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help in changing rom after duttys v4rtm

I have flashed dutty's v4 rom and i want to change it
the problem is that when i try to do so i run
KaiserCustomRUU
my device goes into the 4 stripes screen it says usb
but then the program in the pc says error 260 and doesn't load the new rom
my phone still works as dutty's rom is still in but what can i do to change it?
Thank you and i have searched a lot but could not find a solution

thimiost said:
I have flashed dutty's v4 rom and i want to change it
the problem is that when i try to do so i run
KaiserCustomRUU
my device goes into the 4 stripes screen it says usb
but then the program in the pc says error 260 and doesn't load the new rom
my phone still works as dutty's rom is still in but what can i do to change it?
Thank you and i have searched a lot but could not find a solution
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OK lets start at the basics...... In bootloader mode (tricolour screen) what text does it say at top of the screen?
Have you DEFINITELY Sim Unlocked and CID unlocked?

it says these things
kais130 mfg
spl-10.0.Olipof
cpld-8

Ok that confirms you have the capability to flash. I have seen in the past some people have managed to flash one time only using jumpspl but then their device reverts back to original bootloader...I was one of those people
Next question then...Can you boot the phone normally and gain an activsync connection to it?

yes
i can use my phone normally
only i cannot put a new image in

Are you using Xp or vista? If using vista it may be worth trying a reboot... sometimes it goes doolally with its usb ports. If you cannot see the phone through WMDC or activsync after a reboot it is worth going to SYSTEM (on your PC) viewing non present devices through device manager,( Drop to Command prompt and type... Devmgmt.msc set DEVMGR_SHOW_NONPRESENT_DEVICES=1 ) removing the relevant phone connection and then re attaching it so that windows re detects it.
If you can get a connection via actvisync (win XP) or WMDC (vista) to your phone then all should be ok. Uncheck the activesync/ WMDC "allow USB connections" and try again.
If this still doesn't work then search around here for MTTY. That will allow you to specify the usb connection to the device...amongst other things.

thank you for your time
i have win xp and activesync works nice
the problem is when bootloader starts

When you attempt flashing, do you do it from the device already booted into windows mobile or direct from bootloader?
Which ever way you have tried it, try ther other way.
Not teaching you to suck eggs but just in case you dont know.... To get direct to bootloader hold camera button and soft reset with stylus whilst holding camera button down and the tri colour screen should appear.
With device at the bootloader screen, Can you confirm that you hear the windows "noise" when you unplug and re plug the USB cable just as you would when plugging and unplugging the device normally. This will determine if the device has connection at the bootlaoder stage.

why not just flash using the microsd card. its much easier that way

yes it has connection
the thing is that i have already flashed as i told before with dutty's v4
now i can't

Usually Error 260's are related to the USB port functionality ( Port can't be opened etc).
The SD card method or MTTY should sort you out.

thx again
hope it works

at least the sd trick worked!!!!
now running on winmob 6.1

Glad to hear you sorted it.

almost
i cannot use my sd card cause i have to have it formated in order to put a new rom in

thimiost said:
i cannot use my sd card cause i have to have it formated in order to put a new rom in
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disable USB connections in ActiveSync and flash.

This Link gives a list of eror codes for Hermes, and probably the same for Kaiser.
It's likely that you have a USB port error - maybe try changing the USB port you use or a different sync cable - or just stick to SD card flashing in the future - I keep an old 1gig card for this.

this IS the problem...i cannot flash...
it stays in the bootloader with the message i wrote

thimiost said:
it stays in the bootloader with the message i wrote
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It happen to me before hardspl again fix it, not sure why

you mean use the sd method to do hardspl again?
OHHH lord dutty we need your new rom

I-Mate Jam Bootloader & Connection error!

Hello XDA Nice Team !
By mistaken i wrote some file to my bootloader in my I-Mate Jam ..
That was after using the bad ROM : 2.03
it's the worst cooked version i saw !
Now my bootloader mode is working .. but no way to connect to PC with USB port ..
My computer does not recognize my Magican when plugged in bootloader mode anymore!
Bootloader Ver: 1.0
is there any way to fix or upgrade or restore original bootloader
Now i cant upgrade or downgrade my magican by any method
Noway to use successful connection with any roomupdate utility
Please help me to fix or restore my bootloader!
Thanks to any one read or replay or try to help or help me to resolve my problem
XDA lover

i'm sorry that happened mate...
i've had success with flash-from-bootloader attempts before, both on my Magician, when i accidentally flashed off of Vista and it'd enter the bootloader every week or on a reset using the reset hole, and also on my Wizard when i ignored warnings from WM5torage and it'd only enter the bootloader
what precisely happens when you connect to the PC, allow USB connections in AS/MDC, and let the phone enter bootloader however it does? i can just flash a rom from there, but i won't (iirc) get any reports of as recognising the device...

