I’ve recently embarked on another round of ROM upgrading. :shock:
Having tackled an upgrade involving an incorrect hardware version (see > > here < <) and been happy with fixing my XDA II mini, I thought I’d try something a little more complicated.
Available at forum.xda-developers.com is a HTC Magician (known more locally as the O2 XDA II mini, i-Mate JAM and a variety of names) image which removes the Extended ROM (ExtROM).
This is more important to us "Magician" users compared with other PDA owners, as the Magician class of devices don’t have a software utility to make the ExtROM viewable and writeable.
Other HTC models do have utilities to read the ExtROM space and delete the files within it, and make the space raw storage space. On the other models this memory gain isn’t a big issue, but with the limited memory on the mini, any extra memory space is a real godsend.
The procedure is documented at xda-dev, but [rant] I find that site incredibly difficult to understand at times, a personal opinion based on the fractured English that people use because of culture, proficiency, age of contributors, ebonic growth of language and excessive use of contracted words. [/rant] Ahem.
As such, I have decided to outline what I did to get my Magician (mini) to use the “bigstorage” upgraded ROM.
Prior to Installing
It’s the rule of the 6 “P”s – Prior Preparation Prevents P*** Poor Performance. I’d recommend NOT installing this until you have the following:
* A Windows PC
* An SD Card reader. I used > > this < < one, available at a VERY low price from regular Mtekk poster, Mr Gadget
* A spare 128Mb (or bigger) SD Card. You can reuse the card later, so copying the files off of the card for restoration after the ROM upgrade is fine
* A full backup (this is actually NOT necessary if things go well, but essential if things go WRONG)
* Installation files for all your programs. If you restore from a previous backup you have taken, you actually re-install the ExtROM files and the installed programs they generate, making the upgrade useless. The aim is to clear everything out and start from scratch, putting only what programs you want back on
* A well lit room to conduct the upgrade
* A decent amount of time before you need to use the device again
* About 700Mb of free hard drive space
* A copy of all the software you will use. This includes:
--> the new BigStorage ROM (BigStorage ROM)
--> the utility to copy ROMs to and from your SD card reader (NTRW, file to be stored in C: or somewhere you can remember and have write permission to)
--> a Hex Editor
--> the program to copy your ROM initially (ROMupdate)
--> and a copy of an existing WORKING ROM (see my .sig for how to do THAT whole procedure.)
Phew. With all that prepared, you’re only just almost ready to go. But one last time – are you SURE you want to do this?
Just had to ask :wink:
Procedure
First things first – DO NOT CONNECT YOUR MAGICIAN FROM NOW UNTIL YOU ARE READY TO UPGRADE
Ahem. Now, the procedure.
1. Back up your Magician. I know I’ve said it before, but do it anyway. Ensure that your SD Card files are copied as well, and that the SD Card is in the Magician
2. Disable the USB listener of ActiveSync. Right click the AS icon in the taskbar, select “Connection Settings…” and uncheck the checkbox “Allow USB connections”
3. Install the Hex Editor you have already downloaded
4. Kiss goodbye to your SD Card and Magician’s current OS for at least ½ an hour :wink:
5. Put the Magician in to bootloader mode, by holding the Camera and Power buttons while pressing the soft-reset switch in the base of the PDA. Your Magician’s backlight will go out, and the words “Serial v1.00” or similar will come up. If it says “USB v1.00” then you haven’t followed my warning of not connecting and you should await the Black Ops agents bursting through your windows any second now
6. Connect your Magician via USB to the PC. Your PC should recognise it as a new device and try to install drivers for it. If you’ve ever installed Active Sync, your PC will have them. Wait for the new hardware bubble to say it is finished. If it reports an error, GIVE UP NOW. Fix the problem first, then come back. If Active Sync runs and synchronises your files, pack the phon back in to it’s box and send it back to the retailer, with a note saying “I am too stupid/foolhardy/impatient to read and follow step-by-step instructions”
7. Run the ROMupdate utility you have already downloaded
8. In the Port: dropdown combo box, select the entry that isn’t a serial port – it should be something like /.//blah blah blah and hit OK
9. In the terminal window that comes up, type “d2s” (without the quote) and wait until it finishes copying the file, and then wait some more until it calculates the checksum. BE PATIENT. Close the program
10. Unplug your Magician and leave it ON, and in bootloader mode. Seriously, I mean it. Connect up your SD Card reader. Let the individual drives be installed (if not already)
11. Take the SD card from your Magician and put it in the appropriate SD card reading slot. Your PC may complain that the card is unreadable and needs to be formatted – DO NOT LET IT DO THIS
12. Run a command prompt (Start -> Run -> “cmd” -> Ok) and change to where NTRW is (cd c:\ most likely)
13. Type “ntrw read OriginalROM.nb1 x:” (without quotes) where x: is the drive letter of the SD card reader. Mine was g:
14. Wait for the program to finish. This can take a few minutes, and will create a file (in the directory with NTRW) with a size up to the SD Card’s capacity (256Mb on mine). Ignore any error messages
15. Copy/burn that file somewhere safe – this is your original ROM and if copied on to an SD Card, can restore your Magician at a later point
16. Copy the file AGAIN, to work off just in case
17. Run the Hex Editor and open the copy of your original ROM
18. The top of the BIG file will start with “MAGICIAN” and have a block of weird text characters at the top. Copy the first 420 or so bytes (there will be a block of “00”s that show you when to stop copying) and in a new file, save those in a file with a descriptive name like “top420.hex”. This file, when applied to a .nb1 file, makes the file able to be installed on YOUR device ONLY. Without it, your device won’t attempt to upgrade itself from an SD card .nb1 file
19. Unzip the BigStorage ROM. Using the Hex Editor, open the BigStorage ROM .nb1 file
20. You’ll notice it is fairly similar to your original ROM. We need to overwrite the header 420 or so bytes, so open up the top420.hex file, select all, copy, and switch back to the BigStorage ROM and paste over the top. The linked hex editor will show modified text as RED, and thus only the first section will be red. If it doesn’t cover all of the BigStorage top section, you’re in trouble that I can’t fix
21. “Save As...” the edited file to the same directory as NTRW with a better name (like “modifiedROM.nb1”) Make sure the file extension is .nb1
22. Close all active programs and run a command prompt. Change to the NTRW directory
23. Type “ntrw write modifiedROM.nb1 x: (again, where x: is the SD card drive, and where modifiedROM.nb1 is the filename of your modified BigStorage ROM. Wait for the file to write. If you don’t get the number of bytes written, repeat from step 12 (I had to do it 3 times for some reason)
24. Remove the SD Card from the reader, unplug the reader and close all programs
25. Put the SD Card in to the Magician and wait 5 whole minutes. If you are lucky, you will get a prompt to “Press power to upgrade” or similar, on the bootloader screen. If so, jump to step 29. If not, read step 26
26. This is a bit hazy. If after 5 minutes no prompt to upgrade appears, you may need to hook the Magician up to USB to get the prompt. Connect up, and wait 5 minutes. If you get the prompt, jump to step 29. If not, read step 27
27. If you haven’t got the prompt after a further 5 minutes of USB connectivity, leave the USB cable plugged in and restart your PC. Do not reset using the button, reset using Start -> Shut Down -> Restart. Wait 5 minutes (your PC will be rebooted by now, right?). If so, jump to step 29. If not, read step 28
28. You’re in trouble. Like me, you’ll have to try different combinations of steps 25, 26, and 27 until you get the prompt to upgrade. Try plugging USB in, out, restarting your PC, USB in again, all waiting 5 minutes just to be sure. EVENTUALLY you will get it. It took me 40 minutes until it worked for me, but work it will
29. You did it! Press the power button and sit back while the file upgrade hits 100%, and then the Checksum hits 100%. Wait 5 minutes just to be sure, then remove the USB cable and move on
30. Soft reset your phone by the recessed reset button. Your newly-flashed ROM, with “HTC Magician” splash screen complete with volcano (no, really!) will greet you. You’ve succeeded in upgrading!
