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ntrw error

Hi all,
Now that my device is past its warranty period, I have decided to upgrade my O2 Mini as I want the blackberry software.
However, I am following the AM's excellent how to PDF but come to a grinding halt with an ntrw error.
C:\>ntrw write new.nb1 i:
Usage: ntrw file drive:
I get this error both when I'm trying to backup my old ROM as well as transferring the new ROM back to my SD card.
Any ideas?
I'm tipping it could be a card reader problem maybe?
Cheers,
Deva

Could be the wrong version of ntrw. Try one of the other versions cause you're syntax seems correct.
If you're using a laptop cardreader then that can be the reason too, always tricky when it's not working.
M

You were spot on oltp.
I downloaded Ver 2.0 and it worked a treat.
Thanks for your help.
Deva

New problem now....
I put the SD card with the BS ROM on it into my mini and put into Boot-loaded mode, but instead of bringing up the SD Download screen, it just goes to the standard 'Serial' Boot load screen.
I can't take a trick.
Again, any ideas?
Thanks,
Deva

- uncheck usb in Act.sync on your PC
- connect the magician with usb (screen reads USB now)
- start romupgrade on your pc ....
M

Thanks for your quick response oltp, but Im a little confused.
I've been following AM's PDF guide and it says after I have loaded Big Storage ROM to my SD card, just to put it into my mini and boot it into "Boot-loaded" mode. Is that not right?
Do I need run romupdate.exe instead?
Thanks for your help,
Deva

Sorry I misread your post: I thought you were still dumping…
I guess you must have formatted your SD somewhere in the process & now have a MBR again on the card. NTRW will write the image after the MBR & your magician can't find it cause the bootloader looks @ the first position, to solve your error you have to:
- put your magician in Bootloader (camera & power & soft-reset at the same time for a few seconds) wait till screen fades & reads 'serial v1.0x'. Screen is very dark since backlight is of.
- connect usb, now the screen reads 'usb v1.0x'
- start romupgrade on your pc
- pick the magician connection in the listbox, wces something I belief
- now a screen pops up
- type d2s in this screen
- follow progress on pc & magician
- wait till checksum finishes
- get SD from the magician & put it into a cardreader. DON'T FORMAT!!!
- type on commandline: ntrw write [your BS romimage name].nb1 [sd driveletter]:
error at the end is normal
- put the SD in your magician
- now it should read 'press power to flash'
- press the power button
- watch it reaches 100% - checksum will always fail
- reset & hopefully enjoy the new rom
& I hope you've done these steps as well:
- open your dumped rom.nb1 with the hexeditor & replace twice the usual BS byte pattern
or
- open your dumped rom.nb1 & the BIG Storage with the hexeditor and replace the first 416 Bytes of the BS rom with the first 416 bytes of your dumped rom.nb1 & save it to BSrom.nb1
- type on commandline: ntrw write BSrom.nb1 [sd driveletter]:
Cheers, M

Hi oltp,
Yeah, I did reformat in between dumping the ROM from the Magician onto the SD card and dumping the BSrom.nb1 back to the SD card.
I didn't realise that the SD card needs the dumped info from the magician as well as the modified nb1 file.
OK, I will redo the steps and see how I go.
Thanks for your help, really appreciate it mate.
Cheers,
Deva
PS. Yes I did use hex editor to copy the 416b from orig nb1 to BS nb1 file, but the SD card only had the new BSrom.nb1 file on it & nothing else when I put it back into the phone. No wonder nothing happened (d'oh). Thanks for your patience

