yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[HTC Excalibur] kachman:
i thought i had solved it but NO. coz when i put the ROM image on my memory card, the phone dont detect memory card and it just goes straight to the 3 color screen. but if i put something else, e.g the New Radio Rom, the phone will detect the memory card but will say invalid certificate.

the other thing is that, when i get a nonigold card and put the rom on it, the phone will read the ROM But says invalid certificate. but immedaitely i do the steps of making gold-card, the memory card stops being detected. and if i remove the ROM image from the card, the pone will detect the blank gold-card.

hope you understand all this and can assist me.
[HTC Excalibur] Mr. Clown:
Try another sd card and keep doing it...I remember when it happened to me I did it with many cards until I fiinally unbrick my excalibur.
[HTC Excalibur] kachman:
I hav tried 3 so far. Why do they all work in my 1st excalibur, but just not in this one? And no has told me if there is a rom which will work on any cid. Just to revive my phone so i can now flash it with appropriate rom, or even buy permanent cid unlock.
[HTC Excalibur] Mr. Clown:
There is no stock rom that do that (work with any device) unless your phone is CID unlocked. Cooked roms can work in any phone, but the phone has to be CID unlocked also if not, you'll get an error or the same situation that happened to you.
[HTC Excalibur] tobbbie:
The "Gold Card" bypasses the CID check, but it does NOT bypass the Checksum and signature check. So with Gold Card you should be able to flash ANY EXCALIBUR STOCK ROM on any Excalibur.

Cooked ROMs have a correct Checksum but no valid signature.

Regarding the recognition of the cards:

- SPL versions may be picky for certain cards, so which SPL gives you the headache?

- Please follow my sequence of steps and make sure that the format with FAT 32 is a full format, not a quick one.

- Gold-card it then

- write the ROM as the first file to it in the Root directory

- Do above for all cards that you try just the same
[HTC Excalibur] tobbbie:
I just killed my Excalibur with the Gold Card method :-(

It read the card, asked to read the image

- said "Formatting BINFS" (erasing the OS partition)

- then it took very long without the bar moving

- then it showed about 1/4 of the bar green but said something like "Update of FAT failed"

- after center D-pad went to bootloader (IPL 1.33 and SPL 1.33)

- after switch off it never turns on again

-> seems that Disk On Chip is killed: rest in peace

When I am very bored I may try to JTAG it (never did this).

Edit: I have not found any info about JTAG-ing the Excalibur so that was it with me and the device, byebye...

So be warned:

As signed Operator ROMs always update the IPL and SPL - and gold Card only takes signed ROMs - it is possible that updating IPL and/or SPL fails. Then your device is really bricked - like mine.
[HTC Excalibur] kachman:
Oh dear, did u just brick it now or long ago?

My SPL is 1.16.0000, is there a way i can upgrade it 1.33.0000?
[HTC Excalibur] tobbbie:
Just now - but it was a device I bought just to play with (bought it cheap with broken LCD, replaced LCD) now wanted to replace a Stock ROM I had put on it with the German stock ROM via the Gold Card method - and now it is dead - sad.

Well, never really fell in love with it, so it goes to the shoe-box of spare parts to all the other dead or half dead ones (Amadeus, Hurricane, Tornado, Vox).

My favorite still is the Tornado :-)
[HTC Excalibur] kachman:
I think u just need to reheat the flash ic. I have fixed many nokia, moto, samsung, siemens, china mobile, blackberry by this method. Most of which wasnt flashable. But i revived em. Never tried a winmo.

Now the JTAG thing, is it like flashing nokia phones using box like JAF, UFS HWK ?? Is it something like that?
[HTC Excalibur] tobbbie:
I don't believe that any heating will fix a corrupt FAT in the ROM partition where the bootloader resides. You may have been lucky with other devices that they fell back to some hard-rest state due to the heat applied.

If writing in the most critical area (Bootloader) fails (and so the initial SW loader cannot be jumped to) - then you can only write to the board with a direct wire connection to the ROM Chip. A common method for many HTC devices is done via JTAG (google it). You need software, a special HW connector and the location of the related PINs on the PBA. For fun I thought to revive some old Amadeus and Hurricane board but I never started doing so (all my Tornado are still alive).

For the Excalibur the Chip that holds the data is different to many other HTC devices - possibly this is why I did not find anything via Google.
[HTC Excalibur] Mr. Clown:
Sorry to hear that, totally bricked sure?. Not even the amber light when you charge it?
[HTC Excalibur] kachman:
I see.

