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[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Upgrading] Olipro:
Right, This is the basic Hard-SPL package; if you already have applied Hard-SPL with the unlocker then DO NOT BOTHER TO USE THIS PACKAGE.

This program is now foolproof as the SPL is flashed directly from the bootloader rather than from the OS so there's no opportunity for anything to go wrong.

for this to work, your device MUST BE RUNNING WINDOWS MOBLE and MUST BE SYNCED WITH THE PC.

to recap: IF YOU ALREADY HAVE 1.20/1.25, DO NOT USE THIS.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Upgrading] TryOG:
Thank you! :D I won't be waitin', though...
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Upgrading] Olipro:
Whatever Trevor.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Upgrading] Olipro:
it WILL NOT fix your dead WLan.

secondly, don't start spamming other threads by crossposting. Idiot.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Upgrading] laikos:
With all due respect I don't mean to SPAM neither crossposting, anyway I've make mistake by putting the device in Bootloader mode when I'm trying to downgrade the SPL. Yea I figured out it will NOT FIX the Dead WLAN either. Sorry for the inconvience
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Upgrading] DRACO00:
How do I go backward on my SPL

I upgraded to SPL 2.10, but my touch screen keeps failing, I f I leave the battery out for 30 min to an hour the touch screen works for about 30 min then goes touchless. I need to go back is it possible.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Upgrading] Olipro:
The SPL has nothing to do with it.

Also, this is the Athena forum, so piss off.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Upgrading] TryOG:
Take out the plastic cover and THEN try :)))) I kinda keep hearing that a lot and this "fix" fixed a lot of those...
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Upgrading] kimol:
AThena broken, any help ???

Problem_Description: Hello,

My Athena bought since last may si out of order because i ve tried to install english rom for WM6 instead of the french one !!!.

I realise that a big mistake but how can i make it starting again, it's blocking in the wm6 upgrade screen ???

I ve tried to make hard reset to restore default parameters but no resultat and the original rom is dammaged and however has erased.

MS activsyn can'nt connect to the device because of no wm system is reconized ....

I'm waiting for your help because I can't work without Athena !!!!

Nothing work (tried soft reset or hard reset) but only a 3 colors screeen and no more ...

I m reelly sad and i'm wainting for your help.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Upgrading] mojo2000:
Have you used Olipro's unlocker before?

All theree steps ?

Can you enter the Bootloader Mode?
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Upgrading] ranj9119:
hey olipro! nice work;) i have a htc advantage x7500 and i try to hard spl it but it's not working!!! at the Step 1 when the cab was copied to the device i've installed it but my device was working and it hadn't gone idle!!! what can i do now? could you help me?:rolleyes:
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Upgrading] ranj9119:
oh GOD i think i brick my device!!! i install RUU_Athena_DOPODASIA_WWE_2.19.707.4_1.45.00.10_Ship without doing any of the steps and now it's like this can anyone hel me????
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Upgrading] simonsalo:
Unlocker for x7501?

Is this unlocker suitable for the x7501 WM6 unit as well? Also do you still need to flash the SPL on the x7501?

Lastly what is "SPL" and why can you brick your device if you don't carry out this upgrade?
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Upgrading] Olipro:
try reading around to find out. or did you think I was bullshitting. I'm struggling very hard not to insult you for your laziness.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Upgrading] photon2:
Advantage Problems

-----------------------DO NOT USE UNLOCKER ON UNLOCKED HTC 7501 ADVANTAGE ------------------

Oli,

I have (had) a brand new unlocked 7501 Advantage. I followed your unlocker advice above to do step 1 very carefully and now have a bricked device after I saw the same error trying to backup my SPL file like others. Can you place a big bold warning on your SPL Flash link so that other people may not see the same fate...from reading the comments on this thread we are lead to believe that you suggest that we should flash to your SPL before trying a cooked ROM on the 7501 Advantage...

:(

TIA

-Lol! Some big

Advantage

, now Im out 900 bucks !
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Upgrading] Abram:
If you can get to bootloader, there might be hope yet. Follow this solution , if you can

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=326953
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Upgrading] photon2:
Still no luck- been trying all day but nothing - not able to see anything except red LED lit up around the joystick when I am on AC and the battery is removed.

