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Hi, I have just received my new (to me) SPV M700 from a guy on the internet.
It was originally locked to Orange. Has been flashed a few times by previous owner and has Ausdim on it (don't know what I'm talking about as am new to this stuff). It's been unlocked and upgraded to WM6.1, also has Tom Tom and European maps.
I put my O2 sim in and turned it on. What I got was a white screen with the words HTC, also MO5, BO5, DO3 Ausdim, and a tune played, then windows 6.1 screen came up. That's it. Nothing else happens, phone doesn't work, in fact nothing works. Oh yes, a green light at the top right hand side flashes occasionally.
Also, l had three new styli shipped from Japan. Pushed the white end onto the pen and inserted it into it's appropriate place on phone. Came to get it out and the end has come off leaving the stylus in the holder inside the machine. Oh dear. Not my day is it.
Any advice would be appreciated.
I have experience of flashing psp's and using pandora batteries so the prospect of fiddling with flashing is not totally scarey to me. But I did get to know the machine first and read a lot before trying it. Don't want to rush into such stuff with this phone if there is a simpler solution.
Cheers
Puddle
Hi guys,
I realise I may have upset people by posting a question before I have contributed anything to the forum.
Will be happy to do so when I have the phone up and running.
Here's a quick introduction......... if that's the protocol.
Am a retired aged person who loves tinkering with new technology. Was first introduced to computers with the Sinclair ZX81 which had 1k of ram, yes 1k!
I even got a 16k rampak for the back. Such wonderful technology, I also had a fiddle with machine code programming.
Then I got a Commodore 64, more fun. Later on, I got a Psion, again more programming and compiling fun. Then laterley I have a couple of pc's and a laptop. Also got recently a psp and liked it so much that I bought another one with custom firmeware on it. Have had lots of fun upgrading and such.
Just got a garmin for the car too for when we go off to France for a few months with caravan.
Just a quick introduction as to who I am. Have had a look at some of the posts and I have lots to learn. Thanks for making it happen to a golden oldie.
Cheers
Puddle ('cause my hobby is scuba diving)
Hmmm....I feel for you. My Trinity has the original wm5 rom, when I boot it up it starts with the white HTC screen you described but then kicks into windows. I doesn't sound good!
As for contributing first...don't stress about it. We all have to start somewhere
Thanks for the reply, the chap who sold me the phone is going to ring me tomorrow to see if he can sort it out.
My sim is a non 3g, is it possible that this could be the problem?
If it's something so simple I should be lucky.
I was really excited about getting the phone - a bit of a bummer that it isn't working.
Cheers
Lyv
I don't think it is the sim! Does the device boot without the sim? If not then it something deeper!
No, it is exactly the same with no sim in. Oh dear.
Perhaps it can be remedied by re flashing ??? The guy who previously flashed it may have the solution.
Cheers
Lyv
puddlediver said:
Hi, I have just received my new (to me) SPV M700 from a guy on the internet.
It was originally locked to Orange. Has been flashed a few times by previous owner and has Ausdim on it (don't know what I'm talking about as am new to this stuff). It's been unlocked and upgraded to WM6.1, also has Tom Tom and European maps.
I put my O2 sim in and turned it on. What I got was a white screen with the words HTC, also MO5, BO5, DO3 Ausdim, and a tune played, then windows 6.1 screen came up. That's it. Nothing else happens, phone doesn't work, in fact nothing works. Oh yes, a green light at the top right hand side flashes occasionally.
Also, l had three new styli shipped from Japan. Pushed the white end onto the pen and inserted it into it's appropriate place on phone. Came to get it out and the end has come off leaving the stylus in the holder inside the machine. Oh dear. Not my day is it.
Any advice would be appreciated.
I have experience of flashing psp's and using pandora batteries so the prospect of fiddling with flashing is not totally scarey to me. But I did get to know the machine first and read a lot before trying it. Don't want to rush into such stuff with this phone if there is a simpler solution.
