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Which chip store the Bootloader and the WinCE ?

Dear XDA Developers #... and all other experts,
I had a T-Mobile MDA and I'm affraid that my bootloader had problem with all the buttons. The bootloader V5.15 boots and show GSM OK but none of the action buttons working ? Any Clue ?
Is the Intel #3204C 32MB Flash Memory chip store the bootloader and the WinCE because I had some technical guys who be able to clone the chips using some clonning machine.
Please advice as my MDA had been down for 2 weeks.
Thanks in advance

I would guess you have a hardware problem with the buttons.

Did flashed with SD card but checksum not correct
Dear Peter Poelman,
I did flashed with SD Card 2 weeks ago. Using the XDArit (old ver) and with O2 3.14.13 Rom. I did many restored but everytime it said restored completed but checksum not correct.
I did managed to see the O2 boot screen ( Blue O2) showig 3.14 at the right bottom of the screen but not be able to load the WinCE.
Is there a limit or counter that say number of times SD card restored ?
You think is hardware problem, any solution ? If you think where the fault is, maybe I be able to ask a Technical guy to open the MDA and repair it.
It is not possible to find any T-Mobile support around Asia.
Any respond would be much gratefull

Question: how big was the SD card you flashed with? (It has to be 64 MB minimum if you back up OS and bootloader at the same time.)
I would use XDArit to write an SD card (32 MB card is ok) that contains only the WinCE (OS) part, and try to flash from it. If your card is somehow corrupted, you can use XDArit to read from the OS from the Special Edition nbf-file inside Jeff's exe-file, which you can extract if you open the exe-file with WinZip.
Is there a limit or counter that say number of times SD card restored ?
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They actually built such a mechanism for bootloader 5.17, but gave up on it (maybe after is was cracked by us?). But this really does not apply to you as you probably do not have this bootloader (or you would not have been able to make a backup).

Bootloader doesn't kick start to restore ?
I am using a 128MB SD Card.
Now even I wrote the SD Card with the new SER 1.1 .nbf files and insert the SD card into the XDA, Bootloader boots up but it doen't show the screen that say press action buttons to start restore ? It only show Wallaby Bootloader v 5.15 and freeze....
I am afraid that the bootloader on the XDA might be corrupted as well. Any tips or solution for these problem.
I remember reading in this forum saying that the XDA be able to lock all buttons accept the Power button. Seems like my case, the Power buttons, soft reset and hard reset buttons working only, the rest are not functioning. The XDA are still be able to charge on the craddle and the power worn off quite fast. Sometimes I even be able to see the Phone Cancel Buttons ( Red one ), the red light are always on...
Any help would be much grateful
suajw

Re: Bootloader doesn't kick start to restore ?
suajw said:
Now even I wrote the SD Card with the new SER 1.1 .nbf files and insert the SD card into the XDA, Bootloader boots up but it doen't show the screen that say press action buttons to start restore ? It only show Wallaby Bootloader v 5.15 and freeze....
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You used XDArit to write the card, right?
You need to describe in much greater detail what you do for me or anyone to be able to help you.

I'm having a T-Mobile MDA in 3.13.12 GER ( 09/16/02) Radio T310
Bootloader v 5.15 and trying to flash O2 3.14.13 Eng Rom :
1. Using bootloader backup Boot+CE to SD Card.
2. Using XDArit (old ver) Read SD and store to PC ( WinXP )
3. Run RSU-eng of O2 Ireland, sucessfully upgrade, GSM no problem.
4. Run RUU-eng of O2 Ireland, Rom Image not found, error 007.
( forget to patch the NK_wallaby31413wwe_o2Full.nbf )
5. Decided to use XDArit (old ver ) to write Boot+CE ( O2 3.14.13).
6. Insert SD Card into MDA, flash restore compeleted but said checksum not correct
( Repeat many times of writing using XDArit (old ver), sometimes CE only but still checksum not correct )
7. Few occation, manage to see the O2 boot screen showing 3.14 but freeze
8. Left the MDA for few days and try the writing using XDArit again
9. Now soft boots, Bootloader boots show GSM OK, but none of the contact, calender and volume buttons work. If there is a SD card in the MDA, bootloader boots show v 5.15 but not be able to read SD Card.
( some of my posting are on Rom Upgrade forum under suajw)
Just to let you know all the about was done before the release of your SER v1.0 and v1.1 and the new version of XDArit v1.02
The MDA still be able to charge the power but will discharge if leave over night.
Any help will be much gratefull

InitDebugSerial can load bootloader+CE ?
Dear Peter Poelman,
If i boot the bootloader in a serial port from a PC using Hyper Terminal, do you think i be able to load the Bootloader+CE from a SD Card using the comand :
c2r ( from your Wallaby Bootloader Page )
Please advice and many thanks in advance
Notes : have not try using serial port to talk to the XDA

Good idea. Try and see, I guess.

