Hi, I have a TMobile MDA with IPL 2.26 and SPL 2.26 and I was trying to put a new rom but the program gave me an update error when reached 99% an now it is stuck in the boot screen (shows in the bottom USB connection) but when re-running the program it does not connect and activesync does not detect the phone. Before the rom update program ruu gave me the that said the phone required a newer program version.
Did I screwed the phone or there is a solution?
Thank you in advance for your help and best regards
Issue Was solved downloading from T-MOBILE the updated ROM and executing the program
Nick
Nope, you're good.
As long as you can enter bootloader and it reads usb in the bottom corner, your wizard can be saved. Don't worry about active sync, it won't read. Get a stock rom from your provider...if Tmo, it is available on their website. Plug in the usb and get into the tri-color boot. Run the stock ruu. Do not let anything interfere with the process, so disable your screensaver, don't let cats or kids near the usb cord, etc (trust me on that one!). NBow flash the stock rom. It will take 10 minutes roughly, be patient, DO NOT unplug usb for any reason...let it flash and reboot. Once flashed, make sure you are cid/sim unlocked...use lokiwiz (read the sticky on unlocking). You cannot change roms from stock to custom without first unlocking. If you are already unlocked, once you have the stock rom re-installed, you can flash to a custom rom. The linky in my siggy explains in detail about reviving a "bricked" wizard.
well after much reassurance that it was pretty foolproof...my advantage appears bricked! i download olipros athenaunlocker.zip and extracted the exe file. followed all the steps and directions, the first part went flawlessly, flash spl without a hitch, then it came back to the second step, i went to unlock the radio, advantage was in a white screen with loading..... on it. and i get an error message that there is no connection to the pda...would i like to try reconnecting.... it would not reconnect for anything, for one activesync was now not connected, and i am 100% sure it was when i clicked step 2 to unlock the radio. had to pull battery on advantage to get it shut down, no buttons would work. now i hit power button and the lights turn green, but nothing further. The athena unlocker program is waiting at step 3 on my computer, but i cannot get my advantage to boot up at all, so i cant get a valid connection to either restart the process, or continue with step 3...please help! I consider myself very computer literate, just not specifically with cell phones.
tried hard reset
i tried a hard reset, and it came up with the rgb lines, and then it asked me if i wished to do the hard reset, which i said yes, then it asked to format the microdrive, and i said yes. It then said to hit the power button to reboot the machine, i tried and it just rebooted with black screen and the green light on the jog stick.......need some advice on what to do next...please help
sorry for so many replys but i just wanna give all the possible information...i think i got into the bootloader, but i have no idea, i pushed reset, camera and comm manager and got the rgb lines, and it says this
Athe100
IPL-v2.02
Athe100
SPL-v1.20.Olipro
Thats what I got, when i plug in usb connection it changes text at the bottom from serial to usb, and then back to serial when i unplug the usb cable, but i cannot get an activesync connection.....please advice as to if I should restart the athena unlocker, or what I should do now that im at this screen.
touchlasvegas said:
sorry for so many replys but i just wanna give all the possible information...i think i got into the bootloader, but i have no idea, i pushed reset, camera and comm manager and got the rgb lines, and it says this
Athe100
IPL-v2.02
Athe100
SPL-v1.20.Olipro
Thats what I got, when i plug in usb connection it changes text at the bottom from serial to usb, and then back to serial when i unplug the usb cable, but i cannot get an activesync connection.....please advice as to if I should restart the athena unlocker, or what I should do now that im at this screen.
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Looks like you have already unlocked. I can see Olipro's name your your screen. This mean you device is still okay. Once you're in the bootloader mode, I believe the next thing you have to do is simply connect the usb cable and run the Rom Update Utility on the desktop. That's it.
if the status changes to usb on connection then you should be fine. connect the handset in bootloader mode and wait a few seconds, then run pk's black rom. because your spl has evidently been pached you should have no problems unbricking your phone. let us know how it goes, and don't panic!
Thanks for the reply eaglesteve (edit and Leoni)...now just to be sure, currently, my athena unlocker program ( 3 part ) is resting still on waiting for the 3rd part, flashing the radio. now step 2, which was unlock radio gave me the error, so do i just continue with part 3 flash radio, or are you saying that it appears that part is done? Or should i just start with PK's rom next? as i type im still downloading pk's dual rom right now
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Thanks for the reply eaglesteve (edit and Leoni)...now just to be sure, currently, my athena unlocker program ( 3 part ) is resting still on waiting for the 3rd part, flashing the radio. now step 2, which was unlock radio gave me the error, so do i just continue with part 3 flash radio, or are you saying that it appears that part is done? Or should i just start with PK's rom next? as i type im still downloading pk's dual rom right now
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the spl is patched, you're just not unlocked. if unlocking is not a concern then you should be ok just installing black touch. the problem you experienced is not uncommon and should you choose to run the unlocker again to finish the unlock fully you shouldnt have any problems. it might be wise to do this at some point just to make sure there are no problems with your radio.
