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Please help, rooting and installing custom rom (HTC Magic)

Hy there, i'm completely noob, but I was reading this forum for couple of weeks now. I want to root my device and I found really simple guide on Unlockr.com, rooting magic in one click.
So, is this good guide? And when I root my phone, I'm completely lost between so many things (radio, spl...).
This is my phone, HTC Magic (non-branded):
SAPPHIRE PVT 32A SHIP S-ON H
HBOOT-1.76.0009. (SAPP10000)
CPLD-12
RADIO-6.35.08.29
Please tell me what should I do after rooting (if that rooting procedure is ok), what rom can I install to my device, is there something I must do before installing (or after)?
Please help me! Thanks for your time and answers!

I think the guide "rooting magic in one click" on Unlockr.com is for old radio only (correct me if I'm wrong).
Your phone is running on new radio verion, so I think you can't apply that method to root your phone.
You can use this method (thank to agriff):
Download new RUU
http://www.multiupload.com/XQEH9NVGY7
Flash with Goldcard method http://theunlockr.com/2010/03/10/how...te-a-goldcard/
1. Download RUU linked above.
2. Install update using RUU.
3. Turn on phone and connect to computer.
4. Get RA recovery and SPL also linked above and drop them to sdcard root directory.
5. Run SDK: adb shell
6. Install recovery: flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery-RA-hero-v1.6.2.img http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=561124
6. Turn off phone and turn on again holding Power+Home. RA Recovery should appear.
7. Flash zip from sdcard.
8. Use file: update-hboot-1762007-signed
9. Done. PSPL broken.
10. Build a shrine for orange_24
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Or you can get more detail instruction at: ROOT YOUR HTC MAGIC
After rooted phone, you can install any custom ROM for 32A with new radio like: Smoki, CursorSense32A (these ROM with Sense UI, very nice...)

Mod. edit: not dev related, moved to general

[Q] Please help!! I may have messed up my MT3G!!

Okay, so I installed a radio version 2.22.27.08 via clockwork recovery on my 32A device when it should be only used on 32B!!!! I wanted to use yoshi's rom and I followed the directions but must have clicked on the wrong one!
I downloaded the old radio (3.22....) and tried to flash it via fastboot (it only comes in a .img file) but it keeps failing on the signature!
Is there anything I can do to downgrade to that radio?
I made a nandroid backup and my phone still works fine with the wrong radio, but I am not able to install another rom that I want!

Give us complete fastboot info

Is there a chance for my (new) Magic ?

Hi all,
Well, that's the way, it sometimes goes....
On Tuesday i received in exchange my new Vodafone Magic. After only two days i'm stuck with a "deadlock" situation. Following happened:
The Magic was delivered with the standard 1.6 Donut on it. I then manually flashed the OTA update to 2.1.1 and the apps that I use regularly. Yesterday I used the "Gingerbread.apk from the XDA forum to gain root. Armed with root, i downloaded Rom-Manager from the Market and installed ist. Next, i installed the Clockwork Recovery via Rom-Manager. Then reboot into the recovery and Voila .... Clockwork recovery.
Ok, first thing i did was to make a backup of my current ROM and then came the big mistake ...
I wanted to have a black Notficationbar in OTA. So i flashed "blackbar.zip" from "http://www50.zippyshare.com/d/43974308/12150/blackbar.zip". But after reboot it didn't work (Bootloop).
Well, I thought I reboot back into the recovery and restore my backup.
And then came the shock ...
What I saw then was not the Clockwork recovery but the original HTC Magic recovery.
Ok, tried to flash the 2nd part of the OTA Update again.... Nope. The HTC Recovery reports "Assert Failure". Obviously checksum tests are done and after flasing the blackbar, "framework-res" no longer matches the checksum.
OK, so back to 1.6 with the NBH Image .... Nope, The Magic reads the image, but refuses to install with the comment "main version is older"
Since the OTA update, installs an "S-ON" Spl, no more fastboot...
Searched in Google and found a lot of Posts saying "try using this image", "try using that image", but nothing worked.
So the Situation now is as follows:
- Magic can not start anymore. Bootloop in the "android" Bootscreen
- Fast boot is not possible because of the SPL
- New import of the OTA update, part 2 not possible due to checksum error
- Back to 1.6 not possible due to "Main version older"
- I only have the the original Magic Recovery. (and of course can boot into HBOOT / FASTBOOT mode)
What I would need would be a flash-ready image of Enginnering SPL or an update, however, in the format, which is accepted by the original recovery of the Magic. I also dealt with the idea of creating a Goldcard. Could this be a way to save my Magic?
Has anyone else an idea, or anyone knows how to create a flash-ready image, which is accepted by the original recovery?
Thanks and greetings. lagloose

Is this a 32B or 32A? I've been in that situation before. If you can get into fastboot you can save it. Get a RUU (for 32A I used 3.5.401 from Rogers) and install it. In the process, it'll try to get the phone into fastboot mode, but it's already there, so you'll factory-reset it. After that, you can apply an Engineering SPL through update.zip (using the recovery from the RUU itself, not AmonRa or others's) and then you can do anything else you want on your device.
Good luck! ^^.

I think you're going to have to make a goldcard, which is a problem since you can't boot. If you can somehow make (find?) a goldcard then you should be able to flash a RUU. Can you post you're device specs? Vodafone Magics are supposed to be 32A's right?

