yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] felisen:
I am having trouble with the root part of this guide.

When running SuperOneClick the root process completes and the root check passes. But when I try to do anything that requires root, it fails. I installed Rom Manager and SuperUser, but when trying to "Flash ClockworkMod Recovery" it will run for a bit and then throw an error saying, "An error occurred while attempting to run privileged commands!".

When searching for a solution I noticed that unlike others, I do not get a prompt from superuser to allow the program access. Also, if I run the Root Checker program, it responds with: "Root Access is not properly configured or was not granted. SU binary not found in the system declared PATH." I ran SuperOneClick a few times using both psneuter and rageagainstthecage with the program claiming success, but no change elsewhere.

Any ideas? Is it a problem with SuperOneClick or SuperUser? I appreciate any help, thanks!

My phone is the original MyTouch 3G with the OTA 2.2.1 update.

SAPPHIRE PVT 32B SHIP S-ON G

HBOOT-1.33.0013 (SAPP30000)

CPLD-10

RADIO-2.22.28.25

Oct 21 2009,22:33:27
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] DonJuan692006:
Run SuperOneClick again and post a copy of the log here. Did you reboot the phone after running the program? If not reboot it first, if its still not working then post the log.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] felisen:
Thank you for the reminder about rebooting. I had rebooted a couple times when trying the psneuter exploit, but forgot to reboot after trying the rageagainstthecage exploit. Root was successful.

The new problem is with flashing CM 5.0.8

So I made the backup, wiped (data/factory reset, cache, and Dalvik-cache), and then flashed "update-cm-5.0.8-DS-signed.zip" follwed by "gapps-ds-ERE36B-signed.zip". The problem is after selecting the "reboot system now" option, the phone just keeps restarting after being at the green mytouch 3g screen for a min or so. Is this normal and should I just let it keep doing it?

I was able to restore the backup perfectly fine. Any ideas? If I was to try CM 6.1, would I just flash the "update-cm-6.1.0-DS-signed.zip" and "Google Addon MDPI-Tiny-20101020" (not positive about the second file). Thanks again!!!

UPDATE-

Solved flash recovery problem, now trying to flash CM 5.0.8 or CM 6.1
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] oswald-p:
Hi

I have a HTC Magic from SFR (France). We have received a 2.2.1 update recently but it was not possible to root it anymore even using onerootclick...

So what I had to do is to downgrade to a vodafone 1.6 rom using a gold card and then to apply the new cyanogen rom.

As I cannot post external web link please make search for "How to install C6.1 after the french 2.2.1 SFR update" on the cyanogen HTC magic forum section.

Good luck every one.

O-p
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] irri:
i successfully completed all the steps on my vodafone 32b, after flashing it just restarts/boot loop and won't load the rom. i was able to go back to previous OS using restore but can't load CM rom.

what should i do.?

note: i am new to android, apologies if it has been discussed before. i did some search and understood nothing:o:confused:
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] nduval:
How was this solved exactly? Mine is in the reboot loop now as well.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] nduval:
I'm now performing these steps. All is well up to the part where I use update2.zip. I get the error:

E:Can't find update script

Installation Aborted

update1.zip worked fine. Any advice?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] pito444:
for some reason after i flash the amon recovery and try gettin on recovery pressing home+power it stays at the splash screen also happens if i flash the clockwork recovery any help?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] pito444:
actually i rebooted went on the amon ra recovery did everythin i had to but now wen i flash the CM 6.0 and the gapps then i reboot it goes into a bootloop
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] supanuguy:
rooting

i tryed to rooted my mytouch 3gg 1.2 but it not working help please
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] DonJuan692006:
Search the thread. This is a known problem. What's your fastboot info?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] Eskay75:
Thanks for the guide. Worked great, running cyanogen 5.0.8 on my MyTouch 3G 1.2 now and loving it.

