I followed the guide on how to unbrick defy but when install rsd lite it wont show my phone . Had it in bootloader plus got the right drivers for it (64 bit) but still wont detect it. Help please!
I also never could get the phone to appear with RSDLite on Windows 7 64bit or Windows XP. The only solution I could find was to flash the firmware to the phone in Linux using SBF_Flash.x. I found SBF_Flash.x on a post from a German Defy forum shown on the attached link. SBF Flash worked instantly without any hassle compared to RSDLite. I am attaching the SBF_Flash.x.zip to this post, so you can give it a try.
1) Download SBF_Flash.x.zip and extract SBF_Flash.x to the same folder/location as the .sbf file that you want to flash.
2) Restart your computer and boot up from Linux.
3) Load up file manager in Linux and locate the SBF_Flash.x and .sbf files then you need to drag those files to your desktop.
4) open up Terminal
5) In Terminal type below
6) su
7) cd Desktop
8) Turn your phone on in bootloader mode and connect the USB cable up to your computer and phone
9) ./sbf_flash.x FileName.sbf
For example, flashing UK 2.2.1 .sbf firmware
./sbf_flash.x JRDNEM_U3_2.21.0_SIGNED_UCAJRDNEMARAB1B80AA028.0R_ USAJORDANRTGB_P026_A007_HWp3_S
rvice1FF.sbf
10) SBF Flash now should flash the sbf file to your phone and your phone will reboot when it is done.
If you don't have Linux on your computer, you can download Knoppix, which is Linux version that boots and runs completely from a cd. You can download knoppix at knoppix.net and burn the disc image to a cd.
lilaznfoo21 said:
I followed the guide on how to unbrick defy but when install rsd lite it wont show my phone . Had it in bootloader plus got the right drivers for it (64 bit) but still wont detect it. Help please!
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another thing you can try if you could not get the linux method to work. In windows go to compatibility mode and go back to windows xp service pack 2, for some reason I got a friends phone to be deteced using rsd lite. To do this, put the application for rsd lite on your desktop, right click on it then click troubleshoot compatibility. Then click windows xp service pack 2. good Luck
lourenco5 said:
I also never could get the phone to appear with RSDLite on Windows 7 64bit or Windows XP. The only solution I could find was to flash the firmware to the phone in Linux using SBF_Flash.x. I found SBF_Flash.x on a post from a German Defy forum shown on the attached link. SBF Flash worked instantly without any hassle compared to RSDLite. I am attaching the SBF_Flash.x.zip to this post, so you can give it a try.
1) Download SBF_Flash.x.zip and extract SBF_Flash.x to the same location as the SBF that you want to flash.
2) Restart your computer and boot up from Linux.
3) Load up file manager in Linux and locate the SBF_Flash.x and .sbf then you need to drag those files to your desktop.
4) open up Terminal
5) In Terminal type type below
6) su
7) cd Desktop
8) Turn you phone on in boot loader mode and connect the USB cable up to your computer and phone
9) ./sbf_flash.x FileName.sbf
10) SBF Flash now should flash the sbf file to your phone and your phone will reboot when it is done.
If you don't have Linux on your computer, you can download Knoppix, which is Linux version that boots and runs completely from a cd. You can download knoppix at knoppix.net and burn the disc image to a cd.
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where do you put the sbf file ? (n00b)
lilaznfoo21 said:
where do you put the sbf file ? (n00b)
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You can put the uk verison of the sbf that you have in the same folder as the sbf_flash.x file.
Nvm i found a solution i switched from vista to WIN7 and did everything from there >.<
works now
thanks for trying to hellp
I have Win 7 x64, first time i tried it worked ok, then the second it didn't found the phone anymore.
To fix it just uninstalled drivers and RSDLite, then reboot pc, install drivers, RSD and then it found the phone again
cheers
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Hi guys,
I am one of the 'lucky' ones with a broken USB-port. I currently have the MoDaCo custom ROM installed but I want to be able to install a generic ROM and return my phone for repairs.
Thus, I need to flash a generic ROM to my phone, and that's where my (n00b) problems start.
1: Flashing the original file simply by running the .exe file crashes. First, when describing my current FW version it says something about having 'too many images' or something. It tries to flash, but gets stuck while 'waiting for bootloader'. This runs to 100, and then gives me an error-message. Annoying!
2: As 1: doesn't work I want to flash directly from Fastboot. However, I cannot exract the two files needed to flash for some reason... I rename the RUU file from .exe to .zip, but only extract the boot.img file - the large .zip file returns an error, and nothing is extracted. I use winrar to extract, but have also tried 7zip.
