This is a Step-by-Step fool proof guide to getting your T-Mobile myTouch 3g (32b) back to factory firmware with the ability to once again receive all official T-Mobile OTA (Over-The-Air) Updates.
*Note* There are two files named updated.zip that are both needed. We will keep them seperated by two folders needed at two totally different steps during installattion.The fisrt gets us back to 1.6 and the other gets us the newer radios for1.6...and Yes it works. Files are official....Nay-Sayers!
*Note*
Optional SD Card Format
From the settings menu of the phone, Scroll down to "SD Card & phone storage." Press "Unmount SD Card." Next press "Format SD card." If you go this route you will have to reinstall all media you had on the SD Card, i.e. pics, music...etc
STEP 1
Create a Folder named ANDROID on the desktop. In that create 3 sub-folders. Name the 3 sub-folders in this order: Cupcake, Donut Update 1, Donut Update 2
STEP 2
You need a copy of SAPPIMG.img. It puts the phone back to the "Cupcake" or 1.5 Firmware Version.
Save it in the Cupcake folder you just created.
STEP 3
Plug your phone into your PC and click "USB Connected" on the Notification Tab, then mount image. Your PC can now read and write to your SD Card. Find your downloaded copy of SAPPING.img and copy it to your SD Card. Unmount, unplug and power off your phone.
STEP 4
Reboot phone into boot mode by holding down volume down key while pressing the power key. It should boot into HBOOT and automatically run the SAPPIMG.img you just copied onto the SD card Click. Follow the onscreen instructions to initiate the automated update. Use trackball to accept.
If it did not boot to HBOOT, read the screen and do what it says to "Reboot to HBOOT." From there everything else should once again be automated. Follow the onscreen instructions to initiate the automated update. Use trackball to accept. Once the update is done and it says "Installation Complete," reboot by pressing Home and Back buttons together.
STEP 5Once rebooted, do the initial setup. Once setup is complete, plug the phone back into the PC and re-mount the SD Card. It is safe to delete the SAPPIMG.img file from the SD Card now. You can also check to make sure the Firmware Version 1.5 is correct and installed by going to Settings-> About phone.
STEP 6You need to Download the second file needed named update.zip. It gets us back to Android 1.6
Save it in Donut Update 1 folder. Once download is complete, copy the file update.zip to the SD Card like before. Unmount, unplug, and power off the phone.
STEP 7Reboot the phone into recovery mode by this time holding down the Home and Power buttons together this time. A picture with tirangle and phone will show press Home and Power again to get to the actual recovery screen. You now have 2 options to apply this update...either or:
*Note* Use trackball to navigate the cursor in this new menu
1. Apply update.zip from SD Card. This option will leave all user data that you previously put on the phone after the SAPPIMG install, i.e. Contacts, Apps, Settings...etc.
2. Wipe/Factory reset. This option will completely remove all user data from the phone. A clean slate if you will. If you choose this option, when the reset finishes, Make sure you do Option 1 Apply update.zip from SD Card. Once the update is done and it says "Installation Complete," reboot by pressing Home and Back buttons together.
STEP 8
Once rebooted, if you chose option 2 in the previous step you have to redo the initial setup. Plug the phone back into the PC and re-mount the SD Card. It is safe to delete the update.zip from the phone now. You can also check to make sure the Firmware Version 1.6 is correct and installed by going to Settings-> About phone.
STEP 9
You need to Download the third file needed named update.zip. It gets us back the latest radios.
Save it in Donut Update 2 folder. Once download is complete, copy the file update.zip to the SD Card like before. Unmount, unplug, and power off the phone.
STEP 10 = Finale
Reboot the phone into recovery mode by this time holding down the Home and Power buttons together this time. A picture with tirangle and phone will show press Home and Power again to get to the actual recovery screen. You now have 2 options to apply this update...either or:
*Note* Use trackball to navigate the cursor in this new menu
1. Apply update.zip from SD Card. This option will leave all user data that you previously put on the phone after the SAPPIMG install, i.e. Contacts, Apps, Settings...etc.
2. Wipe/Factory reset. This option will completely remove all user data from the phone. A clean slate if you will. If you choose this option, when the reset finishes, Make sure you do Option 1 Apply update.zip from SD Card. Once the update is done and it says "Installation Complete," reboot by pressing Home and Back buttons together.
Once rebooted, if you chose option 2 in the previous step you have to redo the initial setup. Plug the phone back into the PC and re-mount the SD Card. It is safe to delete the update.zip from the phone now. You can also check to make sure the Firmware Version 1.6 is correct and installed by going to Settings-> About phone. That is it!
Now you are good to go and are waitng for T-Mobile and their 2.0 or whatever other goodies they decide to throw or not to throw our way.
Good Job! Easy way .. i guess
Gonna upload the files?
Awesome post!
Links in the name of the files would be great too!
Links definitely would be useful... still can't even find the files mentioned above.
I dont see the files...
files
Are these files (specifically the stock 1.6 .zip)? I cannot find a working link for it.
Where are the download links?
lol
great step by step. i wonder if you can find those files on the same page you get sdk from?
Still waiting on links for the files ... am I missing something here? :/
Invalid Signature
I tried this process but I'm getting a "Invalid Signature" error.
I read people saying that this is because myu phone is not rooted, but it is: I've just installed Cyanogen6 on it.
Can anybody help?
Thank you.
Still waiting on the files, unless I'm an idiot and just missing something. Any help from anyone? I'd really like the Froyo OTA but I feel like a lost cause right now...
