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[HOW TO] Getting OTA updates working again...

Hi guys,
I've searched the forums and I can't find a solution for a problem I'm having. I have successfully rooted and played around with different flavors of Hero ROM's and optimized kernels. But, I would like to revert back to the original Vodafone UK ROM (I have a nandroid backup of it, done right after rooting the device). I have restored the ROM but for some reason, OTA updates never install. The ROM I have backup'ed is CRB17 and I know the latest is CRC1. Using the System updates menu in Android, I download the update, but it doesn't install, it says that I need to reboot, which I do and nothing happens.
How can I get the original unrooted: HBOOT-1.33.0004 (SAPP10000) : Sapphire PVT 32B SHIP S-ON G : CPLD-10 (Voldafone NL + UK + Australia)? I have a friend that hasn't rooted his Magic, how can I get his SPL?
So far, what I've done:
- installed Engineering SPL HBOOT-1.33.2004 Signed update.zip and restored the original recovery for Sapphire that Haykuro has around (when I nandroided my original ROM, I had already put in the Cyanogen's recovery tool...) - OTA doesn't work.
- installed Modded HBOOT-1.33.2004 by Crios Signed update.zip and restored the original recovery for Sapphire that Haykuro has around - OTA doesn't work.
Another thing I noticed is that although people say that with Crios SPL, I should be able to do the OTA updates, I can't!
Also, the SPL description says "Sapphire PVT 32B SHIP S-OFF H : CPLD-10", and my original description should be "Sapphire PVT 32B SHIP S-ON G : CPLD-10".
Has anyone been able to make OTA updates working again?
Thanks for your help in this matter, I feel like I've tested everything :\
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EDIT:
OK guys, just got my OTA updates back. You should thank RubenFreitas for the dump of his "virgin" HTC Magic Vodafone UK. This is a 32B device, unrooted, which means you can do OTA's again.
How to restore your device to OTA abilities:
- first you need to put Crios SPL (2004/2005) with S-OFF on your device. (look for instructions on the forum, search for "magic hboot spl").
- fastboot into Amon_RA recovery tool. (fastboot boot recovery.img)
- make a backup of your current rom (don't worry, this is just for getting the file structure into the sdcard).
- After it finishes, reboot your device and mount your sdcard.
- In your sdcard, you'll find a "nandroid" folder, open it, until you see boot.img, etc.
- replace the files with the ones on the file here: www.dymsoft.com/rubenfreitas_Vodafone_UK_ORIGINAL.zip
- fastboot again into Amon_RA recovery tool
- recover your backup (which will now be the original ROM from vodafone).
- reboot and enjoy your OTA again
If for any reason, nandroid restoring doesn't work (your phone does not boot after 15 minutes), you can restore the backup manually in fastboot mode:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot flash userdata data.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot reboot

I have exactly the same question!

Just 1 question, why do you desperately want OTA updates?
I mean anything we get on here is likely to be one step ahead of any update our carriers give us, even if we do miss out on something good when it's sent out someone will pick it up on here pretty quickly and pull it apart to make sure we dont miss out.
Just my thoughts, I really wouldn't worry.

It's just the idea that I can't get my device working for 100% again that makes me crazy

Going back to the standard rom is hardly working 100% ..

xyzulu said:
Going back to the standard rom is hardly working 100% ..
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Smartass ... but still nothing on how to fix this?

Roy_Drage said:
Just 1 question, why do you desperately want OTA updates?
I mean anything we get on here is likely to be one step ahead of any update our carriers give us, even if we do miss out on something good when it's sent out someone will pick it up on here pretty quickly and pull it apart to make sure we dont miss out.
Just my thoughts, I really wouldn't worry.
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The only reason I want OTA working again is for getting "Donut" update automatically when it comes out, rather than having to wait for it to be available here.
From what I can gather, we can only have OTA if the Magic is unrooted, am I right? According to Crios posts, I should be able to do the OTA updates, but his SPL is for HTC devices, and I have a Google one, although it works fine on my Google. Just the OTA doesn't work.
Anyone knows how to dump the original SPL from an HTC Magic that hasn't been rooted?

dferreira said:
The only reason I want OTA working again is for getting "Donut" update automatically when it comes out, rather than having to wait for it to be available here.
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I'm sure once it's out it won't be long before it's available on here. Wouldn't surprise me if it was posted here the same day.

Malky1903 said:
I'm sure once it's out it won't be long before it's available on here. Wouldn't surprise me if it was posted here the same day.
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Wouldn't suprise me if we had it here before!!
I mean they already have the code for most of it anyways. From what I've seen and tried of donut it doesn't even look that great! Possible mulit-touch, well they will mange to pull that out and stick it in a cyanogen rom or something, and a widget for the home screen allowing you to toggle things like wifi etc....
You can get those anywhere off the market, check the widgets on jerpeleas cyanogen rom page. They are really nice.
Read this, doesn't even sound like Donut is going to be version 2.0 of android, more like 1.7 or something:
http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/26/android-team-member-says-donut-isnt-2-0-doesnt-have-multitouc/

To me that really doesn't matter! I just want the possibility to restore my Magic to factory settings with OTA updates!

same question here. Snappiness of the vodafone original rom is the best so far. Have tried all different roms. Problem is, there is an update available i can download it but it wont install.

