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UK Vodafone HTC Magic Root help!!!!!!!!

Hello,
I have been trying to root my friends HTC Magic following instructions I have found on this and other forums and having no luck.
The phone in question is a vodafone htc magic.
My problem is that the computer does'nt recognise the phone as the drivers don't seem to work for it!
Could somebody please post a step by step guide for Noobs so I can see where I am going wrong!
I rooted my Hero no problems, but the Magic is proving a bit more of a challange!!!!!!
Many thanks,
Iain

You could do what I did which I've summarised below. There's probably more backup steps than is necessary, but you can never be too careful.
There's loads of guides out there with the guides and detail, e.g. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=519523
but they seem to branch in and out of methods quite a bit. I've added a few links to the pages I used for the detail.
The method I used is the 1 click backdoor, which also disables OTA updates to stop it being closed in the future I think.
First off, I'm a Linux noob and managed okay because the apps are so well thought out, but this is all done at your own risk.
Secondly, your uk Magic Vodafone prob has 32b board, not 32a.
(There's plenty on this forum. Or the Cyanogen one on the Dream forum works for 32b too.)
You can check with extra step by powering off, then on power again while holding back button. Last digits at top tell you the board details. Menu button gets you back.
0) Install the Android USB driver, connect, mount, then disconnect, etc.
http://dl.google.com/android/android_usb_windows.zip
1) Use google to sync all your contacts, etc. to google account so restore is automatic.
2) Use Astro to Backup your apps etc to the sd card
3) Goto wireless settings, mobile networks, apn, select and make note of your vodafone UK APN details (so you can type your 3g settings back)
4) Use USB to copy your SD card to your PC
5) From your phone, Download Cyanogen recovery. Don't run yet.
http://www.ryebrye.com/blog/2009/08/16/android-rooting-in-1-click-in-progress/
( This basically automates the rooting and booting to this recovery image : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=523558 )
6) From your phone, Download a rom image; the 32b board you prob have in your UK Magic allows you to use 32b ones, I used the Cyanogen one here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=537204
7) Use Astro to move the rom file from \sdcard\download to root of \sdcard
8) Run Cyanogen recovery 1.4 1-click root installed in 5.
Use Backup recovery image
Use Flash recovery
9) Poweroff, home + power to get into the custom recovery image
10) Select Nandroid backup to create new backup (this copies your phone to your SD card)
11) Reboot. Repeat 3 to get the backup of the nandroid folder, and the recovery image created in 7 and 9 onto your PC
12) Run Cyanogen recovery 1.4 1-click root installed in 5 again.
Flash recovery (this makes next boot 'special')
13) Reboot. Poweroff, hold home + power on again.
14) Select WIPE (You did backup your apps and SD card data right?).
15) Then select apply any zip from sd.
Follow instructions to install the Cyanogen rom image you moved to the root of your SD Card in 6 and 7
16) Wait 10 mins or so. The last message about writing root or whatever doesn't explicitly say finished.
17) Reboot.
If you have reboot hang, most people report is because missed WIPE step. Otherwise consult the relevant forum for the Rom you downloaded.
18) Do the new user settings thing. The activation and sync will fail cos you've not got 3G yet.
19) Goto network settings, advanced, APN, type in your vodafone UK APN details (so you can type your 3g settings back)
20) Done
21) If you've got Cyanogen Install the updater from marketplace (search for Cyanogen), or here...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=544663
I also installed:
Audio resources unzipped to your SD Card root from the Cyanogen rom pages, this reinstates notifications and ringtones I guess were removed to allow the memory obsessives to keep their phones clean.
SetCPU from this site, to override the default Cyanogen high overclock settings when phone is sleeping.
Cheers
Chris

Hi Chris,
Thanks alot for that, my friend is coming over after the F1 so will give it a go and let you know how we get on!!!!!
Thanks alot for your help!
iain

Hi!
Did you solved the problem, I seem to have the very same problem as you

trying to get cyanogen on my uk htc magic
Hi,
I have been trying to get cyanogen on my vodafone uk htc magic for a few hours now, not even getting close though!
The problem is, i already have the proper 1.6 update which vodafone pushed out a couple weeks back, and now want to root my phone and get cyanogens 1.6 on it. The flashrec application only runs on early versions of cupcake i believe, so my first step was to get that on my phone. (I have been following this: http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php/Full_Update_Guide_-_MT3G/Magic_Firmware_to_CyanogenMod aswell as trying the guide on this forum thread)
When i quickboot the phone and try to install the 1.5 update, it goes all the way through with the progress bar in the top right, then fails right at the end on 'Model ID Incorrect! Update Fail!'. When i reboot the phone it is just as it was before.
I have also tried putting the cm-recovery-1.4.img file on the memory card and installing that from flashboot but that also fails.
Do you have any ideas / recommendations for getting cyanogen on there?
Thanks,
Aaron
[email protected]
Skype: atrout1991

aaron465 said:
Hi,
I have been trying to get cyanogen on my vodafone uk htc magic for a few hours now, not even getting close though!
The problem is, i already have the proper 1.6 update which vodafone pushed out a couple weeks back, and now want to root my phone and get cyanogens 1.6 on it. The flashrec application only runs on early versions of cupcake i believe, so my first step was to get that on my phone. (I have been following this: http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php/Full_Update_Guide_-_MT3G/Magic_Firmware_to_CyanogenMod aswell as trying the guide on this forum thread)
When i quickboot the phone and try to install the 1.5 update, it goes all the way through with the progress bar in the top right, then fails right at the end on 'Model ID Incorrect! Update Fail!'. When i reboot the phone it is just as it was before.
I have also tried putting the cm-recovery-1.4.img file on the memory card and installing that from flashboot but that also fails.
Do you have any ideas / recommendations for getting cyanogen on there?
Thanks,
Aaron
[email protected]
Skype: atrout1991
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Is there a solution for this?

