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Please please please help me upgrade my MDA...

I've searched and searched to find a post that tells me straight to the point how to upgrade my MDA but I just can't find one.
I've got the XDA Developers FTP loaded up in FlashFXP but there seems to be a lot of empty folders on it.
Can someone please tell me if there is a guide on here of exactly what I need to do to upgrade the unit? I followed some advice to fix my Bluetooth problems on here and now my whole MDA has stopped functioning properly... the Today screen just shows all strange graphics etc but I still have the upper and lower menus.
If there is no guide, can someone please tell me what I need to do... my business relies on my MDA! :roll:

ewg_uk said:
I've got the XDA Developers FTP loaded up in FlashFXP but there seems to be a lot of empty folders on it.
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Well, there seems to be a very very very very very funny guy of girl who has deleted most of de maps of de the Magician. Again, very very funny, we're all lauging very loud. (or is it a manifacturer??? QTEK?, iMate? T-Mobile? Who's the bad guy?
ewg_uk said:
the Today screen just shows all strange graphics etc but I still have the upper and lower menus.
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Maybe there is a solution: someone else had the same problem (I think, he also had a corrupted Today screen), but after he chose a different picture in the today screen the problem is solved.

Not good about the files Whoever it is has just cost me an awful lot of money so I hope they feel great!
Screen issue is now solved thnks to the picture thing but my Bluetooth will not function at all now... was asking for me to turn flight mode off when it wasn't even on and now it doesn't work full stop.

ok this a small guide i made for a friend..... i'll post it here
ok first thing to do is get the ROM file.
second... after you download the file... extract the zip into any
place you want you will end up with an .exe file... right click on the
exe file and choose extract ( not you need winrar to do that) and
after you extract you will find a bunch of files one of them is named
ROMUpgradeUt.exe or (MaUpgradeUT.exe) replace this file with this one
http://forum.xda-developers.com/download.php?id=4022
after you replace the above file, double click on it and it will start
upgrading ... the device will go into bootloader mode (black screen
with Serial 1 written in it) you will get the country error ID
((((DON'T PANIC)))) and DON'T REMOVE THE DEVICE FROM THE USB OR REST
THE DEVICE, just click Exit to finish. while the deice in the bootloader
mode click on the replaced file and run it again the upgrade process
should go fine................
i will try later to do the guide in a pdf format with pix and more detialed

Okay guys I'm new here too Since I want to get rid of the pink t-mobile stuff and upgrading to a ROM which provides me better camera quality I would like to try a newer ROM version.
But where to get the newest ROM from ftp://ftp.xda-developers.com/Magician/ ? I see extened ROM's but I have been told an extended ROM is a kind of addition to a normal ROM. But where can I find the basic ROM. I've been told that O2 and Qtek roms are the best.

Having a few Problems with MDA Compact Update

im trying to update to the tmobile-uk_wwe_ROM_1.12.00
but when i try and copy it to SD Card all i get is Parameter is Wrong
i downloaded the update from here
and i have even tried editing it by copying the orignal 416 bytes
Please Help
P.S if i install the Bigstorage WWE_1.12.00
will that update it to
tmobile-uk_wwe_ROM_1.12.00
Thnaks

ok, i have now got past that part, but i can not install the new Update, cause the files are different
on the new update the 416 bit that you copy over is no where near the same as on the Original.nb1 file
so it will not flash, just sits there saying Serial or USB in Bootloader

I noticed this also, and gave up on this rom. I think we need a clean dump as like you say the first 416 bytes don't look like thr real article.
Paul

Does anyone have a Clean Dump for the
MDA Compact - T-mobile - UK - Update
Please
Please
Please

Same problem her
Hello there,
I'm having the same problem?
rom 1.01.00 wwe
radio 1.00.10
I'm allready trying to update for about 3 month's still no luck.
Would you be so kind to set me up if you know something.
Thnx!

Hello,
Try to flash you magician with the rom for the SPVM500 it worked for me.
If you don't want to have the setting from Orange, just reboot after it says "tap the sreen to compleet".
Good luck.

Still no luck!
Hi There,
Thnx! for your help but when I load the upgrade it gives me a country id error? again.
With regards,

Use MAupdate_Noid.exe it´s in the upload directory.

Still nothing.
HI there thanks again!
If I run this app it saya the needed dll is missing, RUU.DLL
Thnx

Did you extract all the file from the execute file, you will have about eight files. Copie the MAupdate_Noid.exe in the same folder and run it. If this wount work, run it from bootloader mode, hold the camera button and the power button and reset the divice at the same time. Your screen will shows Serial or connected to USB, USB. Run the file again.

