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Bricked....

I have the Android Dev Phone 1 and I had just gotten through rooting it following the wiki's instructions, I wanted to try to install Hero with the Rosie UI so I was following these directions to then flash it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=3816278&postcount=3
But I was in the process of doing that, I had two micro SD cards with the proper updates on each, and when it came time to switch the cards(I didn't hit any buttons or anything by accident) I switched them, hit Alt +X, nothing happened. Nothing. I tried it a few more times and still nothing. All other combos of letters and trying to get it to respond in any way did nothing. So I pulled the battery out and now I cannot get past the G1 screen. It won't do the boot where you hit the camera button and power or the home + power boot. It just sits at the black screen with the G1.
I tried getting the ADB devices to recognize it and no dice. I can't get it to do anything other than go to the black screen. I tried searching the forum and I scoured google but all the things I could find were where you could get some kind of input beyond the screen.
I'm kinda mad as I just got this phone and paid $450 some bucks for it, can someone help me out? I'm on Vista X64 and Ubuntu X64. Thanks in advance to anyone who can help me unbrick my $450 paperweight.

you need to update the from the original recovery, which im guessing you still have to swithch to one of these. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=455860 then you can update to the SPL H
Hard SPL is the recommended one. Which in turn will give you the list feature Alt-x

Truculent said:
I have the Android Dev Phone 1 and I had just gotten through rooting it following the wiki's instructions, I wanted to try to install Hero with the Rosie UI so I was following these directions to then flash it:
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So is your phone a "PVT" or "DVT"? If it's a DVT and you tried to install Haykuro's SPL 1.33.2005, then you are almost certain to have a paperweight. I believe it's mostly consensus that the DVT phones brick if you go to that SPL. There are a bunch of threads here on it.

Truculent said:
I have the Android Dev Phone 1 and I had just gotten through rooting it
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Aren't ADPs rooted out of the box?!
You have to install the new SPL and JF's recovery image before you to to Hero/Rosie.

ADP's certainly do provide root out of the box, so no need to go to the trouble.
@Truculent:
Sounds like this is what happened;
1) installed rc29 for tmobile branded dream (mistake),
2) rooted that and probably installed some older radio image (or left original radio),
At this point, though you wasted time and risked screwing it up, you were probably still OK. The fact that you would even attempt the previous steps says something though...
3) reversed the sdcards and accidentally installed SPL before radio upgrade.
Its bricked and nothing you can do for now. Most likely this will require a physical disassembly and reprogramming to repair.
Honestly, anybody who could make a bonehead move like rooting a prerooted device by installing a root-locked firmware shouldn't be messing with SPLs. In other words, you deserve what you got. Particularly since you DONT NEED the modified SPL for what you were attempting! There's a system/apps to SD approach to fitting it with the standard disk layout.... which you could have stepped to *directly* from a stock ADP1 without ANY risk of bricking.

lbcoder said:
ADP's certainly do provide root out of the box, so no need to go to the trouble.
@Truculent:
Sounds like this is what happened;
1) installed rc29 for tmobile branded dream (mistake),
2) rooted that and probably installed some older radio image (or left original radio),
At this point, though you wasted time and risked screwing it up, you were probably still OK. The fact that you would even attempt the previous steps says something though...
3) reversed the sdcards and accidentally installed SPL before radio upgrade.
Its bricked and nothing you can do for now. Most likely this will require a physical disassembly and reprogramming to repair.
Honestly, anybody who could make a bonehead move like rooting a prerooted device by installing a root-locked firmware shouldn't be messing with SPLs. In other words, you deserve what you got. Particularly since you DONT NEED the modified SPL for what you were attempting! There's a system/apps to SD approach to fitting it with the standard disk layout.... which you could have stepped to *directly* from a stock ADP1 without ANY risk of bricking.
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I thought it was rooted when I bought it, but I was not able to install programs that needed root. They told me I needed root. I'm kicking myself right now. But yes, that sounds like what I did. This is my first time of doing anything with cell phones, I'm trying to learn. I didn't see anything regarding the ADP's so I figured the T-mobile G-1's were the same, my fault. I spent hours reading this forum and the wiki and didn't see anything concerning this kind of thing.
Is there any way I can do the disassembly and reprogramming? I did DD-WRT stuff on my routers, is there a way to JTAG or something similar to these phones? Oh, and this is a PVT phone.