I did get this working in the end, was quite a while ago now though...
I am pretty sure that I used the relentless rooter program to get it working in the end, details/download are here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=556200
Aaron

Orange rom to stock?

I currently have a Hero on stock Orange UK rom.
is it possible/worth it to flash it over to the HTC stock so that i get the over the air update when it is out?

Gamma Ray said:
I currently have a Hero on stock Orange UK rom.
is it possible/worth it to flash it over to the HTC stock so that i get the over the air update when it is out?
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I dont think this is possible or will damage your phone if you try.. the only way to get 2.1 on your orange phone early is to get root access and flash a custom rom..
Dont quote me on that.. but it could be a very bad idea to try it.

Cheers, but can anyone shed a little more light?

I flashed my Hero with the stock Orange ROM over to the 2.73.405.5 WWE release without issue using a Gold Card, as soon as I installed it I had the notification for Part 1 of the 2.1 update and that installed without issue.
I'm actually having significant signal improvements since I changed over to the ROM.

alexmunroe said:
I flashed my Hero with the stock Orange ROM over to the 2.73.405.5 WWE release without issue using a Gold Card, as soon as I installed it I had the notification for Part 1 of the 2.1 update and that installed without issue.
I'm actually having significant signal improvements since I changed over to the ROM.
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Would you mind to post here how you did it...

I'm having to post this as a quote since I can't post outside links yet.
Make sure you have an SD Adapter to put your MicroSD in so you can plug it into a computer and access it.
I. Download and Install the Android SDK and USB drivers (If you already have this done, skip this section).
1. Follow our video procedure on HOW TO SETUP ADB/USB DRIVERS.
II. Create a “GoldCard” from a MicroSD Card
1. Put the memory card you want to use for the GoldCard into your phone.
2. With the memory card in your phone, click on Settings, SD and Phone storage, then click Unmount SD card. Once it unmounts, click Format SD card. (Please keep in mind that some memory cards don’t work, and this will erase all data on your SD Card so back all the data up first to your computer)
3. On the Phone, goto Settings, Applications, Development and then make sure USB Debugging is checked.
4. *Make sure you have installed the SDK and Fastboot correctly from Section I!!!
Plug the phone into the computer and then open the Command Prompt (goto the start menu and type in cmd in the search box). Then type the following with hitting enter at the end of each line.
cd\
cd\AndroidSDK\tools\
adb devices
(wait for the it to show a serial number underneath, if it doesn’t then reinstall the drivers from section I). Then type:
adb shell
cat /sys/class/mmc_host/mmc1/mmc1:*/cid
5. A code will display, write the code down (MAKE SURE TO WRITE IT DOWN EXACTLY!)
6. Goto this site, hexrev.soaa.me/, then put in your code you just wrote down into the text box and click submit. It will generate the code reversed and replace the first two digits with zeros automatically. Write that down and continue to step 9.
7. Now, on your computer, goto revskills.de/pages/goldcard.html and enter your email in the appropriate field and for CID enter the reversed CID you just got from hexrev.soaa.me/
8. Click continue and then you will receive your goldcard.img via email. Once it arrives save it to your computer.
9. Now, goto download.cnet.com/HxD-Hex-Editor/3000-2352-10891068.html?part=dl-HxDHexEdi&subj=uo&tag=button to download the HxD Hex Editor. Save it and install it to your computer.
10. Take your SD card out of your phone and put it into the SD adapter it came with. Then put that into your computer so it shows up on your computer as Removable Disk.
11. Open the Hex Editor (Run as Administrator if one Vista or Windows 7) and click on the Extra tab, then click on Open Disk. Under Physical Disk select Removable Disk (your SD card you just put into the computer). Make sure to UNcheck “Open as ReadOnly”. Click OK.
12. Goto the Extra tab again and click Open Disk Image. Open up the goldcard.img that you saved from your email. You should now have two tabs, one is the SD card (Removable Disk) and the other is the goldcard.img
Press OK when prompted for Sector Size 512 (Hard Disks/Floppy Disks).
13. Click on the Goldcard.img tab and click on the Edit tab and click Select All. Then click on the Edit tab again and click Copy.
14. Click on the Removable Disk tab (Your SD Card) and select offset 00000000 to 00000170 then click on the Edit tab and click Paste Write.
15. Click on File then click Save.
16. Close the Hex Editor.
17. Test what we’ve done:
Take out the memory card from the computer, then put it back in.
Try to open the memory card on the computer (Removable Disk), if it lets you, you are all set. If it asks/tells you to reformat the card, then try steps 13 – 19 again. If it gives you the same error again, then try a different memory card (Erlern said it didn’t work for him until he finally went and bought a Kingston 2GB card, then it worked on that card only).
18. Put the GoldCard into your phone and reboot the phone with the GoldCard inside.​
This was taken directly from theunlockr.com/2009/10/18/how-to-downgrade-your-htc-hero-so-it-can-be-rooted/ and as such I take no responsibility for any issues that arise as a result of using it.
I then flashed the official HTC WWE 2.73.405.5 release from here forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=559622 . It took me a few goes to get it to initialise but once that was done I had the unbranded release ready for upgrading.
Once that was installed I set-up the phone again, set the date forward by a year and was then prompted to install the 1st part of the update.

i dont want to move to the orange rom, i want to move to the stock HTC hero rom.
Currently i am on UK Orange build: 2.73.61.5 146733 CL#61267 release-keys
ive seen the root in one click thing, could i do that and install the stock?
can someone provide a lamens terms guide and a link to the stock htc rom for the UK? i would be really grateful!

