Better Safe than Sorry - Do Not Want to Brick My Phone

[Cinamon]

I very much want to upgrade my O2 Orbit Rom to either WM6 or the B&B developed by Tom. Right now it apparently does not have the UK WM5 on it; according to the Ebay seller I bought it from I would have to go to the Hong Kong site to get an "official update" but the seller claims it would be better not to do so as people are reporting losing their radio and bluetooth. So I have read and re-read through these threads. I hear stories of phones not working after being flashed so I want to be super cautious. Here is what I think I do:

1. Run USPL and wait 5 - 10 minutes until the computer reboots itself.

2. Run either RUU for Tom's B&B or run RUU_Artemis_O2_UK_3.4.206.2_4.1.13.28_02.67.90_Shi p.exe
for the UK WM6 upgrade.

And I should be upgraded, right?

If I end up with huge problems, I think I can revert back to the original factory ROM with the file called:

Arteimg.nbh

But how do I run a nbh file?

Which OS is least likely to cause problems?

Please be gentle with me - I'm a 51 year old woman who is in love with my Orbit and can't live without it so I don't want to take any chances to turn it into a brick. On the other hand, I'd really like to have WM6 and can't get it from the UK d/l site because my S/N matches the Hong Kong site. I live in the US and I'm not sure if I want a Hong Kong OS. I have honestly read through these forums and tried to get all my answers here .... but I just want to double check before I make a big mistake and blow up my phone. Thank you all.

[CoolGadget]

I very much want to upgrade my O2 Orbit Rom to either WM6 or the B&B developed by Tom. Right now it apparently does not have the UK WM5 on it; according to the Ebay seller I bought it from I would have to go to the Hong Kong site to get an "official update" but the seller claims it would be better not to do so as people are reporting losing their radio and bluetooth. So I have read and re-read through these threads. I hear stories of phones not working after being flashed so I want to be super cautious. Here is what I think I do:

1. Run USPL and wait 5 - 10 minutes until the computer reboots itself.

2. Run either RUU for Tom's B&B or run RUU_Artemis_O2_UK_3.4.206.2_4.1.13.28_02.67.90_Shi p.exe
for the UK WM6 upgrade.

And I should be upgraded, right?

If I end up with huge problems, I think I can revert back to the original factory ROM with the file called:

Arteimg.nbh

But how do I run a nbh file?

Which OS is least likely to cause problems?

Please be gentle with me - I'm a 51 year old woman who is in love with my Orbit and can't live without it so I don't want to take any chances to turn it into a brick. On the other hand, I'd really like to have WM6 and can't get it from the UK d/l site because my S/N matches the Hong Kong site. I live in the US and I'm not sure if I want a Hong Kong OS. I have honestly read through these forums and tried to get all my answers here .... but I just want to double check before I make a big mistake and blow up my phone. Thank you all.

don't worry, just run the USPL tool, after running this tool, it will reboot your phone automatically... Than flash your phone with a WM6 rom or the B&B rom... And thats it... make sure you backup your contacts before you do the flash, cause it will wipe all your contacts from your phone.

If you don't like the rom you flashed, just run USPL again, and flash it with another rom or back to factory rom.

If you've got any probs, just let us know... there is a lot of wizards out here, who are willing to help. You also can pm me anytime. I'm glad to help if I can.

cheers and goodluck

[macguffin]

Beat me to it coolGadget!!

Anyway if you want to see how the Arteimg.nbh is used read this:

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

You'll need a SD_card to do it.

Good luck, but you wont need it as you seem to have done your homework and as co0lGadget says if you get stuck we'll give you a hand.

[CoolGadget]

Beat me to it coolGadget!!

Anyway if you want to see how the Arteimg.nbh is used read this:

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

You'll need a SD_card to do it.

Good luck, but you wont need it as you seem to have done your homework and as co0lGadget says if you get stuck we'll give you a hand.

