yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] daveerickson:
I know there can be risks when doing any kind of modding/hacking. What is the main risk with rooting the MT3G? Is it mainly an issue with the battery falling out or running out of juice? Or is the rooting process invasive enough (i know it is root = can touch everything) or unstable enough that there is a relatively high probability of an issue running the canned procedure?

I have my phone, love it, my wife would kill me if I wrecked it. I just want to know how likely I am to end up with a brick using this method.

Also a question to understand this procedure, if I run the apk and reboot normally then there is no lasting root, correct? I have to go into the recovery mode and flash over a new rooted rom for root to become permanent? Does this actually change the SPL on the MT3G, does it preserve the ability to flash other roms at any time in the future? I want to know if this is a one time open up your phone for rooting or if after I do this will I always have root.

Sorry for all the questions, but I have been lurking around and haven't found definitive answers to these questions. Thanks!

Dave
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] hitman4485:
Dave, Ive used this method. However if you didnt notice in my previous post...the spl does NOT change. Which is why I questioned the ability to flash any ROMs. The more "complicated" method (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=547133) requires a "goldcard" with an earlier version of the spl. Which I believe allows flashing to occur.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] daveerickson:
Yeah, I saw your post after I posted. I think this is great for a simple root I am thinking to have future rooting I will need the goldcard method anyway.

It would seem that this method should be able to modify the SPL since it is able to run as root, maybe not though...
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] crxtasi:
I did mine last night and now doing my wifes MT3G and I was comparing cyanogen's vs stock and its night and day...no loading screen issues with cyan's build and keyboard response got better too...

LOL yeah Ii was thinking about the SPL if we can change it out? I kinda want to call my phone semi-rooted :D
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] n1ghtl1fe:
so anyone flash a new spl/radio using this one click root? success? or no?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] crxtasi:
Still waiting on this one also hehehe haven't seen anyone do it yet! :D
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] n1ghtl1fe:
im debating on getting a mytouch if i can get full root in just a few clicks hmmmm definatley a positive haha. hows the mytouch work in recovery terminal? since theres no hardware keyboard?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] hitman4485:
just use the trackball to select what you want...cant use console though (ALT-X)
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] hitman4485:
Works

Just did it...1.33.2005/ also S-off. this is definitely legit :D and makes things a hell of a lot more easier than all those damn adb commands. Dont get me wrong at all I do appreciate all the work that was done by Haykuro and the other boys because without them Im sure this wouldnt be possible. Anywho...it works.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] jda1977:
Okay. As newb as one can get with phone mods, etc. But it actually works. I dont know what the exact benefits of it are but I am running... Mod version CyanogenMod-3.9.11.2 per about phone. All my downloads are gone but it worked. I dont know what the difference/any limitations is for down the road, in comparison to the gold card method (I hope none), with this type of root but hey it actually worked and I would have kick my own a$$ if I bricked my phone. Thanks to folks who found this way and are their any "rooted" differences now that I am on cfw using this method for say updating to cyanogens 4.0 eventual release?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] daveerickson:
Alright, I took the plunge and it worked flawlessly! :)

I use the 1 click install via the market app called Recovery Flasher. I installed CyanogenMod 4.0.1 Stable. Zoom zoom zoom...

I thought I may have had an issue when I rebooted after flashing since it sat at the MyTouch 3G splash for a ton longer than normal. I had read it was normal for the first boot to take longer so I didn't freak out and pull the battery. I just let it come up and now I couldn't be happier.

If I remember reading correctly CyanogenMod has the fix for the root vulnerability used in this hack to root plugged. So, now that I have a rooted ROM and recovery 1.4 will I ever need to worry about having the dreaded "Perfect SPL?"
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] xmasguy:
so easy a caveman could do it! a thousand times, thank you. :)
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] n1ghtl1fe:
so its confirmed you can FLASH a different SPL with no problem ? cuz if so im gettin a mytouch ! lol
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] hitman4485:
go for it

go to town boss...now i need to get out of the stupid hero boot loop.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] schtuka:
Thanks. I also took a chance since I got my Touch for free by Timo mistake. Couldn't resist. Aside a few apk not able to install everything works fine. Noob question, can I now format sd card?

