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Summary of the SD card ROM backup/update method

While a lot has been written, the following should provide an easy-to-follow guide:
Preparation:
1. A torch (read on and you will know why)
2. 256M SD card
3. Download ntrw.exe, romupdate.exe, hexedfull.exe from the ftp of this forum to c:\ and install hex editor
4. Download the appropriate ROM file (hereafter referred to as "newrom.nb1").
5. Cancel USB in ActiveSync
6. Use Sprite Backup to backup your ppc
Backup original ROM:
1. Put pocket pc into the boot loader mode (hold both on/off and camera buttons at the same time while resetting).
2. Insert empty SD card.
3. Connect pocket pc to pc through USB.
4. Run romupdate.exe on pc.
5. Select “\\.\WCEUSBSH001” in port settings. In the popup windows, enter “d2s” and press enter.
6. Don’t get panic to see the pocket pc screen goes dark. Use your torch and you will see the download percentage. Wait until it reaches 100% and shows “CheckSum is OK!”.
7. Insert SD card into card reader of the pc. Ignore the “format SD card” message and click “No”.
8. Run “command” to go into DOS prompt and change to root directory (cd c:\). Enter “ntrw read oldrom.nb1 s:” where s is the drive of your SD card.
9. Ignore the “Data error <cyclic redundancy check>” message. You should save another copy of this important rom file “oldrom.nb1”.
Change header of newrom.nb1:
1. Right click on oldrom.nb1 to open hex editor. Copy the first 416 bytes.
2. Open the downloaded newrom.nb1 file and overwrite the first 416 bytes with those of the old rom.
3. Save the edited newrom.nb1. You may save another copy of this important file.
4. Go to the command prompt and enter “ntrw write newrom.nb1 s:” to write it to the SD card. Ignore the error message “The parameter is incorrect”.
Update the ROM:
1. Insert SD card into pocket pc and put it to boot loader mode again (on/off + camera + reset). Use you torch to check the dark screen.
2. When it shows “Press Power to flash”, press the on/off button. Wait until it reaches 100% and ignore the message “Download Fail - CheckSum Fail”
3. Soft reset your pocket pc.
4. You may have to reinstall your software, unless you are familiar with the advanced features of Sprite Backup.

Ask you a question.
Does it backup 3 parts of rom (OS rom, extended rom and Radio rom)?

I am trying to backup my old Qtek Rom so I can install an update. I follow the steps to perfection..
The file created by ntrw is 999Mb big and at the end of the file I get an error stating that "parameters are incorrect"
Does this mean that the backup was not done successfully?
Why is the file so large?
Thanks for your help

ntrw get image SD card. Use SD card 256 Mb.

SD Card update problem
Hi I used ntrw.exe to backup my original rom to an SD card. It all went ok and I was able to clear the SD, write the rom back on the SD and put it in my M500. Normally I got a menu to press the power button to flash the rom to my phone, but now whatever I do I can't get the menu back. I won't get the option "Press power button" to flash. What I also see is that somethimes when I put the SD back in my laptop it is totaly empty. Normaly it would ask me if I want to format the SD because it can't be read. Can anybody help??
Thanks!

Dear All,
this is my first time to this site.
Could you please send me the download links for the files that are necessary (or the files themeselves) to backup the ROM (ntrw.exe, romupdate.exe, hexedfull.exe )
Thanks a million.
Will

i found this http://www.ccoo.net/MDAFlash/ntrw.exe

Thank you for this wonderful guide !!!
I am trying to backup my I-Mate JAM's ROM with a 256 MB SD card. However I have a similiar problem where when the ntrw.exe completed with the same "parameters are incorrect" error. The created ROM image is about 247,040 KB.
Is this correct? I did make sure the SD card is empty before the backup process (by deleteing everyfile on it), or should I use some proper method to ensure the SD card is actually completely empty?
Thanks in advance for any help!

Mine came up with that every time, but worked ok. I am trying to do the Anasky ROM update to my magician, and the backup i made of the original rom was fine to restore, even though i got that error.

mitchello said:
Mine came up with that every time, but worked ok. I am trying to do the Anasky ROM update to my magician, and the backup i made of the original rom was fine to restore, even though i got that error.
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Thanks a lot for this info! It certainly make me feel a lot more confident about what I am doing
Thanks again !

