Ok, the Unlocker is released, sorry it's so big but there's nothing I can do about that I'm afraid, that's just the way it is.
Those of you who are already unlocked should complete step 1 regardless... step 2 and 3 are optional (but if you do 2, you MUST do 3)
it's a pretty simple 3-step process and it's all explained, remember to keep your Athena connected at all times until you have fully completed all the steps.
So anyway...
Click here to download!
Please note: you must have .net Framework 2.0 installed with the services packs, if you don't it then it probably won't run till you download it.
UPDATE: Thanks to apd, I isolated the problem and have fixed it, your device will now be hardreset in the process of unlocking unfortunately, but this fixes the blackscreen issue. please delete your unlocker and redownload.
SPECIAL INFO ABOUT STEP 2: When you run this step, first your device will be flashed; this is NOT the end of Step 2, you must then configure your device and set it up fully so you can access the menus etc (there will be a prompt to ask you to do this after the flash anyway). then you will be able to continue. please make sure to read ALL dialogs fully
Agent Bignose has created an excellent video here - Please note: after 18:19 of the video, you are done, you are free to disconnect the device and close everything down, the rest is just error logging
[size=+1]Please report your success or failure on this thread[/size]
[size=+2]X7501 now supported! FOOLPROOF NEW SSPL METHOD USED, MAKE SURE YOU USE VERSION 3.0![/size]
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good job buddy =)
Congratulations!
I will brew a special cup of coffee for you to celebrate this feat Now we should be accelerating beyond braking limits.
Excellent work Olipro. Thank you.
This thread should be made a sticky as it will undoubtedly have the SIM/CID unlocker posted in the first post when it's ready.
C'mon friends...we're so close..now all we need is a couple of hundred more to Midget_1990 & we'll be getting us some home cooked goodies.
Please Donate to Midget via the Athena Project link in his signature...almost there.
Good stuff!
Thanks, keep up the good work.
you are the best~
THANK YOU!
I'd also like to say GREAT JOB!
Everyone needs to give you an extended thank you since you started working on this before the device arrived. Being that resourceful is a great thing.
Thanks Olipro for making this goal a reality and stuffing it to those that never believed.
Maybe next time we have a common goal, all those that doubted it was possible will join in ensuring quicker success.
That said, let's get donations going for Midget's device. We've already proven this system works. Let's repeat success and keep going.
Being an Athena owner puts you in a special category. And if we can afford such a great device, we can surely afford a little more money as a collective to buy a second device for the developers. I'm donating again and would like to thank those of you who have donated and those that donated more than once! We need to work together to ensure the rest of the goals are met.
More good news: I've managed to optimise the SPL not to query the radio at all when it checks CID, so if you manually issue task 32, it returns a "level = 0" instantly.
What's more, this SPL will block all other SPLs from flashing, so you can't remove the bootloader except manually with pdocwrite from windows mobile.
Tomorrow I'll get cracking on an unlocker, and maybe something to let you relock if there's demand for it .
Next stop? ROM Cooking.
Olipro said:
Tomorrow I'll get cracking on an unlocker, and maybe something to let you relock if there's demand for it .
Next stop? ROM Cooking.
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I can smell it already
How do you do what you do
Apart from thanks for the fast + fantastic work here OliPro, I see the time you guys all posted.! Hey what do you do with your days?
Today we can be the optimist
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Apart from thanks for the fast + fantastic work here OliPro, I see the time you guys all posted.! Hey what do you do with your days?
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We party all day and blog all night
Great work Olipro as usual
Oli nice work as ususal..we r proud to have u here
Rewarding!
@ Olipro: to inspire u, I donate 50 pound. This is for the complete community and I hope you will release the new SPl sone. I did this also for the Athena project! Thanks for the hard work and lets hope that we can cook some WM6 romsss asap!!!
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@ Olipro: to inspire u, I donate 50 pound. This is for the complete community and I hope you will release the new SPl sone. I did this also for the Athena project! Thanks for the hard work and lets hope that we can cook some WM6 romsss asap!!!
