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Semi bricked HTC Magic (Proximus) HELP NEEDED

Hi everybody,
Call me stupid if you like but....
I have a HTC Magic from Belgian telecomservice Proximus.
Some days ago I did the following.
- deleted all files from SD-card
- wrote down following:
SAPPHIRE PVT 32A ENG S-OFF H
HBOOT-1.33.2005 (SAPP 10000)
CPLD-12
RADIO-3.22.20.17
Apr 20 2009, 15:30:43
- ran the RUU_Sapphire_HTC_Europe_3.05.401.3_release_signed_NoDriver.exe
- RUU said: cannot find customer-ID
On this point my mobile was stuck on the RUU / USB screen
- I ran RUU_Sapphire_HTC_Europe_3.04.401.2_HTC_AT_test_signed_NoDriver
- RUU said: cannot find customer-ID
now my mobile says:
SAPPHIRE PVT 32A SHIP S-ON H
HBOOT-1.76.0009 (SAPP10000)
CPLD-12
RADIO-6.35.08.29
Dec 8 2009, 17:38:48
Now I think (I'm a noob) my mobile is semi-bricked.
I tried to make a Goldcard, but couldnt because I cannot run adb.
I can run fastboot from AndroidSDK/tools
adb doesnt find devices.. fastboot finds my device.
Anyone who can help me? I would be really thankfull.

Ouch ouch, looks like its more than semi bricked for now. Since it updated your spl to a perfected one there isn't hacked yet. I'm afraid that the only thing there might save this phone is running another RUU your mobile will accept. You have to find one which got 1.76.0009 or higher cause the S=ON now
If this wont work the only hope will be a spl hack will be released and will be done through fastboot.
But most of all it sounds like the best thing there could happen is that your warranty is still valid and they will replace it for you.
Anyway, don't take my words as 100% cause i'm no expert on this matter!!!
If you dare to try to flash another spl/radio through fastboot look at this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=605239
BUT, as your new spl is perfected it will most probably not work and ruin the possibility to use fastboot.
Maybe and just maybe, it will be easier to get a replacement if it's fully bricked and it's impossible to get into fastboot and recovery.

Thanks already for the fast answer.
Let me try your suggestions first.
Warranty will not be provided I assume.

I tried to reflash, I couldn't... Let's jst go to the shop and send it to repair-service.
Thanks for helping Ronni!!

radjagios said:
I tried to reflash, I couldn't... Let's jst go to the shop and send it to repair-service.
Thanks for helping Ronni!!
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Try to wait a little while, like i wrote i'm not an expert on this matter.
Maybe if you're lucky someone will drop by with a solution for it. But to be honest, i wouldn't keep my hopes up
And sorry didn't follow the thread, don't have any links for RUU cause i'm not really sure which you should use.
But if Belgium got the update which include HTC sense, i guess that would be the right one.

I found a solution to my problem.
Here's what did I do.
hxxp://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=656798

Got the exact same issue.
Tried the goldcard with the sandisk 2GB, but with an usb adapter. (I read the card should work)
I could do everything in the goldcard tutorial but when inserting the goldcard in the phone nothing happens at boot or when pressing the recovery keys at boot.
It jumps right away to versions screen.
The strange thing is though. Once I inserted the sd card in the phone, I can no longer use it on the PC (please insert media). Which I could do before.
When inserting the sdcard on another magic phone, it's working fine.
Going to get a Kingstong 2GB with sdcard adapter in the mean time and try it in the pc's card reader.
(HTC Magic 32A)
It really sucks Proximus sells android phones you cannot update. What's the use to have open source software then?
I also wander why the RUU update went wrong, once you root the phone is should work no ?

hmmm, I Read on this forum there is no fix for the 1.76.0009
h**p://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=548218&page=27
radjagios, can you confirm the goldcard is working for this?
You have any useful info like sappimg version you have put on it?

Bricked Magic 32B, Any chance of repair?

After installing the latest cyanogen mod my phone started to act sluggishly. So I decided to try and unroot the device, restoring the device to its factory status using fastboot. However, I accidently used the wrong .nbh file for this. I used Sappimg.nbh (which is designed for 32A models). Chaos ensues.
The phone picked up the sappimg and overwrote the system/recovery/spl succesfully, but since it's the wrong image, my phone is bricked. It can still boot, but it will not do anything once you enter your PIN-code, an error pops up after any second of activity, force closing everything. The only thing I am able to do is connect the SD-card to my computer trough quick use of the notification bar. I can't get to my recovery or create a goldcard since it will no longer accept fastboot commands (remote: not allowed error).
Model: HTC Magic Vodafone (Netherlands)
Hboot info:
Sapphire PVT 32B SHIP S-ON G
HBOOT-1.33.006 (SAPP10000)
CPLD-10
RADIO-2.22.19.261
Does anyone have any suggestions? I haven't really tried the goldcard method yet, and I have an additional android phone available it this helps in a way.

