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Help think I might have bricked my Magic(32A)

Hi,
I feel very bad asking but can you please help me with my Magic(32A) - Rogers.
Here is the story,
I bought the phone on ebay and the seller indicated that he rooted the phone before he sold me. So I thought okay as its rooted I can go to fast boot and just apply update.zip. So I did the below
1. switched off the phone
2. pressed home + power on and went to fast boot
3. did clean swipe
4. applied update.zip
It applied the custom rom(CyanogenMod 32a) and after that I am stuck on Roger's boot-up screen. So after this I removed my battery and I tried to going to fastboot and clicking Nandriod v2.1.1 restore and I get this error "E:Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblkop1". After that I did wipe and tried to apply restore but can "Error running nandriod restore. Restore not performed".
Can you please advise me of any options I have to restore my magic back.
Thanking you
FD

If you where not flashing the SPL you "should" still be ok if you can get into fastboot.
If you can just try to apply the ROM again, you might want to download another copy or different ROM (Hero maybe).
Clinton

do me a fav and power on holding down the vol down. see if you go into fastboot. if you do then you are not bricked. if so, see what your radio and spl is plus check if your (s) is off. if so you are rooted and you flashed the wrong board rom. if its on then your seller lied and you are not rooted. if so fallow the rooting guides that are posted here. if you need ne help just pm me and i will apply my skills the best i can. i want all to be rooted and experience the true right of freedom. lol. fosho. . . .

Partial hope
When I power it on and hold volume down I can get into fastboot mode and here is what I can see on the screen
Sapphaire pvt 32A eng s-off H
Hboot-1.33.2009(SAPP50000)
CPLD-12
Radio-3.22.20.17
May 6 2009, 00:17:16
Can you please advise me on what I can do next please. Is my phone rooted as it has "s-oof"? and what should my next steps be.
Thanking you
FD

ok ?. did you buy it rooted so you didnt have to do ne thing?? does it have RAv recovery or cm's recovery??

Thank you rocking_mod I was able to restore my phone. Here is what I did
1. downloaded HoFo mod to renamed it to update.zip and copied it to SD card
2. used a recovery img and did a fast boot and loaded the img
3. after the reboot did a clean wipe
4. loaded the HoFo rom from the recovery mode.
And finally now the phone works again. Enough of action for one day.
Thanks again.

freedonkey said:
Thank you rocking_mod I was able to restore my phone. Here is what I did
1. downloaded HoFo mod to renamed it to update.zip and copied it to SD card
2. used a recovery img and did a fast boot and loaded the img
3. after the reboot did a clean wipe
4. loaded the HoFo rom from the recovery mode.
And finally now the phone works again. Enough of action for one day.
Thanks again.
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Congrats!
Always great to see when someone bring his mobile back to live

I'm guessing the ROM you downloaded was not compatible with your phone. As a side note, do NOT apply the Rogers update ontheir web site. It will upgrade your SPL to the dreaded perfect version.

I got the same error when I first apply the hofoion108.zip. I happened to press apply again somehow, and it had no errors at the second time. My phone can start with that rom later on.

I need help, i am in same situation as you freedonkey, but i don't know where to get the files you reffer to:
1. downloaded HoFo mod to renamed it to update.zip and copied it to SD card
2. used a recovery img and did a fast boot and loaded the img
3. after the reboot did a clean wipe
4. loaded the HoFo rom from the recovery mode.
The HoFo mod and which recovery image should i use and where to get it ?
My phone specs so far are:
Sapphaire pvt 32A eng s-off H
Hboot-1.33.2005(SAPP50000)
CPLD-12
Radio-6.35.08.29
Apr 20 2009, 15:30:43
ps: I am not sure, but i dont know what model is mine (i am kind of a newbie :/) i think it should be Rogers, but not sure, bought it in Portugal blocked to TMN phone company.

I also "soft-bricked" my Magic when installing a new ROM. I had wrong radio and didn't wipe before trying to install - all I was left was the HTC boot splash.
I was then, after a few days of reading & thinking, able to restore the device! I had bought it used so I had no warranty.
I used ADB to check out if the device was alive or dead. I wiped everything that was left (kernel, boot, system and userdata) and flashed new radio that would work with CM5/6. After that I flashed Amon_RA 1.71 Recovery, a 1.6 Donut ROM, gapps and new kernel. It worked! After that (for a month) I've been playing with CM6 nightlies and RC's.
If you don't want root capablities, just the original ROM, there should be good info on that. But if you do, I would recommend to follow CyanogenMod instructions from their wiki - they're helpful and easy to follow.

