Hi,
Yesterday I tried to obtain a backup of my ROM. I obtain OK in all cheksums after execute the three commands in romupdate.exe. But when I try to read the ROM saved in the SD card to the PC in a DOS window in XP by means ntrw a message says: "incorrect parameter" in spanish... and stops reading without the desired ROM. I obtained a file in D:/XDAIIi.nb1 with 490Mb (size of SD card).
How can I read or pass the ROM in SD card to PC?
Thanks
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i have a recent boot loader so i need to use XDArit to write a card that will allow me to backup my rom right.
so i downloaded XDArit, the boot loader patch, ran XDArit, put in my MM card, pointed it to my usb SD reader, pointed it to the .nb2 file, and told it to write
it comes up with this error (even after rebooting into explorer):
failed to open device \\.\physicalDrive10
what am i to do? is it that you must use SD cards not MM cards?
just trying to think of possible issues, could it be the SD card reader is plugged into my keyboard and not directly into a motherboard USB port?
Hey there cerberos,
Try the older version of XDArit.
It's also best to have the reader plugged directly into your mainboard.
yes the older version of XDArit worked, thank you
XDArit wont read the card though after i've backed the device to it
Try following:
- write something to your SD with xdarit and leave xdarit working
- backup xda ROM to SD
- read it from SD with XDARit.
I experience the same problem: XDARit fails to read SD until it writes something to it first. Old and new versions are the same.
I tried this and received an error message that "the drive was not a removable drive and would probably overwrite a harddrive...okay?"
There are 5 choices in the drop down menu of drives. All give the same result.
http://xda-developers.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1451&highlight=xdarit
well with the new one i get an error of failed to read device 4, which is strange as the reader appears to be device 14
I am using xda1 and would like to upgrade it to WM2003 (T-mobile CE Rom). However, after I wrote the ROM (NK.nbf) to my 128M SD card through a SD card read/writer by XDA OSImage Tool, I pressed the power button together with soft reset to the bootloading mode and put the SD card into my xda, nothing happen. It does not check the new rom, why?
You have to insert the SD-Card BEFORE you go into Bootloader-Mode.
Greetings, Kaputter :shock:
I also tried that, I input the SD card first and pressed to the wallaby bootloader mode (v5.15).
What it showed was just the "white/red/green/blue" page and checked GSM ok. Any other button I have to pressed?
Chris it means that the card has not been written to properly I think, try writing the file again, if you put it in your xda without going into bootloader, it should offer to format the card for you, just say no to the question then try again, if it doesnt offer to format the card it means the file has not been written correctly.
Yeah, you are right.
When I inserted the card (that I think written with the NK.nbf) in the card reader/writer, it didn't ask me to format the card. When I open the explorer for that drive, I saw the nbf file there.
I tried to write the file several times and same results.
Let me explore my case a bit. I used the XDA OSimage tool and for the Source, I chose the file (NK.nbf that contains the T-mobile 4.01.00 downloaded from other thread in this forum) in my computer (WIN2000) and for the destination, I chose the G:NK.nbf.
Any thoughts?
You need to choose destination from the drop down box, it should show your card reader there, then it will work.
chris_khho said:
When I open the explorer for that drive, I saw the nbf file there.
Any thoughts?
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That's your problem right there.
You can't just do a windows/dos 'file copy' to write the ROM image to the SD card. You need to use XDAtools or its predecessor XDArit to copy a raw ROM image to the card. The difference is that the card must ONLY have the Rom image and not the FAT, etc information that gets added in when the card is formatted.
This is why under the correct circumstances the XDA gets confused when you first stick the card in - it sees a card that isn't formatted so it offers to format it so the card can be written to.
The bootloader method is IMO the best way to upgrade the ROM. Read up some more on XDAtools and how it can be used to write the ROM image to the SD card.
But I did use the OSImage Tool already. For the source, I choose the NK.nbf file from my PC and I choose the SD card drive for the destination.
But the actual problem seems solved for me. The actual reason for upgrading to WM2003 for me is to view and edit the office attachment whenever received from my e-mail. In the past, I can't read the word or excel document without activesync the files. Now, by using an add-in software, I can.
Thanks very much to everybody.
How can I flash to WM2003 with bootloader 5.22. Other than the diagnostics menu, all I see (when hitting contacts) is:
CE ROM to SD
BOOT to SD
CE+BOOT to SD
GSM ROM to SD
CE+GSM to SD
Thanks in advance...
You need first to use an sd card and a card reader/writer, using the tools available on the forum you program the card with the rom image, you then place this in your xda, push power while using stylus to push in the hole on base of xda, the system will recognise the rom and ask you would you like to program the rom. Its a good idea to use that bootloader section that you are in to backup your existing rom first, ce to sd.
