Related
I decided to upgrade my 8525 that i bought from Cingular last winter to the latest AT&T Rom found on the HTCAmerica website today and had no problems, but upon finding that my spb backup file with all my programs and contacts would not carry over to this upgrade (the contacts lock up and none of the programs work when i tried restoring) i was hoping to downgrade back to my previous ROM version.
I'll try and detail all the steps i've taken so far to showcase that i have used both search and the wiki and that i am only making a new topic after having exhausted both:
1) Upgraded to the AT&T ROM flawlessly, the phone besides having a few pocket pc programs installed on it had not been previously touched otherwise (no rom/reg modifications besides the pttfix)
2) Attempting to downgrade back to Cingular's 1.34 ROM i made my way through the search and the wiki, from the wiki i downloaded the Cingular 1.34 ROM RUU file and found out that the 1.11 bootloader would not allow downgrades, i then downloaded and installed Hard-SPL-V7 and follow the instructions at mrvanx.org
3) The install is fine without any errors, i connect my 8525 to the computer and allow activesync to run and connect (it says sync'd and connected in activesync), when i run the Cingular 1.34 ROM RUU it runs fine but then after a few minutes says that it was not able to connect to my device even though it clearly was connected just moments ago
4) Searching some more i stumble across this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=278345 and follow it's directions, though when i connect the device to the computer via mini-usb activesync does nothing and thus so does the Cingular 1.34 ROM RUU
5) Further searching leads to the mrvanx WM5 downgrade guide at http://www.mrvanx.org/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=41&Itemid=26 but this doesn't help as i'm not downgrading from WM6 to WM5, only from one ROM version to another
Any help would be greatly appreciated and i sincerily apologize in advance if there was a specific wiki/thread topic that addresses the issue i am having that i somehow overlooked
i used the sdcard method
I did't load hardspl, but I downgraded using the method described in the wiki here:
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Hermes_SDCardFlashing
worked on the first try for me. I needed blackberry connect and could not get it to work with the att rom. I may go to wm6 before too long.
good luck.
wes
the microSD card method work perfectly, i cannot thank you enough wwwes!
glad I helped you!
wes
allenh said:
5) Further searching leads to the mrvanx WM5 downgrade guide at http://www.mrvanx.org/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=41&Itemid=26 but this doesn't help as i'm not downgrading from WM6 to WM5, only from one ROM version to another
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
This would have worked for you as well. Yesterday I used this to downgrade from WM6 to the ATT ROM back to the Cingular ROM.
Mike
I had an AT&T Tilt with a data plan. It worked well. I Just recieved the HTC Touch T8285 which I purchased. I installed the SIM card and the phone work well. I noticed that the internet does not work. Can someone give me some gudance on what I need to do to get the data connection to work over the AT&T network.
Thank you.
if i remember correctly, it's because the the Telstra ROM locks the data connection to Telstra's service. did you add at&t's connection settings to your device? if so, i take it that didn't work so i'm not sure if there's a workaround when using the stock Telstra ROM. as soon as i got mine, i applied the HardSPL package and then flashed a custom ROM. after doing this, the phone automatically configured at&t's internet settings and i've been good to go ever since.
I am getting a little confused on which 1.56+ base rom to use for the flashing. Can you help. Not an expert in this area, but did alot of reading to educate my self.
Thank you in advance.
contig said:
I am getting a little confused on which 1.56+ base rom to use for the flashing. Can you help. Not an expert in this area, but did alot of reading to educate my self.
Thank you in advance.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
search the Available Blackstone Shipped ROMs for a WWWE (WorldWideEnglish) 1.56 ROM and you should be good to go.
I found the ROM I need. I trying to run HSPLWrapper_Blackstone_1560liNex.exe. Tried several times. Getting a "error 262" ? Any suggestions?
contig said:
I found the ROM I need. I trying to run HSPLWrapper_Blackstone_1560liNex.exe. Tried several times. Getting a "error 262" ? Any suggestions?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
not trying to be rude/contrite/an asshole, but if you read the Tutorial (from my signature) there are troubleshooting guides for the error codes and other issues to complete the HardSPL. i know it's a painfu/steep learning curve (that we all have to complete), but once you complete the process, you'll be better equipped for your next flash. my recommendation is to create a checklist of ALL the steps (e.g., using Word, Excel or a piece of paper) required to flash a new ROM and use that as a guide. good luck!
