Tutorial | General Usage - XS++ v3.1, Flashing/File Uploading/K800 to K810/GDSF Operation's Options

[diezil]

Here’s a little tutorial on flashing using XS++ 3.1 darwin: download.
Before doing any modding or flashing with your phone, it’s a good idea to make a backup of your GDSF area of the phone just in case something goes wrong as that file could mean life or death for your phone, so if you don’t have one then do that before you doing anything else........

GDSF Operations:

GDSF Backup and Restoring the GDSF with XS++.

start up XS++ and connect your phone in the normal way (as you did when installing the USB Flash driver), XS++ should look like the screen below:



In the “configuration Menu” select GDSF and the screen should now look like this:



You’ll notice that I’ve highlighted 2 sections of XS++, Backup GDSF and Write GDSF, to make a Backup of your phones GDSF area, simply press Backup GDSF and XS++ will start making the backup and inform you when it’s safe to unplug your phone:



You’re GDSF will be placed here and will be named after your phones IMEI#, something like “K800_35170801xxxxxx_GDFS_BACKUP.bin” and will be around 60/70kbs.... keep this file VERY safe:



You can probably guess how you Restore the GDSF lol, add it to the tab and press “Write GDSF” and XS++ will restore the GDSF........ (YOU CANNOT RESTORE WITH GDSF TAKEN FROM ANY OTHER PHONE APART FROM YOURS.... IF YOU DO YOU HAVE DEAD PHONE).....

Now let’s “Read the Phone Lock Code”....

Don’t get to exited, this is not unlocking the phone lol, the phone lock code is the pin number you set to stop other people from putting the Sim Card into your phone......
Startup XS++ and navigate to the GDSF tab as you did while backing up the GDSF, and simply press “Phone Lock” (If you own a DB2020 model such as K800/W850 and so on, XS++ will reset it back to “0000” just in case for some reason your forget the code:



Success:



FIRST STEPS TO FLASHING:

There are a few things you must check before flashing.
Firstly, what kind of Firmware (Software) do we need??? I will be flashing a K800 with K810 software (killing two birds with one stone shall we say .

(You cannot just flash any phones Firmware into your phone though, as not all SE’s can be converted).
Secondly what CID#/Color does our Firmware need to be??? We can check this by simply connecting to XS++ and reading the phones information like below.

Note: When you connect a DB2020 phone to XS++, if the phone has an EROM CID or 49 or 51 it will ask you if you wish to update the EROM CID to 52, it’s best to say YES and flash with CID52 files, there are 2 reasons why its recommended, firstly, all the latest DB2020 Firmware’s are for CID52 only, the second reason is if you plan on patching the phone, you will need to be CID52.

21:33:04| XS++ v3.1 (Darwin) Ready !
21:33:04| Executed on Microsoft Windows Vista
21:33:17|
21:33:17| Attempting to open the interface...
21:33:17|
21:33:17| TURN OFF PHONE!
21:33:17| Hold 'C' button on phone and connect phone NOW.
21:33:17| You have 30 seconds...
21:33:17|
21:33:22| Baseband ID: 9900
21:33:22| Protocol Version: 3.1
21:33:22| Warning: IMEI name does not match GDFS name (IMEI:K800 GDFS:K810)
21:33:22| ...using IMEI name
21:33:22|
21:33:22| Profiling SEMC phone...
21:33:22| Platform: DB2020
21:33:22| OTP CID: 49
21:33:22| EROM CID: 52
21:33:22| EROM Color: Red
21:33:22| IMEI: 35170801xxxxxx
21:33:22| Phone ID: K800
21:33:22| Region: EUROPE_2
21:33:22| CDA: CDA102568/200 R2A
21:33:22| Firmware Version: R8BA024
21:33:22| EROM: R3A011
21:33:22| Ready for operation!
21:33:24|
21:33:24| Sending db2020_cid01_prodid_p3j.bin...
21:33:25| Applet ID: 070129 0950 NGUCXC1250330_DB2020_PRODUCTIONIDLOADER_P3J
21:33:25| This is a PRODUCTION_ID loader
21:33:25|
21:33:25| Sending db2020_mem_patcher_cid52_r2a006.bin...
21:33:25| Applet ID: 061205 1523 HANCXC9876543210_DB2020_MEM_PATCHER_R2A006 0
21:33:25| This is a MEM_PATCHER loader
21:33:25|
21:33:25| Sending db2020_cid52red_flash_r2a005.bin...
21:33:25| Applet ID: 061201 1314 HANCXC1329129_DB2020_FLASHLOADER_R2A005
21:33:25| This is a FLASH loader
21:33:25| Sendinging shutdown signal to phone...
21:33:25| Done.. You may now connect again...
21:33:25| Shutting down...

