yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] Olipro:
No, there's a high risk of your device exploding and killing you and your family.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] faisal.husain:
I Like this guy

Dude thanks for the unlocker nice work! But even more thanks for keeping me entertained; your answers are class; and i don't mean that in a sarcastic way either. You got a lot more patience then i would ever have.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] TwoPlus1:
Version Number?

Hi Olipro, Love your work. Could you tell me which SPL is publicly released via the download at the start of the thread?
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] toyfreak:
Olipro:

Here's a video of what happens when your unlocker goes awry:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ad4fagTyaM4
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] Gareth1979:
Hello.

After using this program the phone will not boot properly (as everything was wiped but not put back on) and if i can get it into the multicoloured boot screen (quite rare) the computer will not pick it up computer being a sp2 with framework 2.0 active sync (new 1)

Please help
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] kobl:
PLS I brick my HTC AMEO between 2. and 3. step-htc now start with multicolor screen but without information about radio,after it go to light screen with LOADING.... .... please help me:( .....
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] Gareth1979:
It looks like nobody cares that ve have brick our phones with this software...
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] Pantaloonie:
It's hard to care when we've had to answer the same questions over and over again.

If you are seeing the multicolor screen, then you have access to the bootloader and your unit can be recovered. I'm not expert enough to talk you through all the details, but the answers are available either in this thread or others on the forum.

You may get a better response if you start a new thread, rather than tagging onto the end of a very long thread.

Good luck....
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] LTxda:
If you get to the multicolor screen then you haven't bricked your phone. You may have wiped the ROM but that's not bricking it.

1. Did you take out the SD card? If not, take out the SD card and reset with stylus.

2. If yes, hold down the camera button and keep it pressed down FIRMLY while hitting the reset with your stylus. This should take you into the tri-color screen where you can flash. IF the tri-color screen reports SPL by Olipro then you can flash whatever ROM you'd like. IF it does not report SPL by Olipro you'll need to flash with an Ameo ROM which can be found on the forum by doing a search.

Hope this helps!
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] LTxda:
Now now.

Instead of posting something like this AND since you care so much...why didn't YOU go do a search and help out the poor chap?

The answer is easily obtainable via a search. The question has been asked many many times. So instead of waiting for someone to hold your hand and guide you to the water, why not look around a little bit before dying of thirst? Also, instead of posting comments like this, educate yourself and contribute with knowledge back to the forum. You being a Junior Member should have been able to easily answer this question as it's a common misconception that you've bricked your device if it goes to BT screen.

For the record, when you brick your device that's it...you won't get BootLoader...you get nothing. If you even get the BootLoader screen you have two options:

- IF SPL was unlocked then you can just flash from BootLoader....BUT take out the SD card please.

- IF SPL was NOT unlocked then you just need to find the ROM for your particular device and flash with that.

WHALLA no brick.

Hope this helps clear a few things up and in the future, now that you have been led to water, can help others hydrate themselves with knowledge.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] LTxda:
If for some reason you can get to BootLoader screen but cannot get your PC to recognize the device, go to the Wiki and do a ROM flash from your SD card. That should get you back up and running.

I also advise you read a little more through the threads and also the wiki. Hope this help now and in the future. You have been further "hydrated" my friend.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] sunnyg:
HI have downloaded and tried running, i get as far as enableRapi.cab being installed but keep getting a message that a backup file canot be created and have the option of contiue or quit, if i select continue the program just sits there with an error message. have tried everything from restarting my ameo, and restarting my pc, have also downloaded from another pc and tried but with no success, I have WM6 already installed but want to try out the AP Touch ROM.

any sugguestions?