Jyhnc said:
Thank you for this wonderful guide !!!
I am trying to backup my I-Mate JAM's ROM with a 256 MB SD card. However I have a similiar problem where when the ntrw.exe completed with the same "parameters are incorrect" error. The created ROM image is about 247,040 KB.
Is this correct? I did make sure the SD card is empty before the backup process (by deleteing everyfile on it), or should I use some proper method to ensure the SD card is actually completely empty?
Thanks in advance for any help!
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someone in this forum told us that the rom size is vary and closed to the size of your sd card.
I used 128mb to backup and restore, it worked fine.

Has anyone experienced the problem of trying to reflash the device with the SD and when placed in Bootldr, the display just says serial and never progresses to press power to flash??
thanks
Jim

turn off the USB connection in your activesync, it will interfere the upgrade.

Found the fault, I reconnected the USB whilst entering the bootldr with the SD in socket and worked fine... Quite strange though as I couldnt remember having the USB connected the lasst time I performed the process
rgds
jim

jfran said:
Found the fault, I reconnected the USB whilst entering the bootldr with the SD in socket and worked fine... Quite strange though as I couldnt remember having the USB connected the lasst time I performed the process
rgds
jim
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Hi All,
I was stuck at the Serial for a Looooooong time. Nothing worked. Until I did the following:
1) Using HHDHexeditor, copy the first 416byte (NOT 220byte!)
2) Write the copied original backup ROM into the new ROM (.nb1 file)
3) Put into your 02 Mini
4) VERY IMPORTANT! - Plug into your USB PORT!
5) Then I see the "Press Power button to Flash!"
and I am happily flashing my device now ... My guess is that it needs to be on external power in order to upgrade .... Thanks everyone .. can't wait to see my new baby with 27Mb storage! :twisted:
I'm using 256Mb SD Card ....
Alvin

How can i know the backup file name stored in the memory card? (*.nb1)
Thx~~

i am not seeing the popup window in which to select "d2s"...can anyone help?
update: Ok, so i was just temporarily blind! Have managed to continue and have fingers crossed it is ok.

2. When it shows “Press Power to flash”, press the on/off button. Wait until it reaches 100% and ignore the message “Download Fail - CheckSum Fail”
3. Soft reset your ppc.
After this.... how I do the soft reset with my ppc?? Connect or diconnect with the USB?? Coz I can't turn it back to the normal from boot loader mode even I do soft or hard reset after the rom flashing.......why?? :shock:

cojones said:
update: Have managed to continue and have fingers crossed it is ok.
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I get the message ROM size isn't enough when i press the power button to flash from the sd card...why is this?

Talents said:
5. Select “\\.\WCEUSBSH001” in port settings. In the popup windows, enter “d2s” and press enter.
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WTF ??? The only options are COM1 COM2 or COM3 and the Baud rate.
What a POS!

O2 XDA II Mini Original Rom WWE - PLEASE!

Hey guys,
Well I succeeded in upgrading to Anansky's BigStorage ROM and was very satisfied, but now my stupid speaker broke (I have a similar problem to other users where they can hear sound if they blow into the speaker). I have to return the Magician so I need to revert back. Can someone PLEASE upload the original XDA II ROM PLEASE???
Here's a list of instructions on how to backup the ROM:
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 active sync 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 MDA, 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 the 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 o2orig.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 o2orig.nb1. Make sure you keep o2orig.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 o2orig.nb1 file ntrw might give you an error, just don’t pay attention to it.
7. WinRAR the o2orig.nb1 file, then upload it to the XDA Developers FTP .[/i]

No one wants to help?

The question is why havent you got a backup?? You were told to do this in the first instance should anything go wrong!!

somebody apparently has uploaded the O2 mini original rom, check it out!

The answer to this was I was using my digital camera as an SD reader...and the backup didn't work properly for some reason. So now I have nothing.
The backup (I think you're talking about the O2 Original Dump Rom) doesn't work for me. I have a 1.11 version of the O2 Asia ROM, but I'd rather have the original WWE. Oh yes, and I've tried several times with the "Original Dump Rom" using 220, 415 and 416 bytes...nothing works.

