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***URGENT*** - looping after updating the spl, please help, please

hi there
this was my g1's stats
Drea110 pvt 32b
Hspl10.95.3000
Cpld-4
Radio-1.22.12.29
Oct 20 2008
and then iv successfully updated the radio to
Drea110 pvt 32b
Hspl10.95.3000
Cpld-4
Radio-1.22.12.29 --> radio-2.22.19.261
Oct 20 2008
then i deleted the update file of radio from my microsd and then added the spl files into the microsd and renamed it to update
then turning on the phone with home+power and then alt+S, the yellow bar loaded half way and then restarted the phone and started looping
please help if anyone could, please, its urgent

it should not have caused you any problems. Try wiping your phone.

do u mind telling in which part i need to do a wipe?
before updating spl or do i need to do a wipe before updating the radio?

you don't need to wipe with either one
You can flash the radio and the SPL without wiping, you just have to reflash your ROM of choice AFTER the SPL. The SPL will flash and then reboot similar to flashing a radio, and then will hang. Then you insert an SD card with an update.zip of your ROM of choice (from the same family if you plan to do this stuff without wiping), reboot in recovery mode and flash the update. This has been covered MANY, MANY times in the threads dedicated to the new SPL.

after NOT updating the spl, i had no other choices but toput the latest htc rom into the microsd card and renamed it to update.zip and plug it back into the phone and started the home+power function and did a wipe (it reboots after i did the wipe) and then clicked alt+s and the it started updating
and at the end, it restarted and took a long time at the G1 logo...finally it went into HTC!!!
i think it was really a fluke....but to be honest, i think iv skipped the updating spl thingy...im wondering if there would be any problems or not....
if haykuro sees my post, i hope that he could give me some suggestions or opinion about this incident...
thanks in advance
o yeah, and thanks to the person who replied my post too
thanks alot

zgmf-x322a said:
hi there
this was my g1's stats
Drea110 pvt 32b
Hspl10.95.3000
Cpld-4
Radio-1.22.12.29
Oct 20 2008
and then iv successfully updated the radio to
Drea110 pvt 32b
Hspl10.95.3000
Cpld-4
Radio-1.22.12.29 --> radio-2.22.19.261
Oct 20 2008
then i deleted the update file of radio from my microsd and then added the spl files into the microsd and renamed it to update
then turning on the phone with home+power and then alt+S, the yellow bar loaded half way and then restarted the phone and started looping
please help if anyone could, please, its urgent
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READ this entire thread... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=517595
hope that it helps you understand...
peace

zgmf-x322a said:
after NOT updating the spl, i had no other choices but toput the latest htc rom into the microsd card and renamed it to update.zip and plug it back into the phone and started the home+power function and did a wipe (it reboots after i did the wipe) and then clicked alt+s and the it started updating
and at the end, it restarted and took a long time at the G1 logo...finally it went into HTC!!!
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If you loaded the latest HTC build (6.0r1) successfully, then you were successful with the SPL also. You can't load 6.0 without first loading that SPL or else your system partition simply won't be large enough for the ROM (at least that's my understanding). And yes, when I loaded Haykuro's 6.0 ROM (without wiping by the way), it took a very SCARY long time to boot up the first time, on both the splash screen and the HTC screen.

or maybe it did update and you havent checked to see????
that would be the first thing id try.... go back to bootloader and see if you have the version info for the new SPL or if its still the same as your old SPL... but honestly if you have haykuro 6.0 on your phone then it worked... or your phone would be slow as mud (if you somehow installed it without the SPL but im pretty sure it checks) since youd have like 20mb free on a fresh flash

damned dbl post

hey guys, im so sorry about the fuss but i cant help without asking the professionals out here...
im really a newbie around this area....please help out if possible
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when i pressed camera+power
it went into the 3 skateboarders...
the stuff shows at the top was:
Dream pvt 32b eng s-off
Hboot-1.33.2005 (drea11000)
Cpld-4
Radio-2.22.19.261
Apr 20 2009, 15:30:43
does this mean i have the latest radio and spl?
thanks all who've helped

