Im unable to upgrade the rom on my stock htc polaris.
im using vista with the 4.0 driver installed (dl'd from this forum).
I've turned off usb connection in win device center however when i try and install hard spl2 the progress screen sits at 0% and then times out with a 262 error.
does anyone have any ideas that can help me?
Use XP. I bet it works OK then...
4.0 Driver installed?
I have a stock Vista Ultimate, stock Device Center 6.1 and a German Orbit 2. It took me a while, but I finally managed it.
I didnt turn anything off, nothing. The only thing I had to change since the O2 ROM doesnt run unsigned stuff: the reg-entry to allow unsigned apps. Thats all.
Remove SD-Card
Connect to Device Center, wait till connection is fully established
Start the supplied RUU from HardSPL package
Follow instructions/click next/next/next...
Check your device, you have to confirm the execution of the loader
When the tri-color screen appears, unplug and replug, it'll upgrade the SPL and takes approx. 2 seconds
If you have no success at all: try to leave the device at the tri-color screen, quit the RUU and run it again, just leaving the device at the tri-color screen.
After a couple tries, I managed it and I'm happily running a stock HTC ROM instead of the O2 one.
Good luck, report back if it worked.
bencassie said:
Im unable to upgrade the rom on my stock htc polaris.
im using vista with the 4.0 driver installed (dl'd from this forum).
I've turned off usb connection in win device center however when i try and install hard spl2 the progress screen sits at 0% and then times out with a 262 error.
does anyone have any ideas that can help me?
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u must be in normal status i mean just whe u r synching with vista and the ppc should be on and then start the hard spl (u don't need to go in bootloader by yourself) it will go to bootloader automatically and then upgrade will be successfull.
so
connect ppc with wmdc vista and then when connected and start hardspl
tried all of this but still no joy.
i think running it on xp would be fine but i dont have an xp box
bencassie said:
tried all of this but still no joy.
i think running it on xp would be fine but i dont have an xp box
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failing that, go get an (micro)SD card and format it as FAT32
bung the RUU_Signed.nbh inside the rom update onto the SD card and name it POLAIMG.nbh (or to make it flash with no user confirmation, POLADIAG.nbh) slap the SD into your device and reset into SPL
Thanks A Million!!!!
Olipro said:
failing that, go get an (micro)SD card and format it as FAT32
bung the RUU_Signed.nbh inside the rom update onto the SD card and name it POLAIMG.nbh (or to make it flash with no user confirmation, POLADIAG.nbh) slap the SD into your device and reset into SPL
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Olipro, You saved my life. After trying to flash my own cooked rom, my cruise wouldn't go beyond the splash screen. I used your tip and it worked!!!
THHHHAAAAAANKK YOUU!!!
Carlos
hi all and artemis experts..
i have a p3300 ( spv m650) phone is dead.. not power on.. only goes to bootloader mode..when i try to upgrade it gives error on percent 3..
what can be problem..? what is the mistake..? whan is the way for upgrading htc artemis..?
thanx alot...
nobody has any idea..?
still i m waiting...
Hi,
i've got the same problem error 270.. Did you find a sollution?
i have this message too , i'm tired of searching a solution !
U should flash your devices official rom.
How to flash back to the original ROM?
I have the solution.
Are you using Windows Vista or XP. In Vista, there are problems while upgrading rom. When I was trying to upgrade the Rom in Windows Vista, It stopped the the upgrading at 3%, but then I read a post and thought to upgrade in Windows XP. It was alright.
The thing left is that your mobile does not switches on, you can see this post.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=311403
The above one is to install the Uspl.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=306904
And this one is for your bricked device.
As your device is bricked s you should enter the bootloader by pressing the Voice Speed Dial Button and soft Reset and dont forget to do this in Windows XP.
Hope this Helps you.
Thanks,
Talha Qasim
To flash to the original WM5 Rom, Download this Rom from rapidshare.com
http://rapidshare.com/files/19322112/HTC_1.12.405.01_026790_WWE_SHIP.rar
Dont forget to install the USPL through this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=311403
And this also that you are using Windows XP.
Thanks,
Talha
To install the original WM5 Rom, Download this Rom:
http://rapidshare.com/files/19322112/HTC_1.12.405.01_026790_WWE_SHIP.rar
Dont forget to install the USPL through this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=311403
And this also that you are using Windows XP.
