[Q] Unbrick Dell Venue Pro - Windows Phone 7 General

I recently got a bricked Dell Venue Pro, The phone still turns on and able to enter into download mode, however the original Micro-SD Card is missing and an error message with C101002e pops up at Zune, when trying to fix this with Windows PHone Support Tools, it says it is unable to recover the phone, please contact customer support.
From my understanding that there isn't any hard reset keys for the phone and currently from what I read from online, Dell is being an arse about factory rome and flashing tools.
I've managed to find a document from this forum about Service Manual_Dell_lightning and there seems to be a tools that Dell has called LightningToolsetup.exe ... ..
Anyways, I have order a new Dell Venue Pro and it is coming soon .... ... is there anyways to unblock the phone in the mean time ?
If there isn't, can I use the new phone to reformat the card for the bricked phone to get it kick started, or the generated key will prevent another phone from using the formatted card ?
Please anything would be of great help to get this phone working cause I really need a phone, my android is getting too slow to save my life ... .. always syncing with who knows ... ...
Any replies would be better the no replies ^^
Thanks

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Failed to Upgrade ! XDA 2 doesn't boot anymore :(

hi all ! im very new in this domain ! first here is what i DID : i have this XDA with ver 1.6x (something like that) and i wanted to upgrade to the new version from www.microsoft.com/etc etc...! so i dld it and started to write the new version.The program deleted my old version of windows and started to write the new ver after doing all the checks.But my laptop suddenly got into stand by when the program was writing the new soft at 7%.He said i should unplug then reset and re plug the poket pc! i reset it with my stilus and try to reconnect but now my setup program for upgrading doesn't FIND my XDA II at all....he tells me to connect the poket pc to cable.When the device want's to start i get the screen with O2 and the version down in the right corner but it wont get passt that...that is why probably the soft from my laptop says that i should connect the pda...my pda doesn't BOOT ! right ?...so...now my big question...is there a program that i can use to WRITE windows mobile to my XDA II ?..so that he don't checks the version...he just overwites all data so my xda will work again! hopefully somebody can help me...or maybe is there a program that can delete all from my xda so i can start to write the new version to it ! pls ..smb help me with that ...i need to fix this very quick..if not im a dead person..PS :i forgot to mention,,,..my PDA doesn't belong to me ..so this is why im dead..if i don't get soon a new ver of win to it !...i'll wait for your answer...! so the final question would be...where to find a TOOL that can WRITE my ROM without DETECTING (without active sync-cause this prg doesn't recognize anymore my XDA2) my PDA !...IF someone can help pls write me quick..you can also write me on yahoo: [email protected] ! thx alot guys
you get the upgrade files from www.my-xda.com not from microsoft....
re-do the upgrade dude.... goodluck... check out DCS's thread about upgrading
i upgraded (and switched languages in the process) my girlfriend's iMate 2k2 ( a.k.a. XDA2/MDA2) by flashing with an upgrade from my cellular provider.
the first time, things went wrong and I saw USB and some weird junk on the screen.
panicking, i decide to try it again.
this time it erased everything, and crashed when it came to 15 percent of the writing part.
REALLY spooked, i tried it a third time, and sat in front of the laptop to prevent a screensaver or hard-drive-spindle-down from happening, and the upgrade went smoothly.
it was a boring 45 minutes, occasionally jiggling the mouse to keep the computer alive, but it worked.
so try and try again
Thx All For Help
i've read a post by DCS a after that all went smooths for my noob knowledge ...the 3 button reset hlp me alot cu guys ..and HF!

