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[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] javon27:
I think it must have something to do with my HBOOT. I noticed that I have the most recent, or at least newer radio than most of you trying to root your 1.33.0007. All the guides I've seen mentions upgrading the radio to what I already have.

The sappimg shouldn't have any radio files in it, right? I'm just tired of wasting my time going through the process... if anyone has a verifiable working goldcard, i'll be willing to trade both of my SD cards and pay for shipping if you're interested. Maybe I am doing something wrong when creating my goldcard, but none of the guides give much insight as to if I'm doing it wrong. It just says take it out and plug it back in to see if Windows recognizes it. And do note that I'm running XP, so I don't have to run the hexed as an admin. All help is appreciated; thanks!
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] knny1491:
ill trade you, confirmed to root my mytouch1.2 and the phone that started this thread lol. pmd you

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[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] pbaumi:
Hi knny1491 & Thx a lot for this tutorial.

Everything worked for me (except a few heart-attacks :-) ).

I started with: SAPPHIRE UNKNOWN 32B SHIP S-ON G, hboot-1.33.0007, cpld-10, radio-2.22.19.26I

After: SAPPHIRE PVT 32B ENG S-OFF H, HBOOT-1.33.2010, CPLD-20, Radio-2.22.23.02

I made a few mistakes - so perhaps you can update your tut:

Be Careful and disconnect USB -> my magic rebooted everytime I put the akku back in

"flash the spl" wasn`t very clear for a beginner. I had to "flash zip from sdcard", use the signed danger spl "update.zip" and NOT reboot manually - ONLY with the menu item "reboot"! - then the same Recovery menu should and you can flash the choosen ROM.

HTH

Peter
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] knny1491:
thanks for thst man will update op when i get to my laptop, my phone says s off h as well, exactly how to make it say g at the end i wouldnt know but te phone works lol, as far as te phone turning back on it dd te same for me but i just helf down the necessry button as i pulledbthe battery out lol.

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[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] knny1491:
if you flashed cyanogens eclair you need to flash the gapps.zip with it.

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[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] kaosz2:
No, it works perfectly with Cyanogen 5.0.7-test2.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] javon27:
Creating goldcard

well... i decided to go back to my goldcard to see if i was doing something wrong, and i noticed something really weird. it seems that even with the same reversed cid code, i get different goldcard images... i have attached all three that i received for the same card. maybe it's not actually a big deal, but i actually use adb to get the cid and copy it straight from the terminal into the reverser and goldcard request form per theunlockr.com. i even played around with the sdcard in the hex editor in case there was some junk... thankfully i didn't ruin the card by doing that!
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] knny1491:
im pretty sure you shouldnt e getting different images. on the reversed image you arw makg sure that the first. wo numbers arw zeros right?

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[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] pbaumi:
I think, after repartitioning my SD-Card, i "lost" the coldcard function. Will i ever need a goldcard again after rooting my sapphire?
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] knny1491:
you shouldnt unless you find yourself back with a perfected spl.

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[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] gsa1968:
I had a problem similar to what javon is having. I tried multiple sappimg.zip files and made the gold card several times with different SD cards, including a 2gb Kinston, but always got the 'main version is older' error. Finally, I rewatched the unlockr video and decided to do everything *exactly* as he did it and it worked. The two things I had been doing differently were:

1: I was using a USB to microSD adapter instead of the SD adapter like he was using in the video. He actually mentioned that a USB adaptor would work but I had an SD adaptor as well so I used that.

2: I was formatting the SD card with my PC instead of my phone. I haven't seen anywhere that PC formatting won't work but the cards are noticeably different when you look at them in the hex editor so I suspect that this was the problem.

With the phone formatted microSD I made a gold card and was able to install the sappimg and my phone now says 'HTC Magic when it boots like the guide indicates that it should, and shows version 1.5 firmware.

