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Hi All,
I'm new to the PDA-world and the Hermes. I'm trying to Hard SPL my Hermes, but it fails everytime.
When I run 2.10 - Hard-SPL-V7, it kills activesync and my connection is lost and I get always the message "error 260, Update error".
I have the latest framework edition and tried it on 3 pc's (1 Vista, 2 XP)...
What am I doing wrong?
Hope somebody can help me....
Kind Regards,
Micha
1). dont connect to active sync. open active sync and untick "allow usb connections".
2). put hermes into bootloader and connect to usb.
3). run ruu_wrapper.exe
should update to hard spl....
dont forget to tick "allow usb connections" again or you wnot be able to sync..
error 260 is an open port error.
if you wish to flash new os would advise to use sd card method. its safer than using the computer. just make sure you have greater than 50% battery power. happy flashing
Thnx, will give it a try.
First I have to flash HardSPL before I can flash a new OS, don't I?
yep, sorry, should have said run the ruu_wrapper for hard spl. My bad...
im having the same problem. I also tried the way ultramag recommended but i also received the same ending. After time i try i get the Error 260 Update error. Im running SPL 2.04 and the HTC WM6 rom from the HTC website. Does any one know what the problem is?
ultramag69 said:
2). put hermes into bootloader and connect to usb.
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NOOOOO, that won't work, you need the SSPL to deploy to the phone, if you're running stock HTC bootloader this won't work at all, otherwise we'd have no need for Hard-SPL
hey olipro, then how would i fix this. Im running the stock rom from the HTC website with no hacks. Im trying to load PDA Corners V9 rom. Any ideas on how to fix? thanks!
Take a peek at the guide i wrote about updating the hardspl. Theres some explanation about why we need to use SSPL and the procedures.
http://www.mrvanx.org/hermes_guide/hardspl
thats the guide i used. it still gives me the error. I even unchecked "allow connections" cause i read somewhere that that would help.
i did this two days ago on my phone, im running windows vista on my home laptop and got any number of errors and problems trying to do it via sync with the phone (even after reading the vista troubleshooter, with the drivers etc)
What i ended up using was the memory card upgrade, dump the file onto the memory card and go into bootloader with the card installed.
worked fine doing that way, maybe less risky as there is no chance of the usb cable coming out.
just make sure you have a good battery charge on the phone.
Help Help Help w bricked 8525
I got into this position trying to upgrade WM5 to WM6 from HTC site.
Process got to 20% and just stayed there.
I reconnected usb cable and got a vendor id error
Then I get the Error [260]: CONNECTION
I have read a lot of posts and have tried the sd method (although i am not 100% clear) and all i get is the screen with four colors, red, green blue and white.
I believe this is the bootloader? I have downloaded RUU_signed.nbh, renamed it to hermimg.nbh, installed on root of my SD card and held OK, soft reset and power button:
My display reads:
HERM100
IPL-1.04
HERM100
SPL-2.03
This is where my journey ends.
All post indicate that the device can be reflashed and have the OS reinstalled. I can't get there from here.
Can anyone please help?
blackdog9692 said:
I have read a lot of posts and have tried the sd method (although i am not 100% clear) and all i get is the screen with four colors, red, green blue and white.
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How big is your SD card? Flashing only works with cards <2GB. Also, sometimes certain cards just don't work for flashing, and just swapping to a different card fixes the problem.
I assume you searched the wiki, and found the relevant pages on the Hermes (including SD Card Flashing and other things about flashing/upgrading) there?
Still Lost
My SD is 2GB and I have tried many times but i just keep getting the 4 color screen. rt now when i boot from the SD my screen goes white and displays "Loading..." and then returns to bootloader screen. When i attempt to flash the rom via PC to WM5 or WM6 i get the Error 260, i also get a vendor ID error sometimes.
How can i find the key 8525 thread that i am told has the answer to my delima? I keep picking up bits and pieces but am missing some key steps and tips.
blackdog9692 said:
My SD is 2GB and I have tried many times but i just keep getting the 4 color screen. rt now when i boot from the SD my screen goes white and displays "Loading..." and then returns to bootloader screen.
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That sounds like the SD card is formatted incorrectly. Make sure it's formatted using fat32, nothing else will work.
Still not there from here
Thanks for your help. Before I formatted the SD FAT32, nothing would happen doing the bootloader reset. OK/ON/reset button.
After format and only the hermimg.nbh file renamed as indicated, I then get what looks like the loading process but back to the bootloader screen.
