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Hi All
Have a problem with my latest phone. A so called friend told me to upgarde the ROM so as to remove all the T Mobile poop in it. So he gave me the software I started the upgrade all went well stage 1 then stage 2 and finally stage 3. It said Congrats just hit reset and the power button at the same time and its done. Easy Me thought..... Not Easy....... Its now just booting up and screaming at me. The screen wont lite up and nothing else. I have tries to reset over 10 times now.....Anyone got any ideas, have I shot and killed my new phone...
Ta JG
this is not good. do you know which phone you are having? MDA is all the phoen from t-mobile. First identify your phone. Then, you need to know if you are using the right ROM on the right phone. THEN, you have to know are you using the right phone ROM on the phone (eg G3 or G4).
Its an MDA Copmact 11 does that help....
common.. more info. which rom you've used?
Alpine_Ext-1.11.162_Radio-1.04_stuffstripped_Camera_Fixed.
SORRY i AM NEW TO THIS AND i AINT GOT A CLUE WHAT i AM DOIN...HE HE HE
Oh forgot to mention it all went in ok, stage 1, 2, 3 and even told me on my computer it had worked. It was when I tried the power and reset that it all came tumbling down........
JeanGenie said:
Oh forgot to mention it all went in ok, stage 1, 2, 3 and even told me on my computer it had worked. It was when I tried the power and reset that it all came tumbling down........
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All I would like to do is get the old stuff back then worry about an upgarde later can this be done without me having to do unspeakable things to the phone????
You've just flashed your Charmer phone with an Alpine ROM. If that doesn't kill your phone, I'm not sure what will.
Ok, try this. Hold down all 3 buttons -> power, camera, record buttons, and poke the reset. See if you can get a 3 colours screen.
If you get that, close active sync (stop the process WCESCOMM.EXE), connect your phone to your PC (when it is displaying the 3 colour screen). Then you ought to be able to run the ROM update file (EXE) from t-mobile (check the Charmer Wiki) and that may fix your problem.
hanmin said:
You've just flashed your Charmer phone with an Alpine ROM. If that doesn't kill your phone, I'm not sure what will.
Ok, try this. Hold down all 3 buttons -> power, camera, record buttons, and poke the reset. See if you can get a 3 colours screen.
If you get that, close active sync (stop the process WCESCOMM.EXE), connect your phone to your PC (when it is displaying the 3 colour screen). Then you ought to be able to run the ROM update file (EXE) from t-mobile (check the Charmer Wiki) and that may fix your problem.
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I have done what you have said, I think...DUHHHH the screen has not lit up but its now showing USB in the top and V1.02 in th ebottem. I have connected it to my computer but active sync has not cut in yet....... I assume I have done it wrong....
hey
you DONT want activesync to cut in
put it in that 'usb mode' that you managed to get and just run the OFFICIAL T-Mobile rom update utility, but make sure to kill the wcesscomm process in windows' task manager.
good luck!
duke_stix said:
hey
you DONT want activesync to cut in
put it in that 'usb mode' that you managed to get and just run the OFFICIAL T-Mobile rom update utility, but make sure to kill the wcesscomm process in windows' task manager.
good luck!
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I have just downloaded the t-mobile update as below
RUU_Compact ll_2060227_20602110_021921_T-MobileUK_Ship
I have switched off the file as you have said in the task manager. The update laods then says cannot find MDA Device connection error 274.
Could a system restart help?????
Sorry for all this, maybe stick to things I do know in the future, like washing my car.......
hey
get your phone back into that screen which had 'usb' written on it.
then do this:
download and install a program called 'winrar', you've probably heard of it and in all likelihood already have it!
once its installed, right click that t-mobile update you just download and select the 'extract to.../' option that will come up in the drop down menu, let it extract to the folder it does, open the folder in there will be a few files: you want the file which is called something along the lines of 'upgrateUT' or RUU Upgrade UT, it'll be an exe,
connect your phone up to the computer (with it in the USB mode and activesync disabled) and run that exe, it should go through as normal
good luck
(if you want any help just post back! best bet is for you to extract the files and report back with the name of the files in the folder!)
duke: I think he did that. He downloaded the EXE from http://www.tm-phonedownloads.com/download_manager_mda_com2.html
and it seems not able to detect his Charmer.
