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Need help about root Fender mytouch

i have a black fender mytouch 3g and i tried to root, i have created the goldcard but im stuck at the SAPPIMG.zip won't flash, i dont know why it never ask me to update, HBOOT did detect and uploading SAPPIMG.zip..but when HBOOT checking the image, suddenly it just go back to HBOOT Screen, no dialog asking me to flash..and there no message at all..
Plz Help me been 2 day doing root mytouch fender but no results at all

http://theunlockr.com/2010/03/11/how-to-root-the-mytouch-1-2-and-fender-mytouch/
Next time, search the forums. This subject has been brought up numerous times. The search function is your friend. Also "google" is a great tool also.

i did exactly same step on unlocker but it still checking sappimg then back to hboot screen never ask for update

You have to leave the goldcard.img on the root of the SD card.

i have tried but also not work

There are a few things that are sketchy with the 1.2 devices and rooting that the unlockr doesnt explain well. I just got around to rooting on 3 days ago and I'll list what I encountered and how i worked around it.
Certain sd cards don't work even if made right. The 8gb that came with the phone worked for me.. When you format the sd card it HAS to be in either and sd adapter or you MyTouch. you can't do it in another phone because it formats it with a certain encoding that makes it not recognized as compatible for a goldcard.
When you get the CID via adb shell it doesnt produce a prefect goldcard.img 100% I had to plug my phone into another usb port and redo the CID processes to get on that worked.
Make sure when you make changes to the SD card in the editor you use the PYSHICAL and NOT LOGICAL when you select which drive to edit (my biggest problem >_<)
If the SAPPIMG file you download is .zip it needs to change to .img and if it comes as .img change it to .zip
that's all i can suggest.. I read the directions... like 20 times and it took me 4 hours before i figured out all the little mistakes that kept it from working.

i dont get that you plus it in other port to get CID and not gonna give you a different CID and how to know that goldcard.img is working 100% thanks

well first of all I know you did this wrong. I know you did this wrong because you have a file called SAPPIMG.zip, you should NOT have this file.
You are supposed to download Amon's perfect SPL and change that to a file called SAPPIMG.img
It is tough to say what else may be a problem until you do that correctly, you are lucky you did not brick your phone.
read carefully:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=622530

[Q] Trying to Unbrick,promise this isnt from a clueless person.

Hello all,I have searched and search but to no avail no option have worked for me yet. I need to unbrick my phone,yes I can still get into hboot and fastboot so there is some hope. I have tried multiple times to flash a sappimg to allow me to flash a recovery radio and boot,just none have worked.Even the ones that did appear to work,got stuck at unzipping.
Everytime I would try to flash something through flashboot it will just fail a signature check,and if I try to use fastboot to boot into a recovery,it just hangs till my battery dies out or I pull it out.
This is my fastboot info
SAPPHIRE UNKNOWN 32A SHIP S-ON H
HBOOT_1.33.0009 (SAPP31000)
CPLD-12
RADIO-3.22.20.17
May 8 2009,21:02:32
To give a basic run down this is what I am experencing
1.Cannot locate a suitable sappimg
2.Fastboot and Hboot are running,but security is on so I can flash another recovery radio or boot.
3. Cannot get into any type of OS
4. Cannot load into a recovery through fastboot
5. SAPPIMG stops a unzipping or fails signing check.
I don't want to beg for help,I am just all out of ideas to try to fix it,have search and such and the last way for me to fix it would be run it over with my car and take it through insurace =(
So if anyone could lend a hand I would much appreciate it.

Fix your goldcard!
You need to remake the goldcard...
You should not get signing errors with a working goldcard.

Easier said then done sadly,I would need to actually get into the OS to do the adb command to get the string of numbers to input into the thing that reverse engineers the number to create a gold card =( Using the goldcard I had when I flash the first time though,I dont suppose anything would change.

have tried to use the sappimg from recovery or fastboot?
You can use it from both... try it out if you have not done it before
ps: try to see whats inside the sappimg.zip you have... if you cannot see inside, you need to rename it sappimg.nbh and not sappimg.zip...
Maybe thats why you are getting unzip/signing errors!

I have tried everything except for renaming the .zip to .nbh, let me give that a roll and post back!

