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What the hell...?!?!?

Hey All,
First I want to apologize if this isn't the place for this thread or if this has been brought up before.
Now onto what I came here for. I have a myTouch 3G phone (the one without the jack) and I have rooted my phone a couple of months ago. The rooting process went fine and currently I'm running the CyanongenMod 4.2.15.1 rom on my phone. It's running fine as it should be. Now my dilemma is when I tried to update to CM 5.0.7 or 5.0.8. At first when I flashed the rom, I thought everything was fine during the setup process but then when it came to using any Google apps, none of them seem to work with the exception of GTalk and Google Maps. I've tried the troubleshooting guide where it says to do the fix_permissions but that didn't work at all. After about 3 days of trial and error, I finally admitted defeat and flashed back to CM 4.2.15.1. I also came to the conclusion that my phone will only take 1.5 & 1.6 roms whereas any roms 2.0 and above will not work correctly. I even tried to flash CM 6.0 RC1 and it got stuck at the green boot screen.
My question is there something wrong with my phone or am I doing something wrong? Has anyone else ran into this problem? Please let me know because I would love to have the 2.0 and above roms on my phone.
Thanks in advance

Did you do a full wipe and then upgrade?

Yes I did a complete wipe, even did the command that you do in fastboot

u gotta install the google pack i think....for that u will find it in cyanogen forums

If you mean by installing the gapps after flashing the rom, I've done that already. Also I've even reflashed the gapps again just to make sure and I also tried the fix_permissions and that didn't work either.
I also saw that the browser was acting funny too (not sure if that's part of gapps)
Sent from my T-Mobile myTouch 3G using XDA App

Hello,
In your sign, you're using an old rom with the old method of app2sd (on /system/sdcard/), newer rom uses /sd-ext/ but 1.6.2 recovery is not compatible with the new method.
Not sure but try to update your recovery with 1.7.0.
Good luck, Scargoll.

scargoll, i failed to mention that I'm already using Amon Ra's 1.7G recovery image. I need to update my sig (my bad). also as i stated before, i tried upgrading to CM 5.0.8 and running into issues, that's why i'm still running CM 4.2.15.1

Yup. Wrong section. I'll move to General when I get back home.

Google Addon: FRF91-MDPI-2
Mirror: http://kanged.net/mi...91-3-signed.zip
EBI1 Port:
Download: http://briancrook.ca...ebi1-signed.zip
MD5Sum: 30f00833c6b9e15027603be4cbe415cc
Are those what you tried?

jeff, if i'm correct the FRF91 Google Addon is for the CM 6.0 RC1 rom and i don't have a MyTouch 3G 1.2 32A phone to be using the EBI1 port.

Well, since you say so, your phone is just jacked.

Have you tried reflashing the whole ROM and GAPPS again? See if a different version of cyanogenmod works for you.

jeffakajeff said:
Well, since you say so, your phone is just jacked.
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LOL...jacked how?

appledroid said:
Have you tried reflashing the whole ROM and GAPPS again? See if a different version of cyanogenmod works for you.
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appledroid, i've tried relashing both CM 5.0.7 and CM 5.0.8 roms gapps. the roms flashes fine but when it comes to using the gapps (with the exception of GTalk & Maps), they either close without a warning or i get a app loop (GMail does that most before it finally closes without warning)

sounds to like your running out of space on a partition while flashing. try fireat's mtd partition hack and see if it works for u.
flash the 1.1 zip
flash cm6
flash gapps
flash 1.2 zip
and then reboot

chrisgto4 said:
sounds to like your running out of space on a partition while flashing. try fireat's mtd partition hack and see if it works for u.
flash the 1.1 zip
flash cm6
flash gapps
flash 1.2 zip
and then reboot
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hey chris,
running out of space on a partition - are you talking about the space on the phone or on the SD Card? if it's the SD Card, not sure how that's possible when I have 4GB card (also it's not partitioned as of now but before I did have it partitioned)
if i follow this route, do i need to flash CM 6 or can I flash CM 5.0.8?
also where can i find the 1.1 and 1.2 zip files?
in any case, i'll try both to see what's up

um does anyone know what chris is talking about?