Man, is there a way i can permanently change my SPL from 1.16.0000 to 1.33
[HTC Excalibur] Mr. Clown:
Kachman,

Here's another alternative, but you should be very careful and I'm not responsible if you end up with a bricked phone. Use this tool at your own risk.

I haven't read it has worked for the excalibur but you should take a look. This has been taken right just from the kaiser forums where I hang out also.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=371154
[HTC Excalibur] kachman:
Took the risk, it aint working. What about harDSPL. Is it something i can apply in bootloader or only normal mode? I would like to change my Spl. Coz from what i notice, any flash ROM greater than 45MB Will make the gold card undetectable (on my SPL 1.16). Unles an old rom exitst which is maybe 30MB LARGE
[HTC Excalibur] kachman:
I just dont know what in Gods name is going on. I just tried to flash the stock roms i downloded yesterday, all of which failed. To my surprise, the phone is on 80%...halelujah
[HTC Excalibur] Mr. Clown:
So, you got it working?
[HTC Excalibur] kachman:
Yes it working. Am doing more experiments now. Apparently, its the latest 3V0 ROM thats the culprit all this while, coz i just tried it a few minutes ago and i got back to hanging problem, hopefully i managed to change my spl to 1.22. No more gold card issues. Am now installing the 2009 3v0 rom, will post result soon
[HTC Excalibur] Mr. Clown:
2 working devices :D...glad you make it.
[HTC Excalibur] kachman:
Yea. Its all thanks to u guys, i would have already given up and gone to bed by now, 3am here
[HTC Excalibur] Mr. Clown:
Well, stop messing around with the phone dude.:D
[HTC Excalibur] kachman:
As soon as i have 3V0 rom up and running, i will sell the phone. Am after the htc snap, tired of excalibur
[HTC Excalibur] Mr. Clown:
It's a very good phone, but you won't see much activity in that forum (not that we have a lot here, but definitely way moooooore than over there). I've been visiting it a lot lately and I still prefer my excalibur :D
[HTC Excalibur] tobbbie:
Nothing - stone dead - really a brick now. I know it from a Hurricane that I flashed to death, just the same. I also have a dead Amadeus, but there only the wrong SPL is on it (IPL still ok) - this one charges still.

As I did not find any JTAG pinout it seems there is no hope for it. I am glad that all my other flashing worked ok so far.

A good reminder to all that messing with the bootloader (even with standardized and non-hacked procedures) is always a risk when you have no safety net. So if possible stay with the jump SPL solution - you still have the onboard SPL as safety net.
[HTC Excalibur] kachman:
you are right, might as well keep my excalibur...the problem my pals always tempt me into selling them my ecaliburs, this is my sixth one in 2 years. am looking to get 3 more next month
[HTC Excalibur] kachman:
i want to buy a box which has JTAG interface, so how do i go about fixing a htc with dead boot
[HTC Excalibur] tobbbie:
I have not found any information about where the JTAG connections are on the PBA for the Excalibur. HTC knows where, obviously - but nothing is shared, also obviously. Some HW hackers knowing the pins of the Samsung OneNand chip (this should be documented at Samsung) that stores the ROM who can then trace these pins to external connectors could find out, but who cares for such old stuff?

Usually boxes are sold to "SIM-unlock" devices, but these simply work via the USB port accessing data through SPL or something they load instead of the SPL. I doubt you find a ready solution for unbricking the Excalibur.
[HTC Excalibur] kachman:
the furiousbox works claims to do something similar to what you talking about, but as far as i know, its only for G1, at the moment.
[HTC Excalibur] tobbbie:
different board, different pins - maybe even different chip - no use for you.
[HTC Excalibur] sosinc3:
Thank you

You have saved my bacon. Thanks for the directions. Method 2 worked for me as I was trying to recover from a failed ROM upgrade. I did have to try it about four times before the boot loader screen came up but it finally did come up. I swear I was doing the same thing each time but oh well, as long as it worked. Thanks again.:)
[HTC Excalibur] Herox:
nvm, I found my camera button.
[HTC Excalibur] chinitopex:
i have my htc s621

I flash the rom but now don`t show nothing signal

and show in other fhone Sim Card unregistrer

someone can help me? please

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=523718
[HTC Excalibur] exciseman:
Quick question re: Gold Card recovery.

Is it essential that the micro sd be smaller than 1GB?

