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[myTouch 3G, Magic General] Eskibo:
Just fyi

I read somewhere in here, that HTC is releasing an official sense update for Magic in September/ October.

Question is, if updating your Magic with an unofficial will unable the possibility to update correctly?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] leiko49:
I made it perfectly down the homestretch, until

"- Insert the SD into your device.

- Power on while holding back (=fastboot) and connect the USB cable

Code:

fastboot boot recovery-RAv1.2.0H.img"

message on phone in fastboot screen says update successful!

But then, I reboot phone, it it sticks on the ANDROID screen, will not boot up.

I believe I could easily go back a step to the prior update, as I can still unbrick by taking out battery, reboot into fastboot mode, then get back to the working phone with the vodophone logo (with the previous update).

Any suggestions?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] jakmai:
i have the same model as you, i just made the goldcard now im wondering if i should continue. 1.33.0006 was said to not be rootable in a older thread

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=529019,Haykuro

im not sure if this guide is for all mytouches even tho it runs the 1.33.0006 perfected spl?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] grankin01:
.0006 your golden

I also had the .0006 spl on my mt3g. Followed the instructions in Ra's tut and even did the Daredevil instructions. Am now running Cyanogen 3.9.8 with no problems. After flashing with the H image that Ra tells you to use however, several of my mt3g's software systems would force close no matter what I did. The dialer (phone software) and the Contacts (when trying to download from sim card) were the two main problems. Hence my reasoning for following the daredevil instructions. I have had NO trouble with the cyanogen rom other than the instability of the programs that I installed after updating to it.:D
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] jakmai:
thats odd. i am stuck it keeps saying boot img failed remote not allowed when i try to fastboot the recovery. Adb shell says error device not found, any tips? I ran the gold card fine. usb drivers installed.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] indiana99:
Me too. I've flashing and hacking Windows devices for years, and it was less complcated.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] grankin01:
by ran through the goldcard I assume you mean you flashed the sappimg.zip to the device. What it sounds like is the you have skipped a step and have not flashed the update.Engineering-SPL-HBOOT-1.33.2005-signed to replace the "not-so-perfect-after-all" spl. That error is the spl telling you that you are still locked out. That's the error I was getting before when I tried Haykuro's first root of the magic device before the release of the .0006 and .0010 spl's.

Hope this helped and good luck!:D
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] grankin01:
sorry jakmai I answered too quickly to see the device not found issue.:rolleyes: I had this problem too. You need to unistall all the usb drivers. Then when you plug in your device tell it that you want to manually install the drivers and browse to the usb drivers folder in the SDK directory. Choose the appropriate drivers and try again. That should fix the problem it did for me.:D

Then install the new engineering spl and it shouldn't remote not allow you again.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] jakmai:
ahh thx grankin01, the guide told me to run the recovery before the first update. i got it right now =D. now all i have to do is the daredevil part, but htc radio image is down it wont let me download.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] rahulsh:
anybody able to hack india htc magic?:confused:
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] rockin_mod:
help please

ok everyone. i gave up finally. after awhole long 24 hour cycle of trying to root me :mad:.... ok i have vista, i had installed the drivers correctly, i know this by me accessing adb shell when i wasnt in fastboot. I have made a goldcard without a problem and flashed the sappim. i am stuck on the recovery part. every time i go into fastboot and try to do the command to put the recovery on it no longer has adb. i can also tell this by seeing when vista tries to id the phone as "android 1.0". thus the driver should no longer work. im pretty frustrated but can be patient. ne one up to help me out?? i have read sooooo much and i am still lost. i am sorry to waste someones time. thank you for reading and or helping!!
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] grankin01:
Great news!

glad to here jakmai!:D No problem have fun with it. While I was talking to you I did a nandroid backup for cyanogen's mod and flashed qteknology's hero rom to try it out. Might leave it like this for a while.

