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I just signed up today. I have searched the forums but either I have not found the right information or I may not understand the information I have found.
The Situation
I have acquired a T-Mobile Pocket PC Phone Edition
The Model is PW10B1
Rom Version 3.14.40 ENG
Rom Date 11/26/02
Radio version 6.18
Protocol Version: 324e4
I would like to unlock the phone and use it with Cingular service I already have.
The phone currently has a sim card in it that is active. The person who gave me the phone left it in and has not yet deactivated the service.
How can I unlock the phone using the programs on the site.
I have read several posts but I know little to nothing about Pocket PC or PDA's and I have about the same knowledge regarding GMS technology.
I know people get mad or annoyed when questions are asked that have been answered before on the forums. However, I have searched and found nothing that can help me or that I can understand. I am a quick learner. LOL
Any help would be appreciated.
Edit. I do also have the cradle

http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=UnlockWiz
This should help.....
or you can try this:
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Wallaby_HT_Unlock
and / or this:
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Wallaby_HT_Unlock2
Stefan

Looking at the three options you gave me, i decided to try the Wizard again.
I did not use the 2nd Link in your reply. Partially because I dont have a card reader. The device does have a 128mb card in it.
I did not use the 3rd link in your reply because It seems a bit over my head.
Following the Wizard this is where I get stuck.
(Unlock Wiz/Wallaby/SER/go)
1. Back up your data in such a way that you can restore it to a new ROM version. This probably means you want to synchronize contacts and calendar with Outlook on your desktop, and create copies of the files you need.
1. I i dont have any data on the pocket pc at the moment.
2. Download and install the SpecialEditionROM. It will unlock your phone as a part of the cold-boot procedure.
2. How do i Install this? Do I install it to my pc? Do I install it to the Wallaby? if so how do i install it to the wallaby. Will it matter that I dont have any user profiles created? will it matter that there is a sim chip in the device? What is the "Cold-boot procedure"
3. Synchronize using ActiveSync to get your contacts and calender data back, and copy back the files.
3. Does this step matter for me since I have not information I want to put back on the Device?
Edit. Is this the correct download: XDA-developers-SER-v12.exe
Edit 2. I got it to install the special edition rom, now it asked if I want to unlock the phone now. I said "yes" but I do not know which option to choose.
As I said in my first post I am in the US and will be using my cingular wireless account and sim card. I do not see an option for this.

I am king of all that is old t-mobile pocket pc phones. LOL
I got it to work , thanks for the help. I may start a pay pal account just to donate. This is a great site. now for the acceroies and to figure out how to use the new programs that the rom put in

Help with PW10B1

Hello all,
Yes I’m sure your sick of hearing this: I'm new to all this. I picked up a T-Mobile PW10B1. It has Wallaby bootloader V.15
Rom V3.14.40
Radio V 6.18
Not sure what other info would be of help.
I have downloaded a lot of the tools,(maybe to much). Cant seem to make it all work. When i try to use the XDA2 after following the
instrucks i cant get XPiss to see the USB device. Don’t know if I’m even in the right place. Any advise would be appreciated.

read this?
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Wallaby_HT_FlashSD

Thanks for the quick responce. I'm trying it now and unsure of the destanation. If i go to the folder i created on my HD dosnt seem to work. Do i need to create an empty .nb1 ?
PS: another question when i install a cin/att sim in it it asks for sim lock/ sid: dos it mean it unlocked??

source is the nbf file distination is the sd card...

