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Upgrade to WM6 fails ERROR [260]: CONNECTION

Hi everybody,
I'm stuck trying to upgrade my TyTn to WWE WM6 (HTC_TyTN_WWE_3.54.255.3_6275_1.48.00.10_108.exe).
After following all the steps of the upgrade wizard, the screen of the Tytn goes black and subsequently the ActiveSync connection is lost. After a while i then get the dreaded "ERROR [260]: CONNECTION".
I am running the original ROM (ROM 1.18.255.3) , and active sync 4.5 on Windows XP SP2. I downloaded the WM6 upgrade directly from HTC website after properly registering my device.
I even tried upgrading to SPL version is 2.10.olipro, but i still get the same behaviour.
[EDIT] Another thing i noticed is that when launching the upgrade executable, when it "veryfies informationj on my computer", if the TyTn is already connection via ActiveSync, it automatically resets into bootloader (4 colors window) and i am forced to perform a soft reset before re-trying the upgrade.
Could anybody help me out here?
Thx!

few people have seen this - no solution as yet.

Best workaround is to use the SD Card update method. No USB connection required.

todd_jg, could you please point me out to a procedure for upgrading to WM6 via SD card?
Thank you in advance.

dondobert
There is a description in the WIKI, just go HERE for instructions on how to flash from SD card.
Best wishes

I'm having the same exact problem....
I'll try the SD card method I guess. I'm suspecting it has something to do with how activesync recognizes my phone, because when I just sync normally it doesn't do it as well as previous phones, for example when I plug in the phone it wont auto recognize, I hafta manually start active sync on my computer before it starts.

this is because the usb port in the device is crap...it gets worn and then the cable gets lose....im having the same problem ,it is a nitemare...new usb cable sometime fixes the problem.i have tried 7 new cables the same happens. it gets so bad tha you will be unabled to charge the device,im afraid we got to send the device to htc for repair.

Still nothing...
Just tried for a few hours to perform the upgrade via SD card... but no way!
After reading various threads on the forum i think i tried every tweak and twist in order to have the upgrade via SD card method work (made sure the SD card is formatted as FAT32, not corrupted and with only the HERMING.nbh on it; tried also with SSPL-HERM.exe; etc.) but still no success at all.
Like other users i read of, after entering bootloader, my TyTn just sits there and the only way to proceed is to perform a soft reset.
Any idea?
Has anybody who has the USB upgrade problem been able to succesfully upgrade with the SD card method, or does there seem to be some kind of connection between the two failures?
Thx

@dondobert -
i assumed, you have already tried to uninstall and re-install ActiveSych 4.5 and recreate the synch profile.
OR
try this -
#1. on your phone device goto start-settings-connections-USB to PC
and set the tick mark to Enable advanced network.
#2. synch your device via ActiveSync
#3. do your upgrade OS or Radio
#4. once you are completed the install, undo #1.
Note 1: only do the above steps if you are having continously encountered the lost connectivity to ActiveSynch during the OS or Radio upgrade.
Note 2: your device must has either HardSPL Olipro method or SuperCID

The best way I have found to work around error 260 is
First disable Antivirus software
Next Go into Windows Firewall then exception tab, and search for "Windows Mobile-based Device Connectivity". Check it as an exception.
For the people who use Microsoft Live OneCare,
Go to "Change OneCare Settings" then go to the "Firewall" tab then click the "Firewall Connection Tool" . Make sure the Active Sync/Windows Mobile Device Center is checked on
Good luck
Let me know if this works

dondobert said:
Just tried for a few hours to perform the upgrade via SD card... but no way!
After reading various threads on the forum i think i tried every tweak and twist in order to have the upgrade via SD card method work (made sure the SD card is formatted as FAT32, not corrupted and with only the HERMING.nbh on it; tried also with SSPL-HERM.exe; etc.) but still no success at all.
Like other users i read of, after entering bootloader, my TyTn just sits there and the only way to proceed is to perform a soft reset.
Any idea?
Has anybody who has the USB upgrade problem been able to succesfully upgrade with the SD card method, or does there seem to be some kind of connection between the two failures?
Thx
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I had this problem, and managed to upgrade with my SD card just fine. In fact, my upgrade died and the device was stuck on bootloader mode.
The SD upgrade method is so reliable I may just do it now for every upgrade.

