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Upgrade freezing during flash

I have a 8525. I had XDA LIVE .20 with hard SPPL and radio 1.34. Was upgrading to LVSW WM6 Pro and upgrading stuck at 68%. Did the recovery and tried to upgrade again where it froze again at 68%. Could get back into bootloader so I tried to upgrade to XDA LIVE .21 and this time it froze at 69%. Did the recovery, got back to bootloader and tried again where it froze at 69% again. Got phone back to bootloader, rebooted computer, and then flashed Cingular 1.34 and everything seemed to work got ROM 1.34 and stayed at radio 1.34. Reflashed hard SPPL, then tried LVSM WM6 Pro again and it froze at 68% again. I'm at a lost. Have done many flashes with my 8525 and many with my SX66 and never have seen anything like this. Anyone have any thoughts?

I thought I might have bricked my device, but I can always get ROM 1.34_shipped back loaded. With all the new tools out there - the big question is: I want to upgrade the ROM, do I put Hard-SPL on or HTC_Hermes_SIM_CID_Unlock_v3 on or both. I was unlocked before but know don't know. The WIKI isn't very clear on this.

HELP! - Cannot flash bootloader away from SPL-0.41.coke

I have a major issue here. Please bear with me.
I flash my phone to the official 6.1 rom a few months back. Now I recently decided to try a custom rom by NFSFAN. So first thing was to flash the bootloader by IMCokeMan version 0.41. After doing that I flashed the custom rom. Once it booted up my phone kept reboot itself every few seconds or so. It turns out now that it was a battery issue, but I was sure the battery was fine and thought it was simply an incompatibility issue with the rom.
So I then tried to flash the official 6.1 rom back on, but it froze at 44% and then threw a 262 error after a minute or so. I then learned that I needed to flash the IMCokeMan 0.40 unlocker/relocker to get the official rom back on. So I did. Then tried the official rom again, and lone behold, froze at 44% and then gives the 262 error.
Then I thought I'd try the NFSFAN's rom again. So I flashed that. Once it successfully finished and started to load it freezes at the Telus splash screen and "No Radio" appears in red on the screen.
So this is where I'm at. I've tried to flash nearly every bootloader I could find and no matter what I do the bootloader always shows "SPL-0.41.coke". I can't flash any official rom including Telus, Bell or Sprint as they each freeze at different spots but consistently at the same spot individually (Telus at 44%, Bell at 30-some%, Sprint at 29%). I can flash custom roms as well as the beta wm6.5 rom but those don't fully load and give the "No Radio" error.
The ONLY rom I can successfully flash is an old 6.0 rom that someone dumped from a telus vogue. But in this rom under "Device Information" the rom is 1.11.661.1 and the radio version field is blank! And I cannot make data connections, as in I cannot connect to the internet, etc.
So my question to anyone that may know is: why am I having these issues with the radio version? How can I get rid of the SPL-0.41.coke bootloader?
And what can I do at this point? Any help from anyone is a thousand times over appreciated!
There's another copy of this thread at PPCGeeks.com:
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?p=792095#post792095
-Chris

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eeps! similar issue! did I brick it???
My symptoms are different, but the way I got there is pretty much the same:
I wanted to try NFSFAN's 1.28 Bell rom, so I unlocked with IMCokeMan's 2.31 unlocker (2.31 instead of 0.41 because I had previously upgraded to UTStarcom's Bell WM6.1 rom with the 3.42.50 radio when it came out). The unlock process went smoothly, and I had no problem flashing NFSFAN's 1.28 rom after that either.
NSFAN's RUU said I was successful, and my Vogue automatically restarted but got hung up on the "Bell" splash screen, I tried to let it work itself out for over 15 minutes before I tried a reset, but it still had the same problem. Tried a hard reset: same problem. I let it sit connected to the charger for a half week now and it still is hung at the "Bell" splash screen.
I'd try to flash the stock rom again, but I can't get the RUU to work without an activesync connection (right?).
Did I brick it? Any advice would be appreciated.
Here's everything my version-screen says if it helps at all:
M 03
B 01
P DCAAXOM-4350H
R 3.42.50
D 3NFS (is that NFSFAN's rom or an error?)

cbstryker said:
I then learned that I needed to flash the IMCokeMan 0.40 unlocker/relocker to get the official rom back on. So I did. Then tried the official rom again, and lone behold, froze at 44% and then gives the 262 error.
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I've been reading through the ImCoKeMaN's unlocker sticky (http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=20370), and I noticed there is a "VERY IMPORTANT / Warning" referring to the 0.40 rom you used. Here's what it says:
If your carrier did not release a rom and you flash an exe of another carrier with the 0.40 unlocker you won't be able to flash ANY rom until unlocking again (this requires booting into WM)
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then it points to this: ftp://up.ppcgeeks.com/Vogue/Users/ImCoKeMaN/Vogue_unlocker.exe
Hopefully that helps you out.

