Technical Think Tank for Bricked MyTouch3G / Magic - myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development

Mirror the similar thread in Dream forum, I started this thread as a constructive and positive place for those of us that have recently lost our MyTouch or Magic.
I am going to document the steps I took and hopefully reverse engineer this issue and also prevent other folks from doing the same mistake. This forum has been and good source of info. Thanks
What I did
Following [How-To] Root the T-Mobile myTouch 3G and I was able to flush to 2005 SPL and root successful as 32A rom.
Then I stop at "For Daredevils" and went with a different route.
I took the MT3G OTA (signed-opal-ota-150449.95700137.zip) and resigned it with test key and try to update it.
Update was done successfully and radio firmware updated at the same time and once reboot I got red screen of death.
What I got now
Red brick or Red screen of death
Power up while holding 'Back' button, volume down or any other button always result in Red Vodafone logo of death. I can't get to fastboot.
I can't get to recovery or fastboot which mean I can't do anything at all.
What I suspect
Flashing the radio (unclear what ver#) from MT3G OTA build (signed-opal-ota-150449.95700137.zip) might be that reason why it bricked.
Perhaps I probably should have followed the rest of the steps on "For Daredevils" and flash the ION radio and 32B RAv1.2.0G recovery, after that than trying to update with MT3G OTA without the radio.

I read somewhere in the forum (I forgot where), the reason why a bricked phone couldn't boot to SPL and not able to fastboot was because the radio firmware was loaded during SPL startup. Due to issue with loading radio firmware, SPL won't start properly.
Base on that, what we can try is to re-flash the radio firmware. How?
Maybe i can put the radio firmware as update.zip but how can i get the phone to load it when i can't fastboot

waacow said:
I read somewhere in the forum (I forgot where), the reason why a bricked phone couldn't boot to SPL and not able to fastboot was because the radio firmware was loaded during SPL startup. Due to issue with loading radio firmware, SPL won't start properly.
Base on that, what we can try is to re-flash the radio firmware. How?
Maybe i can put the radio firmware as update.zip but how can i get the phone to load it when i can't fastboot
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It's my opinion. If there is a way, that probably (track ball)+(power), the only key combination we(?) can see .
Let's find a way!

waacow said:
What I suspect
Flashing the radio (unclear what ver#) from MT3G OTA build (signed-opal-ota-150449.95700137.zip) might be that reason why it bricked.
Perhaps I probably should have followed the rest of the steps on "For Daredevils" and flash the ION radio and 32B RAv1.2.0G recovery, after that than trying to update with MT3G OTA without the radio.
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I think we have exactly same problem.
I'm sorry. I misunderstood. But I flashed ION radio. then...I got a pretty red brick!

I do not believe my phone is bricked but I believe it's pretty close...
My Rogers HTC Magic will not boot/load any recovery. I had a fully functional magic for several months using lots of different roms, however I developed a problem with one of the roms and after trying to install a new one, I can no longer boot any rom.
I can only boot into the fastboot screen, which says the following:
SAPPHIRE UNKNOWN 32A ENG S-OFF H
HBOOT-1.33.2005 (SAPP50000)
CPLD-12
RADIO-2.22.19.26I
Apr 20 2009,15:30:43
Everytime I try to either boot ANY (RA/cyan version) recoveries from either fastboot or flashing it, it does not want to start up.
I can flash just fine, however I do not know if anything is working correctly because only fastboot is accessible, everything else just sits at a rogers logo.
What should I do next?

drewX2 said:
I do not believe my phone is bricked but I believe it's pretty close...
My Rogers HTC Magic will not boot/load any recovery. I had a fully functional magic for several months using lots of different roms, however I developed a problem with one of the roms and after trying to install a new one, I can no longer boot any rom.
I can only boot into the fastboot screen, which says the following:
SAPPHIRE UNKNOWN 32A ENG S-OFF H
HBOOT-1.33.2005 (SAPP50000)
CPLD-12
RADIO-2.22.19.26I
Apr 20 2009,15:30:43
Everytime I try to either boot ANY (RA/cyan version) recoveries from either fastboot or flashing it, it does not want to start up.
I can flash just fine, however I do not know if anything is working correctly because only fastboot is accessible, everything else just sits at a rogers logo.
What should I do next?
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fastboot flash radio <the correct radio>

Where do I find these radio files? And thanks for the help! I had no clue I needed to flash the radio

drewX2 said:
Where do I find these radio files? And thanks for the help! I had no clue I needed to flash the radio
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you can get the radio img's from htc...
http://developer.htc.com/google-io-device.html

