Everything you ever needed to know about "unbricking" your Cavalier but were afraid to ask is in this guide. I've put together this little guide for those of you who either intentionally or unintentionally bricked your Cavalier. There are three methods you can use depending of the severity of the "bricking".
But, before I even get into that, if your phone is in fact working right now, I highly recommend you flash HardSPL to avoid even having to follow these steps anytime in the future. The steps and info for HardSPL and JumpSPL can be found in this thread by jockyw2001:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=398945
HardSPL basically flashes your phone with an "unlocked" security partition so all security checks are bypassed when you try to flash a cooked ROM or a ROM designed for another variation of the Cavalier such as Dopod, HTC, or Softbank. Makes life much easier when trying different ROMS or cooking and testing your own! Thanks jockyw2001!!
Ok, so onto the fun stuff... You flashed your phone and it won't boot. What do you do??
First and easiest way to try unbricking is:
Get a hold of your Shipped ROM. If your Cavalier is a Dopod, you can find these ROMS either in Dopod's site, HTC's site (with a valid serial #), or right here at XDA (ftp://xda:[email protected]/Uploads/Smartphone/Cavalier/Shipped_Complete_Updates/Dopod/)
Remove the SD card if one is inserted in the phone
Remove the battery from your phone for a few seconds. I found this step to be essential to reset the device. Put the battery back in.
While holding the camera button on the right side, press the power button. The phone will enter "bootloader" mode and you will see a tricolor bootscreen.
While in this mode, plug in your USB cable and you will hear the "ba-bing" USB sounds as the device connects
Unpack the ROM package you just downloaded and run RomUpdateUtility.exe. Follow the steps, check the appropriate boxes, and start the flash
Assuming all goes well, your phone will flash to the factory ROM and you can then troubleshoot what went wrong the first time that bricked your phone.
What if this doesn't work?? Or what if it flashes but the phone still doesn't boot. Or what if the flash stalls or fails? Don't panic!! That's the worst thing you can do. Try this next step.
The second mothod to unbricking your phone is:
You will need to download some tools. Downlload MTTY from this post and unpack it.
Remove your SD card
Use the method above to put your phone into "bootloader" mode and connect the USB cable
Go into Activesync and under File, Connections, uncheck "Allow USB Connections" and hit ok. Activesync will now show a red X in the systray icon
Now, launch MTTY and for port, select "USB" or \\.\WCEUSBSH001 (or any variation) and hit connect. Tap enter a few times to get the Cmd> prompt. If you don't get the prompt, review the steps and try again.
Next run the following commands to check for bad blocks and format you OS partition:
Code:
Cmd>task 32
(if you get Level=0 you are good to go)
Cmd>info 8
(This will give you bad block information if any)
Cmd>task 32
Cmd>task 2a
(Let this run and check for bad blocks, may take a while)
Cmd>task 28
(This will reformat your storage partition, if you get "Storage format success" you're in business)
Now flash back your shipped Cavalier ROM and you should be good
Oh no!! That didn't work!? Or it worked but the flash failed with Error 270 or another error......... Never fear!! XDA-Developers is here! This next method creates a "goldcard" which is used to SuperCID the Cavalier so that it doesn't care about what factory ROM you flash. Please have the factory (not a cooked) ROM ready to go.
The third "goldcard" an final method is a bit more intensive so follow closely:
Get a cup of coffee or tea
You will need a working Donor HTC device with a microSD slot and a microSD card that is smaller than 1GB (will be formatted) to create "goldcard" image using QMAT tools as described below
You will need QMAT. Get it from http://revskills.de/index.html.
Go to the Download link and download the latest version and unpack QMAT
Have some coffee
Use a SD card reader in your PC to access the SD card through Windows. Format the SD card with FAT32.
* Insert the SD card into the donor HTC device and connect the USB cable. If you unchecked "Allow USB Connections" in Activesync in an earlier step, make sure you recheck it so that you can establish a full USB sync connection to the HTC device.
Open QMAT and go to the "Hardware Forecsics" menu and select "Generate HTC Goldcard"
In "Select device key:" select the Cavalier
You will need the serial number fro the SD card so click the "Get SD Card Serial from WINCE Device" button
Once the Serial number appears in the box, click the "Save Goldcard Image to WINCE SD" button below
If no errors pop up and all goes well, proceed to these next steps
If you get an error or a popup saying "Goldcard for newer devices isn't implemented in newer devices", you must buy and register the software. Believe me, it's worth the small amount of $ you will spend to bring your expensive device back to life!
Now remove the SD card with the newly written Goldcard image from the Donor HTC device
Insert the SD card back into your PC using the microSD card reader adapter. Browse to the drive letter assigned to it. You will see no files on the SD card, this is normal.
(If, for some reason your PC sees the SD card as unformatted, something went wrong. Remove it and reinsert it into the Donor HTC device. The device should see the card as unformatted and ask you to format it, say yes. Now go back to the "* Insert the SD card into the donor HTC device" step above and repeat the steps)
Unpack your Dopod or other factory ROM and copy RUU_Signed.nbh to the SD card. Once it had finished copying, rename the file to CAVAIMG.nbh. Remove the SD card from the PC.
Make sure the Cavalier is off and insert the SD card
Enter bootloader mode as mentioned earlier (hold the camera button while pressing the power button)
You will see a gray screen that says "loading". It will then find the CAVAIMG.nbh file and ask if you would like to start the update process. Follow the instructions and let the phone flash.
It will take 10-15 mins but your phone should boot fine and be back in action!
QMAT is a VERY powerful tool written by viperbjk that allows for full low level manipulation of HTC and WINCE tasks. Read all about it here http://revskills.de/index.html.
