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hey, ive been looking around to find how to flash a new recovery image but i cant find the right steps for a mt3g. can someone tell me real quick or give me a link?
oh and 1 more question, is the fast test rom 3.0 working with MT3G 32B?
PLEASE SEARCH AND ASK ON THE ROM'S THREAD INSTEAD OF MAKING A NEW THREAD. YOU ARE JUST TAKING UP SPACE AND MAKING XDA MORE CROWDED AND UNORGANIZED. ALSO THERE IS A NICE FEATURE CALLED SEARCHING.
99.999999% of ROMs that work with the G1 will work for the MT3G but you won't brick your phone if you flash an G1 rom that is not compatible with the MT3G. The only ROM that has trouble is MLIGN hero roms but all you need to do flash a file right after the hero rom.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=530492
Latest and the best recovery to date. It has instructions for terminal, adb, fastboot, and some other thing.
Here is a link to the most frequently used recovery. Amon_ra 1.6.2. Make sure you download the correct file for your phone. H or G. Just power down your phone, hold volume down and the power button until your phone boots into the HBoot screen. You will see something like 'PVT 32B ships on-G'. Depending on if it says H or G, use the corresponding file. Just follow the easy instructions in the thread. There are several ways to flash the new recovery. Personally, I use adb, takes about 30 seconds.
Good luck!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=530492
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Q- My phone is stuck and the android loading or the second screen
A- your ROM flash went wrong or some system files are missing
Remedy- Flash the ROM again or try flashing some other ROM, check your SD card if its inserted properly(If you have Linux-swap or apps 2 sd activated)
Q- I cant go past the first splash screen and i cant move into recovery or bootloader
A- Say goodbye to your phone, it is bricked.
Remedy- PM me maybe i can help you get a new phone (already got a new phone after bricking)
Q- I cant go past the first screen but can enter recovery or SPL
A- Your ROM is not flashed properly or check your SDCARD maybe its not inserted (SDCARD step only if you have apps 2 sd , linux-swap or data 2 sd)
Remedy- flash a new ROM, use nandroid and and try reformatting the ext partition
Q- My phone is slow
A- Your phone is overloaded
Remedy- Try wiping, removing some apps and increase linux swap
Q- Home screen reloads after quitting Application
A- Your RAM is not enough, phone quits Launcher or Rosie to make some RAM free
Remedy- Use or increase linux swap or try increasing swappiness
Q- Sdcard says update.zip not found
A- maybe you renamed the update.zip as update.zip.zip .If you have enabled show file extensions for know file types then rename it as update.zip and if not then rename it as update
Q- Which ROM is best for me/ Which ROM is the best for 32A/B?
A- Take some time on the forums, look at the ROMs available for your device and individually assess what works for you by reading the various issues affecting them and make a decision. If that still doesn't work out for you, hey, that's what makes XDA great, try a different one and so on, till you find one that YOU'RE happy with. It's very subjective since what my needs are could be totally different from what yours are.
Q-What will/is released, When will be released, New is released
A- Post is General Forum, leave this forum for Phone Development by Developers
Any other questions or suggestions welcome
Q- Which ROM is best for me/ Which ROM is the best for 32A/B?
A- Take some time on the forums, look at the ROMs available for your device and individually assess what works for you by reading the various issues affecting them and make a decision. If that still doesn't work out for you, hey, that's what makes XDA great, try a different one and so on, till you find one that YOU'RE happy with. It's very subjective since what my needs are could be totally different from what yours are.
Q- ADB doesn't find or see my device?
A- I suggest reading the Sapphire Wiki as it contains a lot of information about troubleshooting when you're stuck
Q- I have no data/ 3G connection
A-Check under settings ->wireless controls->mobile networks->access point names, If you have no APN set then add your carrier APN settings from this list here
anybody with a new no thread start wiki
charnsingh_online said:
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Q- I cant go past the first splash screen and i cant move into recovery or bootloader
A- Say goodbye to your phone, it is bricked.
Remedy- PM me maybe i can help you get a new phone (already got a new phone after bricking)
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Not 100% correct: if you can still load in fastboot mode (vol DOWN+POWER) you can still boot a recovery image and flash it on the device:
1. fastboot mode
2. fastboot boot myrecovery.img
3. (in the recovery) adb shell mount /sdcard
4. adb push myrecovery.img /sdcard/recovery.img
5. adb shell flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img
myrecovery.img: whatever the file is called.
