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Cingular-branded Wizard - couple of problems....

Hi all,
I have a 8125 (Wizard) that I bought used with a broken LCD - I replaced the LCD with hopes of having a functional phone, but I'm not quite there...
It WAS working as a nice little PDA for a while, with the newest Cingular ROM (2.25 I believe). HOwever, I received absolutely NO signal on the radio - the little animation just constantly went like it was forever searching.
So, in my newfound expertise in flashing HTC devices, I decided to flash this to a different ROM. First, I tried the one they call Button 1.05. No bones - it'd drop connection before even going to the tri-color.
Next, I tried the SlimEdition 2.2b of WM6 (I wanted to put WM6 on it anyway, and with this old of a phone, I'm keeping away from excessive gadgets). Same deal as the Button 1.05.
On to the Faria WM6 I found in another forum. This one didn't even find my phone.
Before suggesting I try doing the flashes more than 1 time, I did.. I've been trying to flash this thing for over a month...
Additionally (and probably part of the problem), when I connect the phone to my mini-USB (no, not HTC OEM) it establishes connection about 1/3 of the time....the rest of the time I get a "USB Device not Recognized" warning from XP - I then disconnect it and reconnect it until AS4.5 sees it.
Most recently, I tried putting the Button 1.05 on again, and actually made progress...sorta...
Once I got the RUU running, I actually got it to progress to 2% before the RUU declared a connection failure. Stuck in the RUU screen, I tried all the ROM's I have on this thing, and none get past 2%.
So, NOW, I have an 8125 that's stuck in the RUU screen. I dont know what I can try next, or what might be the problem - however, if anyone knows or has spare parts they're willing to donate to science (I can afford to pay the shipping - that's about it) then I would be most grateful. My initial thoughts are bad USB port or mainboard, but I haven't a clue where to get them.
Alternatively, if I dont hear from anyone soon with good news, I will be offereing for sale 1 hardly used LCD/Digitizer combo for what I paid for it. (approx $45 USD).
Summary (long post, eh?):
1> Can I get out of the tri-color RUU screen, or did it getting to 2% and then dying effectively brick this phone?
2> Anyone have suggestions on what to replace to prevent AS4.5 (or even Windows) from misdetecting the phone when connected via USB?
3> Anyone have parts for above-mentioned repairs/replacements? I'd be most grateful....
TIA!
- M

Follow up - next day (yes, next day)....
Apparently, the Forum Gods were watching over me as I spewed about my flashing issues......
I tried flashing it one more time, using the Slim v2 WM6 ROM....wouldn't ya know, the sunnovabatch worked....
Dunno why or what I did differently, but I dont want anyone pounding their heads trying to find an answer for this....
(I'll still take any donor phones, though...this one is 'better', but still not 'great')
Thanks for lookin!
- M

thats good to hear. say, how hard you think it would be to replace a usb port connector? mine is broken

collwatt said:
thats good to hear. say, how hard you think it would be to replace a usb port connector? mine is broken
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Well, I've never replaced one myself, but it looks like it's just a few solder joints....
Can anyone confirm this? I dont want to mislead you by saying it's easy, in case it just looks easy, and really isn't.....
Also, I think I saw a thread elsewhere where someone had a bunch of the USB connectors that (s)he was selling....search here first - I'm pretty sure it'll be a better deal than you'll find on fleabay....
GL!!!
- M

is my MDA Vario2(HTC TyTN) dead?