EDIT: Found this on the T-mo forums and worked like a charm! All download links are included and even a retard could do it (hence why I was able to)
http://forums.t-mobile.com/t5/HTC/m...ooting-installing-Donut-and-Froyo/td-p/505421
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Now, Idk what the heck is wrong with my G1, but it is doing it. -_-
Ok, heres the WHOLE story so sit back and relax...
When I dound this app on atrackdog advertisment it said you could tether your G1 so you could give internet to like your computer or any other wireless picking devices. Now I thought "Hey, why don't I do this?" and so I did. When I launched the program, it said I needed a Root G1. Now, I tryed doing something with my Ipod once and I bricked it. Had to send it back to Apple and got a new one. Anyway, back to the story. I went to the XDA forums thingy were it showed you How To get root on a G1. So guess what I did? You know! lol I tryed to root my G1. Now I got threw ALL the steps were it said "You know have a rooted G1" and I was like YAY, but it ended up not working. I tryed 2 tethering apps that both said I still didnt have a rooted G1. Now that made me p.o'ed. So I try to fix it by downloading updates, renaming them update.zip and etc... ALL OF THEM did not work! I mean come on! The files were RC33 updates I found on the web. I talked to a guy on T-MObile Forums (a MOD named Chris) and he tryed to help me. He went on vacation for the weekend so I will try to fix it myself by asking you guys Back to the story, he told me (chris) that I need towait for a automaticly update during the day. Well I waited and got one. Everytime I try to update it it does the normal rutine. Resets, goes to the box unpacking software to the G1, swirly line, starts to load, and poof! I get a screen that has a tringle with a explimation mark in it. I ushally pressed the alt-l to see the list, aand then pressed alt-s to download from sd. Didnt work (probily becouse it is not coming from the sdcard, but from online ) so I reset phone. Chris (the mod) told me to wait on the screen becouse it might be just loading on there for the update. Well I waited for 3 hours and it stayed on the ! mark! So now I am stuck with a G1 that says it is and isnt rooted (maybe bricked, hope not becouse it still works...) and I REALLY need help!!!
Now I have restarted (meaning master reset) the thing 3 times already! I will do it again ONLY IF this is the only way it will work.
Please Help ASAP!
Yikes. Wall of text FTL. You should have sat down and distilled your entire narrative into a few cohesive sentences. It makes it easier for folks to help you if they can understand what yer sayin'.
Josh27 said:
(probily becouse it is not coming from the sdcard, but from online )
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You can just put a standard update.zip onto the sdcard (use an external card reader) and Alt-S as normal. If for some reason you can't get the update.zip to work (for example if you already replaced the keys with testkeys) then the absolute end-all-complete-start-from-scratch is to use the DREAIMG.NBH file. Follow steps 1 through 6 in "Preparing to get root" at this thread. After that, you can apply official updates normally.
I suggest you not attempt to root your phone after you recover it.
you need to revert back to RC29, follow the instructions in this thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=442480
1. Format your phone's SD card to FAT32 mode:
* Hook your phone up to your computer using a USB cable and then wait for the notification to show up in your title bar of your phone.
* Click the notification, and then click "Mount".
* A new removable disk should show up on your computer. Right click it and select Format, and select FAT32 as the file system type.
2. Download and unzip the RC29 or RC7 image file. Copy the DREAMIMG.nbh file to the SD card. (RC29 for US, RC7 is for UK)
3. Turn the device power off.
4. Hold Camera button, and press Power button to entry bootloader mode. You should see a gray/white screen with instructions to flash your phone with the update on your SD card. If you don't see that, make sure you followed the instructions properly.
5. As per the on-screen instructions, press the Power button to start upgrade procedure. DO NOT DO ANYTHING TO INTERRUPT THIS PROCESS.
6. After it is finished, perform the restart your phone.
then you can up date to RC30 then to RC33 manually or just wait for the
phone to get the updates on its own.
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If you do not know how, or why..... DO NOT PROCEED...
CBowley said:
* Note *
If you do not know how, or why..... DO NOT PROCEED...
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perfect sense!
untermensch said:
you need to revert back to RC29, follow the instructions in this thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=442480
1. Format your phone's SD card to FAT32 mode:
* Hook your phone up to your computer using a USB cable and then wait for the notification to show up in your title bar of your phone.
* Click the notification, and then click "Mount".
* A new removable disk should show up on your computer. Right click it and select Format, and select FAT32 as the file system type.
2. Download and unzip the RC29 or RC7 image file. Copy the DREAMIMG.nbh file to the SD card. (RC29 for US, RC7 is for UK)
3. Turn the device power off.
4. Hold Camera button, and press Power button to entry bootloader mode. You should see a gray/white screen with instructions to flash your phone with the update on your SD card. If you don't see that, make sure you followed the instructions properly.
5. As per the on-screen instructions, press the Power button to start upgrade procedure. DO NOT DO ANYTHING TO INTERRUPT THIS PROCESS.
6. After it is finished, perform the restart your phone.
then you can up date to RC30 then to RC33 manually or just wait for the
phone to get the updates on its own.
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is DREAIMG.NBH file NOT ---> DREAMIMG.nbh
I can not count how many times that file has been called dreamimg.nbh lol
May i ask a question about updating after returning to original firmware. Since we can only revert back to original UK version firmware and i got my phone in aussie, would i get back my stg firmware after updating to the newest firmware?
1st of all thanks to the following for helping me out:
MT3G
not4sakn
zapote21
thanks dudes APPRECIATE it keep up the good work.
For unrooting and rooting give thanks to theunlockr.com they are dedicated in helping those who need in help too.
making android experience a better place.