Cheers
Puddle
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Before thinking about reflashing, try Hard Resetting. Be warned: you will lose all data on your phone! ...but it could be a solution for your problem.
Thanks for the advice, will speak to the guy I bought it off tomorrow evening and if we don't get anywhere consider the hard reboot. (under guidance).
Regards
Lyv
Sorry.
It was my phone you bought so hello again! It's very strange that it's not getting past the Windows 6.1 splash screen even without a SIM as it was booting fine when I sent it and if it isn't getting past their even with the SIM removed then it may be something more intrinsic although I don't know what.
Hard reset the phone by pressing and holding both the soft keys and then using the stylus to reset the phone and follow the prompts, it will erase TomTom but you have all the back ups to reinstall that and I'll ring you and talk you through the process.
If the hard reset doesn't work then I'll shove a Mini SD to SD card converter in the post to you and walk you through flashing a new ROM from the memory card and if that doesn't fix it then I'm stumped and I'll give you a refund, but I'm sure it won't come to that.
Sorry for all the hassle!
Mike
Or if you're still awake feel free to ring me (don't mind returning the call to save your phone bill) and I'll try and talk you through everything now as I'll be up for an hour or two yet, you should have my phone number in the PM I sent you on YD.
Thanks for the reply Mike, would have been tucked up in bed when you posted so will speak with you tonight. Give me a bell on my landline, notified on yd site pm. I could ask a silly question.......did you load WM6.1?
Cheers
Lyv
Oh dear, all our efforts failed Looks like it's dead. Could have been dropped in transit, thank goodness for insurance.
Will have to look for another phone now.
Cheers
Lyv
not even flashing the firmware again helped ?
Soft and hard resetting does nothing. I tried connecting the device up to my pc with the usb cable but xp didn't have the drivers so can't access via that method.
Thanks for the reply anyway.
Lyv
You need to download and install Active Sync (at least version 4) before Windows XP will recognise the phone.
Get it here
Thanks IK, will download and try again. I was on an older version of activesync from when I used to use the IPAQ.
Cheers
Lyv
Upgraded my activesync to 4.5 and connected trinity. xp detected that a usb device had been added and activesync attempted to connect. At the end it gave up with a message that the connection to the windows mobile device couldn't be made.
The device itself had the red light at the top to show that it was taking power from the usb and the wm6.1 splash screen is still showing.
No joy, must be dead.
Thanks for help
Lyv
I shall be writing a long, complaining letter to Royal Mail
From what the OP has said it sounds like the phone's reset button isn't working at all as she can't get the phone to enter bootloader or hard/soft reset the phone and the only way to power it down is to remove the battery so it sounds well and truly bricked.
I'll have a play when it gets sent back to me and may ask you guys for some help sorting it but I'm not hopeful.
Hi Mike,
Money arrived in Bank account. I've posted your phone etc back to you today, special delivery, so you should get it tomorrow or Saturday at the latest.
Hope you get some joy from PO.
Cheers
Lyv
Still looking for a phone ...... ah hum, am even thinking of the mda vario II
Got a new phone on the way now - it's an xda trion. Yes, I know, not one of yours.
However, I'm sure I will get loads of fun out of it.
Over to the Hermes sub forum for me.
Cheerio
Lyv
Hi. i upgraded to wm6.1, my phone being already unlocked..and now i have this huge ugly button on my top bar [i use landscape]
it a blue triangle, and my home, where it used to say Sprint PCS, now says "International"
And this is the cool part.
i have my same numbers but, when i call the operator number, i dont get CLARO's line[my carrier]
instead i get VIVa, another one, and i had 497 minutes in my balance [WEWT god love whoevers number im crossed with ]
this is wierd. i still have my own number [809 463 0622]
i still can text.
but... i cant acces claro's internet or recharge my own balance with a card =/
NOw ftl, the international button still on taskbar but the TExt has been removed and nothings there.
this happened as soon as i upgraded.
it is good/bad. any help how to fix ? evne though free minutes is ok for meh.
