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can i brick my phone?

Can i brick my phone if i load a rom thats not made for my device?
like flashing a 32B rom on a HTC magic 32A
( or doing stupid stuff like that ) like other spl or other radio....
already thnx for answering

No you cant if you do things right, post your phone specs
Sent from my HTC Magic using XDA application

when i press back + red phone to see my phone specs it says this:
SAPPHIRE PVT 32A SHIP S-ON H
HBOOT-1.33.0009 (SAPP10000)
CPLD-12
RADIO-3.22.20.17
May 8 2009, 21:02:32
i wana try the rom: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=843292
becaus it says its fast
or do you know a faster rom ?
also i want one where my battery life is good
caus i tryed a froyo rom already but my battery died in like 20hours
tnx for helping

You need to root your phone,you need custom recovery to load custom rom,you can try mine
Sent from my HTC Magic using XDA application

i got root acces and a custom recovery
my question was if i could brick my phone if i flash a wrong rom ...
edit my recovery says: Build RA-sapphire-v1.7.0H

No,it just wont boot and you will need right rom that will boot
Sent from my HTC Magic using XDA application

so when i load my nandbackup from my first rom ( not a custom one )
then everything is back to old , thanks for answering , now im going to find a great rom
u made ma day

Exactely
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have you been successfull???

yes i got the fast rom => http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=843292 running on my phone now its really great
only problem is that i didnt get the part of partitioning the sd card for aps2ext3 ( or something like that ) so im going to figure that out now

Please move this thread, it's not development

for partioninig - go to Format sdcard in recovery - choose Format and then you can choose how much memory you want (..swap..ext...)
remember to save your sdcard data, because it will be erased!

I will when I get home.
Sorry but I've been busy.

DESPERATE Stuck on Vodafone splash screen LOOKED EVERYWHERE cant find the solution

EDIT! Ignore thiss... Please look at 7th post
Im totaly newbie about androids
I bought already rooted htc Magic vodafone
SAPPHIRE UNKNOWN 32B ENG S-OFF H
HBOOT-1.33.2005 (SAPP10000)
CPLD-10
RADIO-2.22.27.08
Apr 20 2009, 15:30:43
i dont know if the specs was the same
tried to install latest cyanogen mod(latest) via ClockworkMod Recovery v2.5.0.1
i tryed theunlockr.com guides...
i can get to the recovery and fastboot
when i bought the phone it was already rooted it had [32b] froyo yoshi 1.8 pancake and everything works... but i was so dumb and tryed install another rom..
I tryed to put many many roms on sd card,install them zip from sdcard and still the same restarting vodafone screen (i waited for half an hour and the same vodafone screen....)
Please PLEASE help me
I'm trying to fix my phone already for 12 hours I just cant any more
can someone provide me with step by step what shall i do to get it worked?
and I'm sorry if post this thread in the wrong section...
EDIT! Ignore thiss... Please look at 7th post

so when u restart it jus goes into the splash screen and does nothin??if yes try downloading the sdk/adb and put the rom into the sd from there an instsll it try that it worked for me

total newbie...
pito444 said:
so when u restart it jus goes into the splash screen and does nothin??if yes try downloading the sdk/adb and put the rom into the sd from there an instsll it try that it worked for me
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I'm sorry but what i need to do?
what i need to do with sdk/adb?
realy sorry for my dumbiness

You've got the new 32B radio which a lot of ROM's don't support. After flashing CM you need to also flash the 2708 kernel patch. Search for ezterry on here, download his kernel, put it on your SD card along with CM 6.1 and the Google Apps Add-on, boot into recovery, wipe system/cache/dalvik-cache, and finally flash the 3 files from above. Make sure you flash the 2708 kernel AFTER flashing CM 6.1.

