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Please please please help me upgrade my MDA...

I've searched and searched to find a post that tells me straight to the point how to upgrade my MDA but I just can't find one.
I've got the XDA Developers FTP loaded up in FlashFXP but there seems to be a lot of empty folders on it.
Can someone please tell me if there is a guide on here of exactly what I need to do to upgrade the unit? I followed some advice to fix my Bluetooth problems on here and now my whole MDA has stopped functioning properly... the Today screen just shows all strange graphics etc but I still have the upper and lower menus.
If there is no guide, can someone please tell me what I need to do... my business relies on my MDA! :roll:

ewg_uk said:
I've got the XDA Developers FTP loaded up in FlashFXP but there seems to be a lot of empty folders on it.
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Well, there seems to be a very very very very very funny guy of girl who has deleted most of de maps of de the Magician. Again, very very funny, we're all lauging very loud. (or is it a manifacturer??? QTEK?, iMate? T-Mobile? Who's the bad guy?
ewg_uk said:
the Today screen just shows all strange graphics etc but I still have the upper and lower menus.
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Maybe there is a solution: someone else had the same problem (I think, he also had a corrupted Today screen), but after he chose a different picture in the today screen the problem is solved.

Not good about the files Whoever it is has just cost me an awful lot of money so I hope they feel great!
Screen issue is now solved thnks to the picture thing but my Bluetooth will not function at all now... was asking for me to turn flight mode off when it wasn't even on and now it doesn't work full stop.

ok this a small guide i made for a friend..... i'll post it here
ok first thing to do is get the ROM file.
second... after you download the file... extract the zip into any
place you want you will end up with an .exe file... right click on the
exe file and choose extract ( not you need winrar to do that) and
after you extract you will find a bunch of files one of them is named
ROMUpgradeUt.exe or (MaUpgradeUT.exe) replace this file with this one
http://forum.xda-developers.com/download.php?id=4022
after you replace the above file, double click on it and it will start
upgrading ... the device will go into bootloader mode (black screen
with Serial 1 written in it) you will get the country error ID
((((DON'T PANIC)))) and DON'T REMOVE THE DEVICE FROM THE USB OR REST
THE DEVICE, just click Exit to finish. while the deice in the bootloader
mode click on the replaced file and run it again the upgrade process
should go fine................
i will try later to do the guide in a pdf format with pix and more detialed

Okay guys I'm new here too Since I want to get rid of the pink t-mobile stuff and upgrading to a ROM which provides me better camera quality I would like to try a newer ROM version.
But where to get the newest ROM from ftp://ftp.xda-developers.com/Magician/ ? I see extened ROM's but I have been told an extended ROM is a kind of addition to a normal ROM. But where can I find the basic ROM. I've been told that O2 and Qtek roms are the best.

Struck by an MDA brick!!

Made a huge error.....didnt go through forums and read instructions before trying to Flash a German T-Mobile MDA Compact to a English ROM....
The device is completely dead....
Followed all the steps required to get it back up...It is refusing to do so though....
Used this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=19500
One thing to note is that I am not using the AC charger, am using the USB cable to charge the phone.
Can someone please helpme...
Haven't got past the bootloader mode...

If you followed the instructions from the other thread, it should have started flashing.
Some things to check on:
1) Did you do a full d2s before you attempted the upgrade? It's always good to have something to fall back on.
2) If you can get to a bootloader screen, all is definitely not lost.
3) Sometimes, it takes 4 or 5 minutes for the "Press to flash" comes up on the screen so be patient with that.
4) Make sure you did exactly a 416 byte copy from the original rom file in to the new flash file.
5) You can only write an nb1 file from the pc AFTER it has been created from the pocket pc. If the SD card has been pc formatted, the nb1 file will write to it but the pocket pc won't recognize it and will just sit there at the bootloader screen.
HTH

I think I fired the MDA
Well I did not create the nbf file from the ppc, downloaded it from the the forum FTP. I do not have the backup of the nbf file. As I mentioned I did not read the forums before trying the update.
I just downloaded the T-Mobile ROM update and tried installing it. Obivousioly it didn't work, Game the dreaded the 112 error in the 3rd step.
Am not even getting the bootlader screen now..
Any ideas on how I can get this device up and running.?...

ok, need some clarification here. "What" are you trying to load (nbf files or nb1 files) and how are you trying to load them (SD flash or the standard USB based upgrade)?
Easy enough to check to see if your device can still get to bootload mode....hold the camera and power switches in at the same time and hit soft reset with your stylus. After letting go of those and you see either "Serial" or "USB" at the top of the screen, you should still be able to recover from this.

