OK there's a LOT of confusion between all the threads on exactly how to switch languages and official ROMS etc etc. The fix I have here (not entirely created by me, I believe Cmonex, Jesterz and the QMAT people are to be thanked) I'm just summarising to make it easy for any noobs here
This will enable you to replace your official ROM (any language) with another official ROM (any language etc). IT is NOT an SPL fix so no custom ROMs will work yet. It also won't SIM unlock your phone.
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Note: There seems to be a problem flashing the Current Russian ROM to a WWE EU/US/Asia HTC Leo. I advise anyone NOT to flash the Russian ROM for the moment, until a fix has been found. (Its been guessed that the Russian ROM is either locked, non-official or written for a slightly different version of the HTC Leo (perhaps version 110)
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This guide has been requested in other languages. So to help:
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Things we need:
-MicroSD card, anything over 512MB is good enough.
-HTC LEO...just in case you forgot
-QMAT 5.06 (other methods available but this is easiest) installed
-An Official HTC rom that you wish to write to your phone (any language). Some can be found here . The examples included here involve RUU_Leo_HTC_WWE_1.43.405.1...
-a zip utility eg the free 7zip installed.
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1: Format your SD card to FAT32.
--a: Plug your phone into your windows PC, select DISKDRIVE on your LEO
--b: The Drive should be visible in Windows as REMOVABLE DISK
--c: Right Click and Format > Format to FAT32 (best to untick quick format)
2:Allow non signed Software on the Leo
--a: install a regedit software on your Leo e.g. PHM regedit also original PHM Site (offline at the moment)
--b: Run the regedit software
--c: Goto HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Security\Policies\Policies
--d: Look for 00001001 double click it and change the setting from 2 to 1
--e: Reboot the HTC LEO
3:Get the SD card's Serial number.
--a: Unplug your HD from the PC and Plug it back in select ACTIVESYNC on your LEO
--b: Run QMAT, Select Hardware Forensics>WINCE SD> Get serial
--c: It should give you a long Serial number, take note of this number for step 4:
--d(optional): Most people have better success by replacing the first 2 letters/numbers with 00 (zero zero) then use this number for the next step
4: Get your Gold Card.
--a: Goto the very generous people over at QMAT again. (NO LONGER FREE - alternative method coming soon)
--b: Input your email and in the CID box put your SD card Serial number from the step above
--c: Click continue and you should receive a goldcard.img file in your email.
5:Rewrite your SD card with the Goldcard
--a: Get yourself a HexEditer. Install and run it. (Win 7 & Vista users - run this as Administrator)
--b:Unplug and replug your HTC LEO select DISK DRIVE on the LEO
--c:Go to Extra Tab > Open Disk. Under Physical disk, select Removable Disk (Must be your SD card), uncheck “Open as Readonly), click OK.
--d:Go to Extra again, Open Disk Image, open up goldcard.img which you’ve saved/unzipped earlier. Now, you should have two tabs, one is your removable disk, the other is goldcard.img. Press OK when prompted for “Sector Size” 512 (Hard disks/Floppy disks), click OK.
--e:Click on goldcard.img tab. Go to Edit tab > Select All, edit tab again > copy.
--f:Click on the “removable disk” tab. Highlight the offset from 00000000 to offset 00000170 (including the 00000170 line), click on Edit tab and then Paste Write.
--g:Click on File > Save. now you can exit the program.
--h:Reboot the HTC Leo
At this point if you have an O2 phone or experience "00028002 not allowed" aftter completing the 6 (Normal) step, then see below for the 6 (O2 Phones) step. (Some phones not just O2 Phones will not work with 6 (Normal) and vice-versa.
6 (normal): Put your Favourite OFFICIAL Rom on the Leo
--a:Right click on your exampleOFFICIALrom.exe and Extract it to a folder
--b:From the extracted file locate RUU_signed.nbh and rename it LEOIMG.nbh
--c:Copy the LEOIMG.nbh file to your MicroSD card
--d: Make sure your phone is charged at least 80% then power it off
--e: Press and hold the VOLUME DOWN then Press POWER button
--f: A menu will appear select (usually the power button) to continue to write the ROM
--g:After 5-10 minutes the phone should tell you the ROM was successfully written and the bar is full. You can now press reset (the small Red button beside the battery, use a pen)
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6 (O2 Phones): Put your Favourite OFFICIAL Rom on the Leo
--a: Unplug your phone and plug it back in, set it to ACTIVESYNC
--c: Run the exampleROM.exe file it will guide you through the update process.
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7: Your done
That's it, it should now boot up in the ROM and language of your choice.
If there's anything I left out or anything you'd like to add just let know on this thread. Also keep us up to date on how it worked for you.
Enjoy
If after using the Hex Editor you are asked for FORMAT your disk again (and unable to put LEOIMG.NBH on the SD card) you can follow on from these steps (from Sickboy6th)>
1. Format SD card from within WinMo
2. Place LEOIMG.NBH on the SD card
3. Read CID with QMAT
4. Request GoldCard.img with CID
5. Write the goldcard to the SD, by having ActiveSync active, and "Write Image" in QMAT.
6. Reboot to bootloader (I used some tool that is included with the homebrewed "Service Pack, update 4" available for LEO in these forums).
P.S.
