yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] zeeshanzc:
okay... i was having problems too... but this is what i tried... first...i connected my device and i saw that its not being detected eventhough i had the ADB setup and already had HTC Sync installed... so i uninstalled HTC Sync and then installed it again as that gave me the remaining missing drivers.... and then while my phone was connected to the computer(makesure its not on fastboot mode or anything.... just leave it on and on home screen idling)... then i made the gold card... and left it in the phone....and started the Europe RUU installation and that seemed to install fine... and while the phone was restarting i quickly chnaged the sd card with the one that had the custom recovery and i started up the control panel... started adb and flashed the recovery... after the recovery flashed its easy... just flash new SPL and radio using the recovery..... this is what worked for me as trying ADB to flash recovery gave me problems while it was just idling...i had to restart it and while it was restarting i had to quickly flash the recovery... hope that helps.... thanks...
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] MMartins:
but in that case what was the goldcard for if you didn't used it?

I will re-install the RUU with perfect SPL and the drivers/htc sync and try it again from the beggining with your method to see if it goes good!

thanks for sharing

EDIT: OMG just saw that I've downloaded from the ftp thw wrong rom!!!! I downloaded 401.3 instead of 401.01 Maybe it's that! x)
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] beav_35:
It is a very bad idea to leave your phone like this because you can't use fastboot mode. Fastboot mode could save your phone from being a brick if you do something like flash a different radio.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] hol17:
Could be, try it and see what happens.

@b

Yes I know the dangers; I'm downgrading soon but first I needed a ROM other than ROGERS ASAP because of the bugs in it.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] papay007:
You need a rom with bug that allows you to change recovery. I've changed my Rom from 401.3 ( wasn't able to root) to 401.1 and then it works perfectly. I hope it works for you.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] carz12:
you don't put the images on the goldcard, just leave it in while running ruu update (while phone is at home screen) so it bypasses the cid check, once done reboot phone to new rom, run other commands now.

Also the sdk doesnt install the usb driver, once the sdk is installed you have to choose to install it within the sdk setup, or just use this, http://developer.android.com/sdk/win-usb.html

also to check if you installed ok, plug phone in, don't mount, go to terminal (cmd in windoze) type "adb devices" your phone should show up, if not you don't have usb set up properly.

one more thing, rogers users don't leave the ruu 6.35.08.xx radio on, my data got cut off, I didn't think to check it lol, flash the new radio rogers uses 6.35.10.18
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] hol17:
Didn't know that the goldcard could bypass the RUU CID like that; I'll def make note.

I put the drivers on my post for Windows 32-Bit and 64-Bit; they are the exact same things.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] shayne122:
I think I'm going to compile all of the required files for this rogers root together complete with a setup file (to put everything in the right spot) and batch scripts so things don't screw up as easily for people.

should be able to host it through my ftp as well.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] MMartins:
as I suspected it worked like a charm after the correct rom download! :) no goldcard either!

sorry guys, thanks for your help
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] Reziukas:
Hi All. I'm kinda new to all the dev stuff, so I'm sorry if my post doesn't make any sense. I rooted my Magic (had the 401.3 sense rom) a couple of days ago, and I'm curious. Everyone here is telling to use goldcard for RUU, but I ran RUU directly through USB and the update went fine. After that flashing radio/spl/rom without any problems. So how come it doesn't work for some?
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] 3rdcoast:
because you're not in U.S. or Canada?
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] Reziukas:
I'm not, but I was under the impression that the rom version made all the difference, and I was downgrading from 401.3 to 401.1.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] 3rdcoast:
No, it sniffs the what I'll call zone which apparently yours is ok. Ours is in the more controlled and painful zone. :)
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] Reziukas:
Thanks for the explanation. I guess being in a not-so-smartphone-advanced zone has its advantages :)
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] 3rdcoast:
hehe. Until this process I had no idea what a goldcard did but now I know. Easier than I had feared. Basically it makes the RUU ignore the check and allows the update to complete. Your phone passes that check without fuss. I guess it could work the other way if you tried to flash the official Rogers RUU, although that would be insanity and I'd have to put you on the ignore list. :p

Best part about this update is that it debranded my phone. No more Rogers boot logo that gave me nightmares each time I saw it. :cool:
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] SilentTweak:
What brand and size SD card are you guys using for your goldcard? I just had 4 SD cards fail me.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] 3rdcoast:
I used the 2GB Sandisk card that came with the phone.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] BeerGood:
I read somewhere than Sandisks have issues as a goldcard... with that said I used a Sandisk for my goldcard and it worked however I created the goldcard from Linux:

- Open a shell as root in your Linux.