zgmf-x322a said:
hey guys, im so sorry about the fuss but i cant help without asking the professionals out here...
im really a newbie around this area....please help out if possible
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when i pressed camera+power
it went into the 3 skateboarders...
the stuff shows at the top was:
Dream pvt 32b eng s-off
Hboot-1.33.2005 (drea11000)
Cpld-4
Radio-2.22.19.261
Apr 20 2009, 15:30:43
does this mean i have the latest radio and spl?
thanks all who've helped
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Does that match what it said it shuld in the thread you got it from?
I think you answered your own question.

yes, you could have compared that info to the info in the first post of the thread about this SPL, maaaaaybe since they match you flashed succesfully.... but just a thought...
SPL's arent large at all and take no time to flash.... buuuuuut its just about the only way you'll pseudo brick (not technically bricked just unfixable ATM) your phone

t1h5ta3 said:
Does that match what it said it shuld in the thread you got it from?
I think you answered your own question.
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lol, us assholes think very simialrly

thanks so much for the help guys and i know it is really a fuss to talk to newbies but i appreciate the help

zgmf-x322a said:
thanks so much for the help guys and i know it is really a fuss to talk to newbies but i appreciate the help
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yha, and its a fuss to try to read ANY THING? come on, this has been re hashed over and over and over in almost every thread on the first page.

Non Newb w/ a newbie question =)

I fell off the face of the planet when it comes to updating my phone. I followed directions a long time ago to convert my mytouch 32a to a 32b device and also downgraded the spl (i believe thats what it was)
My question is:
Im looking to put another rom on here, this isnt as easy as it was w/ the g1 i had used for a while.
Im wondering how to properly flash this rom to my phone. Do i just do a normal wipe and flash?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=575501
im very familiar w/ adb and commands, just let me know the proper process needed and that should do it really. Just dont want to brick my phone due to something i SHOULDNT have did (something with the spl not being right, if i remember im on the 2005 that was needed due to the unrootable spl that was shipped w/ the phone, goldcard method).
***EDIT***
forgot to mention clearly that i am running cyanogens last rom right before googles butt in.
If this steps on anyones toes, sorry.

If your just trying to update the rom, do a wipe then update the rom, not gonna brick it unless your doing spl... be sure to nandroid before...

what spl do you have right now? haykuros 1.33.2005? what rom do you want to flash?

Ohh and it is much easier than when I first did it with the G1.. so relax, take your time, look at what rom you need, research the recovery rom as you didnt mention it.

to tell what spl you just boot the phone with power and back then read from the top

scrufy said:
to tell what spl you just boot the phone with power and back then read from the top
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im using the 2005 haykuro i believe, the one that you used through tutorials to get rid of the unrootable spl. I am using the RAv1.2.1g recovery.
the whole "wiping and flashing" isnt a problem with a nadroid backup. Only thing confusing me is this 32a and 32b. Since i "converted" im confused as to how dedicated these for functionality.

well when you boot into fastboot what pvt board does it say? i would ask around because i didnt know you could change pvt boards...this could either be a BIG THING or it couldnt matter...

oshizzle1991 said:
well when you boot into fastboot what pvt board does it say? i would ask around because i didnt know you could change pvt boards...this could either be a BIG THING or it couldnt matter...
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exactly why i created the thread
im currently running the sapphire pvt 32b
hboot-1.33.2005
radio is 2.22.19.261

Trying to downgrade to 1.5 and getting 'Model ID Incorrect'

Hi all
Using instructions from here:
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php/Full_Update_Guide_-_MT3G/Magic_Firmware_to_CyanogenMod
To downgrade my Vodafone UK 32B Magic from 1.6 to 1.5 but after trying to HBOOT with the SAPPIMG.nbh provided, it gets so far then fails saying 'Model ID Incorrect'.
What am I doing wrong?
Thanks in advance

Do u formatt your sdcard in FAT32 full mod? Not quick format!

fabioccoelho said:
Do u formatt your sdcard in FAT32 full mod? Not quick format!
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Yes I did. And just to be certain i've just done it again and I get the same error. It looks like it is doing it, then it says something like 'Checking signature' then the error comes up.

