So I have bought a HTC Magic in Singapore about a year ago.
Some of the information about my phone before it got stucked in HTC Magic power-on screen:
SAPPHIRE PVT 32A SHIP S-ON A
HBOOT-1.33.0007 (SAPP10000)
CPLD-12
RADIO-6.35.07.29
Aug 4 2009,19:43:30
I found a site that helped me to get my phone rooted as follow:
SAPPHIRE PVT 32A ENG S-OFF H
HBOOT-1.76.2007 (SAPP10000)
CPLD-12
RADIO-6.35.08.29
Aug 21 2009,18:19:15
Soon after, I started searching for new ROM elsewhere and managed to update my SPL to 1.33.2007 and that's where problem starts to occur..
My phone get stucked on HTC Magic screen display forever.
I was eager to get this problem solved and have not done enough research before I got myself in a worse situation with the phone hbooted like this:
SAPPHIRE UNKNOWN 32A SHIP S-ON G
HBOOT-1.33.0006 (SAPP10000)
CPLD-12
RADIO-2.22.19.26I
May 27 2009,19:06:41
Now I can only enter hboot and fastboot.
Can somebody help me to at least get back to my original ROM? I don't wanna root my phone ever again..
Help please~
If you can get into fastboot you're fine. Just flash 32A radio/spl again and then the desired ROM. Old radio/spl - 1.33.X/3.22.X New radio/spl 1.76.X/6.35.
yeah when turning on the phone hold home and power, if you get the recovery menu then you got nothing to worry about, just flash the proper rom and all will be fine, there is even a stock htc rom with root around here.
right here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=622038
but you dont have to go back to stock, you just need to put on a rom that fits your phone. i personally suggest this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=654284
so good luck post back when you get it figured out
Thank you Reziukas and sike89 for the reply..
I will try the ROM recommended in the links. =)
I cannot get into recovery (-Home- & -Power-) now due to the perfected SPL (1.33.0006).
And whenever I use the goldcard method that flooded over the internet, I always get this "Main version is older!" failure message.
I think I have made the goldcard correctly cause it worked while I was trying to flash my 1.76.0007 SPL to 1.76.2007.
Any idea?
when you hold home and power what does it do?
did you root your phone with the recovery-RA-hero-v1.6.2.img?
I did but after I flashed RADIO-2.22.19.26I with SPL 1.33.0006 I can't get into this recovery mode anymore.
When I press Home and Power, it starts booting but stucked on HTC Magic screen forever..
Easily said it, I can only enter hboot (vol down and power) and fastboot (back and power) now..
Procedure
1.Turn your phone off. Turn it on by holding Back and Power, or Vol. down and Power. Either way, boot into the bootloader.
You should see the three Androids on skateboards, and the menu title should say "Fastboot".
2.Connect your device to the computer. The display on your phone should now say "Fastboot USB".
3.Open up the shell/terminal on your computer, and type
fastboot devices [enter]Your device should be listed with it's serial number, and should say "fastboot".
4.Change directory to where you have saved your recovery image. I.e. type "cd /path/to/recovery.img in windows prompt, press enter.
5.You may issue a "dir" command (Windows) or "ls" (Unix/Linux) to make sure you are at the right directory, or just skip this step.
6.Type
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
Check your phone's display, as recovery is being sent and flashed to your device.
Check your command prompt/shell to make sure the process is over.
i got all that from Binary100100 who got it from here http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php/RE-recovery-img
give that a shot
also maybe this might help
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=4066552&postcount=2
I seem like I cannot use the fastboot command in 1.33.0006 SPL??
Whenever I type a fastboot command and press enter, I always get an error message.
>> ... FAILED (remote: not allow)
Do we have any windows application that can help to bypass all checking on the phone stats and proceeds with fastboot flash directly?
Perfected spl, you need to make yourself a goldcard
Goldcard doesn't seem to work..
Whenever I try to flash a new radio, it prompted me an error message "Main version is older!"..