Oh, thanks for Quick Office.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] BrooklynAvi:
Cyan 4.0.1 is out and very smoooooooth. 3.9.11.2 was too buggy for me. 3.9.10 is better and Cyan based 4.0 on that one.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] jda1977:
What is the difference of this rooting method and the goldcard method? Why is it so uncomplicated and if tmobile decides to close this route will it affect those of us already running cyanogen 4.0.1? Reading on spl's and radios and dont know if I should go there or if tmobile will ota push something that will un-do what this has done. Thanks.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] Mr. Moe:
Once you root, you will keep ROOT. I have flashed several ROMs since using this method with no issues

Sweet, I will go try Cyan 4.0 out today
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] Mr. Moe:
My SPL says

Sapphire PVT 32B Ship S-ON G

HBOOT-1.33.0006 (SAPP30000)

CPLD-10

RADIO-2.22.19.26I

May 27 2009

And I have root and am on my third HERO ROM in less than 24hrs.

Once you root, you will keep ROOT. I have flashed several ROMs since using this method with no issues

Sweet, I will go try Cyan 4.0 out today
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] hitman4485:
anything?

Anybody figure this out? Would be nice to partition through console.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] c_low29:
so we can use cyanogens recovery image on the mt3g?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] hitman4485:
100% correct...along with flashing a different radio, spl and any rom you like! so long its 32B.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] c_low29:
from the factory 32b or rooted to 32b?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] kingzfn:
Can anyone please explain to me how to use the terminal in cyanogens recovery with a mt3g? I can't get the keyboard to come up so once I get in the terminal I'm stuck. Holding down the menu key doesn't do anything. thanks
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] hitman4485:
OTB...root doesnt change it
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] hitman4485:
thats what ive been trying to figure out myself. you can use terminal app within android itself by holding menu to bring up keyboard but the recovery console doesnt recognize it....
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] hitman4485:
to get out just pull the battery
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] waacow:
I believe you might have to use "adb shell" by connect your phone to PC via USb cable to access your shell since there is no virtual keyboard in recovery mode.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] waacow:
BTW, I have another success story with one-click root on the MyTouch. I've success flash cyanogen v4.0.1.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] LongeFlucht:
I was able to use the Recovery Flasher and follow the instructions to get Cyanogen version 3.9.11.2 on. However, when I try to go back through and get 4.0.1, I hang forever at the MyTouch3g green boot splash screen.

I am able to restore to my latest backup (Cyanogen v 3.9.11.2), but after that I am lost. Total noob to this so any help is REALLY appreciated.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] waacow:
Do you try wiping all the data then apply the update?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] BrooklynAvi:
You cannot, as far as I know, get to recovery using the myTouch. Use ADB instead.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] LongeFlucht:
I did...from recovery mode, I wiped (and accepted with "home") then selected “apply any zip from sd”.

I selected the signed-cyanm-4.0.1-32a.zip that I copied to my SD root. Prior to copying it to the SD root, I did verify the MD5s.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] IMPEREAL:
does any one have a successful hero rom running every time i flash a hero rom my screen gets blurry. except 1 rom http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=540745 that has no t-mobile us data APNs so therefore i can not sign in to anything. is anyone else having these issues
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] daveerickson:
If you are flashing to a MT3G I don't think you want to use a rom that is for 32a. I may be misreading what your rom is saying. When I went to 4.0.1 I used a zip called update-cm-4.0.1-signed.zip. It will stay on the green MT3G screen for MUCH longer, especially the first time, that without this rom. It should take less than 5 minutes to boot in my experience. I have flashed my and my wifes MT3G's with success.

I also repartitioned the SD card to have an ext4 and swap space. I use linux so this was easy to do, and would be easy to accomplish with a live cd or live usb drive so you don't have to worry about no keyboard in the console. My first try I shrunk the fat32 partition and left 32M for swap at the beginning and 512M for ext4 between the swap and the fat32, the phone just hung at the "android" screen. Leaving the fat32 first, then the ext4, then the swap works great. FYI for anyone who is trying to figure that out.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] n1ghtl1fe:
SOMEONE should make a new guide =D

Everything from using one clock ROOT on MT3G to flashing a different radio/spl

to applying a rom and formatting sd =D
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] daveerickson:
I second that idea. Maybe someone with the knowledge would update the wiki.