Many thanks to jockyw2001 for his amazing HTC device knowledge! Also thanks to all who contributed to this post.
Hope this tutorial helps!
Reserved for updates.
Mtty for Vista :
Very good, thanks man.
If you don't mind, ask the mods to sticky this thread as it is nice tutorial. link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=276306
Cheers
Great post! Will check out QMAT though I haven't needed it yet (thankfully.)
What is the use of this?To solve the problem of bricks
pl879 said:
What is the use of this?To solve the problem of bricks
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Yes, if your phone doesn't boot or a flash failed. This tutorial will help revive your phone.
hi,ookba
I have a idea,cooking SP-PPC 6.5 ROM for cava,Try to solve the Homescreen layout problem....
I tried, but cooking no avail
pl879 said:
hi,ookba
I have a idea,cooking SP-PPC 6.5 ROM for cava,Try to solve the Homescreen layout problem....
I tried, but cooking no avail
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To get a "Pro" PPC SYS to boot on a SP is a lot of work. I got it to work once but majorly buggy. You have to remove any and all touchscreen drivers and apps as well. Not easy... The more I learn, the more I realize that the homescreen issue is hardware related with the way the new 21XXX core and up accesses hardware. I think that's why HTC abondoned the Cav so early. WM 6.1 19XXX is probably the best we're gonna get on t he CAV.
Need help
I have tried 2/3 methods all thats left is the gold card method but i dont have a working dash. Is there any way someone can send me the files necessary to make it without having the working dash?
garrettggf said:
I have tried 2/3 methods all thats left is the gold card method but i dont have a working dash. Is there any way someone can send me the files necessary to make it without having the working dash?
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You don't need a dash. Any HTC or Windows Mobile device will work.
Pls give life to my device.
My device stuck at second splash screen.some times showing unexpected error
Follow the steps in this tutorial.
still not working
still not working after following tutorials
doubt about gold card image.
can i take gold card image from htc diamond and insert into cava.
jackienk said:
My device stuck at second splash screen.some times showing unexpected error
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i already buy Qmat n folloh the 3rd methode,but my device stuck at GSM,on screen ican see that
spalsh 1: OK
spalsh 2: OK
jogpad : OK
GSM:
OS:
i wait about one hour but nothing is happen, i tried n tried again but still stuck at GSM.
please.. tell mewhat to do...
thx b 4
revangelion said:
i already buy Qmat n folloh the 3rd methode,but my device stuck at GSM,on screen ican see that
spalsh 1: OK
spalsh 2: OK
jogpad : OK
GSM:
OS:
i wait about one hour but nothing is happen, i tried n tried again but still stuck at GSM.
please.. tell mewhat to do...
thx b 4
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Try to do method 2 first and format the storage partition.
ookba said:
Try to do method 2 first and format the storage partition.
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Cmd>task 32
CID: Wait interpreter timeout
Level = FF
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 0x2CC(716) is BAD block !!!
Partition[0], type=0x20, start=0x2, total=0x18FE
Partition[1], type=0x23, start=0x1900, total=0x1300
Partition[2], type=0x25, start=0x2C00, total=0x1D100
Partition[3], type=0x4, start=0x1FD00, total=0x20300
CE Total Length(with sector info) = 0x409E800
CE CheckSum Length(without sector info) = 0x3FA0000
Cmd>task 2a
Cmd>task 28
Storage format start
Write Nand Success
dwBlockToWrite = 13
Storage start block: 509
Storage Total block: 515
Total Bad Block in CE: 0
NeedToEraseBlockStart: 522
NeedToEraseBlockEnd: 1024
Storage format success
Cmd>
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after that,i continued with 3rd methodn this is the result:
IPL -OK
BOOTLOADER - OK
SPLAHS1 - OK
SPLASH2 - OK
JOGBAR - OK
GSM -
OS -
update under proses
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i wait for about 30minutes but prosesdoes not continue,it's stuck
any help for my problem?
used every method still not working
i can use my phone now as paper weight.
jackienk said:
still not working after following tutorials
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Give more detail. Where does it fail? What method does it fail on?
Related
Error 114 when upgrading Radio an Vodafon V1640 (Spain).
Display "No GSM". No IMEI. No version Protocol...
Windows Mobile (CE) Run OK and Upgrading this OK.
Extended ROM run OK and Upgrading this OK.
The CID is Locked:
in mtty.exe:
USB>task 32
Level=FF
USB>
Impossible Mission upgrading all ROMS Radio (including Room of Buzz, 0.00.0 and the rest 1.04, 1.06, 1.08, 1.09, 1.11, etc etc).
And I Exec the tool of Buzz from the HTC Universal, it DOES NOT WORK.
I have tried everything. ...¿¿¿ Exists some solution for this problem ???
Hi, which method have you followed to upgrade your device?
(Excuses for my bad English)
I have a Vodafone V1640 (Spanish) and unlock this with the tool of Buzz, (From Radio original version 1.09 TO Radio version 0.0.0.0). Soft Reset, and exec the Unlocker of Buzz from my HTC.
Up to here all OK. YES, I work the unlocker. All OK.
But, later 4 or 5 days, and various soft-reset and one hard-reset, I have a next message on the display at reboot:
"No GSM",
and not recognize my SIM Card, and not have IMEI, and not have Protocol...
In addition, either, I can not install other Radio ROM, because i have the next error:
ERROR 114 RADIO ROM UPDATED ERROR
this with all of radio roms possibles (1.03 , 1.04, 1.05, 1.06, 1.08, 1.09, 1.11...)
