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I was flashing my brothers phone for him, and I was using the CID Workaround, and it completed, and then after a hard reset the device wouldnt go past the first splash screen.. pllease help
If your able to get into bootloader mode then you should be able to flash another rom such as wizard love or your providers rom.
If you read the thread on unlocking G4 cid locked using shell tool you will see what i mean. I personally was stuck in a very similar situation and received help, so the info you need might be in that thread.
nstefanelli said:
I was flashing my brothers phone for him, and I was using the CID Workaround, and it completed, and then after a hard reset the device wouldnt go past the first splash screen.. pllease help
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Check your PM's
bwesty said:
If your able to get into bootloader mode then you should be able to flash another rom such as wizard love or your providers rom.
If you read the thread on unlocking G4 cid locked using shell tool you will see what i mean. I personally was stuck in a very similar situation and received help, so the info you need might be in that thread.
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i used the shell tool, but i just got stuck on the first splash after i did that.... here are device specs
Its a Cingular 8125, obivously g4
IPL 2.25.0001
SPL 2.25.0001
It doesnt get past bootloader, and I would really like to put WM6 on it.
At this point, I've tried various other ROMs and nothing is working. Any thoughts or ideas at all would be appreciated. Thanks.
jUST DO WHAT I SAY
gREETINGS,
Just follow this steps u will be out of it.
Press and hold the camera button and reset the phone, hold the camera button until you see the tri color screen (bootloader), when u are on tri color screen connect the USB with your phone(dont see for active sync it wont recognise but it will be connected), and then flash your phone with the rom your provider has given you i.e, the original rom and DONT flash it with shell tool use the exe file of the rom.
When you are at the original rom then try to flash the WM6 with shell tool and follow the instruction properly.
Thanks
samy.3660 said:
gREETINGS,
Just follow this steps u will be out of it.
Press and hold the camera button and reset the phone, hold the camera button until you see the tri color screen (bootloader), when u are on tri color screen connect the USB with your phone(dont see for active sync it wont recognise but it will be connected), and then flash your phone with the rom your provider has given you i.e, the original rom and DONT flash it with shell tool use the exe file of the rom.
When you are at the original rom then try to flash the WM6 with shell tool and follow the instruction properly.
Thanks
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I cannot do that because the Carrier ROMs that I have aren't for G4, so they arent working. I have three different carrier ROMs for my phone.. and none of them work.
-Stefanelli-
nstefanelli said:
i used the shell tool, but i just got stuck on the first splash after i did that.... here are device specs
Its a Cingular 8125, obivously g4
IPL 2.25.0001
SPL 2.25.0001
It doesnt get past bootloader, and I would really like to put WM6 on it.
At this point, I've tried various other ROMs and nothing is working. Any thoughts or ideas at all would be appreciated. Thanks.
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Check your email, I downloaded and zip works fine here.
i'm facing this problem right now , i will solve it with the original rom .
the problem started when i used shelltool to upgrade my G4 CID Locked to windows mobile 6 crossbow underground edition .
i will give it another try when i get my device alive again ,
any suggestions for the WM6 underground to make it work using shelltool on my wiza 200 ??
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Finally i solved the problem and installed Crossbow WM6 underground edition .
all i did is to install the original rom from provider and then used shelltool to install WM6 .
i want to mention that my wiza200 is G4 and its CID Locked .
Huge thanx to mUn , you are da man
Mmm
I've tried underground wm6, but flashing till 96%, then error 302. I've searching for love rom few hours at night, then finally found, it is using the same flashing frontend (but in italian? language), flashed ok, phone's running. I've tried some few other wm6 roms, but always errors like "too old, get new one" or once it was probably fake, because it loaded exactly the same ROM as love one is. So, now I've probably stuck on WM5 at all
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I've tried underground wm6, but flashing till 96%, then error 302. I've searching for love rom few hours at night, then finally found, it is using the same flashing frontend (but in italian? language), flashed ok, phone's running. I've tried some few other wm6 roms, but always errors like "too old, get new one" or once it was probably fake, because it loaded exactly the same ROM as love one is. So, now I've probably stuck on WM5 at all
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whats your device and is it G3 or G4 ?
try to do as i did and it worked for me , install the provider flash , then try shelltool to flash WM6 underground .