Do you put the sappimg.nbh in root of sdcard? Not in folder.

Yes, it finds the file. It is the only file on my SD card, not in a folder. It asks if I want to continue. Blue progress bar appears in the top right of the screen, it goes all the way (takes about 1-2 mins) then the message 'Model ID Incorrect' appears.

Man... try this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=547133

Hmmm. The reason I went to for http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php/Full_Update_Guide_-_MT3G/Magic_Firmware_to_CyanogenMod as a set of instructions is it was all on one page, looked fairly simple and it was recommended by someone with the same phone as me.
The other link looks complicated and I haven't got a clue what it does.

Maybe you need create a Goldcard, and the other link can help you make this.
I think. It´s a tip.

Anyone got any further on how to downgrade 1.6 to 1.5 on a Vodafone 32B Magic without using the Goldcard method?

I'm suffering the same problem, is this problem documented anywhere else and apart from the GoldCard method are there any other solutions?

Hey guys I'm new to this android hacking scene but I've finally managed to do it after doing near enough everything the wrong way lol
I am also using the vodafone 32b UK phone (well its my sisters really ) and I also used the same 'CyanogenMod' guide to do what I wanted (root/custom roms at last!)
Before i go any further though... are you all wanting to downgrade to simply install custom roms etc.. or is it for different reasons?
If its for different reasons then I have no idea on how to downgrade but for the other thing then I can probably help you out! I won't waste my time typing it out yet though if its not what is needed..

Hi, yes I want to downgrade so I can install custom ROMs.

I too had this problem with a Vodafone UK 32B Magic trying the "Downgrading from 1.6 TO 1.5 and Rooting for T-Mobile MT3G" method.
But when I tried the alternative "Non-TMobile 32B Magics" method at that link, in other words using the Android SDK & fastboot to boot the cm-recovery-1.4, that worked like a dream.
So I didn't need to go the goldcard route.

This is good news sandersw.
Where is the easiest step by step for the method you suggest?

sandersw said:
I too had this problem with a Vodafone UK 32B Magic trying the "Downgrading from 1.6 TO 1.5 and Rooting for T-Mobile MT3G" method.
But when I tried the alternative "Non-TMobile 32B Magics" method at that link, in other words using the Android SDK & fastboot to boot the cm-recovery-1.4, that worked like a dream.
So I didn't need to go the goldcard route.
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Brilliant news!

I tried "Non-TMobile 32B Magics" and at Installation: (5) it wrote fastboot remote: not allow . suggestion? please
I have
SAPPHIRE unknown 32B SHIP S-ON G
HBOOT- 1.33.0007 (SAPP10000)
CPLD-10
RADIO- 2.22.19.26I
JUL 31 2009, 15:49:25

Semi-Bricked Phone

Hi, So I am new to this forum and have been reading all of the post and looking around google like crazy. Still can't find the source to my problemo.
I successfully downgraded my mytouch to cupcake, no problemo there.
Now I have been trying to put a rom from Cyanogen on the phone. I successfully put a 1.6 donut on my phone but kept getting a google.apps error and had some serious FC problems.
So, I unrooted, re rooted, and partioned my sd card.
Since then I have not gotten a cyanogenmod to work for me at all.
So, today, I have been trying to use cyanogen recently updated mod (4.2.14.1) no success mytouch seems to reject it.
looked around and saw that I needed to add HTC's DRC83base.
Tried that before adding the rom, got a error during installation saying the file was corrupt.
Now, I am just going to root it back down to cupcake and try again.
anyone got any ideas as to what I can do once I get it down to cupcake.
Also, I am running a 32B, if that matters.
and to think this all started cause I wanted a metamorph theme on my phone, ha.