Root is hidden from programs for security reasons (keep programs from going nuts and messing up your system), but a little bit of "adb shell" would show it to you.
I really doubt that PVT or DVT matters. The distinction was guessed at by trying to follow the pattern of bricking BEFORE it was determined that the radio version was the common factor. Even then, there was really no conclusive info showing that DVT boards were more prone to bricking, I think there was a sample of about 14 devices bricked back then, of them 6 were PVT and 8 were DVT.... you see how weak the evidence is? It would make a statistician cringe. See this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/poll.php?do=showresults&pollid=1523 - only the number of PVT bricks has increased because everyone got scared of trying to write the bootloader to DVTs, but you can see that there are some DVTs that flashed fine. 2 at least.
As for hooking up a jtag... there was someone looking into that, but I haven't heard of any repair procedures yet. Note that though it hasn't been done yet, there is no question that it is possible since the chips must have been programmed by some means initially.

Other than Gold Card? (PLEASE ANSWER)

ok so i just hacked a g1 from scratch yesterday and started on my mytouch today...only to find that i get stopped on the sappimg stage. It does the update fail/ image to old or what ever....PLEASE HELP idk how to create a gold card...i am trying to avoid this at all point! I tried on 3 2g sd cards and still nothing...please help

Did you try flashrec? If that doesnt work, then goldcard it is!
I'm confused though, you don't know how to make a gold card yet you did it on 3 sd cards? What?
Thanks to unlockr, he just put this up!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=645373
According to unlockr, you should try a 2gb kingston if everything else fails.
Lucky you, I stumbled upon this!
If you really wanna avoid the goldcard, then you MAY have to avoid rooting ^^

ok cool thanks alot (not rooting not an option lol)

o and what do you mean about flash rec....ima noob even though i got two hacked devices under my belt (familys g1's) ...all i know is im at 1.6 and i guess from their i have to go to 1.5 no matter what right? ionly found one way to do tht online and that was through the skateboard android screen and the sapppimg
am i wrong?

well I have no idea how to root a g1 as I don't use or read up about it at all, but to root a magic/mytouch, luckily I didn't have to downgrade or anything. All I did was go to the unlockr and it taught me how to root. They use flashrec there, take a look. You run an app and load up recovery and you're basically good to go. (I also flashed an eng spl after) I'm not sure if it'd work for you though, I don't have any info about your phone.

im 32b..fat32...android 1.6 what else do you need n how can i get it?
o and go to itsandroidsworld vid on youtube n it easy....
how did you root from 1.6 when the first step says go bak to 1.5?

cincinnati09 said:
how did you root from 1.6 when the first step says go bak to 1.5?
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You just answered yourself..
I'm not gonna spoonfeed you lol, find the answers yourself. Do something yourself, it's not difficult but it takes time. Wonderful people here have already provided tons of answers. Now go use that search function!

Custom Rom Advice

I've been lurking in this forum for a while now, and given HTC's "We're not updating the Hero until we've milked the market for every last Desire/Legend upgrade" stance, I've decided to take the plunge and put a custom ROM on my unbranded GSM Hero.
There's just a few questions I wanted to ask before I go ahead, and was hoping some of you would be kind enough to help:
1) If I install a custom ROM, is it possible to go back to factory state? I know some of the FAQ's say its possible to go back to the stock ROM, but does that mean EVERYTHING returns to stock? I know this is apples and oranges but when I flashed a couple of PSP's you have a recovery mode at startup, is anything like this left behind when returning to stock?
2) Is it possible to brick my phone? If so, is it recoverable?
3) Can anyone recommend a fast, stable ROM? I was interested in Damage Control but obviously thats for CDMA Hero's not GSM.
4) I see a lot of people with quite complex issues like radio frequencies and battery problems, what are the odds of having something like that happen? Is it quite rare? Also are radio flashes undone by returning to stock?
Thanks for your time guys, I'll be updating here with my progress/Issues later this evening

