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Phone not starting after flash.. tried a new version of wm6.. please help

i originally had faria's wm6 on my phone, but then i wanted to try xplore core 2.0. i flashed it, but when it finished it would start. it wouldnt go past the second splash screen. i tried a hard reset using the hard keys, but when i try it, it says format failed. i have tried to reflash using bootloader using the OEM carrier roms from both t-mobile and cingular. i am having the same issue no matter what i do. if there is anything i can do to fix this.. please help me because i constantly use my wizard and i don't no what i can do without it. i really appreciate any input. thanks

im not sure what to do but i figured i'd respond just so you know people are trying to help. I've heard of the format failed problem, but im not sure what the solution was. Good luck!

What device do you have ? A G3 ?

How I fixed my Format failed problem...
This is a quote from thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=276963&highlight=splash+screen+freezing
I followed these steps with an SD card fresh from the package...
Drug_Store said:
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2- Get a clean SD card (in qtek 9100 / Htc Wizard case is MiniSD) with 128MB (some people say 64MB, but I personally used a 128MB, maybe a 64MB is enough)
3- Kill (task manager) wescomm.exe (this is related with activesync installed on your PC). Insert the blank SD card on the phone.
4- Get your phone in bootloader mode. Like this : Phone powered off, press Camera button + Power On, will enter in bootloader mode (RGB screen).
5- Now connect your USB cable to your phone. And start MTTY_updateROM.exe (http://wiki.xda-developers.com/uploads/romupdate.rar). After open, on Port selection, choose \\.\WCEUSBSH001 and press OK. A window will open with a blank sheet.
6- Type "r2sd all" and hit enter... wait to the end (at end shows "cmd>"). On your phone screen u can follow backup progress... small bar will appear down the RGB screen.
7- Power off the phone (or remove battery), enter bootloader mode (camera button + power on) and this time RGB won´t appear right away. Will ask if u want to "download SD image", press voice dial button to agree, and writting will begin. Wait to the end. Power off and power on normally. Now your phone should be working ok. Not even needed to reflash the phone after this.
Thanks to all and hope this helps more people with this problem
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thanks guys... im going to try that.. and just so all of you know, its a g3

thanks everyone who helped me out. my wizard is working perfectly again. i appreciate all the help

wow that's awsome

idd, mtty is last chance weapon.

woah...
Guess I'll post this...
For the record, the Core 2.0 rom ****ED my phone up too. When I tired to flash back a different rom because of all the changed **** in Core 2.0 my phone flipped out. I had to flash it 3 or 4 times to get it to even boot.
I recommend anyone thinking of tyring Core 2.0 to stay away from it unless they don't plan on changing roms after going to it.

GldRush98 said:
woah...
Guess I'll post this...
For the record, the Core 2.0 rom ****ED my phone up too. When I tired to flash back a different rom because of all the changed **** in Core 2.0 my phone flipped out. I had to flash it 3 or 4 times to get it to even boot.
I recommend anyone thinking of tyring Core 2.0 to stay away from it unless they don't plan on changing roms after going to it.
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yes, i edited it.

I believe operator error isnt something to blame on the rom. Anyone that openly drops the "F" bomb when discussing a cell phone really should get a life.
GldRush98 said:
woah...
Guess I'll post this...
For the record, the Core 2.0 rom ****ED my phone up too. When I tired to flash back a different rom because of all the changed **** in Core 2.0 my phone flipped out. I had to flash it 3 or 4 times to get it to even boot.
I recommend anyone thinking of tyring Core 2.0 to stay away from it unless they don't plan on changing roms after going to it.
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anichillus said:
You are an asshole, pardon my language. My rom doesn't **** systems up, mabe you just don't know what you are doing.
I won't release any more roms. I am just tired of all this SH**. I stay calm and watch people who only know how to complain and don't give a F*** about all the work that's put up just for free, but this does it. I am giving up.
I can't afford to brick my Wizard for people like you who are simply here as ignorant sharks.
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You sound like Faria...LOL!
Really, that's why I put what I did in my thread about saying "My phone is stuck in bootloader..." (remember the fillet knife?) ROM's DO NOT MESS UP A PHONE UNLESS THEY ARE CID LOCKED, THE FLASHING PC HAS ISSUES, OR BECAUSE OF OTHER OPERATOR ERRORS.
Don't let it get you down. You're doing a good work and if one or two people out of a thousand can't get it right, then they need to be running carrier ROMs, and you can stay calm and happy helping those who really need it.
See, that's not so bad now is it?

