CustomRUU not running under Windows 7 -- workaround - Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General

Hi all... I was flashing an NRG ROM and new radio to an ATT Tilt 2 I had just received and couldn't get the CustomRUU to run on my PC at all. When I double-clicked the file, nothing would happen -- even if I tried to run it in Adminstrator mode.
The PC is running Windows 7 and AVG Free, and the Tilt 2 was connected through Windows Mobile Device Centre.
In the NRG thread, they mentioned that the thought was that this was due to AVG seeing the CustomRUU as having a trojan and not letting it run. I'm not so sure, since I've been able to run CustomRUU's from other threads (Kaiser, Raphael and Topaz) with no problem on this same machine. I even tried turning off AVG and no luck.
What worked for me was to copy a CustomRUU from NRG's ROMs from the Raphael thread into the folder with the Rhodium ROM, then run that version. Everything worked fine. (I did notice that the Raphael CustomRUU is a different size from the one NRG included in his Rhodium ROM).
My suspicion is that something within the Rhodium CustomRUU is not playing nicely with Windows 7 -- not anything to do with the anti-virus.
Anyway, just in case anyone else is having problems...

have you tried other custom ruu besides NRG's? i flash with windows 7 all the time with this one and have never had a problem, give it a try and see if it works for you.

twopumpchump said:
have you tried other custom ruu besides NRG's? i flash with windows 7 all the time with this one and have never had a problem, give it a try and see if it works for you.
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Yes, I tried it with the CustomRUU that came with NRG's and with a radio from the Radio thread -- same problem.
Funny, it seems to work fine on my laptop running Windows Vista 32 bit, but won't run on my PC running Win7 64 bit.
Anyway... just in case someone else has a problem...

drtolson said:
Yes, I tried it with the CustomRUU that came with NRG's and with a radio from the Radio thread -- same problem.
Funny, it seems to work fine on my laptop running Windows Vista 32 bit, but won't run on my PC running Win7 64 bit.
Anyway... just in case someone else has a problem...
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did you try it with the one i posted? reason i am asking is that i flashed nrg's dual boot rom and had the same problem with the custom ruu that came with the rom. i changed it with this one and it worked.

twopumpchump said:
did you try it with the one i posted? reason i am asking is that i flashed nrg's dual boot rom and had the same problem with the custom ruu that came with the rom. i changed it with this one and it worked.
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Not yet.. but I will when I get home to the 'renegade' PC ... The reason I don't think it's NRG's is because I had the same problem with the CustomRUU attached to the 4.49.25.17 radio in the Radio thread.
But I'll give yours a try. Thanks.

I've been running Windows 7 64 bit all along and have flashed about a dozen ROMs, all but one NRG's, plus 4 radio ROMs. I use Rhodium_CustomRUU_v1.1. It doesn't seem to be a Win7 thing.

I also have Windows 7 64-Bit and I had a similar problem. I tried many different things and nothing worked. Now I just flash from the SD card and I actually think it's more convenient because you dont have to take out the SIM and you can do it without using a computer. And if you ever encounter a problem while away from your computer, just make sure you always keep the nbh file on the SD card and reflash on the go.

I guess I'll add my relevant experience too:
I'm running W7 64bit on my desktop PC and W7 32bit on my laptop, and I've successfully flashed ROMs (OS and radio) from both units to my TP2 using customRUU.
Which customRUU? Well, its Description is "Rhodium CustomRUU", its version is 1.1.0.0, and it's 924KB in size. Is there more than one version?

Windows 7 and custom RUU
I also had the same issue, I have McAfee suite.
Tried disabling the entire suite with no luck.
Tried the above UK Ruu and no luck.
Tried a Raphael Ruu and it work fine.
The size of the Raphael Ruu is 759KB
The size of the Rhodium is 924KB.
Just my observation.

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Vista and load new ROMs

Hi,
I have VISTA RC1, everytime I try to load any rom I get connection error...any ideas how can I fix that?
Yeah .. switch back to XP. I've tried for days to upgrade from Vista and didn't succeded ... at a time I thought that my UNiversal has gone .... but when I tried again on an XP based system it worked flawlessly.
wakko said:
Yeah .. switch back to XP. I've tried for days to upgrade from Vista and didn't succeded ... at a time I thought that my UNiversal has gone .... but when I tried again on an XP based system it worked flawlessly.
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Same observations:
I have tried with vista ultimate final (msdn) with windows mobile device center beta-3 (because vista have'nt any activesync-like program) -vista can't recognise Universal in bootloader mode.
I found a resolution: format c: and reinstall any xp. (Or buy a second PC with xp)
Vista can't recognise the Uni, oh the irony.
M$ used the Uni as the showpiece for their all singing all dancing WM5 platform didn't they?
moeaboelela said:
Hi,
I have VISTA RC1, everytime I try to load any rom I get connection error...any ideas how can I fix that?
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perhaps you can use the search function next time, there are a few more topics about this problem

