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Excalibur Radio on Tornado possible?

Folks, is it possible to to flash the radio from the excalibur onto a tornado ? I've extracted the radio from the nbh but just wondering what to do next or whether its worth trying this ?

i dont mean to be rude, but, is there something wrong with you?!
you risk killing your phone by flashing ANY part of a rom to one which is not designed for your phone! just play it safe and keep it to tornado only updates! as far as i know, there isnt any way to fix a corrupted radio rom update.

mingw said:
Folks, is it possible to to flash the radio from the excalibur onto a tornado ? I've extracted the radio from the nbh but just wondering what to do next or whether its worth trying this ?
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No.
That was easy, wasn't it?

IMHO previous ones were wrong If YOU want to make an experiment and if you UNDERSTAND, that this can corrupt your device - than you of course can! I know situation when Tornado user flashed RADIO from communicator, by using COMMUNICATOR flashing software No troubles, everything, that was to be done - is to flash radio by means of Tornado flasher - and everything was OK!
I.e. - in one thread user post link to Radio 1.20.00 - number is NOT Tornado Radio one, am I right? Still, this radio works perfectly on my Qtek 8300
So I think that the main point - is to use Tornado Flasher to flash any part of our devices. If you don't play with IPL/SPL - everything IMHO may be undone safely!
Good luck! And please, share us link to Excalibur Radio

Aha, this i link to post with radio 1.20.00 updater
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=1256578&postcount=7

Whats the RIL version of your Tornado and Excalibur? if they're both 2.002 then it may be OK to flash, same with the vox etc... Just as long as you have it in the proper NBF format required by the tornado...
However it'd be best to run the following command via mtty first:
Code:
r2sd GSMDATA
This will backup your IMEI and radio tuning etc in the event of it all going horribly wrong.
If it does go wrong, reflash a tornado radio, then reflash your GSMDATA from the card backup you took.
Phil

Upgrading Radio on G4 locked device?

How does one go ahead and flash to an updated Radio Rom on a G4 Cingular locked Wizzard? I am currently running NBD 8.0 using 2.25 radio and would like to try out faria's 2.69 radio...and have the nk.nbf file for the radio. Do I just flash it using ShellTool as I have done with all the other full operating systems? Is this even possible to flash the radio on a G4 locked device?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=319751&page=18
im not sure if you read the nbd 8.0 thread lately but you asked this similar question and it was answered for ya if you still dont understand just mail me

mdajunkie said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=319751&page=18
im not sure if you read the nbd 8.0 thread lately but you asked this similar question and it was answered for ya if you still dont understand just mail me
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oh, sorry man totally missed your response
my only last question is, do I still copy over and run the cert and enablerapi cab's on the phone before I use shelltool, or just flash the rom without it?

fliplyricist1 said:
oh, sorry man totally missed your response
my only last question is, do I still copy over and run the cert and enablerapi cab's on the phone before I use shelltool, or just flash the rom without it?
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no you dont need to run those cabs again. all you have to do is just replace the nk.nbf file and run shell tool and thats it less than five minutes and your working with a new radio. Now if 2.69 dont satisfy you look in the cingular and t-mobile radio threads i have posted a zip file with a variety of radios collected from all over the wizard forums so you can test and try them all if you like. enjoy
edit: the file should be in the first or second page of each thread

i don't believe that you have to use the shelltool method in order to flash a radio rom. on my first rom flash, i followed the "Faria G4 Step by step installer with instructions" and did use shelltool for the OS part, but i used the regular RUU and flashed the 2.19.11 radio with no problems, without installed the enable rapi and cert cab.

thanks a bunch guys...im going to flash it now

are you going to go through the shelltool process? or install it simply with the RUU? i know it's a lot to ask you to put your device at risk but i'd just like to know if G4 Radio ROMs can be upgraded with RUU. i'm using 2.19.11 right now (with the radiofix) but i've heard 2.69 can give me better results. just would like to see if i can go the easier, RUU route.

