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dpayea
24th July 2006, 11:36 PM
OK I think I just did a stupid thing!

I thought that a Radio only upgrade didn't require a Hard Reset (i.e. to Factory defaults and losing all your local data / program installs).

So I went from 1.09 to 1.11, hit the 'reset' button on completion and the stupid thing did a hard reset! :oops:

So where did I go wrong - well I think it is because I did the radio upgrade as a standard upgrade just by running the normal update files with only the new radio ROM file present and no other ROM files.

What I didn't do was to enter the BootLoader manually first I left it all up to the RUU files to do the job :roll:

Is it this (not manually entering the bootloader first - like the Wiki tells you to - mind you it also tells you to hard reset) which caused the hard reset which was beyond my control :?:

I'm sure I've changed the Radio ROM only on my old BA without all this hassle - just can't remember what I did differently.
cktlcmd
25th July 2006, 01:15 AM
From what I remember, you are supposed to press the reset pin hole while pushing down on the ON/OFF button. This would cause it to soft reset according to the on-screen instructions, and it did on mine when I tried it. But of course, I also performed a backup to be on the safe side.
dpayea
25th July 2006, 01:49 AM
Really not my day today - Whilst reinstalling and going through reset cycles my Exec turned into a brick :shock:

Stuck at boot-screen with ROM versions showing :(

Hopefully the Wiki resolution to this one is going to work..

Ever wish you'd just left the thing alone :cry:
StevePritchard
25th July 2006, 01:52 AM
Whenever I've done a radio upgrade, I've simply pressed the reset button with the tip of the stylus - that's it.

I've done about 6 up/downgrades, I would guess, and not had any problems. I hope you get yours sorted out.

Cheers,

Steve.
dpayea
25th July 2006, 01:55 AM
Whenever I've done a radio upgrade, I've simply pressed the reset button with the tip of the stylus - that's it.

At least I'm not going mad then - That's exactly what I did before this all went pear-shaped.

Did you upgrade whilst in the bootloader or just from WM5 running normally?
dpayea
25th July 2006, 01:56 AM
Stuck at boot-screen with ROM versions showing :(
Hopefully the Wiki resolution to this one is going to work..

De-Bricked :)
oink1
25th July 2006, 02:10 AM
Stuck at boot-screen with ROM versions showing :(
Hopefully the Wiki resolution to this one is going to work..

De-Bricked :)

Good to hear! :D
StevePritchard
25th July 2006, 02:13 AM
Whenever I've done a radio upgrade, I've simply pressed the reset button with the tip of the stylus - that's it.

At least I'm not going mad then - That's exactly what I did before this all went pear-shaped.

Did you upgrade whilst in the bootloader or just from WM5 running normally?

WM5 running normally - to be fair, it sometimes took a few attempts for the upgrade to "take", but once it was going, I've had no problems - glad to hear you manage to de-brick it.

Cheers,

Steve.
oink1
25th July 2006, 02:13 AM
Stuck at boot-screen with ROM versions showing :(
Hopefully the Wiki resolution to this one is going to work..

De-Bricked :)

Good to hear! :D