I have been following lots of threads here about the different roms and rooting methods and I know there are a lot of repeat questions asked, but I find that I don't get very good results when searching the forums since some information is outdated and doesn't apply very well. I know hacking can move at a rapid pace, but I think if a person of team of people kept the wiki up to date there would be fewer repeat questions. I would volunteer to be on such a team, but not lead it. I don't feel I have enough solid knowledge yet.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] IMPEREAL:
Fatal1ty rom works awesome.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] jda1977:
Just got done formatting and partitioning the 4gb card that came with it. Wow only took a day of reading every ap2sd post I could find. But I think the class on the card is less than optimal, already looking at newegg for a 8gb class 6 but I really am getting tired of reinstalling all my applications :eek: Now looking at themes, What are the benefits of messing with the radio????
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] hitman4485:
thats the best ive used! just have to plug in the apn settings yourself...runs smooth...havnt tried fatality though
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] LongeFlucht:
Question about the nandroid backups:

If you want to do away with some of the backups, is it as simple as removing the ones you don't want from the nandroid folder on your SD? Will the newest remaining backup folder left become the default if you select "restore latest backup" from recovery?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] nolimit966:
It wont let me join my google account to my handset, when i click in the market place it just keeps saying

Signing In...

and then says Unable to establish a connection.

Can anyone please help me with this?

thanks
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] scorpio2008:
does this 1 click root only work with t-mobile, does anyone know if vodafone magics can do this as i have downloaded and followed all the steps but when come to add rom after recovery boot all i get is a attention sign and that it.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] nolimit966:
I have just done it now on my UK Vodafone 32B Magic and it runs great but it wont allow you to sign into the google sync when you setup your handset meaning you cannot access the market or the google sync apps.

Bit of a bummer really, i use the store a LOT so im going to have to revert back.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] chicojd:
32B!!! You tried to install the wrong ROM! Make sure you are installing for the 32B!
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] chicojd:
Have you had any bad experiences with trying to do the Google Sync / Sign-in? I am noticing that there are some bad experiences using the one-click.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] LongeFlucht:
Thanks...my dumbass was rushing with my new toy and not reading any directions. All is well in my world now (for now). Appreciate you reading through the posts and taking the time to respond to mine.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] tuffCookie:
noob here, so please forgive me if this is a stupid question.

once i do the 1 click root method and flash to a custom rom, how do i flash to a different custom rom? A) do i have to do the 1 click root method again or B) do i simply load a new rom in recovery mode?

my concern is with Cyanogen's rom v4.0.1. in the change log for Cyanogen's rom v4.0.1 it states: (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=537204)

* Not vulnerable to the "one click root" exploit

and also the fact that the 1 click root method does not downgrade/replace the "perfect spl".
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] daveerickson:
@chicojd - No issues signing in or syncing. So far I have used the 1 click method on 2 MT3G's and 1 G1. I have another MT3G that I will be doing in the next couple days. But absolutely no issues with syncing.

@tuffcookie - You can flash any rom from the recovery console once you have the 1.4 recovery. You would be unable to run the 1 click root from within cyanogen's 4.0.1 since he has it patched. But since that exploit is only used to install the recovery console, and you already have it, you don't need to do it.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] tuffCookie:
correct me if i'm wrong, so once i do the 1 click root method and the recovery console is installed, any future android updates/patches should not have any effect with functionality, rom flashing, etc.