Hi all,
i have a serious problem with my MDA Vario II (HTC TyTN),
just have this device since 2 weeks, and last week i flashed a rom onto my device, its a nameless windows 6.1 rom...
the flash went perfect, the device worked flawlessly!
the device has been working fine all week, i had it hard reset for like 2 times.
now i did another hard reset, everything seemed to go just fine, battery was 100% device nicely came into the bootloader mode, nicely went resetted, perfectly booted letting me setup the device and calibrate the stylus right after this the device resetted itself and after the windows logo it just went into white screen, i waited this out for like 15 minutes and then i pressed soft reset... this white screen was the last thing i have seen on my screen so far (2 days ago now) the only thing my device does is give me a red led when it is connected to the wall charger or usb and the battery is not in the device
as long as my battery is in the device it does absolutely nothing, no sign of life!! not even a red led!
is there anything i can do about this? or do i need to send it away to t-mobile?
i really hope someone can help me with this one!
cheers ChilleCharlie

ps: normally when i press both the soft keys and the reset it would take me into bootloader mode, this doesnt even work no more!

i have been reading on this forum for 2 days now i just have no idea what this problem could be! can somebody please help me! i think it might be my accupack is that possible for a 2 weeks old phone?
is a herm100/200/300 device capable of booting without a battery in it?
cheers Charlie

ok here comes the test result, i was planning on shipping my phone back to the supplier but instead of this i tested my battery with a electrometer guess what? 0,04 volts are on my lipo pack!! OMG battery sudden death! never had this before in my life! now i know i can fix this battery pack did that before with some years old li ion and some months old lipo's but since i am under warranty i hell yea am gonna make use of it! this pack will be sent back to t-mobile in the meanwhile ill buy my ass a new one so i can use my phone
thanks for everything this website is great even thow i havent had 1 reply yet, thanks to you guys i got wm6.1 and will get it back running now! tytytyty btw i heard something about hardspl beeing more safe? i guess i should flash it onto my device or is that risky to do ?

Sorry, didn't see your post until today. Might not have been able to help anyway.. Glad to hear you sorted that out OK though..
As for Hard SPL, its a must to have on your Hermes before flashing as it will make it possible to recover from a bad flash. Its NOT a guarantee but it is a safety net to help when things can/do go wrong.
Would also suggest using the sd card method for rom flashing as its safer than via pc(Hard SPL takes about 2 secs to upgrade so I do that from the pc BUT you can do this via sd card too).
Welcome and happy flashing...

thank you for that information once i get my device running again it will be the first thing ill install even thow i dont think my problem is rom-related anyway, today my battery has been tested in a different phone, as i thought it was completely dead! also my phone has been tested with another battery... well my phone is completely dead as well! i think it has had a short circuit somewhere inside which would explain why it doesnt do anything with or without battery installed...
i do not know for sure thow.. but thank god i still have my warranty.. althow im not sure about this since my phone wasnt running official firmware.. but i guess that has nothing to do with hardware malfunction now does it? so ill be sending it back to the supplier tommorow damn i cant stand not having this device working
cheers chillecharlie

Universal Crashes A LOT ! Help :S

hello Everybody
returning Universal user, just bought one used from a store, then a just whent on trying a lot of different Wm6 roms but they all had the same problem on my Uni, they ALL crashed by either freezing or just "turn off itself".
then after some time using the rom it crashes hard that it cant be turned on then it crashes at the boot screen.
i would like to get the original Wm5 rom back but where to go for finding it?
Regards
Prosasan

There are more mobile providers which sold Uni, so there are more factory WM5 versions. Personally I'd recommend the TMobile one. I'm sorry, but at the moment im using my notebook, and i dont have the ROM here, but i'll upload it somewhere ASAP

THX !
That would be absolutely GREAT !
i've been "forced" to use my Kaizer instead of my uni these last couple of days
but mine is from denmark, which was branded by Sonofon, but i would rather have some kind of "clean" unbranded version, by the way are there any difference between a branded and one that isn't ?

Found a Version of wm5 that is clean
so i think that i wont need the one from t-mobile, but we will se how it evolves
anyways how to support 4gb in wm5 ?

