Dopod 818 connection issue - JAM, MDA Compact, S100 Software Upgrading

My uncle just gave me a Dopod 818 because he got a htc touch. It is running a Chinese OS and I cannot understand it. I decided to install a new, English ROM onto the device. The problem is that I can not get my device to connect to a computer.
I have tried to connect it to Windows ME (active sync 3.8), Windows XP (activesync 4.5), and Vista (Windows Mobile Device Center). The computers recognize the phone but activesync will not sync with the device.
How do I get my device to connect to a computer?

You should flash it in the bootlader mode instead. Press the power button+camera+reset. Connect it to your PC, and flast it with an ENGLISH ROM (download ROM image first from this forum).

if I put it into bootloader mode Activesync is not needed?
Thanks for your help

No, Activesync will not be needed once you use any of the 'RUU' to do the flashing. You also have the option of manually copying the ROM file to the SD card (which must be formatted in FAT) (by any means possibe), then invoke the bootloader, and your unit will automatically flash itself. I think you'd have to literaly 'label' the card "SD Card", for it to work (i'm not sure on this) (but it has worked for me once before).

Where would I be able to get these ROM files to put onto my SD Card as flashing the phone from USB isn't working for me.

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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?

Help Me to relive my MDAC PLS!!!

Guys i have a big big problem here.... my mdac is dead, is in bootloader mode... I have tried to flash the rom how is described here http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?p=144686#144686 but i see the screen of the rom version empty (i tried several times...)
So i decided to do the reflash by an sd card, i downloaded the nb1 file from ftp (if you have a .nb1 file to send me i apreciate that )written it on the sd with ntrw, inserted in my mdac (blocked in bootloader) but nothing happens! Reset and reset but nothing!
What can i do?! How can i relive my mdac?!
HELP ME PLS!!!!
P.s. when i reset it with the sd inserted and the usb connected the pc says that is an unknown USB device... if i reset again without the sd inserted it reconize the mdac how a ms sync cable... the ActiveSync USB check is unselected...
P.p.s I have posted the same topic in the giude for the sd upgradig... sorry for that but i'm disperated!
* first uncheck the USB connection of active sync.
* run the command ntrw write rom.nb1 x: in the command prompt window where fixed.nb1 is the filename of the ROM and x the SD card drive letter.
* Put your SD card into your MDA and get your MDA to boot loader mode again (power+camera+reset buttons). On your unlighted screen you will see it says serial wait and after some seconds it will say (Press Power to flash).
* Do as it says and it will start flashing. When your MDA reaches 100% flashing, it will check the checksum. Don't worry about the message Checksum failed - Flashing failed and soft reset your MDA.
HTH
Stefan
Hi had already done this operation... but nothing...
i had to do with the mda connected to the pc? On the screen don't appear nothing... only serial v 1.00 (or usb v1.00 if is connected at the pc)
have you a backup of your rom that can i put on my sd? So i'm sure that it works...
I'm going crazy...
I don't have the backup rom of my mdac, how can i do? There's somewhere an original rom for the Tmobile German Mdac? I read that i need to overwrite first 416bytes of the rom to upgrade with the first 416 of the old rom, but i haven't it...
i'm a really newbie! i hope someone helps me... don't leave me alone

