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Whats Wrong? (Aman_Ra Help)

Hi guys, Im new here and decided to update my HTC magic with the hero rom thats all I wanted to do for now..This is my phone spec:
SAPPHIRE PVT 32B SHIP S-ON G
HBOOT-1.33.0004 (SAP10000)
CPLD-10
RADIO-2.22.19.26I
Apr 9 2009,23:30:40
So I read and find this guide: http://www.karrderized.com/romguide/
Excellent guide for newbies like me, so I follow it and come to this little problem.
"If you see your device listed, we're about ready to go. Let's boot into the recovery ROM: fastboot boot recovery-RAv1.1.2G.img"
As my phone is google branded Vodaphone UK HTC Magic..
When I do the above the screen just frezzes on vodaphone splash screen and nothing happens on cmd everything is okay..
SO NOW: someone tells me the SPL needs to be flahsed, I think okay I will do this to solve problem.
I goto
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=4003349&postcount=1
Download :
PVT 32B boards (Google branded) :
Engineering SPL HBOOT-1.33.2004 Signed update.zip
I download this file and put on my SD card called update .zip
I boot into recovery menu HOME+Power and click update then I get some error saying the file dont match etc etc.
WHAT AM I DO WRONG??? please can someone help me Im knew and read so many guides here all gone conufsing also the hacking wiki is wrong has typos..

The reason you're getting the "file don't match etc etc"-error is because you booted your stock recovery and applied the update which isn't allowing an update signed with test-keys.
You should boot recovery-RAv1.1.2G.img and only then apply the SPL update.
So first we'll need to get recovery-RAv1.1.2G.img booting :
1. Please check if your "recovery-RAv1.1.2G.img" has an MD5 checksum = 16DFA87E7B583FDD9E151E857A8C5ECE ? (just to check that it isn't corrupted).
2. Try clearing your cache before booting the recovery image : fastboot erase cache
What is your current ROM?

New Vodafone (UK) HTC Magic flashing issues

Hi all,
I am fairly new to the HTC/Android hacking (I've had fun with hacking motorolla phones in the past). I've been using the following Wiki to find out information on how to flash my phone etc.
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=HTC_Sapphire_Hacking
so i found out that my phone is:
32b ship s-on g
HBOOT-1.33.0007 (SAPP10000)
i glossed over the SPL flashing on the wiki as my spl was not described as a 'perfect' spl. so when i came to section 3. Learn how to use fastboot and boot a recovery rom. i followed the steps and issued the CLI command
C:\AndroidSDK> fastboot boot recovery-rom.img
using the recovery-RA-magic-v1.2.3G.img rom from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=530492
I recieve the following error:
downloading 'boot.img' ... FAILED (remote: not allow)
now i looked up this error and it seems like the SPL on my phone is a 'perfect' SPL. I don't really know enough about this stuff to confirm it though.
Can anybody help me out here? or maybe point me in the direction where this issue can be solved.......

Yes, yours SPL is the perfect spl....
There is a "one-click" method to flash recovery rom on your phone, so you do not have to fastboot via adb.
Step 1: Download Recovery Flasher (search forum for the link), and install it on your phone.
Step 2: Download your desired recovery rom image (Cy or Rav), and copy it to the root of sd card.
Step 3: Open Recovery Flasher on your phone, and enter /sdcard/xxxxxxxx.img and flash it
Step 4: Switch off your phone, and switch it on again by holding "home" + "power"
That is it!! You can now flash any mod rom

By the way, you can flash new spl once you got into recovery mode on your phone! So you can use fastboot if you wish.

I am a complete novice and only got my HTC Magic yesterday but am interested in putting on a Sense UI so I can have multi-touch functionality, etc.
I have the same settings as roooss:
UK Vodafone HTC Magic
32b ship s-on g
HBOOT-1.33.0007 (SAPP10000)
I have checked the wiki for information as well as scouring through this forum and some stuff over at unlockr but am still a little confused what to do next and I am afraid I didn't really 'get' dereck66's response about the one click method. Sorry for the total inconvenience but I am totally new to all this so could someone explain this in more detail? Do I need to root and if so is this any different because it appears to be perfect SPL?
any help would be greatly appreciated

i have this same prblem, it seems to me no one has an answer, some boot.img will fit like dwang 1.13 hero and cyan is a nono.try dwangs and see if it works

