Ok, I give up. I've been searching all night and I cannot find an answer - all the answers that I have found seem to have driven me and my device further to a state that is unrecoverable.
First I couldnt update the rom at all because it crashed mid way, then I finally did get an OS up and running, yet with no radio - no imei or phone functions. I couldnt update radio rom, and I couldnt revert to the original. I now have just a boot loader, that I cannot install anything on to, at all.
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HERM300
IPL-1.01
HERM300 MFG
SPL-1.01"
I know I'm running the wrong boot loader now, but it was in effort of persuing being able to update the radio rom. I'm following the instructions to change it and at "task 32" Im getting "FF"
Please. Someone help. I cannot be accused of searching first hand as I've been sat here since 7pm trying to sort this, its now 3:44.
Cheers.
you didnt change to hardspl boot loader before u tried to update it?
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you didnt change to hardspl boot loader before u tried to update it?
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man, OP, please tell us you did...
have you tried reading here?
and here?
yes. and yes. Thanks for the quick replies - looks like im still up with it.
Bad times.. " you didnt change to hardspl boot loader before u tried to update it?" - this I dont understand. I've been following my nose all night. I've updated roms before, but i've never had any issues, certainly not like this.
Good times.. I've got it to boot. and I'm running WM6 "Pro Black" on the thing as we speak. so its not that dead..
I still have no radio version, nor imei, and spl/ipl is still 1.01. I'm trying to update radio rom, but it hangs at 0%.
i take it youve ruled out a bad usb connection? have you considered trying the SD CARD method of upgrading your rom?
thats all but ruled out, as i havent got an sd reader attached.
im making some headway, got the SPL at 1.10.Oli - still cant install radio rom though!
interesting. the shipped tmobile rom is now working...
I say working, its getting up to 13%. which is more than the 0 i was getting earlier.
Ok. So we're up to normal bootloader
IPL 1.04
SPL 2.10
No radio rom will install though. at all. error 262.
I have the same probleem with my t mobile vario 2. I can only upgrade OS ONLY rom, when I try to flash radio it freeze 0% error 262. I've tried evrything from wiki but nothing has worked jet. I hoop sameone can help us.. thanks
jacky651 said:
I have the same probleem with my t mobile vario 2. I can only upgrade OS ONLY rom, when I try to flash radio it freeze 0% error 262. I've tried evrything from wiki but nothing has worked jet. I hoop sameone can help us.. thanks
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have you considered SIM/CID unlocking your phone? just a thought. not a definite solution. proceed with the latter (CID) AT YOUR RISK as ive heard changing CID to SUPER CID will make your device SUPER CID for eternity (?) and may void any warranty that you have..
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have you considered SIM/CID unlocking your phone? just a thought. not a definite solution. proceed with the latter (CID) AT YOUR RISK as ive heard changing CID to SUPER CID will make your device SUPER CID for eternity (?) and may void any warranty that you have..
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i 've unlock my phone couple month ago. it super CID i checked with 'mtty' info 2. i can flash everything except radio
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Flashed WMXL 0.20 yesterday. All fine. I stupidly installed a WM2003 program that seems to have edited the graphics driver. Now the thing wont boot past the HTC splash screen. I've tried flashing, same rom, different t-mobile roms etc. No luck, always same error.
What gives?
Installing a program does not usually brick a device.
And if your graphics driver has been modified,I suggest you do a hard reset on your device.
If that is not helping,please provide your SPL and Radio version,also Cid status and so on ,see who can help you here.
Spuddy said:
Flashed WMXL 0.20 yesterday. All fine. I stupidly installed a WM2003 program that seems to have edited the graphics driver. Now the thing wont boot past the HTC splash screen. I've tried flashing, same rom, different t-mobile roms etc. No luck, always same error.
What gives?
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Sounds like you're flashing & writing before reading. I'm guessing you went straight to the WM6 rom and didn't do any of the SIM or CID unlocking. Read the following threads and you should discover what you need and probably loads more too...
