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Rogers root & Cyanogen mod - confused!

[ I'll send 10$ via Paypal to the person who can get me running on Cyanogen ]
Right, so I'm trying to install CyanogenMod on my Rogers HTC Dream. I've managed to get to SPL 1.33.2005.
I'm following this guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=544654
I've extracted both image files to the root of my SD card from the "givemeroot.zip" which are "radio.img" and "recovery.img" but am at a loss on how I should proceed from here. Specifically, the following statement:
"IMPORTANT: make sure you have the rom you'd like to install in the root of your sd card as update.zip (YOU WILL NOT HAVE A ROM INSTALLED AFTER YOU COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING STEPS, YOU WILL HAVE TO USE THE UPDATE.ZIP TO GET ONE)"​
Is CyanogenMod considered a "rom", or am I confused? I have CM's zip file on my desktop as "update-cm-4.2.5-signed.zip" - does that mean I need to simply rename it to "update.zip"? Any help here would be graciously welcome!
Cheers!

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=4280573#post4280573
This is the guide I followed and was much easier to follow.

fattyl said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=4280573#post4280573
This is the guide I followed and was much easier to follow.
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That tutorial still confuses me and constantly loops you back to other articles, which in turn do the same. I'm still not where what exactly I'm expected to do at this stage.
[EDIT] I should clarify. I'm not sure what "if" applies to me in point 5. I've installed the 1.33.2005 CPL but do not believe the phone is rooted.

Ah crap, did see that you weren't rooted, sorry, but I haven't rooted in a long time and cant help you with rooting, sorry, but after you get rooted, if you have RA's recovery or Cyanogen's recovery, you can pick "Apply sdcard: Choose zip", if not, just rename update-cm-4.2.5-signed.zip to update.zip and flash it as normal using "Apply sdcard: update.zip"
Hope this helps.

Rogers, heres your root
haykuro said:
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hyeprofile requested i link to his rooting for dummies guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=4280573#post4280573
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edit: almost forgot to include the gr33tz! D:
this hack brought to you by dream_kill, and myself.
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edit: for those of you that don't know how to get to SPL 1.33.2005 i recommend reading here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=532224 (under Rooting Rogers).
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(note: this is for the dream, the method works for the magic you just need to flash a magic compatible recovery.img)
This requires that you use SPL 1.33.2005. (this is safe on all rogers dream devices.)
so if you don't have that already, go get it here.
once you are at SPL 1.33.2005 (AND ONLY THEN)
download this
(md5: 4a58a5702fdf899547011888d9cc066f .. sha1: 99e38e4f8798e952e67421a42e7b053ea70957b7)
extract both images wherever you'd like.
IMPORTANT: make sure you have the rom you'd like to install in the root of your sd card as update.zip (YOU WILL NOT HAVE A ROM INSTALLED AFTER YOU COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING STEPS, YOU WILL HAVE TO USE THE UPDATE.ZIP TO GET ONE)
boot into spl and fastboot (power off, hold camera button, power on, press the back arrow to get into "fastboot" mode)
type in the following:
Code:
fastboot flash radio radio.img
fastboot erase system -w
fastboot erase boot
fastboot erase recovery
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
POWER OFF (not reboot, power it off) THE DEVICE. (you can do this using the corresponding button [it says it on the screen] or just pull the battery [make sure everything is done flashing of course])
(if you don't boot into recovery or accidentally rebooted, just pull the battery [if you notice top left it should read "FASTBOOT" or "FASTBOOT USB" if it's plugged in] you're not bricked, you just need to access recovery, not standard boot ;P)
now hold down the HOME button and power it on, you should boot into recovery mode now, go ahead and ALT+S to flash your rom, and enjoy! now you can flash anything you see in the forums
EDIT:
So i noticed people were talking about reverting back (not sure why you'd want to )
Regardless, heres the original radio (3.22.20.17) and the original recovery (WARNING: UNROOTED) from rogers dream:
http://www.stevebirstok.com/android/losemyroot.zip
Code:
fastboot flash radio rogersradio.img
fastboot flash recovery rogersrecovery.img
fastboot erase system -w
and flash the update.zip found somewhere on this forum ;P
EDIT 2:
as far as this ram / memory loss goes:
C:\Users\haykuro\Desktop>sha1sum radiog1.img radioion.img
14163559b04ba8c9daead5e34465ebf5bafa7bd1 *radiog1.img
14163559b04ba8c9daead5e34465ebf5bafa7bd1 *radioion.img
radiog1.img is the radio.img i provide in the givemeroot.zip, radioion.img is straight off here there are no specific radios between 32A and 32B boards, so that isn't why you're losing memory. i'm trying to figure it out, so if anyones willing to do some testing and post results, please do so.
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Once you do that:
1. Upgrade your recovery image to the latest Amon-RA(Link in my sig)
2. Use it to partition your sdcard w/ a FAT32, 512MB ext3 and 96MB linux-swap(backup anything you want first)
3. Put on the latest CM(flash the HTC rom and then the CM ROM as per instructions in the CM thread)
I also recommend you get the latest radio and SPL...if they're the same for rogers as they are on the G1, links in my sig. Not absolutely necessary, but nice to have so you can run any ROM you want.