Desperate, also upgrade the Bootloader (from the original 1.00 TO 1.01)
All equal, Same error.
After 3 months I have seen that there is people who happen to him just like to my, but with other models of HTC (ex. Hermes), Unfortunately , I believe that there is no solution for the HTC Universal .
I believe that my error was no upgrade later the special radio 0.00.00 TO Radio 1.11 for example, AND Upgrade the Bootloader 1.00 TO 1.01 .
Now that the situation is this:
- The Radio does not work, ¿¿Is corrupted, Broken??
- I cannot update the Radio (Error 114)
- Wit the tool mtty, type:
USB>task 32
Level=FF (Not SuperCID !!!)
USB>
either, now, the tool of Buzz does not work ( it works, but it does not do anything ) .
This user have the same problem:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=289260
And the This classification I have Type 1a :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=286755
but this is for HERMES , Not for HTC Universal, I proved it but it did not work .
Please, can yo help me? ¿¿has solution this disaster for HTC Universal (Vodafone V1640 Spain)?
Excuses for my bad English!!
¡¡and thanks for any answer!!
Ok, let's see ... what I really meant was are you upgrading with your device in "bootloader mode" or once WinCE is booted?
If you're doing it with the WinCE already running, please try putting your device on bootloader (Power+Light+Reset) and run again Buzz's unlocker (with Ma_UpgradeNoID.exe).
If this method doesn't work take a look to this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=289260
It talks about reflashing your radio using an SD image dumped from another device, this could harm your Universal...so don't blame me!
Currently there's not radio dumped in the ftp so I will try to get it tonight or maybe tomorrow, I have installed on my device 1.14.10.
Hope the first method will work!
thank you very much for the answer...
Please, you could explain to me like flash the radio with a SD Card (step by step).
I have all the Radio Roms, but never I upgrade by the SD Card, (the format that must have, etc etc). Always I upgrade flasheado by USB.
Thanks
And I have read if the CID is Locked (is my case) it will not work either because he command "lbl" from mtty.exe it not work .....
Oh mon Dieuuu (
Ok, the dumped Radio rom 1.14.10 it's now here.
I have never perform this, but as far as I understand you have to make a raw copy of my dumped image to a blank SD card, insert it on your device and get into the bootloader.
Wait some seconds and something will be written on your display, just asking to press power to begin with the flashing.
But again I'm just guessing....
BTW, I did the image file using linux command 'dd' so if you use linux as well it should be easy to restore it to an SD card. Sorry I can't tell about windows.
Good luck!
thanks , I download the file, and to copy a my Sd Card with ntrw.exe
F:\>ntrw write Universal-radio.img j:
NTRW v2.00
Removeable media
Cylinders: 0:62
TracksPerCylinder: 2
SectorsPerTrack: 63
BytesPerSector: 512
bufsize is 65536
63569920 bytes written
ALL OK, (my SD Card is the 512 MB). Input the Card in the device, soft-reset, enter the bootloader... and Not Run. ¿?¿?
Any have idea? that I make bad?
I will continue investigating….
Help, How to Load the Rom by SD Card?
Help, How to Load the Rom by SD Card?
In mtty 1.42 and 1.16 , the command s2d
Level = FF
USB>s2d
Invalid command : s2d
For a help screen, use command ? or h
USB>
Howto load the ROM from SD Card to the device?
And with the format?
Please help, this is my last hope...
Hmm maybe I did something wrong....may I assume you're Spanish? If so please feel free to contact me privately and I could send you my little 64MB SD card, I have tested it and works, I mean I didn't flash my device with it but I've seen the option to do the flashing
as far as i know the card MUST be 128mb (taken from the service manual and my personal experience)
Midget_1990 said:
as far as i know the card MUST be 128mb (taken from the service manual and my personal experience)
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I thought it was more a matter of space than a real requirement cause I just dumped the full radio (~16MiB).
Could someone please confirm this?
Thanks.
I obtaining a card of 128 MB and I have repeated the process.
F:\>ntrw.exe write uni.img j:
NTRW v2.00
Removeable media
Cylinders: 0:15
TracksPerCylinder: 255
SectorsPerTrack: 63
BytesPerSector: 512
bufsize is 65536
63569920 bytes written
F:\>
I enter bootloader with the sd card and it does not pass anything.
Not to be because the security level is Level = FF (and not is SuperCD) ???
From mytt, type task 32:
USB>task 32
SD:Waiting for card insert.........
CMD3 for SD, it's OK, ready to get RCA from response.
SDetected one card
SD:ready for transfer OK
d.total_lba=3BF00
d.block_size=200
d.RCA=1
d.drv_type=40000000
d.busWidth=1
Total card size=77E0000
Wait interpreter timeout
Level = FF
USB>
Tripledes, I have sent you a private message
tomsan said:
Tripledes, I have sent you a private message
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I have the same problem of "no GSm",could you please send me the massage too. Thanks
no GSM
thanks you guy! I have step by step, and when I updated by sd card, the screen show me "sections=1 not allow update". who can give me more advise,
I have same problem.
the rom headers r differrent..u need to copy the headers.I know that for a ce rom first 416 bytes r to b copied..for radio i don't know..may be someone can tell here
tecumseh said:
I have the same problem of "no GSm",could you please send me the massage too. Thanks
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Hello,
Same problem here, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=3187581#post3187581
Did you solved??? How
Rui
Hi,
I think i followed all the steps, application unlock, hardspl, and then tried to do the 6.1 upgrade... unfortunately each time i do the phone goes sucessfully into bootloader, then starts the update. At 1% is gives me Error 270 - corrupted image...
Anyone know what i might be doing wrong?
Please help. I really want to get this running.