OK.
Just follow the goldcard guide at http://www.villainrom.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=375#p4956
When you reach the step "2. Loading the Custom ROM", then you don't need to continue. That will have you on a stock HTC ROM.
As for what you do after that, it's up to you. You can take updates using your goldcard if it's an RUU, or take OTAs.
Personally, I would root and go the custom ROM route, but if it isn't for you, then that's how to do it ^^^^^

Gamma Ray said:
i dont want to move to the orange rom, i want to move to the stock HTC hero rom.
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To what end? You won't get much benefit from having a stock ROM over the Orange one tbh, aside from being able to remove those pesky Orange bookmarks and boot screen.
If you want a 1.5 ROM, I'd highly recommend Kimera 1.8. It's bloody fast. Look for the newbie guide to rooting your phone, it's in the dev section, as well as Kimera.
TBH though, if I were rooting from Orange stock ROM, I'd probably go with a 2.1 ROM such as Cronos Droid or VillainROM. They work fine, are fast and have all the goodies from 2.1 and a few from 2.2.

anon2122 said:
OK.
Just follow the goldcard guide at (REMOVED LINK SO I COULD POST)
When you reach the step "2. Loading the Custom ROM", then you don't need to continue. That will have you on a stock HTC ROM.
As for what you do after that, it's up to you. You can take updates using your goldcard if it's an RUU, or take OTAs.
Personally, I would root and go the custom ROM route, but if it isn't for you, then that's how to do it ^^^^^
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What does RUU mean? Im looking to move off the Orange ROM to the stock HTC rom so i can receive OTA updates. will doing what you say and following that guide up to step 2 will it leave me with the latest version of the stock ROM an able to do this?
Do i also need to use the goldcard? i had a quick look at that site and i have the version of the ORANGE UK ROM (2.73.61.5) that i could do the recovery image section with?
mikeyd85 said:
To what end? You won't get much benefit from having a stock ROM over the Orange one tbh, aside from being able to remove those pesky Orange bookmarks and boot screen.
If you want a 1.5 ROM, I'd highly recommend Kimera 1.8. It's bloody fast. Look for the newbie guide to rooting your phone, it's in the dev section, as well as Kimera.
TBH though, if I were rooting from Orange stock ROM, I'd probably go with a 2.1 ROM such as Cronos Droid or VillainROM. They work fine, are fast and have all the goodies from 2.1 and a few from 2.2.
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I want to receive OTA updates and ive heard reports of better signal (i live in a very poor signal area), ive also heard the orange update wont be coming or wont be coming for a while.
Im not really wanting to go down the custom ROM route for stability purposes, I had cyanogen on my G1 and it was less stable than stock and had so much clutter i didn't want.

RUU is official update file HTC give you on their site.
Fair enough if you go down stock route, but custom ROMs have come a long way since then. You could always try something like villainrom and see how it goes, as it is based on the gsm update for 2.1
If you install the htc 2.1, then you will be stuck on it forever, as it wont be rootable.

Hero flashing option screen not coming plz help

hi i have just installed the ROM manager software from the market and after deleting this my hero flashing option screen not coming its shows like that i have attached the pictures please help me i have hard reset the phone its start working but the flashing options still gone & i m unable to install any other ROM ,suggestions from the Experts are needed thanks

sunshine4u said:
hi i have just installed the ROM manager software from the market and after deleting this my hero flashing option screen not coming its shows like that i have attached the pictures please help me i have hard reset the phone its start working but the flashing options still gone & i m unable to install any other ROM ,suggestions from the Experts are needed thanks
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Just try pushing recovery via adb .. if you know how to use it

Do you mean fastboot isnt working? (3 skating andoids) it wont boot? or recovery doesnt work?
in the clockwork rom manager it has an option for broken recovery...
other than that put the recovery.img on the sdcard (the root of it) then connect the phone and type adb shell flash_image /sdcard/recovery.img

i have tried it with ADB its gives message
usage : Flash_image partition file.img
but it doesn't boot in recovery mod what to do now ?

sunshine4u said:
i have tried it with ADB its gives message
usage : Flash_image partition file.img
but it doesn't boot in recovery mod what to do now ?
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I know this mite seem a dumb question but you are holding " home " & " Power " right ?
Have to tested using flashrac and amon ra ?

