[q] s-off in fastboot?!?!? - myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I really need to find out a way or know if i can s-off my mytouch 4g in fastboot/adb
I freaked up my phone and now im totally locked out of doing any thing to it and it wont boot up...
Please help!!!
Thanks
HB

Kinda need more info then "I F ed it up" did you brick it? With it boot into hboot? Will it boot into recovery?

No , its not bricked. It goes into fastboot/hboot..Recovery.. Just nothing else.
It wont take the files to s-off it.
I think s-off in fastboot wont work but in adb?
My phone says rooted before i even check su.. it as s.u.p. and lets me do root things.. I just tried to s-off in terminal and its not working..

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Please help! Stuck at bootscreen

So my girlfriend has the myTouch 3g 32B
Not rooted. Never event attempted. her phone died last night and as soon as she put it on the charger and went to turn it back on it just went straight into the fastboot screen.
it says:
SAPPHIRE PVT 32B SHIP S-ON G
HBOOT-1.33.0006 (SAPP30000)
CPLD-10
RADIO-2.22.23.02
MAY 27 2009,19:06:41(????????)
HBOOT
<BACK> FastBoot Mode
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When I click this back button nothing happens.
When I click the trackball nothing happens. you probably get the point.
Any suggestions??
is she out of warranty? if not send it in (i assume she is though lol)
and can u hold home+power and try to factory reset? if those fail, maybe just root it and install a diff rom
Maybe someones experienced this before and can help, im not too sure
One last thing! Make sure the back button isnt stuck down! haha cause if it is, thats whats booting u in fastboot
she is out of warranty lol
there are no buttons stuck down that was the first thing i checked
and im going to root the phone now.
she has the older mytouch 3g w/o the 3.5mm head jack, do i still need to do the goldcard ?
yep you need it to downgrade to 1.5 then root
alright man thanks a lot
idk if this will help at all and i dont wanna say something that doesnt work, so plz if anyone sees this and disagrees, plz comment
n e ways, i have the original mytouch 3g, no 3.5mm jack either...and for me to unroot i use the method from theunlockr . com (no spaces) heres the link
http://theunlockr. com/2009/08/22/how-to-unroot-your-mytouch-3g/
what you do is place the image on sdcard and then boot by holding volume key down and power, and wait for a sec, then follow directions on screen... and yes i kno your stuck in fast boot mode, but hey maybe there will be a fluke and it will allow you to do this... sorry if this is just non-sense and doesnt pertain to you...

Bricked MT3G 1.2? Cant recover

So I tried unlockr's tutorial to rooting and along the way something went wrong and I was getting htc magic splash. Now everytime I try to run sappimg it hangs at unzipping and when I try to run recover.img or any other img, in cmd prompt I get a signature verify fail. Haven't had the phone for 48 hours yet and managed to **** it up. Help. Anyone.
wrong sappimg
Donarudo said:
So I tried unlockr's tutorial to rooting and along the way something went wrong and I was getting htc magic splash. Now everytime I try to run sappimg it hangs at unzipping and when I try to run recover.img or any other img, in cmd prompt I get a signature verify fail. Haven't had the phone for 48 hours yet and managed to **** it up. Help. Anyone.
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Ok first stop and open the sappimg dont un zip just click on it. them click on the android-info.txt if it reads this your good
ModelID: SAPP10000
CIDNUM: HTC__037
CIDNUM: 11111111
MainVer: 2.53.707.2
If it reads any thing else its a simi brick I hope you got insurance if ya do pm me ill walk ya in so you can get a new one!
Ok just do the fastboot radio,hboot.nb0,recovery,reboot and your good
i had the same ish with the unlocker steps. I simi bricked it with the wrong sappimg if the cidnum say some thing like vada-xxx (x=numbers) or some thing do not update with it.
How is this ROM Development?
Moved to General.
Yes, the txt checks out. Every time I try those commands I receive the signature verify fail error. I've tried to reflash the sappimg to the phone again and again and I get 'unzipping' then nothing. My phone also reads:
SAPPHITE UNKNOWN 32A SHIP S-ON H
HBOOT-1.33.0009 (SAPP31000)
CPLD-13
RADIO-3.22.20.17
If this helps.
Can ANYONE please help me. I regret trying this and just want my phone back to normal... So many smart ppl on here but nobody is giving me their .02 cents. Sheesh
Donarudo said:
Can ANYONE please help me. I regret trying this and just want my phone back to normal... So many smart ppl on here but nobody is giving me their .02 cents. Sheesh
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yea bro i can help but i need more info\\where are you files placed and what are your file names
Can you hold the power and home button to get into your recovery screen?
thricemin said:
Can you hold the power and home button to get into your recovery screen?
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No it wont. for some funky reason the radio and spl are linked to the board tmobile attempt to lock root out thats why the 1.2 kernel dose not support wifi teather apps, but i never tried any of of the hero teather apk or hacks.
But If you did every thing on the unlocker site for the fender/1.2 it should work>>>>
fastboot flash radio radio.img
fastboot flash hboot hboot.nb0 (the 0 at the end of this line is a zero not an oh).
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
8. Once the phone starts to turn back on begin holding home and power (do not let go until you see the recovery mode) to boot into recovery mode.
9. You should end up in Amon Ra’s recovery mode. Now click on USB MS Toggle to turn on USB mounting. Plug in your USB cable and you should be able to access your memory card on your computer now.
10. Load the custom Fender ROM with Root added below onto your SD card (NOT in any folder, just on the SD card itself, do NOT extract it, leave it as a .zip)
Custom Fender w/ Root Access (THIS WORKS FOR THE MYTOUCH 1.2 OR FENDER).
Then click the button on your phone to disable USB MS Toggle and then click Apply .zip and select the Fender ROM .zip file we just put on the sd card.
Once it loads click reboot and you are all set!