Q1: This is an AT&T 8525, it was perfectly fine before failure from WM5 to WM6 (process froze at 20%), what is the RUU file that I need to put on SD??
Q2: After "Loading ..." I try the WM5 PC upgrade of ROM via USB cable, I get the load process to appear to work but it gets to 1% and the phone reboots and the PC reports error [294]: Invalid vendor ID. If I do this again I will get the Error [260]. Ive repeated the process several times.
Is this the normal course to take or should the "SD Method" (with the WM5 or WM6 RUU.. file) complete the process to a working OS?
Q3: Is my situation hopeless? ATT will take my out of warrantee 8525 and reflash for $129. Reading the threads it seems that like me this can be done by me, this is my desire.
Q4: I still am confused by some basic terms and assumed steps. I dont understand "Hard SPL" or OLI's IPLs/SPLs and when and when to use them.
The newbe guide has been off line. I will look again. Is there a single place to read about "radio PDAs and the 8525 and understand the software build and custom options?
Sy for the long post. But still want to fix if possible or I will be force to mail in for ATT repair.
Thank you all.
blackdog9692 said:
Q4: I still am confused by some basic terms and assumed steps. I dont understand "Hard SPL" or OLI's IPLs/SPLs and when and when to use them.
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Oh boy, you haven't installed HardSPL? You are walking a bit of a line there mate...
HardSPL is a custom boot loader that makes bricking your phone when flashing much harder to do, and helps large amounts in the recovery process if you phone does brick.
Does the phone boot at this point? If so, do not try flashing the phone again. Go get a copy of HardSPL and install it, then try flashing from the SD.
I still wonder why people didn't read before bricking...
Anyway, you should start reading now and wiki is your friend. Your SPL is 2.03, so look at the bottom of the page (there is only one solution till now, so good luck with that):
Code:
1. Boot OS using KITL+PB
2. Do no disconnect your HERMES till the end of the step 6
3. Download SSPL on HERMES by wifi from ie explorer
4. Launch SSPL then flash Hard-SPL from your computer
5. Put your hermes in bootloader mode
6. Flash any radio in NBH format from your computer
Still researching and working this bricked 8525
Thanks for coming to my aide. I believe that I have Hard SPL'd my device. I downloaded Olipro's Hard SPL v7. extracted the RUU_ file and renamed to hermimg.nbh.
I then put it on an SD card and held the keys and reset. The device displayed a white screen and "Loading..." appeared. Afterward the 8525 returned to the stipped boat loader screen and that is where I am now.
Some of the help i receive and read on wiki threads has me confused with what to do next and how "exactly" to do it.
It does seem that I am not alone and people have fixed their phones and the process to do this is on the forum. I'm just still missing something.
Help me further if u can.
Thank you.
blackdog9692 said:
Thanks for coming to my aide. I believe that I have Hard SPL'd my device. I downloaded Olipro's Hard SPL v7. extracted the RUU_ file and renamed to hermimg.nbh.
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FYI: bad form to PM someone and post the same thing here. Keep it in the thread so others can be helped as well.
As I replied in the PM, if I'm understanding your post correctly, the phone boots to the tri-colour screen?
What text is showing on the screen? This will tell if HardSPL is on the phone or not.
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What text is showing on the screen? This will tell if HardSPL is on the phone or not.
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We already know that the phone is without HardSPL, according:
My display reads:
HERM100
IPL-1.04
HERM100
SPL-2.03
This is where my journey ends.
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There is small chance (read my previous post) to unbrick device with SPL2.03 so better try to get this back from where you take it.
And please, change topic, because this brick isn't HardSPL fault at all.
Edit: oh dear, it's even not your topic ...good game, I'm off
Hi all,
some days ago I got my 'new' MDA Vario II, because my device was broken and I got a new one.
Now I have difficulties installing the Hard-SPL using the micro sd Card update method.
After doing the steps to start the update... The white display with "Checking..." appears, but a few seconds later a kind of error code is displayed above in red (I think something like 0068006 *?*) and the installation failed.
Ok, my device is still running ... but I intend to do a update to WM6 and as far as I know installing the hardspl ist the first step.
(btw I use Vista)
read post #1160 on page 116(?) of this thread - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=296722
It has all you need.
If you are doing it by memory then you might forget an important step like, oh, I dunno, maybe running sspl.exe from your phone 1st...
Cheers...
Phone is a MDA Vario 2 (Herm300), though i had ran the SIM & CID unlocker succesfully a few months ago and have been using an o2 sim since.
