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Please dont tell me to read the other threads on this issue. Your better off skipping this topic and moving on to the next. I preffer this to go untouched with no replies than to have smart ass comments. Ive been reading pages and pages on how to do this for weeks with no luck. Theres about a few dozen options and with all the suggestions I have no idea where to start, nor what programs to download first, understand what these terms mean, etc. Maybe this isnt my cup of tea and I shouldnt even be attempting this but thats neither here nor there cause the fact of the matter is I screwed things up. Now Im looking for some help from the community.
Its getting real expensive and I need a serious expert who has patience and is very thurough. This is my second unit and I still have the 1st one that is still bricked as well. This is the situation for both. When I go to setting>system>device info, there was no radio version, no protocol version, no IMEI, and the call duration info was zero. I was able to use both units for thier PDA functions but not the phone prtion. I was attempting to SIM unlock and SuperCid em both. Now they are both stuck in bootloader. Im not sure what went wrong but I have done 3 other 8525's with success also updated roms and reverted back and no problems. I just cant seem to get the bricking undone. Now Ive done tutorials on housing swaps, step by step and provided pics as well. You know what, people still ask how to do it. Its a fact guys. some people just need a little more direction than others. What Im trying to say is Im looking for help not criticism, Im a grown man and the last thing I need is for some young punk to flame me,or telling me to read cause Its already been done. I can easily buy another phone but Im willing to learn how to get out of this bricking crap. So its back to reading. TIA
Heres How You Do It
I know how you feel because last night i bricked my 8525 cingular, Okay, If You Can Start Up Your DEvice All You Have to do is reset it to te factory condition and that would help you, unfortunatley all of your data would be lost, but its better than a bricked expensive phone. Oh, but your stuck in bootlaoder, well i have good news for you your not bricked your just stuck, go to the att website and a download and update and the update should recogize your phone even though the computer dosent, after that you have a brand new updated 8525 and that should get you out of bootloader.
ivan345 said:
I know how you feel because last night i bricked my 8525 cingular, Okay, If You Can Start Up Your DEvice All You Have to do is reset it to te factory condition and that would help you, unfortunatley all of your data would be lost, but its better than a bricked expensive phone. Oh, but your stuck in bootlaoder, well i have good news for you your not bricked your just stuck, go to the att website and a download and update and the update should recogize your phone even though the computer dosent, after that you have a brand new updated 8525 and that should get you out of bootloader.
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Really??? This seems too easy. I'll try anything at this point. So you say its not bricked,just stuck in bootloader? So there is hope? Thats def bice to hear. I'll give it a shot. Thanks
LOL. Tried and and same problem. It sounded too good to be true. Thanks for the tip though
I'm not trying to be smart (believe me, I'm not equipped to do that!) just trying to help determine the exact state so that someone may be better able to help.
You say the phone's are stuck in bootloader, but that you're able to look at the device info on them, and use them for their PDA side. I always thought stuck in bootloader meant that when you switched it on, it came up with the multi-coloured bars but got no further (as if you'd reset it while holding the power and side OK button). Do you mean that the phone's work as normal but have no PHONE side of things, or can you get no further than the bootloader screen when trying to start them up?
Like I said, not trying to split hais just trying to get the exact symptoms for someone cleverer than me to help.
OK by the sounds of it you are definatly NOT stuck in bootloader.
firstly can you please answer the following questions from the wiki:
1. Which is your SPL version?
Put your hermes in bootloader mode (side ok + power button + softreset), the SPL version appears in yellow letters on the upper side
2. Which is your radio bootloader (HTC_BOOT) version?
If your radio version is <=1.27 your HTC_BOOT is 0106 or 0107, the only exception is Softbank X01HT 1.14 radio which has HTC_BOOT 0108
If your radio version is >= 1.30 your HTC_BOOT is 0108
If you don't know which is HTC_BOOT, but you have bootloader 1.01 MFG, 1.10.Oli or 1.04 you can access to the radio bootloader using the command 'rtask a', then type 'rversion' and hit enter (you won't see anything in the screen when you type rversion, because the radio bootloader has no echo, this is normal).