Error 150
Hi there,
I'm getting a error 150 device unknown?
Regards,

colderon said:
Hello,
Try to flash you magician with the rom for the SPVM500 it worked for me.
If you don't want to have the setting from Orange, just reboot after it says "tap the sreen to compleet".
Good luck.
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Hi,
Is SPVM500 Rom Version 1.01?(t-mobile)
If so would you provide it for me by adding to website ftp.xda-developers.com or give me a link to download it?

NEED HELP!!! HOW TO SKIP SCREEN-ALIGN at Start Up My Tourch Screen Not Work

My Exec touch screen not working, but I still use it as a phone, now I uprom JW last week. Then OMG it's need screen align at start up. ANYONE know how to skip this, please please help...................
Thanks in advance
To_Tu_Ta

soft reset worked for me when I had the problem on my universal

2 variants
connect your ppc to AS then may be 2 different ways
1. install SOTI Pocket Controller-Professional
or
1. open device via as and seek file WELCOME.NOT
2. create empty file with same name
3.overwrite existing file with empty file

going to try
mo3ulla, thanks I am going to do it out now

Program To Skip Screen Alignment
totuta said:
mo3ulla, thanks I am going to do it out now
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USE THIS PROGRAM TO SKIP SCREEN ALIGNMENT

jatinder said:
USE THIS PROGRAM TO SKIP SCREEN ALIGNMENT
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Dear Jatinder,
Thanks for your program, already successed to skip the Screen Align. But got another effect, now when i flash any ROM, after 100% finished and hard reset. Can't see any Welcome picture, only can see serial screen ( Means cant go into system even flash successefull ! )
Anybody can guide me ?

Regedit :
HKLMSoftwareMicrosoftShellRai:MSWELCOME3 value : 00000000
HKLMSoftwareMicrosoftShellRai:MSWELCOME2 value : 00000000
HKLMSoftwareMicrosoftShellRai:MSWELCOME1 value : 00000000
HKLMSoftwareMicrosoftShellRai:MSWELCOME value : 00000000

Thanks Jatinder!
I used the screen alignment tool to eliminate that problem as well. WORKS GREAT -- no ill-effects.
Apache/WM6.1

bennyyen said:
Dear Jatinder,
Thanks for your program, already successed to skip the Screen Align. But got another effect, now when i flash any ROM, after 100% finished and hard reset. Can't see any Welcome picture, only can see serial screen ( Means cant go into system even flash successefull ! )
Anybody can guide me ?
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Remove your SD and SIM...

screen allignment tool worked 100% fine for me,, thanks a million for the solution..

i Had That problem Too With my Uni, Go To http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Uni_Stuck_Bootloader If Ur PC recognizes the PDA. If Not, Go to http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Uni_Stuck_Bootloader_Serial To Do A DOC Format. Hope It Help You!

thanks frnds it working

touchscreen problems
Hi all,
I had touchscreen problems with my Uni, too
I removed the battery
then the 4 screws
then the bottom cover
then I unplugged the screen cables
and when I plugged them back, and reassembled the device,
it was working again.
(anyway, is the keyboard backlight blue in all devices?Mine is red.)
Hope this helped.(If not, I'm from Hungary, and I'm happy to help anyone with the disassembling/fixing cables/reassembling procedure, as I'm a pro)

thanks so very much for help

skip screen alignment
Thanks a ton.
My sceen is not responding. After hard boot it was getting stuck at the alignment screen.
.exe worked and I could escape screen alignment..
thanks

i encounter the same problem, i will try the tools.thanks.

Use the method on 1st page and you´ll solve the prob!

Mio p350
I have succesfully run the screen alignment tool, but as the screen is unaligned if I tap on start to open the programmes nothing happen. Each item I click on opens the one below. Anyone able to help?

Wrong forum
grey-diver said:
I have succesfully run the screen alignment tool, but as the screen is unaligned if I tap on start to open the programmes nothing happen. Each item I click on opens the one below. Anyone able to help?
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Sorry, but this section of the forum is for HTC Universal only
Try to Google it

had to say thanks for this software

Any guide to run Andriod in POLA100??

