I have an 8525 at home, that I need to return for Warranty replacement, via Cingular/AT&T. Problem is, it has the VP3G 3.62 rom on it, and the USB port is toast (the black thing that aligns the pins are gone, and some of the pins are mashed, or missing). I need to return this to a factory state within 9 days. I have read about flashing via memory card, but there was mention of SPL and bootloader. I don't have the phone handy to reference what's on there, but it sould be whatever the VP3G 3.62 comes with. Is there a way I can change those without using a usb connection? I don't have any sort of bluetooth tethering ability either. hope anyone can help, thank you!
Get a SD card and reader. Drop the files you need to put it back to stock software on that.
Is there a way to do the spl or/and bootloader via memory card?
soundwavestephen said:
Is there a way to do the spl or/and bootloader via memory card?
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Yes there is, otherwise I wouldn't have suggested it.
Assuming you have not installed HardSPL on the phone, this is what I would do:
*Grab a copy of hardspl and put it into it's own directory.
* Run RUUWrapper.exe, click on Force Using SSPL, click next. This will put a few files in the directory, one of which is named EnterBL.exe
* Copy EnterBL.exe to the SD card.
*Copy the file to the memory of the phone
*Put the ROM you want to flash on the FAT32 formatted SD card, renaming it per the SD Card Flash instructions
*Put that card in the phone
*Run EnterBL.exe from the phone's memory with the SD card in place
As I understand it, this should temporarily load the modified boot loader, which will see the image file and ask if you want to continue with the flash process.
Ok, sorry if I came off rude, as I am just new at all of this. Thanks for the information, and I'll give this a try when I get home from work this morning, and let you know how it goes. I appreciate it very much.
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Ok, sorry if I came off rude, as I am just new at all of this. Thanks for the information, and I'll give this a try when I get home from work this morning, and let you know how it goes. I appreciate it very much.
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Oh you didn't. And my apologies if I came across like a git, I did try to show that I was being a bit of a smart arse with the .
Yes, let us know how it works. I'm 99% sure that should sort your question and problem out.
Yay
It's all back to stock AT&T software. Thanks for your help! I'll let you know how the warranty return works out.
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Hi, I already read a lot in the forum and the wiki, but as my first try to update my rom went terribly wrong I tend to ask some pros for help
I got me a used XDA1, it worked fine and was a german O2 Model. Then I got the last Update from O2 (3.19) and updated it with success. Then I wanted to unlock it with your Special Edition Rom, downloaded it and tried to apply it just like the O2 one via active sync and progam A. Result was, that my xda got stuck, now I can only see the empty transfer bar on the xda and can´t connect to the xda with active sync anymore. Both resets won´t help to bring the xda back to live the silly bar comes back every time... I can still get into the bootloader, though. As far as I understand I can still get the thing working again with a SD-Card and a rom on it? Can someone pleasepleaseplease tell me which card to buy (I don´t have one jet...) and how to get a onto this card and where I can get this rom? I still have the Files this O2 exe unzipped onto my disk and theres a nice 31MB NK.nbf in the Program/German folder. I already found the description how to flash from a SD-card with the bootloader, I just don´t know where to find the right rom and how to put it on a card... And maybemaybe, could someone tell me the right way to get this O2 xda working with a D1 card without getting it stuck again???
Thanks a lot to all your answers, I really need this thing to work again, and still ask myself how I could try to update the rom without reading enough, seems I will cry into my pillow till it works again cause it´s the only cell I got at the moment
Download xdatools and install, choose the nbf file as source and your card reader/writer as destination, choose this from the drop down menu at the bottom. You will need a 64 meg minimum sd card, a card reader/writer, xdatools and the nbf file. Once xdatools has programmed the sd card you insert into xda, push reset while holding power, when prompted push the action key which is the centre of the 4 way rocker switch. You will find many roms in the the kitchen that is kindly run my lumpistefan. Make sure to choose sd card flashing at base of screen before cooking rom. Here is the link for the rom kitchen.
http://lumpistefan.dyndns.org/
thanks a lot for the fast answer I got all the progs and the original 3.19 german o2 rom from rom kitchen. Now I´ll just have to get me a SD-Card... One more little question. I can´t turn the XDA off with the powerswitch and after reseting it also turns on automatically. I´ll have to wait till Monday to buy a SD-Card, so is there a way to get the thing off although it is still in transfermode or will I have to leave it on and in the cradle?