Still no-one who can fix this? Come on, please... I'm sure you genius' can help us out!

i think i shall be ok haven't peremantly flashed anything no spl updates back to stock vodafone uk rom. only thing i did install was a few hero builds so hopfully ive done no damage to my phone

Imho un-rooting the phone should do the trick, but how can that be done? There are a couple of manuals for the Dream, but they ain't working for the Sapphire.

Can someone please upload the original SPL from Vodafone (NL/UK/AUS)? I'm pretty sure that if we can put that one back on our Magic's, we have our OTA Updates back!
It would be appreciated very much!

Tomorrow I have a friend that has a "virgin" HTC Magic from Vodafone UK I'll try to get his "virgin" SPL and boot and everything.
I found out how we can dump it all into .img files (what nandroid uses). Hopefully, it should get us back OTA updates!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=4035680#post4035680

That would be awesome! Great!

Hi DFerreira.... did you manage to get the original SPL?

Not yet... my friend couldn't come to my place. I'll try to catch up with him tomorrow.

I also have an untouched magic here (dutch one from my gf). I just dont know what to do

How 2 Root 1.33.0006 SPL & Flash SPL || MyTouch3G / 32B Magic || Without Goldcard ||

How 2 Root 1.33.0006 SPL & Flash SPL || MyTouch3G / 32B Magic || Without Goldcard ||
Tutorial : Rooting the "perfect" 1.33.0006 SPL & Flashing a new SPL
Newb Difficulty Level: 5/10 (A learning android newb)
Advanced Root User Difficulty Level: EASY!
GIVE CREDIT WHEN ITS DUE!
Note to readers:
I actually found a easy fix for 1.33.0006 for 32B Magic or MYTouch3G phones
KEEP IN MIND THAT I AM USING A MERLOT MYTOUCH3G, Stock 4GB SD card & BROKEN "Market" Application SO MAKE SURE YOUR DOWNLOADING THE FILES THAT WORK BEST FOR YOUR DEVICE and I am only providing steps used to bypass the "PERFECT SPL 1.33.0006" & YOUR RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RESULT OF YOUR DEVICE!
FILES I USED:
*ADB is a MUST so make sure to watch this video to safely install ADB
(NOTE: The video is using 1.6 donut spk... the steps are the same but use the 1.5 r3 spk on the same page given on the video.)
*flashrec-20090815.apk
MAKE SURE YOU USE THIS VERSION...!
* "Rooted" Recovery Image
I am using Amon_Ra's recovery-RA-magic-v1.2.3G which in my opinion is the best as it has flashed every rom perfectly if you know what your doing but it depends on what rom you will be flashing in some cases.
* A NEW SPL!
I am currently using Engineering-SPL-HBOOT-1.33.2009-signed by Amon_RA (BIG UPs TO Amon_RA for these files) on my T-Mo MyTouch3G but it depends on your device.
NOW TO WORK!
Step One - Enable USB Debug/Development Mode:
*Load up your device till you reach your home screen. Once your device is up and running hold menu and go to settings>applications>development then enable "USB Debugging" then press home & plug the device up to your PC & DONT MOUNT.
Step Two - Install Recovery Image Loader via ADB:
*Open CMD and as the video above stated you must navigate to your ADB folder. Once that is done you should install flashrec-20090815.apk (Recovery Image Loader) though CMD by placing it on both your SDCARD & the ADB Tools Folder (For me its C:\android\tools\).
~Now type these commands within CMD:
cd c:\android\tools (press enter)
adb install flashrec-20090815.apk (press enter)
*Now you have installed Recovery Image Loader and you may now close CMD but dont restart your device
Step Three - Rooting the unrootable (Sorta):
*Now find your recovery image ( Example : Recovery-RA-Magic-v1.2.3G.img or Recovery.img). Once found rename it as "cm-recovery-1.4.img"! Save this file to the root of your SDcard & delete the "flashrec-20090815.apk". now press backup recovery image and wait till its done (quick 2secs) then erase everything but "cm-recovery-1.4.img" within the text box. Now type " /sdcard/cm-recovery-1.4.img ". Now press FLASH RECOVERY IMAGE and wait till its done. Once its done restart the device and be aware that you will lose everything that isnt saved to your google account or backed up to your PC.
SMART COMMENT: WOW DID I JUST ROOT THE UNROOTABLE? I guess I did lol
Step Four - Change SPL to Prevent this issue in the future:
*Move the SPL ( & the ROM if you want to start installing it right away ) you downloaded earlier to your SD card and delete everything else if you want. Now select "WIPE/FACTORY SETTINGS" and follow on screen instructions and then do this a additional 2 times to be safe. Now flash the SPL and once it starts to reboot on its own (after it shows the picture of a box and a device) hold the home button and then FLASH YOUR ROM
THATS IT! YOUR DONE AND YES I DID SHOW YOU HOW TO ROOT 1.33.0006 but it doesnt run properly so make sure you flashed a new SPL before flashing any new "Radio" or "ROM" images or you could brick your device.
HOPE THIS HELPED MANY WHO HAD PROBLEMS ROOTING THE DEVICE!​

isn't this just the same as the one click root? cuz on the one click root you don't need adb. It just seems like you are adding necessary steps to it. Please correct me if I am wrong. I don't mean to bash your work by any means.