I have flashed the radio and still get only a rogers screen. I also have reflashed everything with original rogers magic files found on the forum (boot/system/userdata/recovery).
Still only have fastboot working
UPDATE: Got Recovery working. I flashed the radio/recovery from a givemeroot.zip I saw for those flashing the mt3g. I believe it can be used on this as well. Next step is to get a rom loaded

Flashed HardSPL and permabrick mt3g
I have been running Hero ROM's with no issues until today when I flashed a Hard SPL because I wanted to try Cyanogen latest. The new SPL bricked the phone, no power -splash- hboot, just a black screen.
The previous ROM's I have been flashing didn't need a new SPL. Are you not supposed to flash the SPL on the mt3g?
Thanks in advance for the input.

robotician said:
I think we have exactly same problem.
I'm sorry. I misunderstood. But I flashed ION radio. then...I got a pretty red brick!
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Same thing happend to me too, followed the steps till the radio part, flashed the radio - red brick. luckily i manged to get mine exchanged.
edit: duh, sorry seemed to be a somewhat old post/topic

Any progress on this guys???

drewX2 said:
I do not believe my phone is bricked but I believe it's pretty close...
My Rogers HTC Magic will not boot/load any recovery. I had a fully functional magic for several months using lots of different roms, however I developed a problem with one of the roms and after trying to install a new one, I can no longer boot any rom.
I can only boot into the fastboot screen, which says the following:
SAPPHIRE UNKNOWN 32A ENG S-OFF H
HBOOT-1.33.2005 (SAPP50000)
CPLD-12
RADIO-2.22.19.26I
Apr 20 2009,15:30:43
Everytime I try to either boot ANY (RA/cyan version) recoveries from either fastboot or flashing it, it does not want to start up.
I can flash just fine, however I do not know if anything is working correctly because only fastboot is accessible, everything else just sits at a rogers logo.
What should I do next?
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ummm... okay, I believe it could be easy goings here, if you go to one of the threads, which I believe you can find fairly easily, to switch radio/SPL through fastboot...
Rogers Magic should NOT use 2.22 radio, but either 3.22 or 6.35, unless of course you are using the dream, which is a different thing all together. Then, push the recovery you want (clockwork or amon RA), if after switch spl/radio, does not work. and voila, theres your fix
**NVM, didn't realize your question got answered

Related

[ROM][32A-MT3G] T-Mobile MyTouch 3g Fender Edition Stock ROM with ROOT! [01-25-2010]