If you want it switched off completely, just poke once into the hole under the headphone socket, this will completely disconnect the battery, when you want it back on just push once again. Always do that procedure after flashing a rom also, push once then leave for on eminute, push once more to switch back on with new rom and noot sequence.
works fine, thanks
So, like the title says, I wish to upgrade my rom without the use of a sync cable (the one I have glitches). Bluetooth is probably out of the question, but I was thinking there might be a flash upgrade boot option of sorts, that'd allow me to upgrade through the use of an micro sd-card or so.
Any ideas?
(before you ask, I charge the battery with an external charger).
A lot of the phones are capable of upgrading from the rom image on the SD card - if you extract the nbh and rename it (I forget the name - search the hermes forum) and put it on a blank phone - you probably can do it that way. I've not tried it but it's likely to work!
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Here's the link to the procedure for the hermes:
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Hermes_SDCardFlashing
You probably have to name the image something other then HERMING.nbh - maybe STARIMG.nbh? Just a thought. Remember - I don't know for sure this will work - doing so might cause the world to implode but I suspect if it works, it works - otherwise it doesn't.
Ok, thanks for the quick reply. Just tried with STARIMG.nbh aswell as STAR100IMG.nbh in the root folder of a recently formatted sd-card, but no go. The text "searching sd-card" that flashed by right before I get the test screen does however indicate that it's a viable method for updating the ROM, so I'll keep going and try some other names for the ROM image.
If you figure out the name, please post so we know how to do it
I would also be very interested in this ... anyone figured out the correct filename yet?
On mine it's STARIMG.nbh.
The card needs to be formatted FAT32.
I've never tried SD card flashing with SoftSPL, but you would need SoftSPL to flash a non-OEM ROM.
ok my phone is HTC 8525, with WM 6.1 professional . It worked fine for 3 days then it start freezing , before it does that a blue background will appeare ,then it will not let me do anything at all . When I try to touch an icon, it will say something like invalid location or could not find target . I have to hard reset it. sometimes I have to reset it 4 or 5 times a day . , In addition, the mini card will freeze the whole phone is there is a solution like reinstall the whole thing ? please help me I truly appricat it . In addition, the mini card will freeze the whole phone is there is a solution like reinstall the whole thing ?
Hmmm, "the mini card will freeze the whole phone"??? Are you referring to the SD Storage Card? Do you have any volatile data stored on the card? Any Today Screen Applications?
If this is the case, try shutting off the phone and removing the card. Then place the card into a card reader, and plug it into your PC. Make a folder on the desktop of your PC, and COPY all the contents of the SD card to the folder.
Now, reformat the SD card in your PC, as FAT32, and default for all characteristics.
Once reformatted, copy all that stuff back onto the SD card from the temp folder on your desktop, making sure everything is returned to it's original locations. Pop the SD card back into your phone and see if it's fixed. Sometimes, corrupted space on the SD card will make the phone behave very badly. Hopefully, this procedure might fix it for you.
-pvs
Yes Sir, i apaologize , i was refering to the SD card . i am just tierd resetting the phone every 4 hrs . do you recomend any shops that can fix the soft -ware . i notices when i start the phone and i go to clean tmp it will say" 8 Fils and 4 folders of 656 Bytes cleard ! . then 5 hrs later the blue screen comes back
After doing what pvs said, and if you still have problems I'd check for bad blocks with MTTY... I would also ,after confirming no bad blocks, would flash a stock rom then reflash wm 6.1 and see if that helps... Cheers...
Wow , how to do all that if you dont mind me asking , actually i took the SD card out i am not in need for it at the moment . can you please help me to do what you said and i truly appreciat it , Great thanks for both of you gents
pvs already says what to do in his previous post...
To check for bad blocks follow this : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=377389
To Flash a stock rom you need to know what carrier the phone was on. Download the wm6 update from their site and, Making sure you have Hard SPLed your phone, I suggest flashing via the sd card method. Its safer than flashing through pc.