I am going to try warranty repair but probably am out of luck
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Upgrading] LTxda:
Are you able to get into bootloader? If I read correctly the answer should be no but I wanted to confirm either way. If no, how have you tried to get into bootloader? Key sequence in other words? Have you removed the SD card also?
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Upgrading] photon2:
You are correct, I cannot seem to get into the bootloader or even get the device to come alive at all. I tried camera + reset, volume down + reset, volume down + camera + reset, I looked all over the forum and found a few others but still no luck. All I see is the red LED around the Joystick either become solid lit (without battery in and on AC) or blink lit (with battery in and on AC). The light stays solid lit with battery out and all key combinations tried and does the quick blink lit with battery in and all key combinations as long as reset is pushed. Basically, it would seem that the reset key is working by resetting the circuit to the battery but the device just wont boot up.

I will be sending this unit back anyway due to a manufacturing defect of the SD card slot. When this particular unit was built, I guess no one actually checked to see if the a (mini not micro) SD card fits in, cause IT DON'T!! The slot was missed by about 2mm being to narrow in width...GEESH!! :mad:

I am not too happy with hardware of the 7501 right now and probably will look at getting the 7500 or Dopod version for "cooked ROM" pleasure but my advice to others reading this would be to not run out and get the 7501 at the lower price given the problems I am seeing. However, on a positive note, the few hours I did get the 7501 running, it was a blast and I still give the overall performance a 4.5 out of 5 star rating being the most complete and fastest PDA Phone I have had the pleasure to work with.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Upgrading] LTxda:
Man that sucks. Seems like you've tried the correct combination of keys to get into bootloader...just make sure you were pressing that camera button firmly because it's known not to take unless you do this.

What operating system is on your computer BTW? Windows XP/Vista?

I'm not sure I understood the problem with the SD Card. Do you mean to say that when you tried to put in a mini-SD card (not Micro), it wouldn't fit into the slot?
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Upgrading] photon2:
I was using XP SP2 with latest updates.

Thats correct, I tried to put the mini-SD card in and it would not fit.

I have since sent it back but am still waiting to see if the refund will materialize.

Can you quickly summarize the reason why the 7500 is more expensive than the 7501? It seems hard to find a real difference....:confused:
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Upgrading] toyfreak:
No difference except native OS (up until now), front VGA camera, and intended market (7501 for USA only) but you probably knew all that...
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Upgrading] cjwilber:
Thanks (and a donation)!

Olipro,

Just wanted to record my thanks - a £10 donation has just been sent. Let me know if the "going rate" is more than that and I'll send an more.

Anyway a question if I can. First of all, I consider myself a novice at this, so I hope I don't offend with silly questions.

In case it helps, my Athena was provided by T-Mobile UK badged as Ameo.

I ran the software - seemingly successfully from the log attached - and it seems straightforward to me. I then installed the PK2.0 ROM from another thread on here. For two days in a row the ROM has run fine for several hours, then has refused to restart following a hard reset. In each case I have been able to reflash the ROM, but it's probably not something I want to do daily!

The lockup symptoms are that the T-Mobile flash screen appears with some numbers at the bottom (M S G B in a column at bottom left) then shortly after this the writing all disappears. Normally at this point the ROM, Radio versions appear but on the two occasions mentioned the device just hangs.

Has anyone any idea what this might be?

Thanks in advance for any advice.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Upgrading] Olipro:
Yeah, the "going rate" nowadays is somewhere in the region of £1,000,000.

...but seriously, thanks very much mate.

with regard to your Athena, that sounds like a hardware problem since that definitely shouldn't be happening. sounds like that thing needs to be returned.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Upgrading] cjwilber:
Hah, you're going to just have to accept that I'm a cheapskate then :-)

Anyway, the device has behaved itself since those two resets so I'm just going to put it down to very low battery at the time - there are problems with PK2.0 battery draining that I maybe hadn't applied fixes for at the time as I was still experimenting.

Thanks for the response anyway.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Upgrading] toyfreak:
Check the PK 2.0 thread; the battery problem seems to have been solved. I think it involves removing some type of bluetooth app from the startup folder...
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Upgrading] cjwilber:
Thanks. I wasn't very clear was I.

