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XDA Sapphire Hacking Wiki now available

I've just finished putting the last touches on the Sapphire Hacking Wiki available at:
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=HTC_Sapphire_Hacking
I urge any new users to read it to help them get started.
I urge any advanced users to read it and help us keep it up to date!
This is a generic Hacking guide for any Sapphire handset - ie. HTC Magic, Vodafone Magic, Rogers HTC Magic, Google ION, even the TMobile MyTouch 3G.
If a moderator could sticky this it would be appreciated.

Looks great man, thanks so much for your hard work =D

+1 Sticky
Hey Radix,
Fantastic effort! I really wish this had been available a few weeks ago when I first got my handset and was trawling through hundreds of posts for info. This should definatly be made a sticky at the very very top...
Cheers
Ben

Yeah, this was partially why I wrote it - everything was so scattered knowledgewise and I kept seeing people flashing roms with no clue and wondering why it wouldn't boot, etc.
My blogs have had quite a few followers and people commenting that this is what they needed, so thought I'd try and braindump everything that I'd learnt over the last month and a half into the wiki and try and put it into some kind of order

Nice one, thread stuck
Dave

Already added some stuff a couple of days ago

Great work

Excellent work
Now if someone is kind enough to write about swap and how to use it .

I wish I read your ultimate guide first before buy my 'Perfected SPL' Magic hahaha..
Excelent work, thanks !!
.dhy

this is professional work.
thanks a lot for sharing.. really...

In section 8.4 I think its have to be
Fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
Sorry for my english

Hi,
Please add http://jimcortez.com/blog/?p=37 to the USB tethering. No root require.
i tried with both ION rom and Hero rom on Vodafone magic Aus

Thanks for both of your suggestions - I've made the changes you've both suggested.
Unfortunately I've had to split the wiki into two pages due to issues with the xda wiki server and it's maximum file upload limit. I've reported it, but meh - splitting it is easier for now.
I would like to point out that if you see something in the wiki that is wrong - simply edit it yourself - that's the whole point of a Wiki!
There's an edit link at the bottom of the page and your existing xda-forums account gives you permission to edit it.
The more people with specific domain knowledge we have editing it, the better it will be.

Thanks a lot. Excelent work.

for section6, How to Restore a Nandroid Backup - how to recover from a bad rom install
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=HTC_Sapphire_Hacking_2#sec06
I have tried the latest Recovery image by Amon_RA which you can find here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=530492
and the Nandroid v2.1.1 restore function does not need a security-off SPL.
I can backup/restore smoothly by boot to recovery mode and simply choose the appropriate option without flash my SPL.
my current SPL info
SAPPHIRE PVT 32A SHIP S-ON H
HBOOT-1.33.0009 (SAPP10000)
CPLD-12
RADIO-3.22.20.17
May 8 2009,21:02:32

hi
i am a new magic learner,just read your wiki,many thanks for your hard work.
i found if there had a mistake about :"Perfect" SPL Revisions (that prevent us hacking)
Currently HBOOT-1.33.2006 and HBOOT-1.33.0010 are the known 'Perfect SPL' revisions on the Sapphire handsets that we know of.
in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=529019,Haykuro quote : "T-Mobile myTouch : 1.33.0006 and 1.33.0010 is the dreaded "perfected" SPL".
This means that it's currently not possible to run "fastboot boot image" on these SPL's, so don't try to flash them.
I just got the magic SPL：1.33.0006 （SAPP20000）
Could u tell me which should be the right one.
If my magic could flash a new rom?
many thanks

BOTH 1.33.0006 AND 1.33.0010 are perfect SPL, so you can't flash them yet.

I thought it is hacking wifi
Good info for noob like me.

Cheesebaron said:
BOTH 1.33.0006 AND 1.33.0010 are perfect SPL, so you can't flash them yet.
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Thanks
I found the wiki had been revised.

