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I am trying to upgrade my Siemens SX56 to ROM 3.17 from Yorch.net,
I did the following:
1. Backed up the current ROM using OSImageTool.exe
2. Downloaded ROM 3.17 from Yorch.net in a .exe file format
3. Clicked on the downloaded .exe and I get the following error message:
Cannot find the ROM image to upgrade your Pocket PC. Please download and try again.
Please help, I am a newbie!
1st mistake...DONT USE AN EXE to upgrade. Use the sd card method. Otherwise you will be screwed.
When I select zipped NK.nb1 (SD-card flashing) I get the following error:
./mkrom.sh: ../../kitchen.local/mkrom-inc.sh: No such file or directoryno files for configid 26220739Cannot fit files in given sectionsError splitting files
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From what you posted it appears theres a problem within the Kitchen,
try back later!
HTH
Where else can I get 3.17 , the only kitchen I found was Yorch.net
Now the log shows:
adding: NK.nb1zip I/O error: No space left on device
zip error: Output file write failure (write error on zip file)
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I'm guessing that the kitchen needs to have old results purged occasionally (possibly manually?).
Strange I used it earlier to get stock ROMs and I did all of them with no problem. Hmmm
jgalindo said:
Where else can I get 3.17 , the only kitchen I found was Yorch.net
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You can use the XDA developers Special Edition ROM v1.2 its based on the same ROM.
XDA developers Special Edition ROM v1.2 can be found at:
http://cuba.calyx.nl/~jsummers/XDA/XDA-developers-SER-v12.exe
HTH
Ignore my last post. I went back and was able to cook a 4.00.16 ROM, so it's not a server disk space issue (like the error message made me think).
And I just cooked a 3.17.03 ROM. Guess it might be back.
Thanks a lot guys, I'm still trying with no success. :x
I just realized Vallerhum has the setup I want, I also have a Siemens SX56 on ATT. Where did you get your ROM?
I got it from Jeff's kitchen before it went south. I am trying to get my own up for I have all of the ROMs to date.
Is your phone also unlocked?
How can I get your ROM? I am going to another country on Friday and need to unlock it before then so I can show off to my friends
No my phone is not unlocked. I am not planning on changing companies anytime soon but if you want to unlock it...just load the 3.17 rom or if you have ppc2002 just install the xda unlocker and then install the ppc2003 rom of your choice. However, always use the sd card method, dont use an .exe.
I was able to cook a ROM! This site is great: http://www.zensay.com/qtek/ceupgrade.html
Thanks all for your help!
Now, I'm playing around with other stuff and seeing If my unlock was successfull.
That site is not a kitchen. It is for teaching how to do an SD card ROM upgrade. Where did you cook (or download) your ROM? Cooking is the customization of ROMs with other softwares.
Instaead of Hi I say you are great people
So the case is... I just need to have working Qtek 1010 with SOME additional soft on it inside a ROM...
I've read many pages in this forum and I'm able to find too many ways to change my ROM. I'm totaly confused.
I work for extremaly big worldwide company and they gave me q Qtek, told me to use it, gave me one simple application and web link... so I do.
But the Qtek is much powerfull than that so I need to flash my ROM.
Now comes a question: where can I find one document how to prepare for it, what tools do I need, how to do it... I know after some tries I will be confident enough to do such stuff easlily, my problem is I have only one try, they will make me w trouble if I screw my company recource.
I understand you had milion similar questions like that. Basicly I need help how to flash so I can be sure 100% not less that I can recover in case of trouble. I hope you understand I'm afraid to do it because lack of experience and you are able to tell me if I should try to flash...
or maybe it's better for me to ask my boss to by me a 512 MB SD and install all additional soft on it and stop worring about memory?
I'd appreciate any opinion... you are the best and I'm just new to this bussines...
Get an sd card, backup existing rom to sd card, very easy to do by bootloader method. Enter bootloader by holding down power while inserting stylus in the reset hole on the bottom left of pda then press top right function key, then choose ce to sd. Once you have done this you can check if it has in fact backed up your rom by putting sd card in the pda, enter bootloader, it will then give the option to program the rom, just remove the card and push the reset with stylus again, the other method to check a working backup is to put the sd card in the pda, the pda will ask to format it, say no and remove it. Once you have a backup you can either use xdatools to copy it to your pc or keep it in a safe place, no more files must be written to this card otherwise it will be rendered useless, if you wish to reuse the card sometime it will need formatting. Once you have your backup, go to www.yorch.net, cook yourself a rom and download it in the exe format, this will do a normal install from your pc while connected to pda via activesync, if it messes up you always have your backup. Once you become more proficient at using xdatools you might wish to try out lots of different roms until you are happy with the result, you can go on to sd card flashing which is a much better way of programming rom and much less prone to error because it doesnt rely on a pc connection. I would advise you to leave the radio stack alone, if you can make and receive call ok leave it alone. Have a thorough look around the forum before proceeding. Its good fun to program your pda and you can make it a much better tool, but make sure you always have a way out if things go wrong.
www.yorch.net not working... is there a place like that?