Arceon said:
There's just a few questions I wanted to ask before I go ahead, and was hoping some of you would be kind enough to help,.....
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1) If I install a custom ROM, is it possible to go back to factory state? I know some of the FAQ's say its possible to go back to the stock ROM, but does that mean EVERYTHING returns to stock? I know this is apples and oranges but when I flashed a couple of PSP's you have a recovery mode at startup, is anything like this left behind when returning to stock?
- Yes, you can return back to stock state. You are correct, we do use a 'custom recovery console' to flash custom ROMs but this is easily removed by applying one of the official RUU .exe files found at Official HTC Hero RUU ROM Links. Connect phone to PC, run .exe, DONE!
2) Is it possible to brick my phone? If so, is it recoverable?
- I personally have only heard of people bricking handsets when, (1) Installing CDMA ROMs onto GSM handsets (you already know the difference so this shouldn't be a problem now), (2) Interrupting the radio update process (when applying update, phone may reboot a few times, do not touch untill you get the lockbar to pull down to unlock).
Iv had mine for about 3 months now and started as a complete noob but my phone is still living.
3) Can anyone recommend a fast, stable ROM? I was interested in Damage Control but obviously thats for CDMA Hero's not GSM.
- Im using MCR3.2 since day one, its fast and stable, what more could I ask for (apart from android 2.1).
4) I see a lot of people with quite complex issues like radio frequencies and battery problems, what are the odds of having something like that happen? Is it quite rare? Also are radio flashes undone by returning to stock?
- I assume its quite rare, again, Ive had no issues whatsoever. I dont know if running the RUU .exe will roll back to a previous radio or not but you can manually rollback, just use the radio update.zip first, then run the .exe if you need to.
One thing I would recomend,... Make sure you'v charged your battery 100% via the mains adapter (not usb through PC) when applying the custom ROM.

ruu contains a radio upgrade. or downgrade, depends on what you have installed and what ruu you are attempting to install.
you can brick your hero by flashing either a wrong radio or a wrong spl, or by flashing the correct ones of either and interrupt it during flashing.
if it was recoverable it wouldn't be bricked, the definition of "bricked" is that it serves the same purpose as a brick. however in most cases there is the possibility of reviving it via jtag, which is a highly complicated process that involves opening the phone and manipulating with the components directly (you could say "solder in a new processor" to express it in laymans' terms). so usually not worth the effort.

@ddotpatel
Thanks for clearing all that up for me
One thing though, with the official RUU files you linked, do you always just pick the latest one? Also do I need to worry about the "No Driver" description, or is it just run and done?
@kendong2
What would consitute a "wrong radio"? Are they not region-free? Or do you mean if I install a lower version than the one I already have? Also I guess seeing as I don't know what an SPL is I don't need to worry about it?
As for the Bricked term, yes your right. Its just coming from the PSP scene they use the term bricked to describe when the firmware will no longer boot, but the hacked in recovery console will. Bad habits and all that

I dont think the nodriver thing is anything to worry about.
Check the ROM your currently on through the settings menu so you know which one to go back to should you need to. I suppose it would look odd if you tried to return a handset for repair and it had an older ROM than the one it shipped with.
If you use this link HTC Hero Radio ROM Links you will be fine. They aren't region specific, I just used the latest one.
I think what Kendong meant was to make sure its for the GSM Hero not CDMA.
And SPL is the ROM I think, so again, as long as its GSM you're good to go!

Thanks ddotpatel
One last question, on the Recovery ROM thread linked to in the "Complete Newbie Guide" it says in rather large red writing "This recovery is NOT yet fully compatible with the new apps2sd method!".
Does this mean if I install A2SD as in the newb guide it will cause issues/break?

Arceon said:
Thanks ddotpatel
One last question, on the Recovery ROM thread linked to in the "Complete Newbie Guide" it says in rather large red writing "This recovery is NOT yet fully compatible with the new apps2sd method!".
Does this mean if I install A2SD as in the newb guide it will cause issues/break?
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No, no,... If you follow the instructions in BTDAG's guide to setup apps2sd all will be ok.
The warning is referring to CM5.0.7 which I think is a HTC Dream / G1 ROM so that doesn't affect us guys.

