Hi all, I have Magic 32B (vodafone) and am following this rooting guide.
I got the "Incorrect Model ID" error, so made a goldcard using this guide, the 1st two sd cards i tried were not kingston ones so i wasnt that surprised when the pc said they needed formatting. Earlier i bought a 2gb kingston one and went through the process again, but the same thing happened, i tried again just incase i made a silly mistake but no joy
I followed the guide to the letter im pretty sure, what can i be doing wrong?
Any help very much appreciated.
Are you getting the new CID for each card when your swapping them out? Your apparently messing something up or it would be working.
I am yeah, i just tried a 4th time, the numbers i get (the kingston cards cid, reverse cid are the same each time so it cant be a typo etc.
I replace the 1st 2 chars with 0's to get the goldcard.img, format the kingston (using win7 format, fat32) then rewrite the *000 to *170 on the formatted card, and it wont read it.
Am i formatting it wrong?
Has that program to get the reverse cid changed at all? its called psas now.
Has anything changed about the .img's they email for free? does something else need to be done to it?
Are all kingston cards compatible?
I used a SanDisk when I made mine. Are you sure that your overwritimg the correct lines in HexEditor for the SD card? I ran into that problem ehen I made mine.
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Im overwriting this part: h ttp://img222.imageshack.us/img222/2353/20197600.jpg
(screenshot, im not a spammer management)
Is that correct?
If you are running ubuntu you can do this:
1) if you already have the CID, use these sites (h ttp://hexrev.soaa.me/ and h ttp://psas.revskills.de/?q=goldcard) to generate the goldcard image
2) insert the SD card into your ubuntu box and run "dmesg" to know were it is attached (something like /dev/sdb1)
3) unmount the SD card using "sudo umount /dev/sdb1" (replace sdb1 by the device you have identified in 2)). It is a good way to be sure that the device you have identified is the good one
4) send the goldcard.img to the SD card using "sudo dd bs=512 if=goldcard.img of=/dev/sdb" (launch it from the place were the goldcard.img is stored, no number here... just sdb)
That's it... you have your goldcard.
As you can see it is very easy... just 2 command line (no hex editor or so on)
To verify just unplug and replug it...
I hope it will help.
O-p
What if youre not running ubuntu?
I ended up rooting using the SuperOneClick method and im happily running ginger yoshi now
Slightly off-topic but 10 posts to be able to post in the forum of the rom you use seems a bit excessive,
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i have a kingston 2gb SD card that i used to flash my magic with, for some reason the computer / me decided to format the card by mistake as i have another 2Gb card the same, ever since then i am unable use the card as a gold card as it keeps asking to format everytime i have followed the process, any ideas what would stop it from functioning???
problem i have is my phone is currently only able to boot to the 3 skateboard screen and not into android itself, i have got another 2 Kingston cards but cant acquire the CID from them (unless there is a way without the phone?)
any help would be appreciated
Thanks
Get a usb connector fr it fro radio shack they cost like 14 bucks then use it to connect to your compter thn follow the goldcard instructions in the link in my sig.
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problem i have is that i cannot acces the OS only the HBoot or FastBoot screens, i accidently flashed the wrong verion of software after following someones advice on this site, so i am unable to format the card(s) with the phone,
i have bought 3x Kingston cards and none work with the gold cards, i have gotten the CID via linux which should work fine, but everytime i edit 00 -> 170 and remove / reinsert card it tells me i need to format again
still any ideas??
apnemesis said:
problem i have is that i cannot acces the OS only the HBoot or FastBoot screens, i accidently flashed the wrong verion of software after following someones advice on this site, so i am unable to format the card(s) with the phone,
i have bought 3x Kingston cards and none work with the gold cards, i have gotten the CID via linux which should work fine, but everytime i edit 00 -> 170 and remove / reinsert card it tells me i need to format again
still any ideas??
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Try the Goldcard tool:
(replace hxxp with http to get the working link)
hxxp://android.modaco.com/content/software/308798/pc-application-goldcardtool/
Read this thread
Okay, my Magic has been resurrected from boot loop. Problem is, it will no longer recognize any SD cards. I've tried 4 different cards (3 different brands) and none work.
