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Cannot boot after radio and spl update

After updating radio and spl my phone is stuck on the "T.. Mobile" "G1" boot screen.
Any help available? can I access the sd card without booting?

What SPL?
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sjbayer3 said:
After updating radio and spl my phone is stuck on the "T.. Mobile" "G1" boot screen.
Any help available? can I access the sd card without booting?
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Was it haykuro's SPL? Can you get in to recovery (power+home) or the bootloader (power+camera)?

if it's haykuro's spl...
Hopefully, you READ & FOLLOWED the directions and flashed the RADIO first, then flashed the SPL. If you did not, then your phone is bricked.

if u cn get into recovery reflash ur rom. and like everyone else says hope u flashed the radio 1st

I did the radio first
I was able to boot into recovery, i tried a wipe and a few things but couldnt get it.
Eventually I got it by reflashing cyanogenmod.

sjbayer3 said:
I did the radio first
I was able to boot into recovery, i tried a wipe and a few things but couldnt get it.
Eventually I got it by reflashing cyanogenmod.
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The SPL wipes the ROM, so after flashing the SPL you would need to reflash >.>

AdrianK said:
The SPL wipes the ROM, so after flashing the SPL you would need to reflash >.>
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This may sound like a silly question but please forgive me as I have not yet flashed the haykuro spl.
Once you've flashed the new spl, instead of flashing the update.zip of the cyanogen rom, can't you use nandroid restore? Or will that restore the previous spl as well (in my case HARD SPL)?
I ask because I would like to try the spl, but I'm so comfortable with my rom and settings that I would hate to wipe just to try Hero which is still in development. Call me crazy, but I like stable and finished builds. But I am curious and with a lot of time on my hands but not so much that I'm willing to lose everything just to try something that I'm not going to keep.

Binary100100 said:
This may sound like a silly question but please forgive me as I have not yet flashed the haykuro spl.
Once you've flashed the new spl, instead of flashing the update.zip of the cyanogen rom, can't you use nandroid restore? Or will that restore the previous spl as well (in my case HARD SPL)?
I ask because I would like to try the spl, but I'm so comfortable with my rom and settings that I would hate to wipe just to try Hero which is still in development. Call me crazy, but I like stable and finished builds. But I am curious and with a lot of time on my hands but not so much that I'm willing to lose everything just to try something that I'm not going to keep.
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I'm not actually sure about using nandroid after the SPL flash, but I'm certain that nandroid doesn't copy your SPL (I could be wrong). It would make sense for it to work.

i update inly spl from 1.33.0009 to 1.33.1000 and when its boot greeze in vodafone logo
what happend?
thnks

sjbayer3 said:
After updating radio and spl my phone is stuck on the "T.. Mobile" "G1" boot screen.
Any help available? can I access the sd card without booting?
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I HAd The Same Issue, BUT YOU DIDNT BRICK YOUR PHONE all YOu Need To Do Is Flash The Rom , Thats The Resone Its Stayin On The Boot Screen Because Of No ROm Installed So Go Into Recovery >connect Your phone> choose usb toggle in recovery> (if on your pc you need a drivers, try putting the sdcard iin a next phone and connect it to the cpu> drag your rom to your sdcard (ROOT NOT IN A FOLDER) and flash it wen it boot first its gonna take long but dont worry it would come on :good:
If I Helped You In Anyway Thank Me Plzz
If You Still having problems just reply to my post

Which SPL Do I need? 32b rooted with Flash Rec

Hey guys I am trying to figure out which SPL/radio I need and if I can flash it. I originally rooted the phone with the "1 click" method( Flash Rec). I am currently running Amon RA 1.3.2G recovery right now. Can I just download the correct SPL/radio and flash it through recovery?
My phone stats:
SAPPHIRE PVT 32B SHIP S-ON G
HBOOT- 1.33.0006 (SAPP30000)
CPLD -10
Radio- 2.22.19.26I
Please help
Thanks
Matt

You have the radio needed. Get the 2005 Engineer's spl from Amon_RA's thread. That's the one that he gave in his instructions to root it with the gold card method. You can just flash it through recovery. I did my first mytouch, well second, I bricked the first one the first time, with the gold card method. Then we got a third one for my mom, and I rooted using 1 click root, then I just flashed the spl. It gave me no problems whatsoever.