Renaming it with .nbh didnt work,didnt even process it a bit,just straight back to hboot beginning menu

rename it to update.zip do it in recovery!

mumilover said:
do it in recovery!
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In the original post I stated I cant even get into recovery =(,not even by loading it with fastboot. The only tools I have right now are hboot and fastboot =(
Serousley contemplating just running it over and going through my insurance,but a $130 deductible is a bit rough.
Any other options available?

i'm uploading my sappimg.nbh which i used to my device.
It's the same fastboot info.
It worked for me in fastboot using a goldcard..,. 100 %
Link:
http://rapidshare.com/files/421772202/SAPPIMG.nbh

Model Version is older Update fail,so I would probably have to remake a goldcard,but cant do that since I cant get into the OS at all =(
Unless there is an external way to do that,anyone have any ideas or am I officially taking the tire to the mytouch

I thought so... non-functional goldcard.
Find someone around you and use his android...
The only solution !

would it have to be the same model as my phone or does it matter? My friend has an evo
Or wait I still have the a goldcard.img on my computer,if its the old one couldnt I just redo the hexedit?

Does not matter... any device will do.
Just make it right... read, read, think, read, think then do :0)

Alright well I had the old goldcard.img in my gmail,so I just downloaded and I hexed it,and to no avail still the same error. Redid the flash twice on 2 different cards.

do you still have the nr you wrote down?

No i dont believe so,maybe its possible to reverse engineer the goldcard image? Or maybe even someone upload thier image if the model of the phone doesnt matter,I can do the hexwork myself.

No go... Its sdcard specific.
So every sdcard has it's own goldcard img
You just need the string/tag nr for the sdcard... use any device to get this...
Then make the goldcard.
If you could find the tag nr you used for the goldcard img in your mail, you could make a new one (the right way) :0)

Apeleon said:
No i dont believe so,maybe its possible to reverse engineer the goldcard image? Or maybe even someone upload thier image if the model of the phone doesnt matter,I can do the hexwork myself.
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Maybe someone here could make a goldcard and mail it to you? Or what about all those rooting services on CL? Maybe someone has a goldcard you can use.

Well I have two potential ideas
1. I have the 8g sandisk thats come with the 3.5mm headphone jack mytouch through t-mobile,if someone has something similar maybe I can use thier gold image or
2. I have a Motorola phone,very old,think its a rizir? anyway I had a mini sd port, maybe I could pop it in, find the usb cord for it and get the number I need to make a gold card that way?

Alright heres an update,in case this will help anyone within the future, I just booted into a ubuntu VM I had and ran the command to get the CID for my sd card, so was able to do that and get a new goldcard.img, still doesnt seem to be flashing through sappimg though =(
Maybe it is completly bricked.

[Q] Removed SDCard Fixes?

I have an issue I have been trying to figure out on my own. I have scoured the interwebs searching for a solution and every time I think I've found one, it ends up being a road-block. I'd like to be able to post a fix for other people in various forums if I can find a way around it. So here's my story...
So a week ago a rooted my phone, I used Universal Androot and the Rom Manager, my phone was perfect with the multi touch, pinch zoom and other goodies...then I got greedy. I started seeing Hero Roms flying around the web, I wanted one. In this process I nearly bricked my phone, so I decided to put a stock rom back on it. My intention was to re-root and just leave cyanogenmod on my phone.
The problem is...dun dun dun, the dreaded Removed SD Card error. Now my SD Card only reads in hboot. Something during the OS loading disables my SDCard. I have been sitting at my computer for almost the last 48 hrs trying to find a way to fix it, because phone is semi-useless without it. Here is what I have tried:
1 fastboot -c board.sapphire disable_sdcard=0;
This gives me an ok and finish status but appears to have done jack once OS is loaded
2 fastboot oem enableqxdm 0;
this is not working because I have the dreaded perfected SPL
3 I have tried the [How-to]Fix Perfected SPL;
all of the SAPPIMGs give me incorrect Model IDs
4 I have tried re-downloading stock ROMs in case it was corrupted, nada.
I have been trying to find a way to flash the SPL without an SDCard and it doesn't seem possible...
Phone Info:
Sapphire PVT 32A Ship S-On G
HBOOT-1.33.0013 (SAPP31000)
CPLD-13
RADIO-2.22.23.02
It's the US MT3G 3.5MM.
I'd like to be able to help other people with this same problem, with credit to the person(s) involved in stomping out this fire.
Thank you to all constructive posts, let us get one step closer to ruling our phones.

Sound like the problem that I had. Different phone (mines a Rogers Magic) but same issue.
I ended up having to install the offical Rogers rom with the RUU.exe and then use the fastboot oem enableqxdm 0 command. Then I could re-root and do what ever I wanted.
My thread is here

Any particular mode the phone should be in for RUU Rom to read it? Sorry for the newbie questions but I really would like to enhance my knowledge.

