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TyTN (HTC Hermes 200) IMEI Wizard

Hi All,
I am interested in writing a new IMEI Update Wizard for the HTC Hermes 200 product line. Some of you might remember me from last year, when I undertook a similar project for my HTC Wizard (imate kjam brand).
Well, regretfully last week, my HTC Wizard's USB port "died"...I found out about it as I plugged in the USB cable to charge the battery and, lo and behold, no juice was flowing. A closer look showed a very "flotational" USB port, which upon further inspection, came totally loose. Without any way to re-charge the Wizard, or connect to it from my PC, the device became useless. Luckily I had two spare batteries so I was still connected while waiting for the new Hermes to arrive.
Its now been just a couple days since I came back to Turkey, and a-ha-ha, now its taken them barely 3 days to shut the phone down. Oh joy Last time at least it took a couple months before they did anything about it, and they were kind enough to send a courtesy SMS.
So anyways...without boring you with the backstory any longer. Please feel free to PM me, or reply directly to this thread, if you are interested in contributing to the development of the new IMEI Update Wizard. Like the previous one it will be released as a freeware tool (and without source to protect the anonymity of the people who help build it).
Also, if any fellow Turks browsing this forum have any useful information on how to legally register the phone with the Turkish authorities, I'm up for that information also. It took me a month to build the IMEI Update Wizard last time round...as long as the bureaucracy and response times aren't totally inane (one would hope they have improved over the course of the past year), I might just register the phone for a change. A month is a long time and a lot of sweat and I'm definitely feeling lazier this time
Take care people!

cool, i was just tryin 2 use your old tool 2 on my hermes (M3100) and couldnt do it i gues thats cuz it doesnt work on it . Sorry that i cant help as u can probs tell. Good Luck

Good luck on your work!
I'm still waiting for your new IMEI Wizard for Hermes since your last posting. Hopefully, you're still working on and about to finish sooner or later. Just remember we xda-developers on your back. Cheers!

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Waiting for you
I'm waiting for you, just waiting for you, I think you will be OK, you're genius

what is this wizrd used for?
thans
gurry

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herm wizard come ?
Hi mimarsinan, are you still work on this project ?

I am willing to help, I have a hermes (jasjam) for testing etc, I know a bit about coding etc. PM to discuss please.
regards
Muf

herm200
to Muf,
Herm200
i buy on ebay..
i do not get any gsm signal.. maybe imei blocked (i do not understand if..)
I try with two sim vodafone and when i turn on the device star serch for a gsm network .. after few mintus a point "!" come near to the gsm icone.
Thats all.
Lat me know if you can help ?
I what try to replace the imei to check if this is the problem.
I try call mya operator to, to know if the imei is blocked, but they said that can't give me this type of information ..
Regards

please help.
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tool is neeed updatefor new generations

HELP!! Artemis blank white screen and not responding :(

ok everyone my first post here and I am not very familiar with the technincal stuff so please explain the fix properly (if their is any)
I have the o2 xda orbit and I never tried to modify it (change firmware, rom etc) or upgrade to WM6. Everything is original the way that it came. I have been using the orbit for about 6 months now and I had bought it off ebay.
Just yesterday I was chargin the orbit through the usb cable and I removed it since i had to go out and i just put it in my jeans pocket and after 5 min when i took it out there was a blank white screen. I took the battery out overnight and turned it on in the morning but still the same thing happens. The images below show exactly what shows up on my screen
I dont know what to do The minute i turn it on that is the only screen i see. No windows logo nothing. I removed the sim card and memory card. But still no luck. Can i change it through warranty eventhough I live in Canada? ANy help is appreciated!! I would be glad to give more information to you if I can.
If you know of any other forums where i can get better help, please let me know.

Switch it on but hold in the voice record button when you do it, do you get a Red/Green/Blue screen?

Maybe, it saw a ghost?

MaskedMarauder said:
Switch it on but hold in the voice record button when you do it, do you get a Red/Green/Blue screen?
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nope same blank white screen with a line in the middle.