darkstar, did you try it out? did it work? i have the same phone as you and i would love to try this.

pepe6934 said:
darkstar, did you try it out? did it work? i have the same phone as you and i would love to try this.
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almost everyone in these forums is using this spl or another one similar to it I wipe phone then apply the spl through recovery done it to a lot of mytouch's so no need for his confirmation lol

i have the same question.
so do i need to wipe->flash spl->wipe->flash rom?
I am on dwang 1.13 right now, do i need to flash to dwang 1.12 then flash spl, then flash 1.13?

d_bot said:
i have the same question.
so do i need to wipe->flash spl->wipe->flash rom?
I am on dwang 1.13 right now, do i need to flash to dwang 1.12 then flash spl, then flash 1.13?
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the way I did it was, go to recovery>wipe>flash spl>pull battery>go back to recovery>flash rom>reboot
worked for me every time

ok right now my sdcard has only a fat32, in ra-v1.3.2g do i need to wipe data, cache, and dalvik-cache? then flash spl->bull battery->then back in to flash the rom? I read somewhere that you have to flash to a higher version of the rom that you are currently on, is this not true?
Thanks for your help

i havent wanted to flash an spl until eugenes new 2.0 rom....so could i throw both the spl and eugenes 2.0 on the sd card, boot into recovery->wipe->flash spl->reboot into recovery->flash eugenes 2.0->reboot and everything SHOULD work ok?

d_bot said:
i havent wanted to flash an spl until eugenes new 2.0 rom....so could i throw both the spl and eugenes 2.0 on the sd card, boot into recovery->wipe->flash spl->reboot into recovery->flash eugenes 2.0->reboot and everything SHOULD work ok?
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thats what I did in the past when I first tried hero like 3 months ago...

awesome thanks! so do i need to wipe all 3 (data, cache, dalvik-cache)

d_bot said:
awesome thanks! so do i need to wipe all 3 (data, cache, dalvik-cache)
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well data and cache are the both in the data wipe option and you can wipe them all if you want to I guess but I didnt have all those options when i was on cyanogen 1.4 just did the general wipe and flashed lol, only had one option back then

lol thanks man! im really tempted to try it tonight, but its late and i better not while i am tired hahahaha I don't want to end up with a $300 brick.
thanks for your help

It worked with no problems. I have the new SPL. Thanks guys.

Okay thanks for the help guys. I was actually going to try what you all said to do but I figured I would ask first. I wiped everything flashed SPL 1.33.2005, pulled battery, entered recovey again flashed a rom let it boot completely, shut phone off, booted to hboot and my SPL was changed to 1.33.2005.
Thanks for the help.

Why...?
If I can flash Hero's and 2.0's and what not without incident, why change the SPL? What advantage does it offer? I haven't had any trouble with my current SPL. I had to change my SPL on my Dream, but that was because the Hero's were too large, but that isn't a problem with the sapphire. Just curious.

Why...?
sorry. double post.

BlackElvis79 said:
If I can flash Hero's and 2.0's and what not without incident, why change the SPL? What advantage does it offer? I haven't had any trouble with my current SPL. I had to change my SPL on my Dream, but that was because the Hero's were too large, but that isn't a problem with the sapphire. Just curious.
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with the perfect spl, you can't do fastboot, so you flash an engineer's spl to rectify that problem.

BlackElvis79 said:
If I can flash Hero's and 2.0's and what not without incident, why change the SPL? What advantage does it offer? I haven't had any trouble with my current SPL. I had to change my SPL on my Dream, but that was because the Hero's were too large, but that isn't a problem with the sapphire. Just curious.
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wait what 2.0 rom are you using? Eugenes?

glad everyone got it figured out

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wait what 2.0 rom are you using? Eugenes?
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Eugene's 2.0 Eclair
@tazz9690
Thanx.

[SOLVED] - HD2 Flirting with the Devil.....

