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[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] licensedtoquill:
I hope this is of some use to users who have this problem

Here's where I am stuck now: Reloading button ROM numerous times did nothing. Same problem. Gets stuck at splash screen. Tried loading T-Mobile ROM. Went successfully to 100% then prompted to FINISH. Same problem. Gets stuck at splash screen. All soft reboots result in same. Holding down all three buttons while pressing the power button seems to result in a black screen with "Press SEND to restore factory defaults, Other keys to quit" Pressing SEND (I presume they mean CALL?) gives a very quick report something like 'Formating FAT32 partition Formatting failed' followed by t-mobile splash screen for a few seconds and then IPL 2.26 SPL 2.26 GSM 02.25.11 and OS 2.26.10.2, so that flash did take successfully and then the screen hangs!

Then I noticed that Vippie tells you that you have to re-run lokiwiz after flashing the Button ROM, which raises the question: how do you do that after Button hasnt actually run it's course after the successful flash? (besides this, which unlock do you run? There seem to be about four options. So presumably you have to assume it is the full CID unlock)

Then I ran the Button again and of course it completed (this time going red at a more normal 98% rather than the 85% as last time, flashing blue quickly and then going red again before going to 100% at red and then turning blue again) and of course it then gets stuck at splash screen as soon as the red info crops up. But as I had received a successful flash report, I re-booted, ran Lokiwiz again and tried to CID unlock again. Naturally lokiwiz gets stuck at the unlock DOS screen when trying to unlock with the Button splash screen stuck on the Wizard (which is a bit Vippie doesnt tell you on his instructions page).

So I Controlled-C to stop the non-running lokiwiz and tried Wizard_Love ROM from the tri-coloured screen, with the IPL of 1.01 and an SPL of 2.26 just to show me that the most recent flash had worked: Which returned the (italian) error 300 message, old utility and of course no activity on the Wizard.

With the tri-coloured screen, plugging the Wizard in again and seeing the USB appear on the Wizard to make sure the computer sees the device, I ran lokiwiz again and saw no activity on the device, just an inactive tri-coloured screen along with a (after about an hour of this) non-working CID unlock program.

Does anyone have any idea what could be causing any or all of this or are these symptoms a bit egregious/
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] zabardast_1:
First of all,let me advise you that lokiwiz02b tool never works in bootloader mode (tri color screen),to work it has to have a working OS on your phone,therefore using lokiwiz again and again will not work and is of no use,untill and unless your able to flash button's rom 1.05 successfully and it loads up correctly and the phone is in working condition,also downgrading to IPL/SPL 1.xx,lokiwiz will not operate.

Vippe said to rerun the lokiwiz in this sense that if you ever again downgrade to IPL/SPL 1.xx by flashing button's rom.as if you have upgraded to a wm6 Rom with ipl/spl 2.xx or 3.xx and you flash back again button's rom 1.05,than only to rerun the lokiwiz.but if you are able to flash button's rom 1.05 and load up sucessfully to OS and get the device unlocked,than there's no need to go back to ipl/spl 1.05 as your phone will be permanently unlocked.

regarding Error 'Formating FAT32 partition Formatting failed'

well to my understanding and knowledge,it does not pertain to any Rom flashing errors,it's mostly related to sdcard/mini-sd problems,Are you having any sdcard/mini-sd card in your phone,then remove it before flashing cuz it has been seen that sdcard/mini-sd card create problems while flashing.If the sdcard/mini-sd card requires format,it usually get splash screen stuck up or won't let bootloader mode stuck.

So, try to flash button's rom a couple of more times or as sometimes it gives problems then download and try xda_minis_Launch Rom :- http://rapidshare.com/files/43423464/Xda_MiniS_LaunchROM_v154102.exe

and the third option is of course try to flash the official carrier's rom,good luck
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] licensedtoquill:
Not sure I have simplified enough

Many thanks for the note: To restate the problem, no ROM I flash can get me past the initial splash screen and I am not using any SD card at all.

