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[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] Tall_Man:
MDA VARIO ARABIC ROM COOKING

Hi again risidoro,

I did all according to the tutorial, but I just wish the steps of copying the new cooked rom to my pda was in English :)

here is what I got:

1) copying the rom to my pda/phone went fine

2) when hard-resetting, it takes a long time to move from the initial Windows MobileIt screen, at the begining of the allighnment,

but when it reaches to the screen to select the carrier, after the allighnment screen, where it says :

Please select your operator from the following list... (where I choose my provider), then it just stays there and doesn't move any more unless I re-set it. (top of this screen says : "InstallCabFile")

I even tried different carriers, but it always hangs there!

Even if I try to cancel this screen, to skip it to the arabic language selection, it just hangs there!

I tried the phone after booting, but it doesn't work, while the pda works properly.

3) when I soft-reset, it works fine, but without arabic, since selecting the arabic language comes in the next screen after selecting the operator/carrier above !

Kindly help again.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] Tall_Man:
MDA VARIO ARABIC ROM COOKING

ohhhhhhhhhhh

it's even worse,

I can get it syncronized to may pc !

What to do ?
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] risidoro:
Re: MDA VARIO ARABIC ROM COOKING

The problem with the InstallCabFile screen seems related to an error in the extrom installation procedure. Did you modify something in your extrom? Are you using an original i-mate rom or a customized one?

Also, is your phone SIM unlocked??? Maybe the procedure waits for the phone to receive the operator's signal but, if your phone is SIM locked, then it cannot receive the signal and locks up.

Moreover, what does it mean that you cannot select the arabic language??? When i install an italian rom it doesn't ask me if i want to use italian. It is italian!
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] Tall_Man:
MDA VARIO ARABIC ROM COOKING

risidoro,

1) although the pda works, but it's incredibly slow in responding, same slow as in booting

2) what do you mean by "extrom" installation procedure?

3) I'm using original arabic i-mate rom

4) the phone sim is unlocked

5) selection of arabic comes on the third step, after alligning the screen, then choosing the operator/provider.

now, I left the phone next to me, then I noted that it's going through the complete installation for the provider and the arabic language, but it's taking very long time.

It has started more than 30 minutes, and still not finished!
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] Tall_Man:
MDA VARIO ARABIC ROM COOKING

risidoro,

at last it booted, but

1) it shows : Error , Can not run on this device (I think it means the arabizer)

2) the battery indicator on top shows that the battery is almost empty, although I fully charged it, and when I click it, it shows the battery meter as unknow !

3) it takes a very long time to boot

4) the light stays on and never goes off

5) I can not get a phone signal at all

6) it doesn't charge

7) it doesn't syncronize on my pc and the pc doesn't show any device connected !!!

so, what shall I do?

at least how will I restore my old rom ?

Please helppppppppppppppppp
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] Tall_Man:
MDA VARIO ARABIC ROM COOKING

BY THE WAY,

IT SHOWS THE I-MATE BLUE LOGO SCREEN NOW WHEN IT FIRST BOOTS, AND IT DOESN'T SHOW T-MOBILE LOGO ANY MORE.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] risidoro:
Re: MDA VARIO ARABIC ROM COOKING

Ok, don't know why but this rom is not working on your phone. The error it gives at start "I cannot run on this phone" is due to a program (the operator configurator) that's developed by imate and only runs on imate phones (the italian imate rom has something similar). I don't know the reason for all the other errors or behaviours, however i don't think they may be imputable to a wrongly cooked rom (a wrongly cooked one would not have booted at all). Maybe you could try to hard reset the device and to completely bypass the extrom installation but this would consume power and you said that the phone isn't recharging so it's better not to waste the remaining power.

Install your old rom: download it from the operator site (or this forum ftp server), apply the tutorial to strip off the IPL and SPL parts and then install it. (The procedure is the same you followed to install the arabic rom).

Don't worry! As long as your phone is still bootable (so the bootloader is ok) your phone is safe!

bye

PS: after you've restored your old rom, upload the arabic rom you cooked somewhere (megaupload, etc) and let me inspect it.

