Topic: Cellphone Data Cable (Read 945 times)

shivpaul · « **Reply #240 on:** February 07, 2010, 08:01:00 AM »

Hi guys, I need some help.
I've got a CA-42 cable that i used to unbrick my seagate hard drive awhile back, and I'm now trying to use this to flash my lite-on drive.
i've got the cable connected to my pc, and I can do a loopback test with the rx & tx wires in hyperterminal, so i know its working on COM 3.
When i connect the xbox360 to my pc, with the via card, and I run jungleflasher, I can detect the liteon drive fine, but I'm not seeing the right COM port (COM3) showing up so i can't get the key.

Any idea what I'm doing wrong here?
I'm new to this, so please, any help would be great.
Thanks.

shivpaul · « **Reply #241 on:** February 07, 2010, 06:46:00 PM »

someone? anyone?

shivpaul · « **Reply #242 on:** February 08, 2010, 06:31:00 PM »

come on, some one must be able to assist

distort1 · « **Reply #243 on:** February 02, 2020, 08:23:00 PM »

try to change the COM port that is assigned to the ca-42 cable. Go into device manager/properties of the CA-42 cable and should be in there an option to select which COM port somewhere.

ultrao5 · « **Reply #244 on:** March 19, 2010, 02:33:00 PM »

Any update on this method? Is this still the easiest way to dump a liteon drive and also does this work on all the liteon drives? Thanks

coldNhomeless · « **Reply #245 on:** March 23, 2010, 11:04:00 AM »

I've got a CA-42 cable here and a lot of info thanks to this thread, but I need a little bit of assistance in taking a few extra steps...

I took apart a scosche voltage meter for a car, removed the wires, took the casing apart, and got the probe and circuit board with 3 lights on it. How can I wire these lights to work with the usb probe i'm making?

Since there are 3, i figured the taller one is for power, and the other two are for not-connected correct, and for confirmed connection. If it's not possible, no big deal, but I would like to rig this up!

Here is a couple pics of the 'probe'

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so how would i wire the CA-42 to this? Any help is greatly appreciated!!!

coldNhomeless · « **Reply #246 on:** March 23, 2010, 01:20:00 PM »

here's the same pic with my wtf?s on it. if someone could help me get this working that would be so awesome!

There was a lighter adapter attached to this with only two wires, both were black. I've labeled where exactly i pulled the wires from, and all the markings i found on the board itself, where the lights are located, and i just need to know where exactly to connect the CA-42 to get the lights and the probe working. I know it seems like a lot to ask, but hooking up lights is new to me-I understand I need the rx wire to be connected to the center probe/spear/metal pokey thing, but are the lights going to interfere? how can i get this to work?

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SilverRose · « **Reply #247 on:** June 17, 2010, 05:08:00 PM »

At the risk of resuscitating a 3 month old thread (Yes, I did search for newer threads, they all pointed to this one), I was wondering if any other serial type cables might work, say one for an old sidewinder game pad?

Any ideas or insight into that route would be great. Thanks!

gammmmes · « **Reply #248 on:** June 27, 2010, 09:17:00 PM »

i have this cable can i solder a needle to pin 10 and use it?

http://pinouts.ru/PD...25_pinout.shtml

FIGHT3R · « **Reply #249 on:** December 21, 2010, 09:30:00 AM »

Hi, will a nokia CA-101 cable work?

igotalobby · « **Reply #250 on:** January 18, 2011, 10:17:00 AM »

QUOTE(Datenshiz @ Feb 4 2009, 06:49 PM)

I was wondering if anyone tried dumping the Lite-On key using a cellular data cable? A couple of them do RS232 -> TTL conversion within the cable and some do USB -> RS232 -> TTL conversion. Earlier i bought a Nokia DKU-5 cable for this Solution for Seagate 7200.11 HDD and it worked fine. So in my mind dumping the key would be as easy as getting one of those cables, cut the wires. Then taking the RX cable and putting it on the TX point on the Lite-On drive? The Nokia DKU-5 Cable that i have does USB -> RS232 -> TTL and is powered by the USB port. It shows up as COM3 on my computer.

