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Confusion while upgrading my ROM

Hi all. I appologize for starting a new thread, but I wasn't sure which topic to post under as this problem seems to span a few. In short, here's my problem: I'm trying to upgrade my Tmobile UK MDA Vario to 2.26.10.2 from 1.6.2.4 WWE. I'm using the stock Tmobile USA ROM updater available from the tmobileapps site.
When I run the upgrade file I get a failure with an Error 294 - Invalid Vender ID. While I don't understand why UK and USA would have different locks, I figured fine, I'll use lokiwiz to unlock my phone.
I've tried lokiwiz 0.2b to unlock the CID, but I get the itsutils.dll error (that it can't update the file).
So now I'm stuck. I can't upgrade the ROM using the US ROM, and I can't seem to CID unlock the phone to allow me to use another ROM. The official UK ROM is sitting a few versions back, and I don't want to have to upgrade twice, so that's out (unless someone can point me to a site where I can get the newer UK ROM).
Anyone know what I should try? I'm kinda stumped. The only think I can think of is that I'm only activesynced to this computer as a Guest, not as a real activesync pairing. Could that effect either the ROM upgrade or the unlocker?
For reference, here's more info about my phone:
IPL 1.06
SPL 1.01
GSM 1.12.10
OS 1.6.2.4
Any help or pointers would be appreciated!

Did u install the EnableRAPI CAB in your phone before starting lokiwiz?
Also, i remember that i had to run lokiwiz 0.2b twice to unlock my phone and my friend's one.
So try this: soft reset the phone, install enableRapi.cab, run lokiwiz and then run it again.
Good luck!
bye!

Yup, that was it. I thought I only needed the EnableRAPI CAB if I was SIM unlocking. Silly me.
Thank you!

I think I turned my phone into a brick casue im a newb

Yup, I tried to do that whole windows mobile 6 deal, and at 99% it sat for awhile and then my computer said there was an error or something, and my phone won't get past the bootloader screen with the three colors, I've read stuff saying to flash a rom to it, but im not sure how to do that, I downloaded the button rom, and when i try to run it it says it cant run because it cant find RAPI.dll.
So yeah, if anyone could help that would be sweet.

restart it...hook in the usb...reflash the original rom that came with the phone...smile lol

newb8125
Hi Guys,
I am definitely a newby, where can i get an updated aku2 after downgrading. Originally my spl and ipl was a 2.25 downgraded to a 1.xx something. Now where can i download the latest spl and ipl. I have a cingular 8125 from Cingular, will it matter what spl and ipl i use on it?
Need help real bad...

cingu8125 said:
Hi Guys,
I am definitely a newby, where can i get an updated aku2 after downgrading. Originally my spl and ipl was a 2.25 downgraded to a 1.xx something. Now where can i download the latest spl and ipl. I have a cingular 8125 from Cingular, will it matter what spl and ipl i use on it?
Need help real bad...
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=298613

You dont have activesync reinstall activesync and run the rom which you got from the company.

if its simple g3, use this...Wizard_Love_2.26.10.2_WWE_Novii_CF2.rar then wm06.
http://rapidshare.com/users/EXGZ7T
and geez read this:
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=HTC_Wizard

newb8125
Hey Many Thanx guys for the info!
Will try it out
New Kid on the block

thanks all, after a few hours a few night ago I finaly got Windows Mobile 6 working. The first few times that I tried to flash the button rom it wouldn't work and said somthign about missing ravi.dll, but i finaly got it to work, used the lokiwiz program to unlock it, re flashed the button rom, flasshed the t-mobile rom, then finaly flasehd a windows 6 rom. Only bad thing is I lost all of my phone numbers becasue I had them on my outlook and when I tried using the shell tool aplication, it tottaly crasehd my computer and I had to re-load windows, but then i sat down and took the time to read how to flash a new rom to my phone properly, what bootloader is and a bunch of other fun stuff.