Bye
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] Tall_Man:
MDA VARIO ARABIC ROM COOKING

risidoro,

but it's not syncronizing with my laptop !

so, how will I install the old ROM ?

only the bluetooth works, but I checked activesync and it doesn't have connections through bluetooth !
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] Tall_Man:
MDA VARIO ARABIC ROM COOKING

and, I don't know how will I make it bypass the extrom when it boots !
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] risidoro:
Re: MDA VARIO ARABIC ROM COOKING

Ok, sorry i forgot a step: you must put your phone in bootloader mode BEFORE connecting it to usb and starting the rom upgrader.

In detail:

- disconnect the usb cable from the phone

- press and keep pressed both the two keys on the right side of the phone (camera and voice memo). While keeping them pressed, press and release the reset hole. Continue to keep pressed the two keys until you see a three colors screen. Now you're in boot loader mode.

- connect the usb cable. Now you should see 'USB' in the lower part of the phone screen. Activesync won't sync with the phone but don't worry it is normal.

- start the rom updater

Keep me informed. (i'll read my mail for about an half hour from now, then i'll go to bed). Bye
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] Tall_Man:
MDA VARIO ARABIC ROM COOKING

risidoro

I pressed both the buttons with the reset, and I got the 4 colored screen.

I inserted the usb and it showed "USB" at the left buttom corner,

I downloaded the latest version from t-mobile (2.26, while I had 1.8 before), and I ran the rom building as in the totorial, and it started the installation of the rom, but it broke giving :

ERRORE [264] : CONNESSIONE

Then, I tried to install the original 2.26 t-mobile rom, like normal, just by double clicking it, and it started the installation, but it broke giving:

ERROR [274] : CONNECTION

Check the following:

1. The PDA Phone is connected to the USB cradle/cable.

2. The USB cradle/cable is connected to the PC.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] risidoro:
Re: MDA VARIO ARABIC ROM COOKING

Hi Tallman,

Are you sure your original rom (the you had before) was 1.8? If so, then i understand why the cooked rom you made didn't work! The tutorial works only with 2.xx roms installed over other 2.xx roms!!! You cannot replace a 1.8 rom with a 2.xx one with the tutorial!!! Besides, if you have a 1.8 rom then you can CID unlock it and install whichever rom you like without the tutorial!

Now, what you have to do is reinstall your original rom (the one you had before: same operator, same language; use THE SAME). No need to follow the tutorial, simply download the rom executable and run it. (of course you need to be in bootloader mode and connected to usb)

Then, when you'll have it installed and if it's really a 1.xx rom, you'll CID unlock it and, finally, you'll install the rom you like by running it.

That's all! bye
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] spell:
Portuguese ROM

Hi!

I have a T-Mobile UK MDA Vario (QTEK 9100) and it is G4 because it as .0001.

ROM: 2.21.2.6 WWE of 3/9/06

Radio: 02.19.11

Protocol: 4.1.13.09

ExtROM: 2.21.2.109

I would like to know If I can update my phone with the Portuguese ROM that is on the FTP.

HTC_wizard_AKU2_PORTUGUESE_ROM2006271651RUU_Prodigy_2180702_21807102_20710_QTEK_PTG_Ship.exe

I already made the Sim Unlock and it worked perfectly.

I tried to install but it says that i have to use a more recent rom and it doesn't let me.

Will I need to unlock the CID? How do I do that?

Best Regards,

Spell
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] Tall_Man:
MDA VARIO ARABIC ROM COOKING

risidoro,

I'm 100% sure, it's 1.8.10.2 WWE from t-mobile, but I'm affraid I'm not sure of what you mean by CID !

When I got this pda, I couldn't use any sim card other than t-mobile, but I got the unlock procedure somewhere from this site, and unlocked it, and now I can use any other sim card from any carrier .

And still,

if I have 1.8, then why can't upgrade and install a higher version like 2.xx ???

Thanks a lot risidoro
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] risidoro:
Re: Portuguese ROM

You cannot CID unlock, you have a G4!!! Follow the tutorial! bye
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] risidoro:
Re: MDA VARIO ARABIC ROM COOKING

There're two kind of lock in a phone: SIM lock and CID lock. You removed the first one but not the second. When you remove CID lock you can install whichever rom you like without tutorials or special tools.

A CID unlocked phone is the best one can have. This tutorial, on the other end, is for unlucky people who cannot CID unlock 'cos they've got a G4 or a G3 > 2.21.

You have 1.xx == You're lucky == You can CID unlock (use lokiwiz 0.2b; NOT 0.3a, 0.3a IS ONLY FOR SIM UNLOCK) == DO THE CID UNLOCK

bye
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] spell:
It worked ...