Hey Matt, good to see you here... I didn't beat you mate... cause I was pretty sure, Wizards like you will be very helpfull too ;-)

[Cinamon]

I have to leave for work in one hour - do I have enough time to do all of this? Will you guys be around if something bad happens? I can't imagine going even a day without my phone ... smile ... Should I take the microSD out first?

Thanks again:o

[tom_codon]

I have to leave for work in one hour - do I have enough time to do all of this? Will you guys be around if something bad happens? I can't imagine going even a day without my phone ... smile ... Should I take the microSD out first?

Thanks again:o

Don't worry u need Only 30 minutes for update Rom.But remember need Run USPL by Pof.When your Phone have SPL 1.11 u can update any Rom u like..!
Cheers..!

[zsitvayb]

I have to leave for work in one hour - do I have enough time to do all of this? Will you guys be around if something bad happens? I can't imagine going even a day without my phone ... smile ... Should I take the microSD out first?

Thanks again:o

I think you have enough time, the whole procedure takes less than 15mins.
No need to take out the card, just follow the instructions above. ;)
Good luck! ;)

[macguffin]

I have to leave for work in one hour - do I have enough time to do all of this? Will you guys be around if something bad happens? I can't imagine going even a day without my phone ... smile ... Should I take the microSD out first?

Thanks again:o

No need to take the card out.

You probably do have time USPL take about 3 mins flash of ROM takes about 10-15

However these things are always best to do if you're not in a rush or desperate to get your phone up and running. Also if you put tom's b&b on you'll need about 30 minutes to just play with it :)

[macguffin]

Don't worry u need Only 30 minutes for update Rom.But remember need Run USPL by Pof.When your Phone have SPL 1.11 u can update any Rom u like..!
Cheers..!


When your Phone have SPL 1.11 - just in case you're wondering this is one of the red numbers you see when the phone first starts up, but you probably already knew that.

[Cinamon]

OK, I'm going to do it - soft resetting now. But before I take the plunge, will you wizards please tell me - will I have the least problems with the UK WM6 release (which I found posted here as I can't d/l it from the site) or Tom's B&B which looks very cool but seems to have caused problems for some people. I trust your judgement - please tell me what you think. And btw, even though I'm old ;) I love gadgets and cool tricks, so TouchFlo looks awesome to me, unless it is going to cause problems when installing files etc as I've read here.

[macguffin]

OK, I'm going to do it - soft resetting now. But before I take the plunge, will you wizards please tell me - will I have the least problems with the UK WM6 release (which I found posted here as I can't d/l it from the site) or Tom's B&B which looks very cool but seems to have caused problems for some people. I trust your judgement - please tell me what you think. And btw, even though I'm old ;) I love gadgets and cool tricks, so TouchFlo looks awesome to me, unless it is going to cause problems when installing files etc as I've read here.

WM6 is ok but not that different from WM5 to look at and I guarantee that by tomorrow you'll have wanted to see what tom's rom is like and had to re-flash.
Since using toms rom i've been able to dump a lot of my third party software (mostly stuff from spb) and as you say it's very cool to looks at and will impress all your friends.

[Cinamon]

Cross your fingers for me please ....

[Cinamon]

Before I took the first step, I realized that my phone was not seeing my SD card. I decided maybe I had not seated it properly. I put it back together but this time it did not see my SD card or my SIM chip. I put it back together more carefully now but decided that I don't want to rush this - will proceed when I'm home tonight.

Thanks again - you guys are the best. Hope one of you will be around when I'm really ready. :)

[tom_codon]

Before I took the first step, I realized that my phone was not seeing my SD card. I decided maybe I had not seated it properly. I put it back together but this time it did not see my SD card or my SIM chip. I put it back together more carefully now but decided that I don't want to rush this - will proceed when I'm home tonight.

Thanks again - you guys are the best. Hope one of you will be around when I'm really ready. :)

Hi :D Interesting...!
Take care..!