3. Is your device able to boot Windows Mobile OS?
This one is easy: If can you see your today screen and use your phone as a PDA means you can boot OS. If you only see the splash screen, bootloader screen (tri-color) or windows mobile splash screen you can't boot OS.
4. Do you see "No GSM" message in red letters on the first splash screen?
Reset your hermes, you will see some numbers and letters appear in red and disappear after a few seconds... your radio version is there, but if your radio is corrupted for some reason, you will see 'No GSM'.
5. Does your OS rom have KITL enabled?
Hold COMM MANAGER and POWER buttons together and reset with stylus, if you see the message "Select KITL Transport" your OS rom has KITL enabled, otherwise not.
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Please post the answers back here when you are done.
Stu has an excellent point. Need to know the exact state of the 8525. Exactly what you have done to it....
Example: I used Pof's free HTC SIM unlock and SuperCid program. It appeared to complete successfully. However, now when I start the 8525 up it automatically goes into the tri-color boot loader screen. I had not applied anything else to the 8525 prior to trying to unlock it.
Also, there is a sticky for dead hermes. I bricked mine as well, and was able to get passed it. I posted in the sticky. If you post in that sticky, then someone else may benefit from what you find out. Keeps everything in one place
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Stu has an excellent point. Need to know the exact state of the 8525. Exactly what you have done to it....
Example: I used Pof's free HTC SIM unlock and SuperCid program. It appeared to complete successfully. However, now when I start the 8525 up it automatically goes into the tri-color boot loader screen. I had not applied anything else to the 8525 prior to trying to unlock it.
Also, there is a sticky for dead hermes. I bricked mine as well, and was able to get passed it. I posted in the sticky. If you post in that sticky, then someone else may benefit from what you find out. Keeps everything in one place
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Yeah, but, if you used V3a to unlock it, you actually got Oli's BL as part of the deal--hence why you can unbrick it easily!
WELP no smartass comments HUH? Well if you ****ed up 2 phones like this you really must be doing something wrong there buddy. your phone is not stuck in bootloader if you can see the device info thats for damn sure. first thing load SPLV7 on your phone then flash a a complete ROM including radio and OS and then you should be all fixed and if that dont work there is a WHOLE thread just for BRICKED phones so go read like you said you whrere doing.... To me its sounds like you dont have a clue what your doing since you have done this to 2 phones and if you did have a clue your first thing would have been to load SPLv7
so go enjoy your not really bricked bricks
and if i remember right your one of the fools that was making fun af elf because he charge people like you to fix phones over at hofo... so take your problem over there or call elf for some one on one and eat some ****....
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I gotta give you a lot of credit for that post. Me and a few other members had a bet that it would take less than an hour before the first idiot would surface, Thanks LOL. Who the hell is elf, and I would like to see the post that I had made making fun of anybody. If your gonna try to put someone on blast, back it up. Its assholes like you that a community can do without. Your a true idiot man. No1 needs you around here with that type of attitude. I dont blame you though, I blame your parents for having you. Your mom should have flushed the toilet when she had you then we wouldnt have a piece of **** like you in this world, shame on her. They should be ashamed of themselves for they way you have turned out.
I was able to do all the PDA functions prior to gettting my phones stuck in bootloader. That is were I am now. I got myself stuck in bootloader while trying to load HardSPLv7. I had not done any type of mods or upgrades prior to doing this.
Elf, I want you and that moron to post topics if me bashing you, I cant imagine me doing that. I am 30+ years of age, 3 children and a beautiful wife. I dont have a lot of time, nor do I have the time or care to flame other on these forums. I know that I look to people here and other forums more than they will need me. So please back up that what you are saying and I make sure that I make it an effort to put in my sig that I am an idiot and that you are god. If this it was gets you thru the day, so be it. Just back them comments up. Its a bad tag to put on someone.
