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RA update and bad kernel

While trying to update my phone to the latest Cyanogen mod, I made the mistake of also applied the 32A/EBI1 kernel. My phone is a 32B and this of course did not boot.
I am now without a phone that boots, I can't upgrade the RA since I do not have an Engineering SPL and adb refuses to see the device. Fastboot does see it though.
Any thoughts on getting the phone back to working order? And how can I upgrade to the latest RA-Sapphire from RA-sapphire-v1.5.2G?
Thanks!

I guess a reflash of the CM just did the trick. now to upgrade RA...

from the terminal app emulator, I get:
mtd: read error at 0x00000000 (Out of memory)
mtd: read error at 0x00020000 (Out of memory)
mtd: read error at 0x00040000 (Out of memory)
mtd: read error at 0x00060000 (Out of memory)
......
error writing recovery: No space left on device
Any help would be great!

You can't simply wipe and reflash like you did except with the right kernel?

Mod. edit: not dev related, moved to general
gl though

3rdcoast that's pretty much what I ended up doing - had to do it twice though for it to really overwrite the incorrect kernel.
Thanks to the admin for moving this to the right location though!

Installing CM6-RC1, getting "Can't Read Misc"

Last night I went through the process of rooting my G1, installing DangerSPL, and finally loading up CM6-RC1. Today I started to update my wife's phone using the same process, and even the same files (which were still on my PC). Before going to the Danger/CM5 instructions, I started by following the Wiki instructions for downgrading. Reverting to RC29 (DREAIMG.nbh) went fine.
The instructions say the next step is to install Cupcake. So I format the card and copy update.zip over, power down, and restart with Home + End. I get the /!\ screen, I type ALT+S, and it starts the loading process.
But instead of finishing, it gets about halfway through the progress bar then goes back to the /!\ screen.
If I reboot the phone, the phone works properly so it isn't bricked or anything. I tried reformatting, I've re-downloaded update.zip... does the same thing every time. What's wrong?
Also... do I actually need Cupcake to load DangerSPL and CM6?

Ah, it appears Cupcake gives me the newer 2.x radio, is that right?
I see the newer radio linked from the DangerSPL page in the Wiki, I guess I'll try loading that...
Edit: Didn't work. Recovery mode seems OK with the 2.x radio ZIP but afterwards fastboot still shows radio 1.22.x.
Oh well.

It appears I have bigger issues. The Recovery screens (the regular /!\ version and Amon_Ra if I bother to go that far) always show the "E:Can't read MISC:" error, and so far I haven't found a clear explanation of how/why that happens -- or more importantly, how to fix it.

Thanks to this post:
forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=5401531&postcount=506
I determined I should try a nandroid backup from my other working G1 and grab the misc.img... but unfortunately nandroid backup from RA errors out, and the nandroid folder on the card contains .img files for everything but misc... Arrgh.
Finally used adb shell to run nandroid backup and force a misc backup on my working phone, then copied it to the sdcard root and attempted to flash_image misc /sdcard/misc.img
Results are not encouraging:
flash_image misc /sdcard/misc.img
mtd: ECC errors (0 soft, 1 hard) at 0x00000000
mtd: ECC errors (0 soft, 1 hard) at 0x00020000
mtd: erase failure at 0x00000000 (I/O error)
mtd: erase failure at 0x00000000 (I/O error)
mtd: skipping write block at 0x00000000
error writing misc: No space left on device
No idea what all of that means.

Flashing RA Recovery

Hi all, when I'm trying to flash RA's recovery image through cmd prompt I receive this...picture is also attached
mtd: erase failure at 0x004e0000 (I/O error)
mtd: skipping write block at 0x004e0000
error writing recovery: No space left on device
How do I go about fixing this issue? I've done a full wipe,cache, davik wipe.

Are you already rooted? If it's giving you an error via cmd line, i'd suggest using ROM Manager to "Flash Alternate Recovery" to get RA setup.

HTC Magic 32B, unable to boot or flash from fastboot

I tried to upgrade my Radio with http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9055790&postcount=1
Now (after 6 hours) I'm frustrated and I dont know what to do.
My Phone says:
SAPPHIRE PVT 32B SHIP S-ON G
HBOOT-1.33.0013d (SAPP10000)
CPLD-10
RADIO-2.22.16.19
I can enter fastboot, but I'm not able to boot into the recovery. Also I'm not able to flash a new recovery, radio, hboot, boot, system or userdata.
If i try to flash something:
"INFOsignatur checking... FAILED (remote: signatur verify fail)"
If i try to boot into recovery:
"downloading 'boot.img' ... OKAY [1.703s]
booting...."
but nothing happens.
If i try to flash SAPPIMG.nbh it stucks on flashing radio.
Im really really frustrated and I hope someone can help me.