Steven_belfast said:
I know this mite seem a dumb question but you are holding " home " & " Power " right ?
Have to tested using flashrac and amon ra ?
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whats these thing i dnt knw about them please provide the link for that

Greetings sunshine4u,
There use to be a how to on the unlockr but its no longer there,
How ever here you go man,
Flashrac
http://zenthought.org/content/project/flashrec
Amon_ra
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=561124
Code:
1. On your phone, goto Settings, Applications, and make sure Unknown source is checked ON.
2. On your phone, goto Settings, SD card and phone storage, and click Unmount SD card.
3. Then click Format SD card (it should automatically remount after this).
4. Plug the phone into the compuer via USB, then pull down the notification bar and click on the SD card notification. Then click mount.
5. Download this APK and recovery image and save it to your computer:
6. Save both the recovery-RA-heroc-v1.5.2 and the FlashRec.apk to your computer, then copy them both to your SD card (do NOT put them inside any folders on the SD card, just put them on the SD card itself).
7. Unplug the phone from the computer once they are downloaded to the SD card.
8. Goto the Market and download Linda File Manager or any file manager program if you do not already have one.
9. Open the file manager and goto SDCard and then find the FlashRec apk file and click it. If asked tell it to use Package Installer to open it. It should automatically install the apk.
10. Open the FlashRec program and click on Backup Recovery Image and wait for it to finish.
11. Once done, click on the empty text box in the FlashRec program and type (again remember we have replaced the recovery image from the one in the video so type what is written here, NOT what is written in the video!):
/sdcard/recovery-RA-hero-v1.7.0.1.img
Then click on the Flash Custom Recovery Image button (this button might say something else in different versions of Flashrec, but similar to this) and wait for it to finish.
12. Turn off the phone and turn it on into Recovery mode by holding down Home and Power to turn it on (keep holding until the recovery screen comes up has a bunch of text on a black background). So long as that screen comes up, you have done it correctly
Now this mite not work with your rom but it will not damage it in any way,
If point 10 fails then you will not be able to do it this way.
I know my self i had to downgrade my orange rom before doing it,
But before that point 10 just kept saying failed,
Downgrade and it worked a treat.
Hope that helps.

how to downgrade ???

Greetings,
I guess it did not work then,
As for the downgrade this depends on your provider,
I was able to get the orange rru thats a .exe and just run this,
But if you give have a look on the internet for your provider i am sure you will be able to find some thing,
If not get back to me with the name of your provider and the software you are on at this point and i will have a look for you.

my hero has no logo on it and its unlocked to all networks and i m using it in pakistan i m using warid as service provider and they dnt know anything about this issuee

i have Flashed the RA-hero-v1.7.01. now can any body tell me which backup is required to take nand or nand+ext what both of these doo and which 1 i should take before changing roms??

sunshine4u said:
i have Flashed the RA-hero-v1.7.01. now can any body tell me which backup is required to take nand or nand+ext what both of these doo and which 1 i should take before changing roms??
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Just nand,
Any time i do a nand+ext it all ways fails when i restore.
Hey as least you are getting there now.

Steven_belfast said:
Just nand,
Any time i do a nand+ext it all ways fails when i restore.
Hey as least you are getting there now.
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i never had problems while doing Nandroid + Ext Back up/restore ..

i have taken it with +EXT after partiton the SD card no error will come on Nandroid + Ext Back up

Steven_belfast said:
Greetings,
I guess it did not work then,
As for the downgrade this depends on your provider,
I was able to get the orange rru thats a .exe and just run this,
But if you give have a look on the internet for your provider i am sure you will be able to find some thing,
If not get back to me with the name of your provider and the software you are on at this point and i will have a look for you.
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Hi i have the same problem as threadstarter. It did not work for me. May i know how do i downgrade my version?

Looking for newbie's tutorial of installing new roms

Hi.
Im kinda newbie in all this stuff.
I just want to Install Android 2.1 on my HTC Dream / T-Mobile G1.
But im very very noob in all.
Is there any tutorial with some infos about that?
like...
1. download "any name of program", connect usb to ur phone, install "any name of spl" and so on... ?
i just want this kind of information.
Help me please ;]
p.s. im not sure if im posting in right forums, if not - please move.

Hmmm...I haven't seen anything that simple, and there is risk of bricking your phone. Try having a careful read of some of the threads in the developer section. Also, Cyanogenmod has a few installation guides.

Oh i forgot to add...
i was doing that stuff with help of my friend about 2yrs ago.
I already got HaykuroSPL (i think its one of dangerspl's)
but need more advices, what best rom to install and other stuff.