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just to make sure regarding the athena project you sent to midget's account correcT?
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just to make sure regarding the athena project you sent to midget's account correcT?
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yes and i updated him in the list
Ok Folks, the Athena Unlocker is out, go to my first post to get it.
also... MANY THANKS to Rougenator.
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sorry, had to delete it, need to patch something, it'll be restored in 5 minutes
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I can't wait!! Great to have you here with us Olipro.......
ok, all sorted, download it.
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ok, all sorted, download it.
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Okay,someone has to be first.....I am getting a couple of errors when I try to run it.
The first one asks if my pda has gone idle, the second one occurs during the spl backup and states that it cannot find the temp file, and the log states at the end;
Copying C:\TempAth\itsutils.dll to WCE:\windows\itsutils.dll
Could not update itsutils.dll to the current version, maybe it is inuse?
try restarting your device, or restart activesync
or maybe your device is application-locked.
What am I doing wrong here?
Later
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Hi Guys
I've been reading this forum for two days now, and still haven't found the answer to my solution.
I used Olipros unlocker on Saturday, but after step 1 the screen went black and it wont reboot.
I can get into bootloader (by pressing the camera button and the reset pin at the same time), but I can't install the OS from Activesync as the PC can't see the ameo.
I can also get to factory reset (by pressing the volume slider down and powering up), but I haven't done anything in there.
The bootloader shows Olipro SPL 1.2
At the same time as getting this sorted I thought I'd upgrade to WM6 from the posts that are here, but I can't find at all, how to get the ROM onto the ameo without Activesync seeing it.
Can someone point me in the right direction please?
Thanks for any help in advance.
Joe
i have had the same problem.
i solve doing this :
1rst enter in bootloader mode ( Reset + camera button )
plug your USB cable
and flash WM5 or WM6 rom with flash utility
utilies doesn't trcognize your current rom etc but donc care about
then after flash 100% my athena (HTC advantage boot up normaly again)
i hope my experience help you
Hi, thanks for your advice:
Here's what I'm doing:
Bootloader (Camera and reset hole)
Bootloader shows ATHE100
SPL-v1.20. Olipro
USB
I'm then running mtty tool and can get a connection with:
Cmd>
I type Task 32 and it states Level=0
do I then use the lnbs command?
I'm sorry, I dont see what to do now
You state to upgrade ROM with flash utility, but whats the flash utility?
Is it Mtty?
Or another tool that I haven't got yet?
I have downloaded the ROM update tools, and within the rar files there are apps like, enterbootloader, ruugetinfo, rapitool, etc, but they wont run, they say that they aren't a valid win32 application
Sorry, I know my phones not knackered, just don't know how to get out of it.
Joe
run ROMUpdateutility.exe provided with WM5 rom update or WM6 rom update (if you don't have look at XDA ftps ...)
Thank you so much for your help, got WM6 running on it now, everything's v good.
Cheers
Joe
i'm happy you ameo up and alive
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Hi Guys
I've been reading this forum for two days now, and still haven't found the answer to my solution.
I used Olipros unlocker on Saturday, but after step 1 the screen went black and it wont reboot.
I can get into bootloader (by pressing the camera button and the reset pin at the same time), but I can't install the OS from Activesync as the PC can't see the ameo.
I can also get to factory reset (by pressing the volume slider down and powering up), but I haven't done anything in there.
The bootloader shows Olipro SPL 1.2
At the same time as getting this sorted I thought I'd upgrade to WM6 from the posts that are here, but I can't find at all, how to get the ROM onto the ameo without Activesync seeing it.
Can someone point me in the right direction please?
Thanks for any help in advance.
Joe
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Just out of curiosity, did you take your storage card out before you began the unlock?
not for me : no SD card , only microdrive
Nope, didn't realise I had to....
Is that the common factor in it failing?
Joe
seosamh1973 said:
Nope, didn't realise I had to....
Is that the common factor in it failing?
