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O2 XDAII ROM upgrade failed?

I have just downloaded the rom upgrade off the O2 website (ver 1.60.50) and installed. Initially it was trying to connect to the internet! Eventually I got it working, but after hard resetting the version still says 1.60.00wwe, Rom date 12/03/03, extRom ver 1.60.50 - all as before.
Does anyone know if the upgrade has actually worked but the info not been updated, or does this mean that the update hasn't worked and I must have had an error somewhere?
Any help, advise appreciated.

I thought these forums where to help each other out and provide information. It is disappointing that no one wants to help, or provide a little guidance.

I thought these forums where to help each other out and provide information. It is disappointing that no one wants to help, or provide a little guidance.

Absolutely nothing changed?
I thought it's not possible? Did you see a progress bar on XDA's display during the upgrade? if so, the memory has been accessed, so your rom is the new one, there is just a mess in identification. As far as I know, extROM changes the identity (it is it's main purpose), did you use it?

flintanis said:
I have just downloaded the rom upgrade off the O2 website (ver 1.60.50) and installed. Initially it was trying to connect to the internet! Eventually I got it working, but after hard resetting the version still says 1.60.00wwe, Rom date 12/03/03, extRom ver 1.60.50 - all as before.
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Maybe I'm wrong - but it seems that you are upgrading from 1.60.50 to 1.60.50. Right? As such, everything WOULD be the same!

I did see the progress bar, and the documentation before the upgrade on the O2 website sugests the Rom to be 1.60.00wwe and the extRom to be 1.60.50
I would have expected the actual Rom to now be 1.60.50wwe.
Has anyone else managed to upgrade to the official O2 ROM that is on their site and can confirm the ROM info? Also what apps etc would confirm that it has been upgraded if the info hasn't been updated but upgrade has work?
Many thanks for help and advice.

I'm not sure, but doesn't higher number mean later+better ROM?
If yes, have a look at 1.72 by T-mobile - there should not be many differences! :lol:

Since I have only just bought it I don't want to upgrade to an unofficial ROM in case it invalidates the Warranty should anything go wrong with it. May look at using a ROM from another supplier in a few months though.
Can anyone confirm if the ROM ver should be changed?
Thanks

flintanis said:
Since I have only just bought it I don't want to upgrade to an unofficial ROM in case it invalidates the Warranty should anything go wrong with it. May look at using a ROM from another supplier in a few months though.
Can anyone confirm if the ROM ver should be changed?
Thanks
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You need to give people time to reply mate - we don't LIVE on these forums you know.
Anyhow, to answer your posts, yes, you have worked it out, the O2 ROM update, which is described as 1.60.50, is actually just the extended ROM element.
The system ROM is still 1.60.00
This confused me, and no doubt, lots more people too, and it's a bit STUPID of O2 to describe it this way.
Thus, you have in effect flashed your XDA2 to the exact same ROM it had before hand.
Curses to O2 for the confusion. Not good of them!

Thanks, and sorry for being impatient
O2 need to sort this out as I have done a ROM upgrade that could have fried my machine if I did it wrong that was unneccessary.
Thanks again.

Well, O2 is not alone in this - the current i-mate ROM is listed as 172126. The ROM version is 1.72.00, but the Extended ROM is 1.72.126.
I think they do this for internal tracking purposes. They get the ROM from MS, but they tweak the ExtROM themselves. It is possible for them to release multiple ExtROM versions in the same ROM version, so THAT is what they specify.
Make sense? Just a stab in the dark as to the logic of the release numbers.

Issue With Vendor Upgrade!!

hello everyone. i had an issue with the latest upgrade supplied by the vendor of my imate jasjar. after so many tries, the vendor asked me to return the piece for checking it. now, they said they want to check whether there was any other rom installed on the device or not!!
my question is; could there be a way whereby they can really check the history of any rom and ext_rom installed once on the device, could this be through hardware or software?
please help since i need to know this part. hey, all the gurues out there, this one is for you all!!!

