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[Q] Need help!! i think i semi bricked My HTC MAGIC

Hi everyone
First im super noob to this i have used this forum to update software on my windows mobile device but android is a lot more dificult if you are noob.
Ok to start i strugled to get fastboot working but after aboout 3 days strugle i managed to get it working.
Then I flashed amon ra 1.70 and then after that i installed the engineering spl and then a custom rom. i cant remember the name of the rom but i have double checked that it is for HTC MAGIC and also 32A. after i flashed the rom i cant boot the phone it stays on the vodacom splash screen the first screen when i put my phone on.
I have tried numeres other roms but no luck it just doest want to boot!!! I can still go in to amon ra and still use fastboot if that is a help.
I can send all the details of the phone tonight when i get from work. But any help will be graetly apreciated.
Regards

Please post your fastboot info.

keinengel said:
Please post your fastboot info.
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sapphire pvt 32A eng s-off h
hboot-1.33.2005 (sapp10000)
cpld-12
radio-3.22.20.17

Wrong spl. You need to install 1.33.2010.

keinengel said:
Wrong spl. You need to install 1.33.2010.
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thanx i will have a look when i get home to update that.
Will that solve my problem?

Reaper21 said:
thanx i will have a look when i get home to update that.
Will that solve my problem?
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I just upgraded the SPL to 1.33.2010 and still stuck on the boot screen.
I tried to install the rom again using fastboot flash system (rom).zip and it didnt work i dont know what to do must i also update the radio and if so how and where can i get the radio.
Please i am realy clueless now on what to do thanx for the help so far.

Okay, now you should have the right SPL and Radio. Start your phone in Recovery and connect it to your computer. Choose USB-MS Toggle and your phone's SD card will show up in My Computer. Copy the following files to the root of your SD card:
http://mirror.teamdouche.net/get/dream_sapphire/cm_dream_sapphire_full-285.zip
http://briancrook.ca/android/cm-ports/bc-6.1.0-ebi1-signed.zip
http://goo-inside.me/google-apps/gapps-mdpi-tiny-20101020-signed.zip
and safely remove the card using. Press Home on the phone to go out of the MS (Mass Storage) mode and then go to Flash zip from SD card. Flash them in the same order that I gave you above. When it's done, choose Reboot and it should boot up into a fully-working nightly build of CyanogenMOD.

keinengel said:
Wrong spl. You need to install 1.33.2010.
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All 1.33.20xx where xx can be 04,05,09 or 10 do work for that radio. So you are not right on the one. The problem is simple, either he/she does not give enough time for the "new" rom to load all the way ( which is 7-15 mins) or he/she did not do a wipe before running the rom.
Do this and it WILL work:
Download my fastboot commander from my signature, magic version.
Boot into fastboot and start the tool.
Go to "Misc" tab. Select all partitions (in the RED box) and click "erase chosen partitions".
Go to "Magic 32A" tab and click on "flash new".
When done, reboot into custom recovery (hold home + power together for 5 sec and let go).
Use the trackball to navigate.
Use the "usb-ms toggle" and copy this file inside the sdcard.
Press home on the phone to return to menu and then select "Flash zip from sdcard".
Now select the file from above.
When done choose to reboot into system, and ENJOY :0)
NB: it will take like 10-15 min before the system starts up.
GOOD LUCK.