Windows Mobile 6 CAB file

I was just curious is there a way of updating your mda to windows mobile 6 with a cab file instead of an installer, because my usb doesn't sync with the computer but it still charges. So i'm asking if there is a way to do this, please post.
Sorry...not by cab file.
Sorry mate, you cant update an OS by cab file. You can get the look and feel however by installing some cab files. There's some nice cabs on the forum somewhere (cant remember exactly where!) that will change your today screen, system icons and sounds to make it look n sound almost the same.
If you want the real thing though, you'll have to update the rom via activesync.
Hope this helps..
P.S. Why dont/cant you connect your phone to your PC (apart from charging)?
Unless you have a tool to write a WM6 image to a SD card in your PC, then install the SD card in the PDA and load via posted SD load procedure...
At this point, I don't think such tool exists, but I could be wrong...
mikethegreat45 said:
I was just curious is there a way of updating your mda to windows mobile 6 with a cab file instead of an installer, because my usb doesn't sync with the computer but it still charges. So i'm asking if there is a way to do this, please post.
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Your phone may not sync, but can you put the phone in bootloader mode (turn it off, pull out your SD card, and then press the camera key and turn it on, and you will be at the rainbow bootloader screen)? Put it in Bootloader then plug in the USB cord. If you see USB in the lower left then you have enough of a connection to flash a rom (ActiveSync will not connect in this mode either, so don't be surprised by that).
Just a thought...
I also assume you've tried other USB cables and plugged it directly to the back of the computer and not through the front or a usb hub?
SD Card method.
Have a look here;
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=276963
There is a way to backup a rom to an sd card and then extract that image from the card but I've never tried it.
So in theory you could ask some kind soul to make an sd card image for you that you could extract back to a card and then flash your device with it....
has anybody already made an extract of the files to be downloaded, if someone has posting it would really help
mfrazzz said:
Your phone may not sync, but can you put the phone in bootloader mode (turn it off, pull out your SD card, and then press the camera key and turn it on, and you will be at the rainbow bootloader screen)? Put it in Bootloader then plug in the USB cord. If you see USB in the lower left then you have enough of a connection to flash a rom (ActiveSync will not connect in this mode either, so don't be surprised by that).
Just a thought...
I also assume you've tried other USB cables and plugged it directly to the back of the computer and not through the front or a usb hub?
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Hey Man Thanks,
I was having a very great problem then,but by way you suggested i performed on my device and my device is like a new now. thanks a lot dear freind. by Rupesh Baviskar(India)

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

[Q] No image found

I have windows7 on my pc, and when i try to install Rom it just says img not found... Same if i just copy it onto the sd(via usb transfer if it matters)
super2 said:
I have windows7 on my pc, and when i try to install Rom it just says img not found... Same if i just copy it onto the sd(via usb transfer if it matters)
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If you could give more information about the complete process that you have done, it would be easier for someone to help you.
For example, what is the name of the ROM?
How are you decompressing it?
Are you trying to flash via WMDC or SD Card?
I am also running Windows 7 on my computer and have no trouble at all.
I think it may be something to do with the process you are doing.
Let us know what it is. I'm sure we'll be able to help in some way.
For example, what is the name of the ROM?
How are you decompressing it?
Are you trying to flash via WMDC or SD Card?
It is http_://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=536751 this one and i already have installed max sense on the phone, and what to change it tolower ram usage and etc... Tried titantium and sense 2.1 no success. I tried via the usb connection. but cannot locate a device, after it is being rebooted. And then i tried to transfer the divimg.nbh to the sd card and reboot, no success - no image found.
one thing is clear: if you try to install the rom from sd card, your Rom name ("divimg....") is wrong. It should be something like "raphimg.nbh".
How do you establish connection between PC and your TP? There are reported some difficulties connecting your TP with the PC via Windows 7 using device center. Using the search may help...
good luck
Please post [Q] in general section.
borisku said:
one thing is clear: if you try to install the rom from sd card, your Rom name ("divimg....") is wrong. It should be something like "raphimg.nbh".
How do you establish connection between PC and your TP? There are reported some difficulties connecting your TP with the PC via Windows 7 using device center. Using the search may help...
good luck
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I see, that should be the problem, thank you. Yes i am using the device center.
Divimg.nbh? Where'd you come up with that, lol?
It needs to be named RAPHIMG.nbh. Make sure the extension is correct, and you don't have RAPHIMG.nbh.nbh, or something like that. And the card has to be formatted to FAT32, and the image must be on the root of the card. That's all there is to it. You also need to have hard spl.
It worked just with the normal file.
same problem
Hi there...
I try to flash the new rom on my TP, and:
1) HardSPL is done, I flash one time a month ..
2) via SD card is written: Image not found - card has been formatted to FAT32, name of the image IS RAPHIMG.nbh.
3) via USB installation goes to the installation screen where "Image not found" is written also ... Active sync has been made, I've checked, that "USB support" is OK.
I have placed ROM and the *.exe file into one folder ..
Can anyone help me?
EDIT: Win XP Prof. 32BIT, Touch Pro and the ROM is ENERGY 23699 Sencity/Touch of Glass - tried both of them.

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