My phone reads on tri color screen
Herm100
IPL-1.01
HERM1
SPL-1.40. Olipro
I can do anything other than see this bootloader screen.
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Instead of wasting your time replying to posts which are off topic why dont you answer the question posed in my reply...then we can get your two Hermes devices back to working order. Otherwise a mod will inevitably lock this thread and you will be back to square one.??
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Instead of wasting your time replying to posts which are off topic why dont you answer the question posed in my reply...then we can get your two Hermes devices back to working order. Otherwise a mod will inevitably lock this thread and you will be back to square one.??
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When I recieved the phone there was no radio version displayed nor was there a protocol version. I also noticed that there was no IMEI that was displyed under the device info. While I was attempting to load the HardSPLv7, that is when I got stuck.
Bro I need serious step by step instructions on this. I've taken all that had been posted about this stuff and a have a pile of info about it. Theres not a whole lot I can do in the boot mode si Im trying to make sure Im doing the steps properly. The info I have given is based on the 8525, I'll work on the TYTN after. Thanks
My appologies.. I just checked HoFo.. You were not one of the idiots on there, as far as I can tell..
Sorry.
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Appology accepted. Im not worried about man. I got other things to worry about.
Again can you PLEASE answer the questions in my reply?? I need an answer to all FIVE of them, a simple task which will give us the correct status of your device, even if it seems stupid...do it. (the questions im referencing to)
mrvanx said:
Again can you PLEASE answer the questions in my reply?? I need an answer to all FIVE of them, a simple task which will give us the correct status of your device, even if it seems stupid...do it. (the questions im referencing to)
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1.SPL-1.40 Olipro
2.Dont know. Is there a way to check this now that I am in boot mode.
3.NO.
4.NO
5.Not sure. How can I find this out in the stage Im in
FLiPinoy9oNe6 said:
1.SPL-1.40 Olipro
2.Dont know. Is there a way to check this now that I am in boot mode.
3.NO.
4.NO
5.Not sure. How can I find this out in the stage Im in
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OK, right you need to flash ANY ROm that contains an OS only, DO NOT try flashing a ROM which has a radio or SPL etc...
Follow my WM5 Downgrade Guide, this will take you through the steps necessary, select the relevant ROMs by HTC and Cingular (found in the wiki).
If that works as desired then update to HArdSPL v7 for both devices then flash a new radio.
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Instead of wasting your time replying to posts which are off topic why dont you answer the question posed in my reply...then we can get your two Hermes devices back to working order. Otherwise a mod will inevitably lock this thread and you will be back to square one.??
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wont lock the thread since the guy needs help... but instead i will play janitor and clean it up... since some people will never learn to play nice...
More to the point, have you managed to fix them using the procedure i described?
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More to the point, have you managed to fix them using the procedure i described?
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No sir, Ive got two computers working on this right now. One to look at replies and the other to do the update. I had to get a bite to eat so Im back at it. Im trying to connect to sync but not working. Im reading up again on this Sd card deal and mtty so Im trying.
Yes ofcourse i forgot, once you have rebuilt the nbh to make an OS only update (OS,Ext ROM and the 2 splashes) you cant update as normal because there is no activesync connection...the sd card technique is what you need to do. After the device can get into OS and connect over activesync you can do the rest (HardSPL and Radio).
ok mrvanx, after using device monitor I fianlly got a connection and tried downloading a rom. Process goes thru and at 12% it stops and gives me the 262 error message. I do wat it suggest when getting the message with sof reset and try again, still same error.
flash from a damn SDcard and be done with this **** man... your wasting time half assing around... flash an OS.nb from your card and then do all that was told to you from above... this is the only way you will get your hermes working again
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OK by the sounds of it you are definatly NOT stuck in bootloader.