mumilover said:
All 1.33.20xx where xx can be 04,05,09 or 10 do work for that radio. So you are not right on the one.
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Oops. Could have sworn .2005 only works properly with the 32B radio. My bad. Oh, well, he has 2010, which should be fine for all old-radio ROMs.
@Reaper21 To get you a bit more confused: 32A Magics (like the one you have) can run two different radio/spl combinations. One is the one you have (SPL 1.33.xxxx + Radio 3.22.xx.xx) - called "old radio" - and the second (SPL 1.76.xxxx + Radio 6.35.xx.xx) is the one you need to run most SenseUI ROMs (but others too - you'll spot them because the developers mention they are for the "new radio" or "6.35").
If you want a clean Android experience, closer to the default user interface, you can run CyanogenMOD and ROMs based on AOSP (Android Open Source Project) - most of them need the old radio. These have the advantage of always using the latest version of Android available.
If you want the fancier - but sometimes slower - SenseUI you can use the RCMagic (the one mumilover recommended), CleanMagic and others. The user interface is a lot friendlier, but you have to make do with Android 2.1 (instead of the latest official version - 2.2.1, with 2.3 coming up). This won't normally be a problem. I, for one, prefer SenseUI and I'm guessing mumi does too
Use mumilover's commander to switch between new and old. It should be safe, as long as your phone's battery is charged and you don't unplug the cable or anything
Let us know how it works out!

Ok guys internet was off for a while im having a look and downloading the files now. I realy hope it works. will keep you posted, and thanx for the replies so far

Dude thank you you are the best its working again booting into the mod and working fine accept the reason i Wanted to do the software is that for some reason my Sim cant cant register on to the network. I Have tried all 4 networks in my country and none work it just said that unable to connect to the network at this time try again later.
Can this be a hardeware fault?
But thanx at least the device boots and i can use GPS again

Is the phone locked to the original carrier?

G1 unlock bootloader

So I have T-mobile G1 model phone. It has firmware 1.0 with RC29 in the build number. I would like to update it to some version of cyanogenmod.
There are a couple of problems I am having when i try to follow the instructions at wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=Nexus_One:_Full_Update_Guide
1. I am unable to unlock the bootloader using fastboot. I have Android SDK installed on my PC.
2.As far as I can tell, I cannot get into bootloader mode by pressing trackball and Power ON. The only way I can get into bootloader mode is through Power ON + Camera. I can get the "three skating androids" and i have the following showing on my screen:
DREA100 PVT 32B
HBOOT 0.95.3000
CPLD-4
radio 1.22.12.39
serial 0
The device freezes at this point. I have to pull the battery to restart the phone.
Any help, links etc would be greatly appreciated

That's because you're following instructions on unlocking the bootloader for the Nexus One, not the G1. *facepalm*
Attempting to flash the wrong files can brick your phone. If you were careless enough to not realize you were following instructions for a completely different phone that entire time, you should think twice about rooting your G1! You could end up bricking it.
Sent from my HTC Dream using Tapatalk

Gotcha back!!!!!
Well, can you still use fastboot? If so, search on XDA Developers for the man himself EzTerry. He has a nice tutorial for installing a new Radio and SPL for the HTC Dream (dont worry, not the Nexus One, i've checked it ) Follow that and you can flash your recovery again, your ROM (Even CM7) and as a bonus: You get more then 10 mb of RAM!!!!!!! BUT if not, you'll have to put the DREAIMG.nbh (google it) to your sdcard and install it using the bootloader BUT you'll be back where you started, with Android 1.0!!!!!! (No root access, no nothing, but a standard recovery) AND, a bricked phone won't start up, won't go to recovery AND to bootloader and the most common reason for bricking your phone is: 1. Not seeing what file you are downloading AND flashing it
2. Putting it in the right order!!!! SO easy but SO many bricks!!!! That's all you need to know!!! Good luck!

HTC Dream
u r missing the part where BEFORE GOING INTO FASTBOOT U HAVE TO DO:
1. format ur SD card in fat32 format (u may need a laptop with an adapter to perform this becouse u actually cant do it from the phone since it doesnt start up). FOR ME IT DIDNT WORK UNTILL I FORMATED FROM INSIDE THE PHONE TOO BAD IT THAT DOESNT WORK OUT FOR YOU =/
2. place this file RC29 DREAIMG.nbh (google it becouse i cant post links) into ur just formated SD card (just paste it and do not place in any folder)
3. turn on ur phone by pressing and holding camerabuttom + ON(red one)
4. it should go from the colored screent to a kinda gray one with some instructions... and then u just have to follow on screen instructions.
GL

[Q] My HTC myTouch keeps rebooting,freezing,no touch?