has anyone tried this guide? http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php/Full_Update_Guide_-_Rogers_Dream_EBI1_to_CyanogenMod
apparently it is supposed to take me from stock rogers to cyanmod rooted i got all the way to the end where in my cmd i type erase system -w that works but when i type the next command flash system system.img it says cannot load system.img..... has anyone used this guide and can offer help? ive gone over all the steps over and over im certain i havnt missed anything

You can try verifying the checksum that is posted on the HTC download page or you could just try downloading it again in case something is corrupt.
You could also try flashing an update.zip that doesn't contain the radio. I think someone posted one a while back on the forum. Also I think if you would just skip that step your phone would still work but you would just be missing the google apps like maps. This is better than no phone for now and you can try to get it to work later.

HTC Magic restarting itslef !?!

Hello my htc magic got problem when boot in recovery work for 2 seconds and restaring or just freeze i deleted ra-recovery tried to flash new recovery via fastboot but it gave me this error FAILED (remote: signature verify fail) what to do, i've tried this fastboot boot recovery.img but shows only htc magic logo and restart itself after 2 seconds, the phone is from TIM, please help...

Can you post the details that are shown when pressing power + volume down?
Also what recovery.img did you use with fastboot?

SAPPHIRE PVT 32A SHIP S-N H
HBOOT-1.33.0008(SAPP10000)
CPLD-12
RADIO-6.35.08.29
I' tried ra recovery cydogen tim recovery and non of them worked

I'm only a n00b myself, so I could be talking rubbish, but have you tried
Code:
fastboot boot RA-sapphire-vxxxx.img
?
Also check that the md5 checksum of the file matches the one listed on the page where you found the file.
Oh and I hope you downloaded the recovery-RA-sapphire-v1.5.2H.img and not the G.

It boot to recovery but the phone is restarting after 2 seconds so i dont have time to start any of the options... ?

go in your tools dir (ex. cd c:/Android/tools/)
That means copy the 1.5.2(it will be G if you have 32B or H if you have 32A board) recovery image into the tools folder of your androidsdk. mine is on the root of my hard drive and I named it Android.
Then type in
Code:
cp C:\Android\tools
(remember the Android part is what you named it and the "C:" is where you put it.
Then type in
Code:
fastboot flash recovery recovery-RA-sapphire-v1.5.2H.img
Change the "H" to "G" if you have the "G" one.

i've done this but mine file is in c:\users\(name of the user)\here! and it gives me the recovery menu of ra but how I said it restart itself after 2 seconds could this be a problem with the battery ?

But it doesn't reboot after 2 seconds if you boot into the fastboot part? (using power + volume down)

so there is a difference how i enter in fastboot is that right ?

Yes, there are three boot options (correct me if I'm wrong):
1. boot normally by pressing the power button
2. boot into fastboot/hboot by pressing power + volume down
3. boot into recovery by pressing power + home
The fastboot/hboot menu allows you to flash ROMs to a certain limit, apparently for flashing boot images to downgrade or something, see cyanogens mod installation guide. I'm quite a newbie myself, but if the fastboot/hboot menu doesn't reboot after 2 seconds you could try to put a different sappimg.nbh onto the sd card and flash that one instead.
Btw, are all the 3 options above restarting the phone after 2 seconds?
And have you followed cyanoges steps as mentioned here http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php/Full_Update_Guide_-_G1/Dream/Magic32A_Firmware_to_CyanogenMod

so i started the phone in hboot how you said, when the phone is staying in hboot/fastboot there is no problem it doesnt turn off but when i boot ra-recovery or other recovery it restarting itself when i enter in the recovery and i have only 2 seconds to browse trough the recovery menu and is restarting or just freeze

can you reboot normally? without pressing any buttons (just the power button initally of course)

it boots directly to hboot cause i deleted the partition to try flash them with new img because the phone just hangs on tim logo it was with 1.6 firmware