I'm told that I need to root the phone and load recovery, etc using the gold card method.
Now, I can tell you that Hboot does detect the SD card, as it sees SAPPIMG.ZIP if I put it on there. However, since I can't get my card's CID number because the phone won't detect the card, how can I create a gold card to get through this?
Please help, thanks
1. Wipe all phone, without memory card inside.
2. Use small capacity card and no SDHC type, for exp. 128-512MB.
3. Try to use fastboot mode by ADB, maybe PC cans read CID from card through your phone.
vinamilk said:
1. Wipe all phone, without memory card inside.
2. Use small capacity card and no SDHC type, for exp. 128-512MB.
3. Try to use fastboot mode by ADB, maybe PC cans read CID from card through your phone.
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1. I've tried this, no luck
2. I'll have to dig around to try and find one of these. Going to be hard to find.
3. I've tried with my existing cards (smallest is 1GB. Nothing.
Thanks, I'll give #2 a try if I can find one.
And remember to format it by FAT32 !
vinamilk said:
And remember to format it by FAT32 !
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Yup, I've done that.
The problem isn't with the cards, it's with the phone. These cards worked in the phone in the past.
You got a friend with an Android based phone? If so you can use that one to create the goldcard for your phone.
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You got a friend with an Android based phone? If so you can use that one to create the goldcard for your phone.
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A couple of my coworkers do. I'll give it a shot in the office on Monday.
Thanks.
Problem solved!
All I had to do to get access to my SD card again was run this command in fastboot:
"fastboot oem enableqxdm 0"
I'm back up and running, woohoo!!!
Hey guys,I am stuck for some time now with the 1.72 OTA and was unable to root.
Some time today I saw jkoljo's post with instructions to downgrade the 1.72 OTA for those who didn't s-off before they applied it.I asked there and I got a kind answer that I should use the PD98IMG.zip provided in jkoljo's first post from a member whose name is unfortunately escaping me right now.However,that didn't seem to be enough.I downloaded the PD98IMG.zip and copied it to my SD card's root folder(I use a 16GB Class 10 Kingston card),I rebooted into bootloader but when it checked for the image it found nothing.So what do I do?
I don't know if anyone has the same problem.Apparently the guide was written for those who hadn't s-off'ed,as jkoljo himself told me,but nothing was written for those of us who did get s-off.Probably it was considered that we knew all well how to downgrade,but that's something I don't do everyday.So if anyone can please guide me on how to do it I'd be very very grateful!
Many thanks guys!And sorry for being a nuisance to some!
as you seem like an experienced user i won't explain certain things i.e. what a gold card is LOL
but here goes,
try using a smaller SD CARD prefebly 4gb formated to fat32. transfer the file again, or redownload that file and transfer?
device branded?create a gold card?
if all fails, download the 1.34 RUU and find the rom.zip in the %temp% folder when you are running it (without the phone connected) not the whole process ofcourse just so it loads the rom.zip file in the temp folder that is done usually after it asks you to connect the phone.
if this is done copy this onto the sd card. re run the hack for the 1.72 and carry on with instructions, then carry on by following original root instructions.
hope to have helped.
peace
Yes try a smaller SD card. An SD card. Not a big ass SDHC.
Ok...I'll try a 4Gb one and see if it works!
And El_Nino9,I am a little experienced,but the fact that I might have a 0,0001% chance of bricking my phone makes me act frickin' stupid!
Anyway,can I do all that without also downgrading my radio?Or will I just have to reupgrade my radio afterwards?(God,I hate radio flashing! )
Thanks!
Well,I tried my freshly formatted 4Gb card(the one that came with my old Desire),I reboot with the PD98IMG.zip in my card's root folder,it goes into bootloader and when it starts searching for the image it says:
Code:
SD Checking. . .
Loading. . . [PD98DIAG.zip]
And stays there like...forever!What da f*ck do I do?I hate it when phones act weird!
Double check that the file name matches exactly what the bootloader is asking for. Linux is case sensitive.
Sent from my performance enhanced Desire HD.
Download the PD98IMG.zip file again, or exports from RUU ROM utility.
dr.m0x said:
Double check that the file name matches exactly what the bootloader is asking for. Linux is case sensitive.