Joe
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I don't think so, I don't have a memory card on my Ameo and had the same problem.. And when I told the Olipro **** that I got the black screen AND his SPL was flashed successfully, he kinda went frenzy about "IT IS NOT MY FAULT, IT IS YOURS! YOU ARE STUPID, I AM GOD!".. Nice support, huh?
Donate the mofo!
yes nice support indeed
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"IT IS NOT MY FAULT, IT IS YOURS! YOU ARE STUPID, I AM GOD!".. Nice support, huh?
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I suggest people read the forum thread, I've been aware of the problem since day one after xmen's pda reset itself while running an unpatched SPL.
clearly you're a moron, or your english is ****, possibly both.
Olipro said:
I suggest people read the forum thread, I've been aware of the problem since day one after xmen's pda reset itself while running an unpatched SPL.
clearly you're a moron, or your english is ****, possibly both.
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This guy refers to you...
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I'm glad i'm not the only one who feels that way.
The man is obnoxious, arrogant and rude.
But hey - it's a public forum, he can say whatever he wants - as can I.
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Just don't flame "stupid" people. And if someone asks for help: ignore, say that you won't help them or help them properly (without flaming).
Thnx.
And another thing.
You look *smart* and *cool* when you flame other people when they get problems and ask for help!!! (not)
OK... there's nothing I can do about it, if it black screens, please go and flash a ROM with an OS on it.
until I get hold of a new SPL, I do apologise for this unknown bug, but again, as I said, it's an intrinsic problem of 1.10.
Flash a ROM if it happens to you and it'll be fine. your device will NOT be bricked.
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OK... there's nothing I can do about it, if it black screens, please go and flash a ROM with an OS on it.
until I get hold of a new SPL, I do apologise for this unknown bug, but again, as I said, it's an intrinsic problem of 1.10.
Flash a ROM if it happens to you and it'll be fine. your device will NOT be bricked.
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Thank you for this friendly answer... (I mean it)
Olipro said:
OK... there's nothing I can do about it, if it black screens, please go and flash a ROM with an OS on it.
until I get hold of a new SPL, I do apologise for this unknown bug, but again, as I said, it's an intrinsic problem of 1.10.
Flash a ROM if it happens to you and it'll be fine. your device will NOT be bricked.
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Better,,, and sorta friendly.
What do you think about this little gem:
Pissed off == no reply @ the forums.
Cooled down == yeah, ok I can reply.
But then again, what do I know, eh?
Some people PAID you to hack/crack/mangle/otherwise play around with a Athena.
No, I didn't use any of your programs... I have had an unlocked Athena since day one. No, I will wait for the official Dopod release on the 20th (hopefully). If I see any bugs, HELL YES I will query the collective hive mind here.
But please, lay off the "I'm better than you" attitude. It doesn't do any good at all.
Olipro said:
OK... there's nothing I can do about it, if it black screens, please go and flash a ROM with an OS on it.
until I get hold of a new SPL, I do apologise for this unknown bug, but again, as I said, it's an intrinsic problem of 1.10.
Flash a ROM if it happens to you and it'll be fine. your device will NOT be bricked.
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Thank you for this friendly answer... (I mean it)
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Alright guys! I do believe we can start all over, be nice & make progress! Let's try to enjoy our devices and appreciate each other.
Abram said:
Alright guys! I do believe we can start all over, be nice & make progress! Let's try to enjoy our devices and appreciate each other.
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Yeah, let's bring the '70s back
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Yeah, let's bring the '70s back
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70's ? you're a decade too late there...
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70's ? you're a decade too late there...
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The 70's songs are less worse...
OK folks, Hard-SPL is finally released, my apologies for the delay, but I had a few teething troubles with my own device... well, actually I broke the sec area then had loads of fun fixing it.
anyway... this is Hard-SPL, when you load it and the SPL runs, it'll display the 3 colours then ask you to REPLUG your usb cable, please unplug and re-plug and wait a good few seconds and this will disappear.
within seconds the device will then become upgraded to Hard-SPL.
once that's done, enjoy, you're unlocked.
also please note this Hard-SPL is based on an MFG, for those of you who intend to play.
