I downloaded the only official update from the HTC america website and when I try and run the update, I lose my active sync connection. It stays connected until I try to run the software. Also, it works fine when transferring anything else like music, pics, or vids or whatever. I can usually figure stuff out, but since I just got this thing and Im no computer programmer I was hoping one of you genius computer guys could help me out.
shane
read the wiki ...
Thats funny, I knew someone one reply with that. I already have. I would try to upgrade using the sd card but the instructions are obviously for someone who know about the stuff. How about someone giving me some better instructions on how to use the sd card to upgrade. I dont get all the extract the .nbh file and do this that and the other. All I see on my pc is the program I downloaded. I click on it and it runs the program, I have no clue how to extract files by right clicking because there is no option when I right click to extract files.
one of you pc usb is rubbish i got a macbook running vista and one of my usb i cant use to flash roms or it will just die i think power isue just change usb port
jdac21 said:
one of you pc usb is rubbish i got a macbook running vista and one of my usb i cant use to flash roms or it will just die i think power isue just change usb port
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If you have a computer with lots of stuff plugged in by USB, they are sharing the same 5V that is required by the Hermes.
IE - a computer with 6 port USB (3x2), each 2 USB are sharing 5V
plug 1 out and leave in hermes just for flashing period
so it get full 5v
Ok, I downloaded Winrar and tried to extract the .nbh file and that didnt work either. Instructions in wiki says put it in bootloader, but when I do, I get a screen with like four different colors...Not the one on the pic in the wiki. I only have two usb ports and this is from my laptop. I am only using one port when I try and I do have the power plugged in when I try. Its windows xp if it matters. Im at a loss. Does this mean I wont be able to upgrade my 8525 at all? Maybe someone can give some better instructions on going through the sd card and getting into the right bootloader mode?
Shane
anybody want to chime in and help me out here?
AS version is current?
have you tried out a different cable?
consider using a different pc/notebook.
first thing to do here is to troubleshoot connection with AS. once you fix that problem, you should have no problems upgrading..
also, make sure your device is not set on a power/battery saving scheme. make sure its set to be always on with external power.
It's normal that when you do the upgrade, your activesync it supposed to automatically disappear. I had the same issue and I downloaded the ATT official ROM from this site, using that to upgrade. It upgraded my firmware and WM6 also. After that, I use the unlock CID to unlock my phone and Ihave been able to do upgrade serveral WM6 after that ... Goodluck.
I presume you have HardSPL'd your phone?
I only now every flash from the MicroSD card, much safer than using USB as that can be very flakey depending on which machine your using it on.
gt2slo, you need to do a little more reading if you haven't already but flashing from the MicroSD is pretty straight forward. You have to open the ROM you are using with WinRAR and extract the .nbh file to anyway on your hard drive. It always works.
The screen you saw in the WIKI is the one that comes up after going into bootloader and the device sees a file called HERMIMG.nbh on the MicroSD card
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anyone know if this can be done? I haven't experimented with syncing my phone to ubuntu since I couldn't find my usb cable will be trying it tonight though. I thought id read people had issues doing it with vista so I was wondering if its possible with ubuntu.
I would like to know how to do this to because I use Macbooks and duel boot OS X and Ubuntu. Or if anybody knows how to flash from OS X that would be awsome to.
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anyone know if this can be done? I haven't experimented with syncing my phone to ubuntu since I couldn't find my usb cable will be trying it tonight though. I thought id read people had issues doing it with vista so I was wondering if its possible with ubuntu.
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Never had an issue whatsoever with Vista. To be honest with you use the SD card method. Sooo much faster. As far as working in Ubuntu I would doubt it without some sort of Windows emulation.
virtual software // whine ...
you can probably use a virtual software to emulate windows XP and then do whatever you want to do to ur phone
here http://code.google.com/p/htc-flasher/
the sd card method won't work right for me since I don't have a card reader.
Use the SD card method. NueSPL will allow you to reflash the boot loader from the SD and it's very easy to reflash the ROMs after that. There's a couple of ways to get the files onto the SD card without a card reader, the most obvious is to download them using the 6800 itself, saving them to the card. Or you can use the Sync connection to copy the files. Or install WMStorage and have the computer treat the 6800 as a card reader. Or set up your email on the 6800 and email the rom files to yourself as attachments.
jim
prohna said:
the sd card method won't work right for me since I don't have a card reader.
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$10.... well worth it.... 2gb with usb reader
prohna said:
the sd card method won't work right for me since I don't have a card reader.
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I run a wireless network at home. My computers and my titan can all communicate via the wireless network. A couple of my computers run webservers.