Nice wiki / guide, helped me out when I thought I'd bricked my phone
Could do with a matrix of roms / features though so people know which roms have which features.
Just a simple table with features across the top (HTC keyboard / multitouch / exchange support / working wifi etc etc ) and roms down the side... just a suggestion anyway.
Good work

The closest-to-original Hero ROM for 32A Magic

Today I've got an HTC Magic, 32A version, and I want to make it run Sense UI so can anybody please tell me which ROM should I install?
You can give me link to the thread for that ROM, and if you can, a link to How To Install ROM on Android tutorial...
Thank you very much.
And please forgive me if theres already thread about this, I'm just so excited.

BEST HERO ROM EVER.... LINK LINK...
PS U NEED NEW RADIO/SPL Only then will it work... also b4 u upgrade to new radio spl make sure u have the old engineering spl look at how to to get that!
CHeers!

Killadude said:
BEST HERO ROM EVER.... LINK LINK...
PS U NEED NEW RADIO/SPL Only then will it work... also b4 u upgrade to new radio spl make sure u have the old engineering spl look at how to to get that!
CHeers!
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but for this he has to put hero spl n radio
i would prefer u to use this
its fast and very nice looking rom
Here it is << click

Thats way too complicated, I need some clean install rom that looks and feels exactly like on HTC Hero...

What u want is CursorSense....
Read this wiki on how to get around your magic... (Rooting, flashing SPL so on...)
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=HTC_Sapphire_Hacking
once you read through the wiki flash an engineering spl to your phone and then go through CursorDroids guide on how to flash his rom here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=592856

Thank you, that looks awesome. But it sounds as complicated as the first suggestion. C an I just download it and load it somehow? And what do you think about 2.1 hero rom?

It really isn't too much work to get the new SPL and Radio installed if you follow the instructions. Very little risk involved, as long as you follow instructions.

Can anyone please tell me how to install myhero rom it is way easier from what i see than all of these and im n00b so i dont know anything about roms.

Bobby94 said:
Can anyone please tell me how to install myhero rom it is way easier from what i see than all of these and im n00b so i dont know anything about roms.
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Please read the Sapphire hacking Wiki.
the search for threads that instruct you on how to root your phone.
You'll probably end up using a program called Recovery Flasher, or Flashrec.
As long as you don't flash your SPL first thing, you can't brick your phone.

Flashing Magic GyD (32A) is less complicated.
It's probably the best MagicSense rom out right now.
I haven't tried CursorSense yet though, so what's it about anyway? Flashing a Hero rom with a Hero SPL? So you can run roms meant for the HTC Hero?
So when 2.1 Sense comes out for Hero that would work fine on the SPL right?
Can CursorSense be run on an HTC Hero?

my-hero 2.0.5 is my choice. GyD always gave me trouble (the software, not the guy ;-))

Im new in this whole android thing but i can see myself flashing phone etc. because im pretty god at symbian and OSx, but both WM and Android are so new experience for me, thats why i came here. I've read it but i still don't get it.
Which programs for computer and for phone should i first download if i want to install myhero 2.0.5 since i already downloaded the rom...?
please, be patient with me, i want to do all of this but im just not capable of doing it at the moment.
thaanks

Well I just checked out CursorSense and it's very worth it if you want a solid Hero rom. It's the fastest, I've seen.
I think 2.1 roms will be developed on that SPL/Radio soon.

try this
Bobby94 said:
Im new in this whole android thing but i can see myself flashing phone etc. because im pretty god at symbian and OSx, but both WM and Android are so new experience for me, thats why i came here. I've read it but i still don't get it.
Which programs for computer and for phone should i first download if i want to install myhero 2.0.5 since i already downloaded the rom...?
please, be patient with me, i want to do all of this but im just not capable of doing it at the moment.
thaanks
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Maybe something visual would help, check out this posting http://theunlockr.com/2009/08/29/how-to-root-the-htc-magic-in-one-click/

raymar23 said:
Maybe something visual would help, check out this posting http://theunlockr.com/2009/08/29/how-to-root-the-htc-magic-in-one-click/
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Yes definitely, I agree that this is probably the best and safest way to root your phone.

ok, i think im gonna read some more about cursorsense and finally, if i have guts, im gonna do it. If i decide that i cannot, im gonna try myhero or this visual thingy

Please please please just tell me if this http://www.karrderized.com/romguide/ is what i have to do to install myhero 2.0.5. without bricking the device?