Tried with the nb1 files not nbf (sorry abt teh error)..
The bootloader screen was showing up ...unitll I tried the T-Mobile MDAcompact_vers11201
After the 112 error while updating...the device now refusing to get to the bootloader mode.
Have I fried the device and made it unusable....?

hey just got back the bootloader screen...

Take the SD card out, disconnect the USB and tell me what happens when you hold the power and camera buttons in at the same time, then hit the soft reset.
Also, has the unit been charged recently?

Its showing Serial v1.00...after the reset.
Its been on the USB chatge all along.....

Great. If you get Serial at the top, this can be recovered.
If you want a good T-Mobile 1.12 rom file, go here and use this one:
ftp://ftp.xda-developers.com/Uploads/Magician/tmobile-uk_wwe_ROM_1.12.00(thereapermanl).rar
Unpack it and follow all the procedures about copying the 416 bytes, rewriting the file, etc. from the other thread. I have tested this rom file and it installs ok.

Thanks for the encouraging words...
Will it work even if I do not have a backup of the original ROM on my machine?....I only have the tmobile.nb1 file which I got from the XDA forums.
Lemme try using that and editing it.
Thanks a ton for your help.

You might be a little stuck for an nb1 flash if you don't have an original flash back up but don't fear. You can go here and get this WWE1.12 file and just do a USB type upgrade:
ftp://ftp.xda-developers.com/Magician/Shipped_ROMS/WWE_11200_128_11210_ship.exe
I know this one works too. It's ROM 1.12, Radio 1.12 and Ext_ROM 1.12. When you try to run the upgrade program though, it might give you a Country ID error. If so, use the attached upgrade program instead. If this one gives you a Country ID error again, close the program and just run it again. I've been down all these roads already.

Lemme get this right this time: I will be doing the following
1. Install the ROM as you have mentioned. With the country id hack if necessary
2. Hopefully by now the device would be alive. If so will take a backup of the ROM on the SD card
3. From then on follow the instruction given in the doc.
Hope I get it righ this time else Its going to be a long night for me.
Lemme know if I have to do anything else.

Either ROM will work fine for you. It just depends on whether or not you want I-Mate stuff on it or T-Mobile stuff on it.
Doing the USB upgrade will put the I-Mate ROM on but after that, it should be working and you can then do an SD backup, follow the SD flashing procedures and get the T-Mobile ROM on.
Good Luck!

The masupgrateut is throwing up a ruu.dll error?...you seen that one before?

What sort of error? Not found?

yup...
I extracted the ROM exe and found teh file...copied it to the windows folder..and ran the no id program...no error this time round but the update is still giving a COuntry ID error...
Been looking at various posts...specially this one...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=14973
Thinks thats gonna help?

ok...two things.....just run it again. The no ID program sometimes does that on the first time 'round so just run it again.
Second, stick this at the end of the RUU.conf file:
[CHECKCEID_TYPE]=1

ran the program multiple times...still getting the COuntry ID error...

Are you running this program? MaUpgradeUt_noID.exe
...with the change in the RUU.conf file?

I just noticed something....did you extract all the files to a single directory and just run it from there or did you just pull a few out?
ALL the files have to be in the same directory. This is also where you need to execute the installer program.

Read everyfing i can find on Bigstorage and still no success

Hi I know the big storage hack is plastered all over this forum but i still cant get it right.Some one please help me!
Ive got a magician with rom version 1.13.00 WWE radio v. 1.12.00 (i used to have 1.12.00 but i upgraded it by accident.<I woz finkin of it anyway>)
I fink Ive tried every procedure possible but always have problems but basically this is what ive done:
1.Using OS image tool ive copied my rom to pc.
2.Ive changed the 80 00 00 thingy to b8 01.
3.Ive tried to use the os image tool to write it back t ppc but it comes with a usb/communication error in programme A.Im using this way because I have only 32mb mmc card.
Any help would be much appreciated,
Thanks

wiki
Try the wiki (top right link on the page) & go to the magician section. It contains a description howto patch a shipped-rom, the one you used to upgrade to 1.13WWE, & get BS. Apperently you missed this method.
Cheers, M