Thanks in advance.
salmon said:
Hi,
I think i followed all the steps, application unlock, hardspl, and then tried to do the 6.1 upgrade... unfortunately each time i do the phone goes sucessfully into bootloader, then starts the update. At 1% is gives me Error 270 - corrupted image...
Anyone know what i might be doing wrong?
Please help. I really want to get this running.
Thanks in advance.
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maybe u have to download the rom again? if still the same, then i think u can try to flash it using the sd method
1. rename ruu_signed.nbh to cavaimg.nbh
2. copy to mini sd
3. go to bootloader mode (press camera+recorder+power)
4. follow instruction on screen
regards
Hey, thanks cruzzmz, unfortunately that didn't work either...
i've downloaded the file twice now, the two different variants in fact... i'll try once more... any other suggestions...?
i'll be seriously gutted if i can't get this to work...
Disappointingly, downloading for a 3rd time (from the mirror site this time) still didn't work...
Could i have done something wrong before this step?
Try Mtty as you could have bad blocks. Check Cruzzms post on the WM6.1 rom how to do it. After you finish with Mtty try the SD method.
Cheers
ibeqa said:
Try Mtty as you could have bad blocks. Check Cruzzms post on the WM6.1 rom how to do it. After you finish with Mtty try the SD method.
Cheers
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if this is the case, try doing THIS first then flash.
Hey guys,
First, thanks a lot for the support! Really appreciate it... i've been following the instructions for mtty and it doesn't appear to be helping (although i could be doing something wrong)
when i do CMD>task 2a it doesn't appear to be doing anything... it just immediately brings up the next CMD> again
here's the output, just in case it's useful in diagnosing the issue... please let me know your thougts, i now don't seem able to boot up, it just gets stuck at the green windows screen.
>>>
Cmd>task 32
Level = FF
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
Partition[0], type=0x20, start=0x2, total=0x18FE
Partition[1], type=0x23, start=0x1900, total=0x1300
Partition[2], type=0x25, start=0x2C00, total=0x1ED00
Partition[3], type=0x4, start=0x21900, total=0x1E700
CE Total Length(with sector info) = 0x442C800
CE CheckSum Length(without sector info) = 0x4320000
Cmd>task 32
Level = FF
Cmd>task 2a
Cmd>task 28
Storage format start
Write Nand Success
dwBlockToWrite = 13
Storage start block: 537
Storage Total block: 487
Total Bad Block in CE: 0
NeedToEraseBlockStart: 550
NeedToEraseBlockEnd: 1024
Storage format success
salmon said:
Cmd>task 32
Level = FF
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FF is not super CID ...
Type(hex) 32: Checks your security level. Unpriviledged: "Level=0xFF", SuperCID: "Level=0"
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that is why u cant flash it, pls do the hard spl and after u have done it, mtty task 32 again if u get as below, u r set to go
CMD>task 32
Level=0 (Super CID)
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hey,
thanks. can i do the hard spl (which i thought i'd done) from bootloader, cos i can't fully boot the device up...
salmon said:
hey,
thanks. can i do the hard spl (which i thought i'd done) from bootloader, cos i can't fully boot the device up...
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sad to say no, cos in ur case u have to unlock ur dev 1st, then do the hard SPL ... pls see the other thread on the how to
but then ..... u can always try
An advice for all of you who want to upgrade your Cavaliers to WM6.1:
Before you start flashing check your device via Mtty if it is CID unlocked (remember it shows "level ff" that means it is locked, if it shows "level 0" that means CID unlocked.
For more info regarding Mtty and the meaning of codes that are being used, please check Hermes thread or Hermes Wiki as there is a lot of info.
Cheers
cruzzmz said:
FF is not super CID ...
that is why u cant flash it, pls do the hard spl and after u have done it, mtty task 32 again if u get as below, u r set to go
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are you sure the device must be SuperCID for task 2a to do it's thing?
Yes, good point...
Luckily there is a very happy ending to my story. Through some magic of clicking random buttons i managed to get the device to come out from the green windows 6 screen. I was then able to do the full super cid, check with mtty and then flash the rom...
What a nice surprise it's been too. Very stable so far. Only issue has been the symbols, which i see is being addressed in the other thread.
Thanks to everyone for their help. Where would we all be without xda-developers?
(bow)(bow)(bow)
jockyw2001 said:
are you sure the device must be SuperCID for task 2a to do it's thing?
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i am not sure bot that though ...
salmon said:
Yes, good point...
Luckily there is a very happy ending to my story. Through some magic of clicking random buttons i managed to get the device to come out from the green windows 6 screen. I was then able to do the full super cid, check with mtty and then flash the rom...
What a nice surprise it's been too. Very stable so far. Only issue has been the symbols, which i see is being addressed in the other thread.
Thanks to everyone for their help. Where would we all be without xda-developers?
(bow)(bow)(bow)
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Good 4 u then
how about HTC touch viva..??
some1 teach me how to solve the error 270....
alchemist89 said:
how about HTC touch viva..??
some1 teach me how to solve the error 270....
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You should post on viva forums. Anyway did you do hardspl? and try PC with XP not Vista/7.
Cheers
Don't forget ...
And if your using the SD card method remember the system only supports SD cards not SDHC cards out of the box so you will need to use a 2G card or less if you are going to flash from the SD card ... (I think)
Hi,
I'm using Artemis with one of Tom's ROM. The device was working well. But today suddenly the device won't start up - it is locked at the startup screen showing the SPL, IPL etc. I can enter the bootloader.
Can anybody tell me how to flash the ROM at this stage?
Flash from bootloader
Hi!
