advantage appears bricked....please help

[touchlasvegas]

well after much reassurance that it was pretty foolproof...my advantage appears bricked! i download olipros athenaunlocker.zip and extracted the exe file. followed all the steps and directions, the first part went flawlessly, flash spl without a hitch, then it came back to the second step, i went to unlock the radio, advantage was in a white screen with loading..... on it. and i get an error message that there is no connection to the pda...would i like to try reconnecting.... it would not reconnect for anything, for one activesync was now not connected, and i am 100% sure it was when i clicked step 2 to unlock the radio. had to pull battery on advantage to get it shut down, no buttons would work. now i hit power button and the lights turn green, but nothing further. The athena unlocker program is waiting at step 3 on my computer, but i cannot get my advantage to boot up at all, so i cant get a valid connection to either restart the process, or continue with step 3...please help! I consider myself very computer literate, just not specifically with cell phones.

[touchlasvegas]

i tried a hard reset, and it came up with the rgb lines, and then it asked me if i wished to do the hard reset, which i said yes, then it asked to format the microdrive, and i said yes. It then said to hit the power button to reboot the machine, i tried and it just rebooted with black screen and the green light on the jog stick.......need some advice on what to do next...please help

[touchlasvegas]

sorry for so many replys but i just wanna give all the possible information...i think i got into the bootloader, but i have no idea, i pushed reset, camera and comm manager and got the rgb lines, and it says this
Athe100
IPL-v2.02
Athe100
SPL-v1.20.Olipro

Thats what I got, when i plug in usb connection it changes text at the bottom from serial to usb, and then back to serial when i unplug the usb cable, but i cannot get an activesync connection.....please advice as to if I should restart the athena unlocker, or what I should do now that im at this screen.

[eaglesteve]

sorry for so many replys but i just wanna give all the possible information...i think i got into the bootloader, but i have no idea, i pushed reset, camera and comm manager and got the rgb lines, and it says this
Athe100
IPL-v2.02
Athe100
SPL-v1.20.Olipro

Thats what I got, when i plug in usb connection it changes text at the bottom from serial to usb, and then back to serial when i unplug the usb cable, but i cannot get an activesync connection.....please advice as to if I should restart the athena unlocker, or what I should do now that im at this screen.


Looks like you have already unlocked. I can see Olipro's name your your screen. This mean you device is still okay. Once you're in the bootloader mode, I believe the next thing you have to do is simply connect the usb cable and run the Rom Update Utility on the desktop. That's it.

[leoni1980]

if the status changes to usb on connection then you should be fine. connect the handset in bootloader mode and wait a few seconds, then run pk's black rom. because your spl has evidently been pached you should have no problems unbricking your phone. let us know how it goes, and don't panic!

[touchlasvegas]

Thanks for the reply eaglesteve (edit and Leoni)...now just to be sure, currently, my athena unlocker program ( 3 part ) is resting still on waiting for the 3rd part, flashing the radio. now step 2, which was unlock radio gave me the error, so do i just continue with part 3 flash radio, or are you saying that it appears that part is done? Or should i just start with PK's rom next? as i type im still downloading pk's dual rom right now

[leoni1980]

Thanks for the reply eaglesteve (edit and Leoni)...now just to be sure, currently, my athena unlocker program ( 3 part ) is resting still on waiting for the 3rd part, flashing the radio. now step 2, which was unlock radio gave me the error, so do i just continue with part 3 flash radio, or are you saying that it appears that part is done? Or should i just start with PK's rom next? as i type im still downloading pk's dual rom right now

the spl is patched, you're just not unlocked. if unlocking is not a concern then you should be ok just installing black touch. the problem you experienced is not uncommon and should you choose to run the unlocker again to finish the unlock fully you shouldnt have any problems. it might be wise to do this at some point just to make sure there are no problems with your radio.

edit - make sure that there is no memory card inserted in your device, this has been rumoured to cause issues when flashing. the same thing happened to me as happened to you, but since your device is now hard spl it is almost unbrickable, so fear not.

[touchlasvegas]

completed download of pk's rom, just a couple questions Bootloader mode is when you see olipros name and spl version with rgb lines right? In the zip file I have 4 exe files, enterbootloader, rapitool, romupdateutility, and ruugetinfo. Is there an order to running them? I would imagine they are all files to be ran from your PC, and not the advantage right? Just wanna get the steps right because i dont see any directions as far as completing the flash to pk's rom

[eaglesteve]

Thanks for the reply eaglesteve (edit and Leoni)...now just to be sure, currently, my athena unlocker program ( 3 part ) is resting still on waiting for the 3rd part, flashing the radio. now step 2, which was unlock radio gave me the error, so do i just continue with part 3 flash radio, or are you saying that it appears that part is done? Or should i just start with PK's rom next? as i type im still downloading pk's dual rom right now

I seem to recall that Olipro does not affect the radio ROM, and that if you see his signature on the bootloader, then you're fine. The radio upgrade is separately done - you can do it after the PK ROM flashing. If you're going for to flash a radio, you can download the files from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=319993

Flashing the radio follows the same step. ie. get into bootloader, connect the usb, then run the RUU (RomUpdateUtility) on the PC.