I already have all of them files.Wen I patch it the size goes right up then 'programme a' doesnt copy it over becuase its too big.it has 2 b excactly 32 i fink and after i patch it the size changes.
My main problem is getting the rom over 2 the magician.Since I dont have a card the only 2 ways i can fink are using osimage tool or program a, both of these im having problems with.I have roms that i have patched and changed the 416 bytes to my roms.I have roms that were patched and ive changed to my roms.I have roms made using byte copy.I just cant get any of them over!!
Thanks 4 ure help,
Gareth

I already have all of them files.Wen I patch it the size goes right up then 'programme a' doesnt copy it over becuase its too big.it has 2 b excactly 32 i fink and after i patch it the size changes.
My main problem is getting the rom over 2 the magician.Since I dont have a card the only 2 ways i can fink are using osimage tool or program a, both of these im having problems with.I have roms that i have patched and changed the 416 bytes to my roms.I have roms that were patched and ive changed to my roms.I have roms made using byte copy.I just cant get any of them over!!
Thanks 4 ure help,
Gareth

Stop,
You're going in the wrong direction. The BS from shipped-rom method is about patching the provider supplied exe file. & after the patch you run it like a regular rom-upgrade. No SD or MMC involved!!! It's a rom-update via USB like the normal update.
pls read it once again @ the wiki.

ok thanks im trying that now.Im stuck on getting nbfdec to run.Ive extracted it to the unzipped rom folder.I open ms-dos command prompt and drag and drop the .exe on the command line to save typing the path.The program runs but then it crashes.Can anyone help me?

Try putting everything in "C:\BS" saves a lot of typing errors including filename handling.

Ive done that now but I dont know how to execute the command.Do you think you could type the whole command for me?When I open command prompt it says this c:\documents and settings\rod simpson\> ive tryped typing in that command but i dont know how to put it in with the path etc.
Sorry for going on and on I cant get my head round it!
Thanks

garethsimpsonuk said:
Ive done that now but I dont know how to execute the command.Do you think you could type the whole command for me?When I open command prompt it says this c:\documents and settings\rod simpson\> ive tryped typing in that command but i dont know how to put it in with the path etc.
Sorry for going on and on I cant get my head round it!
Thanks
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Hi Rod,
To go to C:\BS from your personal doc&settings type on the commandline:
cd \ [Enter]
now you should be in C:\
then type:
cd bs [Enter]
now you should be in C:\BS
Works for other directories too.
Cheers, M

Thanks, that helped me a lot.Ive done everything els now so I converted it back to nbf and then executed the maupgrade_noid.It checked device info then displayed the rom to and from screen and both were blank.I proceeded and it displayed the 'success' screen but nothing had actually happened on the ppc.Ive tried the other upgrade program and the one thats cracked on the site.
Any help would be much appreciated
Thanks

Did you reset after the update process finished? & if so did it boot normally? & if so did you look at the internal storage folder size? Cause that's the only thing that's changed & the ext-rom has disappeared. Oh & you shouldn't see the customization start after a hard-reset...
btw rom to & from shouldn't be blank, pls run the update program without patch cause I think the editing somehow invalidated the shipped-rom. The original upgrade program should work & if so you know what's going on. If the original program fails there might be something with your device.
So start the plain shipped-rom first to find out..

Thankyou!Its worked!!
I went from scratch and downloaded all the files again.This time i didnt put my own header in the file because i thought thats where i'm going wrong.My devicedata.txt file looked like gibberish to me and it wouldnt copy and paste in to hex editor.So i just left it.I changed the 2 values in the code, converted it and flashed it.Will not having my header cause problems?My storage is now 26.72mb is that right?
Thankyou very much oltp for your help.It's much appreciated.
I think this site is long overdue a donation from me.
Cheers m8

Thankyou!Its worked!!
I went from scratch and downloaded all the files again.This time i didnt put my own header in the file because i thought thats where i'm going wrong.My devicedata.txt file looked like gibberish to me and it wouldnt copy and paste in to hex editor.So i just left it.I changed the 2 values in the code, converted it and flashed it.Will not having my header cause problems?My storage is now 26.72mb is that right?
Thankyou very much oltp for your help.It's much appreciated.
I think this site is long overdue a donation from me.
Cheers m8