Looks like a serious hardware death there. Did you buy it off an ebay shop or private? If from a shop you may be able to make a warranty claim, if not you'd have to post it to a repair centre and cross your fingers.
I am presuming here that you have tried a Hard Reset too, ie holding down both softkeys whilst resetting, then releasing the softkeys when you get a confirmation message.

if i press the reset button nothing happens. Orbit only responds to the power button. I bought it off ebay and hence the problem. Do you think it is only a screen malfunction and if i buy a replacement screen I should be able to solve the problem? is it easy to replace the screen by myself?

I DONT KNOW IF IT'S WORK for you BUT... I work in a big shop where a lot of clients buy differents models from Htc and, 2 months ago, somebody have the same problem (with 2 lines) WITH a Tytn. We have flashing his tytn with the original rom and the problem has gone !
Have you try to make a connection with you pc ??? If activsync work...(maybe the bootloader work and ... of course, you can't see if the htc is running because you screen d'ont work for the moment)... you have nothing to loose if you try... If activsync dont work, try to put a original signed rom from htc to the root directory of your microsdcard and follow this tread from the xda-wiki section : http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Artemis_SD_Card_Flashing
REALLY, I'M NOT A PROFESSIONAL BUT I REALLY THINK THIS IS MADE BY SOMETHING WRONG (FOR ANY RAISON) IN YOUR ROOT DIRECTORY AND THE SCREEN CAN'T WORK NORMALLY... oF IT'S MEABY DUE TO A BAD CONTACT BEETWEEN YOU SCREEN AND THE "MOTHERBOARD" FROM THE PDA.
I HOPE THIS CAN HELP YOU.

derooseolivier said:
I DONT KNOW IF IT'S WORK for you BUT... I work in a big shop where a lot of clients buy differents models from Htc and, 2 months ago, somebody have the same problem (with 2 lines) WITH a Tytn. We have flashing his tytn with the original rom and the problem has gone !
Have you try to make a connection with you pc ??? If activsync work...(maybe the bootloader work and ... of course, you can't see if the htc is running because you screen d'ont work for the moment)... you have nothing to loose if you try... If activsync dont work, try to put a original signed rom from htc to the root directory of your microsdcard and follow this tread from the xda-wiki section : http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Artemis_SD_Card_Flashing
REALLY, I'M NOT A PROFESSIONAL BUT I REALLY THINK THIS IS MADE BY SOMETHING WRONG (FOR ANY RAISON) IN YOUR ROOT DIRECTORY AND THE SCREEN CAN'T WORK NORMALLY... oF IT'S MEABY DUE TO A BAD CONTACT BEETWEEN YOU SCREEN AND THE "MOTHERBOARD" FROM THE PDA.
I HOPE THIS CAN HELP YOU.
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Could you give me step by step instructions on flashing the xda orbit rom. Out of frusturation i tried updating the orbit to WM6 and it successfuly updated according to message on my computer screen. So i have wm6 on my phone now but still the same problem.
I exctacted the file and put it in the root of my sd card and pressed the voice button and power button. Now how do i know that the ROM is being flashed? (since i just see the white screen). Even for the orbit should i just name the file on the microsd card as ARTEIMG.nbh ?
Thanks for all your help..but since i am new to this could you please explain teh process in more simpler terms?
Thanks again

dealsoutlook said:
ok everyone my first post here and I am not very familiar with the technincal stuff so please explain the fix properly (if their is any)
I have the o2 xda orbit and I never tried to modify it (change firmware, rom etc) or upgrade to WM6. Everything is original the way that it came. I have been using the orbit for about 6 months now and I had bought it off ebay.
Just yesterday I was chargin the orbit through the usb cable and I removed it since i had to go out and i just put it in my jeans pocket and after 5 min when i took it out there was a blank white screen. I took the battery out overnight and turned it on in the morning but still the same thing happens. The images below show exactly what shows up on my screen
I dont know what to do The minute i turn it on that is the only screen i see. No windows logo nothing. I removed the sim card and memory card. But still no luck. Can i change it through warranty eventhough I live in Canada? ANy help is appreciated!! I would be glad to give more information to you if I can.
If you know of any other forums where i can get better help, please let me know.
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Sorry to tell you dear friend but your LCD is cracked, you can see it very clearly on the first picture, bottom right hand corner.
simple way to test if true is to connect to the pc and see if its recognised.
sorry to give you some bad news.

