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Help! Me choos a ROM: I unlocked the 8525, now it won't let me upgrade newest Cingula

So yeah, i used the new V3a unlock utility, automated version...
Well it also updates the SPL in the process, not sure if this is why I cannot update my ROM to the newest official Cingular Release? What happens is the screen goes blank as if I had it on saving power mode, right when the update officially starts (progress bar stays at 0%), and I get the 460 error or whatever..for some reason my phone loses the ActiveSync connection at the same time screen goes dark.
Then I pickup my phone, everything is fine...but that ROM update puts it to sleep causing it to lose the connection I guess.
So anyway, which would be a ROM that will work for me? Is it not working because that unlock thingy upgraded my SPL?
I currently have WM 2005 on the phone, it is working fine. Just want an upgrade..to WM6.
I have t-mobile..

Go to the wiki and read the section on upgrading ROM via the miniSD card. I couldn't get mine to take via wire, but the SD method worked great.

No GSM error

Hello my first or second posting here but i read alot without posting a message....
My motherlanguage is not english so please be kind if you find any error
My device :
Hermes 100 Xda Trion from O2 Germany
Windows Mobile 6
IPL-1.04
SPL-2.10.olipro
O2 Rom D3.54.207.2
Radio 1.16.00.00
Dont know what this is ... 32.53.7018.01H
Since thursday i have the No GSM error (even if i`m addicted to flash ROMs like hell, i really did nothing like 2 weeks with my device).
What i did before i do my posting this is:
Hard reset 127 times
Soft reset anything like 200-300 times.
Read about 30 threads with that error and most reflect to this guide.
Readed this guide 5 times.
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Hermes_UpgradeProblems#problem5
Flashed original HTC Tytn ROM/Schaps Rom flashed different radio roms.
It looks ok for 30 minutes but then the device is stuck and after a soft reset it says No GSM again and again ...
It looks like it have connection but if i call my number it have no connection.
Now i give up and ask you guys for help please.
If you need more info about the device or me just ask.
Thank you for reading

Same Problem
Hello again,
i have the same problem, i search for a result but now i upgrade the radio, but now i cant flash the radio again, it start to hang at 11%...

I had a similar problem on my Wizard one time.
I ended up fixing it by flashing on of the giant original shipping roms.
The rom includes everything and was the only way I could recover from the corrupt radio flash.
Hope this helps you.

Try testing your radio with other sim (some other operator's sim
is prefereabile, in your region)
hopes must not die. I will work again
regards
SoL

spritoflife said:
Try testing your radio with other sim (some other operator's sim
is prefereabile, in your region)
hopes must not die. I will work again
regards
SoL
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these problems are caused be something glitching up in the flash, not the sim

Got the same problem: the radio died without any new flash
If you find a solution, I have some interest too
Kedi said:
Hello my first or second posting here but i read alot without posting a message....
My motherlanguage is not english so please be kind if you find any error
My device :
Hermes 100 Xda Trion from O2 Germany
Windows Mobile 6
IPL-1.04
SPL-2.10.olipro
O2 Rom D3.54.207.2
Radio 1.16.00.00
Dont know what this is ... 32.53.7018.01H
Since thursday i have the No GSM error (even if i`m addicted to flash ROMs like hell, i really did nothing like 2 weeks with my device).
What i did before i do my posting this is:
Hard reset 127 times
Soft reset anything like 200-300 times.
Read about 30 threads with that error and most reflect to this guide.
Readed this guide 5 times.
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Hermes_UpgradeProblems#problem5
Flashed original HTC Tytn ROM/Schaps Rom flashed different radio roms.
It looks ok for 30 minutes but then the device is stuck and after a soft reset it says No GSM again and again ...
It looks like it have connection but if i call my number it have no connection.
Now i give up and ask you guys for help please.
If you need more info about the device or me just ask.
Thank you for reading
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The_Null said:
Hello again,
i have the same problem, i search for a result but now i upgrade the radio, but now i cant flash the radio again, it start to hang at 11%...
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Try to flash again, i had same errors after i flashed some different ROM`s.
What i remember just right now:
I get a new sim card on thursday since then i have this no GSM error.
Now i`m scared to setup my connection because the device is running.
Had some connection losses but as long its working...
Not really.... i open Programms and scroll down then windows hang.
No UMTS connection i bought it because i want to read my emails, not just to make phone calls .
And to be honestly : to flash around
Still looking for a solution for that no GSM error.
Thank you for your attention.

