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[Testing] Flash 1.76.2007 Engineering SPL over 1.76.0007 Perfected SPL

Something to try if you're stuck with 1.76.0007 SPL... There is no harm in trying. If it works, great! If not, then you're no worse off...
Make sure your radio version is 6.35.07.29 by entering FASTBOOT mode. (Back + Power). If it's not 6.35.07.29, don't continue.
Download this update and save to your SD as update.zip
http://content.modaco.net/hero/update-hero-hboot-1.76.2007-signed.zip
Boot your phone into HTC recovery mode using Home and Power.
Press Home and End to bring up the recovery console.
Choose the option to "Apply sdcard:update.zip"
If this is successful, it will apply the update then bring you back into the recovery mode. Turn off your phone, then boot into FASTBOOT using Back and Power. See if your HBOOT version is now 1.76.2007.
We might be on to something here...

This seems to be what's happening when people try this...
Code:
E:No signature (5 files)
E:Verification failed
Installation aborted
That means that the Engineering SPL can't be flashed over the stock SPL.
Oh well, it was worth a shot.
Does anyone else have any ideas?

Dude nice one but what's the success rate? I'm willing to try this **** but i need more input from you, like has anyone successfully flashed it and in case it bricks my phone and it prolly will, can i overwrite it with an official Sense TW/HK/SG RUU and will it bring my Magic back from the dead?
EDIT: Got ya. Looks like it is still work in progress...

Guru, what's about thing to replace HBoot to Eng HBoot in rom.zip while RUU wait to get processed ?
It's so crazy, but ... why not?
I'm gonna compare by Hex-editor original Hero Hboot, Eng hero Hboot and original magic Hboot...
Update at 14:29 (GMT +3)
Good news:
Hboot from RUU_Sapphire_HTC_Asia_WWE_3.03.728.4 (Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam)
Hboot from RUU_Hero_HTC_WWE_2.73.405.38_WWE_release_signed_NoDriver
HBoot from RUU_Hero_HTC_WWE_2.73.405.61_WWE_test_signed_NoDriver
are absolutely same
Checksum MD-5: 6EC7F3AF2C832B38EEECE0FD7FB66CDA
Bad news:
Eng Hboot from Modaco is quite different than stock HBoots
So it is NOT a hex-patch. It is fully engineering Hboot.
As there is one new eng Hboot for Hero, so a new one HBoot for Magic exists... but where?)

5[Strogino] said:
Guru, what's about thing to replace HBoot to Eng HBoot in rom.zip while RUU wait to get processed ?
It's so crazy, but ... why not?
I'm gonna compare by Hex-editor original Hero Hboot, Eng hero Hboot and original magic Hboot...
Update at 14:29 (GMT +3)
Good news:
Hboot from RUU_Sapphire_HTC_Asia_WWE_3.03.728.4 (Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam)
Hboot from RUU_Hero_HTC_WWE_2.73.405.38_WWE_release_signed_NoDriver
HBoot from RUU_Hero_HTC_WWE_2.73.405.61_WWE_test_signed_NoDriver
are absolutely same
Checksum MD-5: 6EC7F3AF2C832B38EEECE0FD7FB66CDA
Bad news:
Eng Hboot from Modaco is quite different than stock HBoots
So it is NOT a hex-patch. It is fully engineering Hboot.
As there is one new eng Hboot for Hero, so a new one HBoot for Magic exists... but where?)
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Nice anyway , if some one wants to have the new radio and be able to flash the new sense using fastboot maybe it should work to flash hboot with HBoot from RUU_Hero_HTC_WWE_2.73.405.61_WWE_test_signed_NoDri ver and then flash the new radio and go on with flashing the rest...
The NEW ENG.SPL is not useful unless we get it in form of a signed sappimg.zip , here comes the big question Do Modaco has the new hero SPL in a signed by htc sappimg.zip ? if he has it then we are all set

5[Strogino] said:
Guru, what's about thing to replace HBoot to Eng HBoot in rom.zip while RUU wait to get processed ?
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Rom.zip is signed, when you change it the sign validation will fail.