Every ROM flashes successfully. It always then gives me it's SPL/IPL report on the initial splash screen but none of them get past that first splash screen. All they do is to load the splash screen (whether it is the beer mug or the T-Mobile one) and then tell me what versions I am running in red and then all stop.

Actually I thought that there wasnt much point in re-running the unlock program of whatever type if it was unlocked already but that was how I interpreted Vippie's advice if you had somehow got back to a 1.xx IPL. Now I see that was incorrect. I have tried so many times to reflash Button ROM and seen it complete fully and even close the utility that I am beginning to wonder whether it IS worthwhile trying numerous times again. So I will now try to flash the http://rapidshare.com/files/43423464/Xda_MiniS_LaunchROM_v154102.exe as you suggest.

By the way, I don't ever seem to be able to get the computer to see the device so as to flash it when any OS is loaded (obviously because none of them load after the soft resets after their flashes). it SEEMS to me that I can only get ROMs to re-flash from the three colour screen? But even trying to get a stable T-Mobile ROM onto the machine seems to work this way and as I say usually completes to 'FINISH' and then doesn't get me past the splash screen again. Curiously this device doesn't seem to mind being flashed in tri-colour mode!!

In first splash screen mode with the Button beer mug showing, and with the red text showing an IPL of 1.01,, an SPL of 2.26, GSM or 01.12.10 and an OS of 1.5.4.2 all I get now when I try to flash the T-Mobile ROM is an error 274 or error 260 telling me that although I can see the green light lit on the Wizard telling me that the device IS connected to the computer and the battery IS fully charged, there is no connection between the computer and the Wizard! Actually flashing Xda_MiniS_LaunchROM_v154102 now does the same thing: I should try rebooting and possibly [grasping at straws here] moving the flash directory from the desktop to the root of C:
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] licensedtoquill:
update

Just to update this, I did flash the mini-ROM Xda_MiniS_LaunchROM_v154102 and it did complete successfully from the tricolour screen (going red at 85% and then at 98% as well) and then completing and closing the utility

And now stops yet again at the Button beer mug after reading the parameters (which are the same)
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] licensedtoquill:
Sorry to repost yet again

I have now flashed the manufacturers ROM and it took successfully from the tricolour screen and the unit now boots to the T-Mobile initial splash screen where it yet again stops completely after telling me that it is now at spl/ipl 2.26
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] lou2ser:
The issues began right after a ROM downgrade from IPL/SPL 2.25.001 using the button 1.05 ROM. After 100% complete the phone got stuck on the beer mug. I waited 5-10 minutes before doing a soft reboot. Now the phone won't turn on it all.

No LEDS when charging via USB, no activity on the PC. When I pull the battery I get an amber LED and a white screen for a fraction of a second. I think this is just the screen and LED discharging.

I thought it may be a battery issue even though the batter was at 90% before the firmware upgrade. I tried jumping the battery by wiring a 9 volt to the + and - ports on the HTC battery for between 1 and 5 seconds without any luck. I do not have a multimeter to verify, but I think the battery is good. I tried swapping my battery with a co-workers. His phone turned on, mine did not.

At this point I'm pretty sure I bricked it but want to confirm before I move on to my next toy.

Thanks!
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] licensedtoquill:
Pity no one seems to know the answer to this judging by the number of page views!

At the moment the Consumer Product Safety Commission is looking into the general question of battery malfunction on these Wizards: T-Mobile seem to know all about it as they have instructions to try to sell customers new units when problems with batteries or battery overheating are reported; if customers don't respond positively, they are instructed to read endless scripts to you and keep you on the phone for as long as possible and hope that sooner or later you will go away.

Did yours overheat before dying? Some element of reseting the device may be called for: I found that with a working unit I have, (not the one with the frozen screen problem) if you simply put another charged battery in it, the Wizard may spring to life. But don't expect T-Mobile to assist you with this, they are in denial about this problem. One suspects Cingular may react the same way, I have never had any experience with them.