3: If/when I succeed in extracting the files - where should the be put, when I execute the fastboot commands? On the SD-card or in the androidsdk/tools folder on the pc?
I really hope you can help me with the above. It's so annoying, so now I just want to return my device
Thanx for you help guys
Welcome in the club, come to here:
http://android.modaco.com/content/h...sues-with-usb-connectivity-etc-and-root-a2sd/
cause there we collect all infos about that issue
Thanks - but I'm following that constantly.
At the moment I just want to be able to flash the generic ROM, so I can send in my phone for repair. A rooted ROM is not going to be accepted.
Do you know the answer to my questions above?
There is a thread over at modaco on how to unroot your device. I used that to return mine to a generic rom before handing it back. It uses the fastboot option. I had the usb problem too.
Do you mean this thread:
http://android.modaco.com/content-page/307683/howto-unroot-your-htc-desire/page/40/
???
I can't see anywhere the talk about Fastboot option...
Just enter fastboot and run one of the stock roms from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=677513
unfortunately that's where my installation crashes. I go into Fastboot and just run the .exe files. That stops because it cannot find the bootloader or something.
I need a method that isn't just executing the .exe files, but pushing the boot.img and the .zip files from a terminal fastboot command!
what does fastboot say if you plugin your phone, start in fastboot, download the android sdk to your pc and run fastboot devices from commandline
JeckyllHavok said:
what does fastboot say if you plugin your phone, start in fastboot, download the android sdk to your pc and run fastboot devices from commandline
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It can do that no problem - I can run the fastboot commands. I just don't know which to run - that's my problem
just run
fastboot devices
this shows if fastboot sees your phone. It should give you a letter number combi
BTW: if you are on vista or win7 try the exe several times, cause theese two OS'es aren't fast in detecting new devices
JeckyllHavok said:
BTW: if you are on vista or win7 try the exe several times, cause theese two OS'es aren't fast in detecting new devices
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Run as administrator as well just in case.
abc27 said:
Run as administrator as well just in case.
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I solved it - somehow.
I ran the unroot RUU file - again and again. And tried a few different USB-ports on my pc. I came gradually a little longer each time - and in the end - after maybe 5 attempts, it went all the way.
Yay - so now it's sent for repairs!
millen said:
I solved it - somehow.
I ran the unroot RUU file - again and again. And tried a few different USB-ports on my pc. I came gradually a little longer each time - and in the end - after maybe 5 attempts, it went all the way.
Yay - so now it's sent for repairs!
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My just keep saying error 140 wrong bootloader version?? I have tried so many time now?? How did you do that? Do I have to get into fastboot to flash the exe file?
HTC desire failed during an o2 update.
Can only get to black htc screen on start and can't boot into recovery.
I have downloaded the stock o2 rom 2.14 and this fails to install at 90% with error code 110
Tried to install via zip file using fastboot commands. Running out of ideas can someone please point me to a possible solution. I have created a gold card and no matter what i do I can't mount this card via the phone because it's just booting to black screen. Any help appreciated.
so your phone was rooted and now you want to go back to stock ?
yeah it was rooted
Maybe you didn't create goldcard properly or the software is older than you had previously on your phone. The best is to try flash WWE 2.29 cause it's the latest not a branded update from the network. Try this way here is a link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=869048
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=880268
this may help
kluzik1 said:
Maybe you didn't create goldcard properly or the software is older than you had previously on your phone. The best is to try flash WWE 2.29 cause it's the latest not a branded update from the network. Try this way here is a link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=869048
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kluzik1 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=880268
this may help
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Thanks to kluzik1 guidance I have fixed my Desire which had the exclamation marks in all 4 corners and would not boot, it was a brick!!
Steps to fix.
Download tool to make your sd card a gold card. Link on this page http://android.modaco.com/content/software/308798/pc-application-goldcardtool/
Download the latest WWE RRU you can find currently this is 2.29.405.5 from here http://www.filefactory.com/file/b4a4...811_signed.exe
Ensure you have the SDK tools installed download here http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
installation guide here http://www.talkandroid.com/android-sdk-install-guide/
HTC sync drivers available here http://handheld.softpedia.com/get/Desktop-and-Shell/Windows/HTC-Sync-81096.shtml
When you have both the files and SDK tools, htc sync drivers installed lets get started.
1, Connect your phone to pc with usb cable.
the screen will be black with htc in the middle and an exclamation mark in each corner
2, open a cmd prompt to your android sdk tools prompt.