Prosasan said:
hello Everybody
returning Universal user, just bought one used from a store, then a just whent on trying a lot of different Wm6 roms but they all had the same problem on my Uni, they ALL crashed by either freezing or just "turn off itself".
then after some time using the rom it crashes hard that it cant be turned on then it crashes at the boot screen.
i would like to get the original Wm5 rom back but where to go for finding it?
Regards
Prosasan
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Welcome to the forum
I don´t think that the problem is caised by a 6 or 6.1 ROM, however try a wm5 and if not corrects try to read the Wiki
And don´t forget to vote!!
Good luck,

orb3000
thx for the welcome, the wm5 rom didn't help it still just shuts down randomly.
wth is wrong with my device argh, i've tried the universal wiki but didn't find anything about my problem.
i've already voted for the Universal

Prosasan said:
thx for the welcome, the wm5 rom didn't help it still just shuts down randomly.
wth is wrong with my device argh, i've tried the universal wiki but didn't find anything about my problem.
i've already voted for the Universal
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Could be a battery problem issue, test connected to wall charger and see if behaives the same, also remove your sd card and sim to test
Doing this we can try to identify the problem
Good luck,

orb3000 said:
Could be a battery problem issue, test connected to wall charger and see if behaives the same, also remove your sd card and sim to test
Doing this we can try to identify the problem
Good luck,
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thx for that i have two batteries one that is brand new that make it crash the other one is the original that wont charge more than 50%, but the problem isn't there when it is connectet with my cradle or my charger
the problem isn't there while using the old batteri...

Prosasan said:
thx for that i have two batteries one that is brand new that make it crash the other one is the original that wont charge more than 50%, but the problem isn't there when it is connectet with my cradle or my charger
the problem isn't there while using the old batteri...
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So that´s it!
There are some problems with your new battery, perhaps not the original
Here on Universal forum there is a member called duke nukem, he claims he sells the original ones, try to buy another battery
Good luck,
And all Uni members!
let´s vote!!!

i see
but the new batteri is Original ? from qtek/Htc

Universal charges too slow?

Hello people, a few days ago i was given an Universal, i started looking in the internet about it and i finally found this page, what happened is that the device was in the bootloader screen.
So i managed, with al the instructions and everything else you've got here, to install Beasty and Laurentius OS 2.07 on the PDA. and its actually working, sort of...
I have no idea on the background of the device, i got it for free as someone didnt want it because he couldnt fix it. now... i bought the carger 5V 1A and its charging, but if i just try to use it at the same time (wmp and wi-fi) it starts slooowly charging down. It's just charging way to slow, ove been charging it since 3pm, and its now almost 8pm and its 70%.
Could this be the battery? the charger aint working correctly? maybe the OS? or is it just that this device had nothing else to offer?
Thanks
The only thing i know is that it was not used for over a year. as the last user thought it was broken.

Danielfede said:
Hello people, a few days ago i was given an Universal, i started looking in the internet about it and i finally found this page, what happened is that the device was in the bootloader screen.
So i managed, with al the instructions and everything else you've got here, to install Beasty and Laurentius OS 2.07 on the PDA. and its actually working, sort of...
I have no idea on the background of the device, i got it for free as someone didnt want it because he couldnt fix it. now... i bought the carger 5V 1A and its charging, but if i just try to use it at the same time (wmp and wi-fi) it starts slooowly charging down. It's just charging way to slow, ove been charging it since 3pm, and its now almost 8pm and its 70%.
Could this be the battery? the charger aint working correctly? maybe the OS? or is it just that this device had nothing else to offer?
Thanks
The only thing i know is that it was not used for over a year. as the last user thought it was broken.
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Welcome to the forum
Perhaps isthe battery
Anyway I recommend you to install a newer ROM
Try Tomal 8.5 battery life is very very good
I have my original battery since 2005 and lasts me aday and a half with that ROM
Good luck enjoy and...
Don´t forget to vote!

well, right now im posting from the universal (actually its named qtek 9000 but it doesn't matter). I let the battery chsrge up to 100 now and it seems that it aint going down while I use the wifi. but ill keep an eye on it. and about tomal, could you please give me a link to it? I just have A lot of trouble finding things in this forum.
thanks.
pd: its annoying to do caps and correct grammar in this thing so... sorry for typos and all that.