DO NOT DO THAT!!!!! Where did you get the sappimg to return your phone to stock? What ROM are you currently on?

I got the ROM from Shipped Roms, it's a stock rom. I'D LOVE to be able to flash an SPL without the sdcard so that I could enableqxdm 0 the card reader back into exitence. I am down for trying all options.
The phone is rooted, via a file manager I have access to the system files if that helps at all... is it possible to edit init files and put them back on the phone? would that help?

The thing is, you can't use an RUU like the other guy did to get an engineering SPL loaded, you'll have to use the goldcard method to do that with your phone. As for the sappimg, there's about probably about 30 different images you can get from that thread. Which one did you download specifically? If you didn't get the 2.10.531.4, then you grabbed the wrong one. You can get the right one from here and flash it from hboot. I would try that before going the goldcard route.

DonJuan692006 said:
The thing is, you can't use an RUU like the other guy did to get an engineering SPL loaded, you'll have to use the goldcard method to do that with your phone. As for the sappimg, there's about probably about 30 different images you can get from that thread. Which one did you download specifically? If you didn't get the 2.10.531.4, then you grabbed the wrong one. You can get the right one from here and flash it from hboot. I would try that before going the goldcard route.
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Have you checked to see if your getting the SD card mount issue from recovery?

Yeah sorry I didn't mean for you to copy what I did as mine is a rogers Magic and things are different for your phone.
I was just indicating how I had to fix my phone.

Hey Don, Yea I got the 2.10.531.4, from S-R.com, its initially how I saved the almost brick, and the stock recovery does give me a E:\cant mount SDCARD.
Part of me thinks the rom ".4" has some kind sdcard block...
And I am unable to get the CID for my phone without the phone reading the sdcard, it's like walking a maze, I get close to what I think is figuring it out, but no luck yet, and I would love to be able to cross post a fix to other forums with people that arent having luck with fixing this issue.

That's easy, your CID is T-MOB010. The ".4" does have an SD card block as I've used it several times in the past. That's the shipped ROM for the myTouch 1.2. I would start by reloading the sappimg.zip from the link I provided. It's probably not going to make a difference, but is about the easiest double-check to do. The other option is to use the "old school" rooting method in my signature to get an engineering SPL loaded and then trying the two fastboot commands you tried before. I imagine the first command appeared to go through but in reality, didn't, similar to trying to run the "fastboot boot" command on a perfected SPL.

Will do. Will report back with results soon
Sent from my T-Mobile myTouch 3G using XDA App

looking at the unlockr's site the CID comes up as a large string of numbers, where does T-MOB010 come into play?

HeroTouched said:
looking at the unlockr's site the CID comes up as a large string of numbers, where does T-MOB010 come into play?
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There's two different CIDs. The one you get for the goldcard is specific to the SD card. You also have a Customer ID which is particular to the mobile company your phone is locked to. The one I provided is the CustomerID.
Sent from my T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide using Tapatalk

Going to have to borrow buddie's g1, topic on hold until then.
my phone only reads sd in hboot
Sent from my T-Mobile myTouch 3G using XDA App

HeroTouched said:
Going to have to borrow buddie's g1, topic on hold until then.
my phone only reads sd in hboot
Sent from my T-Mobile myTouch 3G using XDA App
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Cool.
Sent from my T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide using Tapatalk

I owe you a few redbulls Don! Phone is back to original state. And thank you also for dropping some knowledge on me too
Sent from my T-Mobile myTouch 3G using XDA App

No problems dude.

[Q] bricked phone i think i have exhausted all options

i have a mytouch 3g. belives its the fender edition but white from what i have been reading.. i got it this way from my friend, ive tried the gold card option, though i dont have this phones cid i used my buddys from another mytouch 3g. it still says model id incorrect when i try to flash sappimg, ive tried switching it from .zip to .nbh which i have been reading sometimes you dont have to have the goldcard. ive tried all different kinds of sappimg's nothing works. it either says model id incorrect or something about it being to old firmware wise. i can get into fastboot and hboot so its not a total loss yet i dont think. when i turn the phone on regular it stays on the vodafone slash screen. and i have also read that it should be because he flashed the wrong radio, firmware that wasnt compatible? ive tried just flashing a recovery but wont let me. keeps trying to flash sappimg even if not present. i have 2 sd cards one is a sandisc and the other is pny could that be the issue, do i still need the kingston even though they both still read after the gold card process. i am at a complete loss if someone could please shoot me in the right direction that would be great.
this is what it says on the hboot/fastboot screen:
sapphire unknown 32A ship s-on h
hboot-1.33.0009 (sapp31000)
cpld-13
radio-3.22.20.17
may 8 2009, 21:02:32