Help me,no wifi access on my dopod c720, urgent

i have just bought one 2nd-hand excalibur.It seemed normal at first but then when I got home, I access communication but I cant not turn on the wifi at any mean since there is no wifi icon on the screen. That's so helpless. Also, something weird that although i have the brand name of T-mobile but my rom is dopod c720 and it appear chinese word on the greeting screen everytime i boot up. I wondered that it is a fault rom, or it is because of my hardware. If it is cuz of my rom, can you guys show me how to modify or doing any mean to change to another rom. I am really annoyed with that chinese rom. Though i tried many way of flashing another rom but it always gives out the message of invalid model. Any help then. plz plz plz you guys. Really urgent. I am a bit regret of buying this "smart phone".

is it no way to help my belove c720. Or am I being fooled by buying the fake stuff

You might want to try to Hard Reset your device and see if the Wifi would be fixed..
How to Hard Reset?
Start - Accessories (Expert) - Clear Storage - Enter 1234
Hard Reset will wipe out all your data residing on the phone memory, so better backup first before proceeding. Data on the the Storage Card will remain intact and safe with a Hard Reset.

the hard reset was also tried out ages ago. But it seems not work

Just my 2 cent. in China they have no Wi-Fi version of Excalibur sold everythere. It appears that your device has been flashed with Chinese version . You shoud consider flashing your handset to firmware with known WI-FI support in it. I hope it helps.
P.S. Lets hope that your device didn't come from China and has no Wi-Fi chip in it at all. What is the model number of your handest? You can locate this information under the battery.
Good luck!

so i have to remove the battery first then look at the back of my excalibur. Then, which signal give me the information that it come from China or not. Does it have stuff like made in china or sthing like that. By the way, thx you guys very much for devotedly ansewred my questions. I'm newbie here so I need lots of help from u guys

Wi-Fi on the C720W
djlinh said:
is it no way to help my belove c720. Or am I being fooled by buying the fake stuff
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Hello djlinh, I don't know if this helps you or not, but I bought my dopod C720W, (new) in Thailand and it comes with two languages that you can switch between, (English and Chinese). Just check your "SPACE" key to see if it has some Chinese letters, (in blue) on it. That's the way mine came. In any case my Wi-Fi worked fine with the original dopod WM5 ROM. I have since switched to the Russia, (WM6) ROM it working just as well, if not better. By the way I would recommend the Russia ROM . I've been using the Russia ROM for awhile now and to tell you the truth, I could care less if dopod comes out with an WM6 upgrade or not. I can't see it being any better than the Russia one. If you do go for the Russia ROM upgrade. I would suggest you read the various threads of this very helpful site and make some notes first. It will make things go a lot smoother for you. Cheers and good luck!

so can you guys get me a valid rom to flash. I tried to flash many of them but it became a failure. Can you do me a favor that give me a link work for my excalibur.

SecureGSM said:
Just my 2 cent. in China they have no Wi-Fi version of Excalibur sold everythere. It appears that your device has been flashed with Chinese version . You shoud consider flashing your handset to firmware with known WI-FI support in it. I hope it helps.
P.S. Lets hope that your device didn't come from China and has no Wi-Fi chip in it at all. What is the model number of your handest? You can locate this information under the battery.
Good luck!
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I own a Dopod C720 which is the version without WLAN. I know that the C720W has WLAN. Is it really a matter of the chip or could it just be based on the firmware whether WLAN is enabled or not?
In addition, I wish to flash the C720 to an all English version. The current version on my C720 is the Chinese/English version. A limited number of applications still only appear in Chinese characters in the English setting. Can someone tell me which version I need and where to get it from(send it)? I downloaded some RUUs but it seems that does not do the trick. e.g. there is still the Chinese operator logo which I do not like.
Thanks
Joscha

HKC G1000

Hi!
Does anyone know where to find ROMS for HKC G1000 (DUAL SIM WM6)?
Many thanks!

i have one. they sent it to me coz i complained about noise being picked up by phone1. tried reflashing, but still the same problem.