Android on HTC cruise How to?
Hi all,
I'm REALLY confused or misinfomed or whatever on how to run andoid from my sd card.
I tried some things from a website androidonhtc but only got up to a point.
Is there a simple how-to on how to run android on cruise and some links on where to donwload the appropriate files?
For example i have got the haret but i can't find anywhere to download androidinstaller.tar
Am I close or far from my goal?
I know i might ask a silly question but guys i'm really confused.
Thanks anyway in advance.

as for how-to in hxxp://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/androidhtc/wiki/HowToInstall
after getting haretinstall.zip, you need a current kernel (zImage) from
- dzo = hxxp://it029000.massey.ac.nz/vogue/files/?C=M;O=D
or
- sourceforge = hxxp://sourceforge.net/projects/androidhtc/files/
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as for androidinstall.tar / .tgz you can get from
- vogue forum = hxxp://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=588
- kaiser forum = hxxp://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=602
- sourceforge = hxxp://sourceforge.net/projects/androidhtc/files/
PS: sorry for the hxxp link, I have no permission to post any link yet

Thank you very very very much for your help!

Congratulations mensa07. Although I already knew all this stuff from your link, it took me some time to figure them out because I did not know there was such a good guide for starters. Very usefull link. Thank you

Hi..
I reading many of threads..
But i still dunno how to make it works on my POLA100..
can any1 show me some guides??
tq..

yes please post a guide for dual booting ...i do not want to flash if not necesary ...
preeety plz

please check this thread for guide on running android on pola100

oh come on ..a couple of links with no explanation ...no nothing ...
its garbage !!! - we have to pick up pieces fom 10 or 12 threads to make this work?and the english is "lakky",,,
please post A GUIDE .... not o joke.

rocket1982 said:
oh come on ..a couple of links with no explanation ...no nothing ...
its garbage !!! - we have to pick up pieces fom 10 or 12 threads to make this work?and the english is "lakky",,,
please post A GUIDE .... not o joke.
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well, it's no garbage, just required more explanation. let me try to make it simpler. this guide will use zImage-eclair and vaniljeclair, change it to suit your taste accordingly
- get haretinstall.zip from here
extract this file and get default-polaris.txt (rename as default.txt), zImage-eclair (rename as zImage), initrd.gz and haret.exe. put all these files into andboot folder in root of your sdcard. your sdcard will look like this:
/andboot/default.txt
/andboot/zImage
/andboot/initrd.gz
/andboot/haret.exe
- next you need to download vaniljeclair from here
extract the file and you will get androidinstall.tar, put this file along with those files on /andboot/
you should have those 5 files or you cannot boot android.
- select haret.exe to execute, press run, pay attention to the text rolling, when it asks you to hold button, hold volume button up, and you will be given installer menu. choose install and delete data. let the format and installer finish, then you will be given menu again. do not quit, just reset, and restart from haret (you will see that you have data.img, system.img and some other files). at this time let the installer do not interrupt, it took more than 5 minutes before android logo asks you to touch screen
- if there is problem during booting, post it here, let people here try to solve
HTH

i want to ask..izzit it will wide out my windows mobile system??

scotty89 said:
i want to ask..izzit it will wide out my windows mobile system??
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no, if you start android from haret.exe, it will not erase anything.

even data in the sd card??

scotty89 said:
even data in the sd card??
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it will not erase your sd card either, however you might want to backup your data first just in case something does not go well.

thx for ur help..
i get to boot in the android..
try to use it..
is the bluetooth and wireless fix>??
and can the contact to be sync??

scotty89 said:
thx for ur help..
i get to boot in the android..
try to use it..
is the bluetooth and wireless fix>??
and can the contact to be sync??
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BT and WIFI should work, there is vaniljeclair thread on this problem if something is not working.
as for contact I think you need google account to sync.

Hi,
Thank you for the guide. I actually follow it and encountered an error. When it asked for volume up or d-pad center, I did, then it prompted that it was waiting for something several times. So I soft-reset the phone and launch it again.
Then, after haret.exe is booting linux, I have got a strange screen with scramble text.
How can I put everything back in the previous state to reinstall it propely?
Thank you

More info....
Did you get to the install screen after pressing centerdpad?
If yes, did it install?
What was it waiting for? The error message can give a clue what is wrong.

i manage to get to ask to hold up the center d-pad then get into a installer menu..
currently i just cant get my wifi and bt work..
haven get connection to sign in to google account..

I have all five file on my SD card but when I click on haret on my Sd and hit run where it say defaukt.txt..I get a error saying " cannot open script file \storage card\andboot\default.txt" is im doing something wrong..thx

u got change the polaris default-polaris to default??