Bootloader is same as fastboot mode
Hey...
How do I know if I have a 32a/32b phone?
I've got a myTouch 3g and I just got it a month ago.
Is rooting illegal? I know it voids your warranty but do you get apps for free and stuff?
juiceaccts said:
How do I know if I have a 32a/32b phone?
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Boot your phone into fastboot mode:
Power phone off
Hold Back key and power phone on
It will bring up a screen which either says
SAPPHIRE PVT 32B SHIP S-ON G
or
SAPPHIRE PVT 32A SHIP S-ON H
There will be instructions on the screen to power the phone off so you can boot as per normal.
elegos said:
Not 100% correct: if you can still load in fastboot mode (vol DOWN+POWER) you can still boot a recovery image and flash it on the device:
1. fastboot mode
2. fastboot boot myrecovery.img
3. (in the recovery) adb shell mount /sdcard
4. adb push myrecovery.img /sdcard/recovery.img
5. adb shell flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img
myrecovery.img: whatever the file is called.
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Yeah but charnsingh says, if we CAN'T go into recovery.. You're assuming we can
The post is a bit misleading, cos we don't expect physical damage to the device (in which case, you get to the first splash, but can't reach recovery.. i.e. your Back/Vol. down buttons don't work)
Q: What's Goldcard? and how to make a Goldcard
minhzc said:
Q: What's Goldcard? and how to make a Goldcard[/QUOTE
damm - i understand all, but what is a goldcard and how to create?
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Goldcard, a special sd card that ur phone spl accepts, search the dream forum
Whenever I flash a new ROM I backup my data and apps using either Backup To Root or MyBackup Pro. When I reinstall my apps it never puts the apps back into the Market under my Downloads so that if the app developers update their apps it shows that there is an update. IN fac the only apps shown are the ones I've purchased.
What do I need to do, besides reinstalling each one individually, in order to have the Market get all my apps in the Downloads the way I want them?
Thanks
can someone explain what SPL refers to?
and then i hear terms like perfected SPL, eng SPL....
ive flashed some ROMs earlier...without worrying too mmuch about this SPL business, and now with a mandatory rogers update out, people are talking about SPLs (see rogers thread)
cheers
So what is an SPL anyway? What does it do?
The SPL, or Second Program Loader, is essentially the Android bootloader. It's job is more than just loading the Android OS - it also offers several other boot options, including Recovery mode, Fastboot, and HBOOT modes, and ultimately it's the SPL that allows manipulation of the flash nand on your device. Part of the SPL's job is to ensure that the data flashed to the device is correct. Most of the current shipping SPLs (apart from the "Perfect SPL's) let us flash a complete ROM image, but don't let us flash a recovery rom or boot image as it checks the verification signature. Haykuro has modified the SPL's available to remove this check and this is what the Engineering SPL's available offer. As the SPL is so crucial to the handset though, you have to be very careful when flashing it as if it's updated incorrectly then you may be incapable of restoring it without specialised hardware and knowledge. You essentially have a very expensive brick
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From the xda HTC sapphire wiki
remap "search" button on MyTouch
I have searched the forum and only found results for the G1 or remapping the soft keyboard...
Can the search button (magnifying glass) be ramapped as hard key to the camera?
If this has been discussed and i missed it, links are appreciated.
If it's a kernel-level issue, i'm on enomther's TheOfficial 2.5.1 AOSP.
Thanks in advance
[Sorry mods if this isnt the right place to ask this, tired, at work and pretty much I was asleep at the wheel. Please move this to the appropriate subforum if need be. ]
if i download a rom using my phone can i rename it and apply it or do i need a computer. im already rooted and ive got the requirements for the rom already on my phone. i just want to know if its possible or not.
it will work without computer
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Hi, I have been Googleing for a while now and cant find any info on how to remove my current Android keyboard from my current ROM and replace it with the Hero keyboard – does anyone have any links relating to ROM modification. I a have come across how to download the Hero keyboard and load it into your current setup but I kept on getting FCs plus I want to learn how to modify any part of a ROM not just the keyboard.
Thanks.
Does my new mytouch with the more ram and 3.5mm jack have an actuall name?