Same Problem
I got an replacement from At&t because of the white screen effect on the Cingular version.
As soon as I load in the sim it gives me a no gsm message..
so i load up black X rc and the newest att radio and i still get the message..
So finally i hard reset a couple of times and it goes away..
Now the only thing is that the connection reset a lot and even flashing back to the original raido with an downgraded ipl and spl still doesn't solve that. I even got a new sim and no luck.
I even went to the point of simunlocking it and it still doesn't work.
Keep in mind that this is the new att 8525 and the cingular 8525 worked better even it i cudn't see the screen..lol

you guys have tried the file off this page, right?
http://www.america.htc.com/support/8525/software-downloads.html

yea i tried the one off htc's website i get an error about 11% thru, any other ideas because im going crazy i have no gsm no phone service no service period!! HELP!!!

Yes, the latest supported wm5 is the one i had originally.
Any ideas from anyone?

hey..... just for understanding....
ur RADIO ROM version is - 1.16.00.00. Hope you know that this has to be separately updated, and is not included in any of the ROMs available in the cooked format e.g schaps....
may i suggest that you upgrade to one of the latest RADIO ROMs, available here - http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Hermes_ExtractedRadioRoms
The 1.48 RADIO ROM seems particularly stable all around the world, so go ahead and give it a try - ftp://xda:[email protected]/Uploads/Hermes/HERM_Radio_Only_1.48.00.10_CustomRUU.rar
After that, you could choose Schap's latest ROM and upgrade to the same; and check if things work out.
EDIT: I see that you have flashed different radio roms already......
NOOB's ANSWER TO THIS PREDICAMENT: Downgrade to the offficial radio and ROM. And see to it that you restore your SPL i.e., follow the procedures of removing olipro.... and take it to your nearest O2 dealer...

Maybe this helps ?
How about this one:
Flash your ROM radio etc.
Take out the battery for 20 minutes.
Yesterday i flashed the original O2 ROM after it said No GSM again.
I was mad and took out the battery.
In the morning i inserted the battery again and since then no problem.
To test this if its really working i flashed a HTC ROM, after configuration etc. i took out the battery again, waited ~ 20 minutes.
Because it said no GSM again after flashing HTC ROM.
Looks like its working (for me)
Edit
No its not working
The original O2 ROM was working almost perfect just flashomanianing it back ... Hope it will work .

similar problem plz plz help
hey.. i would really appreciate if you guys could help me out with this one (i am a noob =(( )
One perfect night i loose reception and unable to retain it(no gsm). it seems like i cannot find my network (AT&T) i have the AT&T 8525 phone.
when i go to settings>system>device information, my radio field is blank, i persume thats the problem.. i have tried to install some, but none seem to go through completely.. I have installed vp's WM6 + addons ROM, but it is still blank..
It would be great if you could help me out, i really need the phone for my business.
Some info that might be usefull:
i have HERM100
IPL-1.04 (idk if thats needed)
SPL-2.10.Olipro
vp's WM6 works perfect but no GSM

i know that radio rom needs to be upgrade by itself my prob is that there is no radio it doesnt even read the IMEI, but i know it works because on my old Hermes it still works so its the phone, any ideas? i try to upgrade the radio rom, ive read all the forums on how to fix the radio rom only and nothing again it starts gets to like 11% or 12% then error 262. HELP!!

likewise...

spritoflife said:
Try testing your radio with other sim (some other operator's sim
is prefereabile, in your region)
hopes must not die. I will work again
regards
SoL
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Flashed WM5 same error = No GSM
Sometimes it shows No R No G
Tested it with 3 different operators sim card.
Setup a complete new OS on my notebook (because i thought a virus maybe and it corrupted the downloaded files).
During the flash process i even dont breathe but no help
Flashed HTC ROM with radio 1.47... interrupted the second update/setup process.
Was ok for 3 hours.
Are we all just beta testers from HTC and MS ?

Im still getting the same issue. Although I unlocked and superCID the deviece I will try to get a warranty exchange on it. It was messing up before I did any of that so I don't think that it should matter. I just want my old Cingular 8525... but i guess i have to keep on trying until I get a good one.

Hi did you ever find a solution to the radio rom flash hanging at 11% i have the same problem I can flash the os but the radio rom always hangs at 11% so nice pda no phone options

Ladies and gentlemen, I had the same problem, and I fixed it. Here's my story.
I was an idiot one night. Pulling my trusty 8525 from my pocket to read a text message, I instead dropped it. On its face. On pavement. From waist height.
I know, I cringed, too.
Ever since then, I got the No GSM error, and radio ROMs refused to flash beyond 11%, except the original factory ship ROM which got as far as 12%. Everything else worked perfectly except the radio.
I took it to one of the IT guys at work who suggested that I may have damaged something on the mainboard, but here's another 8525 you can play with if you want, because it's in the recycle box and will be going out the door to be recycled soon and we won't see any money out of it anyway, so here, it's yours.
Problem was, 8525-b had video issues. SOMETIMES would get the whitescreen. ALWAYS wrapped the bottom ten or fifteen rows of pixels up to the top of the screen. But the phone worked flawlessly.
Then, I discovered that the "video card" is separate from the main circuit board. Therefore, 8525-a had problems with the mainboard, and 8525-b had problems with the videoboard.
The solution presents itself.
Took them both apart, took the mainboard from the 8525-b and installed it into the 8525-a.
My Hermes is back. Everything functions flawlessly, including the radio. And everything flashes, too.
Point of the story: I don't know if you dropped your phone or if maybe something else may have caused some damage, but the only way that I was able to work around the radio rom flash hanging at 11% issue was to replace the mainboard. I got lucky, I was good friends with the IT guy. But I was never able to find another solution.