DonJuan692006 said:
You've got the new 32B radio which a lot of ROM's don't support. After flashing CM you need to also flash the 2708 kernel patch. Search for ezterry on here, download his kernel, put it on your SD card along with CM 6.1 and the Google Apps Add-on, boot into recovery, wipe system/cache/dalvik-cache, and finally flash the 3 files from above. Make sure you flash the 2708 kernel AFTER flashing CM 6.1.
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thanks for your response, i did what you said install 6.1 then kernel patch than adoon... and still the same evil red vodafone screen allready 30 min
maybe need do do something with fastboots? or something?
if yes then how? and what?
thanks.
sadly but today i'm going to school with my old htc diamond ;(

Are you sure that you flashed the 2708 kernel? Could you tell me the filename for the kernel you flashed?
Sent from my T-Mobile myTouch 3G using Tapatalk

it doesnt matter anymore...BIGER PROBLEM..
i folowed one guide how to downgrade to 1.6 it sucess and i was so happy... BUT then i realised i install my toch 3g rom version or something... and know my phone is sim loked... i supose similar like it was in just boughted phone...
and now i Got
SAPPHIRE UNKNOWN 32B SHIP S-On G
HBOOT-1.33.0006 (SAPP10000)
CPLD-10
RADIO-2.22.19.261
I KNOW I made it worst!(i think)
I'm so angry on my self....
maybe I need just throw it away..
i'm having Android system recovery <2e>
and i can get in fastboot
i can boot the phone but i cant do anything with it (becauce of unoficial sim card)
could some one help me please?

Google the APN settings for whatever carrier the SIM card is with. At the Google activation screen, hit menu, then wireless networks, then "Access Point Names". Either edit the existing entry to match the settings for your carrier or add a new for your carrier.

Thanks.. but
Thank you very much DonJuan
i get it worked and at least i can use it like a Phone
i try to root it with one click root but superuser permisions dont work,because of that i cant install clockwork recovery trought ROMmanager (it says An error occurred while attempting to run privileged commands)
maybe i need to try another rooting metod or something..

Try using SuperOneClick. You may need to install superuser from the market after running it.
Sent from my T-Mobile myTouch 3G using Tapatalk

HTC magic cant get into recovery mood neither reset

wanted to root my htc magic 32B 2.2.1, i rooted that with one click root
after that ive installed Rom manager downloaded Rom from there.
after that my htc magic kernel changed into [email protected]#1
now i want i cant go into recovery mood nor i do factory reset. Now when i reboot my fone and try to go into Recovery mood by holding End/Power+home Key instead of Recovery Mood the fone reboots and shows vodafone image again n again and hangs :s
i am not understand where i made mistake :s i need help in that as i am new in Andriod fones dont know much about the Roms and kernel things guide me please i need help!
i need serious help now
HBOOT-1.33.00139 (SAPP10000)
CPLD-10
RADIO-2.22.28.25
OCT 21 2009
i dont know much about these things i just want that my fone comes back to custom rom like same kernel everythyg
guide me please ...
waiting to hear from you guys .
regards
arbab umair.

If you can still boot into the ROM you can just reinstall the custom recovery using ROM Manager.
Sent from my HTC Glacier using Tapatalk

yeah i can boot bt the thing is i cant go into recovery em stuff fone reboot when i press those keys screen flashes again n again with vodafone .. tag :S i am in big tension i am not gettin any thing
and yeah One thing more after updating that kernel now when i root or unroot i get this Error dev/block/mtdblock
i havent saw this error before :s i am gettin made ..
Need Help Help!

HTC Hero (not sprint)

i have a htc hero (probably flashed to pocket communications) anyway want to root it(kind of got it tried universalAndRoot-1.6.2-beta) have superuser and wireless tether working but on the bootloader it still states ship S-On.
Bootloader:
Herc XC Ship S-on
hboot 1.47.0000 (Hero20000)
Radio 2.42.01.04.23
under sofware info
Firmware---2.1-update1
baseband---2.42.01.04.23
kernel------2.6.29-bc0d2cff
build-------2.39.591.1cl194966
software---2.39.591.1
pri---------2.36_136
prl---------40427
o.k. so i am trying to install hercRa recovery so that i can install custom roms. but i am still showing S-on........any help would be appreciated. I think the phone is from uscelluar.

