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[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] Morphdesign:
tmobile update failes

hi.. i tried the tmobile update 2.26 but it keeps on failing (when the progress starts 0% then my phone goes black, after removing the battery it works likes before)..

i have sim and cid unlocked my mda vario (with the loki tools)..

current info:

ipl: 1.0.6

spl: 1.0.6

gsm: 01.12.10

os: 1.6.22

any help ? :)
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] edgardito:
HTC logo G4 cid locked

Hi, im a newbie so please be patient.

I have succesfully flashed a couple of roms using shelltool which i belive is safe for my wizard G4 cid locked.

I dont want to end having a bricked phone since i live in argentina and i have no chance to change it for a new one since it is not being sell in here.

I had to install several times the Wizard Love rom which always brings my phone back to life. Since it uses the RUUinstaller it has flashed the HTC logo succesfully.

The problem is every time i restart the phone it shows the Wizard Love HTC logo. I would like to change it, but shelltool is not capable of that, and i dont want to screw up the IPL/SPL thing.

Can i find a tutorial, giving step by step instructions of how to flash an HTC logo on a CID locked G4.

Im using the Xplore 1.1 rom which i find great.

Thanks
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] vippie:
Yes.... you can cook you're own splash rom, but make sure you fully understand what you're doing:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=271043

Other option is to flash one others made for you:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=290454&highlight=splash
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] vippie:
If you didn't downgrade to button's rom, then you're still CID-locked! Make sure you take all the steps from this post or it won't work. Read read and reread on this forum for all your other questions.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] Chettaman:
Excellent Tutorial

First and foremost I would like to thank all that have created, thought up, and tested this tutorial. I read through it and it worked perfectly. My Qtek 9100 now has Windows Mobile 6 and the nay sayers are sitting quietly in there seats. LOL!!!! :D
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] edgardito:
Thanks vippie,

my G4 is cid-locked, when i run the updater, it says Error 300 Wronge update tool or something like that.

I guess it happends because it is Cid-Locked. I dont want to pay 30 bucks to get it unlocked, i can live without a pretty splash screen, nevertheless, i still do not understand how can Wizard Love flash the splash screen.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] tank27:
OK I am a serious noob. i have a cingular 8125 and people are saying use the tmobile radio. i live in louisiana and have to use the 850mhx band that tmobile doesnt use. will this affect my reception
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] mfrazzz:
The TMobile 2.19 UK radio will work just fine anywhere in the US (and is really about the only choice for Cingular customers that are trying to run WM6 on their phones as the other radios all seem to cause missed calls and sms messages.

So just flash the TMobile 2.19 UK radio ontop of this rom and you will be good to go...
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] mfrazzz:
sounds like the one you are trying to run isn't using the noid version of the RUU. Find another rom (like XPlore or Faria's) and if its a .exe, change it to a .rar (or sometimes .zip) and then extract teh files. There should be a noid version of the rom update utility in there. You can then put that file into the splash screen update and it should work (don't change any other files, just the rom update utility noid .exe file)
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] tank27:
ok.. my 8125 was delivered from cingular today so ill get it when i get home. Can i contact you when i get it and step me through it?
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] mfrazzz:
In a few hours I will be gone most of the evening due to activities with my family. You can download the radio roms from the ftp site right here (see other threads for links if you don't know how to do that). Then its merely running the program and it will flash the new radio onto your phone. But again, you only need to do this if you are upgrading to a WM6 rom (the Ciingular 2.25 radio works just fine on WM5 roms).

Since you are new to the device, I personally would suggest you maybe try out the default WM5 that comes with the phone for a week just so you get a feel for the phone. Then look at upgrading. Also gives you time to read up on the sticky threads so you know what type of device you have and how you need to do upgrades (so you don't brick your brand new phone).

