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Loox n5x0 series rom update

heh, i`ve researched on the loox n5x0 series (htc maria?) rom format. now we can create custom roms.
Loox n5x0 OS_xxxU.nbf header format
total 42 bytes header, the rest is not crypted os rom image (what we usually call nb0 or n_d)
4 bytes - model name (N500, N520 or N560) + 11 bytes empty (filled with 0x00) +9 bytes version (e.g. 1.22.0001) + 1 byte 0x20 (space) +3 bytes language (e.g. ENG, ITA, GER) + 2 bytes empty (0x0) +4 bytes - reversed crc32 checksum (if we have, for example, 1163FCED, then we write ED FC 63 11) + 4 bytes - size of decrypted part (reversed somehow? we have 2100000 and write 00001002) + 4 bytes - rom base flash address (seems it it 80400000, we type 00 00 04 80, don`t play with it)
all this is true for OS_yyyU.nbf ( yyy means rom version), bootloader nbf is coded otherwise, it is usually named BL_xxx_G3.nbf or bl_xxx_G4.nbf. xxx - bl version. I suppose you delete file bl_xxx_G4.nbf or bl_xxx_G3.nbf. new pda`s come with g4 flash, it will be killed with g3 update. and, anyhow, bootloader update is always dangerous and not recommended.
wait a bit - in some days i`ll post a tutorial how to extract os rom image from n500/n520 and probably n560 pda.

Any progress on this? I have a N560 and am very interested in your tutorial. Thanks.

Any news in the N560 area??
I am eager to update the software of my N560... I would like to try the new Windows mobile 6. It's pretty annoying that this really good device cannot be upgraded somehow..
Well, hope to hear something soon..
PS: By the way, you guys are great doing all this stuff

Is loox 5x0 == htc maria? Any prooves?

it's htc dresden)) i'll post aku 3.5.2 for c550/n560 this week

Man that would be awsome!!!
Nice to hear this one!!!
Waiting for the goodie
Thank you man!!

wm6 upgrade
Rafe533 said:
Any progress on this? I have a N560 and am very interested in your tutorial. Thanks.
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I would also be very interested in upgrading my N560 to wm6.
I thank you in advance.
Shim

shimrob said:
I would also be very interested in upgrading my N560 to wm6.
I thank you in advance.
Shim
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No WM6 yet, but
http://4pda.ru/forum/attach/805977/n560.Alex_DFR_.AKU.3.5.2.rar - here is the rom with aku 3.5.2 for n560
For Loox C550
http://4pda.ru/forum/attach/808633/PocketLOOXC550FlashTool.7z - here is the flasher for c550, download it, download aku3.5.2 for n560, overwrite the files from the n560 update and open OS_213u.nbf with winhex and change n560 to c550
If you have german/french/italian/spanish pda but want to use this update, edit the nbf with winhex and change ENG to FRA/GER/ITA/SPA
Be sure to remove the password (fsc secure lock) before flashing

getting my n560 ready to flashing... go-go-go!

Does not work!!!
I have a spanish N560 pda. I wanted to upgrade its rom.
I did everything as indicated:
- open pda and put it in the cradle
- connect cradle to the power and the usb to my WinXP laptop
- in my XP machine activesync (4.5 spanish version) connects and recognizes my pda
- check there is no password protection in the pda (there was none before)
- unpack n560.Alex_DFR_.AKU.3.5.2.rar and open with WinHex OS_213U.nbf; change ENG to SPA; save file
- execute PocketLOOX5xxFlashTool; in the end I get this error:
"The language in this Flash Image update () differs from that on your device (SPANISH)!"
Well, I did again and again and again... same error...
Any suggestions???
PS: I would like to put its new rom in english, if it's possible!
Thank you

Hi sp3dev,
your update is quite intersting but I have two questions before I want to flash:
1. is the ROM affected by flashing your image, if flashing fails, can the N560 hard reset to original state?
2. Is there a tool which can fetch a complete image from N560 (with ROM)?
Can you give us a short info how you cook the image?
Where do you get the HW depended drivers (e.g WLAN, display..)?
Do you have any links? I have looked a long time
to find any info about upgrade the N560 or cooking Loox images.
Thanks