O.K. got through installing the HSPL (HSPLWrapper_Blackstone_1560liNex.exe). The issue was that I when into the boot loader manually rather than allowing the HSPL application to do it. I have a distorted color screen. I did a alot of reading and I believe I did it right. I also installed the 1560liNex twice. It did not help. When the HTC touch HD is booted up in has the disported colors. It appears to go away after the sleep mod. I seen some posting on this, but I do not seem to find a resolution. I verified in boatloader that I am running "SPL-560liNex" The ROM version prior to this was "1.21.841.1" Should I proceed to install "RUU Blackstone HTC WWE 1.56.405.1" hoping that the color issue would go away or continue to try to resolve the distorted color issue? You comments would be appreciated.
Thank you,
the only way to validate you've updated your SPL is to go into bootloader mode and confirm that you see "SPL 1.56 Olinex". once you install SPL 1.56 Olinex, you have to use a 1.56 (or newer ROM).
Hello,
I have a problem with my G1.
I got my G1 maybe a month ago. It had firmware 1.1 and radio module 1.22.12.29. Back then I did not realize it was a radio image compatible with firmware 1.0 as far as I gather from the HTC website.
At first, I did not intend to root it at all, a decision later I would regret. Well, it worked OK, only it was not updated. I was told I would receive the update over-the-air in 4 days. At first they said it would be to 1.5, but it turned out my operator started to upgrade straight to 1.6.
And so I did receive it in 4 days and the problems began.
Basically, the voice quality is so bad that half of what I say is ununderstandable. My voice sounds metalic and I cannot have a coherent conversation over the phone. It is a business phone, so you can imagine it is rather annoying when I have to struggle to be understood by clients.
Ok, so I checked the bootloader for the radio image version and I found out it was still version 1.22.12.29. As per the HTC website I should have 2.22.19.26I. So, obviously the radio firmware was not updated as it should be as per the HTC website. Thus, it seems the reason voice quality is so poor is the outdated radio firmware.
Since I did not plan to return my new phone to my operator (I had no time for it), I decided to root the phone and update the radio firmware myself. It seemed simple enough and I use Unix and Linux since 15 years, so it seemed it would pose no problem.
Quickly I learned that rooting 1.6 is not so simple. One-click method fails. Only goldcard worked and after a few days of struggle I finally got back to firmware RC7 and rooted the device.
Right after I updated the recovery image to CM 1.4, but before I flashed the CM ROM I attempted to update the radio firmware as was suggested by one tutorial I followed as well as the CM website.
Well, it all went smooth. After the update I pressed Home and Back, it rebooted, back to recovery CM1.4, one more time Home and Back and I was back to the working phone. I checked the radio firmware and lo and behold, it was still version 1.22.12.29. No errors, nothing, smooth update process and no result. I repeated it at least 5 times to no avail.
I decided to install CM 4.2.7.1 ROM and try to update the radio then. Before the CM ROM I updated the SPL to HardSPL with success to have fastboot and went to install CM. It went smooth and I booted into this new rooted G1 ROM with ease.
Again, I attempted to update the radio firmware from recovery CM1.4 and again no results.
So, I am back to square one. I have again firmware 1.6 only from CM instead of stock HTC, and I cannot use this phone for calling.
So, summarizing, I got the phone with firmware 1.1, but radio firmware from 1.0. Why it was not updated together with the system I do not know. Then I got an update to 1.6 and the radio firmware also did not upgrade. Then I went back to RC7 (firmware 1.0), rooted the phone, attempted the radio firmware update before installing CM ROM and failed. And finally, I installed HardSPL + HTC 1.6 recovery (as suggested on the CM website) + CM ROM and again failed to update the radio firmware to 2.22.19.26I. The update process is going without any errors. Verification, extracting, installation of radio image all go OK, the phone reboots but no radio updated.
Anybody any idea why it is like this? Why this phone refuses to update the radio from HTC website.
Any suggestions?
Oliwer
PS. One more thing, I was contemplating updating the radio via fastboot, but it seems after reading HTC website that fastboot is only for system and recovery image flashing. The radio has to go first adn from recovery console. Am I right on this?
