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Rooting Mytouch3g 32b(t-mobile/voda) Without goldcard

Guide To rooting mytouch 3g 32b (Even if you have 1.6 update)
Propz to:Amon_RA, andreev2001, Cyanogen, and any one else sources I used
Ok after Searching the forums and finding all types of ways to root a Mytouch and having some/no luck I decided
to created a thread that goes into complete detail(or try to at least) about each step that is guaranteed to work if done correctly.
READ
This guide does not require a goldcard or adb . I am also not responsible for bricked/broken phones. Now since that's out of the way happy rooting!!
IF your phone is currently running 1.5(cupcake) already then skip to step 3
1.First of all we can't really do anything with 1.6 so we must downgrade to 1.5 by downloading this sappimg.nph and installing it
2.Once downloaded put it on your sdcard and reboot and go into hboot mode (Hold END+VOLUME DOWN). Preform the update
3.Once update is COMPLETLY finished and it asks you to reboot. Do so, then load your phone up fully and download this apk here (flashrecovery.apk) then run it.
Skip these steps and go to step 4 if you know how to install a apk
3a.to install this apk you have to enable the install unkown source in your settings. To do this hit menu >Settings>Applications>Unkown Soruces(check this).
3b. After this go to the market and download a app called "Astro" (the description should mention somthing about file manager) or you could use another apk installer but I prefer this one.
4. After installing the apk run it and click on “backup recovery image” let it do what it does then click on “Flash Cyanogen Recovery 1.4″.
5.Once that is done you want to download the SPL by clicking here, then put it on your sdcard. After that download any ROM(If you dont know what a ROM is search, I cant tell you everything ) of your choice and rename it "update.zip" without quotes then place it in your sdcard
6.Reboot your g1 and hold down the "HOME" key and it should bring up the flash image recovery screen. Choose apply any zip from sd and then choose "update.Engineering-SPL-HBOOT-1.33.2005-signed.zip". It finishes almost immediately with message saying successfully flashed(if it doesn't you prolly ate to much chicken ).
7. Then after it is installed select the restart option and then load into fastboot mode (Hold "BACK" arrow key while its restarting). Once fastboot is loaded the SPL info should say HBOOT-1.33.2005 (SAPP30000). If it does congrats almost there!!!!! If it doesn't, you did somthing wrong and you need to retrace you're steps.
8.Exit fastboot by hitting the "GREEN" button and before the phone boots up hold the "HOME" button and then go to "apply sdcard:update.zip". Let it install and VOL LA you installed your ROM. Preform a reboot and you will now have a rooted phone with a custom ROM

1) thanks for posting, ive tried to follow other instructions over the past few days to no avail
2) any chance of hosting the sappimg.nph file somehwere else? I cant access rapidshare from my phone. I would greatly appreciate it.

OMG SOOO EASY!!!! Mods should sticky this as the new root / rom upload process
I was running android 1.6 on tmobil mytouch 3g with perfected spl 1.33.2006

@ascis sure ill host the files on my website later (im not @ home right now)
@nonmindo thanks and i hope u had a easy time rooting

@ascis sure ill host the files on my website later (im not @ home right now)
@nonmindo thanks and i hope u had a easy time rooting

Thanks for posting - much appreciated. Can I ask what the benefit of changing the SPL is? Is this required?
My concern is regarding warranty - if I flash a new SPL, it is my understanding that I will not be able to flash my current one back, and hence return the phone to stock if the need arises.

ParanoiaPersonified said:
Can I ask what the benefit of changing the SPL is? Is this required?
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Yes, it is required. You cannot root with the MT3G SPL, so you need to change the SPL.
ParanoiaPersonified said:
My concern is regarding warranty - if I flash a new SPL, it is my understanding that I will not be able to flash my current one back, and hence return the phone to stock if the need arises.
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You can flash it back to the original SPL. You would then be unrooted. Look at Amon_RA's original rooting process with Gold Card. At the bottom, he gives directions on how to return your phone to the unrooted state in case you need to do that.

