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ROM upgrade error 296 (upgrade only)

Hello
I've searched on this forum and can't find the answer to my specific question.
I upgraded a while back to MrClean AKU 2.3 and now I need to downgrade because the unit needs to be sent back under warranty due to screen alignment issues.
So I unpacked the i-mate WWE ROM, and replaced the ROMUpdateUtility from that with the ROMUpdateUtility_Wizard_NoID.exe, which I downloaded from the XDA FTP site. (This is because using the standard one supplied gives a ROM upgrade error 296: UPGRADE ONLY error.)
As far as I can make out, the ROMUpdateUtility_Wizard_NoID.exe is just patched to not validate the current version when upgrading.
"Brilliant, this should work", I think.
But I get the following error:
"ERROR [238]: FILE READ... the update utility cannot open the requested file. Please check your update utility"
(see here http://static.flickr.com/111/306871020_8aa37f337e_o.gif)
Please help, anyone, I am coming up to the end of my warranty period and reeeeally want to get this crappy broken screen alignment problem sorted!
Thanks in advance

* bump *
Hope it's not considered rude to bump here, just would love to solve this problem as tis driving me a bit mad
Many thanks in advance

msmobiles.com:
This error message may appear when, for some unknown reason, the ROM image on the phone is corrupt. Download the whole RUU and try again.
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Hey
Thanks for the tip. You were right, it must have been a corrupt .nbf file.
I tried to downgrade and the progress bar started and finished and all seemed to go well.
But when I boot up again I get the white MrClean ROM splash screen still!
Is it possible the update was done but the splash screen was not replaced?
Or perhaps the update wasn't actually done? Which version number do I look for? I used the .nbf file packaged in with the imate ROM K-JAM_WWE_1010903_106_10110_ship.exe
Please help!

try using this rom to downgrade with... after that you should be able to upgrade to any official rom. Make sure that you pick an official one as the above rom downgrades the ipl/spl as well.
ohh... and make sure that you restore the CID lock as well, they might be get rather cranky otherwise...
Good luck

Hello
Thank you so much for the reply, I really appreciate the advice. I would feel so out-there-on-my-own without it! I bought the imate off contract from expansys and it was really expensive and so really don't want it to end up a brick as I can't afford another right now!
I successfully downgraded to that QTEK custom ROM.
But now when I upgrade again to K-JAM_WWE_216901_2169101_020710_ship (latest).exe from that QTEK ROM, it doesn't work! Upgrade error again [ERROR 296]
Here are the screens I get:
http://static.flickr.com/114/309671629_756dc86b9d_o.gif
http://static.flickr.com/107/309671652_327adfb432_o.gif
Thanks again
Mat

Just to clarify... is the phone CID-locked? You might also want to try flashing it with the K-JAM_WWE_1010903_106_10110_ship.exe ROM before upgrading it... you can also try putting the phone in bootloader mode, press and keep pressed both the keys on the right side and then insert the pen in the resetbutton, before trying the upgrade...
EDIT: msmobiles.com shows the following regarding the particular error:
ERROR [296] : UPGRADE ONLY
One of these error messages will appear when you use the wrong RUU to do the upgrade. RUU will check if the Model ID and Language ID are compatible with the device. Make sure you use the appropriate RUU tool to upgrade.
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Hey Nomad
Thanks again for the advice. This is all really really helpful. Going to try what you suggested a bit later.
I think I CID unlocked the phone - to be honest it was a while ago and I just remember blindly following someone's instructions (I was at a point of desperation at the time for another reason!)
Either way, I am pretty sure it would have to have been CID unlocked because I flashed the ROM from the imate default one to the MrClean one.
I did some initial looking around about CID relocking the device but still not sure how. Does the lockiwiz give the option of locking the CID as well as unlocking it?
Thanks!
Mat

I flashed from the QTEK custom ROM to the K-JAM_WWE_1010903_106_10110_ship.exe after doing that special reset whilst in the bootloader. This flash upgrade worked but again it didn't remove the splash screen from the QTEK custom ROM.
But now whenever I try to flash to the latest imate ROM K-JAM_WWE_216901_2169101_020710_ship.exe using the default RUU I get ERROR [296] UPGRADE ONLY.
And when I try to flash to the same ROM using the noID RUU I get ERROR [238]: FILE READ ERROR.
(On that last one, I have re-downloaded both the noID RUU and the extractable archive K-JAM_WWE_216901_2169101_020710_ship.exe from the XDA FTP.
So, I'm still unable to get my ROM to the imate version! Many thanks for your help!
Mat

How Unlocking your Phone when you only have access to the bootloader ??

