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Probs with getting into recovery menu

Hey XDA
Im having a little problem with my Magic.
I would like to flash a new ROM, but i cant get into the recovery menu.
Here is what i do:
I have installed the latest version of SDK on my computer.
I then connect my Magic with the cable, and when Vista comes up with the note saying that want to install the software i tell it to use the drivers that are in the SDK/usb_driver/x86 folder.
I then turn off the phone, and press and hold back button + power button until the phone shows the "3 androids on skateboard" menu.
Then on my computer in the cmd prompt i write: fastboot boot recovery.img, and the the cmd prompt says: <waiting for device> and the nothing else happens, the recovery image dosn't show up on the phone either.
I have checked with adb devices that my phone is connected.
Are there anyone that can help me with this problem because its beginning to annoy me alot, i would like to root my phone and flash another ROM.
So any help would be much appreciated.
Per

Just to check, you made sure you have a spl that's rootable?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=529019
And fallowed this before fastboot.
First, setting up your PC (I'm going to assume you're using windows for this) to work with Android in a debugging enviroment.
1. Get the latest Android SDK from here (http://developer.android.com/sdk/1.5_r2/index.html) and unzip it into a convienent directory (most people use C:\Android\, so I suggest you do the same). The result should be something along the lines of C:\Android\android-sdk-windows-1.5_r2\.
2. Set up your phone to work with debugging drivers. The method of doing so can be found here (http://developer.android.com/guide/...ing/device.html) in the "Setting up a Device for Development" section, steps 2 and 3. To test that it works properly, open up a command prompt and navigate to the tools directory (C:\Android\android-sdk-windows-1.5_r2\tools). Type into the prompt:
Code:
adb devices
If it returns your device and serial number, then you're all set.
3. Lastly, grab fastboot.exe from here (http://www.htc.com/www/support/android/adp.html) and place it in the tools directory of the sdk.
Next up, rooting.
Clinton

Thx for the answer, but there is a problem with one of the links you posted, the last one of them (http://developer.android.com/guide/...ing/device.html). it dosn't work.
But you also write something about the SPL, i dont know if i have the right SPL, how can I see if its the right one i have? I've tried reading the link about the SPL, but my problem is that i cant even get into the recovery menu, so i cant flash a new SPL either, or am i wrong?
Please help me
Per

To check your SPL just boot up fastboot (back + power) then just look at the top and see what it says. Then check on the first link I posted and see if your SPL is rootable or not.
Don't know why the last link didn't post proper Here it is.
Clinton

perevers said:
Hey XDA
Im having a little problem with my Magic.
I would like to flash a new ROM, but i cant get into the recovery menu.
Here is what i do:
I have installed the latest version of SDK on my computer.
I then connect my Magic with the cable, and when Vista comes up with the note saying that want to install the software i tell it to use the drivers that are in the SDK/usb_driver/x86 folder.
I then turn off the phone, and press and hold back button + power button until the phone shows the "3 androids on skateboard" menu.
Then on my computer in the cmd prompt i write: fastboot boot recovery.img, and the the cmd prompt says: <waiting for device> and the nothing else happens, the recovery image dosn't show up on the phone either.
I have checked with adb devices that my phone is connected.
Are there anyone that can help me with this problem because its beginning to annoy me alot, i would like to root my phone and flash another ROM.
So any help would be much appreciated.
Per
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Sound like you're not using the right Recovery .img
Check here to start with: http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=HTC_Sapphire_Hacking#sec03

ClintonH said:
To check your SPL just boot up fastboot (back + power) then just look at the top and see what it says. Then check on the first link I posted and see if your SPL is rootable or not.
Don't know why the last link didn't post proper Here it is.
Clinton
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I have the: SAPPHIRE PVT 32A SHIP S-ON H
HBOOT-1.33.0010 (SAPP10000)
CPLD-12
If what im reading at the first link is correct, my SPL cant be root'et, or im not reading the first link correctly?
And if i need a new SPL, how do i flash that one? and what SPL should i choose? and last, how can i then get my SPL back to how it is now if i need to get the phone to repair?
Per
antonram said:
Sound like you're not using the right Recovery .img
Check here to start with: http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=HTC_Sapphire_Hacking#sec03
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I am using the right recovery image, i also tried the one you linked, that didn't work either
Per

perevers said:
I have the: SAPPHIRE PVT 32A SHIP S-ON H
HBOOT-1.33.0010 (SAPP10000)
CPLD-12
If what im reading at the first link is correct, my SPL cant be root'et, or im not reading the first link correctly?
Per
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Afraid your not going to be able to root right now. It's in the works though so it might be soon.
Clinton