What to do?
when it says main version is older it means you need the goldcard.
do you have a working goldcard? if not use this
http://revskills.de/downloads/psas.zip it will make the gold card.
No need for phone?
Hello there.
I was reading this thread and I'm having a similar problem.
I have a question, sike89.
Is it possible to create the goldcard just with the software you mentioned?
My magic 32a will only go into fastboot (stuck at splash screen) and so
I won't be able to use my phone to create the card.
Thanks!
As mentioned by YamatoDelgato, I cannot boot up my phone and thus far I am unable to re-create a goldcard.
But this "goldcard" I am using right now was a working goldcard and I am surprised that it doesn't work all the times..
By the way, I found an alternative on internet saying that you can use other HTC Magic phone to create a goldcard for your phone; Although I am not sure if its gonna work out, just give it a shot..
Sike89, am I right to say that this application does not require any HTC phone in order to create a goldcard?
I can just format my SD card using PC and input the necessary information into the application to create goldcard, is it true?
Problem Solved...with a Sacrifice.
Well I managed to get my phone booting again.
I have a rogers phone so I used their "mandatory"
update (2 sappimgs) to get my phone working again.
However, this resulted in getting the dreaded
SPL 1.76.0010 meaning I can't root it easily.
However, I know that with a working
phone that I now have, I could use it to obtain
a gold card.
Boy that was scary!
I'm so scared to try rooting again but I probably will hehe !
Thanks to xda community and google search!
I lost my original nandroid backup but did manage to install an original ROM on my 32B (Vodafone). Took some work but it worked Afterwards I wrote a tutorial about it (google How to restore your custom ROMed HTC Magic (Vodafone 32B) – a walk through, I can't post links yet).
Hi,
I tried to update my Htc Magic to run the Latest Android on it.
So I followed the procedure on Unlockr to update SPL, RADIO, etc...After several updates, flash and reboot I am stuck.
I have only two choices:
- FASTBOOT
- " HTC MAGIC "logo
I am not able to go back to the phone first state. Even if I try to boot using "fastboot boot recovery image...."
What I have on the HBOOT now is:
SAPPHIRE UNKNOWN 32A SHIP S-ON G
HBOOT-1.33-0006 (SAPP10000)
CPLD-12
RADIO-2.22.19.261
Hope you can tell me to bring my phone back ?!?
Thank you
If you hold down (home+power) does it bring up a recovery screen? Will be green and black and say which recovery mod it is at the bottom. You may have to hold them down for up to a minute before it loads up. Also, it already looks like you didn't flash the hboot correctly or something. Do you have the myTouch with the 3.5mm jack? Which guide did you use at Unlockr? If you can't link it, what is the How To title?
It is not boot with "HTC Magic" text on black background and stalled at all. And, I even can not boot it in recover (using HOME+POWER) or in HBOOT (using BACK+POWER) ...
It happened after I flash it with a Google ION radio image following the guide found in http://developer.htc.com/google-io-device.html#s1.
My phone was (before):
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SAPPHIRE PVT 32B ENG S-OFF H
HBOOT-1.33.2010 (SAPP*****)
CPLD-10
RADIO-3.22.20.17
Jun 2 2009, 17:27:03
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What I did exactly is below:
1. 'adb push' the radio image (ota-radio-2_22_19_26I.zip) into the /sdcard/update.zip
2. In Amon_RA's recovery tool, flashed the /sdcard/update.zip. When got the prompt I reboot the phone using menu.
3. It seems rebooted but stay in another strange screen that I never saw: that is an open box, beside that stands a green adroid robot.
4. I feel the screen stay too long and seemed halt, then I removed the battery and try to boot again.
From now on, in whatevery method, I can only get a dead screen with "HTC Magic" white text on a whole dark screen.
Can I save my phone? I am crying .... What's wrong in my steps?
HELP!
It's dead fo' shizzle.
I assume it was a Rogers Magic (32A)? I know the SPL says it'd 32B, but I've seen people flash all kinds of crap and end up with hboot showing the wrong board, and I'm pretty sure that's a 32A radio you're running. You flashed a radio image for 32B to a 32A phone... you shouldn't have done that.
