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Help bricked phone?

So I had cyanogenmod 5.0.7 installed and I decided to try the new smoki rom, I realized I had to update radio so I tried the radio tool and all I get was writing radio..... and nothing else it just stayed there for a good 15 minutes. Any ideas?
I have the 32A and it was rooted with a gold card. I can get into fastboot but nothing else. Thanks!

We need more info. Do you have a mytouch 1.2/Fender Edition Mytouch? If so, you cannot run anything other than stock spl and radio (1.33.0013 for spl and radio 2.22.23.02)
The good news is that if you do have a mt3g 1.2/ Fender LE, it is not bricked since you can still get into fastboot. From there, you would need to make another goldcard, load the sappimg that contained the engineering spl and then flash stock radio, amon ra's recovery, and stock spl once again.

Normal Htc
Its a normal magic i.e. rogers branded without headphone jack does. Do i have to do the golden card thing even if I rooted it before? could you point me to a guide for rerooting I'm kind of a n00b

Mod. edit: not dev related, moved to general

Okay, since it is not a mt3g 1.2/Fender LE, I don't think you have to reroot. Can you boot up the phone, can you get into recovery, and can you get into hboot (vol down + power button) ? And what is the spl version right now?

HTC MAGIC
all I can do is get into hboot and fastboot when I try recovery I just the rogers loading screen and it doesnt go away. my spl i think is 1.76.2007 and my current radio says 3.22.20.17 but i did fastboot radio erase and it still shows it. I have tried fastboot flash recovery then booting recovery but it doesnt work I have also tried fastboot flash radio with like 3 different radio images and that didnt work. I'm kind freaking out because I have 0 warranty lols.

Don't freak out, it's not bricked. Don't expect to be able to flash anything if you dont have engineering spl (1.33.2010). Now, I don't have a traditional 32a magic, so this might be the best solution to your problem, however, this is what I know will work.
You need to make a goldcard again and load the engineering spl on it. (I'll look for the link in a bit)/
Then, you boot into Hboot mode and it'll automatically flash the spl for you.
Afterwards, you go into fastboot, flash whatever radio you had originally, then the amon ra recovery image, and then whatever spl you had before.
Lastly, you go into recovery and flash cyanogenmod back. Once you finish doing all of that, I'll help you get the other rom on your magic if you need help.
I'll look for the file you need in a minute. I gotta finish up my physics homework.
EDIT:
Okay. These two guides can explain things a lot better than I can. Choose whichever one you can do more reasily.
http://theunlockr.com/2009/08/29/how-to-root-the-htc-magic-in-one-click/
http://theunlockr.com/2009/08/14/how-to-root-your-mytouch-3g/
If anyone knows a better way to do this, any suggestions would be appreciated.

Golden Card
How would I make a gold card if I can't get the CID because the phone wont boot? Is there another way to read this information of it? I tried googleing but no luck yet

Nvm
Nvm I found the goldcard.img i'm charging my phone right now and i'll try it in a hour thanks for the help.

You can get the CID even if your phone doesnt boot. As long as you're at the boot screen, it'll connect and you can get the CID.

Unsure
Not quite sure how I can fallow the guide since I can only get into fastboot any suggestions?

tried engineering spl
I got this engineering spl ROM v2.53.707.2 (Engineerings SPL v1.33.2010) - MD5 : F9674D19BE5F949D0D9DC99714D210E3 and put it on a golden memory card but the hboot doesnt recognize it do I need to rename it? I also tried flashing radio again with fastboot flash radio radio.img with radio.img being the old and new radio still as soon as it starts writing the htc screen goes black but on and the phone becomes unresponsive

[Q] 32A Radio instsall crash - bricked?

I did a radio and spl update in the wrong order (spl first and then radio). Now i'm stuck with a radio install screen that ends up in fadeout display and vertical white stripes every time i boot up my phone. Just like this video except the arrow points to a android instead of a phone:
I can't go to hboot (back + power)
I can't go to recovery (home + power)
I can get the blue led (trackball + power)
Is there anything i can do to fix this?
Phone info:
32A (htc branded)
radio:
old: RADIO-3.22.20.17
new: Radio_HTC_PVT_32A_6.35.10.18 (as a zip on sd)
spl (hboot):
old: HBOOT-1.33.2010 (SAPP10000)
new: hboot-1.76.2007 (SAPP10000)
recovery:
old: RA-magic-v1.2.3H
new: recovery-RA-sapphire-v1.7.0H
Please ask if you need more information. Though i'm still a bit of a newbie (otherwise i would not have "bricked" my phone)

That's a recovery screen. You should have flashed the Hero recovery, not the Sapphire/Magic one, since that's what the new radio requires.
Hold down Volume and press power. Does you phone go into fastboot? If so, flash the latest Hero recovery or the modded Sapphire/ new radio one from http://www.theandroidkitchen.com/fileshare/Sapphire-32A-Updates/

keinengel said:
Hold down Volume and press power. Does you phone go into fastboot?
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No, i have tried VolUp, VolDown and both. Still goes to the "install" screen and crashes.