Sent from my performance enhanced Desire HD.
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Well,everyone is using the PD98IMG.zip jkoljo provides in his first post along with the downgrading instructions,and I used it too.I didn't modify the name in any way.
Now,although I think that when using my 16Gb card it searches for a PD98IMG.zip,as I stated above,when using my 4gb card it says it searches for a PD98DIAG.zip and then freezes(yes,the bootloader) and I have to pull the battery.
I am redownloading the file now,but I don't think that's what's wrong...
Sup guys,
I bought a Wildfire running Android 2.2 with a Vodafone branding.
Now I tried to debrand it and I'm just stuck at a problem.
(btw. I hope I'm posting in the right forums section.)
I've read several tutorials on how to debrand the phone (you can find one on the broadbandgenie site for example, I'm not allowed to post links right now).
Using the goldcard tool and following all the steps I get the same error over and over again after creating the goldcard.img and trying to "patch MMC" with the tool:
"An error occured Object reference not set to and instance of a object."
Creating a gold card manually using a hex editor doesn't work either, I get an error when trying to install the original unbranded ROM (RUU_Buzz_Froyo_HTC_WWE_2.22.405.1_Radio_13.55.55.24H_3.35.20.10_release_160191_signed.exe).
So far I've tried creating a goldcard with 3 different memory cards:
The included 2GB microSD by Samsung, a 1GB microSD by Nokia and a 16GB microSDHC by Sandisk.
Formatted them using the phone and the PC card reader, also tried copying the CID manually from the "/sys/class/mmc_host/mmc1/mmc1:*/cid" file and reversing it on this site hexrev.soaa.me; then creating a goldcard.img on revskills.
Either I really have a lot of bad luck or I'm just doing something wrong.
However, I have no clue where my mistake might be. All I want is a clean unbranded phone ;_;
Now that I have Froyo I can't use the Unrevoked3 tool to root it and get rid of the branding that way so I guess there's no option to avoid a goldcard.
I really hope you guys have an idea what to do?
No one any idea?
Hello,
this morning I had a bad surprise. My HTC mini doesn't work anymore and now when I turn on, it get stucked on three color screen.
I use the HTC Sense 3.5 rom and, until today, all works great.
I try to hard reset the phone, to reinstall the original rom, but without any changes.
I would like to try some commands from adb or fastboot, but my phone cannot be recognized from this tools. I have try to change the USB driver, I installed the google driver, but without success. Only the htc ufficial rom is installed correctly but when I restart the phone, I have always the three color screen.
Anyone can help me?
Thanks, Alex
what is your os on your computer ?
if windows 7 64 bit install usb eugeniausb drivers and use mtty (you have to select the usb port there) console. phone has to be in tri color mode.
send "task 2a" to the phon, it should format nand and restore radio.
had this problem too, that was the solution
My OS is Windows 7 x64.
I have tried your drivers and now I can send commands with mtty.
I send the command that you told me and in the screenshot that I have attached you can find the results. Are errors normal??
My phone is always in three colors screen.
I must send other commands?
Thanks for the help.
yes, bad blocks are normal.
when you have finished restart the phone and flash official ROM for your device !
Thanks for your patience.
I have flashed the original rom, the whole process works fine, but when the phone is restarted (after completed the installation) the three color screen returns....
hmm, you could try task 28, task 29, then task 2a...
dont remember, i think i have used all of them
No success....:crying:
The three color screen is always there...
what does it show ? (best would be a picture of the screen)
In attachment a picture of the boot screen.
As I say in the first post I didn't do nothing for brick the phone. I only turn off the phone yesterday, and this morning I only turn on it.
Are there some commands that I can use in mtty to understand why the phone is bricked?
Thanks again.
hmm.. everything looks as it should..
i am out of ideas.. what about trying to flash a newer firmware ? (1.07.xxx is pretty old)
I have tried with a new version, 1.36 if i remember well (I don't have the phone here now), but the result is the same.
Anyway thanks for your support. I'll send it to the techinical support or I'll buy a new device.
asorcinelli said:
I have tried with a new version, 1.36 if i remember well (I don't have the phone here now), but the result is the same.
