yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] addiecool:
I got a failed error

Main version is older

Update failed

I have your same build
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] acidburn89:
I have an Indian HTC Magic with HBOOT-1.33.00010 and build number 2.16.720.2. Is there any way I can root my Magic and flash it with a new ROM? Any other Indian Magic users with the same build reporting success? I would've tried following the instructions, but the problem is in creating the Gold Card. My Magic doesn't come pre-installed with Marketplace. Or any other Google app for that matter. Can somebody please help me out here?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] andru47:
Just to confirm what OS is compatible with this tutorial? Would Windows 7 work or vista? Or do I need win xp? Linux?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] DroidRC1:
THANK YOU To ALL THAT WORKED HARD TO MAKE THIS PHONE ROOT!!...now do i need 2 sdcards and if so how much space do they need to be and will they have to be class 6 card?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] rahulsh:
can someone from with 1.33.0010 Magic confirm this?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] wade_link:
After all of this, can we now Root to a HERO ROM? That would be slick.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] victortung:
in Haykuro step, there is an file called givemeroot zip

Do we have to run this too?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] ashish.matrix@gmail.com:
I too got :

"Main version is older

Update failed "

Mine is also HBOOT-1.33.00010 and build number 2.16.720.2.

Purchased HTC Magic from India.

It is so disappointing to miss it, when it was so close :(
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] smartwild:
even mine is HBOOT-1.33.00010 and build number 2.16.720.2. just when I thought the wait is over, damn:(:eek::confused:
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] victortung:
After I got the recovery image onto it.

Can I download the magic rom from HTC and upload into it?

And I am going to lose the Root access again?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] juanavila:
Are you guys following the instructions step by step? Make sure you created the Gold Card as well. It seems that some people are missing this portion.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] htciscrap:
Will it work if I use SAPPIMG_Sapphire_HTC_Asia_WWE_2.53.707.2_SEA_release_signed.zip but with one change: replace the hboot.img with hboot.img from sappimg.zip mentioned in the first post of this thread?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] :
can someone post the "32B RAv1.2.0G recovery" somewhere other than rapidshare pretty please???
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] spatali:
Good Question!, Curious to know the answer since even i have 2.16.720.2
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] wesgarner:
Bricked =/

Ok so steps that worked:

Goldcard, load the Vodafone image

Booted perfectly, did Haykuro's method for adb flash_image to flash the recovery -- got an out of memory error, so I reboot and tried again - worked that time

Tried to reboot into recovery, and it would never boot -- eek

Then used the fastboot boot recovery method - worked great, it updated the SPL, good so far

Tried rebooting into HBOOT/Fastboot and nothing, booted to the Vodafone splash

...and it's dead now, no spl recovery or regular boot

sigh...
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] mascool:
Can't flash any other ROM

I have a mytouch 3g that came with the .0006 "perfect" SPL.

I followed the instructions, got the SPL, now fastboot reports PVT 32B ENG S-OFF H, HBOOT-1.33.2005 (SAPP30000).

I can fastboot into recovery-RAv1.2.0H.img but the only ROM that boots up after doing a flash update.zip is the one mentioned in this tutorial: Rom-RAv1.1.0H-signed-update. I've tried

RA-IONv1.6.2H (reboots after sitting at the "Vodafone" screen for 30 secs) or

RA-IONv1.6.2G (hangs at the "Vodafone" logo).

I've also tried TMO-OTA-US-DRC83-Rooted_update with the same results (hung at Vodafone logo).

Am I missing something? Is this the only ROM for the mytouch 3g ?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] effilter:
Hi all,

I have tried to root my friend phone and now it seems to be broken beyond repair :(

My current status is that I can't enter fastboot mode or any other of the special modes. When I boot the phone it gives my the vodaphone red screen and stay like that, no matter which keys combination I press while booting or after.

I reach this state after following the steps describe at the beginning of this thread till the hboot upgrade. I have passed the sapping flashing.

I aware of the risk I took and I knew I might end up with a broken phone but still I wonder if anyone here have seen such a situation and know if there is a way out of it.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] dzhou3712:
Flash my own custom ROM after rooting mytouch 3G

Hi, I'm a newbie here...

First of all, I would like to say thank you very very much to Amon for his wonderful work! I happen to need to experiment with making changes to Android framework so this is really helpful to me. I deeply appreciate his work.