I don't see why no one else has congratulated you on compiling one of these for those people that might eventually NEED THIS GUIDE! Lol.
Great work. Simple.
I had the "perfected SPL" when I picked up my MT3G on the release date. Pretty unfortunate...but I rooted it like two days later. Lol.

I never got an answer in the other SPL thread so here it goes...
Can we safely go from one SPL to another?? The reason I ask is I have the problem with the blurry screen at boot but I only encountered it when I flashed a new SPL. Now I have read up on it & it looks like some people running the same ROM with different SPL's don't have the blurry screen.
Seeing how so many people had problems bricking with haykuro's DangerSPL, the SPL is something I don't wanna mess with unless I have a definate answer. So anyone wanna chime in on this?

Beast84 said:
I never got an answer in the other SPL thread so here it goes...
Can we safely go from one SPL to another?? The reason I ask is I have the problem with the blurry screen at boot but I only encountered it when I flashed a new SPL. Now I have read up on it & it looks like some people running the same ROM with different SPL's don't have the blurry screen.
Seeing how so many people had problems bricking with haykuro's DangerSPL, the SPL is something I don't wanna mess with unless I have a definate answer. So anyone wanna chime in on this?
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yea... could i go from 2005 one to the 2009 one? any help there?

bogdi1988 said:
yea... could i go from 2005 one to the 2009 one? any help there?
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@Everyone above (excluding Reignzone)
Lol really? okay try flashing 1.33.0006 haha
It wont be as easy as you all think
@Reignzone
Thanks

Azuske said:
@Everyone above (excluding Reignzone)
Lol really? okay try flashing 1.33.0006 haha
It wont be as easy as you all think
@Reignzone
Thanks
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No, you are right it won't be, but if you downgrade back to cupcake, you can one click again. Anyway, nice post man. Great job.

Thanks
Thats exactly why I posted this because I had a hard time getting back to cupcake because of the spl

Hello there, thanks for the guide.
I try to follow your guide to root my HTC Magic and I have some questions.
1. I run the command "adb install flashrec-20090815.apk " and it installed the flashrec to "/data/local/tmp" directory. Is this correct?
2. I copied the recovery image to the sd card and insert into the phone. then based on you guide. I should delete the flashrec I installed while ago. But I cannot delete the file. Can you give us more details regarding this one? Thanks.
3. Sorry but I have some hard time to sollow the step three. Can you give us more details about this.
thank you and good day
Steven

To be 100% honest im not sure where it is saved... i just happened to run into a working solution at random.
I do know that the older version i tried (Recovery Image app) didnt want to install

Reignzone said:
I don't see why no one else has congratulated you on compiling one of these for those people that might eventually NEED THIS GUIDE! Lol.
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Umm because it doesn't do anything. flashrec ANY VERSION does NOT work on a phone with 1.33.0006

scrufy Originally Posted by Reignzone I don't see why no one else has congratulated y for those people that might eventually NEED TH. Umm because it doesn't do anything. flashrec ANY VERSIO phone with 1.33.0006 Today 03:28 Pm. Yes it did for me. at least in cupcake.I'm not sure in donut.guess you have to downgrade to cupcake.

scrufy said:
Umm because it doesn't do anything. flashrec ANY VERSION does NOT work on a phone with 1.33.0006
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LOL WOW he had the same problems dude and he is a developer...
Maybe you did something wrong when installing it

Azuske said:
@Everyone above (excluding Reignzone)
Lol really? okay try flashing 1.33.0006 haha
It wont be as easy as you all think
@Reignzone
Thanks
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So basically what you're saying is you don't know?? If you don't, that's cool. But don't laugh & then not give an answer. Just makes you seem arrogant, like you feel better than us. Which, by the way, YOU AREN'T!