Boobuntu said:
Hi. i upgraded to wm6.1, my phone being already unlocked..and now i have this huge ugly button on my top bar [i use landscape]
it a blue triangle, and my home, where it used to say Sprint PCS, now says "International"
And this is the cool part.
i have my same numbers but, when i call the operator number, i dont get CLARO's line[my carrier]
instead i get VIVa, another one, and i had 497 minutes in my balance [WEWT god love whoevers number im crossed with ]
this is wierd. i still have my own number [809 463 0622]
i still can text.
but... i cant acces claro's internet or recharge my own balance with a card =/
NOw ftl, the international button still on taskbar but the TExt has been removed and nothings there.
this happened as soon as i upgraded.
it is good/bad. any help how to fix ? evne though free minutes is ok for meh.
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The "triangle" your speaking of is the roaming icon, hence the reason your on VIVA and not CLARO you may want to check with your provider CLARO regarding any provisioning and settings needed to get you back on your network
You can try start>settings>personal>phone 2nd tab for services and roaming and make sure its set to automatic (change to home home if it already is) but to be honest, CLARO being your provider and it being foreign to me as Im here in the USA I cant be sure what the deal is but your provider may be able to assist you
Detroit Doug
PS I replied to your other post regarding the question of what CLARO is as well
you iknow what, sprints rom is pissing me off.
ill follow instructions and unlock and flash the phone
sprints rom is too slow -.
Boobuntu said:
you iknow what, sprints rom is pissing me off.
ill follow instructions and unlock and flash the phone
sprints rom is too slow -.
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LOL Immortal last words just has someone steps over into the dark side and becomes a ROM junkie - congrats and welcome, meetings of Flashers Anonymous are the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of last next week and as the newcomer you have to bring the cookies (and none of those cheap, stale things either)
Detroit Doug
Detroit_Doug said:
LOL Immortal last words just has someone steps over into the dark side and becomes a ROM junkie - congrats and welcome, meetings of Flashers Anonymous are the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of last next week and as the newcomer you have to bring the cookies (and none of those cheap, stale things either)
Detroit Doug
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YAY!
its currently unlocking atm, i got the nsfan rom with m2d installed on it =D already downloaded, im going oto install the nsfan rom right ...
now. =D reading intimidatorx31\s gude
EDIT:
Dammit. batterys on 45% lol.
guess i'll wait 5 mins or so till its up to 60.
i am still doing this tonight.
teens ftw
****.
Its BACK!!!
This time it's worse, it wont go away most times, it usually goes back to normal when i go outside my house or to school.
And what's worse is that calls and messages appear usually 5 hours after being sent to me.
I starved for 4 hours because of this, my mom send me a txt msg telling me my pancakes were in the oven hidden, [whos gonna look in there for pancakes]
she sent the msg at 6:17am i saw on her phone, i got the message at 10:44.
This is pissing me off. It's not my sprint touch, it's the Phone Company
this is the @!#@!%[email protected]#$##% Phone Company. i bet they recycle ESNs and use them on other phones
or else i wouldnt have this happening -.-
jesus..srry for the trouble but its the carrier i am going to switch to VIVA.
New Company with EVDO and GPRS [Only company with this in Dominican Republic]
Hi All,
I've had a bad "tech" day today Walked into work, put my laptop down and dropped my X1a . I'm 6'4" so its a pretty long way to drop even if its on to carpet. Sure enough, turned my phone on and the LCD wont turn on anymore although I hear the expected sounds etc
It is under warranty since it was bought at a Sony Style store out here in Massachusettes but the issue is that I had a custom ROM on it and without the screen turning on, I wont be able to replace it with the stock SPL, Radio, FW etc etc..
So my question is, do I even bother sending this thing in or do I spend the coming weekend disassembling this thing in the vague hope that I can fix it.
Anyone got some wisdom to offer on this?
Thanks much!
well u dont need the screen to be on to flash it , and hardspl i dont think they will check it for a physical damage fix
dl a stock rom and flash it with sd methood
Thanks... I guess I'll have to call in and see what the repair process is like.. Any idea on the average round trip time from me sending it in to getting it back repaired?