31. Set up your device with a new Device ID name, set your clock etc etc, just as if you’d just bought your first PowerPC (ahh the memories)
32. Re-enable USB connections to Active Sync (reverse of step 2)
33. Connect the USB cable. Create a new standard partnership (NOT guest) and take a new backup for BigStorage restoration. DO NOT RESTORE FROM A BACKUP OF YOUR OLD NON-BIGSTORAGE BACKUP
34. Reinstall programs from their install files
35. Format the SD Card (either in the Magician or in the PC SD card reader) and copy your SD card files back on to it
36. You’re done!
Wow. A lot of work! I did warn you. Really I did. But now, you should see some BIG differences...
* You will have fewer programs. ClearVue PDF viewer is gone, as are the files required to install it. Smart dialling, phone pad text entry will be gone. Most importantly, the Autoconfig program will be gone. Your phone will still work, but GPRS will need to be set up – ring your telco helpdesk and ask for the manual configuration settings (or ask the Mtekk users for their settings!). If you want the programs back you will need to download and install them. The files ARE available from the xda-dev FTP site
* You will have more memory. I went from around 20Mb free after a soft reset to around 41Mb free. Ahhh, the power!
So what changes? Well I went from
ROM version: 1.11.00 WWE
ROM date: 14/03/05
Radio version: 1.11.00
Protocol version: 1337.42
ExtROM version: 1.03.166 WWE
Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition Version 4.21.1088 (15045.2.0.0)
to:
ROM version: 1.11.00 WWE
ROM date: 14/03/05
Radio version: 1.11.00
Protocol version: 1337.42
ExtROM version: (Yes, BLANK!)
Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition Version 4.21.1088 (Build 15045.2.6.0)
Enjoy!
Very nice guide. My question:
In the step 25, 26, 27, 28, does the device still need to be connected to the PC ?
My suggestion to be included in this guide is Frequently Asked Questions.
People tend to understand more on that.
very nice manual!
but it's better to use"ultra edit"
http://www.ultraedit.com/index.php?name=Downloads&d_op=viewdownload&cid=1
edit as hex editor. it's much easier. first time i used hex editor and it didn't work good...
but now i'm stuck with copying my updated rom back to sd...
when i'm starting ntrw and command him to copy the file to card he waits a minute (giving me the information about the sd)
but then after a minute he writes:
write file () mksbigstorage.nb1 -- The parameter is incorrect
i checked the sd, nothing on it.
tried different type of cards, the same problem.
i checked twice the 416 bytes (did it with ultra edit) i copied it exactly
probably the problem is my card reader... ((
I get this "write file () mksbigstorage.nb1 -- The parameter is incorrect " as well.
What do you mean in the guide by 420bytes or so ?
is it 420 or not?
when I count 420 bytes it ends in the middle of the 0000 row, is that ok?
finaly I got passed that and was asked to press PWR to download the ROM.
At the end, I got a checksum fail and download fail at the end of the ROM downloading.
Did a SR, it came up ok within seconds.
The thing is that I see that I have 57.41MB in my main memory. I dont see any extended ROM anywhere, even if I make the trick with pressing quickly on the screen and do a SR.
Wasnt it suppose to be bigger than 57.41MB ??
please help. have I done something wrong?
Please...
Hey guys, can you take a look at this topic please: http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?p=128501#128501
I also got the "write file () mksbigstorage.nb1 -- The parameter is incorrect " error.
But a little googling learned this can be ignored. Im waiting for the "SD Download" as described in step 29, after that ill be able to tell if ignoring the error message turned out good for me.
I just upgraded with a 1.12 ROm from I-mate ( with the new 1.12.1 radio ROM) and it went perfect. You will not see any differeneces in normal RAm available,it will still be 57. something. The difference is in the storage, which is now 26.7 instead of a measly 7.6 MB. This is caused by the Extended ROm (which had a lot of inaccesible and unused space) and the storage ROm being merged.
After the 'firmware' download from SD card i received a 'checksum failed'. But a simple soft reset did the trick.
(note: I upgraded to 1.12 big storage which can be found on the FTP in uploads: mksBigStorage112.rar)
(note2: After upgrading to mentioned 1.12, your radio will still be 1.11, you can upgrade this by deleting 'ms_.nbf' and 'nk.nbf' and using the normal update wizard)
Result:
ROM: 1.12.00 WWE
Radio: 1.12.00
ExtROM: None
Protocol: 1337.42
Note, you will receive a "Checksum failed" message because you're patching the bytes to get the larger Storage and that messes with the checksum value. Remember, a checksum is to ensure that all the bytes are intact so that you know it didn't upload a bunch of garbage to your Magician. The scary part about it is that since there's no valid checksum for the changed values, you don't know if you've mucked it up until after you hit the soft reset and find out it won't boot properly.
Just follow the directions and you'll be fine. Good job on the steps!
There is hope...
Well, if you do mess up, like I did on my friend's mini, and the device stays in bootloader mode, and you just happened to mess up all your good copies of your backup, you can always reflash the device with the latest of the ROMs for your device. :?
has anyone get stuck on Step 25 ?
"Put the SD Card in to the Magician and wait 5 whole minutes. If you are lucky, you will get a prompt to “Press power to upgrade” or similar, on the bootloader screen. "
I never got to Press power to upgrade screen, instead I get below message after a few minutes...
SD Download
========
Section = 0
Not allow
update!
Tried different combinations as instructed by KevinL, Sometimes I get Section=1 instead of 0
Anyhelp, please.
Thank you
I just succesfully upgraded to the BigStorage ROM but I fail to see the difference. One person said "The difference is in the storage, which is now 26.7 instead of a measly 7.6 MB" . When I go to memory I have 28.70 allocated storage and 28.71 allocated program- isn't that what I had before? Is the difference in how much is in use- I have .91mb storage in use- i think that is less than before but I didn't gain that much- only 7mb- right?
Also, the ROM i have now has a volcano when start up ans says R 1.112.00 and D 1.11.00 WWE- I don't think this is the latest. How can i get the latest and if I do will it keep the new bigstorage stuff??
Thanks in advance,
Daniel - Sorry i'm new to the Magician!!
What is that "Storage" folder? :?
Daniel,
look under start, settings, system, memory, storage card, than you choose in the pulldown menu storage and you see about 25 MB extra storage.
I did upgrade to 1.12 bigstorage, so that works also.
Success!
Andre
Thanks- I assume when i install programs to the main memory it will use that extra space, no? Or will it be an option when installing- as in 3 choices- Main Memory, Storage, Storage card? Either way thanks!
So which ROM should I upgrade to and how? Is it worth it?
Thanks,
Daniel
I don't think personnally there is a big difference between 1.11 and 1.12. If you don't find any problems, i would say: stay where you are.