Format sd card fat32. copy .nbh file of the stock rom (you may have to search for it) onto the sd card and rename to "hermimg.nbh". Put back in hermes and reset to bootloader (power button, OK button above flywheel and soft reset with stylus. Hold all buttons until it goes to tri-colour screen). It should recognise the os flash and load up a screen showing 1st boot screen, 2nd boot screen, gsm And os (or something like that as cooked roms don't generally have the gsm part). MAKE SURE YOU HAVE AT LEAST 50% BATTERY!!!!! Follow the prompts... I generally use the sd card method to flash ALL my roms so I don't have problems like usb disconnecting or pc rebooting/hanging or power failures.
Hope this helps you out, Cheers...
BASELABBAS ... Please describe what you are doing when you say that you are "HARD-RESETTING" several times a day. Are you:
1) poking the stylus into the hole at the base of the unit?
- or -
2) holding down the two soft-keys WHILE poking the stylus into the hole until the confirmation screen appears, and then opening the keyboard and typing 'R' and then [SPACEBAR]?
If you are doing the first ... this is called a SOFT reset. The second is a HARD-RESET, and will wipe the phone clean of ANYTHING outside of what came with the ROM itself.
Since you have posted that you already removed the SD Card from the device, and can (for the time-being) live without it, I recommend you do an ACTUAL Hard Reset (backup anything you need to keep first) via step #2 above, and then be patient about installing any apps. I wouldn't do anything more than sync it up via ActiveSync with your contacts for the first few of days. If things start to go crazy without any third-party apps installed, then I would look into the steps that ultramag69 has suggested ... starting with a flash to a stock ROM.
WM6.1 has been a bit shaky on our Hermes thus far. Some people are getting good results, but a lot of others are having issues like you are describing. I would suspect that your ROM might not be a good match, before I'd suspect bad blocks at this point (and it's a bit easier to test for).
If the stock rom does better on your device, you can try flashing back up to a WM6.1 ROM after that. And if you haven't already, make sure that you have installed HARDSPL before doing any of this stuff.
Good luck,
-pvs
Mr. pvs , I am doing the #2 holding down the two soft-keys WHILE poking the stylus into the hole until the confirmation screen appears, and then opening the keyboard and typing 'R' and then [SPACEBAR]. I tried to download Hard-SPL 1[1].10, when I open it on my PC it will give me instructions then when I press upgrade I will see 4 color screen the Sync icon will disappear and then it will say that it lost connections.
it looks like i need to update
this what is say
From :
Image Version : TNT.19199
to
image version 2.05.255.1
BASELABBAS said:
Mr. pvs , I am doing the #2 holding down the two soft-keys WHILE poking the stylus into the hole until the confirmation screen appears, and then opening the keyboard and typing 'R' and then [SPACEBAR].
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OK, well that's definitely a Hard Reset. So your WM6.1 Rom is acting flaky right aftwerwards, eh? I would say it's time to try a different ROM, as we've been discussing above.
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I tried to download Hard-SPL 1[1].10, when I open it on my PC it will give me instructions then when I press upgrade I will see 4 color screen the Sync icon will disappear and then it will say that it lost connections.
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No ... try Hard-SPL-V7.zip found at the bottom of THIS PAGE. I THINK you can flash it via the SD method if ActiveSync isn't working for you (if not, somebody please correct me). To do this, open the downloaded ZipFile with WinZip or WinRAR and copy the file inside named RUU_signed.nbh to your desktop. Rename it HERMIMG.NBH, and copy it to the root of your freshly reformatted (FAT32) Storage Card. Put the Storage Card into your device and press the side OK button and the power button simultaneously while resetting with the stylus until the tri-color screen appears and turns white. The device will find the HERMIMG.NBH file and offer to upgrade by pressing the Power Key. This will install HardSPL onto your device without the need for ActiveSync. You can also flash ROMs in this manner.
Again, good luck,
-pvs
No, You need to run a file from the phone itself to install hard SPLvia sd card. You can find it on page 116 of the hard SPL or how not to brick your hermes thread.
Cheers...
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No, You need to run a file from the phone itself to install hard SPLvia sd card. You can find it on page 116 of the hard SPL or how not to brick your hermes thread.
