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Stuck at G1 screen - read everything I could find

I have read and tried anything I could think of here.
I have downloaded RC29
Extracted the file to SD ccard formated to FAT32
Started up in Bootloader
Phone found the file and successfully installed
Pressed action button to reboot.
Stays in Tri color screen
I have tried the soft reset, but I am still stuck at the G1 screen.
I am not new to flashing and recovery, only to the G1. What am I missing?

Does it reboot and return to the tri-color screen, or not reboot at all? Did you try taking the sd card out and then rebooting?

The same thing happened to me, I downloaded rc29 to root my phone so I did the rooting and then I wanted to install the JF Rc33 update so I tried rebooting in recoveyr mode to install the update and my phone just got stuck in the G1 logo. It works on normal reboot but not in tecovery mode or when I press camera & power it takes me to a white screen with green letters and the little green android guy..... how can I fix that? I want the jf update. Is there any way of installing it without having to use recovery mode? Or is there anyway to fix recovery mode?

danguyf,
Thanks.
I just redid the RC29 boot off the SD card. Just to rule out some more issues, I formatted the card again (512mb Sandisk).
As soon as I hit the action button, I get the tri color bootloader screen.
I have tried:
removing the SD card PRIOR to pressing the action button
removing the SD card PRIOR to a soft boot (call, end menu).
I have been using a fully charged battery.

wpr said:
danguyf,
Thanks.
I just redid the RC29 boot off the SD card. Just to rule out some more issues, I formatted the card again (512mb Sandisk).
As soon as I hit the action button, I get the tri color bootloader screen.
I have tried:
removing the SD card PRIOR to pressing the action button
removing the SD card PRIOR to a soft boot (call, end menu).
I have been using a fully charged battery.
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Looks like you dont have rootacces, try this http://www.multigesture.net/articles/t-mobile-g1-downgrade-rc30rc8-rooting-update-tutorial/

Thanks. Gotta learn a new OS!
I will give this a try in a few and report back.

Oke good luck !
You need a WM phone to make a Goldcard and Qmat 2.24 if you use Windows.

Ronnymes said:
Oke good luck !
You need a WM phone to make a Goldcard and Qmat 2.24 if you use Windows.
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Thanks. I might need more than luck.
What is Qmat 2.24? Boy I hate feeling stupid!

wpr said:
Thanks. I might need more than luck.
What is Qmat 2.24? Boy I hate feeling stupid!
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Try google

wpr said:
I have read and tried anything I could think of here.
I have downloaded RC29
Extracted the file to SD ccard formated to FAT32
Started up in Bootloader
Phone found the file and successfully installed
Pressed action button to reboot.
Stays in Tri color screen
I have tried the soft reset, but I am still stuck at the G1 screen.
I am not new to flashing and recovery, only to the G1. What am I missing?
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Just so we are clear, these are the steps you followed???
1. Format your phone's SD card to FAT32 mode:
* Hook your phone up to your computer using a USB cable and then wait for the notification to show up in your title bar of your phone.
* Click the notification, and then click "Mount".
* A new removable disk should show up on your computer. Right click it and select Format, and select FAT32 as the file system type.
2. Download and unzip the RC29 or RC7 image file. Copy the DREAMIMG.nbh file to the SD card. (RC29 for US, RC7 is for UK)
3. Turn the device power off.
4. Hold Camera button, and press Power button to entry bootloader mode. You should see a gray/white screen with instructions to flash your phone with the update on your SD card. If you don't see that, make sure you followed the instructions properly.
5. As per the on-screen instructions, press the Power button to start upgrade procedure. DO NOT DO ANYTHING TO INTERRUPT THIS PROCESS.
6. After it is finished, perform the restart your phone.

The phone is not mine. It came in to us to recover. It came in frozen on the G1 screen, so I cannot perform these 2 steps:
* Hook your phone up to your computer using a USB cable and then wait for the notification to show up in your title bar of your phone.
* Click the notification, and then click "Mount".
It does charge via USB and AC.
It is now powered up and frozen, but XP does find the Android phone and it shows up as a disk drive in device manager.

First off, who froze it?
Secondly, does the phone get to the homescreen?