edit - make sure that there is no memory card inserted in your device, this has been rumoured to cause issues when flashing. the same thing happened to me as happened to you, but since your device is now hard spl it is almost unbrickable, so fear not.
completed download of pk's rom, just a couple questions Bootloader mode is when you see olipros name and spl version with rgb lines right? In the zip file I have 4 exe files, enterbootloader, rapitool, romupdateutility, and ruugetinfo. Is there an order to running them? I would imagine they are all files to be ran from your PC, and not the advantage right? Just wanna get the steps right because i dont see any directions as far as completing the flash to pk's rom
touchlasvegas said:
Thanks for the reply eaglesteve (edit and Leoni)...now just to be sure, currently, my athena unlocker program ( 3 part ) is resting still on waiting for the 3rd part, flashing the radio. now step 2, which was unlock radio gave me the error, so do i just continue with part 3 flash radio, or are you saying that it appears that part is done? Or should i just start with PK's rom next? as i type im still downloading pk's dual rom right now
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I seem to recall that Olipro does not affect the radio ROM, and that if you see his signature on the bootloader, then you're fine. The radio upgrade is separately done - you can do it after the PK ROM flashing. If you're going for to flash a radio, you can download the files from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=319993
Flashing the radio follows the same step. ie. get into bootloader, connect the usb, then run the RUU (RomUpdateUtility) on the PC.
run the rom update utility. everything else is initiated by that. and yes, make sure your device has the tri colour screen - red green blue - and says usb. you'll be fine my friend.
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the spl is patched, you're just not unlocked..
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I think Leoni means it is not SIM unlocked. You don't need to be sim unlocked to safely flash a new ROM and radio, I believe.
Ok, im just gonna not worry about the radio portion, if you say it can be done later. So I still have my advantage at the rgb screen with olipros name and spl version. it says usb because its connected to my pc, whats the next step? in particular which exe should I run, i have 4 total in the rom zip file.
Well, I know that I purchased it off ebay, and it was advertised as factory unlocked...that means sim unlocked right?
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Ok, im just gonna not worry about the radio portion, if you say it can be done later. So I still have my advantage at the rgb screen with olipros name and spl version. it says usb because its connected to my pc, whats the next step? in particular which exe should I run, i have 4 total in the rom zip file.
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Run the rom update utility on your PC.
touchlasvegas said:
Well, I know that I purchased it off ebay, and it was advertised as factory unlocked...that means sim unlocked right?
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Yes. It does.
touchlasvegas said:
Ok, im just gonna not worry about the radio portion, if you say it can be done later. So I still have my advantage at the rgb screen with olipros name and spl version. it says usb because its connected to my pc, whats the next step? in particular which exe should I run, i have 4 total in the rom zip file.
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see my -edited - previous post!
yaaay...I think...i ran the tom update utility, and it loaded PK's rom! now i am going thru the automatic configuration once you first boot...i will let you all know once i get it more setup
touchlasvegas said:
yaaay...I think...i ran the tom update utility, and it loaded PK's rom! now i am going thru the automatic configuration once you first boot...i will let you all know once i get it more setup
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Congratulations. I'm sure you're home safe now.
ok, so far i give pks rom a+++, its great, much faster and responsive. I love the addons as well. Snapvue is cool, but i want an rss reader on my homescreen, so i use the htc home, just like on my touch dual What size do i have to make my pictures to get them to show up full screen on 96 dpi? i hate having my images tiled
Congrats touchlasvegas!
My heads spinning from all the information aka post and threads, but im still stuck like my wizard on the 2nd splash screen.
I wasnt trying to upgrade the rom jst clear storage but after everything ive read i would like to upgrade to wm6 but first i want to get my wizard working.
I tried backing up the rom to the sd card but I get "You didn't get the proper security level to download a specific image" So i take it my wizard is cid locked.
My IPL:1.01 and SPL:1.06 does that mean its a g3. My activesync 4.5 doesnt pick up my wizard is it because it cant boot, i tried with it in bootloader mode still doesnt pick it up.
So plz point me in the right direction to fix my wizard
ok i think the place where im stuck at is cid unlocking my wizard with out using that imei site. any help or is there another way to do this.
This helped me when I was stuck on the first screen. For some reason, the Radio file was gone. Follow this exactly, it works. In my case (sounds like yours also), at the end of this you will at least have access to the phone again.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=276963&highlight=bootloader
After your done. You will have a RGB screen, then follow these directions to load a base rom and unlock so you can keep going until you ca load WM6.1.