This ROM is a nearly stock 1.6 Donut ROM, based on the T-Mobile MyTouch 3G Limited Fender Edition. It has all of the T-Mobile apps in it too.
Thanks to crypysmoker for testing some rather dangerous SPL/radio stuff on his phone.
Requirements for this ROM
- MyTouch 3G Limited Fender Edition OR MyTouch 3G 1.2
- Rooted recovery environment
- Stock MT3G 32A Radio and SPL
---- Radio: 2.22.23.02
---- SPL: 1.33.0013
---- Amon_RA Sapphire G Recovery
- Ability to read and comprehend English for the instructions
Downgrade/root your MyTouch3g 1.2/Fender using the normal means. I think the goldcard method works. Check this thread for more information. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=622530.
After rooting, you will have a 32A phone that will not (at this point) have a working touchscreen on any ROM.
Download and extract this ZIP file. http://www.theandroidkitchen.com/fileshare/MyTouch3g32A/?download=MT3GStockRadioSPL.zip
Boot into FASTBOOT, flash the radio, then the SPL/HBOOT, then Amon_RA Sapphire G recovery, then press Menu to power off your phone. Boot into recovery and you now can flash this ROM. Make sure that you flash the radio, SPL and recovery at the same time without rebooting in between.
Code:
fastboot flash radio radio.img
fastboot flash hboot hboot_7201A_1.33.0013G_091021.nbo
fastboot flash recovery recovery-RA-sapphire-v1.5.2G.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
Then boot into recovery by holding Home and pressing Power and you can flash this ROM.
Features:
- root, of course
- busybox
- Superuser.apk
I don't have one of these phones, so I'm not sure what works and what doesn't, but I hope this gets you guys back up and running without reverting to the T-Mobile non-rooted ROM. crypysmoker is testing most functions out right now.
Enjoy!
MT3GFender32A-Stock-1.0-signed.zip
Please keep all issues in this thread. Again, please remember that I don't have one of these phones, so I can't directly test fixes for anything. I will rely on you guys for that.
I accept no responsibility for damage to your device, but this is just a ROM, so it's damn near impossible for this to damage your device.
It´s for 32A too?
Thanks.
Thank alot. Im hoping this helps us out trying to figure out the whole no touch screen problem. If anyone can also find the radio and spl that comes with this phone it would be greatly appreciated.
I unrooted lastnight to take the phone back but Ill start again with this as a base..
I will be sooo happy if clicky clicky works lol
crypysmoker said:
Thank alot. Im hoping this helps us out trying to figure out the whole no touch screen problem. If anyone can also find the radio and spl that comes with this phone it would be greatly appreciated.
I unrooted lastnight to take the phone back but Ill start again with this as a base..
I will be sooo happy if clicky clicky works lol
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I am uploading the stock radio and SPL right now.
You have a custom recovery flashed right? Do you have fastboot working?
fabioccoelho said:
It´s for 32A too?
Thanks.
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Just for the 32A Fender MyTouch 3g, which is not a standard 32A phone.
cursordroid said:
I am uploading the stock radio and SPL right now.
You have a custom recovery flashed right? Do you have fastboot working?
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As oh right this second here what it says
Sapphire Unknown 32b SHIP S-on G
CPLD-13
Hboot- 1.33.0006 (sapp31000)
May 27 2009
When I got it it said
SAPPHIRE PVT 32a SHIP S-ON H
HBOOT-1.33.0013 (SAPP31000)
CPLD-13
RADIO-2.22.23.02
OCT 21 2009, 22:33:27
I am in fastboot right now, and can boot into amen ras recovery through it. So Once you get those files up, Ill start
1.try this rom first...
2.Flash radio back and try rom, or other rom..
3Flash spl and radio back... but then have no root to fastboot to flash rom lol
This phone has turned out to be a doosey.
Again, main thing that makes me mad, is now it is branded with google instead of HTC now and says 32b rather then 32a which I think may be the main problem.
EDIT-- Oops.. that was a perfected SPL.. re-re rooting now. Amen ras base is still booting. once its done Ill go for this rom.
Ok after re rooting, Im back to where I was with 1.33.2010 and 3.xxx radio.
Board still says Unknown sapphire and 32b, but is branded H now lol
Flashing this rom.......
E:Can't chown/mod system/xbin/su (no such file or directory)
E: Failure at line 21:
set_perm 0 0 04755 SYSTEM:xbin/su