The Hermes Bible - points to all you need to know
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=HTC_Hermes
Common upgrade problems (including yours)
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Hermes_UpgradeProblems
Good luck in your discoveries
Thanks for your advice. I have managed to flash a hungarian T-Mobile ROM to my device and am now going to make is supercid so I can put WM6 back on. Thanks again.
Spuddy said:
Thanks for your advice. I have managed to flash a hungarian T-Mobile ROM to my device and am now going to make is supercid so I can put WM6 back on. Thanks again.
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Congrats and have fun flashing - it's addictive.
I'd suggest that you read and try Olipro's Hard-SPL before you go any further. This appears to be the answer to many of our prayers because you should be able to recover a bad radio flash. (I'm guessing that the 1.04 version will become most popular)
Hard-SPL, Or How to Not Brick Your PDA Ever Again
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=296722
Spuddy said:
. . . a WM2003 program that seems to have edited the graphics driver . . .
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What program was that, if you don't mind my asking?
abubasim said:
What program was that, if you don't mind my asking?
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DotPocket.
http://www.dotpocket.com/pocket-pc-software.html
Hello,
I know this has been asked all over the place but I have read all the related downgrade threads and cant find what im looking for. (Just too confusing!)
OK yesturday I got a SPV M3100 from orange. Within 5 mins I had followed this guide to upgrade to WM6:
http://www.mrvanx.org/hermes_guide/wmxl/index.html
All went well! I flashed the SPL thing first, then the radio thing, and then the OS.
I am trying to downgrade now, as I am having second thoughts and having a few problems. I want to downgrade everything, the SPL, Radio and OS stuff.
This is what I had:
IPL - 1.01
SPL - 1.04
Radio: not sure
OS: WM5 with Orange stuff intergrated
I now have:
IPL-1.01
SPL-1.40.Olipro
Radio: 1.38.00.10
OS: WMXL 0.20
I have read this guide about downgrading:
http://www.mrvanx.org/hermes_guide/Downgrade/index.html
I think I can follow it OK but it sounds confusing to me. He only really talkes about downgrading the OS. I want everything back to factory standard.
Theres all this talk about I have to downgrade to SPL 1.10 before I do anything. Some say force it. If it was 1.04 to start, why do i flash 1.10? Some say other stuff. Im just all confused! Can you do the whole lot in one flash? Do it seperately? What order?
Again really sorry for this random post, im just really stuck
Thanks
David
dlfranks said:
Hello,
I know this has been asked all over the place but I have read all the related downgrade threads and cant find what im looking for. (Just too confusing!)
OK yesturday I got a SPV M3100 from orange. Within 5 mins I had followed this guide to upgrade to WM6:
http://www.mrvanx.org/hermes_guide/wmxl/index.html
All went well! I flashed the SPL thing first, then the radio thing, and then the OS.
I am trying to downgrade now, as I am having second thoughts and having a few problems. I want to downgrade everything, the SPL, Radio and OS stuff.
This is what I had:
IPL - 1.01
SPL - 1.04
Radio: not sure
OS: WM5 with Orange stuff intergrated
I now have:
IPL-1.01
SPL-1.40.Olipro
Radio: 1.38.00.10
OS: WMXL 0.20
I have read this guide about downgrading:
http://www.mrvanx.org/hermes_guide/Downgrade/index.html
I think I can follow it OK but it sounds confusing to me. He only really talkes about downgrading the OS. I want everything back to factory standard.
Theres all this talk about I have to downgrade to SPL 1.10 before I do anything. Some say force it. If it was 1.04 to start, why do i flash 1.10? Some say other stuff. Im just all confused! Can you do the whole lot in one flash? Do it seperately? What order?
Again really sorry for this random post, im just really stuck
Thanks
David
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IF you read the guide it takes you through downgrading the OS,extrom and the two splashscreens.
You do the same procedure again for the radio and IPL/SPL, but make sure you do the SPL and IPL last.
Or you could do a different procedure where you flash 1.10.oli (SPL) to the device, then you can run a full flash all at once, is up to you.
thanks.