Nevertheless this does appear to be a real problem here judging by the number of page views and the lack of suggestions by any moderators?
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] zabardast_1:
what is the data of your phone like IPL/SPL...?,is it a G3 or G4 device,if it's a G3 then it might be your battery problem,either you did not had a full charged battery when you flashed the Rom or may be it's a faulty battery,but did have any previous problems of this battery,before in normal working or before you flashed ?

secondly the most important,If you have G4 device and you flashed a G3 Rom with IPL/SPL 1.05,well....... man you got a Bricked Phone.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] licensedtoquill:
There may be another problem, - People dont like answering hardware problems here?

No, read the thread: But I may have a bricked device and not know it. No one has suggested this yet. The device cannot be seen by the computer. If I go to the bootloader screen and then connect the USB cable, I can flash the ROM successfully.

Nobody seems to know why this should be. This flashing changes the splash screen, ROM and the SPL/IPL.

But I can never get past the first splash screen. After the red data is displayed, the unit freezes. Although I always do this with a fully charged battery, lately the unit doesn't seem to want to charge itself.

Can you still flash your device?
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] zabardast_1:
As long as your phone gets into bootloaders(tri color screen),it's not 'Bricked',be rest assured of this,ok :)

Secondly until and unless you have working OS on your phone,it'll not be recognized by the computer,as it cannot establish connectivity through Activesync.Activesync will only detect your phone in a normal working status,so in present status,your phone doesn't bootup normally into working OS and it only goes into bootloaders,it will never be detected by the Activesync and thus your computer.

The only test to verify the connectivity of your phone with computer at present is that when you attach your phone with the USB cable to the PC and there appears small usb at the bottom of the bootloader screen,that means your phone has established connectivity with PC.

It's a 'catch 22' situation,where your bootloaders are not accepting any Rom flash and the only way is to get your phone start working normal and unlock it ,for that it's required to downgrade to ipl/spl 1.xx,or the other option is to flash the official rom to bring it back to it's default status and then try to downgrade to ipl/spl 1.xx and unlock it.

Well,as you say it's not charging that cud be a major hindrance in flashing,cuz it's recommended to have atleast 70% charged battery before starting any flash,if it does not retain charge during a flash and does not have enough juice left to complete the flash then the flash will not complete,it's a bad flash and phone usually stuck up at the bootloader screen,this cud also be the problem ,you are not getting a full proper flash.

Try to fully charge your battery and then try to flash,if it's not charging,than check your charger or the usb plug of the charger,it might not be having a good connection with the mini usb port of your phone,wiggle it a bit and see if it starts to charge,secondly,it cud also be the mini usb port of your phone which might be malfunctioning,anyway verify and rectify the problem.if it's the usb plug of the charger,get a new charger,but if it's the mini usb port,than I'm afraid you'll have to get it repaired or replaced,

good luck :)
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] lou2ser:
Here's my updated post:

The issues began right after a ROM downgrade from IPL/SPL 2.25.001 using the button 1.05 ROM. After 100% complete the phone got stuck on the beer mug. I waited 5-10 minutes before doing a soft reboot. Now the phone won't turn on it all.

No LEDS when charging via USB, no activity on the PC. When I pull the battery I get an amber LED and a white screen for a fraction of a second. I think this is just the screen and LED discharging.

I thought it may be a battery issue even though the batter was at 90% before the firmware upgrade. I tried jumping the battery by wiring a 9 volt to the + and - ports on the HTC battery for between 1 and 5 seconds without any luck. I do not have a multimeter to verify, but I think the battery is good. I tried swapping my battery with a co-workers. His phone turned on, mine did not.

At this point I'm pretty sure I bricked it but want to confirm before I move on to my next toy.

Thanks!
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] zabardast_1:
hmmm,are you sure it's IPL/SPL 2.25.001 (two '0') and not 2.25.0001(three'0') ?

well if it's 2.25.001,it'a G3 device and I find no reason that it cud brick like this,but if it has 2.25.0001,than it's a G4 device,than it's pretty well known that by flashing a G3 Rom will definitely Brick it.

secondly,First fully charge the battery,somehow,even you can do this by your friend's phone than try to force your phone into boot loader mode.Power off the phone completely,not stand-by but completely power off,and take out the battery for about one minute and insert it again.....Hold down the camera button and while keeping it holding down push down the power on button,as normally you power on the phone,The phone will start up,keep holding down the camera button till your phone gets into bootloader mode(multicolor screen),if it goes into bootloader mode,that means it's not "Bricked"
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] lou2ser:
I'm pretty sure. I wrote it down before staring the update process.