You can use cab installer to put programs in your bigstorage space http://www.freewareppc.com/utilities/cabinstl.shtml
I didn't use it untill now.
In my opinion it is best to use this storage first, so you have the normal storage for your photographs, recorded sounds, things your machine will put in your normal memory.
Andre
I found a different method for getting the boot loader to read the new image from the SD card. This method worked 100% for me, whereas all other methods (waiting 5 mins, plugging in USB, rebooting etc.) failed.
1. Press the camera button, power button and reset button simultaneously to get into boot loader as usual, so that 'Serial' is displayed on the screen.
2. Insert SD card.
3. Again, press the camera button, power button and reset button simultaneously to get into boot loader, so that 'Serial' is displayed on the screen.
4. At this point you should get the Upgrade prompt.
Hope that helps someone.
marcdbl said:
Hope that helps someone.
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Thanks! This is the only method that worked for me!
i dont know wots wrong with mine, when i run romupdate.exe and enter the command d2s it says.. 'card initialize fail!'...
wot is the reason for that?... i've got a 256 MB card... plz someone explain.. im very confused..
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Hi, very new on here and very new to the Pocket PC and Imate JAM. I have read allot about backing up ROM and process to get big storage hack but almost everything I read is way over my head. Like what is the extended ROM?? Ssooooo, can someone take all of the latest TIPS and show me the BEST and EASIEST way to upgrading my Imate JAM??? I still have the original ROM but would like to upgrade to the newest 1.12 ROM and 1.12 Radio ROM. I then would like to know how to keep some Imate specific programs installed like Intellitype.(I dont use MMS) PLEASE!!! I will even paypal someone some money for providing this BASIC elementary school level BIG STORAGE upgrade. Please dont assume anything about my level of knowledge as it is VERY basic. Thanks in advance for taking on this challenge. By the way, in the end I would want the latest Imate JAM WWE ROM and Radio in English.(I live in United States and use T-mobile on the 1900mhz band)
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Ok... I think you won't get many replies, because what you are looking for has already been posted here many times. The big problem is that the info could indeed be burried inside very huge threads, so it will take a lot of reading to find it. But I'll try to summarize...
You will need to download the latest ROM for your Magician. Most likely you will want to stay with the ROM specifically designed for your device, for example from I-Mate. That way at least you can perform the ROM upgrade without any fuzz.
Log on to I-mate (or whatever) and download the latest ROM. Reboot both the PC and the Magician and execute the installer. After about 20 minutes, you are done.
You'll want to have access the Extended ROM, where all the standard settings and programs are stored. To do that, you will have to copy Extended ROM to a safe place, because when you have done the Big Storage thing, Extended ROM is gone, and so are these files. In order to get to the Extended ROM, you'll have to:
Hard reset the device after the ROM upgrade, as you are told on screen when the upgrade is finished. This means pushing the power button, while using the stylus on the reset button, located at the bottom of the device. The Magician resets and the setup routine begins. You are asked to perform calibration of the screen and time zone, before the OS is ready to run. Then, a few seconds after you see the Today screen, a 3 seconds countdown appears. At this exact moment you must perform a reset, which simply means pushing the button with the stylus again, this time without using the power button. Now the device will restart without installing files from Extended ROM, and more importantly, without hiding the Extended ROM.
Connect the Magician to the PC using ActiveSync and copy the folder Extended_ROM, located at root, to your SD card and make a backup on your PC. You are now technically ready to take on Big Storage...
But! Beware that If your skills are at the level you suggest, you may end up killing your Magician, instead of gaining Big Storage. This has happened to a lot of people, who then had to struggle their way into getting their device functioning again. Be absolutely sure that you are willing to take the risk, because you may end up cursing yourself for doing this.
Still happy going on? Ok... What's coming next is my edit of other peoples work, so I don't take any credit for it. Unfortunately I don't remember who wrote it either...
You will need to download and install the 'Backup Tools1' found on the FTP part of this forum, to perform the following steps. ftp://xda:[email protected]/Magician/Tools/
Backing up your current ROM:
Make sure you backup your ROM for 2 reasons. Firstly, because you will need to edit part of your ROM in order to be able to flash your Magician with the no extended ROM, and secondly, because you might need it either for flashing your phone in case of a malfunction so you can send it back under warranty with the original ROM, or for helping you to flash future upgrades.
Backing up your ROM can be done by connecting your Magician to the PC through the data cable when you first uncheck the USB connection of active sync.
If your Magician connects with ActiveSync because you didn't uncheck the USB connection in the active sync connection settings then you will not be able to backup your ROM to an SD memory card.
1. Before connecting your Magician you should bring it into the boot loader mode. This can be done by simultaneously pressing power + camera buttons and at the same time the soft reset button with the stylus.
2. After connecting your Magician to the PC through the USB in boot loader mode and having your SD card inserted into the Magician, you run romupdate.exe.
3. Then choose the USB connection in the connection settings of romupdate.exe window and click on ok. After that a terminal window will popup in that window.
4. Type d2s and press enter. Your Magician will start copying the ROM to the sd card. The screen of your Magician will be dark (no light), but you will see it counting up to 100%. When it reaches 100% it will say it is calculating the checksum. Give it some time till its done and it will say checksum ok.
5. After finishing the transfer of your ROM from your Magician to the SD card, put your SD card into an SD card reader connected to your pc. Your pc might pop up a warning message that says your SD Card is not formatted would you like to format? Click No and open a Command prompt (DOS) window.
6. Change directory to your root directory (cd c:\) and run the command ntrw read your_rom.nb1 x: where x is the drive letter of your sd card. That command will create the ROM Backup file of your ROM into your C drive root directory by the name of your_rom.nb1. Make sure you keep your_rom.nb1 in a safe place and use a copy of that file for the rest of the procedure. Note that after finishing the copy from your SD card to your_rom.nb1 file ntrw might give you an error, just don’t pay attention to it.
Patching you ROM:
1. Use Hex Editor to open the your_rom.nb1 file on your PC
2. Use the FIND function to locate "02 00 00 80 00 20 20 00 00" and change it to "02 00 00 b8 01 20 20 00 00". Note that this is a hex search, not ascii, so enter the search as 'Bytes'. You will find this pattern twice inside your ROM, and both should be changed.
Transferring your no extended ROM File from your hard disk to the sd card:
1. Get the fixed no extended ROM file to your C drive root directory run the command ntrw write fixed.nb1 x: in the command prompt window where fixed.nb1 is the filename of your fixed ROM and x the SD card drive letter. Wait till it finishes and move to the final step.
Flashing the Fixed no extended ROM to your Magician:
1. Put your SD card into your Magician and get your Magician to boot loader mode again (power+camera+reset buttons). On your unlighted screen you will see it says serial wait and after some seconds it will say (Press Power to flash).
2. Do as it says and it will start flashing. When your Magician reaches 100% flashing, it will check the checksum. Don't worry about the message Checksum failed - Flashing failed and soft reset your Magician. Please notice that the first boot may take something like 5 minutes, so don't worry about it.
When your device reboots, you now have a Big Storage Magician! If you need parts of the Extended ROM installed, like fax, MMS or whatever, you can simply click on the files inside the Extended_ROM folder you backed up earlier and they will install.
My guess is that by now you will have realized that there IS no easy way to get the Big Storage. Even though it sounds harder than it is, it does take some time and care to perform right.
