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my first post and contribution.. hopefully it would be alot of help to other people..
this is the official IMATE 1.72 ROM...except that it was encoded to work with O2 XDA2 units
added the O2 splash screen to retain the O2 bootup image -just load O2.cab into your XDA2
the upgrade utility shouldnt show you any more country ID error for O2 XDA2 units.. if there are problems.. holler me ASAP!!
feedbacks would be nice, coz i would like to make upgrades for other Network providers as well..
Thanks for that.
Can you show me a step by step guide on how to upgrade O2 xda 2 1.60.WWE version to this?
Thanks again.
ok... im not an expert yet, coz i just had my XDA2 for a week, but i do enjoy tweaking and playing with it.. besides, the knowledge i gain thru reading this forum is more than enough..
ok.. here goes..
1. create a full BACKUP your XDA2.. (but i dunno if this is helpful should you fail to upgrade your ROM)
2. download the above file and extract it.
3. you should see it extract 7 files.
4. put your xda2 in the cradle connected to the PC
5. run HimaUpgradeUt.exe
6. wait around 30-60 mins. then follow the procedure as shown on your computer. (a hard reset would be required)
7. after the upgrade is done, you should see the IMATE screen upon booting up (instead of the O2 bubble screen) if you wanne be extra sure, check your XDA2 version.if everything is ok, then you should have upgraded it correctly
8. if you want to revert to the old O2 splash screen during bootup, then copy O2.cab to your XDA2 and run it there. Do a soft reset, and voila, it should be back to the old O2 bootscreen.
I suggest that you contact your NETWORK PROVIDER because you will need to manually configure GPRS, MMS, and INTERNET settings on your xda2 after doing the upgrade.
WARNING: i wont be held responsible or liable for failed upgrade of your unit. Please understand that by agreeing to upgrade your XDA2, you are taking full responsibility of whatever untoward incidents that may occur to your XDA2. Flashing the rom might lead to DATA LOSS, SYSTEM MALFUNCTION, and even DEVICE MALFUNCTION.
but.. the rewards of upgrading it is sweet!
Many thanks for all of these description.
BTW, how do you feel the upgrade?
What you really get from this?
Can you share with us?
Thanks again.
Cheers mate.
i dunno, im just a week old newbie in using XDA2 :wink:
i just enjoy tweaking the XDA..so far, no problems here.
My xda2 currently is 1.66wwe. after upgrade to 1.72wwe, what's the different between it? anything increase? sorry because i'm a new bird
did a lil research.. so far, came to this...
The 1.72 ROM eliminates the majority of problems from the 1.66 ROM such as:
Increased battery drain
Device slows down
Bluetooth GPS devices don't work, even with Pocket Bluetooth Tools
Can it be downgraded back to O2 xda2 1.60WWE Rom?
Many thanks.
i doubt that it can be downgraded... i havent personally tried to downgrade my ROM to a lower version.. but there are other threads related to this, and they claim that when they tried downgrading their ROMS, their XDA2 died....
you can try searching for other topics if there are information about downgrading... .so far, i dont have any problems with my 1.72 ROM...
except that there is no running program application which enables me to switch off any running program in the background.. but i easily remedied it by downloading TASKMANAGER.... its quite the same with running programs...other than that, so far, so good.
Error 121 Language ID Error
Hi,
after running HimaUpgradeUt.exe I get the message:
Error 121 Language ID Error (N-2-1-0-1), the ROM image that you are trying to use is not designed to work with your Pocket PC.
I ran ERedit2003 Version 1.2.20 and opened the file ms_.nbf using the password 0x20040305. I saved the file with the different language settings WWE, ENG and GER. Always the problem remains the same.
My XDA2 currently has ROM 1.66.01GER.
Thanks for help.
try to change the operator name , too! or use other hymalaya upgrade files, from other roms!
Re: Error 121 Language ID Error
GentleMan said:
Hi,
after running HimaUpgradeUt.exe I get the message:
Error 121 Language ID Error (N-2-1-0-1), the ROM image that you are trying to use is not designed to work with your Pocket PC.
I ran ERedit2003 Version 1.2.20 and opened the file ms_.nbf using the password 0x20040305. I saved the file with the different language settings WWE, ENG and GER. Always the problem remains the same.