Bootloader dead / Recovered

Hi,
I made a mistake with flashing QTEK S200 with wrong file.
Bootloader was modified. Device can not start at all.
It can not even go to bootloader screen (red-green-blue).
As consequence, no USB connection can be established.
What is the solution? I guess utilities can not be used, because they assume connection to USB, but there is no connection.
Not big deal, because it was not working well anyways, but would be interesting to know a solution in this case. Many ppl. would be happy to know how to manage this situation, I guess.
later.
Not very good news, service center said they don't know how to fix it, but kept the device to make few things with it.
Clearly, bootloader was overwritten.
Will see. Somehow they manage to identify type of rom is installed from i-mate.
So, think before you make any flashing
re: another service said they will do whatever needed, up to replacing chip with flash. I am not ready to go that far yet.
feel like i am missing something
It appears to be a real problem with flash.
No connection to computer with USB.
With power supply connected blue-green-?? screen, but I cannot connect to PC of course.
With USB cable connected blue-green-?? screen does not come up.
I figured out that pins 4 and 5 are shorten when power supply is connected. I did this with USB connection to PC, but still not connected.
For sure, USB is not functioning on device.
Will get new device, but very interested on how to repair this one. I disassembled it completely. There is no way to replace the flash chip at home, you need specific equipment and chip, of course.
What I need is surcuit diagram for S200 or similar, particularly part of diagram related to flash, radio module is not needed. Is there any possibility to get it? If I have it, I think can reprogram chip.
Thanks.
Hm. It looks like extreemly difficult to get pins layout on motherboard.
JTAG is the only solution left to access chips direct. But we need to know where JTAG pins on motherboard.
Recovered S200.
Finally very good news!
Prophet S200 was succesfully recovered with help of Arc.
He managed to discover JTAG pins, afterwards re-flashed SPL and ROM.
REALLY GOOD JOB!
Want to say special THANKS to Arc!!!
Device go live again.
Until next experiment....
But procedure to recover is in place.
Regards,
fdp24
i have a dead one too
Hi there,
I have a dead one too can you tell me how to fix it please?
dead, as in my ppc k-jam is dead
basically it hangup and i soft restarted, tried hard reset. it didnt help either. i tried restoring to factory default same thing it hangup. now it doesnt shows any signs of life . i lost my life, my buddy.
My Orange SPV M2000 will not start anymore after update. I only see Serial (on top)............ V2.07 (underneath)
I tried to update my ORANGE SPV M2000 to Tmobile's newest rom by extracting the exe. file and using maUpdateut. It started well and all of a sudden gave error "country code................"
You will not be able to fix it yourself.
Equipment and phone required physically in order to connect jtag interface and re-flash DOC.
Sorry, but this is the only solution if your bootloader is damaged.
Of course, you can try to ship it to service center. If you are lucky they will change your device. This might more simple.
Good luck.
fdp24 said:
You will not be able to fix it yourself.
Equipment and phone required physically in order to connect jtag interface and re-flash DOC.
Sorry, but this is the only solution if your bootloader is damaged.
Of course, you can try to ship it to service center. If you are lucky they will change your device. This might more simple.
Good luck.
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I know how to open device and solder some wires to testpoints. Do you have any information where the pins are located and what software and what JTAG adapter you used? I really need to get my phone working again. It was quite expensive to purchase and to ship it to my country. Please don't destroy my hope.
hello friends,
my cousin recently buy O2 XDa ( wallaby ) for cheap one, i check on device it seems cann't boot to windows but if i hard reset and came up red, green, blue and if i press ok it came up with test all thing i confuse all the test is OK, can you all tell me how to repair the phone and waht is the problem?
thank you
dead device hope on the horizon
note my device and troubles is on the xda2
hi - i have had exactly the same issue - i have managed to reload the rom i was trying to swop and here is what i did .... it took ages and lots of patience and it is not an exact work of science but if you try my method 2 or three times it actually comes back to life ... honest !!
down load an xda2i ( yes xda2i )rom extract it using winrar or zip on your pc place dead xda2 into cradle regardless of whats on screen run himupgradenoid - the rom will run and start to load onto your device it will fail once it has failed remove xda but do nt reset - take copy of original rom which was on the device prior to your failed upgrade and extract as above. replace xda into cradle might be detected or not dont worry - run the himupgradeut from your previous working rom and wait it takes ages to connect but eventually heypresto ... you will have a working device. i know cos i done it !!! - i have not resolved all my problems yet - i still want to load latest 02 rom but even after entering correct device data into nbfs using batch file method the device crashes saying incorrect counry id. - i accidently created my problems by accidently running the wrong upgrade rom and i guess it changed somthing on my device " country code" however when i use method above to get original rom inplace and working when i extract device data into windows folder on device i still see the wwe ( world wide english) so i am still in a pickle - can anyone help me .
hello
i'm working on the project of flashing the bootloader into a totally erased and dead phone. can you send us the test points from the prophet please? and if you know their location on a WIZARD. thank you..
Somebody here Please tell what soft to use with JTAG to recover da bootloader!!!!!!!!!!!!!
get the JTAG pins for me, I will send you soft.
Wizard and Charmer pins are both needed.
hi, i've succesfully wrecked my Blueangel PH20B by flashing a modded wm6-universal-rom... i've got all the hw & sw to resurrect the phone but the jtag pins on the BA-PCB...
can someone give me a hint where i may find them? (i'm not wanting to bake the pcb as i know i'll wreck it comletley)
thanks in advance,
mario
Same problem here
Hi,
I believe I'm having the same problem
Please help me
Thax a million
so can you help me i need to write the wizard(g4) bootloader or thell me how can i do this
T-Mobile USA SDA II
Me also, i'm i need of re-writing boot-loader of T-Mobile USA SDA II
well, ok I understand that you can get the Jflash_mm working with PXA systems, you can write the definition for yourself, as for the CPU.
but I have serious doubts that inspire me to suggest you will have tiny chance to actually program a DiskOnChip Millennium series (or familiar) chip used in many platforms (actually I believe most HTC devices).
after all this means that if you are not working for (or in affiliation or partnership with) SanDisk, you are not in position to program bootloader to (not limited to) UNIVERSAL, WIZARD, PROPHET, and CHARMER (and if I remember well, BLUEANGEL and HIMALAYA) devices over JTAG.
any news............