You lost me Dude. This dosnt have an SD slot only SIM, and it wont let me copy to my HD.

sim is in the side sd is in the buttom
http://www.land-of-kain.de/ppc/xda1/disassembly/

Thank you, I'll install one and try again.

problem with downgrading from RC9 to RC7

Hello everyone,
I bought 2 G1's on my trip to Prague.
I tried everything including DREAIMG.nbh, goldcard and qmat.
after each time in trying to access the bootloader by pressing power+cam button i get the rainbow screen follow by a gray screen which says:
loading...
checking...
00028002
not allowed
error.
I tried every single tutorial and nothing worked.
Please help me downgrade the RC version.
Thanks ahead!
Alon.
P.S
Firmware version : 1.1
Baseband version: 62.33.20.08U_1.22.14.11
Kernel Version: 2/6/25-01845-g85d4f0d
[email protected] #27
Build number:kila_eu-user 1.1 TMI RC9 128600 ota_rel_keys,release-keys.
Hope thats all you need.

seems something went wrong with the goldcard thingy. try to read the id with another device and/or try switching the sdcard.

Thanks,
Could you give me some more detailed tutorial for the goldcard?
How to find id and what to next.
Thanks again.

Help Please!!!!!!

Please, I'm begging for help...

HTC G1 asking for google account
hi mate
i have 2 HTC G1 account asking for google account.i have unlock it but stilln asking for google account please help on how to remove it.over 2 month am having it.
REGARDS

It will always ask for google account! Thats how you open it. As for downgrading to goldcard i think you need some program that is able to create the goldcard to the sd card, iirc i had to use my laptop with an built in sdcard reader to create the goldcard on the sd card. Also notice that the goldcard is not going to be shown on the filesystem!! But if you did it correctly it should work!
EDIT: I was dead wrong!! I had to use an old touch phone with Windows mobile 6 on! Since i didnt want to pay for the program to do it on the sd card!
The program i used was called Qmat, and i used the mobile syncing function to connect to the wm device.

after reading this post, i tried downgrading my rc9 back to rc7....it doesnt have the error message that u wrote........
but this error message appears when i tried to downgrade from rc9 to rc29 (us ver).........
currently im downgrading from rc9 to rc7....hope it works.....

successfully downgrade from rc9 to rc7
u ought to try this rc7 recovery
http://koushikdutta.blurryfox.com/G1/DREAMIMG-RC7.zip
i think u know what to do, right?
if not, ask me if u dunno

I had the same problem… my solution was:
Get the CID
Reverse the String
Do NOT add the zeros at the beginning
Just take the reversed string and go to the website to create goldcard
That's it

what does reverse the string means? where do i do it?
what website?

i reversed the string and created a goldcard, what now?

[HOWTO] Install HTC Official 2.1 OTA if you haven't received it *UPDATED*

HowTo - Install the HTC FOTA Update if you're on a Network
For Non-Rooted Users
DO NOT USE ON ORANGE OR ANY NETWORKS IN THE US!
Orange & US users please follow the guide at www.roothtchero.co.uk to root & flash!
If your hero is from a network (3, T-Mob, O2 ect.), you wont have received the OTA notification.
Now you can!
Downloads:
Koush's GoldCard Tool
The Generic HTC 2.1 RUU Mirror
Make Sure You Have HTC Sync Installed!
1 - GoldCard
1. Format your SD card to FAT32 by going Settings > SD Card & Phone Storage > Unmount SD Card then Format SD Card This will erase all your data on the SD card so BACKUP!
2. Launch the goldcard tool as admin by Right click on App > Run as Admin
3. Connect your phone to your PC and make sure USB debugging is enabled (Settings > Applications > Development > USB Debugging)
4. Click get CID (Try clicking MMC0 if MMC1 fails)
5. Click the link to open the goldcard generator, copy the CID from the tool into it. You will get an email.
6. Enable USB Mass Storage on your phone.
7. Click 'Refresh' in the app and select your micro SD card.
8. Click 'Load goldcard.img' and select the file you received by email.
9. Click 'Patch MMC'
10. You now have a goldcard! Keep it in your phone until you're on 2.1
2. Upgrade (Windows XP Highly Recommended)
1. Run the RUU file you downloaded on your PC
2. Follow the instructions in the app
NOTE: If you get USB errors then verify you have HTC Sync installed or try another computer.
Spot a mistake with the guide?
Please post with the mistake or email [email protected]
HELP! I want root again!
Just follow the guide at www.roothtchero.co.uk

What happens with radio files etc? I'm inept if you didn't notice!
Sent from my HTC Hero using XDA App

could you please post the files on other file host

if I went through this method would I also have root afterwards? or is that a separate process to be done first?