NaDaBrAvItChKa said:
I need help, i am in same situation as you freedonkey, but i don't know where to get the files you reffer to:
1. downloaded HoFo mod to renamed it to update.zip and copied it to SD card
2. used a recovery img and did a fast boot and loaded the img
3. after the reboot did a clean wipe
4. loaded the HoFo rom from the recovery mode.
The HoFo mod and which recovery image should i use and where to get it ?
My phone specs so far are:
Sapphaire pvt 32A eng s-off H
Hboot-1.33.2005(SAPP50000)
CPLD-12
Radio-6.35.08.29
Apr 20 2009, 15:30:43
ps: I am not sure, but i dont know what model is mine (i am kind of a newbie :/) i think it should be Rogers, but not sure, bought it in Portugal blocked to TMN phone company.
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Can anyone give me any tip?? i don't know which file should i get for my phone :| or even where to get it .. any help would be really appreciated

kanttii said:
I also "soft-bricked" my Magic when installing a new ROM. I had wrong radio and didn't wipe before trying to install - all I was left was the HTC boot splash.
I was then, after a few days of reading & thinking, able to restore the device! I had bought it used so I had no warranty.
I used ADB to check out if the device was alive or dead. I wiped everything that was left (kernel, boot, system and userdata) and flashed new radio that would work with CM5/6. After that I flashed Amon_RA 1.71 Recovery, a 1.6 Donut ROM, gapps and new kernel. It worked! After that (for a month) I've been playing with CM6 nightlies and RC's.
If you don't want root capablities, just the original ROM, there should be good info on that. But if you do, I would recommend to follow CyanogenMod instructions from their wiki - they're helpful and easy to follow.
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Thanks for the help kantiii, i will see what i can doo tonight when i get back home

Hey again Kantii,
I am sorry i am bit newbie, I figure out my phone is still alive sthoughout ADB as u did, but i don't know for sure how to:
1- I wiped everything that was left (kernel, boot, system and userdata)
- I actuall wiped it after i turned the phone on with Home+off buton, does that inclued kernel and system wipe ?
2- flashed new radio that would work with CM5/6
- CM = Cyanogen Mod ??? which of these files u recomend to me ? (Both radio and CM5/6 ?)
3- I flashed Amon_RA 1.71 Recovery, a 1.6 Donut ROM, gapps and new kernel
- Is Amon_RA 1.71 Recovery compatible with any HTC MAgic ???
I am really newbie about all this so I would appreciate all details! :|
thanks a lot for everything so far anyway

Sorry for long time no reply! I had not checked my mailbox!
You should wipe them in fastboot:
1. Turn your phone on by pressing back + power until you are in fastboot & see the skating droids. Another method to do this is turning the phone on by pressing volume down + power and then the back key.
2. Connect the device to your pc (make sure you see FASTBOOT USB on the phone display) and run CMD
3. type "fastboot devices" and check if your phone is plugged in correctly and you see the device ID.
4. Now you can wipe them correctly with fastboot:
4.1 type "fastboot erase [system/cache/userdata/boot/kernel/recovery all separately]" (without brackets etc, they are here to make reading easier)
4.2 Download:radio http://www.theandroidkitchen.com/fi...es/?download=Radio_HTC_PVT_32A_3.22.20.17.img
SPL http://briancrook.ca/android/3.22/hboot-1.33.2005.img
recovery http://rapidshare.com/files/387932922/recovery-RA-sapphire-v1.7.0H-cyan.img​4.3. Move the downloaded files to C:\ (and if you want, rename to Radio.img and Hboot.img and Recovery.img) so it is easier to use them. After that type "cd.." in cmd repeatedly until you are in C:\
5. Now you should be able to flash the radio, SPL and recovery images:
5.1 Type "fastboot flash radio Radio.img"
5.2 Type "fastboot flash hboot Hboot.img"
5.3 Type "fastboot flash recovery Recovery.img"
5.4 In each step wait until fastboot says it has finished - if you won't, you have to start everything again or may brick your device.
6. Now in your phone press menu to power down it. Then boot again to fastboot to confirm you flashed correctly:SAPPHIRE PVT 32A ENG S-OFF H
HBOOT-1.33.2005
RADIO-3.22.20.17​7. Now power down the device again and boot to recovery by pressing home + power.
7.1 In recovery, check that it works correctly (no lag, no crashes, functions work properly)
8. Now you can install CyanogenMod 6 and enjoy fast FroYo on your Magic
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=Upgrading_from_CyanogenMod_4.2_to_CyanogenMod_5/6
Good luck and hopefully you can restore your device!