firstly can you please answer the following questions from the wiki:
Please post the answers back here when you are done.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=9664136#post9664136
Sir please help me
1 HERM100
IPL-1.01
HERM100
SPL-1.40.Olipro
2 - rite now dont show while OS is on
3 yes OS loads ok
4 (yes) No GSM shows while boot
m 05
s 04 No GSM
B 06 D 3.57
5 I can't find as comm manager button confused
hi i just got my hermes 2 dayz ago and i bricked it what the hell :d
anywayz now its stuck on windows mobile green splashscreen as i was installing win mob 6
and no gsm appears as looks like i messed up the radio
spl version is 1.11
doesn't wanna install any thing at all from radio to spls to anything
gives me error 270 off corrupt files
mine doesn't have the km something where you use to place the spl file in it to pass protection after downloading a 2 gb windows :d
any way i tried everything even flashing from sd gives error what the heck happened it boots up normal till the windows screen
and if i want the 3 colour screen it will show up
help me fix it my dad is gonna kill me i swear
Did you flash it with HardSPL before you tried upgrading?
Rather than shouting about how foolish that is, I will point you in the direction of the sticky post above you http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=286755
or please please visit http://wiki.xda-developers.com/ and read the upgrade guides.
oh well you think i will post anything here beofre reading the whole forum damm i need help guys its 1.11spl doesn't wanna go to oli or anything
makes like 7 perecent then file corrupt
i understand that kind of feeling dude.. i think times like this better help than pointing links.. in this kind of situation people are in state of panic.. they don't have the time to read.. if i would know the solution to that i might gave you the answer straight away.. hey but don't worry there are good guys out here who will help you.. just try to relax for the moment.. or download the default package and install for the meantime..
damm i usually flash nokias not imates :d i really need help guys
it all started when i was flashing a rom and it hanged up so i removed the cable usually do this and nothing happens
any ways the spl was 1.09 dunno how it went to 1.11
no nothing wants to be placed on it stops on the screen of windows no gsm
gives either update error or some other crap
anyways i read they say send it to repair is there any other choice
Did you try to flash Bootloader SPL 1.01 MFG and use mtty.exe to reflash OS and Radio?.
Please review this link: http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Hermes_BootloaderMFG
ensure that you are using the correct file format and read all about Super CID.
Good luck
it writes cmd instead of usb
and after i wrote everything no rebooting occured
USB>task 32
Level = 0
USB> lnbs SPL-1.01.nbs 50020000
USB> task 8
when i place task 32
comes out level =ff
and how do i write inbs help folks new to this
guys plz i need help urgent im flyin today and need help plz
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guys plz i need help urgent im flyin today and need help plz
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sorry about your situation. they have pointed you in the appropriate directions. Unfortunately the majority of users don't ever experience what you are first hand. All we can do is point you to posts of where it happened to others and the threads tell how they resolved it.
If you were having trouble flashing HardSPL you should have asked for help first before trying to flash something else. Hard SPL IS the lifeline. You may be able to recover the PDA portion of your device, if you are very lucky maybe the radio. In any case the only thing that will help you is reading through the bricked hermes thread and determining which of the scenarios applies to you and then asking in that thread for help from the pros. They tend to monitor that thread more than the random "help me I bricked my phone" threads.
well i don't have mind in that send it to repair centre and got it 1 hour later
lol
Okay I am a real newb. I got a phone off of Ebay and it was acting odd so I wanted to upgrade from Cingular 8525 to the new ATT rom but it kept saying it couldn't do it. So I decided to run RUU_HERM_Unlock_v3a, then the it started going and wouldn't go past 0% it now is stuck in the try color screen says herm100 IPL-1.01 and SPL-1.40.Olipro :-( Please help
U.S.M.C.
what you need to do is run HARDspl.. hit me up on AIM and I will walk you through unbricking ur phone
he already has Hard-SPL installed, albeit an old one.
he just needs to use the unlocker again.
Hmn.. Well, that makes sense... I have been talking to him on AIM and he is still stuck in the bootloader, I will tell him to run the unlocker again.