Cheers!
Thanks bro for your great works.Keep up please..!
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Right, this is just a placeholder for now... I'll put the Hard-SPL update here when I can.
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We are waiting for this!!! Thank you very much for your effort!!!
Good Stuff.
For those who don't know what a Hard-SPL is, look here.
Waiting for the new Hard-SPL unlocker... bye
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Right, this is just a placeholder for now... I'll put the Hard-SPL update here when I can.
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Hi Olipro have you please some news for us?
Tkx
Very Good news, surely means the kitchen is coming......
The news is very old have date 12 dicember 2007......
energy59 said:
The news is very old have date 12 dicember 2007......
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Really ?!? I didn't watch the date of the thread....
energy59 said:
The news is very old have date 12 dicember 2007......
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Notice are old but Hard-SPL are not out...
We are waiting...
Or i have loose some passage?
Hard-spl is been done, but is necessary to buy 2 device.
see here on Polaris Project.
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Now what i am asking is for people to band together to get the donations rolling in for 2 devices. One for me to use for cooking the roms and 1 for olipro to use to make a hardspl and unlock
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Bye
correct. it is being done. olipro if all goes well will have his polaris in a few days. once it is in itll be a matter of hour or a day or 2 till a hardspl is done. unlocker few days after.
we currently,if the device we are looking at comes through, getting donations for my device.
Any news guys?
None at the moment all waiting @olipro... bye
Any updates on the Hard SPL? I´ve got cooking and flashing withdrawl symptoms!!
hi @olipro, any news?
Bye
CONGRATULATION OLI AND MORE POWER!
Sleepless night are here to stay!
reyjabs said:
Eight weeks and counting! Looks like this one's a bit difficult to crack eh?
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Don't be cheeky. Oli got his device only few days ago. And he posted this yesterday:
OliPro said:
Since I got my Polaris I've been rather quiet, however, I've done the Hard-SPL and simunlock already, I'm just working on packaging it up at the moment, please bear with me folks
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Can somebody explain me what is Hard-SPL ?
Is it necessary before to create Rom ?
is it hard to create his own Rom and what is necessary to do it ?
Thanks for response
Ziggy
Ziggy95 said:
Can somebody explain me what is Hard-SPL ?
Is it necessary before to create Rom ?
is it hard to create his own Rom and what is necessary to do it ?
Thanks for response
Ziggy
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wait the @olipro work mate!
Bye
A bit further down in the device specific forums we've been waiting for the creation of the HardSPL for the HTC mega (aka touch2) so we can try custom roms and stuff but as much as we wait no one has pulled through.
On behalf of all Touch2 users here on XDA I request that someone please put in the time to create the HardSPL, I'm sure beers will be bought and donations will be made to the person who delivers, so please anyone out there to help us?
Uppy said:
A bit further down in the device specific forums we've been waiting for the creation of the HardSPL for the HTC mega (aka touch2) so we can try custom roms and stuff but as much as we wait no one has pulled through.
On behalf of all Touch2 users here on XDA I request that someone please put in the time to create the HardSPL, I'm sure beers will be bought and donations will be made to the person who delivers, so please anyone out there to help us?
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I am with you on that request - many many people have the phone already. And many other phones here have HSPL, mega is e great device, new but no one has made HSPL for it, and its been 3 months now. So please, anyone...
Maybe someone can help us with HardSpl for our beloved HTC Mega,not necessarily for free,I'm willing to pay a small amount for it,if needed.
Cheers
shameless self bump.
Uppy said:
A bit further down in the device specific forums we've been waiting for the creation of the HardSPL for the HTC mega (aka touch2) so we can try custom roms and stuff but as much as we wait no one has pulled through.