Hi!
I read the above post, one of the clearest here, and I almost got the confidence to finally do this ROM update...
But:
1) Can't find the www.yorch.net website where I could "cook myself a rom and dowload it in a .exe format"
2)It's still not very clear to me what exactly cooking a ROM means: it concerns the OS (the version 1.53, 1.72 type of stuff), the extended ROM (the default programs u get starting after and hard reset like the SW for the camera etc) or both?
Thanks!!!
Chris
Another ROM Kitchen
Try the following ROM Kitchen http://lumpistefan.dyndns.org/
I noticed that you have the XDAII. Now, someone please correct me if I'm wrong but the directions above and the ROM kitchens are all for the XDA I or Wallaby version.
Re: www.yorch.net not working... is there a place like that?
cchris said:
Hi!
I read the above post, one of the clearest here, and I almost got the confidence to finally do this ROM update...
But:
1) Can't find the www.yorch.net website where I could "cook myself a rom and dowload it in a .exe format"
2)It's still not very clear to me what exactly cooking a ROM means: it concerns the OS (the version 1.53, 1.72 type of stuff), the extended ROM (the default programs u get starting after and hard reset like the SW for the camera etc) or both?
Thanks!!!
Chris
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Chris,
Those Roms are made for XDA1 beware it's not made for the device you have!!!!!!
What's the kitchen for XDA II
THANK YOU!
I was starting on the wrong foot... :-( :?
Anyway a couple of more question:
1) Is there a place like that for XDA II Kitchen? Is my undestanding of what a kitchen is correct?
2) The process for ROM backup outlined above, is still correct for XDA II?
Thanks!
Chris
I'm in the same boat as you CChris. I've been diligently a daily searching through the numerous topics on this site looking for similar information. I haven't found it yet - or at least nothing not-to-super-technical. I do know that you get to the bootloader by pressing the power button, reset button, and down on the toggle at the same time rather than the Wallaby way of the power and reset buttons only. It also seems that there are issues regarding 'country' and that it requires software to get around this. I haven't found the software yet - the links that I've seen all point to "itsme's" website which is currently down.
You can read the thread here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=9053&highlight=
Hopefully, someone with a lot more knowledge than me can go over updating the XDA II as clearly as cruisin-thru did for the XDA I.
The instructions on http://wiki.xda-developers.com/wiki/HimalayaRomFlashing are correct.
Unfortunately, there was an issue where the wiki removed the ~ from itsme's website's address. It's been replaced with %7e and now the link works.
If you download a ROM from the same vendor as your device (e.g. Qtek ROM on Qtek device, iMate ROM on iMate device, etc.) you don't need to use these instructions, you can just install the ROM upgrade from your vendor.
If you want to use the latest ROM (from iMate) and your device isn't an iMate, you need to decrypt, change the "country" code, encrypt, and then run the upgrade.
You can also edit the extended ROM when flashing, but it's easier to use itsme's extRom Tools. See http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=8422
You do NOT need to flash the ROM if you are not experiencing problems, or if you are experiencing problems which the new ROM also has (for example ugly cleartype fonts, which may be fixed without flashing). Flashing the ROM may void your warrantee. You will lose all your data when you upgrade, and you should not restore a backup, only your my documents folder.
If you are a newbie, it may be best not to flash your ROM. If you typed in itsme in google, you would have found his xs4all address as the third link, and would have quickly found out his site wasn't down at all, but the link was just wrong.
Just a warning: the things that could go wrong when flashing are potentially much worse than a wrong URL, and the answer to those problems won't be the third link in google.
NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO DON'T COME NEAR THE RADIO UPGRADE I QUOTE I FRIEND HERE THAT SAYS
DON'T MESS UP WITH A WORKING RADIO OR YOU'LL END UP WITH A SLIVER BRICK !!!!!!!!!
BEEN THEIR :x :x :x :x
Rabia said:
NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO DON'T COME NEAR THE RADIO UPGRADE I QUOTE I FRIEND HERE THAT SAYS
DON'T MESS UP WITH A WORKING RADIO OR YOU'LL END UP WITH A SLIVER BRICK !!!!!!!!!
