How to flash a new ROM to your Wizard... a little tutorial!

[vippie]

This guide was written a long time ago. I recommend people to use this more up to date guide:
Wizard Windows Mobile 6 for newbies (http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Wizard%20Windows%20Mobile%206%2 0for%20newbies)

I've got a lot of post behind my name, but most of my posts are answers to the same questions over and over again. It seems very hard for "noobs" to find the answer to their question quickly on the forum. I quickly wrote a little step by step tutorial for them. Hope it helps!

Suggestions or corrections are always welcome.

You want to flash your wizard, but don't know where to start. Try this:

0. First determine if you got a G3 or a G4 device. When you turn on your device from can can see you're IPL and SPL version on the screen. If you got IPL/SPL 1.xx or 2.xx you've got a G3 device. If the IPL/SPL shows 2.xx.xxx1 you've got a G4. Go to step G3.1 if you got a G3 and G4.1 if G4.

G3.1 Does you're device start normally (yes) or is it stuck on the three-colored bootloader screen (no)? YES... go to step G3.5, NO go to step G3.2

G3.2 Turn off you're device totaly. Remove the SD card and disconnect the USB cable from you're device. Turn on the device while holding the camera button. You will get into bootloader mode (3 colored screen). Connect the USB cable to the computer and you will see USB at the bottom of your screen above the left softkey (Activesync will not connect in bootloader mode, but you can flash from this screen!). If you got IPL/SPL 1.xx go to G3.3. If you got 2.xx go to G3.4

G3.3 Download button rom (http://rapidshare.com/files/18212239/CUSTOM__RUU_Wizard_1050412_WWE_101_11210_WWE.exe.h tml) and flash it to your device. Your device should startup again after doing this. Go to G3.5.

G3.4 Download wizard_love rom (http://rapidshare.com/files/17792050/Wizard_Love_2.26.10.2_WWE_Novii_CF2.rar) and flash it to your device. Your device should startup again after doing this. Go to G3.5.

G3.5 Is your device CID-unlocked (note: it's not the same as SIM-unlocked!)? YES... go to step G3.7, NO OR DON'T KNOW go to step G3.6.

G3.6 Follow this great thread by Dr Puttingham: The Definitive Guide to Unlocking & Rom Upgrading G3 Wizards (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=285435). Don't skip step 17! Flash the T-Mobile 2.26 Rom! Go to step G3.8 if you got the T-Mobile rom with IPL/SPL 2.26 on your device after doing this.

NOTE: Some people seem to have problem with flashing the button rom in this step (stops at 98% with error 302). Replace button_rom with Xda_MiniS_LaunchROM_v154102 (http://rapidshare.com/files/43423464/Xda_MiniS_LaunchROM_v154102.exe) and follow the rest of the steps normally when this happens!

G3.7 Download T-Mobile 2.26 rom (http://rapidshare.com/files/38880130/ruu_prodigy_226102_22610105_022511_tmous_wwe_ship. exe.html) and flash it to your device! Done? Go to step G3.8.

G3.8 You're reade to flash the AKU2, AKU3, WM6 rom of you're choise! It wasn't that hard, was it? If you still got an older OS version after flashing then you're not CID-unlocked! Go back to start!

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G4.1 Does you're device start normally (yes) or is it stuck on the three-colored bootloader screen (no)? YES... go to step G4.4, NO go to step G4.2

G4.2 Turn off you're device totaly. Remove the SD card and disconnect the USB cable from you're device. Turn on the device while holding the camera button. You will get into bootloader mode (3 colored screen). Connect the USB cable to the computer and you will see USB at the bottom of your screen above the left softkey (Activesync will not connect in bootloader mode, but you can flash from this screen!). go to G4.3

G4.3 Download wizard_love rom (http://rapidshare.com/files/17792050/Wizard_Love_2.26.10.2_WWE_Novii_CF2.rar) and flash it to your device. Your device should startup again after doing this. Go to G4.4.

G4.4 Is your device CID-unlocked (note: it's not the same as SIM-unlocked!)? YES... go to step G4.7, NO OR DON'T KNOW go to step G4.5. (note: CID-unlocking a G4 is only possible by paying for it at imei-check (http://www.imei-check.co.uk/m3000unlock.php)!)

G4.5 Download enable-rapi.zip (http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=46098&d=1186268099). Transfer Cert_SPCS.cab and EnableRapi.cab to your phone. Run Cert_SPCS.cab FIRST and EnableRapi.cab SECOND. Turn your device off and on or wait 5 minutes before soft resetting. Done? Go to G4.6.

G4.6 Follow this great thread by the-equinoxe: [solution] G4 SoftSPL Flash any ROM to CID locked G4 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=329147) and load the softSPL on your device using his method. Make sure you take a G4 safe rom (see the thread for details). After the steps you'll have the rom of your choise on your device!

[U]G4.7 You're reade to flash the AKU2, AKU3, WM6 rom of you're choise IF the rom DOESN'T contain IPL/SPL. AKU3 and WM6 roms normally don't contain IPL/SPL. If you want to flash an AKU2 rom, make sure you take the G4 version. If you get an error 300 (invalid update tool) while trying to flash your device look at this (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=291215) thread!

NOTE: If you tried to flash a G3 rom with IPL/SPL in the rom on a G4 you probably will have a bricked device! DON'T flash the new 3.08 and 3.09 IPL/SPL to your G4!

NOTE2: If you got problems flashing with softSPL: Follow this great thread by mun_rus: Solutuion found: how to flash any rom to CIDLOCKED DEVICE (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=293480). If your device won't start after flashing you can use step G4.2 and G4.3 and try again. Also look at this thread by eddieitman: Faria G4 Step by step installer with instructions (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=298967) to make sure you did all the necessary steps!

[mfrazzz]

Nice one.

One thing I've found is since the Mods split the WM6 stuff to a seperate forum a lot of noobs are in that forum and they don't see the stickies over here now (I've had a couple PM me directly asking where this Wizard Upgrading forum is at that I refer to in my posts :rolleyes: ). So I think we need some stickies like this or something in the WM6 forum (or a sticky at the top of that forum with a pointer to this forum and maybe certain posts over here).

[demontefixo]

Nice. Maybe we should add a link in the Wiki to this...

--M

[vippie]

Corrected the links to wizard_love.... they didn't work.

[ladude626]

I found this solution much better than shelltool for flashing my G4 CID-locked Wizard:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=271043

Shelltool can only flash the OS while using this modified RUU you can task the OS, splash screen, and the radio. Plus this modified RUU will also flash Wizards that do not bootup normally.

[vippie]

You can't flash a touched OS that way in a CID-locked G4.... only some 2.26 roms will work. Trying this with WM6 will go to 100%, but you're "old" OS will startup again.

[JBLaze407]

Say i downgrade my phone to the T-mobile ROM but have a cingular phone...do i need to have my phone SIM unlocked to use it or since i changed ROMS it doesn't matter...

[mfrazzz]

Say i downgrade my phone to the T-mobile ROM but have a cingular phone...do i need to have my phone SIM unlocked to use it or since i changed ROMS it doesn't matter...
SIM Unlocking only allows you to use SIMs from a different carrier on your phone.

CID Unlocking allows you to flash different Carrier / Country roms on your phone.

If you are only CID Unlocked, you can flash Tmobile, Cingular, Qtek, etc on your phone, but your device will still connect to the same carrier that your SIM is setup for. So for me, I'm on Cingular. I flashed the TMobile 2.26 ROM and I have the complete TMobile look and feel, but my carrier and phone connection was still Cingular since thats what the SIM is for.

I always flash the TMobile 2.26 rom on my phone now before upgrading to a new custom ROM. Its more stable (IMO) than the CIngular 2.25 (at least numerous issues I used to have went away by doing this, but then the custom ROM may be really fixing that, but I like having the latest IPL/SPL for my base).

As always... YMMV

[JBLaze407]

SIM Unlocking only allows you to use SIMs from a different carrier on your phone.

CID Unlocking allows you to flash different Carrier / Country roms on your phone.

If you are only CID Unlocked, you can flash Tmobile, Cingular, Qtek, etc on your phone, but your device will still connect to the same carrier that your SIM is setup for. So for me, I'm on Cingular. I flashed the TMobile 2.26 ROM and I have the complete TMobile look and feel, but my carrier and phone connection was still Cingular since thats what the SIM is for.

I always flash the TMobile 2.26 rom on my phone now before upgrading to a new custom ROM. Its more stable (IMO) than the CIngular 2.25 (at least numerous issues I used to have went away by doing this, but then the custom ROM may be really fixing that, but I like having the latest IPL/SPL for my base).

As always... YMMV

Thany you very much for the info...

[faria]

nice work....stiky.....
could someone post the above info in wiki..... so we can redirect questions to wiki.

[bogdatov]

If I have CID-unlocked G3 T-Mobile Wizard with custom WM5 ROM installed .... why do I need to downgrade to T-Mobile 2.26 ROM before going to WM6 ?

[vippie]

If I have CID-unlocked G3 T-Mobile Wizard with custom WM5 ROM installed .... why do I need to downgrade to T-Mobile 2.26 ROM before going to WM6 ?

Good question.... have you flashed T-Mobile rom before? If you haven't you will get the strong 2.26 IPL/SPL. It prevents many problems! This step is to prevent people to upgrade to WM6 with other IPL/SPL!

[mfrazzz]

If I have CID-unlocked G3 T-Mobile Wizard with custom WM5 ROM installed .... why do I need to downgrade to T-Mobile 2.26 ROM before going to WM6 ?
You want to downgrade so that it cleans up things that are possibly left from a previous install. The Official ROMs have everything (IPL / SPL / OS / Radio / Extended ROM / etc). If you go straight from a custom rom to another custom rom you may find you have stuff left over because the new custom rom doesn't clean up everything. I've seen where things are left in the message queue, so you start getting pop errors about not finding something when that was on the previous ROM.

While it takes extra time, flashing back to an official rom gives you a clean base for the custom rom to work off of. Well worth it for me so I always do this. Takes an extra 15 mins or so, which is better than wasting a day chasing some issue that wouldn't have been there.

BTW: Congrats on getting your post promoted to a Sticky! :)

[pdagenius]

You want to downgrade so that it cleans up things that are possibly left from a previous install. The Official ROMs have everything (IPL / SPL / OS / Radio / Extended ROM / etc). If you go straight from a custom rom to another custom rom you may find you have stuff left over because the new custom rom doesn't clean up everything. I've seen where things are left in the message queue, so you start getting pop errors about not finding something when that was on the previous ROM.

While it takes extra time, flashing back to an official rom gives you a clean base for the custom rom to work off of. Well worth it for me so I always do this. Takes an extra 15 mins or so, which is better than wasting a day chasing some issue that wouldn't have been there.

BTW: Congrats on getting your post promoted to a Sticky! :)

Is it also recommended that a downgrade to T-Mobile 2.26 is followed for unlocked G4 phones?

[mfrazzz]

Is it also recommended that a downgrade to T-Mobile 2.26 is followed for unlocked G4 phones?
Good question. I don't have a G4, but I'd think the same would hold true to get a stable / clean base for the new custom rom.

[vippie]

Is it also recommended that a downgrade to T-Mobile 2.26 is followed for unlocked G4 phones?

NO! that rom has IPL/SPL in it. Don't try flashing this rom onto a G4! It could brick your device!

[mrluke]

thanx a lot !

[Dr Puttingham]

I've updated my thread to reference this.

[mfrazzz]

Hi Vippie,

Can you please update the first post so that when you tell people to get to the bootloader screen that Activesync will NOT connect, but if it says USB above the left softkey that it is connected? This is something I've had to tell people over and over. People see that activesync doesn't connect so they stop and don't go any further.

Thanks! And again, excellent work on this guide. I'm pointing people to this now as I like how its laid out and gives G3 and G4 info in one place (since so many newbies don't think its important to tell us what they have or anything) ;)

BTW: Has this been put into the Wiki?

[vippie]

Hi Vippie,

Can you please update the first post so that when you tell people to get to the bootloader screen that Activesync will NOT connect, but if it says USB above the left softkey that it is connected? This is something I've had to tell people over and over. People see that activesync doesn't connect so they stop and don't go any further.

Thanks! And again, excellent work on this guide. I'm pointing people to this now as I like how its laid out and gives G3 and G4 info in one place (since so many newbies don't think its important to tell us what they have or anything) ;)

BTW: Has this been put into the Wiki?

Good one.... updated the starting post! Thnx!

[darinrad]

Thanks vippie,

I purchased an I-mate K-jam (off that big auction site ;) ) and it had an old I-mate ROM on it. I wanted to update the ROM so I took a couple of days searching around the internet and found a couple of sites that explained the process and I started in on the update. Much to my dismay somthing went seriously wrong and the phone would just sit at the loading screen and reboot for hours. Every once in awhile it would finally load up Windows, but it ran VERY sluggishly and I could not place any calls on it.

This all happend close to a year ago now, and I have been trying to (unsuccessfully) flash the ROM since then. Just a couple of days ago I stumbled on the XDA forums and your post. I followed the instructions in this and Dr. Puttingham's post and 2 hours later I was making calls, sending text messages, surfing the internet and reading email, all on my K-jam!!!

Thanks to you and Dr. Puttingham I am no longer beinging ridiculed by my friends and wife for bricking my phone!!!

You 2 guys are the greatest.


Disclaimer: In no way do I know personally or are related to vippie or Dr Puttingham, I am simply a satisified reader. :D

[fryman]

Thanks Vippie for the great guide and the time you put into it.

Sorry for the newbie question but when I flash the T-Mobile 2.26 rom does this give me the Radio v2.25.11 from the leaked Test T-Mobile (US) 2.24 AKU 2.3 Rom so then I will have to go and reflash the Radio v2.25.11 from the leaked Cingular 2.25 AKU 2.2 Rom? Thanks for reading!

[mfrazzz]

Sorry for the newbie question but when I flash the T-Mobile 2.26 rom does this give me the Radio v2.25.11 from the leaked Test T-Mobile (US) 2.24 AKU 2.3 Rom so then I will have to go and reflash the Radio v2.25.11 from the leaked Cingular 2.25 AKU 2.2 Rom? Thanks for reading!
The TMobile 2.26 ROM comes with the TMobile 2.25 Radio which is different than the Cingular 2.25 Radio. So yes, if you want the Cingular one, you would need to flash the Radio Only update from the ftp area to switch. I've never ran the TMo 2.25 Radio but I've heard from numerous people here that the Cingular 2.25 Radio "works better" (on WM5 at least). None of the radios above 2.19 on WM6 in my (and many others) experience work well.

[fryman]

The TMobile 2.26 ROM comes with the TMobile 2.25 Radio which is different than the Cingular 2.25 Radio. So yes, if you want the Cingular one, you would need to flash the Radio Only update from the ftp area to switch. I've never ran the TMo 2.25 Radio but I've heard from numerous people here that the Cingular 2.25 Radio "works better" (on WM5 at least). None of the radios above 2.19 on WM6 in my (and many others) experience work well.

thanks for the recommendation...I will flash back to the 2.19...do you reload the 2.19 radio every time you flash a new WM6 rom or do you not drop back down to the TMobile 2.26 rom everytime?

