Hi everyone.
After much searching I seem to have got nowhere. Can someone please help.
My mda compact 2 starting playing up yesterday, rebooting on its own, so I tried to install the upgrade from tmobile (ruu charmer). The upgrader stopped and my mda now has a screen that only either says serial v1.02 or usb v1.02.
I've tried rebooting it several times in several different ways without any joy, the screen just remains the same. I tried connecting to my laptop via active sync, but its like it doesn't exist anymore!
I'm about to give up after hours of trying to fix it, so any assistance in very simple terms would be much appreciated!
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Seems like my problem must have been too basic or too common for anyone to bother to help, so I did some searching myself throughout this site and elsewhere.
However, what I found was thoroughly misleading and unhelpful.
The error messages are also inaccurate and totally misleading. Error 274 might mean pc can't connect to pda, but it also means other things, like your using the wrong upgrade firmware!!. Having serial v1.02 or usb v1.02 on your screen does not mean its a grey and black brick(useless), its simply the upgrade mode screen.
Basically, I made an error in choosing my upgrade. I chose the wrong firmware package from t-mobile thinking what I had was a mdacompact 2, when it actually was just a mda compact. This error was the main issue, yet from this forum I had the idea it could have been a number of things.
One important thing to remember is adhering to all the instructions regarding the installation of the new rom.
Don't bother unless you do the following:
1) Make sure you have a good connection via cradle or usb lead when doing the download.
2) Make sure you close all unnecessary programs on your pc.
3) Dont touch either your pc or the mda during installation.
4) Don't give up after you read misleading rubbish on the web.
5) Make sure you download from the web the correct upgrade firmware!!(very important in my case!)
6) Active sync is not totally necessary during the process.(I turned off usb connection in its setting during my installation).
Hey
I have the same Problem
i tried updating the software on the phone but now i get that screen..
Im still stuck on what exctly to do, I've been googling it for hours!! HELP!!!
matty x
Hi, I have done the Unlock SuperCID to my Kaiser, using my XP based laptop, but now when I try to connect to my Vista Desktop it won't recognise it, it doesn't even bring the amber charge led on! although if I connect back on to Laptop it works and connects fine. Any ideas guys as I can't seem to find a thread or wiki which relates to this problem, although I have not posted I have been reading a lot of posts lately as I am trying to gain some knowledge and experience here. Not very tech savvy, but kinda know my way around.. but I was hoping I wouldn't have to post something like this.
Thanks.
Reppy
And to think I just "upgraded" my Vista machine to XP. In Device Center see if you can remove any partnerships. Also, Restart. ON your PDA go into ActiveSync and make sure that the Vista machine isn't listed in there. If there are two Remove the Vista one by going to Menu options. Also, Soft Reset.
Also, You might get more better help if you posted in the Kaiser Section
Also, Feel Free to Check out the Kaiser FAQ and G.W.E.N.I. links in my Signature.
Hi,
Im new to this forum so it would be great if you guys helps me out. Yesterday i installed a touchflo program on to my phone which had windows mobile 5 and i stopped the installation half way and decided to restart my phone because it was running slow ,but when i turned the my phone it turns off as soon as the phone shows the main screen. I know what ive done wrong, now i wanted to reinstall windows mobile 5 or windows mobile 6. I google serched 'how to install window mobile 5 ' and i found lots of help from many xda forums including this forum but in every single one of those tutorials it says that that the phone had to be turned on and i cant turn on my phone. I would realy appreciate if you guys help me out here because this my phone is the best phone i had.
Thanks
Hi there,
Suggest you have a good read in this section : http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=362
Also look in the Artemis wiki to know how to do a hard reset, try this first to see if you can at least get it working.
If not, look in the wiki to learn how to start in bootloader, this is essential if you want/need to flash a new rom. If you can get into bootloader then all should be well, read how to flash, follow the instructions and good luck.
how do you get the bootlaoder. Im not very good at fixing phones at all
Tarame said:
how do you get the bootlaoder. Im not very good at fixing phones at all
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The bootloader is invoked by pressing down the Record button and using the stylus at the same time to press the RESET button at the left side
THe above was taken from the wiki here : http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?auto_redirect=1&pagename=TitleSearch&s=artemis
You will find many items of help here and you should look here before posting my friend. Do some reading and take your time, it took me 30 seconds to find that answer
I really apreciate your help. Thanks!!!
I know there are other threads on this, and I have poured through them. Everytime that I go to unlock my VZW Touch Pro 2, with the radio ON, while it is SYNCED, i get an error stating that I already unlocked another device, and that I should donate if I wish to use the program commercially. I feel like I'm being ripped off here. I don't mind donating, but I don't like being forced into it. I have NEVER owned another windows mobile device before, nor have i unlocked one for somebody else. As a matter of fact, of ALL the people I know, I am the only person who actually HAS a Touch Pro 2.
The main reason I got it was because of the custom ROMS. I followed the instructions involving filing a ticket with the htc-unlock support site, but nobody has gotten back to me. The weekend is the only time I have available to do this, to be able to fiddle with it to make it usable in my everyday life before I head back out to work.
