SX56 dead plz help

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Hi, I recently got a brand new Siemens SX56 from ebay. It was never upgraded to firmware. I took the task of upgrading this but something happened that killed the process. Now the device is stuck at this mode even after doing a reset.

My steps were, I updated Active Sync to 3.7.1 (the latest version) The device is happily communicating with my pc.

Then started the upgrade and the screen says "upgrading will take 5 minutes, do not remove device or uplug power...during upgrade process..etc"

The program says it encountered an error during the upgrade and basically stopped the process. I knew this was bad. The instructions told me to uplug the device from the usb cable, do a normal reset, plug usb cable back in, and then retry the upgrade utility.

It won't because no active sync can't see my device because the screen is stuck on that "upgrading takes 5 minutes screen"

Is this device basically dead? Please help. This was a clear upgrade process and clearly the process got an error.
 
Hello gybanez,
I had the same problem and was able resolve the problem.
You have two options:
1. you can send it to me and I will do it for free.
or
2. buy these:
a. MMC card (at least 64 mb)
b. buy a Card Reader/writer that supports MMC
c. go to www.xda-developers.com and download "XDA-developers-SER-v12"
d. extract the ROM from XDA-Developers-ser-v12 (.nbf file).
e. also download XDA-TOOLS (used to copy the .nbf file extracted to
your new MMC card on the Card reader/writer.
f. now insert the MMC card into your sx56 press reset and power button
at the same time and it should take you to a screen which asks you
to press "action button" to download and once done do a cold reset.

This should do the trick and afterwards if you want to upgrade and or
customize it go to http://lumpistefan.dyndns.org/ great site.

PS: If anyone wants to correct/add to this please feel free.

Regards, JOHNNY.
 
Thanks verse, the fix worked perfectly when my SX56 froze up during a ROM upgrade. Pressing power + reset by itself brings up a test screen that's also useful for diagnosing hardware problems of different sorts.
 
this is the very exact problem that I have encountered... i have checked several forums for quite a few hours to get this solution...

I could have just bought the unlocking code on Ebay if I knew I have to go through all this... though I should say it's worth the adventure... another learning by the end of the day...

but then again I was wondering... after all has been completed...

would i be able to use my AT&T -Vodaphone locked Siemens SX56 with any other network or sim card or this is mainly for upgrades??? just wondering...

By the way... another thing is... Why is ActiveSync 4.5 not working with Windows Vista Home Basic at all??? no matter how I try to get it synchronized... it won't work...


Jeff

PS. BTW Johnny... that's a really big favor you did to have everything done on a step-to-step basis.... Thank you!
 
@ DVOVIRTUALTECH If U need to unlock Ur phone just send me IMEI and I'll send U unlock code (VIA pm)
 
Hello!
I have a telephone Siemem SX56 locked network. I want to unlock it. You can help me?
 
Of course Yes Post your request here - http://forum.gsmhosting.com/vbb/showthread.php?t=576278&page=26
 
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