yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] krisna_pandawa:
after using CUSTOM__RUU_Wizard_1050412_WWE_101_11210_WWE

Hi guys.....

i desperate now...

i use dopod 818 pro..

ipl 1.00

spl 2.15.0000

gsm 02.19.21

os 2.15.13.27

first i try to unlock CID and SIM...

then i found article http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Wizard Windows Mobile 6 for newbies

i follow the instructions:

1. Download the Button ROM to your computer

2. Attach your Wizard to your computer using the USB cable. For the love of G-d, do NOT do this over bluetooth or IR. It will most likely not work, but if it does, all hell will break loose.

3. If you have ActiveSync, make sure there are no active partnerships with your device. With your device NOT plugged in, go into ActiveSync file->delete mobile device. Once you plug the device back in, cancel synchronization. Your wizard should be showing up in ActiveSync as Guest.

4. With your device connected to your computer as Guest, run the file that your downloaded. It's pretty much self-explanatory. Agree to everything, and let it do it's thing. It is downgrading your IPL to 1.05. You can only unlock your phone if the IPL is 1.xx, you can't do it if your IPL is 2.xx. Always have lots of patience. The 10 minutes to complete statement is a guide, if your computer is running at a 90% CPU load with 99% of your RAM full (which it shouldn't), expect this to take a lot longer. If it so happens that you get an error at 99%, try The Xda_MiniS_LaunchROM_v154102.exe.

every thing goes well, but after i click finish button, the program (CUSTOM__RUU_Wizard_1050412_WWE_101_11210_WWE.exe) disappears and my dopod's leds (red and blue) goes flickering ... it can not go to boot loader... it just flicker.. and the screen is black.. nothing there,,,,so i cant find fifth step...

5. Once the flash is done and your Wizard is rebooted, it will display an IPL of 1.xx and an SPL of 2.xx.

please some body help me...

i try to connect it to laptop (i use xp, and active syc 4.5), but the laptop cannot recognize it....

and i try to reset the dopod but the condition is the same...

please2.. help me...
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] PURESKILLZZZ:
hhmmmm .. excuse me .... But I think you have a G4
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] zabardast_1:
You have a 'Prophet' phone.The above guide and method is related to unlock and upgrade a 'Wizard' device.Check out the 'Prophet' forum for upgrading :-

http://xdaforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=293

Cheers!
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] zabardast_1:
ok,once you CID unlocked and upgraded to ipl/spl 3.08,why you felt the need to downgrade again to 1.xx,you shud have upgraded to any wm6 rom of your choice.Now,as its a freeze at 3.08, try to reflash and upgrade again to 3.08 and check with WST tool the CID lock/unlock status of the phone,if its still CID unlocked,there's no need to downgrade,instead upgrade to wm6,but if its CID locked,then flash the official stock rom to downgrade to 2.xx first and then flash Button's to downgrade to 1.xx for CID unlocking.

Cheers!
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] PURESKILLZZZ:
Thats great. You sent him exactly where he needs to be ...
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] zabardast_1:
Thanks ! m8 :D

Hope it works for him :)

Have a nice day !
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] Chainfire:
I've just been mucking with upgrading a very old (T-Mobile) Wizard to Slim 6.1. I started getting the 'no communication' problem when I wasn't even half way. As I didn't feel like rebooting PC (lots of stuff open), I did the following:

- Reboot the device, so you can establish ActiveSync partnership (guest in my case)

- Run the update EXE, check the cheboxes, click the next's, etc

- Wait for the device to reboot, and as soon as the screen goes black:

-- Right-click ActiveSync Icon

-- Connection Settings...

-- Uncheck "Allow USB connections"

-- Press OK

- Presto, it works!

You have to do the above quickly, though. If you're to slow the updater will have timed-out and give the error again.

Works for me every time, and I've had to do about 8 flashes now, without a single reboot. Don't know if it has been mentioned in this thread before, as I only read the very first post, but might be useful info.