If you can't get into fastboot (volume down+power), recovery (home+power), or get the phone to boot normally, I think you've pretty much bricked your phone. If it's under warranty, try to take it back. If not and you've got insurance, tell them the phone is in the bottom of a lake, if you don't have both, well that just sucks.

I have read about "Gold card" but i'm no sure how it works, it is not something that will do anything in my situation?

Not really, sorry. You need to be able to get into fastboot in order to use a goldcard.

Hm, thats so sad. My older brother was about to inherit the phone. Well - no android for him this time... Sorry my man.
Thanks for the clarification on this matter

Can only get into fastboot, nothing is working.

[EDIT2] Ok, having issues again and now it's worse. I decided to update to the to 6.35 radio and the 1.76 spl and it wasn't working, so I tried the method again by flashing a sappimg.img, it hangs updating the radio and not the SPL is back at the stock 1.33 with security on so I can't manually update the radio or get into recovery and the sappimg is not working.
Can anyone help me out with this situation?
[EDIT] Nevermind, I figured it out on my own. Used the unroot method from www.theunlockr.com.
Ok, so I picked up a T-mo myTouch 3G 1.2 to play with.
I went through the process of trying to flash a new ROM, but I am having some issues.
I rooted it, then proceeded to the rom flashing steps in the wiki (yes I tried to read as much as I could before I started). I got the message about no remote access so I figured I had a perfected SPL.
I went through the "fix" process and created a goldcard and flashed the sappimg that had the engineering 1.33.2010 SPL and the 3.22.x radio (originally had the 2.22.x radio I believe). After doing this the phone will not get past the first splash screen.
I can still get into fastboot so I tried flashing a custom recovery and the flash said it was successful, but I can't seem to boot into recovery mode.
I tried changing the radio and still nothing.
Where did I go wrong and how can I fix it? I really appreciate any help.
Thanks

bump, first post updated with a new issue

power n home button? im guessing u did that already
32b myTouch 3g 2.2.1
Cyanogen Nightly 271
Hboot - 1.33.0006
Radio - 2.22.19.26i
Kernel - 2.6.35.9
ADW 1.3.3
ClockworkMod Recovery
Slideit keyboard

tried that, im unable to get into recovery.
I know how to fix it, I just can't find the right resources.
I need a sappimg file that has a security off SPL in it. The sappimg file loads and starts to flash, it just hangs when loading the radio.
There is a sappimg file that has an engineering spl in it that I got from the "How to fix a perfected spl" thread, but it hangs when trying to update "system" and doesn't make it to the bootloader.
I either need a sappimg that will load the eng spl first or one that is just the spl (if that's possible).
If I can do that, then I can flash the radio through flashboot, then use the original sappimg to get back to stock and start from scratch.
Can anyone help me with that?

dont know if you found out how to get back to orignal rom but go to shipped-roms.com choose android and under sapphire download this file
SAPPIMG_Sapphire_T-Mobile_US_2.10.531.4_release_signed
its the stock 1.2 rename it to sappimg and put it on goldcard. then put the goldcard into phone. power the phone on while holdding volume down and power button. let it load and press yes to update.
hope this helps you cause i was stock in the same position

[Q] mt3g 1.2 stuck at boot screen

Yesterday I went ahead and tried to flash the new 2.22.27.08 radio for my mt3g 1.2. I thought I read some posts saying that it is compatible with the mt3g 1.2. after flashing the radio and rebooting, my phone became stuck at the htc magic boot screen.
I no longer am able to enter recovery (home + power) or hboot (vol down + power)
the only thing I can do is access fastboot commands: when I power on the device, at the top of the boot screen is says "fastboot usb"
fastboot devices shows my device but my spl is perfect spl with s=on so I cant flash any img files. Ive tried flashing all the partitions, even with a zip file but I get the same errors, remote: not allow.
I tried installing with RUU and the command "fastboot oem rebootRUU" but the RUU app cannot find the connected usb device.
a lot of posts suggest to make a goldcard and put the SAPPIMG.zip on sdcard and let it fastboot auto load the file, since vol down + power doesnt work for me i thought this wasnt an option.
here is my phone info:
pvt 32a ship s-on g
hboot 1.33.0013
cpld 13
radio 2.22.27.08
anyone have any suggestions?
I would hate if the phone was unrecoverable but it is an old phone, maybe time to upgrade.