SPAschreiben not so, but ESN. then is OK ONE

I have with these Romes update. All OK ONE

Stucked
Hi sp3dev and everyone,
I did the upgrade and it went fine, the only thing was that the keyboard was English, I thought there were all in the ROM, and I wanted to get back to the first ROM, so and here comes my problem, I executed
pdocwrite nk.nb0 0 0x2300000
The result of this is that it get stucked at the very first screen, Is there any way to get back? How could I upload a ROM to the N560 in this case?
Thanx

Hi,
so how it looks with WM6 ROM. It will be great to have WM6 on my N560

Smarja said:
Hi,
so how it looks with WM6 ROM. It will be great to have WM6 on my N560
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Oh, i don`t know. we have xip with all wm6 modules but wm6 doesn`t boot yet. When we fix, and if we do, i`ll inform everyone

I did the upgrade yesterday eve, but i am missing the remote desktop client..
can't seem to find any link.. mtssc or any.. i looked in the windows folder but couldn't find it.
Anyone a hint?

oNNoZeLe said:
I did the upgrade yesterday eve, but i am missing the remote desktop client..
can't seem to find any link.. mtssc or any.. i looked in the windows folder but couldn't find it.
Anyone a hint?
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It's not there due to a bug. Likewise the transcriber does not work and hangs the system.
I suggest waiting until they fix it and upgrade then, if it is vital for you. I will wait for two reasons: it is probably buggy yet (only two known bugs now though), and I am loath to re-install everything from scratch for the next couple of weeks
Besides, people experiment there with pool size (with some trade-off in RAM) which may yield an even faster machine.
Also if you upgrade, you must not use an old (all-)system backup. Just re-install everything single piece of software you use. Note that some software may lose its registration since you will have a *different* PPC with new (and unofficial) ROM.
... and "if it isn't broken, don't fix it" remember?

AKU 3.5.2
Hi sp3dev,
I thought that in AKU 3.5.2 WPA2 was supported. If I'm right this is supported since AKU 3.5. After upgrade I noticed it wasn't in this release. Is it a mistake? or I'm really wrong.

and "if it isn't broken, don't fix it" remember?
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True, but i can't rembemer not installing any MS beta ;-)
And if someone posts a wm6 rom here, i won't be the first to try but might be second or third
Maybe my intention was to notify but wrote my text wrong..
i do like the rom..

white screen after upgrade

I tried to upgrade to new wm6 italian roms but after upgrade finishes the p3600 doesn't make auto boot, pressing reset the device start booting and show the first scree but after the screen becomes white and stop going on.
The only rom working is this from lwsw wm6.
All other roms (mun, italians translated) after the upgrade the system doesn't finish first boot and remains white.
I can enter in bootloader pressing on+camera+reset and install italian wm5 gps enabled rom or lwsw wm6 english rom, but no one of the others.
I tried also sspl.trin and hard spl but without success.
What can do to let the upgrade finalize with italian or mun's wm6 roms?
Thanks

no one that happened the same and solved it?

+1 help please

dreambox said:
+1 help please
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I think you have to use mtty.exe to unlock the device!!!
first have to flash Hardspl, rebbot, then:
disable activesync, enter in bootloader and run mtty from pc, select usb port and flag yes on "local echo"
then press ok, a terminal white window appear
press "enter"
and appears "cmd>" then write:
info 2
then you write task 2a
if there are some memory Bad block, they will be adhusted!!!
reenter in bootloader, reflash with original WM5 italian and try if the old "original" OS works!!
last luigi.ing release of italian rom causes same problem to my device, after theese operations it retunded to work!!!
bye!

same problem here, after last "ing" upgrade... now trying to upgrade with udk.. my PS trin is supercid
UPDATE: Udk seems to work fine! It bringed to life my trin!!

ervius said:
I think you have to use mtty.exe to unlock the device!!!
first have to flash Hardspl, rebbot, then:
disable activesync, enter in bootloader and run mtty from pc, select usb port and flag yes on "local echo"
then press ok, a terminal white window appear
press "enter"
and appears "cmd>" then write:
info 2
then you write task 2a
if there are some memory Bad block, they will be adhusted!!!
reenter in bootloader, reflash with original WM5 italian and try if the old "original" OS works!!
last luigi.ing release of italian rom causes same problem to my device, after theese operations it retunded to work!!!
bye!
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is there something to do after launching task 2a ? because i still have the white screen problem after
Edit : here is what i have on my screen
Cmd>task 2a
Check block : 75 - Bad
Check block : 76 - Bad
Check block : 915 - Bad
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what command must i launch ?