Please help with ROM flashing [Asus P320]

I have an ASUS P320.
During flashing a Windows 6.5 ROM, it went bad and now I am not able to boot the phone or do anything.
I have tried 2-3 ROMs to re-flash by putting them in my SD card, but every time it says "Read SD busy !"
I also tried to re-flash it using original 4.10 ROM from official ASUS website but here is where I get stuck up:
BTLR 3.1
Init SD Control
IPL: Insert SD Card
Start SD Init
Get MBR success
start find images
can't find galaxymini-ond.raw !
find 850_GAX_SD.bin !
can't find FLASH.BIN !
can't find GSM.BIN !
can't find EXT_ROM.NB0 !
valid package percentage: 100
Read SD busy !
No GSMFFS
Total 3 images in package
FLASH.BIN in package !
GSM.BIN in package !
EXT_ROM.NB0 in package !
after all these msgs I waited for too long, but nothing happens. I repeated this many times, but it stucks after this and I am not able to write any new ROM anyhow on my phone.
I am really really in big trouble as this is my only phone and I am really depressed. Plz can anyone just help me with how to proceed to write a new or any old ROM on my phone? I will be really thankful

Seriously noone has any clue or willing to help?

you will have to split the original rom !!! using this tool
then keep all split files in the root of memory card !!
plz tell me if it works

abhijeetcool said:
you will have to split the original rom !!! using this tool
then keep all split files in the root of memory card !!
plz tell me if it works
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Thanks so much for the reply.
But how to use this tool? I am confused?
I kept the 850_GAX_SD_Enc ROM in the same folder as this tool and then run Split P320 ROM.exe
But P320binDEC.exe shows application error. I am running this under Windows XP. Please help me.

Ok I installed .Net Framework 2.0 and everything worked and the files were extracted.
Then I had put all files in root of SD card.
It shows:
BTLR 3.1
Init SD Control
IPL: Insert SD Card
Start SD Init
Get MBR success
start find images
can't find galaxymini-ond.raw !
find 850_GAX_SD.bin !
find FLASH.BIN !
find GSM.BIN !
find EXT_ROM.NB0 !
valid package percentage: 99
Read SD busy !
No GSMFFS
Total 3 images in package
FLASH.BIN in package !
GSM.BIN in package !
EXT_ROM.NB0 in package !
and it stops again. Nothing happens :| What should I do?

abhijeetcool said:
you will have to split the original rom !!! using this tool
then keep all split files in the root of memory card !!
plz tell me if it works
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thanks dear,
it is working fine.

what about Get MBR fail
Init SD download Fail! ???

abhijeetcool said:
you will have to split the original rom !!! using this tool
then keep all split files in the root of memory card !!
plz tell me if it works
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thanks split the original rom & copied to root of memory card.
it installed everything then restarted & hangs with white screen
any solution please

i have used rom
P320_V4_15_0_V4_10_V1_11_0_WWE

abhijeetcool said:
you will have to split the original rom !!! using this tool
then keep all split files in the root of memory card !!
plz tell me if it works
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Thanks a trillion. This tool injected life into my P320. It had been dead for the past 2-3 months. You are a savior.

sidramobilecare said:
thanks split the original rom & copied to root of memory card.
it installed everything then restarted & hangs with white screen
any solution please
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I had the prob same as u.
What I did was installed 4.15 WWE than tried to upgrade to WM6.5 from 4.10ZHH WM6.1, and the errors came out.
I even had the paragraph saying
"This concludes the beta test of this
software release. Thank you very much for
your time and effort in helping make this a
great product for our customers.
To obtain a newer release or futher
information,please revisit the web site that
you used to obtain your current beta
release."--------then it got stuck and the only buttons that worked were the volume and reset buttons. And I thought its done that all I could do was to sell it.
But then I split the 850_GAX_SD_Enc.bin(which was from a different language 4.15 zip,referring above), the following came up:
850_gax_sd.bin
GSM.BIN
FLASH.BIN
EXT_ROM.NB0
and others, but I only copy these 4 into SD card cause they were the things that stated "can'"t find"' and I couldnt find galaxymini-ond and GSM.RAM.....and yes I did put 850_gax_sd.bin in instead of the capital one(accidentally!!!cus i thought they were the same, but apparently not...ANYWAY I DID!)
then i inserted the card, flash reset(volume down + reset) it,
it took quite a while to install(abt 10-15 mins)
like u said a pure white screen occurred and it frozen.
then I press the switch on button on top and restart the device...
the old version came up again with 4.15ZHH and WM 6.1 (green) and everything got back to default just like the very first day I bought it.
this is all i did, i think the different between us was that i used a different language of 4.15 and the 850_gax_sd.bin..... not very sure on yours but it worked on mine somehow... I'm not an expert on computer and programmes stuff, and i really cant tell if errors are still left in the device after what i did, so beware of this prob if you follow.