Be careful and have fun!
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] tank27:
i had a hp phone before so im fimilar with the os but i am interested in wm6
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] loneBoat:
Thanks for the reply. I re-read through several threads, and then unlocked correctly. I downgraded to the Button ROM, flashed the tMobile 2.26 ROM, and have now flashed the MB ROM. Works great, so I think I'm done with flashing for a while - I have everything working fine, and a slick new interface. :D
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] fryman:
gotta get your fix

That's what we all thought...but it is very addicting

If you ever need anyone to talk to we have a support group...here
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] wireless_one:
Computer Crashed @ 6%

Ok, flashed a billion times before and just rotten luck today. Computer crashed @ 6% when flashing Core 2.0n. I had just updated to the new 3.08 IPL and new radio. I get to the BL screen and can hook it up. When I trteid to flash again, I received the message "Error 300: Invalid Update Tool. The update utility cannot be used for PDA phone. Please get a newer update utility.'

Any suggestions? will the T-Mobile stock flash?

TIA!

Follow UP:

well, t-mobile flash worked, so now back to trying Core 2.0n . . . . . M$ don't fail me again!!
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] jaredlappa:
Does any of this work on Vista? I am having problems with my 8125. I tried to run the CUSTOM__RUU_Wizard_1050412_WWE_101_11210_WWE and it gives me an error right when it starts to try and update the ROM. I have to do this first and CID unlock before I can update ROMS like the RUU_Wizard_225111_22511102_022511_CWS_WWE_Ship_1. CorrecT?

Oops... Wrong thread disregard this please.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] vippie:
You can't flash with vista... Try XP!
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] Brother Tim:
Can I flash the ROM from a storage card?

I have done something wrong.

The Button splash screen appears.... fades to white, reappears, etc, forever.

May I put the T-mobile or other rom on my miniSD and flash it some way?

I am stuck.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] mfrazzz:
Turn the phone off (pull the battery if you have to) and then hold down the camera key and then turn the phone on. It should go into boot loader. Now flash an official rom like the T-Mobile one. If that doesn't work, try flashing the Wizard Love rom... Also you need to tell us if you have a G3 or G4 (I assume G3 since you were trying the Button rom) and what your IPL / SPL currently show when you put it in bootloader (if you still have issues).

Good luck...
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] Brother Tim:
Thank you. I accidently hit the camera button, doing exactly as you said. Then I grew a BIG smile when I saw the tricolor screen!

Thanks!!!
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] g4gee:
problem with step G3.4 -

Hi,

I have IPl 2.17 and SPL 2.17; so a G3 device.

[[ I did this step ]] G3.2 Turn off you're device totaly. Remove the SD card and disconnect the USB cable from you're device. Turn on the device while holding the camera button. You will get into bootloader mode (3 colored screen). Connect the USB cable to the computer and you will see USB at the bottom of your screen above the left softkey (Activesync will not connect in bootloader mode, but you can flash from this screen!). If you got IPL/SPL 1.xx go to G3.3. If you got 2.xx go to G3.4

- - in fact , I can just start my phone and enter bootloader mode as I had problem when flashing earlier on.

G3.4 Download wizard_love rom and flash it to your device. Your device should startup again after doing this. Go to G3.5.

in fact when I do G3.4 step and flash it, I get error [300] invalid update tool (it is in spanish).

I am completely stuck; I tried to kill activesync and not but nothing does it.

Did anyone ran into same problem? please help if you can. Thanks

Cheers,

GG
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] mfrazzz:
Since you stated you had an issue with a previous flash, I would recommend instead of doing WizardLove that you do your phone's official ROM. This will get you back to a known working state. Then you can proceed from there.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] T.E.N.:
The one thing this tutorial asks the user to assess but does not say (or link to, as it is probably explained in many places but hard to find, just as you wrote):

How does one figure out whether a Wizard is CID-unlocked?

Other than by trying to flash (or even to CID-unlock) it, that is...

(of course there is a "DON'T KNOW" branch in the above instructions, leading to steps 13 et seq. in Dr Puttingham's guide, but otherwise how does one get to know?)