I do know about that fix, I just don't think I had applied it at that time, so battery may well have been very low, which may possibly explain why it didn't reset properly. I know with previous devices (MDA Vario for example) that if the battery power was very low then it didn't reboot.

I should probably have tried recharging for a while and resetting again because in hindsight, reflashing when battery may have been low was perhaps not the brightest idea I have ever had.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Upgrading] xdaking:
My athena is gone dead too.

Olipro step 1 -> location to save file -> back up error -> phone dead

no bootloader

no hard reset

no power on

Tried the right combination of keys CAM+RESET & VOL DOWN+RESET but no good results.

device is too good to throw in the bin

please Olipro help help :D

thank you
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Upgrading] cmonex:
did you use old version of the unlocker maybe ? can you tell us more details ...
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Upgrading] xdaking:
yes i forgot to download the latest. it was my mistake
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Upgrading] cmonex:
OMG :P

well i hope they'll exchange it for you under warranty then :rolleyes:
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Upgrading] Olipro:
for a price of £425 per device, I strongly advise you not to be such a retard in future. nor waste people's time because you got hold of the old version which I not only removed, but warned people not to use if they had an X7501
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Upgrading] Olipro:
OK folks, this is a foolproof way to flash your device to Hard-SPL, guaranteed not to brick the device because the actual SPL performs the flash rather than an OS API.

go to the first post to download it, if you're already Hard-SPL'd then DON'T BOTHER
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Upgrading] finesse:
oli

i just want to flash wm6 then sim unlock my t-mobile ameo but not sure which set to follow.

1st hard spl ? or run your unlock tool??
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Upgrading] Olipro:
use the new V3 unlock tool, then you're ready to flash to WM6
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Upgrading] xdaking:
all true. i had this version on my pc and unlocked couple of phones earlier (2-3 months ago). so i did not check the updates. :o i have deleted them all and redownload the new version:eek: :D

i was lucky to get another device from t-mobile

many thanks for your help
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Upgrading] teddyen66:
:-)

worked like a charm for me. Thx man :-)
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Upgrading] marek101:
Oli,

I would like to flash my unit, I would like to do that very much. But with so much confusion and so many people report bricking their unit, I have decided against it at this time. I know you are trying to be clear and helpful and this apparent "confusion" has nothing to do with you. You are only trying to help and I'm sure you get quite a bit of complains when you don't deserve them. Yes *some* people are stupid, thats why MS is making money.

However this is not directed at anyone person, but it seems that the format this forum offers does not allow for clear cut instructions, if it did, you would not hear about so many people bricking their device.

I do have few questions:

1) What are the necessary steps before using the files from the first post in this thread? I.e. should the device be hard rested, soft reset, uninstall any lunchers, phone off?, etc.

2) I know the SD and sim card are to be out when flashing and battery at 60+ percent.

3) Is there a service that someone offers to do this? I would much rather do that then flash it myself...

Thanks
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Upgrading] eaglesteve:
There are risks involved when you use this tool. If you're uncomfortable with the risk, follow your instinct and stick with the stock ROM. The stock ROM is very good. Don't get the idea that it is inferior in anyway. The performance is just as good. You can customise your unit to exactly the way it look like with the PK ROM yourself other than not being able to use the FingerTouch keyboard.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Upgrading] yarod_g14:
Ameo already on WM 6?

Quote

"Originally Posted by Olipro

Right, This is the basic Hard-SPL package; if you already have applied Hard-SPL with the unlocker then DO NOT BOTHER TO USE THIS PACKAGE.

This program is now foolproof as the SPL is flashed directly from the bootloader rather than from the OS so there's no opportunity for anything to go wrong.

for this to work, your device MUST BE RUNNING WINDOWS MOBLE and MUST BE SYNCED WITH THE PC.

to recap: IF YOU ALREADY HAVE 1.20/1.25, DO NOT USE THIS."

Hello people :) Hello Olipro,

Excuse me if this question has been asked already, I was wondering if anyone has run this installer on an Ameo that was already upgraded to the NON CID ATHE_T-MOB005 flavor of Windows Mobile 6 which was released a while back.