I have been reading through loads and loads of pages on here and am getting a bit confused - please can someone help?
here are the details of my phone:
HBOOT-1.33.0007 (SAPP10000) : PVT 32B SHIP S-ON G : CPLD-10
I have read that this may be a perfect SPL but am I right in thinking that the 'one click' method from unlockr can get round this? do I just need to root follwing that method with the amon recovery or do I still need to change SPL? if so do I do this by following the goldcard method on here?
is that all necessary if all I want to do is flash a new ROM or do I just root and upload the ROM? (preferably cyanongen's latest offering or one of the many Hero ROM's that are floating about) I am still trying to get my head around this all, what I really want is to load the new ROM and use Loccy's betterbrowser.
If someone could explain in more detail, that would be great - not each process as I have the tutorials but just what stages I need to go through (for example - root using one click method...)
These are some of the things I have been looking at:
http://theunlockr.com/2009/08/29/how-to-root-the-htc-magic-in-one-click/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKPsClQiFVQ
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=548218
any pointers to other tutorials I may need to look at would be also appreciated
Cheers Marty

Booting Recovery Image Freeze

Hi,
I'm a newbie with android but have spent a lot of time the last few days reading the forums, and I can't seem to find any reasonable solution.
I have a Magic 32B from Vodafone germany.
So I started by following Cyanogens instructions...
. Install_the_Latest_Android_sdk
. Downloaded latest CM recovery
. Download the HTC Android 1.6 base image:
* http://www.androidspin.com/downloads.php?dir=enomther/ROM/&file=HTC_ADP_1.6_DRC83_rooted_base.zip
. Download the latest CyanogenMod ROM for your device:
* http://n0rp.chemlab.org/android/update-cm-4.2.3.1-signed.zip
. Put both of these files on your SD card
. Plug the phone into the computer
. Reboot into fastboot, and pressed back button until it appeared in a bar. Although for me it was Red not yellow.
. Ran fastboot boot cm-recovery-1.4.img
However I received the error of perfect SPLs. So I used the instructions from Amon_RA
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=548218
Copied ROM v2.53.707.2 (Engineerings SPL v1.33.2010) to my GoldedSD card.
This completed successfully....However, when it boots in recovery mode I just see a black screen that says htc magic. And it stays there. Left it for about 10 mins and nothing.
I tried pulling the battery, it booted regularly and into Android 1.5.
So I thought I tried flashbooting CM-recovery1.4. Now the flashboot worked at sending over the cm-recoveryAgain, black screen just saying htcmagic.
Can someone please help me, my goal is to load a recovery rom, than install CyMod's Rom. I was following http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php/Full_Update_Guide_-_MT3G/Magic_Firmware_to_CyanogenMod
For reference, before starting my "upgrade" the phone was:
sapphire unknown 32B ship s-on G
HBOOT-1.33.0007 (SAPP1000)
CPLD-10
Radio-2.22.19 26I
July 31 2009, 15:49:25
Running android 1.5
Now reads
SAPPHIRE PVT 32B ENG S-OFF H
HBOOT-1.33.0010 (SAPP1000)
CPLD-10
Radio-3.22.20 17
Jun 2 2009, 17:27:03
Thanks in advance!
P.S. I forgot to mention, I also tried booting recovery mode without the SD card, and same result.

Can't boot recovery
Ok, can someone at least tell me why I can't boot a recovery image? Are there any reasons?

exactly the same is my situation
that gold card thing just messes things up i guess
now u have to flash a 32b radio and how and where u will get it i am also searching fr it if u get a solution leeme know or update the thread

Recovery image issue....Ok, it seems I figured out why the recovery didn't work.
As you may notice from the status, that image flashed the phone from:
sapphire unknown 32B ship s-on G
HBOOT-1.33.0007 (SAPP1000)
CPLD-10
Radio-2.22.19 26I
to:
SAPPHIRE PVT 32B ENG S-OFF H
HBOOT-1.33.0010 (SAPP1000)
CPLD-10
Radio-3.22.20 17
So you need a recovery that is now H not G. (like recovery-RA-magic-v1.3.2H.img)
Now recovery is available. So I followed CyM's instructions, just with this recovery image, Erase successful, and write successful.....Fastboot/recovery still working perfect, however telephone freezes on HTC screen during boot.
My thought is I should load an SPL that is G, fastboot RA's G image, then boot into recovery and re-load the CyGens ROM loads (as described).
Can someone with more experience let me know if I'm on the right track.....I was thinking of using RA's update.Engineering-SPL-HBOOT-1.33.2004-signed as I believe that is a G SPL (not sure), and where can we get a G radio?