On behalf of all Touch2 users here on XDA I request that someone please put in the time to create the HardSPL, I'm sure beers will be bought and donations will be made to the person who delivers, so please anyone out there to help us?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=578698
orb3000 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=578698
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We know about this link, we are there everyday, but since november no answer from a cook/chef, and almost all other HTC phones have HSPL it, so why dont we have it soon too.
orb3000 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=578698
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UM....
A bit further down in the device specific forums we've been waiting for the creation of the HardSPL for the HTC mega (aka touch2) so we can try custom roms and stuff but as much as we wait no one has pulled through.
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Thanks for your help anyway.......
Double post.
Surely someone experienced can create the hardspl? anyone? donations have been offered! idk how much beer $10 will buy (I dont drink) but surely its two or three? and thats just one donation
A friend told me that soon we can see 6.5.3 official for HTC Touch2, but we cant put it on phone without HSPL
Ummmm of course you can put on official updates without HSPL...
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Ummmm of course you can put on official updates without HSPL...
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Do you think so, and if the phone is from T-Mobile? You cant
so can someone help us with that?
secosan said:
so can someone help us with that?
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Damn, i tried to put weather update on my phone, and it stopped at 0 %
Come on people!
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Damn, i tried to put weather update on my phone, and it stopped at 0 %
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Try a hard reset, then install the update
$20 from me to whoever gets the hardspl done first?
I want custom ROMs on my Mega, as do many others.
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Try a hard reset, then install the update
$20 from me to whoever gets the hardspl done first?
I want custom ROMs on my Mega, as do many others.
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Did you do it, is it on your phone. Cause i dont think it will do the trick, i asked HTC and they said if my phone is really a T-Mobile or other operator one it wont work
I am ready to donate too.
Hmm it worked with T-Mobile UK
try unlocking your phone, installing the update and then reinserting your tmobile sim?
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Hmm it worked with T-Mobile UK
try unlocking your phone, installing the update and then reinserting your tmobile sim?
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You mean the official Weather Update right? Mine is T-Mobile UK, its unlocked now, i tried only once, it stopped at the beggining. Tell me step by step if you succeeded to put it on your phone, please.
EDIT: someone sujested me to remove the sim card or turn off the phone from Comm Manager, because its unlocked, but i am not with T-Mobile sim card...
UP UP UP, anybody working on this one, guys please.
we are beggin uuuu please somebody help us X..X
Donation from me is lock and load .. just some one shoot a HSPL and we'll get ur wallet fatter !!!!!!!!!!!!
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we are beggin uuuu please somebody help us X..X
Donation from me is lock and load .. just some one shoot a HSPL and we'll get ur wallet fatter !!!!!!!!!!!!
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OH ye of little faith
YOU SHALL GET YOUR HSPL...
try pm'img Cmonex and Olipro... i'm sure they are working on it!!!
Hey guys i got a little success of booting wm6.1 of Cottulla on Alphine see the video link below it stars booting but stuck at bad radio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGowmlDYcL4
Comrade, i can't see anything on this video. Could u upload a video in better quality? Please.
Later
Ok i will upload it later the problem is that when it starts booting the backlight of my Htc Alphine is off.
Is there a way to turn it on that time?
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Hey guys i got a little success of booting wm6.1 of Cottulla on Alphine see the video link below it stars booting but stuck at bad radio
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So this is Cotulla's build ?
he just put bootloader from magician rom into alpine (same processor, same way)
Anyways, glory for you.
Ah - I understand now .. oh well
...sorry double post...
hmm... i have think he was finish
bilalbest, I think, u don't have any chance to cook usable rom in this way. Pardon.
At least u must have code base from cotulla's project, but it's not sharing, therefore it practically useless. Only reverse engineering can help u, but it's very very hard process, which requires special knowledge.
So, IMHO.
Hey Guys Just wait and pray
Hey you all you should wait for the time i told you............i told you that i am busy for almost 5 months in my studies.......
I am going to complete my bootloader development then i will try to boot the Cotulla's Wm6.1 through it maybe this would be successful...the bootloader is still in development......
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Hey you all you should wait for the time i told you............i told you that i am busy for almost 5 months in my studies.......