esskay said:
My symptoms are different, but the way I got there is pretty much the same:
I wanted to try NFSFAN's 1.28 Bell rom, so I unlocked with IMCokeMan's 2.31 unlocker (2.31 instead of 0.41 because I had previously upgraded to UTStarcom's Bell WM6.1 rom with the 3.42.50 radio when it came out). The unlock process went smoothly, and I had no problem flashing NFSFAN's 1.28 rom after that either.
NSFAN's RUU said I was successful, and my Vogue automatically restarted but got hung up on the "Bell" splash screen, I tried to let it work itself out for over 15 minutes before I tried a reset, but it still had the same problem. Tried a hard reset: same problem. I let it sit connected to the charger for a half week now and it still is hung at the "Bell" splash screen.
I'd try to flash the stock rom again, but I can't get the RUU to work without an activesync connection (right?).
Did I brick it? Any advice would be appreciated.
Here's everything my version-screen says if it helps at all:
M 03
B 01
P DCAAXOM-4350H
R 3.42.50
D 3NFS (is that NFSFAN's rom or an error?)
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hey, I answered this question of yours already over here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=3526872#post3526872
Detroit Doug

Thats the problem im having theres no way I know to get passed that screen that says no radio. So you can't even get into WM. So since it cant load into WM you can't run the unlocker. Most custom roms flash fine but its the radio thats missing it wont go past that.

Viper Matrix Wireless said:
Thats the problem im having theres no way I know to get passed that screen that says no radio. So you can't even get into WM. So since it cant load into WM you can't run the unlocker. Most custom roms flash fine but its the radio thats missing it wont go past that.
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You do NOT need to be in WM to unlock, WM has nothing to do with it
Start phone in bootloader mode (power+camera+stylus in reset hole and hold this until the 3 color screen comes up) it will say serial at the bottom
Plug in the USB cable to your PC and it will change to say USB
Start the 2.31 Unlocker RUU.EXE (RomUpdateUtility.exe) file, follow the steps
then run your custom ROM when after it restarts do does it thing and reboots again by going back into bootloader mode and doubleclicking the RUU.exe file in the custom ROM folder you want to use
Once it runs through the setup after flashing and then the autorun and restarts - hard reset the phone (red+green+stylus in hole) until a gray screen comes up
Follow directions and then setup and autorun and reboot
Make sure you have a carrier cab and/or mms fix either on your PC to copy over to your phone or on your SD Card ahead of time and you should be set to go
Detroit Doug

Detroit_Doug said:
You do NOT need to be in WM to unlock, WM has nothing to do with it
Start phone in bootloader mode (power+camera+stylus in reset hole and hold this until the 3 color screen comes up) it will say serial at the bottom
Plug in the USB cable to your PC and it will change to say USB
Start the 2.31 Unlocker RUU.EXE (RomUpdateUtility.exe) file, follow the steps
then run your custom ROM when after it restarts do does it thing and reboots again by going back into bootloader mode and doubleclicking the RUU.exe file in the custom ROM folder you want to use
Once it runs through the setup after flashing and then the autorun and restarts - hard reset the phone (red+green+stylus in hole) until a gray screen comes up
Follow directions and then setup and autorun and reboot
Make sure you have a carrier cab and/or mms fix either on your PC to copy over to your phone or on your SD Card ahead of time and you should be set to go
Detroit Doug
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I answered his question on his thread. You forgot one thing though Doug. He doesn't have a radio. He'll need to flash back to stock before he flashes a custom. Doesn't this get frustrating???

Apparently I have severly bricked my S620.

I was attempting to change to ookba's 3VO ROM but the operation failed and the ROM did not install. I did get the recovery instructions screen and followed them but the phone did not reset to the previous ROM (NRGZ28's EnergyROM 52409). The phone hangs on the Windows Mobile screen. I have done the following -
1) Followed ookba's recovery instructions and gotten the tri-band screen. However whenever I try to flash back to the T-Mobile ROM (any version) I get Error 260.
2) Followed stylez hard reset instructions and gotten the reset screen but the phone hangs on the Windows Mobile boot screen. A hard reset does not occur.
3) Followed NRGZ28's "In Case Things Go Wrong" instructions and gotten the tri-band screen, however when I try to flash the EnergyROM (or any other non T-Mobile ROM) I get corrupted image errors.
4) I have used jockeyw2001's bootloader but get Error 260
Also, the power button does not turn the phone off. I have to remove the battery to get it to shut down. I think I have tried all the recovery steps I know if. If anyone has a suggestion or solution I would be most appreciative. Thanks.

