Hi,
I have a T-Mobile MDA UNLOCKED, i have upgraded it to Windows Mobile 2003 official ROM from T-Mobile. It was working fine. Now all of a sudden it keeps searching for the network but doesn't regiser and doesn't give an error. What might have happened?
I tried hard restting it, soft boot everything it's not getting any signal
I left it for a while without charging it, if that might help.
thanks for your help
Mustafa
It is possible that the original owner reported the phone lost!
so the IMEI is in blacklist!
Thanks POF, my 8525 is unlocked, but I have gone through hell with Vista so just to let you all know that "don't try these upgrades on VISTA".
I have read many posts and finally got it to unlock. In any case, here is what I did (on a XP box with activeSYNC 4.2 - it is running all the time for each of the steps below):
1) on XP, connect the phone to XP and make sure ActiveSync see the phone. Run the exe in 1.30 ROM for Cingular to download the SPL to 1.04. After this the phone will reboot/restart itself.
2a) On XP, with ActiveSync running and connected, run POF's MaUpgradeUt_noID.exe within the unlocker v2a xip file to upgrade the radio to version 1.16. If it fails with ERROR 114, go to step (3); else go to step (2b).
2b) If the first time failed, DON'T TOUCH THE PHONE. Run the exe again and the second time should run fine. There is a 114 error at the end and it is OK. Once you get the 114 error, soft-reset the phone before next step.
3) On the phone, flash with POF's unlocker (v2a) ON THE PHONE MEMORY HERM_Unlock_v2a.exe (in the zip file same as above download for unlock v2a). There is a success notice at the end.
That is it. Hope this help someone.
Andy
And what about the CID matching
Good for you! Tomorrow I´ll be picking up my 8525 and I´am anxious to unlock it and strat using it, in preparation I´ve been reading throughout the forum and looks for me that it was very simple for you (except for the issues caused by Vista). I was wondering if you had to check the CID in your device or if you just went blind into the procedure regardless the CID inconveniences?
Why don't 8525 users simply call cingular for the subsidy unlock code? Its cleaner, faster, and there is no risk to brick'ing your phone.
I really don't get it.
Just followed your steps and it worked for me as well. The first time I ran MaUpgradeUt_noID it failed with a 112 country code. But like you said, run it the second time and it worked.
Just popped my tmobile sim in and am going to install blackberry connect because that sim has by BES enabled and see what happens
Thanks much!!
wimpy said:
Why don't 8525 users simply call cingular for the subsidy unlock code? Its cleaner, faster, and there is no risk to brick'ing your phone.
I really don't get it.
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I asked the rep in the cingular store, they lie to me, telling me just call the 611 customer support number and they will unlock me. So, it is a company phone and I said fine.
I have been cingular for years and I will definitely switch to TMOBILE once this expire! I had tmobile before and they just require me to be with them for 90 days before I call.
About the 611 call, they ask me to join the $6.99/mo global travelling plan.
MacGuruTX said:
Just followed your steps and it worked for me as well. The first time I ran MaUpgradeUt_noID it failed with a 112 country code. But like you said, run it the second time and it worked.
Just popped my tmobile sim in and am going to install blackberry connect because that sim has by BES enabled and see what happens
Thanks much!!
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I have SIM from all the places I have been to and once a non-singular SIM inserted into the phone, there is a pop-up a screen asking for UNLOCK CODE.
andykwg said:
I asked the rep in the cingular store, they lie to me, telling me just call the 611 customer support number and they will unlock me. So, it is a company phone and I said fine.
I have been cingular for years and I will definitely switch to TMOBILE once this expire! I had tmobile before and they just require me to be with them for 90 days before I call.
About the 611 call, they ask me to join the $6.99/mo global travelling plan.
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All you have to say is you're travelling outside the United States and wish to use the phone with a different sim. They will do it right there and then, or they will log a ticket to have some other group do it. It can be had instantly, just a matter of whether the rep you talk to have access to that system. The unlock code is based off of your IMEI number.
I think there is a number in the wiki page that connects you directly to their roaming group of some sort. I just dialed 611 and they emailed it to me the next day without any additional plan.
You'll simply roam on other carrier if cingular network isn't found.
wimpy said:
All you have to say is you're travelling outside the United States and wish to use the phone with a different sim. They will do it right there and then, or they will log a ticket to have some other group do it. It can be had instantly, just a matter of whether the rep you talk to have access to that system. The unlock code is based off of your IMEI number.
I think there is a number in the wiki page that connects you directly to their roaming group of some sort. I just dialed 611 and they emailed it to me the next day without any additional plan.
You'll simply roam on other carrier if cingular network isn't found.