Anyway, I would upload the images that you need from HTC or email them directly to you but I am not sure if that would piss some of the big fish off and HTC should have their site up pretty quickly.:eek:
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] ewells30:
I was having the same problem as well. I had to delete the older Android SDK's from my computer and redownload Android-Sdk-Windows-1.5_r3. I then went to device manager and pointed to the Android 1.0 device it found, updated the drivers using the usb files in the newer Android SDK. After that it found my ADB Interface and called it HTC Bootloader. Then after opening a cmd window and typing adb remount I saw that it wouldnt mount. So I was like CRAP! So I took the recovery.img file and put it in the Tools folder found in the Android SDK. Went back to cmd window. Changed the directory to the Tools folder within the cmd window and then tried fastboot flash recovery recovery.img and voila it worked.

Hope this helps

Eric
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] rockin_mod:
ok sweet. so pretty much start the sdk all over and point win to the actual sdk drivers... i always used the drivers that others put out. o and you just renamed the recovery.img to recovery? i hope this works cuz im getting sad. lol. i can root the hell out of a g1 but mt3g is killin me. thank you so much!!!!
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] rockin_mod:
ok i tried that and all i got was

c:\android-sdk-windows-1.5_r3\tools>fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

sending 'recovery' (3644 KB)... FAILED (remote: not allow)

c:\android-sdk-windows-1.5_r3\tools>

ne idea?? i re-did the sdk as well and re did the drivers for it. i dont get it??
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] ewells30:
Hopefully it will work for you. It took me nearly 3 hours to root it but that was my fault for not creating the GoldCard correctly. If renaming the recovery.img doesnt work then just use the given name of it and try this command fastboot flash recovery recovery-RAv1.2.0G.img and then after it says sending....okay and then writing....okay DO NOT reboot the phone. Just press menu to power down and then reboot by holding the home and power key and then it should boot up into the recovery for you and then you can continue with the steps.

Eric

Also make sure when you are doing the fastboot flash recovery command and are using the RAv1.2.0g.img that you do type a 0 instead of a o. That was messing me up for a while as well.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] jakmai:
ok so i finished the steps besides getting it to 32b radio and rom. So far im not having issues with the MT3G. Anyone have any signature verify fail when trying to install the radio.img or the recovery rav1.2?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] perevers:
Hey.

I am having some trouble finding out if this method works for me. So i was wondering og anyone have tried with a magic bought in scandinavia. I have read other places that it cant be done on a scandinavian magic, dont know if its something with the build version. Ca. Anyone tell me if om wrong or right here?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] KROMO50:
i need help please this it my first time to do this and i am having a huge problem making the goldcard. i downloaded pterminal ann after i put in the code i have no idea how to bring up the code so i can put it in qmat. because the other Terminal Emulator need a keyboard and ptermainal is the only one to work with my touch so if anyone can help that will be great just need to know how to get the code.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] bastage:
my MT3G didn't rotate stock in the home screen.. Are you referring to apps not rotating or the home screen.

Also Try Cyan's 3.9.9.1, I am having absolutely no problems with it..

I had the same problem for a minute with windows recognizing the device as Android 1.0.. I had to force windows to install the drivers from the SDK.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] Evervoid:
I can confirm everything is working thus far. I have rooted my mytouch 3g using the steps above and created the gold card with the sandisk sd card that came with the phone from t-mobile. I preformed the 'daredevil' steps which were fixed later in the thread (page 19 I think) and installed cyanogen's 32b rom.

Wifi is working too so I'm happy. Thank you all!
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] curveconcepts:
If people read the forums or used search, they would find out that a few posts back i posted that you download terminal emulator. Go into the app, and hold down the menu button while in the program. The keyboard will pop up. That is a simple instruction that the mytouch manual states. But then, i only read the manual because i was bored as hell one night...
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] shaunprice1988:
shaun-prices-macbook-pro:~ Shaun$ /Users/Shaun/AndroidSDK/tools/fastboot-mac flash system /Users/Shaun/AndroidSDK/platforms/android-1.5/images/system.img

sending 'system' (51991 KB)... OKAY

writing 'system'... INFOsignature checking...