GldRush98 said:
woah...
Guess I'll post this...
For the record, the Core 2.0 rom ****ED my phone up too. When I tired to flash back a different rom because of all the changed **** in Core 2.0 my phone flipped out. I had to flash it 3 or 4 times to get it to even boot.
I recommend anyone thinking of tyring Core 2.0 to stay away from it unless they don't plan on changing roms after going to it.
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i went form core 2.0 back to the tmobile rom and then to the core 2.0n and it worked fine. did you lose connection during the flash or somthing?

anichillus said:
You are an asshole, pardon my language. My rom doesn't **** systems up, mabe you just don't know what you are doing.
I won't release any more roms. I am just tired of all this SH**. I stay calm and watch people who only know how to complain and don't give a F*** about all the work that's put up just for free, but this does it. I am giving up.
I can't afford to brick my Wizard for people like you who are simply here as ignorant sharks.
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Boy, I know more about what I'm doing then most people here put together.
Your rom ****ed my phone right in the ass.
Luckily I recovered from it.
You call your Rom "stock" yet YOU CHANGED ALL KINDS OF STUPID STUFF IN IT.
Like the alignment screen graphic?
Why the hell would you do that.
Or putting on 3 different boot screens. wtf?
Oh yeah, not to mention it runs like **** before even loading any more software on it since you used the OLD WM6 build.
Don't release any more.
You're terrible at it.
kthx bye.

jawnsixteen said:
i went form core 2.0 back to the tmobile rom and then to the core 2.0n and it worked fine. did you lose connection during the flash or somthing?
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Nope, flash went to 100% then the phone tried to reboot and nothing happened.
I do all my flashing on that machine because it's stable and I have never had a problem flashing until the Core 2.0 rom. That is the first and only rom I have had any trouble with.

golfernutnflorida said:
I believe operator error isnt something to blame on the rom. Anyone that openly drops the "F" bomb when discussing a cell phone really should get a life.
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OMG, he used a naughty word.
Like you don't hear it daily?
Get real.

GldRush98 said:
Boy, I know more about what I'm doing then most people here put together.
Your rom ****ed my phone right in the ass.
Luckily I recovered from it.
You call your Rom "stock" yet YOU CHANGED ALL KINDS OF STUPID STUFF IN IT.
Like the alignment screen graphic?
Why the hell would you do that.
Or putting on 3 different boot screens. wtf?
Oh yeah, not to mention it runs like **** before even loading any more software on it since you used the OLD WM6 build.
Don't release any more.
You're terrible at it.
kthx bye.
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I do my rom as I please, you can't question that.
For YOU to know all roms have 3 (boot =NOT) splash screens You're just too SMARTass to notice.
You can quote multiple post in same message, in case that slipped your soo full-of-knowledge mind.
I used old WM6 build ? Please explain to me what you mean ...i am not that wize
I did not called my rom STOCK ! I called it Core . But you are probably too smart to actually even read anything.
In case you don't understand the word "CUSTOM", then let me explain it to you : I can change whatever i want in it. All of it if I like to.
Ah yeah, and i almoust forgot ... please read this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=1241040&postcount=1
It's been there from day 1, just made it bigger now, so that you can see too
And next time, keep your opinions to yourself. No need for public -> "Ooh, look at me how tough I am ! " stunts.
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whether you like it or not...
I'm confused by people who choose to post cooked ROMs in a public forum, invite people to use and comment, but them complain if the feedback it not all roses and accolades.
You may have done this for free, and many if not most, appreciate your time and effort. That being said, some have legitimate complaints and are posting them because they have experienced problems with your ROM. I’ve been reading your reaction to any negative feedback and you are highly defensive, never conceding that there may be issues to address.
All cooks say that you are not responsible if the ROM bricks someone’s device or if they have problems, and no one has asked for you to pay for their repairs or replace their devices.
There is no place for foul language or insults in such a forum. It's childish and may simply help support the complainant’s point.
If this is your reaction to complaints, then yes do us all a favor and stop posting and keep your work for your personal enjoyment and benefit.
If you can't stand the heat, then get out of the kitchen. No pun intended.