Please be careful when selecting a ROM. Some ROMs are pre-release only and may contain a "timebomb". (e.g A previous release of ROM 1.48) If it is a pre-release with "timebomb", the device will lock at a specific date and you won't be able to access anything on your phone or go beyond a simple lockout screen. The only fix would be to flash a new ROM.
Sticking this tutorial for now!
THANKS !!!!!!
Works like a charm!
Thanks and BRAVO!!!!!!!!!!
good job mate ! self explanatory tutorial ...!
Viperbjk - Thanks for LEO Goldcard & QMAT
Cmonex - Thanking you for HSPL's (for my Diamond and HD) and for any work you did on this.
Jagnet - Thanks for the tutorial
Have just flashed HTC_Asia_WWE_1.48.707.2 over the top of my UK edition 1.43
Comments on the tutorial - Step 3(d) - I'm not sure you need to replace the leading two characters of the SD CID with zero's as I didn't do this initially, then requested another (with the leading zero's) and the two .img's delivered back to me are identical.
Apart from that - the tutorial worked like a dream - thanks again everyone ...
cmonex - not sure I really want HSPL until 4th January or my wife will be upset at me constantly flashing (the HD2 that is) over the Xmas break so from my point of view take it slowly ...
jagnet said:
OK there's a LOT of confusion between all the threads on exactly how to switch languages and official ROMS etc etc. The fix I have here (not entirely created by me, I believe Cmonex, Jesterz and the QMAT people are to be thanked) I'm just summarising to make it easy for any noobs here
This will enable you to replace your official ROM (any language) with another official ROM (any language etc). IT is NOT an SPL fix so no custom ROMs will work yet.
---
Things we need:
-MicroSD card, anything over 512MB is good enough.
-HTC LEO...just in case you forgot
-QMAT 5.06 (other methods available but this is easiest) installed
-An Official HTC rom that you wish to write to your phone (any language). Some can be found here . The examples included here involve RUU_Leo_HTC_WWE_1.43.405.1...
-a zip utility eg the free 7zip installed.
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1: Format your SD card to FAT32.
--a: Plug your phone into your windows PC, select DISKDRIVE on your LEO
--b: The Drive should be visible in Windows as REMOVABLE DISK
--c: Right Click and Format > Format to FAT32 (best to untick quick format)
2:Allow non signed Software on the Leo
--a: install a regedit software on your Leo e.g. PHM regedit
--b: Run the regedit software
--c: Goto HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Security\Policies\Policies
--d: Look for 00001001 double click it and change the setting from 2 to 1
--e: Reboot the HTC LEO
3:Get the SD card's Serial number.
--a: Unplug your HD from the PC and Plug it back in select ACTIVESYNC on your LEO
--b: Run QMAT, Select Hardware Forensics>WINCE SD> Get serial
--c: It should give you a long Serial number.
--d: Change the first 2 numbers or letters to 00 (2x zero the numbers not the O letter)
4: Get your Gold Card.
--a: Goto the very generous people over at QMAT again
--b: Input your email and in the CID box put your SD card Serial number from the step above
--c: Click continue and you should receive a goldcard.img file in your email.
5:Rewrite your SD card with the Goldcard
--a: Get yourself a HexEditer. Install and run it.
--b:Unplug and replug your HTC LEO select DISK DRIVE on the LEO
--c:Go to Extra Tab > Open Disk. Under Physical disk, select Removable Disk (Must be your SD card), uncheck “Open as Readonly), click OK.
--d:Go to Extra again, Open Disk Image, open up goldcard.img which you’ve saved/unzipped earlier. Now, you should have two tabs, one is your removable disk, the other is goldcard.img. Press OK when prompted for “Sector Size” 512 (Hard disks/Floppy disks), click OK.
--e:Click on goldcard.img tab. Go to Edit tab > Select All, edit tab again > copy.
--f:Click on the “removable disk” tab. Highlight the offset from 00000000 to offset 00000170 (including the 00000170 line), click on Edit tab and then Paste Write.
--g:Click on File > Save. now you can exit the program.
--h:Reboot the HTC Leo
6: Put your Favourite OFFICIAL Rom on the Leo
--a:Right click on your exampleOFFICIALrom.exe and Extract it to a folder
--b:From the extracted file locate RUU_signed.nbh and rename it LEOIMG.nbh
--c:Copy the LEOIMG.nbh file to your MicroSD card
--d: Make sure your phone is charged at least 80% then power it off
--e: Press and hold the VOLUME DOWN then Press POWER button
--f: A menu will appear select (usually the power button) to continue to write the ROM
--g:After 5-10 minutes the phone should tell you the ROM was successfully written and the bar is full. You can now press reset (the small Red button beside the battery, use a pen)
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That's it, it should now boot up in the ROM and language of your choice.
If there's anything I left out or anything you'd like to add just let know on this thread. Also keep us up to date on how it worked for you.
Enjoy
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great work,thanks a lot
Doesn't work for me
After an "Update successful" and reboot i get a black screen with this message:
Your OS ROM isn't customized for your hardware.
Please reflash the proper ROM code or contact the service centre
I've tried to flash from WWE to Russian
How long have you been waiting for the email (with the image file) to arrive? I've requested it about 4 hours ago (twice) and got nothing so far. Maybe I'm just unlucky
fmcastro said:
How long have you been waiting for the email (with the image file) to arrive? I've requested it about 4 hours ago (twice) and got nothing so far. Maybe I'm just unlucky
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Arrived almost instantly. Check your "spam" folder
Nice tutorial.