See how I’ve highlighted a few lines in my XS++ log file, the orange line where it says my IMEI name does not match the GDSF name, don’t worry about that... the chances are it will say that on a phone that’s just rolled out the factory so don’t pay much attention to it.

The next highlighted line states the OTP CID#, we take absolutely no notice to this one, DON’T let it confuse you...
And the next highlighted line is an important one, the EROM CID#, in my case its 52, my Firmware MUST match that number....

And the last highlighted line is also an important one, EROM Color, in my case the phones certificate color is red (will be red in most cases), my Firmware MUST also match this color...

So now we know that the Firmware we need must be K810 RED52 we need to find our files 3 in total....
We need a Main Firmware File, an FS Firmware File and a Cust Pack to Customize the phone after flashing, I’m going to choose R8BA024 Firmware as its the latest and most moddable K810 Firmware version, I also need to select a Firmware Region, I live in the UK so I will be using a “Europe 2” Firmware set, and the Main Firmware File to match that is a Main Generic, and the Cust Pack I will be using is “CDA102568_11_R8A_GENERIC_EUROPE_2” which is a K810 Generic Europe 2 Cust Pack (This should match your phone’s FS Firmware File that you will be flashing with).......

There is an easy way to determine which firmware region you already have which will help you determine which files you need, this is by tacking note or the selectable languages while writing sms (Please refer to topsony language list for more info), some phones will state the Region in the phones Service Menu (and the current CDA), from the home screen press >*<<*<* then select “Service Info then Software Info”.

So the 3 files I will be flashing with are (Notice where it says RED52 at the end of the two Firmwae Files.... EROM Color = RED..... EROM CID = 52):
Main Firmware: K810_R8BA024_MAIN_GENERIC_SM_RED52.mbn
FS Firmware: K810_R8BA024_FS_EUROPE_2_RED52.fbn
Cust Pack: CDA102568_11_R8A_GENERIC_EUROPE_2.rar

So now I know which Firmware files I will be flashing the phone with let’s get started (backup any important data as it will ALL be lost while flashing).

FLASHING:

Make sure to remove your, Sim Card and Memory Card and make sure the Battery has at least 75% charge (100% recommended).
Startup XS++ 3.1 and press the “connect” button and follow the instructions given to you by XS++ 3.1



Once you have connected to XS++ you will be presented with the Flash Menu by default, which looks like the screen below....



Now we need to set up XS++ 3.1 for the flash.

1: Mark all three Boxes marked (1)

2: Add Main Firmware file to the tab marked (2)

3: Add our FS Firmware file to the tab marked (3)

4: Now in the dropdown box marked (4)...... look to see if the phone your are flashing is in the list, if it is then select it and move to section 5 (if it’s not select “own_custpack from the menu and then proceed to step 7).

5: If your phone model is in the list then select the dropdown box marked (5) select your Cust Pack, these will be written as something like “Europe_2 (CDA102568/11)” after the firmware version and CDA string.

