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Problem upgrading my Vario II

I have a quick question regarding my MDA Vario II. I've downloaded the recently discovered (so I am led to believe!) official WM6 TMobile UK Rom and wish to upgrade my device. The thing is, when I confirm the ROM update, it seems to turn my Vario II screen off, ActiveSync loses its connection and the installer gives me a [260] Connection error.
ERROR [260] : CONNECTION
This error occurs when there is an “open port error” before upgrading the CE ROM image.
Solution: You can reset the device and run RUU again. If you still encounter an “OPEN PORT ERROR” again, reset your computer and try again.
I've reset the device and the computer over and over; I've even tried the process on a second machine but I still get these same symptoms.
How can I get my MDA Vario II to successfully take the ROM update?
Thanks in advance

Hi i had the same problem with the t-mobile update and the way i installed it was to manually enter the bootloader so you get the tri coloured screen, then right click on the rom install exe and click extract to RUU_Hermes_TMO_UK_3.60.110.2_6275_1.50.00.00_108_Test(or whatever the name of the rom is that you want to install), you will need winrar installed to do that, not sure if winzip supports this feature too as i have always used winrar.
Any way once this is extracted you can double click on the folder and then right click on the ruuinside.exe and click extract to ruu_inside. Once this is done double click the ru_inside folder and double click on the ROMUpdateUtility and click that you have done everything it says you have to do (even though you havent got an active sync connection etc) and if it goes well, Like mine did it will install
Let me know if it did , good luck
P.S. I am using vista and if i do it this way i can install all the roms

off topic but do you look like jolie or do you wish you did

scousemartin said:
Hi i had the same problem with the t-mobile update and the way i installed it was to manually enter the bootloader so you get the tri coloured screen, then right click on the rom install exe and click extract to RUU_Hermes_TMO_UK_3.60.110.2_6275_1.50.00.00_108_Test(or whatever the name of the rom is that you want to install), you will need winrar installed to do that, not sure if winzip supports this feature too as i have always used winrar.
Any way once this is extracted you can double click on the folder and then right click on the ruuinside.exe and click extract to ruu_inside. Once this is done double click the ru_inside folder and double click on the ROMUpdateUtility and click that you have done everything it says you have to do (even though you havent got an active sync connection etc) and if it goes well, Like mine did it will install
Let me know if it did , good luck
P.S. I am using vista and if i do it this way i can install all the roms
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Thank you for this but I'm a little worried about doing all this as I've never flashed before, (although I'm experiened with technology). Out of curiosity, how can I manually enter the bootloader?
Edit: Never mind; Side OK, Power and Soft Reset
It's going over now I hope it works

This will ERASE the whole phone so make sure you have performed a sync before doing this. Press the left top button and the right top button and the camera button all together and reset the device using the stylus. You need long fingers to accomplish it lol. Just hold all the buttons in till you see the tri colour screen. If you dont see the tri colour screen and just see the normal boot screen then try again, you need to have them all pressed at the same time when you reset. Its fiddly to do on your own or you get someone else to press the stylus in while you press the buttons in.
Also you dont need to press the buttons at the exact time you reset. You can just press the buttons in any order just as long as they are all pressed when you reset, hope that is clear enough. Also if it is a t-mobile device then it will update no problem , if it is another providers rom that is on there it wont even try to update and you will get a device id error

scousemartin said:
This will ERASE the whole phone so make sure you have performed a sync before doing this. Press the left top button and the right top button and the camera button all together and reset the device using the stylus. You need long fingers to accomplish it lol. Just hold all the buttons in till you see the tri colour screen. If you dont see the tri colour screen and just see the normal boot screen then try again, you need to have them all pressed at the same time when you reset. Its fiddly to do on your own or you get someone else to press the stylus in while you press the buttons in.
Also you dont need to press the buttons at the exact time you reset. You can just press the buttons in any order just as long as they are all pressed when you reset, hope that is clear enough. Also if it is a t-mobile device then it will update no problem , if it is another providers rom that is on there it wont even try to update and you will get a device id error
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Dude you ****ing rock Thanks for the advice on manual bootloader mode and everything. My phone is now running WM6 - it feels so much slicker, phone, Web n Walk and everythng works out of the box (yep I let it do customisation :\ lol) and its just great!!!!
Next stop Windows Live Messenger cab file... I'm sure its here somewhere? You know of one?
Thanks again

here is a windows installer for windows live
http://rapidshare.com/files/66632856/Install_WLM.exe

MDA Stuck on Press Send to Restore...