[leoni1980]

run the rom update utility. everything else is initiated by that. and yes, make sure your device has the tri colour screen - red green blue - and says usb. you'll be fine my friend.

[eaglesteve]

the spl is patched, you're just not unlocked..

I think Leoni means it is not SIM unlocked. You don't need to be sim unlocked to safely flash a new ROM and radio, I believe.

[touchlasvegas]

Ok, im just gonna not worry about the radio portion, if you say it can be done later. So I still have my advantage at the rgb screen with olipros name and spl version. it says usb because its connected to my pc, whats the next step? in particular which exe should I run, i have 4 total in the rom zip file.

[touchlasvegas]

Well, I know that I purchased it off ebay, and it was advertised as factory unlocked...that means sim unlocked right?

[eaglesteve]

Ok, im just gonna not worry about the radio portion, if you say it can be done later. So I still have my advantage at the rgb screen with olipros name and spl version. it says usb because its connected to my pc, whats the next step? in particular which exe should I run, i have 4 total in the rom zip file.

Run the rom update utility on your PC.

[eaglesteve]

Well, I know that I purchased it off ebay, and it was advertised as factory unlocked...that means sim unlocked right?

Yes. It does.

[leoni1980]

Ok, im just gonna not worry about the radio portion, if you say it can be done later. So I still have my advantage at the rgb screen with olipros name and spl version. it says usb because its connected to my pc, whats the next step? in particular which exe should I run, i have 4 total in the rom zip file.

see my -edited - previous post!

[touchlasvegas]

yaaay...I think...i ran the tom update utility, and it loaded PK's rom! now i am going thru the automatic configuration once you first boot...i will let you all know once i get it more setup

[eaglesteve]

yaaay...I think...i ran the tom update utility, and it loaded PK's rom! now i am going thru the automatic configuration once you first boot...i will let you all know once i get it more setup

Congratulations. I'm sure you're home safe now.

[touchlasvegas]

ok, so far i give pks rom a+++, its great, much faster and responsive. I love the addons as well. Snapvue is cool, but i want an rss reader on my homescreen, so i use the htc home, just like on my touch dual:) What size do i have to make my pictures to get them to show up full screen on 96 dpi? i hate having my images tiled

[Kenjari]

Congrats touchlasvegas!

[touchlasvegas]

I would just say to make sure you test your gps and bluetooth before you start customizing things. I got my long contact list all in order with pictures and all, then i try google maps...cannot find sattelites at all. so i figured it had to do with the radio flash. Since it was booting up fine now, I made an activesync connection, and skipped the first two steps of olipros unlocker and went to the third step, flashed the radio rom, found out it wiped out everything i just set up heh. It wasnt much just contacts which i can replace. But now my gps connects fine with 12 sattelites! If anyone else gets an error when flashing the radio, I would recommend trying to reflash it, or at least try your gps because mine didnt work without completing step 3

[leoni1980]

I would just say to make sure you test your gps and bluetooth before you start customizing things. I got my long contact list all in order with pictures and all, then i try google maps...cannot find sattelites at all. so i figured it had to do with the radio flash. Since it was booting up fine now, I made an activesync connection, and skipped the first two steps of olipros unlocker and went to the third step, flashed the radio rom, found out it wiped out everything i just set up heh. It wasnt much just contacts which i can replace. But now my gps connects fine with 12 sattelites! If anyone else gets an error when flashing the radio, I would recommend trying to reflash it, or at least try your gps because mine didnt work without completing step 3

yes it's because the unlocker flashes a modified radio created by Olipro in order to unlock the device: this is why I said it might be best to run it again once you were up and running with an unbricked device. It is known that GPS doesn't function otherwise. sorry if i didn't make that clear.

[touchlasvegas]

Its not your fault, im sure you were clear enough, I'm just stupid sometimes. It says right on olipros page that if you complete step 2, your must do step 3, or your gps will not work heh. Im just happy its up and running now. Im trying out JetCet print and its amazing, I can print to any of our 30ish networked lexmark printers here at my work! Just plugged in the ip, told it that they were HP postscript printers and I can print pictures and emails and full screen web pages! Im just overwhelmed by the potential of this device:eek: And big ups to PK's rom, all the programs he added to his rom are what make the device what it is!