The user brought it in at the G1 screen.
That is as far as it gets in power up.

wpr said:
The user brought it in at the G1 screen.
That is as far as it gets in power up.
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i hope you have a computer and either an extra mini sdcard *1MB in size* handy, or a mini sd card reader handy.
format the card, fat32.
download the rom from here. *scroll down to downloads section and pick the appropriate one. rc-33 U.S. RC-9 U.K. ADP unbranded*
if it's already named update, transfer it to the card, if not rename it update, then transfer it to the card.
After it has been transferred.
place the card back into the phone. start the phone up holding home and end key till it enters the recovery mode.
you should see a list of commands with a leopard looking-like screen.
hit alt-w
then alt-s
after it is complete, hit back+home to reboot again.

Just wanted to follow up annd say thanks to everyone for the help. I did not get a chance to deal with it today, but I will post the outcome.

I have the same problam too.
I have JF 1.1 Holidey version and when I try to update it to jf1.5 it gets stuck on the G1 logo, I tried using differnet updates to and differnt sd cards
and even tried the JF updater and it dosent work, I'm a bit frustrated, my brother rooted the phone for and installed the RC29 rom and the JF rom,
it offered me a system holiday update awaile ago and when I updated it froze on the G1 logo after I waited a long time (about 45 min) I removed the battery and started the phone again.. then I saw about 35MB free space (before I had only 10MB) and I think that from that point it added the holiday but I'm not sure if it wasn't already before that.. I realy need your halp with this.. I can't find a way to boot my phone and start a bootloader..
p.s. I was able to get to the fast boot when I press the power + Camera but I don't know how to use it..

Follow the same directions in post 14 =)

Mikey1022 said:
Follow the same directions in post 14 =)
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I have a big problem!
MY G1 is still Frozen on G1 splash
I don't have access to the recovery mode (power+home), or fastboot mode (cam+power)...just show G1 logo...for hours!!!
Any idea?
I need to access to any mode to try to rescue my phone...
It is the second phone rooted by me, but I don't know what happened =(
thanks for the quickly answers!

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Mikey1022 said:
i hope you have a computer and either an extra mini sdcard *1MB in size* handy, or a mini sd card reader handy.
format the card, fat32.
download the rom from here. *scroll down to downloads section and pick the appropriate one. rc-33 U.S. RC-9 U.K. ADP unbranded*
if it's already named update, transfer it to the card, if not rename it update, then transfer it to the card.
After it has been transferred.
place the card back into the phone. start the phone up holding home and end key till it enters the recovery mode.
you should see a list of commands with a leopard looking-like screen.
hit alt-w
then alt-s
after it is complete, hit back+home to reboot again.
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And what about if the screen says:
Finding update package..
Opening update package..
E: Can`t open /sdcard/update.zip
(No such file or directory)
Installion aborted.

G1 homescreen freeze
Hi,
I have a G1, installed hero-rom from xda(Jacheroski 2.0). I found it pretty annoying because the phone was very slow etc. So i tried to go back to the almost original software.
1. started G1 in recovery mode(Home+power), alt+x, adb shell, #parted /dev/block/mmcblk0, mklabel msdos, Y, rm1, rm2, mkpartsfs, primary, fat32, 0, 8000(8 gb card), shut down G1.
Downloaded:
- Radio (from htc support)
- SPL (from xda)
- Rom (from htc support)
Copied those files to my SD.
2. started my G1 in recoverymode(Home+power), wipe, apply any zip from SD,
First installed Radio = succesful
Tried to install SPL:got an error in line.
So thought that I first need to reboot my G1(because of the radio)
I rebooted my G1. got a installation screen. then I restarted my G1 and wanted to go to recovery mode to install spl and rom. It was frozen on the homescreen. I can't do any thing. not recovery not the other one(camera+power)
Any advice?

Convert Dev Phone to Normal G1

My wife bought a G1 dev phone off of Craigslist not realizing what that meant. She just thought it meant it was unlocked. Now she is bummed that she cannot buy any of the cool apps from the store and a few other things.
How do I get the Dev Phone Firmware flashed to the normal RC33 or whatever it is? On a scale of 1 to 10 for tech savy I would ge myself a 5. So I don't know how to do much.
I did a search and tried adding the "DREAIMG.nbh" RC29 file to the SD card but all that did was bring up a while screen with green skateboarding androids.

you also need to flash the original spl. its in the first post on this forum

Themtb said:
My wife bought a G1 dev phone off of Craigslist not realizing what that meant. She just thought it meant it was unlocked. Now she is bummed that she cannot buy any of the cool apps from the store and a few other things.
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You can update it to JF ADP1.5....on that one you can buy apps....http://jf.andblogs.net/2009/05/01/when-is-your-15-coming-out/