Well if it doesn't work for you then try a different ROM. I tried all the ROMs and pretty much gonna stay with Faria The Real Thing
I tried Xplore 1.0 and i had alot of troube so I dont think im gonna try 2.0. If it works dont change

Funny thing is I have flashed this ROM to my wizard 6 times, and each time something else didn't work. But let me explain...
I want a stripped version of windows, I don't do any messaging at all. And since the Explorer ROMS are known for their stability, it seemed a logical choice. So I have been using package tools, to create packages with option.XML files for each package so you can choose, what parts of the OS get installed.
But back to the point...
Each time I flashed something went wrong... Something I did, a "tmail not found warning when activesync starts", to once I got a 260(?) error once when flashing at 63% so I started it while holding the voice command button. It booted into Bootloader, I flashed it to Cingular 2.25.11 and immediately flashed back to the same ROM successfully.
There are hundreds of people Ecstatic with the Xplorer ROMs, for each one of you here complaining. I for one would think it a travesty, for a few unappreciative people to ruin it for hundreds of others. By pissing off one of our cookers. Maybe had you posted your problems here we would have been able to help you.
But please don't be so accusing, just read, and if you can't find an answer. Then ask nicely, and thank the cook for the time he spends cooking for us! If you don't like the answer you get or you decide you don't like this ROM try one of the many others...

Upgrading Problem. Is it a brick now??

First, my palm 750 was having the problem that it got stuck like always, and when it finally started working, i had no signal at all, radio on, turned off and back on, hard reset, soft reset, nothing. So then I saw that there was WM6 and upgrading sounded like a good idea. Started looking for the rom and i found the voda WM6 rom, followed the instructions and when it was upgrading the battery felt cuz I didn't put back the cover (my bad). After that, I tried to turn on the fone and all I got is the Bootloader screen, have read a lot and all the answers are to format the card to fat32, or to switch computers, I've used like 3 different cards, checked on 3 pc's, used another card reader and all I got is the boot screen, if I put the card in it says loading, press the end call botton, start updating and then got stuck after splash1 and bootloader says ok. What I'm wondering is if the it is a hardware problem was before the update I had no signal, and now it got stuck on the gsm part of the update. Any Ideas?? this is a really expensive paperweight!!!!!

A couple thoughts...first, when it gets to the GSM portion of the flash it takes significantly longer than the others, so you might just need to be a bit more patient. Run it again and leave it alone for 10 minutes.
If you can get to the bootloader screen, your device is not bricked. You didn't mention what carrier your device is from..is it a Vodafone device? If so, you might be able to just connect the device to your PC while it's in bootloader mode and run the full Vodafone updater on your PC. There's a chance that this method might not work if a partial flash has left your device in a state that the PC based updater can't identify.
pirulino23 said:
First, my palm 750 was having the problem that it got stuck like always, and when it finally started working, i had no signal at all, radio on, turned off and back on, hard reset, soft reset, nothing. So then I saw that there was WM6 and upgrading sounded like a good idea. Started looking for the rom and i found the voda WM6 rom, followed the instructions and when it was upgrading the battery felt cuz I didn't put back the cover (my bad). After that, I tried to turn on the fone and all I got is the Bootloader screen, have read a lot and all the answers are to format the card to fat32, or to switch computers, I've used like 3 different cards, checked on 3 pc's, used another card reader and all I got is the boot screen, if I put the card in it says loading, press the end call botton, start updating and then got stuck after splash1 and bootloader says ok. What I'm wondering is if the it is a hardware problem was before the update I had no signal, and now it got stuck on the gsm part of the update. Any Ideas?? this is a really expensive paperweight!!!!!
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Thanks, and well it is a Cingular Treo, and I left the updater running several times for more than 3, 4 hours until the battery run out, and well, keep being stuck at gsm part, tried the tool that is on the update but after some % it got disconnected, any ideas???

