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[HELP PLEASE] T-Mobile MYTOUCH with VODAFONE HTC Rom - AM I ROOTED?!?!?

Ok - thanks for coming in and reading my post even though you could have skipped right on through.
I have purchased a used MT3G from craigslist (i know). I am a semi-knowledgeable "veteran" when it comes to rooting and flashing on the g1 - but the mytouch is totally new to me.
I have some SERIOUS SERIOUS concerns as to what my phone even is in the first place. I bought it with original TMobile packaging, phone says tmobile in the front and back - yet when I turn it on it's VODAFONE.
When I boot into recovery, I get the Triangle Exclamation with the phone. The rom is a 1.5 HTC rom and here is my fastboot info.
PVT 32B SHIP S-ON H
HBOOT - 1.33.0009 (SAPP30000)
CPLD - 10
RADIO - 3.22.20.17
May 8th 2009
HOWEVER - when I run the "one click root" - it says I have a 32A system. Eventually I followed the instructions for 1 click root using flash rec and flashed (downloaded) the Cyan 1.4.1a from the "recovery installer" (flashrec-1.1.2 2009-0909). They said my phone was 32A, I just went ahead and downloaded and installed - now I have the cyan recovery when I boot up my phone - I just can't flash ANY roms. I tried RAv 1.6 - for both 32B and 32A. 32A keeps rebooting my phone over and over, 32B just sits at the vodafone and hangs for 15 minutes.
After HOURS AND HOURS of reading the forms and the wiki - I'm at a complete impasse. I need some guidance. Do I have a 32A or 32B? Is it possible for 32A phones to show 32B in the fastboot? Some people need a "goldcard" to do this - I just used flashrec did I do something wrong? It seems as if some people are flashing roms with their regular SPLs - do I need engineering SPL - if so HOW do I flash SPL and radio without bricking.
I just want to flash some damn roms, or even get back to OEM and get my phone up to 1.6. It's such a bad feeling buying a phone, then bringing it home and you don't realize what you've gotten......I just want to get my phone rooted and start flashing roms and I've gotten this far.
ANY HELP GREATLY APPRECIATED!!!!!!!!
edit - the only way I've gotten my phone back to the stock HTC MAGIC rom is luckily upon first running of the CYAN recovery I did a nandroid backup and just restored to my backup after the failed rom flashes.
EDIT 2pm CST : I called T-Mobile, they can track your IMEI and Sim card every time you place a call - they CONFIRMED that my IMEI belonged to a TMOBILE MYTOUCH 3G and not any european phone. This leads me to my next question - is it possible to flash this HTC MAGIC rom onto a TMOBILE MYTOUCH 3G through fastboot, or something - WITHOUT a recovery, WITHOUT having root?
My MYTOUCH 3G is running VODAFONE everything, and it's definitely a EUROPEAN HTC MAGIC rom. Did someone install something on this phone before I got it. Please community - any help is appreciated.

A possible explanation is that someone followed Amon_RA's instructions partway through but did not finish. Specifically, they may have flashed the SPL, the recovery image for 32A and then a ROM for 32A. Since the phone is 32B, the recommendation is then to update the radio and recovery and ROM for 32B after it is rooted.
Perhaps this person rooted the phone, and then did not revert to 32B. Just a guess, though.

ok bro first lets calm down. everything is fine. all the information you need is right in front of you. first if its from europe it could be 32b and or 32a. so to check if you have root lets download a terminal app. if you dont have one pm and ill send you one. once we have that run it and type
su
if it asks for permission or just goes to
#
you are good. now type cat /proc/meminfo
for "MemTotal:" if it says 98024 or around there then you have a 32b. there that took care of what kind of board you have now we have radio and splash. your radio is .009. eng radio is .006. most likely the person that had the phone before only did have the steps. so go over them again with doing a "real" rooting. make a goldcard, get a good rec .img and have sdk working on your comp. if you need help i can help the best i can.

my touch 3g problem!! please help!!!
i bought a my touch 3g from craigslist. and when i turn it on it freezes up and says vodafone and it just stays there.. i need help to get it off can anyone help??? please

Turn it on while holding the Home key and tell us what you get? If you get a menu of options then you have a custom recovery image and you can flash a new rom ... if you just get an image of a ! then you have the stock recovery image.
Also turn it on while holding the back key, give us the information from that screen (also known as the fastboot screen) as this will tell us what recovery options are available to you.