Anyway thanks for your support. I'll send it to the techinical support or I'll buy a new device.
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I can see your phone hang on spl 1.07 so mean your ruu not installed 1.33! I domnt think that your phone is bricked but I think you have not installed rom (fully) by RUU (mean all parts from ruu). I never success trought ruu (only if my s.n. match ruu! So you need to have gold card in order to install rom (nbh)! Your hboot is all time 1.07 so that mean you done installed only rom parts instead of whole RUU... so definitely you need gold card and you need to reinstall rom by sd card! Of course, always "task 29 than task 2a" before everything
How can I create the gold card?
Is there a tool that can I use?
Thanks!
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Now I've a GoldCard, but what file I must copy in the card and what name must have?
I have done several attempts, but I receive always the message "no image file"
asorcinelli said:
How can I create the gold card?
Is there a tool that can I use?
Thanks!
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You can not create gold card now without working windows phone, so you need to read cid from an working wince in order to generate gold card
munjeni said:
You can not create gold card now without working windows phone, so you need to read cid from an working wince in order to generate gold card
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I have created a Gold Card with another device and I follow one of the guide on Internet. I think to have done all correctly, and if I restard the bricked phone holding volume down I see for a very small time the message "no image file".
asorcinelli said:
I have created a Gold Card with another device and I follow one of the guide on Internet. I think to have done all correctly, and if I restard the bricked phone holding volume down I see for a very small time the message "no image file".
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You must to know:
- gold card created for android device will not work! You need gold card for wince!
- sd card can not be biger than 1gb (2gb not tested) !
munjeni said:
You must to know:
- gold card created for android device will not work! You need gold card for wince!
- sd card can not be biger than 1gb (2gb not tested) !
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Ok, I understand, and so I have a wrong gold card.
I have another WinCE Device and so I could build a correct gold card.
Can you provide me more information? How can I create a gold card for WinCE?
After creating the gold card, what can I copy in the SD? The .nbh of the official rom?
Thanks!
asorcinelli said:
Ok, I understand, and so I have a wrong gold card.
I have another WinCE Device and so I could build a correct gold card.
Can you provide me more information? How can I create a gold card for WinCE?
After creating the gold card, what can I copy in the SD? The .nbh of the official rom?
Thanks!
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You need revskills software for generating gold card for wince but free version only can read sd card cid, but if you no want to buy it I can generate one for you, just send me cid and I will generate! Chose photon in menu! Do not reverse cid! Search for right cid (you can see many cids but only one is right so see right disk size that match size of the your sd card and copy that cid!!!), than send me a cid by pm and I will send you back file!
About nbh, yes! You need to extract nbh file from ruu and rename it to PHOTIMG.nbh and copy it to sd card... reboot phone to spl and installation will update your photon (but only if gold card is right)!
munjeni said:
You need revskills software for generating gold card for wince but free version only can read sd card cid, but if you no want to buy it I can generate one for you, just send me cid and I will generate! Chose photon in menu! Do not reverse cid! Search for right cid (you can see many cids but only one is right so see right disk size that match size of the your sd card and copy that cid!!!), than send me a cid by pm and I will send you back file!
About nbh, yes! You need to extract nbh file from ruu and rename it to PHOTIMG.nbh and copy it to sd card... reboot phone to spl and installation will update your photon (but only if gold card is right)!
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Ok, Thanks for the info and for your help!
When I'll come to home, I'll send my CID to you!
I finally restore my phone!!!!!
The goldcard installation works fine!
I post a small resume for others people in case the problem come out to someone else.
After the first try with MTTY I try to follow the "Goldcard way". I try to use an old SD Card of 2GB.
First of all I use the guide for Android, but the gold card doesn't works. After I use the Windows CE way with the help of munjeni, but the result was the same.
In both cases the installation fail with the message "no image file".
Finally I change the SD Card and I use a new one (4 Gb size). I follow the Android guide and in theory I have generated a goldcard for Android.
I copy the PHOTIMG.nbh file in the SD Card and the installation works!
Thanks to schlund and munjeni for the help and for the patience!