IammenotyoU said:
SAPPHIRE PVT 32B ENG S-OFF H
HBOOT-1.33.0010 (SAPP1000)
CPLD-10
Radio-3.22.20 17
So you need a recovery that is now H not G. (like recovery-RA-magic-v1.3.2H.img)
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That is not correct! You still need to use a 32B recovery image => recovery-RA-magic-v1.3.2G.img
G = 32B
H = 32A

AmonRa, since I loaded
ROM v2.53.707.2 (Engineerings SPL v1.33.2010) from your thread, now my status during fastboot screen reads..H not G.
If i run fastboot boot recovery-RA-magic-v1.3.2G.img it just hangs at HTC screen.
If I run fastboot boot recovery-RA-magic-v1.3.2H.img, I get the recovery menu.
This is why I was thinking of somehow flashing an SPL that is for G, then the G recovery menu, than a G Rom.
So how can I get back to: SAPPHIRE PVT 32B ENG S-OFF G? And do I need to flash the radio, if so where can I find radio images?
Thanks AmonRa for your help and all the work!

@Amon Ra
i have the same issue as
@iammenotyou
my phone was
SAPPHIRE PVT 32B SHIP S-ON G
HBOOT-1.33.0006 (SAPP10000)
CPL-10
RADIO-2.22.19.26I
the above was the detail i wanted to downgrade it in order to root it so had to use the GOLD CARD method to bypass the model ID check as i had a perfected SPL
so now i have the following detail
SAPPHIRE EVT1 32B SHIP S-ON H
HBOOT-1.33.0009 (SAPP20000)
CPLD-10
RADIO-3.22.20.17
so the radio changed to 32a and also show H here after that gold card flashing
i try to use one click root method got flash rec 1.1.3
and i says
" PHONE TYPE IS EBI1/32A "
and try to flash some G recoveries like recovery-RA-1.3.2G.img
and reboot in try to get flash recovery console it stuck on the boot image saying HTC MAGIC while if i use a H recovery image i get the recovery console
now SIR what can be the solution of this problem

waiting for some experts opinion on this

Amon_RA said:
That is not correct! You still need to use a 32B recovery image => recovery-RA-magic-v1.3.2G.img
G = 32B
H = 32A
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Click to collapse
Look on the radio.. He needs a 32A recovery.

brick
Hi,
Well as I said, my unit was an 32B with s-on G. After I ran that package in fast boot it became a 32B ENG S-OFF H. Also the recovery images only the H images would work from this point forward. (which are supposedly not for my device)
So I went and tried to load the radio for the G (from HTC ion site) onto it and rebooted instead of also loading the SPL. So now its bricked. HTC logo screen for fastboot, recovery and regular boot.
So I would suggest to anyone with a G unit not to use ROM v2.53.707.2 as that converted it from a G to an H even though the device was supposed to be a G. (Although somehow I'm sure it can be restored, better safe than bricked. Now I just hope the service center can fix it)
SaQuibs: Best of luck....One thing you may wish to try since you've been changed to H like me, and can't boot the regular OS, is to fastboot RA's H recovery image, and than wipe and load an H OS like RA-IONv1.6.2H and see what happens. Since it doesn't include a new radio hopefully it will boot Again good luck!

the problem is not with the ROM 2.53.707.2
the problem is with the GOLD CARD coz i loaded a different rom
wat i did was loaded an H recovery and then loaded a 32b rom but it was stuck on boot screen
i have no plans to brick my phone as the country i live in there are no service centres of repairing places and HTC phones are not sold here we have to import and HTC gives no support as well
so planing to sell it

"So I would suggest to anyone with a G unit not to use ROM v2.53.707.2 as that converted it from a G to an H even though the device was supposed to be a G"
the problem is not with the rom its with the GOLDCARD method as i used a different ROM in the same thread
and what i did was i flashed an H recovery to get the console and flashed a 32b rom in it and phone was stuck at boot screen, so thought i bricked my phone but then again i created a GOLDCARD to get back to normal
so now dont want to experiment anymore
as HTC dont sell there phones in our country and so they do not provide any support for us either no center or repair places if bricked

"So I would suggest to anyone with a G unit not to use ROM v2.53.707.2 as that converted it from a G to an H even though the device was supposed to be a G"
the problem is not with the rom its with the GOLDCARD method as i used a different ROM in the same thread
and what i did was i flashed an H recovery to get the console and flashed a 32b rom in it and phone was stuck at boot screen, so thought i bricked my phone but then again i created a GOLDCARD to get back to normal
so now dont want to experiment anymore
as HTC dont sell there phones in our country and so they do not provide any support for us either no center or repair places if bricked

i have posted a thread also and i have also discussed here
sent PM to qtek and Amon_Ra and few other experts on the forum but didnt get a reply yet
lets c if they can figure out something fool proof and can be fixed its good or i will be selling the phone nxt week

Read this post and execute the part to revert back to the 32B radio and ROM.
The problem is NOT with the goldcard, because that works perfectly.
The problem lays in the fact that you don't know what you are doing, and you flashed a 32A NBH onto a 32B without even knowing what exactly you were flashing

maxisma said:
Look on the radio.. He needs a 32A recovery.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yeah I was too fast, didn't read everything...

