A Problem after installing a ROM - RESCUE Options

[radjapost]

A couple day ago I've installed a new ROM (Touch FLO Manila 2D) on my Herald using "FLASH CENTER". It has worked for some time, but after one rebooting the system didn't start any more - after turning on it appears a green screen for a pair seconds, then my Herald goes automatically down. And it repeats again and again... And it is not possible to restore the system though ActiveSync, because the Herald doesn't start at all.

I have looked through in this forum for possible rescue options. one of them seemed to be FLASHING FROM SD CARD. But this had no effect - a tricolor has appeared, but it happened nothing more. Probably there is possible to install a ROM this way on working WINDOWS MOBILE' s and not at broken.

I thought - may be it is possible to install a Windows Mobile on SD CARD (something like portable version) and so boot a system from SD Card ???

I hope you can help me.

Thanks.

[ivanmmj]

A couple day ago I've installed a new ROM (Touch FLO Manila 2D) on my Herald using "FLASH CENTER". It has worked for some time, but after one rebooting the system didn't start any more - after turning on it appears a green screen for a pair seconds, then my Herald goes automatically down. And it repeats again and again... And it is not possible to restore the system though ActiveSync, because the Herald doesn't start at all.

I have looked through in this forum for possible rescue options. one of them seemed to be FLASHING FROM SD CARD. But this had no effect - a tricolor has appeared, but it happened nothing more. Probably there is possible to install a ROM this way on working WINDOWS MOBILE' s and not at broken.

I thought - may be it is possible to install a Windows Mobile on SD CARD (something like portable version) and so boot a system from SD Card ???

I hope you can help me.

Thanks.
This is the wrong forum for this. I have written a few guides on how "unbrick" the Herald.
You can flash just fine from the tricolor screen. (That's where the phone takes you automatically when you flash "from" windows mobile.) So no worries, you aren't out of luck. Worse case scenario, you search for the GoldCard method if nothing else works.

[radjapost]

Hello!

Thank you for your help.

You say, I am on right way with my "tricolor screen". But why doesn't happen anything? May be:

- should I just take another SD Card? My is 1 GB - is it OK, too big, too small?

- did I something wrong with "flashing" methods? I did it 2 ways:
- just with any ROM-File in NBH-Format, which was renamed to HERAIMG.NBH and placed alone to the formated SD Card
- in addition to HERAIMG.NBH also other files (like "EnterBootloader.exe"), which are often inclusive in ROM- ZIPs.

- I should be more patient and wait more than 1 hour with a hope that anything will change?

Could you give me the links for "unbricking" the Herald?

Thanks a lot.

[ivanmmj]

You misunderstood me. You don't flash with the SD card through the tricolor screen. You flash through the regular flash center. If you're not hardSPL you have to flash the stock ROM.
As far as the flashing through SD goes, it should give you a countdown before the tricolor screen appears. If it doesn't, or if it's too fast to read, then your SD card is too slow.

[radjapost]

As it loads this tricolor screen I see the following data:

IPL 1.08.0001
SPL 1.08.0001

Perhaps it means, that I indeed need a GOLDCARD method.

You don't flash with the SD card through the tricolor screen. You flash through the regular flash center.

But the FLASH CENTER works only on WINDOWS. So I can't use the regular flash center, because my Herald doesn't start up and ActiveSync doesn't see him.

If you're not hardSPL you have to flash the stock ROM.

Where do I get the original ROM, may be even WM5? In your FTP- server I have found some "ship.exe"- Files, but I can't extract ".nbh" files from them.

it should give you a countdown before the tricolor screen appears. If it doesn't, or if it's too fast to read, then your SD card is too slow.

May be that is the point!!! My SD is too slow. Will be in this case "GoldCard" an ideal solution for me?

Thanks.

[ivanmmj]

As it loads this tricolor screen I see the following data:

IPL 1.08.0001
SPL 1.08.0001

Perhaps it means, that I indeed need a GOLDCARD method.

This means that you attempted to flash a HardSPL or another SPL when your SPL did not meet the state requirements. You NEED to create a Goldcard.


But the FLASH CENTER works only on WINDOWS. So I can't use the regular flash center, because my Herald doesn't start up and ActiveSync doesn't see him.

No, the flash center doesn't only work in Windows. It works on the bootloader mode. ActiveSync's icon turning green doesn't mean that activesync saw the phone, it means that it can synchronize your information with the computer.


Where do I get the original ROM, may be even WM5? In your FTP- server I have found some "ship.exe"- Files, but I can't extract ".nbh" files from them.

If you broke your SPL like I mentioned above, you will have to use the Goldcard first then you will be able to flash any stock Herald/Tmobile Wing ROM.


May be that is the point!!! My SD is too slow. Will be in this case "GoldCard" an ideal solution for me?

Thanks.

I don't know if it will be too slow for that, too. But if you broke your SPL, the goldcard is the ONLY way to fix it.

[radjapost]

The problem is - for GOLD Card I need a working WINDOWS Mobile Handy... and I don't have such one at the moment.

Is it possible to become a standard GOLD Card, which would be suitable for most of Heralds?

Thanks

[ivanmmj]

The problem is - for GOLD Card I need a working WINDOWS Mobile Handy... and I don't have such one at the moment.

Is it possible to become a standard GOLD Card, which would be suitable for most of Heralds?

Thanks

You don't need a windows mobile phone. You can also create one using linux.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=485364
Obviously, make it for the Herald not the Dream.

[radjapost]

Hi.

You don't need a windows mobile phone. You can also create one using Linux.

I've installed Linux on my computer, but i can't find a correct command to read a CID of my SD Card. My SD is located in Linux under "/media/disk-1" and I try to write something like "cat /media/disk-1:*/cid", but the Linux doesn't recognize CID command at all.

Actually, I hope, that after getting CID it will not be difficult to obtain a goldcard.img through QMAT. Am I right?

Thanks.