However, that's where I run into problems. The next step in the guide is:

cd\

cd\AndroidSDK\tools

fastboot devices

It says that I should see my phones serial# after this command, but I get nothing. On the fastboot screen the 'usb' indicator shows up ehn I plug in the cord and goes away when I unplug it so it seems like everything is good on the phone side. USB debugging is checked in Settings -> Applications ->Development. If I boot the phone up and plug it in an 'adb devices' command does give me the serial#. It only appears to be fastboot that can't see it.

Any idea what I'm doing wrong?
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] knny1491:
if you are alrwady on 1.5 then download flashrec.apk and use that to putbcyans recovery on then flash the correct spl through recovery

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[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] knny1491:
Okay fellas updated the OP with the goldcard guide included so you only have to go to this link to do no, no unnecessary external links. Also implemented what you guys suggested. If I forgot somethign restate it or simply quote your original post as a reminder. IF THIS DOES NOT WORK IT IS MORE THAN LIKELY YOUR CARD SIMPLY CANNOT BE CONVERTED TO A GOLDCARD, I USED AN 8GB SANDISK AND IT WORKED FLAWLESSLY.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] adept777:
I am having issues with the SAPPIMG.zip that i download here, it is not loading it says SAPPDIAG.zip, SAPPDIA2.nbh, SAPPDIAG.nbh not found. Please HELP..

I have

32b

sapp30000

hboot-1.33.0007

cpld-10

radio-2.22.23.02
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] knny1491:
the sapimg.zip is on te root of your sd card right? it ha to be on the root of your sd card named sappimg or it wont recognize it.

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[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] adept777:
yes it is..
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] knny1491:
Then I dont see why your phone doesn't recognize it.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] adept777:
i know.. I am not sure either.. pleaseeee someone help..
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] Xenn0X:
when try getting cid i get error: invalid length

happens on 2 cards a 2gb and 8 gb

typo in youre tut. forgot the / before cid

cat /sys/class/mmc_host/mmc1/mmc1:*/cid

i'll pass, both cards won't work. get format msg in windows after edditing with hexapp.

edit:

4 cards tested and no go..

dan elec 4 gb

kingston 8 gb

trancend 8 gb

kingston 2 gb

i quit.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] :
@adept777 Try the sappimg at http://theunlockr.com/2009/08/14/how-to-root-your-mytouch-3g/ I had some terrible issues finding a file that worked for me til I found that one. I know the method says obsolete but that particular guide worked for my device where others failed terribly.

Nice guide knny, once you fix up those typos and some of the grammar it'll be much easier to read and follow. That little typo in the string to get the cid caught me too.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] knny1491:
Whoops sorry guys, wrote te goldcard part after I got home form work at one in the morning so I was expecting at least one typo lol.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] Xenn0X:
Every time i did the HxD move I was getting

“FORMAT CARD”

I was opening the SD CARD as LOGICAL DISC.

YOU MUST OPEN THE SD CARD AS PHYSICAL DISK.

your guide needs a new revision because it's flawed in some areas.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] 00hero00:
I want to root my phone, too..

But is the SPL 1.33.0007 the problem, or is the problem related to the sd card.

What if the normal root fails? Can I still use my phone?
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] adept777:
NO luck :( it still is not finding the SappImg.zip!!! I am sooo lost!!
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] knny1491:
If your phone is not detecting the sappimg(named exactly that) then it is of no fault to the file. How are you downloading it? From edge?3G? Wifi? Comp?
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] cred05:
I did this to a friend's phone, everything seemed to work fine, I've flashed 2 32B roms to it, but when it starts the welcome screen where you need to touch the android guy, the screen doesnt respond to touch. I can still navigate around with the trackball and select things, but the touch screen isnt working. Any idea what will cause this? Sorry I am a former G1 and now Nexus owner, so this is all new to me.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] knny1491:
Are you sure they are compatible with your phone? I know if you flash the wrong rom on a 1.2 you will loose your touchscreen.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] cred05:
Well here is what it says:

sapphire unknown 32B ENG S-OFF H

HBOOT-1.33.2005 (SAPP31000)