[mfrazzz]

thanks for the recommendation...I will flash back to the 2.19...do you reload the 2.19 radio every time you flash a new WM6 rom or do you not drop back down to the TMobile 2.26 rom everytime?
I always flash TMo 2.26 before switching ROMs. Then I flash TMo 2.19 UK after upgrading the new ROM.

[techlogik]

Wizard Love Rom doesn't work with IPL/SPL 3.08. It errors out trying to find device in step G4.3

Any suggestions?

[mfrazzz]

Wizard Love Rom doesn't work with IPL/SPL 3.08. It errors out trying to find device in step G4.3

Any suggestions?
Sorry, this doesn't help, but thats one of the reasons I'm not rushing to upgrade to some new and unknown IPL/SPL (newer isn't always better). Wouldn't surprise me if there are other issues here.

So based on the step you list, you are a G4... You may be in new territory here, and you really need to be careful as G4's seem easier to brick due to IPL/SPL issues. Not good if Wizard Love doesn't work as that has always been the "cure all" for G4's... I might suggest you post in the G4 forum as this may need to be tracked and watched and thats a good place for G4 issues.

[vippie]

Wizard Love Rom doesn't work with IPL/SPL 3.08. It errors out trying to find device in step G4.3

Any suggestions?

If you got a G4 and flashed that IPL/SPL I think you have a brick! :(

[MethodMan]

If you got a G4 and flashed that IPL/SPL I think you have a brick! :(If it's still under warranty, just return it to Cingular. But don't brick it again. ;)

[fryman]

Can you flash any ROM when you are at the RBG tri-color boot loader screen? I don't like to use an Active Sync conection and was just wondering if this was OK to do. Thanks for reading.

[vippie]

I don't think there's a problem flashing roms from the bootloader screen. When flashing the "normal" way it also does that after the RUU closes activesync. In my opinion just use the activesync method because I don't see any advantage to flash from the bootloader screen.

[fryman]

Thanks for the advice. There is not any advantage...I just wanted to install ROMs from work without having to install activesync. It will work from the boot loader screen but only after you have installed activesync once so that windows recognizes your device and install the drivers...before you install it once it wil give you an error and you can't even open the utility.

[z00m]

can anyone here help me out? after the wm6 upgrade my phone is just stuck at the pop up menu. everything works but the screen just stays there. where it teaches you how to use the phone. people can call me and i can use the phone but just can't see where im touching... and yeah i did unlock the cid.

[jwzg]

can anyone here help me out? after the wm6 upgrade my phone is just stuck at the pop up menu. everything works but the screen just stays there. where it teaches you how to use the phone. people can call me and i can use the phone but just can't see where im touching... and yeah i did unlock the cid.

I would re-download a copy of the same ROM you used and re-flash, just to be on the safe side. If the touchscreen took input before, you likely have a slightly corrupt install causing the problem.

JMHO

[gniemcew]

Hi every1,

Regarding G3.2:

"G3.2 Turn off you're device totally. Remove the SD card and disconnect the USB cable from you're device. Turn on the device while holding the camera button. You will get into bootloader mode (3 colored screen). Connect the USB cable to the computer and you will see USB at the bottom of your screen above the left softkey (Activesync will not connect in bootloader mode, but you can flash from this screen!). If you got IPL/SPL 1.xx go to G3.3. If you got 2.xx go to G3.4"

Red-green-blue boot-screen flash process (soft-resetting while holding down the side-wise "Camera" key) might not work under Windows Vista/Windows Mobile Device Center (WMDC) and Cingular 8125, regardless of CID unlock status, WMDC USB enable/disable settings (mentioned in regard to an emergency miniSD card ROM restore procedure), Windows Firewall settings, WMDC process status, etc. Dropping down to Windows XP SP2 and Microsoft ActiveSync 4.5 works immediately, installing "Pocket USB Sync" driver upon connection. ActiveSync will not connect in boot loader mode, but you can download the latest ROM image updater from Cingular's web site, and run it (or, if you have an uncompressed version, the ROMUpdateUtility.exe - RUU).

Gary

[mzmilam]

Hi there,
Love all the info in here! IPL version 1.08, having a problem...device will not turn on in bootloader mode, I don't have a sim card would that be the cause? :confused: Any suggestions?

[WizeMan]

Thank you guys for your wonderfull Tutorial!! Every worked as a charm with my G3 Wizard.

[KrayzieVanh]

This was a very well written tutorial. It help me with flashing my HTC Wizard. Thanks.

[mfrazzz]

Hi there,
Love all the info in here! IPL version 1.08, having a problem...device will not turn on in bootloader mode, I don't have a sim card would that be the cause? :confused: Any suggestions?
How about more detail? Is this a G3 or G4? I assume you've downgraded since you are saying IPL 1.08 (and that would also indicate a G3). What does it do when you try to put it in bootloader? Does the phone not boot at all, or doesn't get to where you can use it?

Information is a good thing for us to assist.

[mzmilam]

I truly mean that I am ignorant, :o I am seldom post in forums, or ask for assistance that way. I appreciate your patience, and willingness to help. :D
Let me see...I purchased the phone on e-bay, I really wanted a cool new phone but didn't want to get trapped into a provider contract in order to afford it. I have been stuck with Sprint PCS for over 2 years and I truly detest their service and coverage. Anyway, I saw this phone and loved it, along with the phone I purchased a Socket GPS unit that supposedly will track my whereabouts. When I received the phone it did not have a sim card, I began thinking I have made a huge mistake, I began looking for information for the T-Mobile MDA, I removed the battery and noticed it is a Wizard 200, surfed more and I was enlightend that it is a HTA Wizard 200 then I happened across this fabulous website. I have not done anything with the phone besides power it up and play with the menus. Under the battery it has the IMEI #, S/N#, P/N#99HBH044-01 T03, (is that it?) below those it says WIZA200. When I attempt to bootloader it just turns on the camera. I hope this gives you the info you need to assist.
I truly appreciate your time, after all of the things I have read here, I am once again truly anticipating getting this thing going.
Sincerely, Mo

[vippie]

When I attempt to bootloader it just turns on the camera.

Is this your question? You have to turn your device OFF (holding button on top for some seconds). Press the camera button and hold when turning the device back on.

[mzmilam]

Yes. However, getting it into bootloader is just the beginning of my questions. I don't know which HTC I have, I would assume the person I purchased it from has not done any tweaking to it, I believe it has the original rom it came with. I am attempting to unlock the device, first of all I don't have a SIM card in it.
Beginning with the unit OFF I push the power and camera button at the same time to get into bootloader mode, it powers up in camera mode, there is not a tri color screen.

[vippie]

Yes. However, getting it into bootloader is just the beginning of my questions. I don't know which HTC I have, I would assume the person I purchased it from has not done any tweaking to it, I believe it has the original rom it came with. I am attempting to unlock the device, first of all I don't have a SIM card in it.
Beginning with the unit OFF I push the power and camera button at the same time to get into bootloader mode, it powers up in camera mode, there is not a tri color screen.

Are u sure you're not in standby mode when you try (keep holding the OFF button until the device asks to shutdown)? When it's completely off and you power it on it shows IPL/SPL version on you're screen. What version have you got?

[mfrazzz]

Pull the battery from your phone. NOW its really turned off. Now put the battery back in. Hold down the camera button and then press the power button on the top (while you are still holding the camera button).

There is no way a phone that is truely turned off will boot into camera mode.

(I see Vippie posted similar before my post now ;))

[stuff]

Pull the battery from your phone. NOW its really turned off. Now put the battery back in. Hold down the camera button and then press the power button on the top (while you are still holding the camera button).

There is no way a phone that is truely turned off will boot into camera mode.

(I see Vippie posted similar before my post now ;))

ha that's exactly what I would have done. Seems that taking the battery out is a perfect way to know that they phone is turned off :P

[userr12]

ThX for the clear tut :)

[poe11371]

I have the current TMo 2.6 rom flashed and trying to downgrade so I can unlock my G3 MDA then flash it to a custom rom of my choice but the button rom flash seems to fail every time I try it.

I tried it once, tired it twice, and the third time still was a no-go. It locks up at 98% on the phone though it "finishes" on the computer. The phone will turn back on but only to "boot loader" mode.

Any help? What, if anything, can I do?

[remen]

mine also hanged at 98 % doing that, it stayed that for about 4 munites and then went further, that's the only thing i know...
maybye you can first load a manufacturer rom and then try it again with the button rom.
make sure to use the right versions as explained by faria, it worked for me!
and also make sure that it's CID unlocked!!!

[poe11371]

The button rom flash is the first step to unlocking to allow custom roms. I did however reflash it to the current TMo rom before I tried it the second and thrid time. Let it sit last night and it drained the battery before it finished the flash. Still stuck at 98%. It's charging again, I can only assume it is as it is stuck in bootloader screen currently.

... got it to work, somehow ...

[loneBoat]

I recently bought a Cingular 8125 off of eBay. Not unlocked or anything, but that's okay, since my service it with Cingular anyways. I've had the phone a few days, and I love it . Now that I've stumbled upon this site, I'm excited to play around with upgrading it. But I have a few questions first.


First of all, are there any real advantages to upgrading? From what I've read, some ROMs are more stable/less buggy than others (for example, everyone seems keen on the tMobile 2.6 ROM). I've seen some threads about flashing WM6, and the new slick look looks really nice, but are there any REAL advantages to WM6 over WM5?
If I DO upgrade to WM6, will I lose any functionality? For instance, I remember reading that some of the early WM6 ROMs did not include or somehow messed up the camera functionality. It just seems that since these ROMs aren't from the companies which distribute the phones, there might be minor issues with things like slight hardware differences, etc....
I downloaded the likowiz software, and ran it per the instructions which accompanied it, but it really seemed TOO easy. Is there any way that I can check to see if it really did anything? I performed both a CID unlock and a 'regular' unlock (for lack of a better distinction), but it all went by so quickly that I don't know if it really did anything. Can I somehow check the status of the CID and other lock?
Do I have pretty good chances of bricking my phone by doing this? I'm pretty comfortable flashing ROMs from my old phone (I had a Motorola Razr), but this one cost me a lot more and I would really rather let well enough alone if I have a good chance of bricking it.
If I DO decide to proceed with a WM6 reflash, does anyone have any input on which version to use? There seem to be several versions on the wizard wiki (mUm's, faria's, Most Beautiful, Underground). Are there any key differences? Everyone on the "Most Beautiful" thread seemed to think it was the way to go, but I'm just wondering...


By the way, thanks for all of the great work that goes into this forum. :) I have yet to even scratch the surface, but the ammount of information here is really impressive!

P.S. Here's the info which comes up when I boot the phone - just in case it might influence any input someone might have for me. From what I've read this mean's it's a G3, right? :

ILP: 2.25
SPL: 2.25
GSM: 02.25.11
OS: 2.25.11.1

[Morphdesign]

hi.. i tried the tmobile update 2.26 but it keeps on failing (when the progress starts 0% then my phone goes black, after removing the battery it works likes before)..

i have sim and cid unlocked my mda vario (with the loki tools)..

current info:
ipl: 1.0.6
spl: 1.0.6
gsm: 01.12.10
os: 1.6.22

any help ? :)

[edgardito]

Hi, im a newbie so please be patient.
I have succesfully flashed a couple of roms using shelltool which i belive is safe for my wizard G4 cid locked.
I dont want to end having a bricked phone since i live in argentina and i have no chance to change it for a new one since it is not being sell in here.

I had to install several times the Wizard Love rom which always brings my phone back to life. Since it uses the RUUinstaller it has flashed the HTC logo succesfully.

The problem is every time i restart the phone it shows the Wizard Love HTC logo. I would like to change it, but shelltool is not capable of that, and i dont want to screw up the IPL/SPL thing.

Can i find a tutorial, giving step by step instructions of how to flash an HTC logo on a CID locked G4.

Im using the Xplore 1.1 rom which i find great.

Thanks

[vippie]

Can i find a tutorial, giving step by step instructions of how to flash an HTC logo on a CID locked G4.

Yes.... you can cook you're own splash rom, but make sure you fully understand what you're doing:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=271043

Other option is to flash one others made for you:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=290454&highlight=splash

[vippie]

I downloaded the likowiz software, and ran it per the instructions which accompanied it, but it really seemed TOO easy.

If you didn't downgrade to button's rom, then you're still CID-locked! Make sure you take all the steps from this post or it won't work. Read read and reread on this forum for all your other questions.

[Chettaman]

First and foremost I would like to thank all that have created, thought up, and tested this tutorial. I read through it and it worked perfectly. My Qtek 9100 now has Windows Mobile 6 and the nay sayers are sitting quietly in there seats. LOL!!!! :D

[edgardito]

Yes.... you can cook you're own splash rom, but make sure you fully understand what you're doing:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=271043

Other option is to flash one others made for you:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=290454&highlight=splash

Thanks vippie,
my G4 is cid-locked, when i run the updater, it says Error 300 Wronge update tool or something like that.
I guess it happends because it is Cid-Locked. I dont want to pay 30 bucks to get it unlocked, i can live without a pretty splash screen, nevertheless, i still do not understand how can Wizard Love flash the splash screen.

[tank27]

OK I am a serious noob. i have a cingular 8125 and people are saying use the tmobile radio. i live in louisiana and have to use the 850mhx band that tmobile doesnt use. will this affect my reception

[mfrazzz]

OK I am a serious noob. i have a cingular 8125 and people are saying use the tmobile radio. i live in louisiana and have to use the 850mhx band that tmobile doesnt use. will this affect my reception
The TMobile 2.19 UK radio will work just fine anywhere in the US (and is really about the only choice for Cingular customers that are trying to run WM6 on their phones as the other radios all seem to cause missed calls and sms messages.

So just flash the TMobile 2.19 UK radio ontop of this rom and you will be good to go...

[mfrazzz]

Thanks vippie,
my G4 is cid-locked, when i run the updater, it says Error 300 Wronge update tool or something like that.
I guess it happends because it is Cid-Locked. I dont want to pay 30 bucks to get it unlocked, i can live without a pretty splash screen, nevertheless, i still do not understand how can Wizard Love flash the splash screen.
sounds like the one you are trying to run isn't using the noid version of the RUU. Find another rom (like XPlore or Faria's) and if its a .exe, change it to a .rar (or sometimes .zip) and then extract teh files. There should be a noid version of the rom update utility in there. You can then put that file into the splash screen update and it should work (don't change any other files, just the rom update utility noid .exe file)

[tank27]

The TMobile 2.19 UK radio will work just fine anywhere in the US (and is really about the only choice for Cingular customers that are trying to run WM6 on their phones as the other radios all seem to cause missed calls and sms messages.

So just flash the TMobile 2.19 UK radio ontop of this rom and you will be good to go...

ok.. my 8125 was delivered from cingular today so ill get it when i get home. Can i contact you when i get it and step me through it?