When I want to transfer something from a linux box to the phone without using the card reader, I just copy the file/program/whatever to the appropriate folder on a computer so that it's accessible via http. Then I turn on the wifi on my phone, connect with Pocket Internet Explorer to the IP address of the computer running a webserver, and download the file to the memory card.
Alternatively, I've seen ftp server programs for Windows Mobile. You could install one of those then ftp over wireless from computer to your phone.
Or, lets assume you don't even have a wireless network. You obviously have at least a wired internet connection, since you're posting something here. You could still install a webserver/ftp server on a machine, forward ports to it from the router (NAT), find out your public IP address, and then connect to your internal webserver from your phone using the public IP address on the forwarded port (I'm doing this with Finchsync so I can re-sync my calendars away from home).
Part of being a linux user means figuring out alternate ways of accomplishing tasks, as I'm sure you've already noticed. There's usually an answer out there, if you can step back and think about it. Sometimes it's elegant; often it's quick & dirty.
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For the record, I've never had any luck trying to flash my phone from a Windows VM inside of linux. ActiveSync could never recognize the phone right. I was using 64-bit VirtualBox, but you might have better luck with VMWare or 32-bit VirtualBox if you decide to go the VM route.
active sync is not compatable with wine. i never tried virtual box or vmware under linux. dcds kitchen wont work under wine because you cant run bat file. but the best bet is the sd card or sharing a folder on your box ( if u have wifi ) and useing an app on your phone that allows network browsing like resco. like mentioned above.
I tried just downloading the roms with the phone onto an sd card. but when I flashed the radio the phone wouldn't boot past the splash screen. how else would I get back to file explorer? after I flashed the radio wouldn't I need to rename the os rom to titanimg or whatever it is? then flash again? or is just one flash. that's the part I can't seem to understand in any guide I've found.
Hi,
I've been trying to upgrade my Hero to the latest ROM from Orange UK but have run into problems...
I've tried as many solutions posted on the web as possible but to no avail...I'm starting to think I've got a dud phone.
I'm running Vista SP2 32bit...downloaded Sync and Drivers from HTC website. When plugged into PC it says something like USB device has malfunctioned and is not recognised.
An icon appears in notification bar saying HTC sync, but when clicked it says HTC sync cannot be found on your computer.
It appears in device manager as "Unknown Device" and if I try to update the software to the HTC drivers it has an error and says make sure it's designed for windows 32 bit or something along those lines.
I've tried on 4 different PC's with 5 different cables, all to no avail with the same outcome.
I've used a friends HTC (not Hero but runs android) and that was recognised straight away.
Am I missing something or am I right in thinking the phone is buggered and I need a warranty claim or something?
Many thanks for any help!
Forgot to mention - is there any way to update the ROM not through a PC? For example can I put it on the SD card then transfer across?
Thanks
Does it make a difference when you have USB debugging activated?
Settings --> Applications --> Development --> USB debugging.
Unfortunately not, I've tried it both on and off!
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Forgot to mention - is there any way to update the ROM not through a PC? For example can I put it on the SD card then transfer across?
Thanks
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Follow BTDAG's guide linked in my signature. Download flashrec and amon-ra recovery, put onto SD and see if you can install.
This doesn't solve your original issue though, but will allow you to flash custom ROM's.
Hi,
I have S2 and for months i backup and sync my phone via kies to my outlook. One day I update the kies software on my computer, and since then kies on my computer doesn’t work properly.
Regardless if the phone connect to the computer or not, it doesn’t show any icons in the program window and the menu options are block except the help option, see the photo.
I tried to remove and reinstall software, even remove it from the registry, waited for new upgrades, downgrade to previous version that work well on my computer, tried to upgrade java and reinstall Silverlight but nothing fix it.
I have windows 7 64bit and Kies_2.3.3.12085_7_5 version.
What else should I do??
Thanks in advance
techpda said:
Hi,
I have S2 and for months i backup and sync my phone via kies to my outlook. One day I update the kies software on my computer, and since then kies on my computer doesn’t work properly.
Regardless if the phone connect to the computer or not, it doesn’t show any icons in the program window and the menu options are block except the help option, see the photo.
I tried to remove and reinstall software, even remove it from the registry, waited for new upgrades, downgrade to previous version that work well on my computer, tried to upgrade java and reinstall Silverlight but nothing fix it.
I have windows 7 64bit and Kies_2.3.3.12085_7_5 version.
What else should I do??
Thanks in advance
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Does your phone get detected by Windows (not Kies), i.e. can you access files on the phone using the Windows explorer?
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Does your phone get detected by Windows (not Kies), i.e. can you access files on the phone using the Windows explorer?
