hermes updater with no id ?

[ell82]

Is there any chance to create hermes noid updater? I mean updater who will no check what CID lock is on device and skip this?

[Confused Stu]

Probably completely misunderstood this from day 1 - but isn't that exactly what Olipro's Hard SPL v7 was designed for? I thought it was designed not to check which CID is on, or whether it's corrupt,etc?

[ell82]

Not exactly. Hard SPL is fake bootloader which run with every rom updater. And I'm talking about fake updater which will work with every bootloader (especialy not hard spl). Same as it was in old pda as himalaya (mda 2), blueangle (mda 3) etc.

[Confused Stu]

Another day, another lesson learned. Thanks Ell82
:)

[scorpio16v]

Hi
I think the main problem is, not the CID check. The reason, why a fake bootloader like HardSPL or SSPL is used is, that the ROM images in .nbh format are digital signed and the booloader checked the valid signature.
HardSPL accepts formally signed code without a valid signature.
That's the reason, why all actual devices used this way.

[chunkymonkey]

I may be misunderstanding what you're saying here but...

SSPL will let you flash any ROM to your device. So will HardSPL.

HardSPL ofers a certain limited protection against temporary or permanent bricking.

If you're looking for the easiest way to flash you RUU file to your Hermes, the put in the same folder as 'Faria's RUU Wrapper' - attached to the first post on here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=316723 - and run exe using SSPL, but not to flash EXTROM or RADIO, just an 'OS-only' upgrade.

The reason I wasn't sure if I'd understood your question was that all cooked ROMs for a good while have come with an SSPL option.

The attached should do the trick though. It just loads SSPL and runs it which puts your device immediately into a kind of fake bootloader which ignores CID but leaves your actual botloader alone.

Look for the threads on SSPL and on OliPro's HardSPL to see the relative advatages/risks. OliPro's HardSPL is safer, SSPL easier in my opinion, but you should only really use SSPL to load OS or Splashscreens.

[ell82]

Yes, there is litle misunderstanding. I know there is SSPL and what it's do. The reason I was asking about updater with no id is there is a lot of bricked hermes stoping on windows mobile boot screen and not allowing any update on bootloader becosue their not cid unlocked and don't have hard spl. I have device like this, with bootloader 1.09 and looking for any possibility to flash it and unbrick it. There is no way to put sspl to device which not boot to os and which is not cid unlocked and have bootloader 1.09. Or maybe I missed something.

[drummer10630]

Yes, there is litle misunderstanding. I know there is SSPL and what it's do. The reason I was asking about updater with no id is there is a lot of bricked hermes stoping on windows mobile boot screen and not allowing any update on bootloader becosue their not cid unlocked and don't have hard spl. I have device like this, with bootloader 1.09 and looking for any possibility to flash it and unbrick it. There is no way to put sspl to device which not boot to os and which is not cid unlocked and have bootloader 1.09. Or maybe I missed something.

I had SPL 1.09, corrupt CID, and stuck in windows screen after I mistakenly tried to flash a rom which had a lower radio bootloader, it bricked my device, and I didn't have KITL either...

I sent mine to imei-check. com and they did a JTAG flash which brought it back to life, and there is zero sign that this device was ever bricked.

[ell82]

At what cost? I think they have other way to unbrick devices then jtag.

[drummer10630]

At what cost? I think they have other way to unbrick devices then jtag.


I got this from imei-check:

Prices for fixing:
If the device been unlocked before by imei-check.co.uk (we will check the database for the imei of your handset) price is 20 GBP
If the device been unlocked before by cracked/cloned solution and user confirm this, price is: 60 GBP
If the device been unlocked before by cracked/cloned solution and user lie about it (we can easy detect it) price is: 100 GBP
If the device never been unlocked price is: 40 GBP.

To this prices need to add the delivery costs.

You can email them at:

unlocksupport@imei-check.co.uk

You can also try the methods here:

http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Hermes_Unbrick

but based on the data you gave, you have to send it for JTAG flash, or motherboard replacement.