There are other ways to do Big Storage, but this is the clean way. You don't have to rely on patchers, and you won't have your boot screen turned into something that another user think looks cool. This is the real deal with only 4 bytes getting changed, and you know for sure you'll have the right Extended ROM available as a backup, and that is as good as it gets!
WOW!! This is excellent and very well done. I am glad to be learning so much about these ROM's. Two questions before I tackle this(I know Im such a newbie)
Give me a couple days and I will report back on my progress.
Magician Extended Rom Unlocker Works!!!
Wow major thanks & god bless -- exactly follow your simple directions (add final reboot blue imate screen takes awhile) and wow - its done - now to change my pants....
After a few hours of struggling I finally got it working!!
Thanks HBK
:shock: wow...am imperessed...thanx HBK..
It's not a matter of not knowing how to make big storage (i've already did it a couple of times :wink: ),but the issue here is that u wrote a "manual"!!!!
thanx bro...hell am gonna copy every word u said and add it to my archive under "HBK big storage manual"... :wink:
Thanx again for ur time!!!!!
RAGO :lol:
Hi all,
Another newbie here, just wanted to checked before I tried this upgrade, but will this work on my XDA II mini?
Im soooo sick of having no memory, so I hope it is!
Deva
hey just a quick question thatnls a lot for the write up
what size sd card do you have to use
i used a 256 (only have that or a 1gig one) and the boot loader comes up with a message rom size too small
thedeva said:
will this work on my XDA II mini?
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Yes, it will.
aaith said:
i used a 256 (only have that or a 1gig one) and the boot loader comes up with a message rom size too small
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I tried using my 1 gig card and the hex editor wouldn't open it as it was too large (The rom will be the same size as your card). I then found the patch to automatically apply the big storage and it worked a treat. I don't have a 256 but I heard a fair few people use it for their upgrades....
HBK is the king. He's danish
good going babyy.. *thumbs up*..
i cant wait to reach home and try the procedure...
after waiting for so long, i finally got home, and sat down to install bigstorage by my new 256 mb card... but the problem isnt solved... why does it say 'card initialize is fail!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!'.. maaan im soo fuked..
castiwo said:
after waiting for so long, i finally got home, and sat down to install bigstorage by my new 256 mb card... but the problem isnt solved... why does it say 'card initialize is fail!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!'.. maaan im soo fuked..
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r u using an SD or MMC?try an SD one....
RAGO :lol:
SD 128MB
It was almost the same with me? some errors with my SD 512 Kingston (back up done well, asking push the power, but after romupdate & ntrw nothing happen ), after the card died, was finding another one about friends. It was 128 mb Trancend good one. I did it with my 12.128.12 on MDA-Compact? then upgraded radio till 13 about month ago!
when i try to copy my modifiedrom.nb1 to the SDcard through ntrw... it says... 'the semaphore timeout period has expired'... wot does it mean?.. had it not copied rom to the sd card?... or shud i just ignore it.??.. reply as soon as possible..
Just wanted to know can this method of changing the hex code work on all the ROMs, like even ones that may be released in the future?? Or does the Hex code change for ech ROM version??
And what actually are you doing when you change 02 00 00 80 00 20 20 00 00 to 02 00 00 b8 01 20 20 00 00??
James
Will this work for the imate JasJar?
Sorry, to ask such a basic question, but this is all very new to me. I've been reading the site for the past week or so trying to get a handle on all the information. I definately want to remove the EXT_ROM from my JasJar to free up as much memory as possible. Will the procedure listed above (HUGE Thanks to HBK) work for my iMate JasJar? Thanks.
P.S. I do realize that this is a "JAM" thread, sorry for the overlap. I'm still trying to figure out exactly what is meant by "cooking" (which I'm guessing means "modifying"). Any help is definately appreciated.
card initialize is fail!!!
Hi guys, i also got the same prob with Castiwo ..card initialize is fail!!! i used SD 128MB Sandisk.. how to work it out? many tks
I've got a question. I understand that if you did the BigStorage patch, and then you restored from a backup when you didn't have the BigStorage patch, you'd have only wasted your time getting the BigStorage as everything would be over-written.
So here's my question. Does it work the other way around? I mean, if for example you had a backup (from Sprite, xBackup, or whatever else software) from where you had a BigStorage patch, then you restore from that backup onto a Magician with the original, unpatched ROM, would it work?
Guy's,
Finally you can flash any rom to your device without help from the 2nd device. I believe it's a great news for them who is suffering from the broken USB connecor.
It's tested on my G3 device with my latest ROM's and other should work without problem.
Procedure:
1. Download the tool and unrar somewhere in your pc.
2. Decode the rom image (nk.nbf) using HTC64 tool and put it (nk.nba) under the "SD_Flash" directory.
3. Run the "SDFlash_G3.cmd" and follow instruction on the screen.
Please note, it's limited to G3 device only and I may add support for G4 device in future.
SD-ROM image tool:
http://vidmes.com/Uni/ROMs/Tomal/Tools/Ranju_SD_Flash.rar
!! IMPORTANT: Do it at your own risk. I'll not take any responsibility if you damage your device. !!
Cheers
Great stuff.
I especially look forward to a G4 release.
My USB commector broke off the circuit board recently and was floating about inside the device for a while before I opened up the device and glued it back in position onto the circuitboard. It now works (the 5 little pins are connected) so I can charge the battery through it, but I don't really trust it to flash a firmware through.
Thankfully I'm already on the ROM I usually go back to (latest T-Mobile WM5) after playing around with WM6 and WM6.1.
Nice to see developments being made for those of us with handicapped uni's!!!
Thanks a ton, Ranju !
Have already downloaded and unpacked it. I'll certainly give it a try as soon as you release your v7.7 ROM.
Cheers!
Carlos
Dear Ranju,
You keep on surprising us!
Thanks friend,
Mohamed
Ranju, as usual, you are the man!
I experienced the "direct flash" on a Mio A701 and it's really a great feature. Now I can't ask you anything more... ehm...
..
... I was kidding I'd like only the new build of your rom eheh
thanks!!!
Thank you ranju for this great tool, so I can flash WM6.1 on my MDA Pro with broken miniUSB!
casouzaj said:
Thanks a ton, Ranju !
Have already downloaded and unpacked it. I'll certainly give it a try as soon as you release your v7.7 ROM.
Cheers!
Carlos
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ha ha ha, nice catch!
Also waiting for a new release... and G4 tool
Cheers
Lord of the binary digits
Hi Ranju!
Thank you very much for sharing your great work.
Cheers
I tried to flash using bluetooth (yeah, I was stupid) and since then it's hanging in bootloader mode.
The mini-USB connector broke before (that's why I was using BT) and now I finally thought I had a solution to get it working again.
However, when I follow your steps and reset (backlight + power + reset) it doesn't even seem to look at the SD-card; it just shows serial + v1.00 again.
Any ideas?
In SDimage it get's to only 3,21%, but's that's normal on a 2 gig card I presume?
martinbl said:
@ 13,05% I get an error in SD Imaging tool and it stops there...
Any idea why?
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what is the size of sd, 512mb?
ranju said:
what is the size of sd, 152mb?
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I just edited my post .
I used another card and that got only to 3,21% or something (2gig card) so I presumed that's normal because of the image size?
To be complete:
I tried to flash using bluetooth (yeah, I was stupid) and since then it's hanging in bootloader mode.
The mini-USB connector broke before (that's why I was using BT) and now I finally thought I had a solution to get it working again.
