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I just got a TMobile MDA, and am brand new to this. I tried upgrading thru TMo site, but couldn't get Windows Mobile 6.0. Still have ROM 2.26.10.2; Radio 02.25.11; ExtROM 2.26.10.105. Anyway, I tried SNN Ver 2.o off of this site and it wouldn't upgrade. Any help from anyone before I start looking through site. Just looking for direction and a helping hand before I fry my MDA. Thanks to one and all. Looking forward to making great use of the site.!!!
Look here first
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=298613
You will need to make sure that your phone is unlocked before you can proceed with any upgrades to wm6
Check out the Wizard Wiki also - lots of great info
Remember - you are on your own, you are responsible for any issues with your phone. But, if you read the sticky posts here, and on the wm6 wizard board - the directions, while extremely detailed - are right on.
Read, understand, and when you are ready to proceed - do not skip a step, and if the directions tell you to flash something, or upgrade something twice - it is for a reason - do it twice.
Good luck
mucho thanks
Much appreciated. Don't know if phone is unlocked, but like you said ... will read everything twice. Thanks alot. One more thing ... can you guide me to info on how to find out if fone unlocked ... or how to do so. Once again, thanks. Looking forward to using the info.
Loudaman said:
Much appreciated. Don't know if phone is unlocked, but like you said ... will read everything twice. Thanks alot. One more thing ... can you guide me to info on how to find out if fone unlocked ... or how to do so. Once again, thanks. Looking forward to using the info.
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Download WST tool and run the 'CID Action' button,it'll verify the CID lock/unlock status of the phone.
Cheers!
where do i find the wst tool and how do i put it on the phone.
wat is the wst tool and how do u put it on the phoine
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where do i find the wst tool and how do i put it on the phone.
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You can find the tool here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=329170
You install it on your pc - and it will read and diagnose your phone through the usb connection.
Read through the attached post - lots of info, download the file - and good luck
actually i bought the phone from ebay and it didn't come with sync cable its 8125 from at&t is there another way to unlock it somehow maybe. Please help me
You can't upgrade without the usb cord and a computer (you can, but it is far more difficult.
First you need the USB cord
Then You need "Wizard Service tool" Type that in to the search engine on this forum.
Then read the stickies (the ones at the top of every forum) related to the wizard
hint: Faria; Dr. Puttingham.
Then search wor the "Wizard service manual" which will explain how your the wizard works and has IMPORTANT information for you in case you screw up and have to put your Wizard into bootloader mode manualy. You can still recover even if it looks really bad.
Then you need the lockwiz tool that works. I'm not sure that the wizard serice tool will unlock the phone, I did it the hard way before discovering it.
Then you need a version of WM5 that has a hacked IPL and SPL 1.5.xxx (you willl find that in the upgrading and modifying thread on the wizard forum
Once you downgrade; you can use the WST(maybe) or Lockwiz (most likely) to unlock your device (you may have to run it twice or more if you are not paying enough attention)
After the phone is unlocked you should upgrade back to the 2.26 version (Tmobile rom)
Then you should know how to flash roms by then.
Getting the thing unlocked is the difficult part. The cooks make flashing easy. You will probably not be able to yse your device for about a day while you make sure that you follow all the steps making sure that you get it right.
also read all of the directions well. I know it is a lot of information and can be hard to swallow. idoubt that you will "Brick" your wizard. It might seem that way at times; especialy while you are flashing the rom as it take a long pause sometimes right in the middle of it and it's scarry. You should be able to recover just fine. (I have a TMo MDA and it was built far better than I think HTC intended to build it)
Lastly. Take the plunge when you are confident that you have all of the tools, Information, and contingency plans (such as the 2.26 version of tmobile rom)
Word of advice while you are looking for an upgrade: All ROMs have "issues" so if you read all of the posts on a rom that looks good to you, you will see that a lot of people are complaining, asking for improvements and so on. This is what you should use to chose what you want to put into your phone. If you start a thread "which is the best Rom? expecting that the information will come to you; you won't get far. I know that my "join date" says one thing, but I have been looking at this forum since august off and on to see if I should even make an attempt or open my mouth before I figured out how things work here. Heard a preecher say once "God helps those who help them selves" and while I'm not partcularly religious, I have to agree with that kind of policy.
good luck, and don't panic if something unexpected happens; in about a half hour you will figure out how to fix it... unless you panic and loose your head.
