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Easy to read guide to Upgrading to Bigstorage on Magician

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..

Need Help Restoring Original ROM (from Backup)

Hi All, I am after advice on how to get my original ROM back.
I upgraded to MksBiGStorage, and following the instructions I backed up my original ROM first.
My original ROM is on my Hard Drive but I think because I used a 1Gb SD card to back it up with ntrw.exe, it is 1Gb in size.
I was hoping I could just use ntrw.exe and transfer my 1Gb backup ROM back to my SD card again using ntrw.exe and then hard reset my phone and it would see the ROM and install it - BUGGER, that doesnt seem to work.
Can anyone tell me how to get my backed up ROM back onto my phone? Or does anyone have the Original Orange UK SPV m500 ROM I could download and install?
Desperately want my original phone back - Please help guys, you are my only hope. (I Sound like Princess Leah asking Obi-Wan).

guess i'm Yoda then
Think you put the rom after your sd's mbr with ntrw. To solve this do the following steps:
- create a romdump of your current rom, you know how don't you?
- now copy your backup rom on the sd without formatting it.
romupdate has overwritten the sd's mbr and ntrw will happily write the backup.nb1 image at the start position of your sd.
Now your magician should be able to se the image.
Also you cashrink your backup image extremely. Open the mksbigstorager romimage in hexedit go to the last byte and get the address and bytes. Now open your backup, go to the same address and look for the same bitpattern as it is very recognizable this shouldn't give a problem.
Now delete all the bytes behind them & you're left with a handy 64Mb image
Good luck, M

I dont mean to sound ungreatful for your reply, but I have no idea what you mean.
I only have one backup of my old ROM, and that is the 1Gb file on my hard drive.
Can you give me a step by step procedure for restoring it?
If I understand correctly, you are saying to backup my (not wanted) mksbigstorage ROM again to SD (which will write the MBR to the SD.
Then, copy my original ROM back to the SD using ntrw, then try and insert my SD back into my device and it will work?
Is that right?

MaJiK said:
If I understand correctly, you are saying to backup my (not wanted) mksbigstorage ROM again to SD (which will write the MBR to the SD.
Then, copy my original ROM back to the SD using ntrw, then try and insert my SD back into my device and it will work?
Is that right?
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Yes that's right the rom-dump will overwrite/destroy the mbr. After that write the old 1Gb file on the same sd without formatting it, then it will work.
I'll post the steps to cut the 1Gb to 64Mb later as I need access to my PC for details on it. I did it myself as BS 1.13 on the ftp is my image and around 64Mb in size & mksbigstorager can do it too only that will do it with the BS patch & manually you get it without.
first thing is to get your old-rom on your device so start dumping ;-)
Regards, M

oltp, thanks for your help man. I am currently transferring my ROM to the SD.
Where abouts in NL are you from? I love NL - You guys rock
If ever I get the chance I will retire/emigrate in the Netherlands. Love it.

Just inserted card, and it says its trying to update the ROM.
MANY, MANY THANKS for taking the time to answer my questions.
I really appreciate it.... YODA!

You're welcome I'm just the messenger in this, someone else 'discovered' the mbr problem & posted it here.
Glad it works for you too.
Regarding the of the world I'm from the home of cannabis (Amsterdam) & live now near the city from 'a bridge to far' (Arnhem). Love it here too near the forests etc. Somehow the Dutch get a lot of bad credits lately in the news so it's nice to read that there are people liking Holland. So thank you & I guess you're device is ready for use by now.
Cheers, M

Absolutely spot on.
Once again, thanks for your help - I had almost given up.
I hope this helps others out aswell who need to revert back to the original ROM.
Regarding the 1Gb file, there are a couple of people in another thread of mine who obviously didnt back their ROM up and are asking for the original Orange UK ROM for download.
Is it safe to upload the ROM I have for them? I dont understand why its not downloadable anywhere on the net at the moment?
I will happily upload this ROM for others if its not going to cause licensing issues or invalidate my ROM at all.
I took a look at using the HexEdit program and think I know what I need to do, but selecting all the bytes after the address seems to take AGES! FOREVER.
Thanks again for your time oltp, I am well chuffed

Excuse me for my bad English, you better select to first 64Mb & save that part in a new file don't forget to include those footer bytes.
When you don't want people to get your device id, just replace those first 416bytes with a looping 'please put your own 416bytes here' or something simular. Must work don't you think?
I just uploaded mine as I hope, guess, belief they're not able or willing to backtrack me in the coming 18 months. Then my contract ends & I probably get a new 'phone'.
So pls upload your shrunken & zipped image you can pls a lot of others with it.
Cheers, M

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

ROM flash from SD/MMC: Without needing 2nd device

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?

How to: Installing radio version 1.12.x

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.