I thought i'd upgrade to WM6 (installed it fine over a year ago) so picked the o2 one from the list on here. The upgrade went fine, it completed and i clicked Finish when i was prompted. The device first got stuck on the Windows Mobile screen then froze up when it actually goes past on to the today screen. The o2 customisation stuff starts to install but as before it freezes after 2 minutes or so, after soft reset it bypasses that and boots to Today screen. I'm also getting the No GSM message on the o2 splash screen prior to the freezing up. When it does boot up to Today screen all functions are working for about 2 minutes then it dies.
So now it wont connect to activesync and nor will it respond to any SD card install. Bit cheesed off, had my head in the Wiki almost all day trying things out but with no joy and something that was straight forward over a year ago has turned into a nightmare and my brain now aches.
Is there any way i could get back to the default tmobile rom? All i'll do then is run the SIM & CID unlocker again and leave it at that. I only wanted WM6 for the HTML emails.
You didn't flash Hard SPL V7, did you?
You can try installing the stock rom back again but if you can't get it to run you're in for a world of time consuming reading....
You MUST Install Hard SPL V7 if you recover your Hermes as it makes it easier to recover if something like this happens...
ultramag69 said:
You didn't flash Hard SPL V7, did you?
You can try installing the stock rom back again but if you can't get it to run you're in for a world of time consuming reading....
You MUST Install Hard SPL V7 if you recover your Hermes as it makes it easier to recover if something like this happens...
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The device was CID & SIM unlocked first. The bootloader shows IPL - 1.04 and SPL - 1.40.Olipro
How can i install v7 if activesync wont connect?
use the sd card method explained in the readme that comes with hardspl
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use the sd card method explained in the readme that comes with hardspl
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Yeah, remembered that one. I'm doing that now as i speak, just formatted the 2gb card to FAT32. I'll be back with the results shortly
Imanaged to install the Hard SPL on my device via SD card. Fortunately now and again my device boots to today screen, but only for about 2 minutes before the whole thing freezes up and has to be reset.
So during this time i copied the SSPL-HERM.exe to the phone from my SD card, deleted it once copied and took the battery out. Then when i powered device up into Bootloader i just followed the instructions, pressing the power button then the install was complete. Took about 5 seconds.
So now my device is Hard SPL-2.10.Olipro.
Am i right in thinking that now my device is prepared to be flashed? I still get the No GSM warning at the o2 splash screen and the device still crashes after 2 minutes, thats if it got that far after it gets stuck on the Windows Mobile screen.
I'm thinking now i might be better off reverting back to the default tmobile branded WM5 that was already installed.
Try installing that 1st. It may fix things.
If it does, do the search for how to fix bad blocks as it sounds like this may be a problem too.
As you now have Hard SPL V7 installed, after you check for bad blocks, you can then use the sd card method to flash whatever rom you please. I believe its safer than using the PC simply because the only things that will interrupt the flash are flat batteries, manual reset and taking the sd card out during flash.
Good luck...
ultramag69 said:
Try installing that 1st. It may fix things.
If it does, do the search for how to fix bad blocks as it sounds like this may be a problem too.
As you now have Hard SPL V7 installed, after you check for bad blocks, you can then use the sd card method to flash whatever rom you please. I believe its safer than using the PC simply because the only things that will interrupt the flash are flat batteries, manual reset and taking the sd card out during flash.
Good luck...
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I followed the instructions for flashing with sd card using the tmobile WM6 rom, which told me to extract the nbh file from within the rom and rename it loading it to the sd card before restarting the device to bootloader.
I did this and it said it was completed after what must've been only 5 seconds. Something must have been wrong with that. Especially as it still boots an o2 splash screen.
What am i doing wrong here? I'm sure i have followed every guide to the word so i'm a bit lost.
Once i've downloaded the rom i want, what do i put on the SD card in order to flash from it?
3 things...
1 MUST be 2Gb card or less.
2. MUST be formatted FAT32 - comes default format FAT.
3. Spelling has to be correct. Must be hermimg.nbh, no mistakes allowed.
Check these things, never failed for me as I don't use the P\C to flash since I found out how to do this...
Cheers...
3 steps.
1. Format sd card FAT32 and copy .nbh file onto it, rename to hermimg.nbh.
2. Insert card into Hermes and reset to bootloader.
3. If everything is right, follow directions.
Easy...
I've done it! Yay
**** knows where i'd be without you guys. BIG BIG thankyou to all who posted useful information for me to read in the forums.
It took a while but eventually the v3a unlocker got there. Booted the phone up and it now seems to works fine, it hasn't frozen up either.