So it should be able to flash an official ROM over a T-Mobile branded one?
I'm asking, because you say "original to original", but also that it's because "cannot flash custom ROMs". =)
Thanks!!!...
a lot for this very good step by step introduction!
Changed from NLD to GER very successfull!!
Nice work!
tried to flash RUS ROM...
Start flashing.... ends flashing...
Displays:
LEOIMG.nbh - OK
RADIO_V2 - OK
RCUST - OK
BOOTLOADER - OK
SPLASH1 - OK
OS - OK
CONFIGDATA - OK
RUU_WALLPAPER1 - OK
RUU_WALLPAPER2 - OK
Update Complete
UPDATE SUCCESS
reboot...
Your OS ROM isn't costomized
for your hardware.
Please reflash the proper
ROM code or contact the
service centre
then reflash to WWE - all OK.
what's wrong?
Worked pretty well ... Thanks for the tutorial and thanks to viperbjk for the goldimage ...
Great work and thanks a lot for this tut, I was going crazy not knowing what to do with my goldcard image.
Thank you for your tut.
I didn't realize that and was going crazy on how to do this work!
Waiting for HSPL now
Thanks for the great tutorial and thanks to everyone else involved with the tools to make this possible. I now have my O2 HD2 running official WWE rom and sim unlocked.
Still have a problem with Orange voicemail icon on the notifications bar, and Orange sending me strange text messages when I try and remove voicemail messages.
Great tutorial, much appreciated, but a small request, Would it be possible to add to, or a separate guide on How to dump/backup our installed Rom ?
It maybe common knowledge for You old hands but I've searched and not found anything on "leo" Rom backup.
Besides it being a good policy to keep a safety backup, I'm sure some of Us may need to revert the Rom if the phone had to be returned for service
Thanks again
jagnet said:
5:Rewrite your SD card with the Goldcard
--a: Get yourself a HexEditer. Install and run it.
--b:Unplug and replug your HTC LEO select DISK DRIVE on the LEO
--c:Go to Extra Tab > Open Disk. Under Physical disk, select Removable Disk (Must be your SD card), uncheck “Open as Readonly), click OK.
--d:Go to Extra again, Open Disk Image, open up goldcard.img which you’ve saved/unzipped earlier. Now, you should have two tabs, one is your removable disk, the other is goldcard.img. Press OK when prompted for “Sector Size” 512 (Hard disks/Floppy disks), click OK.
--e:Click on goldcard.img tab. Go to Edit tab > Select All, edit tab again > copy.
--f:Click on the “removable disk” tab. Highlight the offset from 00000000 to offset 00000170 (including the 00000170 line), click on Edit tab and then Paste Write.
--g:Click on File > Save. now you can exit the program.
--h:Reboot the HTC Leo
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Hi,
after this reboot is a message> Device is not formatted
SD Card formatted with FAT32 and FAT, but it did not work.
There is a solution for this?
with friendly greet
starbase64
Thank you for this guide! The "Norwegian" HTC translation was driving me insane.
Related
Hope this helps, this is a simple process, these instructions appear long and difficult because i've added quite a bit of detail.
Prepare Everything
1 - Download and install XDATolls http://wiki.xda-developers.com/wiki/XDAtools
2 - Connect your PocketPC and make sure that ActiveSync is running
3 - Delete all files on your SD Card (in your pocketPC)
Extract the ROM files & get ready for the upgrade
4 - Run the .exe file you download from Siemens, this will extract the files into C:\Program Files\SX56 upgrade utility. Don't proceed with the install, just exit it after the extract is completed.
5 - Confirm the existance of the file C:\Program Files\SX56 upgrade utility\english\NK.nbf
Using XDAtools (OS Image tool) transfer the ROM onto your SD card via your PocketPC and cradle (this is a new feature)
6 - Run the XDA OS Image tool (part of XDA Tools)
7 - As your source select the file C:\Program Files\SX56 upgrade utility\english\NK.nbf (directory is selected by clicking the square button with dots)
8 - As your destination select from the drop down box SD Card
9 - Click copy to transfer the file, if it fails check that ActiveSync is running & try again
Re-flash Image using Wallaby Bootloader method
** THIS WILL ERASE ALL DATA ON YOUR POCKETPC, you have been warned, make sure you've got a backup of everything you need.
10 - Plug your PocketPC into AC power & Make sure that your SD card is in the slot on your pocketpc
11 - Using the stylus top, hold down the left hand soft-reset, then press the power button.
12 - The bootloader should find the new ROM image on the SD card, press the action button to start the load (action button been the central click of the direction button)
13 - The load process will take about 5 minutes or so
14 - Once completed, use the stylus top and press the battery disable button, leave for 5 seconds then press it again to enable the unit.
Enjoy the new ROM, note that the first bit of any audio is played at a reduced volume, this doesn't help short ring tones nor fonix voicedial. Other than that the ROM seems quick and highly stable.
very good guide: question
do you know if this will touch the RSU?
no thats the whole point of copy'ng out the nbf file is that you dont mess with the rsu
which version is better?
thank you for your reply rudegar.
What version do you recommend for a SX56?
A.30 (cooked) , 4.01 (cooked) or the one released from siemens?