FAILED (remote: signature verify fail)

I was trying to reflash the system to boot back to normal. but Signature verify fail.

How can I fix it? That is also what prevents me from flashing the splash!

HELP!!!
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] leiko49:
I appear to have succeeded in installing the 32A based Rom.

I get many error messages, e.g.,

I notice following problem: when I try to use dialer, get error message "the process android.process acore has stopped unexectedly, please try again", and then "the process android.phone has stopped unexpectedly..." I can make a phone calls, but after call have to shut the program down (call still continues).

update: I am getting many similar error messages when attempting to run programs.

another update: I thought this was a bit off topic, so I created a new thread here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=547747

Thanks

Dave
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] rawrjustin:
success!

I'm new to these forums as the mytouch is my first htc phone, but i've been lurking around the forums as i've been planning to get an android phone for some time.

But I just want to say that I have successfully rooted my phone :D, did the 32B radio daredevil steps, and have successfully flashed cyanogens 32B 3.9.9.1 !

Everything is working perfectly on my mytouch so far as I can see, wifi, camera, etc.

Just want to note in case anyone runs into this problem:

Before I did the daredevil steps, I flashed the cyanogen 32B rom, it forced the phone to freeze at the vodafone splash screen. I had to fastboot the radio> fastboot the recovery> apply update.zip again for the phone to finally start working.

Thank you to Amon_Ra, Haykuro, and Jrbourque for making this possible for me! I've been waiting for this ever since I got my mytouch and finally rooted!

I will definitely be sticking around.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] jrherras:
MT3G root success

reverted back to 32b right away thank you so much for this!
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] acidburn89:
I got HBOOT-1.33.00010 but my Build number is 2.16.720.2 146733. Do you think it might work?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] slackwaresupport:
fastboot flash radio radio.img

< waiting for device >

sending 'radio' (21504 KB)... OKAY

writing 'radio'... INFOsignature checking...

FAILED (remote: signature verify fail)

thats what i get when trying to send the radio.img back to go back to 32b
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] slackwaresupport:
ahh.. found my problem.. mine still says HBOOT-1.33.0009
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] nextelbuddy:
if and when we root the mytouch phone do we lose the new mytouch feathre for Microsoft exchange Active sync? this was a big feature for me and why i wanted this phone over my iphone and i would not want to lose this feature.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] slackwaresupport:
tell your company to get a real mailserver.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] nextelbuddy:
really? Microsoft Exchange 2003/2007 is not the industry standard for large Software companies? Please tell me what a "real" mail server in your eyes is. tell me you dont still use Lotus notes :rolleyes:

thats what we use is MS Exchange 2007 however our IS department has disabled IMAP (so iPhone users could not sync due to potential security risks) and also will not allow non black berry users to sync to the exchange server via domain portals

so i had to input our http web address to our exchange server into my mytouch active sync to get around this but it works as i need it to.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] slackwaresupport:
anything that runs on linux.. micro crap sucks ass
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] rmrector:
nextelbuddy, whether "Work Email" will be available after root depends on the ROM you go with after running through this process. For instance, the ROM that I'm running now, the unofficial Cyanogen 32B 3.9.9.1 ported from Dream DOES have "Work Email" available.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] slackwaresupport:
so doe anyone have any idea why mine stays on HBOOT-1.33.0009???

it says flash complete but doesnt go to the 0005
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] nextelbuddy:
Linux is not widely supported for mainstream business. If you are a linux based software company or a small business company that is comfortable with that then sure why not. when you are a multibillion dollar world wide software company with 10's of thousands of employees world wide you need something more robust that has dependable resources available in case the servers have issues or experience down time. Linux is great for SOME scenarios but not ALL. Its especially not good for US a company that mainly sells, develops, engineers, and supports prodominently microsoft compatible products.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] nextelbuddy:
thank you thats what i figured, the ROM i choose wuold be the deal maker or breaker for me and it looks like yo have given me what i needed to proceed. the Cyanogen 32B is what i will go for then.

thanks so much!
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] slackwaresupport:
linux is supported for EVERYONE.. not just small people or large.. linux runs 98% of the internet.. you guys should drop that microsoft crap..