- Connect your phone to the USB and activate the mount option from the notification bar.

- From Linux type 'dmesg'

The last message will show the device of your Android phone (for me it was /dev/sdb). Use the following command to create your goldcard:

dd if=goldcard.img of=/dev/sdb bs=384 count=1

That's it! Your goldcard is done and you didn't even remove the SD card from your phone :)
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] Nikkefed:
I've been trying for a couple of hours now, getting this to work. I am able to install the RUU just fine, but when I get to the part where I need to flash the recovery I keep getting No such directory or file

I've tried about 3-4 different solutions, but none worked and they all ended up with the same error and yes I am 100% sure I wrote the filename correctly.

What are the options to solve this problem?
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] carz12:
I used my 2gb sandisk that came with the phone, worked just fine for me too, Ubuntu for the win.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] nonsane:
I'm happy this is my first post. i was able to use this method for root. I received my magic on Friday with the 0010 SPL. and used the method outlined here:

hxxp://gr eatbigdog01.wo rdpress.com/2010/04/30/rogers-magic-post-e911-update-to-cyanogen-5-0-7-android-2-1/

However i was not able to use cyanogen's rom on it yet. the BC kernel caused a boot loop. But i was able to install the Rogers Rom w/ root that someone uploaded to XDA.

Thanks everyone for the advice and being guinea pigs on here and props to Orange_24.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] funnysun:
did you guys use RUU at all?

how come when i used RUU 3.05.4xx EU it did not allow me to update....

is it because my current ROM is newer than this one? mine is 3.05.6xxx
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] orange_24:
try to choose the appropriate version of the rom and reduce it

from

**p://shipped-roms.com/shipped/Sapphire/
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] orange_24:
excuse for absence on the forum.

if someone wanted to reward my work done in violation of Perfect SPL - donation in signature.THX
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] gonzstyrer:
Hi.

Would it cause any problems downgrading to old radio (3.22) after this rootproces, i would like to try CM 5.0.7 which only support old radio for now, but i don't want to f.. up any thing.

__________________

HTC Magic

6.35.08.29

1.76.2007
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] gonzstyrer:
Nobody has an opinion about this?
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] kara mustafa:
I understand that you flashed a rom with root after you had rooted your magic? for example cursorsense?
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] gonzstyrer:
Yes im running Smoki 0.3
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] kara mustafa:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=677045

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=605239
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] Zero00SM:
any solution found?
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] NikPraskaton:
I have made goldcard but I get error Main version is older! Update Fail!, I even tried one other tut with flashrec and recovery backup but nothing, using terminal - permission denied.

I hate SPL 1.76.0009 :( Please someone crack it
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] bloy:
If you get main version older, then you havnt made the gold card properly, try again.. I was a previus user of the 0009 spl.. now running Smoki 6.8!
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] NikPraskaton:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=680359&highlight=USB+CONNECTION+ERROR

ITS WORKING!!!!!
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] wdk:
update error

Hi there, first off, thanks to Orange_24, it seems to work for most people. I have a problem, however.

When running RUU, i get an error ar (3): Boot (FAIL-IE), only on the first screen (i.e. with bootloader, radiov2 and boot, not on second screen with splash1, recovery, boot, system adn userdata, here all are OK). then when booting in recovery mode, the phone reboots after 2-5 seconds, before updating .zip is finished, or sometimes before I have time to select the update. I have the official 'sense' upgrade, SPL v1.76.0009 and radio v6.35.08.29.

Any suggestions?