Ok first off I am new to all of this. This Is my first android smartphone It's a T-Mobile MyTouch 3g. I just bought It off eBay and If I can't fix It then I am out some money PLEASE HELP!!
Have done some reading but can't seem to fix what's going on with this phone . I got It off eBay and the seller said It had problems with the touch screen every so often but other wise worked great In every other way but that Is so so far from the truth.
When you first turn It on It will boot up to the sim pin screen. I have gotten the touch screen to respond long enough to enter my pin once. It will freeze and reboot over and over. The track ball will work once In a while along with the home and back buttons.
I know It's running Superfly TCBY Froyo ROM and I think thats were all the problems are because It does work right every so often so I have been trying to unroot It and put It back to factory rom and settings and start fresh with the hopes that It will fix the problems but the problem now Is when I go into recovery to flash It or make any kinds of changes, It will freeze and reset. I can't even get the recovery menu to work long enough to do anything. Can someone please explain how I can get this phone back to original.
PLEASE HELP

We need your fastboot information. Turn the phone on holding back+power and post the info you see here.

Fast boot info
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
fastboot

Search the forums for "unroot mytouch 1.2" and that'll get you straightened out.
Sent from my LG-P500 using Tapatalk

OK well I did a search and have been doing alot of reading and I managed to get It to load a Generic MyTouch Rom w/Root because when I try to unroot to SAPPIMG Sapphire T-Mobile US 2.10.531.4 release i keep getting main version older update failed so I read to go to a Generic MyTouch Rom w/Root and try again from here
"theunlockr.com/2010/04/26/how-to-load-a-custom-rom-on-the-htc-mytouch-3g"
Still same problem main version older update failed. I can't create a Goldcard to try the Goldcard method because I don't have access to the phone to enable USB debugging. I can't do much with the phone because of the freezing.
I can get Into fastboot and hboot but It still freezes. So I know It's not bricked but touch Is still not working. can load the phone up but pretty much becomes a good paper weigh after a few minutes on. The buttons will not responded, no touch, no access to to anything Inside the phone.
What can I do? Is this phone worthless? Can It be fixed? I feel like I just bought a expensive paper weigh.
As I said before I am hoping that If I can get It back to original settings and rom that It will stop freezing, stop rebooting and the touch, buttons, and system will work right.. What do you think Is causing all of these problems?? No touch, Freezing, rebooting?? How can I get It back to being unrooted and running the original software/rom PLEASE HELP.....

If you have access to recovery you can flash an engineering SPL and the just flash the stock sappimg again and it'll work. I can link ya in a minute.
Sent from my LG-P500 using Tapatalk

I just flashed Engineering SPL 1.33.2005 after doing some research. waiting for It to format cache after flash and reboot. hope this works?
Fast boot info now
sapphire unknown 32a eng s-off h
hboot-1.33.2005 (sapp31000)
cpld-13
radio-2.22.23.02
apr 20 2009,15:30:43
Tried to flash original sappimg got this
Parsing...[SD ZIP]
[1] BOOTLOADER - OK
[2] RADIO V2 - OK
[3] SPLASH1 - OK
[4] RECOVERY - OK
[5] BOOT - OK
[6] SYSTEM - Fail-PU
[7] USERDATA - Fail-PU
Partition update fail!
Update Fail!
now It has went back to
Fast boot info
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
when i flash the recovery and boot it just goes to the green mytouch splash screen and does nothing.. if i try to boot into recovery manually with power and home it goes to the black screen with the exclamation triangle and a phone...

