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[HELP PLEASE] T-Mobile MYTOUCH with VODAFONE HTC Rom - AM I ROOTED?!?!?

Ok - thanks for coming in and reading my post even though you could have skipped right on through.
I have purchased a used MT3G from craigslist (i know). I am a semi-knowledgeable "veteran" when it comes to rooting and flashing on the g1 - but the mytouch is totally new to me.
I have some SERIOUS SERIOUS concerns as to what my phone even is in the first place. I bought it with original TMobile packaging, phone says tmobile in the front and back - yet when I turn it on it's VODAFONE.
When I boot into recovery, I get the Triangle Exclamation with the phone. The rom is a 1.5 HTC rom and here is my fastboot info.
PVT 32B SHIP S-ON H
HBOOT - 1.33.0009 (SAPP30000)
CPLD - 10
RADIO - 3.22.20.17
May 8th 2009
HOWEVER - when I run the "one click root" - it says I have a 32A system. Eventually I followed the instructions for 1 click root using flash rec and flashed (downloaded) the Cyan 1.4.1a from the "recovery installer" (flashrec-1.1.2 2009-0909). They said my phone was 32A, I just went ahead and downloaded and installed - now I have the cyan recovery when I boot up my phone - I just can't flash ANY roms. I tried RAv 1.6 - for both 32B and 32A. 32A keeps rebooting my phone over and over, 32B just sits at the vodafone and hangs for 15 minutes.
After HOURS AND HOURS of reading the forms and the wiki - I'm at a complete impasse. I need some guidance. Do I have a 32A or 32B? Is it possible for 32A phones to show 32B in the fastboot? Some people need a "goldcard" to do this - I just used flashrec did I do something wrong? It seems as if some people are flashing roms with their regular SPLs - do I need engineering SPL - if so HOW do I flash SPL and radio without bricking.
I just want to flash some damn roms, or even get back to OEM and get my phone up to 1.6. It's such a bad feeling buying a phone, then bringing it home and you don't realize what you've gotten......I just want to get my phone rooted and start flashing roms and I've gotten this far.
ANY HELP GREATLY APPRECIATED!!!!!!!!
edit - the only way I've gotten my phone back to the stock HTC MAGIC rom is luckily upon first running of the CYAN recovery I did a nandroid backup and just restored to my backup after the failed rom flashes.
EDIT 2pm CST : I called T-Mobile, they can track your IMEI and Sim card every time you place a call - they CONFIRMED that my IMEI belonged to a TMOBILE MYTOUCH 3G and not any european phone. This leads me to my next question - is it possible to flash this HTC MAGIC rom onto a TMOBILE MYTOUCH 3G through fastboot, or something - WITHOUT a recovery, WITHOUT having root?
My MYTOUCH 3G is running VODAFONE everything, and it's definitely a EUROPEAN HTC MAGIC rom. Did someone install something on this phone before I got it. Please community - any help is appreciated.

A possible explanation is that someone followed Amon_RA's instructions partway through but did not finish. Specifically, they may have flashed the SPL, the recovery image for 32A and then a ROM for 32A. Since the phone is 32B, the recommendation is then to update the radio and recovery and ROM for 32B after it is rooted.
Perhaps this person rooted the phone, and then did not revert to 32B. Just a guess, though.

ok bro first lets calm down. everything is fine. all the information you need is right in front of you. first if its from europe it could be 32b and or 32a. so to check if you have root lets download a terminal app. if you dont have one pm and ill send you one. once we have that run it and type
su
if it asks for permission or just goes to
#
you are good. now type cat /proc/meminfo
for "MemTotal:" if it says 98024 or around there then you have a 32b. there that took care of what kind of board you have now we have radio and splash. your radio is .009. eng radio is .006. most likely the person that had the phone before only did have the steps. so go over them again with doing a "real" rooting. make a goldcard, get a good rec .img and have sdk working on your comp. if you need help i can help the best i can.

my touch 3g problem!! please help!!!
i bought a my touch 3g from craigslist. and when i turn it on it freezes up and says vodafone and it just stays there.. i need help to get it off can anyone help??? please

Turn it on while holding the Home key and tell us what you get? If you get a menu of options then you have a custom recovery image and you can flash a new rom ... if you just get an image of a ! then you have the stock recovery image.
Also turn it on while holding the back key, give us the information from that screen (also known as the fastboot screen) as this will tell us what recovery options are available to you.

