[MDA, XDA, 1010 Software Upgrading] sudermatt:
I am writing this because the previous posts were very confusing to me and I think, made it seem more complicated than it needed to be. Probably because there are so many variables to this puzzle and it sucks having a potential $300 paper weight.

My apologies if step on anyones toes by reposting this. It seemed like a very pressing issue that A LOT of people are having.

It's not that big a deal, if you have the key.

The problem:

After an unsuccessful radio stack upgrade my XDA had the white screen. Then the unsuccessful upgrade due to the 1% problem.

The situation:

I purchased an unlocked T-mobile, upgraded to the ppcpe2003 4.00.05 off the Yorch site. I am using an AT&T sim card I was experiencing some dropped calls so I thought I would upgrade to the latest AT&T radio stack. I mistakenly ran the upgrade while connected to my Active Sync/cradle connection. Needless to say, the upgrade did not take and I had a dead XDA.

After reading various forum posts I decided to go back to my original t-mobile ROM, luckily, I had saved the nb1 file to my computer using the XDA developers latest tool. After using the bootloader to install from the sd card (holding the power button during a soft reset), I got the perenial white screen. during reboot I saw only the 3.56 (I think) with the radio version indicators coming up blank.

Without that original ROM file I don't think I could have pulled off this save.

Tools:

Hardware:

(1) SD reader

(1) SD Card

(1) Direct Power cable

(1) Syncing Cradle

Software:

1. Your original ROM (I think, it might work with an upgraded one)

2. Radio Stack Upgrade Files (monitor, RSUpgrade, etc.)

The Solution: (long version)

1. I had the White Screen of death.

2. through a series of soft resets, pressing the volume button ( read that in one of the forum posts) I finally got the Today screen to appear. During the boot process I still received empty radio stack info.

3. I had obtained the REPAIR files from this website and prepared those onto an SD card, which was in the unit. The xda immediately went into T-Mobile Upgrade process. I am not sure if the unit went into repair mode because of the sd card or because it was in the start up menu (read further for explaination). DO NOT OVERWRITE THE CARD!

4. the upgrade finally started its process and I got the 1% stoppage problem. After numerous trials and tribulations I was given the solution by MrDollyMaker from this forum.

!!!! THE KEY IS THE FACT THAT YOU CAN USE THE START MENU WHILE ITS IN 1% HANG !!!!

5. While the 1% hang is on the XDA, I clicked the start menu, and got into file explorer. I navigated to the /Windows/Start up/ menu on the device. I CUT/PASTED the T-mobile upgrade program into my documents (just to be safe). And soft reset the device. Sure enough, no upgrade.

6. I put the device into the Sync Cradle and performed a Guest Partnership. Using this partnership, I was able to Explore the device from my PC.

7. Using the PC, I copied the RSUpgrade files from the new AT&T radio Stack A.20.10 from my computer to the devices Windows directory: monitor_ul_bs.m0, monitor_ul_bs.map, RSUpgrade.cp64, RSUPgrade.exe

I tried to put these files on the storage card and do the compying in the device itself but I got an access error. It would not let me overwrite one of the monitor files. That's why the Sync connection to the PC is so critical.

8. I took the device off the Cradle and connected the Direct Power Cord and ran the new RSUpgrade.exe file from the device's Windows directory. Everything went swimmingly.

9. Next I re-ran the ppcpe2003 upgrade from Yorch, and I'm golden.

The Solution : simplified

Simplified Steps from White Screen:

1. get to the automatic upgrade screen by soft resetting / pressing volume button.

2. let it get to the 1% error.

3. use Start menu and file explorer and remove the upgrade from the windows start folder (I'm not sure this is required, but it worked).

4. soft reset the device and connect to sync cradle.

5. establish guest partnership.

6. copy your radio stack upgrade files to the devices Windows directory.

7. take device off cradle and connect direct power cord.

8. run RSUpgrade.exe

9. Upgrade PPC OS

Enjoy.

Comments:

- I AM NO EXPERT, just a guy with a newly fixed $300 ex-paperweight.

- You may not have to delete the Upgrade program in the startup menu. I think it makes things easier because you aren't dealing with the 1% error if your device never gets to that point.

- You may not have to go back to your original ROM

- This is my experience with my T-Mobile device purchased in the US. Your results may vary

remember the key: at the 1% error, your device is NOT LOCKED, you can use file explorer.

I would just like to thank everybody at XDA-developers, Yorch, and especially MrDollyMaker who gave me the key to unlock the puzzle.

I hope this helps simplify the matter.

Regards,

Matt

one happy guy...again.