However, when I follow your steps and reset (backlight + power + reset) it doesn't even seem to look at the SD-card; it just shows serial + v1.00 again.
martinbl said:
I just edited my post .
I used another card and that got only to 3,21% or something (2gig card) so I presumed that's normal because of the image size?
To be complete:
I tried to flash using bluetooth (yeah, I was stupid) and since then it's hanging in bootloader mode.
The mini-USB connector broke before (that's why I was using BT) and now I finally thought I had a solution to get it working again.
However, when I follow your steps and reset (backlight + power + reset) it doesn't even seem to look at the SD-card; it just shows serial + v1.00 again.
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Yes, it's normal.
Did you inserted the card to device before entering to bootloader?
Read and follow all the instructions carefully in the .cmd file.
For more info, read Htc Service manual of Universal.
Thanks Ranju!!!
I am waiting for G4 device
ranju said:
Yes, it's normal.
Did you inserted the card to device before entering to bootloader?
Read and follow all the instructions carefully in the .cmd file.
For more info, read Htc Service manual of Universal.
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I shall tell about all the steps I took:
1. Download the tool and unrar somewhere in your pc.
- Easy.
2. Decode the rom image (nk.nbf) using HTC64 tool and put it (nk.nba) under the "SD_Flash" directory.
- I took your(?) "Ranju_v76_WM61_19209_19209_1_0_2", unrarred it and decoded it to nk.nba.
3. Run the "SDFlash_G3.cmd" and follow instruction on the screen.
g3.bin and nk_sd_g3.bin are created.
After that, I put in my Dane-Elec 2 gig SD-card and format it to FAT32.
SDimage is opened and I select the FAT32 F: drive.
After that I push the "Import SD Image" button.
Fill in "i agree", click "ok" and "yes" (with "hex" unchecked).
There I choose bin files and select "nk_sd_g3."
I then click "Ignore", "yes" and "ignore" and it's starts writing.
At 3,21% I get the dump incomplete notification and click ok.
I then put the card in my Universal, press the light and power button and the reset pin.
For a second or so the v1.00 disapears and it comes back without doing/checking/reading anything.
I'm quit sure the SD-card should work because before I flashed using BT, it worked and I tested the same procedure with another card.
Any ideas what I'm doing wrong or why the Universal doesn't even seem to look for the SD-card?
martinbl said:
I shall tell about all the steps I took:
1. Download the tool and unrar somewhere in your pc.
- Easy.
2. Decode the rom image (nk.nbf) using HTC64 tool and put it (nk.nba) under the "SD_Flash" directory.
- I took your(?) "Ranju_v76_WM61_19209_19209_1_0_2", unrarred it and decoded it to nk.nba.
3. Run the "SDFlash_G3.cmd" and follow instruction on the screen.
g3.bin and nk_sd_g3.bin are created.
After that, I put in my Dane-Elec 2 gig SD-card and format it to FAT32.
SDimage is opened and I select the FAT32 F: drive.
After that I push the "Import SD Image" button.
Fill in "i agree", click "ok" and "yes" (with "hex" unchecked).
There I choose bin files and select "nk_sd_g3."
I then click "Ignore", "yes" and "ignore" and it's starts writing.
At 3,21% I get the dump incomplete notification and click ok.
I then put the card in my Universal, press the light and power button and the reset pin.
For a second or so the v1.00 disapears and it comes back without doing/checking/reading anything.
I'm quit sure the SD-card should work because before I flashed using BT, it worked and I tested the same procedure with another card.
Any ideas what I'm doing wrong or why the Universal doesn't even seem to look for the SD-card?
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The same problem, I folowed all of the instructions as it is, but only serial 1.01 on the screen and no look for the image, i have tried with 2 SD cards, one 256 MB and the other is 512 MB, but there was no difference....
PLZ help
hbahaie said:
The same problem, I folowed all of the instructions as it is, but only serial 1.01 on the screen and no look for the image, i have tried with 2 SD cards, one 256 MB and the other is 512 MB, but there was no difference....
PLZ help
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Yup, same problem here! I tried with a 512MB Toshiba SD card, previously formatted both to FAT(16) and FAT32. SDImage.exe runs up to 12.91% (FAT) or 12.93% (FAT32), with such card capacity. Same results: my Exec just sits there in booloader mode forever...
Cheers!
Carlos
all the steps are correct .
I'm sure root cause is under the header (g3.bin). it's a mmc header and I suppose there is a difference between sd & mmc header. I'll verify once I can arrange a sd card. alternatively someone can try it using a mmc card so that I can reach to a conclusion.
Hi ranju,
Uploading my MMC header for comparison purposes.
I'm also looking for SD header, g3/g4 both the devices for analysis.
So does this work with a G4? or has it not been tested?
For both methods, it's best to use a PC with XP installed. If you must use Vista or Windows 7, follow this before you start: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=291723
I've listed two methods: USB flashing, and SD card flashing.
Using USB is probably easier but, if you have my bad luck, might not always work.
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Flashing radio using USB connection:
1) Go to the ftp part of this site and download the radio rom (either 1.12.00 or 1.12.10, it's probably better to get the second being the newest one).
This is the guide on accessing the ftp site: http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=BA_FTP_Site
You'll find the rom under Magician -> Radio. (If you didn't find the radio file look at the 7th post)
2) Put phone in bootloader mode: (hold power + cam + reset till "serial" appears on the screen, make sure to look hard cause there will be no backlight).
3) Make sure that you open activesync settings (if you have it installed) and uncheck "allow usb connections".
4) Connect the device via usb to your computer (the screen should now read usb, still no backlight).
5) Unzip the file you downloaded from the first step and open "MaUpgradeUt_noID".
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If the installation went successfully and you didn't get any errors then you're done.
You might encounter some errors. If you do, post the error code and what it says and someone might help you to find a solution.
For the error 114, which annoyed the hell out of me, you'll need to do an SD card flash. If, for that reason, or any other reason, the above method didn't work for you you should try SD flashing.
First of all, you'll need to get the necessary tools:
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The utilities for SD flashing:
a) The attached image of the 1.12.00 radio rom (MagRad11200.zip).
b) The attached romupdate utility that allows dumping the device roms to sd card.
c) The attached ntrw tool that allows writing/rading the image to/from an sd card.
d) You'll also need a hex editor (I recommend XVI32 if you couldn't figure out how to use it look at the 9th post).
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Now that you have everything you need you can start:
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SD Card Flashing:
1) Insert a 128MB SD card (or bigger) in the device.
2) Put phone in bootloader mode: (hold power + cam + reset till "serial" appears on the screen, make sure to look hard cause there will be no backlight).
3) Make sure that you open activesync settings (if you have it installed) and uncheck "allow usb connections".
4) Connect the device via usb to your computer (the screen should now read USB instead of serial, still no backlight).
5) Start the romupdate utility, you'll be asked to modify some settings. Leave everything as is except for the port, chose the one that looks like \\.\WCEUSBH001 or similar.
6) Type this in the window you get "d2s 60000000 300000" without the quotes.
7) Once that command is finished, use a card reader to insert the SD card to your computer (if windows asks you about formatting the card you should refuse). (You're free to reset the device now if you want to use it or charge it or whatever).