[mfrazzz]

In a few hours I will be gone most of the evening due to activities with my family. You can download the radio roms from the ftp site right here (see other threads for links if you don't know how to do that). Then its merely running the program and it will flash the new radio onto your phone. But again, you only need to do this if you are upgrading to a WM6 rom (the Ciingular 2.25 radio works just fine on WM5 roms).

Since you are new to the device, I personally would suggest you maybe try out the default WM5 that comes with the phone for a week just so you get a feel for the phone. Then look at upgrading. Also gives you time to read up on the sticky threads so you know what type of device you have and how you need to do upgrades (so you don't brick your brand new phone).

Be careful and have fun!

[tank27]

i had a hp phone before so im fimilar with the os but i am interested in wm6

[loneBoat]

If you didn't downgrade to button's rom, then you're still CID-locked! Make sure you take all the steps from this post or it won't work. Read read and reread on this forum for all your other questions.

Thanks for the reply. I re-read through several threads, and then unlocked correctly. I downgraded to the Button ROM, flashed the tMobile 2.26 ROM, and have now flashed the MB ROM. Works great, so I think I'm done with flashing for a while - I have everything working fine, and a slick new interface. :D

[fryman]

so I think I'm done with flashing for a while - I have everything working fine, and a slick new interface. :D

That's what we all thought...but it is very addicting

If you ever need anyone to talk to we have a support group...here (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=300316)

[wireless_one]

Ok, flashed a billion times before and just rotten luck today. Computer crashed @ 6% when flashing Core 2.0n. I had just updated to the new 3.08 IPL and new radio. I get to the BL screen and can hook it up. When I trteid to flash again, I received the message "Error 300: Invalid Update Tool. The update utility cannot be used for PDA phone. Please get a newer update utility.'

Any suggestions? will the T-Mobile stock flash?

TIA!

Follow UP:
well, t-mobile flash worked, so now back to trying Core 2.0n . . . . . M$ don't fail me again!!

[jaredlappa]

Does any of this work on Vista? I am having problems with my 8125. I tried to run the CUSTOM__RUU_Wizard_1050412_WWE_101_11210_WWE and it gives me an error right when it starts to try and update the ROM. I have to do this first and CID unlock before I can update ROMS like the RUU_Wizard_225111_22511102_022511_CWS_WWE_Ship_1. CorrecT?
Oops... Wrong thread disregard this please.

[vippie]

Does any of this work on Vista? I am having problems with my 8125. I tried to run the CUSTOM__RUU_Wizard_1050412_WWE_101_11210_WWE and it gives me an error right when it starts to try and update the ROM. I have to do this first and CID unlock before I can update ROMS like the RUU_Wizard_225111_22511102_022511_CWS_WWE_Ship_1. CorrecT?
Oops... Wrong thread disregard this please.

You can't flash with vista... Try XP!

[Brother Tim]

I have done something wrong.

The Button splash screen appears.... fades to white, reappears, etc, forever.

May I put the T-mobile or other rom on my miniSD and flash it some way?

I am stuck.

[mfrazzz]

I have done something wrong.

The Button splash screen appears.... fades to white, reappears, etc, forever.

May I put the T-mobile or other rom on my miniSD and flash it some way?

I am stuck.

Turn the phone off (pull the battery if you have to) and then hold down the camera key and then turn the phone on. It should go into boot loader. Now flash an official rom like the T-Mobile one. If that doesn't work, try flashing the Wizard Love rom... Also you need to tell us if you have a G3 or G4 (I assume G3 since you were trying the Button rom) and what your IPL / SPL currently show when you put it in bootloader (if you still have issues).

Good luck...

[Brother Tim]

Thank you. I accidently hit the camera button, doing exactly as you said. Then I grew a BIG smile when I saw the tricolor screen!

Thanks!!!

[g4gee]

Hi,

I have IPl 2.17 and SPL 2.17; so a G3 device.

[[ I did this step ]] G3.2 Turn off you're device totaly. Remove the SD card and disconnect the USB cable from you're device. Turn on the device while holding the camera button. You will get into bootloader mode (3 colored screen). Connect the USB cable to the computer and you will see USB at the bottom of your screen above the left softkey (Activesync will not connect in bootloader mode, but you can flash from this screen!). If you got IPL/SPL 1.xx go to G3.3. If you got 2.xx go to G3.4

- - in fact , I can just start my phone and enter bootloader mode as I had problem when flashing earlier on.

G3.4 Download wizard_love rom and flash it to your device. Your device should startup again after doing this. Go to G3.5.

in fact when I do G3.4 step and flash it, I get error [300] invalid update tool (it is in spanish).

I am completely stuck; I tried to kill activesync and not but nothing does it.
Did anyone ran into same problem? please help if you can. Thanks

Cheers,
GG

[mfrazzz]

Since you stated you had an issue with a previous flash, I would recommend instead of doing WizardLove that you do your phone's official ROM. This will get you back to a known working state. Then you can proceed from there.

[T.E.N.]

I've got a lot of post behind my name, but most of my posts are answers to the same questions over and over again. It seems very hard for "noobs" to find the answer to their question quickly on the forum. [...]
Suggestions [...] welcome. [...]
G3.5 Is your device CID-unlocked (note: it's not the same as SIM-unlocked!)? YES... go to step G3.7, NO OR DON'T KNOW go to step G3.6.

The one thing this tutorial asks the user to assess but does not say (or link to, as it is probably explained in many places but hard to find, just as you wrote):

How does one figure out whether a Wizard is CID-unlocked?
Other than by trying to flash (or even to CID-unlock) it, that is...
(of course there is a "DON'T KNOW" branch in the above instructions, leading to steps 13 et seq. in Dr Puttingham's guide (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=285435), but otherwise how does one get to know?)

BTW, "CID(-unlocked)" could certainly positively be defined (http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Acronyms) (rather than "not SIM"), as yet another lesser-known and intimidating acronym? ;)

[vippie]

The one thing this tutorial asks the user to assess but does not say (or link to, as it is probably explained in many places but hard to find, just as you wrote):

How does one figure out whether a Wizard is CID-unlocked?
Other than by trying to flash (or even to CID-unlock) it, that is...
(of course there is a "DON'T KNOW" branch in the above instructions, leading to steps 13 et seq. in Dr Puttingham's guide (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=285435), but otherwise how does one get to know?)

BTW, "CID(-unlocked)" could certainly positively be defined (http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Acronyms) (rather than "not SIM"), as yet another lesser-known and intimidating acronym? ;)

That's why I don't explain. There's no easy way to check. If you DON'T know... you're CID-locked!

[jonnyp4l]

Crossbow Reloaded 1.5 was my first attempt at Flashing my G3 Wizard. I've been roaming around here for months waiting to get up the nerve and I finally did it last night. As per instructions, I followed each and every step of the definitive guide, took all of mfrazzz' advice and was careful not to skip a step or take a shortcut.

I had absolutely NO problems whatsoever. My IPL switched but my SPL didn't so I just flashed it again and everything was grand.

I am now using Crossbow and it's awesome. This ROM is loaded with all of the quality tools i like and it's not bulky at all. I was surprised how much was crammed in for it to have as much space as it did.

All I have to say is HUGE thanks to mfrazzz, faria and Dr Puttingham (and everyone else out there who works to put these things together in their spare time and then gives them freely to schumcks like me). This OS is awesome.

So here's my next question: Where do I go from here? Should I start thinking about cooking my own ROM? I'd like to be a valuable member of the community and not just leech off of everyone else's hard work. If you have any suggestions, just PM me. I'm not trying to hijack this thread or anything. Just wanted to say thanks!

J
OS: Crossbow Reloaded 1.5!!!

[anichillus]

Crossbow Reloaded 1.5 was my first attempt at Flashing my G3 Wizard. I've been roaming around here for months waiting to get up the nerve and I finally did it last night. As per instructions, I followed each and every step of the definitive guide, took all of mfrazzz' advice and was careful not to skip a step or take a shortcut.

I had absolutely NO problems whatsoever. My IPL switched but my SPL didn't so I just flashed it again and everything was grand.

I am now using Crossbow and it's awesome. This ROM is loaded with all of the quality tools i like and it's not bulky at all. I was surprised how much was crammed in for it to have as much space as it did.

All I have to say is HUGE thanks to mfrazzz, faria and Dr Puttingham (and everyone else out there who works to put these things together in their spare time and then gives them freely to schumcks like me). This OS is awesome.

So here's my next question: Where do I go from here? Should I start thinking about cooking my own ROM? I'd like to be a valuable member of the community and not just leech off of everyone else's hard work. If you have any suggestions, just PM me. I'm not trying to hijack this thread or anything. Just wanted to say thanks!

J
OS: Crossbow Reloaded 1.5!!!

If you like what that chef's hard work and want to show some apreciacion you could always donate to him.
All done here is free and we're not doing it for the money but if one truly apreciates...

I am just glad that more an more people are starting to read and that this is really starting to feel like an XDA DEV :D

[Paisan]

I bought my T-Mobile MDA Vario a few weeks ago (secondhand). Apparently it had already been flashed by its previous owner to a sim/cid unlocked Qtek rom (ipl/spl 1.3). After searching, reading, re-reading and considering the possible risks, I decided it was time to try and flash the device to something a bit more up-to-date.

Yesterday I went through the different steps of two tutorials to unlock the thing (bettter to be safe), then downgraded to 1.05, next upgraded to the T-Mobile 2.26. And on each instance: not a single problem, glitch or hiccup.

So... today I decided to really take the plunge, and I installed mfrazzz/Faria's WM6; again success from the first try.

What I wanted to say: great guides/tutorials, they really helped a n00b ppc owner (the MDA is my first ever).
Thanks people!

[fryman]

I was flashing my friends brand new Wiza200 - T-Mobile MDA to mattk_r - Pandora 01.05....my computer crashed at 67%...nooo!

If this happens to anyone else don't worry the fix in easy.

so I read in the this thread...pulled the battery out and put it back in and then held the camera button and turned the phone on in bootloader mode...then I plugged in the USB and flashed the T-Mobile stock rom and then mattk_r - Pandora 01.05 and it worked great.

thanks to all of XDA for making this so easy! :D

[myx4ever]

Can you flash any ROM when you are at the RBG tri-color boot loader screen? I don't like to use an Active Sync conection and was just wondering if this was OK to do. Thanks for reading.

I have tmo mda vario ( qtek9100) no with an imate ROM 2.16
It's CID and SIM unlocked and want to upgrade to wm6 business final.
I don;t have questions about flashing ( i got all my info from ur tutorial) but i'm curios about the radio rom. How do you install a different one? I get that it doesn't come with the ROM itself right? This is where i need a little bit of guidance pls. 10x.

[rmg]

Sorry if this is an FAQ.

I currently have MB edition, flashed from the recommended T Mobile Rom.

I want to try some others (Business edition).

Is it best to flash back to the T Mobile Rom first?

[mfrazzz]

I want to try some others (Business edition).

Is it best to flash back to the T Mobile Rom first?

I highly recommend (and do it myself) to always flash back to an official rom before upgrading to a custom one. It gives you a clean base for the new rom and also will fix extended rom corruption (if you have that) which has been show to cause severe battery drain.

So personally its worth the extra time. I flash the T-Mo 2.26 and then do a soft reset just before it starts to run the extended rom (so when the window comes up saying its going to configure the phone in 3 secs, so you have to be fast). After the soft reset completes, then I flash the custom rom.

As always... YMMV

[rmg]

Thats great info thanks.

I thought as much but it doesn't hurt to check :)

Just have to decide between Business Edition, Core 2.0 & Crossbow Reloaded v1.5 now :)

[vippie]

I have tmo mda vario ( qtek9100) no with an imate ROM 2.16
It's CID and SIM unlocked and want to upgrade to wm6 business final.
I don;t have questions about flashing ( i got all my info from ur tutorial) but i'm curios about the radio rom. How do you install a different one? I get that it doesn't come with the ROM itself right? This is where i need a little bit of guidance pls. 10x.

This topic is about radio rom's:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=268031
Some people include it in the rom, some won't. You can always upgrade with a radio only rom.

[n3rxs]

Ok I have been at this for hours. I did the CID unlock from the post but everytime I try to do HardSPL it craps out. I never get the notification on the 8125. It starts to go from Calendar to Notification and then craps out.

[vippie]

Ok I have been at this for hours. I did the CID unlock from the post but everytime I try to do HardSPL it craps out. I never get the notification on the 8125. It starts to go from Calendar to Notification and then craps out.

Really? I have no clue what you're talking about!

[Dr Puttingham]

Ok I have been at this for hours. I did the CID unlock from the post but everytime I try to do HardSPL it craps out. I never get the notification on the 8125. It starts to go from Calendar to Notification and then craps out.HardSPL isn't for the Wizard my friend. I hope you're not serious.

[fryman]

I was going to buy a used t-Mobile MDA on eBay that is User Locked...Does anyone know if a hard reset will fix this? So that I can then SIM/CID unlock this phone with this thread. Thanks for reading :)

[mfrazzz]

I was going to buy a used t-Mobile MDA on eBay that is User Locked...Does anyone know if a hard reset will fix this? So that I can then SIM/CID unlock this phone with this thread. Thanks for reading :)

Just put it in bootloader mode and flash a new rom. I assume a hard reset would work too, but just flash the puppy and start fresh ;)

[dhanamjay]

Did any one flash custom ROM using RUU utility (not shell tool method) on a locked G4? I have tried many many times to upgrade
via RUU utility and not a single worked? However Shell tool method worked most of the time. But I don't know how/why wizard love ROM works?
If I am right that is also a tweaked T-mobile ROM? Isn't it? Are is there something we can change in the custom rom to make it look like a wizard love rom?

[vippie]

Are is there something we can change in the custom rom to make it look like a wizard love rom?

No.... wizard_love works because OS wasn't touched.

[dhanamjay]

so in other words, if it is custom rom then we cannot flash it via RUU.

[fryman]

I had heard that you could backup your phone using awizard so I tried a test run with v1.2 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=252957) and it just restored the rom that I had on it before as if I had done a hard reset. It did not save all my setting like I had hoped :(

So I go to flash the t-mobile ROM today and it keeps giving me an error that it can not enter bootloader. So I try to enter it manually and the phone will not even turn on after I try holding the camera button and pressing the power button until I pull the battery then it boots like normal? Did I screw something up with aWizard? Thanks for reading and for any help you can give :)


I was flashing my friends brand new Wiza200 - T-Mobile MDA to mattk_r - Pandora 01.05....my computer crashed at 67%...nooo!

If this happens to anyone else don't worry the fix in easy.

so I read in the this thread...pulled the battery out and put it back in and then held the camera button and turned the phone on in bootloader mode...then I plugged in the USB and flashed the T-Mobile stock rom and then mattk_r - Pandora 01.05 and it worked great.

thanks to all of XDA for making this so easy! :D

[mfrazzz]

Try removing yoru SD card and see if it will go into bootloader. I've seen SD cards that appear to be going bad cause the phone to hang with the screen off but not getting to bootloader. As soon as you pull the card it jumps to bootloader.