Note that this is only applicable when the flash doesn't work completely, not if you get stuck in bootloader because of a 'half flash'
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] PURESKILLZZZ:
Every little bit help mate ... Thats what XDA is all about...
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] jabu:
Thanks to this guide, I got it right the first time! I am used to an Apache, so this made the flashing transition MUCH easier! Thanks!
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] PURESKILLZZZ:
I am quiet sure the DR is happy that you are happy mate .
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] tubaking182:
questions

i noticed that this guide was written before vista ever came out and i have vista unfortunately, which means no activesync, windows mobile device center is slightly different, will it still work? And also will this work on my kaiser(8525) and or tytn II(tilt), thanks in advance
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] PURESKILLZZZ:
Playing with vista I haven't personally done but I guess it should work. I do believe the tilt is a G4 tho I could be wrong ....
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] tubaking182:
the spl was 1.93.0000 that would mean G3 wouldn't it? i thought that a G4 ended in .0001, but i might be wrong.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] PURESKILLZZZ:
That sounds like a G4 mate ....
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] Dr Puttingham:
Vista with SP1 talks to our mobile devices much better than without.

And the 8525 is a Hermes, not a Kaiser. This guide is for Wizards only...
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] PURESKILLZZZ:
Hey Dr .. How are you doing and the mrs. Whats your newest project ...
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] Dr Puttingham:
We are good, thanks for asking.

Nothing new on the horizon, just chillin', killin'.... noddin', moddin' :cool:
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] PURESKILLZZZ:
Thats good to hear ... if you want some laughs I started a thread just for jokes.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=384841
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] el_burro:
Hey Dr. P,

great work on the how to guide, it's very clear and, easy-to-us, only I got one problem: the last step says you should install the T-mobile Rom to get you IPL/SPL to version 2.26..

And that's where it went wrong: my device crashed during the rom flashing, now it says IPL/SPL: 2.26; but it got stuck in bootloader, and I cannot flash ANY rom..

I really hope you can help me with this; 'cause I'm quite desperate - I've been search these forums for days now, and still no answer

Thanks
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] PURESKILLZZZ:
Have you tried flashing your stock rom ??
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] el_burro:
You mean, getting the original ROM on the Wizard again?

I tried about 15 ROMs now, none work

I can't seem to make a connection, though - in bootloader - my device says USB in the left bottom corner...

And the ShellTool doesn't work either; but I've still got about 5 ROMs I can try, with the ShellTool

(Though I'm not really hopeful)

Thanks anyway for the reply & hint
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] PURESKILLZZZ:
Yes your stock rom . Which phone do you have ?
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] el_burro:
Ok man, thanks so much for the tip

it appears that I had tried every single ROM, except for - as you mentioned- the Stock

It's flashing now (already a great improvement) xD; I'll get back when it's done
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] PURESKILLZZZ:
Thats what XDA is for mate ....
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] Dr Puttingham:
That's happened to me several times and I've

(1) Rebooted my PC, then

(2) Removed the battery and reinserted and turned on, now it's in bootloader mode.

(3) Reflash Button 1.05 and start from the beginning. (It's installed when no other ROM would, for me at least)

Let us know what happens.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] zabardast_1:
If you have downgraded to 1.xx by Flashing 'Button's Rom 1.05 'and successfully CID unlocked your phone with lokiwiz02b,then their's no need to use or flash through 'Shell Tool',now just simply get the phone into bootloaders and either reflash the T-mobile 2.26 or the official stock AKU 2.xx Rom to get IPL/SPL 2.xx for upgrading to wm6,don't use Shell Tool for flashing.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] PURESKILLZZZ:
Well we are waiting mate .. Whats the outcome ????
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] loginvicky:
Bricked During Snn_3.0 Upgrade To Wm6.0 G4 Device Please Help

while upgrading to wm 6.1 from wm 5.0 , i had a g4 device my device is now not even showing the charging light neither responding or booting.

i haD A G4 DEVICE AS CHECKED WITH WIZARD SERVICE TOOLS, THEN I DID A CID UNLOCK VIA LOCKIWIZ 0.2B , LATER I UPDATED THE IPL/SPL TO 3.08 AND THEN PROCEEDED FOR SNN 3.08 FULL VERSION 6.1 WM6 UPDATE,

