Hello all.
I was flashing a ROM (VP3G's new ROM) when my USB cable jiggled and became disconnected from the computer. Now my phone is stuck in the tri-color screen.
I have read through some of the unbricking material and have not had any luck. There are many pages which I will go through to try and not have to send my phone to repair.
Here is my info.
Hermes Cingular 8525
HERM100
IPL-1.03
HERM100
SPL-1.11
Everytime I try to check if my phone has KITL enabled, it does not tell me. I am downloading Windows CE right now and will attempt to recover using the PB + KITL method ... but I am hoping to get a little help if possible. The main problem is that my phone will not ActiveSync ... so I cannot try to flash another ROM. Whenever I try, I get a message saying that the computer cannot communicate with the phone.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Please do not flame ... I am working on trying to fix this myself. I am just asking for a little insight.
Thanks,
Kangle
Have you tried SD Card flashing method?
Have you tried simply flashing another ROM, with the phone starting in bootloader mode?
Are you using CustomRUU to do the flash?
Have you tried a hard reset?
Have you tried mtty - task 28?
Have you tried SD Card flashing method?
This is the only promising thing I have not tried. I am looking for more information about how to do that. Once I find it, Im going to buy a Micro SD card tomorrow and try.
Have you tried simply flashing another ROM, with the phone starting in bootloader mode?
Yes. ActiveSync does not recognize the device, so I havent been able to flash anything. I always get the 260 error. The phone is stuck in bootloader mode (tri-color screen). The phone does switch from USB/Serial when I unplug the USB cable from the computer. It almost makes me think that if ActiveSync was working, I would be OK. But I know ActiveSync does not work unless you have an OS installed.
Are you using CustomRUU to do the flash?
I am using RUUWrapper.exe from vp3g v3(1).62.0_ATT_Full.rar. Ive been reading for a couple hours, so I am not 100% sure if that is what you mean. I have also tried RUU_Hermes_CINGULAR_WWE_2[1].06.502.3_6275_1.33.31.00_108_Ship.exe among others with no success.
Have you tried a hard reset?
Yes ... failed.
Have you tried mtty - task 28?
Mtty allows me to hit the USB button, but the white screen does not allow me to type anything.
*After restarting my computer, mtty started working. I did task 28, and here is what I got.
Cmd>task 28
Storage format start
Write Nand Success
dwBlockToWrite = 13
Storage start block: 438
Storage Total block: 498
Total Bad Block in CE: 0
NeedToEraseBlockStart: 451
Storage format success
Thanks for your response. Im really trying to read up and figure this thing out. Im trying the KITL method now. I really appreciate any input anyone can give me. Im not going to sleep until I get this thing fixed.
Hope your joking re not getting any sleep. I have done this once and ended up making so many mistakes that the sensible thing was to pack in and get a few hours kip.
Amazing what difference a new day makes in terms of clear thinking and putting a seemingly insurmountable problem into perspective.
Hope you get it sorted.
WB
Well, I wasnt joking ... but I ended up lying.
The phone will go into bootloader mode and now when I reset it, it goes to the splash screen. Everything appears to be fine, minus the operating system. I believe my radio is still intact (1.41.00.00).
Im being optimistic that flashing from the SD card will work. If not, Im really going to start getting nervous. Ill let you all know how it goes. I did find the thread on it, so Ill be ready to rock here in a little while. Im going to hold off on the KITL method, but I have done most of the steps and will give it a go once I try this.
Now Im real nervous. I tried using the Hermes SD card flash with a NBH file, and it does not work. It says "Loading ..." .... then at the top of the screen it says 00068002. I did flash the card using Fat32 and named the file HERMIMG.nbh.
Starting to look like Im going to have to send it in ...
Im going to keep scouring the info ... try the KITL method. If anybody has an answer or can point me somewhere, I would really appreciate it.
Thanks again for all your help.
Kangle
Going for broke here guys. Here is my info.
Model: Hermes Cingular 8525
ROM Before Flash: vp3G v3[1].0.0_ATT
Radio Before Flash: 1.4.30.00
Bootloader Before Flash: SPL-1.11
Flash failed at: 44%
Flashing ROM: vp3G v3[1].62.0
Flashing Radio: Not flashing radio
Bootloader After Failure: SPL-1.11
CID Before Failure: ? Not SuperCID
CID Corrupt: No (?)