Thanks Olipro..
I dont understand why it would tell him he can't run the AT&T rom .. lol
[FULLY SOLVED]HELP！！！I cannot log on to OS after flash Titan HARDSPL 2.40
I followed Titan FAQ and used HARDSPL MFG to unlock my Titan. It seems that the phone has been unlocked because there is the data on Tri-color Screen after the complete flashing.
TITA100 MFG
SPL 2.40. Olipro
CPLD-9
However, the Titan won't restart itself and I cannot reset it by myself either! It just freezes on the Tri-color screen and shows the above data. (even after a soft reset/hard reset, it goes to the Tri-color screen)
I am toally frustrated on it. Anyone please please please help me on this issue? This is totally different from the kaiser flashing.
I greatly appreciate any help!!!
Does it say Serial at the bottom of the screen??? If so, plug it into the PC, now does it change from serial to USB???
azclown said:
Does it say Serial at the bottom of the screen??? If so, plug it into the PC, now does it change from serial to USB???
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yes yes yes that is what it is doing!
unplug the cable, it changes to serial. plug the cable again, it changes back to USB.
Who is your carrier?
At this point you can Flash the radio via the SD card method, OR use the official Sprint Release to get the 3.39 radio on your phone.
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Who is your carrier?
At this point you can Flash the radio via the SD card method, OR use the official Sprint Release to get the 3.39 radio on your phone.
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Carrier is Telus. I am in halifax, Canada.
what does that mean by the freezed tri-color screen? is that mean the phone is failed unlocking?
dewydewy said:
Carrier is Telus. I am in halifax, Canada.
what does that mean by the freezed tri-color screen? is that mean the phone is failed unlocking?
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no not necessarily, while its true your stuck on the tri-color screen, this is only a minor problem caused by unlocking, there's a topic somewhere that explains why it does this, and a fix. But before you try "fixing" it, you can now flash your phone to some custom ROMs, like DCD. Update its Radio and ROM, And try soft resetting it again. If its still stuck... ill see if i can find the page..
right so I'm back and found what you were looking for, what your experiencing is being stuck at the Bootloader, Ive had this problem before when unlocking my phone as well.
Here's the Wiki.
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=TitanProblems
dewydewy said:
Carrier is Telus. I am in halifax, Canada.
what does that mean by the freezed tri-color screen? is that mean the phone is failed unlocking?
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No, the phone is unlocked, however it will not function because you have the wrong radio and rom on it.
Like I said, you have 2 options.
1) Download the latest Official Sprint Release or
2) Upgrade your radio using the SD method.... <-- preferred
Can you take your microSD card and format it FAT32, 1k cluster....?
Still don't understand...
Without being able to load into the Pocket PC's OS. How could you flash a new radio and a new OS?
P: My device is stuck at the Red, Blue and Green Screen?
S: To exit the bootloader, press the reset. You may need to reflash the Radio/Operating system ROM
Is the one you just mentioned? I have not flash any rom or any radio yet. The titan just freezes there before I take the next step.
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P: My device is stuck at the Red, Blue and Green Screen?
S: To exit the bootloader, press the reset. You may need to reflash the Radio/Operating system ROM
Is the one you just mentioned? I have not flash any rom or any radio yet. The titan just freezes there before I take the next step.
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PM me your aim or yahoo or msn screenname and i'll walk you through it
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PM me your aim or yahoo or msn screenname and i'll walk you through it
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replied!
Thank you heaps!!!!!
Also, this thread can help you alot....
Start at STEP 5....
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=17667
Thank you, Thank you all. Especially coffey_joshua, he is definitely the savior, lol.
I just dont know how much I should appreciate here. Thank you heaps everyone! You guys are the best, kindest and most talented people I have never meet in any forum!
dewydewy said:
Thank you, Thank you all. Especially coffey_joshua, he is definitely the savior, lol.
