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Hi all,
I'm happy to report that I am another sucessful Magician upgrader after reading all the guides on this site, with a 1.13 Magician + Radio + BigStorage ROM chugging away nicely on my O2 XDA II Mini.
Anyway, I decided to help in what way I can and compile a COMPLETE guide on upgrading the Magician to the highest-level ROM at the moment - the 1.13 ROM + 1.13 Radio, BigStoraged! This guide is basically a compilation of ampda's excellent guide, kta's brief 1.13 + 1.13 Radio guide and this thread here that tells of how to BigStorage hack ROMs on the SD card (instead of having to rip the ROM, hack it, and write it back onto the SD). All of these sources are also credited in the actual PDF .
Why this guide? Because all of the above guides, when combined, make for a quicker way to get 1.13 and BigStorage .
Hope someone finds it useful!
EDIT 1st March 2007: Due to the removal of Windows Mobile ROMs of this site (as explained here), the link to the T-Mobile ROM used in this guide no longer works. The removal of said ROMs from this site pretty much outlaws the linking to or distribution of these ROMs, hence I cannot help you find these ROMs either. Sorry . As such, please refrain from posting requests for ROMs on this thread. Do not PM me either asking for ROMs.
For clarity, the BigStorage update gives you a total of 26.72MB in Storage (ROM), with about 1 to 3 MB used up, most likely reserved for the 'Permanent Storage' feature found in Settings (this is not certain). The BigStorage update does not give you more 'Main Memory' (RAM) to use, however you may have more free Main Memory since operator files (eg. IntelliDialer, MMS support) are not automatically installed (as they usually are when your device is first 'Customized' after hard resets).
By the way, the link to the file is located UNDERNEATH THIS LINE. If you don't see a file here, then you're not registered or logged in. You must register and log in to the forum to see any attachments in posts. Please do not PM me about the file not being here unless you have done both of the above! (yep, I've recieved countless PMs on this)
Thanks! Will soon give it a try.
Thank you!
I was also trying to piece it all together through various threads and guides and getting confused by it all.
This guide is exactly what I needed, and it all worked fine.
Glad to help!
EDIT: Nuts, six seconds and I've already found an error Embarassed . Page 2 lists ntrw.exe and romupdate.exe as required, but the link there should be http://members.iinet.net.au/~apmoon/ppc/bs/AM BIG ROM Tools & Files.rar
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That's it, I'm giving it a go, and first thing I tried this link, but it does not work.
Hi,
I could eventually manage the bigstorage rom, but no way to change the radio rom.
Your instructions do not mention the possible country error ID (like I'm getting), so I stil got 1.12, and no way to find how to upgrade.
.. no instruction; no tips/hints; no files
Ok, I am a recent m500 (HTC Magician) owner ..
Its a bog standard phone at the moment, I'd like to upgrade; BUT there are no files on this topic!!
Can anyone help?
WOOPS .. my mistake .. NOW I SEE THE INSTRUCTIONS
WOOPS .. my mistake .. NOW I SEE THE INSTRUCTIONS .. they weren't there a few moments ago! ..
I swear!
Re: .. no instruction; no tips/hints; no files
mrplatypus said:
Ok, I am a recent m500 (HTC Magician) owner ..
Its a bog standard phone at the moment, I'd like to upgrade; BUT there are no files on this topic!!
Can anyone help?
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Hi, you will find plenty of files and instructions on this forum. Just do a search with "bigstorage" or simply take a look in the forum "Magician upgrade"
Prerna said:
Hi,
I could eventually manage the bigstorage rom, but no way to change the radio rom.
Your instructions do not mention the possible country error ID (like I'm getting), so I stil got 1.12, and no way to find how to upgrade.
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By the way, people are not too helpful, but I was able to find the information after a few hours search:
Just rename the file "HTCRuu.dll" to "Ruu.dll", and launch the "NoID" updater.