JeanGenie: Just to make sure, when you run that EXE, you have the phone connected with it displaying USB?
duke_stix said:
hey
get your phone back into that screen which had 'usb' written on it.
then do this:
download and install a program called 'winrar', you've probably heard of it and in all likelihood already have it!
once its installed, right click that t-mobile update you just download and select the 'extract to.../' option that will come up in the drop down menu, let it extract to the folder it does, open the folder in there will be a few files: you want the file which is called something along the lines of 'upgrateUT' or RUU Upgrade UT, it'll be an exe,
connect your phone up to the computer (with it in the USB mode and activesync disabled) and run that exe, it should go through as normal
good luck
(if you want any help just post back! best bet is for you to extract the files and report back with the name of the files in the folder!)
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okie dokie...have extracted all th efiles and these are what I have got in a seperate folder
EnterBootloader
nk.nbf
README
ROMUpdateUtility
RUUGetInfo
RUUResource.dll
Thats all the files inside the folder
is "ROMUpdateUtility" an EXE file? try running that.
hanmin said:
is "ROMUpdateUtility" an EXE file? try running that.
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I have and after a few seconds it says error 274 cannot find device....!!!!
well, it is amazing that you can go into the bootloader at all. I'm suspecting that the bootloader is not the Chamer bootloader, hence the ROM update EXE is not able to find it. Where did you download the Alpine ROM. Give exact link.
UPDATE: Look at the post here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=269329&highlight=
by 'windowsceportal'. He is able to flash the phone with 'Prophet RUU 2.5.2 noID check' with the DLL RUUResource.dll of Charmer RUU. I'm not very certain, but the noIdCheck may able to help.
UPDATE: As according to this post
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=280128&highlight=
the bootloader mode that you are having is that of an Alpine (Charmer's bootloader mode is a screen with 3 colours). So, probably the updating program doesn't work. However, as an idea, you may want to try getting alpine upgrading EXE files to load Charmer ROM into the phone. It is an idea, not sure how can this be achieved.
hanmin said:
well, it is amazing that you can go into the bootloader at all. I'm suspecting that the bootloader is not the Chamer bootloader, hence the ROM update EXE is not able to find it. Where did you download the Alpine ROM. Give exact link.
UPDATE: Look at the post here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=269329&highlight=
by 'windowsceportal'. He is able to flash the phone with 'Prophet RUU 2.5.2 noID check' with the DLL RUUResource.dll of Charmer RUU. I'm not very certain, but the noIdCheck may able to help.
UPDATE: As according to this post
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=280128&highlight=
the bootloader mode that you are having is that of an Alpine (Charmer's bootloader mode is a screen with 3 colours). So, probably the updating program doesn't work. However, as an idea, you may want to try getting alpine upgrading EXE files to load Charmer ROM into the phone. It is an idea, not sure how can this be achieved.
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This is the link i used to get the original upgrade
ftp://xda:[email protected]_Radio-1.04_O2stuffstripped_Camera_Fixed.rar
Does that help any...
JeanGenie said:
This is the link i used to get the original upgrade
ftp://xda:[email protected]_Radio-1.04_O2stuffstripped_Camera_Fixed.rar
Does that help any...
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Is there anyway of just deleting the Alpine ROM and reinstalling the correct charmer. I, as you have probably guessed aint got a clue what I am doing never lone saying...he he he
Just a thought.......
Plus my new XDA IIi was delieverd today am I being silly when I say I have been told that I can debrand it with the Alpine rom as listed above, dont want to try anything incase this phone goes belly up also....
Hellllppppp...........
Its me again, can anyone make any other suggestions to my problem please. I have tried in vain to do what has been already suggested but it seems either it wont work or more to the point I have no clue as to what I am doing.
