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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.

Did i brick my Tmobile MDA? HEEELLLLPPP

Hey guys i tried flashing my rom using the Shelltool. I loaded the two cabs on the device and put it back to Tmobile 2.26. While i was in the shelltool it told me to do a hard reset and i think the phone was frozen (it didnt go to the normal colorful screen like usual) so i took the battery out of the back and powered it on. I left the software running like it said but it just froze up.
Now my MDA wont move past the Tmobile screen. I REALLY need a hand with this because this phone keeps my life in line! I dont even think ill be able to get up tomorrow because all my alarms go off my phone
Let me know if theres anything i can do otherwise im looking at a Motorola A1200 :-(
kind regards,
Eddy

Hi there,
Not familiar with Shelltool. I do most of my flashing using ActiveSync. Have you tried forcing the phone into Bootloader Mode (hold the Camera button while turning it on). Worth a shot.

If t-mobile was the original ROM on the phone, then just flash it again using the exe (or RUU if you extracted the files from the exe) instead of using shelltool and see if that brings it back to life.

well its stuck on the tmobile splash and shows no actual connection to the machine would it still work?

If you can get into bootloader mode then you should be fine. Just put your device into bootloader and flash wizard love rom or the rom that your device came shipped with.
Good Luck

looks like its working guys but its most likely still going to look and be WM5. Im still willing to try and get WM6 on it tho. I have the roms but its just not working any ideas?

Well, if you're flashing the t-mobile ROM right now then it is going to be WM5. Since you now know what to do if the ROM your loading doesn't stick, try flashing the ROM you were trying to flash again. By the way, what was your IPL and SPL before you flashed it the first time where it didn't work? If it was less than 2.xx then that was your problem most likely. If you're now updating to the latest t-mobile ROM the way I told you to (using the exe or RUU) then your IPL and SPL now should work fine with WM6.

Well I just finished upgrading my MDA to WM6. Here's what I did. First off I
fould out that you need the phone CID Unlocked for it to accept the WM6
ROM. Follow the instructions on this thread by Dr. Puttingham.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=285435
This should get your MDA ready provided it is a G3 (thread will tell you how
to tell the difference.) Then follow the directions on mfrazzz's thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=324632
I had problems with my MMS after the update but after re-installing the WM6
ROM and installing the CAB files by Lurch anf FZZF I got that problem
squared away. Believe me when I say I know what you are going thru. I
was fiddling around with this for about a week. Luckily I am on vacation and
I had plenty of time to read and decipher alot of the info I found. Good luck
and remember to READ, READ, READ. BTW, props to all that contributed to
these fine tutorials and for this awesome ROM. I have it running on my MDA
for three days now and am very happy with it. I am also using the 3.08
IPL/SPL which seems to give me better reception, which my wife seems to
appreciates

HELP NEEDED Please - 8525 brick!

hello, i have read and read all the wiki's, but ive not been able to fix my phone.
i use a cingular 8525 (herm100) phone, and cannot install any rom on the phone. I have two versions of the At&t ROM with radio's and tried them both, but they all stop at 11-12 %.
i have tried usind the sd-card method, and it does not pass the "GSM - " portion.
i guess the radio is not working or is corrupt or something..
my phone is now in bootloader and just says
HERM100
IPL-1.04
HERM100
SPL-2.03
please any help will be appreciated. thank you!!!!

wow.. can anyone even say "sorry"
geez.. 35 views, and not even one reply, or consolation message, or anything??