Some dude was threatening to "throw (his) phone into a wall." That's not very productive.
To unlock through lokiwiz02b tool,it must have direct physical connection between phone and pc via Activesync. Although,its possible to Activesync with BT(BlueTooth),but not sure if unlocking is possible,according to my understanding,it shud be possible,as all the data can be transfered and all the info can be exchanged via BT,there shudn't be a problem,but as I have never tried it myself,I can't be sure,its certainly not possible to flash a Rom with BT.Rom is flashed in Bootloaders mode only,and in bootloaders,Bt doesn't work,so flashing of rom is only possible via usb cable connectivity.
Cheers!
Everyone keeps saying "the USB cord" when the actuality is, "A(ny)" USB cord will suffice. Any USB to 5-Pin (Mini B) is fine. You should be able to score one from a local electronics source for less than $10 US. Considering their value to you (being able to use ActiveSync, being able to flash the phone), I'd say it is a sound investment in your future fun with the phone.
Here's a (linked) example:
Alright, I've been in the process of trying to flash the ROM on my Vogue. I've been doing this over at PPCGeeks, and thought I try my luck for help with good people of xda.
Here is the comment I posted over there:
Alright, I've been reading and reading, can't find the answer, so hopefully someone can give me a detailed answer.
I ran the unlocker, to flash on OMJ Vogue ROM, with the Rev-A and GPS capabilities. During the process when the HTC ROM updater came on, the device wouldn't reconnect (I tried about 5 times, hard reset and starting from scratch). After waiting at the updater for about 10 minutes, I hit next and this time, as mentioned above, it said it was replacing the ROM image, but was blank. Meanwhile my phone is on the bootloader reading SPL-2.00.CoKe, after the updater went through the process, all of a few seconds, it performed the hard reset.
Now I have entered the bootloader to see SPL-2.31.CoKe, even after two hard resets, one being the auto, and one manual. The phone starts as it should, but once I turn it off, it won't power back on. I believe I saw a fix for this, but can't remember.
My biggest questions are, what can I do now? Is this normal, and I should continue to flash from here?
Anybody here know what I can do?
Thanks!
Here is a good place to start:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=398571
or even the entire Vogue subforum.
Wow, thanks junior, this is a bit more of a specific question.
Sounds like you did not do the radio upgrade that is necessary. I agree though, posting in a forum that is specific to your device/problem is best. And, I know for a fact, that there are numerous threads/posts on this subject at ppcgeeks.
try the ffg
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=394039
or
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=387960
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Sounds like you did not do the radio upgrade that is necessary. I agree though, posting in a forum that is specific to your device/problem is best. And, I know for a fact, that there are numerous threads/posts on this subject at ppcgeeks.
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That's the problem though, I couldn't even get to the radio part yet. I think the issue was with the reconnecting the device to ActiveSync, during the unlocking proccess?
Now, is there a way to complete this step through an SD card. Using ImCokeMan's 2.31 Vogue unlocker.
I went through the exact same thing, they're right about the radio
Use the official leaked sprint rom, it's an exe. Run it and flash. Then, DON'T LET IT BOOT UP!!! Immieaditely put it back in CoKe, and flash your desired ROM. When the vogue first starts up, it should say under those numbers that pop up R 3.37.15
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I went through the exact same thing, they're right about the radio
Use the official leaked sprint rom, it's an exe. Run it and flash. Then, DON'T LET IT BOOT UP!!! Immieaditely put it back in CoKe, and flash your desired ROM. When the vogue first starts up, it should say under those numbers that pop up R 3.37.15
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Awesome, I'm glad someone here has knowledge on this ! Ok, but from this point, the device has been hard reset, still with it showing the SPL as 2.31.CoKe, so from here should I run the Radio exe, it seems that I never finished the first step, which is completeing the unlocker tool, is this normal?