The Rotagilla said:
I was attempting to change to ookba's 3VO ROM but the operation failed and the ROM did not install. I did get the recovery instructions screen and followed them but the phone did not reset to the previous ROM (NRGZ28's EnergyROM 52409). The phone hangs on the Windows Mobile screen. I have done the following -
1) Followed ookba's recovery instructions and gotten the tri-band screen. However whenever I try to flash back to the T-Mobile ROM (any version) I get Error 260.
2) Followed stylez hard reset instructions and gotten the reset screen but the phone hangs on the Windows Mobile boot screen. A hard reset does not occur.
3) Followed NRGZ28's "In Case Things Go Wrong" instructions and gotten the tri-band screen, however when I try to flash the EnergyROM (or any other non T-Mobile ROM) I get corrupted image errors.
4) I have used jockeyw2001's bootloader but get Error 260
Also, the power button does not turn the phone off. I have to remove the battery to get it to shut down. I think I have tried all the recovery steps I know if. If anyone has a suggestion or solution I would be most appreciative. Thanks.
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Maybe its safe to assume you have a hardware issue? Since the initial flash and following consecutive flashes failed, maybe its a bad USB cable? I would try reflashing the shipped T-Mobile ROM from a different PC altogether using a different USB cable. Since your phone gets to the Bootloader (multicolor) screen means it's not bricked. Try different PC and cable hardware...

Will do. I did try another hard reset and the boot screen has sat for over 20 minutes without getting past it.

Or try flashin stock ROM via SD

you must flash to official rom to make any progress at this point. at least thats what i had to do when my computer auto-restarted in the middle of one of my flashes.

Fixed, thanks for the help.

bricked excalibur
how did you fix it cause i'm having the very same problem

Switched from a PC running Windows 7 to one running XP.

muga said:
how did you fix it cause i'm having the very same problem
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Welcome to the forum
Also reading here would help http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=415225

Well that didn't work for me its stuck it the multi colour screen and pc not flashing it. When it does recognise and start to flash i see a count down screen like the one on pc but only stops at 3percent

muga said:
Well that didn't work for me its stuck it the multi colour screen and pc not flashing it. When it does recognise and start to flash i see a count down screen like the one on pc but only stops at 3percent
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Muga, It's also happening to me. I had previous flashes with different roms Kavana's, rose, energy (6.1 release) and everything went well with no problems at all. But a few days ago, I tried to flash my excalibur with the latest release by NRGZ28 (energy rom 6.5) and what I think what happened was that I didn't run the unlock file aplications (since I didn't have to do it in the other flashes, because I already had unlock the phone with the first upgrade) that's the only explanation I can get. At the end, I came up with the frozen screen and I've tried the bootloader steps, original rom installation, hard reset with no succes at all. What I get is the same error you have.

[Q] Tri-color after freeze

I searched around to see if an issue I'm having is common, with no success. To keep it short I am running:
Hard-SPL unlocker on an AT&T touch pro 2
DeepShining X10.21680 Rom
Rhodium Radio 4.49.25.88 Radio
My issue is that the phone freezes up and after reset goes into the tri-color screen. Once in tri-color it will remain there until it "feels happy", remain operational until it decides to freeze again. There is nothing that I am doing before that seems to be a trend. I have tried a hard reset, a different ROM, and a different radio but it still has not improved.
Is there any ideas that can be suggested to help me with this problem.
Thank you

It's a pain reverting back to the stock bootloader, I had to for a warranty exchange.
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Going back to stock spl is really easy.
1. Boot into bootloader
2. Plugin usb
3. flash the stock spl

Stuck in Bootloader Problem.

A fishy problem.
I'm stuck in bootloader when I restart the phone.
If I rest the phone for a couple of hours i starts as it should, but if i restart it will come into the bootloader and is stuk there.
I can restart as many times as I would like but still stuck. I cannot Hard reset since restarting means I'm in bootloader.
I have managed to connect it to USB port. Performing Task29 with MTTY.
I have reflashed simplicity:s ROM after task 29 with no luck. Still stuck in Bootloader when restarting. then I have to wait for 2 hour with battery disconnected and the phone can start.
anyone who knows how to fix this problem?
thanks
/Ulf

Try flashin a different rom.. go into the bootloader do a task 29, hold volume down after it finishes, but b4 it boots up to get into bootloader again them flash a rom..
Sent from my SPH-M910

Hi
Go www.htc.com, select your country (IMPORTANT STEP!!!), find downloads (should be somewhere at support), download official ROM (it require P/N code, you can find it under battery, important for check ROM compatibility), flash. Should work.

Hi guys thanks for input. I tried both of your solution, but it failed. I now have the official ROM (but not official Hard SPL) And I still have the same issue.
Anything else I can try with?

Look for locking up precedure and go to the vendor if the phone ha warranty.