I feel you man.
richboii8939 said:
i bought a my touch 3g from craigslist. and when i turn it on it freezes up and says vodafone and it just stays there.. i need help to get it off can anyone help??? please
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I worked for T-Mobile and got a mytouch before launch. My MyTouch, During the 32B radio flash, fell off my desk, disconnected, and has been stuck where you are ever since.
doing MANY hours of research and trying VARIOUS different methods did not help. I since bought another, (and a nexus. DO NOT MISS THE MYTOUCH) rooted it and my original MT3G, is still stuck on Vodafone red boot screen, and has a hopefully semi-permanent place in the bottom of my shame drawer.
Mine will not respond to Goldcards, and is not picked up by ADB.
If you plug your phone in, on boot and it is recognized by ADB, then you have hope. If its completely shot like mine. I doubt you'll be able to revive it. Unless ive been missing something since July of last year. (I had it early lol).
If it is recognized.
I would...
-Get a 32B radio
-Open CMD in the radio's folder (Shift + Right click will add a button in your right click to Open Command Prompt There)
-Fastboot flash radio <insert file name here>.zip
-Adb will say "Waiting for Device"
-IF IT IS RECOGNIZED It should reboot into Fastboot and flash the Radio and you should be okay.
*Please correct me if I'm wrong. Im can root all day long, but i can barely explain it. XD*

recover Magic 32A from fastboot [with beer prize]

Hello, i updated my magic with the wrong ROM and now nothing works except FASTBOOT (vol down + power). everything else just freezes to the red vodafone screen. What can i do from here?
Here's the info:
Sapphire PVT 32A SHIP S-ON H
HBOOT-1.33.0010
CPLD-12
RADIO-3.22.20.17
Please please with anything on top help?

ok
let's make things interesting. mods feel free to sticky this...
i really need a solution this weekend. i'll send three bottles of the best local beer to whoever solves my problem.
go!

Do you have a Nandroid backup of your original ROM? If so - see here
http://code.google.com/p/android-roms/wiki/NANDROID_Fastboot
If not, I'm sure a quick search will show someone has posted a full backup somewhere on here.

Sorry...didn't notice before that you have the Perfect SPL. I suggest looking here instead -
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=547133

alexdroid said:
Hello, i updated my magic with the wrong ROM and now nothing works except FASTBOOT (vol down + power). everything else just freezes to the red vodafone screen. What can i do from here?
Here's the info:
Sapphire PVT 32A SHIP S-ON H
HBOOT-1.33.0010
CPLD-12
RADIO-3.22.20.17
Please please with anything on top help?
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Have done the same ..as you
I used adb get recovery to work again from fastboot

keepitnang said:
Sorry...didn't notice before that you have the Perfect SPL. I suggest looking here instead -
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=547133
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tried that, fastboot gives me the "remote: not allow" error.

alexdroid said:
tried that, fastboot gives me the "remote: not allow" error.
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Yeah...that's because your phone has the Perfect SPL - it won't allow a fastboot connection. The article I linked to shows you how to change the SPL and enable this. Having said that, have you tried stian230's suggestion concerning connecting via adb to restore a recovery image?
Have a look at Amon_RA's thread for his excellent recovery image. This shows how to push the image to your phone and boot to it -
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=530492

keepitnang said:
... have you tried stian230's suggestion concerning connecting via adb to restore a recovery image?
Have a look at Amon_RA's thread for his excellent recovery image. This shows how to push the image to your phone and boot to it -
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=530492
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adb does not recognize my phone (all the drivers are ok, fastboot can see it). all the guides dealing with this said to make sure i have USB debugging enabled, but i can't access my phone to do this.
changing the spl seems to permanently void the warranty (not sure about this)...

K...sorry...this is where my n00bness runs me into a brick wall. The only way I know of to recover in this instance based on what you have said is to go ahead and flash a 'friendlier' SPL. Perhaps someone infinitely cleverer than I knows of another method though?

alexdroid said:
adb does not recognize my phone (all the drivers are ok, fastboot can see it). all the guides dealing with this said to make sure i have USB debugging enabled, but i can't access my phone to do this.
changing the spl seems to permanently void the warranty (not sure about this)...
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ADB will find your phone if you try a little while.
I promise

Just take it easy do not stress.
Try the phone off. or try recovery even if you do not get in recovery adb believe that it is the in recovery .
certainly sounds a bit strange but I did it that way

i just can't get adb to recognize my device. i tired on xp and 7, unistalled and reinstalled usb drivers and nothing.
all the guides mention tunring on USB debugging, but i can't get into android to do that. all i have is the damn fastboot. is there any other way to turn on usb debugging?
edit: apparently, adb isn't supposed to work in recovery mode. and since i can't use fastboot, because of my SPL, i'm locked out. any other ideas?