I am going to complete my bootloader development then i will try to boot the Cotulla's Wm6.1 through it maybe this would be successful...the bootloader is still in development......
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Hex values in magldr. Easy as pissing for me
yeah you are right go on maybe you can do it.......otherwise i have 2 other plans that will prove successful.
bilalbest said:
yeah you are right go on maybe you can do it.......otherwise i have 2 other plans that will prove successful.
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I think you can install magican radio image, but I really can't tell that it won't harm your GSM module at all..
aeroflyluby said:
I think you can install magican radio image, but I really can't tell that it won't harm your GSM module at all..
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I will ask from you later now i will remain busy for almost 5 weeks and will not see the forum so i will come back in January 1 to 15,,, of 2011..till then bye
update rom radio 1.00
for you
xdadev.f1ip.net/index.php?dir=Alpine/&file=AP_O2UK_11100_169_10000_ShipXdaIIi.exe
nice work
thankyou verry much!i'have o2i,skin sir desige verry nice!!!thankyou sir!!!!!bestwish!!
that's is really work in xda IIi?
how to make like that
i'm just a newbie
Wait
just wait i will work on it later
Sorry, but i see phone and BT, but not a wifi! Is it really alpine???
Leviafan said:
Sorry, but i see phone and BT, but not a wifi! Is it really alpine???
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Hi, the title says it all, i just want to know what a radio & a SLPL is? Yes i'm a n00b, and there i have no shame in calling myself that becuase everyone starts from somewhere. Looking forward to learning, so hopefully someone can help me.
I've made this thread because i'm looking to put the 'Ginger Yoshi' rom on the HTC Magic, and it says you will need the new radio,and some SLPL? Also how do you put these on the phone, & where you download it from? Thanks
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Hi, the title says it all, i just want to know what a radio & a SLPL is? Yes i'm a n00b, and there i have no shame in calling myself that becuase everyone starts from somewhere. Looking forward to learning, so hopefully someone can help me.
I've made this thread because i'm looking to put the 'Ginger Yoshi' rom on the HTC Magic, and it says you will need the new radio,and some SLPL? Also how do you put these on the phone, & where you download it from? Thanks
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Welcome to XDA forums! I'm just a fellow member, but I still want to welcome you here
First, do you know if you have a 32A or 32B device? You have posted that you have a Desire S - do you have both that and Magic? Be sure to read everything you can about rooting and Android in general before trying to install new software on it. You see, I managed to brick my Magic without learning enough before action!
Secondly, CyanogenMod Wiki is a great resource for checking out what all these things mean. See it here: http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Terminology
For example, answers to your question:
SPL
Second Program Loader, in conjunction with the IPL comprise a device's bootloader. Aside from bootstrapping Android, the bootloader also fulfills various diagnostic functions. One of these functions is the manipulation of data in the device's internal flash ram. Depending on the SPL installed, the user might be able to flash signed NBH files, flash nand images, and more. Note that the SPL is installed and operates independently of the Android build that runs atop it. Generally speaking, there are two variants of the SPL: Stock, which is 'locked' and is installed on most devices from the factory, and Engineering, which is 'unlocked' and has to be manually flashed - usually after 'rooting'.
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Radio
The cellular radio on the device which needs control software called firmware to control it.
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Hi thanks for the reply. I've just recently bought the HTC Magic, but is £37 for it a good price or not? Also, i bought the desire s but sold it off, i need to update my profile xD. Thanks for the welcome
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Hi thanks for the reply. I've just recently bought the HTC Magic, but is £37 for it a good price or not? Also, i bought the desire s but sold it off, i need to update my profile xD. Thanks for the welcome
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That's an AWESOME price! I bought mine for £150 last summer!
But to the point - have you gotten any useful information out of the CM wiki? XDA Wiki has great articles, too, but it isn't as fulfilling. With ambition and good resources, you'll learn what you need fast and possibly in a week or a few days you can be able to take care of ROM flashing, customizing your phone a lot more deeply than changing a few settings, getting full access (that people should always have) to your phone's all capabilities and even using it as a WiFi box!
