Trying to unlock/cid/sim/ load new 6.1 OS into a G4 Orange SPV M3000

[risho]

Now I been reading all of the stickies and after much confusion and some more readin i found myself into the correct Vista RUU loader, now for the ROM I found through orange one that has an extension of .nb0 and one on this forums ftp of .nbh which is the one I should be using once I do the soft spl and cid unlock?

I also kept getting a error connection saying my update utility is out of date, then with the Vista one(after installing all drivers etc) I get a connection error but only with those tool I am able to connect with the vista mobile device center with no problems before and after installing the 32bit drivers, should I be trying to load the files in the main phone menu or in boatloader? Cause I've tried both ways and receive the 2 previous mentioned errors.

I just don't know what I am doing right with those, if helps you guys help it is a Orange M3000 with I believe german ROM...sorry If I couldn't find the answer I have been reading for a few hrs before I decided I need to post for proper direction on doing this....

http://img67.imageshack.us/img67/2564/captureasxk9.jpg

[ashasaur]

ahh, well, let me commend you brother for actually reading and searching before posting a problem! Much appreciated! But lemme ask you this...what is your phones info? IE-IPL/SPL, is it a G3 or G4? Once you can provide us that information, then would should be able to better assist you!

[risho]

Sorry forgot that info for the SPL, I know its a G4 since the examples I read talked about the 3 leading 0's, but specifically it is

IPL/SPL: 2.16.0001
GSM: 01.04.10
OS: 2.16.1.1

[ashasaur]

Mkay, what I would recommend is going ahead and Hard-SPLing your phone(look for the Hard-SPL thread in this subforum, and follow the instructions EXACTLY!), and then upgradeing your GSM radio ROM to 1.69.X or something similiar, seeing as the one that you have is REALLY old. Upgraded radio ROMs offer better connectivity then older ones do. After you do both of those things, you can then safely upgrade to either WinMo 6 or 6.1...hope that helps!

[risho]

Tried the HardSPL and got this:

http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/3097/rfthgfhrv2.jpg

Do I need to have a ROM(nb.nbh) loaded in the same folder as the Hard-SPL.exe I used?

[zabardast_1]

No ! you don't have to have a Rom in the HardSPL folder,just Activesync with pc and run the HardSPL,it'll start to flash,don't worry if the screen goes white,it part of the procedure,but I assume you are trying it on WinVista.HardSPL doesn't work on Vista,better try on a pc with WinXP.