It seems logical to me that as this runs an update through Active Stink that it will drop to bootloader as in the past and it wont even matter which version of the OS I am running.

Could anyone confirm this for me please?

Thanks everyone for your posts and info and thanks Olipro for your time.

~£10 donation coming to you as soon as I am unlocked

- FCUK IMEI check and their £20 they can suck my toes. :)
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Upgrading] cmonex:
yes, right, OS doesn't matter.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Upgrading] Olipro:
as my wonderful cmonex said, OS is irrelevant, just flash the device.

and thank'ee kindly for the cash.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Upgrading] teddyen66:
no GPS

Hi there.

My GPS suddenly doesn't work.

Is there a chance that Hard-SPL could have done this?

Would it be an idea to "re-Hard-SPL" it? (or is that even possible?)

Or do you think it is a hardware error?

I tried reflashing both radio and AP Dual.

Hope anyone can help :-)
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Upgrading] cmonex:
i bet you did not do step 3 - that'll bring your GPS back to working state.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Upgrading] teddyen66:
solved :-))))

Yeah I did, and GPS DID work to begin witk.

I actually think a GPS monitor program (Turbo-GPS) made some changes in my GPS communication settings, that then made the GPS unresponsive to them operatingsystem.

I solved it by removing the battery overnight.

But thanks for the quick response :-)

And thanks again Olipro for the Hard-SPL :-)
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Upgrading] kendedel:
hi oipro,

I'm preparing to flash my 7501 to pk rom. the procedure suggested to me was

unlock with olipro unlocker, flash radio, then flash rom. my question is where does the Hard-SPL come in? Do i need to install this or stick with the suggested procedure above?

regards
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Upgrading] sabes143:
Hi

Makesure you use Olipro's Latest unlocker, it has three steps.

step 1 is Hard spl (must done) and if your X7501 already sim unlocked then you do not have to do step 2 and 3. Just flash radio and your preferred Rom. If your X7501 sim locked then you have to do the Olipro's unlockers all three steps. Then flash radio and your preferred Rom.

Before you do read the Olipro's unlocker thread. It will help you if you stuck somewhere. Goodluck
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Upgrading] kendedel:
thank you sabes 143 for the info. much appreciated. hope i wont make a mistake upgrading my rom to pk 3.0. wish me luck :p
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Upgrading] kendedel:
how do i know if my 7501 is sim unlocked anyway? i downloaded 2 files. one is the athena wrapper and the other is athena unlocker. should i use both? which one should go first? sorry for my ignorance
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Upgrading] Pawel062:
put in another carriers sim or tell us which athena varient u have.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Upgrading] kendedel:
i bought my advantage x7501 in the states and i'm using it here in the philippines (which i think is safe to say that my unit is sim unlocked?)
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Upgrading] kendedel:
i think it would be safe to say that my 7501 is sim unlocked since i bought it in the states and am using it here in the philippines. my question is, which file should i use first? the athena wrapper or athena unlocker 3.0 by Olipro? Please help. Thank you
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Upgrading] LTxda:
Your device is most likely SIM unlocked. Unless you purchased it directly from a carrier, etc. CID unlocking will allow you to load any ROM to the device. Read through the unlocker post to become familiar with the tools. Many questions have already been answered.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Upgrading] kendedel:
does that mean that i dont have to do the 3 step process in olipro's ver. 3 unlocker? or would it be better to do the 3 steps to be sure?
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Upgrading] MXracer:
I've read around and didn't figure out something...

My x7500 Advantage is running the original WM6 updated Rom.

After a stupid program gone mad i can't go into Windows only bootloader so my question is this...

