First hello everyone this is my first post ( of menny questions know dout )
My problem is i have just got a htc magic vodaphone uk. The back says (with google)
basicly i wont to root this phone so i can put that custom firmware that most people use. i have the ROM and a guide to get the costom ROM on ( that may be a question when im rooted ) i have looked all over the net for days now and come across a file called SAPPIMG.nbh
i ran the file in fast boot but as it unpack's or whotever it does but as the green writeing come's up i noticed after every line it says image not found or wrong image first line is alway's say's SAPPING.zip image not found i think it as 6 lines its prity fast over in about 10 sec's.
my phone says in fastboot mode.
sapphire pvt 32b ship s-on g
hboot-1.33.0007 (sapp10000)
cpld-10
radio-2.22.19.26i
jul 31 2009, 15:49:25
so im hopeing someone can help me out and as this is my first smart phone some advice on good apps to use daily and to make my phone better all round.
meny thanks.
forgot to say my firmware is android 1.6
if i have missed anything inportent out please let me know.
may not matter but its unlocked to any network im on 02 so i have to put my own vpn in for 3g.
Your phone has a perfected spl and so you will need to create a Goldcard it's a lot easier then it looks trust me just follow Amon_RA's instructions (link below) I used them just the other day to root my UK Vodafone HTC Magic all I can say is make sure you read the whole post and links carefully a few times and if there's anything you don't understand just ask
[How-To] Root and un-root the T-Mobile myTouch 3G
Thank you dreamsofubuntu. im now running custom rom no real difrence to stock but got to start someware may try a new rom. i was wondering i made the gold card do i need it anymore or is it something i may need if rom ruins my phone or whotever dont realy need the card as i just got a new 4gb also i have read something about file swop or linux swop to speed up apps and whot not the recovery i flashed dont have that option but i still have the image that as it that i might put on had way more options than the one im useing recovery-RA-sapphire-v1.6.2H.img the other one with loads of options starts with boot anyway can i reflash the boot img without haveing to reflash the rom.
flamestrike said:
Thank you dreamsofubuntu. im now running custom rom no real difrence to stock but got to start someware may try a new rom. i was wondering i made the gold card do i need it anymore or is it something i may need if rom ruins my phone or whotever dont realy need the card as i just got a new 4gb also i have read something about file swop or linux swop to speed up apps and whot not the recovery i flashed dont have that option but i still have the image that as it that i might put on had way more options than the one im useing recovery-RA-sapphire-v1.6.2H.img the other one with loads of options starts with boot anyway can i reflash the boot img without haveing to reflash the rom.
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1) The most user-friendly rom by far is CyanogenMOD =]
2) Keeping hold of the Goldcard is useful, if for any reason you want to unroot your phone I believe
3) some recommend partitioning your microSD card so you have a small swap partition (used when you run out of ram) and a ext3 partition to use app2sd (stores apps on microSD instead of Phones memory) but this isn't recommended unless you have a class 4 or above microSD
in my opinion app2sd or swap is not needed for the HTC Magic however if you have allot of apps then it could become useful.
if you want information on partitioning your microsd or about swap I recommend reading the CyanogenMOD Wiki:
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php/Apps2SD#via_Amon_RA_recovery
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php/Compcache#
as to the rest of you post I'm afraid I can't quite understand if you could rephrase it
Rooting my 1.2 was easy... unrooting has been a nightmare, until now.
Once the sappimg files for both the fender and 1.2 were found I thought i would easily just power into hboot and rename to sappimg.zip blah blah blah etc. Well for some reason, i was getting the main version is older error.... as if I had created my gold card wrong. Gold card or regular SD card, it just was not working.
Afraid to change my SPL and try again, I decided to use my goldcard to revert back to the original 1.5 sappimg we all used to originally root our devices. Booted, got the dead touch screen and finally powered off. I was finally able to boot into hboot and install the tmobile sappimg for 1.2. Voila!
