here is a way to get every stock rom on your HD7 phone.
(I tested it and it works )
viperbjk said:
Happy XMAS :
Go and get your WM7 or Android goldcard for free :
Link to the goldcard generator
In order to use the WM7 goldcard, just use an Host USB Cable (Developer Y-Cable) and connect a sdcard reader to it.
Edit :
For those who do not understand how to use the goldcard :
- Use any sdcard and a wm5 or android device to make the goldcard (Yet we do not know how to read the cid using WM7)
- Buy a Mini USB On the go Y-Cable like this one :
http://www.amazon.co.uk/DeLOCK-USB-...1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1292614709&sr=8-1
Also buy a converter from standard usb to micro usb.
OR build a usb otg host cable by yourself.
- Get an external usb sdcard reader
- Connect the cable this way : Phone is connected to 1x usb sdcard reader and 1x usb port for power.
Then you can use your newly generated goldcard for flashing any HTC OEM Rom
WBR,
Viper BJK
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Flash using your old wm phone
xboxmod said:
Hi
i have successfuly unbrand my vodafone trophy using my htc HD2 as disk drive and GoldCardTool.
Here simple schematic and tool to unbrand all htc 7 Device with any device detected as usb mass storage.
this also work with a windows mobile device or a card reader.
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1-Found the CID of your card.
insert your micro sd into an android device (i've do this on hd2)
connect it to your computer as disk drive with usb debug on
then press get cid into Gold Card Tool.exe
we need reversing CID to create img .
2-Generate goldcard.img
go to the link provide by Gold Card Tool.
add your mail, the CID and select Windows mobile 7
Press the Generate button
the goldcard.img is send to your mail box.
Load it to Gold Card Tool
select your android storage letter & press patch MMC.
3-Found HTC original Rom for your Device
Extract exe with winrar then rename Ruu_signed.nbh
to
-Sparimg.nbh for Trophy
-SCHUIMG.nbh for Schubert
- MONDIMG.nbh for Mondrian
- MOZAIMG.nbh for Mozart
copy it to your freshly created goldcard.
4-connect usb cable except the one for the wp7
boot your device into usb host mode(volume down + camera on Trophy)
and connect the last usb cable.
the screen of your wp7 look like this if all work.
with this you can flash official HTC rom on your Vodafone ,O2,Orange...operator device.
i have also flash Spl from official rom to my vodafone Trophy by this way but always a vendor id error with the official updater!!
i'm searching why!
GoldCardTool 0.0.5
tested on Trophy,hd7,Mozart,HTC Surround.
thx viperbjk for the original thread.
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Cees.
To get your CID you need a wm 6.* phone and PSAS http://psas.revskills.de/
1) format your sd-card (fat32 and not bigger then 1GB) and put it in a wm6.* phone and sync it with the pc.
2) Install PSAS and run as admin.
3) goto calculators/generators
4) goto select a device key (pick any)
5) hit the "get sd card serial from WINCE device"
6) copy the generated key and paste it in "SD Card Serial (CID): *"on the goldcard generator web-page.
If you buy the software you can make your goldcards yourself http://psas.revskills.de/?q=payment
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viperbjk said:
Just to clear things up :
1. The goldcard generator works currently for all WM7 HTC phones, including Mozart, Gold and Schubert.
2. Connect the y-cable with sdcard reader and inserted goldcard, connect power usb to notebook or charger.
3. Press camera+volume down+power on to enter the bootloader in host mode.
If you haven't got a y-cable (otg), you can build it by yourself, see attachment.
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viperbjk said:
The ruu_signed.nbh should be stored on the goldcard with the filename :
- SCHUIMG.nbh for Schubert
- MONDIMG.nbh for Mondrian
- MOZAIMG.nbh for Mozart
And the goldcard should be in the sdcard reader connected to usb cable.
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Lifeforce said:
And SPARIMG.nbh for Trophy
Tested on all 4 devices
Thank you!
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This is my post from one of the other topics as goldcard method worked a treat for me
Thanks to the help of xboxmod I have now managed to create a goldcard and flash my O2 Branded HD7 into the HTC Europe Unbranded Model.
He did say he was going to put together a post explaining what he had done, but he hasn't done this yet and I dont want to steal his thunder but I am just wanting to put together what I have done to try and help out others.
Basically the cable I used was a 2 USB Y to Mini USB Cable - they normally come with portable 2.5inch hard drives - I bought a Female to Female USB Coupler earlier on in the day which then allowed me to chain my micro USB cable so the phone could be plugged in. Initially I was trying the card reader I had for flashing but it wasnt working, probably because it was a multi reader and not just SD. After XboxMod said he managed to do it directly from his WM6 phone I decided to try this (I have a HTC Diamond 2 and a HTC Touch Pro).
I tried all evening with a 2gb MicroSD card, but it didnt work at all. So in the end I used a 1GB MicroSD.
Anyway this is basically what I did, its late now over here so I'll be brief.
I had problems with PSAS in getting the SD CID, so in the end used my girlfriends Android phone and a cool little utility called goldcard helper (or something to that name) when I compared it with the results I was getting in PSAS the issue seemed to be that PSAS was reversing the CID as required, but instead of my digits been two 0's at the start like they should have been, they were two 2's instead. So I dont know if that helps anyone, if they have similar problems. More testing is probably needed.
I formatted the memory card to FAT32.
I used Windows Mobile for all this process so once again in PSAS I went into the WINCE card tools while the phone was set to ActiveSync and then selected write image file and chose the goldcard.img
Once this was done I then switched back to diskmode, copied goldcard.img to the storage card (not sure if this is needed) and then copied the HTC_Europe ROM for the device. I then renamed it to SCHUIMG.nbh.
I plugged the mini USB into the end of my Y Cable, and plugged power into from a USB on my PC. Then lastly booted into USB Host mode on the HD7 (power, volume down, camera) - make sure you keep it held down right until the screen comes up.
It then stats on the screen SCHUIMG.nbh and begins flashing - takes about 10 minutes - at the end of it I now have a unbranded HD7
Thanks to the help of xboxmod this evening, and thanks to the original poster for pointing out the WP7 goldcard method.
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thanks , but I am still working on the first post.
I could make a WP7 app to display the CID if you like?
indiekiduk said:
I could make a WP7 app to display the CID if you like?