I feel you man.
richboii8939 said:
i bought a my touch 3g from craigslist. and when i turn it on it freezes up and says vodafone and it just stays there.. i need help to get it off can anyone help??? please
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I worked for T-Mobile and got a mytouch before launch. My MyTouch, During the 32B radio flash, fell off my desk, disconnected, and has been stuck where you are ever since.
doing MANY hours of research and trying VARIOUS different methods did not help. I since bought another, (and a nexus. DO NOT MISS THE MYTOUCH) rooted it and my original MT3G, is still stuck on Vodafone red boot screen, and has a hopefully semi-permanent place in the bottom of my shame drawer.
Mine will not respond to Goldcards, and is not picked up by ADB.
If you plug your phone in, on boot and it is recognized by ADB, then you have hope. If its completely shot like mine. I doubt you'll be able to revive it. Unless ive been missing something since July of last year. (I had it early lol).
If it is recognized.
I would...
-Get a 32B radio
-Open CMD in the radio's folder (Shift + Right click will add a button in your right click to Open Command Prompt There)
-Fastboot flash radio <insert file name here>.zip
-Adb will say "Waiting for Device"
-IF IT IS RECOGNIZED It should reboot into Fastboot and flash the Radio and you should be okay.
*Please correct me if I'm wrong. Im can root all day long, but i can barely explain it. XD*

G1 stuck at boot screen

G1 stuck at boot screen, after radio rom upgrade? Is there solution?

can you enter recovery, fastboot, what spl do you have, did you flash the spl first, what file did you flash, what type of phone do you have (region). Did you try to wipe and reflash?

I hope what you flash was truly a radio not an SPL.

any news on this yet??? man you should ALWAYS know what your doing,
if in DOUBT, get on here and SHOUT
flashing stuff you dont know is a quick way of bricking your phone but i have a feeling i know what you have done here are you trying to flash CyanogenMod if so what version and what version are you flashing from?
brit

Please igord? Share with us what happened? Is it bricked? Where was a mistake and which tutorial did you follow? Thanks.

The same thing happened to me, I was trying to root my phone last night and when I flashed the Danger SPL the phone installed it and requested a reboot. Rebooted and now the phone is stuck on the T-Mobile G1 screen. Tried to boot into recovery, doesn't work. Tried to boot holding camera + power, doesn't work. Assumed the phone is bricked so I did the only thing I could think of...
Called HTC customer service today, my phone is still covered under the HTC warranty. I lied to the representative on the phone saying I got an OTA update and now the phone wont go past the T-Mobile G1 screen. She gave me a RMA # and told me to send the phone in since it is still under the HTC warranty and that if the tech finds out what is wrong (and considers it a "factory" problem) they will fix it at no cost. If the tech feels the problem is a non-warranty problem, they will call and tell me how much it will cost to fix. With the HTC warranty, they said they REPAIR not REPLACE the phone.
Has anyone sent their phone into HTC when it was bricked? If so what was the outcome?

CaseyB14 said:
The same thing happened to me, I was trying to root my phone last night and when I flashed the Danger SPL the phone installed it and requested a reboot. Rebooted and now the phone is stuck on the T-Mobile G1 screen. Tried to boot into recovery, doesn't work. Tried to boot holding camera + power, doesn't work. Assumed the phone is bricked so I did the only thing I could think of...
Called HTC customer service today, my phone is still covered under the HTC warranty. I lied to the representative on the phone saying I got an OTA update and now the phone wont go past the T-Mobile G1 screen. She gave me a RMA # and told me to send the phone in since it is still under the HTC warranty and that if the tech finds out what is wrong (and considers it a "factory" problem) they will fix it at no cost. If the tech feels the problem is a non-warranty problem, they will call and tell me how much it will cost to fix. With the HTC warranty, they said they REPAIR not REPLACE the phone.
Has anyone sent their phone into HTC when it was bricked? If so what was the outcome?
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did you make sure that you flashed over the new radio first?

No I didn't flash the new radio because the guy that was helping me told me I did not have to. He said the old radio would be fine with the Danger SPL. But it doesn't matter now because the phone is bricked and has already been shipped to HTC.
**Has anyone ever sent their bricked G1 to HTC under warranty for repair? If so what was the outcome?**

CaseyB14 said:
No I didn't flash the new radio because the guy that was helping me told me I did not have to. He said the old radio would be fine with the Danger SPL. But it doesn't matter now because the phone is bricked and has already been shipped to HTC.
**Has anyone ever sent their bricked G1 to HTC under warranty for repair? If so what was the outcome?**
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....you should punch that guy....its been posted everywhere that old radio
+ new spl = best/fastest way to brick
A lot of people here have sent their spl bricked phones to htc. the mainboard is usually replaced or a replacement phone is sent (usually the latter)

Yea...once I get it back I will be rooting my phone the correct way. And read more posts about how to do it successfully.
Do you know if they consider it covered under warranty though? (FREE to fix?)