It took me 3 weeks to get mine back
Lol
I can relate to that, I'm 6/4 myself and havnt had one phone I havnt yet dropped, except my Xperia, but my girlfriend fixed that one when taking it off me while I was getting my new born nephew out of the car, so I hadnt o choice but to let the phone hit the floor when she dropped it. Couple of nasty scratches on the front casing and a really annoying one on the screen but I will have to live with it, I can neither take it out on her or the fact i had the littlun in my arms.
Anyway, to flash the SPL is probably the most difficult, but still simple, it just needs to be in USB mode (VOL-+POWER) from off and do the rest from PC. As for radio/ROM, use the SD method, requires only 1 button press which is the power button I think to confirm and then you're good to go.
It may end up stuck at connection setup or something, but they wont care, and if they do you just say you had sensitive data on there and had to hard reset before service.
As for timing I don't know, I'm yet to take mine in over the keyboard problem because I can't do without the phone a the moment.
I had same problem with screen, and they didnt take it under warranty because dropped me and flat cable gone. Took it to SE service, 40$ and two days work...
Does the service center check the SPL? I sent it twice w/0 changing to stock spl with no problems.
send it... dont tell them you dropped it unless you can tell that it was dropped. you got nothing to lose except a bill telling you what it would cost to fix it.
Mate, there is an other help to your case.
There is program for PC called "Jeyo Mobile Companion 2.1".
Download a trial (works for 30 days I think) and you will be able
to see what would be on the phone screen on your computer.
I used that to backup all my mails when my screen was broken.
You just have to have that program, connect your phone via USB
and you will be able to see the screen on your computer.
If you don't really get me, or you have further questions -just ask!
probably u could fake them by telling them it didnt work since this morning... blah blah blah
junkai21 said:
probably u could fake them by telling them it didnt work since this morning... blah blah blah
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It rarely pays to lie to the person taking your phone apart; they can almost always tell you're lying. Not telling, however; that's not the same as lying ;D
My X1 died tonight do I may have dropped it one time to many, thusly the screen started to malfunction also the phone will not start anymore..
I have switched to my Symbian Samsung Phone as of 10 minutes ago.
Tomorrow I will put my old X1 in into the box which it came to this Earth and send it Vahalla.
I will post a video of it passing on Youtube tomorrow and post the link.
X1 - May You rest in peace.
/Fred
p.s. I will switch to the HTC HD2 later in the new year.
R.i.p x1, r.i.p
kissiman said:
R.i.p x1, r.i.p
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKtpqC3Rx44
I thought you were going to cremate the box
lolz. rip.
my x1 is pretty sick but not dead yet. resting comfortably on some papers in my drawer. lol.
Oh the tradgedy
My condolences. My parents told me my last phone ran away. It happens ALL the time they said. I caught them flushing it down the toilet. It didn't run away at all. It was dead... DEAD!!!11!!!1!! *Sob*
Anyway so what puppy....er phone... er pupp... whatever will you get to replace it?
Ohh sorry to hear that dude....I just got my phone up from a half dead state..I cant even think of dropping it...So next time when you get your HD2 never let it drop down, or else you will have to make a tribute video for that too...Dont drop the phone...
Hey Euroman28!
It's sad that your X1 died, may it rest in peace
Maybe you are interested to donate it for some research action.
I still need some broken device for deeper hardware investigations.
You may look at this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=569111
We might find an agreement, please tell me if you're interested!
Kind regards,
scholbert
I killed my X1 tonight by deleting of TouchInput item in registry. After restart i saw just black screen with no loading
I pressed volume down and ON button,phone loaded in BOOT session.
Yeep,X1 still ALIVE
I downloaded new X1Blackstone x1.06 firmware and tryed to update firmware. Software said me\Connection Error!\
Wow////Dont Panic!!!
I loaded firmware and tryed to connect again. I reconnected twice in second.
Updating were started.Uhh....
