Flashing failed -> now dead device.... What can I do

[LumpiStefan]

Hello Magician Users....

Tried today to flash my new Magician device.
Followed the instructions of the prodcedure.doc file.

After flashing i got the Checksum error fault, but done a normal reset.

Afterwards my device is completly dead.

No Bootloader, no light, nothing.

What can i do?

Regards

Stefan

[ramram]

Hello Magician Users....

Tried today to flash my new Magician device.
Followed the instructions of the prodcedure.doc file.

After flashing i got the Checksum error fault, but done a normal reset.

Afterwards my device is completly dead.

No Bootloader, no light, nothing.

What can i do?

Regards



Stefan

LumpiStefan,

Did u recover back ur device? :?

[buzz_lightyear]

hi stefan,
I don't have jam, but make sure, that you are pressing right keys to enter bootloader...

buzz

[HDuser]

Lumpi, been there, seen it got the T-shirt.

It was a BA, removed battery, went into bootloder, replaced in cradel and re ran,

But like I said was a BA.

[LumpiStefan]

Thx for all the tipps.

Device is actual in repair center.
Tried to think about what i have done, and i came to the conclusion, that i´ve been overwritten the bootloader witch nonsensabel data... :-(
As is didn´t get any bootloader, i think this had be the one and only solution...

Hope i get the device back soon.


Stefan

[cruisin-thru]

Lumpi, maybe we should all get kitted out with JTAG interface and code, we could fix our own problems then without too much expense. Is anybody interested in giving us their knowledge and experience with JTAG and giving us step by step instructions along with details of connection points to the chip
I may repeat this question by way of a new topic, there is some info about but most of it seems to based on Ipaq rather than xda range of phones..

[Gibbo]

I was flashing my Magician...
Now the device doesn't get cmd d2s and doesn't read the SD Card.
No meter what I do, when I send cmd d2s, mtty stop to work, and nothing happened!
Still same situation when I try with MaUpgradeUt.exe (ERR. 201 GET DEVICE DATA ERROR).

I'm stick on Bootlace... any suggestion??

Thanks in advance!

[abit]

I got a similar problem of LumpiStefan........ after i done everything as him, no matter i soft or hard reset my xda mini, it still going back to the bootloader mode............. why?? :cry:

[zwaenepoel]

same problem with my qtek. always go to bootloader, and cannot comunicate with pc. any help??

[RobvT]

Don't woory,

I've had the same problem butt just connected the device with usb to the pc and started the rom update. Worked fine it just started the update again.

When updating the connection also gets lost so its no problem. Good luck! :lol:

[vz7]

I think I have the same problem. I was upgrading the device and it prompts saying Radio Stack Upgrade error and now it's dead, stuck in bootloader

[vz7]

Now my MDA compact does not take SD upgrade and if I use MAupgrade, it will say get device info error.... what to do.... help!

[vz7]

Now my MDA compact does not take SD upgrade and if I use MAupgrade, it will say get device info error.... what to do.... help!

[sh500]

Lumpi,

Did you get your phone back? Is it sorted?

I've got the same problem as you, totally dead screen; no bootloader no nothing...

This happened when I tried to patch the latest 1.12 WWE ROM with BigStorage- it went through fine to the 100%... Press Power etc then dead!

Probably have to send it back :shock:

If anyone has resolved this issue- i would very much appreciated the information.

Thanks.

[vz7]

No... I have the bootloader... but it's not doing anything. Did you have your original ROM backup?

[sh500]

I'm sure you should be able to flash using a working or an original rom if you can see the bootloader.

I can't do anything because my device doesn't turn on at all!!!

[Talents]

It seems that quite a few people got confused with the two different status of "dead" bootloader:

1. Stuck at bootloader screen - it's a dark screen showing "serial ..." or "usb ..." It indicates a "wrong" but not "corrupted" bootloader. (In some cases, it stucks at the splash screen.)

The machine can be easily recovered using a valid shipped rom, using MAUpgradeUt_noID.exe if necessary.

2. A black screen is one with no indication at all - check it with a torch. It indicates a corrupted bootloader. At the moment, only the repair centre can fix it.

It is risky to use the original SD card method to create the BigStorage because it might end up with either of the above two status.

It is highly recommended to search for the two locations in the ROM with "02 00 00 80 00 20" and replace 80 00 with b8 01. The method is simple, applies to all language versions and is risk-free.

[sh500]

It is highly recommended to search for the two locations in the ROM with "02 00 00 80 00 20" and replace 80 00 with b8 01. The method is simple, applies to all language versions and is risk-free.

Talents,

What exactly does the above do? Surely not a direct alternative to BigStorage; performing the same result?


BTW- thanks for clarifying the dead and corrupt bootloader for people.

Like Talents says, if you can see something on your screen then you should be able to get your system working but like in my case, a black screen- act dumb and send to the repair centre.

[Talents]

This method creates your own BigStorage ROM:

1. Dump your original ROM to SD card. (romupdate.exe and ntrw.exe)

2. Edit your own ROM. (hex editor)
i.e. search for the two locations in the ROM with "02 00 00 80 00 20" and replace 80 00 with b8 01.

3. Write the edited ROM back to the Magician and hard reset your machine. (ntrw.exe)

That's it
- no more downloading of others' BigStorage ROMs
- no need to replace the first 416 bytes
- a simple, safe, do-it-yourself method to create your own BigStorage based on whatever ROM version you already have or upgraded.