kanttii said:
Sorry for long time no reply! I had not checked my mailbox!
You should wipe them in fastboot:
1. Turn your phone on by pressing back + power until you are in fastboot & see the skating droids. Another method to do this is turning the phone on by pressing volume down + power and then the back key.
2. Connect the device to your pc (make sure you see FASTBOOT USB on the phone display) and run CMD
3. type "fastboot devices" and check if your phone is plugged in correctly and you see the device ID.
4. Now you can wipe them correctly with fastboot:
4.1 type "fastboot erase [system/cache/userdata/boot/kernel/recovery all separately]" (without brackets etc, they are here to make reading easier)
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Not to thread hijack, but these instructions look well suited to my situation. At step 4.1 I get the error "FAILED (remote: not allow)". How to solve?

These instructions are only for Magic, but..
Post your fastboot details, please.

Hi my magic 32b is stuck on vodaphone splash screen.no fastbiot or recovery.but chargeable via usb and has blue light too.can u show me steps to softunbrick
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App

Sorry, but 32b is out of my area
Try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=755903
After that, test if you can get to fastboot or hboot (fastboot: back + power, hboot vol down + power). Then report back and search the forum for further help on restoring your device with new SPL & radio & recovery & ROM
Otherwise, if these won't work you could try JTAG.
Hope this helps,
kanttii

Recovery problems with 1.33.0004 (Blank screen - black screen)

Hello and sorry for my bad english.
I was using an HTC magic 32B before getting my nexus one.
Recently I decided to give the magic to my girlfriend to remplace her old nokia.
My magic was on custom rom (Super D 1.8) but, when I want to do a hard reset, the phone just reboot.
So I tried to go to the recovery (amon ra custom recovery) to wipe or change the rom to a most recent.
And, instead of having the recovery i have a black screen, juste have to reboot the by pulling out the battery.
Also, when the phone boot i've first the "SFR" logo and then, instead of the bootimage i've only an black screen, juste the time of the bootimage, after that, i juste have to presse the menu button to wake up the device.
I don't understand what it happens bescause before getting my N1 it was working fine...
Juste see on a video i've done, a part of second before pin code asking, there is the "android" displaying...
I can't post the video cause i'm new membre
I hope someone here avec an answer !
Thanks to all the XDA comunity

gniouki said:
Hello and sorry for my bad english.
I was using an HTC magic 32B before getting my nexus one.
Recently I decided to give the magic to my girlfriend to remplace her old nokia.
My magic was on custom rom (Super D 1.8) but, when I want to do a hard reset, the phone just reboot.
So I tried to go to the recovery (amon ra custom recovery) to wipe or change the rom to a most recent.
And, instead of having the recovery i have a black screen, juste have to reboot the by pulling out the battery.
Also, when the phone boot i've first the "SFR" logo and then, instead of the bootimage i've only an black screen, juste the time of the bootimage, after that, i juste have to presse the menu button to wake up the device.
I don't understand what it happens bescause before getting my N1 it was working fine...
I hope someone here avec an answer !
Thanks to all the XDA comunity
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Kind of a strange problem.
Does the phone boot up still?
Did you try reflashing your recovery image? (flash_image recovery recovery.img)
if not
can you get into fastboot?
if so then fastboot flash recovery recovery.img from the command prompt of your pc.
Good luck.