6: Once you have the phone model and Region (Cust Pack) in place then you can select whether or not you wish to add those wapsite links you see while browsing through the phone’s menu’s, there in places like Picture’s, Video’s, Ringtones and so on (I personally think they clutter the phone but it’s your choice to have those or not by ticking the box marked (6) (if your phone model was listed and your Cust Pack was present proceed to step 8.

7: OK so if you couldn’t see your phone model then we need to setup XS++ 3.1 to manually upload one from our hard drive and as I’m flashing with K810 Firmware I need to do this step.....
To do this we need to create a folder in the XS++ 3.1 directory and build a folder structure to “tpa/preset/custom” see the image below...
(If your manually uploading the Cust Pach and wish to remove those wapsite links from your phone, delete all files with .itm file extensions).



Ok now that were all back at the same stage XS++3.1 should look like this:



8: If we do and everything is in the correct place.... it’s time to press “flash”

The flash will go in 3 stages, first XS++ 3.1 will flash our Main Firmware File, Secondly XS++ will flash our FS Firmware File, and lastly XS++ will upload our Cust Pack.
Simply wait for XS++3.1 to finish doing those three things and then you will be told by XS++ 3.1 it’s safe to unplug our phone like so (follow any instructions given by XS++ 3.1 if any):



The process will take around 10 minutes to fully flash the phone.... When you switch your phone on for the first time after flashing, you will get a Please Wait screen with a loading bar while the phone is customizing and setting itself up to be used for the first time.... this will only happen once after every flash
(If you receive a configuration error please contact your service provider, that simply means that the Cust Pack wasn’t uploaded correctly, simply flash the phone again and correctly upload the Cust Pack to solve the problem).

DONE!!!

UPLOADING FILES:

Like I said I’m killing two birds with one stone........... If you did a normal flash then you are finished, but if like me you’re converting.

K800 into a K810 READ ON!!!

Now since I’m flashing a K800 with K810 Firmware I need to upload the K800 light effect files so that my keypad will light up correctly (well almost when you start the Camera there will be one row of buttons that wont light up (no biggy)---------).

You can also use this little extra as a Guide to uploading “any” files to your phones Internal FS, wether its a custom menu, new fonts, new acoustic’s or camera driver’s...........

Start XS++ up and connect your phone in the normal way as you did and in the Configuration menu select FSX:



You will then be presented with a screen that looks like this......



Press FSX and wait for XS++ 3.1 to read a list of your phones directories....
When it’s finished it will now look like this:



Now since I’m uploading the light effect fix files to finish off the K800 to K810 conversion I need to browse to “tpa/preset/system/lighteffects/systemeffects”, but as I said you can use this as a Guide to uploading files anyway, so in the window marked “File Explorer” we need to browse to the systemeffects dir... and XS++ will look like this (or where ever you need tp upload your files to):



OK we need to delete the default K810 light effects and replace them with the K800 light effects, so we need to highlight one of the files in the “Enumerated Files” window and then press delete, and do that with the rest of the files until there all gone (you don’t exactly need to delete them all one by one, when you drag the K800 light effects into XS++ 3.1, it will delete and replace any file that has the same name.... but this is a Guide and I’m showing good practice ).

To upload the new file’s, you simply highlight them in Windows and “Drag and Drop them into the “Enumerated Files” window as shown in the

screen shot:



Now XS++ should look like this with our newly uploaded light effect files:



Success....... Now we need to correctly shut down the FSX function, we do this by pressing the “shutdown” (lol), we will get a popup saying “FSX will shut down FS services.... OK”, select yes then XS++ should revert back to the default screen as shown below:



ADVANCED GDSF OPERATIONS:

Now let’s move onto some more advanced stuff..... This sort of stuff carries risk so make sure you have a GDSF BACKUP before you even start thinking about writing any GDSF Scripts (and I wouldn’t recommend doing any without at least some phone repair experience or unless you feel comfortable with what you’re doing) ........