Hi oltp,
I have reviewed ampda's PDF "how to" and it does say to format the SD card before you ntrw write the new nb1 file back onto the SD card. Is this right?
That mean there is only one file on the SD card, the new BSROM.nb1. Is thats all thats needed to flash the ROM?
Sorry to be a pain but I have followed the PDF guide without success.
Thanks,
Deva

format
Hi Deva,
The pdf is incorrect @ that point. The technical explanation is this:
Romupgrade dumps your rom right @ the first bit of your SD, destroying the MBR of the card. NTRW reads the whole card with the read & saves an image to your hard-disk. When you format your card a new MBR is created & NTRW will write the new image after the MBR. Without a MBR NTRW will write @ the first position of the card, like romupgrade.
Apperently the bootloader reads the first bytes of an inserted card & as it reads magician it will accept it as an rom-image. If the bootloader finds an MBR it just doesn't give you the 'press power to flash option'.
So dump your rom on your SD & write your BS image without format on the same SD.
BTW I think a format doesn't wipe your card, only the fat. On a hard-disk it works like that anyway.
Regards, M

problem with my sd card

Hi everybody
i've flashing my V1640 with ROM version 2.05.00 WWE and now it's impossible with the file explorer to access at my SD card
The size is 2Go and when i'm using my card with my computer, it's working !
Anybody can help me ?
Thanks a lot

I have the same problems with a 2GB Kingston SD card. It was always a bit unstable with the O2 rom, but now it locks up on the WM6 rom.
To explain what it is doing: When I insert the card, no problem, but when I try to browse to the card contents via file explorer (or Windows Media Player for example) the app locks up and after a while the Universal reboots. It also reboots as soon as you eject the card.
I haven't checked the card on a PC but I don't see any reason why it wouldn't work.
I am currently using my spare Kingston 1GB SD card without problems.

Hello zOmb13e
So i'm trying to use an older 256 Mo SD card and it's working perfectly ! you're right the 2go does'nt work with the WM6.
So now i must buy a 1Gb SD card
thanks a lot for your answer

pierre-tho said:
Hello zOmb13e
So i'm trying to use an older 256 Mo SD card and it's working perfectly ! you're right the 2go does'nt work with the WM6.
So now i must buy a 1Gb SD card
thanks a lot for your answer
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It is more likely that the Rom you have flashed has SDHC support built in.
These drivers have issues with SOME non SDHC Cards.
Either search for JWrightMCPS's SDHC Driver Rollback cab, (I think there is a link in his post) or upgrade to his latest Rom which supports both, or wait for Laurentius and mine new update (release date 1st November) or buy an SDHC compatible card.
Cheers,
Beaty

SD Card Partitioning

I was Upgrade my Imate-jam with Rom 2.03 TX WWE
But There are lot of bugs in this rom
so now i want to down grade my jam to its previous state but when i enter in bootloader mode Screen shows that
Serial
V 1.00
I plug my usb cable to jam but Serial didnot convert in USB some one told me to downgrade the rom through SD Card
I have 1 GB Kingston mini SD card but now what i have to do now nobody help out me to this trouble i tries lot of searches but invain.
Now i am getting in trouble with my jam kindly some body guide me whole process with files support because i have no files regarding Rom upgrading/Downgrading through SD Card
Thanks a lot..
Hassam Moin
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Application freezes/hangs when reading Storage Card on WM6.1

Hi all
Sorry for my poor English
I have tried three to four WM6.1 Rom on my HTC TYTNII, whenever an application try to read the storage card, it hangs, but any other application installed on device working fine,
also tried to exchange the SD card with my friends TYTNII,
both my and his card working on his device
both my and his card hangs on my device
however, if I flash a WM6.0 Rom, this issue doesn't exist, did anyone meet this or only me ???
BTW,
the card is a SanDisk 8G
3.29.707.0 WWE
05/07/08
1.65.16.25
25.83.40.02H
KAIS130
SPL-3.28.Hard
CPLD-8
Hope we may have a solution on the above, Thanks for any reply.

the apps that are freezing, are they installed on device and reading files on storage card orr installed to storage card and the shortcut is on device? if the apps are installed to the storage card they will sometimes run slow, try uninstalling them and reinstalling to the device. also you might check your running programs in the task manager. running programs will obviously eat RAM and thus the device will run slower

i thing it is not cause by reinstallation
even i use the built in file explorer to read the SD card, it also hang...