there is a way to flash roms with mtty this solves bad dlocks usage, but i don't find how to do it anymore, someone ca give me instructions on how to use mtty for flashing my trinity?
Thanks

Spanish problem
+1 help
Con la versión 2.3 ES me pasa lo mismo.
La única que funciona bien es "LVSW_Trinity_WM6_v2.0.1.1"

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"LVSW_Trinity_WM6_v2.0.1.1"

Problem With Flashing
Also to me making all the procedure to the fine ones they give an error to me Cmd>task 2A Check block: 329 - Working Bad
and the only one rom is wm6 the 2.0.1.1

Cmd>info 8
Block 0x0(0) is Reversed block
Block 0x1(1) is Reversed block
Block 0x2(2) is Reversed block
Block 0x3(3) is Reversed block
Block 0x4(4) is Reversed block
Block 0x5(5) is Reversed block
Block 0x6(6) is Reversed block
Block 0x7(7) is Reversed block
Block 0x8(8) is Reversed block
Block 0x9(9) is Reversed block
Block 0xA(10) is Reversed block
Block 0xB(11) is Reversed block
Block 0xC(12) is Reversed block
Block 0x177(375) is BAD block !!!
Block 0x2D8(728) is BAD block !!!
Partition[0], type=0x20, start=0x2, total=0x18FE
Partition[1], type=0x23, start=0x1900, total=0x1700
Partition[2], type=0x25, start=0x3000, total=0x19D00
Partition[3], type=0x4, start=0x1CD00, total=0x1DB00
CE Total Length(with sector info) = 0x3A86800
CE CheckSum Length(without sector info) = 0x39A0000

anybody can help us for that?

I'ver read somewhere that flashing roms with mtty solves the problem. But flashing roms with mtty it's not easy because if i remember well, you must decostruct the rom and flash only one file of it.
If someone can tell us how to extract the right file and flash it with mtty we could install every rom.....

The problem comes from Olipro's Hard-SPL in most cases. It ignores bad blocks which can result in the mentioned problems. He fixed it for Hermes...

It seems that I have found a way to revolve the problem, it is not a solution but it seems to work.
The blocks marked "Bad" by mtty such remain bad, but the new rom run on my PDA from 12 hours without problems.
The passages that I have executed are:
- Hard Reset
- Hard-SPL (standard ActiveSync USB connection)
- Boot of PDA in bootloader mode and deactivation of ActiveSync USB connection
- Flash with rom udK 2.3 Full Edition (italian)
- SAME OLD WHITE SCREEN PROBLEM!
- Again Hard Reset
- Again Hard-SPL (standard ActiveSync USB connection)
- Boot of PDA in bootloader mode and deactivation of ActiveSync USB connection
- Flash with rom udK 2.3 Lite Edition (italian)
- Right boot screen whit background ad so on...
It seems that if the rom is small enough to ignore the bad blocks it can work correctly.
In waiting for a definitive solution of the corrupted blocks I hope that my experience can help you.

ZakMcRofl said:
The problem comes from Olipro's Hard-SPL in most cases. It ignores bad blocks which can result in the mentioned problems. He fixed it for Hermes...
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so if i am flashing my pda with the s-SPL provided witht the rom it should work ?

oufledingue said:
so if i am flashing my pda with the s-SPL provided witht the rom it should work ?
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i jsut found the anser to your question,don't use the hard spl 1.20!!!!!use the hard spl 1.41.00.11.good luck and tell me if it works now.

unexpected said:
use the hard spl 1.41.00.11.good luck and tell me if it works now.
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so would you pls tell me where to get that for Trinity?

use this guys then tell me if it works.
flash the trinity with this then flash with the rom you want.
http://www.file-upload.net/download-257820/Trinity-Radio-ROM-1.41.00.11-by-ZakMcRofl.rar.html

unexpected said:
use this guys then tell me if it works.
flash the trinity with this then flash with the rom you want.
http://www.file-upload.net/download-257820/Trinity-Radio-ROM-1.41.00.11-by-ZakMcRofl.rar.html
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can't find the link to d/l
how about attach to here?

