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[HTC Excalibur] pudgedaddy:
Is there a logo on the front of your phone. ex: (tmobile, O2 , HTC) it wont answer your question, but may eliminate which ROMs arent the official one
[HTC Excalibur] oolat2:
The Logo on the front is CHINA MOBILE; The Model name on the back is dopod c720; But inside battery compartment, on the stuck label, it shows EXCA100, HTC Innovation...
[HTC Excalibur] littleclown:
Ask Kavana - he is on China mobile, maybe he has the original ROM.
[HTC Excalibur] Profezza:
If you get the rom, bring it to me... Roms are my precious.
[HTC Excalibur] oscar.llamas:
Bricked Tmobile Dash on boot loader screen Help

I have the problem that my TMobile Dash is brick, here is what I did:

I bought a TMobile Dash and it came with WM5, I decided to install a new ROM I chose Kavanas:

--- RUU_Excalibur_WM61_Kavana_080318_WWE

So I installed everything, it was ok, I even played with it for a little while, accessed the internet, played some games...everything was fine but I had not insterted any SIM Card, and when I did and restarted the device, WM6 would not start, it froze at the Windows Mobile startup screen.

So I decided to install the ROM again through the bootloader screen.

To access the bootloader I did the following:

I pressed the SYM button and then connected the device to the USB cable which lead me to the bootloader screen.

Now here is the problem, I am on the bootloader screen but I cant install anything. My computer seems to detect that I connect a device but if I disconnect it, the bootloader screen says it is still connected (the USB white bar below is still there). I have ActiveSync in my computer and it says "The Device is not a Smartphone" when I disconnect it.

I had done this before with another TMobile Dash phone, and back then my computer did detect a Smartphone device, and I could install the ROM.

There is one just difference back then from before, last time I did not access the bootloader by myself, it appeared by itself when I restarted the device.

Am I doing something wrong?

DO you guys have any tips?

Is there any other way to access the bootloader?

Please help!!! :)
[HTC Excalibur] Profezza:
Are you trying to push an official ROM, or cooked one onto the machine now? Once you get down as far as bootloader based installation, activesync doesnt need to be involved, BUT you can only install the original ROM, which is presigned, since there is no way to run the lock-bypassing tools. If you don't have the original Rom, try and find it, or as close as you can get, in my sig link.

PS, if you can get as far as the WM splash you may be able to still just hard reset. It took me a while once to get it just right, after many failed attempts at juggling the buttons, when I was stuck in the same spot.
[HTC Excalibur] goboi:
I had a problem close to this, and none of the ROMS in Profezza's links worked as it was looking for a specific Vendor ID when trying to reflash. I ended up going to http://www.t-mobile.com/wmupgrade/ pluging in my 15-digit IMEI number (found under the battery), downloaded their offical ROM and BAM! I was back in biz!

However, I had to do a combination of unlocking using the unlocker found in here and the one found on SurrealNetworks/dash site. I am by far an expert at this, I just spent the last two days trying to get my Dash back from the dead- it's back, and I am again sleeping at night. Hope this helps.
[HTC Excalibur] tennisshoeninja:
hey man i tried doing exactly wat you explained and its still bricked on me. The black hard reset screen comes up and i push the send button but nothing happens. It just goes back to the frozen screen. i even tried leaving it on over night and nothing happened. didn't even ask me to insert a SIMs. Wat should i do now?
[HTC Excalibur] Bupahs:
Is there a Memory card in the device? if so take it out and do the above outlined steps. If not.. Keep trying the Reset steps.. it can take a few tries attimes.
[HTC Excalibur] Bupahs:
Welcome to the wonderful world of "Oh My GOD I cant believe I did that, What the F&^% am I gonna do now!?" world of Modding. There is usually a fix, and you found one... thanks for sharing.
[HTC Excalibur] Mikey:
I dont wanna seem like a funny guy but after you take the battery out....in what step does it go back in??? :p
[HTC Excalibur] Rip Syntaxx:
I was thinking the EXACT same thing. Many times (especially in these forums) people follow steps precisely to the letter when it comes to instructions. Any slight hiccup could be detrimental to the operation of your device! So anyone could mistakenly neglect to put the battery back in because it wasn't in the instructions. Just a thought...
[HTC Excalibur] Profezza:
Can you post the ROM online, and put a link to it in the Official ROM thread? There are quite a few we still need to collrct.
[HTC Excalibur] littleclown:
Dummies... :)
[HTC Excalibur] tennisshoeninja:
i did this ... and i put the battery back lol ....it reboots to the HTC screen and stays there..forever...(well till the battery dieds):(
[HTC Excalibur] vwgtiron:
How about this method?

have you tried the usb reset?