I heard that 2003 have some bugs, is it true? I have ppc 2002, is it worth the upgrading to 2003?
i dident have too many problems with my xda1 when i upgraded it to 4.01
org from tmobile
dident have a single SD card ereasing issue like some people report
but nor did i really think that the os was all that different
A.30 or 4.01?
What about A.30? what are the differences between both? which is better?
Okay, I bought a MDA Compact from T-Mobile 2 days ago, The Problems is that the Device is German and I Speak and Read English, Could someone walk me through to change it to English, I read so many tips and none work.
ROM-Version:1.12.2.21 GER
ROM-Datum: 11/14/05
Furmempfangerversion: 01.12.20
Protokool-Version: 4.0.13.23
ExtRom-Version: 1.12.02.106
Need to read some more, like this one:
'XDA mini (MDA compact) with German ROM to English ROM'
@ http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=36002
Basically you need a WWE shipped-rom & maupgradeut_noid.
unzip the shipped-rom, put maupgradeut_noid in the same dir. as the unzipped files. Connect your magician with usb & execute maupgradeut_noid twice.
Or go for an SD-flash.
Cheers, M
Thanks
I tried that and I get a error 103: ROM IMAGE File Not Found, Thanks for that, what is the way with SD-Flash? I''l try anything....
Ulymanchild
I think you didn't extract the ROM before using the maUpgradeUT_noId file...extract the EXT file with winrar adn then in the contents use maupgrade_noid
EXT File
Okay this is what I have
MDACompact_WWE_1.12.152 and MaUpgradeUt_noID I put this all in one folder and I tried to run and still the same ROM Image Error.
I have the MaUpgradeUt_noID with the GETDEVICEDATA and the ENTERBl and still nothing, could somebody walk me through like I was a child who was born yesterday. ;-(
I don't understand the EXT File thing either when I download all these stuff from XDA website I have them in zip and I just extract them normally with XP. What am I doing wrong?
It's not that difficult:
- Unzip NL_11300_131_11200.exe (or any other shipped rom) to a folder, so you get the maupgradeut.exe etc.
- Copy the getdevicedata.exe to your Magician and execute to write DeviceData.txt
to \Windows and view with notepad
- Hexedit header to correct ID from DeviceData.txt
(probably only if using a rom from other provider)
- put maupgradeut_noid.exe in the same folder as the devicedata.txt, maupgradeut.exe etc
- run maupgradeut_noid.exe to upgrade CE image
Regards, M
I meant EXE file and not EXT file......
I think MDACompact_WWE_1.12.152 is a single EXE file with an Install shield icon.....
you have to extract it to get the ROM files
to do that download WinRAR from www.rarlabs.com...install it...
after installing winrar if you right-click on MDACompact_WWE_1.12.152.exe you have an option for etracting...extract it to a folder....now copy MaUpgradeUt_noID.ext to this folder and execute it...now you won't get the error 103
For you information ROM files have the extension .nbf....you find .nbf files inside the extracted filder
Hope you get it
Thanks
Well I want to thank all for the advice but I tried step by step and try it again and nothing ROM ERROR 120 COUNTRY I will go by a SD-Flash and try it that way if that doesn't work owell I gues I will sell it and go to england and buy me one there,,,;-(
Did you run the maupgradeut_noid twice?
The SD flash will work, just as long as you copy the first 416bytes of your own rom to the new rom.
succes, M
Ulymanchild
Hey, before selling it, read this:
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=MagicianRomUpgrade
This 120 country id error is easy to solve.
After you run the first time, just press "Exit" as the install wizard tell you.
After you exit from the wizard, run the MaUpgradeUt_noID.exe once more. This time you will not see the error again.
Hope you get it
Almost work
okay I tried what you said and I got as far as the what it's going to upgrade to put it losses the connection, what could be wrong, you gave me the best advice so far and I thank you.
I'm clueless on this point besides the usual 'try again'?
SD will work there's a nice 1.13 on the ftp -) mine) so you can always go for that approach.
Instructions:
- download the 1.13BS rom from the ftp
- get ntrw.exe & romugrade.exe from the ftp
- Download the Hexeditor from:
http://www.hhdsoftware.com/hexeditor.html
- get a SD-card > 64MB
- make backup of everything you want to keep from your magician & SD-card. everything will be wiped!!
- fully charge your magician
- uncheck usb connection in Act.sync on your PC
- put your magician in Bootloader (camera & power & soft-reset at the same time for a few seconds) wait till screen fades & reads 'serial v1.0x'. Screen is very dark since backlight is of.
- connect usb, now the screen reads 'usb v1.0x'
- start romupgrade on your pc
- pick the magician connection in the listbox, wces something I belief
- now a screen pops up
- type d2s in this screen
- follow progress on pc & magician
- wait till checksum finishes
- get SD from the magician & put it into a cardreader. DON'T FORMAT!!!
- put ntrw in C:\
- start a command window
- type on commandline: ntrw read myrom.nb1 [sd driveletter]:
- follow progress
- error at the end is normal
- make a copy of myrom.nb1
- open myrom.nb1 & the BS rom with the hexeditor & replace the first 416 Bytes of the BS rom with the first 416 bytes of myrom.nb1 & save it to mybs.nb1
- type on commandline: ntrw write mybs.nb1 [sd driveletter]:
error at the end is normal
- put the SD in your magician
- now it should read 'press power to flash'
- press the power button
- watch it reaches 100% - checksum will always fail
- reset & hopefully enjoy the new rom
Cheers, M
Back Error
I tried to back up my rom with romupdate.exe and when I try to pick USB it does not work only thing that showes is com2 com4 I also unchecked USB Connection on ActiveSynce and it still doesn't work so what the hell, okay I will pay some one to help me I will call the person and have them walk me thru!!!!