Hello,
thanks for you answer.
I've tried to flash the recovery but didn't works.
I don't try the fastboot mod but I don't have the phone with me for the moment.
I'll try ASAP.
video : youtube.com/watch?v=RJmXjV8E4jw
edit : ok I asked to my girlfriend to try, fastboot works.

gniouki said:
Hello,
thanks for you answer.
I've tried to flash the recovery but didn't works.
I don't try the fastboot mod but I don't have the phone with me for the moment.
I'll try ASAP.
video : youtube.com/watch?v=RJmXjV8E4jw
edit : ok I asked to my girlfriend to try, fastboot works.
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Then we have a shot.
Procedure
1.Turn your phone off. Turn it on by holding Back and Power, or Vol. down and Power. Either way, boot into the bootloader.
You should see the three Androids on skateboards, and the menu title should say "Fastboot".
2.Connect your device to the computer. The display on your phone should now say "Fastboot USB".
3.Open up the shell/terminal on your computer, and type
fastboot devices [enter]Your device should be listed with it's serial number, and should say "fastboot".
4.Change directory to where you have saved your recovery image. I.e. type "cd /path/to/recovery.img in windows prompt, press enter.
5.You may issue a "dir" command (Windows) or "ls" (Unix/Linux) to make sure you are at the right directory, or just skip this step.
6.Type
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img [enter]
Check your phone's display, as recovery is being sent and flashed to your device.
Check your command prompt/shell to make sure the process is over.
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Thanks a lot.
I try it as soon as possible and will post here to say if has work.
Thanks again, I love XDA community

Hello again,
when i try to flash recovery via fastboot i've got this message :
remote: signature verify fail.
I've the 1.7.0G amon ra recovery and a 32B magic with Hboot 1.33.0004
When i try to run the recovery with : fastboot boot recovery.img i've got a reboot, SFR logo and black screen.
Could you help me with these information ?
Thanks

gniouki said:
Hello again,
when i try to flash recovery via fastboot i've got this message :
remote: signature verify fail.
I've the 1.7.0G amon ra recovery and a 32B magic with Hboot 1.33.0004
When i try to run the recovery with : fastboot boot recovery.img i've got a reboot, SFR logo and black screen.
Could you help me with these information ?
Thanks
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Okay... I think that you need the Engineering SPL because right now you should see SHIP S-ON G on your screen. That means it's the standard SPL. To modify anything you need the Engineering SPL. In this case I think you need 2004 from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=529019 but to do that you may need to create a goldcard.
So just to verify with you, you cannot boot up your phone at all and you cannot access recovery? What do you get when you connect it to your computer, boot it up and type adb devices in the command prompt?
Also try starting the phone while holding MENU. This sometimes helps.

Thanks for your answer, i don't have the phone in my hands now, i'll ask to my girlfriend to boot it with home.
Adb devices didn't recognize my device.
edit : booting with home holding down bring me à black screen, certainly the "invisible" recovery.

gniouki said:
Thanks for your answer, i don't have the phone in my hands now, i'll ask to my girlfriend to boot it with home.
Adb devices didn't recognize my device.
edit : booting with home holding down bring me à black screen, certainly the "invisible" recovery.
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There is no such thing as an invisible recovery.
It is possible that your recovery was deleted or corrupted.
If you did have a recovery you would still be able to access the device through adb. All you would need to do is place Amon_Ra recovery.img (G) onto your sdcard with another phone or adapter, place it into your damaged device and boot it into your "invisible recovery" and use adb shell devices in command prompt. If you do have a recovery image installed (but no text) you should see your device. If not then you will probably have to start over with the goldcard. If it does detect your device then all you need to do is mount /sdcardflash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img (or whatever it's called)

Okay thanks, I'll try this ASAP.
I could put the recovery on the SD directly from the phone, right ?
Cause the phone could boot, just that I can't see recovery, do an hard reset and see the bootimage.

gniouki said:
Okay thanks, I'll try this ASAP.
I could put the recovery on the SD directly from the phone, right ?
Cause the phone could boot, just that I can't see recovery, do an hard reset and see the bootimage.
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Wait! What? If the phone boots then simply put the recovery file on your sdcard and run flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img from adb shell
-or-
from terminal on your phone
flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img

I'll try it,
how can i acces to the terminal of the phone ?
Thanks

gniouki said:
I'll try it,
how can i acces to the terminal of the phone ?
Thanks
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Through teminal emulator?

Ok, done it from the terminal emulator on the phone, seems working but still booting on a black screen

gniouki said:
Ok, done it from the terminal emulator on the phone, seems working but still booting on a black screen
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So you boot up your phone while holding the Home button and it gives you a plane black screen with absolutely NOTHING on it at all?
Hmmm... I would have to say that the next step is either:
Try a different recovery such as Clockwork
Start completely over with the Goldcard
Other than that... I really don't know.

