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[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] Raspster:
I have tried all that. I did a clean FAT32 format from my pc. I just put the update zip file on the card. no luck. I renamed it to just" update" no luck. Just to get this right, I do NOT extract the zip file onto the card right..? Thanks man... Getting alittle worried now.. I can't even do a nandroid restore. Gives me same error... nothing on SD card. I have even tried to navigate as you said, shows no files. Again, do I need to root?
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] KarrdeNZ:
Try formatting the card using the recovery image ("Format SD : fat32"), then put the update.zip on it and try again. Sometimes you also need to wait a bit once booting into the recovery ROM for the phone to mount the SD card.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] Raspster:
I re-formated again and checked some of the settings on the zip file. Took the security off (on by default) and waited like you said... SUCCESS! Thanks guys for all the help. Sporting the HERO ROM on my rogers magic in the USA with full HSDPA! Battery drain is a killer thou since the magic has a smaller battery I beleive..? Other than that, pretty smooth... Anyone know where I can pick up some good backgrounds..? LOL
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] bso888:
Restoring original rom

I followed the procedures and install the new rom. It works great. However, how can I restore to the original rom if I need to. Is it using the restore function in the Recovery rom menu?
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] xyzulu:
Look at the top sticky in this forum.. you'll see a link to: http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=HTC_Sapphire_Hacking where all your questions are answered.

All the best.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] bso888:
Thank you very much
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] Dricos:
Ask : Boot Recovery ROM

I had downloaded file named :recovery-RAv1.2.0H.img and Saved to the tools subdirectory of the Android SDK.

But there's not work for step 8 (Boot Recovery ROM)

I've tryng this :

C:\android-sdk-windows-1.5_r2\tools>fastboot boot recovery-Rav1.2.0H.img

the result :

downloading 'boot.img'....FAILED <remote:not allow>

On my device :

no respons, still on fastboot mode

help..
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] Radix999:
This indicates that your SPL is preventing you from booting alternate roms.

The SPL that ships with all MyTouch3g's and some other providers do this and there's not much you can do at the moment.

You can confirm this by checking your SPL version with the ones marked as 'Perfect SPL's in the wiki (see link in my signature below), and if this is the case then you will need to wait until someone has a solution.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] KarrdeNZ:
I've added mention of the perfect SPLs to the guide now, as well as some other updates, mainly around updated ROM versions.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] Roy_Drage:
Hello KarrdeNZ, I've been using your guide since you first wrote it. Good work. :)

Just reading through it now I see you mention that you find swap better then compcache while using Qteknologys rom as compcache hasn't been very succeessful for you.

Just wondered why really?
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] KarrdeNZ:
I cleverly managed to damage my 8GB microSD card yesterday - it now causes the phone to not boot and isn't readable in my card reader. I temporarily replaced it with an old 128MB one I had from a now-dead phone and since it has not much space on it, I decided it was a good opportunity to try out the CompCache version on my phone.

Flashed the phone with the 1.2 CompCache version, booted okay, but I was getting a ton of HTC screens when switching between apps, a LOT of lag and Loading screens, and all that. I just found it really unusable compared to the swap version.

In better news, I bought a new 8GB microSD card which arrived this afternoon and is now running nicely in my phone (which incidentally is back running the stock Magic ROM - I started to lose SMS messages the other day). Hopefully I'll be able to replace the other card under warranty or something.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] lildio:
i've done to the last step but is stopped. anyone help!!

Hi KarrdeNZ, very nice work you've done here. i am totally new to here and the htc magic. I have got the phone from Vodafone NZ, everythings the same as yours. followed your instruction worked fine (didn't get the ROM thats in your link my computer won't open megauplod for some reasons...) i used some other ROM from a Chinese forum. i've done till the last step which was after "Apply sdcard:update.zip" after i click on "Reboot system now " it shows the red Vodafone booting page then stays there. you mentioned it might take a while, i waited 20 mins... its still the red vodafone. after that i've done the whole thing a few times... but no luck.. its all the same.. I am wondering if thats because of the ROM? can i download the ROM you mentioned elswhere? or is there anything else went wrong? please help me!!
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] lildio:
i've made a Nandroid Backup but don't know how to restore it. when i select "Nandroid v2.2 restore" it shows

Restoring latest backup:.