cloths55 said:
Yesterday I went ahead and tried to flash the new 2.22.27.08 radio for my mt3g 1.2. I thought I read some posts saying that it is compatible with the mt3g 1.2. after flashing the radio and rebooting, my phone became stuck at the htc magic boot screen.
I no longer am able to enter recovery (home + power) or hboot (vol down + power)
the only thing I can do is access fastboot commands: when I power on the device, at the top of the boot screen is says "fastboot usb"
fastboot devices shows my device but my spl is perfect spl with s=on so I cant flash any img files. Ive tried flashing all the partitions, even with a zip file but I get the same errors, remote: not allow.
I tried installing with RUU and the command "fastboot oem rebootRUU" but the RUU app cannot find the connected usb device.
a lot of posts suggest to make a goldcard and put the SAPPIMG.zip on sdcard and let it fastboot auto load the file, since vol down + power doesnt work for me i thought this wasnt an option.
here is my phone info:
pvt 32a ship s-on g
hboot 1.33.0013
cpld 13
radio 2.22.27.08
anyone have any suggestions?
I would hate if the phone was unrecoverable but it is an old phone, maybe time to upgrade.
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Goldcard method. If you cannot access the bootloader, have no recovery and phone will not start then you just bricked your phone.
Make the goldcard, do a battery pull, put the goldcard in, hold the volume down button, put the battery in and power on the device while holding the volume down button. If it boots to a white screen then your in luck. If not then ask for a new phone for the Holidays.

Binary100100 said:
Goldcard method. If you cannot access the bootloader, have no recovery and phone will not start then you just bricked your phone.
Make the goldcard, do a battery pull, put the goldcard in, hold the volume down button, put the battery in and power on the device while holding the volume down button. If it boots to a white screen then your in luck. If not then ask for a new phone for the Holidays.
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Thank you for the replay. I just made a goldcard and tried your suggestion but didnt work I also tried different combos of battery pull/ vol down + power. no dice. I guess im sol for now.
thanks again for the reply.
EDIT: haha ya I bricked my phone just in time for the holidays! Cant complain when getting a new phone I guess. I might pick up a jtag kit and try to unbrick the 1.2, just for fun though

[Q] Stuck At Unzipping Screen (Now It Won't Go Into Recovery Mode)

Hey everyone.
I was rooting my MyTouch 3g w/3.5mm this morning. I'm following the instructions from here ( http://theunlockr.com/2010/03/11/how-to-root-the-mytouch-1-2-and-fender-mytouch/ ). I had apparently messed up when I was at the restart after flashing sappimg.zip onto the phone and was stuck at the HTC Magic Screen. I restarted my phone by holding down the Reject Call + Volume Down key and told it to flash sappimg.zip onto the phone again so I could redo it correctly. Unfortunately, it's stuck at the "[1] SYSTEM - UNZIPPING" stage. I'm afraid to turn it off because it says to not power off the device.
So, yeah, have I bricked my phone or is there a way to restart this process so I can successfully root?
Thanks much, and have a happy holiday.
EDIT: This sort of resolved itself, but now I can't get into recovery mode. :/

Rhaseo said:
Hey everyone.
I was rooting my MyTouch 3g w/3.5mm this morning. I'm following the instructions from here ( http://theunlockr.com/2010/03/11/how-to-root-the-mytouch-1-2-and-fender-mytouch/ ). I had apparently messed up when I was at the restart after flashing sappimg.zip onto the phone and was stuck at the HTC Magic Screen. I restarted my phone by holding down the Reject Call + Volume Down key and told it to flash sappimg.zip onto the phone again so I could redo it correctly. Unfortunately, it's stuck at the "[1] SYSTEM - UNZIPPING" stage. I'm afraid to turn it off because it says to not power off the device.
So, yeah, have I bricked my phone or is there a way to restart this process so I can successfully root?
Thanks much, and have a happy holiday.
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So your flashing the engineering spl for the first time or are you flashing the stock spl back?

Binary100100 said:
So your flashing the engineering spl for the first time or are you flashing the stock spl back?
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I'm flashing the engineering spl onto there for the first time.
It appears that being stuck at the Magic screen is normal according to a different (but similar) guide from the Cyanogen Wiki. Would it irreparably damage my phone if I removed the battery despite it being at the "Unzipping" screen for Sappimg (as I was unzipping sappimg for a second time) and proceeding with CyanogenMod's guide instead?
EDIT: It appears my phone just turned off on it's own (battery probably died). I'm going to try CyanogenMod's instructions and see if that works.
EDIT 2: So, I reflashed it with the sappimg that Cyanogen has on his wiki. So everything was smooth sailing until I got to the Recovery step. I cannot, for the life of me, to get it to boot in recovery mode. I hold HOME+POWER but nothing pops up.
EDIT 3: And it appears as if I've bricked it.