Anyone need a building block?
My HD2 is a total brick. HSPled and flashed rom (Romeos by Monx). Rom installed properly but the device cant start. Even after hard reset the thing is stuck at hTC white screen! Turns out that I should have flashed compatible radio first; But I am learning this after the fact. Nobody told me so.
Now please tell me what to do before i do something stupid. How do I install a compatible radio on a comatose HD2. Can I flash radio from the bootloader? Do I have to downgrade the rom first? Or must I install from the Sd card.
Guys I think a massive depression is setting in.

boot to boot loader, flash the radio using customruu just like you did the rom. job done.

PlayStation said:
Anyone need a building block?
My HD2 is a total brick. HSPled and flashed rom (Romeos by Monx). Rom installed properly but the device cant start. Even after hard reset the thing is stuck at hTC white screen! Turns out that I should have flashed compatible radio first; But I am learning this after the fact. Nobody told me so.
Now please tell me what to do before i do something stupid. How do I install a compatible radio on a comatose HD2. Can I flash radio from the bootloader? Do I have to downgrade the rom first? Or must I install from the Sd card.
Guys I think a massive depression is setting in.
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relax, nothing irreparable
go to bootloader mode - connect to usb - flash proper radio as you flashed rom - job done

samsamuel said:
boot to boot loader, flask the radio using customruu just like you did the rom. job done.
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+1 on this.
Don't panic. Experienced the same behaviour with same ROM (and proper radio).
Enter the boot loader and reflash via USB or microSD (both ways worked for me).

l.o.l. yeah, if hspl on and you used customruu it's all fine.
Even if not, you can flash stock always with goldcard.
surprised that it did not say on the first page what radiorom was recommended/necessary. In fact most 2.xx based roms state the need for a 2.07 or 2.08 radio.

1) reset the phone
2) hold on to the volumn down button till the 3-coloured screen (that's bootloader)
3) flash the radio ROM via USB
4) reset

Solved
Problem solved!
Ha ha apparently the panic was as a result of a false alarm. I flashed a compatible radio from the bootloader and all is well now.
Thank you all for the tips. I just needed a true and tested method to resolve the matter. And by the way Romeos rom by Monx is the bomb - better than Windows Phone 13 Series!!!!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=631662

Partitioning and applying Radio/SPL/SuperD

Hi.. I've spent alot of hours researching, rooting and installing SenseHero 1.6 onto my unbranded 32A HTC Hero, and now i want to change the ROM to something else.
I want to use Super D ROM with the Elegance theme.
Super D:
hxxp://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=613809
Elegance Theme:
hxxp://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=633043
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I stumbled onto an error when trying to apply the Radio spl thingy (Failure at line 2...) and from what i read i think it's because my sd card isn't partitioned correctly.
I also got the same error when trying to apply Damage Control ROM, what does it mean ?
? Just to be sure i've rooted it.. When i open up the recovery menu with Home+Power button and it says "AmonRa 1.5.2", and i've been able to apply SenseHero ROM does that mean it's rooted?
? Do i need to partition my SD card, and how would i go about that?
This is what im doing:
1. Boot to AmonRa 1.5.2 Recovery
2. Apply ota-radio-2_22_19_26I.zip (renamed to update.zip) <-- Stuck here
3. Reboot to Recovery
4. Apply spl-signed.zip (renamed to SPL.zip)
5. Reboot to Recovery
6. Apply SuperD-ROM.zip (renamed to ROM.zip)
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7. Install EleganceDesign.zip (??? How do i install this ???)
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Also, is Super D the right ROM for me ? I'm mainly choosing it because of the Elegance Theme.. I need an allround nice ROM.. SenseHero seems ok, but i can't help but think other ROM's have more to offer.. Tho speed is most important!
Pardon my nubby questions, im still learning
Many thanks
-Mojo_69

duhh.. I've just realized that 2.1 is out.. But my question remains.. Which is the best ROM, with 2.1...?

unbranded 32A HTC Hero
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There is no such thing as a "32A" Hero! Presumably you have a Magic/Sapphire, so I suggest you post in those forums - flashing a ROM that you find in this forums is probably a very quick way of bricking your device.
Regards,
Dave

I think there is a way to allow a 32A magic to act like a hero but have no idea how it works.
Post on the correct forum and you will get a better answer.

