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Rom Flashing

As i looked and read on the forum, it becomes pretty clear to me that most of
the trouble with good roms are related to bad flashing..
So i thought i put some words together to help you folks out here.
This is for a G3 device !
Things u need:
- button rom v1 for G3 device
- lokiwiz 1.2b
- XP computer
- free USB port (none other stuff attached and not on a hub or G15 keyboard)
- MDA Vario / HTC Wizard
If this is your first flash of the device and you have a CID locked one :
- remove any attached hardware like GPS, SD cards, headset
- download button rom
CUSTOM__RUU_Wizard_1050412_WWE_101_11210_WWE.exe
and install this on your device.
- install it again (yes, again).
- hardreset the device (goto settingsmenu and wipe storage or press 2 button and reset )
- check both the ipl/spl has version of 1.05
- attach to computer and press cancel at the device setup from activesync
- run the CID unlock tool to remove all locks here (press U)
- run it again and press C to supercid unlock
- hardreset the device
- it should now be totally unlocked and working fine.
- install t-mobile US rom v2.26
- note the IPL/SPL should change both into 2.26 otherwise u did not unlock it good and should start over at the beginning.
- hardreset the device
- if u like install IPL/SPL 3.08 for WM6 (this installs bootloader stuff) (see mrfrazz and my opinion on this)
- install radio rom 2.19 for cincular or 2.69.11 for WM6
- install any custom rom preferably faria's as this guy really knows what he is doing
If this is your Xth flash and you know what ur doing:
- remove sd-card and headset and stuff from phone
- flash t-mobile 2.26 US rom
- hardreset
- flash new IPL/SPL
- flash Radio rom
- flash new OS rom
- hardreset
this procedure eliminates nearly all common errors find with upgrading roms.
additional info:
when your in the misfortune of having this rom flashing gone bad... (and it is a G3 device)
because of:
- your computer crashed
- rom flash hangs for longer then 10 minutes
- rom flash stopped suddenly
- something like this
do NOT turn off the device nor remove battery.
reset the device with styluspen in the side of it (you know where it is )
it should come back with the 3 colored page and now you can just re-do the rom flash
when it doesnt: pull battery and start device it will come up with 3 color screen
one more option is to hold the commmanager button and then reset the device

Overall, good advise, but I'm not sure saying you have to upgrade to IPL/SPL 3.08 is required. I've been leary about moving to it myself (I'm not one that feels they have to be on the highest version numbers, as that burned me doing that with Radio ROMs.)
I do agree that doing hardresets in the process may seem like overkill but I've seen it clear issues on devices. And flashing back to an official release before upgrading a custom rom is something I always do (and I've never seen battery drain issues like people describe) as it redoes the extended rom and all and gives you a clean base to work off of.

your right my friend...
the IPL/SPL 3.08 is good for WM6 roms as it adds some functionality.
first time running it will be slow as it needs to setup some stuff i think.
after a hardreset and setting up the device it works pretty fast.
the radio 2.69.11 faria version works fine here in netherlands on t-mobile allthough its faster it doesnt have that good reception as 2.25 mobile has.
the main advantage of this radio 2.69.11 is that i can do gprs and phone
simultanious where as this original rom sucks on the switching part and doing
multiple things at once. hence i recommend having radio 2.19 for most compatibility.. together with 2.26 IPL/SPL
hardresets are needed to get rid of old files and settings which can be old and not working anymore and it wipes the optional rom areas and caches.
the flashing of the t-mobile rom 2.26 is merely to reset all pointers and caches in the device as this rom is official and fills IPl/SPL, rom area, ext rom area, so it will be in a working non-error state.
battery drainage is due to ext-rom being corrupted and also programs that running in the background... suggest to use HTC X-button and set it to: enable X to end programs and end programs by tap and hold X (live messenger closes totaly and logs you out , as well as skype when u close immediatly)
to answer the question of IPL/SPL... i suggest u use 2.26 for WM5 roms
and 3.08 for WM6 proffesional
its like a bios for mobile device... so it has same procedure as with pc bios
unless u have a hard-error that requires it, i would leave it alone...
and some bios update have nice extra functions... u can choose to have em
or are in need of it coz the operating system WM6 needs it..