Thank you so much Risidoro. It worked perfectly!

I cooked my Portuguese ROM.

If someone wants it, I can upload this Cooked Version of Portuguese ROM to use in G4 phones.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] mras:
Just two questions.

1. How to download current (original) ROM from device for backup?

2. Is it important which OEM and Operator version number I fill in? I'd like to cook a G4 ready ROM based on T-mobile 2.26, so I enter 2.26?
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] Tall_Man:
risidoro,

You've helped almost everyone except me :(

Still, I don't think my pda is cid-locked, since I tried it on 2 different carriers in 2 different countries, and it worked properly.

The booting information I used to get before I installed the imate rom was :

IPL 1.08

SPL 1.08

GSM 01.09.10

OS 1.8.10.2

I used lokiwiz earlier, and I unlocked my pda before I install the new rom.

Now,

you say that I can install any rom, but I can't, since I've already installed the imate arabic rom on a t-mobile mda, and it got messed up like what you see here.

But, I have another t-mobile mda, exactly the same, running the original t-mobile rom,

can't I copy the rom from the working pda to the non-working one?

or, can't I copy the rom from my working pda and restore it in the non-working one ?

I tried to restore the copy which was created when I upgraded the rom, but I always get an error message that there is no device connected!
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] Tall_Man:
MDA VARIO ARABIC ROM COOKING

my main problem is that I can not get my pda connected to my pc.

I did like what you told me, and got that screen with 4 colors, and when I plug the usb cable, it shows usb at the buttom left corner of the screen, and my pc makes a sound like something has been connected, but what ever I run will tell me that my device is not connected to my pc !
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] risidoro:
[quote="Tall_Man" ]risidoro,

You've helped almost everyone except me :([/quote]

How can you possibly say that when almost half the posts in this page are my answers to your questions (the other half)?

Anyway, you got this problem 'cos you tried to upgrade from 1.xx rom following my tutorial. In the tutorial, however, it is clearly stated that it applies only to G4 phones (and your is G3) or to G3 BUT only if they've got a rom version >2.21.

Your phone is not bricked. The bootloader is still working so you should be able to restore your original rom back. To do this: download t-mob 1.08 rom from the FTP server or t-mob's web site; connect the phone to usb so that you read 'USB' in the bottom left part of the screen (don't worry if activesync cannot see it); start the rom installer.

Try this procedure and tell me exactly what happens. Forget the tutorial - you don't need to cook the 1.08 rom, simply download it and run it.

bye
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] g0dblissyou:
Steps I took ...didn't seem to fall the same.

hi, risidoro or anyone that knows why my steps didn't go smoothly.

my phone cingular 8125 G4 chip.

IPL 2.25.0001

SPL 2.25.0001

GSM 02.25.11

OS 2.25.11.1

Trying to install the MrClean_RUU_WIZARD_224a_AKU23_WWE.zip.

Steps. I took

Extract MrClean_RUU_WIZARD_224a_AKU23_WWE.zip found the nk.nbf size (72.195kb) put it in c:\newrom.

extract the tool.rar in c:\newrom, have 3 files there.

Went into dos type the command typho5.exe -x nk.nbf.

Here is what I found the differences in your steps and mine.

extracted OS without the OS_0 like your image

extracted extension rom without the ROM_0 like your image

and so forth.

like your tutorial Mr.Clean only has 7 parts this was the same

move on made my final folder, extracted RUU.rar. Open nb2nbf.exe in new rom folder.

Complete the fields.

WIZARD

WWE

2.24

2.24

CID blank

output file c:\final

FIle #1 extension right? this is where I find different again. I pick the extension file and I try to find the image name but I can't find extension R..like your pic and I don't get any start address.

File #2 same as yous

file #3 same as yours

file #4 same as your

file #5 same as yours.

so I couldn't get the extension part lik eyours do you know what I'm doing wrong? thank you for your patience and effort to help. appreciate. Hope to hear from you soon.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] risidoro:
Re: Steps I took ...didn't seem to fall the same.

You're doing RIGHT!!!

'Extension Rom' isn't listed but you can type it in yourself (and then you'll have to manually type the address).

'HTC Logo' (file #5) isn't listed too so type it in manually too.

That's all!

bye
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] Tall_Man:
mda vario rom

thanks risidoro,

at last, I managed to restore my old 1.08 rom, and it's working fine now.