Rhaseo said:
I'm flashing the engineering spl onto there for the first time.
It appears that being stuck at the Magic screen is normal according to a different (but similar) guide from the Cyanogen Wiki. Would it irreparably damage my phone if I removed the battery despite it being at the "Unzipping" screen for Sappimg (as I was unzipping sappimg for a second time) and proceeding with CyanogenMod's guide instead?
EDIT: It appears my phone just turned off on it's own (battery probably died). I'm going to try CyanogenMod's instructions and see if that works.
EDIT 2: So, I reflashed it with the sappimg that Cyanogen has on his wiki. So everything was smooth sailing until I got to the Recovery step. I cannot, for the life of me, to get it to boot in recovery mode. I hold HOME+POWER but nothing pops up.
EDIT 3: And it appears as if I've bricked it.
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Will the rom start? If so, you didn't brick it.
Do you have the Engineering SPL on it? What SPL version do you currently have on there? Remember that if you have the T-Mobile US MyTouch w/3.5mm jack then you MUST have 32B recovery and radio and STOCK (1.33.0013) SPL before flashing a custom rom.
Best way to do it is to flash your custom recovery (I suggest Clockwork Recovery for Mytouch/ION devices) by fastboot.
Afterwards then flash your stock (S-ON) SPL back and then boot to recovery to flash your rom.
REMEMBER!!! YOU DO NOT HAVE A 32a DEVICE! DESPITE WHAT THE SPL SAYS... IT'S NOT TECHNICALLY A 32a DEVICE!!! You MUST treat is as a 32b.

Binary100100 said:
Will the rom start? If so, you didn't brick it.
Do you have the Engineering SPL on it? What SPL version do you currently have on there? Remember that if you have the T-Mobile US MyTouch w/3.5mm jack then you MUST have 32B recovery and radio and STOCK (1.33.0013) SPL before flashing a custom rom.
Best way to do it is to flash your custom recovery (I suggest Clockwork Recovery for Mytouch/ION devices) by fastboot.
Afterwards then flash your stock (S-ON) SPL back and then boot to recovery to flash your rom.
REMEMBER!!! YOU DO NOT HAVE A 32a DEVICE! DESPITE WHAT THE SPL SAYS... IT'S NOT TECHNICALLY A 32a DEVICE!!! You MUST treat is as a 32b.
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Oh, wow. That explains why I bricked the phone. The Amon_RA Recovery I put on there was 32a... I'm an idiot.
The phone won't start up at all. :/ Looks like I'm out $100 or so.
Thanks for that, though. I was going to give you a "Thanks" but it appears the button has disappeared for me.

Rhaseo said:
Oh, wow. That explains why I bricked the phone. The Amon_RA Recovery I put on there was 32a... I'm an idiot.
The phone won't start up at all. :/ Looks like I'm out $100 or so.
Thanks for that, though. I was going to give you a "Thanks" but it appears the button has disappeared for me.
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Can you still get into fastboot?

Binary100100 said:
Can you still get into fastboot?
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Nope. It won't turn on at all.

Rhaseo said:
Nope. It won't turn on at all.
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Won't boot, no recovery, no fastboot.
If it looks like a brick, if it sounds like a brick then it's probably...

I have a similar problem. I purchased this phone and it just almost works. It boots into fastboot just fine but not recovery. Here are the specifics as they stand now.
Sapphire unknown 32A ship S-on H
CLD 13
Radio 3.22.20.17
May 8 2009, 21:02:32
I made a good gold card...tried the 2010 spl...still hangs during unzip step of the flash process. Any other ROM and I get a main version older error.
Fastboot info version main 2.53.707.2
cid T-MOB010
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Nice job on probably bricking your phone. You've got the myTouch 1.2 which means you just flashed an incompatible radio. Congratulations!!! I honestly not sure what to tell you. Which sappimg are you trying to use to get the engineering SPL?

Like i said...it was like this when I bought it.
I'm going to try to do a poorman's JTAG...wish me luck.

jonk26.2 said:
wish me luck.
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Good luck! You can do it!
If you have any questions along the way, please don't hesitate to ask.
JTAG did in fact de-brick my MT3G 1.2 (bought from ebay) the first time I tried it. I made the mistake of flashing the stock ROM, so I would get to the "touch the android to begin" screen and couldn't get any further without a data plan. It wasn't until I probably flashed the wrong sappimg in a root attempt that I started experiencing the stuck at unzipping/FAIL-PU/remote signature verify fail problem...
FYI, I tried flashing radio 2.22.28.25 (the one from the OTA) using JTAG and the radata command, and it fixed my USB. I haven't experiemented much beyond that, but I'm planning to try some more things this weekend.
Moderators, I'd like to suggest merging this thread with http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=773368 and http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=771622 since they all seem to be discussing the same problem.