Hi I have a HKC G1000, and do not do as a HARD RESET, as you know, thanks

I've got the last (november 2008) English ROM for HKC G1000 when been in ShenZhen month ago. If you need - I can upload it somewhere.

THOMYROS said:
Hi I have a HKC G1000, and do not do as a HARD RESET, as you know, thanks
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There is Icon with green tree in Settings menu - search for it!

Hkc G1000 hard reset
Hi,
i have the same problem, i have installed a program now the phone is blocked in the windows boot up screen.
Did you solve the problem?
Could you help me please?
Thanks

try this
3 key press together for re-start:
G2 (Dial sim card 2 key) + Camera key (on the right side, near the on/off key) + on/off key.

9rinder said:
I've got the last (november 2008) English ROM for HKC G1000 when been in ShenZhen month ago. If you need - I can upload it somewhere.
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hi, can i have it? please provide a link for download. thanks... hopefully it will solve my noise problem on phone 1. thanks...

can you post your rom versions?
mine is Under Device Information: WM6_HKC_G1000_VER_07

Hkc G1000
Thank you very much Pranix,
it worked ,
but only after take off the battery for 15 min. and with G1 button at place of G2.
I'm also interested to have the Rom (just in case
If you can provide a link it will be much appreciated.
mine is:
ROM: WM6_HKC_G1000_VER_07
RADIO: PPC_DMDC_RIL_01.01
PROTOCOL: W8.5P8.4
DRAGONFLY: DV17-MODULE-VER-07.12.2
Just a curiosity: this pda it supposed to have 64 Mb of ram, but on "about" i read only 43,74 Mb,
it's your the same or not?
Thanks again

we have the same version.
http://uploading.com/files/G05UZJ16/HKC G1000.rar.html
hopefully someone here can modify and update it to wm 6.1
how's the sound quality of your phone?
i have a problem with phone 1, it picks up alot of ambience noise.
difficult to hear the other person you're talking to.
if you put your hand over the mouthpiece, and also the earpiece, it creates a feedback sound.
no problem on phone 2.

Hkc G1000
Hi Pranix,
thanks for the rom file after i'll ask you how to flash it.
My phone works good both sims, your, sounds to be an hardware
problem, since you told that you have flashed the rom.
The set of the microphone for the sim 1 is too sensible, and when you put the hand on the micro, it cause what is called "larsen effectc", that happend when the sensibility of the microphone is too high and trigger a feedback from the earphone that cause an annoying whistle .
In an italian forum, I heard about an engineering code to write down in the
china phones with WM6, that allow you to set some hardware features
of the phone including the sound level, I don't know if this is possible also with our phone. but it worth a try.
I'll go to ask in the forum and if pertinent, i'll post you the answer.
Bye

hi,
the procedure to flash is in the rar file that i have uploaded.
just open the text file.
hope you can find some way to minimize the sensitivity of microphone setting for phone 1.
regards,
pranix

Hi Pranix,
he say that the code "engineer mode" it is available only on the china phones with the RTOS operating system, and in some motorola and Nokias,
but he say that maybe it is possible to change the parameters set on the windows registry, with a pc program like CeRegEditor.
Connect the phone to the pc, start CeRegEditor, make it read the registry, click on unlock (if not you can't save the changes), after that you have to look where are located the keys regarding the audio, and see if modifiyng the key value you can solve the problem.
I will look further if i find some else solution
good luck

i already tried editing registry however still the same.
maybe i was editing the wrong registry. hehe
i just hope that 9rinder gets to post his rom here

Pranix said:
i just hope that 9rinder gets to post his rom here
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Here is link, try it, guys:
http://rapidshare.com/files/195288870/HKC.ZIP.html

Hi Pranix,
take a look here, maybe help:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=256734
then search on the registry with the keyword "volume"

9rinder said:
Here is link, try it, guys:
http://rapidshare.com/files/195288870/HKC.ZIP.html
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hi,
can you post your rom details?
i downloaded the rom, it seems your rom & my rom are the same.
i checked the date & time stamp, its identical.
i also asked my contact at hkc, still no new rom since i asked for it sometime june.
how's the audio quality on your phone 1 & phone 2?
can you hear the calling party clearly?

oxyjo said:
Hi Pranix,
take a look here, maybe help:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=256734
then search on the registry with the keyword "volume"
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i've actually tried editing those registries before however still the same.
the question here is that do we have one or two mircrophones?
coz if only one, then there must be a setting somewhere to adjust phone 1 & phone 2. phone 2 sound is better than phone 1.
if two microphones, i cant find the settings as there is only one setting to tweak.