HTC Magic 32A recovery and ROM freezes

Hi,
Already posted part of the situation in Amon_RA's recovery thread but neither of the answers there seem to solve my problems. Decided to post it here since the problem seems to involve aspects other than the recovery itself.
Here's the complete situation:
Had problems with RA recovery freezes since the start and with different versions. I could (and can) enter recovery mode (v1.6.2), scroll down the options but after 15 seconds the recovery just freezes and reboots every single time. Checked the version (H) and the MD5, they where all correct. Tried cm-recovery-1.4-32A and it seems to work fine but when I flash a ROM (1.6) I have similar problems with the ROM (freeze+reboot in "touch droid setup"). Curiously I flashed my hero 2.0.5 (1.5) and had no problems...
Tried booting the latest RA recovery trough fast-boot and it worked fine the first two times I did it (scrolled down the options for like 10 minutes and it didn't freeze). After that it did not work and got the freezes+rebooting problem back again. Tried ADB, Flash-rec and flashed the recovery but got the freeze+reboot problem once again. Re-checked the version and MD5 and they where all correct.
Why does this happen? Any clues?
Thanks for your help!

I'm kind of lost here...Could it be a radio or SPL problem? Should I re-flash/update it? I never had problems with the stock ROM so this situation is really odd...
Can anyone help?
Thanks in advance!

strange... try some random methods here lol (I don't know if they'll work though but it can't hurt)
First, try flashing an ENG SPL, see if that makes a diff
If that fails, try flashing a whole new ROM/RADIO/SPL
for example: Since you're a 32A user, I believe you can flash the 6.35.x radio and the 1.76.2007 SPL and then use the hero recovery. Test out a rom on the new radio for like a day and try out the recovery. See if that freezes! (This doesn't really accomplish much though because even if it doesn't freeze, i think you'll wanna go back to the old radio to try out other roms lol. You risk bricking your phone if you don't understand this stuff so don't do it if that's the case)
But anyways, I'm a bit confused. What rom are u using?
noroses said:
Hi,
Tried cm-recovery-1.4-32A and it seems to work fine but when I flash a ROM (1.6) I have similar problems with the ROM (freeze+reboot in "touch droid setup"). Curiously I flashed my hero 2.0.5 (1.5) and had no problems...
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So you can use the recovery fine, until you flash a rom? So when you flash a rom, your recovery beings to freeze. But when you flash a different rom, your recovery works fine? Weird. Sounds like a problem when you're flashing a rom...
I have no idea dude but what I would do if I was in your situation:
1) Flash ENG SPL, something like 1.33.0010 (double check everything, i dont like advising people to play with their spl/radio so dont just take my word)
2) load up recovery and give it a try! if all that fails...
3) I'd backup your phone via nandroid in recovery (i pray that it doesn't freeze lol)
4) Wipe wipe wipe
5) Go into fastboot, fastboot erase system -w and then try another rom! And if the rom is good, then go back to your old one. Try to find out what the prob is.
It appears that you're able to flash roms still even with your recovery freezing (so weird) so I dunno. Just give it a try I guess lol

very weird indeed.... question.. does this do this when plugged in as well as on battery? ive heard of some really weird issues with bad batteries....
i would try what kawata recommended as well.. kind of just a process of elimination...
hopefully you dont have a hardware issue..

Hi,
strange... try some random methods here lol (I don't know if they'll work though but it can't hurt)
First, try flashing an ENG SPL, see if that makes a diff
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Will try this. Can I flash the SPL trough the recovery?
If that fails, try flashing a whole new ROM/RADIO/SPL
for example: Since you're a 32A user, I believe you can flash the 6.35.x radio and the 1.76.2007 SPL and then use the hero recovery. Test out a rom on the new radio for like a day and try out the recovery. See if that freezes! (This doesn't really accomplish much though because even if it doesn't freeze, i think you'll wanna go back to the old radio to try out other roms lol. You risk bricking your phone if you don't understand this stuff so don't do it if that's the case)
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Will have to check and recheck this complex process.
But anyways, I'm a bit confused. What rom are u using?
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Now I'm using stock 1.5. I tried cyanogen, superD and other 1.6 Roms and they all freezed at the android setup process. Used myhero for a week with no problems whatsoever. Since I have a nandroid backup done with CM's recovery I restore everything back as it was.
So you can use the recovery fine, until you flash a rom? So when you flash a rom, your recovery beings to freeze. But when you flash a different rom, your recovery works fine? Weird. Sounds like a problem when you're flashing a rom...
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The Amon_Ra recovery freezes every time. It doesn't give me enough time to do anything...Now I'm using CM's recovery and I have no freezing problems while in recovery mode. The problem is after I flash a Rom and reboot. The ROM experiences freezing problems (just like the Amon_Ra's recovery).
Thank you for your answer and suggestions!