Bought a Brand New Mytouch 3g T-mobile USA: then this is what I did, flawless just follow this very newbie guide no chance of bricking your phone unless u did something beside this. but this is what i did. do it onyour own risk.
I made my own link i tested it, You have the freedom to get the file anywhere you want. But this link are tested, if you download link posted on other thread and brick your phone, thats your bad. So dont come back hereand point finger. (I will just look at you and smile)
A -Charge your phone FULLY CHARGE B4 Proceeding. (If it got low On battery?I have no idea whats gonna happen)
B -I did the UNROOTING even it is out of the box(why so if i got an update Mytouch I am sure Im in the stock original-rom)
1. Download sappimg.nbh (http://fdc6f33a.linkbucks.com)
2. Save the sappimg.nbh file to your SD card. As always, do not place it in any folder on the SD card.
3. Put the SD card into the phone and turn the phone on by holding down Volume Down and Power.
4. wait for it to pick up the Sappimg.nbh read if you need to confirm anything.
5. Push the trackball to begin, it should automatically update from there.Put the phone down dont shake it.
6. Once the flashing is fully complete, reboot the phone. DONE!
C -ROOT THE MYTOUCH
1. On your phone (MyTouch), goto Settings, Applications, and make sure Unknown source is checked ON.
2. On your phone, goto Settings, SD card and phone storage, and click Unmount SD card.
3. Then click Format SD card (it should automatically remount after this).
4. Plug the phone into the compuer via USB, then pull down the notification bar and click on the SD card notification. Then click mount.
5. Download this flashrec-1.1.2-20090909.apk(http://f44f9e26.linkbucks.com) and recovery-RA-dream-v1.2.3.zip(http://6cf64977.linkbucks.com) and save it to your computer:
6. copy them to your SD card (do NOT put them inside any folders on the SD card, just on the sdcard root).
7. Unplug the phone from the computer
8. Goto the Market and download Linda File Manager or any file manager program if you do not already have one.
9. Open the file manager and goto SDCard and then find the flashrec-1.1.2-20090909.apk and install it. choose Package Installer to open it.
10. Open the FlashRec program and click on Backup Recovery Image and wait to finish.
11. Once done, click on the empty text box in the FlashRec program and type:
/sdcard/recovery-RA-dream-v1.2.3.img
Then click on the Flash Custom RecoveryImage button and wait for it to finish.
12. Turn off the phone and turn it on into Recovery mode by holding down Home and Power(keep holding HOME until the recovery screen comes up has a bunch of text on a black background). So long as that screen comes up, you have done it.
D - Download HTC_ADP_1.6_DRC83_rooted_base.zip (http://796fbaec.linkbucks.com) and update-cm-4.1.9999-signed(http://0e9a0a2c.linkbucks.com). Put them on the root of the sd card.
E - Go to RECOVERY SCREEN.turn it on into Recovery mode by holding down Home and Power.
1. Partition your sd card using (Fat32/ext2/linux swap) press trackball then Home to confirm. w8 to complete!
2. Perform a WIPE(reset to factory default) w8 to complete!
3. Apply sdcard:choose zip: HTC_ADP_1.6_DRC83_rooted_base.zip w8 to complete!
4. Reboot (by choosing the top option then press trackball)
5. turn it on into Recovery mode by holding down Home and Power.
6. Apply sdcard:choose zip: update-cm-4.1.9999-signed.zip w8 to complete!
7. Reboot (by choosing the top option then press trackball)
8. Eat snack or drink gatorade
9. Give thanks to me by posting thank you I ve done it!
I did this on my new Mytouch and 3 Mytouch 3g of my friend I charge them 20$ lol.
If you want to change rom just do PROCEDURE E.
*Original partition value of doing a Fat32/ext2/linuxswap : Linux swap-32mb / ext2-500mb / Fat32-remainingsdcard space
(anyone can confirm this?)
On mine I did Linux swap-62mb / Ext2-1gb / Fat32 is the remaining of my 16gb class6 micro sdcard space.
I use some linux bootable cd that I formatted any partition just by sliding a bar, no more typing command.
haven't tried this yet... but im gonna say thank you in advance cause today was the day that i am gonna root a mytouch lol perfect timing my friend.
I will let you know when i am successful in doing so!!!
bored2nite said:
haven't tried this yet... but im gonna say thank you in advance cause today was the day that i am gonna root a mytouch lol perfect timing my friend.
I will let you know when i am successful in doing so!!!
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Hey i just wanted to point out... in step 12 part D u put the two files on the root of sd card... then in E and or step 13 u mention to partition the sd card in fat32/ext2/swap.... when u do that it wipes the sd card to put the two files after you partition the card FYI.... the rest is looking good so far with ur guide..
well just tried it and goes thru green mytouch screen then the blue android logo -then just a blank screen with the backlight on. waited like 5 minutes-nothing... maybe it just takes a long time.. idk didn't see any errors and everything completed successfully except wont boot all the way.
**Update - I forgot to do a wipe *doh -- works great ! on mt3g --I did install the nbh from goldcard on first step though as I had 1.33.0006 perfected spl... Nice job on the walk through.
A noob who took the time to read and search and read and search and ya...this worked flawlessly on a week old MT3G.
Followed to a T...was a little slow on the green mytouch screen and the blue android screen but after that its worked like a charm...responsive, no issues.
A big thanks to rjan22, et. al.