For this example I’ll be resetting my phones “Flip Counter”, in other words the total life call time.....
This can be seen in the service menu >*<<*<* “service tests/total call time”.

Firstly we need our GDSF Script:

DB2020 Reset Flip Counter (tested using K800):
gdfswrite:00000099000000
gdfswrite:0000009B00000000
gdfswrite:0000009D00000000
gdfswrite:00020E000000000000000000
gdfswrite:00020DC80000000000000000

DB2012 Reset Flip Counter (NOT tested by me):
gdfswrite:00000099000000
gdfswrite:0000009B00000000
gdfswrite:0000009D00000000
gdfswrite:00020CD40000000000000000

DB2010 Reset Flip Counter (tested on both W800 and W810):
gdfswrite:00020CD40000000000000000

Copy and paste the RED text of the Script that you want into an empty text file with .txt file extension.

WARNING!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ITS YOUR CHOICE IF YOU WANT TO TRY THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(make sure you pick the correct Script... Check and double check...... HINT: XS++ reads DB2012 as DB2010 like W200 which is DB2012 but XS++ will state that it’s a DB2010 as there so similar, GDSF Scripting is NOT something to do just for the fun of it.... IT CAN TOTAL YOUR PHONE...... SO MAKE BACKUP FIRST EVEN IF YOU KNOW YOU HAVE THE CORRECT SCRIPT).

Start up XS++ 3.1 and navigate to the GDSF tab.......



Once you have your GDSF Script in place press “Run Script” and wait for XS++ 3.1 to tell you to unplug your phone, simple.....



If all has went to plan then your phone will switch on and when you enter the service menu, the counter should now read “00:00:00” .

If your phone fails to turn on, Restore GDSF, proceed with FULL flash (Main/FS/Cust Pack), and if need be write new EROM!!!

Attatched K810 Europe 2 Cust Pack plus LightEffects used in this tutorial...

This post has been edited by diezil: 2008-03-03 05:23

Attached File(s)

 K810_Europe_2_CustPack_Lighteffects.rar ( 17.2K ) Number of downloads: 653

 

[viky_lee]

great work but the GDFS Script no enough , because another about Smartphones and son on .

_Sensible write the Smartphones GDFS Script in XS++2.2 ,that is greak work , i test and it work ,and fing two way for Smartphones GDFS Script:
1> you can write in GDFS Script
2> you can write in flash but you must make the Script in zip file

because we want to change CDA for US in china , test and work . you can see _Sensible the page about it .

Thanks se-nse and XS++ this is greak work

my bad english , sorry .

This post has been edited by viky_lee: 2008-03-01 05:23

[diezil]

This tutorial don't cover smart phone's
"_Sensible" aka GBrooks = XS++ developer

This post has been edited by diezil: 2008-03-01 05:22

[93bh]

Yellow hightlight (shown in the first post) is too bright and cannot be easier to read.

[Wally_Dog]

@Diezil: I suggest adding the GDFS portion of the guide to the VERY top... most people tend to break their phones beyond repair because they don't think it's important, so if you tell them flashign won't work or somethign like that unless they backup the GDFS... maybe they would back it up more often

[Snowiffic]

*Moved - AGAIN*

Great work Diezil!

(I really need to sort the Tutorial Section now)

[diezil]

Yellow hightlight (shown in the first post) is too bright and cannot be easier to read.

Yup.... I'll change it to green or something tomorrow when I wake

@Diezil: I suggest adding the GDFS portion of the guide to the VERY top... most people tend to break their phones beyond repair because they don't think it's important, so if you tell them flashign won't work or somethign like that unless they backup the GDFS... maybe they would back it up more often

Good idea I'll sort it tomorrow.

*Moved - AGAIN*

Great work Diezil!