Thanks, I appreciate that. I didn't understand everything in that thread though.
0. This is only verified to work for DREA100 and DREA110 devices. If you have a US or EU G1, it is most likely compatible. To check, boot into the SPL and confirm that the first word is DREA100 or DREA110. Please do not attempt to flash a SPL onto a Dream that does not fit that description!
How do you boot into SPL?
1. If you are installing onto a G1, your G1 must have a modified recovery partition. If you have one of JesusFreke's Android builds installed, then you have a modified recovery partition.
What does all that mean?
2. Download the desired SPL zip file (attached below), rename it to update.zip and copy it to the root of your sdcard. As usual, remember to use a USB cable with a ferrite core and dismount your USB drive before disconnecting.
How do you know if your USB cable has a ferrite core?
3. Reboot the phone into recovery console and flash the update with Alt+S.
What is the recovery console? How do I reboot into it?

if you are trying to go back to the stock firmware you need to flash the original spl first by adding that to the sdcard root as an update.zip. Boot using the home+power and then wipe and alt+s. then attach the usb, mount, delete the update.zip(spl) and add the dreaimg.nbh file to the root of your sdcard. unmount and reboot by pressing camera+power. it should recognize the file and follow prompts. lastly once it is done press the trackball to reboot. viola! stock once again.

Themtb said:
How do you boot into SPL?
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Turn off the phone and turn it back on pressing the camera and power button.....
Themtb said:
What does all that mean?
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Read these http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=442480
Themtb said:
How do you know if your USB cable has a ferrite core?
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrite_bead
Themtb said:
What is the recovery console? How do I reboot into it?
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Turn off your phone and turn it back on pressing home and the power button....

I think the stock for this phone is the Dev version and we want it to be the normal G1 phone

Themtb said:
I think the stock for this phone is the Dev version and we want it to be the normal G1 phone
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the directions i gave you will get you to the state the phone was in as if you bought it from tmobile

Thanks for everyone's help. Do we have to have a ferrite cord or can we try it with a normal one?

And where is the SD card root?

The root of your SD card is what you see when you open it up in windows explorer.

the root of the sd card is /sd/file not /sd/foldername/file
Needs to be on the root of sd meaning not in a folder.

Themtb said:
Thanks for everyone's help. Do we have to have a ferrite cord or can we try it with a normal one?
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And where is the SD card root?
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the root of your sd card means not in any folders. it's the same place you put the dreaimg.nbh file. e:/dreaimg.nbh(windows) not e:/dcim/dreaimg.nbh...or anything else. If you are using the original usb that came with the phone, no need to worry. if you are not sure, try and see if it works.

OK, I am following your instructions and I am to the part where I press home/back to reboot. Each time I do it just brings me back to the "Android System Recovery" Mode

Themtb said:
OK, I am following your instructions and I am to the part where I press home/back to reboot. Each time I do it just brings me back to the "Android System Recovery" Mode
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i never said home+back to reboot. you have to be more specific about where you are at
double check with this to make sure you are following correctly. http://tinyurl.com/r6adqm
i don't think i'm off but it's Saturday!! i'm allowed a little mistake at least.

1) flash the original spl first by adding that to the sdcard root as an update.zip.
2) Boot using the home+power
3) then wipe
4) alt+s
(This is where I get stuck, how do I get out of this and back to the normal mode)
5) then attach the usb
6) mount
7) delete the update.zip(spl) and add the dreaimg.nbh file to the root of your sdcard
8) unmount and reboot by pressing camera+power. it should recognize the file and follow prompts.
9) lastly once it is done press the trackball to reboot. viola! stock once again.