Would this be exactly the same on a (Vodafone) HTC Magic? Got one off ebay yesterday and want to try the cyanogen rom. Cheers
you are the BOMB!!! thanks alot now i need to know if now since i have successfully rooted my mytouch can i just update a new rom without nething being affected.. thanks again
the marketplace doesnt seem to work =( everything else works flawlessly
DISCLAIMER
Proceed at your own risk. I am not responsible for ANY outcome (good or bad) as a result of YOUR actions! Even following this guide perfectly (or any other cooked ROM guide) you could (however remote the possibility) BRICK your device. IF you choose to follow this guide READ all the way through as a "dry run" until all the steps make some sense.
GATHER YOUR SUPPLIES
Phone (fully charged)
SD card (in your phone)
Computer (w/internet access)
USB cable (one that fits your phone) OR a card reader + micro SD adapter
Download these files onto your pc:
Android 1.5 base image SAPPIMG.nbh_____________________(33d958062cc02bb2cec157f68621d2ff)
To install ALT recovery flashrec _________________________(try the latest, if it fails work backward)
Alternate Recovery img recovery-RA-sapphire-v1.5.2G.img___(md5sum - 4822fd118867bb2e66a53243a408f40e)
Android 1.6 base image DRC83_base_defanged.zip__________(md5sum - 081379e9b525484bcd1ee42bd0031a4c)
CyanogenMod Rom img CyanogenMod ROM of choice________(4.2.14.1 md5sum - c2a1e549d9296d97566e86a0a1c4bc9c)
Android ring tone pack audio-resources.zip________________(md5sum - 6cbefb897e2fb3b954d19c692d5c6966)
32A users I am researching the right files/steps to get ya'll onto CM, read this page of cyanogenmod wiki in the meantime
[*]32B UK users if my method doesn't work try this post from a user on this thread
(NOTE: If any of these links 'die' Google the file name & pm me so I can update the link)
Md5sum Values
how to check md5sum in windows : MD5summer use this program to make an md5sum file & compare values
how to check md5sum in unix/linux : in terminal type 'md5sum /path/to/file.name' [enter] & compare values
Do this once the files are on your SD card to ensure no device-to-device file transfer corruption
BACK UP YOUR FILES
Before doing ANY mods you should ALWAYS backup your important files.
Connect phone to pc via USB
On the phone: pull down the notification bar & press ->USB Connected->Mount
On the pc: copy any & all files/folders you want to keep.
On the pc: Close the SD card folder on your pc.
On the phone: pull down the notification bar & press ->USB Connected->Un-mount/Turn off USB storage. Once this is done remove USB cable.
(NOTE: By the end of this guide EVERYTHING on your card will be GONE so don't skip this step!)
FORMAT SD CARD
From the home screen press Menu->Settings->SD card & phone storage->Un-mount SD card.
Once it is un-mounted press ->Format SD card.
Once it is formatted & has re-mounted go back to the home screen and press Menu->Settings->Applications->make sure 'Unknown sources' is checked.
(NOTE: if your phone is already ROOTED & running a Custom/Cooked ROM you can likely skip the SETUP section just check Amon_RA's thread for alternate install options)
SETUP
Find out what version of Android your phone has installed. From the home screen Press Menu->Settings->About phone-> scroll to Firmware Version.
(this is your Android Version)
If you're on Android 1.5 proceed to INSTALL section.
If you're on Android 1.6 re-connect phone to pc.
Copy the sappimg.nbh & place it on your SD card, then close everything & disconnect USB. (I am told this MUST be the only file on your SDcard or the validation will fail)
Turn off phone.
Boot into 'Fast Boot' like this: Press-&-Hold END/Power AND Pres-&-Hold Volume Down until the Fast Boot screen appears.
Press the trackball (action button) and wait for it to flash the sappimg.nbh
Once fully complete reboot phone & proceed to INSTALL section.
INSTALL
Connect phone to pc via USB
On the phone: pull down the notification bar & press ->USB Connected->Mount
On the pc: copy the FlashRec.apk & the Amon RA recovery.img onto your SD card.
If you don’t have a ‘file manager’ or ‘app manager’ go to the market & download one such as: ASTRO, LINDA, AppManager or the like. Then browse to your SD card & open/run the flashrec.apk to install it. (if asked what to open with choose Package Installer)
Open RecoveryFlash (flashrec) & make a backup of your current recovery.img. Flashrec just made "recovery-backup.img" on the root of your SDcard, so now rename Amon Ra's recovery to "recovery-backup.img" (choose replace when the dulpicate file name message appears) then open flashrec again & choose restore recovery. (Credit for this step goes to deb82swearingen Much easier then the orig method I was shone for using flashrec)
Once the flash is complete turn the phone off.
Boot into 'Recovery' like this: Press-&-Hold END/Power AND Pres-&-Hold Home. (this will be a black background with green text options)
Scroll down to ‘partition’ (press trackball to select)->partition SD->follow onscreen steps (HOME=confirm, VOL +/- changes partition size, any other key=cancel).
Once partitioning is complete press BACK to get to partition menu & scroll down to 'SD:ext2 to ext3’ press trackball to select (if you have a class 4 or 6 SD card you can then go for 'SD:ext3 to ext4' but don't try it on class2 cards it will cause system instability & likely FRY your SD card... if you don't know your class stop @ ext3).
go BACK until top says "Android system recovery" ->Connect phone to pc & scroll to 'USB-MS toggle'->HOME to confirm.
Copy the HTC 1.6 BASE & CyanogenMod ROM & Contacts.apk files onto your SD card then close the SD card folder on your PC & toggle USB-MS again, then disconnect from the pc.
Scroll to & select ‘wipe'->wipe data partition->CONFIRM
Scroll to & select ‘Flash update image->Apply sdcard:choose zip & select the HTC BASE file & let it complete (this will take a few min be patient). DO NOT REBOOT!