You can make a GoldCard with the other phone and it will work in your's. You'll need to get an engineering SPL loaded on your phone before you'll be able to reflash the correct SPL. Go the GoldCard route.

Alright, I've created a working goldcard using my spare android phone. I have never used a goldcard before though, and I'm not really sure how to use it. What are the steps nescessary to flash a new spl?

You just need to grab the correct sapping.nbh for your phone, copy it to your goldcard, put the goldcard in your phone, and boot into fastboot pressing back and power. The phone will check the image then tell you to press the trackball to flash if your goldcard is working right.
Sent from my HTC Magic using XDA App

Using the Sappimg extracted from the Vodafone NL RUU.exe still gives me CID incorrect errors. I have a goldcard inserted; are there certain steps necessary to guarantee its succes? If your pc can still read it after altering the hex values it should be working right?
Meanwhile, I've poked around a bit after booting the phone up, and it turns out I can still get to certain apps, but anything that requires the home screen results in an error that force closes everything, so I can't get into setttings. I can only get to items that are presented in the notification bar like text messages or e-mails. If only I could get to USB-debugging settings I could fastboot my way out of this mess...

I've managed to fix the software part by installing a home replacement app, so I'm good for now; I'll just have to see how I can re-root the device if I want to fix the default launcher I guess

For the incorrect CID, your GoldCard may not be any good. I ran into a problem when I first made mine and it didn't work. I ended up redoing everything, including reobtaining the CID via ADB and it worked the second time around.

Yep, that did the trick! It worked this time, I managed to get the code from my own phone this time through adb, and went through the steps of creating a goldcard again. Thank you, almighty goldcard, my phone is now up and running again Even managed to re-root and re-install cyanogenmod now.
\o/

[Q] Htc Magic 32A Semi-Bricked

I did a mistake and now im asking for advice because i dont want to brick it for good.
This is all i can see on my device after i tried to run the RUU update to 2.1 with sense
If i try to run again the RUU it says ERROR [170]: USB CONNECTION ERROR
SAPPHIRE PVT 32A SHIP S-ON H
HBOOT-1.76.0010 (SAPP10000)
CPLD-12
RADIO-3.22.20.17
Jan 14 2010,00:14:58
RUU
What can i do to bring him back alive ?
Big thx , Gabi.

First you must flash custom recovery,and then enter it and flash ENG SPL like 1.33.2010, and then you must download eyegor's radio switcher and flash all new and then install new rom

thx for the fast answer
This is my first time , but i still don't know the steps , i am very confused.
I have read about similar situations where goldcard was needed or a RUU solved the problem
If a RUU can solve my problem too it will be great.

Do you have Windows 7 or vista? I think i had same problem i did it on WinXP,which phone do you have Rogers Magic or something else?

I have windows 7 , i found a thread with a similar problem
now i`m trying to do a goldcard but i`m not pretty shure what to do with this after i am done, i just fallow the steps there
I have found 6-7 diferent RUU but only one can actualy see the phone and that is the RUU that actualy did this to my magic , the RUU update stops at the signature ,so with different os i may have a chance?

Here is the thing you can download only 1 RUU from htc site, you must go to country you are from select the right HTC magic i think you are using Rogers magic and then you must enter you S/N there and then you can download it. And install it on winxp. I must ask you something which android do you have 1.5 or 1.6?

I have obtained my htc RUU from my country site but when i try to apply it can't find my device sadly, i think is like you said only works in xp i will try today.
Now i have a goldcard but i dont realy know what to do with him , how can i use it to restore my phone.
Android 2.2 froyo with CyanogenMod 6 was , i was trying to make it to oficial 2.1 with sense

First of all you cant do RUU when you have CM6 it will brick your phone totaly, you must downgrade you phone to original Rogers 1.5 you should batter install some custom made Android made of rogers i created my own,be carefull very carefull.

So in my case is total brick?
How can i downgrade? and witch custom android?