Hi, my question is : how can i unlock my phone when i have only access to the bootloader.
My phone freezes on second splash screen and i can't put a new firmware cause it's locked (294 invalid vender id). Thanks a lot. ++

not that i know of
also vendor id have nothing to do with sim lock
kinda trikcy for people to help you when you give no info about
what device or rom you use or try to use
the flash exe often comes in versions with _noID.exe in the end thats a good step on the path to flashing with a rom by another operator

Hi, I've got an HTC Mteor mobile phone
I had Firmware 1.32 and i tried to upgrade with 1.34. But firstly i must upgrade the SPL by v1.09. After that i tried to upgrade with 1.34 and i have always the same error : 294 Invalid vender ID.
I tried several roms (1.13, 1.32, 1.34) and i have always the same problem.
I tried also to upgrade the phone by putting the rom on my SD card (BREEIMG.nbh) but it doesn't work (error : not allow).
I don't know what to do. Thanks a lot for your help. ++

Hi, does anyone have an idea about my problem ? Thanks a lot. ++

Hi, nobody can help me ? My mteor isn't working anymore. Please help !

Upgading to 1.93 ROM

Hello all my fisrt post,
I am trying to upgrade to RUU_Diamond_HTC_WWE-ME_1.37.456.2_Radio_Signed_Diamond_52.26a.25.09_1.00.25.03_Ship
but everytime i go through the process it stay at 0%. I want to know what spl do i need to install in order to update to the 1.93. i recently added hard spl sign and upgraded to version 1.37.
thank you

I put 1.93Olinex in my device and then it worked,. I had the same problem as you have, my flash succeed after chance the hardspl

thank you so much i have looked for this for a long time

I had a small problem:
I want to upgrade ROM from 1.35.401.3 to 1.93.401.2...
I download the official .exe from HTC:
Diamond-QMR-RUU_Diamond_HTC_Europe_1.93.401.2_Radio_Signed_Diamond_52.29.25.12_1.00.25.05_Ship
using the S/N from the back of my PDA
... it work till 34%, then it appears UPDATE ERROR:284
"ERROR [262, 276, 284, 302] : UPDATE ERROR
This error occurs during the CE ROM code upgrade process.
Solution: If this happens, you can just soft-reset the device and run RUU again. The update process will then continue.
Note: At this stage, the Wince is destroyed; instead, it is in upgrade mode."
What do you recommend to do?

Yes, you should "Upgayd"

zyborg said:
Yes, you should "Upgayd"
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I'm afraid I don't understand...
I repeated the process 3 or 4 times and got the same error...

update utility error 244? invalid model ID

hey guys-
Trying to flash the new Official HTC 2.03 Feb27 Rom release.
It starts ok then gives me a
Invalid Model ID:
This update can not be used. Please check your update utility?
3.27.4.3
though I had hardSPL flashed.
is this just the update utility or a model ID issue??
any advice..? I a little lost now...Ive reads all the threads and still a bit fuzzy.
thanks

Hi for the stock 2.03 rom you have to flash from the internal storage.
have a look here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=3287426#post3287426
make sure you have done hardspl

Is it possible to upgrade a ROM of HTC x7500 via a bootloader menu?

Hi all,
How to upgrade rom via bootlaoader menu (after pressing the camera and hardreset)? If it's possible could you tell me which ROM i can use to upgrade a HTC advantage x7500/ATHENA-C9 with these info on bootloader menu:
ATHE100
IPL-v1. 00
ATHE100
SPL-v1. 07. 0000
Thanks for help!

Hi marius
I read your other post today and seeing no one else has replied , I will try to help you.
Have you tried a hard reset ?
If you have and had no luck , try to find an original shipped rom consistent with your spl and flash while in bootloader .
Don't try to flash any of the doctored roms, either spl 1.2 or 3.5 as you will not be able.
It is a long time since I have used the unlocker but I think if you read through the later posts , the authors used a wrapper program that requires an initial activesync connection to work.
I will look in here occasionally to see if you get it sorted or you can pm me if you have a question.
regards michael

Hello Lakeman,
if i write you it's because i read your reply below and i'm very happy.
1rst, i tried hard reset but it didn't work.
In fact, here is my story:
My HTC x7500 crashes after startup so i can't use it but when i tried to flash it i received the error 294:Invalid Vendor Id because i used the wrong ROM. where can i get it please?
Many thanks!