I have followed the instructions and successfully rooted the myTouch 3G that I have, and have also successfully changed Donut source tree and built the images.

Now my question is, how do I flash these images to the phone? I followed instructions at http://source.android.com/documentation/building-for-dream, but that didn't work for me.

I'm new to this so I don't know what the problem is. Anyone help on this is greatly appreciated!
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] Hydboy97:
Bricked

I bricked my myTouch trying to gain root access.

Now the phone wont even turn on. When I plug the usb cable to the phone and pc the led at the top of the phone turns orange and then I can do the volume down + power button.

So I can’t access bootloader or recovery. The only thing that works is the blue led trick when pressing trackball + power button.

I tried below procedure to recover but it didn’t work.

Step 1: Turned Phone off by taking out the battery.

Step 2: Prepared SD card

Put SD card in card reader and formatted it as FAT32, copied the DREAIMG.nbh onto it.

Step 3: Put SD card back in phone

Step 4: Hold Vol down + Power + track ball together and put batter to start phone

Step 5: Run update

Please reply on vakkaka@yahoo.com and let me know what to do and how to proceed.

Thanks in advance.

Steve
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] mrj0:
Sandisk sd

Thank you guys so much! I had to go through all the gold card steps with my Rogers Magic. Everything was well documented and pretty straight-forward.

I just wanted to add I also had problems with Sandisk SD cards under Windows. But there where some Linux instructions that got me started on the right path. It worked fine.

Also, I made a Nandroid backup at the first opportunity in the recovery ROM. It might be good to add that in the instructions.

Thanks again!
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] mgorman:
can someone post a mirror for the un-root file? rapidshare won't let me download it
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] jenskristian:
Will this tutorial work on my Scandinavian 32A HTC Magic (HBOOT-1.33.0014)?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] kingskidd268:
You need to flash a mytouch rom goto http://xdaforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=448 and get a mtouch rom vodafone is not made for mt3g but for magic 32a. and get the recovery and get http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=530492 the G is for mytouch 32b the h is for 32a, i hope this helped.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] kingskidd268:
see you use DREAIMG.nbh you need SAPPIMG.nbh goto http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=HTC_Sapphire_Hacking and read all I can tell you is try to get SAPPIMG.nbh to udate you phone to 1.5, dreaimg. is for the g1. good luck. if you cant get it to come on at all it was the dreaimg that did it.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] PlzHELP!:
When using the sappimg does that reset your SPL to factory as well?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] tazz9690:
yes it does
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] kingskidd268:
Yes everything to the org. frimware, spl, recovery....
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] androidLust:
unroot

Was able to unroot using Eng SPL.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] kingskidd268:
1 you need to downgarde your frimware to 1.5 and then you can root. If you have a MYtouch use this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=586363
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] Cringle:
Hey,

I am trying to recover my soft bricked phone and have determined I need a gold card as it is failing CID check.

However as the handset is unusable I cannot find out my CID. is there any other way to find it or a way to recover without a Gold card?

Cheers,

Chris
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] em2drvr03:
can i flash 1.33.2005 after i have already rooted and flashed a rom ??? or do i have to do the whole process again??? and wuts the diff between the spl that on my phone now and 1.33.2005...i dont understand wut it does
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] badly-drawn-boy:
Did that and have some serious problems now :/ Aren't ROM specific problems, because I've tried 2 different roms and the problems were exactly the same.

First, odd fact: the automatic date appears as... 1903! I know i can change this, but it should not be that way, right?...

Second: frequently getting the message "The process android. process.media has stopped unexpectedly."

Third and worst part: can't sinc with google account: "Can't establish a reliable data connection to the server", when i browse sites with no problem...

My guess is that this three problems have the same source. And which is yours guest? No problems connecting to wi-fi.

Rebooted one hundred times, reseted, re-installed the roms... and nothing. :( Please someone can help? Many, many, many thanks.

Best regards from Portugal!

---

32A HTC Magic Eng S-OFF H

HBOOT-1.33.2009

CPLD-12

RADIO-3.22.20.17
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] stian230:
Can someone post sappimg.zip or a mirror please ..:(
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] stian230:
Yep this is a "soft-Bricked" .. I manage to get it in hboot and fast boot but there is no image on the phone Grrrrrrrrrr (help):(
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] in10city:
New Mytouch 3G Rooting Issues

I washed my rooted mytouch, I got a new one in the mail, but when I try and downgrade it from a 1.6 to a 1.5 it gives me the following error:

Main Version is older!