1 - Phone should be completely off and unplugged from USB.

2 - Hold down the SYM(camera) key and keep holding

3 - Plug in USB

4 - your phone should now be in bootloader mode!

Failing all that, you could always try taking it into your carrier and see if they can magic it back into life.

Good luck!

Oh, and if you have a storage card, remove it

If this fails you need to contact pdasmart or another service and they will have you send the phone to them. They will email you the cost of repair and you can decide from there you what you want to do if it costs to much all you have to pay is $8 to have it sent back to you.

info@pdasmart.com or phone us at (512)528-0333. I am not affiliated with these people at all however I had a friend who went through just about the same thing as you and they were able to fix it for him.
[HTC Excalibur] tennisshoeninja:
aww i was exciting reading this but now im in bootloaderm mode and it doesnt connect to activSnyc..and i need it to connect to Flash it again right?
[HTC Excalibur] pudgedaddy:
no activesync will not recognize your phone when in bootloader. but your PC should recognize it. If you are in bootloader mode then try reflashing one of your phone's official ROMS. (ex: if your phone is a tmobile USA branded excalibur, then use either their official WM5 or WM6 rom) after you do that you can then re-flash any one of kavana's or ricks cooked wm 6.1 ROMS
[HTC Excalibur] lorenzo99:
phone is froze after v20 6.1 flash

i used rickys v20 rom & now my phone is frozen half start menu half windows mobile screen...:( how can i undo this???
[HTC Excalibur] outerdepth:
Assuming you just have a dash, power it off. If you can't get it to power off, just take out the battery and replace. Hold down the left and right "select" buttons. These would be the two buttons with a bar(for example - ) on them. Hold both of those down at the same time and power up your phone. Do not let up on the buttons until the screen goes black and says press green call button.... yadayadayada, and now your phone will cold boot to factory settings. Voila, now your phone is like you never touched it. YEAH!!:)
[HTC Excalibur] DotStig:
Before you reset the phone, try taking out the sd card and see if you can boot up like that.
[HTC Excalibur] NoloveT:
:mad: same as me

should buy a new one
[HTC Excalibur] DSB:
:confused: SOS.. flash accident

Hey, everybody, I was trying to flash my dash to a new rom, when progressing updating, my computer restarted accidentally and the dash kept showing a white screen as it was showing when flashing, then I restarted the dash, it showed a 3-color screen, I guess that's the info. of manufacture, then I tried to do flash again, it recognized the USB connection but when approached 3% it stopped said couldn't update. Right now the dash can only show the DOPOD scene and after that a Windows mobile 6 green scene and never went further. worst thing is my PC couldn't recognize the USB connection anymore!!

please help>:o
[HTC Excalibur] NRGZ28:
You have to install WM5 back on it and try WM 6.1 again, after you do that. To get WM5 look in the top threads on this forum or ask Mikey1022.
[HTC Excalibur] DSB:
But right now, the computer doesn't recognize its USB connection which turned out to be nothing could be installed on it, how to install WM5?:confused:
[HTC Excalibur] outerdepth:
Just cold boot your phone and see if that helps. It should boot it back to the original ROM. Nothing on your ROM has been changed yet. I have gotten the RGB screen, the white screen, the no USB recognition. and that's all I did to get it back to normal.
[HTC Excalibur] DSB:
You said cold boot, is it holding Left and Right soft keys and push Power?

just like normal boot up, nothing special happened, or if I did the wrong way?:confused:

Update:

I finally made the cold boot(hard reset) utility running, but unfortunately, it didn't help at all. What I'm thinking is the previous data got flashed but new rom hasn't been placed in where came the accidental PC restarting ruined all the process. The only way that can help is to find a way "push" the OS in my Dash, probably only its company can do it. otherwise, change a motherboard from eBay might help...
[HTC Excalibur] pudgedaddy:
Do this. Pull the battery from your phone then re insert it. Then press and hold your camera button while plugging it into your USB cable attached to your PC. If you get the 3-color bootloader screen, then try and install one of your official ROMS that your phone carrier provides. If it installs successfuly, you can try and re-flash any of the WM 6.1 ROMS available.
[HTC Excalibur] DSB:
:D WOW!!

thanks dude, it worked out perfectly, appreciated.
[HTC Excalibur] Gafo:
My HTC s620 Dead after of flashing with other rom

i had windows mobile 6 N I wanted to upgrade to 6.1 but apparently it was not for this model. the upgrade completed and it wouldnt want to start not even with the boot loader the keyboard lights on for a few secs but not the screen and it shuts off...