Appaprecntly super user has an attitude today lol;
crypysmoker said:
As oh right this second here what it says
Sapphire Unknown 32b SHIP S-on G
CPLD-13
Hboot- 1.33.0006 (sapp31000)
May 27 2009
When I got it it said
SAPPHIRE PVT 32a SHIP S-ON H
HBOOT-1.33.0013 (SAPP31000)
CPLD-13
RADIO-2.22.23.02
OCT 21 2009, 22:33:27
I am in fastboot right now, and can boot into amen ras recovery through it. So Once you get those files up, Ill start
1.try this rom first...
2.Flash radio back and try rom, or other rom..
3Flash spl and radio back... but then have no root to fastboot to flash rom lol
This phone has turned out to be a doosey.
Again, main thing that makes me mad, is now it is branded with google instead of HTC now and says 32b rather then 32a which I think may be the main problem.
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Here's your stock SPL and radio. I warn you though, don't flash the SPL. Use the 1.33.2010 SPL. I'll post a link to that as well.
1.33.2010 SPL
Stock MT3G 1.2 32A SPL and Radio
Extract the SPL/Radio ZIP File and put hboot-1.33.2010.img and the radio.img into one folder. Download the Amon_RA Sapphire H recovery.
Type in these commands with your phone in FASTBOOT mode:
Code:
fastboot boot recovery-RA-sapphire-v1.5.2H.img
Apply the 1.33.2010 SPL update.zip through recovery, reboot your phone, then boot into FASTBOOT again.
In FASTBOOT mode, type this on your PC:
Code:
fastboot flash radio radio.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery-RA-sapphire-v1.5.2H.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
Your phone will boot back into FASTBOOT. Check to see that you now have:
SAPPHIRE PVT 32a SHIP S-OFF H
HBOOT-1.33.2010 (SAPP31000)
RADIO-2.22.23.02
You will now also have Amon_RA Sapphire H recovery flashed on your phone, so you can boot straight to it by holding Home and pressing Power.
Flash the update file and let me know how it works.
cursordroid said:
Here's your stock SPL and radio. I warn you though, don't flash the SPL. Use the 1.33.2010 SPL. I'll post a link to that as well.
1.33.2010 SPL
Stock MT3G 1.2 32A SPL and Radio
Extract the SPL/Radio ZIP File and put hboot-1.33.2010.img and the radio.img into one folder. Download the Amon_RA Sapphire H recovery.
Type in these commands with your phone in FASTBOOT mode:
Code:
fastboot boot recovery-RA-sapphire-v1.5.2H.img
Apply the 1.33.2010 SPL update.zip through recovery, reboot your phone, then boot into FASTBOOT again.
In FASTBOOT mode, type this on your PC:
Code:
fastboot flash radio radio.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery-RA-sapphire-v1.5.2H.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
Your phone will boot back into FASTBOOT. Check to see that you now have:
SAPPHIRE PVT 32a SHIP S-OFF H
HBOOT-1.33.2010 (SAPP31000)
RADIO-2.22.23.02
You will now also have Amon_RA Sapphire H recovery flashed on your phone, so you can boot straight to it by holding Home and pressing Power.
Flash the update file and let me know how it works.
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I overly fully appreciate all your help.. but I guess you started typing before I was done lol
Again, main thing that makes me mad, is now it is branded with google instead of HTC now and says 32b rather then 32a which I think may be the main problem.
EDIT-- Oops.. that was a perfected SPL.. re-re rooting now. Amen ras base is still booting. once its done Ill go for this rom.
Ok after re rooting, Im back to where I was with 1.33.2010 and 3.xxx radio.
Board still says Unknown sapphire and 32b, but is branded H now lol
Flashing this rom.......
E:Can't chown/mod system/xbin/su (no such file or directory)
E: Failure at line 21:
set_perm 0 0 04755 SYSTEM:xbin/su
Appaprecntly super user has an attitude today lol;
__________________
Just to make sure you saw that in case its a rom problem. Going for my radio now. Now i gota get that Fender spalsh back lol
I saw that error on my phone just now too... I'm going to try to fix it.
Give me a few minutes. In the meantime, do you now have the stock radio flashed, with the 1.33.2010 SPL and Amon_RA Sapphire H recovery?
Does your FASTBOOT show 32A Again?
For this ROM, please make sure you have the 2.22 stock radio flashed, from my instructions, along with the 1.33.2010 SPL.
cursordroid said:
I saw that error on my phone just now too... I'm going to try to fix it.
Give me a few minutes. In the meantime, do you now have the stock radio flashed, with the 1.33.2010 SPL and Amon_RA Sapphire H recovery?