Hello, I recently purchased my first smartphone. The mytouch3g with 288 ram and 3.5mm jack. For two weeks now I have been researching about rooting and roms. Most of the info that i am reading/viewing is on the oringinal mytouch3g...does this stuff still apply to mine? Will installing a custom rom give me more ram? Obviously I am completely new to all this but I am finding all this stuff to be quite fascinating...Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
As a solution to the brick issue and not getting past the bootscreen or not beeing able to load fastboot or recovery here's a solution which I had tried on my magic after I lost all hope and it worked ..Thanks to God and google
while on the bootlogo screen stuck, insert your datacable. it will show fastboot in red color on top corner.
run the android sdk cmd from dos prompt and enter "fastboot boot recovery_image_name.img" provided you can find the appropriate recovery image for your phone.
after updating, it will restart and you will bt good to go
Hi guys,
just hoping one of your knowlegable forum members may be able to assist or shed some light on why I am experiencing this.
I have successfully rooted and loaded custom roms on my desire.
wife has a htc wildfire, rooted with oneclick root and gold card
hboot 1.o s off
customised rom installed, SU no problems
I cannot load alpha 1.8 on wildfire, (they say version 2)
so rom manager is loaded, flashed the clockwork mod and tried boot to recovery and backup current rom, both result in being taken to the standard htc recovery with no other options (restore etc).
boot to hboot and recovery option aslo lands me back at the standard recovery option, i reboot to current rom no probs.
i have uninstalled/reinstalled rom manager, fixed permissions, get eror when trying to load earlier versions of clockwork in rom manager/ nothing changes?
any thoughts guys? i want to backup this rom before trying something else and losing it.
TX in advance
Col
Have you tried the fastboot method to flash recovery since you have s-off? You can find clockworkmod 3.0 or amonra in the development section in the thread somewhere.
Sent from my HTC Wildfire using XDA App
tx for the reply, i will check it out this evening
Col
I really doubt that fastboot method will work, because it seems you must have eng hboot with normal hboot it won't work. I had a similar situation with hboot 1.01.0001 that was made s-off and in the end I've managed to flash recovery with flash_image tool. Just follow these steps
h t t p://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=Flash_image
Cheers
aman_idrish said:
hi
i am using HTC Wildfire in india
update froyo 2.2.1
HOW TO ROOT MY PHONE PLS HELP ME
android version 2.2.1
basebabd version 13.55.55.24H_3.35.20.10
kernel version 2.6.32.21
build number 2.25.720.1
pls help
thanks
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You can not root ıt for now.You should waıt for a newer versıon of unrevoked tool,bro.
I need help doing this, wildfire is s-off by xtc clip.
Can't find the way, tried almost everything, original ruu; then unrevoked, then the above.
Help...
I've the exact same problem
I have a WTC Wildfire 2.2.1 + S-Off by xtc clip.
The bastard won't identify the recovery file on my SD card (tried the clockwork 2.5.0.7 and the 3.0.0.6) I'm out of ideas here!
Can anyone help us?
Same problem here, tried the cyanogen wiki given in the post above. still cant get into recovery. I am currently rooted with superuser permissions, but every method I use to get to recovery just results in my phone booting into the last rom that I installed.
Tried various recoveries in rom manager, and various img's in unrevoked, but still no luck
Can anyone help? Please?
Bad4ss said:
Same problem here, tried the cyanogen wiki given in the post above. still cant get into recovery. I am currently rooted with superuser permissions, but every method I use to get to recovery just results in my phone booting into the last rom that I installed.
Tried various recoveries in rom manager, and various img's in unrevoked, but still no luck
Can anyone help? Please?
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Of course its gonna boot into the rom...
while the phone is off, hold the volume down button, and press power button while holding the vol down button. white screen with android skateboarders should appear, with several options. wait for it to scan for pc49img, it will say nothing found, its okay. with volume buttons navigate to recovery and press power button.
not that hard eh?
if it doesnt work now, then you have no recovery? no problem. flash one with fastboot mode!
Sent from my HTC Wildfire
smokzye said:
Of course its gonna boot into the rom...
while the phone is off, hold the volume down button, and press power button while holding the vol down button. white screen with android skateboarders should appear, with several options. wait for it to scan for pc49img, it will say nothing found, its okay. with volume buttons navigate to recovery and press power button.
not that hard eh?
if it doesnt work now, then you have no recovery? no problem. flash one with fastboot mode!