Thanks for the reply. I've done all that you said, but the bootloader just comes to a bootloader screen with the version and nothing else. It never asks me to do anything with the ROM. When I hit the contacts button, like in earlier versions of bootloader, there is no menu option to restore from SD.
there is no option for that, it does this automatically if you instert an sd card with the os image in the right format.
OSImageTool can create such an sd card for you.
I'm not sure what I have done wrong in creating the image then. I used xdatool with NK.nbf as the source and NK.nb1 on an SD card in a card reader as the destination. It creates fine, and when I enter the boot loader on my SX56, it goes from WAIT to GSM OK and then sits.
it does not matter what is on the sd-card before you write the os image on it using xdatools. the old data on the card is overwritten.
if you insert the card with the osimage on it in your xda, it should complain that the card is not formatted, if it says this it is ok, it just means that windows ce does not see a FAT filesystem on the card.
( so don't answer 'yes' to that question )
if you then boot into bootloader mode, you should get the question if you want to flash your rom.
I don't get the question to flash my rom. Please, what am I missing???
XDAtools:
Browse to NK.nbf as the source
Browse to NK.nb1 on SD reader as the destination
Boot with SD card into Wallaby
Screen goes from WAIT to GSM OK.
Nothing else.
I can see a file NK.nb1 on the card when I look at it in the card reader.
Do not use browse, use the drop down box in destination, choose sd card, then it will work, when you insert the card to your xda it will ask to format it, reply no and enter bootloader mode as you did before.
There is something about this bootloader that does not allow this or this option is disabled. I hvae the same problem and have flashed amny times on other bootloader version. I have a device with bootloader 5 and the same sd card flash that would not work on the bootloader 5.22 works on 5.15! So I don't have any idea. Something new form HTC :shock: I guess.
I can see a file NK.nb1 on the card when I look at it in the card reader.
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this is wrong
a sd card with the os image on it should appear as 'unformatted' or unreadable to either windows or windows ce.
you have to select sd card device from the dropdown menu.
such that the destination says something like
J: 123M USB Storage MMC[/quote]
I cannot figure out how to copy the bootloader_v5_15.nb0 to the SD card on my reader (Image Mate 8 in 1) in a format that will be recognized by my XDA. All the examples here are will the older XDA tools which I can't find. I have the newest (I think) XDA OS Image tool and I can't seem to figure out how to get it to put the bootloader file on the SD card in the right format. Thanks.
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I cannot figure out how to copy the bootloader_v5_15.nb0 to the SD card on my reader (Image Mate 8 in 1) in a format that will be recognized by my XDA. All the examples here are will the older XDA tools which I can't find. I have the newest (I think) XDA OS Image tool and I can't seem to figure out how to get it to put the bootloader file on the SD card in the right format. Thanks.
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Download and use XDArit.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=3274&highlight=bootloader+xdarit
Thanks
The XDArit program was exactly what I needed. I was able to unlock my phone and my friends and load everything back on it. Thanks
Xdarit is the bomb alright ! I tried xdatools to write to my 256 MB SD card and I couldnt get the XDA to boot from the SD card so I tried Xdarit next. (1.02 version) and the program didnt even execute for me.. Threw an exception.. so then I downloaded the older version of Xdarit (ver 1) which is called XDARit1.exe and wrote the image to the SD card. This time I could boot (by soft-booting holding with holding the power key) and it went directly to the SD Download screen .. smooth sailing from then..
Can I use XDARit1.exe to write to my sd via a xda? or do I must have a card reader/ writer?
When I start XDARit1.exe I get a window with only one option which is to write to disk 4294967295, if I point to write to sd, I get a warning that it may erace a present hard disk.
Dear All
I am attempting to create a backup of a customized extended rom for a Himlayas device. I have followed the procedures, using mtty to copy the extended rom to an sd card. I can then successfully use this sd card to flash a device. My problem lies in making a backup of this sd card to an "image" file on a hard disk, with the aim of replicating it to other cards.
I am using the ntrw.exe program, and recieve the (apparently) expected 'parameter is incorrect' when copying the rom file to the hard disk using :-
i.e
ntrw read romfilename.rom j:
When I use the ntrw program to write the file back to an sd card, i do not recieve a 'parameter is incorrect' message. When I place this newly created card into a device, nothing occurs (it just sits with 'Serial' and the bootloader version displayed.)
I have tried this using different brands/sizes of sd cards, and on XDA2 devices with 1.03 and 1.06 bootloaders, getting the same result. I have also tried a similar program (rawwrite dd for windows) to create an image, once again with the same result.
Can anyone please provide advice?