Am running on Vista 32bit

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managed to get it working through xp
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] sunnyg:
does this work on the Vario 3/Kaiser and or on the Elf?
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] Olipro:
no it doesn't, you ****ing idiot.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] LTxda:
I guess you`re new to these forums? This was posted in the Athena forum for Athena`s. Also, not all programs posted are cross compatible. Please read and educate yourself to avoid further flaming and post questions to their relevant areas.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] LTxda:
So? I haven`t heard back with your results after I provided guidance even after your complaint. I guess it wasn`t that important huh?
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] kroton:
Yo! To tell the truth, some programs posted on Athena forum are also incompatible with Athena's.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] LTxda:
Of course some are. That's why I said "Also, not all programs posted are cross compatible. Please read and educate yourself..."...not all programs are. If you read a little through the threads you will educate yourself and find out which are in most cases....not all the time. Also, there are some programs which you obviously not cross compatible which you can determine by doing a little reading. I haven't fogotten what it's like to be a newbie. I remember not too long ago trying to figure it all out myself but the more I read the easier it got. I didn't flame anyone, I politely explained what is needed not to get flamed. :D
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] lakeman:
Another vote of thanks to Olipro.

For anyone too lazy to read the whole thread,It wouldn't unlock my ameo in Vista but I had no trouble with an XP computer

Waiting for the rugby to start , so havin a play with the new ROM
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] c1oudrs:
Oli. Reached deep in my pockets, and donated $10 in UK money ($21 or so US) for the unlocker. I'm poor--just couple of bucks over minimum wage here in the US but your unlocker worked fine for me--no cards in slot, Power full, XP, just step 1 for the X7501--went without a hitch. :D Thanks! I'll be donating to the PK3 too when it becomes available and I download it. Verification 75C17910978083632.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] Olipro:
Thanks very much, I appreciate it!

as they say, it's the thought that counts. thanks!
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] optio:
Worked for me

Hi,

Just wanted to say thank you, it worked for me.

Have an T-Mobile Athena

Hard Reset then started the Athena Unlocker, followed the steps.

After the first flash I got the dreaded "black screen" which is no big deal. Got into the bootloaded and flashed the ROM with the official WM6 from HTC. Worked perfectly. Then I ran the SIM and CID unlock.

Interestingly didn'y need to do step 3, probably because between step 2 and 3 I flashed the ROM with WM6 (?)

Bottom line: everything works well, GPS included, it is also snappier.

Cheers!

Optio
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] adamelphick:
Just used the unlocker and worked PERFECTLY - and because I am totally mad I tried it on Vista Business too! LOL

No black screen of death - no problems whatsoever!! HOORAY - well done Olipro!
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] miha_conan:
It was really helpfull. Very easy. Big thnx
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] dekyprio:
athena unlocker

where is the lates vershion of cid unlocker
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] eagle 1:
The first post has the download for the latest unlocker!
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] johnripper:
I HAVE A HTC 7500. WHEN I BOUGHT IT WAS RUNNING WM5. THEN I FLASHED WM6 FROM HTC ORIGINAL. AFTER THAT I USED THE UNLOCKER TO FLASH pk3. EVERYTHING WENT OK, BUT MY SPL IS 1.25 NOT 1.20, WHY?
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] fatouraee:
i tried on my x7501 and dead. it wont turn on.what do i do now.

please help

:eek:
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] theaxter:
read all the pages of the thread

there are at least 3 pages with black screens.

Just search for the Hard Reset and you will find what you need.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] xdaConvert:
Olipro's the man

Thanks Olipro, great stuff. Am now updating to Radio 1.50 and ROM AP Touch 3.0 which looks soooo cool.

Could I just mention to Newbies (like myself) that I got stuck (for the last 4 hours) trying to get to the end of stage 1. It kept failing as in post #20. I read all through this forum and even watched the video (well done Agent Bignose) which finally gave me a clue.

I did a hard reset on the Ameo and tried again. BINGO. Smoth as you like. It must have been something in my original settings that had locked the files needed for the SPL write and which was freed up by the hard reset. Soft reset was not enough!

Live and learn.

Thanks again Olipro and all helpers.