Hi: This is my first posting and I am new on this board. I have had an MDA that I got as a gift from my Dad and I love it. However, I used it last week and for some unkown reason, it is stuck in the:
'Press Send to Restore Factory Defaults, Other Key to Quit.'
I have been trying to get past this for 4 days and am not having any luck.
I got to the Align Screen and that happened only once. Then I could not get past that. It keep showing the Align Screen and I kept tapping and it just kept going round and round from the Center Tap to the sides and back.
My battery is fully charged, I have read this forum and still I am lost. I would really appreciate any help. Thank you so much.
Toni

Do a Soft Reset or Hard Reset.
Cheers!

zabardast_1 said:
Do a Soft Reset or Hard Reset. Cheers!
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Thank you for trying to help me. However, I have done both of the resets over and over and I keep getting the same result. 'Press send to restore factory defaults, other key to quit.'
I can get no further than that display regardless of what key or keys that I hit.
I have even tried the two ways of doing a Hard Reset:
1. Hold Com and Voice while pressing Soft Reset Button for 5 or more seconds until I get that display.
2. Hold Com, Voice and Camera while pressing Soft Reset Button for 5 or more seconds until I get that display.
I cannot get past that display regardless of what key or keys I press.
It seems frozen at that display point.

Tried again this am to hard reset my MDA. Now it goes and shows the T-Mobile screen with the IPL/SPL etc. Then goes into Windows and to the Align Screen and for some reason will not recognize the Screen Tapping to align the screen.
I did try to use my PC to recognize the MDA, but it would not. Downloaded WST and that would not recognize my MDA either. I understand that until I get past the Hard Rest my MDA will not be recognized by my PC due to ActiveSync being requried to connect my MDA to the PC. I don't know what else I can try. Search all day yesterday and could not find any solutions. Will continue today. Any suggestions, Please. Thank you.

Tonis said:
Tried again this am to hard reset my MDA. Now it goes and shows the T-Mobile screen with the IPL/SPL etc. Then goes into Windows and to the Align Screen and for some reason will not recognize the Screen Tapping to align the screen.
I did try to use my PC to recognize the MDA, but it would not. Downloaded WST and that would not recognize my MDA either. I understand that until I get past the Hard Rest my MDA will not be recognized by my PC due to ActiveSync being requried to connect my MDA to the PC. I don't know what else I can try. Search all day yesterday and could not find any solutions. Will continue today. Any suggestions, Please. Thank you.
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Use the love rom to set phone back to "zero". Therefore you must press press the voice and camera buttons if joy reset youre phone.
You get some collored bloks om youre phone and then you can use the love rom.
After that you can use youre original rom updater

sleurhut said:
Use the love rom to set phone back to "zero". Therefore you must press press the voice and camera buttons if joy reset youre phone.
You get some collored bloks om youre phone and then you can use the love rom.
After that you can use youre original rom updater
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Did a search for Love Rom and Wizard_Love ROM and only came up with 103 results consisting of some Threads with 1570, 898, 618,787, 893, 464........postings on the first page for Threads 1-25.
Now I do have a Red, Green, Blue, White Screen with RUU in the top right corner of the Red Bar with IPL 2.26 and SPL 2.26 in the Red Bar. Nothing is in the Green, Blue or White bar.
I tried to Hard Reset and Soft Rest and nothing happens. I removed my Battery and then tried again and still nothing happens?
Where can I find Wizard_Love ROM and what do I do when I find it. My PC will not recognize my MDA and I used WST and that cannot located my MDA.
I am at a complete loss of what to do next.
Thank you in advance for taking the time to try to help me get my phone operational.