Cheers...
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Thanks for checking me on that, Ultramag. I had a feeling there was something I was forgetting.
-pvs
I am sure some of you are going to read this and shake your head but I need to know what is the whole purpose of updating your ROM on your phone. I currently have a US Cellular PPC 6800 and US Cellular never has anything on their site for new and cool things for their phones. I would like to update the phone to Windows 6.1 not for any particular reason just to say I did it. Is their certain features on this phone that I am missing out on because I have a stock ROM? By upgrading my ROM what features will I be able to get or do?
Thanks for your answers.
speed, speed, more speed, memory tweaks, battery tweaks
Really. I like that. I will start reading threads and getting a better understanding of this whole ROM upgrade. Any particular ROM that someone can suggest so I can read more on it. Anyone have any good words of wisdom on things to do or avoid?
what do you like in your roms? with programs? or barebones?
See that is what I need to learn yet. The differences in the ROM's. But I would have to say I like programs.
then r4r reloaded is the way to go by scrosler or bitserve. to unlock use nuespl
I see that nueSPL-2.47 is the latest version and I assume that would be the version I would use. it says "DO NOT USE with a NON GPS RADIO (2.xx). Only use with GPS RADIOS (3.xx). A version check will be added soon." How can I verify this?
What is the actual purpose of the nueSPL?
I don't mind getting my hands dirty and doing some reading but I am very new to the whole world of upgrading my phone. The fear is if I do something wrong then I have a very expensive piece of junk. I have worked on UNIX machines for the last 15 years so if this was a computer no problems but like I said earlier I know nothing about phones.
Thanks for your help
have you decided on a rom? kitchen or RUU file? let me know which one, then, ill help you unlock and install your rom
I am still researching the best one, or the one I think I would like to try. Thanks for your help and I will get back to you when I think I fully understand.
ok, this is what I believe to be true. a ROM and RUU are pretty much the same and a kitchen allows you to pick and choose which apps you want to install. What I am looking for is a way to allow me to have more features for the phone (ie. turn on GPS and upgrade to WM6.1) but yet also have some of the same programs I use all the time or be able to install the programs I use ( Office, Opera, Calendar, ) Things like that. Since you have way more knowledge on this then I do, with what I mentioned what would you suggest?
go here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=444342
then go into scrosler website and download the LOADED EDITION
have two things ready
1 nuespl (to unlock)
1 loaded edition rom (win6.1 GPS)
do you have a sdcard? what size?
GeLopez said:
go here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=444342
then go into scrosler website and download the LOADED EDITION
have two things ready
1 nuespl (to unlock)
1 loaded edition rom (win6.1 GPS)
do you have a sdcard? what size?
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You will also need an updated radio, I recommend 3.42.40 or 3.42.50.
You have to do SPL first, then radio, then rom.
BTC
I do not have a spare SD Card I am going to buy one and I have read that I need 1 no more then 2GB and to format it as FAT16
ok, I have downloaded Radio ROM 3.42.50, R4RLoaded, going to get SD NueSPL, and 2GB SD Card.
jskoland said:
I do not have a spare SD Card I am going to buy one and I have read that I need 1 no more then 2GB and to format it as FAT16
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might want to make that fat32
nuespl will format the card as fat 32 once we get it running
ok I am ready to go, I have an extra 1GB microSD card, After some reading, I am going to copy nueSPL to my phone with ActiveSync, SPL will format the 1GB card and then the unlock process will begin, After that I will install the ROM ( I need to re-read that because I forgot how to do it) and then after the ROM install the RADIO using the SD card method.
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ok I am ready to go, I have an extra 1GB microSD card, After some reading, I am going to copy nueSPL to my phone with ActiveSync, SPL will format the 1GB card and then the unlock process will begin, After that I will install the ROM ( I need to re-read that because I forgot how to do it) and then after the ROM install the RADIO using the SD card method.