Thanks, I thought with one-click-root, once you'd got the recovery rom flashed, you were done - that you had root and could flash what you liked.
For the record, I'm Voda 32B, but have perfected SPL .0007.
[EDIT] Yes, that thread has a file to return to stock, but only for MT3G, which is why I am hesitant to flash a new SPL to my device.
I've still seen in lots of places mind, that suggest this process works without the flashing of a new SPL. Such as: http://www.ryebrye.com/blog/2009/08/16/android-rooting-in-1-click-in-progress/
[EDIT]

What happened to the ability to format and
and put partitions from the recovery? I just got another Mytouch and rooted it and no ability to put the partions from the recovery mode? I think I had version 1.2 and now I have 1.4

FenderGuy said:
and put partitions from the recovery? I just got another Mytouch and rooted it and no ability to put the partions from the recovery mode? I think I had version 1.2 and now I have 1.4
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You still can, but not with the recovery img ur using wirch is cyanogen 1.4. Just flash amans new recovery img and you will be able to partion

4. After installing the apk run it and click on “backup recovery image” let it do what it does then click on “Flash Cyanogen Recovery 1.4″.
backup failed:I received that could not run command

cparekh said:
Yes, it is required. You cannot root with the MT3G SPL, so you need to change the SPL.
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I have rooted my myTouch3G with the 1-click method (twice actually, needed to take it to the store), and I have the perfected SPL 1.33.2006.
The main issue with this SPL is that it does not allow you to use fastboot. As far as I know, this has nothing to do with root access.

Can confirm that I've performed the OP's procedure but *without* flashing a new SPL, and everything is working fine.
Now running CyanogenMod 4.2.2 w/ CM Recovery 1.4.

Does anyone have the link to the partitions recovery? I tried to put the Hero recovery on and it does not want to come on and I still show the Cyanogenmod v1.4 +jf....someone help
Also in the top it has Andriod system recovery (2)? I did it twice, how do i take one off?

kryptik06 said:
@ascis sure ill host the files on my website later (im not @ home right now)
@nonmindo thanks and i hope u had a easy time rooting
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Any word on rehosting? I know its a pain but my phone is my only internet connection.

acis said:
Any word on rehosting? I know its a pain but my phone is my only internet connection.
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here you go sorry for the wait
http://www.4shared.com/file/145083511/5ffeb21d/SAPPIMG.html

vodafone htc magic 32b gives error to ur method
error "update fail model id incorrect "
i think this sappimg is for the mytouch and not for htc magic vodafone. so it gives this error.
do you have any solutions for this.
thank you

kryptik06 said:
here you go sorry for the wait
http://www.4shared.com/file/145083511/5ffeb21d/SAPPIMG.html
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Flashed last night, worked perfectly. I had no idea it was going to be this much faster. Thankyou.

I am looking for a rom that has a wifi tether app!
yes I am to the step where u download a rom and I am looking for a rom that has WIFI TETHER for my laptop...
much will be appreciated if u can help=D
- THANKS

well i guess right now i just want my phone rooted...
i just want a rooted phone cuz i can download a wifi app i just need a rooted phone....thanks for your post though....much much much much appreciated...nice and simple...other post or vids ive seen go to far in to detail about it and i forget what step im on .lol
-THANKS

After Radio Update I'm stuck on Boot screen

Hello,
I ran the radio OTA, followed the instructions, and after it rebooted itself it is just stuck on the htc incredible splash screen. If I hold power down and power I do get in to the boot loader, but rebooting still hangs on that splash screen. I read through the OTA thread and I didnt see any mention of this problem, any ideas?

Also, if I put PB31IMG.zip back on and let it do its thing, it tells me the version is too old. Any ideas?

did u wipe?

did u wipe?
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LOL. I ask my son that sometimes. Just sayin'...

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I'm having the same problem, and I just ran the 2.15.00.07.28 radio zip. To be honest I didn't wipe first as I thought I didn't need to. I did run unrevoked forever prior to attempting this install. I was going to right before installing CM6.. but obviously I didn't get that far. I did run a nandroid backup before hand.
So right now I'm still staring at this htc incredible splash screen. Holding power or volume down or both doesn't change anything and I'm afraid to take out the battery. Any suggestions?!
Thanks
edit: ok so I read on the 2.15 release thread that some others were having the same problem.. Am I safe to pull out the battery and try a reflash?