I need help desperately. When I turn my phone on - it shows a tri-colored (Red-green-blue)screen (with small white at the bottom)
My phone was working just fine - but when I turned it on yesterday - it showed this wierd screen. In the top right corner, it says: RUU
In the red section it reads: IPL 2.26 & below that it reads: SPL 2.26
When I try syncing it - the computer does not recognize it. What can I do? I've looked at the site and searched for a solution. I stayed up almost all night trying to fix it, using MTTY (but no response from the phone). The only thing it does is show USB, when I plug it into the computer.
Other than that - nothing happens. I'm very exasperated. Can someone help me out?
Thanks
Have you first of all tried hard resetting the device?
If you have to no avail then the fact that your PC can still establish a USB connection with your device (Hence USB displayed in the bottom left of your device's screen)means you should be able to download the latest MDA rom update from the T-Mobile site and re-flash your device to get it back on it's feet. There is plenty of advice on the boards on how to re-flash and it is quite straight forward with the original signed ROM's (no unlocking required)
I hope this helps you in some way and if anyone can provide a link to the download needed please chime in.
C.
Did you try flashing a new ROM recently? A failed flash can cause that to happen. If not, download T-Mobiles ROM and reflash it and it should go back to normal. Unfortunately that means you'll lose any info that you had on there so hopefully you have it backed up. Before you do that though, make sure it's not doing that because you're accidentally pushing the camera button in while your rebooting your phone. I can see where that would happen accidentally because I'm constantly looking down at my phone only to notice the cameras activated because I accidentally hit that button.
Thanks a lot. I'll give it a try and see what happens
I can't get activesync to connect w/my device! Everytime I try - no luck. I've tried the MTTY and still nothing. Can anyone suggest a way for me to use? When I connect the MDA to the computer - it registers in my device manager, but Active sync won't identify it??!???
You do not need to be connected to active sync (if you're in bootloader mode) to flash an original signed ROM. Just connect you device to the PC, If your device has the tri-colour bootloader screen with USB listed in the bottom left hand corner of the screen (like you said in your first post) you should be able to reflash. Just run the Installer that you have download from the T-mobile website and it should perform the reflash. Forget about active sync for the moment until you get your device up and running again. It really is quite a simple operation. If this does not work for you, you're device might have a genuine fault. I feel confident it should work though as i have been in this situation myself with the MDA-Vario.
P.S What type of device do you have and which country are you in? This may enable me to help you a little more in finding the correct ROM if you don't already have it.
Do let us know how you get on
Cheers
C.
I have the MDA and I live in the USA
thanks for all of your help. I'm still trying - but nothing seems to be working
Did you download the T-Mobile ROM from their site and try to reflash it? If you did, what happens when you run the update exe?
Don't worry about not connecting to activesync right now, if you're in bootloader mode it wont connect.
Here is a link to the T-mobile MDA (USA) Get Software page. you'll have to enter your phone number to get the software you need. Its a big download (Approx 50MB) so be patient. There are also instructions on how to perform the upgrade there.
Good Luck and let us know.
C.
http://www.t-mobile.com/wmupgrade/
I have an 8525 and I am trying to upgrade to HTC_TyTN_WWE_3[1].54.255.3_6275_1.48.00.10_108.exe and I keep getting the same error message. "Error 264 The Update Utility cannot connect to your PDA Phone. Please check that your USB/cable is connected properly between the PC and your PDA Phone " My phone is connected and everythign appears fine until I try try to update. I have even tried the guide at http://www.mrvanx.org and that doesn't work either. Any ideas?
Invalid Vendor ID
O.k. I am a little further. It starts the install and then I get the "Invalid Vendor ID" error message.
Do you have activesync installed on your pc?
Are u using vista or xp?
I'm also having a problem trying to upgrade to WM6. Whenever I start the process it switches my phone into standby then as activesync can't see the phone I get an error message!
What are your answers to the two questions above? Running vista or xp? What version of activesync if any are you running?
Are your phones unlocked, CID, etc?
I don't know if it is required or not for a "official update" but have you installed HardSPL?
On another note, I would post this question into the parent thread for the rom that you are trying to install, that way you may get more looks. Good luck
Running Windows XP with Activesync 4.5 not sure about SPL?! How can i find out?