CaseyB14 said:
Yea...once I get it back I will be rooting my phone the correct way. And read more posts about how to do it successfully.
Do you know if they consider it covered under warranty though? (FREE to fix?)
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Yes it should be covered. At most, they will charge a $39 triage fee

Okay cool! Thanks so much for all your help! =) Lemme tell you I was soooooo upset when my phone got bricked, because it was a BRAND NEW phone (I bought from someone off Craigslist who just had the phone sitting in the box in his closet) and the same day I bought it the same day it got bricked. That's why I'm hoping it will be covered under warranty. I'll keep my fingers crossed and keep everyone posted when I hear back from HTC once they receive my phone and diagnose the problem.

Ok... so my phone is stuck on the G1 screen... from reading all the posts trying to see if there was a possible solution I realized my phone may not be (completely) bricked????
I can NOT get into recovery BUt when I press <camera>+<power> I am able to get into another screen... bootloader I think???(3droids on skateboards) I press the <back> button... nothing happens.
HOW DID I GET INTO THIS MESS? I was trying to go from the CM pimped out recovery image to RA's recovery image because it had more features that I needed (ie..dalvik cache...)
I downloaded RA's recovery image... placed in the root of my SD card.
from the terminal... I typed
$su
#mount -a
#flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery-RA-magic-v1.3.2H.img
#reboot
.. pressed <home>+<power> and wallah... I'm stuck.
Again... I have tried doing the search on my own... I have to admit... I only read about 10 random pages... I even did a general search on here and on google.
Please constructive suggestions are welcome...
If its bricked, its bricked I can accept that... Im beyond warranty but do have insurance.. just hoping since I can get to other screens there's still hope for MY SITUATION.

stuck @ tmo g1 screen
I was updating my radio and SPL following the guide here. I already had cyanogen recovery 1.4+JF installed, but followed the instructions as per the tut.
My phone stopped like it said so i took out the battery. I then proceeded to boot back into recovery and install Cyanogen mod 4.25(whatever the enwest one is now) and g1 will not boot past the t-mobile g1 screen.
I have adb control while stuck @ the tmo-g1 screen and I can get into fastboot.
What can I do to get my phone working again?
I tried to 'adb push' the radio update back into /sdcard/ but it says 'failed to copy update.zip to /sdcard/update.zip: read-only file system'
Fastboot says the following
DREAM PVT 32B ENG S-OFF
HBOOT 1.33.2005 (DREA10000)
CPLD-4
RADIO-2.22.19.26I
Thanks in advance

bzander28 said:
I was updating my radio and SPL following the guide here. I already had cyanogen recovery 1.4+JF installed, but followed the instructions as per the tut.
My phone stopped like it said so i took out the battery. I then proceeded to boot back into recovery and install Cyanogen mod 4.25(whatever the enwest one is now) and g1 will not boot past the t-mobile g1 screen.
I have adb control while stuck @ the tmo-g1 screen and I can get into fastboot.
What can I do to get my phone working again?
I tried to 'adb push' the radio update back into /sdcard/ but it says 'failed to copy update.zip to /sdcard/update.zip: read-only file system'
Fastboot says the following
DREAM PVT 32B ENG S-OFF
HBOOT 1.33.2005 (DREA10000)
CPLD-4
RADIO-2.22.19.26I
Thanks in advance
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i suggest a reflash. Did you wipe before the flash?

I didnt wipe the first time. But I wiped after it stopped loading, and tried to reflash, but no improvement. Still stuck -_-;; also, is there any way to push files to my phone besides adb? I dont have a microSD reader with me at the moment so i cant get any other roms on the SD

Still, you can get it fixed (unbricked).
I'm in China and I got my g1 bricked days ago, then I fixed the phone by changing the NAND chip.
about $35 (or say RMB 250)

bzander28 said:
I didnt wipe the first time. But I wiped after it stopped loading, and tried to reflash, but no improvement. Still stuck -_-;; also, is there any way to push files to my phone besides adb? I dont have a microSD reader with me at the moment so i cant get any other roms on the SD
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fastboot
You have the engineers spl now so I would suggest you fastboot the radio, erase the phone, and push over the recovery again. That would possibly fix your problem.
These are the commands:
fastboot flash radio radio.img
fastboot erase system -w
fastboot erase boot
fastboot erase recovery
fastboot flash recovery recovery-RAv1.3.2G.img (the name here changes depending on which recovery you have)
You're going to want to put the radio and the recovery in the "tools" folder of your sdk
This happened to me when I first rooted my mytouch and it fixed it for me.