:>
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] slackwaresupport:
AHHH!!! figured it out.. once you flash the 0005 you have to reboot the phone with home and back.. not just pull the battery!
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] Barret1:
A couple questions:

1) Someone states here that they flashed the update.zip file from the stock MyTouch firmware and thus were able to essentially have a stock MyTouch, except with root access. Is it really this easy? It seems to me that, while the might keep the good SPL, that they would lose root in the OS.

So - is there a way to go through this process and end up with the stock firmware, but root access? Would you be vulnerable to OTA updates messing up your setup?

1b) Is there a rooted but otherwise stock ION firmware available that could be flashed onto the mytouch following this process? For me, fast and stable - with root - is all that really matters.

2) The directions say to use these commands:

fastboot flash radio radio.img
fastboot erase system -w
fastboot erase boot
fastboot erase recovery
fastboot flash recovery recovery-RAv1.2.0G.img

but on page 19 PCTechNerd says to use:

fastboot flash
fastboot erase system -w
fastboot erase boot
fastboot erase recovery
fastboot flash radio radio.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery-RAv1.2.0G.img

Is the latter the correct order of commands? What does "fastboot flash" accomplish?

3) Will my device be SIM unlocked after flashing the radio image, or should I have T-Mobile sim unlock my device before rooting?

Thanks everyone for all your hard work on this!
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] mahd-leb:
EDIT: got tht step working
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] rmrector:
1) and 1b) unsure.

2) The only thing that "fastboot flash" will do is tell you that the command is missing some information, and give you a quick list of the proper way to set up the command. It is an incomplete command, and initially that was what the instructions in the first post said, in the place of flashing the radio. Which caused some confusion. The first post has since been fixed with the proper-proper way to convert to a 32B radio and rom.

3) nope, your phone is still SIM-locked. You can do this over the phone, so nobody at Tmo will even need to see your phone, so you can root before you SIM-unlock without any worries. Basically you'll just call them and get the tech dept, they'll ask for your IMEI, and then they'll either tell you or email you the unlock code, which it will prompt you for after you put a non-Tmo SIM card in it.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] curveconcepts:
Are you freaking kidding me? First off let me mention that i am a neutral party in this. I am a Linux/PHP/MySQL Developer at night but a Microsoft Server Administrator by day. There is nothing that compares to Microsoft Exchange. You may choose to only have POP and IMAP support and that is your beef with your linux server, but Exchange Activesync is and will always be superior to anything that linux can think up, which is nothing. The second i see a linux box running a mail server with a new protocol that supports real-time push (dont give me the IMAP IDLE crap either) and supports syncing my calendar, contacts, tasks, notes, etc., then i may switch, but support better be there.

In both my business and the company i work for, the choice has always been Exchange and believe me i have tried a lot of mail servers, to find the perfect one. And i did, its still Exchange. The most widely used and widely supported mail server in use today. It may be a tad expensive at times and does require routine maintenance, but if i need support, i call up and get it. Or i go onto forums and find the answer quick as hell, unlike linux mail servers in which my problems were never answered and eventually gave up.

Let it be known that POP and IMAP are still not secure as Exchange ActiveSync. They never will be.

My 0.02 in all of this. Now back on topic of rooting the HTC Magics.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] Six6Sicks:
I got root!

I got it working. Great job to everyone involved.

There could be 3 or 4 things/steps extra mentioned in the directions. I might have had trouble if I was a noob.

Either way, I'm rooted and pumped.

Thanks again.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] mahd-leb:
my phone is stuck on the vodafone logo and i cant boot it in fastboot anymore :( wt do i do nw is it tottaly bricked
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] jabberbox:
Would it be too much trouble to reveal what those 3 or 4 things/steps extra were? Remember..you too were at one time a noob. :D
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] momohammed20:
if anyone is having trouble with drivers, i recommend downloading a program called usbdeview. When you plug in your device there should be in the list an HTC device, right click that and click uninstall. Then plug the phone back in and direct the drivers to the drivers folder in the SDK. Do this only if your phone is not found.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] Qancer:
im sorry this might be a really newb question

so if i do root my mytouch3g (which is a 32B)

and DO NOT proceed to the flash to return to the 32B environment. (because i hear horror stories of brickage)

what ver ROM would i need to use?