im no expert. but if your using it with cingular (att) and you used a voda rom, i dont know how it would work in the first place without some sort of cid unlock? correct me if im wrong.
anyway. I would try that leaked att rom it it were me.

kapster said:
im no expert. but if your using it with cingular (att) and you used a voda rom, i dont know how it would work in the first place without some sort of cid unlock? correct me if im wrong.
anyway. I would try that leaked att rom it it were me.
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Well First never do a rom update off the battery second I have a att/Cingular 750 had leaked att on it ran fine then moved to the voda rom still fine
If the ATT rom doesnt work search for a WM5 Rom I think someone said it was posted in here. If that doesnt work, the first rom update I screwed up killed my device I called ATT said I tried to install the audio update and it killed my device they sent a new one and then i up'ed the ATT rom GL.

mtty perhaps?

UK Vodafone Touch Pro - I HATE THAT ROM!!

Hi,
I've had my Touch Pro for about a month and I've had enough of that stupid Vodafone start-up screen and everything!
So I've been reading up on this forum and downloaded Total Commander, Advanced Config and RegEdit and I haven't seen anything on here about ROM's on a Vodafone Touch Pro...........and I'm a bit scared of bricking my phone!
So has anyone got an idiots' guide to getting a decent ROM on my Touch Pro? I mainly just want to get rid of all the Vodafone branding and then maybe start playing about with it more!
Thanks

I've just got a Vodafone one too! And was wondering the same thing
I'll await answers from the masses

I have the UK Vodafone Touch Pro and have just changed the ROM to ROMeOS 1.40.1. The speed difference is substancial, and I would recommend it if you are willing to risk your warrenty.
Just make sure you follow all the posted advice regarding flashing your rom.

hairyman said:
I have the UK Vodafone Touch Pro and have just changed the ROM to ROMeOS 1.40.1. The speed difference is substancial, and I would recommend it if you are willing to risk your warrenty.
Just make sure you follow all the posted advice regarding flashing your rom.
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Has it improved the handsets ability to receive a strong signal.?

gjc10212 said:
Has it improved the handsets ability to receive a strong signal.?
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I've never had a signal problem, so I wouldnt think so. Its just an OS change, not the radio.

I have a vodafone rom and I thought the slowness was normal (I mean how would I know and different?) :S If there are alternatives, I too am interested.

I had the phone for about a month before I decided to look into the other ROMs, mainly because i'd got into the habit with my old v1606 (Hermes).
After looking at a few I eventually decided to try the ROMeOS one first, and so far I havent regreted it. It seems much faster, and the changes that have been made seem to improve the operation.
You still get the initial Vodafone boot screen then an alternate ROMeOS one, however even the boot seems much faster to me (I haven't actually timed it)
The only thing I will say is that if you like to modify TF3D then uninstall the 'HTC Manila Enhancements' using Remove Programs before you install any other mods or you may get a clash as I did.
I should add that I have only flashed ROMeOS in the last 24hrs so a full 'workout' has not been given to it yet.
Also make sure you read and follow the beginners guide in the ROM Development folder before you attempt the flash.

I have my Vodafone UK Touch Pro for 2 months. Yesterday i decided to change the ROM.
There is sooo much hype about bricking the phone but all the tools out there made it very easy for me, actually i only used 2 tools!
First download and install HardSPL
Then install the rom of your choice using the supplied .exe.
Simple, where abouts you based, could poss do it for you if you want?