Sent from my HTC Wildfire
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Thanks for the info, but yes I did do that (holding the volume down button and power on) I have gone into recovery loads of times before - so I do know that already LOL. I should have said that.
tried flashing another one through fastbbot i.e. with latest revolutionary for wildfire, still no luck - it just crashes, saying that I may have too high a firmware - but it definately has root - I have titanium running and it backs up and restores perfectly on a CUSTOM rom.
It was just that after I installed rom manager and installed the latest recovery is when everything went wrong.
Even trying to get to recovery through the rom, i.e. clicking on reboot into recovery via rom manager, still just rebooted straight back into the rom
I have tried flashing another via fastboot using revolutionary, but it says that maybe my firmware is too high - even though I have a rooted rom running
Bad4ss said:
Thanks for the info, but yes I did do that (holding the volume down button and power on) I have gone into recovery loads of times before - so I do know that already LOL. I should have said that.
tried flashing another one through fastbbot i.e. with latest revolutionary for wildfire, still no luck - it just crashes, saying that I may have too high a firmware - but it definately has root - I have titanium running and it backs up and restores perfectly on a CUSTOM rom.
It was just that after I installed rom manager and installed the latest recovery is when everything went wrong.
Even trying to get to recovery through the rom, i.e. clicking on reboot into recovery via rom manager, still just rebooted straight back into the rom
I have tried flashing another via fastboot using revolutionary, but it says that maybe my firmware is too high - even though I have a rooted rom running
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i had the same problem.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1134254
check this thread, read the whole thing. pay attention to 3xenos post, that method is the BEST method to flash it.
Sent from my HTC Wildfire
Bad4ss said:
I have tried flashing another via fastboot using revolutionary, but it says that maybe my firmware is too high - even though I have a rooted rom running
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I am not getting you here. Revolutionary is a 1 time process to get S-OFF. After that, you need not touch it again to perform functions. How exactly are you trying to install a Recovery using Revolutionary and Fastboot?
Or did you mean Unrevoked? (This does not have anything to do with Fastboot though)
@smokzye - That is a bit "outdated". You do not need the SDK. Just the 4 files in this attachment:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=630611&d=1308537074
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@smokzye - That is a bit "outdated". You do not need the SDK. Just the 4 files in this attachment:
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but its always good to have the sdk, ha. besides there is a link in my thread (your reply) for the binary and other fastboot stuff.
Sent from my HTC Wildfire
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Thanks guys for all your help.
I managed to get recovery back by using "revolutionary-0.4pre4" - I think it's an version of revolutionary, but it sorted it, and now I can boot into recovery. It did at first say that I already have S-OFF and questioned whether I knew what I was doing - LOL, but after that it asked whether I wanted to install a recovery and it put on Clockwork recovery dl'd from the internet.
Hello,
I've got an HTC Magic UK Vodafone branded phone (32B) which had the official OTA 2.2.1 install which included SPL 1.33.0013 and Radio 2.22.28.05 (shows S-ON in the top right).
Now it's let me root it with SuperOneClick and SU seems to be working OK but it wont let me flash any kind of recovery.
If i try any fastboot commands i get "remote:Not Allowed", now i've been reading through the forums and i've got myself very confused with all the different solutions and none of them seemed to happen to anyone running 1.33.0013.
Anyone who's a bit more up on the HTC Magics able to give me a pointer on what i need to do? do i have to try and flash back to 1.6 (not sure how to do that yet) or do i need to start wipeing and changing SPLs? My phone is a Dell Streak and this is the wifes phone, bit of a different kettle of fish this one.
If i've missed the obvious post that answers all of this please just point me to it and the mods can delete this post but i couldn't find my exact situation anywhere.
Thanks
Pete
Use rom manager to flash recovery. The new hboot is s-on so no fastboot
Sent from my Gingerbread on Sapphire using XDA Premium App
I was using ROM Manager but i just read another guide which mentioned although it's an HTC Magic, the 32B means i need to select Ion/MT3G not the HTC Magic option!
Which means i've been trying to flash the wrong recovery, could be why i was getting nowhere.
Thanks for the hboot heads up, i wondered why i couldn't get any commands to work.