this is not a "brick" issue, you're just making rookie mistakes in the flashing process.
i'm happy to help if i can but you'll need to provide so more info. can you fastboot (back+power) and tell us your details. can you also tell us what recovery you're using and most importantly can you ensure the integrity of the files you're trying to use by checking the md5 sums.

dp!!!!!!!!!!

ha, rookie mistakes...indeed.
details from fastboot:
sapphire pvt 32b ship s-on g
hboot-1.33.0006 (sapp30000)
cpld-10
radio-2.22.19.261
may 27,2009,19:06:41
i was using cyanogen's recovery image 1.4.img (but i am re-downgrading to cupcake and the recovery image will be the recovery-RA-dream-v1.2.3.img)
also, since i am downgrading to 1.5 will I have to check the integrity of the files? (i'll still do it, just checking to see if it's neccessary)

is there a more up to date 32B recovery than that? get 1.5.3.G from here instead: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=530492&highlight=recovery
apply that and we'll go from there...
edit: sorry, yeah you don't need to check everything (though i'd be checking stuff like recoveries...) but it does help to rule out file integrity as the cause for your problems...

ok, so I am downloading the recovery image from the link you gave me (thanks btw) and have begun flashing it as i type.
so far, so good.

Hey, so I wanted to let you know that I totally fixed my phone all cause of you!!!
Thank you so much!
I successfully re-flashed, re-rooted, amd re installed a donut version of dwang (i just gave up on using cyanogen's roms) and I have a fully rooted not bricked phone!

RUU USB boot screen

Hi,
I thought id flash my 32b with the latest rom today, so i downloaded it off here (said it was for a 32b) and flashed my phone...
1: its not for a 32b its for a 32a
2: its now stuck in RUU USB mode
3: i can communicate to it with fastboot but can not load a recovery file as it just hangs where it should have rebooted into the recovery image,
4: its using 1.76.0009 spl which is a perfect one.
5: PLEASE does anyone know how i might be able to UN-Brick my phone ?
6: I cant make a gold card as i can't get the CID for my SD card
PLEASE HELP

EDIT: There is an update on HTCs UK site. Just download and install that and you should be fine.

thanks for the reply,
Unfortunately im from NZL and my serial number doesnt work
and my phone is a 32b and that update is for a 32a

Used Haret to get CID
I also bricked my Magic yesterday, using an official RUU.exe. And I had the same problem in obtaining the CID, but luckily I could get around it as follows:
I still have an old HTC Touch Cruise (aka Polaris 100) and installed an Android version which booted from Haret. Once it was running I could obtain a terminal window and do a cat for the CID file. I tried to access it via ADB, but that did not succeed.
There are several distributions described in the Polaris forums, your mileage might vary with other models.
So if you know somebody with an HTC phone (WM) try to find an Android distribution for it, put it on your SD card and run haret. It is non-destructive and allows you to read the CID. After obtaining the CID, I reformatted the SD card and folowed the instructions here: Create gold card.
After inserting the Gold card, I could continue the RUU update and now I have a Magic with HTC Sense.

thanks for that, im glad to see im not alone, im trying to find a program for linux / mac / windows which will give me my CID for my SD card but can't find one anywhere
When you put the goldcard in and turned your phone on it boot from it automatically ?

gymmy said:
thanks for that, im glad to see im not alone, im trying to find a program for linux / mac / windows which will give me my CID for my SD card but can't find one anywhere
When you put the goldcard in and turned your phone on it boot from it automatically ?
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If u have a nokia hacked can use the ReadCID aplications.

thanks i have found a friend with a touch HD on android so i am going to get that tomorrow and make up a gold card ,... Ill report back with the results.
Thanks to everyone for your help todate

gymmy said:
thanks i have found a friend with a touch HD on android so i am going to get that tomorrow and make up a gold card ,... Ill report back with the results.
Thanks to everyone for your help todate
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hello, I had the same problem with the help of my colleagues from the Bulgarian, I fixed it without gold for cadets karta.Chek you just made the phone had such a site where you are setting up your serial number and go to where it e.sled enter the site and the HTC looking for old phone si.Download to update it if you go with the serial number if you do not poke around the net, Russians are brothers powwow original RUU, most important is to find for your original RUU telefon.Shtom find it, you put the USB cable and it puskash.This of me I hope I helped you