Thanks,
Talha
Hi
I am trying to flash my T-Mobile MDA Compact III (HTC Artemis 110) phone to windows mobile 6.5 using USPL and ROMUpdateutility. I am using steps from following link to flash the device:
"elakiri.com/forum/showthread.php?t=211822
I am getting problem after CID unlocking. When I start ROMUpdateUtility.exe my it displays error that device is not being detected. I am using WinXp (facing same prob on Win7).
can anyone help me????
did u mark the "allow usb connection" tab in activesync settings?
try to install the latest activesync
disable firewall
good luck with it
oh and elakiri well never heard of that. why dont u re-do all steps with the instructions given on these forums
then u know 100 % sure that it will go well
on that forum link u posted i only see deewhatara artemis and love rom and i read some stuff about cid-unlocking but i couldnt find USPL tools on that site for it { not that i checked for long }
just do the whole process of unlocking again with USPL or USPL cmon. posted on artemis forums here
[edit] ok u did USPL, i misread your first post.
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try uninstalling activesync.
reset pc.
install activesync.
reset pc.
take memory card out.
try a hard reset on the device.
get device into bootloader OR
copy the file ''bootloader'' from the RUU to the device and then run ''bootloader'' on the device, the device will then go into bootloader.
run the RUU on your pc.
hope you get it working...
Hello all,
There are many new users who want to install/upgrade to a custom rom but totally don't know from where they should start. So, they ask the same question again and again in irrelevant threads. Here is a very short guide which will help you to install/upgrade to a custom rom and will hopefully prevent newbie's from asking the same question.
@All New users: There is no problem in asking question and everybody is ready to help you but many ppl just don't go through the pages even tho the question has been answered several times in a single thread.
Things to be known:-
1. Flashing The term flashing means installing or upgrading. When we say Flashing a rom that simple means we are installing the rom. But sometimes you would have seen in forums ppl saying flash Hard spl or so. Here too flashing simply means installing.
2. Basic information On powering up your phone the basic information displayed on the screen are: ONBL version, SPL version, GSM or Radio version and OS version.
For flashing a custom rom we only need to know about SPL for now.
3. SPL Here is the description of SPL by krazy_about_technology,
SPL or Second Program Loader is a part of your phone's firmware. Its responsible for both loading of operating system and it is also used by operating system for some low level tasks. By Default, HTC and Other Manufacturers too, design it in such a way that it does not allows custom ROMs to be flashed in the phone. It does no by checking for the Digital Signature of HTC on roms. So it need to be patched in order to flash custom ROMs made by chefs in this forum.
4. H-SPL As you can see in the above description that SPL are designed in such a way that it doesn't allow you to flash custom roms. So we need a H-SPL ( Hard SPL). When we flash a HSPL it simply patches the current SPL or in other words it unlocks the device for flashing custom roms.
The flashing process
1. Flashing HSPL First flash HSPL, head over to this thread ( here ) for all the instructions and downloads of HSPL.
2. ROM Now after flashing HSPL choose a custom rom. Almost all the custom roms are compressed commonly with winrar or 7zip.
So, if you dont have winrar or 7zip to uncompress the package get any one of them. My suggestion is get 7zip from here.
After uncompressing the custom rom package there are two cases,
Case 1: There is a single *.nbh file, generally the rom file is named as RUU_signed.nbh ( but remember it may be of any other name too, just it will be of *.nbh format ). In this case you need some additional tools to flash this file into ur device.
How to flash the nbh file (this only guides you to flash nbh not unlocking ur device (hspl)
Here is a short method.
1. Download this Installation package (295 kb). here
2. Extract the above downloaded package anywhere on pc (say desktop)
3. Copy the downloaded nbh to the extracted folder. (Here the extracted folder name is Installation package)
4. Double click on ROMUpdateUtility.exe
5. Follow the onscreen instructions.
Thats it!
Case 2: After uncompressing the custom rom package you will see there are additional files with the rom file. These additional files are nothing but the tools required to flash the rom into your device. So in this case you don't need any additional files and you can directly for for flashing.
Flashing the rom:
For XP
1. Download and install Microsoft Activesync 4.5 (the latest) if you don't have it in your pc. It can be downloaded from here.
2. Connect your Device with PC via USB cable. As soon as you connect you would see a pop up window on your device. Probably there will be three options, you have to select the option which is Activesync.
Now you should see in your PC Activesync connected, if it didn't sync open Activesync go to connection setting and select the port through which your device is connected. Now re plug-in your device.
