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Heh apologoies for title but im really stuck and desperate for any help!!
I have been trying to unlock my Cingular 8525 for many hours now without any luck.
I bought it off ebay knowing it was locked because I had seen these forums and knew it wasnt too harder job. I live in NZ we have a compatible 3G network here (they sell these phones branded as JasJams).
Anyway I dont have a cingular sim card, only a Vodafone NZ simcard. I dont know if that is a problem for me or not...
My problem is that I get part way through the update process and the connection between pc and phone gets cut everytime at the same place.
On my bootload screen during the setup it says
HERM100 IPL-SSPL by Des
HERM100 SPL-1.09.ds
and then
HERM100 IPL-1.01
HERM100 SPL-1.40.Olipro
Then I tick the appropriate checkboxes, I HAVE to soft reset my phone here to get it to sync up with my PC again, I dont think this should be a problem though,
It then gives me the button to select the Update button (Update the radio and bootloader)
So I click that, it gives the next screen, click next, tells you its going to take 10 minutes etc, so click next,
It then instantly disconnects the active sync connection and about a minute later I get an error screen saying the unlocker encountered communications errors.
I have been through this whole proccess 6 times now with no joy
Someone pleeeeeeeeease help me
Thanks
im willing to pay for a code all i want is a unlocked sim phone none of this radio stuff etc
try Wiki
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/
or alternatively
http://www.mrvanx.org/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=30&Itemid=27
Thanks but not really helpful, I have read the wiki through and through. I have tried that flashing HardSPL v7 and i get exactly the same problem.
PLEASE somebody help me
The only piece that is confusing is what to do once your done. The instructions say that you will be replacing your radio with a tweaked one to allow the unlock. After the entire process is done I assume you will need to have your favorite radio (1.40.3 in my case) handy to flash back onto your Hermes?
I also assume that flashing your favorite radio back to the Hermes won't lock it back again.
To be honest, I'd suggest going back to basics. You could try quite a few workarounds and end up doing this anyway..:
Reflash the original ROM your phone came with. Should be found easily via wiki.
Then you can start upgrading again.
If that's difficult, try flashing from your MicroSD card, which I've found never fails, having bricked my Hermes quite a few times now with my own cockamayme (sp) versions of ROMs that I've cobbled together from bits of code and chewing-gum.
as far as I know you dont need to CID unlock before flashing.... With olipro spl and custom RUU updater you can flash anything on your phone....
laurasaur, after you have installed 1.4 olipro, use custom RUU updater
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=298737
use the RUU updater with your choice of Rom.
or if yo want to unlock the device before
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=293665
amet said:
as far as I know you dont need to CID unlock before flashing.... With olipro spl and custom RUU updater you can flash anything on your phone....
laurasaur, after you have installed 1.4 olipro, use custom RUU updater
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=298737
use the RUU updater with your choice of Rom.
or if yo want to unlock the device before
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=293665
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She want's to SIM-Unlock, not to CID-Unlock.
Do you use Vista? I encountered a similar problem with Windows Vista. Try a PC with Windows XP for the unlocking process.
ok my bad....
I've seen this issue with v1.4 Olipro. Upgrade bootloader to the latest Olipro 2.1 version then re-attempt.
ok thanks everyone for your advice but i am still screwed.
im not running vista.
i can not upgrade to olipro 2.1 because the upgrade utility always gets error 260 (update error) the update utility cannot connect to your PDA Phone.
I have now tried on 3 computers, my own, my parents and my work all resulting in the same thing.
I think now I will try and flash a WM6 rom onto my phone just using the olipro 1.4 and the custom RUU updater and see how I go but I dont have much hope
ok im currently updating the rom to wm6 as posted on the forums and oh my gosh i have a progress bar for the first time ever!! woot~~
um ok. now i have WM6 dopod version and fkn still sim locked someone help me before i throw my phone at the wall lol im going on holiday tomorrow and will have no phone for a week if i dont fix this in the next 3 hrs
Sim Unlock
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=293665
laurasaur said:
On my bootload screen during the setup it says
HERM100 IPL-SSPL by Des
HERM100 SPL-1.09.ds
and then
HERM100 IPL-1.01
HERM100 SPL-1.40.Olipro
Then I tick the appropriate checkboxes, I HAVE to soft reset my phone here to get it to sync up with my PC again, I dont think this should be a problem though,
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Do *NOT* soft reset your phone here, it is normal that activesync disconnects while the pda is in bootloader mode (activesync only works while OS is running). Just click "next, next, next" in the RUU and it will go fine.
woooa i think i love you Pof, I seriously do. Im not sure how I became such a noob at reading instructions but im sorry and thank you so much I now have progress bar
if you're short on time avoid any radio updates, they seem a bit hit and miss - its not worth upgrading then going away to find you've got a tossy signal!!!!
hope it worked out!