I did manage to change my ROM - to the afour mentioned ROMeOS ROM - which is awesome. I did download Elite ROM but it was loaded with way too many programs for me!
It is a simple process, but I still get worried!!

I would like to change my Vodafone branded device to the Romeos rom if possible but want to know how I can make a dump of my current Vodafone ROM so If for any reason the device needs to be sent back I can shove that ROM back on?
Also, when changing roms, Is there a way to not lose your text messages?
Thanks
Regards,
Neil

Yeah - use a program called PIMBACKUP. I've backed all my stuff up about 3 times now with no problems.
You can save your original ROM, I never did as you can download the stock ROM's from here.
Read the Flashing For Newbies topic - it's invaluable. It ill have the links for the downloads you need

Touch Pro's Worst Rom
Just wanted to add my vote for hating this ROM. The red theme is horrible.
I thought I would wait a bit before flashing after shelling out £370 but this ROM was totally ruining my experience. Flashed within 12 hours of the phone arriving!!!

Can anybody who has successfully removed the Vodafone Rom and installed a new one shed some light on how they managed to do it. Ive flashed roms dozens of times on my Kaiser and the Hermes and had no problems at all but so far ive had no joy with the Touch Pro. No matter how i try and install hard SPL (either via the pc or using manual install) i never get past the black screen stage and 0% progress and then when the phone restarts nothings changed and i can no longer connect to Active Sync without hard resetting the phone and restarting the computer. I cannot use the Vodaphone Rom its so awful so im desperate for some advice.

MagicAlex - I flashed my TouchPro twice and had no problems either time. I basically followed the step by step guide which is stickied to the other ROM Developement forum.
Sorry I coudn't be more help, but that's how I did it, thanks to this wonderful forum

oh yeah ive flashed mine three times now. it turned out to be some mysterious issue with my pc. after two days of getting nowhere using Vista32 i plugged my TP into my girlsfriends laptop running Vista64 & it flashed first time. I have no idea what the issue is as i flashed my Vario2 & 3 dozens of times on my pc with no problems at all. very strange!

Unstable x51v

Hello, I have an Axim X51v that I bought off someone who didn't want to deal with it anymore. Anyway when you turn it on it hangs at the dell logo or sometimes at the windows start up logo, rarely it makes it into windows but it freezes up after a little while. I've tried flashing several different roms on it (so did the previous owner) but each time it's the same result. I've checked diagnostics mode (record+power+reset) and everything seems to check out (flash has a green zero) and every time I flash a rom it makes it through without any problems. Also the bootloader is a10_g3 is this version known to be unstable? Could it be flashed wrong? That's the only thing I can really think of.

You know this forum is for HTC devices?
Im not familiar with Dell PDA's but i cant imagine flashing roms willy nilly will work on a dell which are designed for HTC devices. Give me a link for the ROM which you are currently trying to use.
Have you tried flashing original rom back on, thats wm5 yes?

Yeah I know it's for htc devices (this is where I get roms for my kaiser). But I've also seen roms for the x51 here too and I assumed someone may know something about em here. Anyway I have the "stock" wm5 rom flashed right now (flashed with sdloader) and it's pretty much in the same shape.

We don't frown upon answering questions for other devices. This forum is meant to help people. If you can get your answer here.. cheers on that.. hope you will.

mbannick said:
Yeah I know it's for htc devices (this is where I get roms for my kaiser). But I've also seen roms for the x51 here too and I assumed someone may know something about em here. Anyway I have the "stock" wm5 rom flashed right now (flashed with sdloader) and it's pretty much in the same shape.
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sorry wasnt meaning to sound sarcastic, ive had some experience of axim but mostly wm5, just wasnt too clear on ur issues, what exactly happens? you say it freezes but what do you do that makes it so?

Well that's the thing it freezes randomly, even just sitting there it will freeze. I want to say its the flash but every time I check it the test comes out clear. So the the only thing I can think of is the bootloader is messed up.