digitaljeff said:
very weird indeed.... question.. does this do this when plugged in as well as on battery? ive heard of some really weird issues with bad batteries....
i would try what kawata recommended as well.. kind of just a process of elimination...
hopefully you dont have a hardware issue..
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Hi,
Thanks for your answer.
I have never tried with the phone plugged into a socket but did it with the phone running on battery and connected via usb to the computer. Should it make a difference?
Could it be a hardware problem? I never had problems with the stock ROM or with the myhero ROM...

it could be hardware...
if you want to flash to new radio and spl please follow this guide to the T or else you will get a brick, you cannot flash radio and spl via recovery.
so...
follow this guide and all will be good... must have adb ....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=605239

digitaljeff said:
it could be hardware...
if you want to flash to new radio and spl please follow this guide to the T or else you will get a brick, you cannot flash radio and spl via recovery.
so...
follow this guide and all will be good... must have adb ....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=605239
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Checked that guide but I'm unsure about this part:
If you do not have an Engineering SPL, download 1.33.2010 and flash through recovery before starting this procedure. Flash the SPL update.zip like any other update.zip file.
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This part I can do within the recovery to enable flashing via fast-boot right?

yup you can flash the eng spl via recovery ... i should have been more specific and said you cant flash new radio and spl via recovery
for the new radio,spl and recovery you do through fastboot
good luck

digitaljeff said:
yup you can flash the eng spl via recovery ... i should have been more specific and said you cant flash new radio and spl via recovery
for the new radio,spl and recovery you do through fastboot
good luck
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Will try that tomorrow.
Thanks for your help!

digitaljeff said:
very weird indeed.... question.. does this do this when plugged in as well as on battery? ive heard of some really weird issues with bad batteries....
i would try what kawata recommended as well.. kind of just a process of elimination...
hopefully you dont have a hardware issue..
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Hi again,
Still didn't mess with SPL and Radio. I'm still afraid I'll brick the phone..However yesterday tried a few simple things like using another sd card or entering recovery while plugged in. These two things seem to influence the behavior of the latest Amon_RA recovery but don't solve my problem completely. Example: When I enter recovery using the original SD card (2gb) the recovery would freeze within 20 secs max. Using another SD card (128mb) most of the times it would take longer to freeze (4 or 5 minutes). Sometimes it would not freeze at all. Although this seemed to influence what happened it wasn't constant and could not find a pattern. The same with the phone plugged into computer. Sometimes it helped. One thing is certain: with the original SD card and unplugged from the computer the recovery freezes within 20 secs every single time.
With the CM 1.4 recovery never had any freeze problems. It seems to work great while in recovery mode. The problem is after a flash a ROM I have freeze problems with the ROM itself (tried different ROM's, CM, SuperD, etc and got the same freeze problem). The only Rom that worked fine was myhero 2.0.5.
This is a very strange situation and I'm starting to think that this could be hardware..

Would that be a SD card problem?
try using another SD card and see if the problem still occurs

I am having exactly the same problem, did you ever find a solution?
Went from a fully updated magic 32A (1.76.0009H) now i'm at 1.76.0008
UPDATE: I just found that the hero recovery works (I would post link but xda doesn't allow new users to do that) however it may still be necessary to downgrade radio and spl

I had also same problem. My device is Magic 32A radio 6.35. Solution was to reflash recovery-RA-hero-v1.6.2.img.