BTW, "CID(-unlocked)" could certainly positively be defined (rather than "not SIM"), as yet another lesser-known and intimidating acronym? ;)
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] vippie:
That's why I don't explain. There's no easy way to check. If you DON'T know... you're CID-locked!
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] jonnyp4l:
Crossbow Reloaded 1.5 was my first attempt at Flashing my G3 Wizard. I've been roaming around here for months waiting to get up the nerve and I finally did it last night. As per instructions, I followed each and every step of the definitive guide, took all of mfrazzz' advice and was careful not to skip a step or take a shortcut.

I had absolutely NO problems whatsoever. My IPL switched but my SPL didn't so I just flashed it again and everything was grand.

I am now using Crossbow and it's awesome. This ROM is loaded with all of the quality tools i like and it's not bulky at all. I was surprised how much was crammed in for it to have as much space as it did.

All I have to say is HUGE thanks to mfrazzz, faria and Dr Puttingham (and everyone else out there who works to put these things together in their spare time and then gives them freely to schumcks like me). This OS is awesome.

So here's my next question: Where do I go from here? Should I start thinking about cooking my own ROM? I'd like to be a valuable member of the community and not just leech off of everyone else's hard work. If you have any suggestions, just PM me. I'm not trying to hijack this thread or anything. Just wanted to say thanks!

J

OS: Crossbow Reloaded 1.5!!!
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] anichillus:
If you like what that chef's hard work and want to show some apreciacion you could always donate to him.

All done here is free and we're not doing it for the money but if one truly apreciates...

I am just glad that more an more people are starting to read and that this is really starting to feel like an XDA DEV :D
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] Paisan:
I bought my T-Mobile MDA Vario a few weeks ago (secondhand). Apparently it had already been flashed by its previous owner to a sim/cid unlocked Qtek rom (ipl/spl 1.3). After searching, reading, re-reading and considering the possible risks, I decided it was time to try and flash the device to something a bit more up-to-date.

Yesterday I went through the different steps of two tutorials to unlock the thing (bettter to be safe), then downgraded to 1.05, next upgraded to the T-Mobile 2.26. And on each instance: not a single problem, glitch or hiccup.

So... today I decided to really take the plunge, and I installed mfrazzz/Faria's WM6; again success from the first try.

What I wanted to say: great guides/tutorials, they really helped a n00b ppc owner (the MDA is my first ever).

Thanks people!
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] fryman:
This forum is awesome

I was flashing my friends brand new Wiza200 - T-Mobile MDA to mattk_r - Pandora 01.05....my computer crashed at 67%...nooo!

If this happens to anyone else don't worry the fix in easy.

so I read in the this thread...pulled the battery out and put it back in and then held the camera button and turned the phone on in bootloader mode...then I plugged in the USB and flashed the T-Mobile stock rom and then mattk_r - Pandora 01.05 and it worked great.

thanks to all of XDA for making this so easy! :D
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] myx4ever:
I have tmo mda vario ( qtek9100) no with an imate ROM 2.16

It's CID and SIM unlocked and want to upgrade to wm6 business final.

I don;t have questions about flashing ( i got all my info from ur tutorial) but i'm curios about the radio rom. How do you install a different one? I get that it doesn't come with the ROM itself right? This is where i need a little bit of guidance pls. 10x.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] rmg:
Sorry if this is an FAQ.

I currently have MB edition, flashed from the recommended T Mobile Rom.

I want to try some others (Business edition).

Is it best to flash back to the T Mobile Rom first?
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] mfrazzz:
I highly recommend (and do it myself) to always flash back to an official rom before upgrading to a custom one. It gives you a clean base for the new rom and also will fix extended rom corruption (if you have that) which has been show to cause severe battery drain.

So personally its worth the extra time. I flash the T-Mo 2.26 and then do a soft reset just before it starts to run the extended rom (so when the window comes up saying its going to configure the phone in 3 secs, so you have to be fast). After the soft reset completes, then I flash the custom rom.