I'm trying to use the jacHERO rom (or is there a better hero rom?)

would i need to use a 32A or 32B version of the ROM?

anyone confirmed it will work?

also, is there a way to revert everything back to normal if i proceed to this rooting and rom? or is this a point of no return @.@

tia
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] Ghost117:
I have an issue here with the gold card. I went out and bought a Kingston 2GB card like everyone recomended, and followed the steps in the Gold Card guide exactly. But after I finish using the HxD editor the card can no longer be read... God damn it. I want root.

Any ideas?

Thanks
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] momohammed20:
you would need to flash any 32A rom. But i would probably recommend reverting to the 32B world. Because some users reported some crashes with 32A but your mileage may vary
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] Qancer:
damn this is a tough choice.

i wonder how some people got their phone bricked ...
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] motivecc:
most likely at this point, its them not knowing how to recover from their mistakes... i highly doubt they're actually bricking their phones... i reverted back to the 32b rom and radio without any hiccups at all, and I would highly suggest doing so...

trying to flash any of the 32a cooked roms, let alone using the rom that was provided for the root process, my experiences were very negative... so far using a cooked rom with the 32b revert process has turned out to be very rewarding...
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] mahd-leb:
i been tryin to flash the new rom bt my phone has gotten pre-bricked twice so far and i have no idea what is wrong i have jailbroken iphones and hacked windows mobiles phones and everything hackable but the mytouch was frustrating for me i cnt gt it to work any help would be apreciated
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] Qancer:
thanks i guess i will try it out tonight. need to buy a microsd to usb adapter dongle.

you just followed the same procedures on the first post right? including the "dare-devil" section? lol

cant wait to use the hero rom :)
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] momohammed20:
mahd, i can try to help you. how far have you gotten. where are you getting stuck at?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] mahd-leb:
i have done all the steps twice i get to the part where to flash the spl and i falsh it but after tht my phone gets stuck on the vodafone logo and i cnt boot it in fastboot or anything i was able to boot in fastboot twice through a lil trick but its nt working anymore but i dont see what am doin wrong i am following the instructions step by step
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] Smokuevo:
i have sappimg.zip on the root of the sdcard and they hboot doesnt see it.. says no image !:( help
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] motivecc:
yep, followed everything verbatim pretty much... after i was finished with that, i went into recovery and did a data wipe, loaded the fatality rom immediately to the root of my sd card and did the update through recovery as well, worked without a hitch... initial boot does take about 3 or 4 minutes though
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] momohammed20:
try taking out your battery for a few minutes, then insert your battery back in. Then try to get back into fastboot mode. also did you make sure you are using the sdk r3, and not sdk r2. Did all drivers install successfully from the sdk for the phone?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] mahd-leb:
i try tht but i always get the red vodafone logo screen ............yes all the drivers are installed correctly and i was able to see the phone when it was connecting in fastboot mode ...........
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] Breakthecycle2:
What Rom does everyone suggest using? I know it's been asked before. I can root a G1 in my sleep and I'm almost done rooting the MT3G, but need a ROM. What do you recommend?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] mayormullet:
Mahd,try a battery pull if you can't get back into fastboot.

Also when flashing the spl in recovery, I had to punch in

Adb shell

#Mount /sdcard

To get recovery to see the memory card. After that, things went pretty smoothly.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] Ghost117:
A bit of help would be much apreciated. I am currently on the fastboot step where I am supposed to apply the recovery immage. I placed the image into the tools folder but when I try to type : fastboot boot recovery-RAv1.2.0H.img

I get an error syaing that it "cannot load" it

It sees the device because when I type: fastboot devices

I get: XXXXXXXXXX fastboot

Any ideas?