See here, http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Hermes_UpgradeForBeginners
Read over all of this, in Re: to the hardspl, i believe its the first hyperlink listed.
Assuming that you are set on that particular rom, what I'd do is extract the rom file from the package you downloaded using winrar and then use customruu to load it on. Ive' never had any problems with it on XP. This protects against bricking as much as possible. Also just in case you haven't seen this before, flashing roms and hardspl from here will void your warranty if you need to have it serviced at any time. There is a way to get back to warranty acceptable 'standards' though. But you can't take it in as is.
Hi guys.
I was using the installed the FInixNOver 3.0.1 ROM onto my SPV M700 and it was great. I've had it for about 2 weeks without any problems.
Last night I looked at my phone, only to realise that it was completley dead. This didnt shock me to much because the battery was running low, and i decided to let it die completley before recharging it again.
I charged my phone overnight and switched it on this morning, but the phone would freeze at the 'FInixNOver' splash screen (the numbers at the bottom of the screen would appear overlaying the splash, but the phone wouldnt go pass this point).
The only way to turn off the phone from this state is to eject the battery. I have tried removing the sim card, turning it back on in as many ways as possible but to no avail. I am able to get to the TriColor test screen (im running IPL-0.50 / SPL-1.30.Olipro) but with all the custom roms available, they all use the ROMUpdateUtility which requires the phone to have established an activesync connection initially (but this would mean my phone would have to be 'on completley' - so this is catch 22.)
For the record, my phone/battery died while my wired handsfree was attached (dunno if thats of any interest to anyone or the rom baker).
But it looks like the only way i'll be able to flash my phone is by finding a way to install the .nbh file without using the RUU method. Because I can put my phone into test mode manually.... any help or guidence would be very much appriciated.
Thanks.
Ok can you get it into bootloader? power/camera buttons and reset?
sorry didnt read fully.
right get your device into bootloader first,
then open active sync (are you using xp)
then open connection settings and disable usb connection,
put your device into bootloader mode, then run any rom upgrade, i prefer the WM6.1 pdaviets from HERE (Username: PDAVIET / Password: pdaviet)
Your pda does not need active sync with ruu's, so no catch 22. if you turn off usb connection in active sync, you can still run ruu and it will be recognised, unless you are using vista, where you need to change your HTC SYNC drivers.
Thanks for your quick response...
Yes I can get into boot loader using the power and camera buttons (or holding the power and camera buttons when resetting the phone)...
When the phone is in boot loader mode, active sync doesnt even detect the phone anyway, but nevertheless, I have followed your instructions and disabled the USB Connection. (BTW, yes i am using XP)
The phone is still in boot loader mode, so now i try and execute the ROMUpdateUtility.exe and go through the steps, at the 1st step i tick the tickbox and click next, and the 2nd step i tick the tickbox and click next. (this step says DO NOT enter the bootloader manually? - but i have havent i?) anyway, when i click next, it says... "Verifying the information on your Trinity... Please Wait..." for about 10 seconds, and then i get a message "ERROR [260] : CONNECTION"
What am i doing wrong?
Huumm.. why dont you flash your phone throw the sd card??
Read this link:
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Trinity_SDCardFlashing
try to flash your phone with some official rom and after that flash it with any other you want!
manos_23 said:
try to flash your phone with some official rom and after that flash it with any other you want!
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I would recommend this option above, to be safe, i usually get them error messages when the battery is below 50% or sometimes i try it again and it works. it does state do not manually enter bootloader but i always do it this way.
also make sure active sync is not still running in taskmanager under the alais: wcescomm.exe and WCESMGR.exe, end them both.
I've just tried using an official ROM, but the problem still occurs with the 'connecting'. It doesnt seem that the computer picks up a connection to the phone whatsoever.
Should i be concerned that at the bottom of the bootloader screen it says "serial", is this correct?
Im starting to get annoyed now.
Bye,
the bottom of the sreen mast say "usb" not serial.
it seems there is a problem, if it states serial. as it should say usb. try THIS
Seems like the problem was that my USB lead was loose and made a bad connection, hence why the bootloader showed 'serial' and not 'usb'... as soon as i wiggled it and heard the 'connection noise' in windows, i knew i was good to go, and so using the RUU worked fine to reupdate my phones ROM.