My experience:
1- when i plug my sd card into my jam .. usb not recognized in bootloader mood !!
2- when i use puty or roomupdate it reaches to USB> then when i type any command it does not respond !
3- i could do something .. i let my phone bootup and this i-mate logon screen stays 4ever .. i connected my ppc to pc and i could explre my imate by activesync ...
i could reach something .. when i explore my phone and remove everything from startup folder .. my phone boots .. and i can see start botton .. no touch alignment comes .. and everything works .. but.. screen is virtually reversed .. i can see the OK botton but i must click on the facing area and it be clicked ..
i think i executed some wrong hard SPL to my phone ant that happened >
is there any way to resolve this problem?
is there any way to erase flash on my I-Mate Jam????
is there any way flash my phone?
i also have prepaid JAFWM with pkey and USB cable .. no BOX ..
Help please!

that's messed up... howsabout flashing it at the point when the phone boots up? if there's an AS connection there, then it may work... i'd flash to an official rom though

Same problem , PLS Help !!!
Thx for help

You should check USB connection I think...
Try plug your battery out of device and wait a moment (e.g.10 minutes) and try again,sometimes it will be fine when you did this.

If your magician isn't detected at ALL by your PC when plugging the USB cable into it (i mean, no new hardware; no unrecognized hardware; nothing is detected in your PC when you plug the USB cable), and unless you had previously made a SD backup of your entire Flash with this procedure ( http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=MagicianSDflash ), then your only option will be to build a JTAG diag cable:
Here are some general directions / ideias:
Magician JTAG pinout: http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=MagicianJTAG
How to build/run the JTAG: http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=DeadBoot
Photos : http://www.cf-box.com/htm_data/55/0912/1679.html
Some interesting stuff for debugging problems: http://pda2u.ru/ptopic205.html
For sure cotulla has one built so to test his ROMs + bootloader - maybe he will be willing to give you some directions if you run into problems, and above all, give you a prepared .nb0 (with the bootloader file) for your magician, which i do not know if there's one out there, extracted from an original ROM.
Anyway, you can always try and do it for yourself using itsme utilities. Follow this link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=218643
Regards

Keeper,you're awesome! I'm searching for JTAG,too

xiaojin1985 said:
You should check USB connection I think...
Try plug your battery out of device and wait a moment (e.g.10 minutes) and try again,sometimes it will be fine when you did this.
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Dear xiaojin1985 ,
Thx for your help, But unfortunately i tried your solution but it dosnt work !

Dear Keeper,
Thanks too for your help,
and i think the solution for my problem is one of the solutions you says ( How to build/run the JTAG: ) ,
but the pictures is not available anymore , so pls can you get the pictures ?

All the pictures are in here:
http://s218.photobucket.com/albums/cc23/alex_beda/ and in attachment there's a .mth file with all the pics built-in.
Don't take it wrong what i'm about to say, but in all honesty if you can't figure this out yourself (digging up the internet for the missing pics), i would suggest that you shouldn't try this, since this ain't easy at ALL...
Just to give you some ideias, it will require you to adapt your magician test point signals (TDO;TDI; nRESET; etc,)seen on the magician pinout pic to what is said; solder very thin wires (best done with a small hot air tip); fixate the small dip switch (micro switch) to be always on; keep the USB connected...idk... plus alot of other small details which ain't easy to accomplish.
Personally i haven't tried this yet but for sure it would work
If you decide to go ahead, please post some results!