Try hooking up the XDA to the serial com and it still not be able to communicate with XDA, even ? <enter> doesn't show any respond.
What could be the problem ?
By the way Peter Poelman, which is the chip that store the Bootloader+WinCE, I might need to ask someone to clon the chip for me from another XDA.
Thanks for your help and time

Still waiting for reply ????
Dear XDA Developers #.....,
I am still waiting for some replies in this matter....
Any info and advince would be grateful, Thanks.

Re: Still waiting for reply ????
suajw said:
I am still waiting for some replies in this matter....
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Can't speak for anyone else, but to be honest, I have no idea what your problem could be. It's something odd, and looking at the steps you performed, my first guess would be that it could be hardware related.
Did you try a different SD-card? 64MB or bigger (when doing BOOT+CE, 32 MB or bigger for CE)? A different SD-card reader/writer?
The fact that it first reported checksum error and now doesn't read the card at all is funny. Suppose there's nothing wrong with the bootloader that's in there, but that you have some weird hardware problem that messes up communication with the hardware-buttons and with the SD.
Once you tried a different SD-card: maybe open it up and clean the SD-card contacts? (And don't come complaining if you end up breaking it further, it's just an idea...)
Either way: I spent some time thinking about it and replying to your posts. Until new facts surface, I really have no clue what to do in your case, and unless I happen to come accross the same problem again, chances are I will not have a clue two days, two weeks or two months from now. Sorry....
Maybe you can have it repaired?
Good luck...

Still not working....
Dear XDA Developers #.....,
Tried with new SD Card and also clean up the contacts of the SD reader, still not be able to work????
Another thing I notice my MDA, when I boots in Bootloader Mode, after the GSM OK, the 'Phone Hangs Up' button always lighten up RED, is this normal. Is you XDA the same when in bootloader mode. The battery gets drain off easily, is it because the WinCE is not there as well????
By the ways, thank for all your reply and times. You have been a great help for me and I have learn quite a lots from these wonderful web site and forums. Keep up the good work......
I might not be able to find someone to repair the device but hopefully to look up for a secondhand O2 PCB Board to swap to...

Flashing bootloader with jtag?
Dear XDA Developers #....,
Do you think flashing the bootloader using jtag might solve my MDA problem ?
in your //xda-developers/jtag page you mention a patch do be download here.... I don't see the link to download the patches.
Could you please verify.....
Thanks

MDA dead after upgrading to Radio 1.13

Hi guys
Tried to install the following upgrade:
MagicianRadio_1.13.00_maupgrade,
but failed miserably. MDA crashed completely. The only thing the display shows is the text "serial V1.00" or "USB V1.00" depending on the presence of a USB cable...
What can I do? The thing won't even reset, and I tried both soft and hard reset. Or is there another way to reset?
Will it help if I wait until the battery runs out?
Any help is very welcome!

Find someone ntrw'ing his ROM from SD to hard disk, send it to you and then you ntrw it back onto your SD and the reboot and "press power to flash"

Chatty said:
Find someone ntrw'ing his ROM from SD to hard disk, send it to you and then you ntrw it back onto your SD and the reboot and "press power to flash"
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Thanks Chatty, but sorry, I don't understand "ntrw".
And are you saying that the MDA will boot from the ScanDisk Card? Like a bootdisk for a pc?
I have some more information now:
Every now and then this text "Serial" or "USB" disappears. When this happens and I switch on the MDA, it reboots, like when I first got it. But then without completing the boot, the screen switches to black again with the text "serial" or "USB".
I'd appreciate your help.

If you'd dare to use this board's search function you'd know by now that ntrw is a program to read/write SD cards on a low level.
And you don't boot from SD card - it just contains a ROM if you were following my 'guide'. The bootloader from your PDA is able to read that format and flash it´to your chips holding the ROM. Please do some reading first... it's stupid to write the same stuff over and over again.