If you want Rogees 2.1 android you just need to change spl (which i can give you,can you enter recovery?and which do you have),second thing is to use eyegor's radio switcher and just press flash new button via fastboot,and the restar to recovery again adn install rogers stock rom with root(which is like original only with root).and i must ask eyegor something so be patient

I can only enter in Fastboot , that is the problem the phone don't allow me to enter in recovery mode.
In my case a goldcard is useful? because i did one following a guide but i don't know how to use it stupid me

I never did goldcard but i know this that you must follow those instructuions if you made a good goldcard you must flash the right eng spl which is 1.33.2010 and if you do that right it will unbrick,and you must then install Custom recovery it is RA's 1.7.0H. When you finish that download eyegore's radio switcher and enter fastboot again and flash new option if do that right then you can boot to recovery and install ROM
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=778083
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=677045
And in fastboot you must have same specs like mine

Gabelu23 said:
I did a mistake and now im asking for advice because i dont want to brick it for good.
This is all i can see on my device after i tried to run the RUU update to 2.1 with sense
If i try to run again the RUU it says ERROR [170]: USB CONNECTION ERROR
SAPPHIRE PVT 32A SHIP S-ON H
HBOOT-1.76.0010 (SAPP10000)
CPLD-12
RADIO-3.22.20.17
Jan 14 2010,00:14:58
RUU
What can i do to bring him back alive ?
Big thx , Gabi.
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1) The reason you don't get connection to the RUUs is because you are in fastboot mode.
RUU needs adb connection mode
2) You have the wrong spl/radio combo. That's why you cannot boot your device to any system. To fix this you have to change the spl to 1.33.20xx version, where the xx can be 05, 09 or 10.
3) Following the logic from option 2 you have a problem!
The spl you have now is a perfected one, meaning you can't do anything with it. So changing only the spl is not possible (as fare as i know :0)
4) Following the logic from option 3 you have to use a goldcard and flash a sappimg.zip or sappimg.nbh.
Both will try to overwrite ALL data on the nand and restore the device to a state where you again have some control over it.
The solution)
You have to make a goldcard and use a combitable sappimg.zip/nbh.
Try this one:
http://rapidshare.com/files/421772202/SAPPIMG.nbh
Put the file on the root of the goldcard. Reboot into hboot or fastboot... let it work... when done restart and post the result here :0)
PS: Give thx to WoblyGoblin because he convinced me to help you out.

Looks like my card is not good for goldcard , i will try tomorrow again with a different card.
PS: BIG thx to both of you for you`r help!

I'm pretty sure your hosed. Once you run an RUU and it fails your stuck with RUU USB until a RUU is ran properly. Which wont happen in your case.
Sent using Tapatalk.

Why wont work in my case?
I think what mumilover told me can be a solution, i must try.

Any progress yet???

Gabelu23 said:
I can only enter in Fastboot , that is the problem the phone don't allow me to enter in recovery mode.
In my case a goldcard is useful? because i did one following a guide but i don't know how to use it stupid me
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if you have a goldcard, put in your device and flash with RUU rom.
if you didn't have a goldcard, download your original rom from HTC website and flash it
if you have non branded device, choose unbranded rom.
but if you have branded device, choose your branded rom.
i was semi brick (stuck in RUU mode) my device twice, and this solution working well for me

[Q] Stuck At Unzipping Screen (Now It Won't Go Into Recovery Mode)

Hey everyone.
I was rooting my MyTouch 3g w/3.5mm this morning. I'm following the instructions from here ( http://theunlockr.com/2010/03/11/how-to-root-the-mytouch-1-2-and-fender-mytouch/ ). I had apparently messed up when I was at the restart after flashing sappimg.zip onto the phone and was stuck at the HTC Magic Screen. I restarted my phone by holding down the Reject Call + Volume Down key and told it to flash sappimg.zip onto the phone again so I could redo it correctly. Unfortunately, it's stuck at the "[1] SYSTEM - UNZIPPING" stage. I'm afraid to turn it off because it says to not power off the device.
So, yeah, have I bricked my phone or is there a way to restart this process so I can successfully root?
Thanks much, and have a happy holiday.
EDIT: This sort of resolved itself, but now I can't get into recovery mode. :/

Rhaseo said:
Hey everyone.
I was rooting my MyTouch 3g w/3.5mm this morning. I'm following the instructions from here ( http://theunlockr.com/2010/03/11/how-to-root-the-mytouch-1-2-and-fender-mytouch/ ). I had apparently messed up when I was at the restart after flashing sappimg.zip onto the phone and was stuck at the HTC Magic Screen. I restarted my phone by holding down the Reject Call + Volume Down key and told it to flash sappimg.zip onto the phone again so I could redo it correctly. Unfortunately, it's stuck at the "[1] SYSTEM - UNZIPPING" stage. I'm afraid to turn it off because it says to not power off the device.
So, yeah, have I bricked my phone or is there a way to restart this process so I can successfully root?
Thanks much, and have a happy holiday.
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So your flashing the engineering spl for the first time or are you flashing the stock spl back?