shwan_3 said:
Nice anyway , if some one wants to have the new radio and be able to flash the new sense using fastboot maybe it should work to flash hboot with HBoot from RUU_Hero_HTC_WWE_2.73.405.61_WWE_test_signed_NoDri ver and then flash the new radio and go on with flashing the rest...
The NEW ENG.SPL is not useful unless we get it in form of a signed sappimg.zip , here comes the big question Do Modaco has the new hero SPL in a signed by htc sappimg.zip ? if he has it then we are all set
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The whole point to running a 1.76 ENG HBOOT is to be able to run Hero ROMs and the new Sapphire 32A Sense ROMs without modifying them to the current 1.33 HBOOT partition table. And I'm quite sure that the 6.35 radio doesn't run well with a 1.33 HBOOT.
The HBOOT defines the partitioning of the NAND and the new Sense ROMs can't be flashed onto the partition table defined by a 1.33 HBOOT.

cursordroid said:
The whole point to running a 1.76 ENG HBOOT is to be able to run Hero ROMs and the new Sapphire 32A Sense ROMs without modifying them to the current 1.33 HBOOT partition table. And I'm quite sure that the 6.35 radio doesn't run well with a 1.33 HBOOT.
The HBOOT defines the partitioning of the NAND and the new Sense ROMs can't be flashed onto the partition table defined by a 1.33 HBOOT.
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Thats what ln -s is for

Amon_RA said:
Rom.zip is signed, when you change it the sign validation will fail.
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But where are keys and certs in rom.zip?

maxisma said:
Thats what ln -s is for
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I'm one of the people who would really rather not use their SD card for apps or cache storage.
But yeah, that does work when necessary.

cursordroid said:
This seems to be what's happening when people try this...
Code:
E:No signature (5 files)
E:Verification failed
Installation aborted
That means that the Engineering SPL can't be flashed over the stock SPL.
Oh well, it was worth a shot.
Does anyone else have any ideas?
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i got this error too

cursordroid said:
I'm one of the people who would really rather not use their SD card for apps or cache storage.
But yeah, that does work when necessary.
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You can put Hero apps on /data too...

cursordroid said:
Boot your phone into HTC recovery mode using Home and Power.
Press Home and End to bring up the recovery console.
Choose the option to "Apply sdcard:update.zip"
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Which is the 'End' button?

AltDimension said:
Which is the 'End' button?
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power~~~~~

AltDimension said:
Which is the 'End' button?
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the "End" button is a big, grey stone which u have to throw twice on your display

Same thing happened for me too.
E:No signature (5 files)
E:Verification failed
Installation aborted

I don't think we'll be able to directly flash this SPL over top of the 1.76.0007 perfected SPL.
We need to find a way to get a rooted recovery image on this phone. Through the same means that the Android Recovery Flasher or the Relentless Rooter would flash the recovery image.
Unfortunately, at this point there is no way of getting root priveledges on these ROMs.

cursordroid said:
I don't think we'll be able to directly flash this SPL over top of the 1.76.0007 perfected SPL.
We need to find a way to get a rooted recovery image on this phone. Through the same means that the Android Recovery Flasher or the Relentless Rooter would flash the recovery image.
Unfortunately, at this point there is no way of getting root priveledges on these ROMs.
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hope to see it soon...
i can't flash any rom now...after flash the sense-ui

Actually going to be sending my Indonesian HTC Magic to the UK repair center soon, will be interesting to see what it comes back with, seeing as I have Official Sense on it.

cursordroid said:
I don't think we'll be able to directly flash this SPL over top of the 1.76.0007 perfected SPL.
We need to find a way to get a rooted recovery image on this phone. Through the same means that the Android Recovery Flasher or the Relentless Rooter would flash the recovery image.
Unfortunately, at this point there is no way of getting root priveledges on these ROMs.
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Tks for ur work first.
Try to flash the eng. 2007spl directly over 0007, official signature is the point, but almost unbreakable?
I tried to flash 2.53RUU (with eng. 2010spl), surely, it said the main version older and aborted. So can we just modify version info in the official RUU to cheat version check? Maybe...

