How to UNroot after 1-click Root? - myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development

Does anyone know how to UNroot 32b after having rooted with the 1-click procedure? To root I have followed the following guide - which is very well explained btw.
http://theunlockr.com/2009/08/29/how-to-root-the-htc-magic-in-one-click/
But if I have to send the device to warranty, I would like to be able to UNroot and restore the stock ROM (swisscom switzerland).
Any help welcome! Thanks

There is another video on his site that shows the unroot procedure. it is quite simple. also you can read this.
http://forums.t-mobile.com/tmbl/board/message?board.id=AndroidDev&thread.id=9802

I believe these UNroot procedures are only intended for the MyTouch 3G and not for the magic 32b. Am I wrong?
I asked the Unlockr if the UNroot procedure was valid after 1-click Root and he replied the following:
"TheUnlockr Says:
Yes, but only for the MyTouch. If you have a Magic there is a different procedure.
"
And indeed I have a Magic 32b from Swisscom Switzerland.

tudor00 said:
I believe these UNroot procedures are only intended for the MyTouch 3G and not for the magic 32b. Am I wrong?
I asked the Unlockr if the UNroot procedure was valid after 1-click Root and he replied the following:
"TheUnlockr Says:
Yes, but only for the MyTouch. If you have a Magic there is a different procedure.
"
And indeed I have a Magic 32b from Swisscom Switzerland.
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You will need to locate a sappimg.nbh for your phone if you want a complete undo. You can just get a nandroid backup of another phone to get the original OS load working.
I did this as a test on my myTouch and I did not need the goldcard. It worked with my regular sd card.

Next time search or post any questions in General section.

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Noob Goldcard Android Question

Hello I know this is a noob question but im new to the rooting process.
I have a crippled HTC Magic (vodafone) and I want to root it but I do that i have a Question.
Could i copy my Goldcard onto the boot image of android 2.2 and be able to install it to my phone. Would this work and if it wouldn't not work could it be explained to me please
if you have a vodafone 32b magic (uk version?), there is no need to create a goldcard..... its dead easy
biggary said:
if you have a vodafone 32b magic (uk version?), there is no need to create a goldcard..... its dead easy
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I tried without the goldcard and i couldn't downgrade to 1.5 mytouch. When I did this i was unable to progress in the installation of Cyanogen and the phone would not let me past this step it kept saying phone was locked or something to that effect.
I can't remember exactly but i was able to revert to 1.6 vodafone and show room people at the vodafone store are not smart and sent it to be repaired as a faulty update.
Shutdown tour phone, hold the back button and end/power button when turning it back on and tell me what you see?

rooting = unlocking?

hi
im a noob when it comes to rooting my htc magic. ive tried three times before, failed all of them and have already bricked three phones. i got my htc magic from Rogers in Canada and they have locked the phone to Rogers themselves.
i am now in hong kong for summer, unable to use my phones and is stuck with my old sony ericsson P1i, which is a very boring phone.
my question is, if i attempt to root the phone again and succeed this time, does it mean that i have already unlocked the phone? that the phone's carrier is not restricted anymore? and also what is the safest way to root my htc magic?
thanks for all the help in advance
KimCheeZZ said:
hi
im a noob when it comes to rooting my htc magic. ive tried three times before, failed all of them and have already bricked three phones. i got my htc magic from Rogers in Canada and they have locked the phone to Rogers themselves.
i am now in hong kong for summer, unable to use my phones and is stuck with my old sony ericsson P1i, which is a very boring phone.
my question is, if i attempt to root the phone again and succeed this time, does it mean that i have already unlocked the phone? that the phone's carrier is not restricted anymore? and also what is the safest way to root my htc magic?
thanks for all the help in advance
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I succesfully unlocked and rooted the Rogers Magic after being locked out by perfect SPL performing the January 2010 911 upgrade. Did this using the 'goldcard' method and flashing the imperfect SPL 1.76.2007 ENG. Was then able to flash a generic 1.5 cupcake ROM and apply Wifi tether. All works perfectly well.
Search for The UnLockr's method to create the goldcard, then follow the SPL thread on how to flash the imperfect SPL. Good luck.