WBR
a-h-t1 said:
whats your device and is it G3 or G4 ?
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Mine is G4, dunno if cid is locked or not. I've flashed it as I said with wizard love rom and working without problems. I've tried that again this morning, to flash from love rom, but the same. At 96% it hangs, error 302 Communication error, then starts recovery process, phone goes to bootloader mode. Then is possible to flash it with love rom again with no problem
g4
i have a g4 wizard using the shell tool i have chaged my rom on my phone sometimes 3 times a week just to test them out
the shell tool works if you cant download from the forum here is the link for it
http://rapidshare.com/files/17787647/ShellTool_bugfixed.zip
G4
yes, but when I run shelltool, and press get rom info, all fields states N/A
info from phone is:
ROM Version: 2.26.10.2 WWE
Radio: 2.25.11
ExtROM: 2.26.10.105
IPL/SPL: 2.17.0001
And anyway, dunno exactly which rom for WM6 I can put in (I've just 5.underground_edition_Crossbow_ROM.exe which stucks at 96% with 302 error)
well, I'm dumb, mislooked one stupid thing. Everything passed without errors, Windows Mobile 6 is up and running
happy to know that , the problem was installing rapi ha ??
WBR
No, not really, rapi and that second cab was in device, it was restarted, but I did a mistake - i didn't copied that desired rom into updater directory - that was why were all fields N/A... did that, flashed on first try, without problem
I had the same problem, orginal rom from the provider, and I can reflash it again.....
THX for the info......
ROM verion and link location
Hi lobiik,
which ROM did you use for your device, as you comments above:
"i didn't copied that desired rom into updater directory "
can you please point me to location where i can get the ROM, also proper steps to install the same.
Thanks,
Ajay
HELP!!!!!!!!
I tried flash my G3 with shelltools the program said it worked well i did hard reset then i turned it on it is stuck on 1st front screen bootloader mode is stuck i dont know what is is my device bricked
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im a newbie
Hi guys,
Hi,
I'm a hp rw6828 user and is very much enthusiast to try out those wm6 roms made by those experts. However, i did a mistake while trying to flash.
I tried flashing with a rom from wantat but i forgotten to delete the EBOOT.nb0 before i clicked "upgrade". Then the program stopped at 6% for a long time and didnt move. I disconnect the cables and tried to turn the device on.
THe device can go into the wm6 and the start button can be use but the screen is "moved" to the right side and other function is not working.
After that, i did a hard reset and the the os seem to work like normal. However, when i tried to go into bootloader mode by pressing both "_" and soft reset. That didnt work. I tried another way by taking out the batt, leave it for a 10mins, press both "_" and soft reset, put in batt, release soft reset then "_" keys. That didn't work either.
But, just lately, i've tried taking out batt, holding the camera key and softreset, place back batt, release soft reset n camera button. This method works and i get what it seems to be an atom bootloader?
i get a black background with "MN1 Bootloader Mar 29 2006 13;52;14 copyright..... 1) debug module through UART 2) jump to DM Enter your selection.
I've searched the forums and found few ways to downgrade back to wm5 but those aren't the same conditions with what im facing. Can someone recommend how can i downgrade back to wm5 with the conditions that im facing? All you help is much appreciated. THank you.
You are lucky , at lease your device now become atom. My was totally cannot on power and just vibrate. Till I have to sent it back to HP SC and change the main board . Can you understand chinese , if yes than I have a solution you may try . Else you have to wait . I just download a program and doing some testing , the program is in chinese language .
Thx for you reply. I guess u can say that. I'm from msia but cant read chinese.
Is it possible to solve the problem by sending back to hp using warranty claim? I think i still have warranty left but its ending very soon. One more week i think.
elus said:
Thx for you reply. I guess u can say that. I'm from msia but cant read chinese.
Is it possible to solve the problem by sending back to hp using warranty claim? I think i still have warranty left but its ending very soon. One more week i think.