Please download an official rom and keep pressed the Power and Record buttons. You will see a screen with 3 colors (red green blue). Connect the USB cable and wait for Activesync. After this start the original rom flasher and follow the instructions. If you can start the Windows, you should flash the USPL again and you can flash cooked roms. If you flashed a new one, i think you should also upgrade the radio rom.
Sorry for my English
well i'll give it a try.
BTW will activesync work if the phone is not booting up?
sure it will, but make sure you have the only phone pluged in, nothing else, and disable all firewalls and antivriuses.
Good luck
i flashed with htc official rom and it worked first. after soft resetting a few time (due to program installation) the phone again back to earlier state.
it is showing:
ipl 3.13.0001
spl 3.13.0000
gsm 2.94.90
os 3.13.0.0
and stuck at this screen.
i tried to update the phone again with the same rom - but i'm getting error 270.
do i need to unlock cid before flashing?
but i can't use the uspl tool as i can't connect to activesync.
pls help.
make sure the battery is fully charged again.
Restart your PC, isbale ll antivirus and firewalls
Better if flashing in XP PC
put PPC in Boating status
Flash Shipped ROM
Specify which software caused you the trouble and do not install it again
CID unlock PPC
Flash any cooked ROM.
once i flashed the phone with the shipped rom successfully. The phone was CID unlocked then. But now when I try to flash the shipped again i'm getting an error message (error 292 or something - stating-invalid vendor id)
archat68 said:
once i flashed the phone with the shipped rom successfully. The phone was CID unlocked then. But now when I try to flash the shipped again i'm getting an error message (error 292 or something - stating-invalid vendor id)
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you must unlock phone again.
I tried flashing the device with factory shipped ROM. but i'm getting Error 294-invalid vendor id message.
please suggest what to do?
chance are you have stuffed your bootloader...
start from scratch again by running uspl:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=311403
than flash your favorite rom again, ideally via sd-card-flashing:
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Artemis_SD_Card_Flashing
greetz
thormdac said:
chance are you have stuffed your bootloader...
start from scratch again by running uspl:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=311403
than flash your favorite rom again, ideally via sd-card-flashing:
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Artemis_SD_Card_Flashing
greetz
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USPL needs activesync running. Can you tell me how to run USPL when I can't boot into windows?
well,
its been some time, but i am pretty sure uspl puts your device into bootloader and operates from there...
have you tried setting it into bootloader, connecting via usb and simply starting uspl?
running a normal setup-routine, there is no need to start it from wm either-simply put it into bootloader and start setup!
greetz
Well i tried that. But it seems that USPL doesn't work without activesync.
i've also tried flashing with SD card, but after a brief "Checking SD card content" message the phone goes back to bootloader.
Someone helpppp pls.
are u sure your sd card is correctly configured, according to the wiki entry- especially part "if above fails" ...?
if all steps fail, assumed you performed them correctly, you might try taking out battery and leave the device fully without power overnight...and restart it the next morning
I've used a 512MB SD card - formatted it- and copied the OS file as ARTEIMG.nbh - put the sd card in the phone and started the phone in bootloader mode.
I think there is nothing more to do.
I can enter the bootloader, connect the phone to PC in USB mode. So, I hope that my phone is not bricked.
But how to revive it?
if you are in bootloader, i dont see why you shouldnt be able to flash!!!
try another sd-card, use another xp computer, exchange the usb cable...
yust to be certain: have you left out battery over-night?
...and what are the details stated on boot-loader screen (numbers)?
oh, and I get the feeling you are not working exactly as told:
in your PC right-click on Computer, then select Manage
Select Disk Manager and then delete existing partition
create a new partition with max size 256MB
format this partition in FAT32
thormdac said:
(i)...and what are the details stated on boot-loader screen (numbers)?
(ii) oh, and I get the feeling you are not working exactly as told:
in your PC right-click on Computer, then select Manage
Select Disk Manager and then delete existing partition
create a new partition with max size 256MB
format this partition in FAT32
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(i) See post no 5 for the details
(ii) You can not do this with a removable disk (SD card inserted through a card reader). Only works when you can get WM5Storage to work.
archat68 said:
(ii) You can not do this with a removable disk (SD card inserted through a card reader). Only works when you can get WM5Storage to work.
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...i dont have my micro-sd-card-adapter at hand atm., but there sure will be possibilities formatting your sd card accordingly...try administrative tools/computermanagement/storage/diskmanagement under xp, boot your pc with a diskpartitioner like acronis disk director...
i can only advise you to keep trying...but as long as you can not say for sure sd-card-flashing is working correctly, i wouldnt give up...
and as far as flshing bootloader via usb/activesync goes, i can only say i once screwed my device due to insufficiant battery power during sd-card-flashing and thought it was bricked just at the point you are stuck now!!! - totally resetting it with the power-oiut-method, i.e. battery out overnight, revived it!!!
than agin i sure as hell did everything the way it was ment o be done...and nothing worked until i switched to another pc/ usb-cable!!!
so, to sum it up, DONT GIVE UP!!! bootloader is showing...so there must be a way to get this to work...
greetz
archat68 said:
I tried flashing the device with factory shipped ROM. but i'm getting Error 294-invalid vendor id message.
please suggest what to do?
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Somebody please help me to revive my phone.
how can we help you, if you dont provide us any results of the steps suggested to you...ideally in a way so we can see what you actually did or didnt do, precisely as told ?!?
greetz
Everything you ever needed to know about "unbricking" your Excalibur but were afraid to ask is in this guide. I've put together this guide for those of you who either intentionally or unintentionally "bricked" or think you've "bricked" your Excalibur.