sleurhut
Use the love rom to set phone back to "zero".
do not confuse guys with this statement.Wizard_love_Rom is a patched rom which is flashed to recover back the phone in some stuck up phones,but it doesn't set the phone back to 'ZERO',but its an italian language rom.
Tonis
The multicolor screen is the bootloaders with IPL/SPL 2.26 displayed,this is the mode from where you can flash another rom.There's no need to get the phone activesync,cuz it won't activesync in bootloaders.But when in bootloaders,connect the phone with pc via usb cable and watch small usb appear at the bottom of the bootloaders,if its there then you are good to go and can flash a rom.
Now,download the official T-mobile 2.26 from the link below and get the phone in bootloaders,check usb appear at the bottom and flash it to recover back to the default status of the phone.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=342744
Cheers!

zabardast_1 said:
sleurhut
Use the love rom to set phone back to "zero".
do not confuse guys with this statement.Wizard_love_Rom is a patched rom which is flashed to recover back the phone in some stuck up phones,but it doesn't set the phone back to 'ZERO',but its an italian language rom.
Tonis
The multicolor screen is the bootloaders with IPL/SPL 2.26 displayed,this is the mode from where you can flash another rom.There's no need to get the phone activesync,cuz it won't activesync in bootloaders.But when in bootloaders,connect the phone with pc via usb cable and watch small usb appear at the bottom of the bootloaders,if its there then you are good to go and can flash a rom.
Now,download the official T-mobile 2.26 from the link below and get the phone in bootloaders,check usb appear at the bottom and flash it to recover back to the default status of the phone.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=342744
Cheers!
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Thank you again for your help. Prior to this posting I found:
epimazzo Posting at: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=294107&highlight=bootloader #1 and this is what cleared up my problem and now my MDA is running GREAT!!!!!!!!
This was the same thing that you posted for me, too.
Maybe some of you are already aware of this procedure, maybe not.
Anyway, it worked for me and I decided to share how to do it. Simple.
This procedure should only be used in case you really need enter into a bootloader mode (Red, Green, Blue, White Screen) and all other ways to do it has failed! Hold Camera button is one of these I am mentioning.
1. Make sure your Phone is not Connected to the PC and remove the dummy card or SD/MMC card
2. On your Desktop PC, open Microsoft ActiveSync, then go to File >Connection Settings >Remove the Selection from “Allow USB Connection with this desktop computer”
3. Reconnect your Phone to the Desktop PC using the USB Cradle and the Charger MUST be Connected to the Cradle (Don’t use the IrDA or Bluetooth for the Upgrade)
4. Run the Upgrade again and it will work fine without any problems.
While upgrading, the ActiveSync program will not go on, however the upgrade is running.
So, Thank you all for your time and help. I do hope this helps others to find a way to correct their problems.

Thanks !
Yes.thats exactly what I wanted you to do
I'm glad you got it up and running fine
Cheers!

zabardast_1 said:
sleurhut
Use the love rom to set phone back to "zero".
do not confuse guys with this statement.Wizard_love_Rom is a patched rom which is flashed to recover back the phone in some stuck up phones,but it doesn't set the phone back to 'ZERO',but its an italian language rom.
Tonis
The multicolor screen is the bootloaders with IPL/SPL 2.26 displayed,this is the mode from where you can flash another rom.There's no need to get the phone activesync,cuz it won't activesync in bootloaders.But when in bootloaders,connect the phone with pc via usb cable and watch small usb appear at the bottom of the bootloaders,if its there then you are good to go and can flash a rom.
Now,download the official T-mobile 2.26 from the link below and get the phone in bootloaders,check usb appear at the bottom and flash it to recover back to the default status of the phone.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=342744
Cheers!
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I does everything you do but
I don't have the cradle :S
so that means a problem?
or there a nother way?