neilhhardy said:
Sorry to tell you dear friend but your LCD is cracked, you can see it very clearly on the first picture, bottom right hand corner.
simple way to test if true is to connect to the pc and see if its recognised.
sorry to give you some bad news.
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i dont mind the bad news. So if i just buy a replacement lcd from ebay would that work? How hard is it to replace LCD? Is it something that i can do by myself? What should i be buying THIS OR THIS. You guys know of any other cheap places where i can buy lcd screen? My computer does recognise the orbit once i connect it to the computer and activesync successfuly completes the operation. So i am guessin there is something wrong with the lcd screen.

If You Put Out Your Battery More Than 30 Second, It Make The Same ?? And In The Same Place???

NOW YOU HAVE NOTHING TO LOOSE... if is it the screen, you must change it...
But before, try to flash one more time your artemis with the original wm5 and, for sure, begin to make it supercid before (so you are sure you dont make a second problem !).
The client with a same problem (but not with the little trace at the right side from your screen) is happy now ! Play also a littlebit to make hardreset, softreset, usb bootloadermode ... And maybe you will see the color coming back!
I said one more time, i am not a professional for this problem but, "still trying" is never bad.... And for the screen... if you command him, you must waiting... so... try it first and if you have no more solution to try, send the pdaphone to htc... And if it's the screen, pay the replacement to htc and dont make it you self ( ebay?? are you sure 100 % the screen you buy its working???!!!??? ).

Yeah, if your computer recognises it, it'll just need a new screen.

cr0bar said:
Yeah, if your computer recognises it, it'll just need a new screen.
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Ok, first bit, there is a section on this forum on linking where to buy a lcd with touch screen, and there is also a guy who has done this, you can read up on it, but it will take you some time and hours removing the covers ( trying not to damage them ) and also hours of painfull cleaning, dust is the worst thing you could ever imagine,as soon as that nice lcd comes out of the package you will have dust all over it and once you have the phone back together the smallest amount of dust trapped inside will drive you crazy.
The best action for you to do would be to send it off for repair, in the end you will have your phone fully working.
the price of the replacement LCD is around 80 Euro's + sending cost.
the price you have to look into for a repair could be double.
but look into this carefully and ask yourself these questions.
1. Have you ever done this before.
2. Do you have the right tools.
3. Do you have a lot of paitience.
4. Is it worth doing it yourself and causing more damage to the phone ?
if you cannot say yes to all of these points that the solution is to send it off to repair.
hope this helps.
Regards.
Neil Hardy

to dealsoutlook
i've just sent you a pm! please check

Does anyone know, where can it be send for repair to?
I have a bricked phone (even bootloader is not started).
And it was bought at eBay, so no any warranty or so.
This is XDA Orbit and I'm in Austria, where O2 has no representation.
Could you, please, advice the companies/possibilities to reapir it (chip change or direct reflashing - not via USB).
Alex

neilhhardy said:
Ok, first bit, there is a section on this forum on linking where to buy a lcd with touch screen, and there is also a guy who has done this, you can read up on it, but it will take you some time and hours removing the covers ( trying not to damage them ) and also hours of painfull cleaning, dust is the worst thing you could ever imagine,as soon as that nice lcd comes out of the package you will have dust all over it and once you have the phone back together the smallest amount of dust trapped inside will drive you crazy.
The best action for you to do would be to send it off for repair, in the end you will have your phone fully working.
the price of the replacement LCD is around 80 Euro's + sending cost.
the price you have to look into for a repair could be double.
but look into this carefully and ask yourself these questions.
1. Have you ever done this before.
2. Do you have the right tools.
3. Do you have a lot of paitience.
4. Is it worth doing it yourself and causing more damage to the phone ?
if you cannot say yes to all of these points that the solution is to send it off to repair.
hope this helps.
Regards.
Neil Hardy
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Thanks for letting me know..i though it was a pretty simple thing to do by myself. But now I definitely dont want to take that chance. I will shop around for some local cell repair shop. But since this phone is not available in canada I dont know where to go. Does anyone know of a repair shop in Toronto?