does not sound good. but I had the same problem a week ago. I had flashed a ROM and used the wrong port 32A. phone had a "semibriked" I only had access to fastboot and hboot.
I also have perfect spl. But after many attempts the adb found my phone.
I had an empty sdcard with only recovery-RA-sapphire-v1.5.2H.img on it.

is there any other method to change spl, or make fastboot work? the goldcard thing looks crazy hard...

htc magic breaked

htc magic stuck in htc magic boot screen, it keeps rebooting after playing the htc welcome sound.
it was not rooted before & i have no backup room. fastboot can't recognize the device
C:\SDK_15\tools>fastboot devices
< waiting for device >
all the drivers are installed
is there any chance to recover it?

by any chance you got your phone from Smart Telecom in Manila? Rockwell? White HTC Magic?

I dont want to open one more thread so I'll share my doubt here.
I've bricked my Magic and I supose that warranty doesnt cover it. What about if I drop my magic, for exemple, and send it to HTC ? Would they fix it ?

octupusisonfire said:
I dont want to open one more thread so I'll share my doubt here.
I've bricked my Magic and I supose that warranty doesnt cover it. What about if I drop my magic, for exemple, and send it to HTC ? Would they fix it ?
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If they find out it was due to rooting they will charge you for any repairs. If not, then you are lucky and you get a free repair

chinang said:
by any chance you got your phone from Smart Telecom in Manila? Rockwell? White HTC Magic?
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white htc magic mate. so is there a chance to recover it?

were you trying to root, install rom, update recovery, radio ect ect ??
can you access recovery?
this happens when installing a 32b/g1 rom and forgetting to install the port file.. did that happen?

digitaljeff said:
were you trying to root, install rom, update recovery, radio ect ect ??
can you access recovery?
this happens when installing a 32b/g1 rom and forgetting to install the port file.. did that happen?
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yes i can access recovery mode but there's no options in there

in fastboot mode,
Does it appear fastboot USB ?

jgcaap said:
in fastboot mode,
Does it appear fastboot USB ?
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yes, it appears

if you do fastboot devices what happens?
What version is your phone? 32A or 32B? Is HTC Magic sapphire or mytouch?
Could you copy to here the fastboot text of phone details? Thanks

jgcaap said:
if you do fastboot devices what happens?
What version is your phone? 32A or 32B? Is HTC Magic sapphire or mytouch?
Could you copy to here the fastboot text of phone details? Thanks
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thx for ur reply mate
AFTER DOING FASTBOOT
C:\SDK_15\tools>fastboot devices
< waiting for device >
here's the info
SAPPHIRE PVT 32A SHIP S-ON H
HBOOT-1.33.0009 (sapp10000)
CPLD-12
RADIO-3.22.20.17
MAY 8 2009,21:02:32
REGARDS

paloma728 said:
thx for ur reply mate
AFTER DOING FASTBOOT
C:\SDK_15\tools>fastboot devices
< waiting for device >
here's the info
SAPPHIRE PVT 32A SHIP S-ON H
HBOOT-1.33.0009 (sapp10000)
CPLD-12
RADIO-3.22.20.17
MAY 8 2009,21:02:32
REGARDS
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Alright from what i can understand is a native htc. You havnt rooted right? Do you have warranty from HTC? Because if you do you should use it there should be a maulfunction hardware and we should not do any experiments in order to try fix something wich maybe has a malfunction, and then you loose warranty.
If you dont have the warranty, then please tell me, have you done anything in particuler to make the phone become like this? If yes please tell me exacly what in order to find a suitable solution .

jgcaap said:
Alright from what i can understand is a native htc. You havnt rooted right? Do you have warranty from HTC? Because if you do you should use it there should be a maulfunction hardware and we should not do any experiments in order to try fix something wich maybe has a malfunction, and then you loose warranty.
If you dont have the warranty, then please tell me, have you done anything in particuler to make the phone become like this? If yes please tell me exacly what in order to find a suitable solution .
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i have no warranty mate. i hv done nothing to the phone. concerning experiment im ready ks i hv nothing to lose.
besides, two weeks ago i gave to a gsm-shop for unlock, is there any chance of..........

ok lets try this first without rooting. try to put in fastboot mode and upgrade a ROM from HTC official site same version you are using now. (Not the update from january but november)
the unlock procedure does not affect the phone performance so do not worry. is a complete seperate region in your phone.