It is not easy to brick an Excalibur if you actually read and follow all of the steps and guidelines before a flash. In fact, not many things can go wrong unless a USB cables disconnects during a flash, your PC crashes in the middle of a flash, or you flash a corrupt image file to your device. Statistically, most of the time people only think their Excalibur is "bricked" when actually it's not.
There are three methods you can use depending of the severity of the "bricking". The first method will unbrick 50% of all Excalibur's that have simply "locked up" and won't reboot properly. The second method will unbrick 95% of all Excalibur's that encountered flashing problems or flash failures. The third and final method, and the most involved, is a "last resort" for those who have tried method's one and two numerous times unsuccessfully.
** Please perform these steps and methods at your own risk. I am not responsible for any damage you cause your device using this guide.
If you're new to the Excalibur or SmartPhones in general, please take the time to read the WiKi and this post by Stylez for valuable info before you post or try any of these steps.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=397583
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=537151
But, before I even get into unbricking, if your phone is in fact working right now, I highly recommend you flash HardSPL to avoid even having to follow these steps anytime in the future. The steps and info for HardSPL and JumpSPL can be found in this thread by jockyw2001:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=329605
HardSPL basically flashes your phone with an "unlocked" security partition so all security checks are bypassed when you try to flash a cooked ROM or a ROM designed for another variation of the Excalibur such as Dopod, HTC, TMO Dash, etc. Makes life much easier when trying different ROMS or cooking and testing your own! Thanks jockyw2001!!
Ok, so onto the fun stuff... Your phone won't boot... Either it's locked up and simply stopped booting or you flashed your phone and it won't boot. What do you do??
Method 1: Assuming you didn't get "bricked" from a flash problem, the first and easiest method for "unbricking" your Excalibur is (this will erase ALL data in your Excalibur):
(This method works for 50% of supposedly "bricked" Excaliburs)
Remove your SIM and SD card
Remove and reinsert your battery
While holding the two softkeys with your thumbs, press the power button
Continue holding the softkeys until a black screen appears saying "This operation will delete all your..."
Press "'send"' to restore to hard reset your phone
Let the phone cold boot and restore
That didn't work!! . This next method will reflash your phone to the factory ROM.
Method 2: Second way to the path of unbricking is:
(This method will unbrick 95% of all Excaliburs)
Get a hold of your Shipped ROM. You can find these ROMS either in Dopod's site, HTC's site (with a valid serial #), TMO's site (http://www.t-mobile.com/wmupgrade/ with a valid IMEI), or right here at XDA at this post (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=381726)
Download one of these factory ROMS and unpack it. **Remember, if your phone is a TMO Dash, you MUST use a TMO Dash ROM. If your phone is HTC Branded, you MUST use an HTC ROM, etc., etc., etc...
Remove the SD card if one is inserted in the phone
Remove the battery from your phone for a few seconds. I found this step to be essential to reset the device. Put the battery back in.
While holding the camera button on the right side, press the power button. The phone will enter "bootloader" mode and you will see a tricolor bootscreen.
While in this mode, plug in your USB cable and you will hear the "ba-bing" USB sounds as the device connects
Unpack the ROM package you just downloaded and run RomUpdateUtility.exe. Follow the steps, check the appropriate boxes, and start the flash
Assuming all goes well, your phone will flash to the factory ROM and you can then troubleshoot what went wrong the first time that bricked your phone.
Oh no!! That still didn't work!? Or it worked but the flash failed with Error 270 or another error......... Never fear!! XDA-Developers is here! This next method is a bit more intense. It creates a "goldcard" which is used to SuperCID the Excalibur so that it doesn't care about what factory ROM you flash. Please have the factory (not a cooked) ROM ready to go.
** (This method is not intended for Newbie's and some enhanced knowledge of HTC devices and Windows is required to successfully work.)
** (Retry the second method several times with a few different factory ROMS before attemting the below)
Method 3: The third "goldcard" method is a bit more intensive and should be used as a "last resort" so follow closely:
(should unbrick ANY bricked Excalibur if performed correctly)
Get a cup of coffee or tea
You will need a working Donor HTC device with a microSD slot and a microSD card that is smaller than 1GB (will be formatted) to create "goldcard" image using QMAT tools as described below
You will need QMAT. Get it from http://revskills.de/index.html.
Go to the Download link and download the latest version and unpack QMAT
Have some coffee
Use a SD card reader (either USB for microSD adapter) in your PC to access the SD card through Windows. Format the SD card with FAT32.
* Insert the SD card into the donor HTC device and boot up the device. Connect the USB cable and establish an Activesync connection.
Open QMAT and go to the "Hardware Forensics" menu and select "Generate HTC Goldcard"
In "Select device key:" select the Excalibur
You will need the serial number fro the inserted SD card so click the "Get SD Card Serial from WINCE Device" button
Once the Serial number appears in the box, click the "Save Goldcard Image to WINCE SD" button below
If no errors pop up and all goes well, skip the next step
If you get an error or a popup saying "Goldcard for newer devices isn't implemented in newer devices", you must buy and register the software. Believe me, it's worth the small amount of $ you will spend to bring your expensive device back to life!
Now remove the SD card with the newly written Goldcard image from the Donor HTC device
Insert the SD card back into your PC using the microSD card reader adapter. Browse to the drive letter assigned to it. You will see no files on the SD card, this is normal.
(If, for some reason your PC sees the SD card as unformatted, something went wrong. Remove it and reinsert it into the Donor HTC device. The device should see the card as unformatted and ask you to format it, say yes. Now go back to the "* Insert the SD card into the donor HTC device" step above and repeat the steps)
Unpack your Dopod or other factory ROM and copy RUU_Signed.nbh to the SD card. Once it had finished copying, rename the file to EXCAIMG.nbh. Remove the SD card from the PC.