PS, I've tried with both 'recovery-RA-hero-v1.6.2.img', 'recovery-RA-sapphire-v1.7.0h.img' and 'recovery-RA-sapphire-v1.7.0h-cyan.img'

EDIT: Btw, I have the 32A version, and can see the SPL version being downgraded to 1.76.0008 during RUU. Isn't it supposed to go to 1.76.0007?
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] bigalfry87:
I'm new here and do not fully know what I'm doing. I got RUU to start, my phone reboots and it runs for a little bit, but then I run into ERROR [130]: MODEL ID ERROR on the RUU on my pc and my phone says "Checking Model ID... Update Fail!"

and it just sits there.

I'm told to press exit on my pc and my phone reboots as it normally would.

What do I do here?

I have heard some mention of a gold card but I'm not fully sure what that is and when I search for what it is it is still extremely unclear. I consider myself to be fairly good with computers, but I'm no expert by any means. You are gonna have to dumb it down to a ridiculous level for me here.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

SAPPHIRE PVT 32A SHIP S-ON H

HBOOT-1.760010 (SAPP50000)

CPLD-12

RADIO-6.35.10.18
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] bigalfry87:
Disregard my previous post. I figured it out. Can't believe how many apps I was missing out on when I was stuck with 1.5. Huge thanks to everyone involved in figuring this out!
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] rahmaneee:
It works now hurry

GUYS .. I HAVING THAT 0009 SPL AND I USED THIS METHOD AND IT WORKS PERFECT

h t t p://rootyourmagic32a.blogspot.com/2010/04/root-htc-magic.html

I GOT MY S-OFF AND HBOOT AS1.76.2007 FROM 009

FIRST U NEED TO DO A EXACT AND CLEAR GOLD CARD ... ALL WILL DO PROBLEMS IN CREATING GOLD CARD BECASUE THE MEMORY CARD NUMBER WONT SHOW UP IN DOS COMMAND .. BECASUE THE WILL USE -/CID INSTEAD */CID AT THE END .. BUT BOTH WILL WORK TO READ THE CARD NUMBER , THEN THE SECOND MISTAKE THE WILL DO IS WHEN COPY PASTE THE GOLDCARD NUMBER TO MEMORY CARD THEY WILL SEARCH THE 00000170 AND ALL .. SO AVOID USING THIS BECASUE IT WONT SHOW UP IN ALL MEMORY CARD . SO JUST GO TO 000000 OFFSET LINE AND DRAG IT AND THEN COPY N PASTE WRITE FROM GOLD CARD SECTION . THEN UR GOLD CARD WORKS AWSOME ... TO CREATE THE BEST GOLD WITH VIDEO TUTORIAL GO TO THE LINK ABOVE I SHOWED .. GOOD LUCK . ANYWAY I CHANGED THE SPLLLLLLL LOL
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] garabadz:
weeeeeeeeeee

after 7 days i did it thx guy and spread love from CROATIA :)
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] orange_24:
I suggest making the gold card after removing perfect spl because after a long time, small problems appear.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] tigerset:
why I use RUU_Sapphire_HTC_Europe_3.05.401.1_test_signed_NoDriver.exe failed.when it start to update radio, my phone turn black. Anybody can help me?
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] thihaz:
From where?

Where did you order your serial cable?
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] mkrle:
Are you sure this will work? Can you post details? From what i've seen getting into AT mode consisted of booting a custom boot image which is impossible cause of the perfect SPL...
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] vmaxada:
Hey guys. Before you go buying or building serial cables try the sappimg.zip I've made. You 'll probably won't need to do anything else.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] hol17:
Question is: will it also work on 1.76.0010?
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] vmaxada:
If it works or not, doesn't have to do with the SPL version being 1.76.0009 or 1.76.0010. It has to do with the ROM version that is installed at the moment. If it is lower than 3.05.720.3, than it will work.

If you have a goldcard, it is very easy to try and see if it works for you.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] hol17:
Thanks for the info. Hopefully someone tries this method and posts their results.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] sindrefyrn:
Have you actually tried this? If it works, you're the hero of the section.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] mkrle:
I'm downloading but rapidshare does not love free members... Will report on progress...

