[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] quicksite:
mskip -- still seeking some clarifications from my series of Questions :)

Hi mskip -- I think I better followup on my few lingering questions before the moment passes. I appreciate your preliminary response which clarified the whole SIM card question & rationale. Thanks in advance.

Here's my link to my original post.

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Originally Posted by mskip

Flashing via ActiveSync with USB Lead

2. Pull out the battery and reinsert it (this step IS important) *DONT turn phone back on yet*

** When is this step (during initial HARD SPL or FLashing a ROM post-HardSPL) necessary and required, as opposed to "Best Pratices"? What is it accomplishing?

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8. After a few seconds the tri colour screen will appear on the phone and "USB" will be displayed at the bottom

9. Unplug the usb cable for 30 seconds and then Replug (phone will not re-sync but still says "USB" on the screen)

** Please explain #9, what it is accomplishing & thus why recommended?

So, from a layman's perspective, please tell me if this is accurate or not:

<snip> (below is part of my original set of questions)

(2) After data has been backed up, by way of "Active Sync"... thereafter, when performing any ROM updates, whether HardSPL or just flashing a new ROM, the application "Active Sync" is technically no longer involved in the flashing process, but rather, what's necessary is having a USB connection from device to PC (if installing via PC, vs installing via Storage Card). And these various steps one is advised to take in these Flash guides is to handle the fact that Microsoft launches ActiveSync when that cable-connection is detected, seeks to run a syncrhonization session -- which fouls up the basic data connection from phone to PC necessary to flash a ROM. Is this accurate? I want to be very clear in these video instructions.

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10. Right click on the Activesync icon in the bottom corner icon on the computer, goto connection settings, deselect "Allow USB connections" and click "ok"

11. Microsoft ActiveSync icon will now have a red cross in it and the program will say "Connection Disabled"

12. Run the ••••••RUU.exe file on your PC thats in the same folder as the HardSPL .nbh file and follow instructions (ticking boxes and clicking Next) *DO NOT reenable USB Connections in Activesync*

** same as above: Are these just more compensations all necessary in order to disable MS's assumption that "the insertion of a USB cable = want to run a sync session". ?

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15. Unplug USB cable from phone then REPLACE SIM and SD CARDS !!

**Remember to re-enable "Allow USB connections" in Activesync connection settings after a successful flash**

** Why, exactly, is is required to unplug the USB cable -- is it just a "Best Practices" precaution to prevent any kind of accidental read/write of data?

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A few questions re entering Bootloader mode, in various scenarios:

1. In many of the guides written in 2007 and some in 2008, even for when flashing a rom to phone device from your PC , a step is specified to "enter Bootloader mode by holding & pressing xxxxxxxx and xxxxxx on your phone, and then xxxxx".

2. Is this correct: If you have an RUU folder that includes the .exe named Bootloader.exe, along with the RUU.exe and .nbh file, then by running the RUU.exe app, entering bootloader mode is handled automatically, sending the commands to phone which place it into the tri-color screen mode? -- as opposed to one having to manually press xxxx and yyyy on phone to enter bootloader mode?

3. If correct: then,does it matter on which screen or in which mode your phone is currently onin order to begin the flash-ROM process? For example, could I just as well be on a Total Commander app screen or on a TouchFlo Today screen or some other "home" page of an app launcher?

3x. There are those, such as I believe dutty, who recommend users run a hard reset on their phones

before

starting a new flash-rom session, just for "best practices" purposes.... Others consider this step to be superfluous and irrelevant, and that what matters most is that a Hard-Reset be run immediately AFTER flashing a new ROM. ... Do you have an opinion one way or another re a Hard Reset BEFORE beginning an ordinary Flash-ROM session?

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Flashing Via ActiveSync

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2. Turn phone back on and wait until it syncs with your PC

** Just to be clear, again re this differentiation between USB connection and "Active Sync", would it be more accurate to say "until your PC confirms it has a USB connection to your phone"? (Again, it is my view that the term "Active Sync" creates more confusion than helpfulness in this whole realm of moving files from PC to phone. This is why I ask, to be clear.)

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** ....... I am assuming that these ROMS folders typically have the .exe file Bootloader.exe within those folders, and that KaiserCustomRUU.exe calls the Bootloader.exe app which sets the phone into bootloader mode from the PC, without one needing to manually set the phone intp bootloader mode.

This is your response from your quickier-reply:

** Okay, now this confuses me even more. I am principally trying to distinguish between when one needs to manually set phone into bootloader mode -- and when this step is handled by the PC's RUU.exe process. In the older "How to flash" guides (several years old), one was told they needed to create a folder, make sure they have the correct RUU.exe file inside it, make sure they have the correct .nbh file, make sure they don't have files that are there for those with soft SPL phone, etc. As far as I can recall, in those older Guides, this bootloader.exe file was not included. ... But the difference being that for the past year or more, chefs generally are now providing the whole contents of the RUU folder in the .rar file, so that if you've hard-SPL'd, then that .rar file has eveything you need, and all you need to do is launch the RUU.exe.

Yet you are saying

I'm not a coder, but I don't get this. Why would bootloader.exe be inside practically every RUU Folder nowadays if it were unnecessary to set the phone into bootloader mode to initiate the flashing process?

So, for complete clarification (so that I can communicate with 100% confidence in this video guide), I'm looking for a yes/no re: if you are running RUU.exe on your PC, and the RUU folder contents include bootloader.exe, then there is nothing you have to do re setting the phone manually into bootlaoder mode. Correct, or not?

And secondly: Does it matter one bit of difference what screen your phone is on when you commense with RUU.exe ?

And third : If users happen to be confused, and think they must manually set their phone into bootloader mode, as part of running RUU.exe, so they do, and get the tri-color screen: Does that conflict with or hamper in any way the running of the RUU.exe program from the PC? Or does the RUU process just simply proceed, and send a "enter bootloader mode" instruction to the phone, which then causes the phone to be reset into bootloader mode (and there is no problem that the phone was already in bootloader mode) ?

** I think it in dutty's guide where he says "after customizing your phone, power down your phone, then power it back up". Is it equivalent to just do a soft-reset, vs hold power-button down several seconds, turn off. then power on again? SoftReset at that point vs power down, then power on. What is the difference as it pertains to that specific step after customization?

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Flashing Via MicroSD Card

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3. Goto the Roms Folder and rename the .nbh file to KAISIMG.nbh

4. Copy the KAISIMG.nbh file to your MicroSD Card

** Where does one get the correct 4-LETTER CODE for their phone if one has a DIFFERENT phone than Kaiser and wants to flash via MicroSD card?

Thank you again in advance. /quicksite