(I really need to sort the Tutorial Section now)

No problem

CODE

done and done..... but I left the Advanced GDSF Operations at the bottom as that is not something a newbie should be reading before he/she learns to flash and back-up GDSF :p

This post has been edited by diezil: 2008-03-03 05:27

[firdey]

this XS++v3.1 does NOT support K850 and W910 right?? hope there is alternative for k850 and w910

[tranced]

SURPRISE

This post has been edited by tranced: 2008-04-01 17:40

[Nannz]

This guide is soo great....especially for persons like myself who are semi-tech-saavy. Either way, my phone simply crashed or something and whne I took it to a repair person he said it needed to flash and it would cost me $250 TT...I am able to follow this outline...however, with respect to the firmware and custpack, where can I download for my K510a? Most other sites I've tried are not in English and if they were....no stuff for K510...can you please help? I dont want anything fancy for my phone...I just want it to be working.

[diezil]

This guide is soo great....especially for persons like myself who are semi-tech-saavy. Either way, my phone simply crashed or something and whne I took it to a repair person he said it needed to flash and it would cost me $250 TT...I am able to follow this outline...however, with respect to the firmware and custpack, where can I download for my K510a? Most other sites I've tried are not in English and if they were....no stuff for K510...can you please help? I dont want anything fancy for my phone...I just want it to be working.

Try here, but remember to make sure its compatible with your phone (i.e. model/EROM CID and Cert Color).

If that search link don't work then goto www.4shared.com and type R4EC001 into the search box and it will find up lots of firmware files (thats the latest K510 FW version also).

[a_k_s_h_a_y]

cool one man !

[dindenio]

First, thats a detail and superb tutorial DIEZIL..... thanks alot.... i am a newbie, and it help a lot..... ^_^

hi guys i have a question? These might sound dumb but i'll ask anyways. I have a k810i (eventhought the log says k810) and i cant access the application and games folder. So after reading many forums, looks like flashing the phone is the best solution?! Well I am about to flash my phone with the following firmware.


K810_R8BA024_FS_EUROPE_2_RED52
K810_R8BA024_MAIN_GENERIC_SM_RED52
K810-HB1-06_Gen_CDA102568_11_R8A_GENERIC_EUROPE_2


First question! so does that mean i am downgrading my phone firmware/software since the firmware are for k810 not k810i?

Secondly, after connecting the phone to xs++ v3.1, i realize that my phone CID = RED53 (SEE LOG BELOW), so can i still flash with the above firmware since they are for CID = RED 52? If not where can i get the files? Tried looking, but no luck. Thanks in advance......

Lastly, i know that the phone region shown in the below log says APAC, but i can still use the above firmware rite? It will only result in a different language option after successful flashing? And also how do i backup the GDFS? It doesnt seems to want to work, keep giving me "PHONE IS NOT SUPPORTED"! (SEE LOG BELOW)

18:32:54| XS++ v3.1 (Darwin) Ready !
18:32:54| Executed on Microsoft Windows XP
18:33:01|
18:33:01| Attempting to open the interface...
18:33:01|
18:33:01| TURN OFF PHONE!
18:33:01| Hold 'C' button on phone and connect phone NOW.
18:33:01| You have 30 seconds...
18:33:01|
18:33:08| Baseband ID: 9900
18:33:08| Protocol Version: 3.1
18:33:08| Phone name detected!
18:33:08|
18:33:08| Profiling SEMC phone...
18:33:08| Platform: DB2020
18:33:08| OTP CID: 51
18:33:08| EROM CID: 53
18:33:08| EROM Color: Red
18:33:08| IMEI: 35612701xxxxxx
18:33:08| Phone ID: K810
18:33:08| Region: APAC
18:33:08| CDA: CDA102779/85 R2A
18:33:08| Firmware Version: R8BA024
18:33:08| EROM: R3A022
18:33:08| Ready for operation!
18:46:07| Sorry, your phone is NOT SUPPORTED
18:46:07| Error: Failed to send CSLoader!
18:46:07| FSX Shutdown!
18:46:09| Disconnected... Unplug the phone

This post has been edited by dindenio: 2008-04-08 02:06

[diezil]

First, thats a detail and superb tutorial DIEZIL..... thanks alot.... i am a newbie, and it help a lot..... ^_^

hi guys i have a question? These might sound dumb but i'll ask anyways. I have a k810i (eventhought the log says k810) and i cant access the application and games folder. So after reading many forums, looks like flashing the phone is the best solution?! Well I am about to flash my phone with the following firmware.