Nice one. Thank you 42turkeys. Worked like a charm on my Three UK Hero (other than the 170 and 171 error- but I did manage to sort it out...)
All perfect.

wayferer said:
if I went through this method would I also have root afterwards? or is that a separate process to be done first?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
This is if you want to stay not rooted
If you do want to root then follow the link in my sig and you will have a 2.1 rom at the end of it.

Thanks 42turkeys. Am assuming then that it doesnt depend on build number.
Sent from my HTC Hero

Problem with this on Orange
Help! I tried this on an unrooted and unmolested Orange Hero, and when the SIM is in it now goes to a "SIM Network unlock PIN" screen.
If I remove the SIM, 2.1 seems to work fine (but just not as a phone!)

possum said:
Help! I tried this on an unrooted and unmolested Orange Hero, and when the SIM is in it now goes to a "SIM Network unlock PIN" screen.
If I remove the SIM, 2.1 seems to work fine (but just not as a phone!)
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Can you boot up without a sim & quote the Baseband Version from Settings > About Phone > Software Info

i tried this and end up with USB connection problem with RUU i wonder is this applicable for CID locked HEROs. Any help is appreciated

thanks - small issue
Thanks for this, having a small issue that the main ruu wont download :-( is there an alternative source? Goldcarding instructions were great, seems to have worked perfectly though..
Cheers and thanks for the great work here
S

yusufsan said:
i tried this and end up with USB connection problem with RUU i wonder is this applicable for CID locked HEROs. Any help is appreciated
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Make sure you have HTC Sync installed or try a Windows XP computer.

steveapp said:
Thanks for this, having a small issue that the main ruu wont download :-( is there an alternative source? Goldcarding instructions were great, seems to have worked perfectly though..
Cheers and thanks for the great work here
S
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Click to collapse
Mirror is here: ftp://xda:[email protected]_2.73.405.5_WWE_release_signed_NoDriver.exe
But only use it if you are having issues with File factory (i.e. you're at work )

many many thanks, been trying for over an hour with file factory, think its blocked through our work firewall for larger files - you've saved me a very stressful evening
Love this forum, saves me on a regular basis
Cheers

steveapp said:
many many thanks, been trying for over an hour with file factory, think its blocked through our work firewall for larger files - you've saved me a very stressful evening
Love this forum, saves me on a regular basis
Cheers
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Work firewalls are a pain
I had to fight a battle just to get eurodroid.com recategorized from 'Pornography' to 'Technology'!

Is this method likely to work on my T-Mob G2?
I wonder if anyone here has tried it.
Friend at work tried it on his Orange Hero and had the same problem as Possum.
Also, it looks increasingly likely that I'll have to send my phone off to T-Mobile for a repair - do you reckon they'd make a song and dance about the fact I had 2.1 installed?

42turkeys said:
Can you boot up without a sim & quote the Baseband Version from Settings > About Phone > Software Info
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Baseband vn:
63.18.55.06PU_6.35.15.11
Firmware Vn:
2.1-update1

Sparrowhawk said:
Is this method likely to work on my T-Mob G2?
I wonder if anyone here has tried it.
Friend at work tried it on his Orange Hero and had the same problem as Possum.
Also, it looks increasingly likely that I'll have to send my phone off to T-Mobile for a repair - do you reckon they'd make a song and dance about the fact I had 2.1 installed?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
1. Could your friend give me the baseband version?
2. It will work on your G2, it did for me
3. Just run a T-Mob RUU and send it off.