Thanks for your help.
My only question is that why did it happen in the first plave?
WIZZKID - I just saw your post here now. I have to tell you that I also saw "SERIAL" at the bottom of the bootloader screen and not "USB". As I said I returned it to get another phone but maybe I will try something else for now instead of a P3600i. I will monitor your thread to see how it turns out for your phone, because it seems that we have the same problem.
if you see "serial" instead "usb" your problem is in the usb cable, usb port from your computer or in the usb connector from your trinity!!!!!
I was having the same problem that you have!! my problem was from my usb from mine trinity!! see if the conector is at good conditions !!!
Well as some of you may know, I got my Trinity replaced for sticking at the WM splash screen after a few days. This second one - I have had it ONE night - and the same thing has happened with incomplete booting. This time I have been trying all night to flash the phone to an official ROM, but I cannot do it (apparently) because I can't establish a connection via ActiveSync. When I stick the data cable in while in bootloader I see SERIAL replaced by USB and when I try the flash I get a "270" error (cannot connect to phone) and the phone re-boots to the sticking plash screen. What should I do now?
ladies and gentlemen...
we've got a lot of mixed messages in this thread.. please make sure you're posting the right thing. no need to disable USB when manually going in to bootloader to flash (at least in xp).. Also, you can ignore the part of the RUU that says 'do not manually enter bootloader' (you should really read the guide on my site)
foxuniform- can you please give some details..
1) are you running xp or vista
2) have you flashed hard-spl? if so what version?
in the mean time, try a couple of things.. first, flash hard-spl (even if you already have it, but from the sound of it i think you don't have it on your device).. if that works, try to flash an official ROM. Can also try to use splxploit, then flash hard-spl, and then flash official ROM (there's a guide on my site if you're unsure)
please post your results
*edit*
here are the steps for SD card upgrade, but i HIGHLY recommend flashing Hard-spl first..
try to do it from SD card. how?
Extract the .NBH file from your prefered ROM upgrade: In windows use winrar (right click) to extract the contents of the exe file. In Linux / MacOS use cabextract (http://www.cabextract.org.uk/) .
Rename the .NBH file to TRINIMG.nbh and copy it to the root folder of your miniSD card.
With miniSD card inserted on the phone, start the bootloader (hold Power button on right side and Camera button at same time and stick with stylus in RESET on bottom).
You should see the screen pictured on the left, confirm flashing on screen by pressing the power button.
Flashing might hang after some time but this is normal. Just wait. Complete flash takes about 30 minutes, so check your battery or connect to charger before the flashing process starts.
When flashing completes soft-reset your device.
Make sure your SD has FAT32 and has no label. There have been reports that if SD has a label the bootloader can not access the TRINIMG.nbh
racerx_ I have carefully read your response and suggestions, and thanks for your expertise input on the matter. I am fairly new to this stuff so read below carefully as you may find errors in the way I tried to go about doing what I was hoping to accomplish.
First let me answer your questions. I am running Windows XP. The phone is in it's completely natural state in that I have not flashed it in any way. The ROM I was TRYING to flash to the phone while it was not starting properly (this is where I manually entered bootloader) is an official ROM from the HTC website (please note everyone that when I registered my P3600i on the HTC website it came up as the Dopod 810). Anyway, that never worked. ActiveSync never detected the phone (and I guess that's the reason I could not do anything as far as flashing goes). I HARD-RESET my P3600i and it booted normally. I re-installed all the stuff I had on it, from memory card to various .cab files, and the phone is working beautifully thus far. I will report if anything funny happens again.
I have to ask you racerx_, if I CAN flash hard-SPL on the P3600i according to the lovely guide on www.trinityguides.info. I have been of the opinion that things don't work for the P3600i as they did for the P3600, and that has been echoed by many P3600i users on this forum who are ready and waiting to try out some cooked ROMs (myself included).