[CoolGadget]

Before I took the first step, I realized that my phone was not seeing my SD card. I decided maybe I had not seated it properly. I put it back together but this time it did not see my SD card or my SIM chip. I put it back together more carefully now but decided that I don't want to rush this - will proceed when I'm home tonight.

Thanks again - you guys are the best. Hope one of you will be around when I'm really ready. :)


You probably has the WM5 bug or something. With the WM5 rom, sometimes it will mess up your sd card with folders in strange caracters etc...
But you're right, if you want to do this, and its your first time, you better do it when you're not in the rush... just prepare good, sit back and relax, and the flash will be good ;-)

I'm not sure if I'll be able to get online tonight... cause my internet is shut off since friday, my provider can't tell me where the problem is, and how to fix it... So I hope tonight after work, I'll be able to get online at home. And be able to help you out if needed... so fingers cross...

GoodLuck...

[shawndh]

You probably has the WM5 bug or something. With the WM5 rom, sometimes it will mess up your sd card with folders in strange caracters etc......

I've been watching this thread and sorry to hi jack the thread. But, this was one of my questions about updating ROMS from original WM5. I haven't gotten the phone yet (P3300), but I want to upgrade it to B&B when I get it. Should I run the patch for the card corruption fix before I do the USPL and ROM flash? Or just go strait to the USPL and ROM update?

I've been reading for a long time but I'm still not very clear on what programs to use to flash and all that. I also want to be able to store my original ROM just in case I want to revert back to OEM. How do I do that?

[macguffin]

I've been watching this thread and sorry to hi jack the thread. But, this was one of my questions about updating ROMS from original WM5. I haven't gotten the phone yet (P3300), but I want to upgrade it to B&B when I get it. Should I run the patch for the card corruption fix before I do the USPL and ROM flash? Or just go strait to the USPL and ROM update?

I've been reading for a long time but I'm still not very clear on what programs to use to flash and all that. I also want to be able to store my original ROM just in case I want to revert back to OEM. How do I do that?

who's your phone provider?

[shawndh]

who's your phone provider?

I'll be using it on T-Mobile, USA. The phone will also be purchased in the US.

BTW, Just to clarify, I'm buying the phone from an online store, so the phone will be unlocked. I'll have to reconfigure it to work with T-Mobile SMS and T-Mobile Web service.

[macguffin]

Just run the USPL tool and then the rom of your choice.

If anything does go wrong you can get an original wm5 rom from here
http://rapidshare.com/files/17854890...0_wwe_ship.exe

If you brick your device just go into the bootloader screen and run this it will get you back to wm5 and you can try again.

[shawndh]

Just run the USPL tool and then the rom of your choice.

If anything does go wrong you can get an original wm5 rom from here
http://rapidshare.com/files/17854890...0_wwe_ship.exe

If you brick your device just go into the bootloader screen and run this it will get you back to wm5 and you can try again.

So I can't "dump" and store my own ROM? I have to download a dumped WM5 OEM from from someone else? I just wanted to make sure that I could put it back exactly the way it was just in case I needed to send it back or ship to HTC for repairs or something.

Also, will they be able to tell that the ROM was flashed and flashed back if I send it in for warranty repairs?

[Cinamon]

Great to meet someone who is interested in the Orbit and who lives in the US. I'm happy to tell you that my Orbit gets great reception in the US, although the Atom Exec did not.

I am ready to try to uspl and then the B&B flash. Are there any wizards in the house just in case I get stuck?

Thanks again :o

[tom_codon]

Great to meet someone who is interested in the Orbit and who lives in the US. I'm happy to tell you that my Orbit gets great reception in the US, although the Atom Exec did not.

I am ready to try to uspl and then the B&B flash. Are there any wizards in the house just in case I get stuck?

Thanks again :o

Don't worry all people will help u..!

[Cinamon]

I tried to d/l

http://rapidshare.com/files/17854890...0_wwe_ship.exe

Just in case something terrible happens, but it is no longer posted. Is there someplace else to get it? Or maybe I should just stop worrying and jump.