HELP
Seems like there's something fishy with your USB connection or your device. Best thing is to find someone nearby who has done it before & use his/her equipment .
Guess you're not getting it to work by talking through.
Terribly sorry, M
Could it Be
I just found out that my device is a HTC Charmer the new one that came out in December and it does not work like magician...So I have to try something else
You lucky bastard,
There is progress in that field. So keep looking.
Cheers, M
Can I try the first procedure OLTP described in the begining
I have a Qtek S110 with a French ROM and I need the English version.
I have downloaded MagicianRadio_1.13.00_maupgrade and Qtek_WWE_1.13 from the ftp site. Are there any special precautions I have to be aware of?
Thank you very much for your help.
Best regards,
Sidi
Make a backup of your existing rom, in case you might want to fall-back for warranty issues etc. & a separate copy of the ext-rom cabs in case of provider settings etc.
& make a back-up of all pim data as everything will be lost & programs need to be reinstalled. Don't forget to mark your provider settings for gprs access, they're usually located in one of the ext-rom cab-files. You can write them down too.
For the rest it is fairly simple, connect usb & execute the maupgradeut_noid twice.
regards, M
My HTC MAGIC (proximus) was semi-bricked after installing the wrong RUU.
- no reboot possible
- screen says RUU (when plugged in, RUU USB)
- can't find device with adb devices
- can find device with fastboot devices
- not possible to make goldcard, because no adb connection
- running new RUU didn't work either
Altough I think this method can be used for other phones I am still not responsible for damaging your phone!!
Because I'm a new member, I can't use links in my messages so change all hxxp to http.
Here is what I did:
- Pull out some hairs, bite your nails, use your father's old mobile for some days (this part is not needed if you follow my instructions below!)
1. Create a Goldcard.:
- Find or buy an extra SD-card (not all are usefull for creating a goldcard, Kingston 2GB works for sure!)
- put your SD-card into the adapter and format it FAT32
- Download the Ubuntu live CD iso (Google it)
- burn this as an image to a CDR
- put your formatted SD-card in the adapter before restarting, mount it in computer's card-reader (card reader attached with USB will probably not work!)
- put the Ubuntu CD in your computer and restart
- boot from CD (sometimes you need to press F11 on startup)
- computer will boot from Ubuntu-CD, choose your language and choose to try the software without installing it to your computer
- Ubuntu will start up, in Ubuntu choose Applications -> Accesoires -> Terminal
- In the terminal type hal-device | grep mmc.cid
- the terminal will show you the SD card's CID, write this number down and double check it! (long number!!)
- If the terminal didn't show you the CID, you should try on another computer, I think it depends on the card-readers type.
- Shut down Ubuntu (right-upper corner)
- take out the Ubuntu-CD and restart computer
- install PSAS free version hxxp://psas.revskills.de/?q=node/6
- install HxD Hex Editor hxxp://download.cnet.com/HxD-Hex-Editor/3000-2352_4-10891068.html?tag=mncol
- Start PSAS and Click on Cyptoanalysis Tools > Crypto Toolbox.
- At the bottom of this window, there is a text box (next to the “Reverse String” button) enter the CID number you wrote down before
- Click on the “Reverse String” button, the number you just typed in will change
- select and copy the number it shows now
- go to this website hxxp://revskills.de/pages/goldcard.html
- enter you emailadres
- paste the reversed number to the CID box and replace the first two digits with a zero "123456789" becomes "003456789"
- click Continue, the goldcard.img file will be send to your email
- go to your email, save this file to your computer
- start HxD Hex Editor as an administrator (right click, "Run as administrator")
- click on extras -> open disk
- under Physical disk, select Removable Disk (uncheck “Open as Readonly) click OK
- click again on extras -> open disk image
- open the goldcard.img which you’ve saved before, select ok if asked for "sector size 512 Hard disks/floppy disks)
- at the moment you have two tabs, your removable disk and the goldcard.img
- select the goldcard.img tab
- go to edit -> select all again edit -> copy
- select the removable disk tab
- select offset 00000000 till/including offset 00000170
- go to edit -> paste write
- click on file -> save and exit the program
At the moment your SD card is a Goldcard.
If Goldcard doesnt work, try another SDcard. (Kingston 2GB works!)
2. Download and run the correct RUU for your phone.
For my mobile I used RUU_Sapphire_HTC_Europe_3.05.401.3_release_signed_NoDriver
credits:
Jesterz hxxp://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=572683
and xda wiki pages hxxp://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Elf_GoldCard
help
I Tvntstm Gold Card to enter the commands you want, but after your order is not achieved any result please help me
this instrucktion doesn´t work.
has someone another idea, to repair our phones?
help me
just insert the SD card which is gold card done and run the RUU updater only?
It worked !
Hello All, i had the same problem than Radjagios: Semi bricked HTC magic after an official RUU update. The update failed because the Phone ID was not recognized as a valid one.