Scroll to & select ‘Flash update image->Apply sdcard:choose zip & select the CyanogenMod file & let it complete (this will take a few min be patient).
Once the flash is complete reboot phone (this will take up words of 5-10min+ be patient).
Once up & running on latest CyanogenMod connect to pc again & unzip the audio-resources.zip directly onto your SD card.
**************************Only Applies To CM 4.2.13**************************
Fixed Contacts.apk
Now that you have 4.2.13 installed it's time to fix the bug listed in Cyan's change-log. We will do this by replacing the broken Contacts app with the fixed Contacts.apk that you downloaded. If you get a pop-up asking about giving super user rights just hit the check mark to remember this answer & press 'yes'. This is UNIX & UNIX is unforgiving so pay attention to all punctuation, symbols, UPPER CASE & lower case. They are different & if you don't do it exactly it won't work. (UNIX assumes that you know what you want it to do so it will do whatever you tell it to, even if what you tell it to do breaks it.) So long as you are able to type what you see this is easy
Open Terminal Emulator & type these lines (hitting enter at the [E])
su [E]
mount -o rw,remount /system [E]
cp /sdcard/Contacts.apk /system/app/Contacts.apk [E]
mount -o ro,remount /system [E]
reboot [E]
(The reboot is precautionary but generally a good idea anytime you replace /system files.)
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Themes/Modding
Now for those not fond of the plain Android theme you may enjoy this little app that has a growing movement backing it, read about what MetaMorph is here and then see the fast growing list of 'morphs/themes' available here.
Signatures
Now that you're a part of the modding community please For The Love Of MODDING take a moment to put the specs for your phone/ROM/theme/etc into your sig so that in the future if you have questions those of us who try to answer you don't have to play forum tag to get this basic info from you.
~psguardian
P.S. THANKS fhaines !!!!
fhaines spent days sifting through the forums to pick all these tidbits out of the masses of G1 ROM flashing posts & forwarded it to me so I could flash my MT3G, I want to say thank you to fhaines for his hard work. I just worked out the formatting & simplified the verbiage to as plain English as I could. Hope this helps those who are a bit timid to test the CM Rom waters (as I was).
Is it required to partition the sdcard, or is that just for Apps2SD & swap?
lupascu.marius: It's only if you want to use Apps2SD and swap.
Apps2sd and swap
Wysie said:
lupascu.marius: It's only if you want to use Apps2SD and swap.
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Cyanogenmods newest roms run fastest with a swap and ext3 partition on the sd card. If you run it with just a fat32 and or ext2 you will most likely be running the rom a lot slower than was designed.
fhaines
fhaines said:
Cyanogenmods newest roms run fastest with a swap and ext3 partition on the sd card. If you run it with just a fat32 and or ext2 you will most likely be running the rom a lot slower than was designed.
fhaines
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is it possible to just create an ext3/ext4 and swap only without using apps2sd? Or do i need a fat32 partition?
If I am not wrong the has to be rooted to apply cm? In which step of this tutorial does the phone gets root?
Nicely done!
A few days too late for me, unfortunately, but it's nice to know that I ended up with essentially the same procedure. My notes are quite a bit more disjointed than your instructions, however.
It'll be a good refresher once it's time to root my wife's phone, however.
Great Resource for noobs and advanced alike
I believe this should be stickied.
Damn you beat me to it. I have been looking for WEEKS on a sure fire way to root my MyTouch 3G. I tried the Relentless Rooter, the Gold Card method and everything else I could find to throw at this thing.
The steps outlined here are slightly different from what I did, but all in all, this is what worked for me, was nice, easy and worked great. The first time you Root a phone it takes a bit to get the process down, but it's not as hard as you think.
If this hasn't been stickied, it needs to be!
Looks good but I have a few questions.
I am currently running on CM 4.1.999 (1.6) and my phone is running very smoothly. I tried 4.1.9999 but it started to bog down and seriously slowed down. I've got quite a few apps and I've got the phone set up as I like it (including changing some of the icons with bettercut and that kind of stuff) I'm getting to the point where I'm a bit loathe to go through all that again, so my question is; what are the real world advantages I might enjoy if I "upgraded" to 4.2?
palexr said:
Looks good but I have a few questions.
I am currently running on CM 4.1.999 (1.6) and my phone is running very smoothly. I tried 4.1.9999 but it started to bog down and seriously slowed down. I've got quite a few apps and I've got the phone set up as I like it (including changing some of the icons with bettercut and that kind of stuff) I'm getting to the point where I'm a bit loathe to go through all that again, so my question is; what are the real world advantages I might enjoy if I "upgraded" to 4.2?
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Have you tried CM updater? It can be downloaded from the market and should just upgrade your current rom.
Weemoney said:
Have you tried CM updater? It can be downloaded from the market and should just upgrade your current rom.
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OK, thanks, I thought it had been switched off so to speak after the Google episode.
My main question remains though, are there any benefits? I know, I know, go and look at the thread in the Dream section but still, CM4.1.999 really does work very well on my Magic and I think it deserves representation here.
Allied to a good theme it is by far and away the best ROM for the Magic IMHO.
Im running it now and have no issues. It is very fast and reliable. I think its worth the upgrade.
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smurf said:
If I am not wrong the has to be rooted to apply cm? In which step of this tutorial does the phone gets root?
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You do need to be rooted to apply a CM ROM (or any other 'cooked ROM' I think), HERE is where you are officially Rooted as I understand the process.
psguardian said:
INSTALL
Connect phone to pc via USB
On the phone: pull down the notification bar & press ->USB Connected->Mount
On the pc: copy the FlashRec.apk & the Amon RA recovery.img onto your SD card.