I would like to know WHY I am getting this error. Is it because somebody has usurped my phone's identification and used it for themselves? If that is the case, can they track that person down? Give me their IP address, tell me HOW they could have possible done it, etc. If that is NOT the case, then what other problems could their be. All the complaints about this problem have NOT been answered publically, people were just told to go to the above mentioned site, or to private message somebody.
That annoys me, I would like to know the reason WHY this is happening. It should be common knowledge, and should not be made hidden. I've scowered these forums, as well as PPC Geeks, and nobody has an explanation for this. Can somebody explain this to me?
same problem
I'm having the same problem. Today is my first attempt to ever flash a tp2 phone and I get the fatal error dialog (see below).. what is going on?
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Fatal Error
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Hard-SPL is for non-commercial purposes only, we have detected that you appear to already have unlocked another device, if you wish to unlock commercially, please e-mail [email protected] or [email protected] to discuss solutions; However if this is your first device, then please ensure that the radio is turned ON and retry
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OK
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archimedesjs said:
I know there are other threads on this, and I have poured through them. Everytime that I go to unlock my VZW Touch Pro 2, with the radio ON, while it is SYNCED, i get an error stating that I already unlocked another device, and that I should donate if I wish to use the program commercially. I feel like I'm being ripped off here. I don't mind donating, but I don't like being forced into it. I have NEVER owned another windows mobile device before, nor have i unlocked one for somebody else. As a matter of fact, of ALL the people I know, I am the only person who actually HAS a Touch Pro 2.
The main reason I got it was because of the custom ROMS. I followed the instructions involving filing a ticket with the htc-unlock support site, but nobody has gotten back to me. The weekend is the only time I have available to do this, to be able to fiddle with it to make it usable in my everyday life before I head back out to work.
I would like to know WHY I am getting this error. Is it because somebody has usurped my phone's identification and used it for themselves? If that is the case, can they track that person down? Give me their IP address, tell me HOW they could have possible done it, etc. If that is NOT the case, then what other problems could their be. All the complaints about this problem have NOT been answered publically, people were just told to go to the above mentioned site, or to private message somebody.
That annoys me, I would like to know the reason WHY this is happening. It should be common knowledge, and should not be made hidden. I've scowered these forums, as well as PPC Geeks, and nobody has an explanation for this. Can somebody explain this to me?
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celitrd2, I don't suppose you are also on Verizon by any chance? I think I will wait till some of those bugs are worked out before I try to unlock my TP2 again. I don't even get as far as you guys. Windows Vista sucks ass!
I finally got a response back after my inquiry to the support site. They didn't explain HOW it happened, but they asked for my IMEI # and supposedly they're going to remove it from the "already unlocked" lists or whatever. Hopefully it will work, I'll report back next weekend when i will get some more free time to attempt an unlock.
I have sprint. I created a support ticket on on their site along with my phone imei# yesterday... still awaiting for their response.
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celitrd2, I don't suppose you are also on Verizon by any chance? I think I will wait till some of those bugs are worked out before I try to unlock my TP2 again. I don't even get as far as you guys. Windows Vista sucks ass!
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Even on windows Vista, you shouldn't be having a problem using the unlocker.
I do know that a friend of mine tried using the HSPL Unlock on his computer, and kept running into problems. Turns out his phone was trying to sync with WMDC while he was unlocking.
Have you by any chance tried Plugging the phone into the computer. Let the phone completely sync with WMDC, then go into settings and deactivate auto sync. from this point you should be able to Do the unlocker without having any problems.
The problem I'm having isn't WMDC, it's the exe file within the zip. It will extract on the phone, but when I copy it over to desktop, a file with 0 bytes appears and becomes unaccessable. If I unzip it on the PC, no file appears. They said that AV programs will think it's a virus and prevent it from even showing up. So I disabled Windows Defender and Spybot, yet the same problem still happens. See, the PC with Vista is my sisters. I have XP on mine but no internet (except for VZ broadband on my phone, but that cant be used in this case). Everytime I use Vista, the damn thing irritates the hell out of me. Is anyone familiar with the services that run on Vista? Perhaps maybe you know what else needs to be turned off. There are no other AV programs except Norton Internet Security, and that isn't even enabled. I dont think that would do anything anyway since it's for incoming internet data streams.
Same Deal
I have a sprint tp2. never tried to flash before, ever. Have donated over 40 dollars now to olipro and feel pretty ripped. every time I do everything step by step active sync to the cab file download...but oh yes...the "fatal error" message every time. I'm sick.
Well I went to check the status of my ticket today, and it shows that it was closed. So being as stupid as I am, I assumed that the problem was resolved and I should be able to unlock my phone. I grab my phone, grab my usb cable and hook it up to my computer. I let everythign SYNC, I ensure the radio is on, and then I open up the unlocker. I click auto-flash, wait for the button to pop up to start the flashing, and sure enough I get the error message stating that I already unlocked a phone...etc.
