is there anyway i can g4 unlock on Vista?

[IronMan19]

is there anyway i can g4 unlock on Vista?

[elhamy]

yes please i want to know the answer i can`t even use shelltool "this is a custom rom " can any one help please :confused:

[dharvey4651]

yes please i want to know the answer i can`t even use shelltool "this is a custom rom " can any one help please :confused:

Have you tried this yet? [solution] G4 SoftSPL Flash any ROM to CID locked G4 [UPDATED] (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=329147)

You should be able to use SoftSPL with Vista without much of a problem HOWEVER, it is reccomended you use a computer with XP because should the update fail, Vista cannot communicate with the phone in tri-color mode(bootloader).

[IronMan19]

it says will not work on vista...

[mirekluza]

I do not know what ancient version of shelltools you use or what strange ROM you try to flash... I used shelltools multiple times without problems (faria real thing, crossbow reloaded, pandora. xda mobile, wrcx. tnt and others, sometimes in several versions). All these were custom WM6 ROMs.
Mirek

[IronMan19]

i have been using shell tool for the pass couple of months im tired of the precautions taken with it and if gives you headaches when you reflash:mad:

[mirekluza]

I do this when using shelltools:
1. I flash my provider's ROM
2. I use the CAB files acccompanying shelltools (cert...cab, enablerapi.cab)
3. I restart Wizard
4. Again point 2.
5. I flash the ROM I want with shelltools
6. If the ST do not end, I cut it after 30 minutes (all will be ok)
If anything goes wrong (it happened only once) I flash my providrer's ROM and repeat.
As far as I understand it is *impossible* to brick the Wizard with shelltools. So complete safety.
Mirek

[elhamy]

i tried shelltool on a xp machine and im still getting custom rom error any help will be appreciated please

[mirekluza]

No idea. Maybe try to get another version of shelltools... Maybe the one you use is wrong...
And what ROM do you try to flash?
Mirek

[elhamy]

after ur post i downloaded shell tool from another location and im still getting the same comment i even tried another rom "wizard love "


http://img127.imageshack.us/img127/7537/shelltoolwa9.th.jpg (http://img127.imageshack.us/my.php?image=shelltoolwa9.jpg)

[mirekluza]

The picture is ok, I guess you misunderstood how the ST works...

a) Press "Extract OS".
b) After the OS is extracted, the button "Flash OS" will be allowed. Press it.
c) Then it will flash. :-)

Mirek

[elhamy]

mirekluza thanks alot man im officially now on WM6 "tnt 5 "
NOTE : for every one using windows VISTA when u click flash OS the app will be "waiting for response " Don`t panic just wait for 45 min and unplug the usb and make a hard reset it will work fine after the rest

:)

[IronMan19]

theres many roms you can flash...all you have to do is just be patient and not to get eiger while flashing alot of people misunderstand when you enableRapi Reboot your Phone.

[IronMan19]

i just flashed a new rom just follow the basic intructions given plz dont leave the detail parts out

[geok]

As mentioned previously, when you run Shelltool on Vista it generally won't ever return and tell you it's finished! However, you can actually tell when it's done for sure, rather than just waiting a certain amount of time.

When you're ready to start Shelltool, that is, you've enabled RAPI, rebooted your Wizard, and connected it to your system, open File Explorer on your desktop at the top level ("Computer") and open Pocket_PC (or whatever you've named your Wizard). Go to the root folder of the Wizard and just leave the Explorer window open. (Note: you have to have the explorer window open BEFORE you start to flash, or you won't be able to open your Pocket_PC folders.)

Start Shelltool as instructed and start the flash process. Now go back to the explorer window and refresh it. You'll see a file called "itsutils.log" in the top level folder of the Wizard. Open the file, and you'll see the detailed logging of each block that Shelltool writes. The logging for each block is five or six lines long (I don't have an example right now.) Regardless, the OS is 0x38e0000 (hexadecimal) blocks long. When the log file reaches block 38e0000 it starts spewing error messages with that block number over and over again. (Note: you have to close the file and reopen it to get it to update. So, it it's not yet reached block 38e0000, just close it and wait a little longer.)

When it starts doing that, the flashing process is done!

It seems that, at least on Vista, Shelltool is not looking for the end of the data file correctly, so it tries to write block 38e0000 over and over again, but, since there is no block 38e0000, it just logs an error message.

At this point, if you disconnect the USB cable, Shelltool will THEN issue an "end" message. Hard reset as instructed.

I should point out that one of the problems with Shelltool is that you can ONLY flash the OS, not the extended ROM, radio, splash screen, etc. That makes it sorta limiting.