Azimuth21 said:
are you going to go through the shelltool process? or install it simply with the RUU? i know it's a lot to ask you to put your device at risk but i'd just like to know if G4 Radio ROMs can be upgraded with RUU. i'm using 2.19.11 right now (with the radiofix) but i've heard 2.69 can give me better results. just would like to see if i can go the easier, RUU route.
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just a headsup...but a shelltool 2.69 flash messed up my nbd installation (would freeze at the nbd splash screen)
had to flash back to original factory cingular rom, and then reflashed the radio using ruu tools....and it worked perfectly.
now im just trying to reinstall nbd succesfully (always have a hard time with 8.0 for some reason)

how to flash extendedROM before Warranty return

Hi I'm thinking of returning my m600 to the Orange SAV because of a speaker problem.
I tried a wm6 ROM and then downgrade (with difficulties) to my original wm5 rom , then found a way to put original orange bootloader screen, but the extendedROM is still the PDAMobiz Prophet WM6 (and there is no more installation process at hard reset like when I was using wm6), and I need to put the one which was furnished by Orange (I have a backup of it using awizard).
I succeed in unhidding the extendedROM2 folder (thanks to another post), then delete the PDAMobiz files and put the Orange one, but after hard-reset nothing install, and when I reveal the extendedROM2 folder PDAMobiz files reapear.
So I hope there is another way to restore my orange content.
What about the warranty if it has been flashed and then downgrade and make it as the original one?
thank you for helping a Newbie

Strange Official ROMs include extended_rom that are written upon flashing process. Are you sure you used an official?
Else...
You can try to use my software (WST - check signature) that, although made for wizard, i believe will work.
Best thing is to use the READ ROM feature before flashing to be sure that the addresses are the same (should result in a 10MB file that can be opened with Winimage)
The other way is to get pdocread.exe and itsutils.dll and get the extended rom partition handle and then use pdocwrite to flash an extended rom.
Last option is to get an official RUU and extract the nk.nbf and then from it extract the extended_rom chunk. Then make a nk.nbf with only that chunk and pack it back into an RUU exe.
your choice

You flash your Orange Rom wrong!
If you use a Original Firmware ... all are overwriten! Ext Rom too!

Don't worry, the first thing Orange do when the phone reachs their labs is to flash it with the official rom, test it and send it back to another customer if it works.
I think even with your pirate wm6 rom you would have met no trouble but I'm quite sure they won't even notice you changed the ext-rom.
If you really want to be sure, just unlock the extrom, delete the content and relock it

Vario III Backup Rom

Vario III Backup Rom UK
Hard Spl guide
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=332246
Reflashing your ROM is dangerous, and you could brick your device if it goes wrong. Only proceed if you are confident with what you are doing - we take no responsibility should anything go wrong!
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=B5RZO448

does this include the original tmobile spl? if not does anyone have a copy of it
Russ

Deathace said:
does this include the original tmobile spl? if not does anyone have a copy of it
Russ
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OS ONLY
i only wanted the os, there's no need for me to reflash the spl

can you get the original spl aswell? I want to be able to flash the whole phone back to factory defaults incase it buggers up like it has done twice now. silly thing stops making phone calls or sending messages.

Yep Id like this too please, if possible.

Harsesis said:
can you get the original spl aswell? I want to be able to flash the whole phone back to factory defaults incase it buggers up like it has done twice now. silly thing stops making phone calls or sending messages.
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unable to repack orignal spl, Yet! i have a full dump so when it's possible to repack i will post it
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=335568
other than that i can't help you?
jcespi2005 said:
There are only (for what i know) two SPL versions, and the most common one is the 1.56 included in most of shipped ROMs.
You can take the WWE one, extract the content, repack the SPL.NB and flash it. If you have HardSPL, you need to use SSPL. This thread helps you...http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=335568
Cheers.
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Thank You
Hi,
thank you very much for this...
George

i love you man!

Hi,
Is this ROM the exact same as when you purchase a Vario III? Is there any extra/less programs?
Thanks
Msuk

Hi there... is it possible to find this on another download site... I am having issues with megaupload at the moment... (not sure if its because of my location or its something else) cheers...

msuk said:
Hi,
Is this ROM the exact same as when you purchase a Vario III? Is there any extra/less programs?
Thanks
Msuk
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yes the same

How to revert back to WM5?

Well, I followed the instructions and successfully used Faria's WM6 Kitchen ROM, but it's really slow and I don't like it... I'd like to just go back to WM6. How do I do that?

http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Wizard_Upgrades
you need to flash it with wm5

So even when I'm still at the Faria's WM6 ROM, I can just use the program and then flash it?

just flash a official rom because all official roms for the wizard where wm5 or flash an old cooked wm5 rom

Yeah, I'm just asking if I can just use the program while I have the Faria WM6 ROM installed on my phone.

When you download a rom it usually comes with it's own flash program.
For speed though try out Octavio's 6.0 before you decide WM6 is slow.

Can you guys please just say yes or no :3

steamwhipper said:
Can you guys please just say yes or no :3
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What we are saying is that if you download a wm5 rom to go back, it will have the flash utility with it. I don't know for sure if there are any differences. I just use the one included with the rom.
If you download the Att or tmobile rom for your wizard it will have one with.