Make sure the Excalibur is off and insert the SD card
Enter bootloader mode as mentioned earlier (hold the camera button while pressing the power button). No need to connect the USB cable.
You will see a gray screen that says "loading". It will then find the EXCAIMG.nbh file and ask if you would like to start the update process. Follow the instructions and let the phone flash.
It will take 10-15 mins but your phone should boot fine and be back in action!
QMAT is a VERY powerful tool written by viperbjk that allows for full low level manipulation of HTC and WINCE tasks. Read all about it here http://revskills.de/index.html.
Many thanks to jockyw2001 for his amazing HTC device knowledge! Also thanks to all who contributed to this post.
Hope this tutorial helps!
Updates and more info will be here.
What if the phone will not enter bootloader mode?
ookba said:
Updates and more info will be here.
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Hi OOkba,
This happened to a friend in the office's Dash. It simply froze up while operating. I actually got on the phone with HTC support. We couldn't get it to do anything. It does power up but then freezes.
The HTC guy was of the opinion that it is hardware related.
You ever solved that one?
BTW - I am running the 7.18 6.5 - love it - thank you so much
all steamed out said:
Hi OOkba,
This happened to a friend in the office's Dash. It simply froze up while operating. I actually got on the phone with HTC support. We couldn't get it to do anything. It does power up but then freezes.
The HTC guy was of the opinion that it is hardware related.
You ever solved that one?
BTW - I am running the 7.18 6.5 - love it - thank you so much
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Thanks, glad you like it. Try this guide for your friend. Sounds like an easy fix unless it is indeed hardware related.
HI OOKBA. I can't find my shipped rom. I have a HTC Excalibur from Digitel, Venezuela. The serial number is SZ702FJ05879. I try all roms and not working. Please, help me. (sorry my bad english)
thank. I formated SD card and insert SD card in to my phone.But Do I need turn on my phone when connect with computer? because when I run QMAT software is error. " could not open connection? Device connected?". Help me. I need help from you
mydreamisrich said:
thank. I formated SD card and insert SD card in to my phone.But Do I need turn on my phone when connect with computer? because when I run QMAT software is error. " could not open connection? Device connected?". Help me. I need help from you
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Yes, you have to have a spare working phone to create a "goldcard". The phone must be powered on and sync'd via USB so QMAT can access the storage card.
alfatech said:
HI OOKBA. I can't find my shipped rom. I have a HTC Excalibur from Digitel, Venezuela. The serial number is SZ702FJ05879. I try all roms and not working. Please, help me. (sorry my bad english)
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English is good!! Who is your Carrier? Maybe your carrier has a ROM UPdate on their website? You should be able to use the TMO or Brightpoint ROM. You tried all the factory ROMS and they fail to flash?
ookba said:
Yes, you have to have a spare working phone to create a "goldcard". The phone must be powered on and sync'd via USB so QMAT can access the storage card.
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I tried turn on my phone. And connect computer by USB but the same error. QMAT can't access the storage card. What does I do?
Sup ookba!
I really want to flash my TMobile Dash using your rom, looks pretty cool but I'm deadly afraid of bricking my phone so first, I took a look on my System Info and it says
ROM Version: 1.33.422.1 (tho its a TMobile Dash, I think the seller flashed it with this international rom).
Model Name: HTC S621
So I got 3 questions
1) Can i flash 3VO rom on this phone?
2) If the flashing fails, can i just use another 1.33.422.1 ROM and reflash it?
3) Will the flashing process (both ways) will bring the SIM Lock back?
Greetings from Brazil and sorry about my glass-cracking, horrible and ultra-bad english.
aletkd said:
Sup ookba!
I really want to flash my TMobile Dash using your rom, looks pretty cool but I'm deadly afraid of bricking my phone so first, I took a look on my System Info and it says
ROM Version: 1.33.422.1 (tho its a TMobile Dash, I think the seller flashed it with this international rom).
Model Name: HTC S621
So I got 3 questions
1) Can i flash 3VO rom on this phone?
2) If the flashing fails, can i just use another 1.33.422.1 ROM and reflash it?
3) Will the flashing process (both ways) will bring the SIM Lock back?
Greetings from Brazil and sorry about my glass-cracking, horrible and ultra-bad english.
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Yes, your phone is fine. Make sure you follow all of the flashing instructions. Make sure you remove your SD card, connect your phone, run SDA Application Unlock, and run auto.bat from the update package.
mydreamisrich said:
I tried turn on my phone. And connect computer by USB but the same error. QMAT can't access the storage card. What does I do?
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I dont know what you're doing wrong. Sounds like you're not establishing an Activesync connection properly.
Ok, Ookba. My carrier is DIGITEL and don't have support in the website. The phone comes originally with WM5 in spanish. I try all the factory roms and not working. Please, tell me if there is any solution or I forget the phone.
Thank you any help.
alfatech said:
Ok, Ookba. My carrier is DIGITEL and don't have support in the website. The phone comes originally with WM5 in spanish. I try all the factory roms and not working. Please, tell me if there is any solution or I forget the phone.
Thank you any help.
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Try the "Goldcard"' method. This should SuperCID your phone and allow you to flash ANY shipped factory ROM. Please follow the tutorial closely. You will need a spare phone with a microSD slot.
Ok, Ookba. But the spare phone must be a same model than mine? (HTC S620)
alfatech said:
Ok, Ookba. But the spare phone must be a same model than mine? (HTC S620)
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No, just has to Windows Mobile based and have a SDHC slot.