Not sure if this matters:

GSM: 2.25.11.1

OS: 2.25.1.1

Am I describing what a bricked phone looks like? Any other ideas on how to revive it?

This was a replacement from ATT under warranty from an 8125 that had a bad touchscreen. It broke the 1st day and I'm sure I can get another replacement but I want to make sure they aren't going to find a way to power it up and see the hacked firmware.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] zabardast_1:
GSM 2.25.11.1 and OS 2.25.1.1 are the Radio version and windows Rom version which were installed on your phone before.they are not IPL/SPL bootloaders,it can only be verified if a device is a G3 or G4 by bootloader IPL/SPL data.

well,usually when you flash a rom,it replaces the IPL/SPL of the phone,as your phone does not show even the bootloader mode,its difficult to say,if the ipl/spl has been repladed or not.

So if it still has the initial bootloaders IPL/SPL,which were uploaded by the vendors,than there's no problem for replacement,as you can always say that,it never started again,BUT !!!,if during the flashing of Button's Rom 1.05,it has replaced the IPL/SPL than I'm really sorry,it won't be easy to explain and get away that the device was not fiddled with and you won't get a warranty replacement :(
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] lou2ser:
The GMS and OS versions were recorded before any update was done. As of right now the phone does nothing whatsoever. I just want to make sure there's not a magic button the technician can push to see my tampering.

Again, thanks for your help.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] zabardast_1:
wee.this you know yourself that they are the manufacturers,technicians and have all the gadgets,knowledge and means to find out.lol

why don't you atleast try the 'Force bootloader' once,let's check it out.huh !

Try this.First fully charge the battery,somehow,even you can do this by your friend's phone than try to force your phone into boot loader mode.Power off the phone completely,not stand-by but completely power off,and take out the battery for about one minute and insert it again.....Hold down the camera button and while keeping it holding down push down the power on button,as normally you power on the phone,The phone will start up,keep holding down the camera button till your phone gets into bootloader mode(multicolor screen),if it goes into bootloader mode,that means it's not "Bricked"
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] lou2ser:
No change, still dead. I think I'm in the clear. :)
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] zabardast_1:
licensedtoquill

how come you know that your phone is CID unlocked ?

as long as you are not able to load up the phone in working OS,it's not a successful flash,and untill and unless you have a working os you cannot verify if it's cid locked/unlocked.

therefore,it's essential you to have a working OS to check and upgrade to any wm6.secondly T-Mobile 2.26 is itself a official rom it will get flashed without getting the phone cid unlocked.so just by thinking that you have flashed Button's Rom and it confirmed by 100% 'congratulation and then stuck up at spash screen doesn't mean it was a successful flash and you applying lokiwiz tool in this status will certainly won't work or unlock the phone.

As I said earlier it only works in a working OS and only if it confirms afterwards,see the image below ,how lokiwiz confirms:-
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] zabardast_1:
That's it !!!

sorry to say you got a "BRICK",infact you had a G4 device with IPL/SPL 2.25.0001 and you flashed a G3 Button's Rom 1.05,it bricked the phone.:eek:
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] licensedtoquill:
What if I dont have a working OS on the phone?

OK I hadn't realised this: I was TOLD that the phone was unlocked (by a guy who may just have tried to flash a locked phone, not realised what he had done and then tried flashing the T-Mobile ROM, causing the frozen screen) and I thought that if a flash went to 100% and then reported completion and then I flashed with the Official one and IT reported success, this must mean that the phone is unlocked.

Most importantly, where can I get the utility you show? All I have is one which gives you a DOS screen with 4 options, do nothing (I think) sim unlock, cid unlock and exit. No buttons, no checks or anything like that. Can I load this utility by getting to the bootloader screen, connecting the USB cable and opening the utility? (That APPEARS to be all I can do at the moment.)