The header contains info about romtype & provider name, probably some things more I'm
not sure about. The reason for changing it is to avoid errors like the country id error. With the use of maupgradeut_noid it's less important.
One thing I'm questioning is the reason why some of us have probs with connecting to the, I believe, special O2 services. Some claim there not able to connect anymore... Can some other setting as well. I'm on T-Mobile & everything works fine.
Basically if the upgrade was succesfull, you have an enlarged storage & the rest of your device will be working as before.
Cheers, M

how much space would i have in my main memory now? i have a 64+64 system (O2 Xda Mini) now branded to T-Mobile 1.33 and now applied the new patch (BIG STORAGE) using the Wiki Information guides. However any idea how much FREE space on first reboot i should have.

did the first reboot...(soft reboot) after flash...its been 3 mins and just the T-Mobile Screen..how lng should i wait before i "think" its a bad flash?

nevermind got it
Total Main Memory - (FREE MEMORY) - 43.99MB Storage / 25.54 MB Programs! woo hoo this is HOT

shivam said:
did the first reboot...(soft reboot) after flash...its been 3 mins and just the T-Mobile Screen..how lng should i wait before i "think" its a bad flash?
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First boot takes much more time than next boots.
Have fun, M

all,
look over here.
cheers!

Sorry to say, but it's old news. We got a thread about it for three months now I guess with that method. Problem is you always need to update first & then dump your rom again. & somehow not all dumps are accurate. The brick change with a SD is larger than with a shipped-rom.
M

Success load of new i-mate_SP5m_WWE_2.6.331 rom to SDA(US)

I have installed the new iMate rom to my T-Mobile SDA(US) and have the following observations.
Push Email is working well.
Screen fonts not as crisp as original T-Mobile.
I believe the OS is overall slower.
Don't see A2DP.
Camera and Video work well.
I'll keep testing and keep this thread updated.

Do you know where I can find instruction on how to backup my original T-Mo rom? I'd like to load the sp5m rom but I want to make sure I have a backup. Also, which filename did you use, there seem to be sever roms for sp5, sp5m and two versions for the sp5m at that!
-Kap

kaplanfx said:
Do you know where I can find instruction on how to backup my original T-Mo rom? I'd like to load the sp5m rom but I want to make sure I have a backup. Also, which filename did you use, there seem to be sever roms for sp5, sp5m and two versions for the sp5m at that!
-Kap
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Here is what I recall, I'm by no means an expert.
To start, you will need a 64MB mini SD card minimum.
I had to application and SIM unlock the phone. You can find good info at http://wiki.spv-developers.com/index.php/Main_Page
Disable ActiveSync under File/Connection Settings by unselecting "Allow USB connections".
With the phone off, press and hold down the camera button while attaching the USB cable from your computer. This should bring up the 3 color bootloader screen on your phone.
Use mtty.exe on your computer and select USB to connect. After connecting type:
r2sd all
This should back up your original rom to the mini SD card. This action will COMPLETELY REFORMAT AND ERASE YOUR SD CARD. I'd suggest copying everything off of it to your HDD in ActiveSync.
This is where it gets gray for me. There is supposedly a way copy the image from the SD card to your PC and back using itsutils utilities called psdpread.exe and psdwrite.exe. You have to know or figure out the size of the image on the SD card and the instructions were not intuitive to me. At this point I am leaving the card out of my phone until I decide whether or not to stay with the iMate rom. I did confirm that I can use the card to reload the T-Mo rom. With the card in the phone, load up the bootloader as described above. When it first comes up, it will ask you press the volume slider to load from the card. I worked for me.

I get Vendor ID error
What was required to load the ROM on your T-Mobile US branded SDA? I keep getting a Vendor ID error ( I assume the same as the old country code error on the XDAs). My phone is application and sim unlocked.
Thanks.
Panabax

Re: I get Vendor ID error
Panabax said:
What was required to load the ROM on your T-Mobile US branded SDA? I keep getting a Vendor ID error ( I assume the same as the old country code error on the XDAs). My phone is application and sim unlocked.
Thanks.
Panabax
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I had to use what I believe is referred to as the Super CID unlock. It is one of the options in the SPV-Services app I got from the URL referenced in the first post. I was very leary to use it because I couldn't find any documentation about how to revert back if desired. I haven't had any issues since I set it to "11111111". I only hope that it won't prevent me from using the official T-Mo AKU2 release when it comes out.