THE DEVICE WENT QUIENTLY TO BOOT LOADER MODER I SUSPECT AS THE RAINBOW SCREEN WAS NOT SHOWED ON THE DEVICE THOUGH

HOWSEVER IT WAS SHOWING AS ONLY UPDATING BAR WAS SHOWN WITH ZERO PERCENT UPDATE FINISHED ON THE LAPTOP SCREEN NO RESPONSE ON DEVICE AND THEN A RECOVERY SCREEN APPEARED WHICH PROMPTED TO REMOVE THE BATTERY AND REINSTALL AFTER A FEW SECONDS BUT TO NO AVAIL,

ITS MY BROTHERS PIECE AND I AM VERY SCARED NOW PLEASE HELP ME FROM THIS MESS PLEASE.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] PURESKILLZZZ:
Well first you have a G4 device mate ... This is for G3 devices. Which phone did you brick exactly ???
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] v5search:
Problem with buttons

Hi all, I have flashed my cingular 8125 with button 1.05 rom step 2 and also xda miniS launch rom step 3, in both instance my device does not boot up. I am stuck at the screen that shows

IPL 1.05

SPL 2.25

GSM 01.12.10

OS 1.5.4.2

and at the bottom shows wihdows mobile 6.1. Did I do the rom flashing correctly? How do I go to step 4 to install lokiwiz 0.2b if the device does not even start up?
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] zabardast_1:
You don't have to flash both roms,either Flash and downgrade with Button's Rom first and check if it boots up correctly and you have IPL/SPL 1.xx,probably you'll get IPL 1.xx but SPL 2.xx,its advised to reflash Button's Rom a couple of times more till you get both IPL/SPL 1.xx and then apply lokiwiz02b to SIM/CID unlock the phone,If button's rom doesn't work well,only then flash the xda_minis_launch.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] zabardast_1:
Well,if you are sure its a G4 device,then flashing Button's Rom with G3 Bootloaders and the upgrading to ipl/spl 3.08,will certainly 'BRICK' the phone,there's nothing one can do about it to revive.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] PURESKILLZZZ:
Prayer does wonders .....
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] mestrini:
If he had tried to CID unlock with WST he would have known that he could never do it. Although the guide is explicit about that it would be one more warning.

Since WST is has a nice GUI, easy installer, and a lot of error checking code doesn't anyone feel that this guide should be updated to include (at least) the WST option?

cheers

And also taking some time to think what to say to the brother or the the service center guys to try to get a new phone
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] v5search:
Re: Problems with buttons

My question is that once u flashed with Button Rom or the other Rom will the device boot up to like a windows mobile screen? Some thing like windows mobile 5 screen with calendar, contacts and such. And why didnt the procedure in this thread tell me or any one else to flash it more then one time to get IPL/SPL 1.xx instead of IPL 1.xx and SPL 2.xx?
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] PURESKILLZZZ:
I would just say hey i was trying to install a plug-in or a game ....
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] zabardast_1:
Hi m8,I absolutely agree with you,there's no doubt about the WST tool,it wud have certainly warned him about this problem,YES! it wud be a grrrr8 help adding WST as an option also to check and verify the status of the phone and CID unlocking with it,as its a very use full multi-purpose tool in this very basic unlocking guide. I certainly vote for it.:D
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] zabardast_1:
Perhaps! you have not read the guide thoroughly,its very clearly mentioned in there at 'step 16':-

16. Watch the rebooting of your PDA, if BOTH IPL and SPL are 1.xx then great. Quite probably your IPL will be 1.xx and your SPL will be 2.xx. Rerun the button 1.05 ROM downgrade a second time and it will become 1.x on both IPL and SPL. You don't need to redo the unlocking.

:)

Yes! when you flash the button's Rom or other rom,your phone will reboot and load up to a working OS (Windows).

