help! can't unlock vogue

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Hey guys, I've been playing with these phones for a while, I have had a Mogul, and this is my second touch I am working on. I cannot for the life of me get this to work, done tons of reading but am at my wits end.



Supposedly 2 GB cards work for flashing the vogue, right? Well when I try to, I take the Cokeman 2.31 unlocker, load it on 2 GB SD card as VOGUIMG.NBH, enter bootloader, but all that happens is it says "Loading...". Needless to say, nothing happens and it just goes back to the bootloader rainbow. I encountered this problem before and resolved it by using a 512 mb card, but I actually lost the card and cannot find it . It appears no one carries 512 mb cards anymore, because I've called Staples, Best Buy, Kmart, and they all don't have them smaller than 2GB.



So I decided to try via USB. I have win mo dev center setup, synced up, recognized. Open the RUU.exe, go through the steps. The RUU kicks it to the bootloader screen successfully, but when it comes up, the connection appears to be dropped, and the progress bar never starts to move, failed connection.



Any ideas at all would be greatly appreciated!

I know that you can flash from a 2gb card, but I am not sure that you can unlock from one. To unlock, I think you have to plug your phone into the computer and run it from there.

And on the computer, I think it takes time. Maybe try and just be patient.

Originally Posted by TheKartus

I know that you can flash from a 2gb card, but I am not sure that you can unlock from one. To unlock, I think you have to plug your phone into the computer and run it from there.

And on the computer, I think it takes time. Maybe try and just be patient.

Per his instructions, you are supposed to be able to unlock with Cokeman's unlocker. I think it just doesn't like my microsd card, because I've run into the same issue before and fixed it with the 512 mb. Just can't find another one of these things, damned stores only sell 2gb.

I'd give it all the time it needs, but it says usb connection failed. I think what I'm missing is the step where you disable USB connections in WMDC / activesync. Any idea at what dialog box you must do that? Cokeman's instructions are so general hard to tell when.

Thanks!

Originally Posted by berardi

Per his instructions, you are supposed to be able to unlock with Cokeman's unlocker. I think it just doesn't like my microsd card, because I've run into the same issue before and fixed it with the 512 mb. Just can't find another one of these things, damned stores only sell 2gb.

I'd give it all the time it needs, but it says usb connection failed. I think what I'm missing is the step where you disable USB connections in WMDC / activesync. Any idea at what dialog box you must do that? Cokeman's instructions are so general hard to tell when.

Thanks!

are u sure your card is formatted to fat32?

EDIT: also to use the 2.31 unlocker you must already have a gps radio installed

Originally Posted by jamezelle

are u sure your card is formatted to fat32?

EDIT: also to use the 2.31 unlocker you must already have a gps radio installed

unfortunately yes, I'm positive. I've even tried reformatting it to be sure. I woudl even reformat it to 512 mb if that would make it work =/

Originally Posted by berardi

unfortunately yes, I'm positive. I've even tried reformatting it to be sure. I woudl even reformat it to 512 mb if that would make it work =/

install your carriers latest rom(gps) before you try the 2.31 unlocker

Originally Posted by jamezelle

install your carriers latest rom(gps) before you try the 2.31 unlocker

I tried that too but when it reboots to bootloader, it doesn't see the USB connection... grrr can't even load the carrier rom. this usb cable must be faulty. any way to get the nbh out of the carrier file?

Originally Posted by berardi

I tried that too but when it reboots to bootloader, it doesn't see the USB connection... grrr can't even load the carrier rom. this usb cable must be faulty. any way to get the nbh out of the carrier file?

what radio version do you have?

Originally Posted by jamezelle

what radio version do you have?

radio 3.42.30 its a brand new replacement i just got

farthest I can get on USB is load the RUU, recognizes the phone and rom version, it boots the phone to the bootloader, and at that point the usb connection is lost, and never returns to the pc. Phone sits there on rainbow screen saying "Serial" and pc says usb connection lost error. :-/