ClintonH said:
Afraid your not going to be able to root right now. It's in the works though so it might be soon.
Clinton
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Damn, thats a load of ..... (sorry).
I have just got my phone back from the repair shop because the camera restarted the phone everytime i tried to use it. Before i sent it to repair i had no problem rooting it or getting in the recovery menu.
But can you tell what the problem is? is it because the recovery image dosn't work with my SPl and the recovery image guys need to "crack" my SPL first or what?
Per

perevers said:
Damn, thats a load of ..... (sorry).
I have just got my phone back from the repair shop because the camera restarted the phone everytime i tried to use it. Before i sent it to repair i had no problem rooting it or getting in the recovery menu.
But can you tell what the problem is? is it because the recovery image dosn't work with my SPl and the recovery image guys need to "crack" my SPL first or what?
Per
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Here you go read This on the SPL. By the way which phone do you have? Is it a Rogers Magic? Just good to know what's not rootable, you should post your phone details in that thread if it's something not listed on the first page.
Clinton

ClintonH said:
Here you go read This on the SPL. By the way which phone do you have? Is it a Rogers Magic? Just good to know what's not rootable, you should post your phone details in that thread if it's something not listed on the first page.
Clinton
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Its a HTC branded magic, dont know if its a rogers. But im from Denmark, and bought it in Denmark. dont know if that helps.
Thx for the help, will read the thread.
Btw. can you tell where i can see how far they are in "cracking" this SPL?
Per

HELP!! Bricked phone

Well as the title says i bricked my phone
it hapened when i tried too gain root with a (whitch i didnt know at the time) obsolete guide described here http://theunlockr.com/2009/07/08/how-to-root-your-htc-magic/ i did all that it said should bee done but now when i boot i only get too the htc magic screen and it freazes there
since it is a software issue it MUST bee posible too reflash it with a workin rom or something like that but all methods i have tried have failed to help me and i have tried numerous both methods and img's and update.zip's
soo if you have sugestions (or better yet a solution) please post as a maniac
sincerest NoaT

What device do you have and what ROM did you flash? In recovery, did you you do a backup?

stupid me
origins81 said:
What device do you have and what ROM did you flash? In recovery, did you you do a backup?
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i used the rom provided on the page and no i where stupid/cocky enough to not make a backup
after it didn't work i tried several ather rom's (thinkin it might have been a baad rom to start with)
but i where thinkin (after reading this thread that maybee i could fin the .img files hee mentions too re-flash somewhere on the web, but no luck so far

Go into fastboot mode and tell me which board you have by rebooting and holding down the Back button and pressing the Power/End Call button
PVT32B use this recovery image here
and any of these SPL's found here and any ROM labeled 32B
PVT 32A use this method and recovery image here and any ROM labeled 32A
Connect to pc via USB
fastboot boot (enter recovery here).img
Unplug from USB
Apply update.zip from the menu list

origins81 said:
Go into fastboot mode and tell me which board you have by rebooting and holding down the Back button and pressing the Power/End Call button
PVT32B use this recovery image here
and any of these SPL's found here and any ROM labeled 32B
PVT 32A use this method and recovery image hereand any ROM labeled 32A
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i have the 32a model, but first of what is this spl thing and is it not nessesary for the 32a model?
and second of if it is could you post a link to that aswel and maybe a guide on how to flash spl's (like can i put both the spl and the rom on the flash drive at the same time and save the whole proces of takin the sd out of the phone to transfere files to it?)
thanks already NoaT

If you need root then you NEED the SPL. All links are provided in my last post. Follow the instructions for the 32A device
Yes you can put both the SPL and ROM on the same card at the same time, make sure you label them differently like update1 for your SPL first and update2 for the ROM. Use choose update option in recovery in the menu list in order to see both

origins81 said:
If you need root then you NEED the SPL. All links are provided in my last post. Follow the instructions for the 32A device
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werry well thx alot ill get right hackin, ill let you know if it works

THX
WoW thx alot for the great help!!!
i tried this rom because the rom frome the tutorial didnt work and now it's workin (still have no clue what went wrong the first many times...?)
but do you know a way to check if i have root already?

Go back into fastboot and check whether security is off S-OFF, well you already flashed a custom ROM so that's indication there
Great it worked out
Cheers

origins81 said:
Go back into fastboot and check whether security is off S-OFF, well you already flashed a custom ROM so that's indication there
Great it worked out
Cheers
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YEA thx alot your the MAN

i just bricked my phone :(

when it was on it said sd card damaged and i turned it off and now trying to turn it back on its just wont go past the hero screen
i have mytouch
plz help!!!

try and take out the sdcard

bro, can u enter fastboot mode by pressing back and power button or recovery mode by pressing Home + Power button..
if you can enter those two mode then u aren't brick! just flash the rom again..

lesjaw said:
bro, can u enter fastboot mode by pressing back and power button or recovery mode by pressing Home + Power button..
if you can enter those two mode then u aren't brick! just flash the rom again..
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yes i can i tried flashing it but it wont read sd card and beside theres no rom on my sd card

the phone wont get pass hero screen what do i do

flash a new rom?!?!

maxisma said:
flash a new rom?!?!
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but how? get a new sd card and a sd card adapter? put the rom in there? then try

flameinthefire said:
but how? get a new sd card and a sd card adapter? put the rom in there? then try
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yes!....