Example
cd c:\program files
cd android
cd android-sdk-windows
cd tools
then type this command
fastboot oem boot
This will boot the phone into the currently installed rom.
you can now create your gold card.
Follow this guide
Format the microSD card to FAT32 format.
Put the microSD card in your device and boot it.
Launch GoldCard Tool (Right Click and run as Admin if needed)
Connect Android device to USB (USB Debugging must be enabled on the device)
Click 'Get CID' (If MMC1 fails try MMC0)
Click the link to open revskills.de, enter the CID number from Goldcard Tool and create your goldcard image, which will be e-mailed to you.
Enable USB Mass Storage on the device.
Click 'Refresh' and select your microSD card in the drop down menu.
Click 'Load GoldCard.img' and open the .img file you got by email.
Click 'Patch MMC'
You now have a goldcard!
Now all you have to do is run the downloaded WWE RUU you downloaded earlier and it will fix your device even after a root gone bad!!!
Hope this helps some others
perfect
ok,i use the same step but is error 152 image update error,,how to solve?
Hello evrybody,
Let me explain you the problem
Current configuration: HTC Desire (Bravo) PVT1 (ship s-on)
Baseband/Radio 32.54.00.32U_5.14.05.17
Rooted with unrEVOked v3
ROM LeeDroid v2.4.1
HBOOT v0.80.0000
I tryed to s-off my phone with AlphaRev v1.8 using VirtualBox v4.0.6 (with usb 2.0 support add-on installed) under Windows 7 Pro x86 with SP1.
For some (unknown to me) reasons it didn't worked for me....
Current situation:
- Impossible to boot the OS - blank htc screen
- In Bootloader menu ("Power"+"Volume down") when trying to enter Clockwork Recovery Mod sometimes phone rebooting 4 times and sometimes it make 7 fast vibrations but anyways dropes me to blank htc screen...
- While I'm in Bootloader and connected through USB to PC, I can see that in Device Manager - Android Phone - Bootloader Interface detected (drivers OK)
Please help me.....
Did you ask on the alpha rev irc channel?
Since your phone is still able to start the bootloader, you should be able to get it back up running using fastboot.
Step1: Download some stuff.
- An image of your favorite recovery tool. I'm using clockworkmod recovery.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1039954&highlight=clockworkmod
You want the .img file.
- The Android SDK. Use Google =)
Step2:
Start the SDK Manager and download the SDK Tools and SDK Platform Tools. You now should have a "fastboot.exe" in the "tools"-folder.
Step3:
Connect your phone via usb, boot up the bootloader, and enter fastboot mode.
Step4:
Open a command line window using shift+right click in the folder where fastboot is. Launch "fastboot.exe devices". This should list your device. If not, Download the USB Driver Package using the SDK Manager and install the fastboot drivers. Windows might start whining about not being able to find the driver, but its definitely there. If fastboot.exe fails to start, you might need to copy it to the platform-tools folder and/or run cmd.exe using administrator privileges.
Step5:
Copy your recovery image to where fastboot.exe is and execute "fastboot.exe flash recovery <yourrecoveryimage>"
Further Steps:
You should now be able to boot into recovery and install roms.
You can also try to flash hboot using fastboot. If this fails, you got a handy $400 mirror to put in your pocket. You've been warned
Download a suitable image from alpharev (i think you want to go with the stock s-off hboot - that one with 250MB system) and flash it using "fastboot.exe flash hboot <hbootimage>" like described above.
Hope that helps.
godutch said:
Did you ask on the alpha rev irc channel?
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Thank you for you advice!
Yes, they provided me a huge support and despite my desperate case I will probably solve my problem very soon ----> GOLDCARD
I tryed to get back to original stock rom with a zip file but failed because didn't found my rom zip on google (ver.1.22.73.1)
when tryin to s-off use cyanogenmod 7 rom to s-off thats wat i was told and worked a charm
rearwheeldriver said:
Since your phone is still able to start the bootloader, you should be able to get it back up running using fastboot.
Step1: Download some stuff.
- An image of your favorite recovery tool. I'm using clockworkmod recovery.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1039954&highlight=clockworkmod
You want the .img file.
- The Android SDK. Use Google =)
Step2:
Start the SDK Manager and download the SDK Tools and SDK Platform Tools. You now should have a "fastboot.exe" in the "tools"-folder.
Step3:
Connect your phone via usb, boot up the bootloader, and enter fastboot mode.
Step4:
Open a command line window using shift+right click in the folder where fastboot is. Launch "fastboot.exe devices". This should list your device. If not, Download the USB Driver Package using the SDK Manager and install the fastboot drivers. Windows might start whining about not being able to find the driver, but its definitely there. If fastboot.exe fails to start, you might need to copy it to the platform-tools folder and/or run cmd.exe using administrator privileges.