Forgive me if this poorly translated

help me plis ¡¡¡¡¡

:(
[HTC Excalibur] outerdepth:
I'm not sure exactly what you're trying to say, but try this:

COLD BOOT CONFIG.

1. Hold both soft keys and power unit.

2. Press GREEN talk key.

That should do it.
[HTC Excalibur] Gafo:
dont work with this

dont work this please help me
[HTC Excalibur] gixxum:
read rickwyatts posts about this. use the search function to find them.
[HTC Excalibur] Gafo:
NOt work, dont start in boot loader
[HTC Excalibur] jdoggraz:
Use This, Press The Camera Button For Like 10 Seconds And Then Plug The Usb In While Still Holding The Camera Button And Reflash With The Original Rom.
[HTC Excalibur] Gafo:
the battery is inflated and i think its broke and it doesnt charge...

jdoggraz

thanks for you response but does not work

Help me please
[HTC Excalibur] littleclown:
Remove the battery and connect it to USB.

Try every tip for cold boot here :).
[HTC Excalibur] Gafo:
error 266 update error

to after to revive my excalibur to after to put a ROM to him that was not for that model when flashiar it to the official ROM in 100 % gave an error and it already initiated single that single pledges boot to loader and when wanting to again update if it detects me the ROM but when beginning to update remains in 0 % and leaves that coneccion with smartphone could not be had

Help me plis¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡

Traducido con altavista xD

salu2
[HTC Excalibur] jove4015:
dash will not boot after failed rom update

Just tried updating my dash according to youtube instructions at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_BuN68vclM, with Brightpoint ROM.

Things didn't go so well, at around 9% all the sudden my Dash just turned off and I got a communication error. It had plenty of power (I mean, I followed all the steps). Now it won't start at all, nothing happens. Removed the battery. Did nothing.

Would sure love to have my phone back. Any advice out there?
[HTC Excalibur] rickwyatt:
try this take out battery put back in hold sym button plug usb cable in and the phone sould go into bootloader mode now flash your orgianl rom

hope this helps you
[HTC Excalibur] jove4015:
Thanks so much, that really helped!

I figured out that the main problem was that Parallels (I'm on a Mac) was interrupting the USB connection rather randomly. I was using the most up-to-date version (Which I thought would be best??) but then I read lots of people were having trouble with various USB devices on the latest versions. I downgraded to a build specifically designed to make USB connections work better:

http://download.parallels.com/stuff/Parallels-Desktop-5582.5-Mac-en.dmg

And with that version the ROM update could actually complete all 100%. So glad to have my phone back! Now, the question is... do I attempt the update I was actually trying to install again? :-]>
[HTC Excalibur] :
It may or may not work for you. I've learned when re-flashing *any* device over USB, it's always a risk to do so in a virtual environment.
[HTC Excalibur] jove4015:
yeah... for sure. I think I'll just wait and do it on a PC at work.
[HTC Excalibur] yamank69:
[B]Excalibur Dead!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have just installed the Kavana rom and installed the arabic support, my excalibur wont boot to the home screen but just freezes on the windows mobile splash screen..WHAT DO I DO...PLEASE HELP!!!!!
[HTC Excalibur] hmhfm:
SIMPLE

JUS GO TO BOOT MODE IN UR PHONE PRSEE AND HOLD CAM BUTTON THEN PLUG USB CABLE IT WILL TURN THE PHNE ON BOOT MODE

THEN FLASH IT W ORIGINAL ROM FROM THE Manufacturer (HTC-OR-TMOBILE)

:)
[HTC Excalibur] satru:
perform a hard reset, find with search option. how to do.
[HTC Excalibur] Ryanmo5:
mine did same thing the other day, took mine to tmobile. turn phone off, hold down 2 softkeys then press and hold power button for a few seconds then release while keeping the 2 softkeys held down till it boots up then release softkeys. will perform a hard reset. softkeys are the keys with the - symbol on them.
[HTC Excalibur] h3535:
i just did hard reset last night myself using the softkeys plus power button method. timing is everthing, i tried maybe 10 times. the trick is hold the power button very briefly, like a second or so, release the power button before the htc logo shows up.
[HTC Excalibur] ccattie:
I'm in the same boat as you quiksand. I've tried it all, and nothings worked.