As always... YMMV
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] rmg:
Thats great info thanks.

I thought as much but it doesn't hurt to check :)

Just have to decide between Business Edition, Core 2.0 & Crossbow Reloaded v1.5 now :)
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] vippie:
This topic is about radio rom's:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=268031

Some people include it in the rom, some won't. You can always upgrade with a radio only rom.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] n3rxs:
Ok I have been at this for hours. I did the CID unlock from the post but everytime I try to do HardSPL it craps out. I never get the notification on the 8125. It starts to go from Calendar to Notification and then craps out.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] vippie:
Really? I have no clue what you're talking about!
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] Dr Puttingham:
HardSPL isn't for the Wizard my friend. I hope you're not serious.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] fryman:
Can you flash a User Locked Phone

I was going to buy a used t-Mobile MDA on eBay that is User Locked...Does anyone know if a hard reset will fix this? So that I can then SIM/CID unlock this phone with this thread. Thanks for reading :)
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] mfrazzz:
Just put it in bootloader mode and flash a new rom. I assume a hard reset would work too, but just flash the puppy and start fresh ;)
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] dhanamjay:
flashing rom using RUU on a locked G4

Did any one flash custom ROM using RUU utility (not shell tool method) on a locked G4? I have tried many many times to upgrade

via RUU utility and not a single worked? However Shell tool method worked most of the time. But I don't know how/why wizard love ROM works?

If I am right that is also a tweaked T-mobile ROM? Isn't it? Are is there something we can change in the custom rom to make it look like a wizard love rom?
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] vippie:
No.... wizard_love works because OS wasn't touched.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] dhanamjay:
so in other words, if it is custom rom then we cannot flash it via RUU.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] fryman:
I can not enter Bootloader :(

I had heard that you could backup your phone using awizard so I tried a test run with v1.2 and it just restored the rom that I had on it before as if I had done a hard reset. It did not save all my setting like I had hoped :(

So I go to flash the t-mobile ROM today and it keeps giving me an error that it can not enter bootloader. So I try to enter it manually and the phone will not even turn on after I try holding the camera button and pressing the power button until I pull the battery then it boots like normal? Did I screw something up with aWizard? Thanks for reading and for any help you can give :)
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] mfrazzz:
Try removing yoru SD card and see if it will go into bootloader. I've seen SD cards that appear to be going bad cause the phone to hang with the screen off but not getting to bootloader. As soon as you pull the card it jumps to bootloader.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] fryman:
Thanks mfrazzz once again you fixed my problem...thank you, thank you very much:D

Should I not use the SD card anymore? I it is almost brand new but it was $5 on a street corner in Bejing for a 2 GB so I guess I get what I pay for...
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] mfrazzz:
A friend of mine has this same issue. His phone won't go into bootloader (just seems to turn off) when his SD card is in. His is a nice 1GB Sandisk card even. His card seems to work just fine, it just causes issues with bootloader / flashing. He continues to use his, but he does take backups of things on it periodically now as we don't know if its going to go out or not (but its been this way for 2 months now).

Maybe its the altitude here... ;)
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] zim_zimmer:
Can I just ask quickly...

I was going to install my latest O2 XDA ROM (v2.21.4.101), but thought I would check on here something first.

You mention in Step 17 to download the T-Mobile 2.26 ROM after unlocking?? Do you HAVE TO DO THIS?? Or is it optional?

I'm worried about installing a T-Mobile ROM on my O2 phone!!

Will I need to CID unlock to even upgrade my own O2 ROM?

Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] mfrazzz:
If you are talking about an official O2 XDA ROM then you do not need to CID Unlock or anything. Just flash it as its made for your device. You only have to CID unlock if you are going to flash custom roms (or roms from other carriers).