Anyways, this method should work for all, not just some. I will probably go back to root so i can keep playing around with the slide rom, but I'm happy to know I can revert without hitch if I decide to get the 2.1 OTA update whenever that happens.
rando191 said:
Rooting my 1.2 was easy... unrooting has been a nightmare, until now.
Once the sappimg files for both the fender and 1.2 were found I thought i would easily just power into hboot and rename to sappimg.zip blah blah blah etc. Well for some reason, i was getting the main version is older error.... as if I had created my gold card wrong. Gold card or regular SD card, it just was not working.
Afraid to change my SPL and try again, I decided to use my goldcard to revert back to the original 1.5 sappimg we all used to originally root our devices. Booted, got the dead touch screen and finally powered off. I was finally able to boot into hboot and install the tmobile sappimg for 1.2. Voila!
Anyways, this method should work for all, not just some. I will probably go back to root so i can keep playing around with the slide rom, but I'm happy to know I can revert without hitch if I decide to get the 2.1 OTA update whenever that happens.
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good to hear you got it to work... sorry i couldnt be much help myself since i havent attempted to unroot.. but if you wanted to unroot because you where worried you wouldnt get t mobiles ota update to 2.1.. it wasnt necessary to unroot, all you had to do is flash the stock fender rom with root and you will get the update...
First, I would like to note that I searched the XDA site both with their search bar and through Google's engine, and could not locate an answer.
Today I successfully rooted my AT&T HTC Inspire 4G, using the guide on the CyanogenMod wiki, the radio image provided in attn1's kit, and the Telus Kernel to get sound back, using Ubuntu-Linux.
Of course this process involved creating a Goldcard. I used an 8GB Sandisk microSD card, pretty much identical to the one which came with the phone. Do I still need this card for anything? Now that I have root access, S-OFF and ClockworkMod running, will it be required again for any reason?
I am asking, because I would like to get a 32GB card to hold my large music library, and give this card to a friend.
I was actually wondering the same thing. I read in other threads that the best SD card to use for the root is the 8GB that came with it. I have a 32 also
No, you do not need the original card anymore.
I read just now on another thread that a Goldcard works by forcing the bootloader to ignore the CID of a ROM, thereby allowing a modified stock ROM with the incorrect CID to be flashed.
Given that, I would think that to flash back to a stock ROM I would need a Goldcard. But now that I have S-OFF, is that CID-checking feature no longer present?
Very much a noob when it comes to Android phones and I have been working through the process to get a custom Rom on my HTC Sensation. I started following the instructions in this thread [Guide] to Installing S-off, Unlocking, ClockWork, Root, SuperCID & S-on and successfully completed step one, achieving s-off on the phone.
In step two things went badly wrong. Following the instructions I downloaded clockwork recovery and copied the PG58IMG onto my sd card, at least I thought I did. What I now realize is that since I had been doing a lot of reading and research on this topic before attempting it for the first time I had downloaded several relevant files in advance, one of which is the PG58IMG file from this thread [DEV] HTC Sensation & HTC Sensation XE firmware | Partitions Info | [01.03.2012 and it was this file that I put on the sd card. Obviously not what I should have flashed at all. Especially since it seems that the tool which would help me out of this mess is the one I just failed to install properly.
So the situation is that the phone loops constantly on startup when booting normally. When I boot into HBOOT with the SD card in it tries to update again and when that fails, gives no option but to reboot. If I remove the SD card then I get access to the following screen -
-Revolutionary-
PYRAMID PVT SHIP S-OFF RL
HBOOT-1.27.1100
RADIO-10.14.9035.01_M
eMMC-boot
and below the options -
HBOOT
FASTBOOT
RECOVERY
FACTORY RESET
SIMLOCK
IMAGE CRC
I have tried connecting the phone to my computer at this stage but I cant get FASTBOOT USB and adb cant find any devices either. Am I completely stuffed at this point? If not, if anyone can help me out with some instructions on what to do here I would be extremely grateful.