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That would be great! Please do make one! I'll deeply appreciate it!
indiekiduk said:
I could make a WP7 app to display the CID if you like?
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that isn't possible I think because we need the CID from the external sd card .
we use the external sd card for flashing.
the internal sd card is of no use for flashing .
it would be better to make a simple app that can find the cid from sd cards connected to the pc.
I found that the easiest way for me to get the CID was to put the microSD in my Android phone (SE X10 mini) and download a small app for it. Easy way to do it if you have an Android phone lying around at home.
/Claws
OK, so, I have gotten the CID of the card using the above method, gone to the site, gotten my goldcard image sent, then using PSAS to write the goldimage file to the card (as I don't have a android phone) which is says was succesful, only thing is I can't copy the rom onto it as the card is not not being detected as formatted.
Huh?
ThePhoenix2007 said:
OK, so, I have gotten the CID of the card using the above method, gone to the site, gotten my goldcard image sent, then using PSAS to write the goldimage file to the card (as I don't have a android phone) which is says was succesful, only thing is I can't copy the rom onto it as the card is not not being detected as formatted.
Huh?
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do you have a sd card reader ?
if so then format it using your pc and copy the .img (goldcard) and the *.nbh on the sd card .
only use tools to get the cid , ( you can copy everything manually )
Oh, so I don't write the image to the card, I just copy that img file and the rom nbh onto the sd card?
ThePhoenix2007 said:
OK, so, I have gotten the CID of the card using the above method, gone to the site, gotten my goldcard image sent, then using PSAS to write the goldimage file to the card (as I don't have a android phone) which is says was succesful, only thing is I can't copy the rom onto it as the card is not not being detected as formatted.
Huh?
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What size SD card are you using?
don't use a bigger card then 1GB .
Just a 1GB MicroSD Card
ThePhoenix2007 said:
Just a 1GB MicroSD Card
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#
then just format as fat 32 and copy all to the sd , rename RUU.... to mentioned in the first post .
and then follow the instructions
Cool, thanks, got a cable that will do it and a sd card reader, just need to wait for a female to female USB connector to be delivered tomorrow and then I'm set to go, then I'm just gonna flash the latest HTC Europe ROM onto it with the latest Radio, etc. It's a O2 HD7 at moment.
ThePhoenix2007 said:
Cool, thanks, got a cable that will do it and a sd card reader, just need to wait for a female to female USB connector to be delivered tomorrow and then I'm set to go, then I'm just gonna flash the latest HTC Europe ROM onto it with the latest Radio, etc. It's a O2 HD7 at moment.
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just remember one thing : radio numbers don't say anything on HTC (higher numbers don't mean newer )
also locations can get different radios .
ThePhoenix2007 said:
Cool, thanks, got a cable that will do it and a sd card reader, just need to wait for a female to female USB connector to be delivered tomorrow and then I'm set to go, then I'm just gonna flash the latest HTC Europe ROM onto it with the latest Radio, etc. It's a O2 HD7 at moment.
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I wouldnt bother mate, I have a O2 HD7 and flashed the European ROM, and have now gone back to O2 ROM.
The keyboard is set to US layout, and can only be changed to a couple of other languages, which means characters like £ are missing and thus quite an annoyance really.
I didnt spot any other things but I dont understand why HTC Europe ROM would be like this, I'd assume this would be what you'd get on a unbranded model straight from somewhere like Expansys but its not the case according to ansar - take a look at the last couple of pages of this thread for more information:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=888747&page=5
Cheers
Not so much bothered about the missing £ Symbol, and to be honest I think I'm actually gonna flash the Telstra ROM and then the Europe Radio package like in point number 8 on his instructions which will let me play with this interesting stuff that comes with that ROM, whilst still having a European radio set.
Oh, and I agree, I don't see why all english roms would not have a US Keyboard & UK Keyboard layout. Seems like common sense to me. Maybe not lol ........
Ok, I've got no idea in what format your goldcard generator would like its CID or SD card serial number, but I tried all kinds of common notations of printed and embedded serial numbers which always gave me a "please enter a valid cid".
Here's a dump from a 512MB microSD card I had lying around:
Code:
\\.\PhysicalDrive1 H:\
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Raw CID Bytes: 86-00-AF-14-0A-00-10-41-32-55-31-35-53-48-60-00
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Manufacturer ID: 60
OEM ID: HS
Product Name: 51U2A
Product Revision: 1.0
Product Serial Number: 000a14af
Manufacture Date: 6/2008
--------------------
Raw CSD Bytes: 00-40-96-9F-7F-B7-ED-BB-83-59-5F-32-00-2F-00-00
--------------------
CSD Version 2 bit value: CSD Version 1.0
Data Read Access Time 1 (TAAC): 20ms
Data Read Access Time 2 (NSAC): 0
Max Data Transfer Rate: 25Mbit/s
Card Command Classes: 010111110101
Max Read Data Block Length: 9
Partial Blocks For Read Allowed: True
Write Block Misalignment: False
Read Block Misalignment: False
DSR Implemented: False
Device Size: 3823
Max Read Current @ VDD Min: 35mA
Max Read Current @ VDD Max: 45mA
Max Write Current @ VDD Min: 35mA
Max Write Current @ VDD Max: 45mA
Device Size Multiplier: 14
Erase Single Block Enable: True
Erase Sector Size: 128
Write Protect Group Size: 32
Write Protect Group Enable: True
Write Speed Factor: 32
Max Write Data Block Length: 2^9
Partial Blocks For Write Allowed: False
File Format Group: False
Copy Flag (OTP): False
Permanent Write Protection: False
Temporary Write Protection: False
File Format: 0
What serial/CID do you need?
8600af140a0010413255313553486000
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Updating your Qtek ROM using the 'SD Card' or 'Bootloader' Method
Forenote:
Even though I have centered these instructions to refer to the Qtek 1010 specifically, please note that they can also be applied to the following devices: O2 XDA / HTC Spaceneedle / PW10 / PW20 / Siemens SX56 / T-Mobile MDA
How do I update my ROM with an SD Card?
This is a question I see so often on the XDA-Developers Forum and I will try to present as detailed instructions as I can.
But first:
Flashing your Qtek is VERY VERY dangerous. I have already lost one Qtek by accidentally flashing it incorrectly. Please remember this. I will not be held responsible for anyone's trashed Qtek.