Reason for asking: Anything less than 1GB is damn' hard to find these days!
[HTC Excalibur] kachman:
1Gb should work, i used 4Gb and worked
[HTC Excalibur] tobbbie:
Really 4GB worked? Was this an SDHC (it should with 4GB) card? Normally the bootloaders (at least the older ones) only recognize normal SD cards and not SDHC.

I bricked an Excalibur with the gold-card method - so if you can do without it try this first.
[HTC Excalibur] kachman:
Yea its a 4gb sdhc. There is a official rom i used to revive my phone without need for cid unlock. Then after that id use 4GB gold card to flash other rom.
[HTC Excalibur] tobbbie:
Do you still remember the IPL and SPL version of the target phone before the flash?
[HTC Excalibur] kachman:
Tobbbie. I thnk i remember. We was working on fixing my 2 dashs together. Dont u remember? U the one thats got a dash that needs JTAG Right? Well for mY SPL and all, just check the older posts from me in this thread.
[HTC Excalibur] exciseman:
Thanks for the replies everyone. It's much appreciated.
[HTC Excalibur] bgtvfr:
i have an old silver faced dash every time i turn it on it just show the splash screen and dies so i put the charged battery from my black dash and it does the same thing i was using kavana back then so is show the white htc screen and dies so i enter bootloader screen and plugin the usb but it dont read the cable or connect wat can be the problem or wat should i do it not the cord i have several and they work on my black dash and the connector on the dash aint broken any suggestions

(just a backup phone would like to get it working)
[HTC Excalibur] jshealton:
Ok, I am completely stumped. I can not hold the camera button to get into the boot loader. I can not connect to the phone over activesync. also when I start the phone I have about 3 songs and 3 alarms going off at the same time. I cannot cancel the alarms or anything else on the phone as it boots but quits responding the moment the alarms start going off. If someone could help it would be appreciated. My phone is a Tmo branded Dash running the 3vo 6.5 ROM.
[HTC Excalibur] kachman:
i think turn it off. Then hold the 2 soft keys and the power button at the same time. Release them when u see white text and black background. Now just press the send key and sit back.
[HTC Excalibur] jshealton:
No such luck. all it does is boot the phone. If it makes a difference all i did to put the 3vo rom on it is do the SDA unlock and install the custom OS. I have tried camera and power and the 2 soft keys and power. Each time it just boots the phone. Also when I connect the USB, the computer does not see it.
[HTC Excalibur] kachman:
Maybe moisture got into your phone and i think you needa new keypad pcb. BTW have u tried holding ONLY camera button while the phone is off, then insert USB cable while still holding cam button. Also try a different Usb Cable and different PC.
[HTC Excalibur] bgtvfr:
dam same problem im going thru i get into bootloader n then plug the cable but the computer dont read it and wen u plug the cable in it will show a white strip on the bottom n it will say usb but wen i plug the cable it it dont say it i toke my dash apart to make sure nothing came loose everything was fine.... wen u plug it into the charger see if the orange or green light comes on on my sum times it will flash red but if ur show orange or green u should be fine u dont gotta gold the camera n power button to ge into bootloader just take battery out put back in n just press n hold camera button n it not my cable maybe u should try another cabe if u already habent
[HTC Excalibur] jshealton:
Finally got it to do a factory reset. You hold the 2 soft keys then press the power button for 2 seconds then release the power button. you still hold the soft keys.

Thanks for everyone's help!
[HTC Excalibur] munnumkhalid:
Strange Problem

A week ago i Flashed my Excalibur (T-Mobile dash) with latest 3VO rom The Phone flashed fine. As i was wondering around the tools of newly flashed rom there was an application Which Overclocks the system Processor. I accidently Put the high value of 280 clock speed the Phone restarted.

And Now when i every time start the phone it hangs on the home screen

Now i want to hard reset by pushing the two soft keys and the power button. it never goes to its bios. It goes straight to the windows and hangs there. and so do the boot loader procedure by pressing the power and camera button

The problem Is I cannot get to the boot loader or the hard reset options.

The phone goes straight to the Window i have being trying this for a week

HELP HELP HELP
[HTC Excalibur] tobbbie:
Remove the battery for some time and then retry the hard-reset. It is very unusual that the bootloader cannot be started or the hardreset does not work. Both are handled in the SPL which is long before the OS comes up and drivers can mess with the CPU settings.