Themtb said:
1) flash the original spl first by adding that to the sdcard root as an update.zip.
2) Boot using the home+power
3) then wipe
4) alt+s
(This is where I get stuck, how do I get out of this and back to the normal mode)
if the spl has updated successfully, then try the call+menu+power (three fingered salute) way to reboot. if that hasn't worked, and if you are NOT in any update processes. pull the battery( i had to do this once ) ONLY IF YOU ARE NOT IN THE MIDDLE OF ANY UPDATES.
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I did the update.zip with the original G1 file renamed "update.zip" and it said it was succesful, then when I rebooted it takes me right back to the screen that says "Setting Up Your Dev Phone". When I start up the phone it is still running the Dev version

Good, the last step you did with update.zip simply got the SPL back to the factory G1/T-Mobile SPL
Next: Did you then put the RC29 DREAMIMG.nbh on the phone?
follow steps 1-6 here under preparing to root:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=442480

Themtb said:
I did the update.zip with the original G1 file renamed "update.zip" and it said it was succesful, then when I rebooted it takes me right back to the screen that says "Setting Up Your Dev Phone". When I start up the phone it is still running the Dev version
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After you have loaded the original spl as an update.zip you are still where you were. You have to then reboot into the bootloader (camera+power) and apply the dreaimg.nbh file. Do not rename that file. the bootloader should recognize it. If you successfully flash the spl, reboot, mount, add the dreaimg.nbh, turn off, reboot by using camera+power. you should see a multi-colored screen( not the android skating ) then follow the prompts, and eventually press the trackball and it should reboot to the state you are looking for. if not... something was not done correctly. PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG>>>ANYBODY PLEASE!

my phone wont boot anymore

Hi,
i used this guide to unroot my g1
everything went fine. untill i got to this step:
4. Start phone in bootloader. [Hold camera+power button]
at the grey screen, it said "not allow" and went back to the screen with the 3 colors. now nothing happens.
boot with home+power doesnt work anymore, same with normal power on (it only displays the Tcom splash screen.
is there anything i can do?

Can you still get into bootloader (camera+power)?

yes,
i've got on my sd card the DREAIMG-RC29 (extractet of course)
but it wont load. i've got some other folders and stuff on the sd card, could this be the problem? i've got no adapter for my PC, so i can't format the sd card.
thx for trying to help me

When you say extracted, what excatly do you mean. You should have the DREAIMG.nbh file in the root of your sdcard (so not inside any folders). Is that the way you have it?

exactly, it is in the root directory

eliah0711 said:
exactly, it is in the root directory
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Reformat the SD card for FAT32, re-extract that file back to the root directory of the SD and try again. If the same problem exist, re-download the file from here (T-Mobile G1 ONLY!)

ok, i dont really know how, but i was able to access home+power again.
like jamesrdorn said, i reformated the SD card and extractet the DREAIMG to the root directory. I switched it on with camera+power -> still the same error. just for fun i rebooted with phone+menu+power and pressed home during the restart and - tada - it booted into the recovery menu. A friend of mine then told me i should install this mod and it worked.
thanks all of you for your help

So... I think I just bricked a G1. You tell me.

Reading the "How to root" thread here. I've rooted a few G1's and a MT3G in the past.
Anyways. I downgraded to RC29, downloaded Amon's recovery and Hard SPL.
Did the whole Telnetd, downloaded telnet from market and mount remount, flash yadda yadda as per stated.
Rebooted and applied the Hard SPL.
After that finished I rebooted and it just hangs on the G1 screen, Home/Power does nothing. Camera/Power does nothing. Trackball/Power just lights the LED up blue.
Will it live the rest of it's life as a door stop?

not being able to boot into anything is a brick but there have been many threads about people who have somehow reversed their brick so just search this forum and see if anything happends who knows it could happen. otherwise its a really shiny paper weight

Bummer. I'll search around a bit more and see if there might be a thread I missed. I don't want to dig into it and do the whole jtag crap since there is still a warranty on the phone.
This is the "How-to" thread I followed and has worked on every G1 I have rooted til this phone which is a brand new one from Tmo.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=442480
Searching more I have read about people not flashing a radio before the SPL and caused a brick. If that is true why doesn't it state this as a necessary step?

Flashing the Radio before the SPL is needed for DangerSPL (although I seem to recall a thread debating that - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=655097 ), I didnt think it was needed for HardSPL, it sounds like a brick unfortunatly, but I am no expert.
It is thought that its safer to flash the SPL and radio ect via fastboot (see link above) , not that it helps to much now, but that is an old guide, it should be updated though

Yep. From what I have gathered is if you can't get into recovery (home+power) or fastboot (camera+power) and it hangs on the G1 boot screen. It's a brick.