No GSM/No Service on XDA IIs (BA)

Hi,
When i first got my BA, i upgraded from WM2003 to WM6.
This worked ok for everything (A few glitches here and there but i could live with them), but then, my phone battery had ran out, i charged it and loaded it up again and it now shows No Service on the today screen, so I can't make any calls off it.
I also noticed that when the phone boots it shows No GSM where it used to have 2 different numbers.
I've tried reflashing it to WM5, and also to WM6.1 but both of these didn't seem to fix it. The WM6.1 version I used can be found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=390862
Is there anything I can do to fix this?
Thanks!

Yes, fix is quick and easy and you can do it even at home: a soft reset.

Hi,
thanks for your reply,
I have tried soft and hard resets but this doesnt seem to fix it.
I wanted to try upgrading my Radio rom but when I ran the updater I got error 114. I'm not too sure what this means though?
Thanks!

Solution against "No Service" issue
Have a lot of Siemens SX66's. Just took one and ran unlocker, then flashed WM 6.0 and upgraded radio to 1.15.00. After that inserted SIM card and saw permanent "no service" message. Tried HR few times for no avail. Here's what really helped: I ran universal unlocker once again and then did soft reset. Voila! System booted and connected to GSM network. Hope somebody will find this useful.

Hi, All!
2 Larik007:
Did you have similate trouble with radiorom?
I have analogic problem with my BA (iMATE PDA2K)
At boot screen I see
No GSM
D 6.14 WWE
and boot process stops at this position.
Once my BA was booted up with this trouble, and goes to reboot and all repeats again.
I can't reflash radiorom.
At 61% I have "Error 114: Radiorom upgrade error"
I tried to reflash radioroms from 1.02 to 1.15, but nothing positive.
:-(
Can anybody help me?

No, my problem is because of some kind of error during unlock process, I guess. And your problem appears to be similar to "No GSM" issue of Hermes phones. But it may be repairable unlike Hermes ones...

Larik007 said:
Have a lot of Siemens SX66's. Just took one and ran unlocker, then flashed WM 6.0 and upgraded radio to 1.15.00. After that inserted SIM card and saw permanent "no service" message. Tried HR few times for no avail. Here's what really helped: I ran universal unlocker once again and then did soft reset. Voila! System booted and connected to GSM network. Hope somebody will find this useful.
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I have the same "no service" issue. Can you give me a link for this magic universal unlocker
- what is this anyway?
Thanks!

http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=BA_Unlock_Sim
Look for a link under word "this"

i had this problem, heres what i did that made it work,
1.re-insert the battery
2.press the on button
3.press the reset button TWICE
EVERY time you turn it off and on do this, but if you reset the phone you dont need to do it twice.
hope this works as it did for me,
Josh.

Partial solution for "No signal" problem
I think the idea was posted by xplode sometime ago- I spent a day playing with it, but it finally worked for me.
0) I had unlocked BA with 2003. Later on I upgraded it to WM 6.1 and then at some point I've got this "No service" issue. I upgraded my Radio to 1.15 (it did not help me- but I did this in the very beginning, so may be it matters)
1) I downgraded ROM to one of 2003 ROMs (xplode has a collection: http://tinyurl.com/cozbbx)
-) downgrade instructions are in here: http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=BA_1.40.00_Upgrade
2) I unlocked band page for the network connection- it was discussed in (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=297099)
2.5) I finally used this cab : http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=23788&d=1121269005 to set band selection to 900/1800 (still no service)
3) I removed sim card and did a hard reset followed by soft reset. I put a sim card back and soft reset BA.
--- I guess at this point it's 2003 with 900/1800 band and working
4) I upgraded my ROM to 6.5 and it is working now.

the link is dead.sorry for my bad english i've tried all the procedure but still had no gsm on my xda iis dont have imei and i cant see my radio version can you help me....

Lucky You that I still have troubleshooting tutorial in my file archive. I've written it by myself when was unlocking many of these devices.
Although I'm not sure if it will help with symptoms You listed...
Here it is what you can try to do if your Blueangel PDA phone constantly showing "No Carrier" and it is not possible to enter phone settings:
1. Take off the battery from the phone while it is turned on.
2. Place the battery back in, turn on the phone. At bootup there should be stated "NONE" instead of versions of "R" and "G" (seems that it is required to be so).
3. After OS had boot, run the Unlocker. Few times, maybe.
4. Reboot.

