Can you use a 32b rom that was made for the G1/Dream on your 32b Mytouch/Sapphire without porting it?
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This may be a stupid(noob) question but I really new to this Android OS and 32a/32b thing. Can someone please tell me the difference between 32a and 32b and if you have a 32b phone can you flash 32a roms. And 32b phones flash G1 roms. Is G1 a 32b phone also. I'm asking these questions because I dont want to brick my phone I'm a flash junky.
Thank you to anyone that can answer these qusetions for me.
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dream and some htc magics have same RAM (192 MB) I think that's why roms work for both devices, some versions of htc magics have more ram (32A) these devices need different roms
justin35 said:
dream and some htc magics have same RAM (192 MB) I think that's why roms work for both devices, some versions of htc magics have more ram (32A) these devices need different roms
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Thank you for the info. So from what you are saying I can flash G1(Dream) roms on my Mytouch. So that would make G1(Dream) have a 32b board in it. Right?
You can't flash a 32A ROM on a 32B device unless you first flash a 32A Radio on your 32B. You still won't have the extra RAM though
You can flash G1 ROMs on 32B because they both share the same PVT-32B mainboard. That's what's confusing: actually, the MT3G/32B Sapphire is closest to the G1 than it is to the Magic/32A Sapphire.
I suggest that you read the wiki and the stickies in the dev forum, most questions you could have are answered there
swissp said:
You can't flash a 32A ROM on a 32B device unless you first flash a 32A Radio on your 32B. You still won't have the extra RAM though
You can flash G1 ROMs on 32B because they both share the same PVT-32B mainboard. That's what's confusing: actually, the MT3G/32B Sapphire is closest to the G1 than it is to the Magic/32A Sapphire.
I suggest that you read the wiki and the stickies in the dev forum, most questions you could have are answered there
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Thank you very much that was what I was looking for. Thank you very much Swissp
Hi everyone,
I am somewhat new at this so please be patient with me if I am not understanding this correctly. I have been searching and reading and posting questions on different threads for several days now any can't seem to come to any kind of conclusion as to what ROM I should/could be using so I need some help. What I am trying to get is a stable (preferably official) ROM with HTC Sense on my T-Mobile USA MyTouch 3G 1.2 (Sapphire PVT 32A SHIP S-ON G). Every forum post I have found so far has had slightly different info. Here are some questions I have based on different posts and guides I have read:
1. Is the MT3G 32A == HTC Magic 32A for Rogers/UK? What is the difference? Radio?
2. Can any 32A ROM be used for MT3G 32A? Why/Why Not?
3. Would an official HTC Magic ROM for Rogers or Voda work using rom.zip(from RUU_Sapphire_SMC_Voda_WWE_3.03.990.6_release_signed_NoDriver.exe)->sappimg.nbh then update using goldcard method? Why/Why Not?
4. Does the MT3G 32A have the same hardware as the HTC Hero? If so can I use official or custom Hero ROM? Why or Why not?
Anyone have any suggestions on what to do?
Here is what I have now:
T-Mobile USA MyTouch 3G 1.2/Fender with 3.5 MM Jack
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
recovery-RA-sapphire-v1.6.2G.img
Rooted Fender ROM
Thank you,
- Victor
The thing is any Magic with 3.5 headphones jack on the top requires a different procedure to flash custom roms. So Magic 32A roms dont work on those with 3.5 jack due to the new hardware. There are no custom roms yet, so the only thing you can get is root(like you already have). Oh, if I were you I wouldnt try flashing custom roms of hero and Magic 32A. Just wait for the "offical" custom rom.
I got a T-mobile mytouch from my father not too long ago and im currently trying to root it but im kind of failing to understand. Can you not flash 32A roms when I have a 32B phone? or is there any radios or something that converts or changes your phone from 32a to a 32b? Cause from what I see they havent released many roms for 32b frequently so im wondering is it worth it? or is there another forum that i can find more 32b roms like in the g1 section or something?
32a phones have a completely different main board than a 32b. 32b is basically the same as a G1 device (it has more ROM), and so most G1 roms are also built for the 32b Magic (AKA Sapphire).
A 32A rom/radio/spl has a VERY high chance to unrecoverably brick your device.
Ohhhhh alright! thank you very much !!!!
Flashing a 32a rom or recovery will not brick radio n spl is another story though lol.
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Alright, so I finally got my MyTouch rooted.
Now I am looking at possibly changing my ROM, however most of the ROMs are made for 32A boards, I have a 32B board.
Is it possible to flash a 32A ROM and do some sort of update/fastboot update to get it working on a 32B phone? Or am I just talking crazy here and need to find a 32B ROM I like?
Thanks!
i havent seen any 32a only roms, which ones have you been looking at?
generally if there arent any instrusctions on how to go from 32a to 32b there probably isnt any support for 32b. 32b has a lot less memory so you are much more likely to find 32b roms that have 32a additional steps than the other way around.
If you have a 32b then flash 32b roms. Most of them are in the g1 section. You are talking crazy. Lol. There are plenty of good 32b roms out there. I am using chromatic 4.2 until I update to 4.3 . If you want 2.2 that one is pretty fast. Happy flashing
has anyone actually sucessfully managed to turn there Mytouch 32B into a Magic 32A? Really looking for a answer here because i have a spare MT3G and want to try this because ROMs for the 32A series are so much better.
Not possible.
You can just flash the 32B kernel on any 32A rom..