Danielfede said:
well, right now im posting from the universal (actually its named qtek 9000 but it doesn't matter). I let the battery chsrge up to 100 now and it seems that it aint going down while I use the wifi. but ill keep an eye on it. and about tomal, could you please give me a link to it? I just have A lot of trouble finding things in this forum.
thanks.
pd: its annoying to do caps and correct grammar in this thing so... sorry for typos and all that.
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There you are mate!!
You´ll see the battery life with this ROM and also performance!
Enjoy!

Help please my Polaris is dead

After installing a new rom ,my polaris died ,no lights not recharging , I removed the battery,the SD and the sim card for > 24hrs and still the usb is not recognised and no lights at all and also not recharging any solution????

Hold camera button, and turn the phone on.. then you will get the hard spl boot screen..
After this you can flash a new rom.

notebook said:
After installing a new rom ,my polaris died ,no lights not recharging , I removed the battery,the SD and the sim card for > 24hrs and still the usb is not recognised and no lights at all and also not recharging any solution????
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do you have anything on the screen at all? or is the screen off as well?
try to be more specific please if you want to fix the problem:
What rom were you trying to flash?
do you have hardspl?
are you an experienced user or a novice?
was the battery fully charged?
did it flash completely and give you a message telling you it was successful?
is anything coming on at all?
is it under warranty still?
if you supply at least this information you will have a better chance that someone can help you fux it fast.
best of luck.

Venigo Thank u for your reply I tried this and tried many things before post ,no response.
bally3 Thank u for your reply I'll try to be more specific:
This happened after I flashed new Parcvello extreme rom.
I had a hard spl
I'm an experienced user
The battery was not fully charged and after flashing the rom I opened my polaris and it worked for 3 minutes after that it died.
No thing is coming at all
The warrenty period finished 6 months back
Thank u for your wiching best luck

notebook said:
Venigo Thank u for your reply I tried this and tried many things before post ,no response.
bally3 Thank u for your reply I'll try to be more specific:
This happened after I flashed new Parcvello extreme rom.
I had a hard spl
I'm an experienced user
The battery was not fully charged and after flashing the rom I opened my polaris and it worked for 3 minutes after that it died.
No thing is coming at all
The warrenty period finished 6 months back
Thank u for your wiching best luck
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My first advice is to try another battery. I cant see it being rom or flash related though its quite possible its hardware related and would need service centre attention.
Try a new battery. since you say nothing is coming on at all, I take it theres no power at all to it. You can try another battery or ask someone to test the battery for you using a meter to see if theres any charge in the battery itself.
When you say not fully charged I hope you mean like 40% and not 20% before flashing.
Did you get through all the setup before it crashed? Not that important but just trying to get a picture of what was happening when it went off.
if all else fails if you got it on contract you could ring them and ask them to look at it. If it isnt on contract then might be worth biting the bullet and seeing how much a repair centre would charge to fix it. You should at least be able to get a free estimate.

it can't be the battery, since the phone can work via the net with the battery out, even if the phone is off.

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it can't be the battery, since the phone can work via the net with the battery out, even if the phone is off.
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You are responsible of wasting 3 minutes of my life testing your theory...
Polaris wont work without battery as i predicted...at least mine wont...
So the battery might still be a possibility as mentioned above...
I dont see any other possibility beyond hardware failure.I tested all PCarvalho´s xtreme ROM´s and never had problems beyond software issues and he flashed the ROM and it was ok for 3 minutes as he said...at least bootloader would kick in.

Thank u all for your reply : I didn't mention that PCarvalho 's Rom is the cause I'm sure it isn't.
My second step is changing the battery and I 'll till you about the progress.

Still the same proplem after i tested the battery which is charged

in that case its a repair centre job then unfortunately...sorry to say.

Do any body knows where is the HTC repair centre in Cairo,Egypt

actually i had a similar problem. polaris totaly dead. then i discovered, that the sim slot thingy didn't "click in" properly. that solved my problem.