Oh good, bid red text has a tendancy to put me off somewhat!
I've plumped for SLIDEVILLAIN 1.1.0 RC, and have a shiny new 8GB class 6 card on the way, should help with the craving to upgrade to a new phone for a while
Thanks for all your help, I'm sure you'll see more threads from me in the not to idstant future

Arceon said:
Oh good, bid red text has a tendancy to put me off somewhat!
I've plumped for SLIDEVILLAIN 1.1.0 RC, and have a shiny new 8GB class 6 card on the way, should help with the craving to upgrade to a new phone for a while
Thanks for all your help, I'm sure you'll see more threads from me in the not to idstant future
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Don't suppose you could send me a link of the memory card you'v ordered,... I think I'm gona start researching prices, speeds etc and get a new one myself.
Best I found so far was an 8gig Class 6 Transcend for £14 off Amazon but it doesn't state read/write speeds so am a bit reluctant.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Transcend-m...USDHC6/dp/B001IAMME8/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top
Yeah, Iv had mine 3 months, initially bought as a temp handset to replace my Nokia 5800. Was planning to sell it on again this month and get myself a Desire for my birthday. But you know what,... I'm still really really happy with it. I think I'll be keeping it for another 6 months or so, at least until we get something similar to the HTC Evo 4G or the HTC Incredible in the uk.

I ended up ordering the Samsung one:
Urgh I can't post links, search for "Samsung 8GB Micro SD PLUS memory card Class 6" on Amazon
The read write speeds are in the comments, but to be honest I didn't pay that much attention to them knowing that the class 4 was the recommended speed and that class 6 is 50% faster.
Pretty much the same here, I was happy with it until the boss ordered a Desire and I had to set it up for him. The screen size combined with 2.1 was seriously making me consider one, but I realised if I could just have 2.1 I could hold out another few months.
And yes the Evo is awesome, can't wait for something like that over here, If it doesn't come then I'll be holding out for Froyo instead

SPL is the secondary program loader. Think of it as the bootloader. You don't need to touch it unless you want to replace the initial static bootscreen image.

[Q] HTC Legend Unroot Problem (Warranty Purposes)

Before I get started, I have already tried whitetigerdk's guide. It didn't work, I keep getting update fail. I have also tried the Unlockr.com's guide. Didn't work.
I have also tried a bunch of different ways, like flashing a rom, or trying to get my nandroid.md5 backup to work, I just keep getting errors. I'm sure I've tried a couple other ways, and maybe a mix of two ways but nothing has worked so far, and I'm out of ideas. I'm 0 for like.. 8. EDIT: I've also tried using the clockwork recovery by flashing update.zip, does everything and seems like its back to stock, but I check phone info and it's still Rodriguez Style.
So here's the deal. My HTC Legend is running off of.. the Rodriguez Style with vivid sense rom, and just recently (couple days ago) a strip, up and down my screen, does not react to touch. Tried restarting, cleaning, whatever, it's ****ed. So then I knew I wanted to bring it in for warranty but i need to get the orginal rom back on, like how it was when I opened up the box.
I'm sure I need some more detail, so let me know and I'll provide all the info I can.
I appreciate the help! Thanks
Tynan
That error I got for the RUU's was this "ERROR [130]: MODEL ID ERROR" when I used the LEGEIMG.zip way, I also got model Id error

I'm not exactly an expert, but when I had to unroot my Legend, I've used RUU_Legend_Froyo_S_HTC_WWE_3.15.405.3_Radio_47.51.35.17_7.13.35.05_release_160328_signed from shipped-roms. Just plugged my Legend, ran the installer and all done.

Tynan22 said:
Before I get started, I have already tried whitetigerdk's guide. It didn't work, I keep getting update fail. I have also tried the Unlockr.com's guide. Didn't work.
I have also tried a bunch of different ways, like flashing a rom, or trying to get my nandroid.md5 backup to work, I just keep getting errors. I'm sure I've tried a couple other ways, and maybe a mix of two ways but nothing has worked so far, and I'm out of ideas. I'm 0 for like.. 8. EDIT: I've also tried using the clockwork recovery by flashing update.zip, does everything and seems like its back to stock, but I check phone info and it's still Rodriguez Style.
So here's the deal. My HTC Legend is running off of.. the Rodriguez Style with vivid sense rom, and just recently (couple days ago) a strip, up and down my screen, does not react to touch. Tried restarting, cleaning, whatever, it's ****ed. So then I knew I wanted to bring it in for warranty but i need to get the orginal rom back on, like how it was when I opened up the box.
I'm sure I need some more detail, so let me know and I'll provide all the info I can.
I appreciate the help! Thanks
Tynan
That error I got for the RUU's was this "ERROR [130]: MODEL ID ERROR" when I used the LEGEIMG.zip way, I also got model Id error
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OMG!!!!! I have the exact same problem on my legend. The vertical line region of the "C" key does not respond any more
Im sending my legend for repair tomorow
I had to un-root and return to stock too. Heres how i did it:
Download HTC sync and install
Go here and download your RUU shipped-roms.com/index.php?category=android&model=Legend
Then, connect phone with usb debugging enabled and run the RUU
DONE!!!!!