So I flash 1.10Olipro first (sorry where do i get this?)
Then I flash the Orange ROM from the wiki? This then puts the old radio, spl and os on?
does the orange rom force all the old stuff back on if the spl is 1.10 or something
Am i still following the same downgrade guide?
wish there was a guide just for me!!! lol
dlfranks said:
wish there was a guide just for me!!! lol
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lol When you manage this, perhaps you could produce a specific guide for us Orange M3100 owners
philg2000 said:
lol When you manage this, perhaps you could produce a specific guide for us Orange M3100 owners
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you have any tips for me having one yourself?
I want it all back to normal just incase I decide to send it back...
Upgrade was so easy, just ran a bunch of files. The downgrade one you have to extract, copy, move, compile and do all these things
If i put on 1.10oli will the phone still work with wm6?
then i do the downgrade guide and use the orange rom, how do i get it to downgrade all 3 things?
why cant it be as easy as flashing a normal phone like K800i lol
mrvanx said:
IF you read the guide it takes you through downgrading the OS,extrom and the two splashscreens.
You do the same procedure again for the radio and IPL/SPL, but make sure you do the SPL and IPL last.
Or you could do a different procedure where you flash 1.10.oli (SPL) to the device, then you can run a full flash all at once, is up to you.
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the two dfio ways you said here? there still confusing me...
how do i do the full flash? that sounds more simple...
is there a guide??????
full flash with orange rom wm5? you said downgrade to 1.10oli first. If i do this then do full flash, with 1.04 be put on by the full flash?
dlfranks said:
you have any tips for me having one yourself?
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I wish!
Well, I could give you a pointer to what to avoid doing, from "my mates" <cough> own harsh learn -the-hard-way experience. Let me have a trawl thru what "he" did recently the resulted in a Brick...
I take it your not looking to do this any time soon?
i want to do it today, just incase i decide to send it back to orange.
i just wanna know what steps to take how to get it all back to the way orange sent it to me.
i just went to start the downgrade sing the downgrade guide, but the only orange rom on the wiki is romanion or something and its orange008. so confusing!!!!!!
i dont understand
OK, there isnt a guide on this because its a more advanced thing to do. You REALLY should read up in the HardSPL thread and etc... before you do this:
download SPL 1.10.oli, unzip and run ROMUpgradeUT this will flash the SPL to the device. Then just download a ROM (such as an orange one) and run it. the ROM will downgrade everything.
Actually it is dangerous to downgrade using a full ROM without Hard spl1.40olipro which will protect you from bricking your device.
If you really want to do it then
1- Do as mrvanx guide to downgrade only the OS.
2- Do as mrvanx guide to downgrade only the Radio.
3- Download 1.10oli which will replace 1.40oli and I think it is the only way to do it.
4- Do as mrvanx guide to downgrade only the Spl.
I don't advice you to downgrade the radio as the shipped one is terrible.
Read Hard spl thread before you start your downgrade process.
mrvanx said:
OK, there isnt a guide on this because its a more advanced thing to do. You REALLY should read up in the HardSPL thread and etc... before you do this:
download SPL 1.10.oli, unzip and run ROMUpgradeUT this will flash the SPL to the device. Then just download a ROM (such as an orange one) and run it. the ROM will downgrade everything.
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i did what you said...
flashed it with spl 1.10oli then flashed it with orange rom
rom flash went fine
now stuck in windows mobile flash screen
what do i do now? lol
dlfranks said:
i did what you said...
flashed it with spl 1.10oli then flashed it with orange rom
rom flash went fine
now stuck in windows mobile flash screen
what do i do now? lol
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Sh1t - Which Orange ROM?
What Bootloader version is now on the phone?
the Thread at the top of this forum is a good place to start - "dead hermes? corrupted radio? Post comments here"
Does it by any chance also say "No Gsm" on the orange screen briefly as it boots..
(I hope not....)
philg2000 said:
Sh1t - Which Orange ROM?