IPL & SPL Version Mismacth

Hi
My o2 xda mini s - used to hang @ start up soft and hard reset dint work out for me so i tried flashing my handset by this process given by MR Vippie http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=298613
the complaint is still same and now the handset versions is something like this
IPL 1.01
SPL 1.05
GSM 01.12.10
OS 1.5.4.2
pls help

If you did the unlocking that it looks like you were trying to do, then now you have to flash back to an official ROM like T-Mobile 2.26 to get your IPL/SPL back to the same version.

i haven't personally done this version of unlocking, but the common advice is that IPL and SPL should be the same number. if they aren't you should keep reflashing the button rom until they are both 1.05...then CID and flash back to a 2.xx rom. it doesn't hurt to reflash the buttons...1.01 and 1.05 doesn't look right...

ok thankyou for ur precious suggestion i will try flashing with this versions

Another odd thing. When I flashed my wizard I first flashed it back to 1.05 to unlock it. I then flashed it forward to I think the T-Mo 2.26 which was then new. I had to do this second flash twice because the first time it only got the bootloader. From the instructions I had read, though, it appears this is normal or at least not uncommon?

invalid vender id
this update utility cannot be used for your pda phone. please check your update utility
this is the error i get when i flash it with t-mobile 2.26 any other version or some kind of hardware damage

did you go through the unlocking process enablerapi, etc? sounds like you might not have CID unlocked, so it won't let you flash a rom from a different carrier. (in this case, I'm assuming you have cingular). when you flash with buttons 1.05 and both ipl/spl are the same, then go through the unlock process again.

ok sir
will try ur process n post results

I'd also bet that the CID unlocking didn't go through but i don't think it's a big deal having two different bootloader parts as long as the major version is the same. eg: 1.01 / 1.05 or 2.17 / 2.26 (i must try it one of these days)
What happens a lot these days is broken phones due to different major versions. And although nobody took the time to make a study i'd bet that it's a downgrade protection issue from latest bootloaders
cheers
PS:
sorry for the off-topic

T-mobile MDA firmware on Cingular 8125

Is it possible to take the MDA firmware and install on the 8125? I'm using the 8125 with t-mob and would like to improve the network scanning etc..
Thanks.

dcmetrodude said:
Is it possible to take the MDA firmware and install on the 8125? I'm using the 8125 with t-mob and would like to improve the network scanning etc..
Thanks.
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Tell me what is your IPL/SPL that is displayed when you first boot up the phone and depending on your answer, I may be able to help you.

IPL/SPL
Thanks! IPL 2.25, SPL 2.25

dcmetrodude said:
Thanks! IPL 2.25, SPL 2.25
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Alright. That's what I was hoping you would say. Your 2.25 IPL/SPL means you have a G3 which is the only model that can be CID unlocked and CID unlocking is the only way you're getting T-Mobile firmware on your 8125.
Lets begin. You really hope you are VERY GOOD(better than very good preferably). The first step in your adventure is to downgrade your device from a 2.25 IPL using the button rom. You want to make sure your device is connected to your PC via ActiveSync or first put your device into bootloader mode by turning it off and then holding the camera button while powering it back on.
Now your device should have an IPL, GSM, and OS that is less than 2.
Now you want to download lokiwiz from here
Make sure your device is connected to your computer via USB cable but do not sync!! CANCEL ACTIVESYNC SETUP BEFORE CONTINUING
Unrar Lokiwiz and run the program lokiwiz v.02b I'm guessing your device is already sim unlocked since you are using a Cingular device with T-Mobile so you can go ahead and click C and then enter. Lokiwiz will CID unlock your phone and then automatically soft reset the device.
When your device powers back on, it will be CID unlocked.
Your next step is to flash the T-Mobile official rom that can be found here.
And now if you did everything correctly, you should now have the official T-Mobile WM5 rom and 2.26 IPL/SPL instead of 2.25. The extended rom, also included with the T-Mobile official rom, will automatically configure your netwok settings so you will also have the T-Mobile EDGE network and all MMS settings will be automatically configured for you.
Now this step is optional but highly reccomended. I reccommend you flash the IPL/SPL 3.08 for faster boot times. It flashes just like any other RUU so it is easy to use. You can download that here.
I really hope this helps you. Please post your results whether good or bad so I know if I was able to help.
NOTE: I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE THAT MAY OCCUR FROM USING THIS METHOD. This method is proven to work and I personally did exactly this same thing to my own phone with no problems.

Will do it today
Thanks very much. I already have my 8125 CID unlocked and SIM unlocked. Yes, I'm moderately good. .LOL.
I will try this today and post the results right after. Also, no worries, you are not liable for any damage that I might cause but fairly certain this will work.
Jay.