Wait... how did you manage to install a RUU for 32A on a 32B without goldcard?

sindrefyrn said:
Wait... how did you manage to install a RUU for 32A on a 32B without goldcard?
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my platform is 32A end I dont creat cold card just a original RUU from HTC sait
my phone is TIM brandet and i download TIM RUU and my phone downupgade then

Just an update to how the recovery is going
Well i created a goldcard which has fixed my issue with the Custom ID check and i have managed to Down grade my hboot to 1.76.0008 and my radio phone is still having a personalliy issue and thinks its a 32a and its NOT !! when it gets to unzipping the system it just hangs there, in fact it sits there all day until the battery dies and indicator doesnt shift on phone from 0 so with the RUU it makes it to 81% if i can get a sappimg for a 32b which desent flash the system but only the radio and hboot would be great (I think) , issue is that when i try and make one, it comes up with Signature Verfiy Fail
HELP

Not even 32A users can downgrade 1.76.0008 right now except for the SU edition, which you cannot boot. You have a brick.

The same problem
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlH_yhgRiwo

I have found a way around that im now working again, its all about the order that things get flashed to your phone.
I found an RUU that flashed everything 1st apart from the rom which is flashed last. As long as you have a gold card you can do this.
When it gets to flashing the system over its crashes... thats ok, take the battery out of your phone and reflash, your 32a s-on H becomes a 32b s-on H and then the system will flash over ok.
So... I have a skitzo phone at the moment with a saudi rom on it, but at least its working... HOW EVER.... these bloody alarms keep waking me up to do my prays hahahaa i thought that was kinda funny...
SO... now i just need to copy a sappimg onto my gold card and flash off that which ill do tonight
Ill give a full detailed HOWTO with links to the files once im back to normal.
Its taken me about 3 full days and about 3gig of downloads to get this sorted. If you dont have a gold card then your SCREWED... well not totally you need to get another phone eg android or a windows mobile 6.5 with eaRET on it works also

gymmy said:
I have found a way around that im now working again, its all about the order that things get flashed to your phone.
I found an RUU that flashed everything 1st apart from the rom which is flashed last. As long as you have a gold card you can do this.
Here's why I thought you had a definite brick:
When it gets to flashing the system over its crashes... that's ok, take the battery out of your phone and reflash, your 32a s-on H becomes a 32b s-on H and then the system will flash over ok.
So... I have a skitzo phone at the moment with a saudi rom on it, but at least its working... HOW EVER.... these bloody alarms keep waking me up to do my prays hahahaa i thought that was kinda funny...
SO... now i just need to copy a sappimg onto my gold card and flash off that which ill do tonight
Ill give a full detailed HOWTO with links to the files once im back to normal.
Its taken me about 3 full days and about 3gig of downloads to get this sorted. If you dont have a gold card then your SCREWED... well not totally you need to get another phone eg android or a windows mobile 6.5 with eaRET on it works also
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Now I am very curious. Where did you get this RUU? I still don't see how you fixed it. I'm looking forward to seeing you detail this.
The new RUUs come in 2 zip files - the first with the radio and hboot and the other with the rest of the files. You can rename them as sappimg.zip to try to flash them from RUU, since they are signed by HTC.
However, as far as I know those RUUs are for 32A only. If you had HBOOT 1.76.0008, 0009 or 0010, you can not flash a lower version ROM even with a gold card. The SPL/HBOOT and radio combination actually seems to work on the 32B. However, you would need to be able to boot to a custom recovery somehow to do anything special. The system.img on the 32A RUUs I thought were too big for 32B. So if you were able to flash you must have had enough space on the 32B and I was wrong. I wonder why people are getting stuck though.
The reason I called a brick is because the only available 32B HBOOT have lower ROM version strings (2.x series ROM) than the 32A RUUs (3.x series ROM version string). I still don't know if 32A RUUs actually work on 32B.
You can flash the 3.05 series SPLs all you want, but they are all perfected. The only other option for the 32A Magic was booting to the leaked 3.04 ROM with SU in the system image, but you would not be able to flash that. So are you saying that it actually works?
Anyways please report back