Ive just been to the dell support site and wow, alot of un happy people, i can see why your friend didnt want it anymore...
After doing some reading there i can only suggest you download their official rom and rom updates and see if you can get it running normally. What i dont understand is flashing a new rom should clear everything, i dont think it is the bootloader if the system boots up fully correctly, it has to be a rom issue (or hardware of course).
check out these sites, doesnt make good reading im afraid :
http://search.euro.dell.com/results...~srd=False&ipsys=False&advsrch=False&~ck=anav
http://en.community.dell.com/forums/3530.aspx?PageIndex=2
good luck and let me know how you get on.

Well as I said it takes several tries to get into windows (sometimes it wont work at all until I leave it without the battery for an hour or so) so its not booting up normally at all . Anyway I had the wm5 a12 rom on there for a while but it still has the same problems (I used sd flash since I really cant sync and flash with the way it freezes). So yeah I'm not sure what I can do

mmm.....
If youve had several different roms on it, including official ones, it could mean a hardware problem too.......
Im no chef, but i would have expected a bootloader issue to be resolved with a known working official rom?
How old is the Dell? Just a thought, have you tried the online help with a technical rep from Dell, they were good when trying to sort out an issue with my 4 year old laptop? Sorry but im running out of ideas........

Hey I think I got it! Seems the previous owner modified the battery latch. After messing around a bit I stuck a toothpick on the "button" that is depressed when the door is closed and it seems to be running perfectly stable! I even did a few resets and each time it boots just fine. Thanks to everyone who replied and offered advice.

hoorah! saved by a tooth pick, now ive heard it all haha. congrats!

Now that we have root, what about a failsafe?

Okay, I used a G1 since October 20th, and rooted a few months later when I felt the process was easy enough and could be reversed. I'm not sure how long it'll take on the myTouch, but I'm thinking I'll wait and keep my G1 by my side for Tethering purposes, only because I'm scared to death of breaking the ROM. I mean, we don't even have the original ROM do we? Or at least the SAPPIMG.NBH with all of the myTouch factory software on it? The DREAIMG.NBH used to get back to RC29 was a life saver whenever I goofed things up on my G1. I'd just reflash it from the phone, on the road, and then could do all the rooting on the device. The biggest problem I'm running into is that I'm stuck on a 4 yr old iBook G4, so making the goldcard is going to be weird. I'll probably have to find a way to do it through MS VirtualPC with Windows XP and turn on USB pass-through. Any ideas?
Does anyone know of a way to backup the myTouch ROM before digging in too deep? I love nandroid's capabilities, and the cyanogen recovery 1.4 is of GREAT use on my G1, is it compatible with the myTouch? I'm sure some of this is available by digging through the threads, but this computer's 800x600 screen size is KILLING me (the laptop display cracked, so I'm stuck on an external monitor, and maximum output is 800x600)
Plus, if I have to do any exchanges, it's best to keep everything at factory before sending it in. And I will definitely need to do that should I have any problems. So a factory SAPPIMG would be great. Know how to get ahold of one? Anyone?

Wow, 85 reads, no replies rather surprised, but a regular search on Google for the MyTouch SAPPIMG ROM pulled up a page here on xda...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=533641
Is this REALLY the myTouch ROM? even if it's the one from before the "Work Email" app came as an OTA (COC1 is the build) that'd be fine, the phone will pull that later on and I don't use it anyway...
Any ideas on whether or not this particular "update.zip" style ROM will refresh me back if i get in a bind and break android? I'm putting some hope on it. According to what's in the rooting thread, the ION's radio ROM is the same as the myTouch's shipping radio, right? Other than that, the SPL is the only other thing that'd need replaced before doing a warranty exchange, so that's all that's left to "unroot" the device. Anyone have access to that, or have a way to dump it?

Allong the same line as this... I am in Japan on a DOCOMO HT-03. Doubt there is a rom avail around here... I havent gotten in to the rooting yet.. But can i use nandroid to creat a back up of my own(with all of my settings).. Or even Extract the orignal rom, to post here as a repository for anyone else...