Hello all,
I've recently upgraded to RyanMogul's 2.1 Lite rom on my Mogul, and everything seems to be working fine. I was going to see if I could upgrade the radio to the latest version, but I can't seem to figure out how to do this. I do not currently have a seperate SD reader, but I have tried copying the radio image file to the SD card via USB and going into bootloader mode. The phone says no image file and stays there.
Is there a way I can upgrade the radio at this point? Thanks!
Hi,
I have an xv6800 and had some of the same troubles. The best thing I can tell you is to grab the 3.42.50 radio from here:
http://dcd1182.n715dp.com/titan/radios/Titan%20Radio%20ROM%203.42.50.rar
Then once it is downloaded change the name of it to:
TITAIMG.NBH
Then go into your bootloader and see if it finds the image.
It needed to be called that for mine to work through the SD card and bootloader. Then let us know if that worked for you.
Looks like I figured it out. I switched to nueSPL which I believe reformatted my SD card. I'm thinking it was a format issue, but now everything is all set! Thanks again for the help.
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Yes, I did a search and google but still can't find a clear answer. I have just bought a 8525 with ATT and want to start loading those cool WM6 rom's I see all over the site. Problem is I have a Mac and can't figure out how to make it all happen. I use Missingsync and can load cab files with no prob but even trying to load Hard-SPL-V7 is not workning for me. I mean, I can get it on the phone but can't make it open or do anything else. I have checked all the great "how to" files but none seem to address this Mac situation. Any help in pointing me in the right direction would be MOST appriciated.
Thanks in advance;
Stephan Howard-Cooper
You'll have to use a virtual environment via Parallels or VMWare Fusion. Or get Boot Camp up and running and reboot into Windows.
Finally, you can also do the SD Card method for OS upgrade detailed in the Wiki.
I've done all methods except for Boot Camp without issue.
Hi
Pof's HERMflasher seems to work with Intel MACs too.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=296436&highlight=hermflasher
Thanks for the reply guys. I have tried the SD method but must be doing something wrong. I renamed the nbh file and then put all the extracted files onto the card. When I attempt to bootload I get to the tricolor screen but nothing else.?????
luria said:
Thanks for the reply guys. I have tried the SD method but must be doing something wrong. I renamed the nbh file and then put all the extracted files onto the card. When I attempt to bootload I get to the tricolor screen but nothing else.?????
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First, you need to have HardSPLv7 installed. A.f.a.i.k. this does not work with unmodified bootloaders.
Next, you need to make sure that your MicroSD card is formatted using FAT32. The FAT32 cluster size also matters (for my 2gig card, 8k or 4k cluster sizes worked, 16k or 32k cluster size did not).
You dont need an empty sd card for it to work either. As long as the card is formatted correctly (as above), and you put a file called HERMIMG.NBH in the root directly, it should work.
When you soft-reset, you should see a white screen that says "Loading..." for a split second, and then if it detects the HERMIMG.NBH, you should see the prompt asking you if you want to start flashing. It will also tell you what you are trying to flash (IPL, SPL, Splash, OS, GSM, ExtROM, etc.).
ok, before the flaming begins, I'm a noob and should have never even messed with this thing. ok, there, I said it.
alright, a month or two back, I upgraded my 6800 to the nochem 5054 rom. phone worked awesome, no problem.
I'm selling the device and need to flash back to the stock verizon rom. the only place I saw a link to the stock rom, the ftp was down so I couldn't download it.
so I found this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=350539&page=1 and figured it sounded like a good substitute. I downloaded the exe and it installed. finished flashing and said that it was successful. only one little problem (and I've searched for an hour and haven't found the answer...)
it won't boot. it just sits at the HTC TITAN boot graphic. not the tricolor loader. I hard reset but still no fix. once I reset the phone it displays the cresent graphic with HTC TITAN at the bottom, then the little red parameters come up and this is what they say:
M09
H3B60B3FA
P DCAAXAM-4350
R 3.35.04
D 2.17
so, the phone won't boot and I can't get it to connect with activesync to try and reload that rom.
damn. What now?
