Need help (dead Swisscom XPA v1605)

[Seravajan]

I have here a dead Swisscom XPA v1605 (identical to the Vodaphone v1605).

After power on it is stuck in flashing mode.
IPL 1.01
SPL 1.40.Olipro
Can not check the other stuff, because it is not accessible.

Trying many different stuff to unbrick the unit did not work because the unit seems to have a problem with its USB port. It seems to disable the USB port while attempting to flash the unit, because all flashing attempts returns a connection lost error message. he last attempt using a 2.11.255 ROM showed a freeze at the attempt to update GSM. At the same moment it lost the connection. Flashing using a SD card did not help also.

Is there something else I can try?

[Seravajan]

Is there really no help in this case available?

[Seravajan]

Can someone please help me?

[todd_jg]

Maybe try updating the OS only with SD Card method. Won't fix the radio (yet) but should get you past the bootloader screen. Then, we can try the next steps.

[an31]

You may try to flash the offical ROM using SD card method. If it works, you may flash any other ROM using USB connection.
For flashing other ROMs, best would be to first extract NBH file from official ROM and then flash it by using RUUWrapper.exe and selecting Force_SPL option. This way, you wouldn't loose the warranty.

[an31]

The Swisscom official ROM is available at :

http://www.swisscom-mobile.ch/scm/dlc-en.aspx?dm=Detail&dg=Software&pa=0x0x0x0x0x0x0x156x0&odg=SoftwareAndManual