This is exactly that, pressing home while phone is starting gives me a black screen with nothing on it.
I'll try another recovery and will see later for the goldcard.
thanks

gniouki said:
This is exactly that, pressing home while phone is starting gives me a black screen with nothing on it.
I'll try another recovery and will see later for the goldcard.
thanks
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Sounds good. Good luck.

Flashed the clockwork recovery and when trying to launch recovery it stuck on the SFR logo but normal boot still working
Edit : Using ROM Manager app it says that the clockwork recovery is installed...

Bump. I have no clue then man. I can't understand why all of a sudden you have nothing more than a blank (black) screen for recovery. The only thing left for you to try is the goldcard method. It will put your phone right back to the way that it was out of the box. Unrooted and everything. It'll be starting over from square one.
In fact, I rooted a friend Fender last night and I forgot how easy it was once you already had the goldcard. Simply:
place the card into the card slot,
reboot into bootloader,
press the back button and let it do it's thing.
Afterwards reboot the phone to bootloader again
go to fastboot mode and
fastboot flash radio radio.img,
fastboot flash hboot hboot.nb0,
fastboot flash recovery recovery-RA-sapphire-v1.7.0G.img.
Then power off the device.
Hold Home and power the device back on and Voila! You should have a recovery screen.
If that doesn't work... well... I would have to see it to believe it.
For details and links to create a goldcard just Google it. Easy to find.

Something I don't understand is that ROM Manager recognize my recovery ... so I've a recovery and it's realy invisible cause i've got this black screen ...

[Q] Cannot get into recovery mode after rooting by using super one click method

Hello all,
I have been using the super one click method to root my HTC Magic Saphhire 32A.
It works well so far albeit need to alter some SU files in the program. Running of terminal emulator with the command prompt SU confirmed that I have the superuser rights.
Now the problem is whenever I use ROM manager to reboot in recovery, the phone restart, HTC logo shows, then the next screen I see is a big asterisk and a phone image, after this I pressed Home + power, the screen manage to switch to Android system recovery utility, BUT with only 3 options:
1) Reboot system now
2) Apply sdcard:update.zip
3) Wipe data/factory reset
And in the end of the screen, there is one line highlighted in red: E: can’t open /cache/recovery/command
After the phone been rebooted, I switched off the phone. And Pressed vol - with power button, same issue happen too with the asterisk sign shows on the screen. After unrooting it, the phone recovery mode are back to normal with the 3 androids in skates appear on the screen.
Have anyone face the same problem? Any ways to sort this out? I am planning to back up my stock ROM, and wanted to try out some cyanogenmod ROM. I tried Googled and read lots of forum post but left without a solution. Any helps are appreciated! Cheers!
p/s: I am a noob in Android OS. XD

I have the legend and these is a process of booting the recovery from there as update.zip. have you tried renaming the ROM update.zip and flashing it from there?
Sent from my HTC Legend using XDA App

I fiddled with the ROm manger setting by choosing "delete recovery prior to flashing", and now it makes it worse.
I selected "reboot in recovery" in ROM manager and the phone reboot, but just stuck at the HTC start up screen.
I plugged in the phone while trying another recovery reboot, and it still stuck at the HTC screen, but with a red line on the top saying "fastboot USB". Gosh I think i am going no way with this...

E:Can’t open /cache/recovery/command
Same fault here mytouch 3g unlocked at&t 32b downgraded too cupcake and tried
getting E:Can’t open /cache/recovery/command

home and power button down still cant get you in recovery? you cant flash any other working rom?
32b myTouch 3g 2.2.1
Cyanogen Nightly 271
Hboot - 1.33.0006
Radio - 2.22.19.26i
Kernel - 2.6.35.9
ADW 1.3.3
ClockworkMod Recovery
Slideit keyboard

Did you flash custom recovery with ROM manager? Or you just rooted the phone with 1 click method?

Sorry for the late reply. I am just back from overseas business trips. I used Clockmod ROM Manager and did a backup, tried reboot in recovery, and the phone rebooted itself but stuck at the HTC logo now.
I can confirm that the phone is rooted with super user permission.
The reason being the phone didn't manage to get into recovery mode might be due to the missing recovery.img in the phone. Pushing the img file to phone through Clockmod didn't work apparently, so I tried command prompt from PC fastboot flash recovery c:\recoveryxyz.img. It failed too with an error remote failed.
I tried using the terminal emulator in the phone and tried pushing the recovery image again and it didn't happen too. Can some one please help? Cheers!