I've read tons of posts on here about flashing the Wing and I've still be unable to flash it correctly, during the flash it will get some type of ITWRITE error then my phone will have a box on the screen that says error unknown status, I let it sit then my pdocwrite pops up that error and then it will lose the USB connection to the computer and be locked up then I have to RUU it to make it work again, SPL is 4.28.0001, I'm just trying to put some new firmware on it to make it run better than the stock t-mobile firmware, all these posts are here are confusing me on what to do because some are outdated or I'll read one thing then something else I'll read contradicts itself, can someone point me in the right direction, I know that you have guides and things but half of them are outdated and I'm not even sure what the latest firmware is for things like OpenTouch and what not, I wish someone would clean up all the old posts so we don't have quite as much to dig through. Any help would be appreciative.
you're trying to flash using aserg's method, which is painfully outdated and you've got an SPL of more than 4, so you should just go ahead and HardSPL.
in the windows mobile world, NEVER read the outdated stuff, especially on xda-devs. somebody always asks some question that requires one of us to go back into the deep recesses of our memory, and that kind of question usually happens pretty often. Most answers are either really specialized or there is already thread on the topic on the first or second page of the forum.
now to answer your question. Do not touch the cable while flashing. When it says to unplug it, do so and then hard reset. Make sure you install the cabs before you start pdocwrite.
welcome to xda-devs. feel free to pm me any questions.
If I've already done the hardspl using Aserg-Hard-Spl.4.70.yan, and I'm trying to put Open Touch v6.1 Lite on my Wing, do I use the Herald-USPL-Beta3 method, I've got Open Touch v3.0 on my phone now but want to see if I like Open Touch v6.1 any better..
Nevermind I figured it out, followed the updated flashing guide.
Hello i try to unlock herm300 mda t mobile and spmthing goes wrong, and i need help, when i try to pover on. on scren shov mee m05 ,s04 b06 ,d1,21 no gsm, and show me logo t mobile this is end, is hangup,when i put in boot mode i have on the screan 4 color, and on display herm300 i pl-1,01 and herm300 spl-1,04., i try update but no sucess. Thank you.
I should have a sticky with this post , download and install the original carriers rom, if it was originally on o2 uk then use that rom. Ignore all the prompts saying tick if you have an active sync connection and tick them anyway and flash the rom, then hopefully your device will come back to life
the wiki is a vast source of info , if you tried looking on there all of these questions are pretty much answered
Try flashing the t mobile rom from here
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Available Original Shipped WM6 ROM Versions
Apologies for asking, but i've been round and round the site and I keep confusing myself as to what to use. I keep thinking I have fulfilled all the right tick boxes then I realise the ROM is for WM6 ... and I've only got WM5 at the moment. Or that its for a different version of the Hermes ... and I wasn't sure it would work on my handset.
I am wanting to flash my rom, should I use the T mobile one or some other one. I have an O2 sim in a T mobile Vario II.
I was also wanting to upgrade to WM6 but not sure if I should try and upgrade that first then flash the rom.
I've unlocked using a v3 unlock from here and I have used the Hard SPL-v7
Can somone advise me as to either which Rom to use or link me to where I can upgrade to WM6, and which way round I should do it.
Thanks.
Since you have unlocked and Hard SPLed your Hermes it doesn't matter what rom you use.
For personal preference though, I use the sd card method to flash the ROM as you get fewer problems that may "brick" your device. seeing as how you have Hard SPLed your Hermes try this.....
1. Format a 2Gb or less sd card FAT32. Copy the .nbh file of the ROM you want on it. Rename to hermimg.nbh .
2. Insert card into Hermes and go to bootloader - hold power button, OK button above the flywheel and reset with stylus. Hold all buttons in until you get to tri-colour screen A.K.A. bootloader.
3. As long as you have followed the instructions and have no spelling mistakes, follow the prompts.
JUST MAKE SURE YOU HAVE GOOD BATTERY CHARGE. You can't charge the battery while flashing.
I find that the only way to stuff up the flash like this is to reset with the stylus halfway through the flash (or have the battery die) so its safer.
As for ROMs, the ROMs you mentioned are stock ROMs. They are full of bloatware and tend to slow down your Hermes. Look in the WM06 part of this forum to see the newer WM6.5 cooked ROMs. Do some reading to see what you want (I believe theres a sticky at the top with about 50 WM06 roms) and make sure to read the last few pages as there are generally any problems and/or resolutions there.
Happy Flashing...
Cheers...
Many Many Thanks.
If I read this right. If I flash using a WM6 rom, will that give me WM6? I know that sounds stupid that I don't know, but I have found some comments really ambiguous due to some techno geek speak... I'm trying really really hard to find stuff and understand. I previously thought it would just change stuff behind the scenes.
Thanks again. I'll try it tonight if I get the chance.
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Many Many Thanks.
If I read this right. If I flash using a WM6 rom, will that give me WM6?
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yes this will give you WM6 .. and there are many great versions out there.. just find one you like by trying many of them or just look at some threads and flash.. but remember the rom must be found in hermes section .. do not flash it with a rom made for other devices hehe.. well good luck upgrading we're sure your gonna do great..