EXT_ROM issues

Hi,
I'm using the official Dopod WM6 ROM on SuperCID Hermes300. I've unlocked and unhided my Extended ROM manualy according to the wiki. My extended ROM is accessable, but every time I install a program and softreset my device the extended ROM gets corrupted and al or some files on it disappear! Even the pre-installed dopod cabs. One time softreseting even bricked my device and I had to reflash it.
I've found out that this due to the fact that the driver in wm6 doesn't correct bad sectors in the extended ROM.
Does anybody know a solution for this problem?

Files in the ExtROM must be read-only! If aren't make them!
cheers,
dan

Need Help [ Block 0x174(372) is BAD block !!! ]

Cmd>info 8
Block 0x0(0) is Reversed block
Block 0x1(1) is Reversed block
Block 0x2(2) is Reversed block
Block 0x3(3) is Reversed block
Block 0x4(4) is Reversed block
Block 0x5(5) is Reversed block
Block 0x6(6) is Reversed block
Block 0x7(7) is Reversed block
Block 0x8(8) is Reversed block
Block 0x9(9) is Reversed block
Block 0xA(10) is Reversed block
Block 0xB(11) is Reversed block
Block 0xC(12) is Reversed block
Block 0x174(372) is BAD block !!!
Partition[0], type=0x20, start=0x2, total=0x18FE
Partition[1], type=0x23, start=0x1900, total=0x1900
Partition[2], type=0x25, start=0x3200, total=0x25500
Partition[3], type=0x4, start=0x28700, total=0x16900
CE Total Length(with sector info) = 0x5223800
CE CheckSum Length(without sector info) = 0x50E0000
Cmd>task 2a
Check block : 372 - Bad
Help...What the mean???? How do fix this problem....???
Dopod 838pro
Herm 100
IPL-1.04 SPL-2.10 Olipro
Can loding windows, but not stable, how do fix this problem?

What is your phone doing? Is your phone not booting? Almost all hermes devices have bad blocks but still work fine.

section8prime8 said:
Almost all hermes devices have bad blocks but still work fine.
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Are you sure about that? It is quite weird.

section8prime8 said:
What is your phone doing? Is your phone not booting? Almost all hermes devices have bad blocks but still work fine.
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Still working, but not stable. What the mean 372 bad block?

burkay said:
Are you sure about that? It is quite weird.
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Yep, searched the forum and the wiki and it is common to find "bad blocks" on the hermes. It comes from the manufacturer like that. There are a few posts on here that discuss that weirdness. Here's one.

akubiqd said:
Still working, but not stable. What the mean 372 bad block?
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Ok, not stable as in random resets, or what? What ROM are you using? I'm no expert by any means, but the peeps on here that are will need more info. I will help and do the best I can.

section8prime8 said:
Ok, not stable as in random resets, or what? What ROM are you using? I'm no expert by any means, but the peeps on here that are will need more info. I will help and do the best I can.
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I using this ROM 23/12/08 20940/build 20931 Manila2D Black FULL...
I loading some program, the touchscreen is dead ,i tried to soft reset it many time but it's still doesn't respond to any touch.

OK, the first thing I do if I have a problem is flash to the AT&T ROM. Try this. Maybe it's something in the ROM when you flashed and a "reset" will help it. Try to flash this and reflash the ROM you liked. I'm limited on having troubles with my phone, but this is where I start. Good luck.

section8prime8 said:
OK, the first thing I do if I have a problem is flash to the AT&T ROM. Try this. Maybe it's something in the ROM when you flashed and a "reset" will help it. Try to flash this and reflash the ROM you liked. I'm limited on having troubles with my phone, but this is where I start. Good luck.
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Thank you very much....

How to remove region ID protection to a ROM

Hi guys, I have an HTC Diamond P3700 (DIAM110 64M) and I cannot install any of the HTC 2.03 official roms. I already ran OLIPRO unlocker (dev Hard SPL, Sim Unlock, Security Unlock). I'm trying to run any of the official 2.03 ROMS (tried europe, ME, hong kong) but nothing works. I CAN flash any cooked rom (running AZTOR v10) but I still would like to know how to install any official 2.03 ROMS.
I get the always handy error 244 invalid model ID so it makes me think of invalid region ID issue.
Any pointers greatly appreciated.

