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Looking to root 1.6

Hi gang,
Any progress to report on rooting Sapphire 1.6 Tmobile ROM? I know it's early and people are still receiving the OTA update, but I'd imagine that most have received the 1.6 update OTA by now.
Also,... looking for direction on ROMs containing NATIVE EAS (Exchange Activesync).
Thanks
LB
Tmobile MyTouch 1.6

Yeah Please someone!
I just spent 5 hours trying to root this tmobile mt3g 1.6 and had no success. My copilot quit on me after 1.6 upgrade, trying to go to cm 4.1.11.1 which I heard was the latest version that works with copilot.

I did the OTA update to 1.6, and then downgraded to 1.5. Once I did that, I used flashrec to install cm-updater 1.4, and from there it was a piece of cake to flash Cyanogen's latest (4.1.999) mod.
Here is the link to the image you need to put on your phone: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=BLM4EDGE
Download that file, make sure it's named sappimg.nbh, reboot holding power and the volume down button. It will find the file and ask you if you wanna flash, say yes. Once you've rebooted you'll be in 1.5... now you can install flashrec and from there install a recovery image (like Cyanogen's Recovery 1.4).
Guide: http://theunlockr.com/2009/08/22/how-to-unroot-your-mytouch-3g/

Thanks, I'll give it a try.

those are instructions to unroot........

I believe that Relentless Rooter might be able to handle even the 1.6 firmware. Also, Superboot by Paul @ MoDaCo should also do the trick.
Do a little research, and I'm sure you'll find exactly what you're looking for. Best of luck.

I've tried Relentless Rooter. Problem is, I'm on Windows 7. Doesn't seem to like the USB drivers. I'll give Superboot a try.
Thanks!
Just tried Superboot. Received "FAILED (remote: not allow)". I thinks it's my SPL (1.33.0006).
Thanks for the suggestion though.
LB

someone correct me if im mistaken but i always thought you had to go from Donut (1.6) to Cupcake (1.5) and then flashed a rom with a Donut ... That's how is supposed to be right?
//EDIT: I found this @ TheUnlockr
http://theunlockr.com/2009/10/15/how-to-root-a-donut-phone-android-1-6/

Tried the Unlocker already but without Unrooting back to Cupcake. Now forgive me but, even unrooting back to Cupcake will still leave me with the same Radio and SPL, correct? I have the 0006 SPL which I thought was the issue with rooting.
The recovery image doesn't flash the Radio and SPL also or am I confused?
Thanks

help! i'm stuck! (with generic 2.1)

Hi, i have a problem, I need some help solving it.
I have branded Hero (G2 Touch) on T-Mobile. Being tired of waiting for T-Mobile to release their branded 2.1, I followed some instruction on this board and installed generic 2.1. Sadly, the instruction used the RUU for directly installing 2.1 and I did this^^
When I try to install an old 1.5 RUU (t-mobile or generic) I always get the error 140 bootloader version.
I then tried the rooting method, now I managed to install the Amon Ra's Hero Recovery and that works quite good, as I now can use nandroid again (I couldn't do since the 2.73 update).
I managed to restore some backups that were on 1.76, and I had android 1.5 installed again, but still I couldn't install the 2.73 RUU, still getting the bootloader error.
Now, either somebody can tell me how to install the RUU, so I can get back to original t-mobile ROMs and can use OTA to get from 2.73 to android 2.1,
or, somebody could send me a nandroid backup with 2.73 installed.
there might be another possibility: I extracted the rom.zip from the T-mobile 2.73 RUU and tried installing it via recovery... I got an error while opening the file (bad).
has anybody an idea how to solve my problem? pls don't tell me 'install custom roms' i heard that often enough and simply don't want to (though I might give it a try as soon as working sense 2.2 ROMs are ready)... i want to get back to official T-Mobile ROMs
thanks