Hi!
I got an mada vario 4. How can I upgrade the rom on it? Or can I change the t-mobile touch flo to manila 2.5? Thx! Zoli

HELP!! HTC Home Customizer 2.1 left my HTC Touch (Sprint) completely frozen

Hi,
I installed HTC Home 2.1 Version from the following site.
http://www.pocketemu.com/download.php?view.20
After installation the device restarted and left my phone completely disabled. Nothing works, the backlight just stays on, cannot click anywhere, doesnt receive sprint connection, PC cannot detect the device so no Active Sync and hence cannot upgrade ROM aswell. Hard resets brings it back to the same screen....completely frozen.
Please help!!
Thanks,
Apurv

apurvjawle said:
Hi,
I installed HTC Home 2.1 Version from the following site.
http://www.pocketemu.com/download.php?view.20
After installation the device restarted and left my phone completely disabled. Nothing works, the backlight just stays on, cannot click anywhere, doesnt receive sprint connection, PC cannot detect the device so no Active Sync and hence cannot upgrade ROM aswell. Hard resets brings it back to the same screen....completely frozen.
Please help!!
Thanks,
Apurv
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By hard reset, you are referring to pressing and holding the red+green+stylus in reset hole all at the same time until the gray screen appears on the screen? If so, that should be reloading your ROM and removing everything on there (basically back to first startup with the last ROM/Stock ROM that was flashed to it)
Otherwise, take your SD card and attach/access it from your PC apart from the phone, copy over the ROMs *.NBH file you want or are currently using over to it and rename it VOGUIMG.nbh and put the SD card back into the phone, power it on and press and hold the power+camera+stylus in hole until the gray screen shows up and then follow the directions there - it is referred to as flashing from bootloader mode
Detroit Doug

Thanks!
Thanks a lot! I was under the impression that putting stylus in the hole is hard resetting
I did the actual hard reset and the phone is back to manufacturers settings
Thanks
Apurv,

No problem, glad its back up and running for ya
Detroit Doug

Don't try to reinstall 2.1. Just use 1.0 final.

$100 Reward if can fix my T8285

Long story short my phone worked fine for months. Went to a 1.56 Rom active sync stopped working. I have already tried everything associated with AS problem, everything. Went to get it repaired at HTC America in Houston, TX there gay and dont support T8285. I have tried flashing via memory card but I seem to be retarded doing it that way. Engineer said mini usb slot works fine, cooked rom may have corrupted AS. Customer service would not let him fix my phone because it was an "aussie version". I just want the phone to sync is that too much to ask? Anyway $100 bucks to anyone that can make it work paid via paypal immediately.

moved out of development

Personally I think your mad offering $100. I'm sure most people would have hepled you for free, including myself. I'm not after your money but offer my assistance.
Have you tried doing a hard reset? uninstalling activesync & reinstalling it?
Flashing different rom. If you can't flash through SD Card, have you tried flashing again via usb. You don't need phone sync'd
Put your phone into bootloader and then connect to pc via usb. At bottom of screen the text should change from 'serial' to 'usb'. Now flash phone by running rom (cooked or stock etc) you downloaded. Put .nbh and ruu file into same folder and then open ruu file and follow instructions.
I severely doubt cooked rom affected activesync.
EDIT
As bonesy said below, you'll need either USPL or HSPL to flash 1.56+ based rom.
Full tutorial or dummies guide to flashing 1.56+ based roms can be found in cRaCKwHoRe's guide. See my signature

Turn off your phone, Take out your memory card, Plug the miniUSB in then power on (Hold volume down press power holding volume down still) This will bring up a coloured screen. Run the ROM Wrapper package exe (BlackstoneRUUWrapper) This SHOULD now install the right ROM.
Please make sure you are using a 1.56 rom with the HSPL or i think it has problems with GFX.
When windows loads go to start>settings>connections>USBtoPC
this is on 6.5 rom not sure about 6.1 :/
Untick Enable faster data synchronizaion, I had to do all this on works computer to update a ROM god knows why but this was my fix.
ROM Should load as should activesync now.
Please let me know if this helps
Tried to post in ure original threads but mods were moving to trash each time BAH!

Thanks to both of you guys for your suggestions. I thought I was not a noob when it came to flashing roms but once I could not do it via usb I was a whole different story. Yeah I am offering the $100 just to get people to help. I know you get slammed if you ask a question so I figured I would make it worth someone's time. I am going right now to pick it up from the repair center so I will try during my lunch in about an hour.