So by using the goldcard method you automatically end up with a "H SPL" and 32A radio? Or is there a way to around this, without manually reflashing another SPL and radio.
I have a Magic 32B with a perfect SPL and the goldcard method is the only way to go, right?

i cant install the fast boot
and is that risky?
and lastly with my current status of the phone which recovery can i use and which roms can i load

hacker1 said:
So by using the goldcard method you automatically end up with a "H SPL" and 32A radio? Or is there a way to around this, without manually reflashing another SPL and radio.
I have a Magic 32B with a perfect SPL and the goldcard method is the only way to go, right?
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Click to collapse
When you try to flash a NBH from another country/operator the CID check will fail and the flashing will stop. This is done so people can't just flash a rom from another country.
A goldcard (this is what engineers at HTC use) avoids the CID check (CID = Customer ID). This is the only reason why we use a goldcard, it has nothing to do with fixing a perfected SPL, or getting root, or whatever people tell you.
If you have a perfected SPL you can't use fastboot to flash or boot an image.
To fix this you will have to flash a non perfected SPL.
The only way to get a non perfected SPL is to flash an NBH that contains a non perfected SPL.
The problem is that we only have a few NBH's available that contain a non perfected SPL and a CID from another country/operator.
Unfortunately they are also for 32A devices and not for 32B devices.
This is the only reason why you need to get around the CID check and why you "upgrade" to 32A, and afterwards downgrade back to 32B once you have a non-perfected SPL.
If you have a 32A with a perfected SPL you'll only need a goldcard if your CID is different than the one of the NBH you are flashing, you'll also have no issues with a different radio because the NBH is for a 32A already.
If you find an 32B NBH with a non perfected SPL you'll also not have the different radio problem and you might not even need a goldcard if the CID is the same as the one in your phone.
Please be aware that you don't need to fix a non-perfected SPL to get root.
At the time that I wrote the SPL fix we didn't know about kernel exploits so we used this way to get root. In the mean time other ways are discovered to get root (like flashrec etc..). Those methods will however not fix your SPL so you will still not be able to use fastboot to erase, flash etc.
It's always easier to have an open SPL so you easily use fastboot to flash stuff to your phone.
You can also change the CID in your phone to a super CID (all 11111), when you have a super CID you can flash anything you want and you'll never need a goldcard. Changing the CID is something for another thread
Hope this makes things more clear

@Amon Ra
things are crystal clear the problem with me is i coundnt configure that fastboot thing i followed the instructions on android site but could not install the sdk tool and use fast boot
so just wanted to as that if i use an H recovery to get to the recovery console will it work for me can i flash new ROMs
coz i am already tired dont want to experiment any more

[32b] Got stuck in wrong bootloader and can't go anywhere !

I hope someone can help me out here.
I have:
Sapphire PVT 32B SHIP S-ON H
HBOOT-1.33.0010 (SAPP10000)
CPLD-10
Radio-3.22.20.17
After unbricking it after flashing it with wrong 32A version, I managed to load this rom: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=565859
Phone is working now, but want to change to another ROM.
Bootloader is now: 2.56.494.7
Everything I try to change ROM or bootloader fails !
- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=548218
- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=548096
- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=548379
What am I doing wrong and what do I need to do to correct my problem ?

ALL RUU Updates is ONLY for 32A devices
you gave phone big pressure

I knew that after finding out, but now I need some help.
Willing to try any solution to change it back.

Any hints ? Tried several roms but could not flash anything...

fastboot working?
- power off
- hold Back + Power
- then with connecting phone to the computer
check in command line:
fastboot devices
You must have SDK Tools installed already

Yes fastboot is working.
fastboot devices shows device serial

Made some big progress. Managed to flash perfected SPL 2010. Now rooting and flashing a Hero ROM (for Magic).