Maybe if you try flashing a stock ROM from the hboot/fastboot screen (it should pick up the file automatically if it's named sappimg.nbh or sappimg.zip and in the root folder of the sd card)
once you're able to boot your phone normally you can flash the recovery using flashrec.

i cant find original tim rom if you could help because i cant see it on htc page ?

do I need a goldcard for that ?

You don't need a goldcard unless you have a perfect spl. cant help you with the original ROM but you could search the forum for it or any other stock rom that fits your phone

I need help, i am not a noob, i have flashed a 32B Magic and work`s like a charm.
But this 32A Magic (from TIM) won`t work at all, in recovery mode it power off after a time...
As a result I can`t flash big roms, i managed to flash DRC83_base_defanged.zip (then power off itself, restart recovery [ramon_ra] with fastboot cmd shell) + update-cm-4.2.14.1-signed.zip (again) + bc-4.2.14.1-ebi1-signed.zip .
Then i`ll wait to boot, sometimes (very rarely) pass the android screen and start the android, it`s ok for 3 seconds and power off.. In the demonstration on youtube have`nt succefully loaded android (not so lucky)
P.S. i can`t power on only if i remove the battery and put it back
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oo_x2S1SQ5E
SO ANYBODY, is there solution for this ???
PLEASE HELP ME, i will understand anything, i am noot a noob. only my english is not so perfect

nobody? a single reply ?

I think is a hardware related problem, i tried a lot off roms, including official, including with perfected SPL, i have rooted, unrooted.. flashed roms directly from fastboot, recovery mode
It still powering off ...
I give up..
Thanks all

Recovery permission denied

Hi all,
I hope somenone can help me with the following:
My phone (as it was when it came out of the box):
SAPPHIRE PVT 32B SHIP S-ON G
HBOOT-1.33.0004 (SAPP10000)
CPLD-10
RADIO-2.22.19.26I
After many months of reading about rooting etc. I took the plunge and did the following:
- installed the sdk and made sure adb was working
- fastboot recovery-RA-sapphire-v1.6.2G
- made a nandroid backup
- adb push recover to sd card
- adb shell to flash recovery permanently
- flashed Defanged base and flashed cyanogen rom
All the above worked like a dream. Tried stable rom first:
update-cm-4.2.15.1-signed and then got really exited and tried update-cm-5.0.7-DS-test5-signed. (after a wipe)
Again all this worked like a dream.
I then wanted to see how well the nandroid restore would work. So i booted into recovery and performed a wipe before the restore.
Wow this was going so well. I now had my phone back in its original state.
Clearly i was ready for more so wanted to go back to cyanogen rom.
As i booted into recovery (home button+power button) it stopped booting into recovery but instead displays a white triangle with a yellow exclamation mark and a little phone.
What have i done wrong? I can still fastboot into recovery.
I also tried reflashing the recovery but now get permission denied.
hope someone can help
Kind regards,
PS. I am now back on update-cm-5.0.7-DS-test5-signed
I used fastboot to get to recovery, wiped and reflashed. So that all works.
I just don't understand why i cant get into the recovery i flashed in the first place without using fastboot

What details say on fastboot? What SPL Radio type of phone etc . Thanks

Mod edit: not dev related, moved to general

help with cyanogen Rom upgrade from 5.0.7 to 6.0.0

I have a rooted mytouch original with cyanogen 5.0.7/android 2.1 and want to upgrade to cyanogen 6.0.0/android 2.2.
Can I just install the new rom, or are their prior steps to prepare for this.
Thanks
DAve

Check CM wiki.. all the info is there!

yes, I had already read through the cm wiki before posting. I just read through it a second time, though the specific question that I had asked was not addressed as far as I could tell. Don't want to flash a new rom without first knowing its the right step to take. So if someone doesn't mind answering the question...

Just do a nandroid backup. Then you flash the CM 6 over the old one, do a cache+dalvic wipe and start it up.... It should be ok.
If not, then just revert back with the knowledge that you have to do a complete wipe, meaning that you need to start from scratch.