Connection error solution
this is my problem
hi all. A friend of mine gave me an S100, and after i played for a few days with it, i decided to update it's rom. A "country error" problem appeared,cause i have the greek version, so i ran MaUpgradeUt_noID.exe which completed (as showed 100% process). My (new) problem is that i cannot update anymore. Every time i enter boot menu, i ran the upgrade
(HTCMAG_ROM_WWE_O2.rar) following all the steps normally. When the device resets (so the upgrade is going to start), it's re-reseting again and showing ERROR 101 connection error. Any ideas?
Qtek Greek version
R 1.12.00
G 1337.42
D 1.12.00 WWE
P.S. apart the problem everything is function properly
and the solution
hard reset
plug usb (uncheck allow usb connection in activesynch )
run MaUpgradeUt.exe radio_1.11_greek but idont reset the qtek in first screen
and upgrate downgrate start all ok
reset
welcome screen
hard reset
plug usb (uncheck allow usb connection in activesynch )
run MaUpgradeUt.exe MagicianRadio_1.12.10. uk but idont reset the qteki n first screen
upgrate from radio 1.11 to 1.12.10
reset
welcome screen
hard reset
plug usb (uncheck allow usb connection in activesynch )
run HTCMAG_ROM_WWE_O5_251209
everything is ok my magisian run the new Rom

here..........................

I have a problem with my uni after an upgrade from Vnit.....!!

i am really stuck here after i upgraded my o2 xda exec to ur rom. it took too much battery and took me ages to charge it. however, this is never the issue. what happened was that my phone went off battery and couldnt make it charge or even connected to the pc.
it actually charges when i plug but without the orange light which indecates that it is charging.
Plus whenever i try to connect it to pc it says uknown device. even when i switch to bootloader mode it still says unknown device. therfore i cant flash a new rom. the battery is new and the device is O2 Xda exec but is also as new.
pls pls anyone, sort me out.
​Moe

Mo0oe said:
i am really stuck here after i upgraded my o2 xda exec to ur rom. it took too much battery and took me ages to charge it. however, this is never the issue. what happened was that my phone went off battery and couldnt make it charge or even connected to the pc.
it actually charges when i plug but without the orange light which indecates that it is charging.
Plus whenever i try to connect it to pc it says uknown device. even when i switch to bootloader mode it still says unknown device. therfore i cant flash a new rom. the battery is new and the device is O2 Xda exec but is also as new.
pls pls anyone, sort me out.
​Moe
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Welcome to the forum
I would recommend to follow this instructions on the Wiki: http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Uni_Stuck_Bootloader_Serial
Charge your battery at 100%
And don´t forget to vote!
Good luck,

I had similar experience with this ROM even after installing everything successful, and good use of ROM for about 7-10 days, not sure why and thought am the only one experienced this. The phone simply went off (i remember using it the previous day night to check mails). No display, it wont indicate wehther it charging, hard reset or softreset does not do anything etc etc
I have put the Uni in Bootloader mode, did a DOC format and flashed the ROM again, it worked and working so far.
Remove SIM and SD Card from Uni and it should recognise the Uni when connected to PC. Its better to use a XP machine as Vista need a separate proces which you can find in this forum by searching.
Please Read wiki and proceed as appropriate to your device condition. The detail on how to do DOC format is in there in wiki
All the best

stilll stuck with my uni!!!
rbalu72 said:
I had similar experience with this ROM even after installing everything successful, and good use of ROM for about 7-10 days, not sure why and thought am the only one experienced this. The phone simply went off (i remember using it the previous day night to check mails). No display, it wont indicate wehther it charging, hard reset or softreset does not do anything etc etc
I have put the Uni in Bootloader mode, did a DOC format and flashed the ROM again, it worked and working so far.
Remove SIM and SD Card from Uni and it should recognise the Uni when connected to PC. Its better to use a XP machine as Vista need a separate proces which you can find in this forum by searching.
Please Read wiki and proceed as appropriate to your device condition. The detail on how to do DOC format is in there in wiki
All the best
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orb3000 said:
Welcome to the forum
I would recommend to follow this instructions on the Wiki: http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Uni_Stuck_Bootloader_Serial
Charge your battery at 100%
And don´t forget to vote!
Good luck,
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thanks to u both lads for replying but unfortunately i am still stuck. i tried all the ways u told me abt and tried wiki. Apparently, so many ppls have the same problem but no clear way for the solution yet. both of my computers cant recognise it!!!
i really need ur help stilll in this and u can help me step by step through msn messenger if this is convenient to any of u guys.