xaueious said:
Now I am very curious. Where did you get this RUU? I still don't see how you fixed it. I'm looking forward to seeing you detail this.
The new RUUs come in 2 zip files - the first with the radio and hboot and the other with the rest of the files. You can rename them as sappimg.zip to try to flash them from RUU, since they are signed by HTC.
However, as far as I know those RUUs are for 32A only. If you had HBOOT 1.76.0008, 0009 or 0010, you can not flash a lower version ROM even with a gold card. The SPL/HBOOT and radio combination actually seems to work on the 32B. However, you would need to be able to boot to a custom recovery somehow to do anything special. The system.img on the 32A RUUs I thought were too big for 32B. So if you were able to flash you must have had enough space on the 32B and I was wrong. I wonder why people are getting stuck though.
The reason I called a brick is because the only available 32B HBOOT have lower ROM version strings (2.x series ROM) than the 32A RUUs (3.x series ROM version string). I still don't know if 32A RUUs actually work on 32B.
You can flash the 3.05 series SPLs all you want, but they are all perfected. The only other option for the 32A Magic was booting to the leaked 3.04 ROM with SU in the system image, but you would not be able to flash that. So are you saying that it actually works?
Anyways please report back
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No they dont work and hence why it bricked the phone, the good part is that it never flashed the rom so I was sweet with getting the phone back. Prior to flashing it was 32b 1.33.0010 eng s-off G, then 32a 1.33.0009 s-on H and now is a 32b 1.33.0010 s-on H... rom is 2.56.??.? which ill have to look up later when im back home either way its gone from a 32b to a 32a stuck in RUU USB (due to not enough room to flash the rom) back to a 32b which works just is all arabic.
With the GOLD card it allowed me to flash a different Custom ID on to my phone, replaced the Radio and SPL and which then changed the phone from 32a to 32b, I even reversed it and did it again to makesure it wasnt a fluke and it wasnt. if it wasnt for the fact that the order of the flashing occured the way i did i wouldnt have been able to fix it as it would tried and flash the SYSTEM b4 it would flash everything else which would make it hang !
As soon as ive rooted the current rom (which is harder than i expected due to the rom version) ill do a write up on how to fix it as there are a few steps inbetween.
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Wait so you never flashed 1.76.x did you. You just had 1.33.0009 and you typed it wrong in your first post?
If so we don't need a walk through for that. The one at unlocker.net would have served you perfectly.

what walk through was that, ill re 32a it again and ill let you know that it was.

just an update ,
Yes it was spl 1.76.0009
i have since flashed the phone with 2.56.494.7 and now have to wait until someone gets a rooted version of this rom or releases a later gold card version of sappimg.nbh or sappimg.zip to cut a long story short this is what happened.
1: flashed a Sence-IU for a 32b (but it wasnt it was for a 32a)
2: ended up with 1.76.0009 and the radio which goes along with it.
3: now reads 32a s-on H
4: made a goldcard
5: had to flash with 2.56.494.7
6: first flash of this rom replaced the SPL with 1.33.0010 (perfected)
7: screen now reads 32b s-on H
8: rom failed to flash
9: re-run the update of 2.56.494.7 and the phone flashes and reboots
10: cant root the phone until a newer version of sappimg.nbh is released
11: can use the phone but the arab applications dont allow the market
12: now its a waiting game.
Hope this helps others with bricked phone... If i had to do this again i wouldnt have flashed the 2nd time with 2.56.494.7 but instead a different RUU for the 32B this would have ment i would have been able to root the phone... Live and lean !
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I have used the guides in this post to fix a friend's 32B Magic, which he had flashed with an RUU for 32A Magic. It works just fine.