Radio Corrupt: No
No GSM Error: No GSM Error
Stuck In Bootloader: No … can get into Bootloader
Stuck On ATT startup screen: Yes
Can boot into OS: No
Tried mtty command set 14 0: Yes … here are results
Write Nand Success
HTCST ÚÈÒHTCE
Tried wiki problem number 5: Appears I do not have KITL enabled
mtty info 2 output: HTCSCWS__001Ùü¤HHTCE
Current Device Status: unusable
I have tried flashing numerous ROMS ... ActiveSync does not see unit, therefore I cannot install. Tried using SD card to flash, but keep getting 00068002 error message on top of screen. KITL method not working.
Whenever I use mtty to hookup to phone, I do not get USB prompt, but I do get Cmd line. And it does seem to communicate with phone. Here is what task 28 shows.
Cmd>task 28
Storage format start
Write Nand Success
dwBlockToWrite = 13
Storage start block: 438
Storage Total block: 498
Total Bad Block in CE: 0
NeedToEraseBlockStart: 451
Storage format success
***One more note ... I have disabled ActiveSync USB detection. When I reset phone into bootloader mode, I then plug the phone into the computer, which then shows USB in bootloader. Then I run RUUWrapper.exe, and then choose SPL-1.11. It acts like it is going to update ROM, but then it stops at 1% and give error 270 - Image file corrupted.***
If anybody can help, I would greatly appreciate it. Im to my wits end. Im expecting to pay at this point, so if anyone can get me going without sending it in, there will be money heading your way.
Thanks to all those in advance who will help.
Kangle
THE BRICK HAS BEEN FIXED!
WOOT WOOT!!!
I did not really do anything different than what I had been trying before.
I used mtty and did the following.
task 32
task 28
Then I unplugged the USB from the computer, rebooted the phone in bootloader mode, then plugged the USB back into the phone. Then I ran RUU_Hermes_CINGULAR_WWE_2.15.502.3_6275_1.40.30.00_108_Ship.exe and it worked.
I do not understand why it didnt work earlier though ... I ran other official and unofficial Cingular ROMS and did not have luck. Either it would not find the device, or it would and freeze up on 1% and give me a corrupted ROM message. I really did not do anything different as far as I can tell. I must have though, b/c it didnt work 100 times and then all of a sudden it did.
At any rate, thanks to those who responded with their advice. There is a ton of information on this board and I know alot of people have spend much time trying to help noobs like me. The information can be found if you look hard enough. Use Google to help find posts on here. It helps alot.
Thanks,
Kangle
congrats! glad it worked out finally!
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Ok I have searched the forums pretty hard the last couple of days, and I have not found anyone that has the same issue as mine. It's not too big of a deal as everything operates but it is an issue all the same. This is all of course after I have succesfully ran HARD SPL v7 and upgraded to Black 3.0.1. Basically I decided to use POF's SuperCid Unlocker 3a (yes I know if I had HARD SPL 7 then why go through the trouble of Unlocking my CID, let's call it a need to mess with things) and everything went succesful. Then after the fact I read that it is still good even if you have SuperCID to upgrade the SPL to 2.10 and have read some peoples signatures and it appears that they have succesfully done this. Here is my issue;
When I run the CustomRUU it autodetects my SPL no problems, HARD-SPL? is checked, everything seems to go fine until it gets to the boot loader, once it is there, the progress bar pops up, zings to 100% and then reboots, cool? no because it didn't actually upgrade anything everything is still the same. Ok, so I tried the format SD card and rename *.nbh file to HERMIMG.nbh and put only it on the card, when I go to bootloader it does a quick flash to the screen like it recognizes the image but then goes to boot loader and nothing changes (the flash is so quick I can't even read whatever message it may be showing). I have tried pretty much every flashing method I can come across. MTTY wont recognize that I even have a USB port so I have been unable to try that method. So two questions:
I have SuperCID, so should I continue to even bother to get to 2.10?
If so, is there anything else I can try? Or do I need to get MTTY to work and try that as that is really the only thing left?
Thanks for any and all help anyone can provide.