The Lokiwiz utility I have got also doesn't complete: It runs and doesnt do anything (haven't tried leaving it on all night but an hour or so should tell me that it isnt working, shouldn't it?)

When I first started all this with a different phone, I did try like a newbie to flash a locked phone and it went to 98% and then stopped before I realised that the phone simply wasn't unlocked. I then unlocked it.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] zabardast_1:
This Tool is called WST Tool by mestrini and you can download from the link below,bit then again it cannot also work in bootloader mode,it also require a normal workinh phone.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=329170

well,back to the same situation,you got to have a working phone to proceed further either way,so just concentrate how to get it back on the road ,otherwise nothing can be done in this state.:)
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] licensedtoquill:
I tried concentrating! (It didnt work)

But there are no suggestions as to what one can do in this situation, when you havent got a bricked phone but you cant connect with it as someone has at some time screwed up the installation of the OS in some way. At the moment I have the T-Mobile official ROM 'on' it, stuck at the first screen. The only way I can get it to connect to the computer is by plugging in the USB cable when the 2.26 bootloader screen is displayed. what tricks are there to get a Wizard without an OS properly installed on it to communicate with the computer so that I can flash the ROM with anything at all???
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] zabardast_1:
Why don't you try flashing the stock T-mobile 2.26 with a replaced 'romupdateutility',it sometimes help,download the attached zipfile,extract it in a folder,you'll see four files in,just copy and paste these four files in the T-mobile Rom folder and replace the similar four files in the T-mobile 2.26 Rom and reboot your pc,reboot your phone,get into bootloaders,connect with usb cable,confirm usb appear at the bottom of bootloader screen and run the replaced 'romupdateutility'in the T-mobile Rom 2.26,hope it might do the trick,cheers
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] licensedtoquill:
Great idea if it will let me flash from the bootloader screen. Many thanks: Just one minor point. I flash the T-Mobile ROM with an exe file (called T-Mobile_RUU_Wizard_2261020_226_22511_ENG_US.exe).

Do you have any idea where it creates it's folder if it does so? I cant find it on my hard drive and think it deletes the folder as part of the cleaning up process after the flash? Or where can I find a t-mobile ROM which executes in the normal way and creates a folder?
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] zabardast_1:
Create a new folder anywhere,lets say in 'My documents' and just name it anything,e,g 'T-mobile' and copy and paste the original official T-Mobile Rom(T-Mobile_RUU_Wizard_2261020_226_22511_ENG_US.exe) in it.

Use winRAR extraction utility...Then right click the exe file(T-Mobile_RUU_Wizard_2261020_226_22511_ENG_US.exe),choose & click 'extract it' from the drop box ,it'll open the options page wth all the drives and folders on your computer,with present derive and folder already pr-selected in the destination path,just click 'ok',it'll create a folder bu itself and extract the contents of the exe file of T-Mobile in it in the same folder which you created and placed the original T-Mobile Rom.You'll find all the contents of the official T-Mobile extracted in the new created folder by the winRAR.:)
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] licensedtoquill:
WOW! It's not that I am an idiot but I would have never thought of opening an exe file with any other program! I thought you could only double click them. Many thanks. Will do it ASAP
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] licensedtoquill:
Is there a problem with the T-Mobile ROM on the site? I tried to do what you said and used what was called the TMobile ROM. I opened it as you say and replaced the files as you say. It suddenly told me it was updating to Faria?? So I tried and it (up)dated successfully from ipl/spl 2.26 to Button with an ipl 1.01, along with the frozen beer mug screen. So I went to another computer and tried the same thing again with what might be a different version of the T-Mobile ROM, also an exe file called MDA_software_update_226102_22610105_022511.

STILL it tells me that I am updating to Faria AKU 3.3. And that this isnt the correct update tool to do this??

Will your suggestion of how to flash from the bootloader screen with an adapted utility work with the actual T-Mobile ROM and if so where can I get it please?