[fryman]

Thanks mfrazzz once again you fixed my problem...thank you, thank you very much:D

Should I not use the SD card anymore? I it is almost brand new but it was $5 on a street corner in Bejing for a 2 GB so I guess I get what I pay for...

Try removing yoru SD card and see if it will go into bootloader. I've seen SD cards that appear to be going bad cause the phone to hang with the screen off but not getting to bootloader. As soon as you pull the card it jumps to bootloader.

[mfrazzz]

A friend of mine has this same issue. His phone won't go into bootloader (just seems to turn off) when his SD card is in. His is a nice 1GB Sandisk card even. His card seems to work just fine, it just causes issues with bootloader / flashing. He continues to use his, but he does take backups of things on it periodically now as we don't know if its going to go out or not (but its been this way for 2 months now).

Maybe its the altitude here... ;)

[zim_zimmer]

Can I just ask quickly...

I was going to install my latest O2 XDA ROM (v2.21.4.101), but thought I would check on here something first.

You mention in Step 17 to download the T-Mobile 2.26 ROM after unlocking?? Do you HAVE TO DO THIS?? Or is it optional?

I'm worried about installing a T-Mobile ROM on my O2 phone!!


Will I need to CID unlock to even upgrade my own O2 ROM?



Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you

[mfrazzz]

I was going to install my latest O2 XDA ROM (v2.21.4.101), but thought I would check on here something first.

You mention in Step 17 to download the T-Mobile 2.26 ROM after unlocking?? Do you HAVE TO DO THIS?? Or is it optional?

I'm worried about installing a T-Mobile ROM on my O2 phone!!

Will I need to CID unlock to even upgrade my own O2 ROM?

If you are talking about an official O2 XDA ROM then you do not need to CID Unlock or anything. Just flash it as its made for your device. You only have to CID unlock if you are going to flash custom roms (or roms from other carriers).

And the purpose of flashing the T-Mobile 2.26 before flashing a custom rom is to give you a known stable base. It doesn't lock you into T-Mobile as a carrier, its just a known and decent stable OS. (but again, you don't need to do this if you are talking about an offical O2 rom).

[zenonasz]

Hi, iam totaly a newbie at rom upgrades. I relly like to change the rom of my XDA mini s. There a lot of releases for my device and i know there no Perfect one and for finding the one that suits to you it needs a lot of testings. I just want to know which roms are best for me to start with and if someone haves time i like some desctiptions for each rom (Advantages and disadvantages of each one)

REGARDS ZENON ZENONOS

[Madcap180]

Descriptions for each rom would take a long time.. lol. Best thing you can do is compare and contrast for yourself by checking out the threads for each upgrade offerend.

[ticktack]

Hi all,
I am new and am trying to be very careful on my device.

I am trying to execute stage 3.. button's 1.05 ROM from Dr Puttingham list but its taking ages. With the wizard connected via the USB cable, I double clicked the CUSTOM__RUU_Wizard_1050412_WWE_101_11210_WWE.exe file through windows explorer window. This brings up a dos shell window and the cursor jumps around the shell window(visual effect I assume). It has been doing this for over 3 to 4 hours now. How long should this take. I read somewhere that it should take 15 minutes.

Am I executing this file correctly? Should I be placing the file onto the device and execute it from the Wizard?

Thanks for any ones help.

[fryman]

You are right it should not take that long...normally 15 minutes would be about max. you also should not see a dos shell...you do run the ROM Update Utility (RUU) from your PC not your phone. Are you sure u have a G3 device and that you are following Dr. P's thread on how to unlock a G3 wizard?

Hi all,
I am new and am trying to be very careful on my device.

I am trying to execute stage 3.. button's 1.05 ROM from Dr Puttingham list but its taking ages. With the wizard connected via the USB cable, I double clicked the CUSTOM__RUU_Wizard_1050412_WWE_101_11210_WWE.exe file through windows explorer window. This brings up a dos shell window and the cursor jumps around the shell window(visual effect I assume). It has been doing this for over 3 to 4 hours now. How long should this take. I read somewhere that it should take 15 minutes.

Am I executing this file correctly? Should I be placing the file onto the device and execute it from the Wizard?

Thanks for any ones help.

[ticktack]

Hi fryman,

Yes I have double and tipple checked that it is a G3 device. I have been trying to follow Dr. P's tread to the letter.

I have also now found out that because my device is an O2 Mini S device that its is already unlocked and therefore I can go straight to Flashing it wit WM6.

It sound to easy!!!!!

Is that correct?

[zim_zimmer]

zenonasz....

I upgraded with the official O2 ROM, v2. something, selected CORPORATE and it runs so much faster now, I would suggest doing this if you're unsure like I was.

Also I've put on there some custom Apps to make the usage of the phone much easier :)

[Dr Puttingham]

Hi all,
I am new and am trying to be very careful on my device.

I am trying to execute stage 3.. button's 1.05 ROM from Dr Puttingham list but its taking ages. With the wizard connected via the USB cable, I double clicked the CUSTOM__RUU_Wizard_1050412_WWE_101_11210_WWE.exe file through windows explorer window. This brings up a dos shell window and the cursor jumps around the shell window(visual effect I assume). It has been doing this for over 3 to 4 hours now. How long should this take. I read somewhere that it should take 15 minutes.

Am I executing this file correctly? Should I be placing the file onto the device and execute it from the Wizard?

Thanks for any ones help.there shouldn't be any DOS window. please elaberate.

[licensedtoquill]

Is there a problem with Wizard upgrading files at the moment? And if so, where can I get the proper files please? Firstly when I try to download the upgrade utility I get a 550 CANNOT CHANGE DIRECTORIES to the QTEK directory. I can download what I think are all the proper files from Rapidshare but the ROM update Utility which is supposed to be for the SPL 2.26 executes in Italian and then errors on a 'try later file' message (I THINK 'piu' means later file?).

So I tried downgrading to button.rom before upgrading again with your ROM in place but it told me that it couldnt find the PDA device. (I have a fresh install of XP with no AntiVirus)

(I do have the latest version T-Mobile software on this MDA) The only thing I haven't tried yet, - because it says it shouldn't be necessary, - is to download the 3.08 IPL/SPL from RapidShare. I am really not sure about trying this as I don't have 3.08 on the unit??

I dont think I am such a newbie at all this as to be so frightened by the process as to get something obvious wrong? I have successfully and easily unlocked a Siemens SX56 which was locked to Cingular before upgrading to this Wizard

[licensedtoquill]

FINALLY it worked with the 3.08.

I seem to have been wrong in thinking that it might be wrong if I only had 2.26 on the MDA.

It does seem to be a stable version of which people need not be afraid. it is certainly better than the Italian version! And I rebooted, chchdsk'd and deleted temporary files

Now I can go on to load the software and check which VoIP app I should use.

Incidentally I would be intrigued to know why builders are deleting the VoIP apps from their lists? (not sure how to load a cab file as an app??)

[geoff65]

g'day


i purchased an i-mate K-Jam from the big auction site and after a couple of weeks use i would like to try an upgrade.
i have a G3 K-Jam
IPL 1.01
SPL 1.06
GSM 01.01.10
OS 1.1.9.3

it is a telstra australia branded phone, but it is sim unlocked as i am currently using a vodafone australia sim but i will be using an optus australia sim.
so if i follow the guide i dont think i will have a problem but i guess i just want confirmation that someone else in aus has done the same upgrade and all is well.

thanks
geoff

[charly_mx]

Hello guys.


I just flashed my device with my win xp computer, and also i did it with my vista laptop, however im looking for the vista flashing tutorial but i cant find it anywere, can anyone point me in the right direction?? Thanks!!!!!!

[Kenji776]

I flashed my unlocked G3 quite a few times, but now I have a rom which is a nk.nbf file. How do I flash this file? I searched the forums here with the forum search and through google and I found some people use something called Shelltool, but I also find many users running into problems using it and I think if I read correctly only G4 users have to use this tool. What is the best way for me to flash nk.nbf?

regards

[freeyayo50]

I flashed my unlocked G3 quite a few times, but now I have a rom which is a nk.nbf file. How do I flash this file? I searched the forums here with the forum search and through google and I found some people use something called Shelltool, but I also find many users running into problems using it and I think if I read correctly only G4 users have to use this tool. What is the best way for me to flash nk.nbf?

regards

You can use the RUU(ROM Update Utility)
On the xda ftp site go to /Uploads/WIZARD/Roms_Bootscreens/WM6_Splash_Wizard_NOID.rar

Download the file and just remove the nk.nbf in the folder and replace it with the one you want. Than run the ROMUpdateUtility_Wizard_NoID.exe

[Kenji776]

Thanks! I've got the file and flash.

[KSH]

I have a G3 device with IPL and SPL 2.21 I had the original ROM still on my Vario. I wanted to ugrade to WM6 an used the shell methode.

Everything went well, but my Vario stays now on the screen where you see your IPL, SPL, GSM and OS.

I tried the Wizard Love ROM, but i get an error 264.

Hopefully somebody has an solution?

[vippie]

I have a G3 device with IPL and SPL 2.21 I had the original ROM still on my Vario. I wanted to ugrade to WM6 an used the shell methode.

Everything went well, but my Vario stays now on the screen where you see your IPL, SPL, GSM and OS.

I tried the Wizard Love ROM, but i get an error 264.

Hopefully somebody has an solution?

Take an official rom from your carriers website.

[KSH]

Thnx, it really worked out well.

I'm now the owner of a Vario with Windows mobile 6 :D :D :D

[ceralon]

thanks! worked here.

[Trig0r]

Flashed this lastnite, seems to work ok so far, altho my o2 "get settings" doesnt seem to work, gonna have to set it up manually I guess...

[dano12@hotmail.com]

G4? G3? How to tell? when your phone's boot screen says...

IPL 2.26
SPL 2.26

No 2.26.xx or 2.26.xxx etc

Anybody know? Serial codes? Anything? I'm at a loss.

[Darkhosis]

hey just wanted to thank all the hard working people with your tuts and available files. after reading the forum for about 6 hours i have a stable T-Mo Wiz G3 with XDA6 rom with 2.40.11 radio and haven't had a single problem since i unlocked and flashed it. THis is so much better than the stock wm5 that was on there before.

thanks again

[thetruestar]

Okay I'm trying to update my Wizard to the new Touch ROM and when I go to update the Wizard- the ROM just closes and says its a problem with the program? What's going on- I am using a Vista. and it definitely doesn't happen on the XP computer. I dont feel like getting my old XP laptop out the basement.

[tien113]

i'm using windows xp and my cingular 8125 (G4).

i updated 8125 to rom wizard love successful,

and continue update to XDA Mobile 6 but it does not successful, it progress to 99% and fail, error 302... what the hell going on??? what wrong you did???

please, help me, thanks...:D

[vippie]

i'm using windows xp and my cingular 8125.

i updated 8125 to rom wizard love successful,

and continue update to XDA Mobile 6 but it does not successful, it progress to 99% and fail, error 302... what the hell going on??? what wrong you did???

please, help me, thanks...:D

You really need to give more info. G3/G4? Did you CID-unlock successfully? If it's a G3, you can't upgrade from wizard_love, but you need t-mobile 2.26 IPL/SPL. Follow all the steps carefully.

[tien113]

You really need to give more info. G3/G4? Did you CID-unlock successfully? If it's a G3, you can't upgrade from wizard_love, but you need t-mobile 2.26 IPL/SPL. Follow all the steps carefully.

i'm using G4 device and it does not unclocking...:D

i updated to wizard love successful but XDA Mobile 6 does not...

[for3verazn]

after i loaded button rom my phone won't even load up any more. is there a way to fix this problem. it is able to turn on and get to the boot screen, but it never passes that screen. and i can reset it in bootloader mode and still downgrade // upgrade from there. but no matter what i do i still can't get passed the boot screen. any sudjestions?

[backdoc7]

i posted this elsewhere, but thought i might be an answer here. after installing button rom 1.05, my device will not connect to ActiveSync. therefore, i cannot proceed. i have hard reset it 3 times and restarted my computer also. i even downgraded my AS to version 4.1 thinking that might be the problem.. any help?? thanks alot.

[tien113]

i have flash XDA Mobile 6.0 successful. i used shelltool...:D

which best WM 6.0 ROM most of them use???

[vippie]

after i loaded button rom my phone won't even load up any more. is there a way to fix this problem. it is able to turn on and get to the boot screen, but it never passes that screen. and i can reset it in bootloader mode and still downgrade // upgrade from there. but no matter what i do i still can't get passed the boot screen. any sudjestions?

You could try this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=62268
Good luck!

[vippie]

i posted this elsewhere, but thought i might be an answer here. after installing button rom 1.05, my device will not connect to ActiveSync. therefore, i cannot proceed. i have hard reset it 3 times and restarted my computer also. i even downgraded my AS to version 4.1 thinking that might be the problem.. any help?? thanks alot.

Have you tried flashing from bootloader screen. You don't need an activesync connection for this. On the first page it's explained how to flash from bootloader.

[backdoc7]

Have you tried flashing from bootloader screen. You don't need an activesync connection for this. On the first page it's explained how to flash from bootloader.

vippy, thanks for the reply and the informative thread..
after a bunch of trys, the phone finally connected to AS and i was able to load the button rom, however, after loading the button rom (for the purpose of unlocking the phone), the phone would not reboot after using the lokiwiz 0.2b unlocking program.. so, because i was stuck with the button rom, i decided to load the t-mobile 2.26 rom back on the phone and just load all my cab's back on, while setting up that rom, i descovered that i actually loaded xeleine's 2.26 cooked rom.. i guess that has an unlocker built in and it loaded so i must be CID unlocked.. i know im already SIM unlocked.. now the million dollar question to you is.. if i have 2.26 (cooked) loaded on the phone, can i just go straight to loading a WM6 rom? also, is there a program to check locked / unlocked status? thanks again!

[vippie]

If you did have an IPL 1.x AND a SPL 1.x when you ran lokiwiz than you're CID-unlocked. If not I think you should try again. There's no easy way to check as far as I know. Lokiwiz telling it's unlocked isn't something to take seriously. Flashing a 2.26 rom neither, because most 2.26 roms flash fine on a CID-locked device. When you flash WM6 to a CID-locked device it will not override the OS and WM5 will load afterwards.

[backdoc7]

If you did have an IPL 1.x AND a SPL 1.x when you ran lokiwiz than you're CID-unlocked. If not I think you should try again. There's no easy way to check as far as I know. Lokiwiz telling it's unlocked isn't something to take seriously. Flashing a 2.26 rom neither, because most 2.26 roms flash fine on a CID-locked device. When you flash WM6 to a CID-locked device it will not override the OS and WM5 will load afterwards.

thanks for the reply.. yeah. the phone never flashed when lokiwiz 0.2b was executed. i have tried 20 times! lol. i reloaded the buttonrom 2 times.. also, when i loaded the xecelon 2.26 rom, i saw it go through a CID unlocking process.. i guess i could load a WM6 rom and see if it loads, is there a significant risk if it's not CID unlocked? or will it just not load? thanks again.

btw, my spl was still like 2.2 something after i ran the button rom.. thanks.