Won't get a chance to do it till the weekend now, Beer got in the way last night. However I'll have a go on Sat, which gives me time to go research the ROM's
Thank you! You're a star.
Okay next question.
Should I flash the Radio ROM before or after Flashing my ROM?
Also someone recommended that you should flash a stock ROM first, then a radio ROM then my chosen ROM (I think I'm favouring the Faria32 at the moment and its that thread i found the info on.)
Is there any point to this or should I go for the ROM I want and worry about the radio ROM later. ...
leave the radio alone unless you have truly **** reception on the vario, safer to just flash the rom OS(operating system or windows if you prefer)
Saying that though i have flashed my devices at least a 100 times each and had no problems, main thing to worry about is power, so make sure the battery is charged fully and the electric meter is topped up
You should only flash a stock rom if you are using a big storage rom or you have had hangups and slowness of your device before hand. There is a ATT stripped rom with no radio in it that i use from here, think that might even be in the faria thread.
Anyway try flashing the faria rom then if it is acting sluggish or hanging just flash a stock rom then flash it again with the faria rom
Good luck and happy flashing +
XDA-Developers the only place you can flash as much as you like and the cops dont arrest you
I stayed up wayyy past bedtime last night and flashed my rom.
Colour me happy.
I've an all singing all dancing working phone... though i lost settings when i reloaded my backup... but then finally managed to get them from O2 again... though they had "idiots r us" on duty this morning.
Though MMS still seems to be having problems.... I'll trawl a while and see if I can find a solution to that... though I think its a case of O2 just not allowing it cos its a Tmobile handset. grrrrr.
Download a version of Arcsoft mms composer and install to the hermes, NOT sd card. Run the service wizard, if your rom has it, and that should fix the problem.
Okay. I followed instructions and downloaded Arcsoft. I then tried to run the O2 settings on it from O2UK_Mobile_Settings cab. It doesn't seem to have fixed the mms settings.
I've tried manually typing in various o2 settings which I've located. I'm not sure if I've missed something important or not.
I don't think i have the service wizard on my phone, but having only just been researching flashing ROMs for the last couple of weeks I'm still on a steep learning curve. So if its liable to be part of the Faria 32 Rom and i've just not found it can you point me in baby speak to it.
Appologies for being thick.
I have been trying to find the information on the site, however the search engine doesn't seem to like mms as a seach term... and when i do get stuff up it seems an awful lot of folk asking for help... or its advice for other operators.
NB I have phoned O2 about this twice... and I find it increasingly frustrating being told that they'll send me the settings straight to my phone, which failed doing it on the net so why would it work for them? then they emailed instructions... which involved directions to the automatic setup... which I'd already tried. Then they sent the Mobile Web settings and how to set up my email... none of which I asked for, I asked for the MMS settings. Please tell me someone has the right settings which work and don't make me have to deal with them. I'm sure I speak a different language...
I can't remember if Faria's rom had it in there, its pretty old now.
Do a search for network setup cab. Just do some reading to see if it is ok for you as some are country or network specific, a case in point is Circ_au's setup wizard, Australia only.
I've already tried using the O2 settings cab i did find, as I previously mentioned.
I was hoping someone had advice or settings which definitely work so I could establish whether it is a phone prob or an O2 problem.
I have been directed here but that didn't work either.
I've been on the phone to O2 again (I hoped 3rd time lucky... FAIL) but got the same instructions and the inability for someone working there to understand I have followed instructions, and I do understand how it works... and no the "automatic settings" are not working and no you haven't sent me the mms configuration ... the GPRS settings are not the same thing... wimper...
The outcome of the phonecall was that the person at the other end of the phone decided it is entirely to do with my handset and that i need to speak to TMobile.
.. having unlocked my handset about a year ago and having recently flashed my ROM. I now have a very happy phone and its makeover is spiffing, I don't think it will be a Tmobile thing. ... cept I still don't get MMS. I keep getting a message "error synchronising" when i try a send/recieve.
Is there something I'm missing? I've tried and O2 settings cab and that didn't work. I've been on filesaveas and tried their settings still no joy.
Is there some form of wee thing i'm missing that Tmobile have hidden in there that would prevent me from using MMS? Or is the person at O2 BSing me ... cos they obviously haven't got a clue?
Any instructions or advice welcome.