I would update your copy of Windows Mobile Device Center first (especially if you're using Vista). Flash SPL and the radio, then flash any rom to see what happens. I mean really at this point, it's already a brick... try some crazy stuff, you can't hurt it anymore than it already is. I did the same thing to mine a couple of months ago, and after trying these things, I got it working again without a problem.

update to hard spl ver.7.
try to flash
a). stock rom (sometimes this works)
b). radio only rom.
Also make sure you unlock your phone with this : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=293665
Hope this helps...

ultramag69 said:
update to hard spl ver.7.
try to flash
a). stock rom (sometimes this works)
b). radio only rom.
Also make sure you unlock your phone with this : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=293665
Hope this helps...
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Just to make sure I understand, the unlocker you linked is to SIM and CID unlock, correct ?? And then on top of that - you should update to HardSpl also ??
I have an 8525 on its way that I will be looking to upgrade - just want to make sure I am understanding correctly.

roomtek*8525 said:
geez.. 35 views, and not even one reply, or consolation message, or anything??
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sorry for the late reply
i have been dealing with this for 3 days and finally managed to run official AT&T rom for 4 days wout hard reset.
there is a method dumping an official himalaya rom to hermes. az pof explained in one of his posts all commands except radio commands are different in himalaya so it is safe to use dumping method.
it basically deletes everything in radio rom so you can install official rom.
PS: at first install official rom stucked %12 i said damn but in second try %15 third try success
i am at work now i dont have the link of method but try googling or searching my posts (not too much )
i hope it solves your problem
bartan

thanks guys, i've tried some things
i have tried using Hard SPL v.7 it does not work.
i have tried using official cingular roms too. stops at 11% no success.
i have tried upgraing radio only, stops a 0% and restarts the device.
i have also used mtty, with some text inputs, no success
i have even tried selling the brick on e-bay .... as you can guess no success.!

bill_in_mtl, sorry bout lateness of my reply ( net problems), yes you do unlock sim and cid. Sim unlock means you can use ANY simcard from any carrier and Cid unlock means you can flash ANY hermes rom (both official or cooked). It needs to be unlocked first as the spl is downgraded to 1.40 (I think) and you should REALLY be running with 2.10 olipro (hard SPL ver 7). I wouldnt bother upgrading to Hard SPL ver 9 a this is essentially only ver 7 with some neat features for developers but it does throw up an error message when you finish flashing a rom(no problems t just feels like it).
Hard SPL WON'T stop you from bricking your phone BUT it will make it easier to recover.
roomtek*8525, sorry to hear that but have you tried flashing with a cooked rom? This unfortunately wont fix the phone part but you will have a working PDA...If you've tried MTTY with info 8 and task 2a commands then thats the best to hope for, Sorry bout that..

hermes brick... no rom.. wont boot using PB

my friend owns an 8525 and all of a sudden it stopped working (cant make/recieve calls and text messages). i tried doing a hard reset and it didnt work. he called att and the tech guy told him that his phone needs to reinstall the rom, which also didnt work. he bought a new phone and gave me the hermes so that i can play around with it. i tried installing wm6 on it and at 15% the update stopped.. and the phone reset itself. now.. it doesnt have a rom installed and keeps on going to the tricolor screen. i tried the unbrick method (in the wiki) several times and still no luck. it keeps telling me that i dont have enough ram but the booting still wont start. what are my other options for fixing this?... my kaiser was bricked before and i did the unbrick method for that and it work.. i havent tried that yet but is there any chance that it will work..?..
he doesnt need the phone anymore but hes hoping that itll be fixed so he can use it as a backup phone.. so.. yea.. any other ideas for ressurecting an old friend?
thanks!!

Sounds like the radio rom is dead.... Whats the SPL? You have a chance if it has Hard SPL installed - should say SPL - 2.10 olipro.
If so, try flashing a stock rom first, then a radio only rom. If you get no love, flash a cooked rom on it. I'd do it using the sd card method.
It should work as a PDA if you can't flash the radio, but its a brick cos no more phone calls...
If he doesn't want that, he could sell it on ebay for spare parts...
Cheers...