Sorry, small probelem
I have the image downloaded, moved to an xp machine and it now recognises my t-mob hero rom version 2.73.110.26 , the phone restarts into the boot loader, With the gold card inserted, and gets so far, then stops telling me I cant install the rom onto the phone as giving
Error[131]: CUSTOMER ID ERROR
The ROM Update Utility cannot update your Android Phone
Please get the correct ROM Update Utility and try again.
Sorry to be a pest, any suggestions ?
Cheers
Stephen

steveapp said:
I have the image downloaded, moved to an xp machine and it now recognises my t-mob hero rom version 2.73.110.26 , the phone restarts into the boot loader, With the gold card inserted, and gets so far, then stops telling me I cant install the rom onto the phone as giving
Error[131]: CUSTOMER ID ERROR
The ROM Update Utility cannot update your Android Phone
Please get the correct ROM Update Utility and try again.
Sorry to be a pest, any suggestions ?
Cheers
Stephen
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This is an issue with your goldcard, format it and try again.

Creating Goldcard

Hi,
I just tried to generate a goldcard for my DHD, but adb shell cant read mmc1, so I cant get the CID mmc0 and 2 are working, which of the 2 should I choose?
iI used this guide:
ty in advance
edit: ITS MMC2

hi,
also wanted to debrand my DHD, but i always get error 170 usb not connected ...
i have o2 DHD and wanted to flash the standard 1.32 RUU
may an idea what problem there is ?
tested with or without HTC sync installed
thanks ahead

You need to use MMC2 while creating the goldcard as that is the ext SD card.
All you have to do is get the signed RUU zip file and rename it to PD98IMG.zip and put that on the goldcard SD card and boot to hboot.
hboot should check the the file and ask to flash it :-D
Im writing a guide for this now sould be up after iv confirmed it working

isn't USB error to do with drivers? install the latest htc sync that came with the phones memory card and then run the RUU

Vote 4 guide xD ill give it a try tomorrow, got usb problems as well
Sent from my Desire HD using XDA App

i got it working yesterday then after using a different pc as raZr confirmed working.
and yes, worked then here too.
no idea why it doesnt work on my main pc, all i can imagine is may collides due
too many drivers ... desire, iphone, desireHD, ...

is there any real reason to create goldcard of any major use i.e. will this help me to gain information i can pass on to help with perma root on vision. i have looked into goldcard creation a lot since receiving my DHD but cannot see what i can do with the goldcard. Confused if this helps toward root.
am a knoob

Won't help the people who are working on rooting the DHD, but it lets you debrand your phone if you have a carrier specific branded version by flashing a signed unbranded ROM.
In the future it might be necessary to root your phone, but not yet... crossing fingers here.

Does anyone know what is done by Viper to actually create the GoldCard image?
I've been looking at the GoldCard method this week, threw together a nice AJAX CID reverser which flips the digits and replaces the first two with 00, but would like to know about the image side now.

Hi there guys I don't own the Desire HD yet, but am very interested in it.
I'm an Android newb. I'm likely going to purchase a UK Vodafone branded Desire HD but would like to immediately debrand it to essentially make it a stock HTC version.
Is this possible?
If so, is the method you've described in the previous posts, the way to do it? i.e. create a Goldcard in the way described on the Modaco website (these instructions appear to be for the Desire, not the Desire HD - does this matter?)
I have had a Voda branded Nokia N95 8GB for 3 years but changed the product code and installed a standard Nokia firmware - I'd like to do the same with my Desire HD (when I get it).
Hopefully that all made sense,
Any help appreciated.
Cheers,
Grim.

now that i have a gold card??
now that i have a gold card.... what do i do to install a non branded rom?
Apache14 said:
You need to use MMC2 while creating the goldcard as that is the ext SD card.
All you have to do is get the signed RUU zip file and rename it to PD98IMG.zip and put that on the goldcard SD card and boot to hboot.
hboot should check the the file and ask to flash it :-D
Im writing a guide for this now sould be up after iv confirmed it working
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
As far as that is concerned is it MMC2 on the goldcard app?? or is it something completely seperate
i still need help trying to remove the simlock and i still cant flash any WWE Roms because no one can give me answer