JW 301 said:
Hi, i have a problem, I need some help solving it.
I have branded Hero (G2 Touch) on T-Mobile. Being tired of waiting for T-Mobile to release their branded 2.1, I followed some instruction on this board and installed generic 2.1. Sadly, the instruction used the RUU for directly installing 2.1 and I did this^^
When I try to install an old 1.5 RUU (t-mobile or generic) I always get the error 140 bootloader version.
I then tried the rooting method, now I managed to install the Amon Ra's Hero Recovery and that works quite good, as I now can use nandroid again (I couldn't do since the 2.73 update).
I managed to restore some backups that were on 1.76, and I had android 1.5 installed again, but still I couldn't install the 2.73 RUU, still getting the bootloader error.
Now, either somebody can tell me how to install the RUU, so I can get back to original t-mobile ROMs and can use OTA to get from 2.73 to android 2.1,
or, somebody could send me a nandroid backup with 2.73 installed.
there might be another possibility: I extracted the rom.zip from the T-mobile 2.73 RUU and tried installing it via recovery... I got an error while opening the file (bad).
has anybody an idea how to solve my problem? pls don't tell me 'install custom roms' i heard that often enough and simply don't want to (though I might give it a try as soon as working sense 2.2 ROMs are ready)... i want to get back to official T-Mobile ROMs
thanks
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You'll need to use this guide (http://villainrom.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=375) to make a goldcard, and downgrade using the HEROIMG.zip method (google it)

it doesn't work... I took the rom.zip, renamed it HEROIMG.zip and put it on my sdcard.
hboot finds it, loads it and then says "Main Version is older! Update Fail! Do you want to reboot device?"
what can I do now?

Have you checked to see if your goldcard has definitely worked?

it definitively is a goldcard, as I used it to install generic ROM on T-Mob device... still doesn't work now... but the problem is not that I try to install a ROM that's not meant for my device (thats what I understood goldcard does), but the problem seems to bee the bootloader-version the 2.1 RUU brought.
what can I do now?

Same thing happened t me a while back, I just re-tried every step from scratch and it worked the third time...!

what exactly did you do then? I tried so many things, at least I want to know, which steps to repeat over and over again

Just going to have a look at it for you, I am going through the processes as we speak so if I find a solution I will post back.
@JW 301 post the info in settings > About Phone
- Model number
- Firmware version
- Baseband version
- Kernel version
- Build numbr
- Software version

- Model number: HTC Hero
- Firmware version: 2.1-update1
- Baseband version 63.18.55.06PU_6.35.15.11
- Kernel version: 2.6.29-063c4d24 [email protected] #1
- Build number: 3.32.405.1 CL191507 release-keys
- Software version: 3.32.405.1
I want to get back to 2.73.111.26 (that is a T-Mobile ROM) so I can apply official T-Mobile OTA updates (by the way, I managed to get to VillainROM 12.0 yesterday, but went back. I want to use official ROMs...)

See new post here;
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=7600524#post7600524

Had the same problem, I mean, EXACTLY the same.
This is what sorted it for me:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=726118

Downgrade Problem!

I have searched and searched, tried every method, but I am offically stuck (I think) - I'm prepping a rooted Eris for return - i had previously been able to flash the 2.1 RUU to return to stock, but it now will not work - I guess somewhere along the lines of rooting/ROM flashing my bootloader has changed (it is now v1.49.000) - I can't get any RUU to work (get ERROR in RUU interface) - I have also tried flashing a P00IMG through HBOOT, but it also errors out (something is older than something else - forgot exactly) - I have tried flashing new HBOOT/Recovery Image through ADB per a JCASE post, but that will not work either - I've gotten older ROM's loaded that will allow for new OTA updates, but they ultimately will not work (signature issues i believe) -
So the question is, is there a method that will get me back to 2.1 "stock" & get rid of Amon Ra recovery?
Again, I have searched and tried every method I could find - I have updated my SDK - help anyone?

Ive seen people just send in rooted ones without any problem, so I dont know if they'll check. But if your worried, i would just flash a 2.1 rom that looks like the stock, cause i dont think they'll know the difference.