[Cliff.UK]

thank you for this guide, without the detailed instructions and support here i wouldnt have been able to bring my xda mini s back to life. now reborn with TNT3 pro. thanks again!

[Jagjinder]

:confused:
i'm using windows xp and my cingular 8125 (G4).

i updated 8125 to rom wizard love successful,

and continue update to XDA Mobile 6 but it does not successful, it progress to 99% and fail, error 302... what the hell going on??? what wrong you did???

please, help me, thanks...:D

You are right

I am facing exactly same problem

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=1348912&postcount=598

BTW Were you able to get t-mobile 2.26 IPL/SPL??

[Jagjinder]

i have flash XDA Mobile 6.0 successful. i used shelltool...:D

which best WM 6.0 ROM most of them use???

Great

How u did that

Any link

[vippie]

:confused:


You are right

I am facing exactly same problem

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=1348912&postcount=598

BTW Were you able to get t-mobile 2.26 IPL/SPL??

He did something wrong. Tried to flash with RUU on a CID-locked G4. If you got a G4 too never update IPL/SPL (2.26)! Going through all the steps again will get you to the right place (shelltool / G4.5)!

[endorphine44]

Can anyone tell me if the Cingular 8125 can still be tethered as a modem after it's unlocked and a custom ROM is put on it? When I'm away from home this is often my primary means of internet and I'd hate to lose it. Also, can you re-lock the phone or return to the standard Cingular ROM later. Sorry for the dumb ??'s I'm new at this. Thanks.

[tien113]

:confused:


You are right

I am facing exactly same problem

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=1348912&postcount=598

BTW Were you able to get t-mobile 2.26 IPL/SPL??

my cingular 8125 (G4) flashed XDA Mobile 6.

IPL/SPL, i do not change it to another version...

i flashed official rom t-mobile 2.26.102 but IPL/SPL do not change, it's 2.25.0001. i do not how to change IPL/SPL???

you can use shelltool to update ROM to XDA Mobile 6.:D

[BeastlyBobby]

that t-mobile link doesnt work

[vippie]

that t-mobile link doesnt work

Updated! Thanks for noticing.

[akterhm]

Can anyone give me solution of boot mode in wiza200

[vippie]

Can anyone give me solution of boot mode in wiza200

Not if you don't explain in detail what you're problem is!

[bint1]

Hi,

i have tried to cid unlock my phone in various ways, but none of them does work.

I got a dutch G3 t-mobile 2.21.2.5 version on my phone, with IPL and SPL: 2.21. For some reason, i cant CID-unlock my phone, but i really want to run WM6 on it. Does anyone have a method how i can unlock my phone? The description on how to unlock the device by using the 1.05 button rom doesnt work for me. Is there maybe another way to get the WM6 on my phone?

[vippie]

The description on how to unlock the device by using the 1.05 button rom doesnt work for me.

What part didn't work?

[razorseal]

this would be 100x easier to do if I didn't have to wait 2 hours between each download!!!! :mad:

[bint1]

What part didn't work?


the downgrade with the 1.05 rom:

at 98% I everytime get the same error: Error 302: Update Error. It's an error about some miscommunication. After that error, my phone only gets into bootloader, and still has the same IPL/SPL. I can restore an working OS with the original rom that was delivered by t-mobile holland.

[joihan777]

vippie,
I apologize as you must see this time and time again.

I need a nudge. EVERYTIME I try to load Button ROM, I get to 98% on 8125.
It is extremely frustrating. I have read [literally] a dozen threads plus the wiki plus scanned the FTP site, all to no avail. Any ideas?

Cingular 8125. WM5 works. Wizard Love worked. T-Mobile 2.26 worked.
It's when I try to load Button ROM that I hit a wall. It gets stuck every time!
I always cold boot between attempts. I even pull the 8125 battery too.

I thought about using the shelltool, but I could not find a working link.

Here's what I have under Device information (on last go around with Cingular):
ROM ver. 2.25.11.1 WWE
ROM date 5/11/06
Radio ver. 02.25.11
Protocol ver. 4.1.13.12
ExtROM ver. 2.25.11.102

It is a Cingular 8125, G3 I believe (no 000's), CID locked. (The problem)

Any ideas on how (& where) to find a alternate 1.xx ROM so I can use the Loki app? Thanks, Johann

[vippie]

I'm not familiar with the button rom getting stuck at 98% because I have a G4. I just looked in the thread by Dr Puttingham and found this post:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=1375418&postcount=514

Try at your own risk! Let us know your findings!

[joihan777]

Vippie, I tried AND SUCCEEDED getting past that 98% hellhole!

None of the ROMs had worked and I always hit the 98% wall. HOWEVER, I tried
the very same ROM in your response ^^ and it worked perfectly!
Here is the Xda_MiniS_LaunchROM_v154102.exe
(http://rapidshare.com/files/43423464/Xda_MiniS_LaunchROM_v154102.exe)

Tonight I will try to get XDAM6R2a loaded in. THANK YOU ALL!
(Now I am saying Vippie!, Vippie! all over the house!!)

[vippie]

Vippie, I tried AND SUCCEEDED getting past that 98% hellhole!

None of the ROMs had worked and I always hit the 98% wall. HOWEVER, I tried
the very same ROM in your response ^^ and it worked perfectly!
Here is the Xda_MiniS_LaunchROM_v154102.exe
(http://rapidshare.com/files/43423464/Xda_MiniS_LaunchROM_v154102.exe)

Tonight I will try to get XDAM6R2a loaded in. THANK YOU ALL!
(Now I am saying Vippie!, Vippie! all over the house!!)

Thanks for reporting! I've updated the tutorial with this finding.

[oXydead]

Guys, strangest thing happend...

I had a G3 SPL/IPL 2.17

So i followed the thread tutorial step-by-step and downloaded the proper things from the thread.

So, i went to G3.4 and downloaded the wizard_love rom.

But, it was in Spanish or somethin' and it was not suitable for me said the dialog of the program.

So, i downloaded button rom and succefully flashed my phone.

Then, the tutorial says to flash it with T-Mobile 2.26 rom.

But, when i try to do it, it says it is not suitable for my version.

What to do now, anyone knows?

My current specs are:
IPL 1.01
SPL 2.17
GSM 01.12.10
OS 1.5.4.2

About:
WM5
OS 5.1.70 (Build 14406.1.1.1)

ROM version: 1.5.4.2 WWE
ROM date: 11/8/05
Radio version: 01.12.10
Protocol version: 4.0.13.23
Model No.: WIZA200


(Really need help).

[vippie]

Your IPL/SPL should both be 1.x if you did follow all the steps from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=285435 correctly! This is necessary before flashing the T-Mobile rom.

[oXydead]

Yes, but look.

I should flash it with love ROM but, it said it is not for my version.

So, i flashed it with button rom.

What should i do next?


My current specs are:
IPL 1.01
SPL 2.17
GSM 01.12.10
OS 1.5.4.2

About:
WM5
OS 5.1.70 (Build 14406.1.1.1)

ROM version: 1.5.4.2 WWE
ROM date: 11/8/05
Radio version: 01.12.10
Protocol version: 4.0.13.23
Model No.: WIZA200

[vippie]

Follow the steps in the thread I just mentioned if you want to CID-unlock, but I think you should do some more reading before you try again.

If you want to go back to the old WM5 and wizard_love rom fails you can flash the rom from your carrier website.

[oXydead]

Yes, but what about my IPL and my SPL difference?

They are not the same :/

[mfrazzz]

Yes, but what about my IPL and my SPL difference?

They are not the same :/

Did you flash the button rom once, or more than once? You have to read and follow every single step of the thread on CID unlocking.

[oXydead]

I only flashed it one time.

[vippie]

I only flashed it one time.

Start reading the thread I gave you and do things step by step!

[tigreyez]

I think I turned the love of my life, my Tmobile MDA/Wizard into a brick!

I was doing really good. I had just installed that jazzy iphone theme and it was working perfectly. Then someone in another forum suggested I flash my rom so I can get better performance. (The theme did slow things down a bit). I was on a cloud because I managed to get through installing this theme without screwing up my phone so I said, heck....I can follow instructions and flash my rom. Boy, was I wrong.

I decided to go with Faria G4 Step by step installer with instructions by Eddieitman. I went to Tmobile website, downloaded the latest ROM and commenced with following the instructions. I flashed through shelltools and it only took 2 minutes not the 15+ minutes but I assumed this was because I already have the most current ROM on Tmobiles site. I went to hard reset as instructed but I accidently let go of one of the buttons before it was time and lost my phone. Now I get nothing. When I try to power on, it gets as far as the Tmobile screen with those tiny grey square boxes. The only way I can power it down is to take out battery. I tried doing that win love thing. I am able to get to the 3 color screen by powering on and holding the camera button.

Can anyone help me? I really dont know a thing about flashing ROMS but I have tinkered with my phone and computer for years. I've always been able to read directions and be successful. This one has me stumped.

Thanks,

Deidre

[vippie]

------------
G4.2 Turn off you're device totaly. Remove the SD card and disconnect the USB cable from you're device. Turn on the device while holding the camera button. You will get into bootloader mode (3 colored screen). Connect the USB cable to the computer and you will see USB at the bottom of your screen above the left softkey (Activesync will not connect in bootloader mode, but you can flash from this screen!). go to G4.3

G4.3 Download wizard_love rom and flash it to your device. Your device should startup again after doing this. Go to G4.4.
------------

Don't think your wizard is bricked. You can still revive it with wizard_love. If this doesn't work try your carriers rom (from their website).

[tigreyez]

I did try wizard love and my carriers rom and nothing has worked. Unless I am doing it wrong. I tried a couple of different ways. First I just ran that newromupdate utility (which btw is in a foreign language) and I get the error RomUpdateUtility MFC Application has stopped working and my only option is to close the program. I also tried moving that nk.nbf file into the same directory as my shelltools and run shelltools and nothing happens. I waited almost an hour last night and nothing happened. I also notice that my computer doesnt even show that my phone is connected? Normally when I go into my computer I can see my phone but now I cant. I hope I am explaining this all correctly.

Thanks,

Deidre

[vippie]

When you're at the bootloader screen and connect the USB cable... do you see "USB" on the bottom of your screen? Have you got activesync installed (for the driver?) Maybe you are using vista? The RUU only works on XP. I think you are because I thought vista throws this error. Revive it on XP! You can also make a xp virtual machine with vmware.

[famsanr]

Hi! I have a cingular 8125 and don't know wich can be the rom for upgradin my device to wm6. the description of my pocket is:
wiza100
rom version: 2.25.11.1wwe
rom date: 5/11/06
radio version: 02.25.11
protocol version 4.1.13.12
extRom version 2.25.11.102

I'll appreciate so much for helping me. Thank for reading my post.

[vippie]

Hi! I have a cingular 8125 and don't know wich can be the rom for upgradin my device to wm6. the description of my pocket is:
wiza100
rom version: 2.25.11.1wwe
rom date: 5/11/06
radio version: 02.25.11
protocol version 4.1.13.12
extRom version 2.25.11.102

I'll appreciate so much for helping me. Thank for reading my post.

I don't understand the question? Just follow the steps?

[mda07]

You can't flash a touched OS that way in a CID-locked G4.... only some 2.26 roms will work. Trying this with WM6 will go to 100%, but you're "old" OS will startup again.

i have that same problem but with a G3 with 2.26 and my old rom starts up...how do i fix it??

[vippie]

my old rom starts up

You're not CID-unlocked. Try the steps again!

[ken1645]

i have that same problem but with a G3 with 2.26 and my old rom starts up...how do i fix it??


i have the same problem using G3. I've tried going down to button's 1.05 then to 2.26 WM5 then to WM6 (TNT 4.0 and NBD 8.0) but it keeps the old ROM and WM5. I've flashed this thing 10 times already but no success. Is there a secret on how to get it to WM6??

*I am CID unlocked and SIM unlocked via lokiwiz and it was successful.

[vippie]

*I am CID unlocked and SIM unlocked via lokiwiz and it was successful.

Nope, you aren't. It confusing that lokiwiz allways gives this message. If your old OS shows up after flash.... CID-locked! Have you gotten both IPL and SPL to 1.x when flashing button rom?

[gwassef]

Thanks alot for this explanation it works great for me and i am falshing any rom with no problems now, and thanks for any body who put an effort in this great forum.

[ken1645]

Nope, you aren't. It confusing that lokiwiz allways gives this message. If your old OS shows up after flash.... CID-locked! Have you gotten both IPL and SPL to 1.x when flashing button rom?

I got the IPL to 1.x by using button 1.05 and tried flashing again and a 3rd time but the SPL wouldn't go down to 1.x.
a little strange....

I'll try the CID unlock again and see if anything better happens...

*edit - i think i wasn't downgrading to button 1.05 first before doing the lokiwiz unlock. that part is a bit confusing on the unlock thread as it tells you how to unlock it but not that it needs to be on the button 1.05 rom. i hope this is my problem!

[vippie]

I got the IPL to 1.x by using button 1.05 and tried flashing again and a 3rd time but the SPL wouldn't go down to 1.x.
a little strange....

I'll try the CID unlock again and see if anything better happens...

I don't know what wrong sorry.... maybe you got more luck with Xda_MiniS_LaunchROM_v154102?

[shiggins9]

Love rom saved the day. That's my safety rom. I just used shelltool with the NBD 8.1 rom and it worked on my Wizard G4! Seems like it's never a quick process to get a new rom fully loaded on a phone for me, but maybe just because I do so much time reading. Well it was worth it. Now I've successfully but NBD on 2 G3 Wizards and a G4. (The process is different for each)

[zabardast_1]

vippie
hey!
I have i-mate K-Jam WIZA200 G3,I think, with the following specs:

Rom ver 1.1.9.3
Rom date 9/16/05
Radio ver 01.01.10
Protocal ver 4.0.13.16
Ext Rom ver 1.1.9.105
IPL 1.01
SPL 1.06
GSM 01.01.10
OS 1.1.93
Sim unlocked certainly must have come unlocked from i-mate,as i can use diffe rent sims,but cid will be locked i haven't checked uptill now.

Well, with this ipl/spl do suggest i shud downgrade with button's rom or shud go straight for unlock with lokiwiz and upgrade to wm6 rom ?

[vippie]

I don't know if it will work, but you can always try. If your old OS loads after flashing WM6 you'll know you're still CID-locked!

[zabardast_1]

vippie

Hi

YUP, got it through,very smoothly upgraded to wm6. Well, just followed ur very elaborated guide step-by-step,it was very easy and troubless."GREAT AND EXCELLENT TUTORIAL" CONGRATS :D

[auxiliary]

I unlocked my phone loaded WM6 everything is cool.
I had an issue with "G3.1 Does you're device start normally? YES... "
I understand now what it meant but might want to clarify this for newbies coming along.
Thanks.

[boscorelly]

Hi,

i want to know if when i install WM6 i will keep my contacts/sms.