Fallen Spartan said:
Personally I think your mad offering $100. I'm sure most people would have hepled you for free, including myself. I'm not after your money but offer my assistance.
Have you tried doing a hard reset? uninstalling activesync & reinstalling it?
Flashing different rom. If you can't flash through SD Card, have you tried flashing again via usb. You don't need phone sync'd
Put your phone into bootloader and then connect to pc via usb. At bottom of screen the text should change from 'serial' to 'usb'. Now flash phone by running rom (cooked or stock etc) you downloaded. Put .nbh and ruu file into same folder and then open ruu file and follow instructions.
I severely doubt cooked rom affected activesync.
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I tried uninstalling and reinstalling active sync. Different cables, different computers, xp and vista, everything, checked usb enhanced, etc ,etc.

bonesy said:
Turn off your phone, Take out your memory card, Plug the miniUSB in then power on (Hold volume down press power holding volume down still) This will bring up a coloured screen. Run the ROM Wrapper package exe (BlackstoneRUUWrapper) This SHOULD now install the right ROM.
Please make sure you are using a 1.56 rom with the HSPL or i think it has problems with GFX.
When windows loads go to start>settings>connections>USBtoPC
this is on 6.5 rom not sure about 6.1 :/
Untick Enable faster data synchronizaion, I had to do all this on works computer to update a ROM god knows why but this was my fix.
ROM Should load as should activesync now.
Please let me know if this helps
Tried to post in ure original threads but mods were moving to trash each time BAH!
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Thanks for breaking it down barney style for me. I will try this very soon. If it works my friend you got $100 smackers.

no worries, Glad to help (if it does lol)

bonesy said:
Turn off your phone, Take out your memory card, Plug the miniUSB in then power on (Hold volume down press power holding volume down still) This will bring up a coloured screen. Run the ROM Wrapper package exe (BlackstoneRUUWrapper) This SHOULD now install the right ROM.
Please make sure you are using a 1.56 rom with the HSPL or i think it has problems with GFX.
When windows loads go to start>settings>connections>USBtoPC
this is on 6.5 rom not sure about 6.1 :/
Untick Enable faster data synchronizaion, I had to do all this on works computer to update a ROM god knows why but this was my fix.
ROM Should load as should activesync now.
Please let me know if this helps
Tried to post in ure original threads but mods were moving to trash each time BAH!
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So I got my phone and this is what it says.
BLAC120 32M
SPL-1.56.01Olinex
MicroP-Blackstone (LED) v6
and it's just red green blue and white no word on the bottom. Ran BlackstoneRUUWrapper with the nbh file that I wanted and it gave me a connection error. Now it says Seiral in the white.

Fallen Spartan said:
Personally I think your mad offering $100. I'm sure most people would have hepled you for free, including myself. I'm not after your money but offer my assistance.
Have you tried doing a hard reset? uninstalling activesync & reinstalling it?
Flashing different rom. If you can't flash through SD Card, have you tried flashing again via usb. You don't need phone sync'd
Put your phone into bootloader and then connect to pc via usb. At bottom of screen the text should change from 'serial' to 'usb'. Now flash phone by running rom (cooked or stock etc) you downloaded. Put .nbh and ruu file into same folder and then open ruu file and follow instructions.
I severely doubt cooked rom affected activesync.
EDIT
As bonesy said below, you'll need either USPL or HSPL to flash 1.56+ based rom.
Full tutorial or dummies guide to flashing 1.56+ based roms can be found in cRaCKwHoRe's guide. See my signature
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Well I get it into bootloader no problem but then plug in the usb cable and nada, it says serial. So then I tried starting bootloader mode with the cabe and still nada, it does not even say serial. If I unplug it then it says serial. I have tried both ways to run the RUU Wrapper and I keep getting the usb conncetion error

serial?
Hi, please can you post a screen shot of where it says serial at boot screen?

stoolzo said:
Hi, please can you post a screen shot of where it says serial at boot screen?
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I cant because I cant use my software that would do that since it wont sync to my computer.

snap shot
just take a snap shot with a webcam or digital camera if you have one.

stoolzo said:
just take a snap shot with a webcam or digital camera if you have one.
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let me see if this comes thru ok.