rbalu72 said:
I had similar experience with this ROM even after installing everything successful, and good use of ROM for about 7-10 days, not sure why and thought am the only one experienced this. The phone simply went off (i remember using it the previous day night to check mails). No display, it wont indicate wehther it charging, hard reset or softreset does not do anything etc etc
I have put the Uni in Bootloader mode, did a DOC format and flashed the ROM again, it worked and working so far.
Remove SIM and SD Card from Uni and it should recognise the Uni when connected to PC. Its better to use a XP machine as Vista need a separate proces which you can find in this forum by searching.
Please Read wiki and proceed as appropriate to your device condition. The detail on how to do DOC format is in there in wiki
All the best
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how do i do the DOC format. i searched everywhere pretty much but couldnt figure out how to do it!!
pls let me know. cheers!!!

Mo0oe said:
how do i do the DOC format. i searched everywhere pretty much but couldnt figure out how to do it!!
pls let me know. cheers!!!
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hi
1.) first you need to download mtty utility, here is the link http://forum.xda-developers.com/download.php?id=9864
2.) on PC go to activesync and uncheck "allow USB connections"
3.) Then go into bootloader mode (light button+power button and soft reset)
4.) On PC open mtty utility / software.
5.) On PC select USB from the "port" drop-down on the upper left corner of the dialog box and hit OK.
6.) On PC you see a blank white screen. Press enter to get "USB>"
7.) On PC type "set 14 0" and hit enter. You will see some gibberish on the mtty utility which will again be suffixed by "USB>"
8.)the type in "task 28 55aa" (try not to copy/paste this because mtty sometimes doesn't recognise it if it is pasted)
9.) you will se WAIT, so wait until it is finished
10.) unplug the usb cable, and re-plug it into the same port
now you are still in bootloader mode, now flash the new ROM, remove the
usb cable and do a hard reset
I hope i could help

damir-bosna said:
hi
1.) first you need to download mtty utility, here is the link http://forum.xda-developers.com/download.php?id=9864
2.) on PC go to activesync and uncheck "allow USB connections"
3.) Then go into bootloader mode (light button+power button and soft reset)
4.) On PC open mtty utility / software.
5.) On PC select USB from the "port" drop-down on the upper left corner of the dialog box and hit OK.
6.) On PC you see a blank white screen. Press enter to get "USB>"
7.) On PC type "set 14 0" and hit enter. You will see some gibberish on the mtty utility which will again be suffixed by "USB>"
8.)the type in "task 28 55aa" (try not to copy/paste this because mtty sometimes doesn't recognise it if it is pasted)
9.) you will se WAIT, so wait until it is finished
10.) unplug the usb cable, and re-plug it into the same port
now you are still in bootloader mode, now flash the new ROM, remove the
usb cable and do a hard reset
I hope i could help
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hey,
thanks man. i got my uni back on track now. u r the best. thanks to everybody here. i am loving this forum.
thanks again,
moe

O2 XDA Exec Won't Power On after Unccessfull ROM Upgrade

Hi...
I was trying to Upgrade my O2 XDA Exec Rom with Windows Mobile 6.5 by explode. The process went successfully till 99% and after that it ended up with Error. Then I unplugged my pda from the pc and tried to restart the device. I was surprised that the device did not respond to any of the following
Soft Reset
Hard Rest
Boot Loader mode Start (Bulb + Power + Reset)
It is totally blank screen whatever you do.
When I connected the device to the pc with usb cable, a Red Light is shown for 2 seconds and then goes off and a message comes up on the pc that "USB DEVICE NOT RECOGNIZED".
Then I tried to Remove battery from the device for a whole night and the next day morning i did all the above procedures again to get no results.
Kindly Help me out
Thanks
Dinesh Kumaar

I think you have been bricked your device...

dineshkumaar said:
Hi...
I was trying to Upgrade my O2 XDA Exec Rom with Windows Mobile 6.5 by explode. The process went successfully till 99% and after that it ended up with Error. Then I unplugged my pda from the pc and tried to restart the device. I was surprised that the device did not respond to any of the following
Soft Reset
Hard Rest
Boot Loader mode Start (Bulb + Power + Reset)
It is totally blank screen whatever you do.
When I connected the device to the pc with usb cable, a Red Light is shown for 2 seconds and then goes off and a message comes up on the pc that "USB DEVICE NOT RECOGNIZED".
Then I tried to Remove battery from the device for a whole night and the next day morning i did all the above procedures again to get no results.
Kindly Help me out
Thanks
Dinesh Kumaar
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if it's not recognized, remove the SIM card, the SD card, and on the PC open activesync and disable usb connections. for more info open this link
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Uni_Stuck_Bootloader_Serial

