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Re: Windows Mobile 6.5.5 Time bomb or activation fix!

what rom?

as far as i know the only current tp1 roms that has this issue are the nfsfan rom (1.04) and juicy 8 (removed from the site because of the time bomb issue).

there is a more recent nfsfan rom (1.05) that i am currently running that does not have this issue.

it may be worth it to upgrade to a more recent rom.

Re: Windows Mobile 6.5.5 Time bomb or activation fix!

I'm using raidzero's ROM in this thread:
forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=99037

Re: Windows Mobile 6.5.5 Time bomb or activation fix!

interesting:

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Originally Posted by mdiaz33685

thanks RZ... for your great outstanding work...

I installed the 2.5 release last night,
this morning at work.. it said it will expire on 5-2010,, then a hour or so later,,,
it expired... had to reset using hardware keys. so i can use my phone now...

everything is working great, . texts are fine, just a small lag..

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Originally Posted by raidzero

.... it timebombed? wtf.. lol that is unexpected. I *DO* test these things before I release lol and I never saw any timebomb stuff. I am gonna say maybe that was a result of not flashing to stock first (which I never do, by the way) or not hard resetting after flashing.

I am just not getting this whole "final release" thing am I? hahah

anyway I am glad it is working for you now :smile:

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Originally Posted by nsauceda35

You can try deleting this key [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Shell\Device Beta] from your phone registry, if it exists. Maybe that will help. Dont forget to soft reset your phone if you delete it.

so you can try what they suggest. i would make note of this in his thread too, just so he knows about this issue. you look like the third or so person with the problem.

if you can not get it to work without the timebomb, you may need to switch to a new rom.

Re: Windows Mobile 6.5.5 Time bomb or activation fix!

Wow, I didn't know it was such an isolated issue. Thanks for the great help, hamagc!

Re: Windows Mobile 6.5.5 Time bomb or activation fix!

not a problem. i hope you find an easy solution!

Re: Windows Mobile 6.5.5 Time bomb or activation fix!

Any ideas what to do after it timebombs? I'm in the situation now and the phone won't come up in activesync to flash...

Re: Windows Mobile 6.5.5 Time bomb or activation fix!

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Originally Posted by phoenixweasel (Post 1729256)

Any ideas what to do after it timebombs? I'm in the situation now and the phone won't come up in activesync to flash...

Put your phone into bootloader mode. To do that, hold down the power button and volume down button. While holding them, soft-reset (if your phone is off, then hold both buttons while turning it on). Continue holding both buttons and in a few seconds you will see the multi-colored screen.
The bootloader screen will say "Serial" at the bottom. Connect your USB cable to your computer. It will change to "USB". This doesn't connect to activesync so don't worry.
Run the ROM Update Utility and flash a different ROM.

Re: Windows Mobile 6.5.5 Time bomb or activation fix!

Yea, I flashed to Vetvito's ROM from Raidzero's rom last night. Despite assurances, the shell32.exe in that rom wasn't patched to avoid the beta expiration, and died on 4/30. If there's no attempt to fix the Baseline rom (I doubt there will be) someone lock that thread in the next week or so.

Re: Windows Mobile 6.5.5 Time bomb or activation fix!

Well, I'm happy to report that Shwinn's patched shell did the trick! I'm thinking the notification reappeared because I made it snooze for a day prior to using the patch. When I hit "Dismiss" after the notification came up following the patch, I never saw it anymore, and my Touch Pro continues to work with Raidzero's ROM. Unfortunately, I see others in the Raidzero thread that didn't apply the patch and now they are dead in the water. Of course, the registry change for the notification may have fixed it as well. I made sure to try all suggestions to avoid this problem. Something worked!

Re: Windows Mobile 6.5.5 Time bomb or activation fix!

I'm having the same problem, my Touch Pro has already locked up and displaying "this concludes the beta test of this software release..."

I'm running nfsfan's WM6.5.3 v1.04 TP ROM. Problem is I don't want to re-image with a newer ROM until I grab the txt msgs off this ROM, have some important ones in there that I need to keep. Anyone have ideas?