Q What should i do?

T-Mobile USA MyTouch 3G 1.2/Fender with 3.5 MM Jack
Sapphire PVT 32A SHIP S-ON G
HBOOT-1.33.0013 (SAPP31000)
CPLD-13
RADIO-2.22.23.02
Oct 21 2009,22:33:27
Ok my problem is i stupidly deleted my girls default home launcher when i was gonna use the adwlauncher but the phone rebooted, now it wont load android at all. I've tried the sappimg.nbh and the sappimg.zip but neither will update correctly since my security is on. I cant flash a new rom either since i have no recovery either. Is there anyway i can change my spl to an engineer to get more hboot options unlocked or should i just report my phone stolen and pay the deductible for th new recovery phone, please help you guys i have tried and read tons of threads and have failed miserably lol
You need to reset the device from fastboot...
Look at the menu and you will find it.
You can also just flash your official RUU...
To turn on RUU mode type this:
Code:
fastboot oem rebootRUU
Then just start your ruu update.
Don't start doing all kind of stupid ****... try the above before you make your self a goldcard!
Alright man thanks for the help i'll report back when im done.
I reset the device then it just loads the rom im currently on ( htcclay's TCBY 1.3dsf 2.2 froyo) reboots then hangs on the splash screen. How do i flash or type in that code about the ruu?
Edit**
The phone can only accept calls coming in, but theres still no way of using the launcher it's completely blank cuz of my accident. Im guessing the reset doesnt reinstall the needed drivers or apks to factory setings.
To Get into fastboot power the phone off and the press back + power and hold them down until the fastboot screen comes on. Then try the fasboot commands from the post above in a Windows command prompt. Hope it work for you. If it does please report back, because I am desperately trying to unroot my phone and go back to stock so I can sell it when I upgrade. Thanks.
d12unk13astard said:
The phone can only accept calls coming in, but theres still no way of using the launcher it's completely blank cuz of my accident. Im guessing the reset doesnt reinstall the needed drivers or apks to factory setings.
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If you got adb connection, then install the launcher using this command:
Code:
adb install -r xxxxxxx.apk
(where xxxxxxxxx.apk should be replaced by the name of the laucnher apk)
ADB confuses the hell outta me lol. ADB = SDK correct? I've tried using it and following direction to push/install from my main drive c/ but can never get it to work right. Guess im just screwed and will have to pay the deductible, i do appreciate the help tho you guys.
I followed the unlockers guide and made a goldcard and with that was able to get back to recovery woohoo, thanks fo rall the help, i just had to really really focus and actually try our adb lol. Mods can lock this now please.

[Q] Stuck At Unzipping Screen (Now It Won't Go Into Recovery Mode)