Reliant said:
Also, if I put PB31IMG.zip back on and let it do its thing, it tells me the version is too old. Any ideas?
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OK, what are you trying to do? Sounds like you are trying to install the leaked OTA from early July (the one that gives 720P video recording)?
If that IS what you are attempting, it sounds like you already have it otherwise you wouldn't be getting that main version is older message. Check your hboot version, if it is .77 that is stock, .79 is the newer one I think
Are you sure you are using the correct PB31IMG.zip? The one you want is here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=726791
If you are trying to unroot and downgrade to an earlier version then you want to follow directions per this step-by-step video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeuiURZZZds&feature=player_embedded

htc_woe_is_me said:
Are you sure you are using the correct PB31IMG.zip? The one you want is here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=726791
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No, I was trying to update to the most recent radio from stock radio. Or do I have to update another radio inbetween? I got the zip from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=752436&highlight=stuck+splash+screen, for 2.15 radio
or were you talking to the guy before me

msmith0957 said:
No, I was trying to update to the most recent radio from stock radio. Or do I have to update another radio inbetween? I got the zip from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=752436&highlight=stuck+splash+screen, for 2.15 radio
or were you talking to the guy before me
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My fault, I misunderstood.
No you can flash any radio, just dont flash the same one twice, or step on any cracks, and never walk under a ladder!
I just went from 1.03.04... to 2.05, and now just installed 2.15.. I didn't have any problems at all.

My fix
I had this exact issue, where it hangs on the HTC Incredible boot screen after trying to update the radio. I could boot into HBOOT (voldown+power) after a battery pull, and when it tried to update my PB31IMG.zip file, it would give some type of error, and when I would try and go into recovery it would jump back to the HTC Incredible boot screen and hang again.
I determined that my problem was caused either by a bad radio or bad recovery flash from the PB31IMG.zip file I had downloaded. I pulled my SD card and plugged it into my laptop using the MicroSD-to-SD adapter, deleted the PB31IMG.zip file, REDOWNLOADED the file from my laptop and stuck it back in the root of my SD card, the put the SD card back in the phone and rebooted into HBOOT and reflashed the radio/recovery. Problem solved.
I don't know if that will work for everyone, but it is exactly what happened to me.
Hope it helps,
jakewill

jakewill said:
I had this exact issue, where it hangs on the HTC Incredible boot screen after trying to update the radio. I could boot into HBOOT (voldown+power) after a battery pull, and when it tried to update my PB31IMG.zip file, it would give some type of error, and when I would try and go into recovery it would jump back to the HTC Incredible boot screen and hang again.
I determined that my problem was caused either by a bad radio or bad recovery flash from the PB31IMG.zip file I had downloaded. I pulled my SD card and plugged it into my laptop using the MicroSD-to-SD adapter, deleted the PB31IMG.zip file, REDOWNLOADED the file from my laptop and stuck it back in the root of my SD card, the put the SD card back in the phone and rebooted into HBOOT and reflashed the radio/recovery. Problem solved.
I don't know if that will work for everyone, but it is exactly what happened to me.
Hope it helps,
jakewill
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Yeah, unfortunately this is not going to work for everyone. I was permanently disabled after trying this method. I'm still lurking around for a sure fix to avoid the same issue on my new phone.

bagery77 said:
Yeah, unfortunately this is not going to work for everyone. I was permanently disabled after trying this method. I'm still lurking around for a sure fix to avoid the same issue on my new phone.
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Bricked?
Sent from my HTC Incredible «•» Rooted/S-off/Skyraider v2.5.2 Vanilla «•» http://www.unrevoked.com/forever

htc_woe_is_me said:
Bricked?
Sent from my HTC Incredible «•» Rooted/S-off/Skyraider v2.5.2 Vanilla «•» http://www.unrevoked.com/forever
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Yes my phone was bricked using that method. I'm trying not to overuse the term "bricked."