@dondobert -
on your reply post #8, you have mispelled on the HERMING.nbh file name. it should be HERMIMG.nbh
please verify the file name on your SD card, and rerun the SD procedure.

I had the same 260-error. Fixed:
- Did a "Clear Storage" (factory settings)
- Did all the "settings up your new device"-stuff.
- Did new active sync to computer (vista)
- Flashed just fine from original exe. (And i do have olipro SPL)

I have problem and resolved
Hi I have a same problem but, i just try to upgrade with mobile in boot mode and appears the error, but when connect normally mobile to pc and start upgrade error dissapear, and upgrade full, schap's spanish and radio 1.50 try this method cheers

Had the same problem and got it working
You need to set you TyTn in bootloader (4 color screen) mode and then connect it to the computer. then start loading the WM6 and you should be fine. I had done it using Schaps wm6 and it worked fine...
good luck.

Hi there ...
I had the same Prob with error 260 ...
- After i disabled the "USB-TO-PC" extendet function
- Reboot the PC
- Soft Reset my Vario II
ist works, but i don't know why
I hope it will work on yout decive to ... CU No.Trace !!!

Successful!!!
Thank you all for the great support!
For all of those out there still struggling with the problem, for me it finally worked following hellomotto's suggestion.
Regarding otoro_315 remark: yes, my mispelling int he post, file name on SD card was indeed HERMIMG.nbh.
Thank you all again!
Cheers

Had exactly the same problem. Resorted to SD upgrade - went very smoothly (Official Cingular WM6). However, will keep these suggestions in mind for the future.
I think the SD upgrade probably also eliminates some possible points of failure. According to wiki instructions, SD must be erased except for the img file - takes a bit to transfer 2G to/from SD. Don't know if this is a must - but didn't want to take a chance. Might just buy a cheapie SD just for upgrades.

One more for the SD card method. Extremely quick too ...I was really amazed that a 45MB ROM would flash in less than 5 minutes.
And it worked fine for me WITHOUT even formatting the SD Card first, I just pasted the extracted .nbh file to the root folder and loaded the SSPL file.

You mean the SD card was not erased and there were other files on it? (You don't say that explicitly).
I too was amazed at the speed - the wiki said it takes about 30 minutes - when it indicated complete in less than 10 min, I let it alone for about 15 min. because I thought it was going to do something else!
consul said:
One more for the SD card method. Extremely quick too ...I was really amazed that a 45MB ROM would flash in less than 5 minutes.
And it worked fine for me WITHOUT even formatting the SD Card first, I just pasted the extracted .nbh file to the root folder and loaded the SSPL file.
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Constant Rebooting?????!!!!

ok, I'm really angry... Sometimes when I reset my phone, it starts rebooting over, and over, and over, and over, and over.... Aarrghhh!!!!
Make it STOP!!!! Anyone else get this?

search and you will find

Okay, I did a search and this info is Not easy to find.
Here is what to do:
Yank out the battery, the storage card, whatever it take to get the phone to finish booting.
Navigate with ActiveSync, Resco Explorer or Total Commander to Windows/omap850_sdhc.dll -- rename this file to omap850_sdhc.dll.old
reboot
when you reboot it will reinstall the drivers to your storage card and everything will be fine again.
Happy New Year.

Too bad this doesn't work for the Excalibur. The file is in ROM and cannot be edited.

Try this. Since we can't edit the file.
Just reboot without the SD card. Which should result in a succesful reboot.
Once the device is running, insert the SD card which should prompt the driver to reinstall, and you'll find the reboot after that is fine.
At least this has worked for most of he people I've talked to that have had this problem

If you are using the T-Mobile ROM, the only for sure fix is to flash the ROM to a non T-Mobile ROM.
ROM flashing is found in the sticky in the Excalibur section.

Read this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=307434&highlight=reboot+loop
Good luck!

Just so you don't think the TMO ROM being the problem is only one persons opinion.
It is the ROM. I have tried most, if not all, of the other ROM's posted in this section and haven't run into that issue with any other one besides the TMO ROM.

ever since i switched to that new htc rom (the thread is a few below this one) i have not had any cycling on the reboot with my storage card .. just a thought if your thinking of upgrading

Would anyone mind posting the T-Flash card driver here so us T-Mo rom users could drop it in our Windows folder and change the registry to use the new one?