I've never seen that radio before. What I can tell you is that your going to have to downgrade using the goldcard method. You'll have to borrow a friends Android phone to make the goldcard. I'm sure by the time you get it made someone will be able to give more in depth directions or I'll be back in front of a computer.
Sent from my T-Mobile myTouch 3G using Tapatalk

I have created a Goldcard, but with a CID from a German forum, because non of my friends have a Android Phone
I tried to orange-1.58.73.2.nbh and sappimg.nbh from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9055790&postcount=1 but nothing works. Both stuck on "INFOstart image[radio] flushing ..."

You can't use the CID from another user. The CID is unique to the SD card, you need the CID for the SD card your using.
Sent from my T-Mobile myTouch 3G using Tapatalk

UPDATE:
Now i was able to flash a engineering SPL from an 32A sappimg.nbh . (android-hilfe.de/239127-post7.html for all german Magic users)
I can enter recovery *whuhuu* but still I'm not able to flash a new/other radio. Is there any solution for that?
UPDATE:
BRICKED ...

Deadspeller said:
UPDATE:
Now i was able to flash a engineering SPL from an 32A sappimg.nbh . (android-hilfe.de/239127-post7.html for all german Magic users)
I can enter recovery *whuhuu* but still I'm not able to flash a new/other radio. Is there any solution for that?
UPDATE:
BRICKED ...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Try putting the sappimg.nbh on your sdcard and then holding down the volume down + the power button and it should ask you to install and just press the scroll ball and it should fix your problem.

No its Bricked ;-)
But i found someone with an JTAG Interface.
Plz close

i am having similar trouble after:
* Format the Micro SD Card to FAT32.
* Copy the SAPPIMG.nbh file to the Micro SD Card.
* With the phone off, hold volume down and press power to boot into the bootloader.
* Once the bootloader is loaded, press power to install.
* Press the trackball to continue and press talk+menu+power to reboot.
I get:
parsing...[sapping.nbh]
1]radio_v2
2]bootloader
3]splash
4]recovery
5]boot
6]system
7]userdata
Do you want to start update?
yes
no
so i select yes and it says:
update in progress...
reading images...
checking signiture...
model id incorrect!
update fail!
i have magic 32b
please help

You need a goldcard.
Sent from my T-Mobile myTouch 3G using Tapatalk

I also have a magic (32B) and with the 1.33.0013d SPL I had a similar problem.
You need to read the first message of the 2708+ thread to the end to read how to flash to an old SPL (but you found that already).
I can only guess why you should try a G1 SPL or an 32A SPL on your phone since it seems like a recipe to brick the device. I reverted back to the SPL available from:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=529019
Since I had previous experience with the 2005 engineering-version I went for that one.
Did you also try to 2708+ to upgrade to Gingerbread?

All you did was correct but as DonJuan692006 said, you need a goldcard.
If you are running ubuntu you'll find a very simple tutorial (but in french) looking for didier.misson.net and golcard with google.
Good luck.
O-p

I have a similar problem.
I can't start ADB and I have no boot partition. Only FASTBOOT and HBOOT can be started.
Info of my phone (Google Developer Phone):
SAPPHIRE PVT 32B SHIP S-ON G
HBOOT-1.33.0013 (SAPP30000)
CPLD-10
RADIO-2.22.27.08
Oct 21 2009,22:33:27
Not boot partition:
$ fastboot oem boot
... INFO[ERR] boot image does not exist!!!
FAILED (status read failed (No such device))
finished. total time: 5.208s
No recovery can be started:
$ fastboot boot recovery-RA-magic-v1.2.3G.img
downloading 'boot.img'... FAILED (remote: not allow)
finished. total time: 0.001s
Then I downloaded the vf-sappimg-crc24-1.33.0007.nbh for the "Magic 32B" and copied it to the sd-card. I renamed it into sappimg.nbh and started HBOOT. But I only get the well know messages:
SD Checking ...
Loading...[SAPPDIAG.zip]
No image!
Loading...[SAPPDIA3.nbh]
No image or wrong image!
Loading...[SAPPDIA2.nbh]
No image or wrong image!
Loading...[SAPPDIAG.nbh]
No image or wrong image!
Loading...[SAPPIMG.zip]
No image!
Loading...[SAPPIMG.nbh]
No image or wrong image!
Has anybody an idea what I can do now?
Thank's a lot!!
Felix

Now I know my fault.
HBOOT ist case sensetive. The correct name for the SAPPING.nbh is "SAPPIMG" with capital letters and ".nbh" with small letters.