Windows Vista and Activesync

How can we flash new ROM's onto the Universal in Windows Vista? I tried flashing PDAViet 2.00.04 to my Universal and recieved a 101 connection error. I went to the activesync website and it wouldnt install because it said that windows vista already has some tool that has outdated activesync.... well why isnt it working then?
on vista there's no more activesync but Mobile device Center
http://www.laboratoire-microsoft.org/whitepapers/17844/
Nope tried that. Wasnt working although just now I have just flashed PDAViet ROM on my Universal. Windows detects it fine and even sync's with it.
I have just tried Helmi's AKU 3.5 again and it flashed fine.
Once you've got WMDC up and runnign the sync works fine (even office 2007! Woohoo) but icant flash anything and have to use my old XP machien to do it on!
Maybe it depends on the version of the no-id flasher you use?
I tried to flash the device while in bootloader mode and wouldnt work. Does anyone know why sometimes your device remains in bootloader mode even after a soft reset? Its like there wasn't any ROM on the device? Even after a hard reset the device wont go out of the bootloader mode.
I couldnt flash My Universal, using WMDC in vista RTM. It simply doesnt work, i heard, and i think it does make sence, that the Actual Rom Update utilities are simply uncompatible with Vista. I think we will have to wait until Vista is Oficialy releast, wich is not that far away. But then, i think we will also have to wait till one of our Providers will release a new ROM, with a new Update Utility.
nuclear said:
I tried to flash the device while in bootloader mode and wouldnt work. Does anyone know why sometimes your device remains in bootloader mode even after a soft reset? Its like there wasn't any ROM on the device? Even after a hard reset the device wont go out of the bootloader mode.
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That happened to me as well on a numerous ocasions, its really annoying. I didnt really mind though, coz i was about to flash it anyway, and then it always got back to normal.
I dont know what to say... just be careful with what you are doing.
nuclear said:
How can we flash new ROM's onto the Universal in Windows Vista? I tried flashing PDAViet 2.00.04 to my Universal and recieved a 101 connection error. I went to the activesync website and it wouldnt install because it said that windows vista already has some tool that has outdated activesync.... well why isnt it working then?
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I´m using the Vista Business Version (Final).
My Universal would not sync so i downloaded and installed this:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...6a-a72d-4aef-9663-31ce2fefbada&DisplayLang=en
Microsoft Windows Mobile Device Center Beta 3 for Windows Vista (x86)
It´s working now.
I have that installed too. It was installed during a Auto-update. Still wont update the device while in bootloader mode.
There is no driver in vista that presents the device as \\.\WCEUSBSH001 device. So the upgrade utilities cannot communicate with it.
I've tried to use the drivers from XP64, but they don't work (i'm using 64-bit vista enterprise).
not yet
I tried using Vista Ultimate x64, but no way using Windows Mobile Device Center beta 4. Xp still better for flashing devices, maybe in a few weeks we are going to test new dev tools.
heyy ppl i can't upgrade/flash my universal rom's in vista as well :-( i just upgraded my laptop to vista ultimate and well, i had downgraded my phone from AKU 3.5 to an orange branded latest rom from Orange website, now i wanna flash it to Crossbow but vista won't let me..maybe the developers here can cook something up for flashing in vista ? Anybody ?
damac said:
heyy ppl i can't upgrade/flash my universal rom's in vista as well :-( i just upgraded my laptop to vista ultimate and well, i had downgraded my phone from AKU 3.5 to an orange branded latest rom from Orange website, now i wanna flash it to Crossbow but vista won't let me..maybe the developers here can cook something up for flashing in vista ? Anybody ?
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okay i managed to use the windows mobile center to synchronise. I will try to flash a ROM.
phamoui said:
I tried using Vista Ultimate x64, but no way using Windows Mobile Device Center beta 4. Xp still better for flashing devices, maybe in a few weeks we are going to test new dev tools.
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is it a mistake, or are you talking about the new Windows Mobile Device Center beta 4, i only have beta 3???
yep beta 4....
nuclear said:
okay i managed to use the windows mobile center to synchronise. I will try to flash a ROM.
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Ok i finished testing. It wont flash the ROM's in bootloader mode or in OS mode. Program installation and synchronization are functional.
phamoui said:
yep beta 4....
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Where did u get beta4?
Vista no no to flash
nuclear said:
Ok i finished testing. It wont flash the ROM's in bootloader mode or in OS mode. Program installation and synchronization are functional.
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OKay so basically either somebody gets the flashing tools working in vista or i'm gonna have to install XP with Vista dual boot cause i don't wanna let go of Vista. a lot of trouble to get the phone to be flashed..somebody find a solution pleeease ..Thanx ! :-(
mamaich said:
There is no driver in vista that presents the device as \\.\WCEUSBSH001 device. So the upgrade utilities cannot communicate with it.
I've tried to use the drivers from XP64, but they don't work (i'm using 64-bit vista enterprise).
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I still try to solve this issue.
If you find any information about it, please tell me, thanks.
Of course, I will tell you if I solve it.