My XDA2 currently has ROM 1.66.01GER.
Thanks for help.
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hi, i tried encoding with it again.. please download it, replace the other files and try if it still gives you errors or not. thanks... ill be waiting for your feedback
Re: Error 121 Language ID Error > Error 120
Waxx said:
hi, i tried encoding with it again.. please download it, replace the other files and try if it still gives you errors or not. thanks... ill be waiting for your feedback
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Hi,
Thanks. But now I get the message:
Error 120 Language ID Error ( N-1-8-1-8 ), the ROM image that you are trying to use is not designed to work with your Pocket PC. I tried with settings O2 WWE, O2 GER and O2 ENG.
When specifying CDL instead of O2 the error code changes to Error 120 Language ID Error ( N-1-8-8-8 ).
So the problem remains the same
Thanks for help.
Help for beginners: upgrading O2 Xda II to ROM 1.72
New to Forum-sorry to be slow on the uptake. I am trying to undersand how to upgrade O2 Xda II (ExROM 160.50) to ROM 1.72 without losing the machine. Waxx says you need to reconfigure the ISP settings (I assume because they are lost in the upgrade). I cannot find O2 settings for GPRS Interenet and MMS on the net. Talking to O2 is a waste of time.
Does anyone have a step by step description that results in ROM 1.72/Radio 1.18 (or lower if 1.18 still in beta) working on O2 Xda II?
Has anyone reported doing it sucessfully. Have non recoverable failures been reported?
RamyG
Just copy the attached CAB file across to say, My Documents on your XDA, and run it via FileManager.
It will customise your O2 XDA II with all the correct settings.
Once it has done that (and you've tested it works), just uninstall the O2 Active bit and your settings will remain (well they did on mine)
BTW - I upgraded to the new ROM, and have had no problems at all ! Very sweet
Mark
Thnx Mark, just to make sure before I jump in: the steps are:
(1) upgrade to 1.72 using Waxx's attachement (is that the file you used?) (2) follow the procedure you described and I will get O2 customised Xda II (same as where I started) but with ROM1.72 and later Radio Stack. Right?
2 questions:
(a) are the GPRS setting for MOBILE WEB (post paid)
(b) what benefits should I expect from the upgrade? (other than the satisfaction that it succeeded, l if it works?
thnx
RamyG
Yep I used the attachment from Waxx ...
The procedure you mentioned is correct ... I did have a few heart stopping moments after the upgrade because (like you) I couldn't find the necessary settings for GPRS etc .. but the O2 cab file re-installs everything back to what it should be for the UK.
You are prompted to choose relevant settings - in this case you get a choice from either post-paid (MobileWeb) or PrePay ...
As for benefits, people are reporting better bluetooth support, and better battery life. Only upgraded mine yesterday, so can't comment on either yet !
HTH
Mark
Has anyone else had problems charging overnight with the ROM version?
Got Error 120: Country ID error N-8-1-1-1
Hi all,
I am new member here. I did upgrade to ROM 1.72WWE and seems working fine. Because the PDA is idle, I try to roll back to ROM 1.60.44 eng. and got the country id error N-8-1-1-1. I tried to set the regional to English (UK) and English (US) but failed. Any comment? My XDAII is bought from Asia-HK. Thanks a lot.
Chris
Mark thnx for your help. For all those undecided souls I can report that Waxx's ROM 172 upgrade works fine for O2 Xda II. (BTW: it takes 3 times as long to upgrade as they say it does - it's 30 min for each of ROM ExROM and Radio modules).
Mark, O2.cab did not work as exepcted for some reason. When I ran it, it simple created a text file with O2 network config info and did not actually configure the Xda II. The info was correct and a manual config worked first time. Puzzled, I ran the O2 cab again but from another directory. This time I got the O2 spiral (I may have gotten the network configed again I can't know as I had previously configured it manually . The upgrade did lose the O2 dialer screen and reverted to the iMATE one. This is trivial. the Net is full of free attractive skins. e.g http://sourceforge.net/projects/pocketpc-apps/
Mark Peters- I thank you again.