I don 't know your phone information,but i think you need a goldcard and flash ruu

[Q] Offical Htc Wildfire 2.1 Eclair Rom

Hi guys im so stupid i deleted my backup of my old 2.1 stock rom therefore i can't go back to it from cyanogen mod 7 can someone please provie me with the eclair rom for htc wildfire thank you remeber it has to be official rom thnaks again

http://shipped-roms.com/index.php?category=android&model=Buzz
Check ROMs with version number 1.x. These are Eclair ROMs.

hey 3xeno....iam on eclair and want to update to froyo...iam having that 60mb file which is an update from shipped rom in my lappie.....i don't want to download it as iam having mobile network and no wifi....so plz tell me any procedure to apply update to eclair....
i had tried that method of extracting firmware file from it deleting .nbo file and then zipping it into P49IMG.ZIP bt nothing happened...my device didn't updated...
iam s-off and evrything....any method done from command or nything....plz do tell me..

I read it somewhere, but, I am not sure whether it works or not. Here's the procedure in any case:
- Rename the 60MB OTA Zip to update.zip
- Reboot into HBoot
- Press Vol Up + Power. This will supposedly take you to the Stock HTC Recovery.
- Here, select Apply sdcard:update.zip. It will install the Zip automatically.
Alternatively, you can try this via Clockworkmod also. The procedure remains the same, but, you enter Clockworkmod > Install Zip from SDCard > Apply sdcard:update.zip
To reiterate, this is what I have read elsewhere, it's not tested by me personally.

they are all version 1.0
still cant find it !!!

Go for this one:
RUU_Buzz_HTC_WWE_1.37.405.1_Radio_13.53.55.24H_3.35.19.25_release_151892_signed.exe

[GUIDE] Making 1.29.401.16 RUU ROM image to work like RUU

After looking at few threads where members where asking for 1.29.401.16 RUU, and some of them finding an Image file of the same (including me) , but getting trouble to make it work like RUU. So i thought of writing a process to make it work if someone needs to get back to STOCK.
Requirements :
YOU NEED TO BE S-OFF
ALL DATA WOULD BE LOST,ALL MEANS ALL, SO BACKUP
DONT HOLD ME RESPONSIBLE IF ANYTHING GOES WRONG
PROCEDURE:
1. Download the 1.29.401.16 image file from here : https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B-4Hz5BkTjxdTV9fS01JbU5yTE0/preview?pli=1 of 1.29.401.16 ( Thanks to @west2cool for the RUU)
2. Download RUU_M7_UL_JB_50_Cingular.exe ( Link on http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39588860 Thanks @BugsyLawson )
3. Execute RUU_M7_UL_JB_50_Cingular.exe
4. when all progress bars stop, go to %temp% search the most recent folder, and search for the file ARUWizard.exe file that inside of the folder {F46C5D93-D618-4028-943D-D8C5753929A3} (name may vary) and inside there is another {50F2F878-636A-496F-A7CB-544C067E0C4B} folder name will vary, inside this last one there is the file ARUWizard.exe
5. copy that last folder to some other place in your PC/Laptop
6. stop the executing of the RUU_M7_UL_JB_50_Cingular.exe
7. In the copied folder replace the "rom.zip" with the one in PN07IMG_M7_UL_JB_50_HTC_Europe_1.29.401.16_R_Radio _4A.14.3250.13_10.33.1150.01_release_318486_signed _2_4.zip, you need to rename PN07IMG_M7_UL_JB_50_HTC_Europe_1.29.401.16_R_Radio _4A.14.3250.13_10.33.1150.01_release_318486_signed _2_4.zip to "rom.zip", actualy this zip is a img file, that's why you can't unzip. ( Thanks to @torres.sis for this Guide )
8. Execute the ARUWizard.exe
Follow the onscreen instructions , and the device will be back to stock. You should not loose S-OFF, but the bootloader would be Relocked.

Just wanted to say thank you, it worked perfectly.
And I have been looking for the 1.29.401.16 RUU for a long time

Try this, more simple: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=43693174#post43693174

i am currently on 2.24.401.1 firmware 4.2.2 ROM with hboot 1.54 S-OFF superCID . running this RUU will downgrade my hboot to 1.44 ??? also do i have to lock bootloader before running RUU?

cristian2206 said:
i am currently on 2.24.401.1 firmware 4.2.2 ROM with hboot 1.54 S-OFF superCID . running this RUU will downgrade my hboot to 1.44 ??? also do i have to lock bootloader before running RUU?
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Yes, it will. No, you don't have to relock.
Sent from my HTC One using xda premium

cristian2206 said:
i am currently on 2.24.401.1 firmware 4.2.2 ROM with hboot 1.54 S-OFF superCID . running this RUU will downgrade my hboot to 1.44 ??? also do i have to lock bootloader before running RUU?
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You could just flash the HBoot from this post instead if its just the hboot your after:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2316726

@mathrania
I actually like your Idea as i had the very same idea just yesterday with the only difference that i was thinking it might be possible to adapt the meta inf from the ruu so we could actually create a full ruu that also flashes system this way. So we could make full RUU's from available components since Mike1986 chose to not share RUU's he gets.
Feel like diving into it?
Just a thought....

Sneakyghost said:
@mathrania
I actually like your Idea as i had the very same idea just yesterday with the only difference that i was thinking it might be possible to adapt the meta inf from the ruu so we could actually create a full ruu that also flashes system this way. So we could make full RUU's from available components since Mike1986 chose to not share RUU's he gets.
Feel like diving into it?
Just a thought....
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
How to do that?? I don't have much idea abt it...
Sent from my HTC One using xda premium

Does anyone have recovery image for 1.29.401.16 ?

hi bro i need a help,
htc 9088 not connecting with pc and no one near for repair, i lose password and during installation twrp crush real recovery mode. can u make a ruu file for my phone, firmware/recovery