What Bootloader version is now on the phone?
the Thread at the top of this forum is a good place to start - "dead hermes? corrupted radio? Post comments here"
Does it by any chance also say "No Gsm" on the orange screen briefly as it boots..
(I hope not....)
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hello
bootloader on phone is spl-1.10.oli as this is what i was advised to put on it before i flash the rom and the rom would flash everything back...
the only things that the orange screen says is
M 05
S 04
B 06
D 2.5
the orange rom i used was...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=278060&page=3
hope you can help
thanks
Can you double check the boot loader version?
Coz I thought that Rom downgraded it too.
Best place to start, then, is the thread I mentioned. There is a table of what to do under certain circumstances.
Problem I was involved with, only option was repair. But with an Oli bootloader you should be ok.
the bootloader is defo 1.10.oli
i was expecting the rom to downgrade it too
i have put a post into that thread you said. its number 979
i have phoned orange and there happy to replace it tomo morning, if i fix it tonight then i just wont accept the new one... if not ill take risk of having replacement and them not contacting me about it
anything you can suggest? really appriciate any help!
i dont see how you can flash it again with difo boot loader as none of the tools recognise it now?
thanks
I have a g4 which is a bit dead right now.
Basically I have been playing round with trying out different roms. Its CID locked so I have been using shelltool.
On my last flash, something disrupted it and I had to disconnect. No when I turn it on it hangs on the splash screen (o2).
So what do I do now?
I tried downloading the original software from o2 and ried flashing that with the update facility whilst in boot loader mode and it comes up with a 300 error saying i need an updated update thingy.
Can any one suggest anything? Thanks
Will
Flash Wizrd Love
willroy said:
I have a g4 which is a bit dead right now.
Basically I have been playing round with trying out different roms. Its CID locked so I have been using shelltool.
On my last flash, something disrupted it and I had to disconnect. No when I turn it on it hangs on the splash screen (o2).
So what do I do now?
I tried downloading the original software from o2 and ried flashing that with the update facility whilst in boot loader mode and it comes up with a 300 error saying i need an updated update thingy.
Can any one suggest anything? Thanks
Will
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Check post #79 on this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=293480&page=36
Sorry but that hasn't helped me. It says
Code:
Greetings,
Now ill be able to use crossbow, thanks alot.
Now i have 1 question- Is it possible to go back to original rom which imate k jam gave me.
Does it change the IPL SPl and GSM.
Thanks Alot Great job.
Be careful
willroy said:
Sorry but that hasn't helped me. It says
Code:
Greetings,
Now ill be able to use crossbow, thanks alot.
Now i have 1 question- Is it possible to go back to original rom which imate k jam gave me.
Does it change the IPL SPl and GSM.
Thanks Alot Great job.
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IPL and SPL are not touched, I can not answer if you would be able to go back to your original ROM, and agin: when I tried to flash my Cingular "Original" or "official" ROM from the Cingular site my Extended ROM was wiped, so as today I can flash the original ROM but my Ext ROM went to limbo.
Good luck!
The shelltool thread mentions what to do if your phone is stuck on a splash screen. Perhaps you could re-read certain parts of it, in order to get the answer to your post.
this might help you out:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=298613
Well I being stupid person that I was loaded Faria's rom without unlocking my G4 it got to 99% and errored saying update error and such. So i did some research finding out that I had to unlock first, now after reaidng some tutorials I see things about uploading the EnableRapi to my 8125 but problem is when I turn it on it only has the rainbow colors I can't get in to the phone and I can't use it..
Could anyone please help me and guide me or paste me a thread on how I can fix this. I've been researching for hours and haven't gotten anywhere. If anyone can please help me itll be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
All you have to do is put your phone in bootloader mode then flash wizard love or the rom that your device was shipped with.
You havent told us what wm5 rom your device originally had on it so we cant help you there but Wizard Love can be found here and here.
peter petrelli said:
All you have to do is put your phone in bootloader mode then flash wizard love or the rom that your device was shipped with.
You havent told us what wm5 rom your device originally had on it so we cant help you there but Wizard Love can be found here and here.