Hello everyone,
i've been reading this forum for one month,
It was the day I decided to upgrade my HTC HD2, and someone disconnected the usb cable during the process.
Don't talk to me about that ;-)
The problem is I can't flash any rom radio into the phone.
OS ROMS work.
I read carefully a lot of posts here, I can say I have exactly the same problems as _Juster_ from this post :
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=618084
My phone is a french HTC HD2, Orange branded.
I successfully installed HSPL 2.08
Making upgrades using USB is very difficult, it is very unstable (communication errors, no response from the phone....) .
I tried on windows 7 pro and win xp sp3 and it is the same.
I then created a goldcard, that I'm using to flash directly in the phone. It is stable, but when flashing a radio rom I always get the "ERROR 00018003, RSA FAIL error".
I learned from xda that the issue can be solved by flashing the original stock radio rom from Orange.
I downloaded a lot of shipped roms from Orange, or HTC.
Always RSA_FAIL.
I'm maybe doing something wrong, or this is a hardware problem....
a few questions for you folks :
1/ It seems that the original Orange stock rom is a 1.43
Must I have the 1.42 HSPL to flash it ?
Is the version of your HSPL important, when you want to flash a rom ? can I flash whatever rom with any HSPL ?
2/ using a Glodcard with HSPL already installed.
when you enter on the bootloader (vol down + power) you arrive on the HSPL tri color screen, displaying HSPL 2.08....
Are you sure the Goldcard is being used ?
How to be sure of that ?
I think (I may be wrong) when you enter the bootloader mode You are on HSPL mode.
What I do to enter the goldcard mode :
I just press power,
I have a "Software update failed message"
Then I arrive to the "Loading..." message
With the name of the ROM i'm trying to flash
LEOIMG.nbh
RADIO V2
Press power to start update
Am I right ?
Thanks for reading this and helping me.
is there other Tasks like task 29 you are aware of ?
Task 29 formats the phone ?
is there a way to partition the phone or to diagnose if there's a problem ?
what do we know about that RSA_FAIL ?
I assume the RSA proccessing is to check whether the RSA Key of the radio rom matches the phone's one ?
Is there a software way to bypass that RSA check ?
I've downloaded 22 radio roms (from orange and HTC) + several others (shipped & cooked)
I always get a RSA FAIL message when I try to flash.
any clue ? something ?
Can't really make out if you tried it from your post, but you could try to flash back to stock by using the SD flash method. Just put the leoimg.nbh in the root of the SD and boot while holding the vol down button. That way you go back to stock spl, rom and radio.
Check the sticky in the ROM development section which refers to the whole HSPL and how to flash everything topic. That should fill you in on HSPL.
Robinmasters said:
what do we know about that RSA_FAIL ?
I assume the RSA proccessing is to check whether the RSA Key of the radio rom matches the phone's one ?
Is there a software way to bypass that RSA check ?
I've downloaded 22 radio roms (from orange and HTC) + several others (shipped & cooked)
I always get a RSA FAIL message when I try to flash.
any clue ? something ?
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take a look at this thread, it might help
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=621930
Thanks for the answers.
R3dox said:
Can't really make out if you tried it from your post, but you could try to flash back to stock by using the SD flash method. Just put the leoimg.nbh in the root of the SD and boot while holding the vol down button. That way you go back to stock spl, rom and radio.
Check the sticky in the ROM development section which refers to the whole HSPL and how to flash everything topic. That should fill you in on HSPL.
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I already flashed 22 radio roms and a dozen of full roms (os + radio) using SD CARD.
As the usb is very unstable I'm using the sd card method to flash, which is also a goldcard.
the problem is I ALWAYS get the RSA FAIL message (error 00018003) at the end of the radio flashing process.
This guy : forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=618084
had the same problem but with un unbranded phone and had it solved by flashing a cooked rom he randomly choosed.
To understand the situation,
my phone is an Orange branded one, what is the difference between a branded and an unbranded phone, assuming they both have the same HSPL ?
thx
Just sold my HD2.
Seems like some questions don't have answers....
what was the problem? íf i understand you right, it even worked..but you couldnt flash another radio...
why dont you use it further?
DN41
The phone wasn't able to boot
It was stuck at the white HTC logo,
After the failure of a radio flash, I was not able to flash it again. (RSA FAIL)
I read all the posts about this problem in xda, tried everything, nothing worked.
sorry...
so who bought it? how much did you get?
someone who needed a new lcd or so?