Anyway I'm pretty sure it won't work cause if you've messed with the zip, then it's not properly signed anymore and the update shoud fail on S-ON. Nevertheless i'm downloading and trying asap
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] vmaxada:
Yes I did. Although, initially I had the 1.76.2007 SPL (I took precautions not to get stuck to the 1.76.0009 SPL) I installed the official update (with the perfecte SPL 1.76.0009) only to test this. And it worked.

As I said before, if you have a working goldcard, you won't lose anything by trying it.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] vmaxada:
There is also a mediafire mirror. Try that.

This has nothing to do with signing files. The goldcard method doesn't require signed files. Take my word for it. I 've been cooking ROMs for a while and recently I'm into ROM developing.

To the moderators:

Sorry for the double post. Please merge.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] novadoc:
did this work for anyone with spl 1.76.0010?
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] Sami88:
I tried and its not working :(

It goes through HBOOT, finds the sappimg.zip starts loading, then when its finished, it says "Checking..SAPPIMG.ZIP"

Then it just returns back to HBOOT mode like nothing happened, no change of SPL, or nothing.

I did this with 1.76.0010
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] hol17:
Same here. Just made a goldcard and tried the procedure -- it's a no go. It checks the SAPPIMG.zip but does nothing after.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] vmaxada:
Well it worked on mine and that is why I thought I should share it with you. After checking the sappimg.zip, it proceeded flashing each of the images (boot, radio, system etc).

Are you sure your goldcard is working properly? Making a goldcard can be tricky and not all SD cards are compatible.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] hol17:
Followed the guide (and used the card that came with the phone 'SANDISK 2GB') and once all the steps were done I took the SD card out of the reader and out it back in and I could open the SD card and move files onto it. Seems like I made it correctly.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] vmaxada:
I had to make mine twice in order to get it working. Mine also at first seemed to be working. As I write in my blog, it is known that some Sandisk cards cannot be used as goldcards. Try using another SD.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] mkrle:
Same with me, holds after checking. If you try flashing it as ZIP via RUU mode it reports signature verification error.

Goldcard only removes CID lock, not security lock :(
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] hol17:
Wish I could make another one, unfortunately I found this microSD by accident so unless I can buy another one -- I'm SOL.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] vmaxada:
This file is not meant to be flashed in any other way, but from a goldcard.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] hol17:
Do you recommend any particular microSD card brand? I have a few choices for ~$20 including HP, CoreMicro and Duracell.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] mkrle:
I know, I've tried flashing from goldcard *and* form RUU mode.

You can tell if your goldcard is OK by seeing that your phone finds sappimg.zip. If goldcard is bad it just acts as if there's no sappimg.zip and quickly passes through that searching screen.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] vmaxada:
I tried with an Apacer and it didn't work. My goldcard is a 1GB PQI. I really can't tell you what will work. You don't need to spent 20$ on an SD card. You can borrow one or you can buy the cheapest you can find as long as it is 256 MB or more (even a 128 MB card could work).
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] hol17:
Wish I could find one for cheaper but all I have around the Edmonton area are 2GB+ microSD making it extremely difficult to get 1GB cards. I have a 16GB Kingston but looking through the process of goldcarding and some warnings, I don't want to use up that card since I use it for many other things other than my phone.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] Sami88:
Maybe re-check the file you uploaded.

I downloaded the one from the mirror, I can't get through on rapidshare.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] hol17:
Tried the rapidshare one as well even with my Sandisk goldcard. Didn't work but don't take my word and shoot the idea down, some others should try it as well.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] *child:
I'm on the official RUU from Rogers (1.76.0010) and I am experiencing the same thing. It loads SAPPIMG.zip, checks it, and then does nothing. I know my gold card works as I used it to install the first official RUU with SenseUI from Taiwan.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] Sami88:
Yup, Tried it several times, and no go :(

Maybe its just 1.76.0010?
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] *child:
For kicks, I tried signing vmaxada's SAPPIMG.zip and still, nothing happens after checking.

:(
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] thihaz:
didn't work for me.

the sappimg.zip didn't work for me although it was checked.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] cursordroid:
I tried this quite some time ago with another 1.76 perfected SPL.