PS. Would it be possible to just mention the hard reset on your fist post, like you mention the .NET 2.0? Would save some folk having to go through the whole thread which is now quite large.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] xdaking:
My phone is dead now unfortunately

i tried the Olipro unlocker on this athena (i have unlocked 2-3 before) but this time phone gone black screen. no boot-loader, no hardreset only red light on the joystick.

i was doing STEP 1 and program was asking the location to save the file. and suddenly gave me error message and i ignored it. i was waiting 1hour befor disconnect but nothing happened so i had to reset. after that nothing happened.

now the phone does not go into bootloader (when you press CAM+RESET)

does not turn on

does not hard reset

only red light on joystick

Please help

Thank you
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] toyfreak:
The one hour spent waiting before disconnecting would have been well spent reading this whole thread. You are not alone and others have posted on this. Good luck reviving your Athena.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] jlczl:
I wish I wasn't the bearer of bad news but your Athena is probably a permanent brick. Same thing happened to me a few months ago and nobody could help. Fortunately I was within my return period and managed to get it swapped out for a brand new one.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] fatouraee:
hey what can we do to fix this. I have a x7500 that i broke the screen on, insted of replacing the screen i bought a x7501. the unlocker worked great on x7500.

i tried it on x7501 and oh no.:eek: same problem as most bricks . no light no bootloader and no nuttin. i sent it to htc repair and they replaced the mother board and now how do i do the unlock so i wont brick my phone again.

help me.

Olipro can you check and see if there is anything we could do

IMEI-CHECK or free unlocker. i really don't mind paying as long as it works. i paid 60 to over night the phone to htc so paying 35 bucks wouldn't have been that bad...

the thing is that it worked on x7500. and I saw on the first page the oli said it is compatible with x7501 now but i guess not.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] kroton:
YEAH! I do it SECOND time (at first time my phone bricked to read light joy - nobody help me). And... and... and... at the second time my Athena was a brick. I'm only can use my Athena as... for example exclusive hammer... or as an organs donor. Regards for all Athena unlockers.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] fatouraee:
the thing that sucks is no one helps u either i mean u brick ur phone u r on ur own. $$$ gone....
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] toyfreak:
If You Don"t Read Anything Else Read This...

THE ATHENA UNLOCKER (X7500 OR X7501 IS FOR USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!!! IF YOU ARE WILLING TO ACCEPT THE POTENTIAL CONSEQUENCES, GO FOR IT. IF YOU HAVE BOUGHT A USED ATHENA OR ARE NO LONGER WITHIN YOUR WARRANTY EXCHANGE PERIOD, THE CONSEQUENCES ARE WORSE FOR YOU IF SOMETHING GOES WRONG. I WAS FORTUNATE IN THAT MY X7501 IS NOW HAPPILY UNLOCKED AND RUNNING PK 3.0 AND I AM SORRY IF ANYONE ELSE HAS BRICKED THEIR ATHENA. THIS WEB SITE IS CALLED XDA-DEVELOPERS FOR A REASON... THERE ARE NO GUARANTEES HERE!

(I KNOW ALL CAPS IS THE EQUIVALENT OF SHOUTING BUT FOR SOME REASON THE SHIFT LOCK ON MY KEYBOARD ISN'T WORKING RIGHT NOWo
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] fatouraee:
i know that and i am not blaming anyone . Look i have used it on my x7500 with no problem. And i thank oli. I think there are more x7501 usees with bricks than other versions. I just think there should be warning about that. I wouldnt have tried it for now. But again its on me. Thank you oli and athena threads for hard work and help.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] Olipro:
if anyone's got an X7501 where the lights still come up (red or orange etc) then if someone's willing to pay for shipping it to me and back, I can play around with it and see what can be done... no guarantees whatsoever, just that I can experiment with it.

also I'll be opening the device up... but don't worry, I can also put it back together :P
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] cmonex:
we should jtag it :P
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] fatouraee:
i would have but mine got replace by htc.

i will be getting it on tuesday and will give it another try if same then i will send it to you. lets hope that it works. :) if not you will have a toy to play with..
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] hayal:
thx bro good;) ;)
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] fatouraee:
i used unlocker on x7501 and my phone went brick so i sent it to htc and the replaced the mother board i just got it back. i was afraid of using unlocker so i got imei-check and it didnt work. kinda ... i can flash any rom wm5 or wm6 from htc and it works but i cant use any of the cooked ones. why ?

has any one had this problem or no...
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] Olipro:
Because IMEI-Check patch your radio -> sim unlock -> unpatch radio.

this does NOT patch the bootloader for you, so the bootloader won't accept unsigned files, idiot. learn to read better in future.