Ok.
Having said this, lets get on with the upgrade:
Requirements:
A Qtek with at least a 70% Charge on the Battery
A PC/Laptop with a USB Port running Windows NT, 2000 or XP*
An empty SD/MMC Card of at least 64Mb
An SD/MMC Card Reader
The XDA Developers' XDA ROM Image Tool (XDArit)
* The XDA ROM Image Tool will only work on Windows NT, 2000 or XP
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Step 1 - Always Backup your Data
Always have a backup when you play around with your Qtek in this manner. If you have a backup it saves you so much grief. A VERY important point to remember: Similar to your Operating Systems (Windows, Linux, BSD, etc.) the Qtek has what is known as a Boot Loader. This is a location in the Qtek's ROM (Memory) which is first invoked every time the device is reset. This collection of 'instructions' will load the actual Operating System (Pocket PC 2002, Windows Mobile 2003 PE) and actually start up the Qtek where you see your pretty little 'Today' screen and will enable you to run all your programs. Read this next line VERY CAREFULLY:
If your Boot Loader gets trashed for any reason, YOU WILL HAVE A DEAD QTEK. THERE WILL BE NO EASY WAY TO RESTORE YOUR QTEK TO A WORKING DEVICE. IN ESSENCE, YOU WILL END UP WITH A $500 PAPER WEIGHT. I will NOT be touching on any points which involve modifications to the Boot Loader.
Let's first find out how to enter the Boot Loader:
You enter the Boot Loader by performing a Soft Reset while holding down the Power button. You should see a screen similar to this:
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If you have Boot Loader Version 5.17 or higher, then please stop reading now because I will only cover Boot Loaders 5.14 & 5.15.
The technique for upgrading with a Bootloader higher that 5.15 is given on the XDA-Developers site. You can find it here.
Next, press the Button which usually brings up your Contacts. You should then see the following screen:
Select the option ' CE ROM TO SD' and press the Action button. YOUR SD CARD WILL BE OVERWRITTEN COMPLETELY AT THIS POINT. Don't have any data on it. You should see this:
The above process should take a few minutes. At least more than five.
Let me explain what we have just done. We have entered the Boot Loader and asked it to Dump the entire OS ROM to our SD Card. It WILL NOT back up your settings or third-party applications. It merely dumps the entire OS to the Card. This is the backup we will use should, God forbid, something goes horribly wrong.
After the ROM is dumped to the SD Card, you will see this screen:
Pressing the Action button at this point of time will reset the device and it should start up as normal.
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Step 2 - Copy your old ROM onto your Hard Disk
Now that you have got a copy of your old ROM on the SD Card, we can now move it to someplace safer on your hard disk. You will use the XDA Developers' XDArit tool for this purpose. The instructions follow.
Remove the SD Card from the Qtek, put it in the Card Reader connected to your PC and start up XDArit.
Choose 'Read from SD Card' and name your backup ROM:
Press OK and the ROM will be copied from the SD Card to your Hard Disk as you specified.
Great! You now have a backup of your old ROM. We will now continue to write the new ROM onto the SD Card using XDArit.
From the main XDArit screen, choose 'Write to SD card'. Here is what should be visible:
Under the 'Windows CE' field, select the Browse button and choose your new ROM to be written onto the SD Card.
Notice that even though the 'Bootloader' field is filled out automatically, it is not ticked. LEAVE IT THE WAY IT IS! This is where so many people go wrong and completely trash their Qtek's. For added safety, I make sure to delete the contents of the field, just in case.
Click 'OK' and wait while the SD Card is written. Ensure that you see a 'Successfully written xxxxx blocks' message from XDArit (which I have not been able to screen capture). This will probably save you from writing something corrupted onto your Qtek.
Right! Now you've got your new ROM all setup on your SD Card. All that's left is to flash it to the Qtek. On to step 3
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Step 3 - Writing the new ROM onto your Qtek
So you've got the ROM on your SD Card. What next? Read on:
Insert your SD Card into your Qtek and reset to enter your Bootloader. When you do this, the Bootloader will automatically detect that you have a CE ROM in your SD Card and will ask you to press the Action button to flash the Qtek with this ROM. Press the Action button and wait for the flashing process to complete:
Once the flashing has completed, (after 6-7 minutes) you should be prompted to perform a Cold Boot or a Hard Reset:
Congratulations! You've just flashed your Qtek ROM using the 'SD Card' or 'Bootloader' method. Enjoy your new ROM.
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Thanks
Dear sheran_g
this will help lots of users who wants to have a look to the new version of Microsoft Mobile 2003 OS.
some people who doesn't have SD or MMC card migth need to wait for somebody like Mr. Jeff who did the xda-developers ROM exe file or wait for the official release which won't be free as confirmed by Carrier Devices the main distributors of Qtek
i have seen a post on another forum and here's what it says
Microsoft Mobile 2003 represents several major feature enhancements to
Pocket PC 2002, especially in the connectivity and mobility aspects
where the Qtek 1010 is very strong. As Microsoft has just released the
new upgrade there will be a short delay for us to finalise the other
elements we need to add to the operating system in order to complete our
devices. We will be providing an upgrade at an additional cost once our
integration is complete and we have checked the compatibility of
existing applications with Microsoft Mobile 2003.
thanks again sheran_g for the great job.
Othman
http://www.pocketpc4arab.com
Thanks for instructions
HI Sheran,
Thanks for the great instructions. I am not computer literate and intend to use Jeff's exe to upgrade my 3.16.32 ENG rom to the SER ver 1.2 which is available for use. I intend to back up my rom just in case things go wrong as you have so vividly described. So do I do the same steps as you outlined in backing up my old rom to my sd card? If things go wrong, do I simply insert my sd card with the backed up rom and reboot with the soft reset and my xda would then automatically recognised the old rom and ask for flashing? What is the action button you mentioned in your description?
Sorry for being a complete idiot and hope you could kindly provide the much needed valuable tips.
Cheers
Vic
Hi there,
Yes, you can restore your old ROM if you back it up through the Bootloader onto your SD Card. If you have the SD Card with the old ROM and reset your XDA into the Bootloader, it will ask you if you want to flash. Press the Action button at this point. (Step 3 of the Procedure)
The Action button is your navigation button. Push down on it whenever it says 'Press the Action button'
Hi Sheran,
Thanks for quick answer. Will do that as told.