Download ROM manager and you have option that says install custom recovery it will install Clockwork, and you have flash alternative recovery it installs amon ra's recovery i prefer most

Will try it tonight and revert for the result. Cheers!

I have tried flashing alternate ROM through ROM manager and for once it managed to boot into recovery mode. BUT the device hang right after that, I can't select any of the options and have to pull the battery out to force shutdown.
I tried using fastboot flash recovery *.img remotely through my PC while the phone is in fastboot USB mode, and my command prompt stated FAILED (remote: not allow)
Urgh, I think I might have missed something here... Could some one please help? Cheers!
p/s: my objective is to upgrade my stock ROM android 1.5 to cyanogen ROM. Cheers!

I don't know whether this info helps but here goes:
phone info:
sapphire pvt 32A ship s-on H
Hboot- 1.76.0007 (SAPP10000)
CPLD - 12
RADIO - 6.35.07.29
AUG 4 2009

callmeneotheone said:
I have tried flashing alternate ROM through ROM manager and for once it managed to boot into recovery mode. BUT the device hang right after that, I can't select any of the options and have to pull the battery out to force shutdown.
I tried using fastboot flash recovery *.img remotely through my PC while the phone is in fastboot USB mode, and my command prompt stated FAILED (remote: not allow)
Urgh, I think I might have missed something here... Could some one please help? Cheers!
p/s: my objective is to upgrade my stock ROM android 1.5 to cyanogen ROM. Cheers!
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OK here is the thing did you chose right model of your phone? HTC magic is 32A and mytouch and something else is for 32B you maybe flashed the wrong one?

Thanks WoblyGoblin for taking your time to help. Yes, I have selected the correct phone model. I chose HTC Magic.

Did you install the recovery?
Sent from my HTC Magic using XDA App

I am stuck in trying to install recovery img into the phone. can't boot in recovery mode, tried ROM manager and remote push of recovery img into the phone.
Please refer to the previous post for more info. Cheers!

Ok here is the solution for you use this guide but download this apk and this recovery.
If you dont have 1.5 android but 1.6 download Terminal emulator from market and when you start it type first:
su
flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery-RA-hero-v1.6.2.img

Hello mate,
i just tried the method and I am stuck at FlashRec backup recovery image step.
I clicked on backup recovery image, but there is a command prompt that says:" backup FAILED: Could not run command.
FYI, I am running on Android 1.5. On the edge of giving up rooting and loading a custom ROM now and without a MARKET apps on the phone.

callmeneotheone said:
Hello mate,
i just tried the method and I am stuck at FlashRec backup recovery image step.
I clicked on backup recovery image, but there is a command prompt that says:" backup FAILED: Could not run command.
FYI, I am running on Android 1.5. On the edge of giving up rooting and loading a custom ROM now and without a MARKET apps on the phone.
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Did you try terminal emulator app?
And commands that i gave you?

yes mate, have tried flash_image recovery command from the terminal app and tries to restart in recovery without any result.
I have did a few research and read up and found out that I am stuck with the south east asia Magic model without the google based support, with no market apps and it is perfected SPL.
Quite upset by it. LOL!

callmeneotheone said:
yes mate, have tried flash_image recovery command from the terminal app and tries to restart in recovery without any result.
I have did a few research and read up and found out that I am stuck with the south east asia Magic model without the google based support, with no market apps and it is perfected SPL.
Quite upset by it. LOL!
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Try this