I asume you already read the Wiki, if not here it is!:
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=HTC_Athena
I´m sure it can help you a lot
Good luck,

hi all,
thank you orb3000, i read the wiki and i found in the ATHENA x7500 manual that it's possible to Upgrade OS through SD Card in bootloader menu but it seems like the download OS image link http://htcscm10.htc.com.tw/SDO is no longer available. Please could someone help me found it?
Thanks a lot!

Hi all,
i tried to upgrade my HTC x7500 via SD card using a .nbh file found in ap3.rar
but it didn't work. After enter in the bootloader, it displays "loading..." and "00068002" and after few seconds it's going back to the colored screen displaying the Rom version 1.07.0000
What does the "0068002" mean? i suppose it's an error code.
Please could somebody help me get a image file version earlier than 1.07.0000?
thnks!

marius.alain said:
Hi all,
i tried to upgrade my HTC x7500 via SD card using a .nbh file found in ap3.rar
but it didn't work. After enter in the bootloader, it displays "loading..." and "00068002" and after few seconds it's going back to the colored screen displaying the Rom version 1.07.0000
What does the "0068002" mean? i suppose it's an error code.
Please could somebody help me get a image file version earlier than 1.07.0000?
thnks!
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Hi marius
I assume you read
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Rename the .NBH file to ATHEIMG.nbh and copy it to your miniSD card. Press camera+com manager+soft reset to bootloader and wait for reading ATHEIMG.nbh from SD. Remember, the miniSD card must be formatted with a FAT32 filesystem before copying the file ATHEIMG.nbh to your miniSD. After finished, do a soft reset.
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sometimes sd flashing wont work with an sdhc card
but in any case you have not unlocked the rom yet.
You need spl 1.2 to flash the ap3 rom
I cant remember if you are the guy trying to find a dutch rom but try and find an original rom for your athena and then flash that.
once it is working you can apply the unlocker and then flash any rom

Hi lakeman,
Unfortunately i can't use the spl 1.2 to unlock my HTC X7500 because it crashes just after startup (when displaying desktop) preventing me from using. Is there a possibility to use the spl 1.2 via the miniSD card? I'm not using the sdhc card.
Thanks for help!

hi again
youmust unlock the athena before flashing an spl1.2 rom
you can flash your original rom from the bootloader menu to get a working rom ,
once you have done this you can use the unlocker and then flash any 1.2rom

Hi,
i tried to flash my ROM with this: Advantage_HTC_WWE_2.21.405.2_1.50.00.00_Ship found in the Wiki but it failed, i received ERROR 294: INVALID VENDOR ID. i get this error many times while trying to flach my ROM.
My ROM version is 1.07.0000, please do you know where i can find the same version or one which will work?
Thanks.

marius.alain said:
Hi,
i tried to flash my ROM with this: Advantage_HTC_WWE_2.21.405.2_1.50.00.00_Ship found in the Wiki but it failed, i received ERROR 294: INVALID VENDOR ID. i get this error many times while trying to flach my ROM.
My ROM version is 1.07.0000, please do you know where i can find the same version or one which will work?
Thanks.
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Marius you need to get the original language rom that came with your athena
I don't know for sure but i think spl 1.07 is the dutch rom which is nowhere to be found at present
i suggest doing a search for this or contacting htc or the original supplier of your phone.
Alternatively post a request in xda but I would do it in the general section to get a wider audience

Hello,
Thanks Lakeman. I tried to get it from HTC Support in vain, as you recomended, i'll post a new thread on xda concerning the spl1.07 (my ROM language is English not dutch).
Regards.

marius.alain said:
Hello,
Thanks Lakeman. I tried to get it from HTC Support in vain, as you recomended, i'll post a new thread on xda concerning the spl1.07 (my ROM language is English not dutch).
Regards.
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I had another thought.
Have you tried flashing the dopod roms from here
ftp://ftp.xda-developers.com/Athena/Shipped_Complete_Updates/
or does your machine have tmobile branding , in which case you could try the tmobile roms
regards michael

lakeman said:
I had another thought.
Have you tried flashing the dopod roms from here
ftp://ftp.xda-developers.com/Athena/Shipped_Complete_Updates/
or does your machine have tmobile branding , in which case you could try the tmobile roms
regards michael
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hello,
when trying to connect to ftp://ftp.xda-developers.com/Athena/Shipped_Complete_Updates/ i get this message: 503 Permission denied. I suppose i haven't rights to access the Ftp server, could you tell me how can i do to get the dopop roms?
Thanks!