[How-To] iNew V3 - no response after flashing

[vivixa]

Hi specialists,
I got the iNew V3 in the beginning of March. It was with firmware "inew_....V1.0.1"
While upgrading it to V1.0.4 using SP flash tools, I chose the download file option and it went well and also saw the green colored window at the end. After that my phone is not working or not even responding. Its a dead phone now. Is there any way to bring it back?

Thanks & regads,
vivixa

[MarcelMG]

The only rom thats works for me when my V3 is not responding (not even booting!!) is the INEW V3-C LeWa from needrom.com
But then the problem is that that is the ONLY Rom that works. I just had a minor success by flashing official 1.04 through CWM with a update.zip. This gave me a booting V3, it booted normally, then even started, saw the starfish picture, asked for PIN for SIM etc, but keeps booting. Sometimes afert 10 seconds, sometimes after 3. But keeps rebooting.
So vivixa, try the LEWA rom and flash with the latest SP Flashtools. And then find the video on youtube on how to change the language to other than Chinese.

[vivixa]

Thanks for the responsse. I can do that but the major issue is with regards the identification of the phone by the computer. My computer, which has Windows-7 64bit, is not dedecting it. Even I was not successful in installing the USB drivers etc.
I am loosing hope.

[MarcelMG]

Thanks for the responsse. I can do that but the major issue is with regards the identification of the phone by the computer. My computer, which has Windows-7 64bit, is not dedecting it. Even I was not successful in installing the USB drivers etc.
I am loosing hope.

There is hope.
OK, finally I have been able to flash another rom than the LEWA rom and get the telephone to work as normal.
With the tips from Clevertech and Caspar: replaced the preloader file with the one in the 1.04 LEWA Rom.
I took the 1.03 stock firmware. Big problem then was that both sims were recognized but had an invalid IMEI.
But I had made an imei backup with Mobile Uncle Tools (learned the hard way that you need to backup your imei with MobileUncleTool)
After restoring the imei my telephone works fine again.
Now I am going to make a CWM backup and then experiment a bit more.

In the firmware section there are links to all kind of tools, drivers etc. Keep trying, one will let you connect. The PDANet drivers/tool works fine for me.
Needrom also has lots of tools there. Register and start downloading!

[nunytes]

In my case it only worked (win 7 64bit) with something like "drivers auto installer". Did you try these?