what if the device is bricked
Thanks for your quick reply
Kindly let me know what could be done with the bricked device. Can it be repaired again.
Thanks again
Dinesh Kumaar

dineshkumaar said:
Thanks for your quick reply
Kindly let me know what could be done with the bricked device. Can it be repaired again.
Thanks again
Dinesh Kumaar
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you have to find another rom and try to flash it to your PDA.
ARE YOU RUNNING windows XP on your PC?

Yes ! I have Windows XP SP2 and Active Sync Version 4.5.0 (Build 5096)
Thanks

dineshkumaar said:
Yes ! I have Windows XP SP2 and Active Sync Version 4.5.0 (Build 5096)
Thanks
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have you tried to upgrade another ROM, and if you did, is your PDA now working?

I cannot update my rom as my pc cannot recognize my device. is there any other way to update rom?

dineshkumaar said:
I cannot update my rom as my pc cannot recognize my device. is there any other way to update rom?
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Have you read here?
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Uni_Stuck_Bootloader_Serial
Try to reflash with another ROM
Hope it helped
And don´t forget to vote!

I had already done those steps to get no results.
its my badluck.

If you cannot get into bootloader and you have done the steps above, then you cannot flash to another rom.......it would seem you now have a paperweight im afraid

I am still not able to revive my device. I know that it is just due to corrupt bootloader but don't know how to repair it.
If anybody ever has solution for this... kindly let me know.
Regards

Have you tested mtty?
I would recommend to PM a chef on Universal forum
Good luck,

Mtty is not detecting my device
it says can't open usb port

One More thing I have noted is that when I keep the device connected with the pc, at a certain interval of about 10-15 mintues my device's Led shows RED Light for few seconds and then turns off followed by the the "USB device not recognized" on my pc.
I hope this can be used as a hint towards reviving my device.
Regards

have you followed orbs advise above and pm a chef on that section, they maybe able to help. From my knowledge (limited on that device) i ddont think there is any recovery proceedure that you have not tried. Have u downloaded offical wm5 rom and tried it. I know and appreciate that it will probably not work due to corrupt bootloader, but what else is there to do??
To understand more, what did you do PRIOR to trying to flash to 6.5.
Did you hardspl correctly? Had you already flashed to another rom and just felt like flashing to another new rom?? Give us more detail.

Thanks for your reply
I dont know how to PM Chef.
I had used 3 other Rom versions of WM6.1 on my device. They ran very much fine on my device. But When i found WM6.5 xplode, I wished to try that too. But the rom update procedure went successfully till 99% and after that it showed an error that upgrade was not successfull. I pulled out the device and tried to restart if by all methods but I wasnt able to power on at all.
Thanks
Regards

ok, goto the thread that you got the rom off, click the chefs name and you will get a menu there to send pm, do it, he might have seen a similar problem or know how to correct bootloader.
good luck

noup really no...
Is bricked
my bro has bricked an Universal and the same led turns red no power off no bootloar no power it means the flash chip is dead!
Sorry to heard that.
He waits too long for the upgrade it tooks at least 40 minutes
then ERROR... but you know... the batt was died in middle process ( th batt was ****ed up, it say full charged but no! it was on 60 or 50%) then the stupid thing is make a hardreset.. i told him dont hR your device... justa simple reste and reinit the process... and huh! its bricked.
if you are interested on sell your parts
maybe my bro want some parts.

my advice(similar to other people):
1. Charge your batery somehow (in other device or anything else)
2. put your devce in bootloader mode and connect it to pc - it wll be detected like microsoft usb sync
3. use mtty try difrend versions becuse sometimes 1.42 does not detect it properly - read here for what to do with mtty
IMO this may be battery problem or nand chip problem - in both cases it is hardware fail