If you don’t have a ‘file manager’ or ‘app manager’ go to the market & download one such as: ASTRO, LINDA, AppManager or the like. Then browse to your SD card & open/run the flashrec.apk to install it. (if asked what to open with choose Package Installer)
Open RecoveryFlash (flashrec) & press Backup Recovery Image.
Once it’s finished press in the text box & clear out the box, then put /sdcard/recovery-RA-dream-v1.2.3.img & press Flash Custom Recovery Image.
Once the flash is complete turn the phone off.
Boot into 'Recovery' like this: Press-&-Hold END/Power AND Pres-&-Hold Home. (this will be a black background with a screen full of options)
Scroll down to ‘part SD fat32+ext2+swap’ press trackball to select.
Once partitioning is complete scroll down to ‘then select convert ext2 to ext3’ press trackball to select.
Reboot phone.
Connect phone to pc after reboot & mount USB storage
Copy the HTC ADP 1.6 DRC83 & CyanogenMod 4.2.2 ROM files onto your SD card then disconnect from the pc & turn off phone.
Boot into 'Recovery', scroll to & select ‘nandroid backup’ & let it complete.
Scroll to & select ‘wipe data/factory reset’ & let it complete.
Scroll to & select ‘apply SD card: choose zip’ and select the HTC ADP file & let it complete (this will take a few min be patient).
Scroll to & select ‘apply SD card: choose zip’ and select the CyanogenMod file & let it complete (this will take a few min be patient).
Once the flash is complete reboot phone (this will take up words of 5min+ be patient).
Once up & running on latest CyanogenMod connect to pc again & unzip the audio-resources.zip onto your SD card.
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fhaines said:
Cyanogenmods newest roms run fastest with a swap and ext3 partition on the sd card. If you run it with just a fat32 and or ext2 you will most likely be running the rom a lot slower than was designed.
fhaines
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Quick question, I've followed the procedure posted on here step by step exactly and once I boot the phone up right after the android loading screen it goes to a black screen and sits there for a long time. Here's a thread I started asking for help with this, it has more info on my problem, thanks for anyone trying to help.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=578208
Things to check
lupascu.marius said:
Quick question, I've followed the procedure posted on here step by step exactly and once I boot the phone up right after the android loading screen it goes to a black screen and sits there for a long time. Here's a thread I started asking for help with this, it has more info on my problem, thanks for anyone trying to help.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=578208
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Hey,
Couple of things to check and make sure of. You have to be on factory 1.5 before doing the upgrade to the Rooted HTC rom and Cyanogens rom, cannot do this from 1.6. Also, there is a wipe involved in the process, and if its skipped it may account for the FC's. Also there is a fix permission file you can run after installation and initial boot that may help with the FC's, its located in CM's thread in the Dream section where the rom is.
Fhaines
fhaines said:
Hey,
Couple of things to check and make sure of. You have to be on factory 1.5 before doing the upgrade to the Rooted HTC rom and Cyanogens rom, cannot do this from 1.6. Also, there is a wipe involved in the process, and if its skipped it may account for the FC's. Also there is a fix permission file you can run after installation and initial boot that may help with the FC's.
Fhaines
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Yes, it is on the factory cupcake build when i start to try and install CM. The weird thing is i have had Cyanogenmod for a long time and have been doing upgrades and everything worked untill now. I upgraded to CM 4.2.1 and after that CM stopped working on my phone. I can confirm that 'other' rooted roms do work..so it seems like its just CM. Thanks
lupascu.marius said:
Yes, it is on the factory cupcake build when i start to try and install CM. The weird thing is i have had Cyanogenmod for a long time and have been doing upgrades and everything worked untill now. I upgraded to CM 4.2.1 and after that CM stopped working on my phone. I can confirm that 'other' rooted roms do work..so it seems like its just CM. Thanks
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Quick update for anyone with any ideas. I finally got it to boot up and it runs great except for two things I've notices so far. When i try to add widgets nothing pops up and when i go to settings the window comes up for half a second then goes away and back to home screen. Now what I did to fix it was partition the sd card which i was told is NOT necessary. Then after i got it to work i tried again with a sdcard that was NOT partitioned and it did the same thing again, black screen no-go. So it seems like if you don't partition the sdcard on some phones the phone freezes at a black screen. Keywords being "some phones". So for anybody who knows how to fix the widget and settings problems not opening, please help me....Thanks
lupascu.marius said:
Quick update for anyone with any ideas. I finally got it to boot up and it runs great except for two things I've notices so far. When i try to add widgets nothing pops up and when i go to settings the window comes up for half a second then goes away and back to home screen. Now what I did to fix it was partition the sd card which i was told is NOT necessary. Then after i got it to work i tried again with a sdcard that was NOT partitioned and it did the same thing again, black screen no-go. So it seems like if you don't partition the sdcard on some phones the phone freezes at a black screen. Keywords being "some phones". So for anybody who knows how to fix the widget and settings problems not opening, please help me....Thanks
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I don't think it has anything to do with SD partition type. Im running cm with a fat sd. everything's fine.
Nice lil issue...
Once it’s finished press in the text box & clear out the box, then put /sdcard/recovery-RA-dream-v1.2.3.img & press Flash Custom Recovery Image
I dont have this option when i try to flash the .img
it says Download Recovery Image and it is actually grayed out??
Sorry i am a newbie and have been looking everywhere to try to find a guide for this. I downloaded the blue echo for my htc hero and even rooted it but am not sure what else to do besides this. Any help is appreciated. thanks in advance!