Does your FASTBOOT show 32A Again?
For this ROM, please make sure you have the 2.22 stock radio flashed, from my instructions, along with the 1.33.2010 SPL.
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wow...
ok I already had the 2010 spl on so... I flashed radio and all that.
Now my radio is at 2.22.23.02
Jun 2 2009
Bad thing
SAPPHIRE UNKNOWN 32b eng S-off H
Since I followed Amen ras instructions after reading them 100 times.. I for the life of me cannot figure out how I got this to say 32b. it makes no sense to me at all unless there was a major revision to the NAND or other hardware for these
its also doing the fun part like it did when I went to your rom/radio to where recovery just will not boot.
crypysmoker said:
wow...
ok I already had the 2010 spl on so... I flashed radio and all that.
Now my radio is at 2.22.23.02
Jun 2 2009
Bad thing
SAPPHIRE UNKNOWN 32b eng S-off H
Since I followed Amen ras instructions after reading them 100 times.. I for the life of me cannot figure out how I got this to say 32b. it makes no sense to me at all unless there was a major revision to the NAND or other hardware for these
its also doing the fun part like it did when I went to your rom/radio to where recovery just will not boot.
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Flash this radio through FASTBOOT, does it change to 32A?
http://www.theandroidkitchen.com/fi...es/?download=Radio_HTC_PVT_32A_3.22.20.17.img
cursordroid said:
Flash this radio through FASTBOOT, does it change to 32A?
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I flashed through flashboot ... Ive been messing with G1's for a while so I know my way around a tiny bit. its just this phone is pain in the tuckus.
Oops, you werent done uploading.... Flashing now....
Radio changed... Info at top did not.. Argh.. what would have made it change?
Since I know the goldcard method works and I can downgrade... Should I try the stock spl also? is it like the G1 where radio is first then spl? If none of this works then somethign has been changed in the hardwhere because the other guy in my thread that got hsi rooted has the same exact problem.
crypysmoker said:
I flashed through flashboot ... Ive been messing with G1's for a while so I know my way around a tiny bit. its just this phone is pain in the tuckus.
Oops, you werent done uploading.... Flashing now....
Radio changed... Info at top did not.. Argh.. what would have made it change?
Since I know the goldcard method works and I can downgrade... Should I try the stock spl also? is it like the G1 where radio is first then spl? If none of this works then somethign has been changed in the hardwhere because the other guy in my thread that got hsi rooted has the same exact problem.
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It's worth trying the stock SPL, see if that alone changes the 32B to 32A.
If you have Amon_RA Recovery installed and not the stock recovery, you should be able to leave the Stock SPL flashed.
First flash the stock radio, then the stock SPL, then flash the Amon_RA Sapphire H recovery, then 'fastboot reboot-bootloader' to see if your changes worked.
What is the stock spl & radio ? . . can i try this rom ?
deeaz said:
What is the stock spl & radio ? . . can i try this rom ?
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Wouldn't advise it.. it's Fender only (RADIO-2.22.23.02).
Try this Fender rom instead if you want to try it with your current radio/SPL.
deeaz said:
What is the stock spl & radio ? . . can i try this rom ?
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DO NOT FLASH IT... those are only for the fender as they are the only ones that allow for anythign to work properly. flashing them to your board may kill your phone
thansk for answer.
I can confirm this works on stock radio & spl Any chance you can add multitouch and netfilter support when you have time?
Hey, Im new to this rooting process and I have a mytouch fender. I was wondering if you guys could post some screenshots of how the rom looks on the phone and what are the benefits of rooting the fender?
SteezyR said:
Hey, Im new to this rooting process and I have a mytouch fender. I was wondering if you guys could post some screenshots of how the rom looks on the phone and what are the benefits of rooting the fender?
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Turn your phone on now... See what it looks like? theres your screenshots.
The obvious qustions people ask. I can see why nooone enjoys helping anyone here anymore