Did you ever do the Hardreset or Bootloader acess with the keys on this device? Usually people press the wrong buttons or release them in the wrong way if it does not work.
[HTC Excalibur] seman:
please help me

i flash my excalibur by dash 3g rom i gess it will work on it and it tell me sucssefuly and after restart

the excalibur 620 dosent work & it dosent power on when i push the power button nothing happend it dead any way

just when i put the usb cable whithout beattery it give me red flashing for 1 sec.

can u help me
[HTC Excalibur] Mr. Clown:
Flashing a rom not designed for your rom leads to a brick. Your phone definitely shows these symptoms...sorry dude.
[HTC Excalibur] akhil201:
In method 2 u say (While holding the camera button on the right side, press the power button. The phone will enter "bootloader" mode and you will see a tricolor bootscreen)I use an htc dopod c720w it dnt have the camera key!!then how can i get in bootloader in this case???
[HTC Excalibur] tobbbie:
The camera key on the Excalibur is the one right to the space bar. You should notice a little camera symbol on it.
[HTC Excalibur] akhil201:
Thx man now i get it...

but when im updating it in 3% it stop..

why that??
[HTC Excalibur] akhil201:
how can i flash my c720w??u know
[HTC Excalibur] tobbbie:
Please look up the ROM threads and the stickies. Basically the SPL is preventing you to upload a cooked ROM. You need to pass that by - related methods are explained. Safest is to temporarily load an patched SPL in RAM, look for Jump-SPL or Soft SPL in this forum (better in stickies + ROM threads). Do not use anything that is not explicitly meant for the Excalibur.
[HTC Excalibur] akhil201:
my htc dopod c720w cannot turn on what i have 2 do?
[HTC Excalibur] akhil201:
I have use the method 2..

after 3% of uptading it say this everytime

why that i still cannot use my phone..
[HTC Excalibur] leo23fla:
hi

my device is stuck in bootloader mode

Excalibur Wifi RUU

ONBL 1.15. 0000

Excalibur

Spl 1.15. 0000

Excalibur iv

usb

I did try to flash with all oficials roms http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=381726

But it can't flash

Sometimes appear a gray picture showing the update but does not leave 0%

Sorry for my english...I'm from Brazil....
[General Topics] jr_daza:
some one is buying me my Diamond, what do you think I sould buy to ramplace it??

I need 850Mhz 3G band couse i live in south america

i also have an omnia so is not an option...

is there any way to make the topaz o hd work on 850mhz 3g band?

or I should not sell it?

what do your guys think?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] kiani786:
I need wm5 for my symbol mc50 pocket pc
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] MortICi:
Would anyone be able to strip a file from the OEM rom?

I need the TIInit_4_2_38.bts file (not the hotfix one) but the OEM one that came with the stock rom?

I am trying to get this script to work with the HTC Dream HERO build. This might solve the BT issues its been having. If anyone can provide me with some assistance it would be greatly appreciated!!

Thanks!

(I do not own a TyTN or Kaiser type device, if i did i would flash it and rip the file)
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] joshkoss:
Do a search for a application called rom image editor and grab the file out of the nbh with this.

Closing thread

Peace,

Josh
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 Software Upgrading] caspio2000:
I need to upgrade this HKC G801 Rom (using winMo5.1) to a winMo6.1, any help?
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 Software Upgrading] guptasuryakant:
Windows 6.0 upgradation and Internent connection with Vista Software

Dear Sir,

I have this Prophet mobile with Windows 5.0. My laptop has a windows Vista operating system.

I Need help to upgrade this system to WIndows 6.0/6.1 and also I request yo to guide me how to install this version in existing Phone.

Also I am facing a connection problem with my service provider Airtel. He says they donot have this phone in their list. They are unable to suggest manual settings.

Kindly reply me at guptasuryakant@yahoo.com

Best regards

Dr. Suryakant Gupta
[General Questions and Answers] i3oomhower:
I am having a problem with the following device...

HTC xv6800 titan (Verizon)

ROM - dcd 4.1.2

ROM date: 01/21/09

Radio Version: 3.42.50

I have SPB Mobile Shell version 3.0.0, Build 6411

I have a problem where my phone will randomly return to the SPB Home screen. This will happen when I am in any program. Not sure if this is the correct place to post or not? If anyone has insight to this problem please help. It is greatly appreciated.