Can I flash using Vista (32 bit) using the latest version of SyncCenter?

I previously flashed my Vario II using my laptop which runs XP. But I was wondering if the latest version of SyncCenter for Vista (I'm running 32 bit Ultimate) can flash without added drivers?
Cheers.
Bobby
Yeah, that would be interesting to know.
I upgraded 2 days ago to Vista Business and installed the lates Windows Mobile Device Center.
I've read the guide from Mr Vanx about the different Drivers, but is this still necessary?
I actually was able to flash using Vista without doing anything special. I just clicked the file and away it went. I did maybe 3 cooked roms and the latest AT&T rom four times without any issues.
If you have WMDC 6.1 installed, you should be able to flash fine
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If you have WMDC 6.1 installed, you should be able to flash fine
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I've got vista withouth WMDC and I'm able to flash okay too.
So there is nothing needed anymore, just plug it in and flash away.
bobbyelliott said:
I previously flashed my Vario II using my laptop which runs XP. But I was wondering if the latest version of SyncCenter for Vista (I'm running 32 bit Ultimate) can flash without added drivers?
Cheers.
Bobby
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the drivers mrvanx mentions are not necessary for WMDC 6.1 but are necessary for WMDC 6!!
When installing WMDC 6.1, uninstall the previous version, connect phone, then install and it will install a new set of drivers for the phone.
one thing to note tho, when flashing with vista the only way i get it to work is to use this SPL : 2.10.Olipro (HardSPL v7), already have the phone in bootloader (3 colour bars) then plug into usb, then when flashing select the options in the screen shot, then flash. (to be honest i dont select the "is it Hard-SLP?" box and i never have a problem, but i dnt want to be blamed for anyone screwing up theri phone!!)

Flashing in Win7 ok?

I noticed particular that running hard SPL on Win 7 was ok. I was just wondering if flashing on Win 7 was ok too?
The reason I ask is that I remember when Vista first came out flashing was troublesome on it and really not recommended because of the plumbing changes in the OS. Is all that not an issue now that we are many years into Vista and Win 7 being very close in plumbing?
Thanks.
I personally flash the NRG roms on windows 7 and had no problem up to now
No problem here!
And I'm one of those crazies that flashes every few days!
No Problems here !! Just to be on the safe side though I click the properties of the file and run it in XP mode Service pack 2. That's just me though.
Ok, thanks guys. I keep a copy of XP running just for flashing out of paranoia. I guess those issues have been worked out then..what ever they were.
I always flash from SD card - it's safer!

Windows 7 Problems

I have no successes flashing my Tilt2 using Windows 7. I have followed all steps outlined it all forums and still no luck. I have flashed to at least 4 different ROM's and all (and I mean ALL) radios and i have no luck. My issues are the following:
No data connection.
No phone reception.
Constantly crashing and frizzing.
I just did an experiment on my laptop that has XP loaded on it and I have absolutely no problems.
Is there anything that i am missing on the Windows 7 setup and how to flash my phone using it?????
Any help will do.
Thank you
Do you realize that Windows 7 does not support Activesync like XP does. You need Windows Mobile Device Center.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/en-us/downloads/microsoft/device-center-download.mspx
Observe the bit or bit versions.
Hope that helps.
I did this and my problem still exist. Like i said i have read all instructions of how to flash cooked ROM's using Windows 7.
I followed all steps that OliNex had outlined and no close but no cigar.
I won't be mean but there are several threads about Windows 7. You didn't need to start a new one.
I use W7 and it works great. Or at least it worked for the 43 ROMs I have flashed so far. Just possibly it is a user error?

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