Hi i got the same issue: When my SD card was in, it rebooted in loop!
And when i retired the SD card, it was fine.
But with SKTool, i deleted duplicated NotificationQueue and with a registry editor, i deleted the key: HKLM/Services/WLM
And now, no reboot looping anymore
Hope it works for u ^^

TomTom7 installation hanging

Hi,
Using MDA III, with Tom-Oops-Black-v1.0-WWE ROM, and the TT_Nav_7.450.9028_black.cab file. When I click the CAB, and choose the install location, the message Installing TT_Nav_7.450.9028_black.cab... remains on screen for ever, with no change in the progress bar.
I have tried soft and hard resets, with the same issue. Other CAB files install ok.
I have tried several TomTom7 CABS
Please advise if you have seen this, and a possible fix?

You could try installing tomtom to your sd card using another rom. Then putting oops back on. Tomtom runs straight of my sd card i installed it once and every hard reset or new rom i just need to make a shortcut.

worth a try
cool, i'll try that via my other device which works, thanks. I wasn't sure if it needed registry or windows system changes.

try format your sd card, copy totmtom.cab file and run it. Always works for me

Thanks people
Zetsumei,
Thanks, I just copied the install form the other working device, and pasted onto the other devices SD Card, works perfectly.
Freo73,
Good advice, I was going to do that when I got home, because I do not have the micro SD adaptor. I did copy the CAB file to internal memory, and the install also hung there...
For now, this issue is resolved.

Help Upgrading blues

Hi all
I have been trying to get my hermes upgraded and got as far as upgrading the SPL etc even one new ROM but now every time I try to upgrade a new ROM the hermes syncs then tries to start the ROM upgrade and then reports a connection error - BUT it has already synched so it must be connecting fine
Please help I do so want some of these nice new toys
John

Go to bootloader. Check your SPL is 2.10 oli. If its not, go here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=296722
page 116, post 1160 to install using the sd card method.
If it is you can use the sd card method and cut the PC out of the upgrade process. Its slightly different to flash roms using the sd card method, look below.
1. Format a 2Gb or less sd card FAT32. Copy the .nbh file of the rom you want on to it and rename hermimg.nbh.
2. Insert sd card and go to bootloader.
3 If all is right then follow the prompts otherwise check name of flash file and reformat sd card FAT32. Make sure its 2Gb or less.
Cheers...

ultramag69
You are a gem
Thanks so much
John

I just hope I haven't created a new flashing junkie like myself Everytime a new ROM comes out, I feel a compulsion to flash and test it, even if I don't think I'll keep it. And I've done it over and over and over again......