Beast84 said:
So basically what you're saying is you don't know?? If you don't, that's cool. But don't laugh & then not give an answer. Just makes you seem arrogant, like you feel better than us. Which, by the way, YOU AREN'T!
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Sorry if you took it that way but that isn't what runs through my head when I laugh or anything... My bad -_-
ANYWAY I only know what I posted... I am a learning newb and I am getting better at this stuff as I go. My tutorial explains exactly what I did.
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P.S. My smartass comment was for the people that was calling this useless just because they didn't experience this issue

Azuske said:
Sorry if you took it that way but that isn't what runs through my head when I laugh or anything... My bad -_-
ANYWAY I only know what I posted... I am a learning newb and I am getting better at this stuff as I go. My tutorial explains exactly what I did.
EDIT:
P.S. My smartass comment was for the people that was calling this useless just because they didn't experience this issue
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Eh no hard feelings, I was just looking for a straight answer. I just wanna get rid of that damn blurry screen, thats all. Thanks for the step by step tho. I did it the easy way with one click root but I did my G1 the hard way so I know how frustrating things can get. Thanks again

i was able to flash SPL 1.33.0006
I had rooted my MYTOUCH 3G in August using the one-click method. I have been running several ROMS since then. But I never tried to flash a new SPL. However, after reading this post I decided to give it a try. I booted into recovery mode/ wiped and then flash 1.33.2009 SPL. It loaded and rebooted into recovery again. I then wiped and loaded a ROM. everything is fine.
Later I checked and I now have 1.33.2009 SPL the perfect SPL 1.33.0006 is gone.

so im on a rooted mt3g, i have been running different roms, cyan, hero, dwang, i am at dwang 1.13. so to flash the 1.33.2009 spl do i have to wipe and flash to dwang 1.12 then flash the spl then dwang 1.13?
also what are the advantages/disadvantage?
which spl should i use?
thanks

Hi
I have 1.33.0004 on my 32B Sapphire and Android 1.6. Will this method help me root my phone? If not then is there an easy way to root my phone?
Thanks in advance

[32A] Install official sense UI (3.05.401.3) without getting perfect SPL!

Alright, so HTC released the sense UI update to 32A in Europe some days ago. After searching around I figured how to flash it without getting stuck at perfect SPL. Therefore; I'd like to say that this is very little my own work. I only wrote everything I found here.
I'd like to thank these people/sites for learning me this:
Radix999, for his page in the wiki.
TheUnlockr, for fantastic guides about rooting.
cursordroid, for the correct order to flash radio/hboot.
vmaxada, for how to get rom.zip and rom1.zip.
Read everything before trying if you don't want to risk your phone.
You will need engineerings SPL before doing this. Means it won't revert the perfect one.
Disclaimer:
I'm not responsible for anything may happen to your phone during this update.
Only apply this on a sapphire 32A.
There's always a risk when flashing images to your phone, but if you follow the instructions, you should be fine.
This update will give you:
HBOOT-1.76.2007
RADIO-6.35.08.29
ROM version 3.05.401.3
Alright, so what you'll first need is the files. There's two ways to get these. First one, would be to download them (defiantly easiest). The second would be to fetch them from HTC's update file, I'll write this only for learning purposes, so if you're not interested in learning, do it the first way.
opinion 1
Download the files
I've collected everything for you in one file.
RUU_Sapphire_HTC_Europe_3.05.401.3_release_signed_NoDriver(eng spl).rar (mirror) password: for xda
Extract the files to somewhere you'll find them. Like C:\AndroidSDK\tools.
opinion 2
Fetching the files yourself
Doing it this way will take a lot longer than the first, but you'll learn more.
Here you'll need two files:
The official update file, RUU_Sapphire_HTC_Europe_305401 (mirror) and the SPL version, hboot-1.76.2007.
Copy the hboot-1.76.2007 to somewhere you'll find it, like C:\AndroidSDK\tools.
Boot your phone into fastboot mode (back+power) and connect it to your computer using USB. Run the file you downloaded, RUU_Sapphire_HTC_Europe_305401, and continue until it's done displaying "Confirming info about the Android phone" (I'm not sure if it's exactly the same displayed, but it should have the same meaning). When it's done with that, STOP, don't cancel, but don't do anything further.
Keep the update window open, and go to Start - Run, then type in %temp%. Search for "rom*.zip". You should get rom.zip and rom1.zip as results. Copy both the files to your desktop. Cancel the update.
Note: People have reported the files won't open with the built-in zip extractor in Windows, you'll might need WinRAR.
Open the two zip files. Extract the following files to the same place where you putted the hboot-1.76.2007:
Code:
boot.img
radio.img
recovery.img
system.img
userdata.img
After doing this you're done with getting the files.
Flashing
Now you're done with most of the work, everything left is flashing.
Boot your phone to fastboot (back+power), and connect it to your computer. Open up terminal (cmd) and "cd it" to the directory where you have the system files.
Code:
cd C:\AndroidSDK\tools
Then type in this, to check your phone is connected.
Code:
fastboot devices
If you get a serial number, your phone is connected and you can proceed.
Now, type in the following and hit enter after every line:
Code:
fastboot flash radio radio.img
fastboot flash hboot hboot-1.76.2007.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot erase system –w
fastboot reboot-bootloader
Now your phone should reboot into fastboot. Make sure you have HBOOT-1.76.2007 and RADIO-6.35.08.29. If you have that, you can type in the rest:
Code:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot flash userdata userdata.img
fastboot reboot
Now your phone will reboot, and you'll have the official sence UI, but still engineerings SPL!
As you may have noticed, my English isn't perfect. If you see something wrong with my grammar please tell me what's wrong.
If you want a custom recovery, you'll have to install a Hero recovery. I recommend RA-hero-v1.5.2.