I've been trying to root my HTC Magic 32A, but alas, its unstable

Hi!
I could really use some help on this. I've got a Magic 32A, patched with latest HTC firmware:
62.57S.20.23U_3.22.23.18
Kernelversion: 2.6.27-3d7dcf2e
[email protected] #5
Build nr 2.20.401.2 CL #70129 release-keys
1.33.0014
3.22.23.18
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I've followed this guide which as I understand it is based on a thread from here (at least it links here). Its in swedish, but basically what I did was the following:
Code:
Formatted card (Settings -> SD card & phone storage -> Format SD card)
Using SDK ran: adb shell cat /sys/class/mmc_host/mmc1/mmc1:*/cid.
Copied the number I got. Pasted here: (http://www.andyappz.com/cid.html)
Went here: (http://revskills.de/pages/goldcard.html), using the number I received in the step above. Got a goldcard.img via mail.
Using HxD Hex edited card using Goldcard.img
Downloaded Sappimg.zip from here: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1373045/Android/2.53.707.2_-_sappimg.zip
Rebooted and installed.
This results in an unstable phone with all Google Apps missing, including Market.
Could someone please help me out. What do I need to do to get my Magic ready for new roms and root?
Cheers,
PP

Panoply_Prefect said:
Hi!
I could really use some help on this. I've got a Magic 32A, patched with latest HTC firmware:
I've followed this guide which as I understand it is based on a thread from here (at least it links here). Its in swedish, but basically what I did was the following:
Code:
Formatted card (Settings -> SD card & phone storage -> Format SD card)
Using SDK ran: adb shell cat /sys/class/mmc_host/mmc1/mmc1:*/cid.
Copied the number I got. Pasted here: (http://www.andyappz.com/cid.html)
Went here: (http://revskills.de/pages/goldcard.html), using the number I received in the step above. Got a goldcard.img via mail.
Using HxD Hex edited card using Goldcard.img
Downloaded Sappimg.zip from here: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1373045/Android/2.53.707.2_-_sappimg.zip
Rebooted and installed.
This results in an unstable phone with all Google Apps missing, including Market.
Could someone please help me out. What do I need to do to get my Magic ready for new roms and root?
Cheers,
PP
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But now, if you check the FASTBOOT screen, you should have a new SPL-HBOOT and Radio version.
Turn off the phone, then start it up by holding Back and Power. What does it show you there?
Type in all of the information here.

Darn it, since the phone went unstable I restored it using the official HTC patch. I actually did that procedure twice with the same result.
I could go for a third just to get the info.
Cheers,
PP

cursordroid said:
But now, if you check the FASTBOOT screen, you should have a new SPL-HBOOT and Radio version.
Turn off the phone, then start it up by holding Back and Power. What does it show you there?
Type in all of the information here.
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Click to collapse
Thirds the charm I hope. Here's what that gives me:
Code:
Sapphire PVT 32A ENG S-OFF H
HBOOT-1.33.2010 (SAPP10000)
CPLD-12
RADIO-3.22.20.17

Panoply_Prefect said:
Thirds the charm I hope. Here's what that gives me:
Code:
Sapphire PVT 32A ENG S-OFF H
HBOOT-1.33.2010 (SAPP10000)
CPLD-12
RADIO-3.22.20.17
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Click to collapse
You now have an Engineering SPL that you can use to flash Amon-RA's recovery image.
Download Amon_RA's Sapphire H recovery
Then type:
Code:
fastboot flash recovery recovery-RA-sapphire-1.5.2H.img
Then power off your phone, and power it back on into recovery mode using Home and Power.
now you can flash your own ROM.

cursordroid said:
You now have an Engineering SPL that you can use to flash Amon-RA's recovery image.
Download Amon_RA's Sapphire H recovery
Then type:
Code:
fastboot flash recovery recovery-RA-sapphire-1.5.2H.img
Then power off your phone, and power it back on into recovery mode using Home and Power.
now you can flash your own ROM.
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Great and thx for fast reply! I'm assuming this is the file in question:
http://www.androidspin.com/downloads.php?dir=amon_ra/RECOVERY/&file=recovery-RA-sapphire-v1.5.2H.img

No go:
Code:
c:\android-sdk-windows\tools>fastboot flash recovery recovery-RA-sapphire-
v1.5.2H.img
error: cannot load 'recovery-RA-sapphire-v1.5.2H.img'
Image-file is on the SD-card, as well as in \tools folder.
EDIT: Never mind. I was using ver 1.5.1H... Sigh. 'tis late...

And everything works! I now got Cyanogenmod on a stable phone. Thnx a lot for the (quick!) help!
Cheers,
PP

This is odd, I seem to have lost the ability for HSDPA-connection. I have H-coverage at home, with stock-firmware I always get full connection. But after updating the phone I suddenly only have 3G.
Anyone know what could be the problem?
EDIT: Nevermind. It seems to be as simple as a missing "H"-icon...