REally not trying to be a ****, but how the hell do you think you bricked because your sd card was damaged? LOL

cuz he didn't do his reading, just like he didn't read what does and does not belong in development. This seems like it would be better suited to go in the general section.

tazz9690 said:
cuz he didn't do his reading, just like he didn't read what does and does not belong in development. This seems like it would be better suited to go in the general section.
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ALright, before anything else, yes I did my research (going for 6 hours now). After managing to root my HTC magic (32 BNTT DOCOMO with perfect SPL 00006, donut) to Amon Ra's 2010 (S-H), I tried to downgrade my donut to cupcake. I've already flash my radio from 32A to 32B radio as recommended at Amon Ra's site. However when I was in the process of downgrading (I've downloaded the image from the HTC website (cupcake), all the checklist checked good with the exception of the SPL. CHecklist requires the Hboot for 2005 not 2010. In order to comply with the chechlist my d*mb ass just decided to flash the hboot(2005) and rebooted my phone w/out realizing the consequence.... So now my phone is stuck at boot logo for almost 3 hours with no fastboot access. Any takers???....

[Q] Help with my MT3g 1.2 I think its bricked?

my phone wont come off the the spalsh screen, even when i try to bootinto recovery or fastboost its just stuff on the green screen and the pixels are funny for some reason. i dont know exactly what i did but i tried to flash a new radio and spl is there any hope?

itsomaryo said:
my phone wont come off the the spalsh screen, even when i try to bootinto recovery or fastboost its just stuff on the green screen and the pixels are funny for some reason. i dont know exactly what i did but i tried to flash a new radio and spl is there any hope?
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You can't get into bootloader at all?
If you can't get into bootloader or recovery then yes... you are bricked.
What did you do?

im not trying to hijack this thread but i didnt want to create a duplicate. mine also gets stuck on the splash screen. It wont load my recovery files and the adb interface on my computer wont work. im at a loss. Previously it was rooted with cyanogen mod 6.0

bassdroid said:
im not trying to hijack this thread but i didnt want to create a duplicate. mine also gets stuck on the splash screen. It wont load my recovery files and the adb interface on my computer wont work. im at a loss. Previously it was rooted with cyanogen mod 6.0
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can you get in to the SPL? (vol - and power)

AdrianK said:
can you get in to the SPL? (vol - and power)
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yes. i can do vol- and power and the white screen comes up with radio and spl showing.

I don't know what did but I fixed it. All I did was keep trying to flash the newest cyanogen rom and I wiped all caches and somehow it finally took I am sending from it now. But my hd2 will still remain primary phone
Sent from my HTC Magic using XDA App

I did it through the h boot and installed zip from sd card
Sent from my HTC Magic using XDA App

How did you do it?
bassdroid said:
I did it through the h boot and installed zip from sd card
Sent from my HTC Magic using XDA App
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Hello,
How did you do it? I cannot pass the splash screen but I can enter the FASTBOOT menus with the 3 skaters
Thanks

All I did was wrote every cache and try installing a fresh rom a few times and somehow it worked. I was kinda surprised myself.
Sent from my Nexus One using XDA App

my solution on 10 second your magic will be alive (100% PROVEN & TESTED)
if u have problem with your magic (stuck on logo screen) maybe my solution it's work...
pls see this video make sure you condition same like this
youtube.com/watch?v=hPoxMzm0MVU&hd=1
Pls follow my sollution (it work on my magic) for fix your magic first u don't panic because your magic will be have the recovery on the internal disk. u should be only recovery rebort your magic to earlier condition before your magic stuck on logo boot screen.
1.put off your magic battery (5 second) then put on again.
2.pls hold home button and then hold off button (power on) "until u see the screen cyanogen recovery bootloader" and then it's automaticly booting and pls chooses rebort recovery then recovery will started.
3.after that your magic freezed on recovery clockworkmod.
4.put your battery off on your magic and put on again.
5.your magic will be back alive
pls responsed my solution

[Q] Need help!! i think i semi bricked My HTC MAGIC

Hi everyone
First im super noob to this i have used this forum to update software on my windows mobile device but android is a lot more dificult if you are noob.
Ok to start i strugled to get fastboot working but after aboout 3 days strugle i managed to get it working.
Then I flashed amon ra 1.70 and then after that i installed the engineering spl and then a custom rom. i cant remember the name of the rom but i have double checked that it is for HTC MAGIC and also 32A. after i flashed the rom i cant boot the phone it stays on the vodacom splash screen the first screen when i put my phone on.
I have tried numeres other roms but no luck it just doest want to boot!!! I can still go in to amon ra and still use fastboot if that is a help.
I can send all the details of the phone tonight when i get from work. But any help will be graetly apreciated.
Regards