I can still get Into HBOOT and FASTBOOT but I can not get Into the recovery menu and the phone will not load pass the MyTouch 3g screen.
How can I flash a new recovery img via hboot?
[What I "know"]
My understanding is that I have a Shipment SPL aka "Perfect SPL" with Security on which means I cannot use fastboot.
I also get a "Main version is older. Update failed" when I try to down grade and unroot.
[My Goal]
I want to change my SPL to a engineering one, unroot and get back to stock.

Your going to need to make a goldcard, which means you will need a phone that runs Android. Any phone running Android will work. You can use the guide from here to make it. You'll only need the other phone for Part III steps 1-5 from that guide. Once you get the goldcard made, put this file on it, boot into hboot and flash like you did the other sappimg. That will get you the engineering SPL. Then from fastboot, run this command:
Code:
fastboot erase system
Then, put this SAPPIMG on your regular SD card (or you can replace the other sappimg on your goldcard) and flash it from hboot. Hopefully something in the system partition is corrupted and the wipe will fix it so that the sappimg can write the new system properly.

First off THANK YOU DonJuan692006 for all of your help.. I would love to make a gold card because I think that would solve all of my problems but I don't have access to another phone that runs Android that's why I have not tried that yet. I have no way to make a gold card. I have extra SD Cards but no other phone that runs Android to complete It and my phone will not allow me to do any of that at this point. What else can I do?? Is there any other way to make a gold card?

I will have access to another phone that runs Android In a few days but until then I am stuck.

I have now made a gold card, got the engineering spl Installed and then tried to Install the other file and It gets stuck on system unzipping while updating and then reboots. what can I do now???

Were you able to do the fastboot erase system before trying the second sappimg?
Sent from my LG-P500 using Tapatalk

No I was not able to do that. I have done alot of reading over the last few weeks and I still don't understand how to enter commands In fastboot. So thats why it didn't work?

That was kind of the point in flashing the engineering SPL. All you do is download the AndroidSDK kit. Extract it to somewhere you can find it. Inside of that folder will be a folder called Tools with the fastboot.exe. So you just open a command prompt from there and do the command in my other post.
So, if you were to extract AndroidSDK to the root of your C: drive (as I did), you would simply open a command prompt window by typing "cmd" in either the run box on Windows XP or the "Search" box in Windows Vista and 7, and then type
Code:
cd C:\AndroidSDK\Tools\
Alternatively, if your using Windows Vista or Windows 7, you can navigate in Windows Explorer to the Tools folder and launch a command prompt directly from that folder by holding Shift and right-clicking. There will be an extra option in the menu "Open command window here". Make sure that you don't right click on a file, right-click somewhere in the a blank are in the folder.
Sent from my LG-P500 using Tapatalk

Ok, I understand. I have AndroidSDK Installed. Needed It to make the goldcard. I understand how to do It know. Thanks again for all your help. I will try again the right way and get back.