Hey thanks guys but I've actually tried three different RUU's .
I've tried your froyo one, a 1.23 whatever, then one that was the exact same build number 1.31.xxx.4 or whatever, and non worked. I followed the instructions exactly but I get that error that I posted above!
I have no idea what to do, I've tried so many different ways..
And oh yeah, the vertical strip doesn't let me hit e, d, or x.. and I use e in every text at least 173509712365092 times aha...

Hm...have you tried with a goldcard? If not, make yourself one, then copy LEGEIMG.zip on it and run the bootloader.
You can also try the RUU with the goldcard inserted if LEGEIMG fails.

Both failed, I have had the goldcard in, tried LEGEIMG on bootload or w/e, and it loads the progress bar all the way then says Model Image incorrect or something.. and same with the RUU.. I've tried soo many ways .
EDIT: I've tried using other sd cards (not goldcarded) with LEGEIMG with no luck. Should I try making a new goldcard?
EDIT 2: Nevermind.. a) My other sd's dont work and even if I found one, the goldcard code/hex generator (or whatever) is down.

I don't know where I got it, it was probably some rooting/debranding guide here on XDA, but there's a GoldCardTool.exe goldcard maker that you just fill in the info and it makes the goldcard for you.
Thinking more deeply, that tool was for download somewhere on some HTC Hero dev site, and applies to all Android phones.

Asovse1 said:
I don't know where I got it, it was probably some rooting/debranding guide here on XDA, but there's a GoldCardTool.exe goldcard maker that you just fill in the info and it makes the goldcard for you.
Thinking more deeply, that tool was for download somewhere on some HTC Hero dev site, and applies to all Android phones.
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Thanks man, i found it and converted two cards to gold cards, then tried putting LEGEIMG on the card and doing the volumedown + pwr, but no luck, worse than my original gold card.. tried the RUU's again, and same error, 130 model error.
Think all the ways are spent.. my phones just apparently the devil phone..

Tynan22 said:
Thanks man, i found it and converted two cards to gold cards, then tried putting LEGEIMG on the card and doing the volumedown + pwr, but no luck, worse than my original gold card.. tried the RUU's again, and same error, 130 model error.
Think all the ways are spent.. my phones just apparently the devil phone..
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Did the two sdcard you converted into a GC were from different manufacturers?
I had problems with RUU installation (had sandisk microsd as GC), but when I made a kingstone microsd GC - it worked (and no, it's not an indirect advertising )

amoskas said:
Did the two sdcard you converted into a GC were from different manufacturers?
I had problems with RUU installation (had sandisk microsd as GC), but when I made a kingstone microsd GC - it worked (and no, it's not an indirect advertising )
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Yup, one is SanDisk 2GB, then ones a no name sd, and the other is something different. None are kingston tho.. but like I said I swear my phone is the devil phone...
I'm thinking about trying to get the warranty if its rooted anyway (I have warranty with Virgin and Wireless Wave) so idk.. and if not.. I'm just gunna buy the Incredible on a 3 year contract aha..

Please tell me,if you made a goldcard,flashed,and then formated it again to use normally with the phone,does it still remain a goldcard?

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Please tell me,if you made a goldcard,flashed,and then formated it again to use normally with the phone,does it still remain a goldcard?
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Pretty sure once a goldcard, always a goldcard. But yeah I guess what I'm left with now is that I should try to bring it in for warranty, just don't tell em it's rooted and see what happens? Idk.

I should reformulate my question, i had a rooted phone with costume rom,but then went back to stock and updated to android 2.2 build 3.15,(the device is not branded)basically what you are saying,i can skip the goldcards process and proceed with rooting my phone?(mind you the previous owner of the phone had done the rooting and i have absolutley no xp in that stuff)
Thanks in advance!
Sent from my HTC Legend using XDA App

dajc12 said:
I should reformulate my question, i had a rooted phone with costume rom,but then went back to stock and updated to android 2.2 build 3.15,(the device is not branded)basically what you are saying,i can skip the goldcards process and proceed with rooting my phone?(mind you the previous owner of the phone had done the rooting and i have absolutley no xp in that stuff)
Thanks in advance!
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Ohhhhhhhhh, ok. The reason you were able to have a root done without a goldcard is because your phone is debranded, I've read that if your phone is debranded you do not need a goldcard!