I would think the quickest turnaround would be throught HTCamerica. Its located in Houston Tx...
http://www.america.htc.com/support/service-repairs.html
thats just my two cents, turnaround time is like 5 to 7 days after receipt... if they service your phone, they do p3300, you would have to call to find out

Hey Buddy
dealsoutlook said:
i dont mind the bad news. So if i just buy a replacement lcd from ebay would that work? How hard is it to replace LCD? Is it something that i can do by myself? What should i be buying THIS OR THIS. You guys know of any other cheap places where i can buy lcd screen? My computer does recognise the orbit once i connect it to the computer and activesync successfuly completes the operation. So i am guessin there is something wrong with the lcd screen.
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I can help u. just reply. I have gone thru such case. OK Post me and I will guide U
Cheers

This happened to mine too,and screen was not broken.Working internally but white 'screen of death' showing.Sent back to 02 but no mention of fault on return.I think rom suffers corruption since it was after x close, fix.Not sure though!

Please help--- dear lord!!

Hi,
I just got the HTC S620 BRAND NEW with Win Mobile 5.0.
So I wanted to UPGRADE to Mobile 6.0.
I ended up downloading some ROM update utility which I believe was for the HTC TOUCH (RUU_PPST_Vogue_SPRINT_WWE_3.03.651.4_2_Radio_3.42.30_AM_NV_2.04_Ship)
It was the wrong ROM. The flash began, it showed a STATUS bar on the phones screen but it remained on 0% for a LONG time. It did nothing, so I disconnected the phone and turned it on. Now all I see is 3 BARS on the phone with EXCALIBUR RED, GREEN and BLUE.
I am sooooo upset I don't know what to do. I just bought the phone and in 1 day I broke it..
PLEASE someone help me...
I have Windows 7, and theres no ACTIVESYNC for it too.
I am totally messed up... I downloaded some other software (Excalibur s620 T-Mobile dash - USPL- CID BYPASS plus 6 ROMS).
However, the program keeps saying it cannot connect to the smartphone.
Can this phone be salvaged now or is it just paper weight?
I do not want to throw the phone away and lose out on $200. PLEASEEEEE HELP AND GUIDE ME!!! I am sorry.. i messed up.. PLEASE!

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=540492
Maybe that link will help...

Read the sticky and search before posting & post in a thread with topic.
Has been another user do near enough the same thing recently due to not reading before flashing.........
Use the link provided by hk1388
Thread closed.

EXpensive paperweight, due to rotten bad luck

so last night i decided to s_off my desire , did lots of reading and read posts , made sure my battery was full, even went bck to rooted stock.....then in pops the cd and reboots my laptop , finds my desire ....all going well ....then stage 3 begins " DO NOT REMOVE PHONE OR TURN LAPTOP OFF OR YOU WILL BRICK YOUR PHONE"
now here is the ROTTEN luck ...............hey presto , laptop decicdes to give me blue screen off death ...so i leave my phone to see if it reboots and starts up on its own, ( it never so some 5 hours later i decide to pull battery and now it is BRICKED.......all i get it the orange light when charging ...no boting up or powewring on ......only the orange charging light ......tried leaving battery out for 4 hours to no evail.......so im now hsaving to use a tocco lite ............(((
p.s no warranty due to buying off ebay 5 months ago second hand.....was working great till the bloody power cut ......