This may work for you - use the romupdate software to get the rom image of your device to the sd card. By this stage you have an edited rom image on the pc. Use ntrw to write that image over the top of the sd card that you have just written to with romupdate. Then plug it into the ppc. Do not format the sd card in the immediate procedure at anytime. For whatever reason I think the romupdate software puts a format on the sd card which the ppc recognises. There were a number of errors on the ppc screen just after installation however when you push the reset button hey hey the original splash screen boots up. Prior to this check that the edited rom header is 416, in my efforts it was not 415. The RomMiniOrg.nb1 image was good with the only NON change being the radio which remained at version 1.11 but I downgraded it to 1.05. I don't think the service centre will worry to much about this should you need it. Goodluck with this, it worked for me.

Hi yozhek,
Thanks for the help. I did what you said but it still didn't work. However, I used O2_mini_asia from the FTP to downgrade my extended rom, protocol and rom version...then I found the Radio downgrade on the FTP and downgraded to version 1.01.
now everything is original!
I didn't know that the Nb1 files did not include the radio stack downgrade so I had to downgrade that seperately.

the command in the romupdate program basically determine which image to backup.
d2s for rom, but I am not sure what's the other command for extended rom and radio. Anybody?

Can I use MaUpgradeUt_noID.exe to change the ROM on my mini with the o2mini_asia.nb1 ?

miniuser: no
you will have to use the process as described in procedure.doc (available in the FTP under anansky's bigstorage folder)

I did as described in the procedure.doc. I have run this command
ntrw write o2mini_asia.nb1 e: and then inserted the SD card into my mini and pressed the power+camera+soft reset button
but it is not doing anything, it has stopped at "Serial" above and v1.00 below for an hour now. Any suggestions?
cheers
mini_user

I tried it second time, now it says
SD DOWNLOAD
==========
SECTIONS=1
Not Allow Update
Any Suggestions?
Cheers

Sorry for the last post, was trying out something else.
I am using a 256MB SD card and the size of the rom is only 127MB after ntrw, does it make any diff??

you can always ntrw write a 127mb rom image into a 256mb sd card.
the rom flash will not work (and hence the no update allowed message) if your rom image in your sd card is invalid for some reason. I make a bobo previously, trying to copy 416byte of anasky rom into my original rom, instead of the other way round. And it give me that error message. After realising my mistake, and did the right modification, the flash went through successfully. so double check your rom header edit if you are not able to proceed to the flash step.

I have a mini with qteck 1.11.00 WWE
and I have download the o2mini rom from xda ftp and have got a 256 mb card
if I want to flash my mini with the o2mini rom the are these the steps to follow
1. dump qtek rom into card
2. copy it to pc
3. copy 1st 416 bytes of qtck into o2mini rom
4. dump o2mini rom into card
5. put mini into bootloader mode
6 update with mini rom
cheers

zenkinz said:
somebody apparently has uploaded the O2 mini original rom, check it out!
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where is the file?

Flash Rom from SD card?

I was running AKU 3.3 Asburg or whatever it's called. For some unexplained reason my phone is now bricked... I only get the "HTC Innovation" screen. I can enter into bootloader and when I plug in It says USB on the screen, but no ROM updater will recognise it and my PC does not even recognise it.
I'm wondering is there anyway to flash a rom from the SD card, at least enough to get it going? I've looked everywhere, I know you could do this with the Magician, can it be done with the Prophet? My phone is IPL 2.13.0001 and SPL 2.20.0001.
The 3.3 ran fine for ages and just today stopped working I just don't understand!

Flash from Rom ... i am not sure, but this only work with CID unlocked devices.

yes my phone is cid unlocked.