Regards.

Edit : oooops ! bad forums, i'm going to post in the appropriate forum.

[maysam]

I need help my ppc is stuck on the RUU three colored page...i dont know what to do...can some one please help me. sounds noobish but i think i messed it up...btw its a Cingular 8125....some one please help


aim masexisxherre
or
email mrazipour06@yahoo.com

[vippie]

I need help my ppc is stuck on the RUU three colored page...i dont know what to do...can some one please help me. sounds noobish but i think i messed it up...btw its a Cingular 8125....some one please help


aim masexisxherre
or
email mrazipour06@yahoo.com

What about just following the steps from the first page?

[schickolo]

Hi all there,
i updated my HTC TyTN (Herm200) - Vodafone Mobile Compact III 4 weeks ago sucessfully to WM6 (because i´am fed up with waiting till those sleepy heads from vodafone will release their´s). And till yesterday night everything was doing well. Then my machine stucked up while synching... Well i didn´t mind - an did a soft-reset... but wondering how - it didn´t "came up again" - it stucks at the start window of WM6??? Did i scrap my rom???? I followed all instructions from first page - but i am just able to get the three colored (bootloader) page - that´s all.... I sadly don´t reach point G3.3. My machine just won´t get flashed from three colored page. My PC is ALWAYS asking for activesync. Be sure - I REALLY DID ALL WHAT WAS WRITTEN ON FIRST PAGE - but it just doesn´t work. And after whole night spending time in trying to flash the ROM - i was hoping so much that this Tutorial will do the job because i read the following "(Activesync will not connect in bootloader mode, but you can flash from this screen!)"... But it doesn´t??? What to do??? I really need help - i´m used to this machine so much - I can´t imagine of waiting 2-3 weeks :( till it comes back from service...

My HTC:
Hermes (Herm200)
IPL-1.01
SPL-1.09

[schickolo]

What to do??? I really need help - i´m used to this machine so much - I can´t imagine of waiting 2-3 weeks :( till it comes back from service...

http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Hermes_Resets
THIS LINK FINALLY MADE IT!!!!

[tomazez]

im just curious, how could you know how to flash a rom without this threat?
hehe

Edit: Before this threat was made of course

[lucky_ali]

hi vipp !!
i downloded lot of rom wizard but na worked ...
but ur wizard_love is upgradid on my ppc imate k-jam..
tell me how can i upgrade wm6 on my device....
bkaz it show error 300 nd stucked on 3colore screen ....
i just wanna know if my device is cid locked ?
plz help i will appreciate if u will do ...
bkaz i just waste lot of fuking time but cud'nt able too upgrade wm6

[vippie]

Hi all there,
i updated my HTC TyTN (Herm200)

This guide is only for the wizard! Not your device!

[vippie]

hi vipp !!
i downloded lot of rom wizard but na worked ...
but ur wizard_love is upgradid on my ppc imate k-jam..
tell me how can i upgrade wm6 on my device....
bkaz it show error 300 nd stucked on 3colore screen ....
i just wanna know if my device is cid locked ?
plz help i will appreciate if u will do ...
bkaz i just waste lot of fuking time but cud'nt able too upgrade wm6

G3 or G4? If G4 and error 300 and payed for CID-unlock go here (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=291215).

[tomazez]

hi vipp !!
i downloded lot of rom wizard but na worked ...
but ur wizard_love is upgradid on my ppc imate k-jam..
tell me how can i upgrade wm6 on my device....
bkaz it show error 300 nd stucked on 3colore screen ....
i just wanna know if my device is cid locked ?
plz help i will appreciate if u will do ...
bkaz i just waste lot of fuking time but cud'nt able too upgrade wm6

you need to use your fucking time to download shelltool and flash it with that, to cid unlock your device you need to use lockiwiz, if u havent done anything your fon is surely locked, there is a tool called, mll.exe, something like that, maybe somebody else knows the name becuz i forgot, that tells wether your device is locked or not,
:cool: peace

[tomazez]

G3 or G4? If G4 and error 300 go here (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=291215).

haha 2 at the same timexD

[lmheimendinger]

I started with a MDA from T-Mobile (US) with ROM 2.26.10.2 WWE 6/7/2006. I downloaded WM6r3.zip and ran the RUU. Everything seemed to work just fine, with everything happening just as the docs said, except for one tiny thing. After accepting to do the upgrade, the TO IMAGE was blank. I sorta overlooked this.

The progress bar moved fairly quickly from 0% to 99%, then stayed there for a while on both my XP and MDA devices. Then it went to 100%, and the MDA restarted.

Imagine my surprise to see the OS version remain the same! This is true for not only the initial power on screen, but in actual fact. It remains 2.26.10.2 WWE 6/7/2006.

WHat could I be doing wrong?

Thanks

[peter petrelli]

Imagine my surprise to see the OS version remain the same! This is true for not only the initial power on screen, but in actual fact. It remains 2.26.10.2 WWE 6/7/2006.

WHat could I be doing wrong?

Thanks

If you have the same operating system after you flash using the RUU method then your device is not CID unlocked.

[lmheimendinger]

Yes, I figured that out after the post for help. I have just gone through the unlock process, resetting the ROM to T-Mobile as per suggestions and will try it again.

Thanks for the heads up.

[RipRap]

where can I get info on how to unlock my T-Mobile MDA. I read somewhere that you can call TM and ask them to unlock your fon after a year. Is this true?

[Skid82]

where can I get info on how to unlock my T-Mobile MDA. I read somewhere that you can call TM and ask them to unlock your fon after a year. Is this true?

No, not after one year. You have to wait two years, befor you can call timo(I know that only from Germany, in other countries it is maybe different :confused: ) to unlock your device for free.

Greetings
Denis

[lmheimendinger]

I have copied this from another thread located at:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=324632

Before you attempt to upgrade to this ROM, Please follow this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=324632 to learn how to flash roms, CID unlock your phone, and how to fix issues you may run into! It is also recommended that you flash your phone with a Windows XP computer and not Vista. It will work with Vista, but if you run into problems Vista can't talk to a phone in Bootloader mode!

Follow the instructions there. It does work.

[vippie]

I have copied this from another thread located at:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=324632

Before you attempt to upgrade to this ROM, Please follow this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=324632 to learn how to flash roms, CID unlock your phone, and how to fix issues you may run into! It is also recommended that you flash your phone with a Windows XP computer and not Vista. It will work with Vista, but if you run into problems Vista can't talk to a phone in Bootloader mode!

Follow the instructions there. It does work.

Uhm... it points to this thread again :confused:? That thread is about mfrazzz's great XDA mobile 6 roms.

[lmheimendinger]

within that thread in large font red is a caution to read and follow the instructions on how to unlock your phone. Follow that link and there is a 17 step procedure that just works very well and is straightforward, with the exception of the locwiz.exe extraction. I could get it to work properly only by unzipping it to the desktop, not the root directory of C:/. I posted this in that thread.

[ITAdmin]

Ok, I have a quick question...

I am preparing to unlock my Wizard and I downloaded all the files and deleted my partnership, etc. All I want to do at this point is unlock it. I am going to upgrade it to one of the "Aftermarket" ROMS suggested on this site as soon as I figure out which one will give me the A2DP capability so I can connect to my Pioneer 9800BT stereo and play audio from my Wizard without using the audio jack.

Here's the question...

Step 17 says... My suggestion, take for what it's worth, is to download and install the T-Mobile 2.26 ROM. This will give you a strong 2.26 IPL and SPL to work with.

If I flash with this TMobile ROM, will I still be on Cingular? If not, do I reflash with my carriers stock ROM or what? Or should I backup my ROM before I start this process? I don't have anything special installed on it so the stock ROM is fine with me! I had downloaded the stock ROM from HTC a while back so I have that, and I checked and it hasn't changed.

I can't believe they won't release an upgraded ROM for this phone!!! I spoke with HTC a few months ago and they said they were going to release a version with A2DP, but I guess they forgot!

Oh well, I really need to get this issue fixed so I don't hose up the audio jack again on this new unit!

Any help would be EXTREMELY appreciated.


ITAdmin

HTC Wizard (Cingular 8125)
IPL 2.25
SPL 2.25
GSM 02.25.11
OS 2.25.11.1
ROM Version 2.25.11.1 WWE
ROM Date 5/11/06
Radio Version 02.25.11
Protocol Version 4.1.13.12
ExtROM Version 2.25.11.102

[anichillus]

Ok, I have a quick question...

I am preparing to unlock my Wizard and I downloaded all the files and deleted my partnership, etc. All I want to do at this point is unlock it. I am going to upgrade it to one of the "Aftermarket" ROMS suggested on this site as soon as I figure out which one will give me the A2DP capability so I can connect to my Pioneer 9800BT stereo and play audio from my Wizard without using the audio jack.

Here's the question...

Step 17 says... My suggestion, take for what it's worth, is to download and install the T-Mobile 2.26 ROM. This will give you a strong 2.26 IPL and SPL to work with.

If I flash with this TMobile ROM, will I still be on Cingular?
Quick answer :
Flashing a ROM won't change your service provider. You'll just have the base rom with Tmobile customisations (themes, apps)
Rom backup not necessary.
CID UNLOCK YOUR DEVICE !

[ITAdmin]

Ok, so then how do I get it back to my Cingular (ATT) customizations? Flash with the ATT ROM again? Can you suggest a cooked WM6 ROM for this unit that will give me the A2DP profile I want?

Thanks for the quick reply also!! :-)

Thanks

ITAdmin

[anichillus]

Ok, so then how do I get it back to my Cingular (ATT) customizations? Flash with the ATT ROM again?

No, you search for cabs for things you need.
Can you suggest a cooked WM6 ROM for this unit that will give me the A2DP profile I want?

Thanks for the quick reply also!! :-)

Thanks

ITAdmin
I can't give names, but i am sure that lots of roms here are great. The chefs put allot of hard work on them. Try a few and see which you like best.

[sdl]

I'm pulling my hair out here.

I have an 8125 IPL/SPL 2.25.

I have followed all of the different tutorials and "how to's".

I have flashed the button ROM 10 times and my unit has an IPL of 1.01, but my SPL is stil 2.25. Lokiwiz keeps failing and I assume it is the SPL issue.

Any help, Please?

[ITAdmin]

Instead of trying to hack my 8125 to make it work with A2DP, would it be better if I just went and bought a 8525 instead? Is there a better phone to use that that? I am thinking of calling ATT to do an upgrade. What do you think??

Or maybe I should wait for the 8925???

Thanks



ITAdmin


PS I feel for you sdl, I really do!!

[Wolfdragon]

alright here's the info. got a 8125 cheap on ebay and decided to use it till i got my 8525(cingular sucks on shipping + thier out of stock:( ). Now i sim & CID Unlocked it and loaded jaguar 3.1 fine. at this point stats are IPL/SPL: 3.08. then decided to redo my consolidate kitchen rom but here's the problem... i got no error message but for the last Half an hour(at time of message) the process is froze at 13%. I'm sitting here cussing all kinds'a words and sitting in confusion. i don't know if i'm bricked, boot setup stuck, or what please help.

[Toodeep]

did you fix it ?

[Wolfdragon]

i read up and remembered when i first came to the community i needed a screen and then to load a new os in which the power went out and i lost the upgrade so i had bootscreen blues in which i cured with a healthy t-mobile 2.26(thanks Faria) so i did that again. now does anyone remember if i need to sim & CID unlock again t get proper?:confused: OH... and will i need to unlock my extROM again?

Update. I answered my own question by reading..."see kids it can be fun;)" but for anyone who cant find it no you dont have to SIM & CID unlock again(given you actually did the first time).

[Wolfdragon]

does a larger numbered IPL/SPL mean a better faster system? 'Cause right now i'm using the 2.26 and it's moving ok...but if my previous 3.08 will be "better" i'd like to go with that.

[Quiyaro]

Almost doesn't give any boost and sometimes causes problems, so you'd better stay with 2.26.

[dharvey4651]

does a larger numbered IPL/SPL mean a better faster system? 'Cause right now i'm using the 2.26 and it's moving ok...but if my previous 3.08 will be "better" i'd like to go with that.

3.08 is supposed to create a faster boot up than 2.26. Other than that, it has no effect that I can find.

[finesse555]

I'm pulling my hair out here.

I have an 8125 IPL/SPL 2.25.

I have followed all of the different tutorials and "how to's".

I have flashed the button ROM 10 times and my unit has an IPL of 1.01, but my SPL is stil 2.25. Lokiwiz keeps failing and I assume it is the SPL issue.

Any help, Please?
Hey sdl,

I was having the exact same problem. I think that when I ran lokiwiz the first time, It didn't fully unlock the phone and then I tried to flash which messed everything up. I couldn't do lokiwiz again, because the phone has to load to run enablerapi. (at least I think). After flashing button, wizard love and finally the factory rom. I was still stuck in the first flash screen. I finally tried the sdbackup utility which didn't work because the phone was still locked. I then had to pay for imie-check to unlock the phone. After running that to unlock the phone, I ran the SD backup utillity again, and as I am writing this, my phone is loading, I know it is frustrating, because it takes a lot of time to go through these threads. Now that my phone is unlocked and I have all of the files to recover, I will once again try to flash. Hope this helps.

[Wolfdragon]

ok kool thanks. hey moderators, sorry to ask this but unless you see reason to keep this open would it be possible to add this to a topic with similar objective and close this one?

[anichillus]

ok kool thanks. hey moderators, sorry to ask this but unless you see reason to keep this open would it be possible to add this to a topic with similar objective and close this one?
Your wish has been accomplished. Thread merged, old one will be deleted.
I hope vippie doesn't mind, it's the only one i saw it to be similar

[Michel-NL]

Maybe a simple stupid question.. But what if my MDA keeps rebooting after a rom update?

[sdl]

I'm pulling my hair out here.

I have an 8125 IPL/SPL 2.25.

I have followed all of the different tutorials and "how to's".

I have flashed the button ROM 10 times and my unit has an IPL of 1.01, but my SPL is stil 2.25. Lokiwiz keeps failing and I assume it is the SPL issue.

Any help, Please?

I am still having the above problem. I cannot get my SPL down from 2.25. I have button flashed another 10-15 times. I tried Xda_MiniS_LaunchROM_v154102 with no luck. Someone please help me.

I am really disappointed that I can't get past the first step. Someone please help.

[iSeN]

Hello. I have a Qtek 9100 (HTC Wizard) and update it to SPL/IPL 3.08, but i have a question, i have a G3 or G4?
Thanks for your answers and excuse me for my bad english.

[Wolfdragon]

joking...been studying. seriously when you reset your phone and the loader(the tri-color screen) is booting look at your IPL/SPL(sequence of letters and numbers at the top left of the screen). if they say something like 2.26 then you have a g3, however if it says something like 2.26.00.01 then you're a g4 and need to take extra (well not extra but separate) steps for flashing and so forth. CAUTION!!! DO NOT try methods intended for g3 especially in situations having ANYTHING to do with your IPL/SPL!!! Or like it is mentioned many,many,maaaaannnny times here you will end up with nothing but an expensive paperweight!!!