IT WORKED!!!
Dan, thanks very much for your clear instructions. It worked like a charm. You're a genius! My 8125 is running IPL/SPL 3.08 now.. I have to reinstall my apps (like ms voice commander, tcpmp etc.). Great work!
Jay.

dcmetrodude said:
Dan, thanks very much for your clear instructions. It worked like a charm. You're a genius! My 8125 is running IPL/SPL 3.08 now.. I have to reinstall my apps (like ms voice commander, tcpmp etc.). Great work!
Jay.
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Glad I was able to help! Now your 8125 should be more accepting of your T-Mobile sim card and network settings(re-installing apps an un-avoidable part of the rom upgrade process).
If you ever need any more help with anything, My private messages and e-mail are public to everyone here on this forum so if you need help with anything, just shoot me a PM or e-mail.

Downgrade to original WM5 from O2 no longer possible

Hello,
I used Step I nivid to downgrade to wm5 before I upgraded to wm6 from kamalneet, link to this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=349603
But I have some major problem with the rom, when I now want to donwgrade back to the official WM5 from my provider O2 it always says that the nbf file is to old and i have to get a newer one.
This problem only occured after I used "nivid wm5" in kamalneet's post for downgrading.
I can downgraded with different "Step1" Roms posed in this forum but not with the original one as it was possible before!
And also after downgrading with one of these roms the error message keeps the same!
Is there any way that I can get my original O2 rom back?
Thanks!!

search for HardSPL and flash it! after that your SPL Version will be: 2.4G.4PDA THEN!!! you can downgrade to ANY SPL. just flash latest o2 ROM and you will be back at SPL 2.20.0001 again!
i've tried it already it REALLY works!!!

i just flashed back to my dopod original rom.
Original rom is still the best.
here is the link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=350033

Whoops... i was wrong.. now corrected - SoftSPL!!!
evil$knevil said:
Hello,
[...] I have some major problem with the rom, when I now want to donwgrade back to the official WM5 from my provider O2 it always says that the nbf file is to old and i have to get a newer one.
[...] Is there any way that I can get my original O2 rom back?
Thanks!!
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Yep, just as nForce said:
You can use HardSPL.
But if you want to set it all back to the old-fashioned original-values you have to go through an even looooonger way (have done it by myself) - you have to go down to IPL 2.10 or lower to have your device back to IPL 2.15 from original O2 ROM, otherwise it remains 2.20 or higher *caugh* -
but then it's back to original in every aspect.
You have to go into SoftSPL (that whitescreen), then from WIKI back to IPL 2.10 (see wiki), followed by going back into SoftSPL and with whitescreen to SPL 2.15 or lower. After that you can take the nbf from the O2-Upgrade-File and flash with the ROMUpdateUtility_NV_G4.exe from Upgrade_Package.zip.
Just take the nk.nbf from the original O2 Firmware (after starting somewhere in %TEMP% or by extracting setup-file), then put it in "Upgrade Utility" flash it and boot will say:
O2-Screen
IPL 2.15.0001
SPL 2.15.0001
GSM 02.19.21
OS (don'tknowexactly)
regardless of which version you ever have had flashed onto your device before.
Happy flashing.
offtopic: what are these I/SPL 3.0something versions for? Just for preventing going to other ROMs?

Not HardSPL but SoftSPL
whoops... it's even easier than that.
regardless of IPL and SPL-Version just follow the steps to get into SoftSPL (the White-screen) WITHOUT flashing HardSPL
Then do the firmware-update from O2 (the O2-shipped-one) and everything should work fine. (after this procedure your phone should look like a virgin, with no HardSPL, with CID-Lock (if not unlocked before), original ROM and ExtROM)

keinenplandavon said:
whoops... it's even easier than that.
regardless of IPL and SPL-Version just follow the steps to get into SoftSPL (the White-screen) WITHOUT flashing HardSPL
Then do the firmware-update from O2 (the O2-shipped-one) and everything should work fine. (after this procedure your phone should look like a virgin, with no HardSPL, with CID-Lock (if not unlocked before), original ROM and ExtROM)
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Thats how I made it and it has worked perfectly!
Thanks for all your help!!!