I used the goldcard solution from Radjagios (thanks again to him) but with some changes (which are here between ++++++++)
radjagios said:
My HTC MAGIC (proximus) was semi-bricked after installing the wrong RUU.
- no reboot possible
- screen says RUU (when plugged in, RUU USB)
- can't find device with adb devices
- can find device with fastboot devices
- not possible to make goldcard, because no adb connection
- running new RUU didn't work either
Altough I think this method can be used for other phones I am still not responsible for damaging your phone!!
Because I'm a new member, I can't use links in my messages so change all hxxp to http.
Here is what I did:
- Pull out some hairs, bite your nails, use your father's old mobile for some days (this part is not needed if you follow my instructions below!)
1. Create a Goldcard.:
- Find or buy an extra SD-card (not all are usefull for creating a goldcard, Kingston 2GB works for sure!)
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Worked too with my sandisk 2 GB Card (included with the phone when bought)
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- put your SD-card into the adapter and format it FAT32
- Download the Ubuntu live CD iso (Google it)
- burn this as an image to a CDR
- put your formatted SD-card in the adapter before restarting, mount it in computer's card-reader (card reader attached with USB will probably not work!)
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Indeed, USB card reader didn't worked well for me, i used an old laptop with built in SD card reader to obtain SD CID
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- put the Ubuntu CD in your computer and restart
- boot from CD (sometimes you need to press F11 on startup)
- computer will boot from Ubuntu-CD, choose your language and choose to try the software without installing it to your computer
- Ubuntu will start up, in Ubuntu choose Applications -> Accesoires -> Terminal
- In the terminal type hal-device | grep mmc.cid
- the terminal will show you the SD card's CID, write this number down and double check it! (long number!!)
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you also can copy the CID into a txt file that you'll save on an usb stick.. So when back on windows you just copy it again from the stick
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- If the terminal didn't show you the CID, you should try on another computer, I think it depends on the card-readers type.
- Shut down Ubuntu (right-upper corner)
- take out the Ubuntu-CD and restart computer
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In place of below just go to hxxp://hexrev.soaa.me/ copy your CID and click submit
the new cid number is ready to use ( no need to change 2 first numbers to 00)
- install PSAS free version hxxp://psas.revskills.de/?q=node/6
- install HxD Hex Editor hxxp://download.cnet.com/HxD-Hex-Editor/3000-2352_4-10891068.html?tag=mncol
- Start PSAS and Click on Cyptoanalysis Tools > Crypto Toolbox.
- At the bottom of this window, there is a text box (next to the “Reverse String” button) enter the CID number you wrote down before
- Click on the “Reverse String” button, the number you just typed in will change
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- select and copy the number it shows now
- go to this website hxxp://revskills.de/pages/goldcard.html
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Website have changed
hxxp://psas.revskills.de/?q=goldcard
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- enter you emailadres
- paste the reversed number to the CID box and replace the first two digits with a zero "123456789" becomes "003456789"
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Just paste the number you obtained from site hxxp://hexrev.soaa.me/
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- click Continue, the goldcard.img file will be send to your email
- go to your email, save this file to your computer
- start HxD Hex Editor as an administrator (right click, "Run as administrator")
- click on extras -> open disk
- under Physical disk, select Removable Disk (uncheck “Open as Readonly) click OK
- click again on extras -> open disk image
- open the goldcard.img which you’ve saved before, select ok if asked for "sector size 512 Hard disks/floppy disks)
- at the moment you have two tabs, your removable disk and the goldcard.img
- select the goldcard.img tab
- go to edit -> select all again edit -> copy
- select the removable disk tab
- select offset 00000000 till/including offset 00000170
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You must have an 00000170 offset line on the sdcard. At first i didn't, i tried again and it appeared ???
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- go to edit -> paste write
- click on file -> save and exit the program
At the moment your SD card is a Goldcard.
If Goldcard doesnt work, try another SDcard. (Kingston 2GB works!)
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To use the goldcard:
put the sd into your HTC magic, connect it to your PC , boot the magic ( you still have the error "screen says RUU (when plugged in, RUU USB)"
Launch the RUU from your PC as usual and normally it will do the upgrade to the end without blocking.
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2. Download and run the correct RUU for your phone.
For my mobile I used RUU_Sapphire_HTC_Europe_3.05.401.3_release_signed_NoDriver
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Sthis RUU: works fine for me too there is no french france or french belgium available but french suisse works fine and have an azerty keyboard (strangely not in the first tutorial but after well)
you can find RUUs here
hxxp://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=659403
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credits:
Jesterz hxxp://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=572683
and xda wiki pages hxxp://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Elf_GoldCard
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Enjoy and thanx again to the community: my wife will not kill me, the magic was my last year birthday gift from her
worked like a charm
A Friend got this exact problem after a "stupid" flash
followed instructions and now it's all OK
So Thx a Lot for this little how to
Just a great Thank you!!! it works perfectly!!
And after, you can apply the following intructions to get android 2.2.1 (Cyanogen 6.1)
hxxp://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/HTC_Magic_%2832A%29:_Rooting_%286.35.x_radio%29
Bertrand
PS: I can't post url due to spam prevent, replace "xx" in the "hxxp"
Thanks for the method.
Excellent work, I use the method to reactive my magic phone.
Thanks again!!!