Thanks,
Webba
So have you tried to go into recovery once your in bootloader ? what happens then ?
If you get the correct files onto your sd card via a card reader, then put it in the phone, bootloader should attempt to update the new correct files.
I have tried going into recovery, it comes up with a pic of a phone with a green circle, followed by a phone with a red triangle, followed by going into the boot cycle. This is with the sd card removed. Am I right in thinking that if I get the right files onto the card and then run recovery with the sd card in it will work?
If you run BOOTLOADER then it should do... Make sure you remove the old PG58IMG before putting the new one on.
Thanks so much, I will try it as soon as I can. I assume I will find the right stock rom somewhere on these forums?
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Thanks so much, I will try it as soon as I can. I assume I will find the right stock rom somewhere on these forums?
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you will find anything and everything you will ever need on these forums
My Sensation was purchased in Hong Kong, after looking at the lists at shipped-roms this one - RUU_Pyramid_hTC_Asia_WWE_1.35.707.1_Radio_10.43a.9007.00U_10.51.9007.27_M3_release_198358_signed.exe
seems to be most likely correct. Can anyone more knowledgeable confirm this? I would hate to flash the wrong thing again.
did you successfully get superCID ? if so i do believe that you can flash any RUU / ROM
Im not 100% on this as im still new to the sensation myself, But im sure thats the whole point in having SuperCID
Unfortunately I dont have superCID. I was following the instructions pretty slavishly and the superCID setup is one step after clockwork
Is there a way to get superCID in my phones current state? From what I am reading I need it to at least hook up to adb which it is not doing at the moment so I assume I just have to get the right onto the sdcard to have any chance of it working, right?
Yes, You need clockwork mod before SuperCID. Have you tried to re download CWM and put it on sd card ? It could have just been a bad download, it happens to us all.
Download it again, Remove the previous PG58IMG from SD Card via a card reader (if you have one) Put the new PG58IMG on SD card. Pull battery out, Put SD Card back into the phone, put battery back in and boot into bootloader (volume down + Power)
Bootloader should automatically find the PG58IMG and ask if you want to update it, Select yes and theoretically you should be fine..
EDIT: Use this one http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=706572&d=1314848127
Yeah, I have re-downloaded CWM and made sure it is the right one I have to wait until the shops open here so I can pick up a micro sdcard reader but I will try the new CWM first, and if that fails then I will try the stock rom. Am I right in thinking that neither of this is likely to make the situation worse, even if they dont work?
No providing bootloader still works everything is fix-able..
We aint messing with bootloader so u will be ok.
Cant believe you dont have a card reader lol....
lol, up until today the only thing I needed to be able to read micro sd cards was the phone. Well, I will be better prepared next time anyway.
The thing that had me worried is that since I originally didn't realize PG58IMG was not a unique file name I am almost certain that the one on my sd card at the moment is not even CWM at all but one of the updated firmware ones I mentioned in the OP that I very stupidly mistook for it. It feels like a really serious mistake to make, but happy to know that if the boot loader is working then it should be fixable. I wasn't sure even about that.
I think the PG58IMG is a unique code that the phone reads and recognises as something to be flashed / updated.
Ive seen various things CWM / Firmwares / Updates with the same PG58IMG title. so maybe youre right and the original file you downloaded wasnt the correct one.
Dont panic, Keep calm, Ask questions, Get answers...... This is the only way to avoid a bricked phone
Yeah, you've saved me a lot of stress already. Ill be back in a few hours with the results of the next attempt. Thanks again!
Ok, the news is not great. I got hold of a micro sd adaptor so I could plug it into my computer and removed the old PG58IMG. I put the correct one (downloaded from this thread) on the sd card and rebooted the phone into HBOOT. It recognizes the file on the sd card but gets a cid fail and there is no option but to reboot which goes into the boot cycle.
Whats worse is that doing this apparently fries the sdcard. I tried it twice, because I am sucker for punishment and in both cases the sdcard is unreadable afterwards.