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Wizard Windows Mobile 6 for newbies
I've had many, many problems over the last 3 days trying to do this. I completed it all in less than a day, but when I used the phone it had terrible reception. I completely downgraded everything back to square one. Still bad phone reception. I was about to through it out the window, when someone called my wife's cell phone and she also had bad reception. I then put my sim in another phone, same problem. Well, at&t has a tower down for the last 3 days. What timing, it seems to work when not at home, but hard to test that way Anyway, moral of the story is. Don't give up, keep plugging along.
Good luck.
I'm pretty sure imei checker is for SIM unlocking.
For G3 CID unlocking and upgrading read the stickies in http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=289
If you can start your Wizard in bootloader, and it says "usb" in the lower-left, you can flash your original ROM. An active sync connection is not needed. Search for your carrier's ROM if you don't have it and I'd recommend the "no carrier ID" version of the RUU.
Have you tried a 'Hard Reset',hope it'll work,if it boots up into working OS and it already has IPL/SPL 1.xx,use lokiwiz02b tool to SIM/CID unlock the phone and than upgrade.
If it doesn't work still after Hard Reset,most probably,its Extended_Rom is corrupted,its required to reflash a new rom.
Activesync doesn't work in absence of a working OS and in Bootloaders mode.Its not required for flashing a rom.Just get the phone into Bootloaders and hook the phone with pc via usb cable and watch small usb appear at the bottom of the bootloader screen,if its there,it good to go and flash the rom.
ok so i downloaded the button rom finally but how do i flash it to my wizard.
Get your phone in Bootloaders,hook up the phone with pc via usb,watch small usb appear at the bottom of the Bootloader screen,if its there run the 'RUU' application,it'll start to flash,it stops at a certain percentage,don't get worried and do anything,after a couple of minutes it starts again,let it complete 100%,the phone'll restart and boot up in new OS.
which ruu application. I jst downloaded 1 which comes in the form of a rar file saying ruuwrapper. is that the right 1
So after lots and lots and lots more reading i realized i dont need a ruu. all i need to do is get into bootloader mode plug in the usb and run the wizard button rom. It worked perfectly my wizard is back to life yip pee.
Anyway i wud jst like to thank u guys for all the help and compliment u guys on a gr8 forum.
Now my next challenge is wm6 with touch flo.
Hi, had a problem flashing my bro in law's Titan.
I unlocked the titan with the titan unlocker by Olipro and flashed with the round 4 reloaded (loaded) rom (dcd 3.2.6)
unlocked fine, installed the rom to 100% rebooted phone and its stuck on the Bell screen. (its after the HTC screen and after the screen that shows versions, which it does show D. version 3.2.6) any ideas how to get it to where i can flash it again?
Does it have a compatible v3.x radio installed as well? I recommend 3.42.40 personally, but just about any v3.x radio will work.
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Tzetsin said:
Hi, had a problem flashing my bro in law's Titan.
I unlocked the titan with the titan unlocker by Olipro and flashed with the round 4 reloaded (loaded) rom (dcd 3.2.6)
unlocked fine, installed the rom to 100% rebooted phone and its stuck on the Bell screen. (its after the HTC screen and after the screen that shows versions, which it does show D. version 3.2.6) any ideas how to get it to where i can flash it again?
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Ok, solved the problem by pressing the power button, camera button and reset button all at the same time. This of course enabled the bootloader on the phone. installed another rom which gave me the same result, stuck at carrier screen. This is of course because i didnt know i had to upgrade the radio first. Got the phone running again by updating the rom with the one at the HTC website for my carrier.
Now i'm trying to update the radio. there isnt alot of instruction out there, but i did find this http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Radio only upgrade instructions Although after following the instructions, the universal rom upgrade tool never connects to my phone. I tried the vista fix here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=313001 But being that its over 2 years old, i'm guessing its now useless as when i try to update with the files there my OS says my drivers are more current and wont allow me to install them.
So now i'm stuck at the "how to upgrade my titan's radio" stage. Anyone have better instructions? (or can tell me what i'm doing wrong?
what i've done
downloaded radio version 3.42.40 as BTC suggested
downloaded "universalRUU" and extracted it to its own folder
copied the radio's file "TITAIMG.nbh" into the UniversalRUU folder
reset my phone into the bootloader screen
ran the ROMUpgradeUt.exe from the UniversalRUU folder
pressed "next"
it says "checking information on your device" and hangs there forever.
if i press update anyway, it continues to the last screen where i can press "finish" and thats it. nothing happens. which part am i missing? the phone is DEFINATLY connected to windows at that point, so it should be able to detect it, but it doesnt seem like it even tries as there is no system pausing or stuttering like it might be trying to do something.
thanks for the help so far.
Solved the problem on my own, as well as the other couple problems i ran into.
Updated the Titan WIKI to reflect my solutions and clarify some key points.