G4
So when will there be an ipls/spl in the 3.XX range for a G4 wizard?

well i have no clue
the way i see it this G3 and G4 device are the same model and build
the only difference in it is the bootloader
so i seriously wonder if one can just put a G3 loader on this G4 device
as for now i dont know the exact difference.. if this is hardware related u
need a different bootloader for G4
if it is software related it should be working on both devices.
for now i dont have a clue what is so different about the G4 version
the only thing i see is the IPL/SPL which would say to me that it might be
the case that this G4 has different hardware pointers.
u be fine with 2.26 IPL/SPL on this G4
untill we have clear what this difference is, i wouldn't mess around with it
..unlocked or not , as it can render the device useless...

wizard 8125 with wm6 question

he i have wm6 on wizard 8125 and when my provider is at&t,,well i have 2 questions, On the boot where is says ISP:3.06 and SPL:306. how do i remove the t-mobile picture and all the programs that are for t-mobile?? and the 2nd question is when it does start up ther is an message which says "THE FILE "SDDAEMON" CANNOT BE OPENED. eITHER IT IS NOT SIGNED WITH A TRUSTED CERTIFICATE, OR ONE OF ITS COMPONENTS CANNOT BE FOUND." the last question is where do i get the "sddaemon: and "sddialer" also "wtcvpdf" from? because some of my programs from my program section wont open Thanks

I have the same problem.. any solution?

vickg96 said:
he i have wm6 on wizard 8125 and when my provider is at&t,,well i have 2 questions, On the boot where is says ISP:3.06 and SPL:306. how do i remove the t-mobile picture and all the programs that are for t-mobile?? and the 2nd question is when it does start up ther is an message which says "THE FILE "SDDAEMON" CANNOT BE OPENED. eITHER IT IS NOT SIGNED WITH A TRUSTED CERTIFICATE, OR ONE OF ITS COMPONENTS CANNOT BE FOUND." the last question is where do i get the "sddaemon: and "sddialer" also "wtcvpdf" from? because some of my programs from my program section wont open Thanks
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Confused here !!!
Wizard 8125...with wm6...IPL/SPL 3.06 ?...t-mobile loading screens and programs ?...provider at&tt ?........
Hard to swallow all this !
ok,let me try to get it straight :-
1. Initially it was on at&tt Rom wm5,right ?
2. Did you try to upgrade to wm6 ? and flashed the T-mobile 2.26 Rom ?
3. Its not ipl/spl 3.06 but ipl/spl 3.08,which you must have gotten by flashing the IPL/SPL 3.08,right ?
well,T-mobile 2.26 is also a wm5 official rom and not a wm6 rom,therefore,by flashing an official t-mobile rom on your already at&tt official rom,has just changed the OS from At&tt to t-mobile OS,but certainly not to a wm6 Rom. That's why your load up screens and programs are of T-mobile.
Plz correct me if I'm wrong somewhere,ok
Have a nice day

the splash screens can be easily changed. search for them on here. you will find a few different ones.
for the other things, they were from the extended rom which wasnt installed.

gehzumteufel said:
the splash screens can be easily changed. search for them on here. you will find a few different ones.
for the other things, they were from the extended rom which wasnt installed.
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Its not about splash screens !
How wud you explain this.....Provider At&TT....T-mobile Rom (OS).....Wm6 ?
I don't think T-mobile is offering any wm6 upgrades,atleast not to my knowledge.Care to update me ?
Cheers!