One question though- will all the programs I have including things like contacts etc be erased if I flash my rom with the SER ver 1.2? I suppose this will happen since I need to hard boot the set once the rom is flashed?
Cheers
Vic
Yes. All of it will go. The SD Backup only covers the OS and not your settings, apps, contacts, etc.
Hi Sheran,
Thanks for info.
Guess I have to sync in all appts and contacts first prior to flashing rom. There is a SD backup program in my program list; wonder if this is useful to back up the programs?
Cheers
Vic
The SD Backup utility will back everything up onto your SD Card. I can't say that I've tried it, but I use Pocket Backup from Sprite Software. It's got some really great features including a Self Extracting backup file. One click and all your data is restored!
Downgrade on 5.17 bootload
I want to downgrade my WME2003 to 2002, but i've 5.17 bootload
is it possible ?
TIA
Re: Downgrade on 5.17 bootload
barshad said:
I want to downgrade my WME2003 to 2002, but i've 5.17 bootload
is it possible ?
TIA
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Take a look at this link: http://www.xda-developers.com/bootloader/
Look at the part which concerns the 5.17 bootloader. After you patch it, you should be able to follow my instructions as normal.
HTH
Upgrade ROM
Hi Sheran_g
My Wallaby Bootloader is v. 5.17
Can you tell me how to flash it by detail?
Thank?
Re: Upgrade ROM
VHS said:
Hi Sheran_g
My Wallaby Bootloader is v. 5.17
Can you tell me how to flash it by detail?
Thank?
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Hello VHS,
I'd really advise you to read the link on the xda-developers site concerning the 5.17 bootloader. I do not have any detailed info about flashing with the 5.17 bootloader at this time. I will share as soon as I put some documents together.
Check this link out. Look up the section entitled "Dealing with 5.17 bootloaders"
Hi Sheran,
I have one question about updating the rom using bootloader method.
Step "Flashing from SD card":On your site it is written not to tick "Bootloader" field by writing to SD card.
But on the xda-developers site it is ticked.
Cab you pls.explain the step "write to SD card".
What should I write excactly on the"write to SD card" screen.
Thanks.
brgds
rats
PS:On the xda-developers site it is written to enter the file names:
Bootloader: C:\test\5-15.nb0
Windows CE: C:\test\3.14.17-O2Asia.nb1
Should I write this fieldnames or the names on your site?
Hello folks and many thanks for the information.
I am trying to copy a ROm from a friend's XDA and we both have the 5.15 bootloader. I have tried your method where I have a SD card but not a card reader. Pressing the Power button and doing a soft reset tokk me to the bootloader page and pressing the "contacts" button allowed me to writ the CE Rom to the SD card
Now, I am unable to write this to my device
I have inserted the SD card into my device and have done a soft reset, nothing happened, Indeed, I was asked if I want to format the SD card to make it useable!
I have pressed the power button and done a soft reset, took me to the bootloader start page but then nothing happened
What am I supposed to do to get the already written ROm (on my SD card) to my unit?
Thanks in advance
Did you go ahead and format the SD Card? If so, you will have to dump your friend's ROM back again onto the SD Card and repeat the process.
einas_canada said:
Now, I am unable to write this to my device
I have inserted the SD card into my device and have done a soft reset, nothing happened, Indeed, I was asked if I want to format the SD card to make it useable!
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Its sounds like you only have the CE ROM hence nothings happening.
To do what you're trying to do you need the CE+Boot.
Have tried this and now it copied it. However it the end, the message I get says :check sum is incorrect and I am unable to boot my device
Any ideas? PLEASE!
Can't Boot Now
Seems like you overwrote your bootloader. Not sure why you did this. You only needed to write the OS to ROM. Not good news but it seems as though you have a pretty cool paperweight now.
Qman, your post meantioned writing both CE and Boot, why was this? Thought only the CE needed to be written according to above instructions and other websites.
The CE+Boot makes your SD bootable without it you're unable to boot from the SD. Since he didn't have a PC SD reader that was the best way to upgrade his OS besides going the .exe route. I have used this method more than once without incident.
As far as only needing CE this is in regards to using XDARit to write to PC and back to SD since the bootloader is added automatically writing to SD.
It appears now that XDARit maybe his only option to correct the incorrect check sum and in getting is XDA back online.
SD Boot
Hi Qman, thanks for the info. I'm just trying to get a good grip on this whole process and was unsure as to your comments. They are appreciated.
[Your SD card will be formatted in a special format during the procedure below and you won't be able to use it for other purposes unless you reformat it again afterwards. Please be adviced that you will lose the backed up ROM on SD card when you format it afterwards again!!!!]
I successfully created a FLASH IMAGE on my SD card and afterwards flashed my T-MOBILE MDA from there.
The magic tool needed for this is the HTC mtty.exe (attached below)
You have to follow exactly the STEP-BY-STEP guide otherwise the procedure will fail! I will not be responsible for any damage on your device!
Please make sure that your battery is charged to at least 50% and also back up your device before following the guide below!
CREATING THE IMAGE ON SD CARD
STEP 1
Open ActiveSync (device not attached) and uncheck USB and COM port in Connection Settings. This is necessary to release the USB port for the mtty utility!
STEP 2
Get you an SD card of 128MB or bigger (fresh formated to FAT32) and insert it in your WIZARD
STEP 3
Set the Wizard in BOOTLOADER MODE by pressing and holding POWER + CAMERA and press RESET - if you got the 3-colored screen you were successful!
STEP 4
Connect the device via USB to the computer, then start the mtty.exe on your computer
STEP 5
Settings in the mtty.exe:
Port: \\.\WSCUSBSH001
(all other settings leave the way they are! Please pay attention that you write the port exactly as mentioned above: 2 backslashes followed by a dot and another backslash - this is not a typo!!! I attached a screenshot below)
STEP 6
Now click OK. You will get a notepad-like window with a blinking cursor. After hidding the ENTER KEY once you should see "CMD>"
Type behind that: r2sd all
STEP 7
The utility will start now to write your IMAGE to SD. Please do not interrupt the process! You can see its progress on a statusbar on the bottom of the device's screen. Wait until it shows 100%. Also: the CMD> will appear again on your desktop when it is done.