Prerna said:
By the way, people are not too helpful, but I was able to find the information after a few hours search:
Just rename the file "HTCRuu.dll" to "Ruu.dll", and launch the "NoID" updater.
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Oh gee, thanks :wink:
Well the link not working isnt really my fault... I just triple checked the thing and it appears as though ampda's site has actually disappeared! I'll attach the file required (Complete with ROM and tools required) to the first post shorty.
toomuchdogfur said:
Prerna said:
By the way, people are not too helpful, but I was able to find the information after a few hours search:
Just rename the file "HTCRuu.dll" to "Ruu.dll", and launch the "NoID" updater.
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Oh gee, thanks :wink:
Well the link not working isnt really my fault... I just triple checked the thing and it appears as though ampda's site has actually disappeared! I'll attach the file required (Complete with ROM and tools required) to the first post shorty.
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Thanks for that! And sorry for the comment, which is not at all directed to you, but more like a general impression as I keep coming accross dozens of unanswered quetions all around the forum. It shows actually that the forum is more for true techies, who in turn are not too keen on supporting newbies (with lots of exceptions of course) ;-)
OK the first post has been updated with the tools required for the update, as well as a direct link to the 1.13 ROM and Radio on the FTP.
As for the Radio Country ID error, I admit this is probably an oversight of mine. I initially used MaUpgradeUt_noID.exe with the radio on my Magician only to have it angrily spit out an error 150: incorrect device. Renaming the HTCRUU.dll to RUU.dll gave me the same error! I then ran the original MaUpgradeUt.exe and oddly enough it worked. After doing the same thing with my uncle's Magician, I concluded that the noID thing was not needed for the radio and hence I didn't mention it at all!
So really I don't know what to say about this other than if the country-ID upgrade fails, consult this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=30717
Maybe depending on which original rom. Mine was Orange.
That kinda makes sense I guess. As for the lack-of-replies thingy, I think that could be due to the fact:
1. No one knows the answer
2. Whoever asked the question skimped too much on details or doesn't punctuate their questions or spellcheck\grammarcheck them or... well you get my drift!
3. The question has already been solved, and\or its a question about something impossible. Forum search!
The most irritating thing is that 2. and 3. seem to almost always go hand-in-hand :lol:. Granted, I know that it is a bit tough to find the right solution to a problem, but remember that this is a forum, a developer's forum mostly, and an unmoderated one at that! All the information is there, but its everywhere, so be thankful for those willing to spend time to gather it up into something digestible!
toomuchdogfur said:
...I then ran the original MaUpgradeUt.exe and oddly enough it worked...
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Hi,
each time I heard about the NoID_MaUpgradeUt.exe, I read that you have to run it twice to make it work : the first time it gives the famous Country Error ID but the 2nd time it works... Hope this helps...
snorlax said:
toomuchdogfur said:
...I then ran the original MaUpgradeUt.exe and oddly enough it worked...
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Hi,
each time I heard about the NoID_MaUpgradeUt.exe, I read that you have to run it twice to make it work : the first time it gives the famous Country Error ID but the 2nd time it works... Hope this helps...
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Heh yeah I heard that too, but I got away with not using NoID at all! In fact NoID was paining me with code 150 errors instead of the country ID 120 errors, but I hope with this suggestion and also the link above people will be able to figure out the problem.
And also, does having not so many posts on your guide a good thing or not? It could be good because almost no-one has a problem, or it could be bad because no-one uses it . Or I could just be placing too much of my self-esteem on the balance of a forum thread .
snorlax said:
toomuchdogfur said:
...I then ran the original MaUpgradeUt.exe and oddly enough it worked...
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Hi,
each time I heard about the NoID_MaUpgradeUt.exe, I read that you have to run it twice to make it work : the first time it gives the famous Country Error ID but the 2nd time it works... Hope this helps...