Thanks for all the help.. but once I pulled the battery and turned the phone back on, apparently it booted up just fine. I guess it just needed a little push in the right direction. Once I checked the settings, the radio was indeed flashed. I got really worried over nothing I installed CM6 and everything is just fine.

G2 blank screen

So my phone just died on me today. It's turned on, but the screen is blank. I can't see anything, the signs on the bottom (home, menu, back, search) area all bright, but pressing them doesn't help either. I've pulled out the battery the sim etc, but nothing. It'll ring if somebody calls/texts/emails but I won't know who the caller is. I can't even pick up the phone unless I've the original headphone on (by pressing the play button) and ofcourse can't make any phone calls either.
I live in Canada, and can't return it to Tmobile, since I bought it used from USA this year. This phone was bought in Oct last year by original owner so still under htc warranty.
I called htc today and they took down my address and credit card number and asked me to ship the phone to them since it's still under warranty. However I rooted this phone with s-off back in January, so I'm not sure if they'll find out. If they do they will charge me up to $39 for diagnosing the problem.
I tried going to recovery mode by holding volume down button and pressing power, but still blank screen. Is there anyway to un root it?
Do you guys think I should send it in for repair/exchange? Any advice on this will be appreciated. Thanks

xtwo said:
So my phone just died on me today. It's turned on, but the screen is blank. I can't see anything, the signs on the bottom (home, menu, back, search) area all bright, but pressing them doesn't help either. I've pulled out the battery the sim etc, but nothing. It'll ring if somebody calls/texts/emails but I won't know who the caller is. I can't even pick up the phone unless I've the original headphone on (by pressing the play button) and ofcourse can't make any phone calls either.
I live in Canada, and can't return it to Tmobile, since I bought it used from USA this year. This phone was bought in Oct last year by original owner so still under htc warranty.
I called htc today and they took down my address and credit card number and asked me to ship the phone to them since it's still under warranty. However I rooted this phone with s-on back in January, so I'm not sure if they'll find out. If they do they will charge me up to $39 for diagnosing the problem.
I tried going to recovery mode by holding volume down button and pressing power, but still blank screen. Is there anyway to un root it?
Do you guys think I should send it in for repair/exchange? Any advice on this will be appreciated. Thanks
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If you can't fix it brick it for sure.
I'm gonna assume the phone is still working and able to access h boot and u just can't see the screen
Before you do this I recommend you to do everything you can to fix it.
Did you flash the hboot engineer?
Can you connect to your comp and access fastboot?
If you can't...welll then if I were u ill put a radio on sd card name it pc10img then click voulme up(assuming its flashing radio) (in hboot btw). Then pull out the battery to brick it completely.
well that's just my opinion
Sent from my HTC Desire Z using Tapatalk

eunkipark92 said:
If you can't fix it brick it for sure.
I'm gonna assume the phone is still working and able to access h boot and u just can't see the screen
Before you do this I recommend you to do everything you can to fix it.
Did you flash the hboot engineer?
Can you connect to your comp and access fastboot?
If you can't...welll then if I were u ill put a radio on sd card name it pc10img then click voulme up(assuming its flashing radio) (in hboot btw). Then pull out the battery to brick it completely.
well that's just my opinion
Sent from my HTC Desire Z using Tapatalk
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How does bricking completely help?
Sent from my SilverBullet 'HTCDesireZ running CM7'

xtwo said:
However I rooted this phone with s-on back in January, so I'm not sure if they'll find out.
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I don't think this is possible. Is it?

eunkipark92 said:
If you can't fix it brick it for sure.
I'm gonna assume the phone is still working and able to access h boot and u just can't see the screen
Before you do this I recommend you to do everything you can to fix it.
Did you flash the hboot engineer?
Can you connect to your comp and access fastboot?
If you can't...welll then if I were u ill put a radio on sd card name it pc10img then click voulme up(assuming its flashing radio) (in hboot btw). Then pull out the battery to brick it completely.
well that's just my opinion
Sent from my HTC Desire Z using Tapatalk
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What's hboot engineer?
I tried to access the phone and memory card by connecting to computer, but can't access it.
How can I put a radio on sd card when I can't access the drive? Is there a way to do it? And last, how does bricking it completely helps? Thanks