You created successfully your IMAGE on SD!
HOW TO FLASH FROM THE SD CARD ???
Turn of your device!
Insert the SD card with the IMAGE you've created
Turn on your device in BOOTLOADER MODE by pressing and holding CAMERA and POWER button and performing RESET
=> Now you need to be fast!!! A white screen will appear for not longer than 3 seconds asking you if you want to FLASH from SD card. You have to press the VOICE DIAL / RECORD button within that time frame otherwise it will switch to 'normal' bootloader mode.
That's it!
NOTE:
Do not wonder! You won't be able to read the SD card afterwards on a Windows computer - I just tried it. I guess the procedure above formats the card in a special format, at least Windows tells me that the card is not formatted! So, the draw back is that you can't use the card for other stuff but the ROM IMAGE!
Very nice article. A couple of typos, but overall very well written!
Just out of curiosity, I've seen another thread on making an SD image of a rom, but it indicates you have to be CID Unlocked for it to work. Is that true for this method also (I haven't compared the two)? Just curious as that is an important piece of information (either way) to make note of... So if someone with a CID Locked phone could try this, that would be great.
Also curious if this works for G3 and G4 devices.
I can't try it out on a CID locked device since mine is CID unlocked already!
The guide above is for real HTC technicans, so, I guess it should work either way!
If somebody has a still CID locked device: it would be great if you could give it a shot!
Does this uittlity make a ROM image as the OS is NOW (meaning with all tweaks and installs and everything) or just the basic ROM as you would get with a hard reset?
It is not a backup. It will put the factory ROM on SD card.
The actual image with all your 'tweaks and personalization' can be easily backed up to SD card by using SPB Backup or better SPB Clone.
Does this method work for wm6 ROM?I am a vista user
Not sure if the MTTY can connect from VISTA but in gerneral: it should work with any ROM version on your WIZ.
well,can we place our .nbf image file (wm6) on sd card and install it from the sd card?
Not this way! It will create a special formatted FLASH IMAGE from your installed ROM on SD. When you do it you won't be able to use the SD card for data storage until you reformat it again.
I am not sure if somebody came up with a solution for flashing nbf files directly from SD!
The procedure above is still helpful if you just need a backup of your shipped ROM or if you need to reflash an almost dead WIZ or if you have the need to reflash your WIZ on the go without a computer ...
Hi
I have a frozen **** brick which got stuck while upgrading (Dopodp800w) I tried to flash it thru sd card (which containes original nbh file in my doc folder).
When I try to invoke the bootloader it says "searching for sd card" then goes to 3 color band and nothing else happenes
Can you help me
Edit: Working like a champ.
But you need to edit the one in the topic. It dose not work. The one in the screen shot dose.
Thanks.
A couple of questions
Junner2003 said:
NOTE:
Do not wonder! You won't be able to read the SD card afterwards on a Windows computer - I just tried it. I guess the procedure above formats the card in a special format, at least Windows tells me that the card is not formatted! So, the draw back is that you can't use the card for other stuff but the ROM IMAGE!
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Great finding Junner!
Can I use "your" rom image to flash "my" phone? Or the image is unique for the one you got the image from?
Could you please investigate with your HTC Technician if this process is valid for both G3s & G4s?
Thanks!
Basically you will be able to use it on any phone!
My problem is that I only had 2 test devices: an European T-Mobile MDA VARIO and a 8125 from Cingular / USA. I could use one and the same image (SD card) on booth devices.
I have no CID lock and also no SIM lock on both devices, so, I can't give you a feedback on what happens if your device is locked.
Maybe somebody else has still a locked device and is willing to give it a try before unlocking? (But please somebody with experience! I won't be responsible if you brick your device! )
Is there any way I can take the Flash Image from the SD and convert it to nb file?
WizeMan said:
Is there any way I can take the Flash Image from the SD and convert it to nb file?
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Hmmm, you would have to figure out first in what format the SD card is formatted. Afterwards you might be able to find an application which can extract the file(s) from the card.
I did not want to digg deeper than I had to, it was only importand to me that I can flash from SD when ever I cross the ocean from USA to Europe. That saves me a lot of 'setting up's' ... ... just flash and load backup!
Not working on CID locked
Junner2003 said:
Basically you will be able to use it on any phone!
My problem is that I only had 2 test devices: an European T-Mobile MDA VARIO and a 8125 from Cingular / USA. I could use one and the same image (SD card) on booth devices.
I have no CID lock and also no SIM lock on both devices, so, I can't give you a feedback on what happens if your device is locked.
Maybe somebody else has still a locked device and is willing to give it a try before unlocking? (But please somebody with experience! I won't be responsible if you brick your device! )
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I tried in a G3 & also in a G4, both CID locked 8125´s. It didn´t work, see attached file for the message I got; looks for me that the CID unlock gives the proper security level to do make the command work. I´ll unlock one of them to see if the result is a different one.
i have original PSAS latest version i am quite use to it but when i tried it for PHOTON it doesnt let me FLASH THE ROM
i am trying to flash chinese rom any clue whats wrong?
kabir_del said:
i have original PSAS latest version i am quite use to it but when i tried it for PHOTON it doesnt let me FLASH THE ROM
i am trying to flash chinese rom any clue whats wrong?
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Don´t use cracked version of PSAS.
HD mini goldcard also doesnt work for me... Says GOLDCARD function isnt implemented for newer devices
tramuyo said:
HD mini goldcard also doesnt work for me... Says GOLDCARD function isnt implemented for newer devices
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You have to buy or upgrade to new version.There is everything OK.Don´t try to find SN or crack. Does not work anyway.
Anyone can help me on a Goldcard creation??? (I know, too much to ask)
tramuyo said:
Anyone can help me on a Goldcard creation??? (I know, too much to ask)
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First install http://freewareppc.com/download/util...ryeditor.shtml or any others PPC registry editor
then open it and in key HKLM\Security\Policies\Policies\"00001001" if is 2 then change value from 2 to 1
(HKLM means HKeyLocalMachine)
Connect your mobile phone to Activesync or Win7 mobile phone centrum
Open Qmat 5.6 or PSAS
(must be registered version)
(under Win7 you have to run as Administrator)
1 - go to Calculators\Generators
2 - Generate HTC gold card
3 - chose PHOTON (I guess) and memory card in your phone (must to be formated in fat32)
4 - press get SD card serial from WinCE device
5 - save gold card image to WinCE SD
6 - Restart mobile.