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Actually, as long as you do not rename HTCRuu.dll to Ruu.dll, the .exe will not even start (because it searches for "Ruu.ddl and can't find it)
Now I got no idea whether there are many versions with different attributes or what.
toomuchdogfur said:
And also, does having not so many posts on your guide a good thing or not? It could be good because almost no-one has a problem, or it could be bad because no-one uses it . Or I could just be placing too much of my self-esteem on the balance of a forum thread .
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Must be a mixture of both :lol:
+ the fact that this model is quite old now and most people have upgraded.
Hi,
since I've had serious problems after installing o2 active crap, I needed to hard reset the magician.. but I decided this time to proceed with a bigstorage installation!! And the guide u provided is just great I've done bigstorage succesful, and now I have 26,72mb of total memory.. Anyway, is that normal that even if it's empty, it displays 1,12mb of memory in use?? Maybe I should format it.. :wink:
MANY THANKS!!
MocciJ
hey guys,
I just got my MDA,and ben reading this forum for a while.Well,I want to put all these applications on it,but I dont kno how!Like for example,I wanted a freeware,but dont konw where to save it!
also,can someone help me unerstand what ROM and everything else I need to know.I also wanted to know how to change up the soft key functions,like I want the left for contacts,and right for something else.
Thanks got the help!
Well at least you tried...that's more than a lot of others can say. Be prepared...others will slam you.
So if you have a freeware application that is in the form of a .cab file then simply connect your device to your computer, establish an active sync connection, and copy this file to any folder in your MDA (preferably my documents just for ease of locating it). Then from your phone...just click it and the file is a self-installing file. If the program is in the form of a .msi or .exe or something...then you execute the file on your computer while your phone is connected. If the file was made correctly then it should install on your phone very easily.
ROM is read-only memory that can't (easily) be moved/written to. For your purposes in relation to your MDA...think of it as your operating system.
Know this...if you want to mess with your MDA...you have to unlock it. If you unlock it...you will void your warrenty (although t-mobile doesn't check if the phone is locked or not if you send it back anyways).
If you want to do it...then go here...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=285435
Next...get to searching and reading through threads. Most everyone here can attest to the fact that you have to read through literally a few hundred pages of threads before you should think of starting to ask questions.
Enjoy the MDA!
yea
I was going through the threads,but didnt have a clue what ROM is and what i had to unlock.
how do i check if my phone is a G3 or G4?
westcoastpj said:
yea
I was going through the threads,but didnt have a clue what ROM is and what i had to unlock.
how do i check if my phone is a G3 or G4?
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g3/g4 check here
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Wizard_Versions
yep.......................
i was roming through some site's and i had a file which say's thad it is wm5 for magition............................
but there is somr problem with it's bluetooth and radio.....
well still i had downloaded it.........and then i had extracted it
it contains a file names
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.flash.dio (40 mb)
now i have a problem ..........now how can i flash this up in mt o2 mini xda2....
can any one help me out..........
if it work's on my magition...........except the radio and blutooth ......
i will try installing radio saperately and bluetooth driver's saperately and then tell u all guy's......................................
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if you could do just two things for us:-
1. tell us where did you get the rom from so that we believe you and test it too.
2. get the spelling of 'magician' right. doesn't look good as you see it written n number of times in the board.
Just Help Me Installing It
I JUST NEED UR HELP IN INSTALING IT THE FILE FLASH.DIO IT'S A IMAGE FILE.........JUST TELL ME HOW TO INSTALL IT AND IF IT WORK'S I WILL TELL U????????I JUST WANNA TEST IT AND THEN I WILL TELL U IT'S RESULT....................................
there is no rom files with extension "dio".
nb
nbf
os
nb1
nb0
cap
exe (see in temp folder what it should be)
diggu70 said:
I JUST NEED UR HELP IN INSTALING IT THE FILE FLASH.DIO IT'S A IMAGE FILE.........JUST TELL ME HOW TO INSTALL IT AND IF IT WORK'S I WILL TELL U????????I JUST WANNA TEST IT AND THEN I WILL TELL U IT'S RESULT....................................