FIRSTLY....if you killed your X1.....DONT PANIC !!! (read xda !! )
@ Malikin
Please can you tell me how can i installed new firmware into my X1???
Thanks
I feel your pain buddy, I do. And I want to share something for greater health of your upcoming beloved HD2.
http://www.phonedog.com/cell-phone-...rce=Rss&utm_medium=Blog&utm_campaign=PhoneDog
Euroman28 said:
My X1 died tonight do I may have dropped it one time to many, thusly the screen started to malfunction also the phone will not start anymore..
I have switched to my Symbian Samsung Phone as of 10 minutes ago.
Tomorrow I will put my old X1 in into the box which it came to this Earth and send it Vahalla.
I will post a video of it passing on Youtube tomorrow and post the link.
X1 - May You rest in peace.
/Fred
p.s. I will switch to the HTC HD2 later in the new year.
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you could get good money for it as spare components anyway most of the case when phones die due dropping is because the some of the ic's becomemlose on board sometimes is just take 10 min to get it work again with a BGA rework station (what gonna happen to your computer if you take the cpu out)? as my boss would say nothing is inpossible...
The old one doesn't go, the new one doesn't come
happy with your new device, i suggest HD2
I think my X1 is very sick.
The screen is not working like it should.....gives weird colors etc.
It felt in the snow last week....that same day it was constantly restarting and restarting whole day. Then about 1 week it worked just fine and now the screen is acting a bit weird....
I think at has to go to the repairman.....
Display Going crazy
Hi, I also have a problem with my xperia x1 display it doesnt work very good when I boot it up the display and the buttons bellow the display arent working, there is no light nothing, then I have to wait till the windows boots up and start pressing all the buttons (d-pad, call button etc.) so the display could start working, but there is another problem when I press the on/off button to switch the damn display off the backlight keeps working and the backlight of the keys its just so strange. I tried changing windows but its the same. Pls HELPPP!!!!!
naveedash said:
Please can you tell me how can i installed new firmware into my X1???
Thanks
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try the search button... less keystrokes needed than your message: look at first sticky http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=471
Hi there,
your first thought might be: Ah jeez another one posting the same **** 2000 people posted before ^^. But anyways i think my problem is a special case:
yesterday i wanted to flash another radio to my htc magic via clockwork recovery. However something must have gone wrong. After the recovery rebooted my phone i got stuck at the "htc magic" splash screen. Pressing the home or the back or vol-down button or home and back button at the same time doesnt change the situation. still stuck at splash screen. fastboot and recovery dont seem to work.
After some really bad panicking minutes, i pulled the batery out of the phone and let it rest, while googling and searching the **** out of every forum on the net. Some minutes later i reassembled the battery and started the htc magic without pressing any other buttons, hoping it would juts boot and say "kidding ))" on the display. but yeah ... it didnt ^^.
Now im coming to the odd part, which differs from most other posts i saw on other forums and here on xda: after quite a while my htc magic suddenly made that "bling bling" sound, as it did whenever it started android successfully. i nearly burst into tears when i heard that sound, hoping that i would be able to access the phone via fastboot or adb. but ... i wasnt able to :S. the screen went black after that "bling bling" sound and stayed that way until i pulled the battery again.
i could repeat that procedure and reproduce the sound and behaviour, but i couldnt access the phone via any possible way i could find on the web :S.
hopefully somebody, who knows more can help. my last step would be jtagging the phone. but the tools are kinda pricy for such an "old" phone. and i couldnt find anyone in my area who could borrow me the tools or repair the phone for cheap money.
thanks in advance im counting on your knowledge
Try this low cost JTAG
tested by me with 2 T-Mobile Mytouch 3G
thanks for your fast response. if jtagging really is my last chance:
- what did you pay for all the parts of the schematic ?
- how long did it take you to put everything together?
- do i need a parallel port on my computer, or is it possible to use an usb port ?
- and do you think a newbie to smoldering and stuff could be successfully assembling all those parts?
- can you provide me with links and/or other pictures, which could help me?
thanks again for your effort
kinda exciting this whole thing :>