c'mon....anyone?

hey im not to sure why u cant switch to the latest cm roms. cause mine is doing fine on every updates.
i use clockworkmod recovery
try redownloading the rom. while downloading, watch ur downloading progress bar, makesure u have good internet connection. do not let the data connection change speed( switching from 3g to e or g) do not let phone switch from portrait to landscape.
if any of the above does happen you will have to cancel current download then redownload.
try to download cm6 rc3 - its 2.2 and it have lots of goodies. gapps are also preinstall
well i had this problem too... i was stuck on green screen... setup abort... gapps was acting up... so i did the above and everything is fine...
i hope this works for
rooted mt3g 32b cm6-rc3 htcClay 1.3

forgot to mention... since u have this problem, i recommend a full wipe... i dont kno if it is ok to flash without wipe from cm4 to cm5 or 6... flashing rom over another rom is wat i normally do... cause i hate reinstalling apps
rooted mt3g cm6-rc3 htcClay 1.3

[Q] help with froyo roms?

hey guys, i've got an original mytouch 3g and am having some issues with any froyo roms i flash. i always do a full wipe and repartition my sd card before a flash. after a few hours of use, if i reboot my phone it always boot loops and i end up having to nand back. its an endless cycle and i cant figure out why the phone would run fine and then with normal use bootloop after a reboot. i've tried biff mod versions, cm 6 stable, and a few others but the exact same problem with all of them. any help would be greatly appreciated! im using a 2gb kingston sd card if that matters.
Original Mytouch 3g
SAPPHIRE PVT 32B ENG S-OFF H
HBOOT=1.33.2005 (SAPP30000)
CPLD-10
RADIO-2.22.23.02

32b roms?
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

yeah any 32B froyo roms I use end up boot looping after a while

S- on. Try that cause mine is on
Sent from my HTC Magic using XDA App

icemanjakers said:
yeah any 32B froyo roms I use end up boot looping after a while
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You dont need S-ON, you can try ArsADroid or if you tried it did it bootloop?

i've never heard of ArsADroid i googled it but didnt really get any good info. If my SD card was messed up somehow would that cause the rom to not boot up? i did format my SD card on my laptop (not the quick format) and that seemed to really help but now CM 6.1.0 just reboots every few hours but it always comes back on.

Go to the magic development section and you will find a lot of froyo roms and search the forum not google
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=846081

i think i fixed it. i put my sd card in my laptop and formatted it (not a quick format) i've done this a couple of times with quick format but always had the same problem. the regular format seems to have worked. its been 2 days and my phone still boots up every time. im running biffmod v2.1 (leaving on a jet plain) its really stable, fast, and with the the blue revo theme, it looks awesome!!! thanks for helping me out guys i appreciate it.

Reset my incredible!

Ok so I am having some serious issues with my phone. I have rooted it before the 2.2 update was out for the incredible and I have messed around with it since. I have used unrEVOked's s-off patch and because of it now my phone will not do a couple of things. The system update keeps bothering me to update but when i tell it to do so it fails to restart. Also the My Verizon app doesn't work at all, it fails to recognize my phone (surprise surprise). My phone currently works fine as a phone and data device but those things really bother me and I want to get it back to a factory image. When I go to switch the S-ON with Clockwork Recovery, as I select the update.zip file that switches the S-ON the screen goes black and resets to the menu. I have no idea what to do from here. Does anyone have any ideas?

You need to use the unrevoked s-on tool if you want to go back.
See the faq section at this link.
http://unrevoked.com/rootwiki/doku.php/public/forever
Also, if you've flashed a custom rom you'll need to install an ruu to get back to stock.
Do a lot of reading first and proceed at your own risk!
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Unrevoked forever
SkyRaider Sense 3.5
Radio 2.15.00.09.01

I am just going to restate that in using the S-ON tool clockworkmod recovery resets and goes back to the main menu. That was the other problem that I could not even use RUU's to reset my phone. It won't even recognize it attached

Sorry. Sounds like you have issues beyond my ability.
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Unrevoked forever
SkyRaider Sense 3.5
Radio 2.15.00.09.01

Have you tried this thread;
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=786436
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Unrevoked forever
SkyRaider Sense 3.5
Radio 2.15.00.09.01

I gave that a shot, but unfortunately after following each step i came to the same problem that it will not apply the S-ON.zip file in clockworkmod recovery. DAH! I think i messed it up pretty bad.