i just need to do this before this exploit gets possibly patched :cool:
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] daveerickson:
I don't know that just doing the 1 click root will allow that. If you use the 1 click root to install the recovery and then reboot back into the stock MT3G rom it will revert the recovery console to stock. You need to install some rom with the recovery console, something like CyanogenMod, that will keep the modified recovery console. Then the new roms don't receive OTA updates from T-mobile so they won't be patching anything. As long as you keep a rom on that keeps the modded recovery console you are golden, at least that is my understanding. :)
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] darkfluid:
This is not true. You can reboot as many times as you want the Recovery Console will be there. This is only a problem on the G1 phones. On the G1 you need to immediately update the SPL after a once click install, or you will revert. Now...that being said, I'm sure there is some way that the OTA updates can change that in the future. Check out the docs on unlockr's web site.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] M3TR1C:
This looks a bit old but is it possible to use this process with the perfect SPL? If not then let me know cause i was going to do this but stopped cause it looks kinda old and people stopped posting here. THX
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] satbir7:
One click root

One click does work..... I did it on my phone too....

check the link below.....

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=553540&highlight=click+root

It has everything u need to know to root Mytouch 3g in one click.....

And this method will work even if u have a perfected SPL.....

Hope it hElps......
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] christophersilva:
I did and failed.

I ended up with the red vodafone screen and the phone doesn't do anything. I can use fastboot but end up with this error:

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

FAILED (remote: signature verify fail)

When trying to fastboot.

Other than that, my screen hangs on the red vodafone screen when booting normally and when booting to recovery, I get the triangle of death..

Any ideas
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] satbir7:
which method u used?

Did u do the unlocr method?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] phatmanxxl:
my MT3g came in yesterday and I plan to root, I read in this thread that phones after 8/09 will have a patch that won't allow the one click method. so is it true that it has been patched? I would like to know before I do this, I just moved and I won't have a computer while I do it, but I been reading a lot about it already and seems easy enough I won't need one. I'm going to download the files at work on a spare mini sd. thanks.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] pandemik.0:
Hi guys,

New here, and have come for a bit of help. I'm trying to track down a stock ROM for branded Vodafone New Zealand Magic as my original backup before I started tinkering with Hero ROMs etc got corrupted. Anyone know where I could find this or have a rom dump please?

Phone details

Vodafone Magic

HTC Magic (vodafone branded) black

SAPPHIRE PVT 32B :

HBOOT-1.33.0004 (SAPP10000) : Sapphire PVT 32B SHIP S-ON G :

CPLD-10

RADIO-2.22.19.26I

Apr 9 2009, 23:30:40

(Crappy old SDcard became corrupted when I tried to backup the backup to PC! The backup is corrupted and will not load).

I've searched exhaustively, plenty of ROMs around but a stock one for New Zealand eludes me. I've pestered HTC but they have none suitable and say a update ROM is a long way off for NZ.

Is there a good list of ROMs somewhere that I'm missing or Does anyone have a stock dump they'd care to share?

(I'll probably keep playing with hero and other modded ROMs for now. on a tangent I find many will not boot on this particular phone, even with great care in wiping everything first. I have seen other users with this exact NZ phone type have trouble with many rooted roms not booting. would be nice to a have a stock rom back!)

any helpgreatly appreciated :)
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] KarrdeNZ:
I've not had any trouble with booting ROMs on my Voda NZ Magic. I don't have a stock ROM, but I might be able to make one as I'm running stock Cupcake on mine at the moment. I'll need to look into exactly how to do it though.

I'd suggest working through my guide, as it's essentially the exact procedure I used to install Hero on my Voda NZ Magic.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] CatalystNZ:
I have a Nandriod backup of a friends phone (Vodafone NZ)...

Can anyone confirm if it's safe to give out a Nandroid Backup? I assume it is... just want to be cautious..
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] waacow:
it depends on when you or your friend create the Nandriod, it is contains any login info like google username and password. Also I am not sure Nandroid backup can be flashed to a different phone.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] KarrdeNZ:
In theory, a nandroid backup of a phone that's had the data wiped is safe to distribute. Whether or not it'll restore to another phone, I'm not sure. I only have the one phone here to test with :)
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] pandemik.0:
hi thanks karrdenz,

I've already got a couple of hero roms working well on the phone using your method - one of the better guides around. A few htc magic rooted roms don't seem to boot, like the dalroid one.