I too have a problem updating to the 26i version. however i rooted at 1.5 using the one click root method and ive since switched from cyan 1.4 recovery and cyan roms to amon recovery and dwang roms. No matter which recovery i use, the 26 update flashes without an error but shows up as the same radio ive had all along (1.22.14.11) i made a thread about it but noone seems to have an answer. Sorry I couldnt help, but at least bumped up your thread and maybe someone can help us.
speedysilwady said:
I too have a problem updating to the 26i version. however i rooted at 1.5 using the one click root method and ive since switched from cyan 1.4 recovery and cyan roms to amon recovery and dwang roms. No matter which recovery i use, the 26 update flashes without an error but shows up as the same radio ive had all along (1.22.14.11) i made a thread about it but noone seems to have an answer. Sorry I couldnt help, but at least bumped up your thread and maybe someone can help us.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks for sharing!
At least I know I am not alone here with this problem.
Since it's Christmas and I have some more time, I decided to do a Nandroid backup and wipe my phone back to the original rom with 1.0 firmware (RC7).
I used my goldcard and I flashed it in a few minutes. I logged back into 1.0 firmware with the original bootloader and recovery console.
Next I put everything on my goldcard, flashed the recovery CM1.4 from the terminal, went to the bootloader, flashed update.zip with the newest radio 2.x from HTC, everything went smooth. Reboot and again NO change of the firmware. Tried a few more times flash the radio and HardSPL together to no avail. I restored my backup and found myself back to square one.
One think I noticed, and I wonder if you get the same, is that when I flash the radio, the phone reboots back to the recovery console and shows "Formating Cache..." message. It does not tell me anything like Please reboot, just this message. Meanwhile I can move the cursor up and down the recovery menu, so the phone has not hang up. It just sits at the recovery until I reboot it. Once I waited 30 minutes to see if it reboots itself and it does not. So, I press Home+Back and then it reboots fully and after loging in I check the radio and NO change.
So, I wonder if your phone does the same?
Oliwer
PS.
T-Mobile G1 - w/ ROOT
DREA110 PVT 32B
HardSPL 10.95.3000
Recovery image: HTC Android 1.6 (from HTC website)
Class IV 8GB SD Card w/ Ext 4 Partition and Swap partition
That's a huge wall of text, and it's Christmas so I'm a little merry
When flashing the radio image w/ Cy's recovery you must flash as an update.zip using alt-s, press whatever key you need to press to confirm and reboot using home+back. If you use flash any zip or use the trackball to reboot the radio image (or SPL) will not reboot in the required way to complete installation.
AdrianK said:
When flashing the radio image w/ Cy's recovery you must flash as an update.zip using alt-s, press whatever key you need to press to confirm and reboot using home+back. If you use flash any zip or use the trackball to reboot the radio image (or SPL) will not reboot in the required way to complete installation.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I tried all possible ways. Just a few minutes ago I went to CM1.4 recovery, used the update from update.zip, pressed Home+Back, rebooted back to recovery console, pressed Home+Back again, booted to CM4.2.10, punched the PIN code, checked the About Phone section and I am still with 1.22.x radio firmware.
This phone simply refuses to update the firmware in any known way.
So, my plan now is to un-root it back to the state I got it 2 months ago and return it to the operator and request upgrade of radio, since Donut with an old radio is basically useless. People simply do not understand half of what I say even if I speak slowly and quietly.
Cheers,
Oliwer
You have to press
Cam+power and it will show radio
....
In settings that radio has nothing to do with one installed...Do you know that the radio does?
It allows custom roms like cyan to be installed while keeping root access. The rom allows some tmo apps like account to still be used here in the states.
yes oliwer i get the same formatting cache message but nothing else happens. i tried in cyans recovery and amons recovery using only button shortcuts and not the trackball. i always named the radio update.zip, but still no luck. Im not sure if the 26i radio requires a certain version before it can upgrade, like maybe i have to upgrade to another radio before i can get to 26i? im not quite sure...ive run out of ideas on what to do. I dont have a warranty or anything on my g1. does the fact im using a donut rom on a cupcake radio have anything to do with it? if i had a cupcake rom and upgraded the radio to 26i from there would it work? i know these might sound like dumb ideas but im still relatively new to the scene and im running out of ideas as to why this is happening or why i cant solve it..