You have a non GPS rom with the 3.35.04 radio, which is incompatible.
awesome. now I know the problem, I just need a solution.
and do you have any idea where to find a STOCK vzw rom? I guess I need a radio too.
someone please <sniffle>
Go to www.ppcgeeks.com There is a Verizon stock rom on the FTP site....find by clicking QLinks tab at top of page. Go to Titan folder and inside you'll find 'Carrier ROMs'...there is a Verizon ROM inside. Uploaded in March of this year...I don't know what version...I'm on Alltel. Hope this helps.
will I be able to execute that without my pda having an activesync connection though?
yeah, I just finished downloading the stock rom (THANKS) but I can't get the pda to sync up. I guess because it won't boot, it won't connect to my PC either.
what bootloader do you have installed?
gcincotta said:
what bootloader do you have installed?
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how do I find out? I originally got buildos from ppcgeeks and I chose the 5054 option. I used some unlocker first, then I used buildOS and flashed the device.
is the bootloader in any of those parameters I put above?
Hold power, camera, and soft reset using the stylus while holding them, should put the phone into the bootloader.
It should say at the top:
TITA100 MFG
SPL xxxxxxxxxx
CPLD-9
Tell me what it says where the xxxxxxxx is.
SPL-2.40.Olipro
THANK YOU SO MUCH
I have downloaded the titan relocker and also the correct stock rom from the titan wiki area, the 78MB on. I believe that has the radio too.
geez, I should have never messed with this thing, I don't even know what a radio is....
Ok this is what you need to do. Since you have the 3.35.04 radio and 2.40 bootloader you need to flash a 3.x.x GPS rom in order to be able to boot again. Unfortunately because you can't boot and establish a usb connection, the only way out of this mess is to flash with a microsd card that's less than 2gb. If you don't have one, get one. You'll also need a card reader as well so you can format it correctly.
1. Download this file It's a clean verizon 3.x.x rom and will allow you to boot again.
2. Format your microsd card using a card reader in windows as FAT32 using a cluster size less than 4 Kb.
3. Place the file you downloaded on the card.
4. Insert the card in your phone and enter the bootloader again.
5. The bootloader will say "Checking" then will prompt you to press the power button to begin the update. Press the power button.
6. When it's done, soft reset with the stylus and the phone SHOULD boot into windows mobile allowing you to get an activesync connection.
Now all you have to do is relock your phone using titan_relocker (follow instructions carefully and exact), then flash the stock rom and radio. Make SURE you relock though, and make sure you use the correct rom and radio this time.
ooops .... GC has you all lined up .....
az
well, rather than buy a card and reader, I thought I could shortcut by borrowing a card from someone, then I used my wife's 6800 to format it with pocket mechanic. I chose fat32 and 2K cluster size.
copied the file from my laptop to my wife's 6800 which had the card in it. popped it in my phone and went into the loader but it just says serial.
Is it necessary to have a card reader and format through windows? if it is, I will go buy one and do it that way. my buddies card is only 64MB but that's ok because the file is only 45MB.
let me know about the reader so I know if I need to run to the best buy real quick. wow, making progress.
Yeah you can't format the card using the phone. You also can't copy the file to it using the phone. Go buy a cheap one. You don't even need a card reader, you could use one of those sd to usb dongles and it would work fine. (If you choose to go this route, just make sure the card you buy comes with an sd to microsd adapter). Just can't do it using the phone.
ok, I got a 1gb card with the standard SD adapter.
I went to format it in my laptop and I used fat32 but it didn't give me a cluster option. it just said default allocation size and It was not able to be changed.
anyhow, formatted and copied the .nbh file over and turned on but it just says serial and does not look like it was reading from the card...
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ok, I got a 1gb card with the standard SD adapter.
I went to format it in my laptop and I used fat32 but it didn't give me a cluster option. it just said default allocation size and It was not able to be changed.
anyhow, formatted and copied the .nbh file over and turned on but it just says serial and does not look like it was reading from the card...
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Go to the XDA-Wiki at the top of the page and click on it. You'll see all the HTC models...scroll down until you see the Titan model...click on it. Scroll about halfway down the page to the section titiled 'Tutorials'...you'll see a topic called 'Getting started with your Titan'...click on it. This will have a section on flashing via SD card. It explains how to format the card in DOS. For some reason many times when formatting thru windows stuff doesn't work...I have no idea why...but when you format thru DOS its almost failsafe. Good luck....make sure its in the root directory of your card and labeled TITAIMG.nbh
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ok, I got a 1gb card with the standard SD adapter.