xda751 said:
i have a htc hero (probably flashed to pocket communications) anyway want to root it(kind of got it tried universalAndRoot-1.6.2-beta) have superuser and wireless tether working but on the bootloader it still states ship S-On.
Bootloader:
Herc XC Ship S-on
hboot 1.47.0000 (Hero20000)
Radio 2.42.01.04.23
under sofware info
Firmware---2.1-update1
baseband---2.42.01.04.23
kernel------2.6.29-bc0d2cff
build-------2.39.591.1cl194966
software---2.39.591.1
pri---------2.36_136
prl---------40427
o.k. so i am trying to install hercRa recovery so that i can install custom roms. but i am still showing S-on........any help would be appreciated. I think the phone is from uscelluar.
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You are rooted and can flash whatever you want from what you described. Getting s-off is different. Please click my name and see the links thread I started, it has links to both s-off methods for heroc. It unlocks your bootloader, go read about it. Again, you don't really need it, but it's kinda cool.
sent from a series of tubes.

Can you help me to fix my htc desire 816 i accident delete the file framework after that its blinking and shutting down when i open again cant open. I try to wipe or format using power botoon and v+ but useless help me please . What is the other way to fix that.

[Stuck on Recovery] Cannot boot

Hi!, I've a not rooted HTC Desire Z.
After being very slow for some day today the device stay on the white screen with HTC for hours.
I've then tried to factory reset the device but when i select factory reset it stay stuck on the menu voice and i've to reboot removing the battery.
If i choose recovery it shows a green circle and an arrow in the center.
I've searched a bit on the forum but who has the same problem has not my model of phone and who has the same model has already unlocked the bootloder.. so... could anyone show me the right image/process to take to unlock/format the phone?

Put the og pc10 image for your phone and flash through flashboot. Start over. You're hanging cause your not rooted
Sent from my SGH-T989 using xda premium

where can i download this pc10 image?
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in the meantime i've searched in the forum looking for this image... i've found two files i think that the good one is the one that end with "signed"
PC10IMG_Vision_TMOUS_1.19.531.1_Radio_12.21.60.09b_26.02.01.15_M2_release_149459_signed.zip
it need to be renamed in PC10IMG.zip ?
in meantime:
I've tried
putting the image with the firs and the second name but it stay in the same stuck white screen...
ok figured it going in bootloader mode with the file in the flash... but i can't find the original PC10IMG.zip to use.
I'm really lost in all the topics... please help

koma85 said:
where can i download this pc10 image?
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in the meantime i've searched in the forum looking for this image... i've found two files i think that the good one is the one that end with "signed"
PC10IMG_Vision_TMOUS_1.19.531.1_Radio_12.21.60.09b_26.02.01.15_M2_release_149459_signed.zip
it need to be renamed in PC10IMG.zip ?
in meantime:
I've tried
putting the image with the firs and the second name but it stay in the same stuck white screen...
ok figured it going in bootloader mode with the file in the flash... but i can't find the original PC10IMG.zip to use.
I'm really lost in all the topics... please help
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Uhh uhh uhh... until someone like niqper (or however you spell his name) comes in here and tells you to flash that PC10IMG, do NOT flash it, I'm not saying it will break your phone but considering you aren't rooted I'm thinking it's not at all necessary and I don't know the consequences.. So wait, can you access the bootloader by holding down + vol ? What happens exactly?

noneabove said:
Uhh uhh uhh... until someone like niqper (or however you spell his name) comes in here and tells you to flash that PC10IMG, do NOT flash it, I'm not saying it will break your phone but considering you aren't rooted I'm thinking it's not at all necessary and I don't know the consequences.. So wait, can you access the bootloader by holding down + vol ? What happens exactly?
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Hi! and thank you for your interess:
The phone is unbranded and not rooted.
It's impossible to boot normally
And selecting the recovery or the factory reset just freeze on the bootloader screen.
I've tried putting the PC10IMG.zip that I've found on the web but seems that I need a later version because all the version I've used are too old.
Code:
VISION PVT SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-0.85.0013
MICROP-0425
RADIO-26.10.04.03_M
eMMC-boot
Apr 11 2011,23:36:27