CAN I use the unlocker at the bootloader state without go into Windows or I have to factory reset but into Windows and then run it?
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Upgrading] Olipro:
you have to factory reset
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Upgrading] PashaK:
error 206: connection problem

been reading through the forums for 3 hrs. i read the entire unlocker thread. cant find any info on this.

i own a htc x7501. i performed a hard reset, connected device to windows xp pc. synced with active sync 4.5. everything connected, i can browse files on the device. device definitely connected.

i took out the sd card, sim card remains. windows xp computer has all updates and service packs and antivirus disabled.

i ran athena unlocker version 3, downloaded today from unlocker thread. click step 1, it loads the RUU, i follow the steps, says upgrading from image version 2.19 to Hard-spl. i click next, says now upgrading and shows the status bar at 0%. after about 10 - 15 secs, windows pops up on computer screen and says "error 202: connection. please make sure your device is connected to your computer, check the cable, blah blah"

tried mulitple times, each time restarting pc and device. device still works as before, nothing changed at all.

any ideas?
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Upgrading] MXracer:
My x7500 is SIM unlocked. My radio version is 1.50

I finished step 1 unlocking with Olimpros tools but not the other steps.

Everything works fine but every time I'm switch the phone On, I'm getting a notification that my carrier is not recognized and the connections folder pops-up.

Is this a problem for not going through step 2 and 3?

If I flash it what version my Radio it's going to be?
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Upgrading] Pyrofer:
The AthenaWrapper.exe program doesnt work for me.

I get .net errors.

I downloaded a .net framework from the net but when i try to install im told a newer version is already installed. I have a wm2006 rom.

Running the hardspl thingy just errors out everytime, any help guys?
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Upgrading] wizengamot:
Successful HARD SPL of X7501

I ran the SPL unlock and it worked just fine. I then ran the AP Dual Rom updater and it worked 100%. It does not have some things like automatic setup for the internet with my provider but that is a little stuff. This worked just perfect. Thanks to Olipro and the gang. I must say to anyone who is wanting to perform this with an device that is already network unlocked, just read the forum and you will get your answers.

Cheers to all.....
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Upgrading] AndroDunos:
Yes,i hat the same connection error when i had my Ameo connected via an external USB-hub/card reader.Plugging the cable directly into the PCs-USB ports solved the problem...for me.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Upgrading] doitfu:
Did SPL break? The unknown code"Z0) 8" appeared on boot loader mode screen,it never s

I baked many rom then used Athena Unlocker.

And anything without problem.

Sometime become brick,but always I was helped hard SPL-v1.20. Ollipro.

It's possible to burn without anxiety.

I'm very grateful.

But I'm confronted with the difficulty.

The unknown code"Z0) 8" appeared on boot loader mode screen,then I wrote rom.

boot loader screen Z0) 8

Any ROM cannot be written my athena.

ERROR [244] INVALID MODEL ID

I thought that SPL broke, and had athena Unlocker run.

But It doesn't accept.

How to back normally ID from Z0) 8 to ATHE100 returns my athena?
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Upgrading] cjmedina:
does the new hard spl work on the advantage as well as the athena? is flashing it pretty much the same flashing the kasier? i read the wiki were it said its a 3 step process, but the new hardsl says it fool proof?
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Upgrading] Mantun01:
Unlocker - Do I need to use it?

I'm just about to try and flash my 7501 and have a doubt. I presume the unlocker is necessary to unlock the phone in the case it is associated to a specific operator. Therefore if the phone is operator free (which is my case) I presume that I do not need to use it. Am I correct??

Psion 3, 3a, 5, Hp3950, Hp4700, x7501
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Upgrading] eaglesteve:
If it is not associated with a specific operator, it is SIM-unlocked. However, to flash a new ROM, you also have to be CID-unlock. This is where Olipro's unlocker's step 1 comes in. It is harmless to also do step 2 and 3 even if you're already SIM-unlocked.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Upgrading] Mantun01:
Thankyou! Can't wait to try :)
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Upgrading] eaglesteve:
Be sure to read this thread very thoroughly before doing so. Take out your storage card and SIM card, and ensure your battery is fully charged. Use XP machine instead of Vista althought some people find that Vista would work also. Ensure your USB port is okay, and avoid using USB splitter in between. Keep your finger cross and good luck.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Upgrading] theobabis:
Hallo, could you help me please with one question?

I followed the procedure to hard spl (x7500 wm6, xp tablet, removed sim/storage

card, made a hard reset before) and everything went fine apart from that the

instructions said that it would take 10min and it took 1min and also in the

opening screen it doesn't say anything about spl or something that would make

me feel confident that hard spl did take place. Is there a way to confirm it?

(when i press *#06# it still shows the imei.)

Thank you.