Update Fail!

I formatted my SDcard in fat 32 and placed the SAPPIMG.nbh on the SDcard but still get the error, I have tried with many different SAPPIMG.nbh files but all give the same error. Any help would be appreciated, a link to try another way of rooting would be appreciated, anything would be appreciated. I also have tried just running flashrec on the phone, but it will not even back up.

Here is my phone info.

Sapphire PVT 32B SHIP S-ON G

HBOOT-1.33.0007 (SAPP30000)

CPLD-10

RADIO-2.22.19.261

Jul 31 2009, 15:49:25
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] in10city:
Fixed!

I followed the instruction on this link.

http://theunlockr.com/2009/08/14/how-to-root-your-mytouch-3g/

I did not use the sappimg.zip from unlockr, I used the one on the link below, the developer build, the latest release

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=548218
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] sciopath:
Hi,

I have read a ton fo threads an now I'm a little bit lost.

I have a Vodafone HTC Magic.

Firt, fastboot said :

SAPPHIRE UNKNOWN 32B SHIP S-ON G
HBOOT-1.33.0007 (SAPP10000)
CPLD-10
RADIO-2.22.19.26I

So I created a goldcard, updated SAPPIMG.zip with v2.53.707.2 as said http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=548218, then launched recovery-RA-sapphire-v1.5.2H.img (first thing I don't really understand, as I have a 32B, the G.img didn't work), and updated SPL with Engineering SPL 1.33.2010.

Now fastboot says ;

SAPPHIRE PVT 32B ENG SHIP S-OFF H
HBOOT-1.33.0010 (SAPP10000)
CPLD-10
RADIO-2.22.20.17

Everything seems ok. Then I download RA-IONv1.6.3H.zip, fastboot with recovery-RA-sapphire-v1.5.2H.img and update the phone. But now it constantly reboot after the first splashscreen.

Luckily I still have access to fastboot, but what should I do to revert to 32B and finaly get able to install any update.zip that work (with root access) ?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] eyegor:
Use the G version of the recovery. That one fits your radio.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] sciopath:
Nope, that's not better.

What I still don't understand is that I only can boot with recovery-RA-sapphire-v1.5.2H.img instead of recovery-RA-sapphire-v1.5.2G.img.

In the tutorial it is said that to revert back, you need to be able to boot with the G version, which I can't.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] eyegor:
Well if you can get into recovery...and it seems that you can...try flashing the G version of the rom...

Thats the first thing id try ... maybe just the recovery thing is screwed up and you still need to use the G version of the rom...

I can recreate your issue (ROM not booting, just showing first splash) by flashing a 32B rom to my 32A device.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] sciopath:
Thanks for the help eyegor, and not let me feel to alone :D

by the time you were responding, I found a way to solve my problem :

. perform "Revert to 32B Radio and ROM :" part

. boot in recovery mode and apply the update.zip from signed-google_ion-ota-14721.zip (what I genuily wanted to to : remove crappy software from Vodafone and have an official HTC build).

Now everything works perfectly !
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] eyegor:
Well...im glad i was supportive :)

Even though it didnt directly help :P

Nice to hear that it worked out for ya :P

Happy modding :)
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] endre_dude:
pls help ! can't type anything in terminal !

I'm trying to root a japanese mt3g ( "ntt docomo" ) 32b with the dreaded 1.33.0006 , with android 1.6 on it.

Now, from everything I've read, I understand the only way of doing this is by using a goldcard. Which is fine, except for 1 thing..I can't type anything in the Terminal Emulator , and I've tried Better Terminal, too..with the same result. The keyboard does show up, but nothing happens when I press any keys. And it's not just the text not showing up, because i've tried typing commands and pressing enter and nothing happens. It is a retarded japanese iWnn IME that it's using, and it won't let me switch to Better Keyboard which I've installed on it..dunno if that's got anything to do with it...but what can i do ? how else can i get the code to make the goldcard ? I'm running Win 7 x64 so I think adb would be a huge headache and probably wouldn't work anyway...any ideas pls ?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] theinitial21:
what do u mean by Revert to 32B Radio and ROM?