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Ok I have searched the forums pretty hard the last couple of days, and I have not found anyone that has the same issue as mine. It's not too big of a deal as everything operates but it is an issue all the same. This is all of course after I have succesfully ran HARD SPL v7 and upgraded to Black 3.0.1. Basically I decided to use POF's SuperCid Unlocker 3a (yes I know if I had HARD SPL 7 then why go through the trouble of Unlocking my CID, let's call it a need to mess with things) and everything went succesful. Then after the fact I read that it is still good even if you have SuperCID to upgrade the SPL to 2.10 and have read some peoples signatures and it appears that they have succesfully done this. Here is my issue;
When I run the CustomRUU it autodetects my SPL no problems, HARD-SPL? is checked, everything seems to go fine until it gets to the boot loader, once it is there, the progress bar pops up, zings to 100% and then reboots, cool? no because it didn't actually upgrade anything everything is still the same. Ok, so I tried the format SD card and rename *.nbh file to HERMIMG.nbh and put only it on the card, when I go to bootloader it does a quick flash to the screen like it recognizes the image but then goes to boot loader and nothing changes (the flash is so quick I can't even read whatever message it may be showing). I have tried pretty much every flashing method I can come across. MTTY wont recognize that I even have a USB port so I have been unable to try that method. So two questions:
I have SuperCID, so should I continue to even bother to get to 2.10?
If so, is there anything else I can try? Or do I need to get MTTY to work and try that as that is really the only thing left?
Thanks for any and all help anyone can provide.
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Did you look on the bootloader screen to see if your SPL changed? To my knowledge the only place you can see it is in the bootloader screen (tri-color screen) And flashing Olipro's Hard SPL only takes a couple seconds so it sounds to me like it is working as designed.
Or are you trying to flash a different rom? If so then try deleting everything you have in the directory you are using and re-downloading. You might have over-written the file you want to flash with the HardSPL one. You shouldn't be using the hard spl wrapper to flash a rom in any case, i believe that is mentioned in bold at the top of the Hard SPL thread.
Ok nevermind I was able to get it to work and MTTY was the answer. This is the 2 steps I had to follow:
From the thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=291723
sp3dev said:
Hi. I`ve finally found the way to connect mtty and run rom update utility in Vista. tested on rtm 6000.
First of all, connect your device when it`s in bootloader.
next, open Windows Mobile Device Center and in connection settings uncheck Allou USB Connections.
next, goto contol panel-administrative tools-services and start windows mobile device connectivity and windows mobile device 2003 connectivity
next, goto device manager and find your device and update the driver to the one from AS 4, i attached it, wceusbsh.inf.
then, kill wmdc.exe with any taskmanager
You are Ready. run ruu or connect MTTY. I guess that vista default driver uses another port, not WCEUSBSH001, that`s why we have to use the old driver.
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Then Do This:
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Hermes_BootloaderMFG
Flashing SPL-1.01 MFG instructions
Put hermes in bootloader mode (side ok + power button + softreset)
Connect Hermes to computer using USB cable.
Open mtty.exe, select "USB" from the dialog box, then hit Ok.
Hit enter twice and you'll see the "USB>" prompt.
Then type these commands: (note the use of 'lnb*s*')
USB>task 32
Level = 0
USB> lnbs SPL-1.01.nbs 50020000
USB> task 8
Device will reboot after this, with bootloader 1.01-MFG on it.
Once I was able to do all this I was succesfully at 1.01 at which point I ran the Custom RUU and upgrade to 2.10 without issue. Once again all right there in the forums, just had to be pieced together to find a solution.
Thank you all for all your dedication to these projects, you make owning a PDA more fun than I am sure was originally intended. I love messing with things.
I have also attached the necessary files from the original posts to perform this for anyone else facing this issue.
PuckX said:
Ok nevermind I was able to get it to work and MTTY was the answer.
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Cool, glad you got it working
I was trying to upgrade to radio v1.43 in the hope that battery life was improved over 1.41 however when it got to 8% it stopped and gave me an error i can't remember After atempting to recover, it got off the three colour screen now the 3100 stalls on the blackshadow version4 screen (bootloader screen?) and goes no further. I tried reflashing but got a 260 and using mtty, only getting 2 com port options, didn't offer any help.
I'm really sorry to have not been able to sort this with reading through the relevant post but I haven't found a solution. What else can I try?
Hi,
Could you pls advise what is your device made, model, SPL version ... etc.
Also did you try to do Hard reset?
I'm using now black MAJIK (and few days ago black shadow) with radio 1.43 with no problem.
its the SPV m3100 When I decided to go Black shadow I read up on mr vanx and made sure I had all the things I needed. If I remember right, when I came to upgrade to Majik the auto detect found the second option down
SPL-1.04/1.10 - 1.09 Bootloader. I've realized since I had a spaz and ran the RUU from the archive this time. From what I've since read thats not too cleaver.