[Q] Validation error: Backup CID missing

Hello everyone,
I recently got this HTC desire shipped from Hong Kong. It contains certain preloaded apps in chinese that I am unable to get rid of. I tried rooting it with unrevoked 3.32 however I get the error Validation error: Backup CID missing... Are there going to be any future releases of unrevoked that would fix this problem or am I never going to be able to root the phone in order to remove this crap!!
i got mine on ebay and it is T-Mobile branded, i tried to root it several times with Unrevoked 3.32. i got the same error: validation error....... don't know how to do
@rishu88: after few hours of searching and trying methods founds on xda dev and others site, i found that we need a goldcard before rooting. i created my own goldcard then rooted with unrevoked 3.32. just one thing, before using your SDcard do a full format on windows with fat32 (not a rapid format) it'll take a while but it's better look at here for how to creat a goldcard: UnlockR
hope i'm helping you mate
acidsven said:
i got mine on ebay and it is T-Mobile branded, i tried to root it several times with Unrevoked 3.32. i got the same error: validation error....... don't know how to do
@rishu88: after few hours of searching and trying methods founds on xda dev and others site, i found that we need a goldcard before rooting. i created my own goldcard then rooted with unrevoked 3.32. just one thing, before using your SDcard do a full format on windows with fat32 (not a rapid format) it'll take a while but it's better look at here for how to creat a goldcard: UnlockR
hope i'm helping you mate
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OK, but what PB99IMG.ZIP file did you make ?
can you post it here ?
I tried several zipfiles and allways the htc prompts that is an older version, so NO GO
thnx in advance
B
blenaerts said:
OK, but what PB99IMG.ZIP file did you make ?
can you post it here ?
I tried several zipfiles and allways the htc prompts that is an older version, so NO GO
thnx in advance
B
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no need of a zip file to get root access, you just have to creat your gold card, insert it in your desire, download Unrevoked and follow this tuto, and all is done
Doesn't work
I created my glod card, and used unrevoked 3.32, but still get the same error, Validation error : Backup CID missing, My phone is htc desire , orange branded.
gabis7 said:
I created my glod card, and used unrevoked 3.32, but still get the same error, Validation error : Backup CID missing, My phone is htc desire , orange branded.
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hello Gabis and welcome to XDA-DEV forum my htc desire also was orange branded and with SLCD sceen not Amoled but i followed the steps from that site and i rooted it using unrevoked; just one thing, not all memorycards can be gold cards try a kingstone 2Gb, almost everyone has confirmed that it works! personally i used a sandisk 2Gb and the 2nd try, it works. when the goldcard is ready and operational, unrevoked can root your Desire without any problem. we'll stay in touch, okay? peace.
Guys, I had the same problem, HTC Desire, 2.2, branded Orange, but found this guide and it worked like magic. No goldcard needed or anything.
http ) //rootmydroid.co.uk/guides/howto-fix-the-backup-cid-missing-error-on-unrevoked
I used the first method described. Good luck

[Q] S-Off not possible because of "Error 131" - doesn't matter which RUU

Hi guys,
I am new here, so maybe I missed something.
Anyway, I followed the tutorial step-by-step to unlock my HTC Desire S which I got today (so it has a 2.x bootloader) like stated here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1443636
But I can't seem to install any RUU cause of "Error 131", as told in the tutorial, I must use the RUU for my specific region.
So, my Region is Germany and my phone is from o2.
So first I used
RUU_Saga_HTC_Europe_1.28.401.1_Radio_20.28b.30.0805U_38.03.02.11_M_release_177977_signed.exe
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because Germany is in Europe. And the only GER RUU is from "TMO" which may mean "T-Mobile" I guess. But it didn't work.
Next I thought "**** that ****" and I tried to flash (after repeating all tutorial steps):
RUU_Saga_TMO_DE_1.30.111.1_Radio_20.28b.30.0805U_38.03.02.11_M_release_178580_signed.exe
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But it still shows up "Error 131"... so now I am depressed. Can anyone tell me what I am doing wrong?
Thank you very much
Samwan said:
Hi guys,
I am new here, so maybe I missed something.
Anyway, I followed the tutorial step-by-step to unlock my HTC Desire S which I got today (so it has a 2.x bootloader) like stated here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1443636
But I can't seem to install any RUU cause of "Error 131", as told in the tutorial, I must use the RUU for my specific region.
So, my Region is Germany and my phone is from o2.
So first I used
because Germany is in Europe. And the only GER RUU is from "TMO" which may mean "T-Mobile" I guess. But it didn't work.
Next I thought "**** that ****" and I tried to flash (after repeating all tutorial steps):
But it still shows up "Error 131"... so now I am depressed. Can anyone tell me what I am doing wrong?
Thank you very much
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Hi there,
You need to flash the RUU that is supported by your phone's version.
Turn the phone into fastboot mode (voldown + power), click fastboot, wait till it shows fastboot usb.
Open console in PC and find the android tools, type:
<androidtool dir>\ fastboot getvar all
It should come up as: INFOversion etc.
What you need to look for is INFOversion-main and INFOcidnum
Go to http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1002506
and download the RUU that matches!
If you've S-OFF'd the phone with Revolutionary, then RUU will have some problems with overwriting the bootloader, follow this guide to re S-ON.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1187231
anchemis said:
If you've S-OFF'd the phone with Revolutionary, then RUU will have some problems with overwriting the bootloader, follow this guide to re S-ON.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1187231
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Very helpful reply buddy.
But i don't think the last line applies to him. He said he just got the phone, and it had the v2.xxx hboot to begin with, so he went looking to downgrade. If he had acheived S-off, he wouldn't be asking how to S-off in the first place.
@OP : You should try using a Goldcard when faced with a difficult choice of Region-specific RUUs. Try making one (Use Search function) and then re-running the European RUU. (You may also have to check your Misc_version to ensure compatibility, or you may hit a roadblock again.
Hi,
I just wanted to confirm for further searches / use that what has been stated inside the first answer is fully working.
I got my Desire S downgraded, S-OFFed and was able to flash MIUI, so it's finding it's way to my girlfriend as birthday present soon thank you for helping.