8) Use ntrw to read the radio image into a file:
a) To keep things easy (if you're not comfortable with working on the command line), put the ntrw.exe in the root of your c: volume.
b) Click win+R on your keyboard, you'll get the run program windows.
c) type in cmd and hit enter.
d) You'll need to input "cd .." then enter (no quotes) a couple of time till the header in the lowest line C:\>
e) Now use the tool to read the image from the card, here's an example:
ntrw read radio.nb1 e:
This reads the image from a card with the address e: to a file called radio.nb1 created directly in c:
(It's normal to get an incorrect parameter error in the end of the operation, ignore it)
9) Change the first 416 bytes from the attached radio image with the 416 bytes from the image you created in the previous step, using a hex editor.
10) Write the modified file to the SD card, here's an example:
ntrw write ModifiedRadio.nb1 e:
(Again, it's normal to get an incorrect parameter error in the end of the operation, ignore it)
11) Put the SD card back into your magician and enter bootloader mode again. (If the device asks about formatting the card you should refuse).
12) A couple of seconds after the device enters bootloeader mode you'll be prompted to press the power button to flash the rom from the card. Obviously you should press the power button
13) Wait for the flashing to finish (it's normal to get an invalid checksum error in the end, don't panic).
14) Reset the device and all should be fine!
I want to thank the following people for giving me most, if not all the information in this guide:
ampda, Chatty, coolhunk4o2, kta, xiaojin1985
And obviously this guide wouldn't have been necessary if it weren't for the great effort of Cotulla.
Don't hesitate to ask if you have any questions/problems. If you're not comfortable with English, I might be able to help in Arabic, French and Spanish, just send me a personal message and I'll see what I can do.
1.12.00 is enough.
I've updated the first post with SD flashing method.
good work MusikMonk.
also add information about backlight off in boot otherwise n00bs won't see text on screen at all...
Cotulla said:
good work MusikMonk.
also add information about backlight off in boot otherwise n00bs won't see text on screen at all...
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Good idea, I've done that and improved the formatting a bit to make it easier to read.
no file at ftp root?
how to download?
I'm not sure I understand what you mean, here's a step by step on how to get the the radio file from ftp:
* Go to: ftp://xda:[email protected]/
* You might be asked to enter a username and password, use "xda" for both (without the "" quotes).
* You'll see a list of device, click on Magician.
* Now you'll have various folders, one of them is called Radio. Click it.
* Here there will be various radio version for the Magician, click on MagicianRadio_1.12.10.zip to download it.
MusikMonk said:
Change the first 416 bytes from the attached radio image with the 416 bytes from the image you created in the previous step, using a hex editor.
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Please, tell how to change those 416 bytes?
Got 2 .nb1 files (yours, and mine (size - 256mb))
Never used hex editor, if you could, please, write step by step guide how to copy first 416 bytes from one file to another.
Thanks!
Friend said:
Please, tell how to change those 416 bytes?
Got 2 .nb1 files (yours, and mine (size - 256mb))
Never used hex editor, if you could, please, write step by step guide how to copy first 416 bytes from one file to another.
Thanks!
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No problem, I'll try to make this as simple as possible.
I'm guessing you already downloaded XVI32 from the first step.
1) Open your .nb1 file (from the file menu -> open), it might take a while to finish.
2) From the "Address" menu, click "Goto". Choose go to "decimal" and go mode "absolute" and write 416 in the text box then hit OK.
3) The byte number 416 should now be highlighted in grey, hold shift and use the up and left arrows till you select the bytes all the way to the beginning of the file (the text for selected bytes turns red).
4) Now click the Edit menu -> Clipboard -> Copy.
5) From the File menu, click close then open the file you downloaded from this thread.
6) Again use "Goto" to move the cursor to the 416th byte.
7) From the Edit menu, click "Delete to cursor".
8) Now paste the bytes you copied: make sure that the very first byte is the one selected (in other words, scroll all the way up and click on the left most square in the highest line) then open the Edit menu -> Clipboard -> paste.
9) Save the modified image (it's better to use "Save as" instead of overwriting it, in case something went wrong).
10) There's no 10th step but I wanted a rounded number
MusikMonk, thanks a lot!
All works fine, now i use new WM (Cotulla, respect again!)
Please, add information about duration of step number 7. I suppose, some people will wait for a little and then turn the program off. But the whole process is much more longer than one moment and it could confuse someone.
Thanks again
hi there.
i recently upgraded to HTCMAG_ROM_WWE_O1 however when i started it up i got the splash screen with the Bad Radio! error.
I tried updating to the wwe_02 and than wwe_03 roms. to the same affect. However since upgrading to wwe_03 i have gotten the No Radio! error. It runs fine and loads to mobile 6, however i obviously dont get the phone features.
I also tried updating the radio rom, both through usb. But to no avail. I've been trying to go the SD route however i am getting the following error:
pc->drive.total_lba=7A70
pc->drive.num_heads=2
pc->drive.sec_p_track=20
pc->drive.num_cylinders=1E9
pc->drive.block_size=200
pc->drive.features=0
pc->drive.RCA=1
pc->drive.drv_type=40000000
pc->drive.securedAreaSize=0
pc->drive.securityDrv=0
pc->drive.busWidth=1
pc->drive.erasedSize=0
Total card size=F4E000
************Add SD card record info is fail!
and on the unit it says:
Add record is error!
I just tried to ignore it and continued the steps but upon reinserting the SD with the modifiedradio rom nothing happened but another error:
Sections = 1 Now Allow
Update
any help or suggestions would be wonderful.
Sorry for not replying earlier. I'm a rather busy with university exams. Anyway...
Can you please answer this questions so that someone might be able to out what's the cause of the error?
At which step does the error you mentioned appear?
What happens exactly when you try to flash radio via USB?
What's the size of the SD card that you're using?
What version is your bootloader?
What rom did you have installed before trying Cotulla's?
Was the device unlocked?
And in the mean time, you might want to try installing a factory rom from the FTP (1.12 is recommended). It might help you but I'm not sure yet.
thanks ill give that a try. i posted a separate thread before i noticed that you replied here. sorry about the double post.
the first error I got was the Bad Radio error when i first installed wwe_01. I had 1.13 installed at that time.
However now i get the No Radio error after installing wwe_03. This is at the cotulla splash screen, before it loads to wm6.
i am using two SD cards a 1 gig and a 16 gig as they were the only ones available.
currently i am on cotull's wwe_03.
this is where a problem may have come from. I am using a dopod 828+ and am actually unsure of what was on it before other than it had the 1.13 radio on it. i wanted english and jumped right at the opportunity to have it in english.
It was unlocked.
Hi MusikMonk,
Please i need help because i am compeletly stacked on this.
Maybe because i spend a lot of time trying to flash over sd and miss something
i just wont to know where do i place the 1.12 radio rom that you have in atacth
In the sd card at the beginning after making the romupdate???
Anywhere on pc????
That's my problem.
Thanks
Zimaia said:
Hi MusikMonk,
Please i need help because i am compeletly stacked on this.
Maybe because i spend a lot of time trying to flash over sd and miss something
i just wont to know where do i place the 1.12 radio rom that you have in atacth
In the sd card at the beginning after making the romupdate???
Anywhere on pc????
That's my problem.
Thanks
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Any help please
Let me make sure that I understood your problem. Which step are you exactly stuck at?
At any rate, maybe this'll help:
Steps 1 to 8 are about backing up your current Radio versions (you also need to do this to get the header from that radio and use it in the next steps). For this step you'll need the romupdate and ntrw utilities from the attachments.
