[Non-Touchscreen Windows Mobile Other] lestatse24:
Someone tried it...

the story is kinda long so I copied the best part:

Then on March 9th 2008, I was searching online one that board Xda Developers, when I saw people discussing the release of windows mobile 6.1 and downloading it from a Chinese website for the Q. Immediately I downloaded it (I even used Google Translate to be able to read Chinese), and I downloaded RSD Lite and began the upgrade, without even thinking once, My phone went into Bootloader mode…. I was so excited as I watched the screen do things, then all of a sudden, the message appeared on the screen, FLASH FAILED!!!! I tried once, I tried twice, and I tried four times, I tried 5 times, NOTHING!!!!!

AND TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE MY PHONE WAS STUCK IN BOOTLOADER MODE, I WOULD TAKE OUT THE BATTERY AND PUT IT BACK IN,. NOTHING, I WOULD HOLD THE POWER BUTTON, NOTHING!!!!!! MY PHONE WAS STUCK IN BOOTLOADER MODE!!!!!!!!!

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

MY PHONE WAS BRICKED, NO MATTER WHAT I DID, THE ROM WAS GONE, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

IN AN INSTANCE I CALLED MY MOTOROLA FRIEND, NOTHING, NO ANSWER, ANSWER MY FRIEND, I KNOW I’M CALLING FROM A LAND LINE AND YOU DON’T HAVE THAT NUMBER, BUT ANSWER DAMN IT!!!!!! I NEED YOU!!!!!!!! NOTHING!!!!!

I wait till the next day and put my sim in my older phone, my old Treo 750, what a bulky piece of crap, I call my friend and in a panic I tell him what happened. He tells me to calm down, and tells me to take it to the Motorola Repair Center and he will call them there to give them a heads up.

I go to the Motorola repair Center, which is conveniently located right in front of my office, I drive so fast hold my Moto Q8 close to my heart, as if I’m holding a dying child on the way to the hospital. In an instance all the lovely memories that I shared with my Moto Q8 come flashin in front of me, I immediately forget about the wet dreams I had about the 3G enabled Moto Q9H, and feel guilty that I ever had them, I speak to my Moto Q8 and tell it that I am sorry I thought about the Q9H, and that I will never leave it, all I want is my Moto Q8 back, I don’t care if it has GSM, I don’t care if its only EDGE enabled, I don’t care if I manually have to pull my e-mail on it unlike I had to do with my Blackberry 8700, I loved my Moto Q8 and I wanted it back more than ever.

So I walked into the repair center, and the manager approaches me, he had gotten the call from my friend that I was coming in, he knew my father quite well, and I told him, that he had to help me, that he had to fix my Moto Q8, I told him that I loved that phone, and he told me that it will be OK, I gave him my phone, and a tear dropped down my cheek. He told me to come back in an hour and he would update me. I had a meeting on the other side of Cairo and it would last almost 3 hours. I walked out of the repair center at 11 am. I was sad, I felt alone, and lonely, I felt dirty carrying around my old Treo 750, like a tramp – that is how I felt. I went to my meeting across town, the seconds felt like minutes, and the minutes felt like hours, and the hours felt like days.

In my meeting I could hardly keep my composure, My Moto Q8 was under the knife, it was alone in an operating room, it needed me by its side. I loved you so much my Moto Q8.

Finally the time went by slow, and at 2 pm I was standing outside the door of the repair center, I said a little prayer (even though I’m not very religious) and then I pulled the door. I went to the reception desk, and the gentleman behind the counter made a quick call, “Please have a seat” he said, “The repair manager will be out in 5 minutes” My heart beat so fast, I was shivering, it felt cold even though this is Cairo, one of the hottest cities in the world. On the wall they had posters of different Motorola phones, in a display case, they had many phones, past and present, they even had a Moto Q8 similar to mine, “Please god” I said “Let my Moto Q8 make it, I love it!!!”

Then 5 minutes later, I saw the repair manager walk out, My Moto Q8 in his hand, and as he approached me I heard the start up sound playing, ITS OK!!!!! ITS OK!!!!!!! I HELD IT IN MY HAND AND I WATCHED IT LOAD!!!!!!!!! I looked at the repair manager as he smiled at me!!!!! I told him, that I did not know how to thank him, I did not know what I could do, but I was filled with endless Joy, My Moto Q8 GSM was ok!!!!!!!!! I shook hands with the manager and finalized some paper work, He told me that they had to re-install the windows mobile software from scratch as if brand new, I was so delighted, and I walked out, My Moto Q8 GSM in Hand, Loving me and my Loving it back, it was like a new life. And as I walked into my office and played with my Moto Q8 GSM a little more I realized that there were some extra treats there that were never there before, when they had re-installed the new software onto the phone, they installed AIM, Yahoo Messenger, and ICQ – I only had MSN Messenger before, My Moto Q8 was back and with even more to offer me. THANK YOU GOD FOR SAVING MY MOTO Q8!!!!! I HAD NEVER BEEN HAPPIER IN MY LIFE.

THE MORAL OF THE STORY: Do not download software from Shady Chinese websites, wait for the original release from the official companies!!!

So here I am sharing my tale, My Moto Q8 by my side in all its glory!!!

LONG LIVE THE ORIGINAL MOTOROLA Q BE IT CDMA OR GSM!!!!!

if anyone want's to read the entire thing:

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