turcomora said:
let me see if this comes thru ok.
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Here yo go. This picture is with me having the device plugged in it charging fine. Then entering bootloader mode. If I unplug then it will say serial. If I dont plug in before then enter bootloader it will say serial still.

thanks
ok, that looks pretty normal,so to recap you fully powerdown the phone by taking the battery out, put the cable into both the phone and pc and the turn on holding volume down and it just sits there?, what happens when you press volume up at this point?

stoolzo said:
ok, that looks pretty normal,so to recap you fully powerdown the phone by taking the battery out, put the cable into both the phone and pc and the turn on holding volume down and it just sits there?, what happens when you press volume up at this point?
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Only thing I was not doing was taking out the battery. Just tried that and still same screen. Nothing happens when I press the volume up button just stays there.

pc
do you have another pc to try this on to rule out an actual active sync problem?

stoolzo said:
do you have another pc to try this on to rule out an actual active sync problem?
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Yeah I have been trying on my latop, home pc, and work pc and nothing same result. I have tried different usb cables, os, reinstalling, everything. Only thing I have not tried is flashing via sd card yet.

brick
its sounds like you have a corrupt spl, it is definately worth trying the sd card as it may allow you to activesync but it may then fallover when it reboots and goes into boot mode. This i where user viperbjk (see android dev thread) may be able to help as he has successfully managed to unbrick a phone.
I had this same problem but powering down and simply triggering the and spl reflash resolved it. your problem sounds different though.

hard rest

im getting to the yes/no page but when i press r nothing is happening??????

thunderider said:
im getting to the yes/no page but when i press r nothing is happening??????
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I assume you mean a hard reset to completely revert your phone to factory settings.
I also assume that the two soft keys and stylus in the hole is giving you the yes/no question.
The alternative could be to try:
Start>Settings>System (Tab)>Clear Storage (Icon)
Mike

cheers mike...im constantly finding the whole experiance frustrating with this phone...might stick it a jify bag to you to upgrade

i think this is the end of the road for me n hermes,i did a rest as above ,that worked ok,i though before i set everything up again ill put a new rom in it,ive got ruu-hermes-tmo 3.60.110.4,if thats right?,it gets to the screen red green blue white,i presume this is hard spl or bootlocker? but it wont active sync with the computer,so im gonna ditch it,its to unstable for anything,ever simply downloading photos becomes a pain as its always running out of memory,als it still wont recognise my sd card wich has everything on so its usless....back to the sonr k8501 while i look for something else...iphone....blackberry...e71....communicator....these htcs are not simple bits of kit...

thunderider said:
i think this is the end of the road for me n hermes,i did a rest as above ,that worked ok,i though before i set everything up again ill put a new rom in it,ive got ruu-hermes-tmo 3.60.110.4,if thats right?,it gets to the screen red green blue white,i presume this is hard spl or bootlocker? but it wont active sync with the computer,so im gonna ditch it,its to unstable for anything,ever simply downloading photos becomes a pain as its always running out of memory,als it still wont recognise my sd card wich has everything on so its usless....back to the sonr k8501 while i look for something else...iphone....blackberry...e71....communicator....these htcs are not simple bits of kit...
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The tri-colour screen is bootloader. Once in bootloader connect your device to your pc. The bottom of bootloader should change from 'serial' to 'usb'. Once usb' is shown you are able to flash rom

hi spartan,wots happening now,i can active sync the phone to pc,but one i launch the ruu,it goes in to boot loader then active sync closes down,not connected,also i found after doing hard reset it no longer sees my sd card....wich had everything on it....but i have no card reader/adaptor.....

thunderider said:
hi spartan,wots happening now,i can active sync the phone to pc,but one i launch the ruu,it goes in to boot loader then active sync closes down,not connected,also i found after doing hard reset it no longer sees my sd card....wich had everything on it....but i have no card reader/adaptor.....
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It is normal procedure for activesync not to be running when in bootloader as phone is not booted up. To flash a rom all you need is phone connected to pc via usb cable. You do not need activesync.
Put phone into bootloader. Bottom of screen should say 'serial'. Now connect phone to pc via usb cable. Bottom of bootloader should now change to 'usb' after a few seconds. You are now able to run ruu file from pc