Stuck in Bootloader with no option of mtty

My Dear Samaritans,
IMPORTANT:
- My SD/Memory card is removed
- My Sim card is removed
I was upgrading to Tomal v8.9 on a vista 64 system via a virtual machine XP SP2. Update failed and I got stuck in bootloader.
Tried reflashing but got an error and the flash failed... also the program crashed during recovery.
Tried using v8.71 still crashed without any luck.
Moved to a pure XP SP3 desktop...
When I connect the device to the computer(s) "Serial" changes to "USB" but XP sees it as an unrecognized device.
Tried flashing again but same error as on the virtual machine.
Tried mtty (1.16 & 1.42) but neither give me the option of USB, only COM1 and COM2. And had already de-activated the USB connection in Activesync.
Have read through the forum but have had no luck. Everyone's issue is resolved as soon as they remove their SD or SIM, but I have neither and am also using XP with activesync's USB disabled.
Tried UNI_ExitBootloader but that does not find/recognise the device either.
If it helps -- My device is/was an O2 XDA Exec (Stock) which I had previously flashed with Tomal's v8.5
I am ready to try anything, please help!
P.S: The error is Error 112

Did you install ActiveSync on xp pc?
If not, do it now and try again.

I had similar problem. Had corrupted DOC sector
and MTTY was the only solution, but although the Serial changed to USB, I got 'unrecognised' message and Mtty didn't give USB as an option. At some point it occured to me that it was my computer's USB port, for some reason the device was recognised by 1 in 4 ports only, So I just tried my USB cable in different ports until the 'device unrecognised' messaged stopped appearing. Finally, after I was ready to cry in frustration, it just worked. Don't give up.
I heard it mentioned somewhere that the device that went through Mtty will be recognised only by the port used in Mtty procedure.
That... or your device's USB is no longer properly attached to the mainboard.

tomal said:
Did you install ActiveSync on xp pc?
If not, do it now and try again.
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Already have activesync 4.5 installed with USB connection disabled...
Thank you so much for the prompt response and helpful thought!

enigma1nz said:
and MTTY was the only solution, but although the Serial changed to USB, I got 'unrecognised' message and Mtty didn't give USB as an option. At some point it occured to me that it was my computer's USB port, for some reason the device was recognised by 1 in 4 ports only, So I just tried my USB cable in different ports until the 'device unrecognised' messaged stopped appearing. Finally, after I was ready to cry in frustration, it just worked. Don't give up.
I heard it mentioned somewhere that the device that went through Mtty will be recognised only by the port used in Mtty procedure.
That... or your device's USB is no longer properly attached to the mainboard.
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Thank you for the ray of hope! Will keep trying every hourly reboot in every USB port (4 in all).
Weird thing is I never had to go through mtty before so this is my first need for it.
Got the physical connection checked and it is supposedly OK...
Thank you for the prompt help...

Don't worry
I had exactly the same problem. First I tried this and it worked but still no connection via mtty. On that evening I disconnected and connected a lot and I removed the battery for a long time (one night). Later I could connect but I don't know why. Maybe these two things were the solution. Mtty showed "usb>" and I've done a DOC format...
If nothing works I would create a rom-image (on sunday or monday) for your sd-card like it's written in the service manual.

blingin said:
Thank you for the ray of hope! Will keep trying every hourly reboot in every USB port (4 in all).
Weird thing is I never had to go through mtty before so this is my first need for it.
Got the physical connection checked and it is supposedly OK...
Thank you for the prompt help...
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No need for hourly reboots, just get into Bootloader, connect USB to your device and try different ports on computer with a few seconds in between to ensure no 'unrecognised device' message popping up. Once you'll get a connection - go for Mtty facility, the USB is the last on the list of ports.

330e said:
I had exactly the same problem. First I tried this and it worked but still no connection via mtty. On that evening I disconnected and connected a lot and I removed the battery for a long time (one night). Later I could connect but I don't know why. Maybe these two things were the solution. Mtty showed "usb>" and I've done a DOC format...
If nothing works I would create a rom-image (on sunday or monday) for your sd-card like it's written in the service manual.
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There was no SD card when I began the initial flash but it still got stuck. Been trying without the SD and SIM but to no avail...
Thank you for the manual, downloading it now, will keep everyone posted in case anyone else is suffering from the same thing...

enigma1nz said:
No need for hourly reboots, just get into Bootloader, connect USB to your device and try different ports on computer with a few seconds in between to ensure no 'unrecognised device' message popping up. Once you'll get a connection - go for Mtty facility, the USB is the last on the list of ports.
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Still trying, will keep you posted and thank you for the responses!