Can anyone please lead me into the right direction?
How To: Load a Custom ROM on Your HTC Hero
* Posted on 08.27.09
* Android How To's, Featured, HTC Hero/G2 How To's, How To's, Video
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Finally a reason to root your HTC Hero if you haven’t already! And if you have then something to do with the new found root access. Load a ROM!
Before you begin make sure you have done our How To Root Your HTC Hero in One Click! procedure.
THIS NOW WORKS ON THE SPRINT HERO AS WELL!
After you have successfully done that, you can do this procedure.
1. Download a ROM from forum.XDA-Developer.com to your computer. Or check our Downloads section and click on Android then ROMs and use the search bar at the top and type in “Hero ROMs”. *IF YOU HAVE A SPRINT HERO MAKE SURE THE ROM YOU WANT IS COMPATIBLE FOR THE SPRINT HERO!
2. Plug in your phone and pull down the Notification bar when the SD notification pops up.
3. Click on the notification and select Mount.
4. Once the SD card is on your computer screen, copy the ROM from your computer to your SD card (make sure NOT to put it in any folders on the SD card, just on the SD card by itself).
5. Once it is done copying, rename it on your SD card to update (in windows it should just need to be renamed update and you should still see the Zip folder icon to the left of the file to indicate that it is still update.zip).
6. Unplug your phone and turn it off.
7. Turn the phone on by holding down Home and Power till you get to the custom recovery screen.
8. Select Wipe from the menu, then select Apply Update.zip
9. Once it is done, select Reboot and you are all set!
Reported Issue:
Issue: I can’t find Format Fat32+Ext2+LinuxSwap.
Solution: This means you are using Amon Ras latest recovery image, he has put this option under Partition > Partition SD > then it asks you what values you want for the different partitions. Here are the standard values, but feel free to change them according to what the ROM you wish to use recommends.
LinuxSwap – 32MBs
Ext2 – 512Mbs
Fat32 – Remainder
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Check http://theunlockr.com/2009/08/27/how-to-load-a-custom-rom-on-your-htc-hero/ for details
Keep in mind that you need Root acces to do this. See:
http://theunlockr.com/2009/08/27/how-to-root-your-htc-hero-in-one-click/
Thanks a ton. It was actually down volume + power button for mine. After i got to the recovery I managed to figure it out. Thanks for the help!
Asus mypal a636n
Roes! A question would be, given that Asus MyPal A636 is a PDA and a power failure during an update since then and was not switched on only in the charging process takes fel.Szofveresen accessible somehow to delete the FAT table?
Hey,
First, I searched, but couldn't come up with anything directly matching or related to this.
So I rooted my friends phone, I'm not a newbie at this, did mine and my roommates as well, gave him the 1.33.2005 Haykuru SPL, the newest radio 2.22.23.02, loaded Super E's 1.0.3 rom, and it loaded up fine, he was able to sign into google and it started to sync his phone, contacts, etc, I was even able to install an app from the market, but then his connection just stopped.
I'm going to go over it tomorrow with a fine toothed comb to make sure I didn't miss anything, but one of the things I did was AFTER loading 1.33.2005 I THEN loaded the 2.22.23.02 radio (he already had the 26i radio). This didn't change anything.
So I'm going to check all of his settings, and he can connect to the web/market through wi-fi, but is there any particular reason why he wouldn't be able to connect via the network? This is a MT3G 1.0.
Thanks
You should of flashed the new radio first then the Danger SPL
sleepy3194 said:
You should of flashed the new radio first then the Danger SPL
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This is not true. I updated the same exact way that he described. 26I to Death SPL and then to the newer radio.
Missing the 3g connection is some unknown anomilly of rooting our phones...I have lost my 3g connection a number of times and it would always come back eventually (24 hours to 48 hours) on its own. No amount of wiping and flashing will bring it back (in my experience).
Hope this helps.
G1ForFun said:
This is not true. I updated the same exact way that he described. 26I to Death SPL and then to the newer radio.
Missing the 3g connection is some unknown anomilly of rooting our phones...I have lost my 3g connection a number of times and it would always come back eventually (24 hours to 48 hours) on its own. No amount of wiping and flashing will bring it back (in my experience).
Hope this helps.
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Thanks G1, that's kind of what I was hoping for. I knew it wasn't bricked, since the rom loaded and everything works via wi-fi.
I'll see how he's doing today.
G1ForFun said:
This is not true. I updated the same exact way that he described. 26I to Death SPL and then to the newer radio.
Missing the 3g connection is some unknown anomilly of rooting our phones...I have lost my 3g connection a number of times and it would always come back eventually (24 hours to 48 hours) on its own. No amount of wiping and flashing will bring it back (in my experience).
Hope this helps.
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Read this #11
Alternate Rooting Method
This method is based on the guide available at theunlockr.com. It takes a bit longer than the telnet method described above, but removes some of the risk if you plan on flashing Danger SPL, which is required for CyanogenMod 5.x, since you will already have a compatible radio at the end of the process.
For this method you will need the following:
1. Cupcake update.zip
2. flashrec
3. Amon_RA Recovery 1.7.0
(note. there are several versions of Amon_RA Recovery available in the thread above. Read through the original post and decide which one is best suited for you. For simplicity reasons, it is recommended you rename this file "recovery.img" and it will be referred to as such in this guide.)
1. After downgrading to RC29/RC7 as described above, move the Cupcake update.zip file to your SD card and rename it "update.zip". Be sure to move it to the root of the card and not into any folders.