But, one think I couldn't understand,

in one of your posts, you told me that since I have 1.08 rom , then I should be able to install any rom I want,

if so,

then why did I have this problem when I installed the imate jam arabic rom ???

Thanks again.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] risidoro:
Re: mda vario rom

Ok, you finally got 1.08 back, great!!! Now you must learn how to upgrade it! As i said, you have a 1.xx rom so you can install whichever rom you like, it's true. You had problems with arabic rom cos you followed my tutorial: the tutorial is only for G3/G4users with rom greater than 2.20!!!

Now that you have your 1.08 back you must:

- CID unlock the phone with lokiwiz 0.2b (DO NOT USE 0.3A!!! ONLY 0.2B WILL DO!!!). To CID unlock, download lokiwiz 0.2b, install the enablerapi.cab in the phone and then start lokiwiz (read carefully lokiwiz's guide before starting).

Once your phone is CID unlocked, you can install any 1.xx or 2.xx rom. No more tutorial, no more rom cooking!

PS: when you run lokiwiz, the program prints on PC screen some information about the process. Write down this information and post it here so that i'll check if there were errors during the CID unlock.

PS2: lokiwiz must be run from a dos window (in windows xp: Start-Run-command.com)
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] g0dblissyou:
Prompt reply awesome thanks risidoro!

Just a another question that I think you might know why.

I try to unlock my friends wizard which came with 1.8 rom or one of the older and lucky few. I used aWizard-V1_3beta2 or Lokiwiz03a ..not sure which one, and got the CID unlock messsage in DOsand SIm unlock, then I upgraded to summitter Ak23 rom ...2.x rom. But I read your post about lokiwiz03a doesn't do it, so i'm worry if I strew up. hope you understand what I'm trying to say. Is it possible to upgrade to sumitter rom if my friend wizard is not CID unlock? thank hope to hear from you soon.

Appreciate what you have done. thank alot,
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] g0dblissyou:
sumitter rom.

Oops forgot to ask this too. risidoro

On my G4 wizard like the post u reply earlier.

I tried the Mr.Clean rom and Cingular_Custom_AKU2.3_Combo_Installer_V1

Mr. Clean rom you answer all my question and I think I'll go with it, and cook up the rom.

As for Cingular_Custom_AKU2.3_Combo_Installer_V1. I tried the same steps but when I try to extract it. There was few sub folder with nk.nbf file in it, that I was unsure of to used?

If you were to use sumitter rom and his newest one, which one would you cook up or do?

I just tried The Cingular_RUU_Wizard_AKU2.3_Custom_RNG_THM_A2DP_TEST2 from summitter.

Got everthing right up to OEM version and Operating Version, not sure what to input there is it 2.24 for both fields like Mr. Clean AKU 2.3 rom?

thank you, again.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] Snake_PDA:
Hi,

I have installed this SW on my Orange SPV M3000

IPL:2.22.0001

SPL:2.22.0001

GSM:01.04.10

OS:2.22.1.1

EXROM:2.22.1.101

NEED Rus rom! (or WWE rom)....
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] risidoro:
Re: Prompt reply awesome thanks risidoro!

lokiwiz 0.3a can ONLY remove the sim lock (actually, it doesn't remove the SIM lock, it simply gives you the code that you can type on your phone to remove it). If you got the CID unlock message and were able to install AKU2.3, then you surely used awizard_1.3beta. This program (awizard) is equivalent to lokiwiz 0.2b so it can remove the CID lock, not only the sim lock.

In short: if you want to CID unlock a 1.xx G3 phone you must use: lokiwiz 0.2b (not 0.3a) OR awizard_1.3beta. Only 1.xx G3 phones can be CID unlocked.

If the phone has been correctly CID unlocked, you can install any rom in it. No need to follow the tutorial.

If, on the other hand, your phone is CID LOCKED and it has a 2.xx rom, then you must follow the tutorial to install a different, 2.xx rom.

Uhm.. i think i didn't understand your questions. I can only say:

- MrClean rom: follow the tutorial to remove IPL and SPL and install it!