You're right.
I use other forums and hate it when people do this. I'm actally quite surprised I do it myself now...
I suppose it feels like the most logical thing to do when something tries to help out: to ask the same person what it is s/he means. Doesn't make it right though.
Anyway, back to the point.
I got it to work in the end without any SD or whatever. I can't really put my finger to what went wrong at first, but it works now, so i'm glad.

How to get into Bootloader

Hi there!
What key combination gets me into the bootloader?
I've been wondering and searching for a way to upgrade my MDA pro rom. (searching for hours on xda, google and a lot of other specialized sites. Turned out to be dead ends! FRUSTRATING!
I'va had a Qtek S100 before. There was a way to get into the bootloader. And there is a way into the bootloader for the Universal to! YES!
But when i try to push the buttons
on/of
Camera
reset button
i cant get in!
button 1 and 2
reset
the same problem.
I get as far as the pres 0 or X for factory default and exit.
Who can help me? I have the no_id upgrade utility and the ROM ready.
Was there a UUL file which i had to edit before using this upgrade method?
I hope there wil be a good tutorial for this just like the one i have used to upgrade my S100 to an orange rom. (worked great!)
Can anyone help me please

Its BACKLIGHT BUTTON + POWER BUTTON + RESET HOLE
It's better to do this without the SIM and Memory Card connected. Disconnect also the USB Sync Cable.
After entering bootloader, you will see SERIAL written on the screen but the screen has no backlight so you have to look hard.
Then when you plug the Sync Cable, the SERIAL will change to USB then you can run the NoID to update.
Remember the NoID has to be run twice in a row as the first time usually solicits an ID Country error

It Works
Thanks Jorge!
Just those keystrokes helped me a lot. It works just fine and it took me only one run to Initiate the upgrading.
Thanks a lot!
I followed your advice and removed the SD and the phone card.
Yes! now i can experiment with these ROMS.
First Jasjar, later O2 and hoping for the best roms with the best programs.(hoping to find a messenger cab file in the jasjar rom)

As I am planning to do the same, Try all the variants of the ROM's, could you inform me what are the good and bad points of all the different ROM's you used and which did you decide to use finally.
Thanks

HELP !!!!
I turn on my Qtek 9000 and i see SERIAL written and the screen but the screen has no backlight.
How can I boot my Qtek 9000 again without this SERIAL mode ????
Best Regards

Hi Ecraseur,
if You did not do anything else (no upgrading), try ColdReset : Power-switch + Reset hole.
Ruud

If we can boot from Serial/USB is it possible to boot from Mini SD? I'm toying with the idea that by using a Linux Live Disk content on a Mini SD it may be possible to boot into a virtual Linux environment? I know it's going to be uber slow and may not even work but I thought it may be worth a look?
If a Mini SD boot isn't possible do you think it'd work to have one of the smaller USB bootable Linux flavours as the USB boot for the HTC Wizard etc?

XDA IIs Failed ROM Update - I HAVE READ THE WIKI

A plea to the wonderful XDA Community out there - Please help!
I posted a few days ago under "Blue Angel" that my device was no longer recognising the presence of its SD Card. [ http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=312147 ] Nothing had helped with that situtation so I tried a ROM update as a last resort (knowing I would have to reinstall everything, etc)
The ROM updates I have tried have all failed. I have found several different ROM downloads from various sources, including this website. I have done ROM updates before with no problem and as the post title says, I have read the WIKI so I am not posting this in complete noob ignorance!
Every time, it fails when updating Radio Stack (I have tried V1.12.0, 1.14.0 and 1.15.0) Sometimes the ROM update program says it has encountered an error when updating radio stack. Sometimes it just disappears from the screen on my PC. Sometimes I get a Win32 error.
My device is stuck on "Serial V2.07" bootsplash grey screen.
All this just because it stopped detecting SD card
PLEASE please help, any and all advice v much appreciated.
If someone knows a link to a good, reliable ROM update I would be glad to receive it
P.S. If you think my device is FUBAR then please let me know but I hope not!

I'd try another computer.
Since you can still get into the bootloader mode, there's hope for your device.
Also if your cradle is USB, then it should change from Serial to USB in the bootloader screen when you plug the device into the cradle.