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yes i can import and export files from my computer to the phone via the explorer.
techpda said:
yes i can import and export files from my computer to the phone via the explorer.
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anybody??
techpda said:
yes i can import and export files from my computer to the phone via the explorer.
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are you using any custom rom??? When I first rooted my SG2 and started using custom rom..I can't use kies anymore...try AirDroid
HTML:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sand.airdroid&hl=en
it works for me...hope it helps
Try changing cable or USB Ports.. Since i bought i9100 my kies never recognized my device... But who cares when odin's here...
If problem not solving then maybe rom problem...
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yes i can import and export files from my computer to the phone via the explorer.
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Therefore USB cable, port and driver are most likely working fine. Did you try from another PC, i.e. an entirely different installation of Kies on another machine?
fxrb said:
Therefore USB cable, port and driver are most likely working fine. Did you try from another PC, i.e. an entirely different installation of Kies on another machine?
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You are right; I don’t think it related to the phone because even after new Kies installation from scratch without connecting the phone, I get at the startup window the same problem (no icons on the home window and disable options).
On another PC its work well but I need it to work well with my workstation PC at work to sync meeting & etc.
What can I change in my computer that might affect it? After all it did work well in past.
Is that so complicated issue? maybe you can refer me to another place that can handle this.
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Is that so complicated issue? maybe you can refer me to another place that can handle this.
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I do not know how complicated the issue is. If I knew the solution I would have posted it, believe me. I tried in vain to reproduce the error you are facing.
I also do not know any better place then XDA to seek for help, but you could try to talk Samsung directly. Sorry but I'm out of ideas
Try this (KIES SGS2 connection working)
I had a big problem with getting my SGS 2 connecting to KIES. I've got repeatedly "Cannot start service ont the device" or "device not detected".
Then I tried several combinations, like:
a. connecting the phone with the SIM and SD card,
b. connecting with SIM w/o SD
c. w/o SIM and with SD
d. w/o SIM and w/o SD
Apparently KIES started to recognize my phone when SIM card was not present (as in c and d). Then I tried to connect the phone with the SIM and SD card in but the SIM was not initilized (i.e. I wasn't entering PIN). KIES recognized the phone and then I was enetring the PIN.
Everuthing worked.
I hope this helps
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Hello,
I installed yesterday a custom rom with 2.3.4 for an Xperia Play device and I've noticed that the phone is properly recognized, all drivers are fine, I can go into fastboot mode, bootloader unlocked, etc... and I can see the microSD card from the phone when this is plugged to the computer via USB.
The problem is that I copy files from the computer to the phone, windows takes its time and at the end says that it's all good, you can see the files in the phone, however when you then unplug the phone and go to that location, none of the new files are there?! :S
More weird is that then you plug the phone back to windows and the files appear there again?
Any idea what could be going on? and how I could copy files from windows to this android in this case?
Cheers!!
Maybe just links
Maybe you just linked to the files on your Computer. Move/Rename them on your Computer and see if you can still open them on your phone. If no you just created a link to the data stored on your computers hard drive. If yes I also can't tell you what's going on
Thanks, no the files were the complete files, no links.
I've been looking into this further, and reflash the mobile with a total different rom and still happening there (although with this new rom doesn't happen 100% of the times like with the other). What I've just now noticed is that the mobile doesn't recognize those files, but... if I REBOOT it, then they appear once it starts up?! so weird.... :S
So I got this gtab for free. Just the tablet and round power cord. Turns on into CM recovery v2.5.1.1-bekit-0.8 and no operating system. I tried loading a rom from the usb and micro sd card. Plugged it into my win 10 pc via the mini usb and it tells me it's unreadable, or something. Does not show on windows. Could the problem be that I don't have the cable that goes into the bottom or did someone go delete happy and ruin something?
Make sure youbhave the drivers and try to load the correct ROM for the bootstrap you have. 1.1 or 1.2
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Make sure youbhave the drivers and try to load the correct ROM for the bootstrap you have. 1.1 or 1.2
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as of right now I have no way to load anything onto the tablet. I need to know if I need the cord to load onto the tablet from a pc. I actually cannot do anything at all.
Dookiestan said:
as of right now I have no way to load anything onto the tablet. I need to know if I need the cord to load onto the tablet from a pc. I actually cannot do anything at all.
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You can definitely load from a PC. They have a program called Odin to load the ROMs located in the dev section. Or you can load one via the sc card. Just search through this section. Its all there.
Most people have moved on from the gtab so support will be pretty limited.
It doesn't read a micro SD, usb, or mini usb, plus my comp won't recognize it. So how can I load something onto it? I have read a lot of posts but none have helped. I don't care about support, just figured I'd get it running and give it to my niece.