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Hey look... I understand that you possibly have no idea of etiquette in english, But I tell you this, Friend, you will not receive any assistance demanding it like that. In our culture, however spread and in whichever country, if one asks for assistance, one is actaully asking for something.
In this case, help, or assistance, is given out of free will and the kindness of ones heart. just DEMANDING it will get you nothing. I'm actually surprised you got the response you did. Now, most of us are already thinking you have been scammed by some fool trying to make you turn your prized little device into a paperweight, and most of us are thinking to ourselves that you may actually deserve it with the way you are reacting in the forum.
Now, be decent and ask for assistance like a decent human being, and you might get some help... else, go ahead and brick your device... Keeps the nonsense out of our forums.
C
Hi, wassup bro
ill tell you bro
why dont you try changing the *.dio extension to may be *.zip or *.rar, it might help extracting that file
im sure you know how to do that in XP
make sure you make a copy of that dio file somewhere and p.s ill google around for you later for dio extension if u want me to.
Best of luck
forum etiquette
Hahaha..lol.. this is too funny...I second that MrBee
I've seen these FLASH.DIO files before and I have a fair idea where he's goin wrong but I'm just not too inclined to reply with that attitude.. LOL...
Altho the idea of resurrecting the world's neverending foiled attempts at shoving a WM5/6 into a Magician is intriguing... kinda the reason why I came back to reading this thread after abandoning my Magician for a Trinity for some time now .. Kudos for the attempt anywho...
Android on HTC cruise How to?
Hi all,
I'm REALLY confused or misinfomed or whatever on how to run andoid from my sd card.
I tried some things from a website androidonhtc but only got up to a point.
Is there a simple how-to on how to run android on cruise and some links on where to donwload the appropriate files?
For example i have got the haret but i can't find anywhere to download androidinstaller.tar
Am I close or far from my goal?
I know i might ask a silly question but guys i'm really confused.
Thanks anyway in advance.
as for how-to in hxxp://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/androidhtc/wiki/HowToInstall
after getting haretinstall.zip, you need a current kernel (zImage) from
- dzo = hxxp://it029000.massey.ac.nz/vogue/files/?C=M;O=D
or
- sourceforge = hxxp://sourceforge.net/projects/androidhtc/files/
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as for androidinstall.tar / .tgz you can get from
- vogue forum = hxxp://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=588
- kaiser forum = hxxp://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=602
- sourceforge = hxxp://sourceforge.net/projects/androidhtc/files/
PS: sorry for the hxxp link, I have no permission to post any link yet
Thank you very very very much for your help!
Congratulations mensa07. Although I already knew all this stuff from your link, it took me some time to figure them out because I did not know there was such a good guide for starters. Very usefull link. Thank you
Hi..
I reading many of threads..
But i still dunno how to make it works on my POLA100..
can any1 show me some guides??
tq..
yes please post a guide for dual booting ...i do not want to flash if not necesary ...
preeety plz
please check this thread for guide on running android on pola100
oh come on ..a couple of links with no explanation ...no nothing ...
its garbage !!! - we have to pick up pieces fom 10 or 12 threads to make this work?and the english is "lakky",,,
please post A GUIDE .... not o joke.
rocket1982 said:
oh come on ..a couple of links with no explanation ...no nothing ...
its garbage !!! - we have to pick up pieces fom 10 or 12 threads to make this work?and the english is "lakky",,,
please post A GUIDE .... not o joke.
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well, it's no garbage, just required more explanation. let me try to make it simpler. this guide will use zImage-eclair and vaniljeclair, change it to suit your taste accordingly
- get haretinstall.zip from here
extract this file and get default-polaris.txt (rename as default.txt), zImage-eclair (rename as zImage), initrd.gz and haret.exe. put all these files into andboot folder in root of your sdcard. your sdcard will look like this:
/andboot/default.txt
/andboot/zImage
/andboot/initrd.gz
/andboot/haret.exe
- next you need to download vaniljeclair from here
extract the file and you will get androidinstall.tar, put this file along with those files on /andboot/
you should have those 5 files or you cannot boot android.