And the purpose of flashing the T-Mobile 2.26 before flashing a custom rom is to give you a known stable base. It doesn't lock you into T-Mobile as a carrier, its just a known and decent stable OS. (but again, you don't need to do this if you are talking about an offical O2 rom).
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] zenonasz:
Need Help With Roms

Hi, iam totaly a newbie at rom upgrades. I relly like to change the rom of my XDA mini s. There a lot of releases for my device and i know there no Perfect one and for finding the one that suits to you it needs a lot of testings. I just want to know which roms are best for me to start with and if someone haves time i like some desctiptions for each rom (Advantages and disadvantages of each one)

REGARDS ZENON ZENONOS
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] Madcap180:
Descriptions for each rom would take a long time.. lol. Best thing you can do is compare and contrast for yourself by checking out the threads for each upgrade offerend.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] ticktack:
How long does button's 1.05 ROM take to execute

Hi all,

I am new and am trying to be very careful on my device.

I am trying to execute stage 3.. button's 1.05 ROM from Dr Puttingham list but its taking ages. With the wizard connected via the USB cable, I double clicked the CUSTOM__RUU_Wizard_1050412_WWE_101_11210_WWE.exe file through windows explorer window. This brings up a dos shell window and the cursor jumps around the shell window(visual effect I assume). It has been doing this for over 3 to 4 hours now. How long should this take. I read somewhere that it should take 15 minutes.

Am I executing this file correctly? Should I be placing the file onto the device and execute it from the Wizard?

Thanks for any ones help.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] fryman:
You are right it should not take that long...normally 15 minutes would be about max. you also should not see a dos shell...you do run the ROM Update Utility (RUU) from your PC not your phone. Are you sure u have a G3 device and that you are following Dr. P's thread on how to unlock a G3 wizard?
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] ticktack:
Hi fryman,

Yes I have double and tipple checked that it is a G3 device. I have been trying to follow Dr. P's tread to the letter.

I have also now found out that because my device is an O2 Mini S device that its is already unlocked and therefore I can go straight to Flashing it wit WM6.

It sound to easy!!!!!

Is that correct?
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] zim_zimmer:
zenonasz....

I upgraded with the official O2 ROM, v2. something, selected CORPORATE and it runs so much faster now, I would suggest doing this if you're unsure like I was.

Also I've put on there some custom Apps to make the usage of the phone much easier :)
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] Dr Puttingham:
there shouldn't be any DOS window. please elaberate.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] licensedtoquill:
Not having much luck with either version on my IPL/SPL 2.26?

Is there a problem with Wizard upgrading files at the moment? And if so, where can I get the proper files please? Firstly when I try to download the upgrade utility I get a 550 CANNOT CHANGE DIRECTORIES to the QTEK directory. I can download what I think are all the proper files from Rapidshare but the ROM update Utility which is supposed to be for the SPL 2.26 executes in Italian and then errors on a 'try later file' message (I THINK 'piu' means later file?).

So I tried downgrading to button.rom before upgrading again with your ROM in place but it told me that it couldnt find the PDA device. (I have a fresh install of XP with no AntiVirus)

(I do have the latest version T-Mobile software on this MDA) The only thing I haven't tried yet, - because it says it shouldn't be necessary, - is to download the 3.08 IPL/SPL from RapidShare. I am really not sure about trying this as I don't have 3.08 on the unit??

I dont think I am such a newbie at all this as to be so frightened by the process as to get something obvious wrong? I have successfully and easily unlocked a Siemens SX56 which was locked to Cingular before upgrading to this Wizard
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] licensedtoquill:
Moderator may care to delete this previous message

FINALLY it worked with the 3.08.

I seem to have been wrong in thinking that it might be wrong if I only had 2.26 on the MDA.

It does seem to be a stable version of which people need not be afraid. it is certainly better than the Italian version! And I rebooted, chchdsk'd and deleted temporary files

Now I can go on to load the software and check which VoIP app I should use.

Incidentally I would be intrigued to know why builders are deleting the VoIP apps from their lists? (not sure how to load a cab file as an app??)