Error: run 'nandroid-mobile.sh restore' via adb!

i have no idea...

you mentioned "On your phone, use the trackball to scroll down to Nandroid v2.2 backup and click. This will start the backup process, and you'll see some yellow text start to appear at the bottom of the phone's screen. Once it's complete, you have a backup.

" in step 9.

mine shows white text not yellow. just let you know the difference. is that wrong?

sorry for so many questions... i am too much a fresh guy in here...
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] KarrdeNZ:
Try one of the other 32B ROMs here, you might have better luck with them. It sounds like you've flashed your phone with a 32A ROM instead.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] lildio:
Thanks for your reply.. i've downloaded the ROM in your link. i will try that later on today!
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] taker888:
I seriously need help with step 8. "Boot the recovery ROM".

What does it mean when it says Open a command prompt window on your PC (Start, Run, cmd) and change to the tools subdirectory of where you installed the Android SDK, for example:

Code:

cd\android-sdk-windows-1.5_r3\tools

Like what should I do???
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] lildio:
on your PC, go to Start click on RUN type in CMD then enter.

you will see a DOS windows pop up which is the command prompt window .

(you should save the folder "android-sdk-windows-1.5_r3"under C: drive)

go to C:\ then type in the code "cd\android-sdk-windows-1.5_r3\tools

" and follow the instruction!

hope it helps!
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] lildio:
thank you so much mate!

i think you are right! its because of the ROM that i was using. the one you provided is great!! cheers for that!

one more thing. i found it is pretty slow running the HERO rom.. is that always gonna be like that? its kinda too slow... i reckon...
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] KarrdeNZ:
If you're running Qtek's swap ROM, have you partitioned your SD card to allow for the swap to run?

Hero can be slow, especially on 32B. You can speed it up by getting rid of some of the widgets you don't use, taking all the cities but your current location out of the weather widget, and generally letting the system get used to your usage.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] lildio:
Thanks and how do i partitioned my SD card ? i would do anything to speed it up! haha~~
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] Roy_Drage:
When you boot into Amons recovery theres an option that allows you to partition the sd card. Just click it and let it do it's thing.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] lildio:
cheers~ but i've done flashing the ROM can i still go back to do the partition?
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] can7:
cool rom thnx shame its to laggy tho.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] warriors3:
help ...

why after rooted the HTC Hero ROM for Magic by Fatal1ty,my phone just start at htc magiconly .. this display is longer till 10mins ....

I rooted it second time now ..

any solution ?

or my rom problem ...

please help me now ...
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] ch_yen:
+1 for sticky

very nicely written and very helpful :)
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] naplesbill:
Just want to let people know that the info on the T-Mobile myTouch has changed. If you root via the one-click method you do not have to change the SPL in order to flash custom rom files. I have flashed several roms with the 1.33.0006 hboot without issue.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] pphengsykeo:
Did you wipe data/factory setting before flashing?
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] sgpoorguy:
Hi all,

I follow the guide and i'm stuck at step8. Ran the command "fastboot boot recovery-RAv1.2.1H.img" in the tools folder and my magic got rebooted. It is now stuck at the normal HTC MAGIC splash screen without getting into the Green Text menu as mentioned in the guide.

My magic is a 32A, not pefect SPL on firmware 1.5 (This should be the cupcake 1.5 mentioned in the guide right?). It is not rooted as I saw that the recovery image includes rooting of the magic.

Is there anything else that i missed out?

Btw, is the recovery image "recovery-RAv1.2.1H.img" file size suppose to be only 14kb?

Thanks
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] unk2009:
I am having the same problem, except I have a magic(sapphire 32B) are there any other alternatives to downloading Amon's recovery image ? I tried using the one touch method to change Recovery, but I am unable to do so...Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated, thanks in advance for the help
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] aborre:
Thank U

I cannot thank you enough for this fantastic walkthrough. Used it twice now and it is so easy to root.

:)
[General Topics] aleph01:
Hello.

Please help me, cause i do not know what to do now. My LCD on my HTC Trinity died, it doesnt start, and i do not know what to do know, cause i have some important things on it. I want to acces my mobile through PC. i remember i had some software once that i could do it, so i could see everything on my ppc and use a mouse, and every operation was displayed on my PC screen, what was that software, anypne can remnd me?