You answers will most likely be found here....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=409425
Update stops at 5%/Invalid Model ID is displayed
Short answer: The model ID hardcoded in the ROM image doesn't match the ID of your device. Read on for a fix.
Long answer: Don't Panic. Your Device isn't broken
Each Diamond Model has it's own ID. My German MDA Compact IV is a DIAM200. Other models are DIAM150/DIAM300/DIAM100....
Now ROMs might be configured to be flashable to a specific Model ID only, even though technically they would work fine on any Model ID.
In that case the ROM needs to be "reconfigured" - this process works for full ROMs as well as Radios.
* If you are running a foreign Version of Windows or have Regional Settings other than English US configured, please set them to English U.S. temporarily. Otherwise NBHUtil will not function correctly.
* First you'll need OliPro's NBH Util (0.92 works for the Diamond).
* Fire it up, switch to "Extract NBH"
* Select the nbh of the ROM/Radio to be flashed and hit Go
* Extract the components you need. Radio/Splash/OS. If there's an SPL in there, you can safely discard/ignore it. You have HardSPL for that.
* Make note of the Target CID, Version, Language and Chunk Size. FYI the Model ID is the problematic setting here. If it says DIAM10000 and you have a DIAM300 you're screwed.
* Switch to the Build NBH tab and select the Diamond as target
* Note how the Model ID is preset to DIAM*****. The wildcard allows any device
* Change target CID, Version, Lang & Chunk size to the values you wrote down.
* Select each saved component under the NBH items
* Hit Build NBH and save the file as RUU_signed.nbh to a folder of your choice and flash it with the DiamondCustomRUU.exe or ROMUpdateUtility.exe
* Donate to OliPro because he just made your device useful

This is not the case
Update process stops at 1%. I already read that forum at usually you would think of HARD SPL issues, but not. I can flash cooked roms (I'm running AZTOR v10). That's why I'm thinking of region ID protection.

hmm....yes, yes, perhaps.
Ok, well I will see if there are any other post on this outside of this forum.

davidsle said:
Hi guys, I have an HTC Diamond P3700 (DIAM110 64M) and I cannot install any of the HTC 2.03 official roms. I already ran OLIPRO unlocker (dev Hard SPL, Sim Unlock, Security Unlock). I'm trying to run any of the official 2.03 ROMS (tried europe, ME, hong kong) but nothing works. I CAN flash any cooked rom (running AZTOR v10) but I still would like to know how to install any official 2.03 ROMS.
I get the always handy error 244 invalid model ID so it makes me think of invalid region ID issue.
Any pointers greatly appreciated.
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that error is nothing to do with regionid
however if you flash a rom with high regionid protection, and your device is not from matching region you have to patch the rom, for older roms in 1 place, for newer ones in 2 places. I can give more info if anyone requests it, also I made a patcher for nk.exe (1st patch is in nk.exe), that does it automatically
PS: I noticed you mention mainly english roms. well, english language roms usually never have it. russian and chinese language roms tend to have this

davidsle said:
Update process stops at 1%. I already read that forum at usually you would think of HARD SPL issues, but not. I can flash cooked roms (I'm running AZTOR v10). That's why I'm thinking of region ID protection.
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probably these roms are DIAM100**
your diamond is DIAM110 so you want a rom with DIAM110** or DIAM***** modelid
cooked roms are usually DIAM***** and stock roms aren't.
so do what band27 said.

is there a prob if my model id is DIAM100 and nbh [email protected] extract nbh i get DIAM10000?
i get this model id from the nbh @ the official ROM downloaded with my sn

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that error is nothing to do with regionid
however if you flash a rom with high regionid protection, and your device is not from matching region you have to patch the rom, for older roms in 1 place, for newer ones in 2 places. I can give more info if anyone requests it, also I made a patcher for nk.exe (1st patch is in nk.exe), that does it automatically
PS: I noticed you mention mainly english roms. well, english language roms usually never have it. russian and chinese language roms tend to have this
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I am really intresting in it. Can you tell me the detail about how to patch nk.exe and rilphone.dll to remove the region ID protection? THX