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I don't think you still can claim under warranty unless you can make your phone total can't on and access to windows mobile. Last time I sent it back they charge me RM 385 to change the main board . I did talk to their technical personal , it seen like they don't know what is bootloader and flash it back to original rom . What they do was just change the main board with preloaded program .
Good luck
If you think that you can claim you warranty , than you just go a head . If not , may be you can access my thread "HP6828 WM6" , download any one of the rom that I post , follow the instruction accept downgrade bootloader . Enter your phone in bootloader mode . If you can start the process , than it will flash a new hp bootloader into your phone .
Against . Good luck
Cheers
I'm from malaysia also.
Ok. I'll try your method to restore the bootloader. Thx for the fast reply. I'll keep u update with the progress. Thx again.
elus said:
Ok. I'll try your method to restore the bootloader. Thx for the fast reply. I'll keep u update with the progress. Thx again.
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You've flash ATOM Bootloader, there are many ways to restore to HP Bootloader ... don't worry !!!
nhocbanme said:
You've flash ATOM Bootloader, there are many ways to restore to HP Bootloader ... don't worry !!!
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Can share the information how to restore back the HP original bootloader ? And the procedure . Thanks
First you must have HP bootloader file (Eboot.nb0) 1.01 or 1.05 are OK.
- Use DRUU to restore Bootloader : replace ATOM bootloader file with HP bootloader file
- Use miniSD to restore Bootloader : copy Eboot.nb0 to miniSD card, go to bootloader ... wait 1' it will auto hard reset.
After flash successfull remmember remove Eboot.nb0 from miniSD.
- Reflashing Bootloader using JTAG. (Use only when can't use two above menthods)
HP Bootloader 1.01 : http://rapidshare.com/files/82853862/HP_BL1.0.1.rar
HP Bootloader 1.05 : http://rapidshare.com/files/82853924/HP_BL1.0.5.rar
nhocbanme could you please specify which specfic DRUU should be use for your method? Thank you.
You should use DRUU of Chartreux, replace Eboot.nb0 and choose OS and Eboot
Remember copy a HP68xx ROM (diskimage_Ver.nb0) to C:\Windows\Temp with DRUU of Chartreux then start...
nhocbanme, you explanation seems vague to me. Probably cause im still new. Could you please give a clearer instructions? Thank you
elus said:
nhocbanme, you explanation seems vague to me. Probably cause im still new. Could you please give a clearer instructions? Thank you
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-You must extract RUU in C:\Windows\Temp (no sub folder) then replace Eboot.nb0 with Hp bootloader 1.01/1.05
-Copy a diskimage_Ver.nb0 (any ROM WM6 for HP 68xx) to C:\Windows\Temp
-Run the DRUU program and choose OS and Eboot and start.
Goodluck !!!
It worked! Thx a lot nhocbanme and wantat. The methods restore the atom bootloader to hp bootloader. The DSUU by chartreux is a good tool.
Now, i would like to put this solution up into the wiki. How may i do so? Thank you.
hi, im william from M'sia. i like to know how you recover your previous installed AtomROm back to WM5.
can u provide some step to step detail
if possible upload some files can let me flash from memory card in the bootloader screen
ur reply are highly appreciated
thx ~~
williamSun said:
hi, im william from M'sia. i like to know how you recover your previous installed AtomROm back to WM5.
can u provide some step to step detail
if possible upload some files can let me flash from memory card in the bootloader screen
ur reply are highly appreciated
thx ~~
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OK, please read my topic, I'll post a WM5 ROM flash via miniSD
help !!
im facing another problem again...
this time i changed the file extension EBOOT0502_MNT_01.01.03.nbf to EBOOT0502_MNT_01.01.03.nb0
(file from HP official WM5 SP34074, inside the installed folder )
and copy to memory card and put in 6828 then started to go bootloader screen
few minutes later my screen goes blank, and i tried with the revive methods
which is
-press the 2 softkey " - " and reset button
-put in the battery ,
-release reset, then release softkey
but didt work out!!!!no repsponse at all..tried many times..possible dead ad???
plz help me abit ..big troblem!
I dont think i can help u much here as im still new. From the looks of your problem, i guess u forgotten to cut the first 12bits (or something like that) of your bootloader when u use it to flash via mini sd. Maybe you can try the JTAG method mentioned in the atom wiki to restore your bootloader. Good luck.
