MDA blocked with USB/SERIAL V1.00 on the screen

[Herian]

Hi everyone,
i'm about to buy a mda compact. The seller says that he tried to update rom and the mda now is blocked with a screen USB/SERIAL V1.00
If I upgrade the rom how is described in the other topic is ok?
I had to say to know if i buy this one or no :D
I wait fiducious in your answers :lol:

[fla242]

HELLO


This device is only in bootloader mode so you can reflash it without problem.
There is a lot of topics in this forum to perform that. :wink:

[Herian]

I had to do a "simply" rom upgrade or some different operation? :?:
I have find that post on this forum http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=14973&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0
i had to what is described on it?

[vz7]

Beware though. I had once screwed my MDA during an upgrade and all it did was start iself in the bootloader mode. For some reason, I couldnt re-flash any ROM onto the machine and had to took it back to t-mobile and they replaced a new unit for me.

[Herian]

Mmm... this is a bad new... anyone help?

[Redpizzi]

i had this problem too, all i did was kept trying to different roms till one finally worked

i Downloaded all the rom from the FTP site

1 finally worked then after that, i updated to the 1.12 Imate rom...

Can not tell you which one worked, but i had to copy it to a Memory card to do it

Maybe if you try the Windows Installers, 1 might work

[RAGOv]

hi Herian..
1st of all,as the guys said,ur phone is in bootloader mode....it's not a problem,so don't be affraid :wink:
if u have'nt performed a flash before,am gonna try avoiding u flashing unless it's the last resort... :D
so bro,do the following:

1-remove the battery and leave ur PDA more than 2 hours without battery(u don't need 2 hours but am taking it to the limit),so that the backup battery will drain,all old data in RAM will be lost...put the battery again...and:if it restarts and enters OS,then congratulations,but if it doesn't,so u have to go to step 2.

2-reflash ur device:
-althought ur device is a Magician(at least this is what i think),all the procedures mentioned in my post(here's the link :wink: ) http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=25830&highlight= should work with no problem,the main difference wil be entering the bootloader mode,but since ur already in it :wink: ,it not a problem anymore,this is why you have to follow my instructions starting with step 2(the link,ok).

my advice for u will be to download the 1.12.00WWE ROM from the ftp,coz it's the last one,and good luck bro :D

tell us the news,or pm me anytime,it will be my pleasure to help u :D

RAGO :lol:

[C0nker]

First of all: hello, I am new here :D
I just got a Magician (MDA compact) and tried to update it. But it failed and now it is in the bootloader mode. When I try a new update, it stops in step 1 after a few minutes. On the Magician you can see "upgrade radio stack, please wait".

Any ideas? I am a little bit confused, so much money and now it doesnt't work :(

[RAGOv]

hi COnker..
u must upgrade ur device with the right OS,ur case happens when u try to upgrade with a different OS(eg:upgrading a magician with a Himalaya ROM),but with the same operator(eg:i-mate jam upgraded with i-mate PDA ROM,u pass country ID error,and run ClearJmpCode.exe,and it ends by a dead jam in bootloader mode... :wink: ).
so my friend,what u have to do,is to go to ftp,and search for a ROM update made specifically for Magician(try 1.12.00WWE),then follow my instruction in the above topic.....
good luck :D

RAGO :lol:

[Herian]

Noway :(
I had tryed several times whit a lot of MaUpgrade(finded on the ftp site) but noway... The upgrade show me a window with the version of current rom and the version of the upgrade rom... but is empty! Then, if i click on upgrade, after a few minutes the mdac shut down and the program give me a 150 error... i don't know what i have to do...

[Herian]

I have read in some post here that is possible to do a backup of rom on sd card and to restore it.
If some good guy send me his backup files can i relive my mdac?