Bobby94 said:
Please please please just tell me if this http://www.karrderized.com/romguide/ is what i have to do to install myhero 2.0.5. without bricking the device?
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OK, first of all, you need to know your SPL version.
Power off your phone.
Start it up by holding Back and pressing Power.
Type all of that information into this thread and then we can help point you in the right direction.

SAPPHIRE PVT 32A SHIP S-ON H
HBOOT-1.22.0009 (SAPP10000)
CPLD-12
RADIO-3.22.20.17
I also tried to install one click to root but i couldnt manage to get Hero rom (again -.- ) because of Can't chown/mod /system/xbin error, line 18. The same error i got when i tried to install MyHero 2.0.5

You cant flash any other roms to your phone until you get an engineering spl flashed... thats what the S-ON indicates... once you have an eng spl it will say S-OFF and you will be able to flash whatever to your phone... the first thing you need is another recovery though i recommend amon ra's

need a easy to install rom comen from orignal tmobile rom

I have the mytouch3g from tmobile pvt 32b and I just did the one touch root app. Does anyone have a rom that is easy to install? Does require a bunch of crap to do?

The most complicated ROM to install on a MT3G are 'legal' ones (i.e: SuperD & Cyan) which are 2 steps instead of 1.
Personally I recommend SuperD 1.11 or TheOfficial ROMs for you, you can find them over in the G1/Dream forum (most 32B development goes on over there, the MT3G/HTC Magic forum is mainly for 32A)
edit: Actually some ports are more complicated since you have to set up SWAP but the ports aren't very good imho.

Why 32a?

What is with the 32A roms, does the 32B not get any love? Come on dev's
;D
I enjoy trying new stuff out, and the 710mhz OC seems interesting..
Too bad i got the 32B "/

jamsk8er1994 said:
What is with the 32A roms, does the 32B not get any love? Come on dev's
;D
I enjoy trying new stuff out, and the 710mhz OC seems interesting..
Too bad i got the 32B "/
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try the dream/g1 forum
and there are 32b roms here also, just keep looking

acids7n said:
try the dream/g1 forum
and there are 32b roms here also, just keep looking
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I just found a thread talking about the hardware etc etc
and explaining all that.. I know this is offtopic about thread but..
Where would i find the newest danger spl/radio? I've searched and only
found installation tutorials without links.

In a nutshell
32A = More Rams, More user-space
what it boils down to pretty much.

jamsk8er1994 said:
Where would i find the newest danger spl/radio? I've searched and only
found installation tutorials without links.
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DangerSPL only applies to the G1/Dream mind you, and only needed for something like Cyanogenmod 5.0.7 (experimental) where the rom needs a bigger /system partition than the G1/Dream can normally handle. If you attempt to flash the DangerSPL onto any other device its a guaranteed brick (hence the name danger).

Unofficial AOKP - any bugs ?

Hello,
sorry for creating new topic.
I'm pretty new here, and can't reply in development section.
Are there any known bugs with AOKP with HTC Desire S ?
Mainly i mean:
wifi hotspot, camera, gps

Ok, so whats the procedure ?
1, Download 4 ext from their site ?
2, Follow directions presented here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1616719
3, That's all ?
Do i need to S-OFF first ?
My phone : HTC Desire S | Android 2.3.5 | Sense 3.0 | HBOOT 2.00.0002
*** LOCKED***
SAGA PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT 2.00.0002
RADIO-3822.10.08.04_M
e_MC-boot

In order to install a custom ROM you either need to unlock your boot loader (using the HTC Dev method or another method) or have S-Off
As for if there are any bugs, the best way to find out is to read the thread or try the ROM yourself. If it is an ICS ROM there are likely to be bugs but should still be fine for day to day use, with the occasional error or freeze up
Sent from my Desire S using xda app-developers app

If you want to install custom ROM via the HTC dev unlock method follow this guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1525100
I personally think for a n00b its the easier option, but that's IMHO.