Thanks guys!
The same exact thing happened to me yesterday..I was already about to sell my ipaq as a dead unit and i came upon this thread and after following the steps it did made ipaq alive again..
thank you very much guys,i hope you continue to help more people..
god bless and best of luck to you
more power xda-dev!
Hi there, I have just upgraded or should i say tried to upgrade to the new WM6 coffie ROM and the Krystal ROM but with both of these I can flash, however upon reboot it stays at the 3 colour screen
I have followed the Hard SPL guide for a G3 ---- Check
So what have I done? please someone help - it's a mates phone
also I tried to go back to the original WM5 from the FTP site, but it fails because I have updated the SPL, I would appreciate a link to a WM5 that doesn't check and that is in english........ if that would fix the problem
One last thing - i tried to use the update tools again but it says there is no device connected so I did a hard reset and tried again but no go, after a hard reset i can flash the other roms though
cheers all
No Panic !!
andytof47;1862521 said:
Hi there, I have just upgraded or should i say tried to upgrade to the new WM6 coffie ROM and the Krystal ROM but with both of these I can flash, however upon reboot it stays at the 3 colour screen
I have followed the Hard SPL guide for a G3 ---- Check
So what have I done? please someone help - it's a mates phone
also I tried to go back to the original WM5 from the FTP site, but it fails because I have updated the SPL, I would appreciate a link to a WM5 that doesn't check and that is in english........ if that would fix the problem
cheers all
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No Panic~~~
Pls try to have a look to the link at my signature
( HardSPL easier)
please reply if ok!
I thought The sticky on top of the forum covered this
Hey there, would this be the problem? I thought Jumpspl was included in the initial upgrade tools folder?
Is this the same? and also does this problem (tri color screen) happen when it hasn't been properly flashed with the hard spl?
cheers
andytof47 said:
Hey there, would this be the problem? I thought Jumpspl was included in the initial upgrade tools folder?
Is this the same? and also does this problem (tri color screen) happen when it hasn't been properly flashed with the hard spl?
cheers
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that is good and for experience users, mine is mostly for juniors. Please read and nothing bad.
The jumpspl... 100% work, and follow the steps, never fail.
Will your method work when not booting?
Just read your method and I hope to try it soon, but will your method work if it is not booting --- the method sounds like it needs the system to boot is this correct?
I hope it will work on this system while it is not booting...... I will let you know
OK I just read the whole post -------- The only file I can see is the jump spl.zip --
is that the hard spl or what?
dioxda2 I see how helpfull you are and thanks so far but how do I get the phone out of recovery mode or whatever mode that is??? what is the file I need??? please
thanks heaps
hi every 1 ...
here is the situation i'm in:
i tried to upgrade my HTC Touch Dual with an HTC Touch official ROM ,i prosed with the operation but it did not complete for an error then my phone was stuck on the three colors Screen after that I've reseted the phone ( hard reset ) by pressing the call ,end call ,power and reset buttons all together and here...i realized that i made a disaster because that my phone is not starting and make no response on the screen and it's totally black and when i connect it to the PC ,the indicator light led torn's red!!! and the PC dose not see it i tried to hard reset it again it didn't work.
Please help me ....
Regards.
hi
hey m8 i had this problem b4 also i just ran a different rom whilst it was in the tri colour screen and it was all up and working again.
hope this helps
kind regards Martin J
Thank's 4 the fast response bro but the problem that is when i flashed the phone with wrong ROM i had the tri color screen but after that i hard reseted the phone as i described above and the phone went died and red lid light indicator on USB cable.
Regards
Saif Al.Deen.
have you tried to enter the bootloader?
yes i did if it mean's pressing the camera and the reset button together but i learned this method in an HTC Touch thread replay so if it's the same (pressing the camera button and the reset button by the styles) it means that I've also tried it and did not work. and please ,if there is any other way to enter the Bootloader just feel free to tell me about it cuz i think that when i get the tri color screen again i will able to flash the phone with official English ROM of WM 6.1 that I've downloaded from the HTC site unless there is some thing that i don't under stand.
thank's Midget.