Okay update is that I spoke to O2 again and got them to check my mms is set up and that my number has been properly ported across. Just in case. According to them all was good, but just in case they were going to switch off my mms then switch it on again and see if that works.
I've run through some settings (after waiting an hour to make sure they had plenty time to make sure they had finished fiddling.) and still no luck. still getting "error synchronising"
any more suggestions? I've a feeling there may be something somewhere that is really obvious and i'm missing something.
More update. Someone suggested that the porting problem may have stemmed from Tmobile not setting up their end of the porting of their number properly. This person managed to sort something out with them, so I phoned Tmobile to see what they can do for me.
... 15 min later and I'm no further forward, however the guy was really really keen to help and was trying to suggest idea's. Eventually I admitted defeat though he seemed really disappointed not being able to solve my problem. It was kinda sweet.
So as long as we trust the folk i've spoken to, O2 and Tmobile have got everything sorted... so it should just be a phone problem... most likely my settings
but its still not working. I'm still getting an error synchronising message when i hit send/recieve and nothing is sending from my phone.
Okay. I'm such a noob!!!
Forgot to hard reset after flashing my rom... I appear to be having limited success MMSing now. I say limited i've a couple of mates getting the weblink rather than the picture, but at least I know it isn't a phone problem!!!
Hopefully my witterings will help someone else with similar problem.
Thanks for all the help.
Herm300 flash
Hi friends, I really need your help now 'cos i just messed up my phone Herm300. Actually the network service was out and i attempted to flash the ROM with the hope it will solve the problem then it got stuck in the four color screen showing HERM300, IPL-1.01 and HERM300, SPL-1.40.olipro on the top left of the sreen. Hard and soft reset would not help. i used the RUU_MAINENTRY. kindly help me recover the phone. Thanks
Alright, I have an HTC Magic which essentially acts as my backup phone since I have a Desire. I figured I would try my hand out at flashing a rom on the Magic. Am I missing something, because it seems like a LOT of work. For something that people make out to be so simple, it sure is a pain. Every step I take, I run into issues. At this point I need to:
- Make a Goldcard. (Actually done, I think...?)
- "Fix" my SPL as it's "perfected.
- Update the Radio since the "fix" will apparently mess it up.
- Update the recovery using a customer recovery image.
- Then maybe flash a ROM to it and hope it works.
Am I missing something...or is this WAY more work then people make it out to be. Looking through the forums before starting this... people made it seem like all you had to do was make a Goldcare, copy the rom .zip to it, and use the fastboot method to flash it. I have flashed ROMs on WinMo several times, and it's never been nearly this much run around...even when things mess up. I thought doing this on Android was easier then on WinMo...
So... am I missing something? Is there an easier way that doesn't involve all this run around? Even so, hopefully I have almost everything I need at this point. Is there anything else I am going to run into that is going to cause a need for even MORE work? Any tips here? Thanks.
UPDATE: On trying to flash the SPL "fix" it goes through the installation then tells me that the CID is incorrect. I have tried it 4 or 5 times, using two different cards. It shouldn't be wrong. Any help? Don't understand why it keeps telling me the CID is incorrect. I have noticed though, for some reason, every time I restart the Magic, it gives me a different number when trying to get the CID. Is there a way to bypass this? Have been trying for 4 hours and have gotten no where at all...
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Alright, I have an HTC Magic which essentially acts as my backup phone since I have a Desire. I figured I would try my hand out at flashing a rom on the Magic. Am I missing something, because it seems like a LOT of work. For something that people make out to be so simple, it sure is a pain. Every step I take, I run into issues. At this point I need to:
- Make a Goldcard. (Actually done, I think...?)
- "Fix" my SPL as it's "perfected.
- Update the Radio since the "fix" will apparently mess it up.
- Update the recovery using a customer recovery image.
- Then maybe flash a ROM to it and hope it works.
Am I missing something...or is this WAY more work then people make it out to be. Looking through the forums before starting this... people made it seem like all you had to do was make a Goldcare, copy the rom .zip to it, and use the fastboot method to flash it. I have flashed ROMs on WinMo several times, and it's never been nearly this much run around...even when things mess up. I thought doing this on Android was easier then on WinMo...
So... am I missing something? Is there an easier way that doesn't involve all this run around? Even so, hopefully I have almost everything I need at this point. Is there anything else I am going to run into that is going to cause a need for even MORE work? Any tips here? Thanks.