[Q] HTC Magic stucked/spoiled /bricked!! :@

Hi all, I bought a 2nd hand HTC Magic with Mytouch 3g rom. It's the old model (without 3.5mm headphone jack) and its made in Taiwan.
Been using well for 3 months until what happened I tried doing system update from 1.5 to 1.6. Success!! Then I tried doing 1.6 to 2.1 update.
Halfway while updating it, the phone blacked out ( guess I didnt have more than at least 50 % battery power)
And from that point onwards, whenever and everytime I switched on my handphone it boots up and stucked at the Mytouch 3G green screen.
I cant get access into my handphone like how I normally do. All I can ever go far is just the stucked Mytouch 3g screen.
I've read alot from lots and other Android users and tried to do it myself.
1) Tried unrooting it by downloading the sappimg.nbh file, copy into a newly bought 2GB micro SD, pressing (VOL DOWN+POWER) and let the phone do its job.
Manage to get to the parsing, updating and checking signature part but it just say 'Model ID incorrect! Update Fail!'
2) Next I read is about doing GOLDCARD METHOD. I did as instructions and follow it step-by-step and carefully.
3) I can and able to download all needed files like 1.33.2005 HBoot, Amon Ra's Recovery Image, SappiMG.zip and all others.
BUT the only problem is that I cant get it in sync with the comp.
4) I cant get access at all into my phone to go to Settings > Applcations > Make sure Unknown Sources is checked on as required to.
5) I cant get access into my phone at all to go to Market and download the required File Manager App.
6) I tried installing all kinds of files for update.zip by pressing (HOME+POWER) still to no avail.
Tried all kinds of HBOOT, FASTBOOT still cannot.
7) The only thing I'm able to do is just (VOL DOWN+POWER) , (BACK+POWER) , (HOME+POWER) , (TRACKBALL+POWER) which emits the blue LED light, i don't know the reason. But still, nothing can be done.
And by pressing (BACK+POWER) this is what my phone's motherboard or whatever they call it.
SAPPHIRE PVT 32A SHIP S-ON G
HBOOT-1.33.0013 (SAPP10000)
CPLD-12
RADIO-2.22.28.25
Oct 21 2009,22:33:27
So what should I do now? Is this what they called it a bricked phone? I tried everything and really at lost. Is there someone out there who's able to help me with this? Been like this the past 4months. And Im really a noob with Android Gadgets as Im new to it. Do pardon my ignorance.
Thanks! really need your help. I'll do my best as long there's other alternative methods unless like I've stated the methods that I'm unable to do.

[TUTORIAL] S-OFF guide for the complete Hero newbie...

I know its an old phone now, but my friend gave me this one to update, and it took a while for me to figure it out (used to my Evo 3D)... so ive put this together to help anyone wishing to S-OFF and can't work it out...
*** This is for GSM ONLY. Don't try it if your not sure or you'll brick your phone ***
This is what I did to get S-OFF...
Download Modaco's SPL HBoot 1.76.2007 and move it to your SD Card.
Download Clockworkmod Recovery 2.5.0.7, rename it to " recovery.img " and move it to your SD Card.
Download UniversalAndroot and move it to your SD Card.
Download ES File Explorer from the market (or any other file explorer).
Download Android Terminal Emulator from the market.
Enable installing from SD Card.. (Settings -> Applications -> tick Unknown Sources)
Open ES File Explorer and install Universal Androot.
Run it and press Root ...
It should say.. "Woot ! Your device is rooted !" ... close the program.
Open Android Terminal Emulator, and type " su " . Press enter.
Allow SuperUser access.
Type " flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img " and press enter.
It should just show a $ sign on a new line.
Power off your phone, remove and replace your battery and press and hold the Home button while pressing Power.
Your phone will load into Clockworkmod Recovery.
Select " install zip from sdcard ", then " choose zip from sdcard ". Select " update-hero-hboot-1.76.2007-signed.zip ". Press Back, Back and " reboot system now ".
Leave the phone to update HBoot. Do not interrupt it. (It restarts a few times)
Once done, the phone will restart and load as normal. Check the HBoot version by going into HBoot again (turn off, hold Volume - and Power) and it will hopefully show S-OFF, Hboot 1.76.2007. Job done.

Great guide, very simplistic and understandable. Thanks for this!
Sent from my HTC Hero using xda premium

Yeah, it was nice, now I just need a reason to get S-OFF

Greeting...
Since i have Rooted my Hero and Flashing ROM, I never knew we can/must do S-OFF.
I'm a bit curious...is it necessary S-OFF for Hero? Any advantages?
From my little understanding it just to make control of our Hero's partition.
Correct me if I'm wrong.

S-On (Security-On) - is HTC's final resort for locking certain parts of the phone.
With S-On, the NAND section of your phone is locked and will fail to install software (and sometimes gain root access) depending on which ROM and phone your using. On some phones (not sure about Hero) you have to install a separate boot image with fastboot to let you install a custom, non HTC ROM, as it isn't from a signed HTC source.
With S-Off (Security-Off), you have full write access to all partitions on your phone, can gain permanent root, and all ROMs / boot / radios / recoverys should install successfully.
It doesn't appear that most Hero users need S-Off to allow you to install custom ROMs, but as I wanted to update the radio version, I chose to.

my hero has a hboot with s-on, and i can update radio images. If u want, i can upload the hboot i have..