Im new at this and im considering rooting my device, just wanting to know what you mean by Revert to 32B Radio and ROM. what does that allow you to do?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] eyegor:
It allows you to flash 32B ROMs that were meant for your device instead of the 32A ones that weren't.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] Dalamak:
what's the trick to creating a gold card to root this **** phone,

I tried making a goldcard out of the card it came with, a sandisk, a transcend and a Kingston all in windows 7, tried with a transcend branded usb to mico sd adapter, tried with a multi card reader and a micro to sd adapter, does this have to be done with the card in the phone in mass storage mod?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] nicknowsky:
dude if u have a mytouch 3g 2b with 1.33.0006 SPL just do the 1-CLICK ROOT, i just did last week, and I am able to FLASH absolutely every ROM with NO issues. Its by far the BEST way, easiest way, safest way! no goldcard mess check it out!

(its sh*t easy) http://theunlockr.com/2009/08/29/how-to-root-the-htc-magic-in-one-click/
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] ricsdue:
Update my magic

Hey

I've a magic with

SAPPHIRE PVT 32A SHIP S-ON H

HBOOT-1.33.0014 (SAPP10000)

CPLD-12

RADIO-3.22.23.18

Sep 2 2009,17:42:56

Can you tell me how to upgrade my phone to another ROM? Do I have to make a Goldcard? Or can I just install one of the ROM with Sense..

Thanks
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] l0lcats:
I don't know what this means. What does "rooting" the phone get you? Why is it being done?

There's no description or explanation in the original post...
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] shitdude00:
Hi!

Can anyone help me root my device?

Saphire PVT 32A Ship S-ON H

HBOOT-1.76.0007

CPLD-12

RADIO-6.35.07.29

Aug 4, 2009

Build 3.03.707.5

Singapore HTC Official Sense UI installed

I tried the Amon Ra's recovery and the one click procedure from unlockr.com but still no good. :confused::confused::confused:
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] ryansito:
sappimg.zip

Hey if anyone has the sappimg.zip can u upload it on another file sharing site smh rapidshare is full of it right now lol
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] toddflygare:
sappimg

I could email it to you if you still need it
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] toddflygare:
Rooting

it gains access into the "root" of the phone where you can change the programs like ROMS and such, there are alot of reasons to do it one of my favorite is being able to put all info onto the SD card so no room is takin up on the device mem., cant think of any not to.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] toddflygare:
root

usually if you are having problems rooting you need to do the unroot. even if you have not rooted before. that too is on theunlockr.com under un-root. i also have the file and can email it to you if you would like. let me know.

toddflygare@gmail.com
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] oba1:
successfully rooted and flashed a mytouch 3g with Amon-RA goldcard trick.

thanks for all the info - and for the ppl tah cant create a goldcard, you probably cannot use the HxD program to create one correctly. you have to use a mac or a linux box to write the goldcard.img using the dd command correctly.

that was the main problem i had - could not create a goldcard using the phone as a reader - had to go and buy this :

a sandisk mobilemate micro reader

and use as a cardreader - after that, there was no problem.

the only issue is that this tut is old - i had a newer radio img version on the phone :2.22.23.02.

does anyone know where i can download that?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] cjensen391:
sappimg

If I could also get a copy of the sappimg, it would be much appreciated. Just let me know how to get it.

Thanks,

Chris
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] rizoh66:
I need to unroot my mt3g. I have tried using the sappimg from the unlocker and my phone doesn't recognize it. I really dont want to use the gold card method. Is there an up to date sappimg I need to use, like 2.53.707.2_-_sappimg? Will this unroot my phone?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] hexto:
I just got a My Touch 3G from my job's lost and found. Its been there for 60 days and no one claimed it even after we posted it. Its locked and I cannot access it unless I know the gmail user name and password. Will this method work to unlock the phone?

Update...Not sure how I did it but I got into a boot menu that allowed me to reset the phone to factory settings. I think I held home, back, and end/power at the same time. Still want to root the phone. Will try it using the above method
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] hexto:
If my phone (MyTouch 3g) is not activated, can I still root the phone?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] chowdarygm:
Hello all sorry for being noob in this part (SPL)

i had a 32B magic with HBOOT 1.33.0006 , and i think it is a perfected SPL . i have installed the HBOOT 1.33.2005 and latest radio 2.22.23.02 without any problem but now my magic shows as " 32B ENG S-OFF H"

i think it should be a G instead of H right?

did i do any wrong or should i do anything now as i have installed many roms from yesterday night and all are working good.

My recovery is RA Sapphire v1.6.2G

i have gone through wiki many times but i am getting confused with G and H thing.