I just don't know how much I should appreciate here. Thank you heaps everyone! You guys are the best, kindest and most talented people I have never meet in any forum!
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this is in partly due to the fact were practically in love with our phones now, and don't mind sharing that kind of appreciation we have grown accustomed to.
That or were just addicted
Hey, my phone is an At&t 8525 and after finally fixing the white screen problem and flashing hard-spl v7 and a couple of roms I bricked the phone when flashing the last touch flo rom. During the flash the ruu wrapper stopped and indicated there was an error. I did the recovery and it supposedly completed succesfully if I can remember right. When it reboot it would not get past boot loader. And thats where I am now, the phone will not get past boot loader.
I've tried every method on these forum I could found
SD card flashing dosent work, I get the 002..... error in red.
Flashing the factory an at&t rom dosent work either, gets the same error
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As for as I know the MTTY method dosent work, I don't know how to type in commands into bootloader and when I type in 14 0 in MTTY nothing happens
KITL is not enabled
IPL-1.04
SPL-2.03
The phone does not boot into bootloader when I hit the power button, I have to hold the comm button, power button, and soft reset in order to bring up bootloader.
When bootloader is up and the phone is connected to the computer via usb bootloader displays usb on the screen and windows detects the device as an HTC device.
Again i've spent about a week and a half trying to fix this phone and I don't know what to do anymore, i've tried more methods than listed above I can't remember though. If anyone can give me a hint on what to do I would highly appreciate it. Thanks
P.S Can someone please tell me how you type commands in bootloader or MTTY
You DON'T have Hard SPL V7 installed..... Otherwise your SPL would be 2.10.
Connect the Hermes to the pc, make sure active sync has benn disabled - got to settings, untick connect by USB. It should register on the pc. Go to bootloader then run the .nbh file for your stock rom... Make sure its the carrier rom that it was shipped with. It doesn't have to be WM05 but it DOES have to be your ORIGINAL carrier rom. Let it run through, you may gewt lucky.....
If it works, INSTALL HARD SPL V7....... Makes it so much easier to fix then...
Good luck...
Thanks for the reply, much appreciated
I tried downloading and sd card flashing a stock rom from a list of factory roms of all Hermes that I found here on xda. It gave me the same error though. I'm not exactly sure which exact rom to download from that list either. Any more help would be appreciated, thx
Wow I feel retarded, I used the wrong factory rom. After I used the right one it worked perfectly, I now have my 8525 back! Thx so much man, ur the friggin man!
Congrats bro you got it atlast. good luck & take care your baby in future. try to help others with your experience.
Glad you fixed it mate, but if I were you I'd also make sure you have Hard SPL V7 installed. It is the safety net to help when things go wrong... Never gonna be 100% safe but better odds with Hard SPL V7...
SPL - 2.10 oli
Cheers...
Ok... Rejoining the 8525 Clan
Is this Forum still alive???
Been a while guys, figured I would break out the 8525... charge it up and see what kind of things are new in this community. Unfortunately, it looks as if the radio is bricked on it. Seems like it will install ROM's that the radio is not included on. NO GSM is on the boot display, which is strange as I was using this phone until I got the Tilt about 1 1/2-2 yrs ago. I was a hardcore flasher back then... every other day it seemed, so I know it has (or had) everything it needed like the Oli 2.10 SPL... but it seems like I cannot recover this radio issue.
I am messing with the different original OEM and Carrier ROMs hoping I can get passed the 11-12% mark, and I will let you know if something changes. Any idea if un-installing SPL 2.10 Oli, and then trying to walk back through the old SPL steps could help? I am just trying to figure out another way to get around this radio issue... or basically I have a PDA, no phone Damn phone hasn't been touched in like 2 years, you think it would be just as fine as it was when I took the SIM out.
Cheers
Can u plz tell me how do you fix the white screen problem ?????
kashifmehmood said:
Can u plz tell me how do you fix the white screen problem ?????
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