- select haret.exe to execute, press run, pay attention to the text rolling, when it asks you to hold button, hold volume button up, and you will be given installer menu. choose install and delete data. let the format and installer finish, then you will be given menu again. do not quit, just reset, and restart from haret (you will see that you have data.img, system.img and some other files). at this time let the installer do not interrupt, it took more than 5 minutes before android logo asks you to touch screen
- if there is problem during booting, post it here, let people here try to solve
HTH
i want to ask..izzit it will wide out my windows mobile system??
scotty89 said:
i want to ask..izzit it will wide out my windows mobile system??
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no, if you start android from haret.exe, it will not erase anything.
even data in the sd card??
scotty89 said:
even data in the sd card??
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it will not erase your sd card either, however you might want to backup your data first just in case something does not go well.
thx for ur help..
i get to boot in the android..
try to use it..
is the bluetooth and wireless fix>??
and can the contact to be sync??
scotty89 said:
thx for ur help..
i get to boot in the android..
try to use it..
is the bluetooth and wireless fix>??
and can the contact to be sync??
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BT and WIFI should work, there is vaniljeclair thread on this problem if something is not working.
as for contact I think you need google account to sync.
Hi,
Thank you for the guide. I actually follow it and encountered an error. When it asked for volume up or d-pad center, I did, then it prompted that it was waiting for something several times. So I soft-reset the phone and launch it again.
Then, after haret.exe is booting linux, I have got a strange screen with scramble text.
How can I put everything back in the previous state to reinstall it propely?
Thank you
More info....
Did you get to the install screen after pressing centerdpad?
If yes, did it install?
What was it waiting for? The error message can give a clue what is wrong.
i manage to get to ask to hold up the center d-pad then get into a installer menu..
currently i just cant get my wifi and bt work..
haven get connection to sign in to google account..
I have all five file on my SD card but when I click on haret on my Sd and hit run where it say defaukt.txt..I get a error saying " cannot open script file \storage card\andboot\default.txt" is im doing something wrong..thx
u got change the polaris default-polaris to default??
Hello everyone,
I'm trying to flash Android on my Orbit 2.
I tried Various Kernel-Versions but all showed a kinda messed up piece of text and than slowly faded to a completely white screen.
I tried other Panel types but with them the Scree flickered Whithe without any text. My Panel type is 2.
Regards
Laberkopf
maby here?
it is common problem? i can't find solution =(( need to change kernel sources & recompile the kernel
great developers, please help us =)))
Actually it worked about 7 month's Ago. I installed WM Again and now even the same Kernel wich worked first gives me the same Problem :/
other NBH
Hey! You need another NBH file! I had the same problem yesterday. This one works:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=688291
http://it029000.massey.ac.nz/vogue/files/polaimg-panel3-240x320-2.6.32-froyo-06-09-10_22.nbh
Works =)
Thank you
F1 plz
i read this guide : sourceforge.net/apps/trac/androidhtc/wiki/HowToInstallWithAtoolsNand
step by step done, but after install hardSPL, when i'm pressed CameraButton and Reboot, see the tricolor page , and nothing happen. what can i do ?!
I read this too. Try other nbh file worked for me
ToyMachine said:
I read this too. Try other nbh file worked for me
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thnanks toymachine.
another question !
i installed it and so happy for using android on my phone.
after a week, today, my phone goes crazy! when i power on it, just see "google framework" error ! and massaging not worked and other application like calendar and mail account absolutely faild!
i gonna to install another android and re install it on my nand so saw this page and download all files : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=700669
but i can't use the exe file because i don't have WM on my phone. can you help me or guide to another way to re install android ? thanks