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[mikevhl]

Pickiki, on Apr 23 2010, 15:27, said:

i have a small isue - want to know if someone got it too..
i have win7 32bit - until now i used USDL_GrandPrix_v1.6.4_VISTA to flash several ROMS..
today i got some strange behaviour - the USDL crashed the Mobile device GUI - and closed the active sync in the I900 device...
tried uninstall all mobile device drivers and software , also tried V1.8.10 for xp - no use..

thanks for you help

roy

Do you still have the problem? And have you tryed reinstalling the windows mobile device center? Can you still sync?

[shady_09]

I was having problems with the phone/pda not being recognized in grand prix, so i went into:
control panel> windows mobile device center > connection settings and unticked the allow USB connections box, and it seemed to work.
This is my second flash now using this tutorial and I'm pretty sure i had the same problem the first time, so just letting other people know. thanks for the tutorial mikevhl.

[Pickiki]

Well - unticking the USB will probably disconnect the Active sync forever :)
that's pretty strange  , since the GRAND_PRIX kills the WMDC.exe proccess....
working at my son's XP machine in the meanwhile...

[tony7]

I'm going to flash my Omnia soon. But I was wondering at what point I connect my phone to the computer? Is it once I've selected the eboot files etc. and press begin?

And I need to sync my phone with the Windows Mobile Device Centre once before starting?

What happens when you press begin (doesn't show this in the video)? How long should it take? Should the phone be OFF when starting?

Do I need to uninstall any programs I've added to the 6.1 software before updating?

Thanks for any help.

[Megam]

Hi all

I'm in the process of flashing my i900 according to the process describe (thanks mikevhl ) but after everything happened correctly, it's been about 30 minutes that things are frozen at "Writing image 75%" for Grand_Prix (last lines on the log were
"Downloading EBOOT...
EBOOT finished!!
Downloading PDA region #1(DISKIMAGE)..."

The Omnia screen is the black one with Samsung OMNIA written in white, with a green progress bar at the bottom showing 75% completion.

What should I do? Wait longer? Stop and try again? I obviously don't want a brick... I'm afraid the battery will drain eventually, which also might brick it...

Thanks for your help

[Megam]

OK guys, forget it. After waiting for about an hour, I decided to risk a brick and stopped everything.
Then I retried, and everything worked!
mikevhl must be right, it seems like the Omnia are difficult to brick (if only their screens were half that difficult to scratch, I'd be a happy man   )

Edited by Megam, 04 May 2010 - 08:17 PM.

[mikevhl]

Megam, on May 4 2010, 22:16, said:

OK guys, forget it. After waiting for about an hour, I decided to risk a brick and stopped everything.
Then I retried, and everything worked!
mikevhl must be right, it seems like the Omnia are difficult to brick (if only their screens were half that difficult to scratch, I'd be a happy man   )

You're welcome! They are indeed kinda hard to brick if you won't flash a rom for the i910 on i900 and vice versa

[SBD]

Thanks for your help I managed to flash my i900 and I'm  just waiting for it to turn its self off hehe.

I had to use i900 EXEcutor 2.4 as the download doesn't seem to work hopefully everything is fine ...... Just as a side note should the phone turn it's self off? should I have unplugged the phone already? hehe oh well only one way to find out

[TAG.Ghost]

is there another link to the EXEcutor? your link doesnt give the file anymore

[leap_ahead]

TAG.Ghost, on May 18 2010, 19:41, said:

is there another link to the EXEcutor? your link doesnt give the file anymore

http://www.modaco.co...h...st&id=50250

[SRChiP]

leap_ahead, on May 18 2010, 22:49, said:

http://www.modaco.co...h...st&id=50250

Thanks for the link.

[mikevhl]

leap_ahead, on May 18 2010, 19:19, said:

http://www.modaco.co...h...st&id=50250

Thanks, Updating my thread

Edited by mikevhl, 23 May 2010 - 02:14 PM.

