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HELP PLZ! Might have bricked phone

I have an htc magic 32a.. i had already dont the engineering spl and all that. Got 2 files from curserdroid in zip packages one with the new radio and another with the new spl. Keep in mind that i was also using amon ra's recovery or whatever you call that. The thing that you boot into and update zip packages.
I went into that updated the zip package with the new radio and now its just going through a constant boot cycle and wont let me go to the recovery. When i go inot fast boot mode it does however acknolage that the radio has been updated, still need to update the spl as well.
help me please, god forbid that i actually just threw away a good 300 dollars

you're not even close to bricking it. You can get into fastboot which means you're fine. Plug in your USB,
go into fastboot. I am assuming that you have all these image files in C:\AndroidSDK\tools
fastboot flash hboot hboot-1.33.2010.img
You also don't have the right recovery image anymore. Download the hero recovery image and then
fastboot flash recovery nameOfTheFile.img
and if you follow cursorsenses instructions, WHICH YOU SHOULD HAVE
fastboot erase system -w
fastboot reboot-bootloader
In the future, learn to FOLLOW instructions, and I would recommend using fastboot for radio/spl changes.
If you read carefully instead of just going on a flashing spree, you would've noticed that the radio update would REQUIRE the new recovery. Therefore, you would not be able to get back into recovery to flash the SPL

[Q] Is my magic completely bricked ?

I tried to change to Cyanogenmod 6 but during the procedure it does not boot anymore.
Here is what i did (followed instructions on the CNM wiki)
Here is what I did
From stock I went to a 6.35 radio and 3peisense rom a college of mine recommended.
Batery life lowered drastically --> tried to load CNM 6
As explained in the wiki, I did
o Download the [| 3.22.20.17 radio]
o Download the [| 1.33.2005 SPL]
o Download the latest Amon_RA recovery from [here]. Get the H version. Not the G. H. Not G. H. Not G.
o Check md5 sums
fastboot flash radio Radio_HTC_PVT_32A_3.22.20.17.img
fastboot flash hboot hboot-1.33.2005.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery-RA-sapphire-v1.7.0H.img
fastboot erase system -w
fastboot reboot-bootloader
After that the phone does not boot anymore, the display remains black,
and I get no response to adb devices or fastboot devices commands
When removing and replacing the battery and put the phone on the charger,
the orange charging led lights up, when I phush the power, power+home or power+ back buttons,
the led goes out and there is no further reaction from the phone.
Any ideas why this has happened, and more importantly, how to get it up and running again ?

Sounds like your bricked.
Sent from my HTC Magic using XDA App

Yes, but what did I do wrong ?
I'll try to have it replaced by warranty.

Did you try to enter fastboot? Volume down+power?
If that also fails something was not correct with the spl you flashed. . If it came in a zip file you extracted it not renamed it correct?

MyTouch 3g 32b Can't access bootloader

So I have been trying all night to flash my buddy's MyTouch 3g to Cyanogenmod 6 and have run into several issues.
1. Created golddisk and updated the bootloader
2. Flashed radio (fastboot)
3. Flashed hboot (fastboot)
4. Flashed Clockwork recovery (fastboot)
I have been able to access Clockwork and install CM 6, and google apps. After all of this, the splash sreen hangs and never loads the ROM. For some reason, I decided to update the radio again to the radio img I downloaded from Cyanogen. After radio flash the hanging splash screen happens again. So I remove the battery and try to enter the bootloader (vol down+power) and it goes staight to the splash screen. Tried to enter recovery rom, same thing. The only thing that works is trackball+power to get the blue LED. HELP!!! I would prefer not to buy him another phone. (THIS WOULD BE THE THIRD PHONE I HAVE LOADED WITH CM6. NEXUS ONE, SPRINT HERO CDMA BEING THE OTHER TWO.)

Provide this info:
All fastboot info. ALL of it.
Run this command and post the output:
Code:
fastboot getvar version-main
When ALL info is provided we can help you!

mumilover said:
Provide this info:
All fastboot info. ALL of it.
Run this command and post the output:
Code:
fastboot getvar version-main
When ALL info is provided we can help you!
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Click to collapse
How can I get that information without access to the bootloader where the Comand Prompt can access fastboot?

My mistake :0)

i have ran into the same problem
this happened to me because i basically tried downgrading the radio with the one of the cyanogen website
now my phone is bricked cannot access fastboot ,
have tried this method ?
i am about to try it see if it works
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=656798

hmm..
i feel like the goldcard method is last years root method, although i know nothing of it, i just remember it having to many steps. theunlockr.com has the way i rooted and its never done me wrong as far trouble shooting.

[Q] I need to brick 32A! Help please!