For the sake of record, my phone is running rom version 3.00.707.17 and radio version 1.46.00.11. I patiently await your response.
woaaahhh..
i didn't notice the 'i' in your previous post... yeah, as far as i know, these ROMs are not flashable on your p3600i.. sorry..
**correct me if i'm wrong somebody**
Yeah I kinda thought that would be your response. By the way - do you think that this phenomenon of sticking at the Windows Mobile splash screen (both the P3600 and P3600i models apparently) has anything to do with something users do with the devices, or you figure it's an inherent software glitch of some sort? I am wondering if I should try a different model or hold on to my P3600i? Hope it's not something that'll happen again - I fly for a living and it's not gonna be good to have the thing screw up on me away from base - I really count on it for everything from casual keeping in touch on Messenger to viewing my work schedule. I love the Trinity though - it's one of my all-time favourite HTC phones.
hmm... i don't think its inherent in the Trinity.. (not a hardware issue.. in my opinion)
its been a while since i followed the posts on it, but always seems to be software related.. sometimes ROM-specific problem. Personally, i've probably flashed as many ROMs as anyone and the only time i ever encountered problems was with the official HTC WM6 ha.. go figure.. I think ppl did find that hard resets before and after flashing are helpful as well..
i love my trinity, and there's not much else on the market to make me want to trade it in (is it just me, or have pda's kind of stopped getting cooler).. i'd stick with it..
Alright I'm finally going to throw a post up, go ahead and get all your "use search" "it's on search" "it was in a thread" out of the way now, cause I've gone through 76 thread pages of reading and searches and I can't find an answer that works.
I am continually getting the ERROR 262 in RUU everytime I attempt to use it to flash.
- I am running Vista 64bit (not sure if that is the problem or not)
- Using WMDC 6.1
- I have uninstalled and reinstalled WMDC 6.1 a total of 7 times
- I have used every single USB port on my computer.
- I have restarted a total of 15 times, both the computer and hard resets of the phone.
- I have tried both the Unlocker (I'm not sure if I have to unlock a second time or not after my WM 6.1 update) and just the ROM Update.
- I have tried doing the forced bootloader mode (Power+Camera+Reset) and simply allowing the program to do it on it's own.
Everytime it drops into Bootloader (3 color) mode, it drops Activesync and then obviously errors out because of lost connection. I've tried simply running the program and never unplugging the USB cable, I've also tried unplugging the USB cable when the DOSprompt part of the batch tells me to. Everything I've read says to do this, but I don't remember doing this for the 6.1 WM Update. It also doesn't make sense.... if you unplug the device, it's going to drop activesync everytime....
I've just updated every program, reinstalled everything more then 5 times, done countless resets, tried every USB plug and nothing is working. Hopefully this is something easy I'm just overlooking -- or something easy like "It doesn't work with Vista 64" so I can at least get an answer.
Again, I apologize if this was answered somewhere previously. I genuinely tried for 3 hours using search, on and off XDA, so that I wouldn't have to post a question thread but never found a "fix" that worked.
Thanks in advance.
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Alright I'm finally going to throw a post up, go ahead and get all your "use search" "it's on search" "it was in a thread" out of the way now, cause I've gone through 76 thread pages of reading and searches and I can't find an answer that works.
I am continually getting the ERROR 262 in RUU everytime I attempt to use it to flash.
- I am running Vista 64bit (not sure if that is the problem or not)
- Using WMDC 6.1
- I have uninstalled and reinstalled WMDC 6.1 a total of 7 times
- I have used every single USB port on my computer.
- I have restarted a total of 15 times, both the computer and hard resets of the phone.
- I have tried both the Unlocker (I'm not sure if I have to unlock a second time or not after my WM 6.1 update) and just the ROM Update.
- I have tried doing the forced bootloader mode (Power+Camera+Reset) and simply allowing the program to do it on it's own.
Everytime it drops into Bootloader (3 color) mode, it drops Activesync and then obviously errors out because of lost connection. I've tried simply running the program and never unplugging the USB cable, I've also tried unplugging the USB cable when the DOSprompt part of the batch tells me to. Everything I've read says to do this, but I don't remember doing this for the 6.1 WM Update. It also doesn't make sense.... if you unplug the device, it's going to drop activesync everytime....