I think I messed up my Magic.. help?

Hi everyone! I've been following some guides and what not (in order to install a new ROM- st0kes.v1.4.1). I have a 32B board (got it from Vodafone Australia).
I had the SPL that ended with 0009 (I think this was the 'Perfect' SPL?). Anyway, I slapped on the Engineering SPL 1.33.2010, or something like that (ends with 2010).
I tried RA's recovery rom through fastboot, v1.6.2G. As I understand it, those with the 32B board (and hence, a google branded phone) should use the 'G' version of RA's recovery rom. When I run it, command prompt tells me that everything goes okay. However, it leaves my phone hanging indefinitely on the splash screen that displays "HTC Magic". It doesn't even go to the recovery menu or anything. I have to take out the battery and put it back in to make the phone work again. I downloaded it 3-4 more times and tried (even checking the md5sum), and it still didn't work.
So, since the 'G' version didn't work, I tried the 'H' version. Command prompt tells me it boots okay, and this time, my phone at least goes past the splash screen and into the recovery menu. I had already copied over a ROM to my SD card and named it 'update.zip' (the st0kes.v1.4.1, which is 32B compatible). So I told the recovery rom to install the update.
Now, my phone just hangs at the "HTC Magic" splash screen forever when I boot it normally.
Can anyone help me? My phone is virtually unusable right now. I don't mind reverting back to an older version, if it's not possible to upgrade to the new ROM. And stupid me, didn't backup using nandroid.
Sorry if this has been answered before, but I cannot for the life of me find a solution. Thanks.
try restoring ur phone with nandroid backup
scumm said:
Can anyone help me? My phone is virtually unusable right now. I don't mind reverting back to an older version, if it's not possible to upgrade to the new ROM. And stupid me, didn't backup using nandroid.
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Thanks anyway though~ :/
More info is needed, old or new radio? also it stands to reason if a 32a recovery works and not the 32b you should try a 32a rom for your radio.
If the H version of the recovery works then you probably flashed a 32A radio at some point during rooting hence you will need to apply a 32A port after every ROM OR flash back a 32B radio.
It says "RADIO-3.22.20.17". I have no idea what that is meant to be or mean. If it is a 32A radio, how can I apply a 32B radio?
I'm not sure when this could have happened either. It might have been when I was creating a goldcard (since I was getting the 'remote: not allow' crap).
Thanks for the quick replies~
Yes, thats a 32A radio. Your goldcard update flashed it (probably).
Get a 2.xx.xx.xx radio which is for 32B devices, connect your magic to a PC while in fastboot and in CMD type:
fastboot flash radio nameoftheradio.img
fastboot flash recovery Grecovery.img
then you will be able to flash any 32B ROM.
I would just try a 32a old radio rom to first make sure everything works first, and make damn sure you use fastboot (as eyegor said)and not recovery if you are going to flash a 32b radio
Thanks, you guys are legends
I flashed a 32B radio, and installed a new ROM (went with a 1.6 instead of the 2.1, 2.1 was too laggy and glitchy in my experience). Everything's fine now.
Thanks again