bump? anyone have a solution for us? or advice?
i just realized that i had android 1.1 with the 1.22.14.11 radio when i first got my phone, when t-mobile gave me the 1.5 update, i was still stuck on the same radio for some reason. After that I used the one click method to root and ive been on dwang donut rom ever since with the same dated radio...Ive tried using cyans recovery to flash and still no luck, no error, it says its updated but when i check the baseband or stock spl its still the same radio. I never went for a danger spl when i rooted because i was afraid to brick so i cant fastboot a radio update. I asked in another topic if it was possible to use the "flash_image" command in terminal to flash the radio but i dnt think itll work and i dont wanna risk it. If anyone has any advice or a possible solution please keep us updated.
Thank you!
Turn your phone off, hold the camera button down, and power on your phone.
What do you see?
each time before and after the flashing of the radio using cyans or amons recovery image id get the same rainbow screen saying
DREA100 PVT 32B
HBOOT-0.95.0000
CPLD-4
RADIO-1.22.14.11
Serial0
so im still stuck on the Android 1.1 radio.
speedysilwady said:
yes oliwer i get the same formatting cache message but nothing else happens. i tried in cyans recovery and amons recovery using only button shortcuts and not the trackball. i always named the radio update.zip, but still no luck. Im not sure if the 26i radio requires a certain version before it can upgrade, like maybe i have to upgrade to another radio before i can get to 26i? im not quite sure...ive run out of ideas on what to do. I dont have a warranty or anything on my g1. does the fact im using a donut rom on a cupcake radio have anything to do with it? if i had a cupcake rom and upgraded the radio to 26i from there would it work? i know these might sound like dumb ideas but im still relatively new to the scene and im running out of ideas as to why this is happening or why i cant solve it..
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I do not know, really, why the radio refuses to upgrade. Since my last message I have read tons of posts on this issue and nearly ALL people can upgrade the radio firmware easily, just like the SPL. Somehow, I can upgrade the SPL to whatever I want, but not the radio. Very strange indeed and no luck so far.
Oliwer
speedysilwady said:
bump? anyone have a solution for us? or advice?
i just realized that i had android 1.1 with the 1.22.14.11 radio when i first got my phone, when t-mobile gave me the 1.5 update, i was still stuck on the same radio for some reason.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Exactly the same in my case. Except they upgraded straight to 1.6. Before the upgrade I have 1.1 firmaware and quality of voice was perfect. After the upgrade things went south.
speedysilwady said:
After that I used the one click method to root and ive been on dwang donut rom ever since with the same dated radio...Ive tried using cyans recovery to flash and still no luck, no error, it says its updated but when i check the baseband or stock spl its still the same radio.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Same thing with me.
speedysilwady said:
I never went for a danger spl when i rooted because i was afraid to brick so i cant fastboot a radio update.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Well, I installed HardSPL and it worked despite the old radio. HardSPL offers FASTBOOT and I use it at times. This is safe, at least for me.
speedysilwady said:
I asked in another topic if it was possible to use the "flash_image" command in terminal to flash the radio but i dnt think itll work and i dont wanna risk it.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Well, I did, but it does not work since flash_image updates partitions and G1 does not have radio partition. So, when you try to update the radio.img it tells you no radio partition. It is only possible for Roger G1 since it has radio partition unlike all other G1s and there you could upgrade the radio with flash_image.
speedysilwady said:
If anyone has any advice or a possible solution please keep us updated.
Thank you!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yeap! I just practised how to un-root the phone straight to 1.6 with the original SPL and recovery and I was able to restore my phone to the state before rooting and I plan to give it back to my operator under warranty and ask to get this radio fixed. I will do it next week. I will report if the authorized service will be able to upgrade the radio.
Oliwer
Hi all, thanks in advance for any help and my apologies if this exact problem has already been resolved. I searched through this forum and found issues *similar* to my problem but nothing exact enough for me to find a solution.
My experience with Android is limited but have quite a bit of terminal UNIX experience...so I'm not a total noob and I can follow directions pretty well.