I have tried a hard reset and took the battery out instead of pressing space.
I dont know if this information on the starter screen is of use
M 05
S 04
B 05 D 3lak
I'm not sure, but hard reset doesnt mean you take the batery out.
Please check that link:
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Hermes_For_Beginners#hardreset
I was in your position (hanged on booting) few days ago, and when i did hard reset, it changes every thing to basic normal condition.
i meant when i did a hard reset when it asked me to press space to reboot I took the battery out. I tried again this time pressing space to reboot but I still get stuck on the loading screen. I can't connect by USB to the PC I'm guessing the drivers on the phone haven't loaded and I'm stuck as to what to do.
Does anyone have any ideas?
try look at it http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=286755
ok I've tried everything I can think of to connect the 3100 to the computer so I can reflash it but mtty gives only com 1 and com2 but no USB and neither those two work, active sync wont connect so I disabled it as suggested and running the radio ruu and wrapper wont querry the device. I am now at a loss as to what to do next someone must know what I should do. Please?
what is your SPL?
try this http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=HTC_Hermes
sl is 1.09 i'd updated it on the previously successful black shadow flash
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I have tried changing KITL trasport but I am unable to select or chose either option. I have also tried the rversion command in the tri colour screen but nothing happens. I hope I'm missing something nice and simple but I get the feeling I'm not going to be that lucky. Please help
tcSPVm3100 said:
sl is 1.09 i'd updated it on the previously successful black shadow flash
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I suggest you check again, press and hold the side OK button and the power button...then put the stylus into the hole in the bottom of the unit.
yeah I've done that it's "SPL-1.09"
I had this exact problem yesterday, with the same bootloader too. The phone would not pass the splash and IT refused to upgrade. I ended up downgrading to a shipped wm5 rom (in my case the cingular 1.30.502.1_1.11.00.00) which to my surprise actually worked as no rom radio or spl upgrade moved at al on my phone. Then upgraded back to black majik. I hope this helps.
Thanks. I downloaded the trial of wm5 from the windows website and it asked me to install .NET framework version 1 so I got that but it turns out to be 2.0 not 1.1 It would say it had repaired but it would say this with or without the phone connected.
tcSPVm3100 said:
Thanks. I downloaded the trial of wm5 from the windows website and it asked me to install .NET framework version 1 so I got that but it turns out to be 2.0 not 1.1 It would say it had repaired but it would say this with or without the phone connected.
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Just download a WM5 ROM from the wiki page!
ok tried this too no luck.
Trying to use the one from orange (linked to through wikki) I get an 294 invalid vendor error however active sync cannot connect yet of course so is this to be expected?
I have however gotten a connection with mtty which is a step forward dunno what to do with it yet though except trying the password 0000000000000000 command but it not disabling the password. This then lead me to read for a further hour how to change it and I've got to be honest; it beat me. I have No idea what the hell its talking about. My head hurt with so much reading.
I get a no gsm pop up v briefly on loader. I so want my phone back
I have since tried CID unlocker just so i get something installed onto this brick but I either get a connection error or it telling me it can't install for some other reason. I can not set the password in mtty to 0000000000000000 so how do I do that and is this the first step to getting things sorted? "just running a rom install" is not happening I can get a USB connection in mtty and that is it. Is the fact i'm running SPL 1.09 a problem? I'm getting precious little help guys If i'm posting in the wrong place or something please let me know. I need thing thing back now. Hours are drifting by with me trying to get some head knowledge but I still need some guidance please
tcSPVm3100 said:
I have since tried CID unlocker just so i get something installed onto this brick but I either get a connection error or it telling me it can't install for some other reason. I can not set the password in mtty to 0000000000000000 so how do I do that and is this the first step to getting things sorted? "just running a rom install" is not happening I can get a USB connection in mtty and that is it. Is the fact i'm running SPL 1.09 a problem? I'm getting precious little help guys If i'm posting in the wrong place or something please let me know. I need thing thing back now. Hours are drifting by with me trying to get some head knowledge but I still need some guidance please
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can u flashing HARD V7?,i think better u have IPL 1.04 SPL 2.10olipro first ,then try to flashing radio?
and did u try SD card.
In bootloader can anyone here connect with active sync? I can't so updating rom and radio flashes in the usual way isn't possible. Trying the hard spl again it tells me to make sure active sync is connected and as it isn't it throws back a 262 update error. 0% on the hermes and that's currently as far as I can get. I have no means with which to access the memory card.