Hermes upgrade problems
Firstly my apologies for hijacking this thread and for the length of this posting but I am really stumped with upgrading my Hermes and I am really hoping that someone here will be able to point me in the right direction.
I have a T-Mobile MDA VARIO II (Hermes300) and about a year ago successfully upgraded the rom from WM5 to 6 (not the official one but an earlier version downloaded from someone on this site). I would now really like to try upgrading it to one of the 6.5 versions and I have been trying to do this for the past few days with absolutely no luck. The phone is working perfectly and I can sync with ActivSync 4.5 on an XP machine and also with WMDC on both a Vista PC and Windows 7 PC -luckily, working in IT I have quite a lot of kit about.
If I manually go into the bootloader screen it tells me I am running IPL-1.01 and SPL-1.04. From various postings on this site I have downloaded,
Hard-SPL-V7 from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=296722
Josh's WM6.5 Test v.8 from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=461490
And also SSPL from somewhere but the filename is SSPL-HERM so I am assuming that this is the right version.
The procedures I have followed and results I have gotten are these.
Vista and W7 PC, connect the Hermes via USB, WMDC detects and installs the standard driver 'HTC USB Sync' Phone syncs contacts etc. successfully. Run the RUUWrapper utility from the Hard-SPL-v7 directory (running as administrator). All seems ok, it detects the current version and asks if I want to update. Hit Next button, it says it is Verifying the information on your Hermes... Please wait.... It then fails with a 260 error, but WMDC remains connected. The phone appears to do nothing.
Did a bit more research and discovered the trick of downgrading the drivers to the older XP version, did that and checked the properties of the HTC USB Sync driver and found that the date was 2004. Now WMDC will not connect at all, tried running the RUUWrapper utility, the phone repeatedly says 'Connecting to Host' but fails and eventually I get the same 260 error. At no time does the phone go into the bootloader or show any signs of doing anything else.
As an experiment, I tried first getting the phone into the bootloader and then trying with the same result. Reboot the phone and back to square one.
XP SP3 laptop, all .net framework components installed, Connected the phone, ActiveSync 4.5 (fresh download and install) connects fine and I can sync perfectly. Start the RUU utility, it goes through all the screens, gets to the Verifying the information on your Hermes... Please wait screen, then ActiveSync quits itself and the phone disconnects. The phone then tries to reconnect, which it manages once, then Activesync quits again, the phone disconnects and tries and fails to reconnect. If I try to manually restart Activesync it loads, fails to connect and quits again. Eventually RUU reports a 260 error and when I close it it throws up a .net framework error and doesn't properly clean up after itself. I have made sure that .net has been upgraded to 3.5 and nothing else produces errors. If I try to repeat this with the phone it bootloader mode, it fails with a 262 error while the phone itself is showing 0% upgrade image completed. I can soft reset the phone to get it back to working order.
Lastly I tried the direct upgrade from SD card method. Clean format a 128 Meg SD card as FAT32. Copied the RUU_signed.nbh file from the Hard-SPL-V7 directory onto it. Renamed the file to HERMIMG.nbh, inserted the card and restarted the phone into the bootloader. It seems to detect the image and starts to install but immediately displays a 00068002 message and hangs. Soft rebooting the phone brings it back to working order ok. Tried copying the SSPL-HERM file onto the internal phone memory and running it but it won't run saying that the file isn't signed properly or one of its components cannot be found.
So as to can see I'm completely stumped, unless there is something up with the phone itself although as I said I did manage to upgrade from WM5 to 6 some time ago. Am I just doing something really stupid here or is something odd going on? Any suggestions gratefully received.
Many thanks in advance.
John

Check post 1160, page 116 of this thread to install Hard SPL via sd card - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=296722
You need a 2Gb or less sd card formated sd card.
Then to install the ROM check out my post 3 above yours.
Don't need the PC except to format the sd card and copy the .nbh file onto it.
Cheers...

Hi Ultramag
thanks for the quick reply but I have already tried this method and it just doesn't work. Just to be sure though, I re-downloaded all the components and gave it another go.
I have copied the file SSPL-HERM.exe to the internal phone memory, when I try to run it I get the error message The file SSPL-HERM cannot be opened. Either it is not signed with a trusted certificate or one of its components cannot be found. I have installed this file using Activesync on an XP machine, WMDC on Vista and also using Missing Sync for Windows Mobile on my Mac with the same result. Does it matter where on the phone it is copied and run from as long as it is int he internal memory.
I have freshly formatted a SanDisk 128 Meg SD card with FAT32 and copied the nbh file from the HARD-SPL-v7 directory onto it and also renamed it to HERMIMG.nbh. If I insert this card and reboot the phone directly into the bootloader screen it shows the tri-colour screen, it briefy changes white and says loading, then shows the number 00068002 in red at the top of the screen then goes back to the tri-colour screen, which says that it is still running SPL-1.04.
I fully agree that doing upgrades this way is far more elegant than using a PC if only I could get it to work.
Is there anything else which needs to be done on the phone first before this method will work.
Many thanks
John

OK here's an update on this situation, what it needed was a hard-reset first. No reason I can think of why this should be so but as soon as I reset it, I was able to upgrade the bootloader via the SD card method the OS rom via an Windows XP PC.
I was hoping not to have to hard reset until I came to upgrade the rom as I wanted to be sure I had a list of all the software to reinstall first but whatever.
So for anyone else having upgrade issues, try a hard reset first.
John

Mate, its safer to use the SD card method to upgrade your os too. No chance of an accidental usb disconnection, reset or power outage.
I would suggest you try the sd card method to install the os next time as well. You don't need to run sspl.exe from the Hermes now as you have Hard SPL installed.
Cheers...