also, what version of the unlocker were you using? if it was the initial release, you're doubly a moron... and I'd bet anything that it was
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] fatouraee:
v2.0 ... i used the first one with x7500 and i downloaded the new one for x7501 .

i have a 7500 with bad screen. i want to dobnate it to midget but i need x7501 unlocked and if i cant get it unlocked i might just take the screen and put it on x7501
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] fatouraee:
Here is the error that i get
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] fatouraee:
and oli i never doubt your experties. i used it with x7500 and it worked great and i got 7501 unlocked .. i guess it was my pc. 3rd times the charm

thank you oli
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] Olipro:
That'll be your device security;

what it does first is to install certificates on your device and then enableRapi... you'll find that you probably need to confirm it on the device for it to actually install... hence why I put the dialog in to tell you to make sure it's installed >_>
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] hdbueller:
Hmmm....I do/did not get a dialogue box on the unit to confirm.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] Olipro:
well, give it another shot then. (soft reset first)
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] hdbueller:
The other error message that occurs during the backup atempt is;

"could not find \TempAth\SPL-Backup.nb
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] Olipro:
yes... because it can't get a backup off the device :|
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] hdbueller:
I finally got it to run after manually executing the certs and enablerapi cabs, but now my damn battery is too low.......:( Oh well, tomorrow it is I guess....Thanks Olipro

Later.....................
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] Olipro:
must need to set a delay between the RAPI and the certs, I'll get it sorted :)
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] Olipro:
OK, sorted it now; if your device has security on you'll have to allow the RAPI to go through yourself, and possibly the itsutils dll, so pay attention to your phone screen!
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] yankee:
Thanks a lot for this hardwork...

BTW, Can anyone upload it other than to XDA ftp? I can't download the whole file, it stops at around 8Mb or 4Mb..

Appreciate any help... Thanks
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] apd:
Caution - Major Problem

I have a serious problem with this - I wonder if anyone can help.

Stage 1 went fine.

Stage 2: the patched radio installed. However, after it reached 100%, the phone went to a black screen and died. Soft reset wouldn't do anything. I put it into bootloader mode and managed to get to stage 3.

Stage 3: Again, the flashing worked. However, now the phone will not restart. Soft Reset does nothing. Hard reset does nothing (apart from the green light on the joystick going on).

HELP
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] radii:
I had the same problem as above. It seems WM5 is affected by the unlock. SPL was installed fine (when I entered bootloader). To resolve, I entered bootloader and upgraded to WM6. Then at least I was able to get into Windows, where I then finished the unlocking process.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] apd:
I was on WM6 already. I am about to try reflashing WM6.

IN THE MEANTIME, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT OTHERS DO NOT USE THIS TOOL.

Update 1 09.29 Have now reflashed the WM6 ROM from Bootloader and it now reboots. Haven't yet checked the GPS - will do so soon.

Olipro - I see you're in England - do you want to chat this problem through? If so, PM me with a number.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] pof:
Congrats for the unlocker Olipro :D
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] atomicmanu:
Same Problem : Managed to flash WM6

You are right. I had the same problem when I flashed the first time from WM5 to WM6. Here is what I did to solve it. I went into Bootloader (By Pressing Camera and Reset button), with the phone in Bootloader mode I ran the rom upgrade utility of WM6 ROM It worked.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] Rougenator:
Little problems indeed

Olipro, Thank you!

The unlocker works, but... I had indeed the same problems.

Stage 1: went fine!

Stage 2: Stuck after I saw the bootloader in loading.... So I could'nt go on.

The solution was to get out the mini SD. Then the black screen. I had no possibility to start the device. After go again to the bootloader screen I saw the the SPL was unlocked and I immediately tryed to flash WM 6 to the device. Everything went OK! Super! WM 6 on my device at last!

Ok, but not yet the radio rom unlocked, so I figured out to use the unlocker again. And now the proces passed stage 3 succesfully. (Without Mini SD!!!)