SerenadeX said:
I gave that a shot, but unfortunately after following each step i came to the same problem that it will not apply the S-ON.zip file in clockworkmod recovery. DAH! I think i messed it up pretty bad.
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Just curious. What radio are you on? I remember reading somewhere that S-Off and on don't support the 9-1 + radios. And what clockworkmod version are you on?
Sent from my ADR6300 using XDA App

I am using 2.15.00.07.28. Following the guide linked in a previous post on this thread, I changed it to this to make S-ON work but to no avail. I assume i have the latest clockworkmod because i just barely reflashed it with unrevoked. It is vers. 2.5.1.2

Have you tried the official one posted here?
http://unrevoked.com/rootwiki/doku.php/public/forever
It looks like they have updated it for the new radios. And the one on the guide might be an older version.
Sent from my ADR6300 using XDA App

You will need to go back to a stock recovery in order to get the VZW OTA to work
the lack of that recovery will make the phone update fail to reboot.

Soopafly Incredible said:
You will need to go back to a stock recovery in order to get the VZW OTA to work
the lack of that recovery will make the phone update fail to reboot.
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Yeah I gave that a shot when I was trying the guide posted previously. It reset my recovery to stock but when it tried doing the OTA it still failed to reboot. I'll try using the latest S-ON tool. Worked!! Wow! I have never got this far. Now lets see if it solves the problem...

Out of curiosity why even bother going back to stock? You could have most likely fixed all of your issues just by flashing a newer rom.

cannot load recovery.img

hi folks,
I got a htc magic a while ago, it had the original 1.6 Android.
I wanted to try a custom rom, so I found the website theUnlockr and followed some instructions there.
I managed to do the gold card method and get a hero rom on my phone.
Ok.
I didn't know that hero was actually based on 1.5 -> fail.
So I had some time yesterday and tried to first go back to 1.6, without all that htc sense crap.
I found this website. Awesome!
Doing this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=HTC_Sapphire_Hacking
it all went well until I had to load the custom recovery rom, which didn't work.
But at that moment I realized that I still had the custom rom on the phone from my previous activities.
Next thing:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=576768
I jsut got myself the update.zip from the htc website linked there and applied it.
It worked like a charm. I have the old 1.6 which runs smoothly.
However, it wasn't as good as before anymore (some apps don't work on 1.6 anymore, like google goggles and kindle app) -> fail again.
So I wanted to get a newer version of android running.
Back to the wiki tutorial!
This time, I realized that I had a standard recovery back as well.
"Android system recovery"
reading at the bottom of the screen:
"E:Can't open /cache/recovery/command"
Is this bad? I have no clue.
It also gives me the option to aply an update.zip, do I need the custom recovery at all?
I made a backup with Nandroid recovery, which I couldn't use then.
I cannot put a custom recovery on the phone. (fastboot boot recovery.img)
When I try to, adb tells me:
"cannot load recovery.img"
fail.
Where recovery.img is the renamed recovery file from:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=530492
I used:
recovery-RA-sapphire-v1.7.0G.img
because I have a 32B phone.
What the heck is going on? Why does it refuse to load the recovery?
I didn't find any thread regarding this problem. =(
fyi fastboot:
Sapphire Pvt 32B Eng S-Off H
HBoot 1.33.2005 (Sapp10000)
CPLD 10
Radio 2.22.19.261
the fastboot information states "H" so I'm not sure if I chose the correct recovery img.
tl;dr
What causes the problem that "fastboot boot recovery.img" fails to load the recovery file?
Do I need a custom recovery?
With the above device specifications, am I correctly choosing "recovery-RA-sapphire-v1.7.0G.img"?
Did I fail at anything else?
Thanks guys.