Does anybody know if it's a problem with the screen or something to do with the software? I've been able to hear the beeps while dialing random numbers after pressing talk/dial number (not that I could see what I was pressing), so I'm guessing it's the screen, but not sure.
Can somebody tell me using their G2 that after you connect it to your computer, approximately how low on the screen is the option to access the memory/phone drive? I remember that the first option was "Charge only" but can't remember the rest of them and their order.

tooter1 said:
I don't think this is possible. Is it?
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s-off is probably what I meant. It was a while ago that I did it using the instructions on xda so don't remember the details.

Bump!!!!!! So what other steps can be taken to fix this if any at all?

Mine did exactly the same, I took a gamble on the screen being broken and bought one off ebay - fixed it immediately.

deliriousDroid said:
How does bricking completely help?
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Because they might check the phone for possible rooting and etc. And by completely bricking the phone they can't check if you rooted the phone or not and its caused by running custom romm
Sent from my HTC Desire Z using Tapatalk

xtwo said:
What's hboot engineer?
I tried to access the phone and memory card by connecting to computer, but can't access it.
How can I put a radio on sd card when I can't access the drive? Is there a way to do it? And last, how does bricking it completely helps? Thanks
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Well first to see if you can still fix the phone download sdk. and install it.
Then download the proper drivers for your phone. If your too lazy just go to htc website and download htc sync. It will download the drivers.
Next I'm guessing you didn't flash the hboot engineer?
Its in android develop section rooting thread. Gscrpit no adb needed something like that.
Idk if fastboot will still work or not though if yoh didn't flash the hboot engineer, I'm not sure x.x
You can still try. After install all the proper drivers and everything.
Now pull out battery to make sure ur phone is off. Put it back in click volume down and power button. Plug it in to computer
Open up adb and type in adb devices. If you get serial numbers of your phone then u can flash other rom using adb.
If not then well...its bricked.
put ur sd card on other phone or use sdcard adapter to move the radio on your sd card then put it back in your phone
Let me know if you need any help
Sent from my HTC Desire Z using Tapatalk

If you can teven boot into hboot by clicking voulme down and powr button its possible that its completely bricked..(like my first g2)
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eunkipark92 said:
Because they might check the phone for possible rooting and etc. And by completely bricking the phone they can't check if you rooted the phone or not and its caused by running custom romm
Sent from my HTC Desire Z using Tapatalk
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Are you absolutely sure about that? Because, if that's true then I'll might as well brick it if I'm unable to fix it.

eunkipark92 said:
Well first to see if you can still fix the phone download sdk. and install it.
Then download the proper drivers for your phone. If your too lazy just go to htc website and download htc sync. It will download the drivers.
Next I'm guessing you didn't flash the hboot engineer?
Its in android develop section rooting thread. Gscrpit no adb needed something like that.
Idk if fastboot will still work or not though if yoh didn't flash the hboot engineer, I'm not sure x.x
You can still try. After install all the proper drivers and everything.
Now pull out battery to make sure ur phone is off. Put it back in click volume down and power button. Plug it in to computer
Open up adb and type in adb devices. If you get serial numbers of your phone then u can flash other rom using adb.
If not then well...its bricked.
put ur sd card on other phone or use sdcard adapter to move the radio on your sd card then put it back in your phone
Let me know if you need any help
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Thanks for all your input.
I got the SDK from here. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=865685
And then I also downloaded the htc sync.
However, I tried to search "Gscrpit no adb needed" but couldn't find anything.
In the link i posted above, there are two methods for installing ADB on windows, one is complete (seems very complicated) and other one is Quick way (without ADB). Does it matter which one I choose? I'm guessing the purpose of installing ABD on computer is to install a new rom in it, am I correct?

eunkipark92 said:
If you can teven boot into hboot by clicking voulme down and powr button its possible that its completely bricked..(like my first g2)
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But if it's completely bricked, then how come I can still receive phone calls using my htc head phone? Also I thought bricking usually happens during the process of rooting the phone, however, this phone was rooted 4 months ago and had been working fine since then.

