Universal Upgrading, questions not totally cleared by Wiki and other posts

[ultravox]

Dear All,

I spent a lot of hours, days, reading the posts on the forum about the Universal and upgrading it. I didn't find some answers.

I still have some open questions that I request your help in order to have a safe upgrade.

I have a Qtek 9000, that is SimLock.

I would like to Upgrade to an AKU 3.5 ROM or to one Crossbow ROM ( still under assessment)

Now my questions:

To upgrade,

I will have to upgrade bootloader, because since Aku 3.2 Rom , it needs to be 1.01. That is clear.

Edit: Opsss tried bottloader for first time and my version is 2.01 So no bootloader upgrade, but new question:

Sim Unlock works with bootloader 2.01?


1 - Do I need to SIMUNLOCK before ROM or Radio ROM upgrade? If yes:

- I will need an oficial radio ROM. Which one? Are 1.13 or 1.14 is OK?
- Must I first Simunlock and only after upgrade the bootloader?

2 -Country Code error, what is it? (Solved)

Edit : About Country error, no specific answer, but i got almost what I looked for.

Thx you all for the hard work and colaboration on this site.

Cheers

[bastiaanoskam]

I'm afraid you didnt took your best sshot at searching, cuz 3 or 4 post above yours is a topic called "problems with upgrading?"

in this topic you will find the info AND tools you need to succesfully upgrade..
I don't know about the simlock thing, i flashed mine with the simlock on, to a cooked rom, and it works, but don't blame me if it F*CKS up your mobile :D i suggest that you do a bit of research in that part..

Country id error:
You get that when you try to install a rom that is from a different manufacturer/country then yours, to solve this problem look at this link
(the link to the forementioned topic)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=290234

Good luck!

[ultravox]

I'm afraid you didnt took your best sshot at searching, cuz 3 or 4 post above yours is a topic called "problems with upgrading?"

in this topic you will find the info AND tools you need to succesfully upgrade..
I don't know about the simlock thing, i flashed mine with the simlock on, to a cooked rom, and it works, but don't blame me if it F*CKS up your mobile :D i suggest that you do a bit of research in that part..

Country id error:
You get that when you try to install a rom that is from a different manufacturer/country then yours, to solve this problem look at this link
(the link to the forementioned topic)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=290234

Good luck!


I know how to solve the country error, I just would like to get more info about it.

About the other post, I will look for it, but when i made search ( last time was the last week) I didn't find the answers i look for.

Since I looked and didn't find it could you please provide a link? ( sorry)

Thx for your help.

[tripledes]

Hi,

1. I agree with bastiaanoskam cause I think almost any question about upgrading the Universal has been answered before in this forum.

2. I don't see the need to unlock your device if you don't want to change your current provider.

3. As far as I understand the country error is due to a change in the original language for which your device was thought (look for MaUpgradeUt_noID.exe) i.e. you have a Japanese device and want to upgrade to WWE version.

4. About the bootloader, I just saw one ROM that is said it requires to upgrade your bootloader to 1.01, it was a preview AKU3.2 from i-mate but I don't really know if the upgrade is really needed. I have read it's not needed for Crossbow and also for custom cooked AKU3.5 but again every new cooked ROM usually has a thread so you can find answers there.

[ultravox]

Hi,

1. I agree with bastiaanoskam cause I think almost any question about upgrading the Universal has been answered before in this forum.

2. I don't see the need to unlock your device if you don't want to change your current provider.

3. As far as I understand the country error is due to a change in the original language for which your device was thought (look for MaUpgradeUt_noID.exe) i.e. you have a Japanese device and want to upgrade to WWE version.

4. About the bootloader, I just saw one ROM that is said it requires to upgrade your bootloader to 1.01, it was a preview AKU3.2 from i-mate but I don't really know if the upgrade is really needed. I have read it's not needed for Crossbow and also for custom cooked AKU3.5 but again every new cooked ROM usually has a thread so you can find answers there.

1 - I do agree that there is a lot of info about the upgrade process, I just didn't find the answer for what I'm looking for.

2 - I didn't find a post where is stated that the device should be unlock to install the new ROM, but I also din't find the oposite, so my doubt.

3 - It seems that I should try first and if I get the error, go for the alternative method. I woul like to jump this step, but if there isn't other way, well, that's life

4 - Maybe it's a bad interpretation on my side of the wiki post. Porbably only some I-mate based roms need the bottloader upgrade.

thx for the help