Using the Kitchen and VISTA
 

Has anyone found a way to use the kitchen with vista? Everytime I try it kills my phone. Then I have to use the original WM6 file to flash it back. This is driving me nuts because I have now fixed the phone twice. It seems vista likes to work the phone when it is in bootloader at the start of the process. Using the kitchen and active sync does work in that it can change it over to bootloader and then it cannot communicate with the phone.

I have only ever got my Vista machine to work 1 time when flashing the phone. I finally just gave up and used my XP laptop and never had a problem since.

All of my computers at home are Vista Professional.

I use vista and the kitchen just fine.

Did you download the Vista RUU Drivers? I use vista as it is my only option, and I have flashed more than just my phone no issues.

I have used the kitchen many times under Vista-32 straight "out of the box" with no additional drivers or patches without any difficulty.

i haven't had any issues with Vista x64 and I'm not using any of the "workarounds" that are out there that are supposedly needed to get it to work either

The key to no longer needing to hack drivers for Vista is downloading the latest version of Windows Mobile Device Center (6.1). Install that and the built-in drivers should work fine.

The only other wrinkle is that you will need to disable UAC or set the Rom Upgrade Utility to run as Administrator.

I had that problem and the fix was to change the driver version used while the phone is in bootloader mode.. If you look in device manager while the phone is connected and in bootloader mode you will see a pocket pc device... I downloaded the version 4.1 driver and used it instead of the 6.x driver and things started working.

What is UAC? I have Vista Business. It gives me error 150. Can you please help me. Mobile Device Center is 6.1. My bootloader on ppc6700 is 2.02.

Right-click on the BuildOS link and choose "run as administrator" (if you are not already an Administrator). I would discourage highly disabling UAC (User Account Control).

I personally run the Kitchen under Vista 32 Bit Ultimate and Vista 64 bit Enterprise just fine.

Hope this helps...

I have been round and round with this one. I feel like I tried so many things that I cant remember what I did for each one and which drivers I used and what directions I followed. I have tried everything in this thread and could not get it to work. It sounds like to me that some people can get it to work and some cant. (kind of like Call Tones). I may try it again in the future, but I have resorted to my XP desktop machine which only seems to want to start every third time... good thing I like my ROM (except the dialer).

You should NOT have to use any of the hack mechanisms on the forums anymore, with WMDC 6.1 it just works (at least for me).

If you are up for it I would get back to a "clean" setup:

1) Remove any Windows Mobilde Device Center (WMDC) app by going to Control Panel/Uninstall programs then find in list and remove
2) Reboot (yes you don't have too but I always do)
3) Download the latest WMDC from the URL: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobi...icecenter.mspx
4) Follow the instructions to install application, when complete reboot (yes again)
5) Make sure that the phone is plugged into a USB at the comptuer or laptop and not through a hub
6) Do a sync/setup to ensure the phone is talking to the WMDC, if this works then you are golden
7) Follow the instructions with BuildOS

If you have any issues you could try:
a) Right click and run as adminstrator
or
b) Go into WMDC, Mobile Device Settings, Connections Settings then uncheck Allow USB Connections, then try build OS, just remember to turn it back on when finished flashing
or
c) do b) then a)

You may possible have a USB driver issue, you could
1) Start Menu (orb), right click on computer, choose Manage
2) Navigate to the Device Manager section
3) Find the device in the list
4) Right click on device (Network Adapters/Microsoft Windows Mobile Remote Adapter" and choose properties
5) Inspect the information about driver (date/manufacture) and determine if appropriate driver (s/b Microsoft Corporation)
6) Click on drivers tab and check to make sure is version 6.1.6965.0 with date of 5/31/2007

Above is on Vista Ultimate 32 bit and yours should be similar

if these steps don't help, you could post your exact error and maybe someone here can help.

Like I said I am happy with my current rom, so I wont be flashing again for a least a little while. I will go ahead and reinstall and ck the drivers. I will be back if it doesnt work next time. I will be flashing my dads XV6700 soon, so it may be sooner than later!

I have a new HP Vista laptop & experienced exact same thing sometimes when clicking on a "ROMUpgradeUt" app.

I haven't tried kitchen on this comp yet, but BOTH the original Sprint , & also the WM6 rom that come packaged with self-installers work without any hassle at all...

That didn't make any sense to me. You haven't tried the kitchen, the stock ROM self-installers work without any problem, but you get the 150 error? Where did you get the RUU giving you the 150 error from? OR, are you saying that you get the error when using the kitchen on a different computer, but haven't tried it yet on this one? When you're using the kitchen, which RUU do you use? The standard and x.04+ RUUs are stock installers, so they ought to behave just like the carrier supplied RUU (since that's what they are).

When you get around to using the kitchen on your new computer, let us know what success or lack thereof you have. Also, if you could include what carrier and if you're using the same phone each time, that would help.

thank you
I am not having a problem with the kitchen... Smooth as silk :)
My "user account control" is off.

My problem is when NOT using the kitchen, like trying to use any Ruu for updating my radio_.nbf file, My Vista seems to not let it do it's thing...

But the stock sprint "APA_SPCS_20600_303_12700_WWE_Ship" exe always runs it's ruu no problem, like the kitchen...

So I am going to see if by inserting the radio in Before the kitchen is run,, to see if I can get my radio updated...

I am trying to upgrade my radio from 1.41 to 1.43 on Vista Business. I have copied the Radio_.nbf file to the Noid_ruu folder in Helmi's kitchen, and also Get Error 150, even when I run APACUpgradeUt_noID.exe as administrator (my user is already an administrator, and UAC is off). It checks the information on my device ok and then comes up with my device software is about to be upgraded from...to... (which are all blank). I then click upgrade and get the following message:
"ERROR 150: ROM UPGRADE UTILITY ERROR - This Rom utility is not designed for your device. Please get the proper ROM upgrade utility and try again"

I get the same error. Also, when I try to flash from the kitchen, it locks up my phone and I have to got to a computer running xp and flash back to the oem rom, then flash again. Only on vista with the updated WMDC.

I must be doing SOMETHING wrong, because I can't even get Windows Mobile Device Center to even RECOGNIZE my phone as a mobile device in Vista Business!!

I am running the latest Helmi_c WM6 Kitchen, and it works just fine with Windows XP and ActiveSync--it connects up, synchronizes, etc., no problems whatsoever.

I've uninstalled and RE-installed WMDC 6.1 a half dozen times, as well as v6.0, and have follows the online "Troubleshooter" on the MS site, but NOTHING seems to work . . . it will NOT be recognized as a "Mobile Device"--the best I can get is a "Microsoft Windows Mobile Remote Adapter", and that's it. It's starting to p*ss me off!

Anybody got any ideas?

Mine sometimes would only be recognized through bluetooth and not through the usb cable. For the kitchen, when you extracted all the files to one place look for the file that looks like a chef, kinda hard to see but right click on that, then "run as administrator" it has worked now 4 to 5 times now, as i have flashed my phone that many times with the helmi's kitchen and vista 32 bit

Re: Using the Kitchen and VISTA
 

Can't get through Vista as yet.