Rooting SG HTC magic with sense UI

hi,
Sorry if its already discuss somewhere, Im holding a SG Magic hardset 32A mobo
my version is
HBOOT-1.76.0007
CPLD-12
RADIO-6.35.07.29
i cant seem to root the device, error i got is (fastboot remote: not allow) so i tried Amon_RA Fix perfact SPL but it show "Main Version is order!"
is it possible to root my device?? or is there any guide available that i can follow??

When you are in the FASTBOOT screen, is there S-ON in the first line?
If so, maybe you need to flash to Engineering SPL first, I used following one:
http://rapidshare.com/files/267475618/update.Engineering-SPL-HBOOT-1.33.2010-signed.zip
When updated, you should see "S-OFF" in the first line of FASTBOOT screen.
Then follow the Cursordroid's post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=592856
And remember when you flash the recovery from Amon_RA, please choose the one for Hero on your magic, not the sapphire one.

Thanks for your help and reply, but it seems that this engineered SPL patch don't work, I'm getting "Main version is old" error. And after reading some other post, it seems that my HBoot version is one of those that cant be root yet.
Thanks for your reply though

Question about flashing original spl to engineering spl!!

my spl now is 1.33.0008 (not perfect spl) and my radio is 3.22.20.17. i want to flash my spl to engineering one like 1.33.2010
i read cursordroid's thread before. it says that just download the signed ZIP archive which includes SPL 1.33.2010, put in the SD root, and flash it in recovery
but i just saw somebody report this method bricked his phone.
does cursordroid's way actually work or just brick your phone? and if it doesn't work, is there another way?
BTW, my phone is PVT 32A

anybody help?

I used this method and it worked fine. I had 1.33.0010 and changed it to 1.33.2010 from update.zip in recovery

dione1200 said:
I used this method and it worked fine. I had 1.33.0010 and changed it to 1.33.2010 from update.zip in recovery
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thx!
i will try it now
maybe i was wrong.

the method worked for me, i went from 1.33.0010 to 1.33.2010 on my rogers magic.....

Upgrade to Radio 6.35.10.18 ONLY

Hi,
My phone is running in radio 3.22.20.17, SPL 1.33.2010 but S-ON which prevent me from using the fastboot flash command as explained by cursordroids in the following thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=605239
I'm thinking of using another procedure by using Amon RA recovery image and flashing signed update.zip for the radio and for the SPL.
The problem with this procedure is that my phone reboots in between the two updates (the radio update and the spl update) so at one point, i've got a phone running Radio version 6.35.xxx and the old SPL 1.33.2010.
I've no idea how the phone will react. Am i going to birck it ? Does anybody already tried this ?
Thanks for your feedbacks.

Seriously? Did you even read his instructions?
----- If you do not have an Engineering SPL, download 1.33.2010 and flash through recovery before starting this procedure. Flash the SPL update.zip like any other update.zip file.
Straight from his post.
How much more simple does a dev have to make it in order for members like you to do this.

KAwAtA said:
Seriously? Did you even read his instructions?
----- If you do not have an Engineering SPL, download 1.33.2010 and flash through recovery before starting this procedure. Flash the SPL update.zip like any other update.zip file.
Straight from his post.
How much more simple does a dev have to make it in order for members like you to do this.
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Seriously, did you even read what he wrote?
He has an engineering SPL already but his phobe is still showing S-ON.
Now, what i would do if i were him is the following.
Test if the command fastboot boot recovery.img works.
If it does then i would flash the radio through the recovery, afterwards i would boot the HERO recovery and use it to flash the new spl.
Bare in mind that i did not test this method and nor do i plan to test it.