CPLD-13

RADIO-2.22.23.02

Could you suggest one? I'd like to run a 2.1 rom, preferably one where I dont need to partition the SD card. Is that possible?
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] knny1491:
A mytouch doesn't need apps2SD so yeah, my recommended 2.1 rom is in the first post, but here is a hacked version using JIT and that has the CPU overclocked http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4524312/32B_BX-CM_5.0.7-DS-t3_JiT+OC-UV-xFP-signed.zip
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] cred05:
Thanks man, that did the trick!
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] knny1491:
NP man glad I could help.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] javon27:
I guess still no luck for my situation... Damn, soon T-mobile will be releasing 2.1 espresso with sense ui which I'm not excited about....
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] knny1491:
What type of sd card were you using again?
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] adept777:
downloaded using the pc.. when i use a regular sd card the sapp file is recognized but says wrong model id or old model or something like that and when i use the same sapp file on a goldcard it is not recognized!!!
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] javon27:
Okay, I guess I'm gonna have to try again when I get off work at noon today. I'll check the md5's of all my files, even maybe redownloading them just in case... I'll even try loading mdc0 instead of mdc1, even though my sdcard is loading on mdc1 (I watched the mdc1 "folders" appear and disappear when I removed/inserted sdcard).

And knny1491, yes I'm loading the reversed cid correctly; the first time I did everything manually, but as you see now, the updated guides have automated the "reverse cid and replace first two with zeros" step. I've also tried formatting the card from Windows XP and from my phone. But just to double check I'll format both of my cards through my phone and hopefully one will work...

I'm not the type that likes to give up, so I'll just keep on trucking... Thanks for all the help guys... hopefully, soon I'll be playing in the land of cyanogen once again....

P.S. I would like anyone that has been successful in rooting to go through the steps of creating your goldcard again and tell me if you get a slightly different goldcard.img. I want to see if it was just me, or if it's like a time stamp or something that really doesn't matter...
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] javon27:
@adept777 You're not renaming the extension of the file at all are you? Also, when you're running HBOOT to load the sappimg, it is actually scanning the sdcard for any variation of sappimg; i.e., it will check to see if it is in an nbh, zip, or other format. Until it finds one of those files, you will see it saying not found. Once it does find the file, it will stop looking and attempt to load the file.

So, are you seeing any other error messages?
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] adept777:
no i did not rename it.. it searches for the zip or nbh and then comes back saying wrong image or not found!!! but if I was to use the same sapp on a regular sd card it finds it but says older model or wrong version!!
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] knny1491:
If it doesn't read it on your goldcard then something was not right in the process of making the goldcard. Start fro mthe very beginning of making the goldcard and try again.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] :
I had this happen with a failed attempt at a goldcard. Go out and buy yourself a small assortment, 2 or 3 different brands and 1gb and 2gb sizes.

By contrast to what all the guides say about SanDisk cards, I used a 1gb SanDisk and it worked perfectly.

Honestly, you have to be a little patient with this whole thing, you're trying to undo something that was intended to not be undone, it takes the right mix. I went through 2 goldcards, tried to make the first one 3 times over to satisfy myself it wouldn't work. Don't try to rush this, maybe read a few different guides so you're totally clued up.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] knny1491:
My goldcard is an 8gb sandisk lol, there seems to be success in the 1GB and 8GB but no dice in the 2GB(From everything I have read in other threads as well)>
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] knny1491:
Updated OP with a link to a goldcard creator that does all the handywork for you. Just download, unzip, and follow the read me.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] enragedpaza:
hey when i went to flash the radio and the recovery it said failed wasn't signed?