[slickpulla]

Greetings to all!
I have a 8125 that I successfully SIM & CID unlocked. I was also able to upgrade to Faria's WM6. I now have obtained a MDA by T-Mobile who is my current provider.I have read the forums for the last 5 days on why I keep getting the error 302 Invalid Update Tool.I have SIM & CID unlocked this device. I followed all the instructions to the letter. I now have the lastest T mobile ROM on this device.Can someone please give me info.Thanks in advance.

[Wolfdragon]

hey which version of lokiwiz did you use? Because i had a similar situation b4 checking and finding out that if you have the MDA and ROM version 2.26 you're gonna need to use lokiwiz03 instead of lokiwiz02. try using that to redo the sim and CID unlock and maybe then you'll be able to Flash.

[vippie]

I've updated the steps G4.5 and G4.6 with the softSPL solution for G4 devices!

[mohen]

SoftSPL working great , i think u should delete alot of post here , and clean this thread since it will be confusing for NOobies

[alialfosool]

I've got a lot of post behind my name, but most of my posts are answers to the same questions over and over again. It seems very hard for "noobs" to find the answer to their question quickly on the forum. I quickly wrote a little step by step tutorial for them. Hope it helps!

Suggestions or corrections are always welcome.

You want to flash your wizard, but don't know where to start. Try this:

0. First determine if you got a G3 or a G4 device. When you turn on your device from can can see you're IPL and SPL version on the screen. If you got IPL/SPL 1.xx or 2.xx you've got a G3 device. If the IPL/SPL shows 2.xx.xxx1 you've got a G4. Go to step G3.1 if you got a G3 and G4.1 if G4.



Dear Readers,

I'm having problem with my Dopod 900(,Qtek 9000,HTC Universal,O2 Xda Exec,Jasjar ). Can somebody please tell me what to do?
Before this, every time somebody called, the PDA lost the network bar and start to search or network and reject the calls automatically and also i wasn't able to send SMS. Now, i tried to install WM6 crossbow, the phone even cannot be on !!! even when i connect it to the charger, even the light will not be on. the only page that i can see is a white page asks Press 0 to Restore factory default or press X to exit. either perss 0 or X, the phone will be off and i cant turn it on with power key....

Please tell me what can i do ?? I really need your help. :confused: :confused:

PLEASE REPLY, PLEASE. :( :(

alialfosool@netzero.com

Warm Regards to All
G-Jorji

[alialfosool]

I've got a lot of post behind my name, but most of my posts are answers to the same questions over and over again. It seems very hard for "noobs" to find the answer to their question quickly on the forum. I quickly wrote a little step by step tutorial for them. Hope it helps!

Suggestions or corrections are always welcome.

You want to flash your wizard, but don't know where to start. Try this:

0. First determine if you got a G3 or a G4 device. When you turn on your device from can can see you're IPL and SPL version on the screen. If you got IPL/SPL 1.xx or 2.xx you've got a G3 device. If the IPL/SPL shows 2.xx.xxx1 you've got a G4. Go to step G3.1 if you got a G3 and G4.1 if G4.

\

Dear Readers,

I'm having problem with my Dopod 900(,Qtek 9000,HTC Universal,O2 Xda Exec,Jasjar ). Can somebody please tell me what to do?
Before this, every time somebody called, the PDA lost the network bar and start to search or network and reject the calls automatically and also i wasn't able to send SMS. Now, i tried to install WM6 crossbow, the phone even cannot be on !!! even when i connect it to the charger, even the light will not be on. the only page that i can see is a white page asks Press 0 to Restore factory default or press X to exit. either perss 0 or X, the phone will be off and i cant turn it on with power key....

Please tell me what can i do ?? I really need your help. :confused: :confused:

PLEASE REPLY, PLEASE. :( :(

alialfosool@netzero.com

Warm Regards to All
G-Jorji

[alek_05]

Hi, i have a problem!

I have unlocked my wizard (G3), all have worked fine. I have flashed WM6 carbonara edition and it worked fine, but it was slow, then i have flashed WM5se, and it worked fine too. Now i want to flash a new rom. I have tried with: TNT 5.0 TouchFlo, TNT 5.0 Pro+HTC Home, WM5se, WM5se_rev4, but nobody of these has worked! They give me an error (Update error, or invalid update tool, ecc) every time! I only can flash the unlock procedure Rom (T-Mobile 2.26, WizardLove, ButtonRom 1.05)!

WHY?!? How can i resolve this problem?! I would want flash XM6r3 or TNT 5.0 Pro+HTC Home or WM5se_rev4!

Now i'm with a normal Samsung phone :((((....PLEASE HELP ME!!!!!!! :(((

Thank's and sorry for my english!!!

[guhan74]

Hi,
I am a newbie and i read several times before i started flashing my t-mobile mda after backing up with wizbackup.zip. It is a G3 with IPL/SPL 2.26 ROM with the xda WM6 ROM. it went till 99% and then showed error302 first an update error. After i tried several times, now it is still on the bootloader tri-colored screen. and is showing connection error 264. I tried to start the phone with the camera, comm.manager button with the stylus reset. and i also tried removing the battery and then tried. I even tried Faria's recommendation of downloading the wizard_love ROM which is in french i believe and it also shows connection error 264 and then it exits. So can someone help me to get my t-mobile to function with a WM6? thankx

[girlsaiyan79]

Hey Guys,

Im new to this whole rom thing, but this sticky made updating this phone so easy!!!

It sucks, I had a treo 680 that I spilled oil in and to make a long story short I really f--ed the thing up. Luckily, my brother had a 8125 lying around after he purchased a iphone and threw me a bone.

Im the type who always likes new and updated technology, so this rom update really made an old phone into a new toy.

Just wanted to take the time to say thanks and keep up the good work!


Jackie

[rused]

hey guys its my 1st share & i'll be very greatfull for who shall help me
guys its abot my pocket pc i've : wiza200 htc windows mobile rom version: 2.21.4.1 & i've windows mobile 5 what i wana exactly is to change the windows u know what i mean
from windows mobile 5 to windows mobile 6 so plz plz plz :( :( help me i need all the steps plz for change it

[realkoo7]

I have Unlocked 8125 with wm6 on it. I tried flashing with T-Mobile 2.26 rom (2.25 rom was on it). Since the posting said 2.25 rom was ok to use. I flashed with xm6r3 It fails at 99% each time. I have had red green blue screen (Bootloader mode) since Monday 24sep07 (10pm). What do I do? Call cingular already for a service call. Must ship it to them. Is there anything else I can do?:(

[ITAdmin]

Realkoo7...

I think your PPC is stuck in bootloader mode which if I understand it correctly, you should be able to flash any ROM to it. Hopefully someone more knowledgeable than I will respond. I don't think you need to send it in, just wait for someone to help you!

Good luck.

ITAdmin

[mfrazzz]

I have Unlocked 8125 with wm6 on it. I tried flashing with T-Mobile 2.26 rom (2.25 rom was on it). Since the posting said 2.25 rom was ok to use. I flashed with xm6r3 It fails at 99% each time. I have had red green blue screen (Bootloader mode) since Monday 24sep07 (10pm). What do I do? Call cingular already for a service call. Must ship it to them. Is there anything else I can do?:(
IF you simply follow this guide, it specifically tells you (and its posted in the forums here over and over again) that if you are at the bootloader screen (which you are) then you need to flash an official rom back to the phone to get it working again. Then you can attempt to upgrade again. But the key is you need to get an official rom (either the Cingular 2.25, T-Mobile 2.26, or even the Wizard Love 2.26) and get your phone working first.

[mfrazzz]

hey guys its my 1st share & i'll be very greatfull for who shall help me
guys its abot my pocket pc i've : wiza200 htc windows mobile rom version: 2.21.4.1 & i've windows mobile 5 what i wana exactly is to change the windows u know what i mean
from windows mobile 5 to windows mobile 6 so plz plz plz :( :( help me i need all the steps plz for change it

Did you even read the first post of this thread??? IT tells you everything. Nobody is going to walk you through this beyond what is already posted in these forums.

[realkoo7]

IF you simply follow this guide, it specifically tells you (and its posted in the forums here over and over again) that if you are at the bootloader screen (which you are) then you need to flash an official rom back to the phone to get it working again. Then you can attempt to upgrade again. But the key is you need to get an official rom (either the Cingular 2.25, T-Mobile 2.26, or even the Wizard Love 2.26) and get your phone working first.
Thank you. I'm new to this and truly did not understand what I was doing. Thanks for telling how. I'll go back to original ROM. Richard.

[realkoo7]

Realkoo7...

I think your PPC is stuck in bootloader mode which if I understand it correctly, you should be able to flash any ROM to it. Hopefully someone more knowledgeable than I will respond. I don't think you need to send it in, just wait for someone to help you!

Good luck.

ITAdmin
Thanks ITAdmin.
Thanks for the advice. I will not send it in. I will re-read the original posting and do the steps. Thanks to you and mfrazzz for the help. richard.

[burn0u7]

No, not after one year. You have to wait two years, befor you can call timo(I know that only from Germany, in other countries it is maybe different :confused: ) to unlock your device for free.

Greetings
Denis

wtf? thats bs. i called tmobile before my year contract was up and they sent me the instructions how to unlock. although, without a cingular sim card to initiate the unlock sequence, the code is useless. They dont tell you how exactly, they give you the code though. i cant find any docs to tell how to unlock with a tmobile sim in the unit. tmobile mda US.

Here is the email they sent me:

T-Mobile Sim Unlock Request
Sim Unlock Reference: xxxxxxxxx
IMEI: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Unlock Code: xxxxxxxxxx
Thank you for taking the time to contact T-Mobile. Below you will see the Instructions for unlocking your HTC device.

1. Insert the foreign SIM card
2. Power on the device and the display should read "Please input unlock code"
3. Enter the unlock code and the device should display "Phone is unlocked."
4. Allow the phone to scan the network (or manually click on the antenna icon to do this)

It is very important that the instructions and SIM unlock code are entered correctly as listed. If you receive an error message while performing the instructions do not make any further attempts to unlock the handset. Please be aware that if an excessive amount of incorrect attempts are made, the phone will be permanently locked. You will need to verify the IMEI by pressing *#06# and contact Customer Care for support.


Thank You,
Sim Unlock Department
T-Mobile USA, Inc.

[yannickdeg]

kunt u in het nederland vertellen hoe ik wm6 op mijn mda vario1 kan zetten?
groeten yannick



I've got a lot of post behind my name, but most of my posts are answers to the same questions over and over again. It seems very hard for "noobs" to find the answer to their question quickly on the forum. I quickly wrote a little step by step tutorial for them. Hope it helps!

Suggestions or corrections are always welcome.

You want to flash your wizard, but don't know where to start. Try this:

0. First determine if you got a G3 or a G4 device. When you turn on your device from can can see you're IPL and SPL version on the screen. If you got IPL/SPL 1.xx or 2.xx you've got a G3 device. If the IPL/SPL shows 2.xx.xxx1 you've got a G4. Go to step G3.1 if you got a G3 and G4.1 if G4.

G3.1 Does you're device start normally (yes) or is it stuck on the three-colored bootloader screen (no)? YES... go to step G3.5, NO go to step G3.2

G3.2 Turn off you're device totaly. Remove the SD card and disconnect the USB cable from you're device. Turn on the device while holding the camera button. You will get into bootloader mode (3 colored screen). Connect the USB cable to the computer and you will see USB at the bottom of your screen above the left softkey (Activesync will not connect in bootloader mode, but you can flash from this screen!). If you got IPL/SPL 1.xx go to G3.3. If you got 2.xx go to G3.4

G3.3 Download button rom (http://rapidshare.com/files/18212239/CUSTOM__RUU_Wizard_1050412_WWE_101_11210_WWE.exe.h tml) and flash it to your device. Your device should startup again after doing this. Go to G3.5.

G3.4 Download wizard_love rom (http://rapidshare.com/files/17792050/Wizard_Love_2.26.10.2_WWE_Novii_CF2.rar) and flash it to your device. Your device should startup again after doing this. Go to G3.5.

G3.5 Is your device CID-unlocked (note: it's not the same as SIM-unlocked!)? YES... go to step G3.7, NO OR DON'T KNOW go to step G3.6.

G3.6 Follow this great thread by Dr Puttingham: The Definitive Guide to Unlocking & Rom Upgrading G3 Wizards (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=285435). Don't skip step 17! Flash the T-Mobile 2.26 Rom! Go to step G3.8 if you got the T-Mobile rom with IPL/SPL 2.26 on your device after doing this.

NOTE: Some people seem to have problem with flashing the button rom in this step (stops at 98% with error 302). Replace button_rom with Xda_MiniS_LaunchROM_v154102 (http://rapidshare.com/files/43423464/Xda_MiniS_LaunchROM_v154102.exe) and follow the rest of the steps normally when this happens!

G3.7 Download T-Mobile 2.26 rom (http://rapidshare.com/files/38880130/ruu_prodigy_226102_22610105_022511_tmous_wwe_ship. exe.html) and flash it to your device! Done? Go to step G3.8.

G3.8 You're reade to flash the AKU2, AKU3, WM6 rom of you're choise! It wasn't that hard, was it? If you still got an older OS version after flashing then you're not CID-unlocked! Go back to start!

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G4.1 Does you're device start normally (yes) or is it stuck on the three-colored bootloader screen (no)? YES... go to step G4.4, NO go to step G4.2

G4.2 Turn off you're device totaly. Remove the SD card and disconnect the USB cable from you're device. Turn on the device while holding the camera button. You will get into bootloader mode (3 colored screen). Connect the USB cable to the computer and you will see USB at the bottom of your screen above the left softkey (Activesync will not connect in bootloader mode, but you can flash from this screen!). go to G4.3

G4.3 Download wizard_love rom (http://rapidshare.com/files/17792050/Wizard_Love_2.26.10.2_WWE_Novii_CF2.rar) and flash it to your device. Your device should startup again after doing this. Go to G4.4.

G4.4 Is your device CID-unlocked (note: it's not the same as SIM-unlocked!)? YES... go to step G4.7, NO OR DON'T KNOW go to step G4.5. (note: CID-unlocking a G4 is only possible by paying for it at imei-check (http://www.imei-check.co.uk/m3000unlock.php)!)

G4.5 Download enable-rapi.zip (http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=46098&d=1186268099). Transfer Cert_SPCS.cab and EnableRapi.cab to your phone. Run Cert_SPCS.cab FIRST and EnableRapi.cab SECOND. Turn your device off and on or wait 5 minutes before soft resetting. Done? Go to G4.6.

G4.6 Follow this great thread by the-equinoxe: [solution] G4 SoftSPL Flash any ROM to CID locked G4 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=329147) and load the softSPL on your device using his method. Make sure you take a G4 safe rom (see the thread for details). After the steps you'll have the rom of your choise on your device!