7 - connect Active sync and start flash official shipped ROM
Enjoy
So this works to debrand the HTC HD mini?
Anyone tested?
Ganii said:
So this works to debrand the HTC HD mini?
Anyone tested?
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If you have latest PSAS then yes.
Ok,but with vodafone branding RUU 1.11.162.1,
so I can`t flash lower RUU GER or RUU Europe 1.07...
firmware,or I´m wrong?
Ganii said:
Ok,but with vodafone branding RUU 1.11.162.1,
so I can`t flash lower RUU GER or RUU Europe 1.07...
firmware,or I´m wrong?
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When you will have generated goldcard, you can flash any original shipped ROM.
Ok,sounds good,thanks
for reply!
Regards from Germany!
Johan Kraczmar said:
First install http://freewareppc.com/download/util...ryeditor.shtml or any others PPC registry editor
then open it and in key HKLM\Security\Policies\Policies\"00001001" if is 2 then change value from 2 to 1
(HKLM means HKeyLocalMachine)
Connect your mobile phone to Activesync or Win7 mobile phone centrum
Open Qmat 5.6 or PSAS
(must be registered version)
(under Win7 you have to run as Administrator)
1 - go to Calculators\Generators
2 - Generate HTC gold card
3 - chose PHOTON (I guess) and memory card in your phone (must to be formated in fat32)
4 - press get SD card serial from WinCE device
5 - save gold card image to WinCE SD
6 - Restart mobile.
7 - connect Active sync and start flash official shipped ROM
Enjoy
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I tried that but did not work.
I have the official version and recorded the PSAs
I think you have to install the rom by SD
How do I install the rom by Sd card, anyone know how to enter bootloader mode?
I have put the ROM on my PT HD mini.
I had to extract the rom and rename the file RUU_signed.nbh to PHOTIMG.nbh and copy to the micro sd then enter bootloader mode
To enter bootloader mode:
Pressing the volume - and the power button to same time and then follow the instructions of the screen
Before you have created de gold pass.
Tried both methods
When trying to flash from SD "PHOTIMG.nbh" with goldcard all i get is:
"0028002 Not allow"
I have Goldcard generated with PSAS 1.10 (registered).
When trying to update thru the flasher it hangs on 1% complainig on reseller ID.
Anyone have a solution to this?
thx...
Format SD card to FAT32 and try again generate de goldcard and copy de PHOTIMG.nbh do sd card
And try again flash from sd card
No luck...
I tried the following steps:
Format the SD to FAT32 while having it in a cardreader, under windows 7
Generate Goldcard Image from PSAS 1.10 (while card was in the phone) to SD
Copy the .nbh file to SD
Start phone with Volume down + power.
I still get the 00028002 Not allow
I also tried to manually copy the code from the image to SD by HxD, still the same problem.
You have this pass???
First install http://freewareppc.com/download/util...ryeditor.shtml or any others PPC registry editor
then open it and in key HKLM\Security\Policies\Policies\"00001001" if is 2 then change value from 2 to 1
(HKLM means HKeyLocalMachine)
Grunthoss said:
I tried the following steps:
Format the SD to FAT32 while having it in a cardreader, under windows 7
Generate Goldcard Image from PSAS 1.10 (while card was in the phone) to SD
Copy the .nbh file to SD
Start phone with Volume down + power.
I still get the 00028002 Not allow
I also tried to manually copy the code from the image to SD by HxD, still the same problem.
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just generate your goldcard with SD in other htc device
Works 1000%
in my case i use in HD2!
Regards
Didnt work
I tried to make the registry changes but didnt make any difference
I also tried to generate the card in another HTC but still the same.
I also followed the advice in PSAS forum but no sucess
Its like the phone doesent read the goldcard when in bootmode, but card is working good when phone is on.
Johan Kraczmar said:
Don´t use cracked version of PSAS.
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why the fcuk you think i have cracked version i have latest and its original and purchased including jtag module and what a looser you are when VIPER himself saying its not implemented it correctly yet than wtf you are misguiding people?
http://forum.revskills.de/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=630&p=3122#p3122
Its only not working in case of HTC HD MINI all other devices are ok
Yesterday I used the tool Killdisk (Free Edition) to try and revive my locked Transcent 16 GB Micro SD Card. I normally use this tool to revive my SSD's when installing a fresh version of Windows. The tool does not look at partitions but simply writes zero's ("00000") to the medium.
I used the Linux version located on the ultimate boot CD (http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/). So I booted my laptop with the ultimate boot CD in it (USB reader + mico SD card plugged in). Ran the Killdisk tool for over 5 hours (!!).
After that I booted my Windows and I was able to format the micro SD card !
So no Nokia phone was needed .....
Hope it works for everybody with a locked card.
yea but how did you get your pc to recognize your sd card i am using my psp thats the only way my pc recognizes my sd card
stenk said:
yea but how did you get your pc to recognize your sd card i am using my psp thats the only way my pc recognizes my sd card
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Within Windows my pc did not recognize my SD card. But when I use the bootcd (restart machine, boot from cdRom enabled) the pc will start a Linux distribution with a menu with all the tools. When starting the Killdisk tool it recognized the locked SD Card. Using this tool from the ultimate boot cd it is all very straight forward. No Linux knowledge is required ....
so i need lenux boot cd? where do i get it?
Look at the first post: http://www.ultimatebootcd.com
Perlian said:
Look at the first post: http://www.ultimatebootcd.com
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Hi Perlian, well done.
For your information, I found the windows version of killdisc (v5.5) and it does recognise that the sd is inserted but says "disc not ready", and you cannot start formatting. Oh well it was worth a try
You should post this method in the "[REF] - Confirmed Devices for unlocking WP7 encrypted SD Cards" thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1242071
Robbie P said:
You should post this method in the "[REF] - Confirmed Devices for unlocking WP7 encrypted SD Cards" thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1242071
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Just posted my message in the thread ....
Robbie P said:
Hi Perlian, well done.