I constantly get a communications error, and it never leaves 0% on the status.... No clue on what could be wrong... Anyone have a suggestion? I've looked on all the faqs and didnt see anything else I could try.
ghostyroasty said:
I constantly get a communications error, and it never leaves 0% on the status.... No clue on what could be wrong... Anyone have a suggestion? I've looked on all the faqs and didnt see anything else I could try.
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That means you didn't successfully unlock.
If you put your phone into bootloader, it needs to say 1.20 Olipro, not 1.10, which it probably does.
Retrace your steps on the unlocking process.
- DogGuy
When I put the phone into the bootloader, it says 110... and I unhook and rehook up the usb cable, and the activesync doesnt detect the titan anymore.
I then use the exitbl program to reboot the device, and then continue once my titan reboots.
Then I get the 262 connection error after the status shows 0% on both the titan and my computer for a while.
Leave your phon ein bootloader mode and run the unlocker. As long as the screen says USB it should work.
ghostyroasty said:
When I put the phone into the bootloader, it says 110... and I unhook and rehook up the usb cable, and the activesync doesnt detect the titan anymore.
I then use the exitbl program to reboot the device, and then continue once my titan reboots.
Then I get the 262 connection error after the status shows 0% on both the titan and my computer for a while.
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Thats where you went wrong. You aren't done with the unlocker, and *do not* run exitbl until after the RUU has already run. The RUU is actually installing the unlocker, you are just sitting at a temporary bootloader to allow the 1.20's RUU to actually run.
edit:
So, run unlocker, do the disconnect-reconnect when told, when the RUU comes up, you need to follow it all the way through to completion, flash and all, and you'll end at 1.20 Olipro. Then you can finally use the exitbl. If the RUU does not come up, check the directory \TempTytn\ and run the romupdateutility.exe thats in there.
Good luck,
- DogGuy
Thanks DogGuy.. So I run it even if Activesync doesn't show a connection once I unplug and replug the titan???
As long as when you reconnect the usb cable the bootloader itself says USB at the bottom, you're just fine.
- DogGuy
Thanks, I got 1.20 now... So I'm off to try a rom.. Any suggestions? I'm thinking about dcd's version
can someone post instructions to get into bootloader mode? thanks
whoa, DogGuy posting at xda!!!!!
It's DogGuy to the rescue
WOOOOHOOO!!!!
I'm glad I read this first.
I will probably try this over the weekend.
BTW will this work on Vista?
same Problem
I ran into the same problem...
I used a different USB port and either turned activesync on or off... can't remember and did the unlock again. It detected the phone differently on the other port for some odd reason.
wow another one from dcd
So I'm a total n00b at unlocking phones but I was trying to unlock my alltel 6800 and after running the program and following the steps I'm stuck on the screen that is red/green/blue/white that shows the rom info and says USB at the bottom when plugged into the pc. I tried a hard boot/soft etc. and can't find a solution. Also activesync is not recoginizing it. Thanks much for any help.
i believe you have to flash it with a new rom/radio.
download the the newest radio. connect your phone via usb. your screen should be in the tricolor (2.40spl) at this point. run the radio flash.
Download a new rom. do the same as above.
to get to tricolor screen (hold power + camera + press soft reset)
Yeah i'm thinking I might have to load it from the SD card but I can't find my stinkin adapter so I can format the SD card. Activesync is not recognizing my phone at all.
=I'm stuck on the screen that is red/green/blue/white that shows the rom info and says USB at the bottom when plugged into the pc.
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it IS recognizing the phone being plugged in if it says USB at the bottom, so just flash a new rom/radio and you should be good.
HOLD, Give a little more info please
wilmheath said:
Yeah i'm thinking I might have to load it from the SD card but I can't find my stinkin adapter so I can format the SD card. Activesync is not recognizing my phone at all.