K810_R8BA024_FS_EUROPE_2_RED52
K810_R8BA024_MAIN_GENERIC_SM_RED52
K810-HB1-06_Gen_CDA102568_11_R8A_GENERIC_EUROPE_2


First question! so does that mean i am downgrading my phone firmware/software since the firmware are for k810 not k810i?

Secondly, after connecting the phone to xs++ v3.1, i realize that my phone CID = RED53 (SEE LOG BELOW), so can i still flash with the above firmware since they are for CID = RED 52? If not where can i get the files? Tried looking, but no luck. Thanks in advance......

Lastly, i know that the phone region shown in the below log says APAC, but i can still use the above firmware rite? It will only result in a different language option after successful flashing? And also how do i backup the GDFS? It doesnt seems to want to work, keep giving me "PHONE IS NOT SUPPORTED"! (SEE LOG BELOW)

You cannot use XS++ to flash CID53

the files you need are (must end in RED53, you currently have cid52 not 53 FW):
K810_R8BA024_FS_EUROPE_2_RED53
K810_R8BA024_MAIN_GENERIC_SM_RED53
K810-HB1-06_Gen_CDA102568_11_R8A_GENERIC_EUROPE_2

And yes you can flash europe 2 even though it has APAC installed

JDFlasher can flash CID53 I believe (you need the cid53 fix files, they can be found in jdflasher thread (R&D section)).

[dindenio]

You cannot use XS++ to flash CID53

the files you need are (must end in RED53, you currently have cid52 not 53 FW):
K810_R8BA024_FS_EUROPE_2_RED53
K810_R8BA024_MAIN_GENERIC_SM_RED53
K810-HB1-06_Gen_CDA102568_11_R8A_GENERIC_EUROPE_2

And yes you can flash europe 2 even though it has APAC installed

JDFlasher can flash CID53 I believe (you need the cid53 fix files, they can be found in jdflasher thread (R&D section)).

So what you are saying is, since my phone has CID53, i cant use XS++. So the alternative is to use JDFlasher.... but the files that i need are different now rite?

just out of curiosity, what if i flash the phone with xs++ and RED52 and all the above files? Will it still work, or it will destroy the phone? The reason i ask was is cuz i just want to fix the application and games "operation failed" error and not doing anything fancy to it. I know you guys do this kindda stuff to mod and customize the phone rite. So is there any ways that are similar to XS++? I looked at the JDFlasher, and it looked more complicated!


Thank you so much for the help in advance

This post has been edited by dindenio: 2008-04-09 16:45

[diezil]

If you use CID52 FW it will brake the phone
And the present time jdflasher is the only free program to support CID53, sorry

[wabbit688]

Hey i want 2 ask dat i flashed ma fone wid sim card still in and now its saying insert correct sim card.I have tried other sim card but same thing happens i even tried 2 flash it again widout any sim card but it says da same thing wat can i do ??

[jock]

Hey i want 2 ask dat i flashed ma fone wid sim card still in and now its saying insert correct sim card.I have tried other sim card but same thing happens i even tried 2 flash it again widout any sim card but it says da same thing wat can i do ??

i always flash with sim card in :S test to apply custpack was main generic?

[wabbit688]

I only flashed the main firmware and nothing else i had done it b4 widout the simcard but now i 4got 2 take it out and this happened wot should i do

[jock]

I only flashed the main firmware and nothing else i had done it b4 widout the simcard but now i 4got 2 take it out and this happened wot should i do

the firmware u flashed is it generic?