First of all this is old news already explained by Cursordroid who, i can see, you didnt not bother to thank! Trying to take credit for something that someone else did is not a good idea.
Secondly, your info is wrong. You will not end up with that version of the radio but with 6.35.08.29, nor is there rom2.zip but rom1.zip (at least for me it was that way). By flashing the new radio, people will be confined to using official 3.03/3.05 ROM, CursorSense, Cursor's t-mobile fender rom and some other roms (1-2 more exist currently) that i did not test. Otherwise a downgrade to the old radio is required! (e.g for running CM you need to downgrade the radio).

Did actually need another post on this topic??

The mirror I'm using is screwed at the moment, uploading takes longer then I expected.
eyegor said:
First of all this is old news already explained by Cursordroid who, i can see, you didnt not bother to thank! Trying to take credit for something that someone else did is not a good idea.
Secondly, your info is wrong. You will not end up with that version of the radio but with 6.35.08.29, nor is there rom2.zip but rom1.zip (at least for me it was that way). By flashing the new radio, people will be confined to using official 3.03/3.05 ROM, CursorSense, Cursor's t-mobile fender rom and some other roms (1-2 more exist currently) that i did not test. Otherwise a downgrade to the old radio is required! (e.g for running CM you need to downgrade the radio).
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Where did I try to take credits from him? I fixed the wrong info (sorry about that). Also, where did he explain this? I know he explained how to get this radio, SPL and Hero recovery. But nothing about the official sence ROM?
fregor said:
Did actually need another post on this topic??
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Where's the other topic about this?

He did some time ago make a toping regarding flashing 3.03 without getting stuck with the perfected spl. After making CursorSense however he eventually deleted his 3.03 thread.
You did not directly state that you were to be credited for this work but you did not thank him for doing it either. And all you did was "steal" (steal because you failed to thank the man) his method.

eyegor said:
He did some time ago make a toping regarding flashing 3.03 without getting stuck with the perfected spl. After making CursorSense however he eventually deleted his 3.03 thread.
You did not directly state that you were to be credited for this work but you did not thank him for doing it either. And all you did was "steal" (steal because you failed to thank the man) his method.
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Alright. I'll thank him, but for what?

In other news, I still can't manage to upload the files (crappy outline I guess). I, however, added links to the same files. They are not uploaded by me though.

perfected spl
can we use this method if we already updated to a perfecter spl (1.76.0010)?

WTF
Hey dude!!!
You forgot to mention me under the thanks to, part that you don't even have!!
I hope you feel good about yourself!
and you searched? No! You asked me!
This is last time I'm helping you!!

Still... this is not for us who have already been stuck with perfected SPL...

Can I use these instructions if I have hboot-1.33.0010 (sapp10000)? or do I need to use goldcard to get 1.33.2010 first?
Thank you

Nope you will need eng spl to fastboot...
But he forgot to write anything about that!!
So you need the 2010 before you can even start...

Yeah, I thought so too...
Thanks

ralle.gade said:
Hey dude!!!
You forgot to mention me under the thanks to, part that you don't even have!!
I hope you feel good about yourself!
and you searched? No! You asked me!
This is last time I'm helping you!!
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Look at the date I posted this thread, 22th. I asked you my first question the 23rd.
All the info I needed to write this, i found on the wiki (thanks radix), the unlockr, and other places.
What was I supposed to thank you for anyway?

Mine have perfect SPL
SAPPHIRE PVT32A SHIP S-ON H
HBOOT-1.76.0007 (SAPP10000)
If I'm upgrade this rom by using gold card, can I have a new SPL?

guys, after i installed this rom,,,i installed the ra recovery 1.5.2H, and when i tri to acess to the recovery it blocked!!! no way to rebbot....i have to remove the battery..i tried several times...always happen the same...
any idea?

zouky007 said:
guys, after i installed this rom,,,i installed the ra recovery 1.5.2H, and when i tri to acess to the recovery it blocked!!! no way to rebbot....i have to remove the battery..i tried several times...always happen the same...
any idea?
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What recovery image did you use?
As far as I can tell you need the hero version for this rom/radio. So I'm thinking you used the sapphire version.

muuu said:
What recovery image did you use?
As far as I can tell you need the hero version for this rom/radio. So I'm thinking you used the sapphire version.
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Yes. Flash the RA-hero-v1.5.2 recovery using:
Code:
fastboot flash recovery recovery-RA-hero-v1.5.2.img
shokuhawan said:
Mine have perfect SPL
SAPPHIRE PVT32A SHIP S-ON H
HBOOT-1.76.0007 (SAPP10000)
If I'm upgrade this rom by using gold card, can I have a new SPL?
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No. You'll need engineerings SPL. Try this.