I now have initiated flashing new rom, starting with backing up data and wiping cash. However, I am now unable to go into recovery mode, whereas the phone is stuck on the logo when attempting to do so. I had installed through rom manager clockworkmod 2.5.0.1, got the message it installed correctly.
Here are the methods I have used to go into recovery:
1. click on "reboot into recovery"
2. backup current rom
3. flash alternative recovery with RA Recovery v.1.7.OH downloaded by rom manager, and use rom manager to restart into recovery mode
4. turn phone off, try to press home and power button together, for the new RA and the new clock work mod programs.
will not go into recovery mode, gets stuck on the boot up logo. Phone otherwise works fine, on the older Cyanogen Rom..., just can't go into recovery mode which I need to do to upgrade.
My original recovery was RAv1.2.0G.img, but this was I assume replaced by the rom manager.
In case this is important, my other software versions I have been using the past year:
Hboot 1.33.2005 (sapp30000), Cpld 10, Radio 2.22.19.261
will not go into recovery mode, gets stuck on the boot up logo. Phone otherwise works fine, on the older Cyanogen Rom...
any suggestions?

You flashed wrong recovery version...
You need RA Recovery v.1.7.OG and not H as stated above.
If all ****s up, then use my guide (check my signature) to flash a custom recovery... just skip the steps about root since you already got that!
Remember, G and NOT H.

lost recovery
mumilover
I do actually have v.1.7.0G installed, not H (my bad).
it just will not go into recovery.
Please let me know where your guide is, but right now I have been unable to communicate with my device through my xp desktop, get the "device not found" error (I assume you are suggesting that). Not sure how this will help though, since I already seem to have the correct recovery image installed.
Any help you can offer would be appreciated.
Dave
mumilover said:
You flashed wrong recovery version...
You need RA Recovery v.1.7.OG and not H as stated above.
If all ****s up, then use my guide (check my signature) to flash a custom recovery... just skip the steps about root since you already got that!
Remember, G and NOT H.
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Download my fastboot commander (CHECK MY SIGNATURE, magic version).
Restart into fastboot mode.
Download this recovery image:
http://rapidshare.com/files/387932919/recovery-RA-sapphire-v1.7.0G.img
Using the tool and your eng spl, you can just flash the recovery image on the phone.
Just use the first tab -> recovery button -> navigate to the above image -> click "flash recovery". Done.
Restart into recovery by home + power combo.
You could also try this command:
Code:
adb shell reboot recovery
to force it to boot into recovery from the system.

[Problem is fixed. Thanks for your help.
I used my mac bootcamp (could not get sdk to run on my desktop or mac), and could find my device through adb. Then I pushed a separate version of the RA 1.7.0 G (the one the came with rom manager did not work!) to my phone via flash command. Voila, I am now able to go into recovery mode. 6.0 is installed and running.
QUOTE=mumilover;10252460]Download my fastboot commander (CHECK MY SIGNATURE, magic version).
Restart into fastboot mode.
Download this recovery image:
http://rapidshare.com/files/387932919/recovery-RA-sapphire-v1.7.0G.img
Using the tool and your eng spl, you can just flash the recovery image on the phone.
Just use the first tab -> recovery button -> navigate to the above image -> click "flash recovery". Done.
Restart into recovery by home + power combo.
You could also try this command:
Code:
adb shell reboot recovery
to force it to boot into recovery from the system.[/QUOTE]

saving current ROM

Recently rooted my MT3G. I have used Root Checker to verify root access and BusyBox install.
I have ROM manager installed. I believe, I should first save the original ROM, in case I need to restore it. When I use the menu item to save current ROM, it goes to the myTouch green splash screen, then to the black screen with the triangle containing an !
At that point do I need to press a combination of keys to get into next step, or just wait? It does not seem to do anything at that point.

To add to this, in Rom Manager I first flashed the ClockworkMod Recovery. However, when I click the menu to "Reboot into Recovery", I get the green myTouch start screen and it just hangs there.

Just do a nand backup in custom recovery (clockwork, amon ra, whichever one you're using; power down the phone then press and hold HOME+POWER until you get to it), it'll save it to your sd card.