The reason you get an invalid vendor ID is because your CID doesnt match....download a ROM which is for your device (an orange one?)...then try.
You need to read the wiki alot more before trying anything else since you are not aware of the vendor ID error...nor the fact you MUST use HardSPL.
I linked to the orange ROM from wikki and tried installing it. it was while installing THIS ROM SPV_M3100_ROMUpdate_0407.exe I got invalid vendor error.
Installing a recent DL on HARD spl v7 I get a 240 open file error that's one I haven't had before.
With all other attempts they all say they want an active sync connection.
I can not connect to the phone through active sync
so all attempts by me to flash anything to the phone using an RUU fails.
Hi gents,
I finally managed to put my hermes in unusable state and would appreciate any suggestions to get it working again.
Here is the situation: My phone is Hermes 200 with SuperCID and bootloader IPL-1.04, SPL-2.10.Olipro. Currently it sits stuck in tri-color bootloader mode and it doesn't matter what I do. Within last 24 hours I tried to change the boot flags "set 14 0" and "set 16 0" respectively at least 50 times without success. I flashed about 6 different versions of roms including original HTC distributions for WM5. Nothing happens.
As far as history is concerned, I flashed many roms since Black 1.0 onto my TyTN without any problems. two weeks ago, I tried one of Pay's roms trying to get something faster then Schap's 4.22 I was using. Got stuck in BL but could recover using the "set 14 0" and "set 16 0" commands. since then, I had couple of occasions where phone got stuck in BL after rebooting it. Removing and reinserting battery always helped. Last thursday, I donwgraded my radio from 1.54 to 1.43. You all know the reasons. No problems. Since then, phone worked like a charm and even power consumption was good. Yesterday, my battery ran out and in order to preserve it, I turned of the phone. Stuck in BL since then.I believe that the problem is that my SPL got somehow corrupted.
So my first question is, how do I reflash HardSPL from WITHIN BL with no access to OS? I can still talk to my phone BL through mtty and get all info etc.
Again, any help would be appreciated.
Roman
Please remember I'm new at this, but have you tried the sd card method of flashing? Hard Spl ver 7 has an .nbh file like a rom upgrade so this may be your best bet. Cheers.
Can't flash with SD card
ultramag69 said:
Please remember I'm new at this, but have you tried the sd card method of flashing? Hard Spl ver 7 has an .nbh file like a rom upgrade so this may be your best bet. Cheers.
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Didn't try it first as my SD card contains programs/data which I would like to backup first before formatting it. Unfortunately, my laptop with XP refuses to recognize it as a formatted drive for some reason after insertion. I have 2GB KingMax with adapter.
From SPL 2.10 Olipro to dead phone. It's getting worse every minute.
Well, guess what. My phone just decided today, around noon to boot into OS! even though I tried to reboot it several times during morning without success. So I left it alone, without resetting it until I got home. Spent plenty of time reading wiki and upgrading posts etc. While doing that, I backed up my SD card via ActiveSync file access and erased everything on the card. I also copied HardSPL v7 RUU_signed.nbh on it and renamed it to hermimg.nbh.
Going through all the info, I decided to try DOWNGRADE SPL 2.10 to 1.10, following mrvanx's guide and links, as it is still HardSPL. Well, the update process went without a hitch. It loaded SSPL on TyTN and flashed it with 1.10. No errors. It reset the phone and stopped in BL. Again. This time, it says 1.10 Olipro as it should. Going ty mtty after USB connection, and running info commands, reveals some differences as info 2 NO LONGER reports SuperCID as it did before. It just prints the HTCS marker. The phone is still SuperCID I believe as task 32 reports level=0.
Remembering that removing and reinserting battery sometimes helped ( I forgot to try the set 14 0 and set 16 0 ) I removed the battery. About ten minutes later and more wiki reading, I realized I should try the set flag commands. So I reinserted the battery, reboot and NOTHING. And I mean nothing! The phone is as dead as it could be. NO LIGHTS , NO DISPLAY, NO RESPONSE WHATSOEVER. Did I just foo bared my IPL ?
Sorry to hear that, best bet would be to pm Olipro and see what he has to say. He is the Guru when it comes to SPL. He may have an idea but if you cant get into bootloader then phone is probably foo bared, Still, I'd see what he has to say, might pull a miracle out of his hat...