[super Guide]How to get out of a semi-brick

FIRST AS USUAL, I DONT TAKE ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE DAMAGE YOU MAY DUE TO YOUR DEVICE HOWEVER LOW THE CHANCES ARE YOU STILL TAKE ALL THE BLAME FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR PHONE!
Read everything before going threw with it
This guide is 1.0 i will add pics in 2.0 and 3.0 will have a universal solution
NOTE: THIS IS FOR FENDER AND 1.5 HEAD JACKS TRY ON OTHER DEVICES IF YOU WANT IT SHOULD WORK
Im making this guide because it took me forever to figure out how to unbrick my clients device because of dead links old post etc. In this guide you will learn a few adb/flash commands how to make a gold card and most important how to get your phone back.
Step 1
Note: to get into
Recovery hold home then hold power
Hboot hold volume down then hold power
Fastboot hold back then power
normal boot power
if you cant get into these your skrewed
Note: if you leave fastboot running unattended for 10-30 min it will become unresponsive just take the battery out then reboot into fastboot
can you get into h boot
if so continue to 2.0
can you get into fast boot
if so continue to step 1.5
can you boot into recovery or normal boot
if not your skewed you most likely need a jtag heres a method best of luck to you
Step 1.5
while in fastboot press down volume to get into hboot
continue to step 2.0
Step 2.0
Download these files
sappimg
custom recovery
Step 3.0
how to make a gold card
boot into h boot and flash that sappimg
Note: it will not work unless you've put in on your gold card and it will auto find it self
*If it tells you Error – Wrong Model ID or anything similar, the goldcard was not created correctly, go back to that procedure and try again.
after youre done and reboot you should not be able to boot correctly and your phone should say htc magic just uplug your battery and boot into fastbboot
dont panicyour also most done
congrats you now have a engineering spl
now get to downloading these
CyanogenMod 6.1
google apps
new kernel
hboot
radio
Note: these next step are from DonJuan692006 just modified a bit
download the Custom Recovery Image and save it to the C:\AndroidSDK\Tools folder you setup during the ADB setup procedure as well:
Amon Ra’s Recovery
Step 4.0
now go here to download the correct boot for your phone before continuing
note: dont follow the unlockr this time
Step 5.0
Now that you have the recovery, spl, splash screen and radio all saved in the tools folder of the Android SDK (same folder as the adb program), plug in your phone (while in fastboot mode from step 3).
dont forget to rename the files properly are the fastboot commands wont work
name Amon Ra’s Recovery into recovery etc
Open the command prompt on your computer and type the following with hitting enter at the end of each line:
cd\ AndroidSDK\tools
fastboot devices
A serial number should come up, indicating that your computer can see the phone in fastboot mode. If so continue by typing in the following with hitting enter at the end of each line:
fastboot flash splash1 splash.nb
fastboot flash radio radio.img
fastboot flash hboot hboot.nb0 (the 0 at the end of this line is a zero not an oh).
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
Once the phone starts to turn back on begin holding home and power (do not let go until you see the recovery mode) to boot into recovery mode.
This could take a while. I believe the first time I tried to get in I had to hold them down for ~1 minute before getting in. You should see the HTC Magic splash screen pop up first. There is a guide to changing out the splash screen (which is just a picture) within these forums but I'll leave it to you guys to search for it.
You should end up in Amon Ra’s recovery mode.
At this point, you want to plug your ORIGINAL SD card into your computer and copy the "DCIM" and "Music" folders (if you have them) over to your computer to backup your pictures/video/music. Then take the Goldcard out of your phone and put your ORIGINAL SD back in.
With your phone connected via USB to your computer and in Amon Ra's Recovery, highlight USB MS and press the trackball. This should mount your SD card to your computer so that you can move files to it.
Cyanogen 6.1
Google Apps
614 MHz OC/UV Kernel
Note: You need the OC kernel because there's a known issue with CM 6.1 having a green tint without flashing a new kernel.
Copy those three files over to your phone's SD within Windows, "Safely remove hardware" in Windows, then disable USB MS by pressing the Home button. Back out to the main screen.
In the recovery select "Wipe" and you want to wipe "data/factory reset" then "Davik-cache".
Back out to the main menu and select "Flash zip from sdcard". First you want to select " update-cm-6.1.0-DS-signed.zip" and hit Home to confirm. Once complete, select "Flash zip from sdcard" and this time select "gapps-mdpi-tiny-20101020-signed.zip" and hit Home to confirm. Once complete, one again select "Flash zip from sdcard" and this time select "oc614-cm-2.6.34.1-6.0.0rc2-signed.zip" and hit Home to confirm.
Back at the main screen select "Reboot system now". This will load your phone back up as normal and you should now have a working rooted phone with the Cyanogen 6.1 ROM! Jump in there and check it out.
youve saved your phone
thanks to for providing me with info and tools
the unlockr
DonJuan692006
Amon_RA
Binary100100
and last but not lease
Android

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if this tutorial is to hard to follow please tel me how to make it easier

" x " appears on the screen

Malfunction " x " appears on the screen !! help me what is going on

Haha... you'll need more information than that if you want real help.
Based on the limited information though I suspect your phone is stuck in a bootloop. I'd hook it up to the PC via USB and check the logcat. Probably something screwed up.. Maybe time to restore your latest backup.