RikR said:
To add to this, in Rom Manager I first flashed the ClockworkMod Recovery. However, when I click the menu to "Reboot into Recovery", I get the green myTouch start screen and it just hangs there.
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Sounds like recovery didn't install correctly. Try reinstalling recovery and see if that helps. You could try installing recovery from terminal emulator. If you don't have term emulator search for it in the market then follow directions here.
This method will work for clockwork also just replace the file/file name with it.

OK, I power down. Then do home+power until green myTouch screen appears, continue to hold down home+power until triangle with ! appears, then release buttons, repress home+power and it goes to original MT3G recovery. So, sounds like Clockwork recovery did not install. Will try terminal emulator install method.

OK, when I run this in terminal I get
flash_image: not found

Found something online that says flash_image is not available in HTC stock rom. I am currently running FROYO, not a custom rom.

Obtained a copy of flash_image, will put it in and try again

I have flash_image on the SD card, but can not move it to /system/bin, not even by using the terminal. : (
I wonder if the app Root Explorer could move it or copy/paste it.

How in the heck does anyone install new roms in an MT3G if you can not flash???

Do a search on how to flash recovery through fastboot (in a nutshell you'd need AndroidSDK/ADB tools and a custom recovery image, then it's just a matter of connecting your phone to pc, booting into fastboot and issuing a 'fastboot flash recovery recovery.img' through cmd), once you do, you can flash new roms.

An update on the outcome in case any one else as noob as me has these same problems. Following the rooting thread elsewhere here for the MT3G, I downloaded roottools and was able to use adb to change the permissions on /system/bin so that flash_image could be put there. Also was able to put the recovery mentioned in that same thread on my phone. Once finished, I was able to boot into the new recovery and do a backup of the phone.
So, I believe that finally has me in a position to try and flash a new rom, with the option of restoring me back to what I jave now if the new rom has issues.
I'd be interested in recommendations for ROMs to try on the MT3G. Are any of the custom ROMs preferable to FROYO which I am now running? Do any make the phone operate more "snappy"? That is my primary wish, not so much features, but responsiveness. I appreciate the help given here.

Last night I used Rom Manager to download Cyanogen 6.1.0 and the Google apps. I chose to wipe data and cache when installing. When I began the rom swap the phone rebooted to the green myTouch screen, after a while, it rebooted to the green screen, this continued until I eventually pulled the battery. Reinserting the battery and turning the phone back on only started this boot looping again. So, I pulled the battery, started up into the recovery and did a restore. Fortunately, the restore seems to have worked perfectly.
Any ideas on how to get the rom swap to go?

Sounds like you might need to flash an alternative kernel. Check your phones info (power off then reboot holding down volume down+power) to see if it is compatabile with the rom. If your device is 32b and your radio 2.22.27.08 or 2.22.28.85 flash a 2708+ kernel from here
or an autokernel from here after flashing the rom or just search 2708+ kernel, you'll find lots of options, everyone has a personal favorite.

fastboot shows this:
SAPPHIRE PVT 32B SHIP S-ON G
HBOOT-1.33.0013 (SAPP 30000)
CPLD-10
RADIO-2.22.28.25
Oct 21 2009,22:33:27
So, if I flash a 2708+ kernel, I would do that, then flash the new rom? Or, would I flash the rom, then boot back into the recovery and flash the kernel, then restart the phone?

About Phone:
Android Version
2.2.1
Baseband Version:
62.50SJ.2017U_2.22.28.25
Kernal Version:
2.6.32.9-27237-gbe746fb
[email protected] #1
Build number
FRG83D

When I flash Clockwork recovery, and see it appear when I boot into recovery, then how is it possible that later, the Android recovery comes back?

RikR said:
fastboot shows this:
SAPPHIRE PVT 32B SHIP S-ON G
HBOOT-1.33.0013 (SAPP 30000)
CPLD-10
RADIO-2.22.28.25
Oct 21 2009,22:33:27
So, if I flash a 2708+ kernel, I would do that, then flash the new rom? Or, would I flash the rom, then boot back into the recovery and flash the kernel, then restart the phone?
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Rom first then kernel.

RikR said:
When I flash Clockwork recovery, and see it appear when I boot into recovery, then how is it possible that later, the Android recovery comes back?
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I think it's because your still on a stock rom. Once you flash a custom one that should stop happening.

When i flashed Cyanogen 6.1.0, the phone would not boot. So, how do I flash the rom first, and then flash the kernel? Also, can you suggest a specfic kernel for my MT3G? Why doesn't the Cyanogen 6.1.0 already have the kernel i need?