Do you have a Nandroid backup from when you first rooted?

crax0r said:
Do you have a Nandroid backup from when you first rooted?
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Unfortunately I don't have it - you wanna loan me yours?
I'm only kind of kidding....

download unzipme.zip which jcase removed on xda from here http://androidmobileos.com/?p=14928 Inside theres dowgrade rom that you flash through custom recovery (which ever one you use). After that you just follow the instructions (adb parts). Works very well. If you will have any issues with adb part as far as flashing back to stock recovery and hboot than check your hboot version and make sure its s-off. If its not you can get it s-off with batery pull trick.

i had an issue like this where the ruu would say that my phone was disconnected and told me to connect it to the computer,i was on a froyo rom,i flashed a 2.1 rom and the ruu worked,just an fyi just incase this might help if you want to return to stock 2.1,once you run the ruu and sync with google you wiil receive the july update also.
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(SOLVED)Bummer! Got dell boot loop?!

Hi All,
I have recieved a Streak (Unlocked from Tesco) came with 2.1 Android. I cant' remember the full baseband but it did end with 00-EU. I tried to update but said none available,so I dowloaded the 309..pkg 2.2 update and used that.
I sucessfully installed OS 2.2, installed all my apps. Z4Root - this allowed me to install Titanium and root explorer (and run them)
BUT I switched the phone off and when I switched on again, I am now stuck in the Dell boot loop. Trying to repeat the pkg update doesn't make any difference nor does the factory reset??
I take it that I have got to revert back to 2.1? It seems that I will have to fastboot recovery (Stock recovery (build 4399) then load onto the SD update.pkg Build 8023 (intended for O2 devices, can be applied to generic UK devices)
Is this correct or is there something else I need to do??
Many Thanks in advance
John
Update, did the fastboot recovery image, rebooted phone now back to Froyo 2.2 and working correctly?? z4root works and I can reboot. I don't know what I did but all OK now?

[REQUEST] STOCK Rogers 2.1 ROM

Hey guys I have to send my phone back to Rogers because the USB connector ****ed up on me so theyre sending me a replacement, but i need to flash the stock Rogers rom back on before i send it in.
Does anyone have the Stock Rogers 2.1 ROM? OR can someone direct me to where i can get it?
Thanks in advance.

How are you going to flash it if your usb connector is f-ed up?
Annyway, if you can't find the stock Rogers 2.1 ROM, I'd say try the 1.6 ROM and then update it

i dont need to use the usb connector to upload the rom, i can try and make it into an xrecovery installer, and then upload it to my phone thru my dropbox..
is it possible to convert the files into a xrecovery zip?
or i can find an existing file out there of a rogers branded stock/light mod 1.6 or 2.1 rom

I'm sure there's atleast a 1.6 Rogers ROM, I remember flashing to it when 2.1 came out so that I could update

I've got them uploaded from my multi-firmware pack back from November.
It's got 1.6 and 2.1 (Rogers).
Download it in the description of the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85-WbEupcyg&hd=1 (There are two parts.)
Collection of stock/carrier 1.6 ROMs: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=872298

BULL3TPR00F said:
i dont need to use the usb connector to upload the rom, i can try and make it into an xrecovery installer, and then upload it to my phone thru my dropbox..
is it possible to convert the files into a xrecovery zip?
or i can find an existing file out there of a rogers branded stock/light mod 1.6 or 2.1 rom
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I pm'd you about a possible solution.

ok so i got my replacement, did an adb pull /system and got all the files (im actually trying to find where adb put them lol)
but how can i go about flashing these files back to my old phone? can i do something like adb push /system ?

nvm actually i think im just gonna end up flashing the 1.6 decrpyted rom with flashtool
that should give me back the stock rogers 1.6 and no root..
is there any way to remove xrecovery? just delete the sd card files?
EDIT: SOLVED, FLASHED THE 1.6 FW AND EVERYTHING WORKED AS PLANNED
thanks for everyones help...