Hi,
Thanks eygor that have pointed correctly my situation.
So YES i can fastboot (i need to add some flags as my magic disable the sdcard by default) and this what i'm going to use.... flashing via a signed zip file BUT i do not know how the phone will react by having a radio 6.35.10.18 dissociated from the SPL (still in version 1.33.2010....yes the engineering version).
Anybody has had any experience with this. ?
Question:
- My rom is rooted, am i able to use flash_image to update the SPL and the radio ?
- Receovry_Ra does not provide the flash_image command or am i wrong ?

eyegor said:
Seriously, did you even read what he wrote?
He has an engineering SPL already but his phobe is still showing S-ON.
Now, what i would do if i were him is the following.
Test if the command fastboot boot recovery.img works.
If it does then i would flash the radio through the recovery, afterwards i would boot the HERO recovery and use it to flash the new spl.
Bare in mind that i did not test this method and nor do i plan to test it.
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LOL Please show where he says that it's an engineeringSPL.
Anyways, if you got fastboot working why not work from there? If you're asking what I think youre asking cause I'm not sure... you just flash radio in fastboot and then flash SPL (doesnt matter if you still have the old spl , just flash the new one after radio) then flash recovery

1.33.2010
Sounds like an engineering SPL.
If you have a 32A device, use the 3.04.401.2 Europe RUU with a goldcard. Then use the SU within that ROM to install hero recovery. Finally use hero recovery to flash the rest of the stuff you need.

xaueious said:
1.33.2010
Sounds like an engineering SPL.
If you have a 32A device, use the 3.04.401.2 Europe RUU with a goldcard. Then use the SU within that ROM to install hero recovery. Finally use hero recovery to flash the rest of the stuff you need.
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Hi xaueious,
I've read the article explaining the use of 3.04.401.2 Europe RUU with a goldcard.
They clearly mention to copy rom1.zip into the Goldcard and rename it SAPPIMG.zip
(see post from JcMatos http://forum.xda-developers.com/printthread.php?t=625108&pp=10&page=7)
My problem is that rom1.zip does not contain any upgrade of the radio or the SPL (it's contained in the rom.zip). So if i follow correctly the instruction, i get my magic updated with a new rom but still with my old SPL and Radio remains identical. I do have a high risk of having my magic bricked.
Am i missing something ?

How to root after updating to 2.56.494.7 rom

I had to update my phone with the above rom in RUU mode because it was stuck in RUU mode and couldnt do anything. I have a goldcard created but I dont know what SPL to install because of the rom version. would anybody be so kind as to helping me what to do next. Thanks.

Go in fastboot by pressing back+power (while your phone is switched off) and tell as what your SPL and radio version is. I suspect it's a 1.33.xx.xx SPL and 3.22.xx.xx radio, but you should better tell us in order to help you.

HBOOT is 1.33.0010
RADIO 3.22.30.17
Im on a 32b, S-ON H.

Are you sure it's 32B, S-ON H. If it's 32B, it should be S-ON G. Be very careful. If you flash your 32B Magic with a ROM that is meant for a 32A, you may brick your phone.

vmaxada said:
Are you sure it's 32B, S-ON H. If it's 32B, it should be S-ON G. Be very careful. If you flash your 32B Magic with a ROM that is meant for a 32A, you may brick your phone.
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what originally happened is that i accidentally flashed my phone with an 32a RUU update, which didnt finish and got stuck on the RUU mode screen. I flashed it with an arabic RUU and i now my phone is up and running again. That is definitely what comes up on the fastboot screen. Is there a 32b RUU that I can update to? or can i root my phone?
Official 3.03.990.6 SenseUI ROM for Vodafone - is where I got the rom from.

You should follow the instructions on this post. A friend of mine did the same thing and I used those instructions to install Amon_RA's ROM for 32B Magic.
Since you' ve already installed the Arabic ROM, you should do the rest:
Then follow below link to root the phone:
http://theunlockr.com/2009/08/29/how...-in-one-click/
Then start phone recovery mode and update the SPL to ENG SPL 1.33. 2005 from below link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=529019
Your phone should be 32A now, if you would like to restore to 32B follow below link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=547133
Good luck
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How do I install an app through android sdk? Because I cannot do the flashrec any other way because there's no market.

spongerob500 said:
How do I install an app through android sdk? Because I cannot do the flashrec any other way because there's no market.
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Put the flashrec.apk in the androidsdk folder. From a command prompt (the path should be that of your androidsdk folder) run:
Code:
adb install flashrec.apk
Put the exact name of the flashrec app you downloaded.

thanks. btw the image version i am using is 2.56.494.7. does that mean any above that i can upgrade to?

Sir, you are a legend. I've finally sorted it after a couple of stressful days without my phone!