The reason that this works for the person who created it and not the rest of you is that the person who created it "took steps to avoid being stuck with perfect SPL"

That means he flashed the SPL and ROM, but left Amon_RA recovery (or something like that).

When the RUU runs, it changes the S-OFF to S-ON. If you don't run the RUU, it never changes your phone to S-ON, even if you have flashed the 1.76.0010 SPL manually. The SAPPIMG.zip will apply successfully if your phone says S-OFF, but not if it says S-ON, like the phones that had the RUU applied.

It's a very good effort, but it's not the right solution, sorry...
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] thihaz:
Do you know exactly how it is changed to S-ON?

So Do you know exactly how it is changed to S-ON?

I mean rom1.zip or rom.zip or any other thing made the change?

thanks.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] vmaxada:
Actually, I did run the RUU and didn't flash the new hboot manually. My own ROM was installed before running the RUU and did this only to check if the sappimg.zip works (I would get stuck with perfected SPL, if it didn't). However, I did have Amon_Ra's recovery installed before running the RUU. If that did the trick, I really don't know. I can't vouch, if this will work for others. Since it did the trick for me, I thought I shouldn't keep it to myself. Sorry if you are disappointed.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] thihaz:
it's ok

I think it's ok for us since nothing happened to us. :D

Thanks for sharing it.

What I understand is that you cannot create sappimg.zip with our situation since the zip file was from RUU.

Is there anyway to bypass the zip file checking?

Thanks.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] sindrefyrn:
Not known, else we'd all be rooted, aye?
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] boostnek9:
so any luck yet?
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] xaueious:
Kernel exploit for the Tattoo might work:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=635961

Saw this in the Rogers thread but someone can take a better look at this
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] issacw:
Failed to flash the samppimg on my 32A 1.76.0009

see the attached.

failed ...finally...

Hope some HERO could look into it further to get it FIXED.

Thx

Issac:confused:
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] hol17:
I don't understand what the problem is. After I tried flashing an exploit the same way I was brought back to the same menu (second screenshot) and I just rebooted the phone back to HBOOT and I could flash the exploit again. The exploit doesn't work all the time. It was found out that the initial provider of the exploit took precautions to make sure he wouldn't damage the phone which allowed the exploit to work.

Don't worry.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] mkrle:
I've been trying that tattoo exploit for hours with no success :(
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] raducutrandafir:
@Cursordroid:

Flashed 1.2.6.1, everything went smooth. Today I've flashed the official HTC Sense Rom for Magic and got stuck at the RUU Screen.

SAPPHIRE PVT 32A SHIP S-ON H

HBOOT 1.76.0009 (SAPP10000)

Radio 6.35.08.29

It simply got stuck. Suggestions?
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] vmaxada:
If you can fastboot, than you can reflash the 6.35.xx.xx radio and the 1.76.2007 SPL and from then on you can reinstall CursorSense.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] ngecw:
I had the same problem and am looking for solution as in a seperate thread.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=625604

Not sure if the suggestions suggested in the thread works for you or not, but it didn't work for me.:(
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] NielDK:
extUSB and superCID

Perhaps something like making it superCID would work, like this?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=559806
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] sindrefyrn:
Yes. That would most likely work. Although, I don't have a serial cable to test with. :(
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] mkrle:
I don't think it will work because it says:

7. Boot the hackspl.img by running "fastboot boot hackspl.img" on your PC.

And it's also said that you need to downgrade hero spl in order for fastboot boot to work. Well we can't do step 7 as it is, and we surely wouldn't be having this topic if we could downgrade our spl.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] blackvector666:
I believe this method should work, now I did notice that it says that the sappimg.zip file is not signed that is why the file check fails and that is the reason that it does not work in our case (Rogers with SPL 1.76.0010), can you sign it..??? I will try to sign the zip file myself but I never tried this before... I will post any results...
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] sindrefyrn:
There's a reason for the previous steps.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] NielDK:
If I get a minute to put together the usb serial cable I will give it a shot.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] sindrefyrn:
That would be fantastic if you posted results. :)