rookery said:
i thing it is not cause by reinstallation
even i use the built in file explorer to read the SD card, it also hang...
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had the same problem after flashing the original german wm6.1 rom. everytime i tried to read the sd card totalcomander/file explorer crashed, couldn´t play music from the sd, but the files were readable via cardreader
i formatted the sd card, hard resetted a few times with/without card: noting, the problem was still here.
so i flashed another rom and voila: NO FREEZING! don´t know what happend, but everything is good now.
my first flash of the offical wm6.1 rom was a "bad" one, i think the download was a little bit corrupted, the start menu wasn´t like it should be, there were parts from the old wm6 left i think. so i think you should DOWNLOAD the rom again and then try to flash again.
steph

variosteph said:
had the same problem after flashing the original german wm6.1 rom. everytime i tried to read the sd card totalcomander/file explorer crashed, couldn´t play music from the sd, but the files were readable via cardreader
i formatted the sd card, hard resetted a few times with/without card: noting, the problem was still here.
so i flashed another rom and voila: NO FREEZING! don´t know what happend, but everything is good now.
my first flash of the offical wm6.1 rom was a "bad" one, i think the download was a little bit corrupted, the start menu wasn´t like it should be, there were parts from the old wm6 left i think. so i think you should DOWNLOAD the rom again and then try to flash again.
steph
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Thanks for your information, but I had flashed "Dutty's", "TNT Series" and HTC official, same problem happened a few days after the flash, i assume it may not cause by download problem....
are there any way to verify a flash result ????

Just Flashed
HTC TyTN II English ROM Code Update (10/15/08)
ROM version: 3.34.721.2 WWE
ROM date: 10/03/08
Radio Version : 25.83.40.02H_1.70.19.09
SD hand prolem still, may anyone help me

rookery said:
Just Flashed
HTC TyTN II English ROM Code Update (10/15/08)
ROM version: 3.34.721.2 WWE
ROM date: 10/03/08
Radio Version : 25.83.40.02H_1.70.19.09
SD hand prolem still, may anyone help me
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1. Try removing the SD card and SIM while flashing the new ROM.
2. Try formatting the SD card in FAT32 again.

Clean your card slot in the phone its dirty thats all .

Tried removing the SD card and SIM while flashing the new ROM
Tried formatting the SD card in FAT32 again.
problem still reamin,
however, once reflash back to Windows Mobile 6.0, SD card works reflash 6.1 SD hang.....any idea?

I've seen a similar symptom to this if I try to change my Internet cache to write to the storage card.
Both the OEM AT&T Tilt 6.1 firmware and a couple of the flashes from here - same thing.
Now here's the cute part - I also have a 2GB NON-SDHC card and so far, with THAT card, it hasn't happened.
This looks like some kind of registry problem in these ROMs, and it also appears to be in the base code and across a number of different loads.
It scrambled the hell out of the formatting on my 4GB card when it happened the first time. The second time I SAW a scrambled directory in Total Commander, but a checkdisk on my PC (it has a reader that can read the SDHC cards native) came back clean.
There's something funny going on with these loads somewhere.
Never mind - it just blew up the same way on the non-HC card. Same deal.

pls help me to flash from sd card

i cant flash from my sd card i did is
partitioned my 512 sd card into 100 and 385 mbs
formatted it in fat32
copied the nbh file into the 100mb partition
renamed it to VOX0.nbh
uninstalled all extra added softwares
rebooted it
entered the boot loader by pressing the camera button and then plugging the charger
waited...
nothing happened!!
what to do is there any extra step pls help
thanking you

http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=vox_sdcardflashing
wrong filename, it should be vox0img.nbh

partition with image has to be active

i did all these but again nothing happened.how can i enable partition with image pls pls help me

Hi polamairan,
I am flashing from my 2GB micro sd without special partition. Just put Rom with name "vox0img.nbh" onto the card, and the card into mobile phone.
Then (phone is off) pressing camera button (hold button) and insert charger into phone. If phone ask you to flash (don't know the exect text) press power button........
Maybe you have to run "Vox Update SPL (USPL) 1.16" before (I did it one time, I don't know if necessary) and my phone is also application unlocked.
regards odiad