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OK, before it is bricked, tell us the numbers on the rainbow screen, then if it is 1.6 then run the 2.40 olipro, then new ROM, then radio. It is not broken yet, activesync does not like it when the unit is in bootloader mode so it will not show it, but the RUU will work if you just go forward with it and when done it will get you out of bootloader. If you get confused and lost then being an alltel unit you can put the 1.6 bootloader back on, run the stock RUU from utstar.com, bring it back stock and start again.
I got it fixed and installed the sprint firmware but silly me let it run through the setup and now it's trying to use the spring network. Sometimes I wish i could punch myself in the face..
Ok so i got no2chem up and running great but I still can't actually dial out. When i dial it says i'm not allowed to etc after a few rings. Is there some way to change back to the alltel network?
ok now i'm running titan 3.35 but can no longer get active sync which is required to relock the phone. I've tried everything but activesync does not want to work anymore. Any ideas?
ok now i'm running titan 3.35 but can no longer get active sync which is required to relock the phone. I've tried everything but activesync does not want to work anymore. Any ideas?
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First of all, you don't relock your phone...you leave 2.4-olipro on it because it's required to boot your phone with this rom on it.
Second, go into activesync settings and make sure usb is enabled in the connections.
get back to Alltel,,,,
wilmheath said:
ok now i'm running titan 3.35 but can no longer get active sync which is required to relock the phone. I've tried everything but activesync does not want to work anymore. Any ideas?
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You will need to load up the PRL and then do IOTA.
madman34 said:
You will need to load up the PRL and then do IOTA.
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I'm sorry but i'm not familiar with those terms. I do have USB enabled on activesync though but it never detects it.
From reading other threads I assumed I had to relock it, then reload the alltel rom to get the radio working again. Is there another way?
I got the factory alltel rom back in and working but it's not letting me make calls still. Any ideas on how to fix this?
Well i got my phone working finally but now the data line is not working. It says I need a password now which I haven't needed before.
I have a VZW HTC6800 and I need to get the SPL 2.40 on the device so I can move forward. I get to the point where it ask for the disconnect/reconnect but on the reconnect I cannot get it to see ActiveSYnc. I have searched for an answer and cannot find one. What danger would I have if I did not disconnect and continue will I still get the 2.40?
parcou said:
I have a VZW HTC6800 and I need to get the SPL 2.40 on the device so I can move forward. I get to the point where it ask for the disconnect/reconnect but on the reconnect I cannot get it to see ActiveSYnc. I have searched for an answer and cannot find one. What danger would I have if I did not disconnect and continue will I still get the 2.40?
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you can make sure you got 2.40 correctly, by manually entering bootloader. (power+camera+reset) if it says that you have 2.40, then you got it. so you can proceed, if not then go back and try again to make sure you get it
I have a VZW HTC6800 and I need to get the SPL 2.40 on the device so I can move forward. I get to the point where it ask for the disconnect/reconnect but on the reconnect I cannot get it to see ActiveSYnc. I have searched for an answer and cannot find one. What danger would I have if I did not disconnect and continue will I still get the 2.40?
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You're not supposed to see activesync at that stage. Disconnect and reconnect, and continue with the process.
Make sure also that you HEAR the tones that acompany the disconnect and connect... You will hear tones.... On disconnect you will hear tones that decend, and on connect they will ascend....
gbenj said:
you can make sure you got 2.40 correctly, by manually entering bootloader. (power+camera+reset) if it says that you have 2.40, then you got it. so you can proceed, if not then go back and try again to make sure you get it
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OK...will try again...when I disconnect then reconnect this is done in the DOS window. After that I do I do hit continue and the RUU I guess you would call it comes up. In that procedure it request that an active sync connect be made and this is where I have been for hours trying to get it to connect. If I never disconnected in DOS I would be OK but I know this is required...
Oh well...must mean I do not need it...
OK...will try again...when I disconnect then reconnect this is done in the DOS window. After that I do I do hit continue and the RUU I guess you would call it comes up. In that procedure it request that an active sync connect be made and this is where I have been for hours trying to get it to connect. If I never disconnected in DOS I would be OK but I know this is required...
Oh well...must mean I do not need it...
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Yeah it's fine...just keep going...as long as when you reconnect, at the bottom of the bootloader screen it says USB and not Serial, then you're fine.
Thx...that info did help...