For your information, I found the windows version of killdisc (v5.5) and it does recognise that the sd is inserted but says "disc not ready", and you cannot start formatting. Oh well it was worth a try
You should post this method in the "[REF] - Confirmed Devices for unlocking WP7 encrypted SD Cards" thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1242071
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o I found a solution for that I listen on another thread search for the hp tool o was talking about that got my windows to recognize the card so use that tool and the windows version of kill disk finaly problem solved no need to reboot or make special disk
jackrabbit72380 said:
o I found a solution for that I listen on another thread search for the hp tool o was talking about that got my windows to recognize the card so use that tool and the windows version of kill disk finaly problem solved no need to reboot or make special disk
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Care to share where you found HP tool?
I found winbond http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareDownloadIndex?cc=uk&lc=en&dlc=en&softwareitem=hb-13086-1 is this it?
Robbie P said:
Care to share where you found HP tool?
I found winbond http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareDownloadIndex?cc=uk&lc=en&dlc=en&softwareitem=hb-13086-1 is this it?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1283232
jackrabbit72380 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1283232
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LOL looks like you posted it in the WP7 forum and it only (possibly) works for HD2s.
I hope it does work though
Best of luck
Any takers?
Can anyone provide more info on how to use killdisk with UBcd please?
I don't know if i'm just missing something obvious, but I get as far as launching killdisk, but it doesn't recognise my USB card reader. It only shows hard drives.
Other utilities on the bootcd recognise the card reader, but can't format my sd card.
Can anyone offer some advice, please?
Sent from my HTC HD2 using XDA App
Please help me.
Today I downloaded the UltimateBootCD. I've burned on a CD, boot my PC with the USB-Card-Reader and then I choose the option ActiveKillDisk.
What I have to do after this?
I'm afraid that all my HD's are killed after.
Please, sorry for my english!
Is there a manual in german for this program online?
Thanks from Germany
Ziegenpeterli said:
Please help me.
Today I downloaded the UltimateBootCD. I've burned on a CD, boot my PC with the USB-Card-Reader and then I choose the option ActiveKillDisk.
What I have to do after this?
I'm afraid that all my HD's are killed after.
Please, sorry for my english!
Is there a manual in german for this program online?
Thanks from Germany
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you should be able to find your sd by starting killdisk, then inserting the card in cardreader, then hit refresh. The card should appear.
I think there is only one option and that is to format the sd.
As for german, try google killdisk and translate user guide
Robbie P said:
you should be able to find your sd by starting killdisk, then inserting the card in cardreader, then hit refresh. The card should appear.
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Thanks for your reply, but I using UBcd I still can't see my USB card reader, even after refreshing etc.
On the UBcd menu it gives a summary of what each program does, and Killdisk is listed as being able to wipe hard drives, but it doesn't say USB devices.
Other programs on UBcd which list USB support recognise the card reader, but can't format my SD card.
Is there a later version of killdisk which supports USB??
aled99 said:
Thanks for your reply, but I using UBcd I still can't see my USB card reader, even after refreshing etc.
On the UBcd menu it gives a summary of what each program does, and Killdisk is listed as being able to wipe hard drives, but it doesn't say USB devices.
Other programs on UBcd which list USB support recognise the card reader, but can't format my SD card.
Is there a later version of killdisk which supports USB??
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hmm thats a very good question & id say it is the last question in our serch for soluion to bad no one else has commented much on this subject anyway if thare is not
lunix is open sorce so maby we could mod the kill disk program or boot cd?
i have not atempted to even download or use the program kildisk so i dont have any idia but i am no stanger to lunix and all of its 32 flavers!
i dont see why we couldent add some more code to it to enable it to serch for usb?
if it would help users it might be worth a shot
truth be told i know its a real pain to have your card locked and basicly bricked and locked and bound to the wp7 os only
i searched for a week to find a solution and made a tutorial out of puting to and to together and connecting te dots and it wasent easy and as it turnsd out it only works for hd2 users and even that is unconfermed at teh moment
i eventuly got back mybricked & then resurected phone and reinsteled my wp7 os with the locked card wich enabled me to then just use an application to unlock it from the phone wich seams to be the easyest way right now
the fact that we find these tools and thay actuly work is only ben confermed buy one person at the time i wright this
i think it should be in the fine print in the orional post
IF YOUR GOING TO DOWNGRADE FROM WP7.5 TO ANY OTHER ROM YOU MUST FIRST UNLOCK YOUR MICRO SD CARD! with one of the knowen methods!
all i read at the time was some lunix disrto unlocked it sence then devices have ben confermed and also other unlocking metod like this!
if you to end up finding a new way with your usb addapter problum please post your results!
i need clearence now because this makes me sick, my cards are not detectet on wp7 phones, storage error, and not on my pc, if i start killdisk vie ultimatebootcd, theres the option wipe hdd and then there are some creazy parameters to choose, would really be nice if someone could specifiy what exactly should be done
weeezel said:
i need clearence now because this makes me sick, my cards are not detectet on wp7 phones, storage error, and not on my pc, if i start killdisk vie ultimatebootcd, theres the option wipe hdd and then there are some creazy parameters to choose, would really be nice if someone could specifiy what exactly should be done
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The first thing you have to make sure is that you see and select the correct drive. The way I did it was that I first booted everything without the usb-micro-SD-card reader to see what drives it would see. After that I plugged in the reader, rebooted the machine and ran killdisk again. I saw that my SD card was identified as a floppy drive.
The screen looks similar like this:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Just make sure you select the SD-card and choose to Erase (in this case F10)
To confirm the selection you will have to type: ERASE-ALL-DATA in the pop-up.
The you will have to wait for a few hours ....
Good luck !
Perlian
settings
Hi, what need i set in killdisk for see the usb?
I try format, but killdisk don't show usb devices.
In ultimate bood disk, i choose killdisk, after what need i set?
i have many otion (optimal, defense etc...)
And after i see usb install menu. I choose panasonic usb 2.0.
But i don't see my usb drive.
Sorry for my eng :S
Perlian said:
The first thing you have to make sure is that you see and select the correct drive. The way I did it was that I first booted everything without the usb-micro-SD-card reader to see what drives it would see. After that I plugged in the reader, rebooted the machine and ran killdisk again. I saw that my SD card was identified as a floppy drive.
The screen looks similar like this:
Just make sure you select the SD-card and choose to Erase (in this case F10)
To confirm the selection you will have to type: ERASE-ALL-DATA in the pop-up.
The you will have to wait for a few hours ....
Good luck !