http://www.htc.com/pt/supportdownloadlist.aspx?p_id=267&act=sd&cat=all
this one for example or:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=659403
24) [xda-ftp] [4shared] 3.05.401.3 HTC Europe (this is a great rom in case you are from europe)

jgcaap said:
http://www.htc.com/pt/supportdownloadlist.aspx?p_id=267&act=sd&cat=all
this one for example or:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=659403
24) [xda-ftp] [4shared] 3.05.401.3 HTC Europe (this is a great rom in case you are from europe)
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TRIED THE THREE MODEs :fastboot,recovery, and normal mode. BUT ALWAYS GETS CONNECTION ERROR. all the drivers ar installed. the pc recognizes the device as storage device & as android bootloader interface when using fastboot mode. i can't access the menu to change connection option
mayb i should try sdcard flashing but i do need this zip file sappdiaG.zip
after trying a room update.zip using sd i got these errors
loading.....sappdiag.zip
no image!
loading sappdia3.nbh
no image or wrong image
loading sappdia2.nbh
no image or wrong image
loading sappdiag.nbh
no image or wrong image
loading.....sappdiag.zip
no image!
am i missing something here?

thats normal is not update but sappimg.img . you can do that but before you should be able to update in fastboot mode without problems.
If you have a firewall remove, sometimes it inteferes.
In case doesnt update in fastboot the offficial HTC update read and follow instructions:
http://translate.google.pt/translat...ss.C3.A1rio_para_fazer_o_processo&sl=pt&tl=en
Read everything, Skip the create the gold card method.
and do exacly as is written in english (You dont need to format the card)
Basicly is:
Download http://rapidshare.com/files/267446145/2.53.707.2_-_sappimg.zip
insert on your SD card. run in Hboot (Down volume + back)
The phone is going to update the new rom. Be patient, the first time takes around 5-10 min most of the times.
download the hboot: http://rapidshare.com/files/247838950/update.Engineering-SPL-HBOOT-1.33.2005-signed.zip
change the name to update.zip and copy to the SD card. Turn on the phone pressing power+home and it'll enter in safe mode. In safemode apply update.zip .
Then you should have something as: http://www.androidpt.info/images/d/d5/Magic0014_4.jpg
Then you'll flash a recovery so that you can install a rom

paloma728 said:
TRIED THE THREE MODEs :fastboot,recovery, and normal mode. BUT ALWAYS GETS CONNECTION ERROR. all the drivers ar installed. the pc recognizes the device as storage device & as android bootloader interface when using fastboot mode. i can't access the menu to change connection option
mayb i should try sdcard flashing but i do need this zip file sappdiaG.zip
after trying a room update.zip using sd i got these errors
loading.....sappdiag.zip
no image!
loading sappdia3.nbh
no image or wrong image
loading sappdia2.nbh
no image or wrong image
loading sappdiag.nbh
no image or wrong image
loading.....sappdiag.zip
no image!
am i missing something here?
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just unroot and restart. get the sap.img and load it

jgcaap said:
thats normal is not update but sappimg.img . you can do that but before you should be able to update in fastboot mode without problems.
If you have a firewall remove, sometimes it inteferes.
In case doesnt update in fastboot the offficial HTC update read and follow instructions:
http://translate.google.pt/translat...ss.C3.A1rio_para_fazer_o_processo&sl=pt&tl=en
Read everything, Skip the create the gold card method.
and do exacly as is written in english (You dont need to format the card)
Basicly is:
Download http://rapidshare.com/files/267446145/2.53.707.2_-_sappimg.zip
insert on your SD card. run in Hboot (Down volume + back)
The phone is going to update the new rom. Be patient, the first time takes around 5-10 min most of the times.
download the hboot: http://rapidshare.com/files/247838950/update.Engineering-SPL-HBOOT-1.33.2005-signed.zip
change the name to update.zip and copy to the SD card. Turn on the phone pressing power+home and it'll enter in safe mode. In safemode apply update.zip .
Then you should have something as: http://www.androidpt.info/images/d/d5/Magic0014_4.jpg
Then you'll flash a recovery so that you can install a rom
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ok mate i will give it a try then post result.
thank you very much

did it work ?