Thanks for all your support .... and Tom ... if I can get it working .... I promise to you donation. :D

[MaskedMarauder]

There are lots of ROMs available. If I was you I would flash Tom's B&B V4 and if you like it then anything else will seem like a backwards step.

If you don't like B&B4 then lots of us have the real O2 ROM if you need it.

[tom_codon]

I tried to d/l

http://rapidshare.com/files/17854890...0_wwe_ship.exe

Just in case something terrible happens, but it is no longer posted. Is there someplace else to get it? Or maybe I should just stop worrying and jump.

Thanks for all your support .... and Tom ... if I can get it working .... I promise to you donation. :D

What your driver ???
I have many original Rom :

Link :

Portugas ver :
http://rapidshare.com/files/46076463/Artemis_Rom_P3300_Portug.rar

German ver :
http://rapidshare.com/files/46060490/P3300_softwareupdate_GER.zip

Italia ver:
http://rapidshare.com/files/46089539/ARTEIMG-new.rar

French ver :
http://rapidshare.com/files/46686045/ART_HTCFRA_11240601_026790_FRA_SHIP.exe

Danish ver :
http://rapidshare.com/files/46698458/ART_HTCDAN_11240301_026790_DAN_SHIP.exe

and...

Say again..!
Don't need worry...!
If i want see my acount and add my nick name.I can help u when we chat in Yahoo,skype or windows live..!

Cheers..!

[Cinamon]

Hi Tom,

I am from the USA so I need English.

The USPL first stage is complete. My phone went blank. It told me I needed an active sync connection but the phone would not connect so I soft reset it. Is that a bad idea? Now it is connected. Can I proceed with the Wizard PDA Phone Update ROM utility or did I already mess something up?

[tom_codon]

Hi Tom,

I am from the USA so I need English.

The USPL first stage is complete. My phone went blank. It told me I needed an active sync connection but the phone would not connect so I soft reset it. Is that a bad idea? Now it is connected. Can I proceed with the Wizard PDA Phone Update ROM utility or did I already mess something up?

PM to u..!

[MaskedMarauder]

STOP!

If you have an Orbit then your phone is a HTC Artimis NOT a HTC Wizard!

[Cinamon]

I mean Wizard like the step by step instructions - not a Wizard phone. I have an Orbit Artemis and I am trying to flash an Artemis ROM. Sorry for the confusion but thank you for trying to stop me from a big mistake.:)

[MaskedMarauder]

incase you want it :http://rapidshare.com/files/47607607/RUU_Artemis_O2_UK_3.4.206.2_4.1.13.28_02.67.90_Shi p.exe.html

[Cinamon]

Tom was online and helped me every step of the way. Success! I am the happy owner of an Orbit with Tom's B&B ROM and it's amazing. I am going to send him a donation and I hope everyone who uses his wonderful creations will do the same. Thanks Tom!!!:D

[shawndh]

Tom was online and helped me every step of the way. Success! I am the happy owner of an Orbit with Tom's B&B ROM and it's amazing. I am going to send him a donation and I hope everyone who uses his wonderful creations will do the same. Thanks Tom!!!:D

Congrats! :D
You're a 51 year old female in the US on the XDA forums and you love gadgets? Now that's COOL! :D My wife loves her T-Mobile MDA but she would never try any of this stuff.

[CoolGadget]

Tom was online and helped me every step of the way. Success! I am the happy owner of an Orbit with Tom's B&B ROM and it's amazing. I am going to send him a donation and I hope everyone who uses his wonderful creations will do the same. Thanks Tom!!!:D

Yihaaaaaa... :-) I'm really happy, everything went ok.
I told you, not to be scared, there is a lot of wizards here, who are always ready to help!!
And I think you're great, to be addicted at this XDA scene :-)
Believe me, now you're flashed your phone once, you only want to try all other things, and every single rom out there... euh, I mean every new release from Tom :D