I just went through a similar situation last night. I am running dvh_79's v16 (build 19965.1.2.3) Lite. I added his HTC Today Plugin from the sdauto zip file but didn't like how the Today plugin slowed down my phone, so I uninstalled it and that's when my radio took a dump.
I used the instructions in the Hard SPL forum post #116 to unbrick it using the same rom and radio .nbh files and it went off without a hitch.
The first thing anyone should flash onto their phone is Hard SPL v7. Even before any skins. It won't make you 100% safe from bricks, but I'm damn glad I had it on there this morning while I was reinstalling my phone.
BTW ultramag69, I saw a lot of posts by you in various threads talking about unbricking a phone, and correct me if I am wrong, but if I have olipro 2.10 SPL on my phone (which I do), is it possible to initiate an install of a ROM image without being able to successfully boot the OS on the phone? Does Olipro automatically look for HERMIMG.nbh on the SD card? That was a point of confusion for me at first until I ran the HARDSPPL.exe file, but then again my phone didn't brick to the point I couldn't boot the OS.
What are the choices if you cannot boot OS? Are there any that can be performed from the bootloader itself?
Thanks.

well.. i did the kaiser unbrick procedure.. the mtty thingy.. it kinda worked. after that i installed the dopod wm6 rom... it handled the wm6 well---for a while.. after booting, the phone would turn off by itself (w/ 100% battery of course) or even restart itself..
sometimes it will stay on and be "fully functional" (w/o the calling and messaging still...) but somehow freezes when i look at the device information, specifically in the page where it displays the imei (which is missing btw...)..
the "phone" function doesnt work either, as it doesnt show the dialer.. and then after a few minutes, the phone finally freezes...
idk why this happens.. i tried installing other roms but the rom update always freezes. i tried 4 different roms already... so i had to do the mtty thing again...
(i have hardspl installed)

Codevyper, IF YOU HAVE hARD SPL INSTALLED, yes you can run the os flash. Just put the sd card in and reset. As the Hermes is going to the bootloader anyway it will recognise the flash file "hermimg.nbh". I've successfully fixed my phone when thats happened.
akosiryan, it sounds like you may have a corrupted radio rom. This is not gonna make you happy but this is ,at this point, almost 100% unbrickable. You could try to flash a radio only rom - no os, just the radio - but if it gets stuck and you've tried the stock rom then it looks like its a permanent brick...
You should be able to use as a PDA if you don't play with the phone functions though...
Just as a last shot, you could always use MTTY to check for bad blocks BUT this requires you to downgrade the SPL to 1.10 olipro to fix if you do. Please note though that sometimes the carrier does give you a couple of bad blocks to "brand" it as theirs...
Best of luck.

ultramag69 said:
Codevyper, IF YOU HAVE hARD SPL INSTALLED, yes you can run the os flash. Just put the sd card in and reset. As the Hermes is going to the bootloader anyway it will recognise the flash file "hermimg.nbh". I've successfully fixed my phone when thats happened.
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Thanks ultramag69! I am indeed running olipro 2.10 on my phone so it makes me feel better knowing that if I can get the nbh on the card, then I can flash the ROM that way.

oh well.. me and my friend decided to sell his phone on ebay or sumthin..lol.. so its not a problem.. ill try to do one last step tho.. like flashing the radio only rom to see if itll work.. but i dont really care anymore.. lol.

No problem... If the Ebay from where you're from is like Aussie ebay, you should get approximately 1/2 to 2/3 the price that the working models go for. Generally the price goes up about 6 hours before the end of the auction with the price skyroketing in the last 10 mins... I'd probably give it a few days on Ebay to make sure people see it....
If you do get the radio rom working, Hermes (jasjam/dopod 838 pro) go for about $250 - $350Aud in Oz.
Cheers...

ok then! thanks

Phone cant see SIM card

It was working and then all of a sudden I could not get a data connection..after a soft reset I could not get the phone out of flight mode..it would turn on wifi and blutooth but not data or phone radio. It acted like it could not read the SIM card. I could not even pull up my contacts list stored on the SIM card. I put the SIM in another phone and everything works.
I had no event that would have damaged the phone (drop etc..) so is it possible its a software issue? I did reflash a few ROM's but none would get it to work.
Has anyone had this happen to them? should I try to take the phone apart?
I love this phone

trying to reflash radio rom
OK I got an idea to try and reflash the radio ROM (1.58) in hopes that it would clear up my issue. I'm having a problem with this ..it will hang at the 0% progress (shown on the computer and the phone) and after a time error out. I then have to reflash the OS ROM and start all over...I have done this a few time with that same result. I even tried to use the older 1.57 radio ROM with the same results.
Anyone have any ideas on how i can get the radio flash to work?