I went to format it in my laptop and I used fat32 but it didn't give me a cluster option. it just said default allocation size and It was not able to be changed.
anyhow, formatted and copied the .nbh file over and turned on but it just says serial and does not look like it was reading from the card...
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Flashing a phone with a micro SD card
1. Format a microSD card into FAT32 with an allocation unit/cluster size of 1024
(the default size for a 1 GB would not work, also if it takes only a few seconds to format
try formating with some other slot/device. A 1 GB took over a minute to format correctly)
To format your Card - Open a DOS box and type/copy and paste this: ( format ?: /FS:FAT32 /A:1024 )
Replace the ? with whatever your SD cards drive letter is... ie: f, h, I.... Mine is G....
2. Copy the ROM to flash (xxxxxxxx.nbh) to the root of the microSD
3. Rename the ROM xxxxxxx.nbh to TITAIMG.nbh
4. Insert your card.
5. Force into the boot loader with POWER-CAMERA-RESET
6. Follow the instructions and you'll quickly flash your Titan...
That was in the Titan Wiki - You can use a DOS box to format, do not use Windowz Explorer....
Ok, got tired of waiting for the VZ upgrade and decided to go the DCD route.
I am using scrawnyb's upgrade guide and got the Hard SPL 2.40 Bootloader on my Verizon 6800 with no problem (I did get stuck on the bootloader screen but fixed that with the exit bootloader program). Now the questions that will hopefully allow me to finish:
1. According to Scrawnyb, you load the radio first. I downloaded 3.42.30 and extracted it and it extracts as a .nbh file extension, not an executable. So, how do you execute it? I tried clicking on it, changing the extension to a .exe, but it still won't load on the phone while in bootloader.
2. Do I need to load the DCD 3.2.5 first and then the radio?
Thanks in advance for the help.
Les
XV6800 Stock (trying to go to DCD 3.2.5 and Radio 3.42.30)
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The easiest thing to do is rename the .nbh TITAIMG.nbh and put it on the root of a sd micro card and enter the bootloader by doing a hard reset and allowing the update to run, then get the dcd kitchen or rom and follow the instructions on the download thread. There is a great wiki at the beginning of this site.
Good Luck and Enjoy like the rest of us!
Don't forget to thank all of the great people bringing us these great ROM's
There is also an executable version of the radio somewhere. That is what I used to flash to the latest radio version. I dont remember where I got it - it was either from this site or another site.
I then wanted to go to an earlier radio version and had to use the SD method. Overall, the SD method is pretty easy, once you get the card formatted correctly, which can be tricky.
Thanks for the tips. Now, I seem to have a new problem. Again, the only change I have made to the phone is install Hard SPL 2.40. I still have the stock rom, etc. Now though, when I hit the power button to turn off the display and go into sleep mode, it completely cuts the power and I have to do a soft reset. Anyone know whats up with that?
Jeez, maybe waiting for the damn VZ update wouldn't be so bad after all :-(
Thanks,
Les
Well, just learned something that might be of value to others. As above, sleep mode was not working when pushing the power button if the phone was on - I was having to do a soft reset to turn the phone back on. Again, keep in mind that I had not flashed a new radio or rom yet, only loaded Hard SPL 2.40. Figuring I had a bad button and anticipating taking it back to VZ, I downgraded the Bootloader and relocked the phone using Titan Relocker as per the Wiki. Now the bootloader is V-1.06 and guess what? After a hard reset and reprograming, etc. - the power button is acting as it should.
Well, thats enough for tonight, might try again tomorrow but going to have to find the radio in a .exe format first. Otherwise, I guess I will have to try the SD card route.
Thanks,
Les
I had the exact same problem, flashed the bootloader and then had to go to an auction, phone worked great until it either fell asleep or I put it to sleep, then it wouldn't come back until I reset.
This apparently is just a common issue for those who have started the upgrade but didn't complete it.