All the symptoms indicates a faulty goldcard or wrongly preparation of the same.
Let's start with the basic....
You do not have the optimal radio for your device.
You have "cpld-13" which is a hybrid between the 32A and 32B. You have the ram from the 32A but use a 32B radio.
The radio you have is for the pure 32A devices.
To fix that, you need to flash "something" using the goldcard. Why?
Because the spl you currently running on the device is "perfected; with other words, it will NOT allow you to flash anything... that's why you get denied every time you try to flash.
The goldcard will circumvent this by letting you flash any signed update package (sappimg.zip/nbh) which matches the current version of the firmware or anything higher. The good thing about the goldcard, is that it will bypass the id check. This way you can flash packages meant for a different device, which properly is the cause to why you have a mismatched radio/spl combo. If you get an error regarding the version nr, you are properly trying to flash something which has a lower version than what is already running on the device.
Referring to your statements from the OP, the "model id is incorrect" indicates that you have a faulty goldcard, because the essence of such a card is to circumvent that issue.
Changing from zip to nbh or the other way around will not help because the problem is in the foundation(the goldcard) or in the execution(the preparation). This also indicates the following:
1) You are working in the blind (flashing god knows what - NOT RECOMMENDED)
2) You are desperate
3) Lacking basic knowledge about problem at hand.
All not very wise when dealing with "exhaustion" of all possibilities(as mentioned in the title), because the problem-definition is based on merely speculations.
Enough with the "wise ass" lectures... let's do something constructive.
Start by issuing the following:
Code:
fastboot getvar version-main
The above will determine which version the device is running. Based on that, we can find the appropriate sappimg for you to flash.
The second thing you can do, is to take a look at the first 5-7 sticky threads. There are a lot of useful information. Also a thread handling specifically your device.
Post the result of the above command and we can take it from there..
Good luck

i type the code and it just sits their waiting for the device???

ok i reinstalled the sdk bundle and got it to work...
version-main 2.53.707.2

OK.... follow this guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=734617
It's located within the first 8 threads of the general section.
A working goldcard is a MUST.
But it should fix your problem completely :0)

cool thanks is there a way to get my cid threw fastboot? or what would be the best way like i said i have the pny and sandisc mircro cards i can go threw making. ive done it like a million times with no success. or could it just be the cards should i just get a kingston card and try it again? i have a cid from a friends phone but maybe its a bad number or something. not sure..

You can use any android device to get the cid of the sdcard.
Fastboot is not possible to use.
You must remember, that the cid you get is on valid for the sdcard you read it from. You cannot interchange cid to another sdcard.

oh the insanity

cant believe im posting this but here it goes.
couple days ago i had a working phone(mytouch 3g us) running on yoshi rom. now i cant even get into recovery. pwr+home. but able to fastboot.
I had sapphire PVT 32B ship s-on g
HBOOT- 1.33.0013d (sapp30000)
cpld-10
radio 2.22.27.08
oct 21 2009
so i was able to get S-OFF and install eng rom 2005
Now **** hit the fan. Since i couldn't get into recovery i was able to use fastboot commander. tried to fix what i did and now this is what i have 3 days later of trying to get it back to normal. Failure sums it up!!
sapphire PVT 32A ship s-on g
HBOOT- 1.33.0013d (sapp30000)
cpld-10
radio- 6.35.16.19
oct 21 2009
I get into fast boot and i cant even update anything. i try and it says check signature failed. What ever nbh file i put on the phone it gets stuck on updating radio, bar is almost filled to the top but sits there forever, till batter dies.
Any help would be great thanks in advance

Omg. Why did you flash inappropriate radio? Only magics 32a are compatible with 6.35.xx.xx
You can try flash ruu 2.53.707.2 from my library: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=6109097 (requires goldcard)
It has eng hboot and you will able to restore 32b combo next step, but chances are so small...
P.s. If you will have success with 2.53.707.2, then I will write next step. Do not do fast actions.
Sent from my A7-040 using Tapatalk