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That is what exactly I said.... I have 3 other phones with Cingular before and they all unlocked the same way. I think they just mess up on this one this time.
hey ya'll, so I followed these steps and everything works except for now, the backlight on the slideout keyboard no longer turns on -- any suggestions on what to do now?
no cingular unlock code can SuperCID your 8525 however...
I worked for me
andykwg : Thank You!
Having your post as a starting point and after a lot of reading through out the threads I suceed to unlock my 8525 spl 1.06.
I found a couple of issues during the unlock
1.- After 2% progress I got an Error # 262 (Update Error) so I had to get into the recovery procedure, but it was very easy and finally I downgraded to ROM 1.30.502.1
2.- During the Radio Patch flash I got the Error # 120 (Country Error), but as you instructed I only had to rerun the exe and at the end I got the expected Error # 114
Thnk you and pof, I guess I wouldn´t dare if I had read your post.....
I see that you can't do this in VISTA.
Has anyone tried in Windows XP x64 yet?
Thanks,
-J
RUU.dll error when I run MaUpgradeUt_noID.exe
So I downgraded from SPL 1.06 to SPL 1.04
I syched.
I tried to run MaUpgradeUt_noID.exe and I get this error:
"This application has failed to start because RUU.dll was not found. Re-intalling the application may fix this problem.
I searched the threads looking for this error with no luck. What am I doing wrong?
Thanks,
8525 owner running XP Pro
wimpy said:
Why don't 8525 users simply call cingular for the subsidy unlock code? Its cleaner, faster, and there is no risk to brick'ing your phone.
I really don't get it.
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I don't think You get SuperCID that way do you?
8525 owner said:
So I downgraded from SPL 1.06 to SPL 1.04
I syched.
I tried to run MaUpgradeUt_noID.exe and I get this error:
"This application has failed to start because RUU.dll was not found. Re-intalling the application may fix this problem.
I searched the threads looking for this error with no luck. What am I doing wrong?
Thanks,
8525 owner running XP Pro
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SAME here... Please HELP ASAP!
For those with errors please ensure your rom firmware and you follow the steps to the letter.
I love my 8525 i just wish they gave a cover, it gets messy on the screen.
Worked for me as well.
Thanks! Followed your instructions to the letter, now mine is unlocked and superCID! No issues and running T-Mobile now.
country code error, what next?
Need a bit of help here. I downgrade successfully my 8525 from 1.06-->1.04 but when i tried to run the map****.ID.exe i continue to get country code error 120.
I must have done this at least three time and still no luck, what next can i try?
DishXpert
dishxpert said:
Need a bit of help here. I downgrade successfully my 8525 from 1.06-->1.04 but when i tried to run the map****.ID.exe i continue to get country code error 120.
I must have done this at least three time and still no luck, what next can i try?
DishXpert
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You are not SuperCID.
Run the new Pof unlocker/SUPERCID version 3.
im getting a code 260 and the phone resets it self and active sync looses it connection any ideas
i think u're in the wrong forum..
jstuart83 said:
im getting a code 260 and the phone resets it self and active sync looses it connection any ideas
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That my friend is a communication error... I had it frequently when trying to install the latest HardSPL under Vista... You can go HERE and see a list of error codes....
ERROR [248~260] : UPDATE ERROR
This error occurs when there is an “open port error” before upgrading the CE ROM image.
Solution: You can reset the device and run RUU again. If you still encounter an “OPEN PORT ERROR” again, reset your computer and try again.
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im getting a code 260 and the phone resets it self and active sync looses it connection any ideas
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AT&T Tilt is a Kaiser....NOT a Hermes.
go to the kaiser forum and they will help you out.
Hermes Getting code 260
I am having the exact same issue. My problem is on a hermes (ATT 8525)
i have the "update error" problem as well. i have read almost all the threads and searched so much i almost found jimmy hoffa, but nothing
i have tried everything i could think of. i reseted the device and computer so many times i think it will "ware out" soon . i tried official roms, hard spl, unlockers... you name it i've tried it and still i cant get past any RUU. after the bootloader it should start, but i doesn't
i've even called the t-mobile tech support but the answer was "our ruu works fine for us, we don't know where the problem is...bad luck"
if some one has any (well don't take this literally) advice he is more than welcome. now i'm gonna chill out
thanx in advance from a frustrated vario II user
i've located the problem. it's an activesync error (code 43). searched for fixes, but unsuccessfully. if anyone has resolved the problem or has relevant info, please post it. thanx
after endles repeats i've somehow managed to get past the error. don't know how. i upgraded the rom smoothly, like i never had any problems
Hi, first time i have ever had a problem with a Hermes device.