I've just updated every program, reinstalled everything more then 5 times, done countless resets, tried every USB plug and nothing is working. Hopefully this is something easy I'm just overlooking -- or something easy like "It doesn't work with Vista 64" so I can at least get an answer.
Again, I apologize if this was answered somewhere previously. I genuinely tried for 3 hours using search, on and off XDA, so that I wouldn't have to post a question thread but never found a "fix" that worked.
Thanks in advance.
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Try another computer. It does work with Vista 64 (I've done it many times), but there's no point in beating your head against the wall for this. There are so many things that it could be you might as well try another computer so that you at least now it is the computer and not your Vogue.
-GT
You phone is not unlocked and you are trying to flash a custom ROM.
Try following the instructions in this thread found about halfway down the first page of the forum.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=508544
atoz350 said:
You phone is not unlocked and you are trying to flash a custom ROM.
Try following the instructions in this thread found about halfway down the first page of the forum.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=508544
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Be it locked or unlocked is beside the point. As I stated before, I unlocked it once for the WM 6.1 upgrade and being as I wasn't sure if I had to do it again, I attempted to do it again.
Regardless of if it's trying to flash the ROM, or use the Unlocker, the same thing always happens. Windows Mobile Device Center (ActiveSync) drops connection once the phone goes to the Bootloader (3 color screen), and it errors out 262 (Connection Lost).
I have attempted to give as much information as possible so I can get input on if I'm missing a step or if it's simple bugging out. I will try what gt! suggested and attempt this on a different computer. However, from the information I've given can anyone confirm that I'm at least doing the correct steps -- there's just some gremlin popping up keeping me from completing it?
Thanks again.
Flash via SD card. There are instructions in CodyBear's FAQ thread.
From experience...use a blank or backed up card.
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Be it locked or unlocked is beside the point. As I stated before, I unlocked it once for the WM 6.1 upgrade and being as I wasn't sure if I had to do it again, I attempted to do it again.
Regardless of if it's trying to flash the ROM, or use the Unlocker, the same thing always happens. Windows Mobile Device Center (ActiveSync) drops connection once the phone goes to the Bootloader (3 color screen), and it errors out 262 (Connection Lost).
I have attempted to give as much information as possible so I can get input on if I'm missing a step or if it's simple bugging out. I will try what gt! suggested and attempt this on a different computer. However, from the information I've given can anyone confirm that I'm at least doing the correct steps -- there's just some gremlin popping up keeping me from completing it?
Thanks again.
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CONNECTION DROPS BUT............ it should be installing new drivers.
When i flash my phone on windows 7 it loses connection when it enter bootloader just like you.
And by the time the drivers for the qualcomm chip on my htc touch vogue gets installed (this is the recognized driver when your phone is in bootloader)
the RUU rom updater/installer times out.
After it times out for me i make sure that the driver for the qualcomm chip (the driver that is seen by windows when your phone is in bootloader) is installed, i run the updater again.
Now it should run through smoothly again.
Alternate method:
Flash by ur sd card.
or
Try a different computer.
start it up on serial mode then plug it in to USB, go to device manager make it search for new devices. Driver should start loading and start RRU, if all else fails use the SD CARD for The Flash
Alright, well now I guess a second question looms. I was going to take everyones advice and attempt to flash with the MicroSD Card, but now I'm having problems with that one as well.
Yes it has to be 2GB or less and formatted FAT32
I always find my original 512MB works perfect for flashing from
as to how to get it to your card...
Extract the ROM you want to use
Find the largest *.NBH file and copy it to your desktop
at the desktop rename it to VOGUIMG.NBH (I believe the caps in naming is important)
Copy that file to the root of your formatted FAT32 2GB or less SD Card
enter bootloader mode and it should go from there.
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Those are the directions on the FAQ. I have the original 512mb card, formated to FAT32. I went into the Unlocker RAR, found the Voguimg2.nbh, renamed it to VOGUIMG.NBH as instructed in the FAQ. Placed the file on the freshly formatted MicroSD Card, put it in the phone and went to bootloader mode and... nothing.