Hey everyone.
I was rooting my MyTouch 3g w/3.5mm this morning. I'm following the instructions from here ( http://theunlockr.com/2010/03/11/how-to-root-the-mytouch-1-2-and-fender-mytouch/ ). I had apparently messed up when I was at the restart after flashing sappimg.zip onto the phone and was stuck at the HTC Magic Screen. I restarted my phone by holding down the Reject Call + Volume Down key and told it to flash sappimg.zip onto the phone again so I could redo it correctly. Unfortunately, it's stuck at the "[1] SYSTEM - UNZIPPING" stage. I'm afraid to turn it off because it says to not power off the device.
So, yeah, have I bricked my phone or is there a way to restart this process so I can successfully root?
Thanks much, and have a happy holiday.
EDIT: This sort of resolved itself, but now I can't get into recovery mode. :/
Rhaseo said:
Hey everyone.
I was rooting my MyTouch 3g w/3.5mm this morning. I'm following the instructions from here ( http://theunlockr.com/2010/03/11/how-to-root-the-mytouch-1-2-and-fender-mytouch/ ). I had apparently messed up when I was at the restart after flashing sappimg.zip onto the phone and was stuck at the HTC Magic Screen. I restarted my phone by holding down the Reject Call + Volume Down key and told it to flash sappimg.zip onto the phone again so I could redo it correctly. Unfortunately, it's stuck at the "[1] SYSTEM - UNZIPPING" stage. I'm afraid to turn it off because it says to not power off the device.
So, yeah, have I bricked my phone or is there a way to restart this process so I can successfully root?
Thanks much, and have a happy holiday.
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So your flashing the engineering spl for the first time or are you flashing the stock spl back?
Binary100100 said:
So your flashing the engineering spl for the first time or are you flashing the stock spl back?
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I'm flashing the engineering spl onto there for the first time.
It appears that being stuck at the Magic screen is normal according to a different (but similar) guide from the Cyanogen Wiki. Would it irreparably damage my phone if I removed the battery despite it being at the "Unzipping" screen for Sappimg (as I was unzipping sappimg for a second time) and proceeding with CyanogenMod's guide instead?
EDIT: It appears my phone just turned off on it's own (battery probably died). I'm going to try CyanogenMod's instructions and see if that works.
EDIT 2: So, I reflashed it with the sappimg that Cyanogen has on his wiki. So everything was smooth sailing until I got to the Recovery step. I cannot, for the life of me, to get it to boot in recovery mode. I hold HOME+POWER but nothing pops up.
EDIT 3: And it appears as if I've bricked it.
Rhaseo said:
I'm flashing the engineering spl onto there for the first time.
It appears that being stuck at the Magic screen is normal according to a different (but similar) guide from the Cyanogen Wiki. Would it irreparably damage my phone if I removed the battery despite it being at the "Unzipping" screen for Sappimg (as I was unzipping sappimg for a second time) and proceeding with CyanogenMod's guide instead?
EDIT: It appears my phone just turned off on it's own (battery probably died). I'm going to try CyanogenMod's instructions and see if that works.
EDIT 2: So, I reflashed it with the sappimg that Cyanogen has on his wiki. So everything was smooth sailing until I got to the Recovery step. I cannot, for the life of me, to get it to boot in recovery mode. I hold HOME+POWER but nothing pops up.
EDIT 3: And it appears as if I've bricked it.
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Will the rom start? If so, you didn't brick it.
Do you have the Engineering SPL on it? What SPL version do you currently have on there? Remember that if you have the T-Mobile US MyTouch w/3.5mm jack then you MUST have 32B recovery and radio and STOCK (1.33.0013) SPL before flashing a custom rom.
Best way to do it is to flash your custom recovery (I suggest Clockwork Recovery for Mytouch/ION devices) by fastboot.
Afterwards then flash your stock (S-ON) SPL back and then boot to recovery to flash your rom.
REMEMBER!!! YOU DO NOT HAVE A 32a DEVICE! DESPITE WHAT THE SPL SAYS... IT'S NOT TECHNICALLY A 32a DEVICE!!! You MUST treat is as a 32b.
Binary100100 said:
Will the rom start? If so, you didn't brick it.
Do you have the Engineering SPL on it? What SPL version do you currently have on there? Remember that if you have the T-Mobile US MyTouch w/3.5mm jack then you MUST have 32B recovery and radio and STOCK (1.33.0013) SPL before flashing a custom rom.
Best way to do it is to flash your custom recovery (I suggest Clockwork Recovery for Mytouch/ION devices) by fastboot.
Afterwards then flash your stock (S-ON) SPL back and then boot to recovery to flash your rom.
REMEMBER!!! YOU DO NOT HAVE A 32a DEVICE! DESPITE WHAT THE SPL SAYS... IT'S NOT TECHNICALLY A 32a DEVICE!!! You MUST treat is as a 32b.
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Oh, wow. That explains why I bricked the phone. The Amon_RA Recovery I put on there was 32a... I'm an idiot.
The phone won't start up at all. :/ Looks like I'm out $100 or so.
Thanks for that, though. I was going to give you a "Thanks" but it appears the button has disappeared for me.
Rhaseo said:
Oh, wow. That explains why I bricked the phone. The Amon_RA Recovery I put on there was 32a... I'm an idiot.
The phone won't start up at all. :/ Looks like I'm out $100 or so.
Thanks for that, though. I was going to give you a "Thanks" but it appears the button has disappeared for me.
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Can you still get into fastboot?
Binary100100 said:
Can you still get into fastboot?
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Nope. It won't turn on at all.
Rhaseo said:
Nope. It won't turn on at all.
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Won't boot, no recovery, no fastboot.
If it looks like a brick, if it sounds like a brick then it's probably...
I have a similar problem. I purchased this phone and it just almost works. It boots into fastboot just fine but not recovery. Here are the specifics as they stand now.
Sapphire unknown 32A ship S-on H
CLD 13
Radio 3.22.20.17
May 8 2009, 21:02:32
I made a good gold card...tried the 2010 spl...still hangs during unzip step of the flash process. Any other ROM and I get a main version older error.
Fastboot info version main 2.53.707.2
cid T-MOB010
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Nice job on probably bricking your phone. You've got the myTouch 1.2 which means you just flashed an incompatible radio. Congratulations!!! I honestly not sure what to tell you. Which sappimg are you trying to use to get the engineering SPL?
Like i said...it was like this when I bought it.
I'm going to try to do a poorman's JTAG...wish me luck.
jonk26.2 said:
wish me luck.
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Good luck! You can do it!
If you have any questions along the way, please don't hesitate to ask.
JTAG did in fact de-brick my MT3G 1.2 (bought from ebay) the first time I tried it. I made the mistake of flashing the stock ROM, so I would get to the "touch the android to begin" screen and couldn't get any further without a data plan. It wasn't until I probably flashed the wrong sappimg in a root attempt that I started experiencing the stuck at unzipping/FAIL-PU/remote signature verify fail problem...
FYI, I tried flashing radio 2.22.28.25 (the one from the OTA) using JTAG and the radata command, and it fixed my USB. I haven't experiemented much beyond that, but I'm planning to try some more things this weekend.
Moderators, I'd like to suggest merging this thread with http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=773368 and http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=771622 since they all seem to be discussing the same problem.