sorry for my bad english.
if u do really want eclair (2.1) that bad, u culd search for thread in here named "the rom bible".
There are so many choices in that thread.
For eclair, u culd use SuperE by ben.
Just IMO, i'd prefer froyo rather than eclair.
i'd prefer some donut than eclair.
Go grab some donut superD, or HTCClays. Its REALLY THAT FAST!!
Go grab some froyo Biffmod, or superF or maybe if u do wanna taste some new kernel like 2708 terrys + Biffmod rom.
ONLY FOR HTC DREAM LIKE MINE!!
DONT BLAME ME for anything bad happens to ur g1!!
I DONT KNOW, I DONT DO ROGERS, MT3G or anything besides my G1
THIS IS THE EXACT STEP IVE DONE.
IM A NOOB. I BOUGHT a used g1 at ebay 2-3 weeks ago.
AND IVE DONE FLASHING from stock rom 1.6 dmd64 damn it so hard those days to get rooted --> 1.5 stock --> 1.6 donut ADP1 --> 1.0 stock --> CM6 froyo --> biffmod leaving on jet plain --> Super E by ben --> super D by ben--> SUPER F by ben --> back to SUPER D --> HTCClays SUPER FAST Donut --> HTCClays CSDI rem v4 --> SUPER D again I LOVE YOU BEN!! --> Biffmod with ezterrys kernel 2708 --> froyo for trout --> froyo lazzlo --> now trying to bake some froyo for myself and some kernels my friends made. --> (future) getting debian
bought again a used g1 from ebay for daily used and doing easy root using androot from unlockr --> stay in SUPER D.
GUIDANCE:
1. Get ROOTED!!
U culd use the AndRoot method. Try google it.
Keyword: "androot" "g1" "unlockr"
Follow the instructions there. Its really made for noob like us.
check if u rooted or not, download terminal emulator from market
type su then enter
VOILA now u get ROOTED
2. Set some ADB, Fastboot, and a Recovery like amon ra's.
-install adb on ur computer.
dowload android sdk r10.zip
unzip it in C:\
try to find SDKManager.exe in that unzipped files. Run it.
then it fetching some updates from google.
after done fetching updates, it will ask you what files do u want to update.
choose "android sdk platform tools revision 3" and "google usb driver package revision 4"
after done updating, close the sdk manager.
grab ur android and choose setting-application-development-mark usb debugging.
connect ur android to usb computer.
when windows found new hardware and installing drivers, try to locate the drivers urself. point it at c:andro_sdk/extras
after done installing drivers,
now go to win start menu and run cmd.exe
from console windows go to c:\andro sdk 10\andro sdk\platformtools
in c:\andro sdk 10\andro sdk\platformtools>
type adb devices ENTER
then ur serial number shuld appear below "list of devices attached"
if the number not appear, it means ure wrong when installing the drivers.
ADB is an android interface for debugging the devices and override the phone control system from pc console.
Example: when rooted and got su(superuser or admin privilege), u can run any command from the device's terminal. like RM remove or something that need SU privilege.
and from adb, u can do the exact same thing but from ur PC, not from devices terminal.
ADB is easy, but it might be complicated if u dont have some basic of command line.
Now letsgo to Installing recovery section
-download ROM Manager from market.
-open it
-choose install alternative recovery (RA 1.7.0) at the bottompage
(ROM manager primarily use clockwordmod recovery, but they give an alternative like amon ra's recovery.)
after installing RA 1.7.0 recovery, from ROM Manager, choose boot into recovery.
phone then reboot and go into recovery mode.
scroll down and search something backup restore thing.
choose BART Backup.
if it says "u must run it in console" or something close like that, it means u dont have enough free space in ur sd card.
free some space by choosing USB MS TOGGLE in recovery menu.
now it mounts ur sdcard to computer and please free some space until BART BACKUP can be done.
after done creating a bart backup, u shuld copy the backup file (BART folder) to ur computer.
now from recovery menu, choose to power off phone.
then go to FASTBOOT or HBOOT system by pressing holding firmly ur camera button and power button.
HBOOT or bootloader (camera+power)
RECOVERY mode (home+power)
in fastboot or hboot mode u can see DREA1000000 blahblahblah thing..
see it carefully wheter u have DVT or PVT.
if it says DVT then STOP. i cant help you anymore
GO if ure PVT.
from that fastboot/hboot screen u can identify ur RADIO and SPL version.
SPL is something like: HBOOT-1.33.2005
RADIO is RADIO-2.22.23.02
Now, search for the RADIO and the SPL files. Google it, its so easy.
Once you found it, leave it zipped. dont unzip them.
U can found it in this lovely forum.
after u found it all,
Go to recovery mode, and prepare for partitioning the SDCard.
Before partitioning, u shuld see what the roms u wanna install need.
some roms need ext4 and some goes with ext3.
and some roms really set it to go with 96mb SWAP, 512mb ext3, FAT32.
Go to partition sdcard and choose partition SD.
Press home to continue partitioning blahblahblah
it will ask u for sizing ur SD PARTITION
SWAP= 96-128mb (depend on the ROM u want to install, some rom need exact amount of swap, and some roms dont explain it, so its up to you)
there are some debating club keep arguing how big swap file is recomended.
some says 32 mb wuld be the best since the biggest app u have in ur sdcard.
some says 128 is the best.
and some says "woaa, im confused a lot dude, lemme pick the mid one, i'd say go for 96 since i hate number 64. LOL"
and some believe, "bigger is better"
Ext2= 512mb (depend on the rom's need, if it doesnt say anything, go for 512mb, its enough for installing bunch of apps)
remainder? is the remaining space after SWAP and EXT2
Partitioning............
after done, upgrade to ext3..
proceed upgrading to ext4 if the rom can accept ext4..
if the rom doesnt say, please stay in ext3.
ATTENTION, ACHTUNG!!
FIRST, ALWAYS DO A MINIMAL NAND BACKUP, BART BACKUP BEFORE FLASHING ANY FILES!!
FIRST, ALWAYS DO A FULL WIPE (in recovery choose wipe and wipe everything except WIPE SD Ext) before and after FLASHING SOMETHING!!
FIRST, ALWAYS FLASH RADIO FIRST!!
THEN THE SPL FILES!!
AND ALWAYS READ WHAT THE SPL FILES NEED!! (SPL FILES NEED EXACT RADIO FILE)
if u mismatch, ur phone will be a nice PAPERWEIGHT
READY? FOR A NICE PAPERWEIGHT?
after done upgrading to ext3 or 4, in recovery mode, enable USB MS TOGGLE.
it will mount ur SD to computer.
drag RADIO "G1-radio-2_22_23_02.zip" files to sdcard, leave it ZIPPED.
then disable usb ms toggle.
then choose FLASH ZIP FROM SDCARD in recovery mode.
choose the radio file and proceed to flash.
done FLASHING YOUR RADIO?
now choose reboot system now.
it will reboot and comeback to RECOVERY mode.
enable usb ms toggle.
drag spl file to sd.
flash it like you flash your radio before.
done FLASHING SPL?
choose reboot.
comeback to rcoverry mode.
NOW URE READY TO FLASH MOST ROM IN THE BIBLE.
SuperE, Biffmod Froyo Leaving Jet Plain (not the one with ezterrys kernel), CM6 Froyo, and etc, needs dangerSPL.
danger/death SPL is the SPL i show u above.
and the SPL works well with the RADIO i show u above.
Read carefully the requirements of the ROMs.
Always do a wipe after flashing from SDcard.
Example of FLASHING SUPER E (u said u want eclair and i love ben very much):
1. download the super e rom.
it should be "signed-superE103.zip"
2. download the google apps for the rom. it contains market, gtalk, and any apps from google. it should be "gapps-ds-ERE36B-signed.zip"
3. go into Recovery mode (home+power)
4. wipe SD Ext
5. repair SD Ext partition (from menu partition sdcard)
6. flash "signed-superE103.zip" ROM (put it in ur sdcard first using usb ms toggle)
7. reboot
8. do all wipe from recovery except wipe sd ext
9. flash the "gapps-ds-ERE36B-signed.zip"
10. Reboot
11. DONE!!! Now ure running SUPER E by ben
12. Download a ton of apps from market!!
SETTINGS:
SPL 1.33.2005
RADIO 2.22.23.02
FAT32 SDcard
SWAP 96mb
512 ext2 --> ext3
HOPE this GUIDANCE will help u to walk straight the android way of life
Semoga berkenan dengan PETUNJUK yang saya buat. Semoga tidak membuat anda semua semakin bingung.
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Ashcan said:
what best rom to install and other stuff.
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Personally I recommends SuperAosp with GO Launcher EX (replace ADW Launcher). And recommending setting your SD card partition the same as mine. (see my sig)