For any newbies like me this might help. I followed the instructions hanging off each word for each step. One the SPL update entering into the Windows GUI and I attempting over & over to connect to active sync because the instructions state to do so before checking the box. Maybe it was dumb of me but I never saw it stated to ignore that step from WiKi page...so hope that helps someone down the road.
Pros...now that I am updated is it safe to add tweaking apps like tweaks2k2 or Pocket Toolman. I am sure some reg hacks are added but do not want to cross up anything with the new 312 rom? Please advise?
I have vista64 is there a way to install the spl using vista64 or the sd card
When I posted this I was on the 2.40 boot loader but now I am on the 2.47. This loader is loaded from the SD card so all the trouble I posted you will not see. Sorry I do not have the link but do a search for the 2.47 you will see it and how to load it off a SD card.
i really need help,
i started off connected to activesync but thn im getting error saying pput.exe is being used by something else now i have colored screen with TITA100 and SPL-1.30.Olipro
i dont know what to doo, please someone help, new in these filed.
Thank you
EDITED: got it working... sorry
Thx
my turn
I am trying this on my old 6800 ( broke rubber power button) before I do new one.
I am on Verizon, don't care about GPS, running STB but really like features on 6.5. I have read everything I can find and still confused. Do I need to change anything if all I want is 6.5?
Also, when asked to plug and unplug usb, I get tones remove and replug, but then I get connection error and stay in 3 color spl-2.40
Thanks...
Jerry
stuck in bootloader 1.20
i tried to upgrade my daughter's Titan, firmware 1.4 so fsirly old, no gps. When I started the phone hooked up fine with Mobile Device Center. I ran Olipro 1.2 fine did the unplug and replug fine and got success message. Then couldn't restart the phone and now it won't connect through Device Center, so nothing else will run. Wanted to run Olipro 2.40 and then flash a GPS enabled rom and radio.
I have read everything I can find on here, but without a connection thru Device Center I am stuck.
Have I bricked the phone?
Ok got the phone working again with extbl.
Thank for listening.
Hi. I wanted to install Android on my HD2 but for that I need radio versions 2.08 - 2.12. And currently my radio version is 2.06 so I wanted to flash it to 2.10 or one of them between 2.08-2.12. For this I used Custom RUU. Everything went well untill it said installing, and it went to 4% and then suddenly my phone reboots and then on my computer it says "Error 270. The image file is corrupted. Please check your Update Utility."
Well what have I done wrong?
Nilee said:
Hi. I wanted to install Android on my HD2 but for that I need radio versions 2.08 - 2.12. And currently my radio version is 2.06 so I wanted to flash it to 2.10 or one of them between 2.08-2.12. For this I used Custom RUU. Everything went well untill it said installing, and it went to 4% and then suddenly my phone reboots and then on my computer it says "Error 270. The image file is corrupted. Please check your Update Utility."
Well what have I done wrong?
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Did you have install HSPL on your device?
Yes I have installed HSPL. But if you have installed HSPL, is it then supposed to show "HSPL" somehere on the bootloader screen? Because on mine it doesn't.
But then that's weird because I did install HSPL and it even said succesfull. But still I get the same error when I try to flash the radio.
Go into bootloader by holding the VOL- (down) button, while pressing the End Call button to boot up your phone from being all the way turned off.
Check on your bootloader (tri-color) screen for the letters HSPL and the name Cotulla.
If these things are not present, then for some reason you don't have HSPL installed.
If this is the case, stay in bootloader, and re-run HSPL, and then check again in your bootloader to make sure you have HSPL, and then re-flash the custom_ruu
Chances are it just didn't take because your phone didn't have HSPL for whatever reason. You might want to re-download the radio ROM just to be sure you didn't get a corrupted/incomplete download.
Good luck
oops ignore plz
but what a shame that my pc even doesnt play with custom ruu.nothitng happen when i click.i have everything installed.
huggs said:
Go into bootloader by holding the VOL- (down) button, while pressing the End Call button to boot up your phone from being all the way turned off.
Check on your bootloader (tri-color) screen for the letters HSPL and the name Cotulla.
If these things are not present, then for some reason you don't have HSPL installed.
If this is the case, stay in bootloader, and re-run HSPL, and then check again in your bootloader to make sure you have HSPL, and then re-flash the custom_ruu
Chances are it just didn't take because your phone didn't have HSPL for whatever reason. You might want to re-download the radio ROM just to be sure you didn't get a corrupted/incomplete download.