i am doing this to a google branded mytouch 3g
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] knny1491:
How did you download the files? From wifi/phone or what?
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] enragedpaza:
pc is how i installed also debugging doesnt show up in status bar
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] knny1491:
What rom are you using? is debugging enabled in options?
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] enragedpaza:
i made the gold card and did the first step. now my phone says htc magic now but when i did the radio and recovery it says error files not signed. and yes debugging is enabled

i allready hate this phone lol. i have flashed many phones built roms for phones and did this to my nexus. but i have errors doing it with this phone lol
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] knny1491:
It said the recovery is not signed? What is the main version of the rom? If it is 1.5 downlaod flashrec.apk, install cyanogens recovery image and then sue that recovery to finish the process.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] enragedpaza:
no i think i created a frankenstien phone check your pm
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] enragedpaza:
rom build is

1.5 ver firmware

build 2.16.151.1

146733 cl#31685
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] jandrews82:
Cheers knny1491

Tried this yesterday, using Amon Ra's recovery 1.7.0, the suggested SPL and radio and cyanogens 2.1 rom and it worked flawlessly. Brilliant guide, very simple. I also used the goldcard program which worked perfectly. So thank you to everyone that contributed to this and thanks knny1491 for summing it all up for us.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] enragedpaza:
so no isssues saying the radio and revocery wern't signed?
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] enragedpaza:
when i do radio

<C:\Androidsk1|tools>fastboot flash radio myTouch-radio-2_22_23_02.zip

sending 'radio' <8976 KB>... OKAY

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

FAILED <remote: signature verify fail>

and when i do recovery

<C:\Androidsk1|tools>fastboot flash recovery recovery-RA-sapphire-v1.7.0G

sending 'recovery' <8976 KB>... OKAY

writing 'recovery'... INFOsignature checking...

FAILED <remote: signature verify fail>
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] eyegor:
Don't try to flash radio.zip, unpack it and flash the radio.img. Same goes for the SPL and recovery.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] knny1491:
np man glad you confirmed the program. i am confined to surfing on my phone due to the chatger tip snapping so editing of the guid eill be very minimal.

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[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] enragedpaza:
i tried that first.

what info can i give to help more

on fastboot screen

32B ship S-on h

hboot 1.33.0009

cpld 10

radio 3.22.20.17

rom 1.5
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] knny1491:
that is after the sappimg correct?

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[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] enragedpaza:
yes after sappimg

phone is boot able
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] chowchillacharlie:
Confirmed working on my friends Vodaphone 1.33.0007.

many thanks, been trying for weeks!

w0000ooooo00000 00p
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] knny1491:
ifbyou phone is bootable and it is 1.5 download flashrec.apk and use that to install cyans recovery image, i dont see why fastbooting doesnt work though i had zero probpems with it.

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[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] enragedpaza:
tried the flashrec.apk

it does the back up but not the rest :(
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] knny1491:
what does it say when you try and flash the recovery?

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[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] enragedpaza:
when radio

sending 'radio' <8976 KB>... OKAY

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

FAILED <remote: signature verify fail>

when recovery

sending 'recovery' <8976 KB>... OKAY

writing 'recovery'... INFOsignature checking...

FAILED <remote: signature verify fail>
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] remyxcore:
androidsdk is not finding my device, it just says "waiting for devices"

what could be the cause of this?
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] knny1491:
I meant yhrough flashrec.apk.

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[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] zeroundead:
Hi,

I got a Vodafone Magic (UK).

It was on Android 1.6, so I reverted it back to 1.5 using the .zip file on theunlockr's site (After trying a failing at using eMagi's/Neoblade's .nbh file). I then tried to use Recovery Flasher to flash a new recovery, yet everytime I tried to flash it, I would only get a red vodafone screen where my recovery screen should be. So then I checked the fast-boot screen where it said all the details for my phone. And it read Sapphire PVT 32B HIP S-ON H which as you all know is wrong as (as far as I know) all 32B magic's should be G.

It was definetely a 'G' before yet must of somehow changed when reverting to android 1.5.