Vodafone UK Branded Phone

Hi guys!
I hope it's not a problem I opened a new thread but I haven't really found a fully answered topic to my question. (I might be blind, anyway...)
So I own a Vodafone UK Branded HTC Sensation. I am thinking to root the device. I do not want to use any custom rom, I'm happy with the official one (at the moment...) and I would only like to have "ROOT Access". So, am I right that I do not need to "S-OFF"?
In this case as I understand:
1.) I have to unlock bootloader (HTCdev)
2.) Follow this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1632553 to root the device
Is that right?
After the root had been done, will I be able to remove all the applications, boot image... pre-installed by Vodafone? (Kind of "de-brand" the device) Or will I be able to install a "EU RUU" or only the "Vodafone RUU". I'm really sorry if I'm totally wrong but I have been reading the threads for couple of weeks now and I already got absolutely confused... I appreciate any help, explanation. Thank you very much in advance!
matekaneve said:
Hi guys!
I hope it's not a problem I opened a new thread but I haven't really found a fully answered topic to my question. (I might be blind, anyway...)
So I own a Vodafone UK Branded HTC Sensation. I am thinking to root the device. I do not want to use any custom rom, I'm happy with the official one (at the moment...) and I would only like to have "ROOT Access". So, am I right that I do not need to "S-OFF"?
In this case as I understand:
1.) I have to unlock bootloader (HTCdev)
2.) Follow this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1632553 to root the device
Is that right?
After the root had been done, will I be able to remove all the applications, boot image... pre-installed by Vodafone? (Kind of "de-brand" the device) Or will I be able to install a "EU RUU" or only the "Vodafone RUU". I'm really sorry if I'm totally wrong but I have been reading the threads for couple of weeks now and I already got absolutely confused... I appreciate any help, explanation. Thank you very much in advance!
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Hi,
From having a quick look at the guide in the link you don't even need to unlock the bootloader via HTCdev. Just follow the guide. I personally unlocked my bootloader and S-off'd via revolutionary.io who did a great job of beating HTCdev to the punch within months of the sensation coming out.
Here's a "Super noob guide to unlocking bootloader and s-off" which may ease your confusion. Although for the HTC Rezound , the concept for all HTC Bootloaders is the same, Just don't follow that guide verbatim otherwise bad things may happen. :laugh:
You should be able to de-bloat ( probably the search term you want to use ) your rom after root. There's also a guide for carrier unlocking knocking around somewhere which I also did, Unlocking it from 3UK grips
Good Luck
You could have probably asked your questions in the guide thread but meh, no one died and I don't think anyone's losing sleep over this post at least you've spent some time trying to figure it out on your own before calling for help
trevd said:
Hi,
From having a quick look at the guide in the link you don't even need to unlock the bootloader via HTCdev. Just follow the guide. I personally unlocked my bootloader and S-off'd via revolutionary.io who did a great job of beating HTCdev to the punch within months of the sensation coming out.
Here's a "Super noob guide to unlocking bootloader and s-off" which may ease your confusion. Although for the HTC Rezound , the concept for all HTC Bootloaders is the same, Just don't follow that guide verbatim otherwise bad things may happen. :laugh:
You should be able to de-bloat ( probably the search term you want to use ) your rom after root. There's also a guide for carrier unlocking knocking around somewhere which I also did, Unlocking it from 3UK grips
Good Luck
You could have probably asked your questions in the guide thread but meh, no one died and I don't think anyone's losing sleep over this post at least you've spent some time trying to figure it out on your own before calling for help
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Thank you very much for your reply! My Hboot version is 1.27. As far as I know I am unable to use the "revolutionary" method to S-OFF and unlock the bootloader. Anyway I will go for the htcdev one once I'm back from work! Thank you for your help again!
matekaneve said:
Thank you very much for your reply! My Hboot version is 1.27. As far as I know I am unable to use the "revolutionary" method to S-OFF and unlock the bootloader. Anyway I will go for the htcdev one once I'm back from work! Thank you for your help again!
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Hi,
Please check my signature (☺ A great starting point for all new Sensation owners ☺) for a good list of guides to s-off.
I would suggest ganesh or kgs methods.
You will also need to install a custom recovery.
Check out joaquinf's guide to installing 4EXT.
malybru said:
Hi,
Please check my signature (☺ A great starting point for all new Sensation owners ☺) for a good list of guides to s-off.
I would suggest ganesh or kgs methods.
You will also need to install a custom recovery.
Check out joaquinf's guide to installing 4EXT.
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Just an update! I managed to root my device! Now I'm a happy chappy! :victory: Thank you guys for all the help and guides! I used this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1497404
I have root access, unlocked bootloader and 4ext installed. :good: I might try S-OFF another time...
Thank you again!

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