[Q] [Resolved] 1st Try to Custom on my MT3G (32B)

I'm new at installing custom ROMs, so I would like to know what do I need to install a custom ROM on my phone before jumping in to it, if there is already a thread please let me know, but I hate having to go through to figure out what I need.
My Phone:
OS: Android Froyo 2.2.1 from this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=807899
Rooted via SuperOneClick: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=13651805
FastBoot Info:
Sapphire PVT 32B S-ON G
HBoot-1.33.0013 (SAPP30000)
CPLID-10
Radio-2.22.28.25
Oct 21 2009,22:33:27
I would like to try out Gingerbread like COS-DS or Ginger Yoshi, but if those are not recomended for my phone, then the best recomended ROM.
Please let me know what preparations I need to get me started with this.
Thank You in advanced for all your help.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=794445
read that and then
you could try these:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1025330
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=932118
happy flashing buddy

What NBH should I use?
I read this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=529019 and I do have a fastboot remote: not allow (Perfected SPL), soi I went to the post linked (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=548218) With my HBoot Info above, what NBH Should I Use?
A) ROM v2.53.707.2 (Engineerings SPL v1.33.2010)
B) ROM v2.16.707.3 (NON-Perfected stock SPL v1.33.0009)
C) ROM v2.16.151.1 (NON-Perfected stock SPL v1.33.0009)
D) Other? (Please specify and provide link)
Please consider I will be trying to flash Ginger Yoshi (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=932118)
Thank You.

you'll need to update your spl buddy so follow this (this is the exact guide you need if you want ginger yoshi)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=909900
then go ahead and flash ginger yoshi
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=932118
happy flashing

I Flashed Recovery!
I try to flash recovery and it doesn't work! ROM Manager say's it flashed the recovery but neither clockworkmod nor Amon_Ra works When I try to boot in to recovery it stays at the green MyTouch Spash Screen and nothing happens, and if I connect it to the USB port "FLASHBOOT USB" appears in the upper left corner, but I can't do anything... Here is my OS info, maybe it´s blocking the flahsinf of the custom recovery:
Android Version: 2.2.1
Baseband Version: 62.50SJ.20.17U_2.22.28.25
Kernel Version: 2.6.32.9-27237-gbe746fb [email protected] #1
Build Number: FRG83D
I googled and I tried flahsing the recovery via FastBoot and I get the Remote Not Allow eror and if I try Flas_Image I get the Stop (Signal) error and/or Invalid Instrucion error.
Edit: I took the flash_image file from the Ginger Yoshi ROM (opened the "Ginger+yoshi+1.1.zip" and took flash_image from system\bin\) pushed it to the sdcard, pushed the reovery.img and followed these steps:
mount -o remount, rw /system
cp /sdcard/flash_image /system/bin
cd /system/bin
chmod 777 flash_image
flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img
now flash_image doesn't give me an "Illegal instruction" but gives me these:
mtd: read error at 0x00000000 (Out of memory)
mtd: read error at 0x00020000 (Out of memory)
mtd: read error at 0x00040000 (Out of memory)
mtd: read error at 0x00060000 (Out of memory)
mtd: read error at 0x00080000 (Out of memory)
mtd: read error at 0x000a0000 (Out of memory)
.
.
.
mtd: read error at 0x004e0000 (Out of memory)
error reading recovery: No space left on device
flashing recovery from /sdcard/recovery.img
mtd: write error at 0x00000000 (Out of memory)
mtd: re-read error at 0x00000000 (Out of memory)
.
.
.
mtd: re-read error at 0x004e0000 (Out of memory)
mtd: write error at 0x004e0000 (Out of memory)
mtd: re-read error at 0x004e0000 (Out of memory)
mtd: skipping write block at 0x004e0000
failed with error: -1
error writing recovery#
Also, I tried flashing RA Recovery from CM Mod and it read that it flashed OK, but when I try to boot to recovery (after waiting more than 1 minute) I plugged it in to the USB and noticed the green over red "FastBoot USB" on the upper left corner of the MyTouch 3G screen, so I tried fastboot devices and I got "HT98TP302788 fastboot"
After some serious googleing I found out that I need to flash_image as soon as the phone boots up so it can run seems that the the MT3G (32B) uses too much memory on 2.2.1 to fhasl_iamge to run I'm creating a nandroid backup and will proceed with the rest... wish me luck!
What options do I have?

I'm Running on Ginger Yoshi!
Woot! Thanks CH3NO2 for pointing me in the right direction!