-c
[HTC Excalibur] shinta86:
Dead Phone?

Ok, so upgraded to kavana's rom and decieded to try ricky's instead. I went through with everything then in the middle of loading the image it came up with an error and it told me to take out the battery and put it back in then turn the phone back on. When it came back on it went to a tri color screen and I tried loading the image. Now it came up with an error 270 saying that the image is corrupt. The phone gets stuck on the htc boot screen and I can get into the tri color screen by holding down the camera button. but I keep getting error 270. Is there anything I can do or do I have to call Tmobile? Thanks in advance.
[HTC Excalibur] ratstrangler:
Try this - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=382801
[HTC Excalibur] shinta86:
The problem with that thread is that I have to be able to boot the phone up.
[HTC Excalibur] outerdepth:
Just do a cold boot config

Turn off your phone, however that may require. Next, hold down both of your soft keys. While holding those down, Press the power button and wait for the phone to power on. Once on and displaying info, release the soft keys. It will show a black screen that should tell you to press the green talk button in order to reboot. Do it. Your phone will shut down and reboot, give it a couple of minutes, it takes some time. It will go to a cold boot configurator mode and reboot your machine to factory settings. That's it. Since you haven't completed flashing your rom, the factory rom will still be there. That's it. Hope this helps.
[HTC Excalibur] ratstrangler:
Try it without the SD card in.
[HTC Excalibur] shinta86:
Nvm, I had to flash to the Tmobile rom first.
[HTC Excalibur] JoryP:
Bricked my Dash

Well, I was trying to see if flashing back to an older ROM would fix the phone problem I was having lately, so I decided to go all the way back to the original WM5 ship ROM, but I still had the same problem so I decided to go back to WM6.1 (Ricky's V24). I app unlocked the phone and then started the update process, but a little over halfway through the update errored out and gave me a Flash Failed error message.

Now my phone won't even power on or anything. Is there any possible way to get the phone back into a mode to reflash a ROM onto it or am I stuck with a dead phone?
[HTC Excalibur] sergiopi:
Have you removed sim, sd, battery and leaved withour the battery for at least one our?

If after this treatment it doesn't start... the fault could be related to hardware crash, happened during flashing..If this was the case the service will be the only solution
[HTC Excalibur] JoryP:
I haven't tried that yet, but will try it out tonight overnight. I've tried the two soft key reset procedure as well as holding down the SYM key and connecting the USB cable, both with no results. Hopefully leaving the battery out will correct the issue. Thanks for the quick reply.
[HTC Excalibur] pudgedaddy:
you may also try and press and hold the sym key (camera key) while plugging it into your PC via mini-usb. If you get the 3-Color Bootloader screen. re-flash with one of your mobile provider's ROMS a.k.a. official ROM
[HTC Excalibur] JoryP:
Well, It doesn't look good at all. Left the battery out overnight and had the same results today. It looks like I have the same exast issue as the gentleman from This Thread which didn't seem to have a happy ending either. Does anyone know of a repair facility that could revive my poor Dash?
[HTC Excalibur] jdoggraz:
Use what pudge said about pressing the sym button (camera button) while plugging in your usb and then download the official rom your phone came with (you can locate this below in my signature).
[HTC Excalibur] JoryP:
Well, I finally managed to revive my phone. For whatever reason it only worked when I tried holding the SYM button down and connecting it to my wall charger with the battery removed. Not sure why it wouldn't do the same with the battery installed or on my computer, but none the less, my phone lives once more. Thanks to everyone for the help. This forum has been a real lifesaver.
[HTC Excalibur] ch0mik:
please help me too.

HTC Artemis with WM6 ROM 4side-cube

Regards

Pawel
[HTC Excalibur] Bobby2x:
HELP! RED/GREEN/BLUE screen of death

can anyone help me please! A guy at my office saw my DASH homescreen with the new 6.1 and asked me to update him. Well I tried to do it and ran into some problems using the same ROM on my DASH. Now I have a screen on his phone that is red green and blue...

The top red bar says Excalibur Wifi RUU

onbl 1.22.0000

The green bar says spl 1.22.0000

the blue says EXC... IU

I have tried to re-install the t-mobile ROM but it gave me a error 226...

after it loads to about 8%...

Did I fry the phone or something? I need to fix it tonight, so any help at all would be great!

I also tried to load WM6.1 and it does'nt see the phone as connected and doesnt let me go any further then the first step!!!!