Hello. I have one of this PDa.
Mine has this ROM:
ROM version:WM6_SITRONICS_SD106_VER_05
Radio version: CYNTHIA850_DMDC_RIL_01.01
Protocol version: W8.5P8.4
Dragonfly Version:CYNTHIA850 TF-DV17-MODULE-VER-07.16 Feb 18 2008 13:02:06
Do you recommend me to update?
Is any way to "extract" its original ROM?
And is any way to "edit" any of your roms to change the language of the OS?
Thanks

Need Stock-ROM for P8000(B)

Yesterday I bricked my brand new P8000(B) - the new version with Marshmallow 'out of the box' (and the new SIM slots etc...)
I tryed to reflash several stock- and custom ROM's but they don't work because they are made for the 'old' version and there must be major differences in the hardware. At the moment the main problem is that the LCD driver is wrong and the display shows only lines and blurry spots
The Phone was running on ROM "P8000_6.0_20160516" - this ROM is not available at needrom or bbs.elephone.hk even Google doesnt know
It would help a lot if some could supply the ROM "P8000_6.0_20160516" - thank you!

FrauHofrat said:
Yesterday I bricked my brand new P8000(B) - the new version with Marshmallow 'out of the box' (and the new SIM slots etc...)
I tryed to reflash several stock- and custom ROM's but they don't work because they are made for the 'old' version and there must be major differences in the hardware. At the moment the main problem is that the LCD driver is wrong and the display shows only lines and blurry spots
The Phone was running on ROM "P8000_6.0_20160516" - this ROM is not available at needrom or bbs.elephone.hk even Google doesnt know
It would help a lot if some could supply the ROM "P8000_6.0_20160516" - thank you!
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I can do nothing else than blaming you, I wrote a reply yesterday to the eragon forum that there's someone else who flashed -not even a custom rom- just the root .zip that was for the "old" p8000 and got his phone bricked the same way as you (LCD driver problem). That's why I asked for a dump/backup. It could have been useful for you too (as in this case) and for the other guy too. But nevermind, I hope that you learn from this for later things... anyways, the other guy has contacted elephone on their facebook, so I hope you'll get the rom so you can use your device again. Good luck!

I have this version too, just got it today.
If someone can explain to me how to create the scatter file and the backup, I'll do it.
I have some experience with this stuff, but MTKDroidTools tells me unknown rom structure.
Any help?

I do have the same problem (see here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/elephone-p8000/general/rom-p8000-t3431571 ). I just wanted to root the phone because I liked to change the wifi modem file but i didn't even realize that I got another version of the phone at this point, so I bricked it.
I also contacted the support via facebook, but the support guy had to ask the engineers for help.
But maybe someone can help Emileh taking a dump of his phone, that would be really great!

@ardrift
you are sooo right but I have'n expected that two phones of the same type contain conplete different hardware respectively the firmware is not supporting both hardware versions. Even the manufacturer does not metion to check the hardware version before flashing...
@Emileh @flo1k
I do have a second 'untouched' P8000(B) too - and I'm starving to copy the firmware from this working phone to the faulty phone if someone could explain how...

problem solved
flo1k managed to get a stock ROM for this hardware version - the softwarepackage is named K06TE-A.A.vR14.E1.160707 and should be available at the elephone forum soon....
Further information you can get here http://forum.xda-developers.com/elephone-p8000/general/2016-version-fingerprint-scanner-t3436270