hay man was just wondering if you figured it out yet.. i could help you real easy throu recovery so just message me or something if you still need help

hi all,
i know xda usually asks for people to read first before asking. I tried reading up on how to flash a new rom on g1 but i still don't really get it. ( im not very good with computer jargon), so i kinda need some help.
my friend's g1 was flashed with cyanogen mod 6.0.0 and it became very, VERY slow after a while. now, since he's not very big on cell phone hacking, he's come to me (i had an xperia x10 and i flashed that one) for help. but i don't know anything about the g1 and i don't know how to flash from one custom rom to another. can anyone give me some advice? i would really appreciate it.
thanks.

it all depends on what type of recovery he has, what his radio and hboot are and what type of rom he wants...
basic flashing is simple.. yu boot up in recovery by holding home+power.. this will bring up your recovery screen (usually the RA-dream or clockwork..)
in your case since i dont know anything about your phone i would DEFINETLY make a backup.. either nandroid or bart dont matter..
than you want to save that backup file to a pc or jus be sure not to delete it from your sd
than you can wipe your phone= data factory reset, cache, sd partition etc.. if neccessary.
than you want to repair your sd and make sure you are on correct ext.. some roms reqire ext2 some require 3, some 4 you get the picture..
at this point you are clean and ready to flash another .zip rom in recovery mode.. there all these lil details you gotta look out for or it wont work so send be back some info on the device and ill be glad to help out more!!

[GUIDE] Install MaGLDR 1.13, ClockworkMod Recovery and MIUI ROM for HD2

Hi, I've been having some trubles to find the way to first, update MaGLDR to 1.13, then install ClockworkMod Recovery and finally MIUI ROM. First I googled how to update MaGLDR to 1.13, but I couldn't follow the directions I found on the original thread, I didn't had ActiveSync. So I'm writing this thead so if someone has the same problems as I had, I hope this can help someone. And if you want to install any other ROM, this may be usefull too. I find the ROM installation from Recovery easier and faster then installing it by RUU, but, that's my opinion.
I want to make clear that all the files on this post are not my work, I just uploaded again, so you can find anything you need on this same post. I'll upload the MIUI ROM for HD2 too, I just want to add, that I rather this ROM for HD2 beacause it is very light and fast, but that's just my opinion too.
Before we begin, make sure your HD2 battery is at least 50% charge. So, let's begin.
Updating MaGLDR to 1.13 version
Downloads
MaGLDR v1.13
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1553616&stc=1&d=1355196631
As I mentioned it, my problem was to stablish an ActiveSync connection with the PC, so to solve that I've conected my HD2 on boot mode.
1. Connect your HD2 on boot mode(holding volume down key + Power button).
2. Wait for Windows to install drivers
3. Decompress the content of the file above on an empty folder
4. Rigth click on the ROMUpdateUtility.exe file and select Run as Administrator
5. Click the check box and click next, and repeat
6. Your phone will show a screen saying HTC with a progress bar for a little while, once it finishes it will restart, hold the power button so it shows the MaGLDR menu options, the option AD Recovery should be on the menu, and there you got, you just updated MaGLDR to 1.13 version.
Installing ClockworkMod Recovery
Before you choose which file to download here is an explanation from the original thread.
Q. I dont know which partition size to download
A. Depending on what type of roms you plan on using, you should choose the partition size based on the following.
150MB Partition - For bare roms including CyanogenMod, AOSP, and MiUI
250MB Partition - For Standard sense roms including Desire and EVo based ROMs, can also be used for some squashed HD builds
400MB Partition - For Larger roms including unsquashed Desire HD and Z roms, ROMs REQUIRE data2sd for EU HD2 with 512MB NAND
Downloads
Recovery v1.3 150MB
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1553658&stc=1&d=1355196154
Recovery v1.3 250MB
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1553671&stc=1&d=1355196518
Recovery v1.3 400MB
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1553673&stc=1&d=1355196627
1. Turn on your phone and hold Power button until MaGLDR menu shows up
2. Select USB Flasher option and press Send(Green button)
3. Wait for windows to install drivers
4. Decompress the content of the file you choose to download on an empty folder and right click on the DAF.exe file and click Run as Administrator
5. Wait until the program detects the phone and follow the instructions until the program has finished
6. Detach the phone and turn it on and hold Power button so you can access to the MaGLDR menu
7. Select the AD Recovery option and you'll see the Recovery menu
Installing MIUI ROM
Personaly I like to create a SD partition, so here are the steps once you are into the Recovery
1. Select advanced click Send
2. Select Partition SD Card
3. Select the size of the Ext partition
4. Select the size of the swap file
5. Select Yes
Downloads
MIUI ROM Android HD2 2.4.20
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?w6ul6y9cne5yhvc
1. Download the zip file to your SD ROM, do not decompress and insert your SD card in your phone
2. Turn on your phone into MaGLDR menu, select AD Recovery option and press Send
3. Select install zip from sdcard
4. Select choose zip from sdcard
5. Select the miuiandroid_HD2-2.4.20.zip
6. Select Yes and wait for the installation to end
7. Select reboot system now and wait for your phone to start, the forst time it takes a few minutes and there you got.
This may be a little repetitive, may be you can find some more information on other posts, but this is my first one and I just want to help because I tryed two days to figure out how to flash my HD2 and maybe this post will help someone to don't take that much time on searching. So thanks anyway