Did you flash any ROM if so, did you clean your Dalvic+REgular Cache

If you don't have an Recovery:
- Connect your Micro SD on PC
- Download and insert on SD the stock ROM of your Nexus One
- Power ON your Nexus with Volume Down Pressed.
- Autmotically Restore Nexus (You should say Yes xD)
At this time, you decide if you want to be root and install other ROM

you better just list your setup info before doing anything
locked/unlocked bootloader
rooted/unrooted
which recovery are you using
what rom are you running stock/custom
what were you doing when this happened
a couple safe things you can do in meantime is to pull battery and reinsert and power on
if it goes back to X, pull battery and DO NOT power on. Hold down the pwr button and trackball at same time and see if you can get into recovery
the third is hold down trackball/vol-/power at same time while X is on screen and see if you can get to recovery that way
if you can't get to recovery you will need to fastboot new recovery, assuming you are unlocked
once you get into recovery do a nandroid if you are rooted
and copy it to pc as a secondary backup
it is possible you may need to try the passimg method in wiki
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/Nexus_One/Guides_&_Tutorials#Unroot_.2F_Restore_your_Nexus
also to do fastboot commands you need usb debugging selected on phone--hope it is

Hello, i have a similar problem with my n1
the phone starts and just shows the nexus X - (waited for 15 min. nothing happend)
i can go to the bootloader / fastboot menu with PWR + (Vol-) but i can not go to the recovery mode. -> the phone reboots and get stuck at the X
the phone is rooted
blackrose / hboot 7.35.5017
radio 5.12.00.08
recovery was ext4
i had a german ics miui rom installed and tryed to install the latest ics miui us rom after it didn't booted the miui us rom i turned the phone off and tryed a few hours later to turn it on to reflash the german ics miui rom.
1.)
i tryed to install a new recovery image ->
recovery-clockwork-5.0.2.0-passion &
recovery-RA-passion-v2.2.1
(still get stuck at the X if i try to go to recovery mode)
2.)
i tryed this one with the passimg.zip but nothing happens if i put in the sd card :/
(with nothing i mean the green text show that the sd card is checking for PASSDIAG.zip and PASSIMG.zip but dosn't found it)
i also tryed:
3.)
erased boot
flash boot from passimg.zip (PASSIMG_Passion_Google_WWE_2.18.1700.1_FRG83_release_signed)
4.)
erased cache
erased userdata
started again with 1.)
5.)
got frustrated and erased system -.-
any ideas?

study it ,thank you
study it ,thank you

Hmm, sorry if its obvious but i have no idea what it could be or what i have to search to find the solution. Would be nice if you could give me a hint. Of course im not asking for a step by step solution. Thank you.
Send from my awesome SE K800i

not sure why you are flashing boot images
do you have a nandroid--copy your sdcard with the nandroid to pc--all of sdcard
are you flashing thru fastboot in command window
did you read my post above on getting to the fastboot screen--can you do that--the one with the 3 androids
pwr/vol-/trackball same time, may take 20-30 seconds
if you can get there, put your recovery image in your fastboot folder on pc, normally tools--assuming you have sdk installed, your phone must have usb debugging checked--I hope
open a command window and change directory to the tools folder or wherever the fastboot.exe file is. Something like:
cd/
cd/ android/android-sdk-windows/tools for me
then on same line type
fastboot devices (it should show your phone H#)
fastboot erase system
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img (or the exact name of the recovery image, checked by right clicking on the img file in your tools folder and looking under properties)
I would use amonra you listed above and check the md5 if possible
hopefully the recovery will flash
if not you can go to the wiki link i posted above and try passimg metthod from there, use correct one. don't add the .zip. Windows will had it automatically.
a side note, DON"T flash different roms without wiping all including System 3 times before flashing--prevents a lot of problems

rugmankc said:
a side note, DON"T flash different roms without wiping all including System 3 times before flashing--prevents a lot of problems
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thank you very much
i already tryed everything else what you wrote but i didn't wiped 3 times... after erasing recovery partition 3 times i was able to flash a new recovery and it started.
Thanks a lot!

Glad that you got it