[U]G4.7 You're reade to flash the AKU2, AKU3, WM6 rom of you're choise IF the rom DOESN'T contain IPL/SPL. AKU3 and WM6 roms normally don't contain IPL/SPL. If you want to flash an AKU2 rom, make sure you take the G4 version. If you get an error 300 (invalid update tool) while trying to flash your device look at this (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=291215) thread!

NOTE: If you tried to flash a G3 rom with IPL/SPL in the rom on a G4 you probably will have a bricked device! DON'T flash the new 3.08 and 3.09 IPL/SPL to your G4!

NOTE2: If you got problems flashing with softSPL: Follow this great thread by mun_rus: Solutuion found: how to flash any rom to CIDLOCKED DEVICE (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=293480). If your device won't start after flashing you can use step G4.2 and G4.3 and try again. Also look at this thread by eddieitman: Faria G4 Step by step installer with instructions (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=298967) to make sure you did all the necessary steps!

[realkoo7]

Thank you. I'm new to this and truly did not understand what I was doing. Thanks for telling how. I'll go back to original ROM. Richard.
Thank You!
I followed the original posting like you said, and my phone is working again with xm6r3.
Very happy now!
Rihard.

[mihai86]

hello,i have a htc oxygen s310 form orange romania and after reading the whole topic about ipl and spl i still cannot know if my device is a g3 or g4...why?because "When you turn on your device from can can see you're IPL and SPL version on the screen."...well...my phone is stupid and does show me this..(what is can can??)orange has put it's logo on...help me please!:( ,this stupid phone has so many certificates that almost no smartphone program works,it sucks really.. please help me to CID-UNLOCK-IT...tnx

[vippie]

hello,i have a htc oxygen s310 form orange

This tutorial is only for the wizard!

[ramba74]

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hi,i recently flashed my rom from wm5 to wm6 but now i want the BD 3.0 rom but with softSPL it doesnt work, i always get a connection error, but everything is oke.

can please someone advice.

thank you in advance.

my ipl is 1.12.0001 and my spl is 1.11
gsm : 02.95.90
OS : 3.7.0.00

[vippie]

my ipl is 1.12.0001 and my spl is 1.11

This isn't possible.... There isn't a 1.xx.xxxx G4 IPL (always 2.xx.xxxx). Are you sure you've got a wizard?

[nbpanjwa]

Wonder if I can use this ROM for US Sprint Network on Mogul??

[Juan Koopermann]

Can anyone recommend a surefire method to reverse the upgrade from Windows Mobile 5 to Mobile 6?

I successfully upgraded from 5 to 6, but now must return my MDA to T-Mobile and need to make the phone look "stock."

Thanks in advance for your help.

[vippie]

Can anyone recommend a surefire method to reverse the upgrade from Windows Mobile 5 to Mobile 6?

I successfully upgraded from 5 to 6, but now must return my MDA to T-Mobile and need to make the phone look "stock."

Thanks in advance for your help.

On a G3: Just download the rom from your carriers website and flash it. It's possible this can be done on a G4 too, but just to be sure I would remove the IPl/SPL first.

[prabuprabu]

Hi...
I tried flashing my HTC Touch .... nothing is happening in the screen....
my
IPL is 1.15.0002
SPL is 1.15.0000

Even not loading anthing..... plz anybody help me...

thanks
-Prabhu

[zabardast_1]

On a G3: Just download the rom from your carriers website and flash it. It's possible this can be done on a G4 too, but just to be sure I would remove the IPl/SPL first.


POINT TO REMEMBER !

Also, along with bringing the IPL/SPL as per carriers official, "NEVER FORGET" to lock back SIM/CID of your phone.Hope you saved [lock_backup.bin] file that the lockiz tool generated you can restore cid to factory default. ;)

[macpherg]

I have a G3 T-mobile MDA.

I followed the directions on the original post and managed to ulock the CID and flash first to 1.05, then 3.08. (Perhaps my folly was not flashing to 2.26 as an intervening step between 1.05 and 3.08).

When I attempted to flash to the WM6, I got the tri-band screen that I could not get to disappear.

My solution was to start all over by flashing back to button rom (1.05).

I'm relieved to report that this gave me back my functionality, but now my reset screen reads:

IPL 1.01
SPL 3.08
OS 1.5.4.2

I've tried flashing using all 3 versions (button, 2.26, and 3.08) and all 3 give me an error (either a communication error or instructions to find a newer [UBF?] file). Any recommendations for regaining concordance between IPL and SPL or other advice?

Thanks so much for any help.

Glen

[zabardast_1]

I have a G3 T-mobile MDA.

I followed the directions on the original post and managed to ulock the CID and flash first to 1.05, then 3.08. (Perhaps my folly was not flashing to 2.26 as an intervening step between 1.05 and 3.08).

When I attempted to flash to the WM6, I got the tri-band screen that I could not get to disappear.

My solution was to start all over by flashing back to button rom (1.05).

I'm relieved to report that this gave me back my functionality, but now my reset screen reads:

IPL 1.01
SPL 3.08
OS 1.5.4.2

I've tried flashing using all 3 versions (button, 2.26, and 3.08) and all 3 give me an error (either a communication error or instructions to find a newer [UBF?] file). Any recommendations for regaining concordance between IPL and SPL or other advice?

Thanks so much for any help.

Glen

I believe your phone is still cid locked,that's why you can't upgrade to wm6.Plz explain briefly how did you apply the method of unlocking with lokiwiz02b.
secondly,you did not follow the guide correctly,you skipped the most essential step 17,to flash t-mobile 2.26 to get a solid base of ipl/spl 2.26 to work on,but it is to be done after you have a cid unlocked device only.The edit option for step 17 pf upgrading to ipl/spl 3.08 is just an option but not necessary,so instead of upgrading to t-mobile 2.26,you upgraded to 3.08,this is what has created all the havock.
Anyway,now what is the status of your phone:-
1.Does it start and load up any OS normal ? if it loads up and works normal than download WST tool and run it,specially hit the button 'CID action' and post the report it gives to determine whether your phone is cid locked/unlocked.
2.Or it goes into bootloader mode(multicolor screen), if it goes into bootloader mode,than download the official carrier's Rom from it's website and wjile in bootloader mode try to flash,it'll start the phone and bring it back to it's default status and then check if cid locked/unlocked and redo the unlocking method again correctly and upgrade to wm6,hope this'll help out,good luck :)

[macpherg]

Obviously, I'm a noobie, but I appreciate your patience with me.

Let me take your questions in turn.

First, re: lokiwiz02b, I followed the directions in the post and did receive the DOS screen message on my PC, congratulating me that I'd successfully unlocked the CID. I'd be happy to repeat this procedure, if you believe it is indicated.

Second, I misread step 17 to suggest that flashing to 2.26 vs. 3.08 was a matter of personal preference. Sorry.

Third, yes the phone does start up normally. A reset shows me IPL 1.05, SPL 3.08 (along with the beer in the foreground of the Colleseum). I'd be happy to take your advice on downloading the WST tool, but I don't know what or where that tool is (again, my noobiness shows here). I've done a search of this thread for the WST keyword and come up blank. Given that it relates to CID, I wonder if WST = lokiwiz02b?

Fourth, I'm thankfully better off than getting stuck at the bootloader mode. But if I were stuck there, I wouldn't know where to find T-mobile's official ROM. I also don't know how to get the phone to tell me whether the CID is locked.

Finally, re: my specific errors, when I try to flash to 2.26 from my current state (IPL 1.05 SPL 3.08) I get an Error 296: Upgrade only. "This NBF File cannot be used for your PDA phone. Please get a newer NBF file."

Again, thank you so much for your help.

V/R,
Glen

[zabardast_1]

Obviously, I'm a noobie, but I appreciate your patience with me.

Let me take your questions in turn.

First, re: lokiwiz02b, I followed the directions in the post and did receive the DOS screen message on my PC, congratulating me that I'd successfully unlocked the CID. I'd be happy to repeat this procedure, if you believe it is indicated.

Second, I misread step 17 to suggest that flashing to 2.26 vs. 3.08 was a matter of personal preference. Sorry.

Third, yes the phone does start up normally. A reset shows me IPL 1.05, SPL 3.08 (along with the beer in the foreground of the Colleseum). I'd be happy to take your advice on downloading the WST tool, but I don't know what or where that tool is (again, my noobiness shows here). I've done a search of this thread for the WST keyword and come up blank. Given that it relates to CID, I wonder if WST = lokiwiz02b?

Fourth, I'm thankfully better off than getting stuck at the bootloader mode. But if I were stuck there, I wouldn't know where to find T-mobile's official ROM. I also don't know how to get the phone to tell me whether the CID is locked.

Finally, re: my specific errors, when I try to flash to 2.26 from my current state (IPL 1.05 SPL 3.08) I get an Error 296: Upgrade only. "This NBF File cannot be used for your PDA phone. Please get a newer NBF file."

Again, thank you so much for your help.

V/R,
Glen

Ok,download the WST tool from the link below,read through the guide and thread for complete understanding and use:-

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=329170

run the WST tool and post here the report,specially the 'cid action' report to verify the cid lock/unlock status.

As you have upgraded to ipl/spl 3.08,it's going to be quite difficult to downgrade to ipl/spl 1.xx.there are only two options,either flash the button's rom 1.05 a couple of more times,as it takes more than one flash to work properly or download the official carrier's rom.Which official OS was on the phone initially installed.if it was a T-mobile OS than download from it's website.

[macpherg]

Faria:

I downloaded and installed the Wizard Service Tool on my PC. I ran it and attempted Enab. RAPI + Unsigned Apps. The application froze, ActiveSync lost its connection and since then I've been unable to ActiveSync. I'm getting frustrated and am feeling over my head.

What I'd like to do is send this to someone and have them sort it out for me. $40 seems a reasonable charge. I've found an ebay seller offering to "pimp my MDA" for $72 with shipping. Whether he'd successfully manage this pimp project with the current state of my phone is questionable. The ebay item number is 140169841231.

So, 2 questions: 1.) Do you or anyone you know/trust perform this service? 2.) Do you believe that a professional might be as helpless as this noobie in the face of the IPL/SPL discordance?

Thank you,
Glen

[macpherg]

Update:

The failure to ActiveSync I traced to a bad USB hub on my PC. I can now ActiveSync and so have regained hope.

I managed to Enab RAPI + Unsigned Apps, and ran the CID Actions.

You were right, Fari! My CID is locked. I'll run the lokiwiz again this evening when I return home for work.

Thanks again for all your counsel and patience.

Glen

Reading CID block...
Calculating CID block sum...
CID checksum: 22370B0C
Decrypted stored sum: 536B93C3D58923EB
Decrypted calcd sum: 536B93C3D58923EB
Key index : 96 - Block index: 222
CIDkey: ßkå¦N*ó'
CID IMEI: 356382002145649
CID: WIZTMU01
Phone is CID LOCKED!

[macpherg]

I followed your advice, re-ran lokiwiz (turns out the first time that I'd missed step 15), loaded the Button 1.05 successfully, upgraded to 2.26 successfully, and finally installed XM6r3 full version.

Thanks so much!

On a final note, I'm sure I'm displaying a less than complete reading of the linked forums, but I'm perplexed that my preferred text entry mode of Transcriber no longer seems available on WM6. Is there a way to reinstall this option of Transcriber?

Thanks again,
Glen

[zabardast_1]

I followed your advice, re-ran lokiwiz (turns out the first time that I'd missed step 15), loaded the Button 1.05 successfully, upgraded to 2.26 successfully, and finally installed XM6r3 full version.

Thanks so much!

On a final note, I'm sure I'm displaying a less than complete reading of the linked forums, but I'm perplexed that my preferred text entry mode of Transcriber no longer seems available on WM6. Is there a way to reinstall this option of Transcriber?

Thanks again,
Glen

Thanks !!!
glade you got it all worked out :D

Regarding Transcriber?,check out the thread for Custom Rom xm6r3,from where you downloaded the Rom,there might be a solution for this,a work around or a cab file to install,good luck :D

[agc1200]

Please, please can you help me. I need to get WIZARD_LOVE ROM. If you can send me a link to it OR the file itself, I would be greatly in your debt. I have tried numerous ways to get this file but the "rapidshare link" is pretty useless if you are not a Premium Member and I have tried numerous searches but all I seem to come up with is a lot of people talking about it but no links to it. I have an Imate KJAM and I am trying to install XDA Mobile 6 Release 3 and realised only to late that there is a NO_ID version which I now have. But I am a little stuck as I am now sitting with a phone that will go no further than the blue Imate startup screen or alternatively the bootloader 3 color screen. I hope I am correct in assuming that if I get the Wizard_love rom and flash that I should be able to get an ActiveSync connection going and then use the ROMUpdateUtility_Wizard_NoID.exe with the nk.nbf file that came with the XDA Mobile 6 Release 3 download.

I am assuming after reading through the forums that I have a G4 phone, phone details are
imate KJAM on SA-MTN, IPL 2.16.0001, SPL 2.16.0001.

I trust this is sufficient info for you to be able to give me some guidelines and help. If you need it my email is agc1200@gmail.com.

Thanks in advance
Alistair

[zabardast_1]

Please, please can you help me. I need to get WIZARD_LOVE ROM. If you can send me a link to it OR the file itself, I would be greatly in your debt. I have tried numerous ways to get this file but the "rapidshare link" is pretty useless if you are not a Premium Member and I have tried numerous searches but all I seem to come up with is a lot of people talking about it but no links to it. I have an Imate KJAM and I am trying to install XDA Mobile 6 Release 3 and realised only to late that there is a NO_ID version which I now have. But I am a little stuck as I am now sitting with a phone that will go no further than the blue Imate startup screen or alternatively the bootloader 3 color screen. I hope I am correct in assuming that if I get the Wizard_love rom and flash that I should be able to get an ActiveSync connection going and then use the ROMUpdateUtility_Wizard_NoID.exe with the nk.nbf file that came with the XDA Mobile 6 Release 3 download.

I am assuming after reading through the forums that I have a G4 phone, phone details are
imate KJAM on SA-MTN, IPL 2.16.0001, SPL 2.16.0001.

I trust this is sufficient info for you to be able to give me some guidelines and help. If you need it my email is agc1200@gmail.com.

Thanks in advance
Alistair

As you say it's a G4 device with IPL/SPL 2.16.0001,you shudn't flash a G3 Rom which includes an IP/SPL in it.it will 'Brick' your phone.The wizard_love_Rom includes IPL/SPL,therefore it's not safe to flash to your phone.
Well,Your are lucky man,that you still have a working phone and it's not 'Bricked' as you flashed xda Mobile wm6r3,which does not include IPL/SPL in it,otherwise if you had flashed Wizard_love_Rom,it wud certainly wud have been Bricked.
If you want to upgrade,then there's another method to upgrade a G4 device called 'SoftSPL & HardSPL'. Check out this thread :-

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=329147

BTW, you don't need Activesync connection to flash a Rom,if you can get the phone into Bootloaders mode (tri color screen) then connect the phone with pc via usb cable and check if small usb written appears at the bottom of the bootloader screen .than you can flash by running romupdateutility (RUU)
Good luck :)