Now for step 9, you'll need to download the Radio ROM (MagRad11200.zip). Save it wherever you want on your PC and then perform step 9 (for more info about that check this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=3811746&postcount=9 )
After this step, the file you save in the end of it is what I called "ModifiedRadio.nb1" in step 10.
I hope that helps.
And please, no need to double post. If I'm online, I'll answer your posts.
MusikMonk said:
Let me make sure that I understood your problem. Which step are you exactly stuck at?
At any rate, maybe this'll help:
Steps 1 to 8 are about backing up your current Radio versions (you also need to do this to get the header from that radio and use it in the next steps). For this step you'll need the romupdate and ntrw utilities from the attachments.
Now for step 9, you'll need to download the Radio ROM (MagRad11200.zip). Save it wherever you want on your PC and then perform step 9 (for more info about that check this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=3811746&postcount=9 )
After this step, the file you save in the end of it is what I called "ModifiedRadio.nb1" in step 10.
I hope that helps.
And please, no need to double post. If I'm online, I'll answer your posts.
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Ok, Sorry for the doube post, actually it was not to press you to answer, it was to any other user that could help me, sorry for that.
I have now 03 rom instaled and works smoth. It is in fact strange to see wm6.1 in my old magitian and i'm more surprise because it runs faster than my Asus P750 with wm6.1.
MusicMonk
Hey Music Monk .. you are truly fantastic .. for a noob like me your step by step easy installation was a HUGE relief .. i had almost given up on the idea of upgrading because if one is not a software wizard some of the technical stuff gets very confusing .. thanks again .. cheers
hello MusikMonk.I`m new in ppc.Use Xda Mini`s.I have problem when flashing the radio.1st i use the usb method and receive 114 error.I move to SD method and stuck in 7th step where i receive:
d2s 60000000 300000
pc->drive.total_lba=1DA600
pc->drive.num_heads=8
pc->drive.sec_p_track=20
pc->drive.num_cylinders=1DA6
pc->drive.block_size=200
pc->drive.features=0
pc->drive.RCA=2
pc->drive.drv_type=0
pc->drive.securedAreaSize=5000
pc->drive.securityDrv=3
pc->drive.busWidth=1
pc->drive.erasedSize=0
Total card size=3B4C0000
SDCARDD2S+,cStoragePlatformType=FF
*****Read radio flash is fail!
in the window and device shown storing 41%....I use 1gb SD and win xp.then i restart the phone and notice there are only wwe information in small red text in starting screen instead of radio and other information before i flash.Plis help me..Thanks.
** PLEASE, READ THE GUIDE BEFORE FLASHING **
Flashing a device is a risky process, and you definitively have to know that your device might not boot correctly, or not boot at all. You must also notice that this method is being tested and some components of your Polaris will not working at the moment. Take into consideration that there are developers that are sharing all their work with us, but although they're really good at their job, they all have their lives. So, if something just doesn't work, please, be patient*
NAND Boot for Polaris! Made possible thanks to DZO!
This method will allow you to start Android without the need of Windows Mobile. It will just boot like if the device had a native Android OS installed onto it.
- You may see this guide really long, but it's because I tried to detail every step and I put lots of URLs to make the process easier for beginners It's not than difficult as it seems!
Step by step guide:
Needless to say that you need to have HardSPLed your device first!
1. CHOOSE YOUR ANDROID BUILD
You can install try to install any build from the Kaiser and Vogue forums. They should work for Polaris:
I personally recommend to start with Myn's Warm Donut Release 5.
You can choose it in two different screen resolutions
240x320 (my favorite) - http://download219.mediafire.com/t0lnxmijgEjg/1drm2jqwjzn/myn-WarmDonut-04-24-2010-240x320-110.zip
320x480 - http://download533.mediafire.com/ml1jxoyomIDg/miw2uzjjzjq/myn-WarmDonut-04-24-2010-320x480-160.zip
If you want more info, check its thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=619980
Download the build. It may be a compressed file containing an androidinstall.tar.
Copy this androidinstall.tar under a folder named andboot at the top level of your SD Card. The file path should be /andboot/androidinstall.tar.
You're now ready to flash the OS loader.
2. -OPTIONAL, BUT RECOMMENDED. ERASE YOUR ROM.
To be sure that you won't have problems with the flashing, you should use a tool that executes the called Task 29 to clean the NAND memory in the device. This helps the flashing goes OK and minimizes the chance of a bad flash.*
Fortunately, there's such tool: It can be downloaded HERE (big thanks to leppa).
It's a hacked flashing tool. To make it work you will have to select a dummy .NBH file. Use the .NBH file you want, preferably a small one. You can use the one that you will download in step 3.
You it finishes the operation, your phone will NOT boot. Don't worry. This is normal. We will make it boot soon.
More info HERE: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=6227425#post6227425
3. FLASH THE ANDROID OS LOADER TO NAND
You will need a .NBH in order to boot from NAND. It's usually named polaimg-panel[x]-[resolution]-[date].nbh.
I personally recommend to flash of the .NBH files by DZO dated 07-May-2010. They are listed on his site: http://it029000.massey.ac.nz/vogue/files/?C=M;O=D
Choose one according to your paneltype and resolution. Your paneltype depends on its maker. You should try from 1 to 3 to see which one works for you.
Flash the .nbh file you downloaded with your prefered tool (I used CustomRUU.exe for Windows).
To flash your device you might have to put your Polaris in bootloader mode. To enter this mode you have to do the following:
Press and hold the camera button.
Press reset while you hold the camera button. Release it (the reset button).
Hold the camera button until the colored bars screen appears.
If it doesn't work, remove the battery, wait for some seconds, put it back and try again.
When the colored screen (Hard SPL) is shown, you are ready to flash it using the flashing application (CustomRUU.exe, for example).
4. INSTALL YOUR BUILD
When you're done flashing, your device will boot. You will now attempt to install your build using the file androidinstall.tar.
You'll see lots of text lines scrolling while it boots. Now, pay close attention to the next step.
The system will prompt you to press and hold the center button of the DPad (in the middle of the jog-wheel) to start the Android Installer. It's a message like "Press x to launch the installer". Don't forget to hold it until the installer is shown!
The installer will eventually start.
A list of options should appear (in text mode). Use the jog-wheel up and down to navigate. D-pad center to select.
Choose your installation options (I selected System on NAND, Data on NAND). Don't choose any other option unless you know what you're doing.
Install it! (if it ask you to wipe the data, select yes).
Wait for the installer to finish.
The menu should appear again.
5. INSTALL THE SPECIFIC UPDATES FOR POLARIS
Due to particularities in our devices, some hardware like Wi-Fi and Bluetooth won't work properly if you don't apply some updates first.
You will need a file an androidupdate.tar to apply to the just installed system.
You can download it HERE (thanks to l1q1d).
When applied, the installer will be shown again.
You now have to select Fix permissions to avoid problems.
Don't exit the installer: soft reset your Polaris instead.
YOU ARE DONE! Your Android system will boot after some minutes.
Things that should WORK:
Phone calls: incoming/outcoming
Texting (SMS)
Data connection (GPRS/3G)
Wi-Fi
GPS
Bluetooth
Things that DON'T WORK:
USB Storage Mode
USB debugging is unstable.
Tethering
Camera (in Eclair)
Headset
Bugs/Issues:
Sometimes Wi-Fi hangs while is being disabled and prevents the device from suspending correctly (it won't sleep and the screen will turn of every time you press a button).