Any ideas whats going on with my unit? It seems to be crashing when writing the radio. I see the red bar go all the way to the top, and then it just sits there forever... any ideas?

gunigugu said:
Any ideas whats going on with my unit? It seems to be crashing when writing the radio. I see the red bar go all the way to the top, and then it just sits there forever... any ideas?
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Did you flash it in the correct order? If not, try flash back to a hboot that suits with your current radio. Then flash this radio.
In other news, I finally managed to upload the files myself.

What the f did i do?! and how do i fix it?

So i think i know what i did wrong, but is there anyway to fix it? I have a 32b which i rooted with the "recovery-RA-sapphirev1.5.2H", then i tried to update the radio with the "update-radio-32A-6.35.08.29-signed" (i didnt read the "32A"). Then i tried to reboot the phone and it got stuck on the "Mytouch 3g" green start up screen, i cant get to the recovery image by holding home+end.
My understanding (please correct me if im wrong) to get the new Nexus ROM was that i had to;
1) Go the the 1.5.2 recovery image & wipe
2) Partition the card (and convert Ext2 to Ext3 or Ext4 depending on the ROM), reboot
3) Flash the new Radio, then reboot
4) Wipe, Flash the new SPL, then reboot
5) Wipe, flash the new ROM, and reboot
Im sure what i did was noobish...
Previously i had been using the 1.3.2 immage and had loaded Hero ROM's and tweeked Cupcake ROM's just fine, it was only when i had to update the radio and SPL was it that i found difficulty, mostly because i found too many and didnt know which one to use.
PLEASE HELP!!!
I'm willing to try anything. I hope i can get this fixed by this afternoon =,(

My first guess is that you are f**ked!
Only 2 "Nexus" roms I know that require new radio are for the 32A. And only new radio I know is for the 32A Magic!
Don't know where you got the instructions to upgrade your radio, but the ones I read stated that you have to flash radio, hboot, recovery in this sequence, and THEN reboot. Also, your recovery should be for 32B, dunno how you missed that one.
Try this: find your old radio image, your old hboot and recovery, boot in fastboot mode (back+power) and type in the following commands from the Android SDK tool directory:
Code:
fastboot flash radio your_radio.img <enter>
fastboot flash hboot your_hboot.img <enter>
fastboot flash recovery your_recovery.img <enter>
fastboot erase system -w <enter>
fastboot reboot-bootloader <enter>
You should now have rebooted back in fastboot mode. If that worked, try to reboot into recovery and see that works.
Once in recovery you can restore or flash another 32B rom.
See here for Engineering hboot images.
Download recovery for 32B

I found the link on theunlockr.com
developers.com/showthread.php?t=598973
And found instructions on youtube "ECLAIR 2.1 ROM REVIEW AND TUTORIAL !!!" and tweaked it slightly because i found a recovery image for my sapphire which didn't support either the spl or the radio, i forget... I've been up since 3am on Wednesday because of work and school, and now its 9am Thursday.
I was reading that 32b ROMs were working for the 32a, so i thought i might try a 32a since none of the links on Amon_RA's page developers.com/showthread.php?t=529019 were working for me.
I cant get to the fast boot menu... so that way doesnt work

Some_Biker_Guy said:
I'm willing to try anything. I hope i can get this fixed by this afternoon =,(
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I think you are rather screwed. I believe the phone boots up the radio image before the bootloader and therefore you can't even get to flash a new recovery or radio image as the boot process is halted because of the defective radio image.
The only salvation I know if is a JTAG connection. This involves open up and soldering stuff to the mainboard of your phone. Since you're asking you probably not familiar with it I wouldn't recommend it to you.

you have a mytouch 3g right? if so, you flashed the wrong radio image. you flashed the ra(blahblahblah)H! not the ra(blah)G! "H" IS FOR HTC BRANDED "G" IS FOR GOOGLE BRANDED (THE MT3G). so that is your first issue. try to boot into fastboot and flash the RIGHT RECOVERY IMAGE.

wow as soon as I looked at this thread, you made so many mistakes on the first sentence lol. I hope you learn to read and not rush things next time ^^ Recovery H = 32A, Radio says 32A, and you have a 32B and now you can't get into fastboot? I'm 99.9999% sure it's bricked, but correct me if I'm wrong! 32B roms work for 32A when you port them over. Seems like you did almost no research at all.
You're understanding of what to do is right, but you didnt pick ANY of the right files