Resolved. My TyTN is alive again
See post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=1867765#post1867765 for the end of the story.
open mtty and put this command.
Put hermes in bootloader and disable activsync,
open mtty.exe select usb and put this command:
set 32 (enter)
set 14 0 (enter)
set 16 0 (enter)
task 28 (enter)
task 8 (enter) After this command hermes will automicaly boot os if not then your os is demaged just flash full rom.
what you see when write this command in mtty :
checkimage (with this command you can see status of full rom)
gsmhackerns said:
Put hermes in bootloader and disable activsync,
open mtty.exe select usb and put this command:
set 32 (enter)
set 14 0 (enter)
set 16 0 (enter)
task 28 (enter)
task 8 (enter) After this command hermes will automicaly boot os if not then your os is demaged just flash full rom.
what you see when write this command in mtty :
checkimage (with this command you can see status of full rom)
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I did the resetting of flags multiple times. No joy. I tried to do the NAND formatting as you suggested, nothing. Reflashing with shipped rom, nothing.
I ran checkimage so many times over last week, I lost count.
Stil BL only...
rronge said:
I did the resetting of flags multiple times. No joy. I tried to do the NAND formatting as you suggested, nothing. Reflashing with shipped rom, nothing.
I ran checkimage so many times over last week, I lost count.
Stil BL only...
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my God !!! that's the worst brick i ever heard, Hybrid brick ???
From the 1st post, I saw all of the effort you use and that's the way should be, but no result.
I think you should re-consider to buy new gadget then. This is for your health too
ermenzegna said:
my God !!! that's the worst brick i ever heard, Hybrid brick ???
From the 1st post, I saw all of the effort you use and that's the way should be, but no result.
I think you should re-consider to buy new gadget then. This is for your health too
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I still think it's fixable. When I turn the power button on, or plugin the charger, there is significant delay ( about 1.5 - 2 seconds ) before the BL starts. I think that the IPL is trying to boot the OS image but something goes wrong and it aborts and starts SPL. If the NAND is corrupted, it could be re-verified by a proper walkthrough and marking of bad blocks. I have done this at work while writing device driver for another Samsung NAND. I still have the code somewhere. Unfortunately, I don't know how to make it into signed nbs so it can be loaded and executed by SPL as a diagnostic utility.
rronge said:
I did the resetting of flags multiple times. No joy. I tried to do the NAND formatting as you suggested, nothing. Reflashing with shipped rom, nothing.
I ran checkimage so many times over last week, I lost count.
Stil BL only...
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Many people try to unbrick spl 2.03 stack in boot no gsm and kitl mode and can not boot os just led light when power up...can go in bootloader bat this is all!!!.
I speak with imei-check abaout this and they told me that can repair this and it will cost 60pounds+ Here is message from imei-check.co.uk to me Hello,
You must send the device to us. The cost is 60 GBP + 15 gbp postage fee to return it back to you (or 7 GBP if we send it back to a UK address). In the day we receive it, we fix it, and next working day we send it back to you.
If you want to go ahead, please send the device + battery
(i think just need to open temporaly cid unlock in spl and this will help i mean from dos prompt,blank screen+ then flash??)and i must sent from Europe Union country .I live in Serbia and think that solution to unbrick hermes existed bat not want to tell many people......?? I will work in this now and i hope that solution will be for free when fix this.. I unbrick many hermes.artemis...etc..in Serbia bat this solution to unbrick hermes with spl 2.03 temporaly can not not have time to try?. I now will try many solution and will post here when fix this,you can trust me??....
If somebody else create solution before me please sent me message to know??
Do not post any solution from this site i try all and not work(SD card will not work when cid locked,hard spl-not work always 100% then message image corrupted,No kitl.....so please only original solution not from xda-developers..etc.
thanks for all.
Hi All,
I'm new to the PDA-world and the Hermes. I'm trying to Hard SPL my Hermes, but it fails everytime.
When I run 2.10 - Hard-SPL-V7, it kills activesync and my connection is lost and I get always the message "error 260, Update error".
I have the latest framework edition and tried it on 3 pc's (1 Vista, 2 XP)...
What am I doing wrong?
Hope somebody can help me....
Kind Regards,
Micha
1). dont connect to active sync. open active sync and untick "allow usb connections".
2). put hermes into bootloader and connect to usb.