I purchased a MT3G from someone and everything seemed to be in order when I checked it out (and the price was good, so I figured I didn't have much to lose). He was running Cyanogen Mod on there but of course I wanted to restore to factory settings and build it up from scratch on my own. Thinking that I knew what I was doing, I booted into Recovery (Home/End key simultaneously) with no issues and ran the factory reset utility, thinking that this would just drop the phone back to factory settings and I could re-root it from there. When I turn the phone back on, it just hangs at the "splash" screen and runs the animation over and over again.
I can still boot into Recovery and I can get into Fast Boot so I hope I am not bricked.
Here is the output I get from Fast Boot (attached file).
I tried to restore with a SAPPIMG.zip that I found but it said wrong device...
Any help would be GREATLY appreciated. Thanks!
http://theunlockr.com/2009/08/22/how-to-unroot-your-mytouch-3g/
If you get an error, you need to download an engineering spl, and then try. (Engineering 2010 SPL)
The link and instructions are around somewhere on XDA.
Thanks for the help!
Unfortunately I already tried that and it didn't work, so I guess I'll install the Engineering SPL when I get home.
Shouldn't I in theory just be able to flash another ROM over this one and have everything be back to normal?
Vontropnats said:
Thanks for the help!
Unfortunately I already tried that and it didn't work, so I guess I'll install the Engineering SPL when I get home.
Shouldn't I in theory just be able to flash another ROM over this one and have everything be back to normal?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yes sir, that is the easy way!
there are plenty of 1.6, and 2.2 roms out there.
Just download to sdcard, boot into recovery, wipe and flash
Don't flash any SPLs. Your fine as long as you've got a custom recovery. Just flash another ROM from there and make sure you wipe data, dalvik-cache, and cache before flashing. I've been running CyanogenMod 5.0.8 since the summer (CM6 ran like crap) and I've been happy with it so far.
Sent from my HTC Magic using Tapatalk
Thanks for the advice guys.
Unfortunately I already flashed a different SPL and then un-rooted my device!
It works great, but now in order to get 2.2, I have to root it again which is a royal pain because I don't have a microSD reader and based on my research, the only way to root it it to make a goldcard!
Doh well! Learn something new everyday!
Vontropnats said:
Thanks for the advice guys.
Unfortunately I already flashed a different SPL and then un-rooted my device!
It works great, but now in order to get 2.2, I have to root it again which is a royal pain because I don't have a microSD reader and based on my research, the only way to root it it to make a goldcard!
Doh well! Learn something new everyday!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Not true you can root using the this app then use rom manager to install clockwork mod recovery. This is how I helped my friend root his device.
attached is the app
Hello all,
im sure this question has been answered somerwere before on this fourm but im not havin any luck figuring it out....i will admit im new to the game but i just need a little direction i guess...so any help would be great.
Heres the deal, i just got a new HTC HD2 From T-mobile and i love the phone but the win OS sucks! I have been able to get any android OS to install via SD card but and everything works except my wireless connection....i have a nice belkin wireless router that i would like my phone to hook upto but all i get is a flashing "connecting" on the phone and nothing happens....any help would be great
OS Version5.2.21913
Stock ROM 3.14.531.1
Stock Radio 2.15.50.14
Thanks!
any help would be great.....
flash again, or reboot ur phone or do a hard reset
what channel is the router using?
what security method is it using?
ok....well now i flashed my phone with hspl4 package useing HSPL2.08 and now i cant run CLRCD or HARET i get a windows error saying that the certs are bad or one of the components cannot be found....great atleast before i flashed HSPL i could atleat install android....any help would be great. I was just following the noob instructions here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=653614
any help would be greatful
OK ....well now i have removed the stock rom and put Energy rom in its place....which i like. And im using SuperRAM Froyo v1.5
Everything works great but still know wireless, just giving me the "scanning" thing forever. I have tried rebooting back to windows and turning off wifi there and then running android but still nothing.....i just dont know what it could be. I tried unsecuring my home netowrk and that didnt work.....please if anyone would be willing to help out a noob...gotta start somewere.....Thanks!!!!
Ok...well i guess being a noob at something come with a price and a little loss of pride. I figured out what the problem was when i left my house and saw that my phone was getting other netowork and connecting to them while running android....so to make a long story short i downloaded wefi and reset my router and bam wifi on my phone....probaly didnt even have to change my Rom from Tmobile factory...later...