Treo Bricked?

[erandhawa]

I am unsure if my treo 750 is bricked or not (its been in a drawer for a while since my wife failed an update and couldn't load it anymore). I can connect it to my computer and load activesync and browse the device but i cannot use the device. The screen always loads.
If i do a master reset by pressing power and reset i can go through the initial setup (time and screen) but when i click finish the screen just freezes there, it'll go off and i can press the power to turn it back on but i can't run any aps or select anything.
I tried just about everything to load the at&t 2.25 again, tried sd method as well as activsync. SD just stays at that loading screen where it says rom ok but the progress never moves from 0% left it there for an hour. The activesync method usually loses connection or sometimes i get the error "image file corrupted" i've tried re downloading the rom also tried on 2 different xp computers and then finally resort was a vista hoping maybe there is some good in vista but nope.
When i browse the device from windows i can see all the files on the device maybe some system files on the treo are missing not allowing it to complete the load?

Any help with this would be highly appreciated since me being not so bright decieded to jump into the swimming pool with my brand new moto q9h and now i am phoneless unless i can get this treo to work.

I have tried to do the palm repair and it doesn't work either.

[erandhawa]

I've also tried to use the CheetahUnlocker it says image file corrupted after 7% but it does do enough to get my device to load up out of the bootloader and into the setup procedures but no further it won't load any further after i select finish. I am able to press keys to turn the backlight back and am able to browse the device via pc though the device is frozen.

[tmknight]

1. download this: http://palmone.r3h.net/downloads.palm.com/Treo750_2_25_ATT_EN_SDUpdater.zip and this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=1565080&postcount=1
2. Extract the contents of each ZIP to a new folder
3. Rename cheeimg.nbh from the updater extract to RUU_signed.nbh
4. Place the file KaiserCustomRUU.exe in the same folder with the file RUU_signed.nbh
5. Connect your device to USB and ensure you get active sync connection and can browse the device.
6. Execute KaiserCustomRUU.exe and follow the prompts.

Hope this helps...

[erandhawa]

thanks for the quick response i actually haven't tried renaming to signed but i have tried the kaisercustomromruu i will try renaming and post results tonight forgot my laptop case in the wifes car.

[erandhawa]

Tried that method still no success, the progress bar doesn't move from 0% and after about 3 minutes it says the communication error [262].
The bootloader starts up showing ipl 0.20 and spl 0.24.0000 if that means anything.
It seems like half the software is on the phone and the other half is missing and not allowing the phone to be functional after the initial setup procedures (time date and screen).
Is there a way to force a rom to install via SD card, whenever i try the SD method it doesn't progress from 0% as well.

[erandhawa]

I've actually found out the system files are not all on the pda the windows folder is only 2 mb it would be great if a pda could work like that but we know they don't. I have a backup of another treo 750 but can't transfer files directly since files are in use when i am browsing the pda i was wondering if there is a utility like mtty we can use to send files to the treo?
Or maybe if i can just copy a file directly on to the device and the file can do the update direct instead of the sd method since sd method isn't working either?

[erandhawa]

When i attempt a SD card update i get the following
SPLASH1 - OK
bOOTLOADER - OK
GSM -
MICROP -
EXTROM -
OS -

It pretty much hangs for the last 4 items, won't progress any further than bootloader OK.
Any ideas? maybe my sd reader isn't working properly? i've tried 3 different cards.

[reyjabs]

When i attempt a SD card update i get the following
SPLASH1 - OK
bOOTLOADER - OK
GSM -
MICROP -
EXTROM -
OS -

It pretty much hangs for the last 4 items, won't progress any further than bootloader OK.
Any ideas? maybe my sd reader isn't working properly? i've tried 3 different cards.

Use MTTY and do a "Task 2a" then flash any ROM you want.:D

[erandhawa]

yup tried that one as well for it runs the commands correctly but when i try to install the new rom the progress doesn't move i've left it along for an hour or so and no progress and when i attempt the sd method that fails as well. This ones left me stumped, i had a wizard and that thing was easy to fix if anything got corrupted.

[bluntz3000]

This is what worked for me. I had the Tri-color and could not load anything via USB or SD. I used Mtty ver 1.42 while the boot screen was up on my Treo750. make sure active sync is disabled. The only settings to change are USB and Flow Control(RTC/CTS)
The commands I used came from
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Hermes_BootLoader
I used almost every code on the screen but these are the ones that worked for me

Set 16 0
set 14 0
set 32
set 28 55a
erase
checkimage <<< If you get bad blocks do the next cmd
task 2a <<< I think this is what really help me out
task 8
The screen went black some say white. I shut down Mtty unplugged the cable and did the SD cheetah.nbh install and it worked. I have tried it twice and it has worked. Yes I screwed my phone twice trying to use a Dutty rom.