Aarrgghhh Help Error 260 When Flashing

Help please
i have a t-mobile uk mda compact 3 phone nd im on t-mobile uk tariff, i have downloaded the official t-mobile uk windows mobile 6 rom.
when i atcive sync and go to flash the new rom i get the utility program up, the phone turns different colours ie red, green blue with black strips, the bar then shows on the pda on the pc screen it gets to 3% and bang invaild error 260 and the phone then resets
ive tried it on xp as im on vista same thinf happens, ive tried uspl, no joy can someone tell me how to get thos rom flashed to the phone in vista a easy step by step procedure to follow cause so far ive lost 8 hours since sunday to tonight
please help.............
SD card removed?
remove your SD card
USB board
you may have been not so carefully with the USB connection contact of the phone, or you ahve charged the phone at car while you were starting the car engine..some guys repaired this in service, or it passes by itself.
at me i tried different days and different softs ... and i did i, i got the same error.
fun0815 said:
remove your SD card
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Hi i have removed SD Card, tried it without, with also with and without sim card still no joy i need step by step help on this
pskint said:
you may have been not so carefully with the USB connection contact of the phone, or you ahve charged the phone at car while you were starting the car engine..some guys repaired this in service, or it passes by itself.
at me i tried different days and different softs ... and i did i, i got the same error.
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The phone usb connector is fine, i dont charged the phone in a car as i dont own a car
so what is ther soultion there is nothing wrong with the phone or the connector as it connects up via usb and uses active sync also installing other software and transferring pictures, music to and from it also work fine!
i can see both the phones memory and sc card in my computer.
its just this bloody rom file and error 206 that i am still needing someones expert advise and step by step help on
Please Please Please Please Heeellpp Aargggh Part 2
CAN someone please help me out and to whoever has managed to upgrade using vista!!!!!!
please help
After searching this forum, this came up:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=312052
Title: USPL - 100% Working in vista
step 7 says:
7. After switching the drivers plug your artemis again and install USPL, there should be no more problems with connection lost (errors 260, 270)​
Suggest you read that thread, hopefully it solves your problem.

How to unbrick an Imate 9502?