Actually I also suspect if it is really a 32B as HBOOT said, since in a recovery flashing process I found Amon_RA's 32A version works but 32B does not. I posted the question in http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=750307, but no one reply to me! If you saw the thread and see something earlier, my phone can be saved
So, my question is, is there no any solution to recovery my phone any more?
Hello guys
I think my phone is bricked. But I will post here what I did and wait if any of you can help me (sorry for my bad english).
My phone specs are:
SAPPHIRE PVT 32A SHIP S-ON H
HBOOT-1.76.0007 (SAPP60000)
CPLD-12
RADIO-6.35.07.29
AUG. 4 2009 19:43:30
Well, some days ago I just rooted my phone using Androot and I have no problem with that. So, today I just downloaded and installed the ROM Manager.
I installed the clockwork recovery and selected the option to backup my ROM, I put a name to backup file and my phone just got rebooted.
But the phone just do not complete the reboot, it just shows me the "TIM" (Brazillian) splash screen and reboot again, and stays on this loop.
I simply can't get on fasboot mode neither get on recovery mode, i got no chance, it just shows me the splash screen and reboots again.
I tried to make it with fastboot (Android SDK) but i got no response:
C:\android-sdk-windows\tools>fastboot reboot
< waiting for device >
Any idea to solve my problem? Or i have to go to technical assistance?
i have T-Mobile my touch 3g
SAPPHIRE PVT 32B SHIP S-ON G
HBOOT - 1.33.0007 (SAPP30000)
CPLD-10
RADIO - 2.22.23.02
JUL 31 2009
I am a newbie in installing ROMs ,but i followed instructions and did everything needed.I flashed it to 1.33.2005 and installed this Rom "vf_magic_frg83d_aim1_nohboot_s_2.zip" .When installaion finished i pressed Back + Power to reboot ,but then at bottom i read this line "Writing radio.." and the phone gets rebooted . Since then my phone is stuck at Red Vodafone splash screen.I cant get into any mode i.e fastboot or hboot or anything i tried
1.Volume low + power
2.Home + Power
3.Back + Power
I will do anything from those 3 but the phone will not enter any mode ,it will just get stuck on vodafone screen .
PLease help me
snakeb4u2001 said:
i have T-Mobile my touch 3g
SAPPHIRE PVT 32B SHIP S-ON G
HBOOT - 1.33.0007 (SAPP30000)
CPLD-10
RADIO - 2.22.23.02
JUL 31 2009
I am a newbie in installing ROMs ,but i followed instructions and did everything needed.I flashed it to 1.33.2005 and installed this Rom "vf_magic_frg83d_aim1_nohboot_s_2.zip" .When installaion finished i pressed Back + Power to reboot ,but then at bottom i read this line "Writing radio.." and the phone gets rebooted . Since then my phone is stuck at Red Vodafone splash screen.I cant get into any mode i.e fastboot or hboot or anything i tried
1.Volume low + power
2.Home + Power
3.Back + Power
I will do anything from those 3 but the phone will not enter any mode ,it will just get stuck on vodafone screen .
PLease help me
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You have a PVT 32B board instead of a PVT 32A board. Sorry but I think its bricked.
What manual did you follow? Google did not find this file "vf_magic_frg83d_aim1_nohboot_s_2.zip" even.
Did you try remove battery and place it back and then loaded into mode?
5[Strogino] said:
What manual did you follow? Google did not find this file "vf_magic_frg83d_aim1_nohboot_s_2.zip" even.
Did you try remove battery and place it back and then loaded into mode?
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Yea did try removing battery,sim card,sd card .didnt work
i forgot which manual i followed :|
snakeb4u2001 said:
Yea did try removing battery,sim card,sd card .didnt work
i forgot which manual i followed :|
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If you can not load into any mode - you have a *BRICK*
It's impossible to restore via software methods
Search for repair-shop and ask master about JTAG (it is hardware with ability to flash SPL directly)
Will do bro.
Thanks for help