Easy way to create a goldcard
You can borrow a Samsung android phone (I test in Samsung Galaxy Y), place your SD Card (maybe 2Gb SD Card) into the phone - turn on USB DEBUGGING. (Do not mount the SD Card to the computer)
Download Goldcard Tool v0.05 (available in xda-developers - google searching) - Open Golcard Tool - Click Get CID - Copy the CID in the Get CID textbox - enter to the link in the Goldcard Tool - paste the CID - select goldcard type: Android - enter capcha - download/receive a Goldcard.img.
Mount the SD in the computer (USB connecting) - click refresh button in Goldcard Tool - Choose the SD Card
Click button "Load Goldcard.img" - choose the downloaded Goldcard.img - Click "Patch MMC" - Success!
My Goldcard was test with T-mobile Mytouch 3G 1,2, it worked like a charm and I could root it easily with Universal Androot.apk
A day, I changed Hboot SPL engineering ver 2010...Some thing wrong...My device turn into a dark screen...I still try to find a shop reparing it Hboot.
So, Using Goldcard sometimes is a Dangerous way! But it is the only way if you semi-brick your phone - no recovery, no fastboot
Stuck ruu screen or ruu usb
SAPPHIRE PVT 32A SHIP S-ON G
HBOOT-1.33.0013 (SAPP31000)
CPLD-13
RADIO-6.35.08.29
RUU
anyone how to fix =(
I have a HTC ELF 0300 it is stucking in the tri colour screen with the following
IPL: 2.26.0002
SPL:2.28.0000
i have followed the advice i found on this forum of flashing the ROM but when i try the rom update utility it comes up with error 270 about the image also i tried the mtty process but it wont open the usb port
i tried flashing the SD Card but it then says "Invalid Certificate"
i'm a total loss and totally stuck..
any help appricated
Have you really read this sticky thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=406721 before flashing ?
Have you used "search" function with f.e. "stuck in bootloader" before posting ?
If not, please do and you'll find very useful solutions
i have read the theads over and over again and finally worked out mtty and worked out my phone is
elf0300
tmob050
it's still in tri colour mode yet i cant find a rom for it...
i tried the nbh file flashing to the memory card
but no luck....
heelllp
Do you know if you have Elf or Elfin?
It is essential for flashing original Rom Elf: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=2045325&postcount=2
Elfin: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=2045051&postcount=1
i haave an elf (p3450) well thats what it says on my box
i cant find the orginal rom for this and i'm totally stuck
any help is greatrully recived
also i have tried CID unlocking it so i can put custom roms on it but my computer wont active sync when the phone is connected through the USB port...
Also, what did you do to get your phone stuck in bootloader in the first place?
my brother did it to my phone before i'd even had chance to use it , and i don't know what he did.....sorry x
Try this and follow the instructions exactly http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=347700 and report pls
i tried this yesterday at first when i pressed enter i didnt get >cmd (which is what happening now)
then when i do get it eventually after many tries it sasys
cmd55 or something failed
and stays on 0% on a gray screen
sorry if i sound stupiud.
Ok
First you connect your device, then right click on active sync icon on your computer, chose connection settings and change according to the instructions then continue with mtty.exe
i have done this
when i press enter i dont get anything come up....
yesterday i managed to get it up though and just stayed gray screen at 0%
Try again a few times making sure you didn't overlook any detail.
I just found this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=3395787&postcount=155 possibly mtty version doesn't work
2- Another possibility is unbricker rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=446242
3- gold card method (the links are dead so you should pm Dsixda)
Flash from the SD card:
ELF0IMG.nbh on a FAT32 filesystem, complete flash takes about 30 minutes, so check your battery or connect to charger before the flashing process starts.
1. Format microSD card from your computer.
2. Extract the .NBH file from your prefered ROM upgrade: In windows use winrar (right click) to extract the contents of the exe file. In Linux / MacOS use cabextract.
3. Rename the .NBH file to ELF0IMG.nbh and copy it to the root folder of your microSD card.
4. With microSD card inserted in the phone, start the bootloader (the bootloader is invoked by hold down the camera button and reset device with the stylus).
5. Confirm flashing on screen by pressing the power button (or the volume slider down).
6. Flashing might hang after some time but this is normal. Just wait.
Will try now and keep u updated
manny thanks x
Follow the instructions until you get cmd only, then return to the tutorial to continue
Good luck
Just an update
i downloaded the nbh file you sugested and tried both
1) flashing from the SD card by renaming file - when i do this is says checking sd contents then goes back to my bootlooder screen
2) running the romupdateutility.exe with the nbh file in the same folder it goes through then i get error 294 incorrect vender
i am unable to pm Dsixda about the gold card
i have no idea what else to try
ps: when running mtty i still get a gray screen then the bootloader screen.
Sorry to hear this, I'm out of ideas. Just some details not to miss:
try a hard reset
writing "ELF0IMG.nbh" (elf zero img and not elf o img)
google for mtty and download a few versions
Wait for an answer from Dsixda for gold card if you can't find your original rom
Creating your GoldCard
I don't remember well the procedure but you can try the following:
If you have access to a working pda or a working GPS device - PNA which is powered by WM (even modified) then you have to follow these steps:
Download this package and save it in your C:\ drive.
Run it.
(it will extract all the necessary files in C:\itsutilsbin (folder) and it will start the setup of Perl)
When the Perl - installation is finished run Perl Package Manager from Windows Start Menu.