Binary100100 said:
So your flashing the engineering spl for the first time or are you flashing the stock spl back?
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I'm flashing the engineering spl onto there for the first time.
It appears that being stuck at the Magic screen is normal according to a different (but similar) guide from the Cyanogen Wiki. Would it irreparably damage my phone if I removed the battery despite it being at the "Unzipping" screen for Sappimg (as I was unzipping sappimg for a second time) and proceeding with CyanogenMod's guide instead?
EDIT: It appears my phone just turned off on it's own (battery probably died). I'm going to try CyanogenMod's instructions and see if that works.
EDIT 2: So, I reflashed it with the sappimg that Cyanogen has on his wiki. So everything was smooth sailing until I got to the Recovery step. I cannot, for the life of me, to get it to boot in recovery mode. I hold HOME+POWER but nothing pops up.
EDIT 3: And it appears as if I've bricked it.

Rhaseo said:
I'm flashing the engineering spl onto there for the first time.
It appears that being stuck at the Magic screen is normal according to a different (but similar) guide from the Cyanogen Wiki. Would it irreparably damage my phone if I removed the battery despite it being at the "Unzipping" screen for Sappimg (as I was unzipping sappimg for a second time) and proceeding with CyanogenMod's guide instead?
EDIT: It appears my phone just turned off on it's own (battery probably died). I'm going to try CyanogenMod's instructions and see if that works.
EDIT 2: So, I reflashed it with the sappimg that Cyanogen has on his wiki. So everything was smooth sailing until I got to the Recovery step. I cannot, for the life of me, to get it to boot in recovery mode. I hold HOME+POWER but nothing pops up.
EDIT 3: And it appears as if I've bricked it.
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Will the rom start? If so, you didn't brick it.
Do you have the Engineering SPL on it? What SPL version do you currently have on there? Remember that if you have the T-Mobile US MyTouch w/3.5mm jack then you MUST have 32B recovery and radio and STOCK (1.33.0013) SPL before flashing a custom rom.
Best way to do it is to flash your custom recovery (I suggest Clockwork Recovery for Mytouch/ION devices) by fastboot.
Afterwards then flash your stock (S-ON) SPL back and then boot to recovery to flash your rom.
REMEMBER!!! YOU DO NOT HAVE A 32a DEVICE! DESPITE WHAT THE SPL SAYS... IT'S NOT TECHNICALLY A 32a DEVICE!!! You MUST treat is as a 32b.

Binary100100 said:
Will the rom start? If so, you didn't brick it.
Do you have the Engineering SPL on it? What SPL version do you currently have on there? Remember that if you have the T-Mobile US MyTouch w/3.5mm jack then you MUST have 32B recovery and radio and STOCK (1.33.0013) SPL before flashing a custom rom.
Best way to do it is to flash your custom recovery (I suggest Clockwork Recovery for Mytouch/ION devices) by fastboot.
Afterwards then flash your stock (S-ON) SPL back and then boot to recovery to flash your rom.
REMEMBER!!! YOU DO NOT HAVE A 32a DEVICE! DESPITE WHAT THE SPL SAYS... IT'S NOT TECHNICALLY A 32a DEVICE!!! You MUST treat is as a 32b.
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Oh, wow. That explains why I bricked the phone. The Amon_RA Recovery I put on there was 32a... I'm an idiot.
The phone won't start up at all. :/ Looks like I'm out $100 or so.
Thanks for that, though. I was going to give you a "Thanks" but it appears the button has disappeared for me.

Rhaseo said:
Oh, wow. That explains why I bricked the phone. The Amon_RA Recovery I put on there was 32a... I'm an idiot.
The phone won't start up at all. :/ Looks like I'm out $100 or so.
Thanks for that, though. I was going to give you a "Thanks" but it appears the button has disappeared for me.
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Can you still get into fastboot?

Binary100100 said:
Can you still get into fastboot?
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Nope. It won't turn on at all.

Rhaseo said:
Nope. It won't turn on at all.
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Won't boot, no recovery, no fastboot.
If it looks like a brick, if it sounds like a brick then it's probably...

I have a similar problem. I purchased this phone and it just almost works. It boots into fastboot just fine but not recovery. Here are the specifics as they stand now.
Sapphire unknown 32A ship S-on H
CLD 13
Radio 3.22.20.17
May 8 2009, 21:02:32
I made a good gold card...tried the 2010 spl...still hangs during unzip step of the flash process. Any other ROM and I get a main version older error.
Fastboot info version main 2.53.707.2
cid T-MOB010
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Nice job on probably bricking your phone. You've got the myTouch 1.2 which means you just flashed an incompatible radio. Congratulations!!! I honestly not sure what to tell you. Which sappimg are you trying to use to get the engineering SPL?