Why can't I upgrade back to 6.1?

I am using a Rogers S621.
I was running 6.1 and decided to try the official Rogers 6.0. I downgraded to that no problem. Now when I try to upgrade back to 6.1 I can't.
Everytime I try half way through the upgrade it stops and I get the message:
ERROR [270] UPDATE ERROR: The Image File Is Corrupted. Please Check Your Update Utility.
I have tried both
Kavana's: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=374890
Rick's: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=397845
and both do the exact same thing.
I have tried reinstalling the Rogers 6.0 and then retrying one of the 6.1 upgrades and it still does the same thing.
I have tried doing the upgrade both before and after doing an initial sync with my PC.
I have tried it with and without using SP_AllowCertificateInstall.cab http://downloads.rogers.com/wireless/products/phones/HTC/SP_AllowCertificateInstall.cab
The problem seems to be when it gets to:
"execute SPL now - allow to run JumpSPL and after this step, press center button (Continue) on your Excalibur and screen should turn nearly white"
When I press the centre button (Continue) it just goes back to my homescreen and does Not turn white. It then begins the update but, like I said, kicks me out half way through with that error message.
Ideas?

SDA App Unlock Your Mobile Device Also
Chillin said:
I am using a Rogers S621.
I was running 6.1 and decided to try the official Rogers 6.0. I downgraded to that no problem. Now when I try to upgrade back to 6.1 I can't.
Everytime I try half way through the upgrade it stops and I get the message:
ERROR [270] UPDATE ERROR: The Image File Is Corrupted. Please Check Your Update Utility.
I have tried both
Kavana's: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=374890
Rick's: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=397845
and both do the exact same thing.
I have tried reinstalling the Rogers 6.0 and then retrying one of the 6.1 upgrades and it still does the same thing.
I have tried doing the upgrade both before and after doing an initial sync with my PC.
I have tried it with and without using SP_AllowCertificateInstall.cab http://downloads.rogers.com/wireless/products/phones/HTC/SP_AllowCertificateInstall.cab
The problem seems to be when it gets to:
"execute SPL now - allow to run JumpSPL and after this step, press center button (Continue) on your Excalibur and screen should turn nearly white"
When I press the centre button (Continue) it just goes back to my homescreen and does Not turn white. It then begins the update but, like I said, kicks me out half way through with that error message.
Ideas?
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Try running that SDA App Unlock on your mobile and try running the 6.1 software again, should work again now......!

Technology said:
Try running that SDA App Unlock on your mobile and try running the 6.1 software again, should work again now......!
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Exactly what software are you refering to?

SDA Unlock APP
The SDA Unlock app can be located at the link below
http://www.coderetard.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/sda_applicationunlock.zip
If that doesn't work the link is actually on this page
http://www.coderetard.com/2008/07/14/how-to-hack-your-t-mobile-dash-htc-excalibur/
When you installed WM6.0 it most likely lock the phone up again
I originally got my information to install 6.1 on that page before I came to XDA
It should work fine after you are done

Done and done.
Thanks a lot guys.

No problem, glad everything worked out for you.

T-Mobile XDA Problem

Hi All,
I have an MDA3 and recently upgraded it to wm 6.5 21630 by Sun-Dream, I now have no service for the phone.
I have been reading here on the forum to put it back to 2003 and change the phone settings.
It wont downgrade back to 2003, i can flash it all ok, it restarts, set the stylus screen then when it says click the screen to start using it freezes, I have tired 3 different roms even the official one from T-Mobile.
It will go back to wm 6.1 or 6.5 no problems, all i need is my phone back.
Any info would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks, Mark.

lordmpl said:
Hi All,
I have an MDA3 and recently upgraded it to wm 6.5 21630 by Sun-Dream, I now have no service for the phone.
I have been reading here on the forum to put it back to 2003 and change the phone settings.
It wont downgrade back to 2003, i can flash it all ok, it restarts, set the stylus screen then when it says click the screen to start using it freezes, I have tired 3 different roms even the official one from T-Mobile.
It will go back to wm 6.1 or 6.5 no problems, all i need is my phone back.
Any info would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks, Mark.
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Are you performing a hard reset after flash?

also you should make sure to remove the sim and sd card from the device for the up- and downgrading process, as it can mess up your radio and stop you from being able to make calls. if a hard reset does not help, you should try down- and re-upgrading your radio.
some users also reported that the sim card can actually be harmed during the upgrade process. give the card a try in another phone. if it doesn't work anymore, that could also be the issue. most carriers replace broken sim cards for free.
but you should try out the different methods from easy (hard reset) to the most drastic, which would be a new sim. also, you might want to compare your upgrade process to the one in my tutorials. if you did anything different, that could have caused this problem.