Add repositories.
Name: itsme
Location: http://www.xs4all.nl/~itsme/projects/perl/ppm
Name: theoryx
Location: http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/ppms/package.xml
(HowTo: run Preferences from the Perl Package Manager menu and switch to the repository tab)
After database synchronization install these packages:
Crypt-DES
XdaDevelopers-NbfUtils
(HowTo: at the main window of Perl Package manager find those packages, mark them for install (the icon with green plus, next to the search bar) and run marked action(green arrow icon))
Format the sd card(FAT32) and insert it in a working pda.
Connect the working pda to the pc , wait to sync and run psdread.bat from C:\itsutilsbin.
Find an official rom from here with a ModelID which matches your device's one
Example: If your pda is an Elfin and you have ModelID ELF030000 then get the below rom from that thread.
RUU_Elfin_TMO_NL_2.26.114.52_4.1.13.52_03.08.90_BL UE_Ship.exe (T-MOBILE)
Device: ELF030000
CID: T-MOB003
Version: 2.26.114.3
Language: NLD
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Extract the RUU_Signed.nbh, rename it to ELF0IMG.nbh and copy it to the sd card.
Fully charge your battery, insert the sd card to your pda, enter bootloader and flash from memory card
(Confirm flashing on screen by pressing the power button (or the volume down button)).
If everything went ok then you can use a HardSPL or a USPL to CID Unlock your phone and update the rom with one of your choice.
If you don't have a working pda use a card reader - Ubuntu (even from a LiveCD) and QMAT are required
Regards!
i don't have a working pda to use :-( the only pda i have is my bricked one :-(
buncie2010 said:
i don't have a working pda to use :-( the only pda i have is my bricked one :-(
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There is a way to use a card reader instead.
Using Ubuntu LiveCD and QMAT
ps:I wonder how did the wiki entry got erased?
Dsixda and all the members who worked on this had done a great job and it's really annoying that all their work was lost.
Hi,
I have a Vodafone Branded wildfire which I got unlocked from a small local shop.
However it still boots up with the nasty Vodafone logo and takes ages to boot.
I essentially want a method of removing this logo and make my wildfire brand free.
Now I have read from other forums that this is also called as debranding (correct me if i am wrong)
What i need is this.
I have a Mac. OS X. and do not have any windows or ubuntu at my disposal.
Can anyone help me with a guide on how to debrand my phone using a os x ??
I do have spare sd cards and sd card usb reader ( i guess this required for gold card)
Please let me know how to create everything from scratch.
Thanks in advance.
I debrandet my Wildfire with OSX ^^ and you dont need a spare sd cards or sd card usb reader for a gold card at all.
From mapleator.de/?p=19
1. The Goldcard
For most Android-devices you need a so called goldcard for downgrading your mobile. Downgrading is needed for rooting (at least for the G1 under 1.6). We will make our SD-Card to such a goldcard in the first step.
First you have to format the sd-card (backup all your loved data on your Mac/PC)
1. Click on Menu on your mobile
2. Go to Settings
3. Then SD Card & Phone Settings
4. Then Unmount SD card
5. And finally Format SD card
Now we need the SD's CID-Number. The easiest way is to use the ASTRO File-Manager:
1. Download the ASTRO File Manager from the Market (Just search for ASTRO)
2. Start the App
3. Navigate to sys/class/mmc_host/mmc1/mmc1:aaaa (instead of aaaa there could be something else as well)
4. Long press on the 'cid'-file
5. First select Open as, then Text
6. Then select File-Editor
7. Write down the number 1 to 1 onto your Mac/PC
Now we have the Cid-Number. With that cid-number we generate a goldcard-image:
1. Now we have to revert that Cid pairwise (for example 73829100 would get 00918273)
2. Register at psas.revskills.de/?q=goldcard with your reverted Cid
3. You will recieve the file goldcard.img via E-Mail. Save that file to your user-directory.
4. Now connect your mobile to your PC/Mac
5. Pull down the mobiles notification-bar
6. Click on USB connected
7. Select Mount
Now we have the image-file that we have to apply to the SD-card:
1. Open your Mac's Terminal under Applications -> Utilities ->Terminal (Or your Linux-Terminal)
2. Enter diskutil list and confirm
3. You should be able to see your SD-Card now. You can recognize it from its size (mine is 2GB) and that its type is DOS_FAT_32. As IDENTIFIER it says disk2s1.Remember this identifier.
4. Now unmount the card the folowing way: If your identifier was disk2s1 enter diskutil unmountDisk /dev/disk2 and confirm. If not, you have to replace the 2 with your value (the value that is written right after the word disk).
5. Now create your goldcard with sudo dd bs=512 if=~/goldcard.img of=/dev/disk2. If you need to, replace the 2 again. Confirm, wait, enter your users password (or under linux your roots password) and confirm again.
Now you are owner of a goldcard!
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For Flashing i used OpenRUU with a WWE Ruu from shipped-roms.com/
@Va.OS
Very detailed post. Will try it and tell you the results.
Thanks a ton for the effort.
If you need ubuntu you can always burn a livecd
sonihemish said:
@Va.OS
Very detailed post. Will try it and tell you the results.
Thanks a ton for the effort.
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I think I have sucessfully created the goldcard.
Can you guide me on the flashing steps ?
Thanks