O2-UK Xda Stellar OEM Backup

Hello All,
Firstly let me apologize if this has been answered already, but after hours and hours of reading I am still unclear on a few points.
I want to be able to take a complete backup of my Stellar before I update anything in case of any future problems, so that if need be I can revert it back to the same state as it is in now before sending it back to O2.
1 - Is this feasible / possible?
2 - I know I can unpack and repackage the OS ROM, but what about the radio / spash logo & SPL?
3 - Can all the CID, Security and SIM locks be replaced if required?
Can anyone recommend the best course of action for me to take, so that I can dump everything first, in a format that can be easily re-flashed, before I start to load HardSPL etc and then suddenly find I am S.O.L and cant return one component to the original version..
If anyone would like copies of the original Firmware / Logo / Radio etc after I manage to dump them.. I'll be more than willing to share - provided you dont mind giving me hand with dumping etc
FYI - Here are the Versions on my device:
Radio: 1.27.12.32
Protocol: 22.45.88.07H
ROM Version (from Bootscreen): 1.82.00.00
ROM Version (from Device Info): 1.82.206.1 WWE
ROM Date: 10/04/2007 (Not sure if thats 10 April or 4 Oct)
WM6 Pro. CE 5.2.1622 (Build 18128.0.4.4)
Model No.: Kaiser
Thanks in advance...

you could try searching, someone has probably done all the dirty work in dumping and reconstructing the o2 rom already

XtreMe_G said:
you could try searching, someone has probably done all the dirty work in dumping and reconstructing the o2 rom already
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From what I can tell, but I may be mistaken, this ROM is a different version to the Shipped / Reconstructed ones on the Kaiser Wiki...
Also, the splash logo on my Stellar, is definately different to the O2 splash logo that is available via download... Mine shows a 'wireframe landscape' while the other is the same bubbles splash that I had on my Wizard (O2 Xda Mini-S)...

I have a Stellar and would love a copy of the O2 ROM as I have flashed without backing up so if you manage it I'd be in the queue for a copy.

there is a rom available, but it doesnt restore the spl or the front splash screen. anyway these could be extracted?

hi
where is the rom located?

O2 Stellar ROM
seconded! I too now need the ROM, but have searched the site and the FTP to no avail, anyone have a dumped ROM that they can point me too please...
TIA

Try
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=349123&highlight=stellar&page=2

THANKS!
... you are a lifesaver
(not too sure why I could not find that myself tho )

Cannot update Aus Vodafone 750v from 6 to 6.1

Phone is 750v, recently updated to WM6.0 from the Treo website under the 2.18 version, branded to Vodafone (starts up with voda logo), but not locked to telco providers (can change sims).
I've exhausted all me options and info from the various forums.
I've tried everything from kaiser hardspl, kaiser custom ruu, using the sd card to install the cheeimg of the 6.1 rom, cheetahunlocker, hardspl 1.1/2/3 and so on, and etc related programs. Practically everything.
Upon installation progress of ROM, either at 1 or 7% the screen either goes black/blank and the device restarts or the error 207 appears. For smaller .nbh files, progress hits 100% and within split second screen goes black/blank. The rom is not updated in any of these circumstances
I am able to restore the rom using the application downloaded from treo website. By that I mean even restoring 6.0 over 6.0. This concludes that it is possible to install rom updates using the treo provided app.
But not other apps. I'm exhausted. Do not have a solution.
Does anyone know how to resolve these issues to upgrade rom from 6.0 to 6.1.

Rom Update failed

Hi,
I´m trying to flash a Wiz200 with Shady313-28005-GER-R2-SE.
First of all I would like to know is:
Is this a HTC Wizard P3300 G3?
Second:
Starting Rom Update Utility - all is fine but after Bootscreen appears, there´s always an error - USB Connection failed. Shouldn´t happen under WinXP.
Driver is installed, Device Manager shows Mobile Device.
Is it possible, that the Rom file is not correct, because it has .nbh as extension. Other Roms with .nbf extansion are working pretty.
Radio is 2.69.11
IPL 2.21
SPL 2.21
Would be thankful for an answer.

I found this ROM "Shady313-28005-GER-R2-SE" under "Artemis, MDA Compact3 ". You are here in "Wizard, MDA Vario". If you have a Wizard (Wiza200) , you can take Cyberdynes Skynet ROM ,its german...
Roms for Artemis dont run in Wizard I think.
For WM6.1 in german you can use Xions ROM Kitchen.

Thank you for that answer.
My mistake.
Yes, you are right. All Roms for Wizard are with .nbf extension.
Will try Cyberdyne-