Well, here's another option to CID unlock the phone,download WST 4.2.2 tool and you can CID unlock your phone,even if you have IPL 1.xx and SPL 2.xx,it sometimes does the work done,but your phone must be downgraded to Button's Rom 1.05 and have at least IPL 1.xx,hope it'll work.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] zabardast_1:
Yeah ! m8,lets keep this very important subject alive and strictly to the purpose it pertains to and not a 'Call Center' for answering every sort of problem here and rather discourage the people to post irrelevant posts. ;)
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] Dr Puttingham:
Even though you have 2.18 SPL have you tried copying enablerapi.cab to your device, executing it from there, and running lokiwiz?
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] bookey9:
I did unlock procedure. Lokwiz.bat finished successfully. SIM card is unlocked, but I am not sure for CID unlock. I cannot start to flash with T-mobile 2.26 original ROM, but I installed Mr_Clean AKU2.3 (flashing utility is noID). Finaly it's working.

Thanks!
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] Cynagen:
Dr Puttingham, THANK YOU! Your adapted instructions work perfectly! Just like somebody on the first page said, they were apprehensive and then read through the intructions a couple times to get familiar with the situation at hand, and then did it. I did the same thing, I pretty much meditated over the instructions, and once I felt I had the balls to do it, and the computer to do it with (my computer at home runs XP Pro x64 only, the XP Pro (32bit) is jacked up beyond belief due to one mistake), I did. I'm glad I've done it, now I can think about faster, better, and improved ROMs over the crappy one I had come with my MDA. Thanks again, and I'm off to search for updated Radio ROM since this one with Button's 1.05 doesn't pick crap up inside my office.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] da_jojo:
t mobile mda vario

updating atm and it seems to work nice.

I have to add a comment though.

Either the rom or the unlockprogram causes a reset of the device into savemode and then continues to the updating process after some next

clicking.

edit: found out that my G15 keyboard didnt have enough power to support the process, so i used a different usb controller and problem gone.

I acclompliced this also without unlocking. u can update the device

with t-mobile 2.26 rom without unlocking and halfway the procedure at about

3% pull the plug from the phone and take battery out. Put it back in and hardreset the device and u be able to install molskii 2.26 rom .

And it works coz i tried :)

For now i thought lets do this the good way and i followed ur procedure which is the nicest i seen so far and works 100% on a t-mobile mda vario.

thanx a lot dude.

off-topic:

For the posting in this forum: i dont see why u should keep this posts that contains nothing but off-topic issues and no information whatsoever on the topic nor questions about it.. Its a lot to read and confusing to people whom really interested and want to know what there doing.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] rohitdar:
Wizard G3 or G4

Hey,

I have a T-Mobile MDA that I bought in June 2006. I need to unlock it as my 8-10 tries with T Mible have failed. On a recent trip to France/UK I paid 120+ roaming charges...Stupid rule that even if you let the voicemail pickup unimportant calls, voicemail is counted as roaming.

Anyway, How do I find if my phone is G3 or G4
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] richardsintexas:
truely unlocked?

How do you tell if a G3 Wizard is truely unlocked ?
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] mjm383:
thank you for this plain and simple explanation of how to go about updating and unlocking a pda for newbies (3 days and going strong).:)

can now log onto my router and connect to my broadband (and at work!).

now all i need is to get rid of the t-mobile splash screen, seem to remember a thread somewhere now where is it?:rolleyes:

thanks again

mjm
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] da_jojo:
you can down and upgrade both ipl and spl with any version preferably this 2.26 from t-mobile US as it says in this nice explanation which people on this forum have made for you to find here with the searchfunction.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] da_jojo:
strange thing happend today..

i was using this tutorial to unlock and modify a friends mda vario.

since i did mine before and it seems to work nicely.

i have this phone with tmobile rom 2.21 in it and i was going to downgrade

to 1.05 in order to get it unlocked. that worked out fine leaving me with a ipl 1.01 and a spl 2.21.. unlocked and so... i put again this button romupdate on the device. and it says ipl 1.01 and spl 1.01.0001 ...

not that it doesnt work , coz after i put tmobile 2.26 wwe rom on it , it says ipl & spl both 2.26 .

Is this normal ? since it just works fine and i have put 3.0.0.0 rom on it now and it runs like it never did before.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] efiggy:
AUGH!!!

Damn you, Dr Puttingham! I was expecting to have problems, but NO THANKS TO YOU, everything's working fine! Curse you!!! :D

For the humor impaired, I'm saying everything worked fine (ZERO problems) and I'm very happy -- thank you for making an idiot-proof guide!
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] donniesd:
Thanks. 1 Down 3 to go.