I have a Vodafone VPA version, and i have flashed "Schap's 4.31" WM6 PRO fine, like i have on many other devices in the past.
It is actualy a phone i was just sent back from someone on eBay because there was no network signal on any sim provider at all. I had unlocked it before i sent it but he has obviously done somthing to it.
So now, i can re-flash the rom fine, but i can not CID unlock it at all.
It gets to that point and give me the ERROR [262] message.
I am using "v3a by pof" to do the CID unlocking.
I have looked at the device infomation (as i can go on to windows just fine) and i do not have an IMEI number or a Radio version or a Protocol versioni number.
I think i basicaly need a Radio Rom upgrade/flash to fix it? But i can not seem to do it.
Is it somthing to do with bad blocks?....
I am dual booting Vista & XP from my laptop and have tried on both OS.
Any help would be amazing.
Update:
It also show "NO GSM" on boot along with the SPL info.
It also has HardSPL & flashing from memory card is freezing at the GSM stage also.
Why wont it let me flash a Radio to it? Its driving me crazy!
I am poor in english, so hope you can understand what I say.
Your hermes is likely the hardware is broken, I suggest you get it repaird.
My hermes like you just before the issue of "NO GSM", but I am so poor in english, I am
sorry!!!
Hmmm, that is a possibility.
But i have seem many people with the same issue and have been able to fix it.
I have been trying to wipe some settings using MTTY.exe
However, where is should be saying USB>
It is saying CMD>
I have looked through the wiki but still no luck.
Anyone else know how to fix this?
Hey All,
I'm at my wits end here. I got a new phone through Sprint's phone replacement program a week or so ago and decided to flash it today, that's when my problem started.
I've searched Google, PPCGeeks, SmartphoneJunkie, and XDA-Devs and tried all the suggestions but still seem to have no luck getting around the 262 Error when I try to flash to HardSPL 0.37.
When I enter bootloader, I face the following screen:
Security Unlocked
RAPH800
SPL-0.40.0000
MicroP-Herman (LED) v0C85
MicroP-Herman (KEY) v0685
PSOC-Raph STAGE_EVT v20
USB
Initially I tried flashing after I plugged it in. Error 262. I realized I forgot to associate it through WMDC (through a clean install) so I did that and tried again. Error 262. I searched around and realized I didn't deselect "Enable Advanced Network Functionality". Changed it, tried again, Error 262. I tried it on my desktop (Win7 x64), my laptop (Win7RC x32), and my old desktop (WinVista x32) all with Error 262. Knowing it was a communications error, I disabled Windows Firewall and all AV products thinking maybe they blocked something. Still Error 262. I even re-downloaded the Hard SPL package. Big surprise, Error 262.
I read in my travels that the shown Security Unlocked banner is for Radio only, so I know I have to flash to SPL-0.37 before I try any other flashing.
Suggestions, Please??
Aquinox88 said:
Hey All,
I'm at my wits end here. I got a new phone through Sprint's phone replacement program a week or so ago and decided to flash it today, that's when my problem started.
I've searched Google, PPCGeeks, SmartphoneJunkie, and XDA-Devs and tried all the suggestions but still seem to have no luck getting around the 262 Error when I try to flash to HardSPL 0.37.
When I enter bootloader, I face the following screen:
Security Unlocked
RAPH800
SPL-0.40.0000
MicroP-Herman (LED) v0C85
MicroP-Herman (KEY) v0685
PSOC-Raph STAGE_EVT v20
USB
Initially I tried flashing after I plugged it in. Error 262. I realized I forgot to associate it through WMDC (through a clean install) so I did that and tried again. Error 262. I searched around and realized I didn't deselect "Enable Advanced Network Functionality". Changed it, tried again, Error 262. I tried it on my desktop (Win7 x64), my laptop (Win7RC x32), and my old desktop (WinVista x32) all with Error 262. Knowing it was a communications error, I disabled Windows Firewall and all AV products thinking maybe they blocked something. Still Error 262. I even re-downloaded the Hard SPL package. Big surprise, Error 262.
I read in my travels that the shown Security Unlocked banner is for Radio only, so I know I have to flash to SPL-0.37 before I try any other flashing.
Suggestions, Please??
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it doesn't seem like you are doing the process 100% correct. unlocking your phone really doesn't have much to do with activesync, as that part is only needed to actually move the files to your device.
you are supposed to initiate the hardspl from the device itself with the .nbh file present on the sd card. your sd card may have something to do with it, it should be FAT32 formatted & probably no larger than 4gb.
feel free to get at me thru PM/IM/EMAIL watever & we'll figure it out man. GL