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Does this work on new 83850C v2 and 93450C liteon drives? thanks

turny · « **Reply #251 on:** January 18, 2011, 03:34:00 PM »

It only works with stock 74850C drive, as thats the only drive that presents uart at r707.

gogygaga · « **Reply #252 on:** February 14, 2011, 04:03:00 AM »

QUOTE(Datenshiz @ Feb 4 2009, 11:49 AM)

I was wondering if anyone tried dumping the Lite-On key using a cellular data cable? A couple of them do RS232 -> TTL conversion within the cable and some do USB -> RS232 -> TTL conversion. Earlier i bought a Nokia DKU-5 cable for this Solution for Seagate 7200.11 HDD and it worked fine. So in my mind dumping the key would be as easy as getting one of those cables, cut the wires. Then taking the RX cable and putting it on the TX point on the Lite-On drive? The Nokia DKU-5 Cable that i have does USB -> RS232 -> TTL and is powered by the USB port. It shows up as COM3 on my computer.

(IMG:http://www.fetgrek.com/xboxlite-on.jpg)

wht's about this, would it work? plus its extremely cheap for the job imma be using it for which is reading the 74850c freaking key...lol

http://cgi.ebay.com/RS232-USB-UART-TTL-Cab...=item3a63436537

http://cgi.ebay.com/USB-TTL-Converter-Modu...=item2ea85fb450

the one on the second link is cheaper , so which one u would advise me using my friend?

gogygaga · « **Reply #253 on:** February 14, 2011, 06:50:00 AM »

QUOTE(gogygaga @ Feb 14 2011, 05:03 AM)

wht's about this, would it work? plus its extremely cheap for the job imma be using it for which is reading the 74850c freaking key...lol

http://cgi.ebay.com/...=item3a63436537
http://cgi.ebay.com/...=item2ea85fb450
the one on the second link is cheaper , so which one u would advise me using my friend?

if it would work then the nest step to check with the vendor about where to get the right drivers for that usb module.

thx in advance tho.

Taken83oveR · « **Reply #254 on:** February 18, 2011, 10:15:00 PM »

QUOTE(Swarms @ Apr 4 2009, 01:26 AM)

I've been trying to follow this thread, and I appreciate the help, but I'm confused now.

Last 2 pictures: First I got the DKU-5 from the same link someone posted earlier off ebay. Those are the last 2 pictures. Inside was a whole bunch of epoxy that I did a terrible job of removing. I broke the wires, but the rx and tx are still connected. On the other hand, I don't see any chip inside that indicates this will do what I need it to do, it doesn't seem to look like the pictures others have posted. 1) Would the chip even work if it was still in good condition? 2) Would it work the way it is now, since some of the wires are cut?

First Three pictures: I bought the CA-42 simultaneously since I just assumed something like this would happen, and I found it on amazon for .99 so I figured why not. Again, it looks like there's no chip inside that will do what I need this to do, it looks like just a straight USB pass through. Can anyone confirm? Is that what's under the black circle on each of the cables? What is that? Ideally I'd like to use the CA-42 since it's in much better condition if it will work.

For anyone wondering, my drive is half-way open and detected just fine. (im doing this in Windows XP to prevent complications in my native os Windows 7 x64)

Sorry for the picture quality, but my camera is as good as my de-epoxification skills.

In case it helps the CA-42 SN is WTO48000317, rx is green, tx is white, gnd is blue. The DKU-5 I have managed to accidentally pull all of the wires out while typing this, so I don't know if it's salvageable now, but any info on that one is still appreciated inc ase the CA-42 is incompatible.

QUOTE(Swarms @ Apr 12 2009, 04:35 AM)

Just as an update to my previous post: Successfully flashed a liteon using the CA-42 cable in my pictures.

I bought it here - Amazon Link

Arrived in about 3 days, comes with mini-cd of drivers for WinXP.

Didn't solder, just chopped the end off the non-usb side, on mine green was Rx, wrapped the metal of the wire around a sewing needle, electrical taped it up good and tight, separated all the other wires and taped them up by themselves just to be safe.

Couldn't get it working in JungleFlasher but that could be my machine, but it worked flawlessly with dvdkey32 in cmd prompt.

I have this cable but it did not come with the mini-cd you mention. I have tried the drivers shared here (pl-2303). They seem to work, but all I ever get is "Serial Data is bad". When in realterm, if I touch my finger to the end of the RX or TX I get random characters. If I twist the wires together, then try to type something, nothing happens (I am not sure I am doing this right, because its as if I have not pressed any keys as nothing happens)

In Jungleflasher the cable shows up as Port 3 and is ready. I have simply looped the RX wire (green wire) around a safety pin and put it in R707. I am unsure if this is simply a driver issue, as all I ever get is "Serial Data is bad". I have took it apart and verified the green wire to be the RX wire. Any help with this CA-42 WTO48000317 cable would be appreciated.

Edit: For anyone wondering my drive is detected. The tray is half way open. I am doing this in Windows Xp to prevent complications. My native os is Windows 7 x64.

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