Kind souls, plz help or suggest
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] rizoh66:
Gold Card Not Working

I just received a replacement mt3g in the mail and am trying to root it. It came with 1.6 and I have tried both the one click and gold card method. When I try to downgrade to 1.5 by flashing the sappimg I still get the "Main version is older, update fail" error in HBOOT. This is not the new mt3g with the 3.5mm headset port, it is the original mt3g. Please help.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] sombionix:
I'm having the same issue. I just received a replacement MT3G V1.0 (not fender or 1.2) The SPL installed on my new phone is preventing me from rooting. Here are the NEW phone specs.

Mytouch 3G v1.0

SPL: 1.33.0007 (perfect)

CPLD-10

Radio: 2.22.23.02

Build Number: DMD64

I've tried everything. I've followed the unlockers guide, with/without goldcard. Tried multiple forms of SAPPimg. zip and nbh files. Nothing works. I know this isn't UNROOTABLE, but has anyone actually figured this one out yet?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] rizoh66:
I finally got it rooted. I dont know if the goldcard was needed though. But since you have one, it wont hurt to use it. The secret is to not follow the Unlocker tutorial quite yet. Follow this one first: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=4332591&postcount=1. Use the ROM v2.53.707.2 (Engineerings SPL v1.33.2010) and flash the

ZIP

in HBOOT. After it updates, reboot. This part kinda freaked me out because it loaded the Vodaphone splash and rom. But everything worked out in the end.

So this is where you follow the Unlocker tutorial. Put the Unlockers SAPP image on the root of your SD and flash it in HBOOT and voila your back to 1 point freakin 5!

This took me so many hourly sessions and now I can make a goldcard in 5-10 minutes flat. But I wont...

Let me know if this works or if I just got lucky.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] sombionix:
Actually, one of the first files I tried was the 2.53.707.2. I renamed it to SAPPimg.zip as stated, placed it on my goldcard, rebooted my phone and let the file load. Everything seemed to be working fine, but as soon as the blue vertical bar loads and it says checking SAPPimg.zip, nothing else happens. It doesn't say complete or anything. The only thing that appears is the <back> fastboot mode. That's it. Its so frustrating.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] rizoh66:
Did you name it sappimg.zip or is it sappimg.zip.zip?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] sombionix:
sappimg.zip. I have my file extensions visible under folder options.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] insanedrunk:
once i revert back to 32b radio and rom, can i start flashing like i would normaly, as in the same way as the instant root method?

EDIT: Just confirmed myself, yes it does.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] dreamsofubuntu:
Justed wanted to pop by and say thanks to Amon_RA for the guide:D I'm now running the below:p
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] zulvkr:
i already rooted my mt3g with 1 click method.

now i use radio 26I.can i can my radio to 32A radio?

if can,which way i must follow and what the benefit for change radio to 32A.

thanks n sorry for my english
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] jgcaap:
Hello. i used the gold card method, and i putted the samimg in the gold card and why i tried to update, it appers the bar onthe right, and then after is checking the img gives an error saying, Update Failed! Main version is older Failed updated. Do you know whats this about?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] racheado:
A big thank you!

Hi

I just want to thank you for all your work! I successfully rooted my MyTouch 3G using a gold card and reverted to 32B and now I'm able to flash ROMs!!

Thank you again!
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] slcikx:
Hey guys having a bit of a bricked moment here on my MT3G 1.2 I just updated the sappimg file in the bootloader (volume down + power) and after it updated my phone is stuck in the HTC magic screen. Any clue on what to do?:mad:
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] EggL:
Got it unrooted without a goldcard :)

First I used an unengineered SPL and I become the ID error, after that I downloaded your SPL from the first post and installed it.

After that I took the NBH and the unroot worked just fine :)
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] inaciofreitas:
hi!

did only the first part of this tutorial: flash the sappimg.zip!

After, went to fastboot mode to check my htc magic 32B stats, and shows this:

SAPPHIRE PVT 32B ENG S-OFF H

HBOOT-1.33.2010 (SAPP10000)

CPLD-10

RADIO-3.22.20.17

Is it possible to go on and flash the 1.33.2005 SPL and the RAv1.1.0H 32A based ROM with the RADIO i have now: 3.22.20.17??

To revert to 32B Radio and Rom, which Ion radio image should i download from htc site, android version 1.5 or 1.6?