Edited!!!!!!!!!

Good news. I figured it out and ran adb and I'm able to see my device. Now big question how do I flash a new ROM or the stock ROM using ADB?

xtwo said:
But if it's completely bricked, then how come I can still receive phone calls using my htc head phone? Also I thought bricking usually happens during the process of rooting the phone, however, this phone was rooted 4 months ago and had been working fine since then.
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Cause ur phone wasn't bricked completely I was saying that if you were unable to fix it you might as well brick it completely.
Sent from my HTC Desire Z using Tapatalk

xtwo said:
Good news. I figured it out and ran adb and I'm able to see my device. Now big question how do I flash a new ROM or the stock ROM using ADB?
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Flash new hboot and recovery then u can flash the rom on recovery.
There is a guide on wiki ithink
Or a thread in developsection
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Corrupt the hboot patrition. Kill the hboot, kill the phone.
Sent from my shiny metal G2 w/ meXdroid V2

[Q] never rooted issues/ non booting

I have the ever failing what it seems like my touch 4g. I dont have it rooted nor do i want it (unless need be). I was using my phone then put it on the charger, i went to use it again but it wouldnt turn the screen on to unlock. I did a battery pull, yet it just stuck to the mytouch 4g boot screen. what do i do to get it back? I looked at the forums and found similar articles, but none like mine. is there a way to do it without rooting my phone?

Use ruu pd15img file, you can find instruction about it all over the forum I believe. Note this is a factory reset so your data will be erased. Hopefully your contacts are synced by gmail.
Sent from my HTC Glacier using XDA App

Use ruu pd15img file, you can find instruction about it all over the forum I believe. Note this is a factory reset so your data will be erased. Hopefully your contacts are synced by gmail.
Sent from my HTC Glacier using XDA App
well... all it states about pd15img file is its needed to flash my phone to factory... the only problem im finding is this... HOW DO I USE IT! when i plug my phone into my computer it says HBOOT usb and such... but how do i get it onto my phone?

polkat312 said:
Use ruu pd15img file, you can find instruction about it all over the forum I believe. Note this is a factory reset so your data will be erased. Hopefully your contacts are synced by gmail.
Sent from my HTC Glacier using XDA App
well... all it states about pd15img file is its needed to flash my phone to factory... the only problem im finding is this... HOW DO I USE IT! when i plug my phone into my computer it says HBOOT usb and such... but how do i get it onto my phone?
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Do you have a card adapter and a card reader, if so pull your card out of the phone and put it in the adapter then put it in the card reader once your computer sees it copy the file you downloaded and paste it on that card make sure you rename it PD15IMG then when you put your phone into hboot it should read it then it should ask to update

so far its saying fail-pu on everything. is that a bad sign that i may have a brick?
its been on Radio V2 for the past 30 min say updateing. is that normal?

its telling me that the files are corrupted. What do i have to do next? I dont have t-mobile any more so i cant take the phone back. can i wipe and root the phone?

polkat312 said:
its telling me that the files are corrupted. What do i have to do next? I dont have t-mobile any more so i cant take the phone back. can i wipe and root the phone?
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Isnt there an option in hboot to do a factory reset? Have you tried it? If you want to root your phone, you will have to get it to boot up first.

ive tried the factory reset, i left it there for 2 hours and still didnt go from just the screen with the three androids on skate boards and thats it.

polkat312 said:
so far its saying fail-pu on everything. is that a bad sign that i may have a brick?
its been on Radio V2 for the past 30 min say updateing. is that normal?
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well... looks like your phone has moved on to a better life...
YOUR PHONE IS BRICKED
unless you have engineering bootloader.
Try searching Fail-pu

ive never put any root programs on my phone. so having VISIONary on my phone would be a negative. is there any way to root my phone now? might as well sense its bricked i guess as a default os.