KAwAtA said:
wow as soon as I looked at this thread, you made so many mistakes on the first sentence lol. I hope you learn to read and not rush things next time ^^ Recovery H = 32A, Radio says 32A, and you have a 32B and now you can't get into fastboot? I'm 99.9999% sure it's bricked, but correct me if I'm wrong! 32B roms work for 32A when you port them over. Seems like you did almost no research at all.
You're understanding of what to do is right, but you didnt pick ANY of the right files
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I agree with KAwAtA. You pretty much did the right steps (kinda) but you got the wrong files and now you got a nice brick. You should do research and know how to tell if your phone is 32A or 32B, why you should never flash the wrong radio/spl for your type of phone, and what ROMs are compatible with your hardware and why you should never flash the ROMs for another piece of hardware.
Well look on the bright side, since you bricked your magic, instead of trying out the "Nexus" ROMs, you can now buy a Nexus One for real but do not ROOt it because you might flash a 32B radio on it and make that a fancy brick.

damn sorry bro. does sound like everything that could have gone wrong went wrong for you. i also went to theunlockr to root my phone and add roms to it but i read those instructions like 3 times and watched the videos a few times when i first did it. oh well, you'll learn from this at any rate.

AndroidNoobie said:
Well look on the bright side, since you bricked your magic, instead of trying out the "Nexus" ROMs, you can now buy a Nexus One for real
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that lucky SOB!

you can't get into recovery, that's fine, but can you boot into hboot and fastboot mode? if so, your phone will be fine, just have to fastboot flash the right junk on

Some_Biker_Guy said:
So i think i know what i did wrong, but is there anyway to fix it? I have a 32b which i rooted with the "recovery-RA-sapphirev1.5.2H", then i tried to update the radio with the "update-radio-32A-6.35.08.29-signed" (i didnt read the "32A"). Then i tried to reboot the phone and it got stuck on the "Mytouch 3g" green start up screen, i cant get to the recovery image by holding home+end.
My understanding (please correct me if im wrong) to get the new Nexus ROM was that i had to;
1) Go the the 1.5.2 recovery image & wipe
2) Partition the card (and convert Ext2 to Ext3 or Ext4 depending on the ROM), reboot
3) Flash the new Radio, then reboot
4) Wipe, Flash the new SPL, then reboot
5) Wipe, flash the new ROM, and reboot
Im sure what i did was noobish...
Previously i had been using the 1.3.2 immage and had loaded Hero ROM's and tweeked Cupcake ROM's just fine, it was only when i had to update the radio and SPL was it that i found difficulty, mostly because i found too many and didnt know which one to use.
PLEASE HELP!!!
I'm willing to try anything. I hope i can get this fixed by this afternoon =,(
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Well, I BRICKED BRICKED BRICKED my other mytouch. Im talking where the computer wouldn't recognize it, wouldn't charge, turn on, splash screen, NOTHING. Wasn't the battery. If you can get to the screen (where you hold down volume and power) you can probably recover it. DON'T know if this would work but it may be worth a try read this link to get it un-rooted and then retry. http://theunlockr.com/2009/08/22/how-to-unroot-your-mytouch-3g/

iluvmymytouch said:
Well, I BRICKED BRICKED BRICKED my other mytouch. Im talking where the computer wouldn't recognize it, wouldn't charge, turn on, splash screen, NOTHING. Wasn't the battery. If you can get to the screen (where you hold down volume and power) you can probably recover it. DON'T know if this would work but it may be worth a try read this link to get it un-rooted and then retry. http://theunlockr.com/2009/08/22/how-to-unroot-your-mytouch-3g/
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maybe u already tried.

dan-htc-touch said:
you can't get into recovery, that's fine, but can you boot into hboot and fastboot mode? if so, your phone will be fine, just have to fastboot flash the right junk on
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he already said that he couldnt get into fastboot mode. most likely its a brick..

oshizzle1991 said:
you have a mytouch 3g right? if so, you flashed the wrong radio image. you flashed the ra(blahblahblah)H! not the ra(blah)G! "H" IS FOR HTC BRANDED "G" IS FOR GOOGLE BRANDED (THE MT3G). so that is your first issue. try to boot into fastboot and flash the RIGHT RECOVERY IMAGE.
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I tried the "G" and it didn't work, so i tried the "H" and it worked. Fastboot didn't work...

Thanks everyone for you input... this is my reply to everyone since i cant reply to one/ a few at a time.
1) I knew how to root my phone, and did it multiple times. I also unrooted it a few times as well (just to get a fresh start and make sure i knew how to). I also loaded many different ROM's onto it including Hero and tweaked cupcake ROM's
2) Fast boot did not work, and the computer would not recognize the phone at any point.
3) The unlockr did a good job with instructions on how to root and unroot then loading the hero and cupcake rom's onto it but it had no explanation for loading the nexus rom onto it, although it did feature a link on where to get it. therefore i tried to piece together ways to update the radio and spl (this is where it all went to hell). i figured out that that is what i needed to do to run the nexus rom.
ok, ok now i know, wait for a full set of instructions for my specific phone to try to put the newest and coolest rom onto my phone... :/
4) i got it all taken care of, got "new" phone for free! so glad it worked out.

How to load ROM without nandroid?

I bricked my 1st magic;
now i have 2nd and i have no idea how to run adb and all the stuff around and after my first very bad experience i decided to to try again.
I would like to know if is possible load any rom without using nandroid.
/BTW if someone in Toronto put recovery and change radio for me;i'd pay for it/
thanks.