Please post your fastboot info.

keinengel said:
Please post your fastboot info.
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sapphire pvt 32A eng s-off h
hboot-1.33.2005 (sapp10000)
cpld-12
radio-3.22.20.17

Wrong spl. You need to install 1.33.2010.

keinengel said:
Wrong spl. You need to install 1.33.2010.
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thanx i will have a look when i get home to update that.
Will that solve my problem?

Reaper21 said:
thanx i will have a look when i get home to update that.
Will that solve my problem?
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I just upgraded the SPL to 1.33.2010 and still stuck on the boot screen.
I tried to install the rom again using fastboot flash system (rom).zip and it didnt work i dont know what to do must i also update the radio and if so how and where can i get the radio.
Please i am realy clueless now on what to do thanx for the help so far.

Okay, now you should have the right SPL and Radio. Start your phone in Recovery and connect it to your computer. Choose USB-MS Toggle and your phone's SD card will show up in My Computer. Copy the following files to the root of your SD card:
http://mirror.teamdouche.net/get/dream_sapphire/cm_dream_sapphire_full-285.zip
http://briancrook.ca/android/cm-ports/bc-6.1.0-ebi1-signed.zip
http://goo-inside.me/google-apps/gapps-mdpi-tiny-20101020-signed.zip
and safely remove the card using. Press Home on the phone to go out of the MS (Mass Storage) mode and then go to Flash zip from SD card. Flash them in the same order that I gave you above. When it's done, choose Reboot and it should boot up into a fully-working nightly build of CyanogenMOD.

keinengel said:
Wrong spl. You need to install 1.33.2010.
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All 1.33.20xx where xx can be 04,05,09 or 10 do work for that radio. So you are not right on the one. The problem is simple, either he/she does not give enough time for the "new" rom to load all the way ( which is 7-15 mins) or he/she did not do a wipe before running the rom.
Do this and it WILL work:
Download my fastboot commander from my signature, magic version.
Boot into fastboot and start the tool.
Go to "Misc" tab. Select all partitions (in the RED box) and click "erase chosen partitions".
Go to "Magic 32A" tab and click on "flash new".
When done, reboot into custom recovery (hold home + power together for 5 sec and let go).
Use the trackball to navigate.
Use the "usb-ms toggle" and copy this file inside the sdcard.
Press home on the phone to return to menu and then select "Flash zip from sdcard".
Now select the file from above.
When done choose to reboot into system, and ENJOY :0)
NB: it will take like 10-15 min before the system starts up.
GOOD LUCK.

mumilover said:
All 1.33.20xx where xx can be 04,05,09 or 10 do work for that radio. So you are not right on the one.
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Oops. Could have sworn .2005 only works properly with the 32B radio. My bad. Oh, well, he has 2010, which should be fine for all old-radio ROMs.
@Reaper21 To get you a bit more confused: 32A Magics (like the one you have) can run two different radio/spl combinations. One is the one you have (SPL 1.33.xxxx + Radio 3.22.xx.xx) - called "old radio" - and the second (SPL 1.76.xxxx + Radio 6.35.xx.xx) is the one you need to run most SenseUI ROMs (but others too - you'll spot them because the developers mention they are for the "new radio" or "6.35").
If you want a clean Android experience, closer to the default user interface, you can run CyanogenMOD and ROMs based on AOSP (Android Open Source Project) - most of them need the old radio. These have the advantage of always using the latest version of Android available.
If you want the fancier - but sometimes slower - SenseUI you can use the RCMagic (the one mumilover recommended), CleanMagic and others. The user interface is a lot friendlier, but you have to make do with Android 2.1 (instead of the latest official version - 2.2.1, with 2.3 coming up). This won't normally be a problem. I, for one, prefer SenseUI and I'm guessing mumi does too
Use mumilover's commander to switch between new and old. It should be safe, as long as your phone's battery is charged and you don't unplug the cable or anything
Let us know how it works out!

Ok guys internet was off for a while im having a look and downloading the files now. I realy hope it works. will keep you posted, and thanx for the replies so far

Dude thank you you are the best its working again booting into the mod and working fine accept the reason i Wanted to do the software is that for some reason my Sim cant cant register on to the network. I Have tried all 4 networks in my country and none work it just said that unable to connect to the network at this time try again later.
Can this be a hardeware fault?
But thanx at least the device boots and i can use GPS again

Is the phone locked to the original carrier?