I have given the Hero back to my friend now after updating...
Things have changed between the Hero and Evo 3D, but when I use something, I want to have full control on what I can do, not to be forced into not been able to do or access certain things.
Although, I can understand why HTC implemented Hboot Security, careless use with S-Off (flashing wrong images or disconnecting too early) - and you will brick your phone.

thanks this guide works perfect for my htc hero

I think I'm lucky, then...
I have a GSM HTC Hero bought back in 2009 and just recently heard this S-OFF issue.
Only recently I checked and my boot loader is in S-ON state.
However, I never had a problem installing whatever I wanted on it.
In fact, the phone was rooted a few days after buying it and it remains rooted as of now! I even had to re-install the official HTC 1.6 firmware because I installed a non-compatible recovery ROM...
I wonder if any of this has to do with the fact that I purchased it without a SIM lock...

Working great! Even if you are on 2.1 use the 1.5/1.6 option in androot. otherwise rooting will not work. (even though it says "Woot blabla")

Hi im getting flash_image not found in the emulator am stuck please help.

can i just ask what might be a noob question about this whole process...
once this phone is rooted and has s-off will this open it up to putting any network sim card in it? i do have an old htc hero but it's currently locked to t mobile uk as it's an old contract phone.
thanks in advance..

S-OFF allows you to execute certain commands and gain access to the NAND partition of the phone.
In order to unlock your phone, you must buy an unlock code somewhere (I've heard them being about 5€, correct me if I'm wrong).

Thanks for the explanation. Appreciated.
To be honest I'm a bit surprised that there's not a way to remove the sim lock through another method. Having played around with unlocking my sensation and flashing cyanogenmod it just seems like there's nothing you can't do with these phones these days..!
Thanks again..
Sent from my HTC Sensation

So was I when I had to unlock my first LG years ago.
"unlocking by unlock codes is the safe way to unlock.." source
There are many topics about unlocking a T-Mobile Hero for free, but with no success. However I only found a topic about unlocking an Orange one.

Can I S-OFF using this if i rooted installed CWM and flashed CM9 already ?

I'm having the 'flash_image not found' problem too.

outrage_uk said:
Download Modaco's SPL HBoot 1.76.2007 and move it to your SD Card.
Power off your phone, remove and replace your battery and press and hold the Home button while pressing Power.
Your phone will load into Clockworkmod Recovery.
Select " install zip from sdcard ", then " choose zip from sdcard ". Select " update-hero-hboot-1.76.2007-signed.zip ". Press Back, Back and " reboot system now ".
Leave the phone to update HBoot. Do not interrupt it. (It restarts a few times)
Once done, the phone will restart and load as normal. Check the HBoot version by going into HBoot again (turn off, hold Volume - and Power) and it will hopefully show S-OFF, Hboot 1.76.2007. Job done.
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I tried this on my HERO GSM which has S-ON but after doing this process it still has S-ON it doesnt turn to S-OFF?

I sucessfully S-OFFed with this, thanks mondaco

kemoba said:
I sucessfully S-OFFed with this, thanks mondaco
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I tried it again, but still S-ON?
I put hboot image on sd card, removed battery, put it back, went into recovery RA1.7xx, flashed hboot zip file.
It did few things and asked me to confirm it with "HOME + BACK" button, which I did, then again it did few things and then booted into recovery, showed as if its finished and showed me a last command Formatting Cache.... though it was stuck there for atleast 2 min so switched off the phone, went back in bootloader, it still showed S-ON?
I downloaded file from modaco as well, both files are same, modaco's and the one mentioned above... I checked MD5.
What am I doing wrong?