THANKS!!
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] cjpp78:
I have a tilt (well my friend does) and it will not stay connected to the internet. It has a cooked wm6.5 rom, build 21900.5.0.50 . It seems to be fine once you ok all settings in the current internet connection settings... The next time you go to internet though it wont connect and you have to go through settings again to get it to connect. Ive seen a few threads on here about what sounds similar to the problem but no real answer. We have unchecked the box for disconnection of internet when powered down so thats not it also. I also saw thread about this happening during band switching and during sleep mode for some but no answer to problem there either. If anyone could give any idea as to why the phone will not connect to internet after it hasn't been in use, id appreciate it.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Accessories] scoobyturbo:
does anyone know if u can buy docking stations for the magic
[myTouch 3G, Magic Accessories] crxtasi:
their have em on tmobile USA website for $24
[myTouch 3G, Magic Accessories] gpmoo7:
I just buy this one on ebay and it works great (with HTC Ext-USB, 3.5mm Audio-Out jack & Mini-USB):

http://cgi.ebay.ca/HTC-Magic-Google...trkparms=65:12|66:2|39:1|72:1215|293:1|294:50
[myTouch 3G, Magic Accessories] c_low29:
yah i had bought one for the g1 the mytouch and sapphire fit in it.....not snug but it works
[myTouch 3G, Magic Accessories] awdlexusis:
Pretty ugly imo i preffer the oem tmobile one fits nice and secure looks 100% better to
[myTouch 3G, Magic Accessories] lpasq:
I use both the non tmobile one with the extra battery charging slot and the tmobile one. the non tmobile one is a straight out usb charger and the base makes a great night table stand for the phone because it is well balanced and when reaching to kill the alarm clock or unlocking to swipe down notification bar or answering call and using speakerphone the device doesn't tip over. i have a second oem battery kept full all the time and swap as needed. the tmobile one is more sleek in design and matches the sapphire's lines but the usb connection puts phone in headset mode. i keep this charger on my desk at work and the drawback is that i can't use speakerphone since it is always in headset mode. i don't need to pc sync ever so i can't give an opinion on that.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] turcomora:
Hey guys I am looking for someone to make this custom theme for my touch hd. I had it on my touch cruise with m2d but I need it work on my Touch HD with Manila TouchFLO 3d 2.1.38158.2. You can find the original zip at the thread below. I think that the only icon that is not already made would be the stock tab.

Thanks,

turcomora

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=425974&highlight=manila&page=504

Post # 5033
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] turcomora:
Hey guys I am looking for someone to make this custom theme for my touch hd. I had it on my touch cruise with m2d but I need it work on my Touch HD with Manila TouchFLO 3d 2.1.38158.2. You can find the original zip at the thread below. I think that the only icon that is not already made would be the stock tab.

Thanks,

turcomora

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=425974&highlight=manila&page=504

Post # 5033
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] InkZ:
Hi Guys,

I've just ordered 17 touch pro 2's for work and I'm very impressed with them so far. Absolutely awesome phone. We've just got one issue which is the fact that when the phone is locked (we used centralised policies with exchange) you can't dial from our Parrots. The phone says you must unlock the device to allow bluetooth connection.

Does anyone know a way around this without taking the locks off of the phone which is a big no no. Tested it with a collegue's Omnia and it works fine.

You can replicate this issue by using the Bluesoleil dialer which is what I've been doing for testing.

The parrot receives calls fine, just can't make them he the phone is locked. :(

TIA.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] XDA2-owner:
Same problem

Hi there,

I'm having the same issue for dialling out via bluetooth whilst the phone is locked. The TP2 says it needs to be unlocked before answering the call.

There MUST be some registry key to change to prevent this "feature" ... none of the previous HTC phones I have had have had this problem.

Thanks in advance for any help!
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] adogterom:
i have the same problem, i installed s2u2, which solves the not being able to dial out when its locked, but it's not the most reliable solution.

i'd rather have it working like it did on my kaiser before this phone.

hope someone helps us out.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] InkZ:
I tried out S2U2, but the problem is it's only a keypad lock, so plug the phone in USB for example and you still have full access to the device.

S2U2 also does not stop you sliding out the keyboard and pressing the mail button to read the emails on the phone, so this isn't a solution we can use, it's not even a compromise :(

Haven't had much luck with HTC support either. They are very quick to respond but don't respond with anything of value.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] pinoymutt:
I just wanted to bump this thread -- I picked up a Tilt2 and have the same problem -- really annoying when trying to dial from the car and having to unlock (didn't have this issue on my Fuze).