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Possible Bricked Mytouch

So I went thru the root process shortly after it got figured out. great work to everyone. I had everything running smooth today I did the daredevil process to get back to 32b and all was well. I loaded a hero rom on there and did not repartition my sd card first so was obvious that it was running too laggy. decided to do a restore from last backup to go back to the 32b rom and realized after it was done that there was no backup since I went from 32a. now I am stuck at the red vodafone screen and cant get passed it for obvious reasons. I can get to fastboot but that is it and unfortunatley I am at work so cant update drivers to get sdk tools working to fastboot anything. I dont think I am totally screwed (since I can get to fastboot) but wanted to see if anyone had some ideas. I can download files and transfer them to my sd card as I have a reader with me (just in case)

You should just be able to boot a recovery image via fastboot and reflash a 32b ROM from the SD card. If you can get to fastboot, you're not bricked

guess it was a good thing I created my goldcard on a 128mg sd card that I had and kept the goldcard on that just in case still have that with the sappimg on it. just in case

switch 1 touch root to gold card method

ok i have my mem card with my cyan's update, compatible themes and so on... however when i was showing a friend what i did he clicked nandroid backup on my phone so it replaced my original rom.
i wanted to go through regular rooting method just for the heck of it cuz i have some extra mem cards to play with and figured i can just run nandroid backup to have the cyan and one touch method phone from one memory card, then wipe and use my other roms with whatever else on on the other memory cards to switch to anything at anytime and have access to the stuff i dont have being stuck with cyan and the 1 touch method.
My problem--- on step 3 when im using sappimg.zip to flash it says Model ID incorrect! Update Fail!
i followed the instructions to a T but im thinking this may have to do with the fact that my mt3g is already rooted.... should i go back and make the goldcard again or is my problem as i suspect.... and is their a resolution????
Thanks for your help.

your gold card isnt working if it says model id incorrect. that is the precise purpose of the gold card.
if you already flashed a rooted rom you dont need to use the gold card method.
you just need to use the flash recovery program to get your modded recovery image, and from there instead of updating a rom, you need to update the SPL to one of the engineering ones found on Amon_ra's thread called Magic HBoot
good luck

Wow, thanks for the quick response. That makes perfect sense I guess I was just worrying myself. Thanks again

One-click FTW!
The one-click method is far superior and more efficient. I've used that even still for 3 of my Android devices. Otherwise, my original G1 was rooted via "old school" tactics. Downgrade, UPGRADE, downgrade, etc.

[Q] Is a Goldcard Required After a Successful Root?

First, I would like to note that I searched the XDA site both with their search bar and through Google's engine, and could not locate an answer.
Today I successfully rooted my AT&T HTC Inspire 4G, using the guide on the CyanogenMod wiki, the radio image provided in attn1's kit, and the Telus Kernel to get sound back, using Ubuntu-Linux.
Of course this process involved creating a Goldcard. I used an 8GB Sandisk microSD card, pretty much identical to the one which came with the phone. Do I still need this card for anything? Now that I have root access, S-OFF and ClockworkMod running, will it be required again for any reason?
I am asking, because I would like to get a 32GB card to hold my large music library, and give this card to a friend.

I was actually wondering the same thing. I read in other threads that the best SD card to use for the root is the 8GB that came with it. I have a 32 also

No, you do not need the original card anymore.

I read just now on another thread that a Goldcard works by forcing the bootloader to ignore the CID of a ROM, thereby allowing a modified stock ROM with the incorrect CID to be flashed.
Given that, I would think that to flash back to a stock ROM I would need a Goldcard. But now that I have S-OFF, is that CID-checking feature no longer present?

[Q] Gold Card and micro sd

hello
I just bought a 32 gb card for my inspire 4g, the problem is that i had use the 8 gb original card to create my gold card and now i want to know if i can install a rom from my 32 gb who is not a gold card or if i absolutely need the 8 gb to install roms.
i dont want to turn the 32 gb into a goldcard, i am afraid i could spoil it. anyone tried to create a coldcard with a 32 gb and succeed ? the card is from the brand kingston

You don't need the goldcard anymore. Hopefully ever.....considering HTC CEO statement today regarding bootloaders. The goldcard was only required during the initial downgrade to obtain s-off.
You can load your new card up with roms and flash away.

My opinion is to not turn that 32gb card into a goldcard, cause that'd be overkill x8! You actually shoulda got a 4 gig card for the goldcard, but that's alright tho. Since you already made a goldcard, you don't need to make another one. If you have to use a goldcard again, which is very highly doubtful, you already have one. Like newter55 said, you can load up and flash away to your hearts content. Now, I'm not sure when, or even if, our bootloader will be unlocked. However, if they say ours will get unlocked, then the earliest to expect that would be when we get our official gingerbread update.
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I think I just bricked my phone...