Also to any one else looking to unlock their phone. READ EVERY STEP!!!

I got ahead of my self, and went to step 10, not doing step 9. Got nothing but problems.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] BenOggo:
Worked first try. THX to the providers and the whole community. BenOggo:) :cool:
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] ascssmith:
No matter what version of rom, this tool ALWAYS works... thank you, thank you, thank you...
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] wizard6498:
Awsome

This is what's up dude!!!!

I can't wait to show it off, thanks guys, :D
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] Heidi01:
Hey guys...

I just want to unlock it... i tried several times....

but there is one part not working... The ROM update part.

I get error "222" Meaning device not responding!:( But my phone Is on....

Can anyone help ... please!

Thanks!
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] Dr Puttingham:
Come on now, help us out here....

What version of ActiveSync?

What device?

What OS, IPL, SPL and Radio?

Your firewall type.

Your phone # if you're cute Heidi (Just kidding!!!)

:)
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] :
Thank you

Thank you so much for putting up this guide. I was really scared and hesitant to unlock my device for a long time now, but I finally went ahead and did it last night. It was very easy to follow and everything went smoothly.

Thanks again!
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] Cyrus Kourosh:
Thanks a lot guys for your job...

Really, Thank you for the job you made and the time you spent explaining the things for us.

I have just unlocked my Qtek9100 G3 (ROM.2.17.7.6FRE) yesterday.

ps. It was very hard to not succeed after this detailed procedure :D

Really impressed by the whole work you made in this forum

Big thanks.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] Pacer:
I'd like to try this method, but could you post links to the ROM files?

Yes, I'm a noob to this site, and I've been reading the forum thinking (and hoping) that this method will work. I've had the same problem as you so maybe this will help me.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] Dr Puttingham:
URL's to 1.05 and T-Mobile ROM's are in my tutorial. I personally unlocked around 60 PDA's and I never needed to downgrade to a 2.08... lucky I guess.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] PURESKILLZZZ:
As the DR said in the very first post you should have checked the IPL & SPL first.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] rafaelc:
Hello I followed the steps, but when I try to flasha new ROM (TauRho, TNT, Faria) the ROM update utility stops at 99%, always.

The only way to restore the device, because remains in bootloader after reset, is aplying the SPL 3.08 upgrade or downgrade it to 1.05 ROM.

The device has IPL and SPL 3.08 now

any idea how can I install a 6.1 ROM?

regards
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] Dr Puttingham:
I'd start by posting this as a new thread, has noting to do with unlocking, seems to me.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] Dr Puttingham:
Guide will be updated as soon as I can find time. Nice job brother!
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] PURESKILLZZZ:
Hey DR.. Nice to see you ... Mod looks good on you ... Nice icon....
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] Dr Puttingham:
Thanks ! :cool:
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] PURESKILLZZZ:
You are welcome .. Its always good to see great people in high places.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] + Que PPC:
t mobile ship 2.26 original

I have serched a lot to get this rom, cause in rapidshare i cant download anymore with this cats in numbers thingy.

So you can download this rom from here:

http://www.lvlolvlo.net/2006/07/27/t-mobile-mda-226-beta-official-rom-leak/

just read a little there's a line that say download HERE! jejejeje

in fact from t mobile you need a valid t mobile number, just to get a mirror that works.

Dr. I have a cuestion, i unlock my cid/sim with lokiwiz since jesuscrist comes hahahaha, but i used for my update a version 2.18 ipl and spl original rom. and i use new coocked roms, without issues.

and i would like to upgrade to ipl 2.26, spl 2.26 gsm 2.19 i got everything that i need but my cuestion is...

Does i need to downgrade to buttom rom 1.05?, to then upgrade to 2.26 t mobile, and so get a wm6.1 rom.

I've already do the trick! i used wm6.1 perfectly, but i need to upgrade my radio and for the same reason upgrade my spl an ipl, do you think that I need to downgrade?

thanks in advance.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] PURESKILLZZZ:
No need to downgrade if phone is already unlocked mate . Best flashing is to go back to an official rom then flash to where you want to be ..