After spending many months waiting for the official WM6.1 ROM...
After following the firmware upgrade instructions explicitly (including the notes on Vista)...
I now have a bricked 9502!
The phone just simply tells me to reconnect and try and run the upgrade again immediately after it is powered on. (That doesn't work) I've been searching high and low for a method to reload the firmware.
As anyone who has dealt with iMate knows - their support is worse then useless. Its infuriating! (If you ever do get connected to their online support, they will simply disconnect the session if they don't have a quick answer)
...anyway...
I have the IMAGEFR.mbn and CP.mbn files extracted from the install set and copied to an SD card installed in the unit. I just can't find any info on how to get the phone to load the two firmware files from the card at boot time. (I'm pretty sure the USB connection is going to be useless).
Beware: All this may be due to the fact that Vista-64 wasn't a supported update environment (although the ReadMe specifically gave instructions for Vista - it did not specify 32 or 64).
Help is appreciated!
evanevery said:
After spending many months waiting for the official WM6.1 ROM...
After following the firmware upgrade instructions explicitly (including the notes on Vista)...
I now have a bricked 9502!
The phone just simply tells me to reconnect and try and run the upgrade again immediately after it is powered on. (That doesn't work) I've been searching high and low for a method to reload the firmware.
As anyone who has dealt with iMate knows - their support is worse then useless. Its infuriating! (If you ever do get connected to their online support, they will simply disconnect the session if they don't have a quick answer)
...anyway...
I have the IMAGEFR.mbn and CP.mbn files extracted from the install set and copied to an SD card installed in the unit. I just can't find any info on how to get the phone to load the two firmware files from the card at boot time. (I'm pretty sure the USB connection is going to be useless).
Beware: All this may be due to the fact that Vista-64 wasn't a supported update environment (although the ReadMe specifically gave instructions for Vista - it did not specify 32 or 64).
Help is appreciated!
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I've read many posts around stating that upgrading WM devices through Vista has proven to be a nigthmare for a lot of devices.
If possible, try to get a WinXP equipped machine, and perform the SW upgrade there normally (i.e. by clicking on the EUM SFX executable file on the PC).
You see, I upgraded mine through my XP lappy, and the process simply ran flawlessly.
Just my 2 cents...
Cheers!
Carlos
the problem is not in the vista, i flash using vista ultimate and no problem, u can unbrick by
pressing fn button and call (green) button then press the reset button, without let the 2 previous button go until u can see the imate logo or hard reset message.
I hope this can help.
thanks a lot i have unbricked my imate
thanks a lot by your code buttons i have unbricked my i mate

For those with update error: 800705B4; 80180080; solution posted

Hey guys. After many frustrated days searching for a solution to "The timer ran out on what we were trying to do.", I found today an official solution posted by Microsoft.
So, for those with either:
800705B4: The timer ran out on what we were trying to do.
OR
80180080: We couldn't update your phone because your operating system might be corrupt.
search for "WPSupportTool" in google (Article ID: 2530409) and download for your Windows PC. (Sorry; can't post links!)
This is the best solution so far to update without erasing/reseting your phone. Enjoy!
From their article:
"Try using the Windows Phone Support Tool. The Windows Phone Support Tool is an application that fixes problems that prevent your Windows Phone 7 from updating successfully. The tool only works for the two error codes listed in the Symptoms section."
How can I use the WP Support Tool on Leo - HD2 > it doesn't have "camera button"
I've also been stuck with 800705B4 for months now. Very frustrating.
I believe I've tried everything...
I can't even unlock my SD card because I also get the 800705B4 error when I try to send the unlocker file via cab sender.
Well, I guess we just have to hope until there's a fix for the 800705B4 on HD2
if i use this tool (WPSupportTool) is it going to erase my phone ?
what about interop-unlock ? am i going to loose it ?
i'll really appreciate your answers
Erase phone: REALLY?? Read the first post:
"This is the best solution so far to update without erasing/reseting your phone."
Remove interop-unlock: highly unlikely, although a few updates do that for anybody.
The obvious answer is make sure you have a backup/restore point (if possible) so you can roll back if something gets messed up.

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