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i've installed farias o1st wm6 rom on my g4 device using the shelltoll method..
i wanted 2 try nother wm6 rom
do i have 2 go thru the entire unlock process again or just use the shell tool with the new rom
ok
u hav 2 go thru the unlocking CID process again & everytime u want 2 reflash
Cingular 8125 G4
All seems to be working back to normal question though using the shelltools it doesn't display all the information about the phone when I press Get Info, i have a 2.x.0001 but when I press get info it wont show the info on CID or the option below it, but itll allow me to Extract OS, is that okay? or do if I flash it, it won't work?
aurfawce said:
All seems to be working back to normal question though using the shelltools it doesn't display all the information about the phone when I press Get Info, i have a 2.x.0001 but when I press get info it wont show the info on CID or the option below it, but itll allow me to Extract OS, is that okay? or do if I flash it, it won't work?
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Unless the person who converted the 80040000-OS.nb to nk.nbf filled in those fields then they will be blank. Dont worry about these details. Flash away.
Good Luck
G4 help
so i tried flashing it I thought it was successful I did the hard reset after I ran the ShellTools. Was I supposed to do anything after the hardreset? Because I though then maybe I can go on to trying Faria's stuff but when I did got to 99% and 302 error occured so now im flashing back to old ROM, any hints? tips? or programs to make the G4 unlocking easier? any or maybe any roms out there you know of that won't mess with the SPL/IPL that I can just load the rom and use it?
Thanks
aurfawce said:
so i tried flashing it I thought it was successful I did the hard reset after I ran the ShellTools. Was I supposed to do anything after the hardreset? Because I though then maybe I can go on to trying Faria's stuff but when I did got to 99% and 302 error occured so now im flashing back to old ROM, any hints? tips? or programs to make the G4 unlocking easier? any or maybe any roms out there you know of that won't mess with the SPL/IPL that I can just load the rom and use it?
Thanks
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So you tried to flash Faria's rom to a CID locked G4 then when that didnt work you used shelltool. Following this you tried to flash Faria's rom to your still CID locked G4 and it didnt work again?
I'm a bit confused so I'll start at the beginning again. If you do in fact own a G4 CID locked device then the only way that you can upgrade your OS is to use shelltool, unless you want to pay imei-check to unlock it. Using the RUU method to update a CID locked G4 will produce an error and not finish flashing or it will complete the flashing process but your OS will not have changed.
Shelltool doesnt unlock your device, it will still be CID locked after shelltool completes. Shelltool only updates OS so the chance of bricking your device is minimal. Hope this helps.
im not a newby to flashing ive been through my tytn flashing left and right. i just got my fuze about a month ago and ive been reading evaluating all these roms to see which one would be best for me with the least amount of bugs.
i had no issue unlockin my fuze and by doing that i know i can go straight to flashing. but when i go to flash my fuze it gives me a Error Code 244 Device ID....i have no clue and am completely lost. any help?
I'm not familiar with that error code but do you have Olinex's HardSPL? If not download it and flash it to your Fuze, and then you may flash cooked ROMs.
PRETTY POSITIVE I DO BECAUSE I SIM/SECURITY UNLOCKED MY PHONE ETC...
will it hurt to flash hardspl again even if i already have it on here?
Nope, just do the HardSPL again...
read this: http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Elf_RUU_Error_Codes
Even though its for the elf the error codes will be the same
also when u enter boot loader, does the top white bar say "security unlocked?"
be very sure you hardspl properly by holding down bottom volume button and soft reset button at the same time. Top left should be 1.90 olinex. if not, you are not hardspl properly.
im going to just reflash hard spl. i know its flashed bcuz i unlocked the phone and thats part of the process. see what happens then. thanks for all the info
no luck. getting the same error 244 invalid device id
cediesaid said:
PRETTY POSITIVE I DO BECAUSE I SIM/SECURITY UNLOCKED MY PHONE ETC...
will it hurt to flash hardspl again even if i already have it on here?