Good luck
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Ok, then my HSPL isn't installed. But that's real' weird. Because when I install HSPL everything goes okay and it even says "Succesful" etc. I've tried to install HSPL for like 4 times and it always says installation completed, but however it doesn't show anything like HSPL or Cotulla on the bootloader screen. And I do have SPL 1.42.0000, which is required to install HSPL. And I also disabled my anti-virus so what have I done wrong?
By the way: When I go to bootloader mode it always goes to a grey screen first with blue words "Loading" and after a few seconds it says "Not allow" and after that it finally goes to bootloader mode. Is it supposed to be like that or what's wrong with this?
Nilee said:
But then that's weird because I did install HSPL and it even said succesfull. But still I get the same error when I try to flash the radio.
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did you use hspl3 and not changing the dropdown from its default 2.08.0000 which is stock. run it again and make sure the dropdown ends .hspl
saurabh88 said:
but what a shame that my pc even doesnt play with custom ruu.nothitng happen when i click.i have everything installed.
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anti virus program give you a hit when you first downloaded it?
many times the file gets disabled so you need to download it again, even if you turned off the av or told it to allow customruu.
also right click and "run as administrator" even if you are logged in as admin.
Nilee said:
By the way: When I go to bootloader mode it always goes to a grey screen first with blue words "Loading" and after a few seconds it says "Not allow" and after that it finally goes to bootloader mode. Is it supposed to be like that or what's wrong with this?
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there's a leoimg on your sd card (or your phone thinks there is) but it isn't starting. remove the card.
Ok, well I used HSPL 2 and it installed correctly. HSPL 1 however didn't work for me. After I installed HSPL 2 it clearly said something like HSPL 2.08 on the bootloader screen. So I tried to flash to a new radio with CustomRUU. It all went well, untill it was installing and suddenly said: CONNECTION ERROR CRITICAL ERROR or something like that. It also said that the USB cradle or something was unconnected, however it was still connected and I didn't even touch it. After that my phone rebooted and went into bootloader mode again. The weird thing is that it doesn't say HSPL 2.08 anymore. Now t says SPL 1.42 again so the HSPL went away or something. I tried to reboot the phone (using the red button at the back of the phone) but it went into bootloader mode again. Well, all it does is go into bootloader mode. I can't even get to the normal thing again, only the bootloader mode. What the hell have I done wrong?
By the way: If I'm in bootloader mode all it says is this:
HX-BC
SPL-1.42.0000 XE <-- (before this it still had HSPL but now it went away)
MicroP-Wrong Platform (0x0)
MicroP(TOUCH) 0x30
Can anyone help me? Have I bricked my phone??
Just a question/suggestion,
Did you already thought to use/install the latest stock ROM 3.14 !?
the reason of this suggestion is this stock ROM have Radio 2.15.50 already integrated (no need of HSPL) and it's compatible with Android.
Well I didn't, I will try to do it. But I don't know how. Because my phone is still only able to get into bootloader mode. And it won't even charge it's battery..
So do I have to put the Stock ROM on my SD now, and flash it from the SD card?
I don't even know how much battery my phone still has..
Nilee said:
Well I didn't, I will try to do it. But I don't know how. Because my phone is still only able to get into bootloader mode. And it won't even charge it's battery..
So do I have to put the Custom ROM on my SD now, and flash it from the SD card?
I don't even know how much battery my phone still has..
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You can flash stock ROM when you are in bootloader mode.
kurt-willems said:
You can flash stock ROM when you are in bootloader mode.
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How?
By the way, my phone is in bootloader mode but it won't connect to the computer using a USB cable, it also won't charge it's battery.
Nilee said:
How?
By the way, my phone is in bootloader mode but it won't connect to the computer using a USB cable, it also won't charge it's battery.
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Ok, then rest you the flashing over SD.
Make attention to use the right stock ROM; use your S/N to get access at your stock ROM on the HTC webpage.
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Ok so I just extract the .exe and take the .nbh file of it and rename it to leoimg.nbh and put it on SD and start flashing?
Nilee said:
Ok so I just extract the .exe and take the .nbh file of it and rename it to leoimg.nbh and put it on SD and start flashing?
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Yes; that"s it.