[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] umakarton:
Brom error: S_ft_enable_dram_fail (4032)

Hello,

my THL W100 arrived yesterday and i was immediatelly interested in some custom rom so i began flashing it not knowing properly, what i was doing, so firstly i ended up in boot loop, then completely bricked with device refusing to boot (black screen).

I tried recovering using SP Flash Tool these builds, but nothing worked for me:

thl.w100.130529.jbv2.hd.en.com.8p32_mt65

ThL.W100.130701.JBV2.HD.EN.COM.8P32_MT65

ThL.W100.130802.JBV2_.HD_.EN_.COM_.8P32_MT65892

W100_130504_ForFlashtoolFromReadBack_130605-170952

I also tried using different versions of SP Flash Tool (.119, .139 .150), but all showed error BROM ERROR: S_FT_ENABLE_DRAM_FAIL (4032)

As said here before, tried on Win XP and Win 7 64bit and it showed same error.

So then being despred for several hours I actually dig up a lot on internet and found up some information:

1) There are apparently some hardware revisions, according to beginning of serial code:

BFYSG94W - Rev. 1

BFYSG9410 - Rev. 2

But my phone has CFYSGM4W - maybe its a new Rev. 3?

2) Based on many other mtk6589 phones having the same problem, you should look for firmware released by date of manufacture. It should be written somewhere, but I didn't find any information on device no package, so I decide to look for latest.

3) The phone shows up in device manager as "alcatel RNDIS" under network cards, I had to manually update the driver selecting "Preloader for Flash SP.Flash" .ini file manually from a disk. It may tell that the device may not work or something, but don't worry, reconnecting it shows up as MTK USB Port under COM and LPT ports and it should be fine.

4) I also had to disassemble to device and short LCOLO test pin to ground - here is the original post with image http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=44208574#post44208574 I soldered a single wire of hdd ribbon cable to lcolo, the other side being wrapper around USB cable. I flashed without battery, shorted all the time. The Flash Tool immediatelly discovered the device, when the lcolo pin is shorted, then when progress bar turned from red to violet the MTK USB Port device changed to 'MediaTek Preloader USB VCOM Port' so the preloader was owerwrited and phone successfully flashed back to factory state.

(before you lose your warranty try connecting usb > inserting battery or connecting usb without battery + holding volume up, it does practically the same job)

5) There are lot of stock roms here - http://www.needrom.com/phone-roms/thl/thl-w100/

So finally the version that worked for me was: ThL.W100.130912.JBV2.QHD.EN.COM.V01.8P32-kol

I even managed to get CWM working, (used same scatter, checked only recovery and doble clicked and selected recovery-cwm-6037-w100-130912).

To make it easier for people having the same problem I put up the things that worked for me and uploaded it, includes:

ThL.W100.130912.JBV2.QHD.EN.COM.V01.8P32-kol

SP_Flash_Tool_v3.1316.0.150

recovery-cwm-6037-w100-130912

and drivers for ADB and Preloader for Flash with SP.Flash

http://www.4shared.com/archive/FjP0asvJ/thl_w100_rev3.html

I hope you will find my first post useful, sorry for my bad english :D

Regards,

Umakarton