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Enter in bootloader
I did use the method (pressing Power+Camera+Reset) and I've got the tri-color screen the PC saw the phone and I've got the "USB" text on the phone screen then i started the ROM upgrade utility then i noticed the text under the tri-color is changing once "Serial" and another "USB" and so on until it stay's on the "Serial" and the upgrade utility show's an "Exit" button ,i press it ---> it exit's!!!.then i just disconnected the phone and reconnected it to the USB the tri-color showed the "USB" text then i started the ROM upgrade utility and got the same results.then i soft reseted the phone by the styles and get back to the same old situation ( black screen and red led on connection) and the phone is not entering the tri-color mode using the same method using the same method u linked me in ur last replay (pressing Power+Camera+Reset)!!!!!!!!
What should i do ...
please help me coz no one to ask near me and we have no HTC center here in Iraq and it look's like that i'm the only one who carry an HTC phone in my hole country!!!
Now ...here is what I've got:
thankfully managed to get back to the tri-color screen it seem's that i had a problem with USB cable ,any way ...i started the ROM upgrade utility that i downloaded from the HTC official web site that named (RUU_Nike_HTC_WWE_2.09.405.1_Radio_NikeMR_1.65.28.25_signed_Ship) at the first time i had a connection error 260 then i disconnected the phone then reconnected it the PC saw the phone and the upgrade utility did too and started to upgrade the ROM but when it reached 1% i had this error (ERROR [294] INVALID VENDER ID ) with an "Exit" button !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It's some kind of a progress .. right..but what's wrong ?? Q/ is the ROM ?? A/ I downloaded it from the official web site and it's for the HTC Touch Dual...then what????
Please do not let me down ... my hops are only on ur experiences.
Regards.
Now ...here is what I've got:
thankfully managed to get back to the tri-color screen it seem's that i had a problem with USB cable ,any way ...i started the ROM upgrade utility that i downloaded from the HTC official web site that named (RUU_Nike_HTC_WWE_2.09.405.1_Radio_NikeMR_1.65.28.25_signed_Ship) at the first time i had a connection error 260 then i disconnected the phone then reconnected it the PC saw the phone and the upgrade utility did too and started to upgrade the ROM but when it reached 1% i had this error (ERROR [294] INVALID VENDER ID ) with an "Exit" button !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It's some kind of a progress .. right..but what's wrong ?? Q/ is the ROM ?? A/ I downloaded it from the official web site and it's for the HTC Touch Dual...then what????
Please do not let me down ... my hops are only on ur experiences.
Regards.
sparketo said:
thankfully managed to get back to the tri-color screen
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That's good. Ready to flash again.
RUU_Nike_HTC_WWE_2.09.405.1_Radio_NikeMR_1.65.28.25_signed_Ship) ...started to upgrade the ROM but when it reached 1% i had this error (ERROR [294] INVALID VENDER ID ) with an "Exit" button !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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The phone is locked to a particular phone company. You'll need to unlock it first. So, a bit more work needed. Follow this thread. but make sure you read it carefully:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=395945
Ok now...here is the situation:
as u advised ,i went to http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=395945 and it say's in (1.) that i must have a HardSPL 1.15 MFG installed (i have SPL 1.18 installed) then i went to the thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=355730 to get the HardSPL 1.15 MFG and i've found it but here is the problem:
in step (4.) i have to install sspl 1.16 nike.exe by copying it to the phone memory ,but i only managed to enter the tri-color screen and i can not copy any thing in to my phone so who am i gonna install it??? then i saw the other attached files flash-hardspl-niki.zip and flash-splash-niki.zip and all others ,what i get when i start the utility after unzipping the attachment is error in connection and the bar stay's on 0% and start the recovery system....
by the way ...all i see on the tri-color screen is the following:
RUUNBH on the right upper side of the screen.
NIKI 100 ,SPL-1.18.0000 and CPLD-4 on the upper left side of the screen in the red bar.
USB of Serial in the bottom wight bar.
thank u all 4 ur effort ,but i have no place else to ask for help....
so please stay with me to the end ...i hope it will be a happy end.