Did what you said, everything went through without any problems, but it's still stuck at the t-mobile g1 screen -___-;;

bzander28 said:
Did what you said, everything went through without any problems, but it's still stuck at the t-mobile g1 screen -___-;;
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how long did you wait? Also, did you flash the actual HTC android 1.6 OTA update before you flashed Cyanogen's?

Another total brick? magic vodafone spain

Heloo, while y was trying to update my perfect spl, i meka a mistake and put inside spl for 32A instead o B
now, when I press power on button, it makes a little vibration and after that HTC MAGIC appears on the screen and nothin happens.
I have try to make fast boot commands, when starting with back and power, but computer foesn't recognize it.
Any suggestions??
the problem is the first splash is changed and is not vodafone's one, and I cannot access to it

What spl did you get? If you got it from Amon_Ra, his spl's work for both 32A and 32B. Are you sure you didn't flash a 32B radio?
What commands did you use?

recovery-RA-magic-v1.3.2H.img I use this one and it works, but on the next step, when i was trying to put
update.Engineering-SPL-HBOOT-1.33.2010-signed
using the recovery, it ask me for press 2 keys for rebooting. I read that in a wrong way and I press menu and use the menu for reboot the magic. After that it hangs on the first screen and I cannot use the fastboot commands, trying to boot with back+power.
I read it can be done if the first splash freezes but it is not my case.
Thanks a lot for your reply

Hmm, try installing HTC sync with the drivers again.
And download a recovery rom 1.4 with nandroid backup and download that into your fastboot.

No way to do a fastboot or recovery so I think that we can't download into our fastboot...
I have same problem and reading in the forum I think that we have Total bricked phone.
I have tried this solution http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=571457 but the cmd still "waiting for device" so i can't acces to my magic with my pc...
I hope that i am wrong

yes, I have try what people says on that post and waiting...
is not possible to make anything to allow the computer to recognize the device??

Former perfect-SPL Magic can't flash.

Hi everybody,
I just got my 1.5 cupcake Magic yesterday from SFR (Vodafone french carrier). I discovered it had a perfect-SPL and used both tuts found on this forum to get over it. First I made my goldcard then used id to fix the perfect-SPL. I followed everything step-by-step. Everything went fine and my phone went from a 1.5 cupcake Vodafone with Google french rom, to a HTC 1.5 cupcake english rom with non-perfect SPL.
Now I try to flash with a rom by Luo (at SmartPhone France forums) wich is based on Ion.
I installed the SDK on my XP Pro SP3 PC, and the drivers form the SmartPhone France wiki, when needed by XP with the Magic connected on USB Debug mode and Fastboot mode. My SDK Tools folder is on the windows PATH of course, and I put the Amon_Ra recovery IMG in it. The Luo rom ZIP file is at the root of my freshly low-formated FAT32 memory card, and the card is back in the phone.
When I start in Fastboot mode and then type the
fastboot boot nameoftherecovery.img command line on my PC, it says it's loading the file.
Then on the phone screen a tiny green progress bar fills up from bottom to top in the top right corner of the screen, when full, the phone vibrates briefly, then restarts, show me a magnificent htc magic logo and stays like that forever. I never get a chance to get to the menu that I need to wipe then flash.
I guess I'm not bricked since I can boot normally and access the fasboot, and not in perfect-SPL anymore, but hell yeah I'm in some deep sh*t and fed up already as it's been 24hrs I had my phone and can't use it ...
Any clues you pros ?
Thanks in advance !
Then on the phone

try turning it off for a while and then turn on, Otherwise try flashing one of dwangs roms.If you have the same problem as i do i cant flash any modified boot.img over 2MB it says write image error thus when you flash its not actually flashing the boot.img its using the one previously on the phone

The problem is solved. VincentjuanFR has followed the tutorial from AmonRA to disable a perfect SPL. But this tricks installs a 32A radio on the phone whereas he's got a 32B. Then, the recovery for 32B cannot boot.
he used the recovery for 32A to flash a 32B radio and then his phone was fine again.

[32A] Magic won't go past boot

I have a Vodafone branded 32A HTC Magic. I've done no upgrading/flashing/rooting to it. I only shut the screen off and then the phone rebootet and now it keeps repeating the HTC logo screen, sound and all.
I want to use a recovery method to get a new rom on it or at least go back to the factory settings and actually use the phone again, but I can't mount or install files.
What to do?
Thanks.