same here mate.. im running Android 1.6..
type:
fastboot devices
Hxxxxxxxxxxx fastboot
fastboot boot recovery.img cannot load 'recovery img.
sapphire pvt 32a s-on h
hboot-1.33.0009 ( sapp10000 )
cpld-12
radio- 3.22.20.17
may 8 2009, 21:02:32
recovery-RA-sapphire-v1.7.0H.img

If both of you are on stock, I. recommend rooting using Universal Androot, then installing Rom Manager to flash a custom recovery.
EDIT: To get Androot, Google it on your phone, and then download and install it. Rom Manager is available in the market.
Keep me posted!
Sent from my Sapphire/dream using XDA App

thanks, I got the Rom manager, which tells me that I do not have root.
That's confusing. How did I lose root? I thought I had root through the gold card method.
Edit:
I went for androot and it worked like a charm.
When I start rom manager it doesn't complain about the missing root.
So that's done.
However, when I try to load a custom recovery with rom manager, it tells me that an error occured.
Roughly translated:
"while performing a privileged command an error occured"
It's also strange that it sometimes asks me for my device type (either "magic" or "ION") and sometimes just does nothing.
I'm still stuck with the inability to get the recovery image on the phone =(
Edit²: I tried the "fix permissions" thing but it fails with the same error

At this point you should probably try to flash the alternate recovery at the bottom of Rom Manager(AmonRa).
Sent from my Sapphire/dream using XDA App

thanks a lot!
the problem was that I did not install the superuser.
This way, the rom manager failed.
So I got CM 6.1 which works great.
However, there are no Google apps. (all I need is the market really)
So I went for the CM wiki: (cannot post links so I inserted a space)
wiki. cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Latest_Version/Google_Apps
I have a magic, so I took the "tiny" version for "CyanogenMod 6".
Now I have all the google apps, but NO market!?
When I visit the market website (via pc) my phone does not show up.
How do I get the market back?

Do you still have Rom Manager? If you do, you can flash CM with GAPPS through it.
Sent from my Sapphire/dream using XDA App

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Do you still have Rom Manager? If you do, you can flash CM with GAPPS through it.
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I have it still installed, but it crashes when I try to view the available roms.
It asks me to update it before it dies. (I don't knwo how to do that without the market)
And again: I did install the google apps for CM (see link) so I'm confused as to why there was no market included.
Itried downloading the market as a separate apk file but it crashed on whatever I did with it after opening it.

Can you reflash the CM rom(without using Rom Manager)? If you can, then we can download RM again, update it, then reflash CM again, with GAPPS. I know this is tedious, but it has the highest chance of working.
Sent from my Sapphire/dream using XDA App

Thought of another way to get the market. Do you have a file manager on your phone as of right now? If you do, then I can attach the vending.apk(market) from my phone. If you don't, I can probably find an apk for a free file manager as well.
EDIT: It probably crashed because it installed in the wrong place. Look here: http://www.google.com/m/url?client=ms-android-hms-tmobile-us&ei=9gcaTojwO-KkiAKKmZ6EAw&gl=us&hl=en&q=http://www.pocketmagic.net/?p%3D1447&source=android-browser-type&ved=0CD4QFjAH&usg=AFQjCNENw-_9QWgtW_j3UgDiv14Fa-PCyA
For more info
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reflashing the Rom seems to be the way to go.
I was curious how some apps for this newer android version would perform, so I installed the flashplayer apk.
Surprisingly, after rebooting, the system was ****ed up and stayed in a loop in the CM boot animation.
So I have to redo the system anyway.
The Rom manager is not too great for me, because I have no wifi here.
CM was kinda cool. I think to bypass the whole gapps problem, I could simply get the standard android 2.2 froyo Rom?
But there are only custom ROMs as it seems. what do you recommend?
Edit: crap. when I flash the CM Rom again, the boot keeps looping =(

You could try out GingerYoshi. Its gingerbread, so it shouldn't have compatibility issues with flash player. Just make sure you have the right radio.
Sent from my Sapphire/dream using XDA App

TheBladeofFate said:
You could try out GingerYoshi. Its gingerbread, so it shouldn't have compatibility issues with flash player. Just make sure you have the right radio.
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I don't want flash.
I know it won't run fast on a magic. I mean 512Mhz, I don't expect anything else.
I just wanted to know how bad it actually would be.
Games are generally nothing I want on my phone. (which is one reason why I got myself this old phone)
So, that aside, how do I get rid of the boot loop?
Will this be fixed when I flash a different ROM?