any help would suffice

yes ive read threads and all but still cant manage to get a custom rom
i have rooted the phone through unlockr steps...then followed cursors steps to update to radio 6.35.10.18 and spl 1.76.2007...and i put the amon ra hero-v1.6.2 recovery on my phone
now the problem is that when i try booting into recovery using the home+power button nothing happens it turns on to the "htc magic" screen and hangs
then i saw amon ra's post that said place the rom on the sd card and then boot...tried that nothing..it hangs again
any help would suffice...i know im doing something wrong but the phone works with amon ra sapphire-v1.6.2G with stock radio and spl
fastboot info stock rooted:
SAPPHIRE PVT 32A SHIP S-ON G
HBOOT-1.33.0013 (SAPP31000)
CPLD-13
RADIO-2.22.23.02
Oct 21 2009, 22:33:27
thanks again
numba1guju said:
yes ive read threads and all but still cant manage to get a custom rom
i have rooted the phone through unlockr steps...then followed cursors steps to update to radio 6.35.10.18 and spl 1.76.2007...and i put the amon ra hero-v1.6.2 recovery on my phone
now the problem is that when i try booting into recovery using the home+power button nothing happens it turns on to the "htc magic" screen and hangs
then i saw amon ra's post that said place the rom on the sd card and then boot...tried that nothing..it hangs again
any help would suffice...i know im doing something wrong but the phone works with amon ra sapphire-v1.6.2G with stock radio and spl
thanks again
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What phone?
If you're using RA's "G" recovery, you've got a 32b phone.
Try booting into fastboot and if that doesn't work than you've got a pretty nice looking paperweight.
You might be able to reverse it with this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=591048&highlight=jtag
but don't get your hopes up
Sorry about your luck dude
Hmmm.... yeah..ur fastboot info would help.
numba1guju said:
yes ive read threads and all but still cant manage to get a custom rom
i have rooted the phone through unlockr steps...then followed cursors steps to update to radio 6.35.10.18 and spl 1.76.2007...and i put the amon ra hero-v1.6.2 recovery on my phone
now the problem is that when i try booting into recovery using the home+power button nothing happens it turns on to the "htc magic" screen and hangs
then i saw amon ra's post that said place the rom on the sd card and then boot...tried that nothing..it hangs again
any help would suffice...i know im doing something wrong but the phone works with amon ra sapphire-v1.6.2G with stock radio and spl
thanks again
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If the problem is only with the recovery image you should be able to fix it. Boot the phone in fastboot mode (vol-down + power). Then do this:
fastboot erase recovery
fastboot flash recovery recovery-RA-Magic32A-6.35-v1.6.2.img
You can get the recovery image here:
http://www.theandroidkitchen.com/fi...download=recovery-RA-Magic32A-6.35-v1.6.2.img
fryguy18 said:
If you're using RA's "G" recovery, you've got a 32b phone.
Try booting into fastboot and if that doesn't work than you've got a pretty nice looking paperweight.
You might be able to reverse it with this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=591048&highlight=jtag
but don't get your hopes up
Sorry about your luck dude
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i dont think G has anything to do with 32A or 32B...i have a mytouch 1.2 with 3.5mm jack
oh yeah and like i said the phone WORKS with stock rom, spl, and radio(followed unlockr steps)
eyegor said:
Hmmm.... yeah..ur fastboot info would help.
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fastboot information is
SAPPHIRE PVT 32A SHIP S-ON G
HBOOT-1.33.0013 (SAPP31000)
CPLD-13
RADIO-2.22.23.02
Oct 21 2009, 22:33:27
jeffakajeff said:
What phone?
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sorry i have the mytouch 1.2 3.5mm
I have the exact phone as you do, and am having the same problem! Glad to see this post is getting some responses. Hopefully we can get something figured out. I as well have followed the same steps you did to unlock your phone and flash the new radio/spl. I've tried multiple recovery files and nothing changes, just sits at htc magic screen.
Woah I guess you missed THIS IS FOR 32A MAGIC/SAPPHIRE ONLY!!! in the thread about upgrading.
If that wasn't clear enough that it was not for your phone than the revert to 3.22 radio part must have been. (Why? Because you did not have that radio in the first place, and you cant revert to something that you did not have.)
That radio and spl DO NOT WORK on the new mytouch 1.2
Actually, you need to downgrade to the 2.22.23 (stock) radio and "G" recovery. As long as you've booted into fastboot with your goldcard in (missing SAPPIMG) without a "perfect" SPL, it can be done. Total pain, but it can be done...
You may need to "fastboot erase radio", "fastboot erase recovery" and "fastboot erase boot" just before flashing them again. As I recall, it doesn't "take" unless you've done this.
Good luck!
eyegor, you posted a statement from the origional thread stating "THIS IS FOR 32A MAGIC/SAPPHIRE ONLY!!!" But what about the fact that we have a Sapphire phone? in fastboot ours state "SAPPHIRE PVT 32A SHIP S-ON G" Doesn't that show we have the correct phone? I understand what your saying about the 3.22 radio
The Mytouch 3g Fender/LE/1.2 is not a normal 32a phone. It's unique. If you wanna do anything with a fender or 1.2, make sure the instructions say they're for that exact phone. Stuff for the G1 or original Mytouch 3g or any of it's varients won't work on the 1.2(except for cyanogen's new 2.1 testing rom which has fender/1.2 patches integrated now)
So if the post says its for the 32A, I/we shouldn't assum its for the Fender/1.2? Only use roms that say they are for Fender/1.2?
Every phone of this kind says SAPPHIRE....refer to the rest of my post.
ComplexInc said:
So if the post says its for the 32A, I/we shouldn't assum its for the Fender/1.2? Only use roms that say they are for Fender/1.2?
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Exactly.
eyegor said:
Woah I guess you missed THIS IS FOR 32A MAGIC/SAPPHIRE ONLY!!! in the thread about upgrading.
If that wasn't clear enough that it was not for your phone than the revert to 3.22 radio part must have been. (Why? Because you did not have that radio in the first place, and you cant revert to something that you did not have.)
That radio and spl DO NOT WORK on the new mytouch 1.2
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ok im new to android...i thought that the mytouch 3g 1.2 was the 32A...i unlocked it through the unlockr method bringing me to that spl and radio....how can i upgrade to hero then?
nevermind figured it out...this will work correct
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=673609&highlight=1.2/fender