Help! Is my phone recoverable?

Hi All
I am hoping someone can help me out. When i switch my phone on it loads up a black screen with HTC in the middle, and 4 exclamation marks, one in each corner of the screen, and will not switch on.
My phone is rooted and i have ENG S-OFF. I have clockwork recovery installed but cannot boot into it. I cant boot into bootloader but i can run fastboot commands.
So far i have tried the following;
Flash several RUU's, they seem to run smoothly upto the part where they write the sent IMG's, then i get a UNKNOWN ERROR 150.
Update with PD98IMG.zip by running fastboot command "fastboot update PD98IMG.zip", it sends the files to the phone then i get an error when its writing the images, something about links being too long.
Unfortunately the phone will not recognise the SD card either
Im hoping someone can help me out, as ive been without my phone for 3 weeks now, and its driving me insane
Thanks
Jody
Jody I feel your pain as I have a similiar problem.
Phone is running 2.2.1, rooted, Radio S-OFF, ENG S-OFF but won't boot into the bootloader. Tried running 1.32 RUU to downgrade, but comes back with an "unknown error."
Fortunately in my case, the phone works fine, its just that I was trying to upgrade to gingerbread.
If anyone knows a fix for this it will be much appreciated.
I am by no means an expert but a problem with writing files should point to the SD card being bad shouldnt it?
Give this thread a go: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=749707
Looks like someone with the same problem, some possible fixes in there.
Thanks for the suggestions so far, ill give them a try and report back.
Just noticed also, when the phone is on the black HTC exclamation mark screen and plugged into the laptop, if i un plug it, it switches to a white screen similar to the bootloader one, but without the 3 androids on the bottom. At the top of the screen it now says "ACE PVT SHIP S-OFF RL". Anyone know what the RL is about?
Cheers
Jody
ItsJody said:
At the top of the screen it now says "ACE PVT SHIP S-OFF RL".
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If you had ENG S-OFF, it should say something along the lines of:
Code:
ACE PVT ENG S-OFF
If you had this before, and it's now changed, it could be a problem with HBOOT. What were you doing the first time around when it broke?
retznto said:
If you had ENG S-OFF, it should say something along the lines of:
Code:
ACE PVT ENG S-OFF
If you had this before, and it's now changed, it could be a problem with HBOOT. What were you doing the first time around when it broke?
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I was trying to restore my nandroid backup via fastboot to see if i could sort the SD card not being recognised issue i was having.
Is HBOOT BOOT.IMG?
HBOOT is the bootloader, nandroid won't have backed it up. I'm not totally certain about how HBOOT works, but you could try using this, to restore ENG S-OFF (and possibly HBOOT too). Be very careful when messing with HBOOT though, from what I gather, it's very easy to brick a phone if you mess it up.
Cheers for that, prob is phone is not recognised by ADB so i cant run any ADB commands
Its weird how the RUU runs fine until writing the images, then comes up with the error about not being the correct rom for the device.

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