[mikevhl]

Pickiki, on May 1 2010, 19:00, said:

Well - unticking the USB will probably disconnect the Active sync forever :)
that's pretty strange  , since the GRAND_PRIX kills the WMDC.exe proccess....
working at my son's XP machine in the meanwhile...

Nope, after flashing just tick it again and it'll work again

[mikevhl]

tony7, on May 4 2010, 06:45, said:

I'm going to flash my Omnia soon. But I was wondering at what point I connect my phone to the computer? Is it once I've selected the eboot files etc. and press begin?

And I need to sync my phone with the Windows Mobile Device Centre once before starting?

What happens when you press begin (doesn't show this in the video)? How long should it take? Should the phone be OFF when starting?

Do I need to uninstall any programs I've added to the 6.1 software before updating?

Thanks for any help.

First turn your phone off and connect, next pres the start to start flashing on the pc, it'll say waiting for device. Next turn on your phone and it'll flash.

[viti020]

Goeie tutorial man
werkte in 1x
Thx

P.S. those links for the executor didnt work, i used this http://www.modaco.co...h...st&id=57194

[kebogila]

thanks for the video, help alot for my first flash with grandprix in seven

[Thrawnie]

Hey everyone!

First thanks for the tutorial, but when i try to flash my phone I always get these messages:

Quote

OpenSCManager failed (5)
Calculating file parameters(DISKIMAGE)....
Calculating file parameters(DISKIMAGE) Done!!
OnDeviceChange: DBT_DEVICEARRIVAL
PDA Device not found.

I word with windows vista and have the i900.


Please help!

Thrawnie

[mikevhl]

Thrawnie, on Jul 25 2010, 12:58, said:

Hey everyone!

First thanks for the tutorial, but when i try to flash my phone I always get these messages:
I word with windows vista and have the i900.
Please help!

Thrawnie

Hey, sorry for the late response but I sold my omnia so didn't really check the thread anymore.
I'm sorry for the bad news, but after research I found out that the only way to make this work in your case is either to reinstall windows vista or use another PC. Given that you've followed every step in my tutorial and installed WMDC that is.

[elitom]

so if I am correct I can do this on a Windows 7 laptop.....

I have a UK T-Mobile i900 with BOHH% rom and I want to falsh it with DXHJ1 generic ROM

I have downloed the ROM and extracted the exe file

Then I have used EXEcutor 3.05 to disassemble the ROM into the parts shown in this image

http://i270.photobuc...elitom/rom1.jpg

then I have downloaded grand pric 1.6.4 vista and imported the Loader PDA and CSC files from the above screen grab so it looks like this

http://i270.photobuc...elitom/rom2.jpg

I have used the pda.bin file in the PDA box but do I also need to use teh phone.bin file - where is this used if it is needed?

all I need to do now is attach the phone reboot until it finds the phone then flash

Is it really that simple

do not want to brick the phone now !

cheers

EliTom

Edited by elitom, 14 August 2010 - 07:24 PM.

[mikevhl]

elitom, on Aug 14 2010, 21:22, said:

so if I am correct I can do this on a Windows 7 laptop.....

I have a UK T-Mobile i900 with BOHH% rom and I want to falsh it with DXHJ1 generic ROM

I have downloed the ROM and extracted the exe file

Then I have used EXEcutor 3.05 to disassemble the ROM into the parts shown in this image

http://i270.photobuc...elitom/rom1.jpg

then I have downloaded grand pric 1.6.4 vista and imported the Loader PDA and CSC files from the above screen grab so it looks like this

http://i270.photobuc...elitom/rom2.jpg

I have used the pda.bin file in the PDA box but do I also need to use teh phone.bin file - where is this used if it is needed?

all I need to do now is attach the phone reboot until it finds the phone then flash

Is it really that simple

do not want to brick the phone now !

cheers

EliTom

Don't select any phone part, this is incompatible on vista and 7. Further than that, you should be okay! Good Luck!