- Cingular_custom_(etc)_Combo_v1: you have many nk.nbf. One of them does not contain IPL and SPL (the name of the subfolder should tell you which one). You can install it without 'cooking' anything; its IPL and SPL have already been removed. Be careful, however, to install only the ONE nk.nbf that doesn't contain IPL and SPL. If unsure, then use typho5 to extract the chosen nk.nbf file and check that it doesn't contain any IPL or SPL. Once you have found the right nk.nbf, use RUU.rar tools to install it!

- Cingular_[etc]_A2DP_TEST2: follow the tutorial to remove IPL and SPL and install it!

All the three roms are version 2.24 (so you must input 2.24 in both fields), the differences are:

- MrClean, as its name says, is a stock, clean 2.24 rom (AKU2.3). No customizations, no bells, no whistles.

- Cingular_combo and cingular_test2 are the same 2.24 rom (as mrclean) but with many cingular's and summitter's customizations. Summiter's ones are really good (ringtones and themes), cingular's ones are only good for cingular users.

If you want a summitter's rom then choose the cingular_[etc]_combo one, it's newer than cingular_test2 and contains also .Net compact framework 2.0.

I hope i've been clear... it's saturday night (3.25am in italy), i've just come back home, i'm tired and almost...uhm...quite...uhm...COMPLETELY DRUNK... italian wines are really great!

See you tomorrow...

bye,

Isidoro
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] g0dblissyou:
Awesome risidoro!

You reply my questions promptly and professionally, very appreciate, and you did it when you were drunk nice....umh, hope you can think striaght then haha, joking, thanks....now I feel more confident to flash my rom, thank you, hope you have an excellent weekend.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] Tall_Man:
mda vario rom

risidoro,

I installed the arabic rom, and everything went find, but I got this error as soon as it finished installing the rom:

"Can not run on this device"

Everything was working properly, except the arabic programs, like the Arabic memo & Arabic Date & Arabic Calendar & Dictionary.

Whenever I ran any of these programs, I got this error :

"IMAGINET Pocket Aribizer is not running"

Even, when I wanted to write an sms, it was writing arabic from left to right, while it should write from right to left!

My upgrade was from t-mobile 1.8.10.104 to i-mate 2.16.9.102

Something strange I've noted, was when I re-installed the t-mobile rom after installing the i-mate, I got the information that :

Current Rom (i-mate) 1.2.0.0 to t-mobile 1.8.10.2

what do you think ?
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] g0dblissyou:
Try the method but now i'm stuck with the rainbow screen.

After cooking up Sumitter AKU2.3_Combo Installer No Booloader 2.24.

Did everything like it said but after it install 100% it reboot and stay on the colour screen now it doesn't do anytihng.?

Help needed, hope my phone isn't bricked.

Hope to hear from someone that knows what the problem is.

I didn't touch the IPL or the SPL but it say 2.25.0001. right now, but I can't do anything else...

RUU screen with usb in the bottom left, I try to install the offical rom from HTC, it installs for about 95% and then stops and gets a error, that the rom won't work for my HTC, cingular? and I can't install any of the cook roms cause the RUU doesn't seem to connect like the offical one? so anyone know what's next?
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] risidoro:
Re: Try the method but now i'm stuck with the rainbow screen

So you're stuck in the bootloader screen (3 colours screen) right? Don't worry, the phone isn't bricked.

You have two possibilities:

1- flash the original Cingular 2.25 rom back (i suppose it is the one you had). To install it, simply download the rom from cingular website and run it - no cooking involved.

2- choose another rom (mr clean, summitter, any 2.xx will do) and follow the tutorial to cook and install it. In this new rom, however, keep only the OS part (addr: 80040000 NOT 82040000!!!) and remove everything else.

If solution 1 doesn't work, write me here the errors you got.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] g0dblissyou:
Yo, risidoro your awesome!!

So no hang over from yesterday night?

As for my situation, I was able to install the Mr.Clean cook rom I did with your tutorial. But not with the offical one, I tried to install it and it would go all the way to 95% and then stop and my computer would give me a error rom doesn't work with my HTC cingular. odd.?? well I have Mr.Clean in now, going to try T-Mobile USA 2.26 Custom ROM now, and see how it matches compare to Mr.Clean. So far Mr.Clean is awesome fast...gosh. Yah i read your past post that most likely if I dont' touch the BL i should be okay. I wasn't really worry but I knew you would reply soon like you did for the others, thank alot. Just charging my phone now before I do the next rom T-Mobile USA 2.26 Custom ROM. You must have tried alot of roms which rom do you recommend?.