I attempted putting the card in, then going to Bootloader. I tried going to bootloader, then putting in the card. I tried putting it from USB to Serial and vica versa. Tried hitting all the buttons. Nothing happens, it just hangs out on the 3 Color Screen.
Am I missing something, or am I just cursed to not flash my phone more then once? Heh. Thanks again for all the help.
[EDIT] For clarification, since I don't know if I have to unlock before every flash or not, I'm just attempting to unlock it again and hense only using the Unlocker ROM. It was previously flashed for the 6.1 update, but I figured it couldn't hurt to try the unlocker again so that's been the ROM I've been trying to run currently.
Traumatique said:
Alright, well now I guess a second question looms. I was going to take everyones advice and attempt to flash with the MicroSD Card, but now I'm having problems with that one as well.
Those are the directions on the FAQ. I have the original 512mb card, formated to FAT32. I went into the Unlocker RAR, found the Voguimg2.nbh, renamed it to VOGUIMG.NBH as instructed in the FAQ. Placed the file on the freshly formatted MicroSD Card, put it in the phone and went to bootloader mode and... nothing.
I attempted putting the card in, then going to Bootloader. I tried going to bootloader, then putting in the card. I tried putting it from USB to Serial and vica versa. Tried hitting all the buttons. Nothing happens, it just hangs out on the 3 Color Screen.
Am I missing something, or am I just cursed to not flash my phone more then once? Heh. Thanks again for all the help.
[EDIT] For clarification, since I don't know if I have to unlock before every flash or not, I'm just attempting to unlock it again and hense only using the Unlocker ROM. It was previously flashed for the 6.1 update, but I figured it couldn't hurt to try the unlocker again so that's been the ROM I've been trying to run currently.
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As explained in Cody's FAQ, once your phone is unlocked to flash, it stays unlocked. The only thing you MIGHT want to do other than just flash the new ROM is to flash a stock ROM, then the new ROM.
Go ahead and try putting the VOGUIMG.NBH from the ROM on the card and see what happens. From what I remember, you should have the card in the phone then put it into boot mode. I believe that was what I did for my first flash ever.
What method did you follow when you flashed to 6.1? Has anything changed about what you are doing now?
Also it might be important to know that when flashing via USB on a 64-bit machine the RUU program will give you an error about not working on a 64-bit computer. Just ignore the error and click ok, it will pop up a few times just keep hitting ok and it will work. That error pops up even though it's false.
when i first tried flashing a custom rom, i extracted the downloaded file and when i clicked on the ruu i had the same error... i then tried just running the downloaded file without extraction and it worked fine.
same thing happend 2 me Just run the RUU do not extract files!!!!!!!((-;
Barogi44, JFive1182 -- You are both princes among men.
The Unlocker will only run on the first auto-extract of the file. You cannot run the batch from the extraction folder afterwards, eventhough all it does is auto-extract the contents and then auto-run the batch file.
Out of curiosity... and being infuriated I went and tested this again just to see. On 3 other computers the same thing happened. I have no clue why it would bug out that way... or if it was written that way that's a pretty bad design.
In any case, someone should put that in the FAQ. You have to let it start the process from the auto-decompressing RAR, you can't start it again after the fact by running the batch file from the extracted folder. If it said this anywhere, the 3 guides I read never mentioned that (nore the unlocker's thread at ppcgeeks) so I didn't catch it.
Thanks again for everyone's input, and obviously JFive1182 & Barogi44 for actually letting me know how to make it work!
your welcome
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[..]The Unlocker will only run on the first auto-extract of the file.
[...]someone should put that in the FAQ. You have to let it start the process from the auto-decompressing RAR, you can't start it again after the fact by running the batch file from the extracted folder. If it said this anywhere, the 3 guides I read never mentioned that (nore the unlocker's thread at ppcgeeks) so I didn't catch it.[..]
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Bump for emphasis. I had the same problem.
Tutorial said this: "Use WinRAR and extract both the files into separate folders,"
ONLY extract the NFSFAN rar.