What irks me the most now, is that when I let it be known to them that my time is limited, and the ONLY time I can fiddle with the phone is on the weekends they said I should donate to resolve the problem faster. That pisses me off, and it should piss off anybody who was forced into that situation. I would GLADLY donate money if everything worked properly, but it doesn't. I am going to start looking for a workaround for their security in the meantime. There were several leads on PPC geeks that I need to follow up, and I will not be donating if I am successful through those means. If, however, by some miracle they respond before then(which I doubt), I will be donating. We'll see what happens.
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Well I went to check the status of my ticket today, and it shows that it was closed. So being as stupid as I am, I assumed that the problem was resolved and I should be able to unlock my phone. I grab my phone, grab my usb cable and hook it up to my computer. I let everythign SYNC, I ensure the radio is on, and then I open up the unlocker. I click auto-flash, wait for the button to pop up to start the flashing, and sure enough I get the error message stating that I already unlocked a phone...etc.
What irks me the most now, is that when I let it be known to them that my time is limited, and the ONLY time I can fiddle with the phone is on the weekends they said I should donate to resolve the problem faster. That pisses me off, and it should piss off anybody who was forced into that situation. I would GLADLY donate money if everything worked properly, but it doesn't. I am going to start looking for a workaround for their security in the meantime. There were several leads on PPC geeks that I need to follow up, and I will not be donating if I am successful through those means. If, however, by some miracle they respond before then(which I doubt), I will be donating. We'll see what happens.
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I completely agree! I never unlocked my device before - it's completely new and the IMEI has never been used (and I KNOW this for a fact because I work for my provider and know this device is NEW not REFURB) - and yet I am being told that my device is already used and they have to remove my IMEI from the list and to do so I should give them money. WTF?
Anyone been able to unlock their device on the first try without contacting them and giving them money?
I gave up on this. Just going to stick wiith the stock ROM and upgrade to VZ 6.5 ROM. This is too much of a headache for me. I dont remember unlocking ever being this difficult on a device.
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I completely agree! I never unlocked my device before - it's completely new and the IMEI has never been used (and I KNOW this for a fact because I work for my provider and know this device is NEW not REFURB) - and yet I am being told that my device is already used and they have to remove my IMEI from the list and to do so I should give them money. WTF?
Anyone been able to unlock their device on the first try without contacting them and giving them money?
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I had no problems at all. Running windows vista ultimate on my home computer. These are the exact steps i took....Disable all antivirus and antispyware before you download (because it give a false positive and will delete some of the contents of the download), download the file to my desktop, allowed my device to completely sync, ran the exe file, followed the prompts and Unlocked the phone. I did use the paid unlocker though to do the sim unlock but I used the free unlocker for hspl. Make sure your not on a work or public network where someone else may have unlocked a phone. I read somewhere that it also prevents unlocks if someone on the same network unlocked a phone. Hope this helps.
I dont know if this is the right way to ask this question, or the ringt place in the forum. I just know ive always found a lot of answers here before and now ive come to a dead end. Ive had a problem with my samsug sgh-i780 for atleast six months that i cant fix. I try to every once in a while, but just end up extremely frustrated and agitated. So, this time the same thing happend again, but i am willing to try and do something productive instead and vent my anger and problem here instead
The problem with the phone is that it refuses to connect to the internet. But only specific programs on the phone. Most of them connects perfectly, both via GPRS and WIFI. The problem is the programs that are from microsoft. They all promply refuse to acknowledge any connection whatsover to the internet.
I use WM 6.1, its not the shipped OS but i've updated it with samsungs official updating rom. So, the programs that refuses are IE, windows marketplace, windows update,the built-in podcasts and rss-reader program, maybe some others.
However, these programs COMPLETELY REFUSES to connect. Almost INSTANTY an alert window with "no connection avaliable. please change your settings or try again." or something similar pops up. Immedietly. Extremely provocing to me, since I know theres both a working gprs and wi-fi connection that ALL the other programs (opera (3 different versions)), coreplayer, etc can use, and do USE flawlessly all of the time. Gah, even writing about it drives me crazy
So anyways. Ive googled this thoroughly on SEVERAL occasions, ive gone through every single internet setting i've found on this mobile phone and changed it back and forth on several occasions, ive searched and searched this forum several times but ive ended up with nothing to guide me in troubleshooting/fixing this and i feel like my next step is throwing it into the wall. Wich wouldnt really SOLVE the problem... but atleast eradicate it
Long post, my bad, ill try and keep it shorter. Just wanted to write it all out, maybe im leaving out important info, feel free to ask me complete your picture if this with whatever you need to know. Maybe someone of you recognizes this problem immedietly and knows what it is and how to fix it. Any way, im happy to recieve any ideas and suggestions you might have.
Thank you in advance,
Malte
The best thing you can do right now is wait until i bring an SGH-780i from my workplace and go through the steps with you I'll have it by tuesday/wednesday.
(that is, because i can't really think of a reason for this to happen unless microsoft has found a way to block unofficial roms from using their applcations (doubtful)).
Awesome! I like the timing of yours; tuesday is my birthday
Will be waiting
/Malte