Oh, and if you find anything here on the forums useful or good, press the thanks button. You have 5 clicks a day for it. That's a good way to show the poster appreciation so they can see their work worthful
You've got to take into account it's 2 years old now, plus i got it used of ebay ;( - Oh and CyanogenMod have stopped supporting it.
SO do you think it's worth £37, or should i just say no, or sell it off when it comes? I'm confused at the moment, because CyanogenMod have stopped supporting it so i don't know what to do, and also don't know if it's worth the money i paid for it.
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Hi, the title says it all, i just want to know what a radio & a SLPL is? Yes i'm a n00b, and there i have no shame in calling myself that becuase everyone starts from somewhere. Looking forward to learning, so hopefully someone can help me.
I've made this thread because i'm looking to put the 'Ginger Yoshi' rom on the HTC Magic, and it says you will need the new radio,and some SLPL? Also how do you put these on the phone, & where you download it from? Thanks
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I think all your answers may well be here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=794445
Once you've got past root and recovery, you then can change spl/radio according to your desired rom.
Droidzz said:
SO do you think it's worth £37, or should i just say no, or sell it off when it comes? I'm confused at the moment, because CyanogenMod have stopped supporting it so i don't know what to do, and also don't know if it's worth the money i paid for it.
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IMO it very well is. A good device with decent hardware, especially for the price.
They've stopped supporting it only OFFICIALLY, but there are still many development working on it for Magic, and there are a few good ROMs - like Ginger Yoshi, Carz12's CyanogenMod 7.1 and of course SebastianFM's HTC Sense ROM.
Read, read, read. Mdacompactuser posted a good link
Cheers everyone. Hopefully we can all think that's it a 'mission' & work together on this . Right i've learnt that i can root the phoen via superoneclick, and get the superuser access. Ok next i was going to do everything via rom manager, however now that option is basically gone for me, as CM are not supporting it, but i can flash the recovery from there. I have chosen clockwork recovery, so flashing it via rom manager should be good. I'll have a look at the link you sent me, and hopefully we can regenerate interest in this device again, and make it gain popularity, so we can be on the official forum boards, instead of the low activity devices. That's the plan, everyone up for it? xD>
Droidzz said:
Cheers everyone. Hopefully we can all think that's it a 'mission' & work together on this . Right i've learnt that i can root the phoen via superoneclick, and get the superuser access. Ok next i was going to do everything via rom manager, however now that option is basically gone for me, as CM are not supporting it, but i can flash the recovery from there. I have chosen clockwork recovery, so flashing it via rom manager should be good. I'll have a look at the link you sent me, and hopefully we can regenerate interest in this device again, and make it gain popularity, so we can be on the official forum boards, instead of the low activity devices. That's the plan, everyone up for it? xD>
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If you look in this forum alone, you'll find everything you need to carry out a rom update. As Kanttii pointed out its crucial you know what your phone is before you do anything. I'd stick to guides found on this forum as opposed to ones found elsewhere on the web, simply because the people who wrote the guides on here are more likely to respond to specific queries you may have.
I have to say I found mumilovers posts very complete and useful, so personally I'd start here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=756918
and then go here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=824435
Obviously there are other methods, but like I said before, a guide is much better when the author is around to help when you get something wrong or something doesn't make sense to you.
Thanks the phone will probably come today through the post, so i'll read the threads you sent me links to, and hopefully i'll be able to understand most of it . Thanks again .
Wow i managed to also root my phone without bricking it, and installed clockwork mod recovery. I downloaded set cpu, but i'm on default android 2.2 so i can't overclock it. Now i'm confused about how to put a custom rom on it.
EDIT: Right now i'm a bit scared to install custom rom on it, but i got a question:
In rom manager, when i go to the download section, i see a rom called Roalex, is that a good one?
The top one on that is called: COS-DS-071822011_I1? SO if i click install on that will it be a good one?