RamyG
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mine is a G4 device IPL 2.09 SPL 2.09.0000
i flashed several times my prophet with diferent wm6 roms but i allways downgrade to wm5, cause some issues i didn't like,
this morning i tried to upgrade to wm6 again, made the procedure
1 Hard reset
2 connect to pc and wait to activesync to come up
3 run upgrade utility and wm5 flash started
after a while the upgrading process stucked at 5% and gave an error, i don't remeber whitch it was,
but since then my prophet always turns on in bootloader mode, you can do nothing, even turn it off, the only way to turn it off is removing the battery,
when you put the battery again and press power on it starts in bootloader mode
the diference that i notice it's that now the bootloader shows
IPL 2.09 and SPL 2.09 not anymore SPL 2.09.0000
so i tried again to flash the prophet but it always give me this errors
300 when i used the wm5 spanish rom
and 274 conection problem when i use the temp pdaviet rom or the fantastic mobiz rom
when i plug the prophet to the pc the bootloader displayes USB but activesync never starts
what could be my problem i used the correct G4 roms
please somebody help me
joesa said:
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mine is a G4 device IPL 2.09 SPL 2.09.0000
i flashed several times my prophet with diferent wm6 roms but i allways downgrade to wm5, cause some issues i didn't like,
this morning i tried to upgrade to wm6 again, made the procedure
1 Hard reset
2 connect to pc and wait to activesync to come up
3 run upgrade utility and wm5 flash started
after a while the upgrading process stucked at 5% and gave an error, i don't remeber whitch it was,
but since then my prophet always turns on in bootloader mode, you can do nothing, even turn it off, the only way to turn it off is removing the battery,
when you put the battery again and press power on it starts in bootloader mode
the diference that i notice it's that now the bootloader shows
IPL 2.09 and SPL 2.09 not anymore SPL 2.09.0000
so i tried again to flash the prophet but it always give me this errors
300 when i used the wm5 spanish rom
and 274 conection problem when i use the temp pdaviet rom or the fantastic mobiz rom
when i plug the prophet to the pc the bootloader displayes USB but activesync never starts
what could be my problem i used the correct G4 roms
please somebody help me
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Don't know for sure that it will help, but when you want to connect to your PC in USB mode (bootloader) you should first disable "Allow USB CONNECTION" in the conections settingpanel of Active Sync.
thanks i'll give it a try
joesa said:
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mine is a G4 device IPL 2.09 SPL 2.09.0000
i flashed several times my prophet with diferent wm6 roms but i allways downgrade to wm5, cause some issues i didn't like,
this morning i tried to upgrade to wm6 again, made the procedure
1 Hard reset
2 connect to pc and wait to activesync to come up
3 run upgrade utility and wm5 flash started
after a while the upgrading process stucked at 5% and gave an error, i don't remeber whitch it was,
but since then my prophet always turns on in bootloader mode, you can do nothing, even turn it off, the only way to turn it off is removing the battery,
when you put the battery again and press power on it starts in bootloader mode
the diference that i notice it's that now the bootloader shows
IPL 2.09 and SPL 2.09 not anymore SPL 2.09.0000
so i tried again to flash the prophet but it always give me this errors
300 when i used the wm5 spanish rom
and 274 conection problem when i use the temp pdaviet rom or the fantastic mobiz rom
when i plug the prophet to the pc the bootloader displayes USB but activesync never starts
what could be my problem i used the correct G4 roms
please somebody help me
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Try to search the new ROM update utility and try to reflash using it.
pda is dead
hey friends..!!
i have a problem with my neo..
got new update of wm 6. 4..0.0.0.1 version..
phone gets switched off by itself.. sometimes..
when sms comes or i recieve a call..
i fear it has become a black brick..
plz help me out..!!
and..
one more thing..
is there any was to restore my contact.. i had a backup in wm 5..
the back up file when restored in w m 6..
contacts don t open.. then again i hjave to hard reset it..
lost my contacts and documents.. but i stii have that back up file..
plz help me out..
replies awaited..!!
dj00912 said:
hey friends..!!
i have a problem with my neo..
got new update of wm 6. 4..0.0.0.1 version..
phone gets switched off by itself.. sometimes..
when sms comes or i recieve a call..
i fear it has become a black brick..
plz help me out..!!
and..
one more thing..
is there any was to restore my contact.. i had a backup in wm 5..
the back up file when restored in w m 6..
contacts don t open.. then again i hjave to hard reset it..
lost my contacts and documents.. but i stii have that back up file..
plz help me out..
replies awaited..!!