sharedito said:
Hi, I've been having some trubles to find the way to first, update MaGLDR to 1.13, then install ClockworkMod Recovery and finally MIUI ROM. First I googled how to update MaGLDR to 1.13, but I couldn't follow the directions I found on the original thread, I didn't had ActiveSync. So I'm writing this thead so if someone has the same problems as I had, I hope this can help someone. And if you want to install any other ROM, this may be usefull too. I find the ROM installation from Recovery easier and faster then installing it by RUU, but, that's my opinion.
I want to make clear that all the files on this post are not my work, I just uploaded again, so you can find anything you need on this same post. I'll upload the MIUI ROM for HD2 too, I just want to add, that I rather this ROM for HD2 beacause it is very light and fast, but that's just my opinion too.
Before we begin, make sure your HD2 battery is at least 50% charge. So, let's begin.
Updating MaGLDR to 1.13 version
Downloads
MaGLDR v1.13
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1553616&stc=1&d=1355196631
As I mentioned it, my problem was to stablish an ActiveSync connection with the PC, so to solve that I've conected my HD2 on boot mode.
1. Connect your HD2 on boot mode(holding volume down key + Power button).
2. Wait for Windows to install drivers
3. Decompress the content of the file above on an empty folder
4. Rigth click on the ROMUpdateUtility.exe file and select Run as Administrator
5. Click the check box and click next, and repeat
6. Your phone will show a screen saying HTC with a progress bar for a little while, once it finishes it will restart, hold the power button so it shows the MaGLDR menu options, the option AD Recovery should be on the menu, and there you got, you just updated MaGLDR to 1.13 version.
Installing ClockworkMod Recovery
Before you choose which file to download here is an explanation from the original thread.
Q. I dont know which partition size to download
A. Depending on what type of roms you plan on using, you should choose the partition size based on the following.
150MB Partition - For bare roms including CyanogenMod, AOSP, and MiUI
250MB Partition - For Standard sense roms including Desire and EVo based ROMs, can also be used for some squashed HD builds
400MB Partition - For Larger roms including unsquashed Desire HD and Z roms, ROMs REQUIRE data2sd for EU HD2 with 512MB NAND
Downloads
Recovery v1.3 150MB
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1553658&stc=1&d=1355196154
Recovery v1.3 250MB
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1553671&stc=1&d=1355196518
Recovery v1.3 400MB
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1553673&stc=1&d=1355196627
1. Turn on your phone and hold Power button until MaGLDR menu shows up
2. Select USB Flasher option and press Send(Green button)
3. Wait for windows to install drivers
4. Decompress the content of the file you choose to download on an empty folder and right click on the DAF.exe file and click Run as Administrator
5. Wait until the program detects the phone and follow the instructions until the program has finished
6. Detach the phone and turn it on and hold Power button so you can access to the MaGLDR menu
7. Select the AD Recovery option and you'll see the Recovery menu
Installing MIUI ROM
Personaly I like to create a SD partition, so here are the steps once you are into the Recovery
1. Select advanced click Send
2. Select Partition SD Card
3. Select the size of the Ext partition
4. Select the size of the swap file
5. Select Yes
Downloads
MIUI ROM Android HD2 2.4.20
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?w6ul6y9cne5yhvc
1. Download the zip file to your SD ROM, do not decompress and insert your SD card in your phone
2. Turn on your phone into MaGLDR menu, select AD Recovery option and press Send
3. Select install zip from sdcard
4. Select choose zip from sdcard
5. Select the miuiandroid_HD2-2.4.20.zip
6. Select Yes and wait for the installation to end
7. Select reboot system now and wait for your phone to start, the forst time it takes a few minutes and there you got.
This may be a little repetitive, may be you can find some more information on other posts, but this is my first one and I just want to help because I tryed two days to figure out how to flash my HD2 and maybe this post will help someone to don't take that much time on searching. So thanks anyway
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I got error in connection (through ActSync,) what is the solution. i have installed HTCSync but it doesnt detect my device.
Device Info :
Model No : T-Mobile_LEO
Platform : PocketPC
Radio : 2.10.50.26
OS : 5.2.21892
Protocol : 15.39.50.07U
What to do ?????