-RotorDemon- said:
Yep. From what I have gathered is if you can't get into recovery (home+power) or fastboot (camera+power) and it hangs on the G1 boot screen. It's a brick.
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its not a brick unless it doesn't turn on at all (depending on how you define the word "brick")
exact same thing happened to one of the G1 replacements my friend got sent to him...we sent it back and they sent him a new one

Nah it's not bricked, the HSpl isn't compatible with your ROM, try flashing he ROM again, or faulty ROM this happens a lot.
Howto fix:
1. Backup any files on your SD card that are valuable to you (you can copy them to your PC's hard drive)
2. Format your SD card to FAT32 ( put your SD in your PC)
Windows: Right-click on SD icon and select format
3. Download the RC29 / RC7 dreaimg.nbh file (don't rename it or your phone won't recognize it):
RC29 (US): http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php/Full_Update_Guide_-_G1/Dream_Firmware_to_CyanogenMod
RC7(Europe):http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php/Full_Update_Guide_-_G1/Dream_Firmware_to_CyanogenMod
4. Put the file you just downloaded onto your freshly formatted SD card (make sure it is named DREAIMG.nbh, the rc7 file downloads with .NBH which is wrong)
5. Turn your phone off.
6. Hold down the Camera button, and press the Power button until the bootloader starts.
Note: On some G1s it may require pressing the action button (trackball), while on others it may require pressing the power button.
7. Follow the on-screen instructions to flash the image.
8. When it's done, press the trackball.
9. Press the Call, Menu, and Power buttons at the same time to reboot. You may need to unplug your phone for this to work.
10. And you're done, your phone is in Manufacture default-settings.
If you want to flash a ROM follow a guide (start from the beginning)
Tell me if it worked or didn't worked!
Source: http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php/Full_Update_Guide_-_G1/Dream_Firmware_to_CyanogenMod

what tally said....
but on the one i described, just to let you know, i flashed the rc29 dreaimg.nbh like 15 times, it would never get off the G1 boot screen

tnpapadakos said:
what tally said....
but on the one i described, just to let you know, i flashed the rc29 dreaimg.nbh like 15 times, it would never get off the G1 boot screen
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Try flashing the ROM again if you can go to the bootloader(Rainbow) screen try this:
1. take out the SD card
2. download this file ,open the folder and paste the dreaming.NBH file to the root of your SD card(use your pc or another phone to past this on your SD card).
2. you should get a gray screen once the card in placed back into the phone
3. then press power to start update
4. once the update is complete press the track ball then the rainbow(bootloader) screen should come back up,
5. pull out the battery and there you go your phone should work again
Note: If it didn't updated turn of your phone and turn it on by pressing (& holding) Power+Camera button.
Tell me if it worked

Lol, for some reason it double posted my previous post sorry.

He says in the first post Camera / Power dosent load the bootloader

vixsandlee said:
he says in the first post camera / power dosent load the bootloader
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vixsandlee said:
He says in the first post Camera / Power dosent load the bootloader
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Yes I know but if he connects it to he's PC and turns it off and on and then go to bootloader it will work.

tally114 said:
Yes I know but if he connects it to he's PC and turns it off and on and then go to bootloader it will work.
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Interesting, I didnt know that.
Thanks for the info.

tally114 said:
Yes I know but if he connects it to he's PC and turns it off and on and then go to bootloader it will work.
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Doesn't work either. Connected, disconnected, SD card in or out, SIM card in or out and any combination of that.
Logcat just sits and says "Waiting for device" while the phone just hangs on the G1 screen. So unless there is a different way to get into the bootloader besides using Camera+Power I'd like to know.
Camera+Power and Home+Power are unresponsive.

Well... it sounds like you've got yourself a fancy plastic brick, just remember for next time
1. Downgrade
2. Radio
3. Spl
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[Q] my htc magic keeps rebooting after flashing an old recovery image

Hi
I had a problem with my htc magic after trying to flash the RA-sapphire-v1.0.0 recovery image into the phone. Before the problem occurred I rooted my phone and flashed RA-sapphire-v1.6.5, but because I had an issue with it I tried to flash an old version " RA-sapphire-v1.0.0".
Now my phone keeps rebooting endlessly and I can not access recovery mode, fastboot or anything else?
Is it bricked? Can I fix this issue?
The phone is 32A
Radio is 6.35 (I can not access fastboot so this is from my memory)

If you have no access to fastboot nor recovery, then you are pretty bricked!!!

Are you sure you can't get into fastboot? Pull the batter, press and hold down the back button, and put the battery back in. See if it goes into fastboot then. Do the same thing again, but holding the home button instead to see if you can get into recovery. I dunno why you used an old one and not the new one.