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ill help you with the installation because its quite simple
once you get it unlock
rename your rom (ruu_signed.nbh) to TITAimg.nbh
copy TITAimg.nbh to storage card (using whatever activesync or card reader)
put phone in tri-color screen (in case you dont know it's power+camera+reset hold for 2 seconds)
that will install your rom.
the steps for upgrading the radio are the same:
delete previous titaimg.nbh file and replace it with your radio (titaimg.nbh) file
tricolor screen
done
Ok thanks for you help. going to try my very first ROM upgrade right now
jskoland said:
Ok thanks for you help. going to try my very first ROM upgrade right now
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go for it. ill keep my eyes on this thread
and my ears up for screaming
i just need help with upgrading my Radio. i am using the stock sprint radio (what ever the highest one is) and i want to get to .50 but i cant get there. i have tried the card way but i cant seem to get it to work. (i formatted it and wen to the boot loader and it did nothing.) so i want to get to the new radio by usb but have noclue how to go about it.
please help.
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i just need help with upgrading my Radio. i am using the stock sprint radio (what ever the highest one is) and i want to get to .50 but i cant get there. i have tried the card way but i cant seem to get it to work. (i formatted it and wen to the boot loader and it did nothing.) so i want to get to the new radio by usb but have noclue how to go about it.
please help.
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If the nbh file that you put on the sd card is not named to TITAIMG.nbh (not TITAIMG.NBH) then it will not work. NO caps on nbh.
I believe the file on download is all caps.
i did not do that so thanks for replying but it still did nothing. it just stays at the multi colored screen. do i have to wait till it starts or should it start right away.
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i did not do that so thanks for replying but it still did nothing. it just stays at the multi colored screen. do i have to wait till it starts or should it start right away.
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Maybe posting some more info on what you did would help.
1 sd card has to be 2g or less
2 formatted to FAT32 with 1024 allocation
3 nbh file has to be straight in root of card (inside NO folders)
4 name of nbh file is TITAIMG.nbh
5 enter bootloader and follow grey screen instructions(does not take long to start if everything is correct)(I have had to reenter bootloader while I was in bootloader before.)
Another question are you running stock rom as well with stock bootloader?
thanks agian for all the help. i really dont know if i am formatting it right cause i just do it by the copputer way. (opening my computer and right clicking going to format and hiiting format on FAT32) i have a 1gb card so it is not that so i will try. one thing, does it come up on the screen or do i have to have it connected to the computer?
oh and i am running a dcd ROM (3.2.6) with tthe latest stock radio from sprint.
thanks you for responding
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thanks agian for all the help. i really dont know if i am formatting it right cause i just do it by the copputer way. (opening my computer and right clicking going to format and hiiting format on FAT32) i have a 1gb card so it is not that so i will try. one thing, does it come up on the screen or do i have to have it connected to the computer?
oh and i am running a dcd ROM (3.2.6) with tthe latest stock radio from sprint.
thanks you for responding
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No usb hooked up to phone while flashing sd method. When you enter bootloader it will open a grey screen saying loading and then it will tell you to hit the power button to continue. When it is done it will say update complete and all you need to do then is hit the soft reset button. Don't forget to take the nbh file off card when done.
wow...that was fast. ahha. i will try this when i get home. now i am at school so i cant format it right now. but how do YOU format it. nto haow to but how you do it. thanks.
Switched said:
wow...that was fast. ahha. i will try this when i get home. now i am at school so i cant format it right now. but how do YOU format it. nto haow to but how you do it. thanks.
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simply place the card in pc
In file explorer right click on that device and hit format.
It open a screen to let me set what I want.(fat, Fat32, ect.)
When I like my settings I hit start.
It is that simple.
good luck
so it will always do the 1024 allocation? cuase if not then i think that is my problem.
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so it will always do the 1024 allocation? cuase if not then i think that is my problem.
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I can change to what ever allocation I want before I hit start.
Can you not change that?
you must be using xp.
I do believe on xp FAT32 is defaulted to 1024 (but not sure)
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you must be using xp.
I do believe on xp FAT32 is defaulted to 1024 (but not sure)
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yeah it just goes to the default which i cant shange so i would hope it is 1024 allocation.
sorry but i really need help with this. it just wont flash the new radio. i have a PNY 1gb card. also does the Justpctech 21501 Titan ROM 6.5 Rom need 3.42.50 radio? cause if not i want to just try to flash to that.