Easy WAY
Hey thanks for this guide, it is the most easiest guide on installing ROM's on the HD2.
I have always run into problems when installing ROM , it always some error, because the MAGLDR file or some
other file is the wrong version etc
I have send days trying to find a quick and problematic free and best way to install ROM's on the HD2,
right now I am on my second HD2 and I am trying to install the latest's Miui ROM's on it,
the first HD2 stop working after I flash it the last time with ROM's and the phone keep freezing frequently, and most time I would have to remove
the battery which eventually damage one of the battery connecting pin, I send it to a repair shop and they made a mess of it
now I have it for parts.thank again.....

No problem
Django64 said:
Hey thanks for this guide, it is the most easiest guide on installing ROM's on the HD2.
I have always run into problems when installing ROM , it always some error, because the MAGLDR file or some
other file is the wrong version etc
I have send days trying to find a quick and problematic free and best way to install ROM's on the HD2,
right now I am on my second HD2 and I am trying to install the latest's Miui ROM's on it,
the first HD2 stop working after I flash it the last time with ROM's and the phone keep freezing frequently, and most time I would have to remove
the battery which eventually damage one of the battery connecting pin, I send it to a repair shop and they made a mess of it
now I have it for parts.thank again.....
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No problem, I made this post log time ago, but I'm glad to know at least it helped. And lol, I have parts of HD2 too, I am now on a i777, so let's see how it goes

Santbohara said:
I got error in connection (through ActSync,) what is the solution. i have installed HTCSync but it doesnt detect my device.
Device Info :
Model No : T-Mobile_LEO
Platform : PocketPC
Radio : 2.10.50.26
OS : 5.2.21892
Protocol : 15.39.50.07U
What to do ?????
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Well, sorry for taking so long to reply, but your problem seemed to lay on te cable cord o maybe on you Bootloader version, I don't remember well enoght to say exactli whats your problem. Sorry

Well ...
Django64 said:
Hey thanks for this guide, it is the most easiest guide on installing ROM's on the HD2.
I have always run into problems when installing ROM , it always some error, because the MAGLDR file or some
other file is the wrong version etc
I have send days trying to find a quick and problematic free and best way to install ROM's on the HD2,
right now I am on my second HD2 and I am trying to install the latest's Miui ROM's on it,
the first HD2 stop working after I flash it the last time with ROM's and the phone keep freezing frequently, and most time I would have to remove
the battery which eventually damage one of the battery connecting pin, I send it to a repair shop and they made a mess of it
now I have it for parts.thank again.....
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sharedito said:
No problem, I made this post log time ago, but I'm glad to know at least it helped. And lol, I have parts of HD2 too, I am now on a i777, so let's see how it goes
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Well ... Dear Friend ... I'm Sure you missed Something so lets check This :
1- The Windows Should be XP ( If have 7 You need To install active sync and HTC Drivers To make the "Serial" ( In boot loader ) cange ino "USB")
2- Try HD2Toolkit ( thanks to @ksubedi )To install any Of MAGLDR or CLK
..: Good Luck :..
With Best Wishes
Hitman1376​

Thanks
hitman1376 said:
Well ... Dear Friend ... I'm Sure you missed Something so lets check This :
1- The Windows Should be XP ( If have 7 You need To install active sync and HTC Drivers To make the "Serial" ( In boot loader ) cange ino "USB")
2- Try HD2Toolkit ( thanks to @ksubedi )To install any Of MAGLDR or CLK
..: Good Luck :..
With Best Wishes
Hitman1376​
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Maybe I missed about HD2Toolkit, but the steps I wrote, I executed them on Windows 7 and it all worked perfectly several times, and yet indeed you need either the drivers, that I downloaded throught Windows Update, or ActiveSync from the HTC webpage, or you can just google them, but I agree on the fact that Windows XP is better when flashing any device, and HD2Toolkit, if you can get your hands on it, is a very useful set of tools, depending on what you want to do
Thanks a lot Hitman1376

Glad to hear that ...
sharedito said:
Maybe I missed about HD2Toolkit, but the steps I wrote, I executed them on Windows 7 and it all worked perfectly several times, and yet indeed you need either the drivers, that I downloaded throught Windows Update, or ActiveSync from the HTC webpage, or you can just google them, but I agree on the fact that Windows XP is better when flashing any device, and HD2Toolkit, if you can get your hands on it, is a very useful set of tools, depending on what you want to do
Thanks a lot Hitman1376
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Gladt to know I could help ... Was my duty ... Good luck
With Best Wishes
Hitman1376​

I installed this MAGLDR (it says aMAGLDR v1.13 at the top), but cannot set AD SD dir, when I go to Services->BootSettings, highlight 3. AD SD Dir and press left button (Green?) it goes straight to MAGLDR home, giveing me no option to choose folder.
Partitions on my SD card:
1. Unallocated - 8MB
2. FAT32 - 17,2GB
3. Ext4 - 1GB
4. Ext4 - 4.1GB
5. Unformatted - 7GB
If I understand right it should see 2 as /sdcard and (after flash of Android) - 3 as /system and 4 as /data?
Forgot setting FAT32 as primary... idiot...