Reply to Wuzy
Wuzy - thanks for the tip, I'll try another computer. Will post further update on here when I've tried that.
For the record, it certainly DOES change to "USB" on the bootloader screen when I dock it into the cradle.
I'm glad to know there is still hope *crosses fingers*

Cradle yr device and flash a suitable ROM.See more in Blue Angel Upgrading section

[ITA] Artemis Bigix 2.0

Another Rom for Artemis italian user.
This is a new way of install ROM and can be installed ONLY if you have a Micro SD with almost 30 Mb free space.
In Rar archivie there is the nbh file (the Rom) and a file called "Setup".
1. Copy file "Setup" in your SD
2. Flash the rom (remember you must have SPL unlocked).
Don't delete Setup from SD: it's impostant if you make Hard Reset.
Core wm: CE 5.2.1620 (Build 18124.0.4.2) from original HTC WM6 Professional Ita
SplashScreen
SHDC e GPS Photo ready
.........and more.
Italian user can read more on this forums: A1Ktyle - SoloArte
LINK DOWNLOAD RAPIDSHARE

Thanks mate, testing your great work, bye

P3300
My HTC3300 was dead, only can load into Three-color Mode with USB avaliable. I tried all kind of RUUs, including the Original ROMs(English, French, Deustch....)and the newest version , all report ERROR[300]invalid update tool. then the screen of phone stayed in 0% and RUU tool exit only...
IPL 1.27.0001
SPL 1.11.0000 (used the USPL to unlock CID before)
Before Bricked, I successfully updated many versions of ROM, and the last operation is WM6.1.
I'have try this with MTTY:
Cmd> set 32
Cmd> password BsaD5SeoA
Cmd> ruurun 0
Cmd> ResetDevice
But Doesn't work!
because of you!
My phone was perfect before and I have installed your BigiX.
What I have to do? Can U help me?
I can donete some money... pls... help me....

My dear friend,this is an old rom.
But this is not the reason of your problem.
I don't know if MTTY works on this device, but if your screen show 3 colors you are in bootloader mode (and your SPL is 1.11.0000 as you tell, so it is good for flash any rom).
So (in teory) you can connect PPC to PC via USB and run RUU for flashing the rom you want.
In alternative you can flash original rom.
For this operation i suggest Win XP+ AS 4.5 and try to change usb cable (a new one) and usb port (another on your PC)
I hope you can resolve.
No need donate money

Thx, but are 3 days that I'm looking for solution... Lot of people have the same problem. When run RUU flashing after 3 colors bar, the phone start to flashing but is stopping at 0% and the software report ERROR[300]invalid update tool.
I can connect only with MTTY but I'm looking fore some command that can force to send RUU at the fone. For example "send" in telnet. But nobody know how to do this...
If someone have an idea, lot of people will be very very very happy!
And hope gratful

You can try with rom flash from SD card...
Are you italian??
You can found all the info in this website -> Clic here!!!

Yes, I'm Italian.
I'll post this question to that site.
But I think that is possible to force installation of RUU with MTTY.
My problem is that when I have used start_uspl.exe at blank screen was blocked and I have removed battery.
After this my phone is blocked with 3 colors bar and when I try to update, it start but only at 0%
I need to know all MTTY commands

I don't know if MTTY work with P3300, try with the flash from the SD card directly from the device...
This is the link of the discussion...... Click here!!!
Try don't cost anything....

obviously I have try a lot of times... But doesn't work!
I have try to rename in ARTEIMG.nbh and in a lot of different name but when I powe the phone it say Checking SD contents but nothing happen....
I would like to find a command to force reading of SD and writing to the Phone... but I think is not easy...
Thanks whatever....

Do you try with another SD card?
This procedure is the same that the HTC Service use for repair the HTC device...
Try with another SD card... I have a Kingston 2Gbyte and it work very fine!
I hope your Artemis revive very soon!

I have only 2 SanDisk SD cards. One of 128Mb and one of 2GB.
I have tryed with both. With Fat16 and Fat32 but nothing happen...

Sorry for your problems Pinco, I don't have a solution for that but i can strongly recommend another ROM from the great BigX, the one you can see in my signature. OS core seems to be more recent and ROM's almost perfect If you don't have any specific need to use the 2.0, go for Blue-X!

help error 300
what happend any there have solution for this prob