Data connection goes down from time to time and it won't reconnect until you go to the Modem application, disconnect, connect again and wait it to connect.
Audio Input: faulty and unusable with most of applications that use it.
* Enjoy and feel free to donate to our GREAT developers.
* I donated to our developers, and I'm from Spain. As everybody know, Spain is falling like a fainted Pokémon thanks to Zapatero (Mr. Bean II). If I can donate, how couldn't you do it?
I'm trying now.. Sorry my english...
They state that it's valid also for HARET:
if you're doing it with haret, extract basefiles to your sd, plop the androidinstall.tar into the same folder, and boot, hold down volume up just like the nand people (but don't pick nand to store the files, it won't work)
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I've tried with the specified basefiles and plemen's Android 2.1, but I had no luck.
I noticed that when I press run from HARET and the progress bar fills up, it vibrates two times. Then, it seems that the device is hung, but after 15 seconds (or more), it boots. However, I didn't complete the rootfs-less setup process. It complaints about this:
Unable to open persistent property directory /data/property errno: 2
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Anyone?
Wait, does this mean its totally an Android ROM? If so, COOL!
haven't tried yet ^^
Did you take the last package on sourceforge for the Eclair 2.1 Build? The files on Mediafire was corrupted.
I think there is no speed improvement with this, it's "only" an easier way to install and upgrade the system.
This is NOT "totally an Android ROM".
i can't install with this method
is there a "how to" or forum thread somewhere cause i get
sh: 2: unknown operand
losetup: /dev/block/loop1: No such file or directory
Failed
Failed to reach system.img on SD Card
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during setup it complains "cant create folder /system cause file already exist"
i put basefiles at the root of my sd card and the vogue .tar in a folder call /andboot
all taken from here http://sourceforge.net/projects/androidhtc/
I think that you must flash a nbh that only works in vogue yet. I try to flash but it stop at 33%. I think that we must wait.
luzbel_es said:
I think that you must flash a nbh that only works in vogue yet. I try to flash but it stop at 33%. I think that we must wait.
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Yeah, same problem. It's impossible to flash now with any package for Vogue or Kayser...
We have to wait for DZO's work to port .tar and . NBH for us...
Hi fellas:
I carried out research about the new boot up method, and it seems it will be compatible with our beloved Polaris. But it still needs some fine-tuning, first of all due to the fact that the new installer is started holding down VolUp, but this button isn't correctly recognized with the current bits.
In other words, we should wait before trying out this one. Vilord is aware of this issue.
Stay tuned!
Hi SuperJmn,
Of course I wait for ...
I look every day in the Vogue/Kaiser thread and hope we can to flash our Polaris next time.
Thanks.
Android should work much more faster after flashing... Can't wait to try this
manu33xtro said:
Hi SuperJmn,
Of course I wait for ...
I look every day in the Vogue/Kaiser thread and hope we can to flash our Polaris next time.
Thanks.
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Hey
I have pola100 with pcar latest non-3d, Im trying my luck to get android started but with the latest files (img, rootfs, zImage) I am not able to. tried hell lot of combinations.
can you suggest me which one would I use, I downloaded some from sourceforge!
but I read that the new rootfs is for nand....
please friends guide me to right downlaods and versions for a near perfect android installation
Thanks in advance....
Niranjan
Hi! The new method is not only for NAND, but also for SD booting. It has some incompatibilities, so it's working for Vogue for the moment (Vogue owners are a bit more lucky than us in terms of development).
We are waiting for @vilord, @DZO and other authorities to fix the appropriate files.
I will contact them right after I end up writing this
Updated information for NAND boot. Thanks DZO!
Can you give us some feedback? Does it run better, smoothier than before? Or nothing about that?
it work but this resolution is not userful for me. No more speed than haret method, wifi and camera not work, system freeze some times. Do you have this problems?
How to put device in bootloader
Hello,
I've installed Android on my POLA100 (NAND method). Until now it's working fine. When I tried to put my device in bootloader mode, after installing Android, surprise... the combination (camera button pressed + stylus reset) isn't working.
If you used this: Eclair build you should download this update too: update for qvga and put androidupdate.tar from this archive on the andboot folder on your sdcard near androidinstall.tar.
After installing the system like SuperJMN said you'll have to press the power button one more after system reboot and choose update... from the menu,then quit when the menu reappear.
WIFI,Camera,Bluetooth doesn't work on this build(the only one I've tested with this new method)
Thank you SuperJMN for posting this,I hope it will remain for a long time on the front page and many thanks to DZO,VILORD,JAMEZELLE,PLEMEN and all other guys for the hard work.
Polaris
Hi,
for polaris you push power button, and boot menu works(NAND and SD).
The issue is that Wifi is not working now.
I try several builds.
So it seems not depending on the system?
Regards
How to put device in bootloader
Solved it. I put my device in bootloader by pressing the camera button + stylus reset when Android loads. I don't know if it worked because I removed my SD card and on the screen appeared "Waiting for SD card" but in that moment I've reset the device in bootloader.
Hello Friends.
My English is not very good but let me indicate the beginning'll try to explain.
I bought the device from last year's TR TURKCELL un rom convert was 6.5.
My job, I had to return 6.5 to 6.1 sees. I tried to go back a lot of things but I think the name of the error RUU_signed.nbh file with the name change CHEEIMG.nbh want to install after the following issue has occurred.
How do I do if I've stayed if the bootloader. Now red, green, blue and white colors on the screen there. When a screen comes up gray. when I press the camera, restart button does bootloder screen.
On Screen
Palm TR
IPL-0.20
Palm TR
SPL-0.24 0000
Writes...
USB and PC hardware in the device is visible. Can not connect to the bootloader in the Active SYNC.
I researched the Internet to the device I need to take the original rom. A lot like the original Treo750_Cingular_ROM called Treo750_2.23_ROW_WM6 ROM file I tried did not take. As enhancements on a PC via USB, but does not do installation DesktopUpdater. I tried with SD card, makes installation , BOOT Ok GSM gives OK, but gives FAİL Errors on OS install. At the end of the installation gives the error bar. I'm normal with FAT32 formatted SD was snow. SD card would install the original file 1.16RWE_CHEEIMG.nbh. camera, I would hold the restart button. to install the device, while 1% is automatically rebooted. I also want to install the self-RADIO reboot is 7%.
As far as I understand with; device when large files at 1% at small-sized files when closing at 7% has been reopened
devicereset, Hard-SPL, Treo750_OS5_2_19199WWE_STD, Original 1.16RWE.nbh, Treo750_2_23_ROW_DE_DesktopUpdater, completefixed, I tried almost everything, but the installation does not do..
I need this device too. I am electronics technician. Heard called JTAG recovery method.
Luckily the apology, that I am open for any ideas. but you'll help me. Tek Tek at a descriptive writer, you'll be happy. I trust you. As of this minute to thank every one, wish to express my respect and greetings
Based on your bootloader screen you have not successfully HardSPL'd your Treo. You need to do that first, and then flashing ROMs with the SD card is possible. You can't flash a ROM using the SD card without doing this.
You also can't downgrade a ROM using the regular installation packages because the install package will see the current ROM (if I understand you correctly, WM6.5) is a newer ROM than what you are trying to install. I think I remember seeing a post someplace where you can edit one of the files in the installer package to get it to work, but you would have to search to find it and even so, it's probably much more difficult to do than just doing the Hard SPL.