Ugh. I received a MT3g from a person on Ebay who said the phone was stuck in a loop. Thought I could easily fix it but this #@#! phone is drivin me crazy!
As soon as I turn the device on it goes straight to HBOOT with the following information:
SAPPHIRE PVT 32B SHIP S-ON G
HBOOT - 1.33.006 ( SAPP30000 )
CPLD - 10
RADIO - 2.22.19.261
May 27 2009, 19:06:41
HBOOT
<Back> Fastboot Mode
Hitting the "back" button does nothing, and therefore cant get into Fastboot. I have tried putting the original sappimg.nbh on there..and it starts updating everything with the bar on the top right corner. Everything says its successful, but when it reboots it goes straight back to the HBOOT. I also tried putting the sappimg.zip on there, and when updating I get a "Model ID Incorrect Update Failed" error. The sappimg.zip files that are on one of these threads is for rooting the MT3g right? I have the perfected SPL as u can see, but as of now I just want a working rom...dnt care if its stock. Like i said, loading sappimg.nbh seems to load everything, but goes right back to the 3 Anroids on skateboards.
Did you try installed the SDK onto your computer and running commands to maybe boot up a the RAv recovery image?
The maybe from there you can flash the phone.
Yea I already have the SDK...I should have stated I'm no Android noob..just a Mytouch one. But this baffles me. I cant access Fastboot because the "back" button does nothing, thus it cant connect to my computer. However I can flash images on it by placing the .nbh or sappimg.zip on them..but like i said, i get an error with the .zip and the .nbh seems to update fine but still brings me to the Hboot screen.
So i bought a broken G1 on ebay. The person said they could not downgrade to RC29 so I figured it would be an easy fix.
I turn on the phone and it loads up perfectly. I get to the screen that says "No SIM Card" and then I need his email and password to get passed this which I don't have. I hold HOME + POWER and it goes to the multi-color bootloader. I then try CAMERA + POWER and it loads the bootloader. I put the DREAIMG.nbh file on my FAT32 SD Card (MD5 is correct) then I get this screen/error.
Now whenever I try to power on the phone it goes straight to the bootloader but now I have the RUUNBH flag. Here is what I see
Code:
DREA100 PVT 32B RUUNBH
HBOOT-0.95.0000
CPLD-4
RADIO-2.22.19.26i
SEP 2 2008
I think you need to reflash the spl (RUUNBH). Then flash the rest, look up the fastboot commands to make it a little eaiser.
But because it fails at the recovery, grab a new recovery image and flash that with fastboot.
I cannot get into fastboot. I see the Serial0 screen but nothing happens when I push 'back'
Ok first off I am new to all of this. This Is my first android smartphone It's a T-Mobile MyTouch 3g. I just bought It off eBay and If I can't fix It then I am out some money PLEASE HELP!!
Have done some reading but can't seem to fix what's going on with this phone . I got It off eBay and the seller said It had problems with the touch screen every so often but other wise worked great In every other way but that Is so so far from the truth.
When you first turn It on It will boot up to the sim pin screen. I have gotten the touch screen to respond long enough to enter my pin once. It will freeze and reboot over and over. The track ball will work once In a while along with the home and back buttons.
I know It's running Superfly TCBY Froyo ROM and I think thats were all the problems are because It does work right every so often so I have been trying to unroot It and put It back to factory rom and settings and start fresh with the hopes that It will fix the problems but the problem now Is when I go into recovery to flash It or make any kinds of changes, It will freeze and reset. I can't even get the recovery menu to work long enough to do anything. Can someone please explain how I can get this phone back to original.
PLEASE HELP
We need your fastboot information. Turn the phone on holding back+power and post the info you see here.
Fast boot info
sapphire pvt 32a ship s-on g
hboot-1.33.0013 (sapp31000)
cpld-13
radio-2.22.23.02
oct 21 2009,22:33:27
fastboot
Search the forums for "unroot mytouch 1.2" and that'll get you straightened out.
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OK well I did a search and have been doing alot of reading and I managed to get It to load a Generic MyTouch Rom w/Root because when I try to unroot to SAPPIMG Sapphire T-Mobile US 2.10.531.4 release i keep getting main version older update failed so I read to go to a Generic MyTouch Rom w/Root and try again from here
"theunlockr.com/2010/04/26/how-to-load-a-custom-rom-on-the-htc-mytouch-3g"
Still same problem main version older update failed. I can't create a Goldcard to try the Goldcard method because I don't have access to the phone to enable USB debugging. I can't do much with the phone because of the freezing.
I can get Into fastboot and hboot but It still freezes. So I know It's not bricked but touch Is still not working. can load the phone up but pretty much becomes a good paper weigh after a few minutes on. The buttons will not responded, no touch, no access to to anything Inside the phone.