I also had the issue with formatting the memory card, my laptop has a SD card slot on it, but it uses some weird software driver that makes the drive letter disappear when the card isn't inserted, and this prevented it from formatting it correctly. I then tried a USB adapter that turns any SD card into a pen drive, it also wouldn't work, so I broke down and bought a cheap mem card reader from walmart for $20 and it works perfect. And has a SIM card reader on it to boot, tho I don't own a phone with a SIM card, but if I ever do, I'm all set
BTC
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I also had the issue with formatting the memory card, my laptop has a SD card slot on it, but it uses some weird software driver that makes the drive letter disappear when the card isn't inserted, and this prevented it from formatting it correctly. I then tried a USB adapter that turns any SD card into a pen drive, it also wouldn't work, so I broke down and bought a cheap mem card reader from walmart for $20 and it works perfect. And has a SIM card reader on it to boot, tho I don't own a phone with a SIM card, but if I ever do, I'm all set
BTC
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Had the same problem with my dell laptop built-in SD reader (I have a thread about this). Had to whip out my sandisk card reader which ended up working flawlessly.
Seems like the built-in ones just dont do it properly.
I copy the nueSPL 2.47 exe over to a 1 gig SD card. Run it and I get the msg that the card isn't formatted. I elect to have the program format for me and get a partition error.
I know that this just puts the TITAIMG.nbh file on the card so it will load in bootloader mode.
I've tried all I know and searched many threads looking for a solution. Perhaps it's the Kingston card I have but does anyone else have a suggestion, or if someone has the TITAIMG.nbh file already if they could post it up I would be most grateful.
I have Olipro 2.40 / 3.42.50 and dcd 3.2.6.
Thanks in advance..
Not sure if this is the problem, but I thought that the instructions said to copy the file to the phone's memory and run it from there.
Thanks for reply - I tried that no matter how I run it it won't format the card same error every time.
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Thanks for reply - I tried that no matter how I run it it won't format the card same error every time.
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No it gets copied to the storage card and ran from there.....not all cards work though.....do you have a card reader on your PC?......if so format it through the PC.....otherwise I suggest getting another card...or if you have it use the card that came with the phone....
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No it gets copied to the storage card and ran from there.....not all cards work though.....do you have a card reader on your PC?......if so format it through the PC.....otherwise I suggest getting another card...or if you have it use the card that came with the phone....
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Ahhh it's VZW they don't give you a card with the phone. Must be the card the only other card I have is a 4 gig SDHC. I was hoping someone would have the TITAIMG.nbh for it.
I know there must be another way to format your card from the pda. I was just about to check on freewareppc, when I remembered that I have no2chem's nuemassstorage installed on my device. it turns my pda/phone into a card reader. I actually formatted an sdcard the other day, cause I wanted to update the radio. check it out:
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I know there must be another way to format your card from the pda. I was just about to check on freewareppc, when I remembered that I have no2chem's nuemassstorage installed on my device. it turns my pda/phone into a card reader. I actually formatted an sdcard the other day, cause I wanted to update the radio. check it out:
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hey thanks for the tip! I'll try it out and see if I can get to nueSPL 2.47
Hi,
Having hardware issue with my LEO and need to return it to vendor for replacement. Have been trying to get original SPL 1.66.0000 back onto phone however I'm not having much luck.
I've copied the stock vendor image to root of SD as LEOIMG.nbh however when I enter the bootloader I keep seeing the "no image file" message so it won't attempt a flash. If a connect the phone to the PC via USB I can see the file exists on the SD card.
Have also tried re-formatting the card as FAT32 but doesn't seem to have made any difference.
Currently using SPL 2.08.0000 but want to get back to 1.66.0000 as I don't think Telstra's image is running with anything higher.
I'm not sure what else to try.
Any ideas?
Thanks.
run hspl2 choose 1.66.0000
The problem might be the size of the microSD card. Try using the 2GB card that came with the phone.
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The problem might be the size of the microSD card. Try using the 2GB card that came with the phone.
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After scrambling around I finally found a 2gb microSD card. Now I seem to be stuck on a white "loading" screen when it tries to read the LEOIMG.nbh file.
Any ideas?
Forget that, I had overlooked the fact I was already on 2.08 original so of course it wouldn't work until I installed HSPL on it to be able to backrev
Thanks, all sorted now.