Okay, I just installed "[19.03][ROM][X Series] Virtuous S4V Alpha3 [Sense 4.0 Android 4.0.3]" everything seem to installed fine and then I rebooted to try it out. It kept on rebooting, I am no professional modder and I have no idea how to fix this. If anybody can help me out it would be amazing.

Did you update firmware before flashing?
Sent from my HTC Pyramid using xda premium

I don't think I did, I was following the guide on XDA and after I finished rooting my phone (just today) I followed this part of the guide
To install a Custom ROM - you will not lose data or apps with this method!
1. Download your chosen ROM by other developers in the development threads and copy the ZIP file to your SD Card ROOT directory
2. Start clockworkmod recovery (instructions above)
3. BACKUP YOUR ROM USING CWM BEFORE ATTEMPTING ROOT! (skip this step if you have already made a backup previously)
4. Navigate to "install zip from sdcard" using the Volume Down button and press select (power button to select)
5. Then select "Choose zip from sdcard"
6. Then select "your_chosen_rom.zip"
7. Then select "Yes - install your_chosen_rom.zip" to confirm
8. Then go back
9. Then reboot.
10. First boot will take quite some time -This is normal, i know you want touch your nice shiny phone but BE PATIENT - ENJOY!
I don't know how to install this firmware...
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I also factory reseted my phone out of nervousness if that caused any problems :/

Now I really regret rooting my phone, I should have stopped after the possible risks.

Rooting the phone doesn't cause any issues. All it does is give you full access to the phone. Do me a favour, go into your bootloader Power on and hold volume down and read what version your Hboot is. It needs to be 1.27 to run ICS roms. If it is 1.17 or 1.18 that will cause boot loops. It is very easy to fix.

Thank you for replying, my HBoot is 1.18. I guess that was the problem why it messed up.
How do I update my Hboot?

Ok go to this thread here: and download the the 3.32 firmware. If you are supercid then download any.
If not match the firmware for your type of phone eg t-mobile, vodaphone o2 etc... Once you downlaod it, put the zip on to the root of your SD card and go back into HBoot. it will ask you do you want to update and follow the instructions. Then delete the file from your SD card so you can get into recovery. Job done

Thanks for your help but I am still new at this, how do I open my SD card on the computer using bootloader/Clockwork Recovery

Firmware is easy to flash but you need s-off via revolutionary first.
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My SD card won't popup on the computer, I'm on fastboot and it says "FASTBOOT USB" but nothing comes up.
If you are willing to add me on Skype/hotmail send me a PM and i'll tell you my username so we can talk about this in more detail.

Easier to flash a non-ICS ROM, then copy the PG58IMG.zip with the ICS FW on it then flash the ICS ROM again

EddyOS said:
Easier to flash a non-ICS ROM, then copy the PG58IMG.zip with the ICS FW on it then flash the ICS ROM again
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Copy it to where? I don't know how to get on my SD card (I'm really new at this)

In which you really shouldn't have tried any of this...I bet you didn't even check what ROM your phone came with in case you needed to go back to stock did you?

I got this phone a month ago so I guess it was a pretty new rom.

we just happened to live on the Merseyside together? haha just saw it.

Hmm, have I gotten myself into a helpless situation?

I searched on the web that because I only have GB supported HBoot and that I currently run a ICS rom it will create a bootloop, now the solution is to install a GB ROM to my phone but I really don't know how to add files to my SD card since I don't know how to get it to show up on HBOOT.

This is where having a MicroSD to SD card adapter comes in handy! You can then just plug the card into your PC to add files to it
Was the phone branded when you go it? Where did you get it from?

EddyOS said:
This is where having a MicroSD to SD card adapter comes in handy! You can then just plug the card into your PC to add files to it
Was the phone branded when you go it? Where did you get it from?
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It is a virgin locked phone. I don't have a microSD to SD card adapter but I could buy one tomorrow
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Actually I find a usb lookalike that seems to allow MicroSD to connect to it "Micro SD USB 2.0"

Okay I have plugged it into my PC... thanks for the idea. Now should I install the latest HBOOT?
I want to thank everybody that has tried to help me so far, I am happy that everybody was willing to put up with a rookie like me. I am currently installing the latest HBoot and I hope this will work.
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I think it is working as it is currently taking a long time to load on the HTC One screen, I really hope this works now (haha this seems to be like a blog now)