I'll try the correct recovery in a mo and see how i go....
you sir are a genius lol that was indeed my problem....just talked the wife through it over MSN and she's describing the 1.70 recovery screen now woohoo!
Now to decide what things to start flashing on it hehe More reading to be done
Can someone give me a link or explenation how to install a new rom on my htc magic?
Like how to root, etc etc?
(searched but cant find anything easy :s)
Well, you've certainly come to the right place.
As I've no idea what stage you are at, I'd say a good starting point is discovering what your magic is - turn it off, depress back button while starting phone.
Then begin your searching based upon that info......
I rooted mine following the cyanogenmod wiki. Knew nothing when I did and it worked out fine.
wiki.cyanogenmod.com (still can't post links)
By far, the easiest I've encountered. Still, feel free to ask questions about any of the steps and I'm sure there are a lot of people who'd love to help.
I have a 32A with radio 3.22.20.17 and Hboot 1.33.0009
(Sapp 10000)
I've installed the android SDK and the USB thing, I have a Magic from belgium (proximus) that shoudn't need to bee rooted.
So the only thing i need to know now is what do i need to install before i can instal a new rom and ho do i ionstall other radio+rom,
thank you
make sure you have all files on sd, and computer.
and have recovery etc.
follow the steps and double check it.
killerbie said:
I have a 32A with radio 3.22.20.17 and Hboot 1.33.0009
(Sapp 10000)
I've installed the android SDK and the USB thing, I have a Magic from belgium (proximus) that shoudn't need to bee rooted.
So the only thing i need to know now is what do i need to install before i can instal a new rom and ho do i ionstall other radio+rom,
thank you
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You need recovery on your phone and the right radio/hboot. Once you have these the ROM BIBLE on here very useful.
Read everything carefully and don't rush into anything, as the wrong combinations of rom/radio/hboot can easily brick your phone.
With recovery on your phone, and the right radio/hboot, flashing the rom itself via recovery is fairly easy.
You download the rom to your pc, enter recovery and wipe your phone, move your new rom onto the sd card via pc or usb, then flash it onto your phone from the sd card. Obviously there's more to it (such as backing up and more wiping etc) and more detailed explanations are available on this site - this is just to give you an idea of what's required.
The links in Mumilover's signature proved extremely useful to me(see my flashrec confusion post), might be worth you looking having a look to see if any are of use to you as well. Good luck.
killerbie said:
Can someone give me a link or explenation how to install a new rom on my htc magic?
Like how to root, etc etc?
(searched but cant find anything easy :s)
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There aare two guides stickied at the top and another within the first two pages of this forum.
Sent from my HTC Glacier using Tapatalk
Wow, no need for rooting! Have you tried installing a custom recovery image yet? Don't use ClockworkMod as they appear to have problems with 32A magics. Apparently, (according the cyanogenmod wiki) all you have to do is boot into fastboot and type a few things into cmd. BTW, you might have to type in the entire directory of the "recovery.img" you use when you use fastboot. (even if it's in the same folder as fastboot) I'm a noob so it took me a half hour to figure that out.
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Wow, no need for rooting! Have you tried installing a custom recovery image yet? Don't use ClockworkMod as they appear to have problems with 32A magics. Apparently, (according the cyanogenmod wiki) all you have to do is boot into fastboot and type a few things into cmd. BTW, you might have to type in the entire directory of the "recovery.img" you use when you use fastboot. (even if it's in the same folder as fastboot) I'm a noob so it took me a half hour to figure that out.
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How to get into fastboot and what do i have to type in cmd?
Go to wiki.cyanogenmod.com and find the step by step process for your specs. If you get the "remote:not allow" message while flashing a recovery then you're probably going to have to change your spl
Sent from my HTC Magic/Dream using XDA App
killerbie said:
How to get into fastboot and what do i have to type in cmd?
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I know there different methods out there, which I can't speak off, excuse me being biased but I have to say mumilovers fastboot commander was amazingly easy for me. In your case use the fastboot commander (magic version) in his signature. You simply download the commander, connect your phone via usb and enter fastboot (turn off phone, depress back button while starting phone up). You then have the ability via the commander to add recovery, change radio and change spl in simple clicks. Please note s-off/eng hboot is required (which you will find details of in fastboot) - which is why I can't use it anymore!!
you then can go off and change roms