2. Turn off your phone and boot into recovery mode by holding down the Home and End (power) buttons until the recovery screen appears (the /!\ screen).
3. Slide out the keyboard and hit Alt+S to apply the Cupcake update. This will take a little while. Let the phone reboot on its own.
4. Once the phone has rebooted, go through the setup process and sign in to your Google account.
5. Go to Settings ->SD Card and Phone Storage and select Unmount SD Card
Then select Format SD Card. The card should remount after this (this WILL erase everything from your SD card, so make sure you back up anything important first)
6. Connect your phone to your computer with your USB cable and pull down the status bar/windowshade.
Select USB Connected and hit the button labeled Mount. You should see your SD card become available on your computer.
Move the files "flashrec.apk" and "recovery.img" to your SD card.
unmount/eject/"safely remove" your SD card from your computer through your OS.
On your phone, pull down the status bar/windowshade again, select Turn Off USB Storage, and hit the button labeled Turn Off.
7. Go to Settings ->Applications and enable Unknown Sources.
8. Go to the Market and download a file manager, such as Astro or Linda.
9. Open the file manager you just downloaded, select "flashrec.apk", and install it.
10. Open your newly installed flashrec app and hit the button labeled "Backup Recovery".
Once that is complete, type in the full path to the recovery image file on your sd card, which most likely will be "/sdcard/recovery.img" and hit Flash Custom Recovery Image.
Once that is complete, exit the app and turn off your phone.
11. Boot into recovery by holding the Home and End (power) buttons until the new recovery screen appears. This time, instead of /!\, you should see a menu with several options appear. Stay on this screen. Do not reboot or turn off your phone. If you do, you may lose your custom recovery image. At this point you should already have radio version 2.22.19.26I, so you will not be at risk of bricking your phone while flashing Danger SPL due to an incompatible radio. However, it is recommended that you flash radio version 2.22.23.02 before flashing Danger SPL so you will have the most up-to-date radio and make double-sure that you have a radio compatible with Danger SPL.
sleepy3194 said:
Read this #11
Alternate Rooting Method
This method is based on the guide available at theunlockr.com. It takes a bit longer than the telnet method described above, but removes some of the risk if you plan on flashing Danger SPL, which is required for CyanogenMod 5.x, since you will already have a compatible radio at the end of the process.
For this method you will need the following:
1. Cupcake update.zip
2. flashrec
3. Amon_RA Recovery 1.7.0
(note. there are several versions of Amon_RA Recovery available in the thread above. Read through the original post and decide which one is best suited for you. For simplicity reasons, it is recommended you rename this file "recovery.img" and it will be referred to as such in this guide.)
1. After downgrading to RC29/RC7 as described above, move the Cupcake update.zip file to your SD card and rename it "update.zip". Be sure to move it to the root of the card and not into any folders.
2. Turn off your phone and boot into recovery mode by holding down the Home and End (power) buttons until the recovery screen appears (the /!\ screen).
3. Slide out the keyboard and hit Alt+S to apply the Cupcake update. This will take a little while. Let the phone reboot on its own.
4. Once the phone has rebooted, go through the setup process and sign in to your Google account.
5. Go to Settings ->SD Card and Phone Storage and select Unmount SD Card
Then select Format SD Card. The card should remount after this (this WILL erase everything from your SD card, so make sure you back up anything important first)
6. Connect your phone to your computer with your USB cable and pull down the status bar/windowshade.
Select USB Connected and hit the button labeled Mount. You should see your SD card become available on your computer.
Move the files "flashrec.apk" and "recovery.img" to your SD card.
unmount/eject/"safely remove" your SD card from your computer through your OS.
On your phone, pull down the status bar/windowshade again, select Turn Off USB Storage, and hit the button labeled Turn Off.
7. Go to Settings ->Applications and enable Unknown Sources.
8. Go to the Market and download a file manager, such as Astro or Linda.
9. Open the file manager you just downloaded, select "flashrec.apk", and install it.
10. Open your newly installed flashrec app and hit the button labeled "Backup Recovery".
Once that is complete, type in the full path to the recovery image file on your sd card, which most likely will be "/sdcard/recovery.img" and hit Flash Custom Recovery Image.
Once that is complete, exit the app and turn off your phone.
11. Boot into recovery by holding the Home and End (power) buttons until the new recovery screen appears. This time, instead of /!\, you should see a menu with several options appear. Stay on this screen. Do not reboot or turn off your phone. If you do, you may lose your custom recovery image. At this point you should already have radio version 2.22.19.26I, so you will not be at risk of bricking your phone while flashing Danger SPL due to an incompatible radio. However, it is recommended that you flash radio version 2.22.23.02 before flashing Danger SPL so you will have the most up-to-date radio and make double-sure that you have a radio compatible with Danger SPL.
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I suppose whoever wrote that isn't aware that its perfectly safe to flash the latest radio after the Death SPL. Its how most of us who were already on the 26I radio and Danger SPL ended up on the latest radio...
19.26I ---Death SPL---- 23.02
you could just fast boot erase system and then re flash the Rom
Haha, well, thanks for all the responses guys, it actually turns out the tower near his house wasn't giving out data connections, because as soon as we met up for me to look at it, it worked fine.
G1ForFun said:
This is not true. I updated the same exact way that he described. 26I to Death SPL and then to the newer radio.
Missing the 3g connection is some unknown anomilly of rooting our phones...I have lost my 3g connection a number of times and it would always come back eventually (24 hours to 48 hours) on its own. No amount of wiping and flashing will bring it back (in my experience).
Hope this helps.
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Do you know if this would apply to an HTC Incredible (CDMA)?