Actually, GingerYoshi is extremely fast, as you can overclock, turn on JIT, and modify compcache settings right from the options. I think the bootloop should fix itself if you flash back to stock.
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Sorry for the delay, I didn't have time...
I tried to flash the old original Google ION 1.6 that I had before.
(putting the zip on the SD, booting recovery (clockwork), installing the zip from there)
This doesn't work. An assertion fails:
The assertions checks if either "ro.product.device" or "ro.build.product" are equal to "saphire".
This happens even if I disable the assertions. =(
I think the phone got set to be "ION" after I installed this Rom the first time.
How do I fix this?
UPADATE:
I got back to ra recovery.
I could flash the rom for 1.6
However, there's still the bootloop.
How do I get rid of the loop?

Ok, at this point, I think we should go back to stock and then reroot. Under the mytouch development board, there should be a thread for the officials RUUs. Go there and flash the correct rom to get back to stock.
Sent from my Sapphire/dream using XDA App

TheBladeofFate said:
Ok, at this point, I think we should go back to stock and then reroot.
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Oh sorry. I didn't mention it: this 1.6 is an official rom.
It is the standard google android without any custom things.
That's why I was a little scared when even that got stuck in the boot loop.
However, I booted to recovery again and from there, rebooted the system.
And it worked! (for whatever reason)
The system was not working perfectly.
There's this bar where you can quickly turn wifi, bluetooth, etc. on and off and this didn't work.
I rebooted again now and the flaws are gone.
I'm back on 1.6 running smoothly now.
I had a look at the thread with the official stuff.
I have the 1.6 from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=576768
I found via a link from the wiki page for the magic (as I said earlier).
It is something "official".
I'm a little confused now as to what is the real "official" Rom.

That is the rom for the Google ion(dev phone) ported to the 32b. A RUU is the true "official" rom as it is carrier specific.
Sent from my Sapphire/dream using XDA App

[Q] Ginger yoshi 1.2.1 (android 2.3.4) 32a

I have HTC magic specs are:
HTC Magic
SAPPHIRE PVT 32A ENG S-OFF H
SPL: 1.33.2009
Radio: 3.22.20.17
Recovery: RA-sapphire-v1.7.0H
ROM: Ginger yoshi 1.2
kernel: auto-boot-2.6.35.13-farmatito-pershoot-ds-BFS+-20110518.zip
I installed a few apps like skype (with video tweak), launcher pro and fancy widgets. One of them caused a problem and there after my phone is getting stuck on the vodafone logo. I have to clean delvic cache each time then reboot an then it works.
I reflashed the rom and the kernel but still the same. I think iam missing something. can anyone help.
Should I try installing another rom and install ginger yoshi?
or do i need superwipe? if yes then can anyone guide to me to the link where I can find easy steps to superwipe.

I would download cachemate and perform a super clean...
And or watch the logcat while your phone is booting and look for issues.
(search google on using logcat ) I use a tool called qadb
If not .. remove the new apps
Sent from my Sapphire using Tapatalk

svpb said:
I would download cachemate and perform a super clean...
And or watch the logcat while your phone is booting and look for issues.
(search google on using logcat ) I use a tool called qadb
If not .. remove the new apps
Sent from my Sapphire using Tapatalk
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Thank you for your reply
I have removed all the apps. reflashed the rom an still it gets stuck on the vodafone logo on reboot. I will try your suggestion though.
Yesterday I downloaded this file was about to try it (wipedatecachesystem.zip)
any idea about this one?