What can I do? Is this phone worthless? Can It be fixed? I feel like I just bought a expensive paper weigh.
As I said before I am hoping that If I can get It back to original settings and rom that It will stop freezing, stop rebooting and the touch, buttons, and system will work right.. What do you think Is causing all of these problems?? No touch, Freezing, rebooting?? How can I get It back to being unrooted and running the original software/rom PLEASE HELP.....
If you have access to recovery you can flash an engineering SPL and the just flash the stock sappimg again and it'll work. I can link ya in a minute.
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I just flashed Engineering SPL 1.33.2005 after doing some research. waiting for It to format cache after flash and reboot. hope this works?
Fast boot info now
sapphire unknown 32a eng s-off h
hboot-1.33.2005 (sapp31000)
cpld-13
radio-2.22.23.02
apr 20 2009,15:30:43
Tried to flash original sappimg got this
Parsing...[SD ZIP]
[1] BOOTLOADER - OK
[2] RADIO V2 - OK
[3] SPLASH1 - OK
[4] RECOVERY - OK
[5] BOOT - OK
[6] SYSTEM - Fail-PU
[7] USERDATA - Fail-PU
Partition update fail!
Update Fail!
now It has went back to
Fast boot info
sapphire pvt 32a ship s-on g
hboot-1.33.0013 (sapp31000)
cpld-13
radio-2.22.23.02
oct 21 2009,22:33:27
when i flash the recovery and boot it just goes to the green mytouch splash screen and does nothing.. if i try to boot into recovery manually with power and home it goes to the black screen with the exclamation triangle and a phone...
I can still get Into HBOOT and FASTBOOT but I can not get Into the recovery menu and the phone will not load pass the MyTouch 3g screen.
How can I flash a new recovery img via hboot?
[What I "know"]
My understanding is that I have a Shipment SPL aka "Perfect SPL" with Security on which means I cannot use fastboot.
I also get a "Main version is older. Update failed" when I try to down grade and unroot.
[My Goal]
I want to change my SPL to a engineering one, unroot and get back to stock.
Your going to need to make a goldcard, which means you will need a phone that runs Android. Any phone running Android will work. You can use the guide from here to make it. You'll only need the other phone for Part III steps 1-5 from that guide. Once you get the goldcard made, put this file on it, boot into hboot and flash like you did the other sappimg. That will get you the engineering SPL. Then from fastboot, run this command:
Code:
fastboot erase system
Then, put this SAPPIMG on your regular SD card (or you can replace the other sappimg on your goldcard) and flash it from hboot. Hopefully something in the system partition is corrupted and the wipe will fix it so that the sappimg can write the new system properly.
First off THANK YOU DonJuan692006 for all of your help.. I would love to make a gold card because I think that would solve all of my problems but I don't have access to another phone that runs Android that's why I have not tried that yet. I have no way to make a gold card. I have extra SD Cards but no other phone that runs Android to complete It and my phone will not allow me to do any of that at this point. What else can I do?? Is there any other way to make a gold card?
I will have access to another phone that runs Android In a few days but until then I am stuck.
I have now made a gold card, got the engineering spl Installed and then tried to Install the other file and It gets stuck on system unzipping while updating and then reboots. what can I do now???
Were you able to do the fastboot erase system before trying the second sappimg?
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No I was not able to do that. I have done alot of reading over the last few weeks and I still don't understand how to enter commands In fastboot. So thats why it didn't work?
That was kind of the point in flashing the engineering SPL. All you do is download the AndroidSDK kit. Extract it to somewhere you can find it. Inside of that folder will be a folder called Tools with the fastboot.exe. So you just open a command prompt from there and do the command in my other post.
So, if you were to extract AndroidSDK to the root of your C: drive (as I did), you would simply open a command prompt window by typing "cmd" in either the run box on Windows XP or the "Search" box in Windows Vista and 7, and then type
Code:
cd C:\AndroidSDK\Tools\
Alternatively, if your using Windows Vista or Windows 7, you can navigate in Windows Explorer to the Tools folder and launch a command prompt directly from that folder by holding Shift and right-clicking. There will be an extra option in the menu "Open command window here". Make sure that you don't right click on a file, right-click somewhere in the a blank are in the folder.
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Ok, I understand. I have AndroidSDK Installed. Needed It to make the goldcard. I understand how to do It know. Thanks again for all your help. I will try again the right way and get back.
Hi all, I bought a 2nd hand HTC Magic with Mytouch 3g rom. It's the old model (without 3.5mm headphone jack) and its made in Taiwan.