Try creating a gold card, you'll find how to guides all over the web
Sent from my HTC Vision using xda premium

Here is the RUU for your phone RUU_Vision_Gingerbread_S_HTC_WWE_2.42.405.2_Radio_12.56.60.25_26.10.04.03_M_release_199043_signed.exe
You can try just running the exe, or extracting the zip from it (run it, until it loads (says press next or whatever) and go to the %temp% dir in windows, and do a search for rom.zip, should be roughly 250mb)
It will be safe to flash, but will wipe all your data.
I do have a suspicion that you have a fried emmc chip, you seem to have some of the symptoms, so if it hangs during the flash that will be why, in which case you can't fix it and will need to get a replacement.
-Nipqer

Nipqer said:
Here is the RUU for your phone
You can try just running the exe, or extracting the zip from it (run it, until it loads (says press next or whatever) and go to the %temp% dir in windows, and do a search for rom.zip, should be roughly 250mb)
It will be safe to flash, but will wipe all your data.
I do have a suspicion that you have a fried emmc chip, you seem to have some of the symptoms, so if it hangs during the flash that will be why, in which case you can't fix it and will need to get a replacement.
-Nipqer
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Thank you, I've extracted the rom.zip and uploaded it on the SD.
The process starts updating but hangs on the first step (updating bootloader).
I think that you are right the emmc is gone...

koma85 said:
Thank you, I've extracted the rom.zip and uploaded it on the SD.
The process starts updating but hangs on the first step (updating bootloader).
I think that you are right the emmc is gone...
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That's a real shame time to upgrade to SGS3 or One X ? I think sooo! I'm so glad we have a resident expert like niqper to help us out with general technical stuff though so when I make the change I'll definitely miss that !
Sent from my HTC Vision using XDA

noneabove said:
That's a real shame time to upgrade to SGS3 or One X ? I think sooo! I'm so glad we have a resident expert like niqper to help us out with general technical stuff though so when I make the change I'll definitely miss that !
Sent from my HTC Vision using XDA
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I've sent the phone in repair. I'll update with new infos

Here is the RUU for your phone RUU_Vision_Gingerbread_S_HTC_WWE_2.42.405.2_Radio_ 12.56.60.25_26.10.04.03_M_release_199043_signed.ex e
You can try just running the exe, or extracting the zip from it (run it, until it loads (says press next or whatever) and go to the %temp% dir in windows, and do a search for rom.zip, should be roughly 250mb)
It will be safe to flash, but will wipe all your data.
My boot screen says:
Vision PVT ship s-on
HBoot 0.85.0013
Microp-0425
radio-26.10.04.03_m
eMMC-boot
Before it read:
Vision PVT Eng s-off
HBOOT-0.76.2000
MICROP-0425
RADIO-26.03.02.26_M
Its an HTC G2 but has the same problem with being stuck on the HTC screen
Is there an ruu for my phone? I tried the one above and it started fine, updated the first 2 then reset then when it reloaded it says "model ID incorrect"

You shouldn't of flashed that rom, thats for a DZ, not a G2.
You must've had fake S-OFF too.
You can try flashing this rom PC10IMG_Vision_TMOUS_2.15.531.3_Radio_12.52.60.25U_26.08.04.30_M3.zip
You better hope your main version is low enough to accept it though.
And that the DZ hboot accepts it (chances are it'll throw some sort of heap error)
You might be able to use a goldcard (which you need a functioning android phone to create) to allow the DZ stock rom to flash, though I can't guarantee anything.
Your phone not booting would be because the g2 hboot and dz hboot have their partition layout quite different, so its looking in the wrong place to try load android now.
-Nipqer