God I dont want to give him my phone or buy him a new one...
[HTC Excalibur] jacknmary:
have you tried a hard reset?
[HTC Excalibur] Bobby2x:
yes, I have.

as soo as I connect it to power, or the usb I get this screen...:mad:
[HTC Excalibur] pfunkside:
What phone are we talking about here?

What was the original Rom? Windows Mobile 5 or 6

What Carrier/Provider? :mad:
[HTC Excalibur] Bobby2x:
it was WM6. I am about to cry trying to get t-mobile to replace it is not happening! I tried to run the t-mo wm6 on it and get to about 8% then i get error 226.
[HTC Excalibur] micool_21:
dash

try a hard reset using the soft keys and that should at least knock it back to the orignal wm6 or 5 since the flash failed. try keeping the dash on the usb and running the orignal tmo rom to at least get it up and running. if all fails just search the forums
[HTC Excalibur] pfunkside:
Use the search/keyword: Bootloader
[HTC Excalibur] Bobby2x:
I have been trying to get it back to the origional ROM.

Hard reset doest work. Soon as it comes on it goes to this screen.

The ROm is wiped out! I am freaking out because I will have to give up my DASH!

OR shell out $2-300 for a new das, and been holding out for the HTC touch PRO...
[HTC Excalibur] Bobby2x:
OK, so I think I am onto something here with Bootloader...
[HTC Excalibur] Bobby2x:
I searched and I am confused. Can someone give me a Dummy Rundown on what this bootloader will do? I think I am in the BL screen, R/G/B... But what do I do next???
[HTC Excalibur] pfunkside:
If your upgrade is interrupted, leaving you with a phone that won't boot, try this: take out the battery. Put it back in. Hold the "sym" button. Plug usb cable in and the phone sould go into bootloader mode. Now flash your orginal rom.

That's it from me.

Try Sticky #2 for any more problems
[HTC Excalibur] Bobby2x:
DAM, I tried using :

RUU_Excalibur_SPL-1.11_UpgradeOnly

that now caused my phone to not get to the RGB screen!!!

:(
[HTC Excalibur] Bobby2x:
yeah, looks like i fried this DASH!!!

GREAT, I dont have the $ to replace it...

I am going to freak out!
[HTC Excalibur] Bobby2x:
Anyone have ANY idea's?
[HTC Excalibur] pudgedaddy:
so you mean to tell me that after removing your battery for a few minutes, and then re-inserting your battery, and then (without powering it on) press and hold your sym (camera) button while plugging your phone into your PC via USB cable, you dont see the tri-color bootloader screen?
[HTC Excalibur] k9vap:
Bricked S620

Please dont have a go at me if this subject has been covered before :( I have searched this forum & cant find a similar topic.

In this instance, I flashed my phone succesfully with Kavanas WM6.1. Then I stoopidly fooled around with the clocking program seeing how far it would go until it froze. Now the only way to get it to boot up is to take the battery out as none of the buttons work. It will load up to the home page, then freeze again.

I have tried cold reboot (hold L & R softkeys while powering on) & tried to reflash while in bootloading screen....but of course active sync wont work in this mode.

Is this terminal?

Thanks for any advice.............
[HTC Excalibur] pudgedaddy:
did the cold boot work? meaning did the cold boot take? did you get the cold boot config screen after you held down the two softkeys + after press send key?

also did you see if activesync will work while your phone is frozen? if so. all you need to do is to remove the .LNK file from windows\startup directory called OMAPClockKeep by navigating to that directory via your PC (again assuming Activesync will connect)
[HTC Excalibur] k9vap:
Thanks for the quick response response.

Please can you go thru the cold-boot procedure step by step....I have been unable to find a detailed thread on the subject.
[HTC Excalibur] pudgedaddy:
You basically have to hold down the left & right softkeys while poereing the phone on.

Basically here's the instructions:

Have your phone powered off. while it is powered off, press and hold both left and right softkeys. While continuing to hold your left and right softkeys, press and hold your power button down for only 2 seconds (continue to keep holding down the soft keys) If done correctly, you should see a black screen with some white text that says press send (green phone key) to reset , or press 1 to resest or any other key to cancel. if you see that screen then press the key that it says to press to perform the reset. If you don't see that screen, try again, starting with step 1. If you do see that screen and press the appropriate button, it will boot up to the windows mobile screen and hang for awhile, then it should get to configuration screen with a progress bar. This may take 5 to 10 minutes. if it does it correctly, it should then reboot your phone and restore it to factory ( or at least default settings for whatever custom ROM you have installed)