reinstall activesync and try again to flash in bootloader

You need:
A terminal program that can speak over the USB port. (Download ftp://xda:[email protected]//Uploads/Prophet/Prophet-tools/TeraTermPro_WinCE_USB.zip)
A CID-unlocked device (it will NOT work if it's NOT CID-unlocked!)
A SD card of 128MB or larger (buy a 128MB for just this purpose, as its a great backup device)
To Dump the ROM:
Get into the tri-color screen (bootloader) (hold CAMERA, reset) and plug into the USB port.
Kill wcescomm.exe from Windows XP using the Task Manager (CTRL-ALT-DELETE) (this is the ActiveSync driver for the USB port)
Start Tera Term
Hit "return" to insure you have a command prompt.
Make sure your 128MB SD card is in the slot.
Type "r2sd all" and hit return.
The loader will dump the entire ROM (including extended ROM) to the SD card.
Note that this is NOT a file on a FAT filesystem - its a RAW data dump with a signature and checksum. As such you CAN NOT read it onto your computer - you need a tool like "psdread" to read it from the card to a file on your PC.
Stick the card somewhere safe.
To Restore the ROM:
Insert the SD with the power off in the Prophet, then power on while holding the CAMERA button.
Press the Comms button on the side when it tells you.
Note that the prompt only comes up for a few seconds and then it will continue to enter the bootloader.
Its from Wiki ... its not a FAT Format ... this means ... i cant tell you how to Flash over SD-Card, if you havent make a own Dump.

i have the same problem
i have the same problem i can get into bootloader,
i have orange rom
IPl 2.10.0001
spl 2.20.0001
gsm 02.47.21
os 10.2.0.0
only what i see now is the Orange screen
how can i fix this?
TIA

i forgot
mine device is locked
I have orange spvm600

Phone stuck on Loading...

Hi,
I was doing my first ROM upgrade, following instructions (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=433835).
I was doing the Flashing via MicroSD Card using cmonex HardSPL 3.29 part and my phone is stuck in the Loading... screen. Can someone tell me how long this take to complete. Or is my phone gone.

whisperer999 said:
Hi,
I was doing my first ROM upgrade, following instructions (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=433835).
I was doing the Flashing via MicroSD Card using cmonex HardSPL 3.29 part and my phone is stuck in the Loading... screen. Can someone tell me how long this take to complete. Or is my phone gone.
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what loading screen?

Flashing via MicroSD Card using cmonex HardSPL 3.29
step 5

whisperer999 said:
Flashing via MicroSD Card using cmonex HardSPL 3.29
step 5
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Not really an answer what loading screen?
Has it stopped while updating via SD when you see the blue bar going across the screen, has it stopped after that so say on SPLASH or Animation etc.......

whisperer999 said:
Flashing via MicroSD Card using cmonex HardSPL 3.29
step 5
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hmm, is the name of the .nbh KAISIMG.nbh? also, is your card formatted as fat32?

yes i was updating via sd card. it it still says loading......its a white screen with blue letter. I have to two files i extracted from Cmonex's HardSPL 3.29SD....and then i inserted the sd card. then I please teh power button, camera button, and the soft reset button and went to the tri color screen for a second then i went into this loading screen. its a white background with blue lettering. Hope that clarifies....

yes thet card was formatted to fat32 i am sure of that....i also just checked the name of the file...there was two nbh files in the folder....KAISDIAG.NBH and KAISIMG.NBH

can i do a soft reset or will that damage the phone

whisperer999 said:
can i do a soft reset or will that damage the phone
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no it shouldn't

or should i do this as mentioned here..i am not 100percent sure that is is my problem...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=354061
or is a soft reset the best option at this point...and should i remove the sd card during the soft reset
in advance i wanted to tank everyone for the quick response...

did a soft reset and phone booted up. I was rereading the instructions page the only thing that comes to mu mind is this phrase
"FOR UPGRADING HARDSPL ONLY!! THIS WONT WORK UNLESS YOU ALREADY HAVE HARDSPL ON YOUR PHONE"
I went on the bootloader screen and check and the second line on the screen said spl 1.93(i believe)....Do i need to install a another HARDSPL on the phone to do an upgrade?

whisperer999 said:
did a soft reset and phone booted up. I was rereading the instructions page the only thing that comes to mu mind is this phrase
"FOR UPGRADING HARDSPL ONLY!! THIS WONT WORK UNLESS YOU ALREADY HAVE HARDSPL ON YOUR PHONE"
I went on the bootloader screen and check and the second line on the screen said spl 1.93(i believe)....Do i need to install a another HARDSPL on the phone to do an upgrade?
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of course! don't flash until you have HardSPL, version 3.29 is good