How exactly did you get a BSOD under Linux?
This is what is advised on the AlphaRev website:
First of all, leave your phone turned on and plugged in to USB. Your phone will most likely not be bricked, unless you REBOOT!
Before that happens, please contact an operator on irc.freenode.net , channel #alpharev , as instructed on the livecd.
The operators there should be able to provide you with some more hands-on help.
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I Dunno whats worse, the bricked Desire or the Tocco lite
KYI

tell me about it ...tocco lite pants lol

Memory dump error gutted
Are you in the uk?
Sent from my spectrum zx

bubble said:
How exactly did you get a BSOD under Linux?
This is what is advised on the AlphaRev website:
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we had power surge which affected my laptop and weird stuff happenend .......
will check out irc.freenode.net channel #alpharev thnks
oh the point is it wont do anything
if i plug in charger i get orange charge light, when press power button light goes off, also tried battery out chargerpluggged directly to phone and press power the light goes out ........but will try the link
cheers

tidy said:
Memory dump error gutted
Are you in the uk?
Sent from my spectrum zx
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cheers just spoke to a mate thet owns a shop and he said if irc.freenode.net , channel #alpharev doesnt get me anywhere .....then to take it to him
cheers# yes in the uk

You should of left your device conneted and ran alpha rev cd again, hboot/bootloader is the deepest level of software on your device, mess that up and theres no fixes, you also shouldnt of pulled the batt, there was still a chance to save it while it was on! Theres no way to fix it now you have turned it off, its a paid repair, i dont think even jtag can help you now sorry
Sent from my HTC Desire using Tapatalk

You will still be able to get it repaired under warranty. I bought my desire second hand and HTC repaired the phone for free.
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App

[Q] DHD brick and guarantee help

Hi Everyone !
I have a Desire HD and it bricked last sunday evening. It's only half year old, so I took it back to T-Mobile (I bought it from them). But it's rooted and Radio S-OFF-ed when died. Can the service establish that I rooted and S-OFF-ed my phone, or no ?
Thanks in advance !

If it's totally dead (no bootloader access or charge light) then they won't be able to tell. They'll fix it without any knowledge of software changes.
Sent from my Motorola Startac running Atari 2600 software!

Yep if its completely dead they wont bother repairing it, they'll just replace the motherboard. That way they have no knowledge of what you did to it.

Thanks for the answers,I'm happy right now,because you have the point:absolutely no sign of life. No charging light,no bootloader and no any happening when I press the power button (same with another battery too).

how did you manage to do that? It will be good for others to know so that they dont make such a mistake .

meeru said:
how did you manage to do that? It will be good for others to know so that they dont make such a mistake .
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I don't know. Here's what happened:
1.: I use Opera Mobile for web browsing and the past few days it's become very slow. Sometimes the only way to close it is press the Home button and close it in task manager. I thought it's a software problem, so I made a hard reset, but it's not resolved my problem. Mean while I saw the news that HTC will not refresh the Desire HD to ICS in the first line, so I downgraded it and flash the latest NDT MIUI ROM.
2.: Next day I connected my phone to my PC and realised there is no communication between, only charging. I tried it in other computers and other USB cables, same result, so I wanted to back to stock. My only problem was the Radio system. I was still S-OFF-ed. I searched so many forums and I tried to get back Radio S-ON in Terminal Emulator, but it didn't work.
3.: Tried some instructions without any result and finally after a reboot procedure the phone didn't wake up anymore. No reaction for the charger, no reaction for any button pushed. Nothing. Took it back to T-Mobile and they check the battery because they thought maybe that caused this and they said it discharged over.
And now I'm waiting for an SMS or call how is my phone now

goodluck with that

Got it back from repair service. They changed its motherboard,so almost I have a brand new phone now I'm so lucky I guess ... huhh ... sweating a lot,but now I'm happy

SsZzliMm said:
Got it back from repair service. They changed its motherboard,so almost I have a brand new phone now I'm so lucky I guess ... huhh ... sweating a lot,but now I'm happy
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Good job mate
Sent from my Desire HD using xda premium

SsZzliMm said:
Thanks for the answers,I'm happy right now,because you have the point:absolutely no sign of life. No charging light,no bootloader and no any happening when I press the power button (same with another battery too).
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If you plug it into your computer in that state, does it ask for qload usb drivers? if so, Its a true brick, and there's no way they'll know what you had going on. I had mine replaced in June this year after mine was bricked.