3). run ruu_wrapper.exe
should update to hard spl....
dont forget to tick "allow usb connections" again or you wnot be able to sync..
error 260 is an open port error.
if you wish to flash new os would advise to use sd card method. its safer than using the computer. just make sure you have greater than 50% battery power. happy flashing
Thnx, will give it a try.
First I have to flash HardSPL before I can flash a new OS, don't I?
yep, sorry, should have said run the ruu_wrapper for hard spl. My bad...
im having the same problem. I also tried the way ultramag recommended but i also received the same ending. After time i try i get the Error 260 Update error. Im running SPL 2.04 and the HTC WM6 rom from the HTC website. Does any one know what the problem is?
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2). put hermes into bootloader and connect to usb.
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NOOOOO, that won't work, you need the SSPL to deploy to the phone, if you're running stock HTC bootloader this won't work at all, otherwise we'd have no need for Hard-SPL
hey olipro, then how would i fix this. Im running the stock rom from the HTC website with no hacks. Im trying to load PDA Corners V9 rom. Any ideas on how to fix? thanks!
Take a peek at the guide i wrote about updating the hardspl. Theres some explanation about why we need to use SSPL and the procedures.
http://www.mrvanx.org/hermes_guide/hardspl
thats the guide i used. it still gives me the error. I even unchecked "allow connections" cause i read somewhere that that would help.
i did this two days ago on my phone, im running windows vista on my home laptop and got any number of errors and problems trying to do it via sync with the phone (even after reading the vista troubleshooter, with the drivers etc)
What i ended up using was the memory card upgrade, dump the file onto the memory card and go into bootloader with the card installed.
worked fine doing that way, maybe less risky as there is no chance of the usb cable coming out.
just make sure you have a good battery charge on the phone.
Help Help Help w bricked 8525
I got into this position trying to upgrade WM5 to WM6 from HTC site.
Process got to 20% and just stayed there.
I reconnected usb cable and got a vendor id error
Then I get the Error [260]: CONNECTION
I have read a lot of posts and have tried the sd method (although i am not 100% clear) and all i get is the screen with four colors, red, green blue and white.
I believe this is the bootloader? I have downloaded RUU_signed.nbh, renamed it to hermimg.nbh, installed on root of my SD card and held OK, soft reset and power button:
My display reads:
HERM100
IPL-1.04
HERM100
SPL-2.03
This is where my journey ends.
All post indicate that the device can be reflashed and have the OS reinstalled. I can't get there from here.
Can anyone please help?
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I have read a lot of posts and have tried the sd method (although i am not 100% clear) and all i get is the screen with four colors, red, green blue and white.
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How big is your SD card? Flashing only works with cards <2GB. Also, sometimes certain cards just don't work for flashing, and just swapping to a different card fixes the problem.
I assume you searched the wiki, and found the relevant pages on the Hermes (including SD Card Flashing and other things about flashing/upgrading) there?
Still Lost
My SD is 2GB and I have tried many times but i just keep getting the 4 color screen. rt now when i boot from the SD my screen goes white and displays "Loading..." and then returns to bootloader screen. When i attempt to flash the rom via PC to WM5 or WM6 i get the Error 260, i also get a vendor ID error sometimes.
How can i find the key 8525 thread that i am told has the answer to my delima? I keep picking up bits and pieces but am missing some key steps and tips.
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My SD is 2GB and I have tried many times but i just keep getting the 4 color screen. rt now when i boot from the SD my screen goes white and displays "Loading..." and then returns to bootloader screen.
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That sounds like the SD card is formatted incorrectly. Make sure it's formatted using fat32, nothing else will work.
Still not there from here
Thanks for your help. Before I formatted the SD FAT32, nothing would happen doing the bootloader reset. OK/ON/reset button.
After format and only the hermimg.nbh file renamed as indicated, I then get what looks like the loading process but back to the bootloader screen.
Q1: This is an AT&T 8525, it was perfectly fine before failure from WM5 to WM6 (process froze at 20%), what is the RUU file that I need to put on SD??
Q2: After "Loading ..." I try the WM5 PC upgrade of ROM via USB cable, I get the load process to appear to work but it gets to 1% and the phone reboots and the PC reports error [294]: Invalid vendor ID. If I do this again I will get the Error [260]. Ive repeated the process several times.
Is this the normal course to take or should the "SD Method" (with the WM5 or WM6 RUU.. file) complete the process to a working OS?