I have a couple of more questions...One is do i need to follow step number 4 (SIM and CID-Unlock), it says it is optional and i dont want to unlock my phone because it is already unlocked. The second is the I cannot put HARDSPL via SD CARD....I have to use this method right...
3. Flash HardSPL 3.29 [ESSENTIAL]
Flashing via ActiveSync with USB Lead
1. Copy JumpSPL1.56-KAIS.exe, JumpSPL1.93-KAIS.exe and JumpSPL1.94-KAIS.exe to your device memory (NOT STORAGE CARD)
2. Pull out the battery and reinsert it (this step IS important) *DONT turn phone back on yet*
3. REMOVE SIM and SD CARDS!!
4. Turn phone back on and let it boot back into your operating system
5. Connect your phone to PC with a USB cable and wait until it syncs with your PC
6. Run File Explorer on your phone, browse to where you copied JumpSPL1.56-KAIS.exe on your device and run it (make sure the USB cable is still connected). If you get a white screen then reset your device and now try JumpSPL1.93 and lastly try JumpSPL1.94 if that one doesnt work.
7. CLick Continue on phone when prompted
8. After a few seconds the tri colour screen will appear on the phone and "USB" will be displayed at the bottom
9. Unplug the usb cable for 30 seconds and then Replug (phone will not re-sync but still says "USB" on the screen)
10. Right click on the Activesync icon in the bottom corner icon on the computer, goto connection settings, deselect "Allow USB connections" and click "ok"
11. Run the KaiserCustomRUU.exe file on your PC thats in the same folder as the HardSPL .nbh file and follow instructions (ticking boxes and clicking Next) *DO NOT re-enable USB Connections in Activesync*
12. Update will goto 100% (should take less than a minute), the Congratulations screen will be displayed on the PC and the phone will restart
13. Unplug USB cable from phone then REPLACE SIM and SD CARDS !!
14. Restart phone
*Remember to re-enable "Allow USB connections" in Activesync connection settings after a successful flash*

help me please !!!!!!!

i am new here .here is my problem.
i flash my ( treo 750v with vodafone branding) and got this :
(CHEE100
IPL-0.20
SPL-1.40.01iNex )
while update in progress i see the following:
CHEEIMG.nbh
SPLASH1 - OK
BOOTLOADER - OK
GSM - OK
MicroP - OK
EXTROM - OK
OS - FAIL
After the crash I get this msg: ""Update Terminate Update Failed""
Any suggestion please? need more info? then let me know
Thanks in advance
EDMOND

Without knowing which ROM you are trying to load or how you are doing it.
First things to try would be to re-download the CHEEIMG.nbh file, and also to re-format the SD card (FAT32), or try another one. Also, the SD card should be 2GB or less.

here is how i am flash my treo :
1 - sd format (FAT32)
2 - i extract CHEEIMG_FW.nbh from the treo750_2_23_VF_DE_desktopupdater.exe
copy in the sd and rename it to CHEEING.nbh
3 - reboot : press the MEDIA button AND at the same time with the stylus the RESET PIN
the MEDIA button is the 3rd button on the left side of the phone, under the volume button
the RESET PIN is under the MINI SD card cover
he didn't go to ende . i see this on my screen :
00018003
CHEEIMG.nbh - FAIL
SPLASH1 - OK
BOOTLOADER - OK
GSM - ok
MicroP - OK
EXTROM - OK
OS - FAIL
Update Terminate
UPDATE FAIL
please post any ideas...
it is recognised on my computer, but doesn`t sincronise with activsync...
what mean 00018003 ?
is my treo broke ?
please help , any ideas
edmond

Again, have you tried re-downloading the file, and re-formatting your SD card?
Also, what happens if you do a hard reset without the SD card in the phone? Does it revert back to your old OS?
If it reverts back to your old OS and you can then Active Sync it, then just run the desktop updater exe. Don't bother trying to upgrade your ROM with an SD card.
If after the hard-reset your phone is still locked up and you've tried re-downloading the file and re-formatting the SD card (or tried another one), then I would try downloading a different ROM and see if that works.

Don't you need hard spl for flashing rom??

TacoLoco said:
Don't you need hard spl for flashing rom??
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Yes, but according to the OP, his bootloader would indicate he's done that already.