DN41
150€ , it was in a very good condition
RSA FAIL
PROBLEM WHEN TRYING TO UNBRICK MY HD2 STUCK ON STICK TOGETHER SCREEN I GOT THE STOCK FIRMWARE FROM TMOBILE AND CHANGED NAME TO leoimg.nbh SAVE TO FORMATTED SD CARD FAT 32 AND TRY TO LOAD THIS IS THE ERROR DON'T KNOW HOW TO SAVE MY PHONE I HAVE A WINDOWS XP PC AT HOME
i've same problem, anybody know how to solve this problem?
rudon100 said:
PROBLEM WHEN TRYING TO UNBRICK MY HD2 STUCK ON STICK TOGETHER SCREEN I GOT THE STOCK FIRMWARE FROM TMOBILE AND CHANGED NAME TO leoimg.nbh SAVE TO FORMATTED SD CARD FAT 32 AND TRY TO LOAD THIS IS THE ERROR DON'T KNOW HOW TO SAVE MY PHONE I HAVE A WINDOWS XP PC AT HOME
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You don't just rename the whole update,you extract the ruu_signed.nbh file and rename that.
RSA FAIL
I had the same problem with my polaris (htc touch cruise - pola160). I managed to get rid of the problem by downgrading the radio rom.
I couldn't find my old one, but I was able to find the highest version older than my old one in the forum. So I first downgraded the radio using the sd card, after that the rom I was trying to install in the first place worked.
Thx to pcarvalho for this "fix" : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=3645124&postcount=1 - the "Important Note:" section (always read the small print ).
Hope this helpes.
PS: Sorry if this is too late for some...
having this exact same problem, radio rsa fail, can't even flash a stock rom.
did anyone solve this?
rudon100 said:
PROBLEM WHEN TRYING TO UNBRICK MY HD2 STUCK ON STICK TOGETHER SCREEN I GOT THE STOCK FIRMWARE FROM TMOBILE AND CHANGED NAME TO leoimg.nbh SAVE TO FORMATTED SD CARD FAT 32 AND TRY TO LOAD THIS IS THE ERROR DON'T KNOW HOW TO SAVE MY PHONE I HAVE A WINDOWS XP PC AT HOME
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Fz.hary said:
i've same problem, anybody know how to solve this problem?
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jasonlee90210 said:
having this exact same problem, radio rsa fail, can't even flash a stock rom.
did anyone solve this?
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Put the back of the phone in front of an AC in cold for 5 minutes, and keeping it always in front of the AC try to install.
If you are able to do that, send it back to the warranty.
Hello,
I have the same problem!
long time ago I had HTC devices, but few days ago I bought HD2 and it was installed android. Is unable to start or when they try to load a ROM eror occurs.
phone has only a white scrin.
error occurs mostly when upgrade Radio ver. I somehow managed NRGZ image but again not boot system.
Task 29 also comes to 19% and stops with the error.
I have a feeling that the real problem is the radio version. (00,018,003 Radio Fail)
I do not know what is the original ROM.
IMEI: 3526 6604 8712 295
SPL 2.08.HSPL
any help came good
Hi,
I'm in the possession of a HTC HD2 which is unable to flash pretty much anything anymore.
It's using the shipped SPL: 1.42.0000 so I figured I can only flash it with the HTC roms.
I tried doing that but it stops with error 244, Invalid Model ID.
Ok, next step, I bought PSAS to create a golden SD and but the 1.48 stock NBH on the SD card. (renaming it to LEOIMG.NBH). This worked once though but it then stopped at the very beginning and didn't respond anymore.
I retried flashing from sd with that same rom but that failed with the following error code: 00058002
Next I tried to install the HSPL3 from this forum but that resulted in the following error:
CRITICAL ERROR
Flow: 00000003
Error Code: 00000004
Description: Bad Model ID!
I attached a screenshot of the SPL so you can see the weirdness in here.
(I think this is why it fails to flash any rom)
Above the SPL version, there should be the ROM version if I'm correct?
That just shows gibrish...
I've tried numerous methods in this forum.
Is there any way out of this mess?
Thanks in advance for any suggestions!
you have a corrupted model id (top line in bootloader)
i have not seen anyone fix this,,,,, jtag perhaps? warranty?
I think I'm gonna have to try the warranty.
The device was having issues from the beginning.
The sound was stuttering or did sound a bit "electronic", when you tried to go to about this software when it was still working, it just rebooted the phone...
It's a new device, nothing has been done to it yet since well, nothing really works
yea get it swapped. don't mention flashing, of course!
thx m8,
Will sure try that! This being the device is only one week old and hasn't been functioning properly from the beginning.
Greets