How to install froyo on sd card

So first of all i must say that im a completly noob at the android instalation on kaiser
I search for a noob tutorial but i coudnt fiind can someone post here a tutorial including files thanks

Here is the Guide in Sticky
How to replace Windows Mobile with Android (Guide) by Dukenukemx
scroll down to Installing Applications Onto SD Card using Ext2
This should help. The guide help me greatly, very easy to follow.
Hope this helps.

Its not tricky, I mean even I can do it, come on
I did edit a wiki page on this, but appears to be down, so here goes, from memory.
Backup any data first, just in case, not taking any responsibility for loss of data.
Firstly ensure your SD card if formatting correctly (FAT32), use on Gparted (linux live CD) to do this, (for me, I created two ext 2 partitions as well as I thought this would work best, works for me).
You then need the HaRET application to allow you to run Android. Google "haret.exe"
Extract the files this should create the right directory.
You then need to choose a build, this is personal choice, but I'll post the one I am testing right now. milanche's CyanogenMod 6 Kaiser
Put the installandroid.tar into the folder you created above.
Move to your SD card.
Find and run HeRET.
When screen shows text, tap and hold the center of the screen until you get a menu.
Choose install (ensure the options are set to SD).
Select Install
Once done, select Quit.
This then installs Android and can take a while, just leave it to get on with it.
You should then been booted into Android.
I might have forgotten something, as I am doing this from memory, but it should be fresh since I installed this last night.

Looks good to me, nice guide, don't think you missed anything

Thatnk you Zenity, but I know I couldn't have done this without your help in the begining when I first tried it. I know how it can seem all a bit over whelming.
I know a lot of people say 'search for it' but I did that just to see what I would find, and to be honest, I didn't get anything but that was of any use, so I can sympathis the search doesn't always get you the right results.
I could not remember the direcotry names when I wrote that at work and had to do it in a hurry as the entire office can see my magnified screen so it was a quick brain dump, not as nice as I would have liked to have written it given the time (which I did on the wiki but its down).
Anyway Keeps it fresh in my mind too.
I can only do this when I'm given the right files, I got confused myself when people started talking about different zImages. I tend to go for the builds where everything is bundled into one packing, as some can seem fragmented, ie Fresh Foryo, I don't doubt that it may be a good rom, but its deleivery is complicated (for me ).
Wish I had more time an experience to make my own build, I have done a bit of linix hacking in my time with shell scripts (getting wifi cardds working ona laptop etc), Its all interesting stuff.

thanks guys u helped me alot in the end i will instal android on an ext2 partition

Dear Leona,
The link seems no longer valid, can you tell where to find the latest HaRET application? Besides, how should I format my SD card? by special software? Thanks.
Dave

If you'd have problems with using Gparted Live CD like me... just because it does not mount SD card in adapter... here is what I did to partition the SDHC 4GB card...
I booted with HARET but did not select to install.. it gracefully fails to terminal
command: su
command: fdisk /dev/block/mmcblk0
deleted all current patrition (d)
created new partitions whith calculated size (8192 for 256MB)
changed type of the first and biggest patririon to FAT32 (t => c)
written all the changes to the partition table (w)
Than you should take out the card before rebooting and format FAT32 partition in win to upload all te android boot files, rebot the phone and follow with instalation...
But I must say, now I am using Scooters Cyanogen in NAND and it it far far easier

After I choose run, then a list of Linus commands ran, then it said
:loseup:/dev/block/loops: No such file or directory
Failed
Failed to reach system.img on SD card
By the way, anywhere I can download a complete set of files for running? Thanks.

try this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=813382&page=31
look for the 4th post...
or this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=855733
read a lot before attempting to do anything! use the search tool too, could be of some help.

For SD Partitioning, I remembered this Thread, which might help.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=619290
Sounds like you are not holding the centre Dpad button (or pressing the centre of the screen) while haret is loading, yes this can be Hit and Miss it winds me up no end.
If you have access to a Linux machine (or boot a Live CD), as well as being useful for SD partitioning it also maybe used to try out Atools (you'll need to install python and python-tk (via the package manager)) as this will get you the right Kernels, images and configure your default.txt file for you, though I haven't managed to get the build script bit working yet, but that is down to my lack of understanding the instructions