myTouch 1.2 32A/32B SPL/Radio/Kernel confusion

I've got a myTouch 3G/1.2/3.5mm headphone jack phone. Y'know, the 32A/B hybrid with extended RAM deal. I had SPL 1.33.0013d and radio 2.22.28.25 (I don't remember the process I used to upgrade to those), using SenseLX and decided to go back to COS-DS because the camcorder didn't work. Well, I superwiped, flashed it, Gapps, and the COS kernel. When I booted into the ROM, for some reason, I couldn't install anything via Market ("could not install to current location"), Superuser was working but nothing could actually attain root access, and WiFi wouldn't connect. So I superwiped again, and attempted to flash GRP-CM7.1, but kept getting a Status 7 code in recovery. Stumped, I decided to flash a Sappimg and start over. Now this is where it screws up.
The phone boots into a Cupcake ROM, which has non-responsive touchscreen controls. The current fastboot info is this:
Sapphire unknown 32B Eng S-off H
hboot 1.33.2010 (Sapp31000)
Clpd-13
Radio 3.22.20.17
Now, here's the problem. I can flash CWM recovery, reboot into it, but I can't flash GRP7.1, STILL. So I'm stuck with the Cupcake ROM. And once I flash the new radio and SPL, recovery won't load anymore, and neither will the ROM itself. What the hell is wrong with it?
UndeadSquirrel said:
I've got a myTouch 3G/1.2/3.5mm headphone jack phone. Y'know, the 32A/B hybrid with extended RAM deal. I had SPL 1.33.0013d and radio 2.22.28.25 (I don't remember the process I used to upgrade to those), using SenseLX and decided to go back to COS-DS because the camcorder didn't work. Well, I superwiped, flashed it, Gapps, and the COS kernel. When I booted into the ROM, for some reason, I couldn't install anything via Market ("could not install to current location"), Superuser was working but nothing could actually attain root access, and WiFi wouldn't connect. So I superwiped again, and attempted to flash GRP-CM7.1, but kept getting a Status 7 code in recovery. Stumped, I decided to flash a Sappimg and start over. Now this is where it screws up.
The phone boots into a Cupcake ROM, which has non-responsive touchscreen controls. The current fastboot info is this:
Sapphire unknown 32B Eng S-off H
hboot 1.33.2010 (Sapp31000)
Clpd-13
Radio 3.22.20.17
Now, here's the problem. I can flash CWM recovery, reboot into it, but I can't flash GRP7.1, STILL. So I'm stuck with the Cupcake ROM. And once I flash the new radio and SPL, recovery won't load anymore, and neither will the ROM itself. What the hell is wrong with it?
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Make sure you flash a proper recovery. (I consider myself a noob. This post could contain a lot of incorrect info) you are currently using the 3.22 radio and are using ebi1 kernels and recoveries. Make sure you have the proper so and radio for your phone and a recovery that works with it.
In fastboot
Flash ebi0 recovery
Flash spl
Flash radio
Reboot
Now flash your rom
(Again I consider myself a noob and this info could easily be incorrect. Continue at your own risk)
The recovery is the correct one, for sure. As far as the radio and SPL, I don't know. I don't remember how I originally updated them, but these current ones I've been attempting to use don't seem to be working. I can't seem to find the official T-Mobile OTA update, either. I kinda figured if I can get that flashed, it would have the new radio and SPL flashed with it, then I can use Super1Click and root the phone again, then flash my custom recovery and ROM. But that OTA is nowhere to be found.
Ok, I finally got a ROM that flashed and booted (COS-DS again). Hopefully it doesn't have those weird issues again. Oh, wait. Jeez.... the phone thinks the headphones are plugged in. At least it seems the WiFi and sideloading/Market installs are working for now.
Attempting to flash GRP CM7.1 gives me a "assert failed: getprop("rro.bootloader") == "1.33.0013" .... "Status 7." Which is why I need that SPL.
Hmmmm... ok, I think I got somewhere here... I just found a SAPPIMG on my USB drive called "Sapphire_T-Mobile_US_2.10.531.4," which seems to be ROM my phone was shipped with. I flashed it in fastboot, booted up, connected to WiFi, and it automatically downloaded the T-Mobile 1.2 update to Android 2.2.1. I've installed it, looking good so far.
For now I've gotta run but later I will attempt to root it and install a custom recovery, nandroid backup, and attempt to flash a Gingerbread ROM and new kernel.
EDIT: I've uploaded it HERE.
UndeadSquirrel said:
Sapphire unknown 32B Eng S-off H
hboot 1.33.2010 (Sapp31000)
Clpd-13
Radio 3.22.20.17
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While I see you solved it some way or other:
Usually 3.22 on a stock sapphire image is 32a.. but it will work obviously on a 32b phone. (actually may be officially this way on some carriers with both 32a/32b models to make the one rom support both versions but I'm not sure of this.. Verifone users however seem to frequently end up in the 3.22 radio on a 32b device)
Regardless of 32a/32b however while you have a 3.22 radio the kernel (both recovery and the rom) must be ebi1 .. its likely you got the right recovery; but the rom didn't have the ebi1 image.
The particular state mentioned however is a 32b unit with s=off 1.33.2010 SPL thus if you wanted from here to go to a 2708+ kernel the easiest way is the original 2708+ dream/sapphire instructions http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=831139
Just remember you must use fastboot to install the 2.22 radio when a 3.22 radio is currently installed or you may well brick your phone.
Yeah, I was hoping you could clear up the confusion with the 32A/B but what stumped me was, I had the radio and SPL before. And I followed your thread to update them again, but I couldn't get into/flash recovery or ROM afterwards no matter what I did. So now, I'm running the 2.2.1 T-Mobile ROM, 32A .0013 SPL and 28.25 radio, got it rooted. So now I just need to flash a recovery, but I'm kind of hesitant to do so until I know for sure how to progress from this point. Any tips?
EDIT: Got it. I used ROM Manager to flash CWM recovery (the ION/myTouch one worked), and flash the GRP CM 7.1 port. Annoyingly enough, the camera STILL causes a reboot after taking a photo. Fffffuuuuuuuuuuu.......!!! Eh, whatever.
EDIT: Flashed ezTerry's ezBiff 2708 kernel, which even though it worked for me fine before, caused an infinite boot loop (it made it briefly to the desktop each time and rebooted, for some reason). The ebi0 kernel, which went through a couple reboots, seemed to fix the camera again, but no extra RAM.
EDIT: Wait. WiFi is broken. Settings simply state, "Error". USB connection won't even allow me to mount the SD card. My phone is a retard! Ebi0 is a no-go.
Yet another edit: ClockworkMod-flashed ezTerry's ezGBv1.5 kernel. Everything's working fine now. Though still no extra RAM. Hmmm... Terry? Did I get something mixed up here? It worked fine before...
Arrrgh, I am SO confused!
Hope this thread can provide some helpful info to anyone else who may screw up the way I did!

[Q] Magic 32a Recovery/Flash Issue

Hoping someone can help. I have a magic 32a. I was running cyanogen 6.0, or 6.1 I believe, and I thought it was time to change. In the mix of trying to install new ROM, I did an SD wipe and removed my backups....
I downloaded SDK tools and I have done everything I possibly can, so I'm looking for help.
SAPPHIRE PVT ENG S-OFF H
HBOOT-1.76.2007 (SAPP31000)
CPLD-13
RADIO-3.22.20.17
I had the old radio and SPL, but then I couldn't reboot into recovery. I FINALLY got the radio flashed, and it took my ability to enter recovery away( Amon Ra, don't remember what version).
Now I'm trying the new radio, but every time I try and flash the radio my phone freezes in the middle of the flash. The SPL flashed just fine, but now I can't even boot into recovery and even trying to boot it sticks on the mytouch screen.
My question is, do I have the wrong spl/radio combo, which one I might need, or any ideas on how to get my phone running again.
Thanks.
Alright I got the new radio to flash. Everytime I flash a recovery, it flashes no problem, but gets stuck when I try and boot into recovery....I don't get it.

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