I think you understood me wrong. When your device is still unusable, I would create the files you need to do the steps in point 8.3 (Use Pre-loaded SD card to Re-flash Unit) in the service manual.
Sorry for my bad english

330e said:
I think you understood me wrong. When your device is still unusable, I would create the files you need to do the steps in point 8.3 (Use Pre-loaded SD card to Re-flash Unit) in the service manual.
Sorry for my bad english
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It's the thought that counts not the language, thank you so much for your help!

I created succesfully a pre-loaded sd card, flashing via this sd works. But I can't copy the files. When I want to open the drive it says, that I have to format the sd card. Is there a special tool to copy the files? Or you find someone near you with a universal.

your need to format your SD after flashing.

330e said:
I created succesfully a pre-loaded sd card, flashing via this sd works. But I can't copy the files. When I want to open the drive it says, that I have to format the sd card. Is there a special tool to copy the files? Or you find someone near you with a universal.
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tomal said:
your need to format your SD after flashing.
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Tried the SD image method with a 128MB SD but didn't work. Maybe because I have a G4 and the method is for G3

managed to get a connection finally and ran MTTY, after "task28 55a" it just hung for a long time so I disconnected.
Tried running UNI_ExitBootloader.exe and now can get in and out of Bootloader but still cannot flash or connect...
Any suggestions welcome...

Try this....
This might sound silly but it's worked for me in the past.
1. Go into bootloader (without mem card or sim)
2. Plug-in the USB cable
3. Hold the buttons to go into bootloader again whilst plugged in.
4. DOC Format
5. Flash ROM
My Universal had loads of problems but that is how i fixed it, tried everything else like you, when i first plugged it in on the bootloader nothing happened until i pressed and held the buttons whilst it was plugged in, then windows made the usb connected sound so i quickly mtty'd! lol
Hope this helps, Good luck!!!

martinbrettphilo said:
This might sound silly but it's worked for me in the past.
1. Go into bootloader (without mem card or sim)
2. Plug-in the USB cable
3. Hold the buttons to go into bootloader again whilst plugged in.
4. DOC Format
5. Flash ROM
My Universal had loads of problems but that is how i fixed it, tried everything else like you, when i first plugged it in on the bootloader nothing happened until i pressed and held the buttons whilst it was plugged in, then windows made the usb connected sound so i quickly mtty'd! lol
Hope this helps, Good luck!!!
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Thank you...

Xda2 stuck in bootloader screen after failed flash in vista
blingin said:
My Dear Samaritans,
Tried reflashing but got an error and the flash failed... also the program crashed during recovery.
When I connect the device to the computer(s) "Serial" changes to "USB" stuck within the bootloader screen
Tried mtty (1.16 & 1.42) but neither give me the option of USB, only COM1 and COM2. And had already de-activated the USB connection in Activesync.
Have read through the forum but have had no luck.
I am ready to try anything, please help!
P.S: The error is Error 112
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Hi i have had similar problems also i have an XDA 2 pda originaly had wm2003 on it (tried to flash it to wm2003se ) can someone help me also im realy at a loss =C many thanks in advance (i will give more detail if someone actualy) replys to me

Wrong forum
Welcome to the forum
Universal does not means all devices, actually is a model
Please enter into the right section of the forum
Goos luck,

Can you Help?
I have an XDA II was on O2 uk network. I used to flash it all the time and knew my way around. however recently i flashed it in vista without thinking.. and as i upgraded the rom from wm2003 to wm2003se about 25% of the way through vista disconnected the device then it was unrecognised usb.. then vista started installing new drivers that recognised the device... however this then crashed flashing the rom onto the pda..
It wont soft or hard reset, i took the battery out for 24 hours and tried again and nothing.. the only thing on screen is that it says serial on the top of the screen (which changes to usb when connected but get error 101 when trying to reflash/ no activesync connection and am confused my mtty as when it does connect i cant type into the text area only paste)
on the bottom of the screen is v1.06 (which before the flash crash was V1.0 something lower than v1.06)
basicaly is the device recoverable as long as i have this serial / usb recognition by the device????? (using mtty i cant connect through ports or usb but thats because i dont seem to understand how to use it)
the other question is is there any other way to get a rom back onto the device without mtty or activesynch..
I pray that ysomeone will respond .. i miss my pda dearly
a thousand thanks in advance