ROM version: 2.20.405.1

Radio version: 1.45.00.00

Thanks Olipro! :)
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] stupiddog:
Suggestion: Make all steps directly executable

Hi Olipro,

thanks for the great tool, my phone was already unlocked, but I tried it anyway. However, after successful onlocking (Step 2) was completed, the bootloader got stuck at a grey screen ("Loading . . ."). I managed to get back to the bootloader, but I had to restart your tool, which wants to do Step 1 again.

However, since the device is in bootloader, Step 1 does not work. Could you modify the tool so I can execute Step 3 directly?

Greetings,

Andreas
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] apd:
Update 2: 10.00 GPS is working which means Step 3 (reflashing the radio must have worked (unless the WM6 upgrade also does the Radio ROM, which I don't think it does).

I would suggest that newbies do not consider using this tool until the wrinkles are ironed out.

Otherwise, thanks Olipro for all your hard work!
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] mackaby007:
Good work so far.

Firstly, congrats Olipro on getting this out so soon. To everyone else that tried it already...thanks for being the first..someone has to be.;)

I'm sure these few teething problems will b sorted by Olipro, as it is working..just not 'straight out of the box'....yet.

At least it won't brick your devices.;)

Don't forget peeps the sooner we raise some more money to Midget, the sooner we will have some cooked ROMs to choose from. Olipro said he will cook up a ROM too...the more the better.:)
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] mackaby007:
SPL flashed without a hitch to WM6 based Athena...

Well I'm pleased to say that my SPL was patched without a hitch.:)

According to Olipro...if you already used i-c to unlock your device...you don't need to run parts 2 & 3 (optional), so I didn't.

I believe my Athena is now 'fully' unlocked and able to have any Athena ROM flashed to it..correct Olipro?

FYI I had already upgraded to WM6 (T-Mobile HTC ROM) successfully and applied the i-c afterwards & now Olipro's SPL patch.

I have to admit though, once the creases have been ironed out....the complete unlocking solution from Olipro is the best way to go...especially for the newer ones to Pocket PC's.

Thanks again Olipro for your talent and hard work...Midget for your constant help (and also for supplying Olipro with an SPL that he could work on before he received his unit)..must most of all you contributors and the Athena community.

I've had my device within the first day of it hitting the UK shores and nothing all this time. Now...3 weeks or so after we all got together...I've finally got my device completely unlocked and running WM6....and that's not even a custom built one yet..:)

Can't wait for Midget's magic in the kitchen.:)

BTW WM6 is bloody fast!!!
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] wh7256:
GREAT JOB!
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] Olipro:
Since there's been such a problem with Step 1, I've taken a new tack:

The SPL is now flashed from the RUU via a soft-loaded SPL, this was something of a pain in the arse to pull off, but in any case, it works.

Since the SPL is now written... by the SPL, the odds of your device bricking are essentially nil.

now... as another point; if you ONLY want to apply Hard-SPL, please go over to the Athena Upgrading forum and download it from the Hard-SPL thread.

Why? because the unlocker is a 13Mb download because of the work it does with the radio, and all the unlocker does is run the same 1Mb EXE you can download from the Hard-SPL thread, so do XDA-Devs a favour and don't unnecessarily chew up bandwidth please.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] xvanwaart:
Big succes!

Within 30 minutes from the time my Ameo was in my hands it was unlocked, I used version 2.0 It's absolutely idiot proof! Like taking candy from a baby (or T-Mobile) Really made my Ameo worth every euro-cent. No Blackscreen or whatsoever... Thanks!
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] Olipro:
good to hear it works for you mate... now to arrange myself a flight to Amsterdam for those beers :P
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] toyfreak:
Olipro:

If you find yourself in Indianapolis the beer's on me...
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] bearchen:
hepls!

I have a serious problem. I have set up your program.but after second step, the machine cannot startup. and i tried to restore, but it's the same. who can help me? thanks! my athena est t-mobile ameo.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] Suluben:
Help dido

Hi everyone.

I also got the same problem. It died after the second step. What can I do.

Thank you all for any help.

Cheers

Sulu
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] Snake-Plissken:
i have followed all the instructions but after step two flashing the radio the ameo stucks... nothing happens... i have make a hard reset, soft reset but nothing help... any ideas?

how can i activate the bootloader...?