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For the WM6, try Gullum V6 Touch...
Now for the contacts problem - flash WM5 back, restore your contacts and back up them with PIM backup 2.5 (use search you will find it in the forum somewhere).After reflashing the WM6 you will be able to restore them again. The other option is to use Outlook to synchronize.
chavdar said:
For the WM6, try Gullum V6 Touch...
Now for the contacts problem - flash WM5 back, restore your contacts and back up them with PIM backup 2.5 (use search you will find it in the forum somewhere).After reflashing the WM6 you will be able to restore them again. The other option is to use Outlook to synchronize.
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It's beter NOT to use any backup software when you migrate from WM5 to WM6 or the other way around. Sync first with your desktop ans sync back after upgrading. The standard location are not the same, so it is messy when you replace the files to their original positions.
Hi people,
I'm Luca from Italy, and I'm writing here hoping that You can help me to recover my dead PPC.
My PPC, when living, had Windows Mobile 5 like O.S.
So, As i've some problems with the phone I've decided to downgrade the radio version from 1.17 (people say that it is buggy) to 1.08.
So i run the HimaUpgradeUt_noID (I've also HimaUpgradeUt), but i've forgotten to delete the NK.nbf file from the directory.
I put the PPC in bootloader mode (SERIAL on top and ver. 1.06 on bottom) and then to the cradle directly to the motherboard USB connector
The sofware begin to update upgrading even ROM CE file, but when it arrived at 31% himaUpgrade stopped its work, showing that I need to reset (only normal reset and not soft reset) the PPC From this time until now my PPC show always and only the bootloader view.
When I try to upgrade again, the himalaya soft don't show what my PPC has like rom or radio version. It shows only the Ce rom and Radio that I'm going to ugrade.
It seems that software isn't able to erase ROM IMAGE
Active sync can't identify the device (some time it is indentified as unknown device).
When i start the software for ugrade the Active sync tray icon disappear.
I'm only able to ugrade radio stack or ExtRom.
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE, HELP ME.
P.S. The device is unlocked
2 hits
http://www.expansys-kr.com/ft.aspx?k=21161
"Edited:- Problem solved, I loaded the upgrade from a different PC. I don't know why my main PC would not work as that is the one I regularly sinc the pocket PC to, but it just kept aborting the upgrade. Anyone else having this problem, try another PC."
if you're lucky
http://forum.xda-developers.com/sho...t=Failing+ROM+Update+Jam.+Error+112+CE+Failed
"it was stoping with an upgrade error at the very beggining of the extended ROM flashing no matter which ROM you were flashing to it! At the end they exchanged it for a new one, probably the ROM chip was faulty!"
if you're unlocky
Hi Rudegar,
first MANY MANY MANY THANKS for Your support.
I'm very unlucky.
I'm not able to upgrade my PPC.
The strange thing is that i can upgrade Radio Stack and even Extended Rom!
Only CE ROM wont' update.
Previous CE ROM installed was AKU 3.5 and Windows Mobile 5.0
Everythings worked fine.
Non other way?
I've seen that after launched del himaupgradeUt_noID the Activesync tray icon ho away.
My PPC sometimes ins't "seen" by my XP while other times it is "unknown device"
Why Can I only update RADIO and Extended Rom, while CE Rom not?
... P.S.
evey kind of button that I push the PPC is always in Bootloader Mode!
I'ev tryed: POWER + CAMERA + REC + STYLUS over the hole.
When I put the PPC to battery charger, red led is on until nothing is on the display, while when there is the written over the display, led is off.
No way to help me?
No news? I'm so sad
hello. i have the same problem but i have some suspections: i have 3 wersions of wm6 roms. one weight is 64 mb and others 32. and i tkink we are trying install rom from htc, dell or ipaq to our mda or other... so- **** this wrong rom and search for normal rom for himalaya ->
take this one :
"
mirror in china ,but very rapid downloading
http://exs.mail.qq.com/cgi-bin/downl...3f0dd183418032
enter the code e506cd02 then go
thx to c_shekhar
"
screenshots: wm6 pro. : http://www.engadget.com/photos/windows-mobile-6-professional/
cheers
hello all,
i am using jiggs rom AKA 3.3 on XDA ATOM
but i am not able to use ICS as it always give me an error..."cannot connect for an error reason. To change your connection settings, tap settings" and this error is same for both USB and BT LAN. my EDGE connection is working as i can connect to the net on my PDA.