Stuck on FASTBOOT

Hi All,
I've been given a HTC Magic to repair for a friend. Whenever you turn the phone on, you only get the FASTBOOT screen (as if you were holding down back & power).
I've considered a faulty back button, but pressing the button, it still clicks so isn't obviously stuck. Unless the switch has failed short-circuit, but that seems unlikely.
For reference, FASTBOOT shows:
SAPPHIRE PVT 32a SHIP S-ON H
HBOOT-1.76.0007
CPLD-12
RADIO-6.35.07.29
AUG 4 2009, 19:43:30
Factory reset didn't make any difference.
The phone was bought in Singapore, so the only ROM i've successfully loaded is RUU_Sapphire_HTC_Asia_WWE_3.03.707.5_R_SG_release_signed_NoDriver.
Once loaded, the phone resets and goes into Android fine. However if I reset, it returns to FASTBOOT.
Next, I've looked at loading a new SPL, to see if there is a fault in there. As the one on here is a perfected one, I've gone through the process of making a goldcard on both a 2GB Sandisk and 2GB Kingston memory cards. Following all the instructions to the letter, they are made, put them in the phone, try and load a new SAPPIMG.zip. It starts loading, then I get "Main Version is Older! Update Fail! Do you want to reboot device?".
Now I'm assuming that my goldcard isn't working.
So my questions are:
- Do I need to continue trying to make a working goldcard?
- Is there another obvious fault?
Thanks for any help in advance.

Did anyone happen to spot this? Would love to hear some thoughts....

The goldcard only fools the SPL into flashing a RUU made for another variant of the phone, but not an older version than the one you have. Try flashing a custom recovery with FlashRec and flash a different SPL from there.
Anyway, my money's on a hardware fault.

keinengel said:
The goldcard only fools the SPL into flashing a RUU made for another variant of the phone, but not an older version than the one you have. Try flashing a custom recovery with FlashRec and flash a different SPL from there.
Anyway, my money's on a hardware fault.
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Hi all
I have same problem like in the first post,
and when i try to flash with goldcard, i always get customer ID error.
hope to get any solution
best regards
MAK

Customer ID error means your goldcard isn't working. Redo it.

keinengel said:
Customer ID error means your goldcard isn't working. Redo it.
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hi
same goldcard work with other magics and phone card socket is ok

Help! Is my phone recoverable?

Hi All
I am hoping someone can help me out. When i switch my phone on it loads up a black screen with HTC in the middle, and 4 exclamation marks, one in each corner of the screen, and will not switch on.
My phone is rooted and i have ENG S-OFF. I have clockwork recovery installed but cannot boot into it. I cant boot into bootloader but i can run fastboot commands.
So far i have tried the following;
Flash several RUU's, they seem to run smoothly upto the part where they write the sent IMG's, then i get a UNKNOWN ERROR 150.
Update with PD98IMG.zip by running fastboot command "fastboot update PD98IMG.zip", it sends the files to the phone then i get an error when its writing the images, something about links being too long.
Unfortunately the phone will not recognise the SD card either
Im hoping someone can help me out, as ive been without my phone for 3 weeks now, and its driving me insane
Thanks
Jody

Jody I feel your pain as I have a similiar problem.
Phone is running 2.2.1, rooted, Radio S-OFF, ENG S-OFF but won't boot into the bootloader. Tried running 1.32 RUU to downgrade, but comes back with an "unknown error."
Fortunately in my case, the phone works fine, its just that I was trying to upgrade to gingerbread.
If anyone knows a fix for this it will be much appreciated.

I am by no means an expert but a problem with writing files should point to the SD card being bad shouldnt it?

Give this thread a go: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=749707
Looks like someone with the same problem, some possible fixes in there.

Thanks for the suggestions so far, ill give them a try and report back.
Just noticed also, when the phone is on the black HTC exclamation mark screen and plugged into the laptop, if i un plug it, it switches to a white screen similar to the bootloader one, but without the 3 androids on the bottom. At the top of the screen it now says "ACE PVT SHIP S-OFF RL". Anyone know what the RL is about?
Cheers
Jody

ItsJody said:
At the top of the screen it now says "ACE PVT SHIP S-OFF RL".
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If you had ENG S-OFF, it should say something along the lines of:
Code:
ACE PVT ENG S-OFF
If you had this before, and it's now changed, it could be a problem with HBOOT. What were you doing the first time around when it broke?

retznto said:
If you had ENG S-OFF, it should say something along the lines of:
Code:
ACE PVT ENG S-OFF
If you had this before, and it's now changed, it could be a problem with HBOOT. What were you doing the first time around when it broke?
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I was trying to restore my nandroid backup via fastboot to see if i could sort the SD card not being recognised issue i was having.
Is HBOOT BOOT.IMG?

HBOOT is the bootloader, nandroid won't have backed it up. I'm not totally certain about how HBOOT works, but you could try using this, to restore ENG S-OFF (and possibly HBOOT too). Be very careful when messing with HBOOT though, from what I gather, it's very easy to brick a phone if you mess it up.

Cheers for that, prob is phone is not recognised by ADB so i cant run any ADB commands
Its weird how the RUU runs fine until writing the images, then comes up with the error about not being the correct rom for the device.