Been using well for 3 months until what happened I tried doing system update from 1.5 to 1.6. Success!! Then I tried doing 1.6 to 2.1 update.
Halfway while updating it, the phone blacked out ( guess I didnt have more than at least 50 % battery power)
And from that point onwards, whenever and everytime I switched on my handphone it boots up and stucked at the Mytouch 3G green screen.
I cant get access into my handphone like how I normally do. All I can ever go far is just the stucked Mytouch 3g screen.
I've read alot from lots and other Android users and tried to do it myself.
1) Tried unrooting it by downloading the sappimg.nbh file, copy into a newly bought 2GB micro SD, pressing (VOL DOWN+POWER) and let the phone do its job.
Manage to get to the parsing, updating and checking signature part but it just say 'Model ID incorrect! Update Fail!'
2) Next I read is about doing GOLDCARD METHOD. I did as instructions and follow it step-by-step and carefully.
3) I can and able to download all needed files like 1.33.2005 HBoot, Amon Ra's Recovery Image, SappiMG.zip and all others.
BUT the only problem is that I cant get it in sync with the comp.
4) I cant get access at all into my phone to go to Settings > Applcations > Make sure Unknown Sources is checked on as required to.
5) I cant get access into my phone at all to go to Market and download the required File Manager App.
6) I tried installing all kinds of files for update.zip by pressing (HOME+POWER) still to no avail.
Tried all kinds of HBOOT, FASTBOOT still cannot.
7) The only thing I'm able to do is just (VOL DOWN+POWER) , (BACK+POWER) , (HOME+POWER) , (TRACKBALL+POWER) which emits the blue LED light, i don't know the reason. But still, nothing can be done.
And by pressing (BACK+POWER) this is what my phone's motherboard or whatever they call it.
SAPPHIRE PVT 32A SHIP S-ON G
HBOOT-1.33.0013 (SAPP10000)
CPLD-12
RADIO-2.22.28.25
Oct 21 2009,22:33:27
So what should I do now? Is this what they called it a bricked phone? I tried everything and really at lost. Is there someone out there who's able to help me with this? Been like this the past 4months. And Im really a noob with Android Gadgets as Im new to it. Do pardon my ignorance.
Thanks! really need your help. I'll do my best as long there's other alternative methods unless like I've stated the methods that I'm unable to do.
Disclaimer: I have searched and searched, but found nothing that works.
Mytouch 3g, google branded.
Rooted about a year ago. Installed CM5(I think it was 5). Got greedy and messed it up. Tried to go back to stock. Failed. Bought a Vibrant. Put the mytouch in a drawer. Trying to get it to work again. Here is the problem(s):
The recovery installed was a vodafone. It booted up fine, but when on the welcome screen where it says "touch the android to begin" the phone would not recognize the fact that I was actually touching the screen. Track ball worked fine, but since it actually wanted me to touch the screen it was a no go.
Today while trying to fix the phone and trying to flash all kinds of recovery images I would get the "Main version is older! Update fail!" message. I finally found one (the 2.53.707.2_-_sappimg.zip) that would actually get past the update fail.
The phone now boots up to the main home screen. But it still does not recognize the fact that I am actually touching the screen. The only way I can navigate anything is by using the track ball.
When I click on the "dialer", "contacts", or "call log" icons I get the message:
"Sorry. The process android.process.acore has stopped...blah blah blah"
Does anyone have any ideas?
I have a gold card.
Download my fastboot commander from my signature and provide here all device info.
Just don't flash anything until i say so... you have been warned.
I have a similar problem.
Device info:
SAPPHIRE PVY 32A SHIP S-ON H
HBOOT-1.33.0010 (SAPP10000)
CPLD-12
RADIO-3.22.20.17
Jun 2 2009, 17:28:28
Initially the device wouldn't boot up at all. I managed to flash an RRU and get Android to boot the phone but now the problem is the SDCARD isn't recognized, every time the device boots up it says SD CARD is ready to be removed. I found a command to fix the sdcard bit from the cyanogen mod forums even though I am not running it (I know) remote boot is not allowed on my phone so I can't even use that. Tried to flash the Engineering SPL 2.53.707.2_-_sappimg using a gold card but it pops up stating:
Main Version is older!
Update Fail!
Please help!
[EDIT]
Also, fastboot getvar version-main gives out the following:
version-main: 2.56.494.7
I understand that my version is higher. Is there a way I could modify it? or the sappimg to think otherwise?
[EDIT]
Cheers!
[UPDATE]
I have managed to root using one click method and now have busybox and su.
I have also managed to flash amon_ra recovery without sd card (well obviously since SD card isn't working for me). Recovery doesn't see the sd card either sadly.
[/UPDATE]