please tell me what to do?? or please provide me with a patch.
also can i get the same softwares included in this rom on a WM6 rom??
please help me..need it ASAP as i am not able to connect my laptop to net.
puneet_84 said:
hello all,
i am using jiggs rom AKA 3.3 on XDA ATOM
but i am not able to use ICS as it always give me an error..."cannot connect for an error reason. To change your connection settings, tap settings" and this error is same for both USB and BT LAN. my EDGE connection is working as i can connect to the net on my PDA.
please tell me what to do?? or please provide me with a patch.
also can i get the same softwares included in this rom on a WM6 rom??
please help me..need it ASAP as i am not able to connect my laptop to net.
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do you still want WM5 instead of WM6? ICS is fully working on WM6...
you could try to install it manually. DOWNLOAD ICS HERE
Install it on device and NOT on storage card. Thanks to Chainfire for the install cab. I'm not sure if it would be okay to overwrite the non-functioning ICS on your ROM.
thanks tj for the info.
i do not want to use WM5 but want the package provided in the WM5 rom of jiggs.
also i tried installing it but it gave me error saying there is some certificate conflict. so i will soon migrate to WM6.
thanks again
HI THERE,
I AM USING WM 6.0 WITH SPL 1.1. THE PROBLEM IS THE ERROR 270.
WHENEVER I TRY TO UPGRADE MY ROM TO WM6.1 OR WM6.5 OR EVEN WHEN I TRY TO UPGRADE MY RADIO TO VERSION 1.57, THE MOBILE SIMPLY GOES TO BOOTLOADER AND AFTER COMPLETING JUST 1% , IT RESTARTS AND THE PC SHOWS "ERROR 270 [UPDATE ERROR]- THE IMAGE FILE IS CORRUPTED. PLEASE CHECK YOUR UPDATE UTILITY".
I HAVE TRIED DOING HARD RESET BUT OF NO USE.
EVERYTHING ELSE (LIKE CALLS, GPRS, GPS) IS WORKING FINE. BUT I CANNOT UPGRADE THE ROM.
ANY SUGGESTION TO PREVIOUS POSTS OR NEW SOLUTIONS IS NEEDED.
ERMANO.ESTE said:
HI THERE,
I AM USING WM 6.0 WITH SPL 1.1. THE PROBLEM IS THE ERROR 270.
WHENEVER I TRY TO UPGRADE MY ROM TO WM6.1 OR WM6.5 OR EVEN WHEN I TRY TO UPGRADE MY RADIO TO VERSION 1.57, THE MOBILE SIMPLY GOES TO BOOTLOADER AND AFTER COMPLETING JUST 1% , IT RESTARTS AND THE PC SHOWS "ERROR 270 [UPDATE ERROR]- THE IMAGE FILE IS CORRUPTED. PLEASE CHECK YOUR UPDATE UTILITY".
I HAVE TRIED DOING HARD RESET BUT OF NO USE.
EVERYTHING ELSE (LIKE CALLS, GPRS, GPS) IS WORKING FINE. BUT I CANNOT UPGRADE THE ROM.
ANY SUGGESTION TO PREVIOUS POSTS OR NEW SOLUTIONS IS NEEDED.
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Hi you need to unlock the phone
read the beginners guide in the sticky for WM6 section
Read first then flash
How to get mac address
lakeman said:
Hi you need to unlock the phone
read the beginners guide in the sticky for WM6 section
Read first then flash
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Thanks alot lakeman for ur help.
SOLVED OUT THAT ISSUE, BUT FACED A NEW ONE.
I M STUCK AT BOOTLOADER SCREEN WHILE TRYING TO INSTALL WM6.5.
BUT I FIGURED OUT A WAY BY USING MAC AND MTTY FORMAT.
BUT I DONT KNOW HOW TO GET MY MAC ADDRESS WHILE THE ONLY THING I CAN ACCESS IS THE BOOTLOADER SCREEN?
IS IT PRINTED SOMEWHERE ON MY DEVICE OR MANUALS OR IS THERE ANY SPECIFIC COMMAND FOR THAT?