DonJuan692006 said:
Are you sure you can't get into fastboot? Pull the batter, press and hold down the back button, and put the battery back in. See if it goes into fastboot then. Do the same thing again, but holding the home button instead to see if you can get into recovery. I dunno why you used an old one and not the new one.
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I tried both method and it did not work. The phone is still rebooting endlessly. I used the old recovery since the new one kept restarting the phone to the actual system after I go into recovery mode after 2-3 seconds.

1.6.5 isn't the new one. The newest version is 1.7.0. Well if that didn't work, then year your bricked.

so is there anything i can do to fix it?

JTAG is your only option.

Where are you from ?

usernome said:
Where are you from ?
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I am from Australia

I have HTC Magic Vodafone (32B) and have a similar issue with phone in a reboot loop, however, i can get into fastboot but not sure what next to do. Is there a guide anywhere on what to recover my phone.

Depends, what is your current fastboot information?

Not sure what info you want from Fastboot screen so this is everything i can see
SAPPHIRE PVT 32B SHIP S-ON G
HBOOT-1.33.0013 (SAPP10000)
CPLD-10
RADIO-2.22.28.25
Oct 21 2009,22:33:27
Is this the right kind of information?

Two options. Downgrade to 1.5, then update to 1.6, then root, flash a custom ROM, reinstall the 1.33.0013 SPL and 2.22.28.25 radio, and then flash a new custom ROM. Optionally, you can downgrade to 1.5 and upgrade back up to 2.2.1. Either way just let me know and I can assist.

Thanks for you help with regards to the approach, is one easier than the other? If they are both roughly the same then would go for the Downgrade to 1.5 and upgrade back up to 2.2.1. route as it may be easier to sell in a few weeks when the Galaxy S2 out.

So, here we go, please read through all the steps before starting and then reading each step as you go along:
1. Go here and download "sappimg.nbh" and "update1-5.zip".
2. Put all of them on your SD card. I would suggest downloading to a folder on your computer, then copying them over. Have had issues in the pass with people downloading files directly to their SD card and it corrupting the file.
3. With the phone turn off and the SD card in it, boot holding (volume down+power) to get into hboot. The phone should detect the sappimg.nbh, check the file (you'll see a progress bar in the upper right-hand corner), and then ask you to hit "ACTION" to continue. (ACTION being pressing the trackball)
4. The phone will start flashing the different parts of the phones partitions. You'll see the progress bar in the upper right-hand corner a few more times, then after about 5 minutes, it'll ask you to hit "ACTION" again to reboot.
5. Let the phone boot all the way up (this may take a few minutes) and then turn it off without signing in.
NOTE: Unless you need the phone to access the SD card from the computer, in that case sign in and do the next step.
6. Access the SD card, find "update1.zip" and rename it to "update.zip".
7. With the phone off turn it back on by holding (home+power) to get into recovery. You'll see a triangle with an ! in it, press (home+power) again to bring up the menu.
8. Using the trackball, scroll to the "wipe data/factory reset" option and press the trackball to select it. After it completes, scroll to "apply update.zip from SD card" and select it. It should pickup the update file on the SD card and flash it, then reboot.
9. When you get to the login screen again, turn the phone off.
Note: Again, as before, you can optionally login to get into the ROM for access to the SD card from your computer.
10. Repeat steps 6-9 for the "update2-update5.zip" files. You will need to remove the old "update.zip" before renaming the next update file. When you get to the login screen the last time (after flashing "update5.zip") you can sign in and use the phone.

Thanks for the guide but I've hit a problem. The phone recognise the sappimg.nbh and starts to flash itself but when then a message:
model ID incorrect!
Update Fail!
appears and the flash has failed. I've tried this a few times now downloading the file again, formating the SD card etc but to no avail. Do you have any suggestion on how to get round this issue?

Geffen22 said:
Thanks for the guide but I've hit a problem. The phone recognise the sappimg.nbh and starts to flash itself but when then a message:
model ID incorrect!
Update Fail!
appears and the flash has failed. I've tried this a few times now downloading the file again, formating the SD card etc but to no avail. Do you have any suggestion on how to get round this issue?
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Crap gave you the wrong sappimg. What country did you get the phone from?
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I got phone from Vodafone in the UK.

Geffen22 said:
I got phone from Vodafone in the UK.
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Need the specific country.

United Kingdom or England to be exact.