Hi, I know normally most threads are about help getting out of brick but in my case I find myself in the strange situation of needing to brick a phone. The jist of this is I'm helping a friend brick his phone so he can send it back to Tmobile. He thought it was bricked called it in and they sent him a replacement (Lg Optimus) but after I did some reading and messed with it I was able to bring it back lol Now he wants to keep the Optimus but here we are. I've spent hours looking for ways other than rooting and flashing custom spl's/radios/roms so that he doesn't get voided warranty.
Any thoughts or ideas on this? A friend is an app dev and told me to try to find some brick command file that "could be made" but I found nothing and he has is too busy with his job (sys admin) to help right now. I was thinking of doing OTA and taking batt half way thru to brick but cant find file anymore, seems google took it down from their server

Simple... Do you have eng spl?
If so, issue these commands:
Code:
fastboot erase system
fastboot erase boot
fastboot erase data
fastboot erase cache
fastboot erase splash1
fastboot erase recovery
fastboot erase misc
fastboot erase radio
fastboot erase hboot
Now take out the battery and back in - watch the fun :0)
NB: If any of the commands fails, then just skip it......

not sure about the eng spl, will look it up in a sec. on my way to work lol Thank you!!!

to easy, install Rom Manager from Market, and flash the recovery from Mytouch3G, for example, or if u got 6.35.xx radio, flash recovery for HTC Magic, i bricked one doing this, and also a few people i know got the same result... :s
because rom manager´s recovery for Magic is for 3.22.xxx Radio, so if u flash the recovery on a 6.35 Radio, u will get a full-brick....
Vodafone, replaced the motherboard, no questions asked, in all the cases, but .....

But if they say that the warranty has been void, what then?

mumilover said:
Simple... Do you have eng spl?
If so, issue these commands:
Code:
fastboot erase system
fastboot erase boot
fastboot erase data
fastboot erase cache
fastboot erase splash1
fastboot erase recovery
fastboot erase misc
fastboot erase radio
fastboot erase hboot
Now take out the battery and back in - watch the fun :0)
NB: If any of the commands fails, then just skip it......
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Click to collapse
This is your best option. The phone wont do anything after. Just a paperweight.
Sent from my LG-P500 using Tapatalk

Thank you all!
Sent from my "reason to own a phone"

ferreinf said:
to easy, install Rom Manager from Market, and flash the recovery from Mytouch3G, for example, or if u got 6.35.xx radio, flash recovery for HTC Magic, i bricked one doing this, and also a few people i know got the same result... :s
because rom manager´s recovery for Magic is for 3.22.xxx Radio, so if u flash the recovery on a 6.35 Radio, u will get a full-brick....
Vodafone, replaced the motherboard, no questions asked, in all the cases, but .....
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Flashing the wrong recovery will NOT brick your device.
You just did not know how to recover this... :0)

[Q] magic. only fastboot. boot recovery not working. sappimg not working

Hi.
i need some advice to see what can i do to get the phone working again.
case:
htc magic 32A.
ENG S-OFF H.
hboot-1.33.2005
radio.3.22.20.17.
i had cyangoenmod 6. working just fine! for several months. a couple a days ago (without installing anything new) it crashed, and now it gets stuck in the splash screen.
symptoms:
i can enter fastboot. fastboot devices lists the phone.
i can't enter recovery. fastboot boot recovery.img doesnt work, still stuck in splash screen. fastboot flash recovery.img doesnt work either.
i thought the next step would be a factory reset so i got a friend to copy the sappimg.zip on my sdcard and tried to run hboot mode, but it says NO IMAGE! when checking SAPPIMG.zip
should i use RUU? whats the procedure there?. from where i run it?. also i don't know whats the right one for my phone. i see this list: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=659403.
and fastboot getvar version-main gives me: 3.05.529.9. while CID gives BSTAR301
i dont see that exact version in the list, and the only one with that cid is 2.20.515.5 HTC Chile BrightStar/Entel. im a little confused here...
thanks for any help!.

the problem seems to be bigger. I decided to go with the RUU directly from Htc site. For my device, i gave my serial no. and downloaded the .exe for magic_brightstar. It did successfully updated everything (?), radio, hboot, recovery, system, splash....
But i start the phone and it is still stuck in the freaking init screen.
I don't understand, what else can i do?.

Can you enter the recovery now?

No. the recovery doesn't enter. still frozen.
I'm trying to have a working goldcard, but it has been a little tricky without another phone to convert the sd. I'm following what amon_ra suggested here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=548218. Because right now my hboot is locked (after running the factory RUU) and i can't run any of the flashing fastboot commands.
will post what happens...

ok the goldcard did its job, i have again eng spl with all fastboot flashing enabled. but i cant get into recovery yet, no matter what.
at this point i'm thinking on flashing the original hboot, radio and go claim the guaranty...
Any ideas before throwing the towel???

i was thinking that if it is a hardware/firmware problem, it should be possible to test via fastboot oem commands, isn't?

Download my fastboot commander from my signature (the magic version).
It has a special 32A tab.
Using the tool, flash the old combo and see if you can enter recovery afterwards.
You can also flash the new combo and give it try...