polkat312 said:
ive never put any root programs on my phone. so having VISIONary on my phone would be a negative. is there any way to root my phone now? might as well sense its bricked i guess as a default os.
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well it has to do something with the bad chip, i never had this problem myself so i'm not really sure on the details of it. but maybe you can find answers in this this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1079025 it's about rooting but it explains your problem too.
Anyways from what I know is that your phone should still be under HTC warranty. you should try contact HTC and try to get a replacement. Even though you're not under tmobile the phone should technically still be under warranty as it's not even a year old... i think.. but doesn't hurt to try

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so far its saying fail-pu on everything. is that a bad sign that i may have a brick?
its been on Radio V2 for the past 30 min say updateing. is that normal?
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Fail-PU means failed partition update, meaning your eMMC chip died, meaning that you are indeed bricked.
you could try another download of PD151IMG and see if it works.
you didn't root or anything? wow, another failed eMMC chip without root...

Mytouch 4g can enter bootloader but it wont boot up!

Okay heres a simple question about a mytouch 4g, the phone is s-on and 0.86 hboot. My question is, do i need to make a gold card to install the stock firmware on it or can i just put the stock firmware on the sdcard and install it??? I dont know what happened to the phone that it wont start up normally so any help appreciated

Easiest thing to do now is factory reset. Thats what I did with mine.

enelyam said:
Okay heres a simple question about a mytouch 4g, the phone is s-on and 0.86 hboot. My question is, do i need to make a gold card to install the stock firmware on it or can i just put the stock firmware on the sdcard and install it??? I dont know what happened to the phone that it wont start up normally so any help appreciated
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Put the stock firmware on the sdcard and flash. You don't need a gold card to upgrade.
-Team MS
Sent from my HTC Glacier MIUI using xda premium

Well, the problem i found is that if i put the image file on an empty and formatted sd card the phone will say wrong image file. Yes, its not named PD15IMG.zip.zip or anything like that. And its the same image i have used to flash other mytouch 4g back to stock.

Also, can someone point me to the right direction to find the gingerbread update for the MT4G because the links in here are extinguished because of the megaguys been caught.... Thanks! Since the Foyo doesnt want to work maybe the Gingerbread will who knows.

The file for flashing in bootloader has to be named PD15IMG.ZIP, or it won't work. To flash anything else, you'll need recovery in place, which you don't have.
You won't be able to flash the same version of firmware as you had, only newer one.

Well, if that is the case then i need the gingerbread version for the mytouch 4g. And all the links i had were From the MEGAproblem website. I need a link to download the gingerbread version....

Okay i finally got the gingerbread version for the mytouch 4g. But the problem persist!!!!! I'ts very frustrating because im used to do this and for some reason this phone wont read the IMG file no matter what. Since i dont know how it ended up like that. The only thing i know its that it will get to the bootloader and everything works fine with that. Other than that it will not respond to any of the 2 IMG files(Froyo or ginger). I tried to rename it PD15IMG.zip. Left it as is PD15IMG which is the way im used to use it but NOTHING!!!! It's very weird to say the least....

Does it say "wrong or non-existing file"?
If yes - reformat your SD card, put the file on it and try again.
Does it say "main image is older"?
In that case, find the latest Gingerbread PD15IMG, because you don't have the latest one.

Okay, i have the 312mb PD15IMG which i think is the Froyo. And also have the 315mb Which as far as i can recall is the Gingerbread version. And yes, it says wrong image file nothing about no image file. I will double check on that then and let you guys know thanks...

where did you get the stock froyo and gingerbread IMGs?
im having the same problem (i think)
when the phone is powered on, it boots straight to the bootloader, i thought well ill just factory reset it, no dice, it just shows the three androids on the skateboards then reboots into the bootloader again, i tried to get into the recovery and it did the exact same thing. the phone is my friends and he gave it to me to fix, he says its stock so i want to just flash the updates to see if that fixes the problem

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where did you get the stock froyo and gingerbread IMGs?
im having the same problem (i think)
when the phone is powered on, it boots straight to the bootloader, i thought well ill just factory reset it, no dice, it just shows the three androids on the skateboards then reboots into the bootloader again, i tried to get into the recovery and it did the exact same thing. the phone is my friends and he gave it to me to fix, he says its stock so i want to just flash the updates to see if that fixes the problem
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did you ever find a resolution. I'm having the same problem. Thanks