UPDATE: On trying to flash the SPL "fix" it goes through the installation then tells me that the CID is incorrect. I have tried it 4 or 5 times, using two different cards. It shouldn't be wrong. Any help? Don't understand why it keeps telling me the CID is incorrect. I have noticed though, for some reason, every time I restart the Magic, it gives me a different number when trying to get the CID. Is there a way to bypass this? Have been trying for 4 hours and have gotten no where at all...
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I guess that I should be moving this to General since this is a Q&A and not a means to simplify what you are trying to accomplish.
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Discussion about the T-Mobile myTouch 3G, HTC Magic (general Q&A, tips & tricks)
Wow, do I know how you feel.... I recently got a Vibrant (galaxy s). So sine I got a new phone I unrooted my MT3g and sent it in on warranty since it was kinda scratched, so I can give it to my wife. Well with my first phone I was able to do the on click root since it came originally loaded with cupcake.... Well as it turns out if it comes pre loaded with donut you can't downgrade any more...lol So I had to do the gold card method.....it sucked.....
I can't even get stuff to work with the Goldcard. It keeps telling me the CID is incorrect... which it may be, since it gives me a new number every time I restart the damned thing. It can't be this hard to root all Android devices I hope... this is just ridiculous.
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I can't even get stuff to work with the Goldcard. It keeps telling me the CID is incorrect... which it may be, since it gives me a new number every time I restart the damned thing. It can't be this hard to root all Android devices I hope... this is just ridiculous.
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No, its not.... A good example is to root the vibrant you just flash a update.zip file...lol. But the sapphire/magic/mytouch is a great phone with allot of development support. But from what I understand one of the hardest roots..
Well that sucks. Kinda wanted to see how Froyo would run on it, and wanted to get a feel of how it was done before attempting it on the Desire. How did you manage to get the thing flashed?
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Well that sucks. Kinda wanted to see how Froyo would run on it, and wanted to get a feel of how it was done before attempting it on the Desire. How did you manage to get the thing flashed?
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the CID error tells me your gold card creation failed.
Check the process description at theunlockr.com. that worked for me.
My first mistake was formatting FAT and NOT FAT32. It must be formatted FAT32.
I used a 2GB PNY and it works great.
yes, our phone (the sapphire, magic, MT3G, whatever the carrier calls it) is one of the craziest to root. I have the 1.2 version that came out after the fender, so by default i need to do the goldcard method. I made the goldcard, but then my daughter dropped my phone, and i had to get it replaced, someone is currently borrowing my card reader, so i have to wait to root the new one.
one step from reading the forums that alot of people miss, is replacing the first two digits of the "gold card id" to 00.. you have to do this, or the thing wont work. at least if you're having issues on the gold card step you're not close enough to the steps that can BRICK your phone...
all i can say is make sure you follow the directions STEP BY STEP, i've seen a number of people who flash the wrong image first and it totally bricks the phone. in my case that would suck, as being on the non-contract plan, i get no discount for new phones.
hope that helps a little.
Yes, the zeros are critical but as I recall theunlockr link above (paste and cut) takes care of that for you. The gold card is the hard part to get right.. The rest is very straightforward.
Thanks for the input guys. Going to try a few more things.
Alright. Following the instructions. Step by step, I am still getting "CID Incorrect! Update Fail!"
This is very frustrating as there isn't any reason it shouldn't be working...
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yes, our phone (the sapphire, magic, MT3G, whatever the carrier calls it) is one of the craziest to root. I have the 1.2 version that came out after the fender, so by default i need to do the goldcard method. I made the goldcard, but then my daughter dropped my phone, and i had to get it replaced, someone is currently borrowing my card reader, so i have to wait to root the new one.
one step from reading the forums that alot of people miss, is replacing the first two digits of the "gold card id" to 00.. you have to do this, or the thing wont work. at least if you're having issues on the gold card step you're not close enough to the steps that can BRICK your phone...
all i can say is make sure you follow the directions STEP BY STEP, i've seen a number of people who flash the wrong image first and it totally bricks the phone. in my case that would suck, as being on the non-contract plan, i get no discount for new phones.
hope that helps a little.
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Not to thread jack, you know you can use any GoldCard with any phone, as long as it was made properly.
Any ideas on why this one isn't working then? Saying "Incorrect CID" when I try to flash anything with it.
Not sure. I know it took me 3 tries to get mine working right.
Sent from my HTC Magic using XDA App