This issue has been answered multiple times, and I personally have spent many hours solving and documenting the issue.
Do a search and you will conquer :0)

hey i tried that ruu it gave me wrong id for the phone..
since i have the tmobile i tried 54) 3.12.531.1 T-Mobile USA FRG83D
and been waiting for the radio to update been its updating at 55%
what other ruu can i try?
Mum i tried a search any hints as to what ot search for specifically via your user name
thanks

mumilover said:
This issue has been answered multiple times, and I personally have spent many hours solving and documenting the issue.
Do a search and you will conquer :0)
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i found some of your posts i cannot adb at all only fast boot. i installed the adb drivers and could never get adb devices to list anything. only fastboot devices worked.
i even tried the above ruu posted and now im stuck in ruu

what is on your screen now? ruu mode?

kayelzhl said:
what is on your screen now? ruu mode?
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yess can you say paper weight!?!! haaha

check your pm

Has this story success?

5[Strogino] said:
Has this story success?
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no. unable to create gold card and still stuck in ruu. guess the phone is a gonner

tlipur said:
no. unable to create gold card
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You can create goldcard with any HTC phone. Ask friends, neighbors. This operation is safe. You need insert your own sdcard to friend's phone, read cid, generate goldcard image and paste it onto your sdcard.

5[Strogino] said:
You can create goldcard with any HTC phone. Ask friends, neighbors. This operation is safe. You need insert your own sdcard to friend's phone, read cid, generate goldcard image and paste it onto your sdcard.
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What really was not aware thought it would have to be done by the same make model phone.
Ok ill try to make a gold card have a droid incredible that i can use.
After i make the gold card what would i need to do next? Im still stuck in ruu with a chip at the bottem with a circle and line going through it.
Thanks

tlipur said:
What really was not aware thought it would have to be done by the same make model phone.
Ok ill try to make a gold card have a droid incredible that i can use.
After i make the gold card what would i need to do next? Im still stuck in ruu with a chip at the bottem with a circle and line going through it.
Thanks
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make a gold card, use the guide one the page "htcdev",(i cant post address) it will kick your phone out of RUU, if you are lucky enough to have a custom recovery before you got into this problem, then you can bring your phone back to life. btw, i have a magic 32A and stucked in the ruu before.

kayelzhl said:
make a gold card, use the guide one the page "htcdev",(i cant post address) it will kick your phone out of RUU, if you are lucky enough to have a custom recovery before you got into this problem, then you can bring your phone back to life. btw, i have a magic 32A and stucked in the ruu before.
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Whenyou say guide is it for making the gold card or to get out of ruu? If its a guide for the gold card I'm going to use the one posted on addictive tips. Gold card made what's the next step?
How long did it take you to get it out of ruu ?

Mmm... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=23599950&postcount=2

tlipur said:
Whenyou say guide is it for making the gold card or to get out of ruu? If its a guide for the gold card I'm going to use the one posted on addictive tips. Gold card made what's the next step?
How long did it take you to get it out of ruu ?
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no, gold card is easy to make when you have an android device, the guide i mean is how to kick your phone out of ruu, which may need a gold card. so before you do the guide on htcdev, make the gold card first. since i cant post address here, i will pm it to you about the guide.

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Mmm... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=23599950&postcount=2
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heya i tried running the ruu and it not able to find my phone. im able to fastboot devices and get it listed. i tried running it before the first time and i think it picked it up. i ran the tmobile one just to see if it picks it up and it did.
im going to try another pc real quick; Ok tried the other pc same result, t mobile ruu picked it up.
Went back to 1st pc uninstalled all driver programs related to phone. cleaned out registry and temp.
Checked with USBDeview, non listed. installed drivers that are from sdk tools, android bootloader interface.
ran it again still dident pick it up but tmoible ruu again picked it up.

So its. Gonner then eh?

0. Go into fastboot mode
1. Check connection by command
Code:
fastboot devices
It should return serial number
2. Run RUU 2.53.707.2
3. Navigate to windows temporary directory and search for rom.zip
4. Check twice that is 2.53.707.2 archive (you can unpack files and view hboot via notepad, you will see something like 1.33.2010 ENG S-OFF)
5. Copy rom.zip into folder with fastboot.exe (from Android SDK Tools), close RUU
6. Run
Code:
fastboot flash zip rom.zip

Just gave it a shot it passed sig, header,info then stopped at checking model id
Remote 41 model id check fail.
I used gold card tool 0.0.5 to get cid then went to rev skils dl the image and used the same prog to create the gold card via patch mmc.