Perlian
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Tried that, but it fails. It does not even proceed, Just says error, card is not ready or some other error. And I have tried all version of Kill Disk :-(
Hello,
this morning I had a bad surprise. My HTC mini doesn't work anymore and now when I turn on, it get stucked on three color screen.
I use the HTC Sense 3.5 rom and, until today, all works great.
I try to hard reset the phone, to reinstall the original rom, but without any changes.
I would like to try some commands from adb or fastboot, but my phone cannot be recognized from this tools. I have try to change the USB driver, I installed the google driver, but without success. Only the htc ufficial rom is installed correctly but when I restart the phone, I have always the three color screen.
Anyone can help me?
Thanks, Alex
what is your os on your computer ?
if windows 7 64 bit install usb eugeniausb drivers and use mtty (you have to select the usb port there) console. phone has to be in tri color mode.
send "task 2a" to the phon, it should format nand and restore radio.
had this problem too, that was the solution
My OS is Windows 7 x64.
I have tried your drivers and now I can send commands with mtty.
I send the command that you told me and in the screenshot that I have attached you can find the results. Are errors normal??
My phone is always in three colors screen.
I must send other commands?
Thanks for the help.
yes, bad blocks are normal.
when you have finished restart the phone and flash official ROM for your device !
Thanks for your patience.
I have flashed the original rom, the whole process works fine, but when the phone is restarted (after completed the installation) the three color screen returns....
hmm, you could try task 28, task 29, then task 2a...
dont remember, i think i have used all of them
No success....:crying:
The three color screen is always there...
what does it show ? (best would be a picture of the screen)
In attachment a picture of the boot screen.
As I say in the first post I didn't do nothing for brick the phone. I only turn off the phone yesterday, and this morning I only turn on it.
Are there some commands that I can use in mtty to understand why the phone is bricked?
Thanks again.
hmm.. everything looks as it should..
i am out of ideas.. what about trying to flash a newer firmware ? (1.07.xxx is pretty old)
I have tried with a new version, 1.36 if i remember well (I don't have the phone here now), but the result is the same.
Anyway thanks for your support. I'll send it to the techinical support or I'll buy a new device.
asorcinelli said:
I have tried with a new version, 1.36 if i remember well (I don't have the phone here now), but the result is the same.
Anyway thanks for your support. I'll send it to the techinical support or I'll buy a new device.
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I can see your phone hang on spl 1.07 so mean your ruu not installed 1.33! I domnt think that your phone is bricked but I think you have not installed rom (fully) by RUU (mean all parts from ruu). I never success trought ruu (only if my s.n. match ruu! So you need to have gold card in order to install rom (nbh)! Your hboot is all time 1.07 so that mean you done installed only rom parts instead of whole RUU... so definitely you need gold card and you need to reinstall rom by sd card! Of course, always "task 29 than task 2a" before everything
How can I create the gold card?
Is there a tool that can I use?
Thanks!
EDIT:
Now I've a GoldCard, but what file I must copy in the card and what name must have?
I have done several attempts, but I receive always the message "no image file"
asorcinelli said:
How can I create the gold card?
Is there a tool that can I use?
Thanks!
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You can not create gold card now without working windows phone, so you need to read cid from an working wince in order to generate gold card
munjeni said:
You can not create gold card now without working windows phone, so you need to read cid from an working wince in order to generate gold card
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I have created a Gold Card with another device and I follow one of the guide on Internet. I think to have done all correctly, and if I restard the bricked phone holding volume down I see for a very small time the message "no image file".
asorcinelli said:
I have created a Gold Card with another device and I follow one of the guide on Internet. I think to have done all correctly, and if I restard the bricked phone holding volume down I see for a very small time the message "no image file".
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You must to know:
- gold card created for android device will not work! You need gold card for wince!
- sd card can not be biger than 1gb (2gb not tested) !
munjeni said:
You must to know:
- gold card created for android device will not work! You need gold card for wince!
- sd card can not be biger than 1gb (2gb not tested) !
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Ok, I understand, and so I have a wrong gold card.
I have another WinCE Device and so I could build a correct gold card.
Can you provide me more information? How can I create a gold card for WinCE?
After creating the gold card, what can I copy in the SD? The .nbh of the official rom?
Thanks!
asorcinelli said:
Ok, I understand, and so I have a wrong gold card.
I have another WinCE Device and so I could build a correct gold card.
Can you provide me more information? How can I create a gold card for WinCE?
After creating the gold card, what can I copy in the SD? The .nbh of the official rom?
Thanks!
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You need revskills software for generating gold card for wince but free version only can read sd card cid, but if you no want to buy it I can generate one for you, just send me cid and I will generate! Chose photon in menu! Do not reverse cid! Search for right cid (you can see many cids but only one is right so see right disk size that match size of the your sd card and copy that cid!!!), than send me a cid by pm and I will send you back file!
About nbh, yes! You need to extract nbh file from ruu and rename it to PHOTIMG.nbh and copy it to sd card... reboot phone to spl and installation will update your photon (but only if gold card is right)!
munjeni said:
You need revskills software for generating gold card for wince but free version only can read sd card cid, but if you no want to buy it I can generate one for you, just send me cid and I will generate! Chose photon in menu! Do not reverse cid! Search for right cid (you can see many cids but only one is right so see right disk size that match size of the your sd card and copy that cid!!!), than send me a cid by pm and I will send you back file!
About nbh, yes! You need to extract nbh file from ruu and rename it to PHOTIMG.nbh and copy it to sd card... reboot phone to spl and installation will update your photon (but only if gold card is right)!
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Ok, Thanks for the info and for your help!
When I'll come to home, I'll send my CID to you!
I finally restore my phone!!!!!
The goldcard installation works fine!
I post a small resume for others people in case the problem come out to someone else.
After the first try with MTTY I try to follow the "Goldcard way". I try to use an old SD Card of 2GB.
First of all I use the guide for Android, but the gold card doesn't works. After I use the Windows CE way with the help of munjeni, but the result was the same.
In both cases the installation fail with the message "no image file".
Finally I change the SD Card and I use a new one (4 Gb size). I follow the Android guide and in theory I have generated a goldcard for Android.
I copy the PHOTIMG.nbh file in the SD Card and the installation works!
Thanks to schlund and munjeni for the help and for the patience!