Thanx for help.
[General Topics] deedee:
Try Jeyo Mobile Companion or My Mobiler
[General Topics] ktemkin:
MyMobiler only requires and ActiveSync connection to install (no device screen-touches.)
[General Topics] aleph01:
thanx for a fast reply. i am so angry that my LCD died. i want my new HTC Trinity i love it, and now it is gone.... :(
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] tedbearmeadows:
Hi Guys,

I want all of my games apps to be in the games folder, but i have no idea of how to do this (or even if it can be done)

In my games folder atm i have the usual solitaire, teeter etc, but i want all my

other games in there too. (instead of cluttering up my programmes menu)

Could someone please help?

In quite a simple method too, if poss, as im still quite new to all this.

Thanks for reading!
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] dchd310870:
Same here......

Using dutty's 6.5 R4 Muchos......but about to use R6!!!
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] heliosdev:
Open a file explorer (I'm using total commander) and go to \windows\Start Menu\Programs. Here you have all shortcuts (.lnk) you see in the Programs directory. Now cut the links (to be safe just copy and delete them after testing), change to the folder 'Games' and paste them.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] adibahoney1:
As previous quote by other user by moving a games into the games folder and yes i do have same trouble. I try to copy the game and then paste into my "games" folder but trouble is , i only thing i can see it in my handset not my pc, from my handset i cannot copy and paste so therefore i want to do it from my pc. After sync with my pc i try open the folder subcribe by other user but to my suprise there isn't a "Window" folder at all appear in my file explorer. Plz help
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] heliosdev:
this works on the device. I guess that you connect to your pc and what you then see is the storage card and not the device folders.

On the device open file explorer and change to 'My Device' (push the Up button until it doesn't anything anymore) and then follow my description in the post above. (here we paste shortcuts, so choose paste not 'paste shortcut')

P.S.: when copying an exe you can then choose 'paste shortcut'
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] tedbearmeadows:
I did what you posted at 9.59am and its worked.

Exactly what i was after.

Thankyou!!
[XPERIA X1 General] sirkula:
what is better for battery? To charge it often regardless of how much is left or wait until it's completely empty then charge it for 2-3 hours until it's fully charged...
[XPERIA X1 General] orelsi:
You can do whatever you want, it doesn't matter even the slightest bit. Everything is either an urban legend or needs to be done the first time you charge the battery.
[XPERIA X1 General] comeradealexi:
its bad to get it very low discharged i thought so i'd just charge it when ever you can
[XPERIA X1 General] Rudegar:
unless it's getting low during the day from stuff like

reading an ebook on the buss while listening to music on my a2dp stereo headset

I just charge it each night

but had it running a few days on standby with little usage
[XPERIA X1 General] orelsi:
Spot on. :cool:
[XPERIA X1 General] Diewi:
Usually every battery (better: akku :D) will "last" longer if one doesn't use it

too intensive. I.e. fast and a lot of charges/discharges. So a lot of charges will harm your akku.

Li-Ion akkus have a characteristic which tells us to charge and discharge them

fully for about the first five times, otherwise your capacity will break down.

But as the Xperia has an Li-Polymer akku, there is no need for this.

Btw, to get back to the first point: Of course low usage is good for the akku,

but why buying an Xperia if not using it? But there is no need to have the Xperia

hanging at the cable when getting home if it would last for another day.

My two cents.
[XPERIA X1 General] orelsi:
Is that short for "akkumulator"?
[XPERIA X1 General] Diewi:
Of course, I didn't know if it was correct in english as well (in german it is),

but I was to lazy to write the full name always. :D
[XPERIA X1 General] orelsi:
Ha! Good thing I speak German as well then :D.
[G1 General] W.O.P.R:
So I have had my G1 for almost 3 months and data has always worked. I picked mine up off of craigslist so I didn't have to go through with the G1 Data plan mess with customer care. When I got the phone, I changed the APN to internet2.voicestream.com and away I went. I previously had a Shadow with the Shadow 100 plan and I never changed data plans because it just worked. A few days ago I flashed to JACHero and I first noticed the problem. When I try to browse to ANY site it comes back:

m.web2go.com: Subscription Upgrade Required

Your current plan is not compatible with this device.

After a few attempts at double checking the APN settings and browsing to different sites it just started working. Yesterday I switched back to Hero 5.0.2Hr5-A2SD I have the same issue but it will not go away.

I know I was getting away with using a cheaper data plan but did I get "caught" and now need to up my rate plan( :( )?
[G1 General] bofslime:
Did you ever find a solution to this?