3. Run the ROMUpdateUtility.exe remember the flashing tool should be in a folder where the rom file is also present. Follow the on-screen instructions. Thats it.
For vista/windows 7
1. Download and install Microsoft Device centre from here.
2. Connect your Device with PC via USB cable. As soon as you connect you would see a pop up window on your device. Probably there will be three options, you have to select the option which is Activesync.
Now you should see in your PC Device center is connected, if it didn't sync open Device center go to connection setting and select the port through which your device is connected. Now re plug-in your device.
3. Run the ROMUpdateUtility.exe remember the flashing tool should be in a folder where the rom file is also present. Follow the on-screen instructions. Thats it.
Essential thing to be known:-
1. Bootloader mode Knowing how to enter into Bootloader mode is one of the most essential thing to be known for a opal user (windows mobile users).
How to enter?
There are two way to enter into bootloader mode.
1. If you device is on, open your device's back cover. Press the soft reset button ( red button ) using stylus. As soon as you press it, immediately press the volume down button and keep holding it until you see a tri-color screen on your device's screen.
2. If your device is off, press the power button as soon as the device vibrates immediately press volume down button and keep holding it until you see a tri-color screen on your device's screen.
Uses?
If you flashed a damaged rom, you would be no longer able to use your device. In that case enter into bootloader mode. And flash a different rom.
Thanks
Explain the excellent and easy to understand, good work Thank you
Iam glad that you liked it. I hope now ppl will refer this thread and not rom threads. Ppl can ask all the question that they ask on other threads here.
Nice Guide
You've done a great job with this guide. Thanks. I've already referenced it on another post.
i have hard spl my device...i've instales the rom from this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=680164
after that i;ve tried to unlock my phone...is from austria t-mobile...
when i've tried to use some programs to unlock the phone, the progress bar went to 7% and the a windows pups and said that there is a 260 error...
the i instaled again the 6.1 rom froms here: http://ptxserver.net/blog/?page_id=37
the i've tried again to unlock the phone but same error...
but when i started to put the first rom on mi device...opal v 6.5..i have the same problem...can someone explain how to unlock the phone and to have the first rom on my device(opal version 6.5 d25)...pls...
Ruch0 your question is not at all clear, if you want someone to help you then please make it little more clear.
Is your phone sim locked, if so then it is always said not to flash a custom rom.
According to ur question u say u have done hspl and installed a rom then trying to unlock the rom. Here by unlocking do you mean sim unlocking?
to make a better point i want to get rid off the 260 error...because i have found a lots of programs that will sim unlock the phone...
know i am trying to use this:
1. download hardspl v7 from the first post.
2. extract ruu_signed.nbh and rename it to HERMIMG.nbh
3. copy it to a microsd card, make sure the card is formatted as fat32
4. download sspl-herm from here
5. extract SSPL-HERM.exe and copy it to your phone.
6. insert sd card and run sspl-herm.exe on the phone.
7. you should see the tri-color screen and then it should change to this
8. press power button to start flashing
9. reset when you get the msg that its done.
but i cant start the sspl-herm.exe from my mobile...
LOL, that really made be to laugh. First of all are you sure that you have a HTC Touch Viva (opal) because from your description it is clear that you are using herms and having some probs. Well, my friend this section is ONLY for the device called HTC Touch Viva (opal). So asking here is a total wastage of time.
You should immediately head over to herms section and ask the ppl over there. Visit here.
do i need to install h-spl on my windows seven before flashing or not????
sanchitgrover said:
do i need to install h-spl on my windows seven before flashing or not????
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After you have connected your device to pc and it is showing connected in Device centre (Windows 7), follow the below step
1. Flashing HSPL First flash HSPL, head over to this thread ( here ) for all the instructions and downloads of HSPL.
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yes yes yes work fine and was very easy to do all the job 10q
Error
Hi, friends
maybe not to post it, but,
so want to flash my device, but don't, when I start de hspl flash not appear de bar, (0%), then show [202] connection error, maybe the hspl? or my device not supported? original spl 1.52.000 / F256?
thank you, if some one can help me
caioofaria said:
hey, jagan2, ok,
but, I'm working tomorrow, and the firewall, will not able to receive a remote access, but to explain, i connected my device, then I tried to run opa_hspl_v2, then it go so the bar of progresse, but in few seconds appears the error [202] connection error, I've tried in windows vista, xp, seven, all with net.framework working, maybe the my spl version? my is 1.52.0000 and ONbl 1.52.0000, gsm 1.52.0000,
I'm waiting to use your Evo 2.5A, really amazing with the features and look
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The main thing you have to check is whether your phone is synced with ur PC via activesync/windows mobile device centre. If you are sure that it is synced then also not working then there might be some other problem.