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That sounds really, really ominous. This is what error 244 says (thanks for the link, Warjcowski, it's an interesting read):
ERROR 244 (Invalid Model ID):
First reason: Your device is not CID unlocked, and the Model ID of your device does not match the Model ID of the ROM. CID unlock your device by flashing a Hard SPL and then try again, or flash a shipped ROM with the correct Model ID.
Second reason: You have the Hard SPL and are trying to flash a shipped ROM (which is attempting to overwrite the SPL). Flash a ROM that does not contain an SPL, or remove the SPL from this shipped ROM (i.e. use NBHextract.exe to grab all the components then rebuild just the OS.nb with HTC ROM Tool).
Third reason: You have the Hard SPL and are trying to flash an older (usually cooked) ROM. Downgrade to a USPL (different from Hard SPL!) using the 'white screen' method and then flash the ROM again.
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That doesn't sound good. It makes me think you don't have hard spl. So I did a little poking around, and found this post from a thread that you started (emphasis mine):
cediesaid said:
i just got mine from sprint. im not a fan of the speaker volume. just doesn't ring as loud. i know with my tilt i found a way per this website to make it higher. not sure how to do it on my touch pro. can someone help?
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In the first post, you said you had a fuze. You don't have a fuze, you've got a Sprint Touch Pro (unless you got rid of it and got a fuze-excuse me if you did). What ROM did you flash to your Touch Pro (probably Energy ROM, wasn't it?)? I'm afraid that you killed your phone.
excellent detective work Farmer Ted. I was going to go check to see all his posts as well to see what device he really had but you were ahead of me lol
i dont think ive killed my phone. im using it noe to reply. lol. i have not flashed any roms and im attempting. but i own fuze now
when you go into bootloader does it say? 1.90oilnex? i know someone said it before but i just want to make sure you have Hard Spl on there properly.
yes it did before i reflashed hardspl again. and it says it now too.....im sooo lost on what to do
cediesaid said:
im not a newby to flashing ive been through my tytn flashing left and right. i just got my fuze about a month ago and ive been reading evaluating all these roms to see which one would be best for me with the least amount of bugs.
i had no issue unlockin my fuze and by doing that i know i can go straight to flashing. but when i go to flash my fuze it gives me a Error Code 244 Device ID....i have no clue and am completely lost. any help?
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What ROM (OS or radio; custom or stock) and what version are you trying to flash to?
cediesaid said:
i dont think ive killed my phone. im using it noe to reply. lol. i have not flashed any roms and im attempting. but i own fuze now
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cediesaid said:
yes it did before i reflashed hardspl again. and it says it now too.....im sooo lost on what to do
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Ok, now I'm really confused. In the first post, you say the phone is fine and you're using it to write the post. Maybe you're joking there-honestly, I don't know. But if it's fine, then why are you lost on what to do? Is the phone bricked, or is it fine? You can get into bootloader (I assume so, since you know that hard spl was flashed)? Then just flash your previous ROM back onto the phone off of an sd card.
im confused because i keep gwtting the same error message when i go to flash the rom
cediesaid said:
im confused because i keep gwtting the same error message when i go to flash the rom
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Let's head back to the basics again.
What exactly and completely does it say when you go to the bootloader screen?
What is the model number of the device you are trying to flash?
What carrier do you have?
What ROM are you trying to flash?
What method are you using to flash this ROM?
My bootloader shows the following
Security Unlocked
RAPH110
SPL-1.90.Olinex
MicroP-Raph (LED) v13
MicroP-Raph (KEY) v5
PSOC-Raph STAGE_CVT v0x36
I bought my fuze form a corpoate att store.
I have tmobile and have been using my fuze on the tmobile network for about a month now.
I have tried flashing via usb with actie sync. and when it goes to flash it brings up the percentage bar saying it could take ten minutes and just go straight to 100 percent in like 2 seconds then gives me the error invalid device id.
the rom i was attempting was natv v4 for the fuze. then i tried the elite rom as well. no luck same result
received response
Just flash from your SD card assuming you have one.