Did you even search? I have made a thread in development on easiest way to unroot the Legend..
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Tynan22 said:
Before I get started, I have already tried whitetigerdk's guide. It didn't work, I keep getting update fail. I have also tried the Unlockr.com's guide. Didn't work.
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Yeah.. I did search. Did you even read my post? I ask for help on forums as a last resort aha.
EDIT: It was either update fail, or model ID fail

I have the same problem with a Legend I got with Bell. I tried all the RUU in version 1.31 on the Shipped Rom website and always got the error 130. Just for fun I tried the one from bell mobility (version 2.02) and that one worked perfectly.

gignacr said:
I have the same problem with a Legend I got with Bell. I tried all the RUU in version 1.31 on the Shipped Rom website and always got the error 130. Just for fun I tried the one from bell mobility (version 2.02) and that one worked perfectly.
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Thanks for letting me know dude, I'll give it a shot! I'll post if it works
EDIT: MAN I LOVE YOU! It worked!

Phone Bricked?

I have a stock myTouch 3G 32B that won't progress past the initial login screen. I have taken pictures of the different screen/areas that I can get to. I have tried multiple SIM cards at no avail. Any help appreciated! Thanks!!

That is not a brick. Not even close to being a brick. Imagine this, you try to turn your phone on and you're greeted with the old familiar splash screen, but it stays like that, nothing happens, you start to worry and decide to boot into recovery, same thing happens, you freak out and try fastboot, same result. That's a brick. That doesn't happen to too many people, but when it does, its effing scary.
Now onto your problem. Are you sure the Sims you tried had working data? Did you try them in another phone to verify?

Thanks tvall ... I guess I should have used a different word that bricked since I know a true brick is completely non functional. This phone however is completely useless at this state though. :-(
As for the SIM cards, they were taken out of my HD2 (running Android), my wifes HD2 (also Android), Samsung Vibrant, and then a dumb phone. All the smart phones have data plans and work when their proper SIM cards are installed.

Well the phone suggested to call customer care, and it is a SMARTphone. Try taking its advice?
What I do when I have major problems is flash a sappimg and start over. (That is also the only times my phone runs stock software. I rooted on day one and flashed cm haven't gone back to stock)
Maybe, if your ok with root, do the goldcard rooting process and see if a custom rom can get data?

The phone was purchased used off craigslist ... wasn't sure if that would come up or matter if customer care was called. The whole point of this is that I was hoping to root and get a custom rom on there (trying to fix up for my niece to use). The problem is though that I don't think that I can root without a goldcard and I can't create a gold card without getting into the settings page and getting info about the phone (right?). If there is a way to do any of this using ADB or any other method I am all ears.
Also you said something about flashing a sappimg and starting over ... can I do this without the phone being rooted? It is 100% stock AFAIK.

NickPDX said:
The phone was purchased used off craigslist ... wasn't sure if that would come up or matter if customer care was called. The whole point of this is that I was hoping to root and get a custom rom on there (trying to fix up for my niece to use). The problem is though that I don't think that I can root without a goldcard and I can't create a gold card without getting into the settings page and getting info about the phone (right?). If there is a way to do any of this using ADB or any other method I am all ears.
Also you said something about flashing a sappimg and starting over ... can I do this without the phone being rooted? It is 100% stock AFAIK.
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You can make a goldcard with any HTC android phone

tvall said:
You can make a goldcard with any HTC android phone
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I was thinking that the gold card that is used to root the phone would have to be made with that phone as well. So I can use my G1 to make a goldcard that I can use to root this myTouch3G?

NickPDX said:
I was thinking that the gold card that is used to root the phone would have to be made with that phone as well. So I can use my G1 to make a goldcard that I can use to root this myTouch3G?
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Yep. Goldcards are not phone specific

Thanks! I have never seen anything saying that in all of my research. I would have never figured that out on my own. I will create a gold card with my G1 when I get home from work and root that myTouch with it.
Thanks again!
Sent from my HTC HD2 using XDA App