Well I plan to blow away hero off my magic so i'm keen to be guinea pig if anyone has a nanroid of the NZ rom. :)
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] sreejithb:
I was using Opera on my TP2 last day. I was using the hardware keyboard rather than the on screen one. At one point i had to use a backslash '\' to enter a domain. So I pressed the 'Fn' key and then the 'SYM' key. I was shocked to see that the symbols screen just flashed for a sec and disappeared. I was not able to select any symbols.

The SYM key works perfectly in SMS/Email menus. So far I found the problem only with Opera. Is there a fix for it?

I found other threads where SYM key is not responsive. This is not my case. It is working fine except the sym screen doesnt stay and wait for the input when used with Opera mobile.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] ohyeahar:
Yeah, I got this too. The symbol you described (\) is the forward slash isn't it? I think we mostly use back slash (/) for url's anyway (back slash is Fn+N on my device).

Anyway, until there's a fix for this and you need to enter symbols, you'll probably have to type what you need in Notes or something and use copy&paste.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] vdKarel:
Same problem here.

But in internet addresses you use the forward slash (/ - you have 'm confused ohyeahar) as in http://

You also don't need any symbols as they aren't allowed in internet addresses. You might occasionly need 'm in an input field (eg Google search) ...
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] ohyeahar:
Haha, my bad. It seems that up until now, I always thought (/) was called backslash and (\) was forwardslash! Learned something new today, thanks!
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] vdKarel:
The forward slash (/) is titled forward ... The backslash (\) is tilted backwards ... quite logical isn't it? :D
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] V6-Maniac:
Same problem here:

HTC Touch Pro II

ROM-Vers: 1.19.404.1 (51489) NLD

ROM-Date: 06/22/09

Radio-Vers: 3.44.25.27
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] solsearch:
depends if you look at the slash starting from the bottom or from the top. ;)
[Android Themes] jay22are:
im gonna give this a go since im kind of bored of all the other themes..lets see how it goes..
[Android Themes] WiredAnim:
Great work man looks slick. I'll give it a shot.
[Android Themes] yosho:
heh, just finished booting up beta1, hit refresh, and bam.

beta1 looks good to me so far... flashing 2 now. Love the choices you made... good stuff!
[Android Themes] AbsoluteDesignz:
are there larger versions of those smilies? or at least a site where i can get a large complete smiley set? I've been wanting to change the smilies in Hello IM
[Android Themes] drpfenderson:
Hahaha....Sorry. I probably won't be updating as frequently, I just needed to fix that pesky change, and noticed that CMUpdater had updated and was like- Why not?

Yes, actually. You can download it here: http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/366018/trillian.zip
[Android Themes] krstnsn:
does it have htc music =]=]=]=]
[Android Themes] krstnsn:
ps screenshots look gnarly.
[Android Themes] drpfenderson:
Not currently. I don't really use it (due to MixZing be wicked awesome), and I wanted to keep this theme LEAN. However, if there is enough interest I will release an HTCMusic version. ;)
[Android Themes] question.com:
lets give this a shot. looks pretty good from the screen shots. them is also tiny.
[Android Themes] rwbarnes67:
Where did you get that wallpaper? I see that it's not in the theme...?
[Android Themes] drpfenderson:
Should just be the default wallpaper. I'll edit the wallpaper selector next time to have it. You can just download it below.
[Android Themes] yosho:
Running beta 3, all looks great. Found a missing skin though... power control widget in landscape. Text and sliders are dark, but the background panel is light. Pretty obvious if you open the g1 with the power control widget onscreen.

Thanks for the quick work!
[Android Themes] WiredAnim:
Idk if its the theme or the rom but there are no controls for the video im going to detheme to check if its the rom. Ill keep you posted to what i find out.
[Android Themes] drpfenderson:
Yes! Good catch...fixed in RC1. Posting it later this afternoon.

Aha! Correct. Thanks for the catch. Have to hunt that one down. Thinking that camera has something wrong in general - I'm getting FCs.
[Android Themes] missxoash:
Not sure if it's the theme or the ROM itself but my phone slowed to a crawl. Reflashing the ROM to test.