A56>C56 conversion

[kael]

mosquito_R
thank you for the help, info and data. I really appreciate it.
I've just bought a serial cable, as soon as it arrives I'll try to convert my lousy A56 in a magnificent C56


thanks again

webudo
gracias a ti tambien por la información.

saludos=gretings

kael

[mosquito_R]

Originally posted by c-tr0nad0r
Im making a lot of patches for the C56, this the first:

Apply this with V Klay

;Patch for Invert Screen Colors for C56 v.29

Thanks c-tr0nad0r! I just tried the invert colour patch and it worked! It's so cool, yet it was kinda funny looking at a black screen.

[rangasuman]

hi everyone,
thanks to all the forum members for posting so much valuable material. i successfully converted 2 A56 's to C56. i read from the gsm-forum http://forum.gsmhosting.com/vbb//sho...6&page=1&pp=15
that it is possible to extend the flex memory up to 1mb by removing unneccessary lang packs and t9 packs. i am not much of a patch creator. if any one could create a patch, and post it here that would be of great help. thanks

[seturner4]

Can somebody please send c56 flash? The original link on first page does not work, and the only flash is the c55 flash in the PDF file, which is not right. I have all the tools and have downloaded my phones (a56) flash and saved the 5 eeprom blocks. However, winsup32 fails at 62107 bytes everytime which I think is due to me using Freia to send c55 bootcore to phone instead of c56.

Thanks,
Scott

[mosquito_R]

Dude, do a search! Webudo has hosted the c56 f/w. Just look back a few replies in this very same thread.

As far as winsup32 or Freia, I guess you should use one or the other. I followed the Freia route, and it's worked out well for me many, many times. There should be a winsup32 tutorial on siemens-java.com, so you might wanna go there and take a look at the exact procedure.

Try your best not to mix up C55 and C56 stuff; it'll save you a lot of grief.

Other than that, have fun!

[seturner4]

Thanks, Mo' I found the links from Webudo. I think I am having XP problems. I have successfully read my A56 and saved the 5 blocks as *.eep. However, I cannot flash my A56 with C56 no matter which program I use, Winswup32, Freia, AllSiemens. Freia and Allsiemens get to writing the first block and after several minutes returns a message "invalid number of bytes written to com port". Winswup gets to writing 62107 and then stops with "unexpected termination of transmission" or something similar. I am using port 1, 9600,8,N,1 None on flow control(these are settings in XP). On Freia, I cannot choose slower than 57600.

[seturner4]

Ok, I have finagled this enough so that using Freia 15, I successfully flashed with C56.fls file and then unlocked. I know I need to paste in the 5 original eeprom blocks. However, when I turn phone on, it STILL has cingular logos and is still an A56! The flashing seems to be going ok, but doesn't show up on phone. When I flash using Freia, I am selecting C55, bootcore, and choosing the C56.fls file Webudo is hosting. Help!

[mosquito_R]

Originally posted by seturner4
Ok, I have finagled this enough so that using Freia 15, I successfully flashed with C56.fls file and then unlocked. I know I need to paste in the 5 original eeprom blocks. However, when I turn phone on, it STILL has cingular logos and is still an A56! The flashing seems to be going ok, but doesn't show up on phone. When I flash using Freia, I am selecting C55, bootcore, and choosing the C56.fls file Webudo is hosting. Help!

Did you put in the EEPROM blocks before turning the phone on?

Remember, you have to flash the phone with C56 fw, then put in the 5 blocks using EEPROM tools, then do unlocking. As for communication speed, why did you go so slow? I used 115200 as per instructions. When writing the flash, I chose "Firmware" in the Enter from where to start to write dialog box, again, as per instructions on the PDF.

Right now, just start from the top and try again. Maybe you want to use old Freia, or as it's called "AllSiemens". I've had no troubles working with that version.

Try again and let us know your results.

[seturner4]

At last! I got it all done and working. Basically, I had to go use my wife's xp home laptop, as my xp pro pc would never connect properly. Thanks to all! and good luck.

[mihali]

hello everybody! i have a question regarding the flash file.

i downloaded a flash file named "SIEMENS C56 LG1 V29 - 00800000.fls" from one of the links in this thread, but the file is over 8 megs in size. is this the correct flash file? can the phone's memory hold such a large file? can someone point me in the right direction for the flash file if this is not the correct one?

any help is appreciated.

thanks in advance,

mihali

[kael]

Success
Thanks to mosquito_R I've just converted my lousy A56 in the magnificent C56

I did NOT use the eeprom tool, just Freia

it seems to work perfectly, I didn't use the eeprom tool because it simply didn't work.
(after I pressed de init button and then the on button in the phone, the status changed to Getting Info and finally 2 secs later to Stopped!)
I guess that the problem is my serial cable (not USB) without an external power source, (as it sais is needed in the readme file of de "quick eeprom features" by Skylord, the same author of the Eeprom tool).

I first try to do it under Win XP PRO (Spanish version) but Freia refused to work properly so I did the conversion under Win 98 SE (Spanish version).

I still can't enable DES because of this problem with SkyLord programs

IS ENABLING DES REALLY NECESARY TO BROWSE THE PHONE?

hope this info can help anyone

Thanks again mosquito

greetingssssssssss

Kael

[mosquito_R]

Congratulations, Kael!

OK, DES is not necessary - if your phone is plagued with Aero Check, then you might want it. Bad thing about DES is that it will lock the functions of your quick keys. e.g. if I programmed "2" to be the phone number of my girlfriend, I could not change that one-touch key to any other phone number. Same thing applies for functions, e.g. Hide ID, etc. However, I don't know if it is because of this that sometimes using the Siemens Data Suite I have problems connecting the computer with cable to phone.

So you got away without using the EEPROM tool? I find that curious... however, I did mention previously that I used the 5 EEPROM blocks from another phone and it worked.

That's all for now.

Mosquito_R

[long69and]

Ok, first I have read through all of the posts like 9 times, and d/led every program like 2 times, I am looking for the full c56 flash could someone pm me about it or send me a link or something. thx I have just the stock a56 so I know I should do other things first but can I just flash the full c56 and it will work?

[mosquito_R]

If you've read through stuff like 9 times, then you should know that in addition to flashing with the C56 full flash you need to add your original EEPROM blocks and do unlocking, etc. If not it won't work!!!!

The full flash is located on the previous page, the C56.rar file. Extract it and you'll get the file. It should be like 8MB.

[c-tr0nad0r]

I adapt the patches of 1mb to the C56 v.29, i must post it in this forum, in this moment im translating the info to the English language (because i speak spanish!!)

I have the info in spanish in www.celu-la.com

I have too:

Digital Clock
Phonebook with 250contacts
Call Chronometer

and other good patches


In the next days i wil open a thread called "Siemens C56 Tuning", wait for this