I've been trying to see about a 'cheaper' data plan offered where I could just switch my APN and still work. I don't do a massive amount of data traffic, I just like to check my gmail, and maps gets the most of the bandwidth. Plus I had attempted twice to downgrade (online) from unlimited to the 400 sms + unlimited data, and it wouldn't allow me online, 2 days later the plan was removed :(

I paid full price for my phone, I don't feel I should have to pay a rate designed to subsidize the cost of discounted phones. This really is my biggest beef with the $35/mo data.

/wishes we had UK pricing
[G1 General] jashsu:
If you sign your contract through a reseller, some can give you a cash rebate if you supply your own handset. This kind of situation is particularly common for subscribers whos contracts have run their length and have become a month-to-month service. It's likely that you are currently on a similar month-to-month basis.
[G1 General] rydr1:
T-mobile has been shutting down the loop hole for the 100MB plan. I can no longer find a solution to this.

I just do not like the idea of paying 24.99 for what you can get at 9.99 with limited MB access.

I do not think there is anything else we can do.
[G1 General] tseten:
BTW i think tmobile is blocking all people using the google phones from using the cheap data plan.

im also having the same problem with the " Subcription Upgrade required" message.

it really sucks because i have the $5.99 plan and it would have been nice to get 3G with that... i would have been happy even with Edge.

tried all 3 apn settings and nothing... if im gonna pay for 3g , might as well go with ATT as it has better coverage.

any sugestions ?
[G1 General] XBrav:
I honestly cheat a bit. I have the EDGE APN details entered, and set the APN Type to default.

Then, go download an alternative browser. I have only had luck with Dolphin Browser.

It works for me on Fido in Canada (Same as Rogers, AT&T, etc). Give it a shot :)
[P3400 ROM Development] ankit360:
i m trying to build Ervius Visual Kitchen to our gene i got information that Hermes Mobile is same rom structure as gene so i go to harmes forum and done necessary changes to Ervius Visual Kitchen but i m not able to flash :(

vaibhav,sumit,ramersonw,jyot,helgee,BesFen wakeup buddy

give some time to do different man, you all r doing same thing sine long time, i know we can do it
[P3400 ROM Development] ankit360:
here is what i done till now

i got info that NBH file format used in gene is same as in the Hermes so why hermes kitchen is not working with gene (with gene XIP,hdr.etc )?

what is OS.nb.playload ?

what is ULDR ?

what is IMGSTART ?
[P3400 ROM Development] Pank789:
hi guys i have tried this kitchen u need to modify xml file to get the gene settings

but after that it ask for some block size which it takes as defualt 4 and then when u cook the rom with this setting rom get build properly with a single warning erivius called it as time bomb.

but when u put the rom on the device it wont boot i tried many roms but non work with erivius visual kitchen v.9 latest verison might be working

i had put in the thread for this problem but erivius didnt respond...
[P3400 ROM Development] jyot:
will definately wake up :D..lemme me bak frm vacation...:)
[P3400 ROM Development] ankit360:
good start here my Solution + Question for this

you r talking about NBHUtil.xml

to all who don't know about NBHUtil.xml

its database file for NBHUtil, so u ask me what is NBHUtil.exe ?, NBHUtil is same like htcrt, htcrt use htcrt_devices.ini file as database and NBHUtil use NBHUtil.xml as database

new NBHUtil's database does not have gene device data base so you need add this entry

<device name="Gene" chunksize="1024">
<ModelID>GENE***</ModelID>
<CID>11111111</CID>
<Ver>1.00.000.0</Ver>
<Lang>WWE</Lang>
<Item value="0x100">IPL</Item>
<Item value="0x200">SPL</Item>
<Item value="0x600">Splash</Item>
<Item value="0x300">Radio</Item>
<Item value="0x400">OS</Item>
<Item value="0x700">ExtROM</Item>
</device>

i make this conflagration from htcrt_devices.ini

here is entry in htcrt_devices.ini

[Gene]
Experimental=0
ModelId=GENE10000
SignMaxChunkSize=1024
RomSections=6, "0x100,""IPL"",131072,TRUE", "0x200,SPL,524288,TRUE", "0x600,Splash,196608,FALSE", "0x300,Radio,2883584,FALSE", "0x900,""Ext. ROM"",10485760,FALSE", "0x400,OS,0,FALSE"