OK. I try with 3rd method and when run Qmat and select "Get SD Card serial from WINCE Device" appears the message "You need to set rigth registry permissions. See QMAT manual for more info." and not recognizes the sd card.
What is the problem?
Thanks, Ookba. You're great, man. Finally someone offers solutions to my problem. Thank you very much. My Phone came back to life again. I make a donation soon.
alfatech said:
Thanks, Ookba. You're great, man. Finally someone offers solutions to my problem. Thank you very much. My Phone came back to life again. I make a donation soon.
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GREAT!!!!! Congratulations!
I tried but when I click Get SD Card Serial from WINCE Device in the box none found and click Save Goldcard Image to WINCE SD is card ID isn't 16 bit (32 charter) long. I isn't succesful. help me???????
Hello averybody. I am new here and I actually don't know if this is the right place... my apologies if not.
Yesterday I put the hard spl 1.40 olinex on my diamond and, after that, everything was ok. I then tried to put a new ROM (Eto.y-2.4-ITA) but I probably missed something (was my first time... ).
anyway, in the middle of this operation something gone wrong and now mi diamond is stuck on the black screen, showing "touch diamond". I tried soft reset, hard reset, I formatted the movinand from the bott menu, but it keeps not to load. I just tried with mtty: the 1.42 version couldn't find the usb port, while the 1.0.0.1 seemed to work, but at the end the mobile still doesn't work. problem is: my active sync doesn't see the diamond when it is plugged via usb......
any chance to save it?
thank you all so much
Giò
brianza78 said:
Hello averybody. I am new here and I actually don't know if this is the right place... my apologies if not.
Yesterday I put the hard spl 1.40 olinex on my diamond and, after that, everything was ok. I then tried to put a new ROM (Eto.y-2.4-ITA) but I probably missed something (was my first time... ).
anyway, in the middle of this operation something gone wrong and now mi diamond is stuck on the black screen, showing "touch diamond". I tried soft reset, hard reset, I formatted the movinand from the bott menu, but it keeps not to load. I just tried with mtty: the 1.42 version couldn't find the usb port, while the 1.0.0.1 seemed to work, but at the end the mobile still doesn't work. problem is: my active sync doesn't see the diamond when it is plugged via usb......
any chance to save it?
thank you all so much
Giò
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Your problem is related to Eto.y roms,them are good but the flashing software included automatically does task29(Erasing everithing on the diamond's nand)so your diamond will not boot,to make it boot again,reboot the phone holding volume down,connect to the pc,the pc will find a new device and install the drivers,then flash another rom from the pc,don't use the eto.y software,If you want eto.y rom,rename the .nbh file included to DIAMIMG.NBH,paste it in the internal storage,from the phone press soft reset,then volume down and back key,then power key and follow the instructions
thank you for the reply. unfortunately, my desktop PC doesn't see the diamond and active sync doesn't estabilish a connection.
this is the last part had with mtty
"Checking block information
BLOCK 0 (0x0) is reversed block
BLOCK 1 (0x1) is reversed block
BLOCK 2 (0x2) is reversed block
BLOCK 3 (0x3) is reversed block
BLOCK 8 (0x8) is reversed block
BLOCK 10 (0xA) is reversed block
BLOCK 11 (0xB) is reversed block
BLOCK 12 (0xC) is reversed block
BLOCK 13 (0xD) is reversed block
BLOCK 14 (0xE) is reversed block
BLOCK 28 (0x1C) is reversed block
BLOCK 29 (0x1D) is reversed block
BLOCK 30 (0x1E) is reversed block
BLOCK 31 (0x1F) is reversed block
OS NOT FOUND !!! "
brianza78 said:
thank you for the reply. unfortunately, my desktop PC doesn't see the diamond and active sync doesn't estabilish a connection.
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In bootloader(after holding volume down) mode?
neither..... if I plug the USB cable in bootloader mode, the display changes from "serial" to "USB" (and that's all).
brianza78 said:
neither..... if I plug the USB cable in bootloader mode, the display changes from "serial" to "USB" (and that's all).
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Once it changes to USB start flashing another rom from pc,but don't flash eto.y with the included software
ok thanks. any suggestion for a suitable ROM?
brianza78 said:
ok thanks. any suggestion for a suitable ROM?
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eto.y are really good.
before flashing eto.y choose a random rom,click on a random thread and flash it
thanks, but.... maybe it's just me being idiot...... how can I flash a new rom if I cannot paste the .nbh file into the diamond?
:-(
brianza78 said:
thanks, but.... maybe it's just me being idiot...... how can I flash a new rom if I cannot paste the .nbh file into the diamond?
:-(
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Download anoter rom, be sure that in the rom's archive there's ruu or Rom update utility and then delete the .nbh included and put the eto.y .nbh
that's it mate! thanks so so so much. I just couldn't understand, because it kept asking to establish an active sync connection before to flash a new ROM, and it just couldn't.. but it worked anyway, somehow.
brilliant!
Same problem here
Hi guys,
I suffer from the same, the diamond won't pass the "TOUCH DIAMOND" black screen.
i entered the boot loader mode (the screen with the colors) i have there 1.40.Olinex and after my windows7 finished installing the drivers "usb" appeared on the screen.
I tried to install "RUU_Diamond_HTC_WWE-ME_1.37.456.2_Radio_Signed_Diamond_52.26a.25.09_1.00.25.03_Ship" which i found in the forum but it doesn't help, the diamond will stay forever on the TOUCH diamond screen.
what am i doing wrong?
EDIT: Got it, i flashed to SPL1.90 and the phone finally finished booting into winmo,
Now i can run android on it