Update
it seems like any flashing that tries to acces the radio portion of the ROM will not work..I get a error code 262 - loss of communication every time i try and flash any radio rom, I even tried to run the unlocker because one of the steps is to patch the radio rom ..but still get the same error..only this time it will go all the way to 99% bfr i get the error.
After all that I still have to reflash a OS ROM (currently 6.1 RO one) and everything still works great except for I cant turn on my radio for the phone and data.
Anyone have any idea how i can overcome this?
One idea i had was to roll back to the spl 1.2 ROM's but wanted to get some feedback bfr I do that..if it would even be worth trying.
thanks

Update 2
I decided to try and run the SPL downgrader. I flashed the ROM to prep ..all went OK ..then tried to run the SPLDowngrader.exe and when it got to the point where i see the progress in % it said:
Found SPL v1.20
Download SPL before v3.03
is not allowed!
Now I dont know what to do..please any help from anyone??
I was running the 3.5 SPL 6.1 RO ROM ..and never downgraded til now. Wes it because i was trying to run the unlocker earlier that may have messed something up?
Right now when i put it in boot loader (no choice its just that way after my failed attempt to downgrade) it shows:
ATHE100
IPL-v2.02
ATHE100 MFG
SPL-v3.50. OliNex
I may be able to reflash a 3.50 SPL ROM and get it back up and running but want to hold off to see if anyone knows more about how to fix it.

rpmbnsf said:
I decided to try and run the SPL downgrader. I flashed the ROM to prep ..all went OK ..then tried to run the SPLDowngrader.exe and when it got to the point where i see the progress in % it said:
Found SPL v1.20
Download SPL before v3.03
is not allowed!
Now I dont know what to do..please any help from anyone??
I was running the 3.5 SPL 6.1 RO ROM ..and never downgraded til now. Wes it because i was trying to run the unlocker earlier that may have messed something up?
Right now when i put it in boot loader (no choice its just that way after my failed attempt to downgrade) it shows:
ATHE100
IPL-v2.02
ATHE100 MFG
SPL-v3.50. OliNex
I may be able to reflash a 3.50 SPL ROM and get it back up and running but want to hold off to see if anyone knows more about how to fix it.
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Hi, sorry to hear of your problem
have you tried flashing radio 1.57 from sd card?
after this I would try flashing a 3.5 rom
Good luck

Thanks for the suggestion
I tried that and it started OK and even tried to load ..the progress bar showed about 1/8th of it loaded then it just stops...the phone stays that way saying "In Progress.." but will not load any more. I pulled out the battery and put on a 3.5 ROM to flash from the SD card..it works no problem..I even can flash a 1.2 ROM for some reason and it works no problem...but I cant flash the radio ROM (tried 1.58 and 1.57) they will start and load only a little way then just stop.
Anyone have any other ideas? Is there a way to run the unlocker from the SD card? I feel like i'm getting further using that approach than with activesync.
Thanks for the help so far!

rpmbnsf said:
I tried that and it started OK and even tried to load ..the progress bar showed about 1/8th of it loaded then it just stops...the phone stays that way saying "In Progress.." but will not load any more. I pulled out the battery and put on a 3.5 ROM to flash from the SD card..it works no problem..I even can flash a 1.2 ROM for some reason and it works no problem...but I cant flash the radio ROM (tried 1.58 and 1.57) they will start and load only a little way then just stop.
Anyone have any other ideas? Is there a way to run the unlocker from the SD card? I feel like i'm getting further using that approach than with activesync.
Thanks for the help so far!
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Try flashing taxists rom
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=396165
this has radio 1.58 included so may be an upgrade path for you