Maybe I should try and explain more clearly that I am now sure the PG58IMG that I first put on the card and flashed I am sure is the Firmware from 3.32.401.x & 3.32.401.10x RUU from this thread. It appeared to successfully update before rebooting the phone into its current state, causing me to realize I had the wrong file. I dont understand enough to know exactly whats going on but it seems pretty bad. Do you think I should try a 3rd sdcard with the Shipped ROM on it or is there something else I should do at this point?
Edit - The second sd card wasn't fried after all, but I am still searching for a shipped rom that isnt in .exe format, since the phone isnt connecting to the computer by usb at all right now. Anyone know where I can find one?
Edit - Ok, now I have fastboot usb which means I can use .exe shipped roms. adb devices cant find the phone though which means I cant superCID it which means I still have to find the right ROM. Since I brought the phone from HK I am trying all the asian ones first. Anyone know specifically which file at shipped-roms.com is the right one?
You flashed firmware for ics rom, so the stock rom won't boot and you have bootloop. If you flash the 3.12 firmware ( works for both ics and gb) that will resolve the loop and you will be able to continue with the guide and flash cwm.
Sent from my HTC Pyramid using xda premium
Hey Stringer7, do you mean this Firmware from 3.12.401.2/102 RUU available in the same thread? I will download it and give it a try.
edit - Gave it a try, I get CID incorrect from it too. Seems like CID incorrect for everything I try to flash atm.
What is your CID ??
Unfortunately I dont know. I didn't know I needed it before I started and now since the phone isn't talking to adb I cant use it to find out. All I know is that I bought the phone from Hong Kong about 6 months ago. Is there a way to check the CID with the phone the way it is now?
Hi, I've made a gold are for a second desire s I got for free as it wont boot and have been trying to revive.
The card works as it should and bypasses the cid although I think the desire is beyond help as i cant flash the bootloader no matter what process i try, my question is about keeping the card for future use in other devices.
Once made and used can it be re used over and over in different devices with different files for those specific phones or do you have to remake the card each time its used for a different phone?
My other question is does formatting it mean you have to re make the gold card or does the hex edit remain?
Thanks in advance,
Steve.
steve_htc_wizard said:
Hi, I've made a gold are for a second desire s I got for free as it wont boot and have been trying to revive.
The card works as it should and bypasses the cid although I think the desire is beyond help as i cant flash the bootloader no matter what process i try, my question is about keeping the card for future use in other devices.
Once made and used can it be re used over and over in different devices with different files for those specific phones or do you have to remake the card each time its used for a different phone?
My other question is does formatting it mean you have to re make the gold card or does the hex edit remain?
Thanks in advance,
Steve.
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First try install RUU for that Desire S bc you have goldcard.
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First try install RUU for that Desire S bc you have goldcard.
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I have tried every mothod going to try and flash that phone, it refuses to touch the bootloader.
Ruus won't even try cos it won't boot, official branded roms with the right cid the same android version give a same version error before it even tries to flash.
Different version roms that are right cid freeze on flashing bootloader be it in the form of a PG88IMG from SD or in fastboot.
And unbranded roms used with a gold card freeze on flashing bootloader.
The phone won't restart to bootloader from bootloader and any programs that try to restart the boot loader fail to managed it at the bootloader freezes with battery pull being the only way to shut phone down and try again.
When I got this phone from a friend it never booted past t-mobile screen and he says it just stopped working one day, its not keen messed with and as a result I think usb debugging was not enabled ether although fastboot does work for some commands strangely.
Basicly anything that trys to work with the bootloader gets told where to go by the phone lol
If it was s-off I could have used the work around from booting the o.s from the SD card but its not.
I think the emmc has corrupted from agressive multiple app updates from the marketplace and think its beyond help, I've spent hours trying everything lol. Now I just want to know if the gold card I made can be reused in other phones and what a format would do to the card.