Thank's
sparketo said:
what i get when i start the utility after unzipping the attachment is error in connection and the bar stay's on 0% and start the recovery system....
by the way ...all i see on the tri-color screen is the following:
RUUNBH on the right upper side of the screen.
NIKI 100 ,SPL-1.18.0000 and CPLD-4 on the upper left side of the screen in the red bar. USB of Serial in the bottom wight bar.
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From this point, we know you have SPL 1.18 on board, with a locked ROM to a phone carrier.
Best advise I can think of is to get the official ROM from the carrier and flash that. It will get you back to starting point
After that, copy SSPL 1.16 to phone, and run that on phone, followed by falsh to Hard1.15MFG before trying to unlock the phone.
ok Rling .....
the phone was sent to me from Holland (Netherlands) and when i was turning it on on startup it show's a logo of number (1) or something like that.
so please can any one tell which carrier is that and where to find it ????
by the way Rling and Medget and every one ,thank u all for ur time u spend helping me ^_^.
Best Regards.
try to find your phone's original country in following website.
http://service.htceurope.com/htcdistributor/Default.aspx
then, you can know which language rom is suitable to your phone, try to find it.
flash the original rom
everything will be ok...
Good luck
Thank u 4 ur help Justsun i really pretiate ur help i found this link qaite helpfull and i managed to find the original carrier which is KPN and it's in Netherlands, the problem is, i do not understand any word in the web site because it's not in english and some how it look's like that there is no traise for the ROM in the site.
so please any one can help me with providing a link for the original carrier ROM of KPN or send it to my email or just any any thing just i'm feeling so disperet ...
Thank u all...
Yes Yes Yessssssssss at last Windows boot's up my phone after a long week ...
spesial thanks to homerh ... thank u bro without ur help i would throw my phone in the garbage. God bless u.
And thank u all for ur help.
Best Regards.
Saif Al.Deen.
sparketo said:
Thank u 4 ur help Justsun i really pretiate ur help i found this link qaite helpfull and i managed to find the original carrier which is KPN and it's in Netherlands, the problem is, i do not understand any word in the web site because it's not in english and some how it look's like that there is no traise for the ROM in the site.
so please any one can help me with providing a link for the original carrier ROM of KPN or send it to my email or just any any thing just i'm feeling so disperet ...
Thank u all...
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you can go to www.htc.com then find suport, use your sn, you can download the original ROM. flash it first, then flash other rom which you need.
Thank u Justsun ,i just solved it by the help of Homerh and now i have the original ROM on my phone and by the way , i did not flashed it ,Homerh teached me how to restore the original ROM on the phone using the mtty and that's it. now i'm looking for a ROM that support Arabic for my HTC Touch Dual ,if u can help me find it ,i'd be pretiated.
Thank's.
Hello All
As a topic, and I have a G4 wizard bricket by uploading rom g3 to my g4. I use Jtag and wake up beautifully, and even displays a nicely .. 2.26.Olip 2.26 . I put in to my wizard Repair Rom Love , and here there is a problem because, like after uploading the rom should flit here after uploading the RRU there is a 3-color screen (bootloader) .. I try load Polishrom after Love Rom from the G4, but orange is the same after the reboot the bootloader appears and nothing ... how to disable the wizard and turn a black screen, sometimes there just blinks and so .. right after Love made hard reset and nothing ..
Someone help with this problem?Please
(sory for my english but i using google translate )) )
yamakashi1 said:
Hello All
As a topic, and I have a G4 wizard bricket by uploading rom g3 to my g4. I use Jtag and wake up beautifully, and even displays a nicely .. 2.26.Olip 2.26 . I put in to my wizard Repair Rom Love , and here there is a problem because, like after uploading the rom should flit here after uploading the RRU there is a 3-color screen (bootloader) .. I try load Polishrom after Love Rom from the G4, but orange is the same after the reboot the bootloader appears and nothing ... how to disable the wizard and turn a black screen, sometimes there just blinks and so .. right after Love made hard reset and nothing ..
Someone help with this problem?Please
(sory for my english but i using google translate )) )
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U need to flash SPL again with a RUU utility..after flashing spl try normal ROM flashing method