Like I tell everyone who posts a very vague question. What model is yours?
Pick one (32[] is shown on fastboot screen back+power)
A) MyTouch 3G 32A (Magic 32A)
B) MyTouch 3G 32B (Magic 32B)
C) MyTouch 3G Limited Edition (Fender) or 1.2 (with headphone jack on top)
Pick Radio
A) 2.xx
B) 3.xx
C) 6.xx
Hboot (usually something like 0006, 0010, 0007 etc
So on (Basically could just list your Fastboot screen)
Also clarify if you can enter fastboot (back + power) and if you can enter recovery (holding down Home + Power)

So you bricked your first.... still dont know what you are doing... obviously have no clue what Nandroid really is...
I suggest DONT DO IT....
But thats just my logical opinion

Mine is 32A and radio is 3.22.; hboot 0009
kbeezie said:
Like I tell everyone who posts a very vague question. What model is yours?
Pick one (32[] is shown on fastboot screen back+power)
A) MyTouch 3G 32A (Magic 32A)
B) MyTouch 3G 32B (Magic 32B)
C) MyTouch 3G Limited Edition (Fender) or 1.2 (with headphone jack on top)
Pick Radio
A) 2.xx
B) 3.xx
C) 6.xx
Hboot (usually something like 0006, 0010, 0007 etc
So on (Basically could just list your Fastboot screen)
Also clarify if you can enter fastboot (back + power) and if you can enter recovery (holding down Home + Power)
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Yes you're Absolutely right. That's why I started this thread. I had my first rooted and had RA recovery.and I did it by myself.but that time I used "one click method" from unlockr. But my current phone doesn't work with that method.that's why I'm lost.
I'd like to have custom recovery and 6.35 radio and nice ROM but I know I don't know how to do it. That's why I'm asking for your help.
thanks anybody for any help.
crypysmoker said:
So you bricked your first.... still dont know what you are doing... obviously have no clue what Nandroid really is...
I suggest DONT DO IT....
But thats just my logical opinion
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rony05 said:
Yes you're Absolutely right. That's why I started this thread. I had my first rooted and had RA recovery.and I did it by myself.but that time I used "one click method" from unlockr. But my current phone doesn't work with that method.that's why I'm lost.
I'd like to have custom recovery and 6.35 radio and nice ROM but I know I don't know how to do it. That's why I'm asking for your help.
thanks anybody for any help.
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Not sure why you want the new radio, is there specifically a rom you're looking to load?
Also just to clarify, the new magic, is there a headphone jack on top?

kbeezie said:
Not sure why you want the new radio, is there specifically a rom you're looking to load?
Also just to clarify, the new magic, is there a headphone jack on top?
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the magic is "old kind" without jack on top. i was thinking to get new radio b/c i saw much more new ROM's are coming in new radio and old is getting to be forgotten.

rony05 said:
the magic is "old kind" without jack on top. i was thinking to get new radio b/c i saw much more new ROM's are coming in new radio and old is getting to be forgotten.
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There's about 1 stable rom for the new radio. Two at the most.
kbeezie said:
Pick one (32[] is shown on fastboot screen back+power)
A) MyTouch 3G 32A (Magic 32A)
B) MyTouch 3G 32B (Magic 32B)
C) MyTouch 3G Limited Edition (Fender) or 1.2 (with headphone jack on top)
Pick Radio
A) 2.xx
B) 3.xx
C) 6.xx
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Ignore below, I misunderstood kbeezie
I thought 32A uses 3.xx. 32B can also use 3.xx, correct me if I'm wrong. From what I know, I wouldn't flash a 2.xx radio to a 32A.
Can't you just use the goldcard method? Try unlockrs one click root and try to flash an engineering SPL

i bought this 2nd magic from a guy and he already has custom ROM in it. but he has not put recovery image in it. so i wonder how he did it. all im looking for is change ROM's .
so back to my first post; is it possible load without using nandroid?
thank you
KAwAtA said:
There's about 1 stable rom for the new radio. Two at the most.
I thought 32A uses 3.xx. 32B can also use 3.xx, correct me if I'm wrong. From what I know, I wouldn't flash a 2.xx radio to a 32A.
Can't you just use the goldcard method? Try unlockrs one click root and try to flash an engineering SPL
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You need to use fastboot/adb to push new ROM images to the phone.

You need to post all the information from your phone. I need to know if it's an eng or perfected spl as well. Getting Hboot 0009 isn't enough.
Also, can you please do me a favour before I act like a jerk.
crypysmoker said:
So you bricked your first.... still dont know what you are doing... obviously have no clue what Nandroid really is...
I suggest DONT DO IT....
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No kidding. I also suggest you don't do it. So please, do this before I become an asshole
Go find out what the nandroid stuff does.
I'm just surprised that you've bricked your first Magic, yet you still continue not to do much research before rooting.