Q3: Is my situation hopeless? ATT will take my out of warrantee 8525 and reflash for $129. Reading the threads it seems that like me this can be done by me, this is my desire.
Q4: I still am confused by some basic terms and assumed steps. I dont understand "Hard SPL" or OLI's IPLs/SPLs and when and when to use them.
The newbe guide has been off line. I will look again. Is there a single place to read about "radio PDAs and the 8525 and understand the software build and custom options?
Sy for the long post. But still want to fix if possible or I will be force to mail in for ATT repair.
Thank you all.
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Q4: I still am confused by some basic terms and assumed steps. I dont understand "Hard SPL" or OLI's IPLs/SPLs and when and when to use them.
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Oh boy, you haven't installed HardSPL? You are walking a bit of a line there mate...
HardSPL is a custom boot loader that makes bricking your phone when flashing much harder to do, and helps large amounts in the recovery process if you phone does brick.
Does the phone boot at this point? If so, do not try flashing the phone again. Go get a copy of HardSPL and install it, then try flashing from the SD.
I still wonder why people didn't read before bricking...
Anyway, you should start reading now and wiki is your friend. Your SPL is 2.03, so look at the bottom of the page (there is only one solution till now, so good luck with that):
Code:
1. Boot OS using KITL+PB
2. Do no disconnect your HERMES till the end of the step 6
3. Download SSPL on HERMES by wifi from ie explorer
4. Launch SSPL then flash Hard-SPL from your computer
5. Put your hermes in bootloader mode
6. Flash any radio in NBH format from your computer
Still researching and working this bricked 8525
Thanks for coming to my aide. I believe that I have Hard SPL'd my device. I downloaded Olipro's Hard SPL v7. extracted the RUU_ file and renamed to hermimg.nbh.
I then put it on an SD card and held the keys and reset. The device displayed a white screen and "Loading..." appeared. Afterward the 8525 returned to the stipped boat loader screen and that is where I am now.
Some of the help i receive and read on wiki threads has me confused with what to do next and how "exactly" to do it.
It does seem that I am not alone and people have fixed their phones and the process to do this is on the forum. I'm just still missing something.
Help me further if u can.
Thank you.
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Thanks for coming to my aide. I believe that I have Hard SPL'd my device. I downloaded Olipro's Hard SPL v7. extracted the RUU_ file and renamed to hermimg.nbh.
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FYI: bad form to PM someone and post the same thing here. Keep it in the thread so others can be helped as well.
As I replied in the PM, if I'm understanding your post correctly, the phone boots to the tri-colour screen?
What text is showing on the screen? This will tell if HardSPL is on the phone or not.
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What text is showing on the screen? This will tell if HardSPL is on the phone or not.
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We already know that the phone is without HardSPL, according:
My display reads:
HERM100
IPL-1.04
HERM100
SPL-2.03
This is where my journey ends.
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There is small chance (read my previous post) to unbrick device with SPL2.03 so better try to get this back from where you take it.
And please, change topic, because this brick isn't HardSPL fault at all.
Edit: oh dear, it's even not your topic ...good game, I'm off
Ok
Micro drive went tits up the other day. All of the files disappeared with the exception of the pim back ups...
Decided to reformat the drive and thought "oh well might as well reflash the phone at the same time".
Was on michy 2.04 spl 1.2 and stoooopidly tried to use the spl 3.5 r5.1.- forgot that i had downgraded the spl after the camera stopped working after upgrading spl and rom.
Naturally it failed at 98%.
On rebooting it went to the boot splash screen (not the proper boot loader screen) and fell over, Incidentally the splash screen had been corrupted ever since i went over to the michy side but it never bothered me as it worked none the less.
Attempts to reflash give me the 244 invalid model error.
Have tried cemonex's telnet stuff but do not have the option of usb, only com2,3,6. mitty program is in root of drive and have tried various usb leads, no sd card or sim, also disabled usb in active sync- even though active sync doesn't see the ameo.
have rebooted xp sp3 loads of times
Boot loader screen shows
IPL-v1.00
spl-v1.20.Olipro
If i cant even telnet in what can i do??? I often get the really helpfull usb device not recognised...
I know that I am a silly boy but would appreciate any help...
tnx in advance
try this
post 33
looks old but it works
i know i tesed ap4 and got ****ed wfi and model id from it
thanks for taking the time to reply rory
i had already followed the advice in that post but even after following the later postings i could not get to telnet via usb as an option in the mtty drop down list...