Like i said...it was like this when I bought it.
I'm going to try to do a poorman's JTAG...wish me luck.

jonk26.2 said:
wish me luck.
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Good luck! You can do it!
If you have any questions along the way, please don't hesitate to ask.
JTAG did in fact de-brick my MT3G 1.2 (bought from ebay) the first time I tried it. I made the mistake of flashing the stock ROM, so I would get to the "touch the android to begin" screen and couldn't get any further without a data plan. It wasn't until I probably flashed the wrong sappimg in a root attempt that I started experiencing the stuck at unzipping/FAIL-PU/remote signature verify fail problem...
FYI, I tried flashing radio 2.22.28.25 (the one from the OTA) using JTAG and the radata command, and it fixed my USB. I haven't experiemented much beyond that, but I'm planning to try some more things this weekend.
Moderators, I'd like to suggest merging this thread with http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=773368 and http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=771622 since they all seem to be discussing the same problem.

[Q] Some serious problems with Magic 32A.

Hi,
First of all, let me tell you what happened. I have had a standard htc magic with sense UI (perfected spl) so I done everything what was needed to upgrade my phone to other ROM. Everything was ok untill my girlfriend told me next day that she can't call me. I tried to call her, an it works but in other direction doesn't. So I decided to downgrade radio and engeniering SPL to flash other ROM and everytime I was trying to downgrade radio the phone screen turns dark. After a couple of times I came up with an idea to simply use patched RUU aplication to do it. This time it won't work either. Whats more the phone turned into s-on and it only boots into something like fastboot screen but there's nothing more like some informations about radio and stuff and RUU. And here is my question.
What can I do with my phone to bring him to life?
Is it posible to make a goldcard synthetically, I mean without pluging phone into USB to get some codes?
ps: Sorry about my english. I think my phone is more important at this time.

possible solution
Hello there,
yes, you can read the CID of an SD card from your pc too.
the CID is basically a serial number for your SD.
since S in SD stands for secure, some programmers can limit their applications to run only in the SD they were installed to by verifying the CID.
anyway, if you can access HBOOT mode (vol down + power), it would be a lot simpler flashing a basic RUU rom, then root it, install a recovery and do whatever you want.
If you choose to follow this method, I suggest you to restore a RUU with android 1.5 or 1.6, it's easier to root and you're sure everything will work. i heard 2.x version of android sotck roms for htc magic can have some problems in rooting process.
good luck to you!

I will try to get the CID of my SD card, but what's more complicated is that whatever way I want to turn my phone on it only boots with something like fastboot screen, but instead of options to choose on the screen i there's only RUU and when i plug-in the USB cable the sign changes into RUU USB. So accesing any other mode is imposible. Only the blue light mode works. :/

mikamikamika said:
I will try to get the CID of my SD card, but what's more complicated is that whatever way I want to turn my phone on it only boots with something like fastboot screen, but instead of options to choose on the screen i there's only RUU and when i plug-in the USB cable the sign changes into RUU USB. So accesing any other mode is imposible. Only the blue light mode works. :/
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What carrier is your phone from and what is your current hboot info? You should be able to see it from the RUU fastboot-like screen.
Sent from my T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide using Tapatalk

hboot info:
sapphire PVT 32A SHIP S-ON H
HBOOT-1.76.0009 (SAPP10000)
CPLD-12
RADIO-3.22.20.17
The phone works in Orange PL
I would be very thankful if You, or anyone could help.

Download this, plug your phone into the computer and turn it on so that you have "RUU USB" on the screen, the double-click the downloaded file and run it. See if that gets you anywhere.

The same situation as later. Everything goes ok until the radio is being updated, then the screen fades black. The whole process ends at 36%.

Your going to have to see if mumilover adds his comments here.
Sent from my HTC Glacier using Tapatalk

Hi, Not sure if this helps, check out this thread as it is a good source and also there is an article on flashing without the sd card. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=12210523#post12210523

mikamikamika said:
sapphire PVT 32A SHIP S-ON H
HBOOT-1.76.0009 (SAPP10000)
CPLD-12
RADIO-3.22.20.17
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You got radio/spl combo mismatch.
Run this command and give us the result:
Code:
fastboot getvar version-main
Are you sure that the above info is correct and updated?

version-main is 3.05.401.1
I made a mistake, hboot is actually 1.76.0008.