but this don't work :(

this is not big issue we can replace it with old htcrt but new stuff is always welcome

also if u see kitchen_build_rom.bat

there is entry for NBHUtil's

..\tools\nbhutil -model %deviceid% -ver %versionid% -lang %langid% -chunk %chunksize% -nogui -e -i %osidvalue% ..\temp\os-new.nb -b ruu_signed.nbh

but there no specification of ExtROM in this line :confused:
[P3400 ROM Development] BesFen:
I already try to add os-new.nb and extrom manually using NBHutil, but still un booable:o:o. i guess the problem is in the xip.
[P3400 ROM Development] ankit360:
did you flash gene successfuly ?, did u get msg on RUU that rom flash successfuly ? not bootable means what ? did u see htc splash screen ? or stuck at tri screen ?
[P3400 ROM Development] BesFen:
flash success and RUU message said "congratulation........", but my deavice directly go to bootloader, no HTC slash. I release the battery and reinsert it again, and the device automatically on and go to bootloader again, and again.
[P3400 ROM Development] ankit360:
this not happen due to bad xip if u have bad xip u stuck at htc splash screen this happen because rom is no build property means wrong things goes wrong place

while building rom there is lot's factors like chunks size address of os.nb,xip,exrom if that get wrong device show u tri screen
[P3400 ROM Development] ankit360:
gene partition info

this is new gene partition information
[P3400 ROM Development] coolaj:
Hi Ankit,

Here is how i cook with visual kitchen, hope this could help ....

1)dump->Customize->Create Rom, after create rom i dont touch the released nbh file instead..

2)in kitchen/temp folder there is built xip.bin, os-ew.nb and imgfs-new.bin copy these three files and do nb work with imgfs.bin and xip and then htcert or directly htcert with os-new.nb and extrom ... it works try it.

and i also analysed os-new.nb its same with the original new gene os.nb the only difference is imgfsstart, you can if you do nbinfo oon on both you willl se imgfsstart address is different you can put the imgfs start value off new gene in the other biutton of kitchen and build .its someething 0060000

ps:writing from phone pardon my english
[P3400 ROM Development] BesFen:
I will inspect it step by step tonight........., must by some coffee for it.;)
[P3400 ROM Development] BesFen:
it mean you use imgfs and xip to build the new os-new.nb, not use the result of os-new.nb from visual kitchen.

I ever read at ervius thread that they cut some address of xip and imgfstart, and it can save some phone storage and RAM, maybe that step make the result of RUU_Signed.nbh and os-new.nb from that kitchen not work in my GENE.

It's more interesting and exsiting, I will try it tonight and report it here.........see you tonight
[P3400 ROM Development] ankit360:
that means you create ROM for gene with visual kitchen successfully ?
[P3400 ROM Development] ankit360:
its called ULDR but don't know what is that ?
[P3400 ROM Development] coolaj:
@Ankit, sorry replying late was testing rom built by ervius kitchen because icant test and be online at the same time b'cus i use internet from phone.

Okay yes i have created working roms from visual kitchen as said earlier used imgfs-new bin and xip and did nbwork and htcert. if you buil with os-new.nb and extrom gene will stuck at tricolour mode..have some more tricks will be posting..

All this done with Original 6.0 new gene rom

ULDR Info -http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=2916649&postcount=7 by ameet
[P3400 ROM Development] ankit360:
can u give me you kitchen plz ? only tool folder

also tell me what changes u done in my temp folder i get only OS-new.nb romhdr.bin and xip.bin

if u have msn or yahoo mail id we can chat online
[P3400 ROM Development] coolaj:
In Tools/kitchen_build_rom.bat delete these lines

del imgfs-new.bin

del OS-new.nb.payload

and build you will see in temp folder.

and i think uldr part is causing the problem....
[P3400 ROM Development] ankit360:
what is IMGSTART value ?
[P3400 ROM Development] coolaj:
@Ankit, Im using internet sharing from phone its very slow..i have some tricks can you test now...because i cant flash or else i will go offline
[P3400 ROM Development] ankit360:
meen me online my msn id is
[P3400 ROM Development] coolaj:
okay signing in...connection very slow

You are Offline
[P3400 ROM Development] ankit360:
tell me ur id
[P3400 ROM Development] coolaj:
Check you PM