Step5:
Copy your recovery image to where fastboot.exe is and execute "fastboot.exe flash recovery <yourrecoveryimage>"
Further Steps:
You should now be able to boot into recovery and install roms.
You can also try to flash hboot using fastboot. If this fails, you got a handy $400 mirror to put in your pocket. You've been warned
Download a suitable image from alpharev (i think you want to go with the stock s-off hboot - that one with 250MB system) and flash it using "fastboot.exe flash hboot <hbootimage>" like described above.
Hope that helps.
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Thank you for this solution it could resolve my problem but I can't push .img files to my phone through fastboot because my device still S-ON...
daddyspud said:
when tryin to s-off use cyanogenmod 7 rom to s-off thats wat i was told and worked a charm
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Ok. So I will try install cyanogen after rooting my phone. And then try s-off.
Thank you
Use Cd method, it's the better method
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SOLVED!
---> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1087164
Hi everyone;
I'm on MIUI11 hybridOS now, and want to get back to the stock rom.
My bootloader is unlocked (by "fastboot oem unlock" command), the drivers are installed on my PC, I'm using mi flash tool 20191206 (i think it's the latest version), i copied mi flash on drive C, and there is no space in the directory of the rom, and i run mi flash as administrator;
but when i connect my phone (in the bootloader mode) to the computer, mi flash doesn't detect it and shows the error "Length cannot be less than zero. Parameter name: length"
Even i tried EDL mode, when in fastboot mode typed "fastboot oem edl", but after that the phone turns off and led light blinks and nothing happens and PC doesn't detect the phone, then i have to restart it by holding the power button.
Could anyone help me?
Thank you
pourya_fa said:
Hi everyone;
I'm on MIUI11 hybridOS now, and want to get back to the stock rom.
My bootloader is unlocked (by "fastboot oem unlock" command), the drivers are installed on my PC, I'm using mi flash tool 20191206 (i think it's the latest version), i copied mi flash on drive C, and there is no space in the directory of the rom, and i run mi flash as administrator;
but when i connect my phone (in the bootloader mode) to the computer, mi flash doesn't detect it and shows the error "Length cannot be less than zero. Parameter name: length"
Even i tried EDL mode, when in fastboot mode typed "fastboot oem edl", but after that the phone turns off and led light blinks and nothing happens and PC doesn't detect the phone, then i have to restart it by holding the power button.
Could anyone help me?
Thank you
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Pleaaaase! Anybody can help me??
You need to be in fastboot mode for miflash. Xiaomi geek has instructions.
bonzoe said:
You need to be in fastboot mode for miflash. Xiaomi geek has instructions.
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I am in fastboot mode, however it doesn't detect my phone
The alternative way! (My solution )
Finally I found a way to flash my phone without Mi flash tool!
It's so simple,
You boot into fastboot mode and connect the phone to your PC, in the ROM folder (after extracting) there are some files in .bat format (flash_all.bat , flash_all_lock.bat , etc), you just need to double click the appropriate file to run and flash your phone! No need to Mi flash tool!
The Mi flash tool provides the drivers and then basically does what you have done (as I read Xaiomi geek)
bonzoe said:
The Mi flash tool provides the drivers and then basically does what you have done (as I read Xaiomi geek)
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Yea you're right, but despite i installed the drivers it gave me the error, so i installed the rom manually!
For fastboot oem edl , you need to have installed Qualcomm drivers, and if u are in miui is more safe edl mode, that is why mi flash don't flash the rom.
Os_Herdz said:
For fastboot oem edl , you need to have installed Qualcomm drivers, and if u are in miui is more safe edl mode, that is why mi flash don't flash the rom.
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Thank you so much
I'll try it next time
pourya_fa said:
The alternative way! (My solution )
Finally I found a way to flash my phone without Mi flash tool!
It's so simple,
You boot into fastboot mode and connect the phone to your PC, in the ROM folder (after extracting) there are some files in .bat format (flash_all.bat , flash_all_lock.bat , etc), you just need to double click the appropriate file to run and flash your phone! No need to Mi flash toSounds
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pourya_fa said:
Hi everyone;
I'm on MIUI11 hybridOS now, and want to get back to the stock rom.