BEEN THEIR :x :x :x :x
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Rabia can you tell me how did you get out from there?
never got out of it
Does anyone know how to copy a file out of the device's ROM? I know this is possible with the ext rom. Is there some utility or trick to unlock the ROM to allow read access of these protected files?
Not that I know of, Im not posotive but even the latest ext_rom unlocker corrupted my ext_rom on the new faria 3.0.0.0 12mg pagepool rom, when some app tried to write to it...
I thought that was the problem that was fixed by the new rom unlocker, i thought i deleted the older one but may have switched them by mistake, im not 100% posotive, So I doubt this would be advisable, as you could easily corrupt it also(unless you like hard resets)
try reading up on rom cooking, it should show you how to break the rom down to its cabs, you'd just need a copy of the rom thats on your handheld.
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anyone have an answer?
I search a software for flashing rom on my qtek 2020i.
Jafwm seems to be obsolete and non-free... ?!
Someone known other(s) software(s) ?
I really dont know why you cant just read the forums like everyone else is suppose to do but if you did you may come across a million posts giving you instructions such as:
1- got here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=306600 and download the firmware
2 - make sure the phone is Fully charged
3 - put the phone in its cradle on a PC that running xp home or pro ONLY it will not work on vista. helps if you have activesync (u can get it from M$) then follow the instructions with the firmware. the program u want is called maupgrade.
4 - it will almost definatly fail the first time you run the updater (if its inactive for more than 15 mins, nothing changing on the updater screen as it should say its updating somink or other), DO NOT PANIC!! close the updater and run it again it will say no firmware found or anything it will work perfectly this time.. total time for update is 30~ mins.
PLEASE READ B4 POSTING.. Its simply Lazy!!
I read many of the posts in the forum and I know this way for flashing rom, but i have a problem with my qtek 2020i when i use maupgrade_noid.exe (stop on error 114) so I want to try an other program with more possibilities (load and see actual rom state, erase rom and flashing rom, like icprog can do) to check the rom.
docmagoo1980 said:
I read many of the posts in the forum and I know this way for flashing rom, but i have a problem with my qtek 2020i when i use maupgrade_noid.exe (stop on error 114) so I want to try an other program with more possibilities (load and see actual rom state, erase rom and flashing rom, like icprog can do) to check the rom.
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may i know wat's versom of rom u r using ? TQ
I have try with this differents roms :
alpine 1.11.171 radio 1.04 bluetooth patched camera fixed
ap dangaard fra 11102 115 10200 2020i
ap brightpoint wwe 11100 113 10200 ship
The problem come from the radio rom : flashing always stop at 12%
I try mtty and "rtask 6" give me no answer and freeze the application and the Qtek 2020i. What does this mean ?
(sorry newbie question)
I would like to try some of these ROM's, but would like to be able to switch back to my main device ROM easily.
Is there any way to backup my ROM and make it as easy to reinstall as these new ROM's seem to be (i.e., just booting in bootloader mode or whatever and running an exe)?
I looked through the forum and there seemed to be a way to easily back it up on a memory card, but no instructions for now to restore it...and the backup program seemed to create a .bin file not an .exe file.
So is there any way to backup and restore the original ROM?
No, all wrong.
You'd have to dump your ROM, which means: read it out over a wired connection onto your PC. Then you'd have to convert, pet and feed that dump to make it become a NBH file. The NBH file can then be flashed back onto your device.
No, there is no BIN files, it's either RAW or NB or NBH, while only the last one can comfortably be flashed using a ROM Updater Utility.
So yes, there is, but I don't recommend you to try, you'll fail and most probably brick your device. First read the wiki, read the forums, spend some hours per day for maybe two, three weeks reading those forums and at some point you will know yourself if your're ready or not. And I'm not joking. Once you know when you get a RAW file, where the NB files come from and what an RUU and NBH file is, then you know enough to get it done...
Sidenote: restored ROM dumps in all kind of languages can be found here in the forums. If you have a Touch Cruise, the shipped ROM is on the Xda-dev ftp server. If you got an o2 orbit 2, it depends: I could provide the original German ROM, while for UK o2 customers, I dont know, you'd have to search the forums.
BTW: it sounds very frustrating, I know. But I promise, it's worth it. Spend those two weeks and in the end they'll be well spent two weeks because its all the same with all devices. Once you know it, you know everything.
How to dump your rom:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=371533
It refers to a wiki link halfway through the first post, but it's not linked correctly.. this is the link: http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Hermes_HowtoDumpRom
What I do wonder myself still is, how to dump the radio rom.. Haven't managed that one yet.