instructions to burn gsm from sd card, do this after you have a working bootable system. Good luck.
yes., the sim card was in the system at the time.. its an 02 sim card however, so i guessed this was ok.
printed out the 10 page instructions on how to upgrade s.ware so there was no problems (like this)
the radio stack was installed before the rom if that makes any difference?
is it possible for the xda1 just to lock up like this without having done it the way i did?
perhaps it would have done this anyway??
just thinking i could bring it back to place i got it at and not inform them of the s.ware upgrade that caused the problem to see if they can replace it or something...
just an idea, coz at the moment im kind of stuck.
Hi ...
If you managed to reinstall the ROM through SD card, does it mean you have a bootable system but the RSU doesn't work ?
If so and you can access the XDA from Activesync, then you may locate the 4 files of the RSU upgrade from the \windows\startup directory ... delete them then a hard reset may flash the original RSU back if it's not screwed up.
it should be possible to flash the rom via sd, as i can dump the faulty one to sd and then back over.. so, that part of the bootloader works.
ill ring the place ig ot it at and see what they can do, as it just "went off, all by itself"
i would try the sd flash myself but i aint got a card reader for sd.. just smart media.. lol
it doesnt sound as bad as some peoples s.ware problems however, as the bootloader seems to work ok.,. so fixing it may be possible, but ill give place i got it off a ring first.
thanks for all the info.
If it is under warranty and using the official flash upgrade destroyed the gsm radio stack then O2 should repair or replace. Radio stacks are very difficult to repair and people have asked about getting it fixed only to be told the mainboard needs replacing at huge cost.
thanks for the info, i got a sd card reader, but when i put the thing into pc it asks to format it so it wont read the stuff ive dumped from xda to the card..
oh well, ill give these guys a ring to see what they can do.
where can i get hold of the files to put to the sd card?
ive got the rom/radio files, but they are pc exe`s and not seperate files..
well, i got it flashed ok using official 3.17 s.ware via sd card..
on powering up, it still fails, just white screen with blue top, although there is a keyboard icon on the bottom right which was not there before.
still get gsm error on bootloader..
if only there was a way to put new radio stack on it via sd
djkus said:
well, i got it flashed ok using official 3.17 s.ware via sd card..
on powering up, it still fails, just white screen with blue top, although there is a keyboard icon on the bottom right which was not there before.
still get gsm error on bootloader..
if only there was a way to put new radio stack on it via sd
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Dead phone, you need send service center to repair, or to me
Hey All,
Recenty tried to upgrade by Wallaby using the SD card/Bootloader trick. Cooked a ROM for MW2003 SE and got it onto the SD no problems.
All went through per the instructions and I was happy.
Did a hard reset. Waited 30 seconds and then did another hard reset.
Unit will not boot.
Do a soft reset. Still no boot.
Hold down power and do a soft reset gets me into the boot loader.
So, I have a unit which won't boot.
Any ideas ?
Cheers
Sonny
try upgrading again ?
try downgrading to an old 2003 rom ?
I tried about 3-4 different ROMs that I cooked. None worked. Same problem.
All started when I loaded in the T-Mobile update.
Should I try loading the same ROM a few times in a row ?
Cheers
Sonny
tried the fix bootloader in the xdatools ?
I have bootloader 5.17 so using the bootloader patch which is working fine per the instructions on this site.
When I load in the T-Mobile ROM, everything is fine although the SD Backup application doesn't work and I can't restore all my backed files.
If I could get SD BAckup to work, Id be happy with the T-Mobile ROM.
When I load in the T-Mobile ROM, the Wallaby Patch loads the ROM and checksum is ok. When I use any other ROM, the unit will not boot and the Wallaby Patch gives me a checksum error.
So, is there another version of SD Loader I could use ?
Oh, and when I try a .EXE ROM, like the 2003 ROM, I get an error about the USB port being closed and I can't get the file to load.
Any ideas there ?
Cheers
Sonny
You can try downgrading the bootloader.
Read this document here:
http://lumpistefan.dyndns.org/tools/manual2_unlock.htm
HTH
Stefan
I have upgraded my ROM on a few occasions due to corruption issues etc. This time, unfortunately, I hada power cut halfway through the WWE T-Mobile standard ROM. So now, my Charmer just sits on the T-Mobile Bootscreen showing: IPL 3.08.0001
SPL 3.08.0001
GSM 02.69.21
OS 4.0.0.0
I have been trying for two days to enter bootloader but to no avail. All I can do is the hardreset, but all I am left with each time is the frozen T-Mobile screen with the above numbers. I cannot even get my XP PC to recognise the device. I am guessing that the ROM is horribly corrupted, but is it U/S (Bricked). Any suggestions would be welcome. It is well out of warranty and I live in the wilds of West Wales in the Uk and there is no repair shop within reasonable distance.
Is there a method to rebuild/or even the enter the bootloader so I can re-flash ROM? Is there somebody on here who could do it for me (for a fee of course). I would be most grateful for any help..
Easy Soloution
You can do the SDcard method.
You'd have to take a Working Charmer, connected to a terminal program (such as Mtty.exe)
You'd then execute the command "r2sd all".
This comand backs up EVERYTHING to the inserted SD card (must be 64MB or greater for this to work) (warning: this will also delete whats on the card, as it will be a RAW write).
You'd then stick the card in YOUR Charmer, and attempt to go into bootloader again. You'll then get the magic prompt to press the button to flash from the SDcard.
Problem solved.
Thanks for your reply. I do not have a working charmer and I am not sure if the SD Card slot works any more. Is it true that if I leave the battery out for a few days to let the internal battery run down that will allow me to enter bootloader.? Is SD card installation the only way to go for my Charmer?? Thanks in advance..
If you leave the battery out for 20 minutes, then the internal battery will be drained (until its dead), but it won't fix your issue with the bootloader. It'll only seem like just another hard-reset.