Thanks
Thanks. In the time between our posts, I came to the same conclusion. The upgrade is proceeding as I type.
Panabax

Hmm sounds like something I would like to try. Thanks for all the good info, I have a 256 MB sd card on the way from New Egg to use exclusively to back up my rom (didn't want to waste my 2gigger .
-Kap

artiemon said:
Use mtty.exe on your computer and select USB to connect. After connecting type:
r2sd all
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Can you explain where to get mtty.exe and how its used?
Thanks
-Kap

kaplanfx said:
artiemon said:
Use mtty.exe on your computer and select USB to connect. After connecting type:
r2sd all
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Can you explain where to get mtty.exe and how its used?
Thanks
-Kap
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Here is where I got mtty.exe.
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=HimalayaHowtoCopyRom
The following thread has some info on backing up the rom. Scroll down to a post by Genesis3. He is referring to a different terminal emulator (terraterm), but it works the same as mtty. Both of these just open up a terminal session to your phone. Genesis3 is discussing a different platform, but you will get the idea.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=43399

thanks for the quick reply, im hoping to get the imate rom on my phone today.
-Kap

HI,
I downloaded the SPV-Services.zip. However, when I run it on my PC. It says
RAPI Init failed:RAPI init timeout
ROM editing tools will be unavailable
Anyone know what is the problem here?
Thanks

thx for your new ROM,
if i want to install chinese input software to input chinese word with
new rom, how can I?
thx again!

ronior said:
thx for your new ROM,
if i want to install chinese input software to input chinese word with
new rom, how can I?
thx again!
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I dont think there is Chinese input program for Windows Mobile 5 SP.

thx for your rapid answer
but really has one!
your can find it almost in any chinese forum

ronior said:
thx for your rapid answer
but really has one!
your can find it almost in any chinese forum
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Really?
well...then
did u application unlock the phone before installation? Just copy the cab file to your phone and run it....or use the setup if it has one

sixthday said:
HI,
I downloaded the SPV-Services.zip. However, when I run it on my PC. It says
RAPI Init failed:RAPI init timeout
ROM editing tools will be unavailable
Anyone know what is the problem here?
Thanks
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You have to kill wcescomm.exe in the Windows Task Manager (ctl-alt-del keys brings it up), look for wcescomm.exe, stop the task. This will eliminate the error you are getting. Then Run the 'SPVServices.exe' file on your PC - it will communicate with your phone via activesync. Please note that this file connects to a remote server to do the unlocking calculations, so requires an internet connection. It's been reported that if you have IE7 (beta 2 in my case) installed, it might not work; I have IE7 B2 installed and all worked fine. On the SPVServices tool menu, click the CDI box, it will update your ID to 11111111 (now all is unlocked) then you can do the mtty.exe to backup up your ROM to a miniSD card. I have a word document I've written for myself that outlines some of these pieces and bits and parts I've read on various forums. Email me if you want the Word Doc file.

i have this problem:
r2sd all
***** user area size = 0x3CA0000 Bytes
R2SDBackup() - Download type = 6
usTotalBlock = 1 sizeof(SDCARD_SIGNATRUE_TABLE)=512
You didn't get the proper security level to download a specific image
Cmd>
can you help me?

ciselko said:
i have this problem:
r2sd all
***** user area size = 0x3CA0000 Bytes
R2SDBackup() - Download type = 6
usTotalBlock = 1 sizeof(SDCARD_SIGNATRUE_TABLE)=512
You didn't get the proper security level to download a specific image
Cmd>
can you help me?
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I believe that message is displayed if you have not yet CID unlocked your phone. Did you use SPV Services to unlock it?

i have done these two procedures:
http://wiki.spv-developers.com/index.php/HTC_Application_Unlock_Guide
and
http://wiki.spv-developers.com/index.php/HTC_Smartphone_SIM_Unlock_Guide
than I tried mtty.exe but... :-(
have I forgot something?

There's an application called SPV-Services in one of the links above. It has an option for Super CID unlock.

[Q] Android on Polaris 200 (XDA Orbit 2) Nand White Screen

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