About remote access don't worry there is a software called Team viewer it will bypass all firewalls.
Yeah, Jagan sorry, I know the team viewer, tomorrow we can use this,
thank you for ur help.
Jagan
Can u help me today?
Need Help
Hi Jagan
I have HTC Touch Viva purchased recently in India.
Software : Win Mobile 6.1 Professional Build : 19971.1.2.6
ROM Version : 1.35.720.2 WWE
Radio Version : 03.37.90
Protocol Version : 4.1.13.74
I tried to update its OS to Win Mobile 6.5 first time.
I followed your instruction in Post 1. But I am unable to do that.
First I tried HSPL 2, but it didn't work. I got 202 error.
I downloaded the ROM from the following Link.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=629257
ROM update also failed.
While updating, it showed the message like
Current ROM Version 1.35.xx...
New ROM Version : 1.27.xx...
To update the OS to 6.5, I need to do any thing else? Where I am going wrong? Plz help.
ivk: caioofaria has too similar problems that is error 202, its like in some pc its not coming and in some its coming. I will check that out again today in caioofaria's pc.
I will post result of my testing today, if anyone has a suggestion post it here.
For now iam assuming that ivk and caioofaria is not able to flash hspl because of there new default os. I will try to get a solution for this,
But if anyone has suggestion be sure to post it here.
Need Help - Update
Hi Jagan,
Little bit improvement in my problem.
The HSPL completed. Now the spl version : 1.26.0.0
Again when I try to update the ROM, getting Update Error 270.
Tried on different laptops(win 7). But getting the same problem.
Thanks.
No the spl version should be something like this 2.00 cmonex
That means you have done hspl yet. Actually i think i got the prob of the error, when you u try to do hspl and ur screen goes tri color then your pc will or i should say must install a driver it will be something like "Pocket pc syn" if its not doing then hspl will not get flashed. Just one again try to do hspl in windows 7 then when you are in tri color screen see in ur notification area below that some driver is getting installed.
hi all i ran this program as per the guide and got to the whare it says load rom and since then it has stuck on the loder screen sayin stick together the frist part went ok when it says do u see weve hack'd it can any one help , have i brick'd the phone
samuel79 said:
hi all i ran this program as per the guide and got to the whare it says load rom and since then it has stuck on the loder screen sayin stick together the frist part went ok when it says do u see weve hack'd it can any one help , have i brick'd the phone
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task29 erases EVERYTHING from your internal storage.
To flash a ROM now turn off the phone (battery pull).
hold the volume down key and press power.
You will now be at a tri-color screen.
now flash any WinMo rom from RUU or flash magldr for Android/WP7.
i have dwonload the omega file but it wont start up but in my frends pc it runs but cant find the phone
samuel79 said:
i have dwonload the omega file but it wont start up but in my frends pc it runs but cant find the phone
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when you plug your phone into your PC and you're in bootloader does it say "USB" on the phone?
edit: you on a tmobile USA phone or international one?
uk t mobile unlockd when i try'd it in my frends pc it says it dectects the procsser but wont install hardwaare but it dont have activesync on it /running xp
samuel79 said:
uk t mobile unlockd when i try'd it in my frends pc it says it dectects the procsser but wont install hardwaare but it dont have activesync on it /running xp
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You don't need activesync on it since you are running from the bootloader. The only reason you would use activesync is to get it into bootloader mode.
does it say USB on your phone in bootloader when you connect it?
task29 erases everything except the HSPL...
so...after task29...
flash your stock ROM and done!
OR
if you want to use a custom ROM that INCLUDES a radio, then flash the ROM and done!
OR
if you want to use a custom ROM that DOES NOT INCLUDE a radio, then flash the chef recommended radio and ROM and done!
i have a feeling this "omega" ROM you speak about might not include a radio. this would be mentioned in the thread of the omega ROM...read and proceed accordingly.
I had the same problem. Turns out it won't work on my Lappy that is running XP but when I tried again using my wifes Lappy with Windows 7 it went straight on. I was at it for two days trying to get it to work. Took only a few minutes once I swapped Lappy's!!.