My bootloader is unlocked (by "fastboot oem unlock" command), the drivers are installed on my PC, I'm using mi flash tool 20191206 (i think it's the latest version), i copied mi flash on drive C, and there is no space in the directory of the rom, and i run mi flash as administrator;
but when i connect my phone (in the bootloader mode) to the computer, mi flash doesn't detect it and shows the error "Length cannot be less than zero. Parameter name: length"
Even i tried EDL mode, when in fastboot mode typed "fastboot oem edl", but after that the phone turns off and led light blinks and nothing happens and PC doesn't detect the phone, then i have to restart it by holding the power button.
Could anyone help me?
Thank you
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The same problem!!!
Os_Herdz said:
For fastboot oem edl , you need to have installed Qualcomm drivers, and if u are in miui is more safe edl mode, that is why mi flash don't flash the rom.
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But how to solve it? I think I have installed drivers both by pressing Drivers button in Mi Flash and separately.
pourya_fa said:
The alternative way! (My solution )
Finally I found a way to flash my phone without Mi flash tool!
It's so simple,
You boot into fastboot mode and connect the phone to your PC, in the ROM folder (after extracting) there are some files in .bat format (flash_all.bat , flash_all_lock.bat , etc), you just need to double click the appropriate file to run and flash your phone! No need to Mi flash tool!
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I want to try this and manually have found both the .bat files for Windows and .sh files of the same name for Android, but I need to know, from which location of them did you flash the phone: I have downloaded stock ROMs both on my phone SD card and on my PC, both in zip and unzipped. Even with developer mode unlocked, the update function from Settings sees only zipped versions on SD, but only tries to get file info and stops. Tapping on either bat or sh files in the phone's File Explorer opens them for reading as text files instead of executing either. In fastboot mode, the phone attached over usb to my laptop is reflected in Device Manager of Windows as Android Adb Device, if I remember correctly, but no files on it are visible in computer's File Explorer or Total Commander or MiFlash or MiPCsuite, the latter in usual work mode of the smartphone shows its internal memory folders all right, but not the SD as such in its File Explorer, though it opens the phone's media, set to be stored on the SD. The original problem is that despite storage of media and downloads on the external SD card and use of CleanMaster frequently, even after deinstallation of all external apps my Redmi says it has only up to 23 mb of disk space. I was recommended resetting to factory settings, but this function says if fails to switch off device search even after I log out of my Mi account and switch off Google device search as an administrator in Privacy settings. I then tried Recovery button in MiPCsuite,, but it did not work, requiring to back up the device on the PC , but saying backup is impossible when I press its Backup button, and Update\Flash buttons on the suite don't give any results either, as update says there are no updates, which is false. Redmi 3, if it is necessary to know, xiaomi.eu , never changed. So my question is, where from did you flash your phone? Where were the ROM\bat files? On th phone or computer?
pourya_fa said:
The alternative way! (My solution )
Finally I found a way to flash my phone without Mi flash tool!
It's so simple,
You boot into fastboot mode and connect the phone to your PC, in the ROM folder (after extracting) there are some files in .bat format (flash_all.bat , flash_all_lock.bat , etc), you just need to double click the appropriate file to run and flash your phone! No need to Mi flash tool!
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Please, please, I want a video, because of the shoes, the same problem mentioned above and it has not been solved so far
My RN8P suddenly died( i didnt do anything it just died). i try to access fastboot, recovery it wont boot, the only thing thats working is the notification light when i plug in the charger. I even try to flash stock rom via sp flash tool because i assume that it might be hard brick. SP flash tool indicate the process was success but when i try to boot the phone 1st time still it wont boot. any suggestion?
Have you tried the new unbrick method?
I'm trying it but getting some errors that I'm trying to sort out....
Installing Redmi Note 8 Pro firmware via SP Flash Tool
Requirements 1) PC 2) At least 2GB usb stick (Linux method) 3) Internet Video demonstration Windows method Linux method WINDOWS METHOD 1) Download file 2) Download Python 3) Run Python Installer You need to do as in the screenshot 4) Run CMD 5) Enter command python -m pip install pyusb...
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xdabushrang3r said:
Have you tried the new unbrick method?
I'm trying it but getting some errors that I'm trying to sort out....
Installing Redmi Note 8 Pro firmware via SP Flash Tool
Requirements 1) PC 2) At least 2GB usb stick (Linux method) 3) Internet Video demonstration Windows method Linux method WINDOWS METHOD 1) Download file 2) Download Python 3) Run Python Installer You need to do as in the screenshot 4) Run CMD 5) Enter command python -m pip install pyusb...
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I tried this and it doesnt work. i will try ko change the battery
Papcro said:
I tried this and it doesnt work. i will try ko change the battery
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It worked for me. What happened? What problems did you have? Send me a PM.