So after failing flashing a new recovery (from Recovery flasher/ Terminal Emulator/ Fastboot) I tried 'fastboot boot <amon ra recovery image>.img' - H version and sure enough it booted.

So my problem is that I know i've got a 32B handset which thinks its 32a.

(BTW I am in the process of rooting). How do you guys think I should proceed? Also can you tell me what precautions to take to make sure I don't brick my phone?

Thanks guys!
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] knny1491:
do you have your correct spl and radio?if so if it aint broke dont fix it lol
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] knny1491:
Is it greyed out or does it say backup failed?
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] BesTCooL:
sry for my bad english and but understand...

My friend 32b android wonrgly upload 32a GOLDCARD recovery this phone ?

2. For gold card ı need another android phone ? becuse 32b already dead but USB device found in device manager..

pls more explain..
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] knny1491:
I really wish i could help but that is very hard to understand.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] enragedpaza:
greyed out
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] knny1491:
Hm that is odd. You try downloading rifferent version or uninstallung ten reinstallng?
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] salman.a:
Help please

Hello everyone,

I have tried making the goldcard 10 times, using a 4gb sandisk and an 8gb adata micro sd card and everytime I try it I get the following:

Model ID incorrect!

Update Fail!

My phone informaiton is below:

Sapphire PVT 32B SHIP S-ON G

HBOOT-1.33.0007 (SAPP30000)

CPLD-10

RADIO-2.22.23.02

Jul 31 2009, 15:49:25

I know I am making the gold card correctly. I am abole to replace the secotor 0 section with hex editor with the gold card I get from the website. I don't get any other error messages and the computer can still read the sd card after I put the goldcard information on it.

Only thing different I do is since I don't have a microsd to sd adapter I plug the phone and mount the sd card and make the changes that way. Does that matter? I even used my blackberry and connected that to the system and tried editing with the hex again and again

And still the same result. I have tried few different sappimg.zip files from different websites but none has worked.

Can someone give me thougths on this. Thanks.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] knny1491:
You cant use your phone, make a trip o radioshack n ask for a micro sd sb adapter i got mine for roughly fourteen bucks.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] knny1491:
I honestly dont know the cause of that probpem. All i can suggest is redownload the sappimg and then recreate goldcard.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] lotherius:
Thank you! I had despaired when I saw that the first several methods didn't work on my new MyTouch with SPL 1.33.0007.. This worked flawlessly, and even worked with a generic 4GB sdhc (no need to purchase the famous 2gb Kingston).

The link for the goldcard application might need to be updated, it links to version .3 which gave me a windows error, but .5 from the guy's site worked fine and made making the goldcard painless.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] knny1491:
Thanks man, my phone is the only thinng i have to view the web currently so updating the op is damn near impossible lol.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] 00hero00:
Has someone tried this already?

http://theunlockr.com/2009/08/29/how-to-root-the-htc-magic-in-one-click/
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] knny1491:
You getvthe main version older fail if i am not mistaken. I tried all the sappimgs n the one posted is the only one that works.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] agee:
Thanks knny1491,

I just bought my coworker's MT3G and rooted it following your instructions. Although it was a little more complicated than rooting my G1, your instructions worked perfectly.

sidenote: i used a 1gb sandisk card which i believe originally came with my G1.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] knny1491:
Np man n yeah this spl made it not so fun but it worked haha

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[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] xghostyxjokerx:
main version is older error please help thqnks!!!

i have a mytouch 3g no jack running 1.6 ota 32b version
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] knny1491:
What info does it say in fastboot?

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[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] adept777:
hey guys!

when I am trying to splash my screen I am getting

C:\AndroidSDK\tools>fastboot flash splash1 shansplash.rgb565

sending 'splash1' (300 KB)... FAILED (remote: not allow)

I have:

HBoot: 1:33:0006

radio:0-2.22.19.261

32B

xtreme-1.2.1-black

Please help!!!