I did have to follow the instructions in this post to get SuperOneClick to work with this phone since I was getting an error from superoneclick regarding "failed to copy 'C:\android_root_apps\Superuser.apk' to '/system/app/Superuser.apk': No space left on device":

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=940267
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] DonJuan692006:
Thank you for contributing. I'll add this to the instructions as a few people have ran into this problem.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] pito444:
hmmm...kinda weird i guess i couldnt flash either the CM 5.08 or even the 6.0 because it would jus go into a bootloop on both so i tried flashin the ginger yoshi 1.0 rom and worked,not really sure why cyanogen wasnt flashing right kinda weird but neways thanks for the help
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] ccamp0228:
First things first I wanna thank you for the detailed guide. Ive been trying to root my My touch 3g for about a week and kept running into road blocks traveled to numerous sites and still nothing you actually got my phone rooted now its faster than ever and I honestly just wanted to say thanks I know this seems gay but Im highly appreciative far as my roms i didn't get that to work but im just glad I got rooted
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] DonJuan692006:
There's plenty of good ROM's out there. What's your fastboot info? Turn the phone on holding back+power.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] norma023:
ok, trying this ROM/method based on all of the good things I've heard about it. :p

Checked the entire 29 page thread and I'm stuck at the Superoneclick step where it says "waiting for device", then hangs.

I've tried some of the suggestions here, but certainly have not exhausted all of them. Or the one I know I haven't tried is to get back to the Android 1.6 version (the version prior to the latest 2.2 upgrade). But honestly, if I have to go back an OS version, just to get a different ROM running, my time is better spent doing something else. No offense but I've been putzing with this for the better part of the day so far. And I'm using the mytouch 32B OC/UV Kernel

Fastboot says this:

Sapphire PVT 32B Ship S-on G

Hboot-1.33.0013 (Sapp30000)

CPLD-10

RADIO-2.22.28.25

Oct 21 2009
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] norma023:
ok, looks like the down volume+power button did something. It ran the gaaps.zip file. And now a fast boot says:

Sapphire PVT 32B Ship S-on G

Hboot-1.33.0006 (Sapp30000)

CPLD-10

RADIO-2.22.19.261

May 27 2009

so looks like I am back to the 1.61 OS, and with no other apps installed other than what the OS gives you. :eek:
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] DonJuan692006:
Read me. If that's the post you followed then you didn't do it right. Try again.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] norma023:
I made it through steps 1-7 then went awry.

What can I say, I'm a computer guy and don't like to read manuals.

:D

I'll give it another whirl
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] norma023:
yep that was the one.

Alright, got it working on the 2nd attempt - w00t !!

Got the google apps installed so I now have the Market icon back, and my contacts are all restored, just a few more things and I'm back in action - thanks !!

So now for my next noob question, now that I am running CyanogenMod ver 5, is there any reason to update for either v6, or 7 (as found in this linklink

Or are those mods for other phones?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] DonJuan692006:
You can upgrade to CM 6 if you want but performance is crap compared to CM 5.0.8. CM 7 does have support for the Sapphire.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] MarcAntonyy:
<<< Nub Disclaimer >>>

First attempt at root/rom and I soooo thought I had it. I got to the end, created the backup, wiped everything, and then loaded CM508 and then Google and rebooted, only to get stuck in perpetual reboots for an hour+.

I followed the thread a ways back where 101cats had a similar issue, with the same phone, but I didnt see that a resolution was found. I've restored and am back in 2.2.1 for now, but itching to finish this out if possible.

Big props DJ - any help would be appreciated.

SAPPHIRE PVT 32B SHIP S-ON G

HBOOT-1.33.0013 (SAPP30000)

CPLD-10

RADIO-2.22.28.25

OCT 21 2009
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] DonJuan692006:
The problem has something to do with trying to flash CM over the OTA update. I ended up walking lolcat through downgrading and rooting as a fix. Search the development forum for Gio's Themed 2.2.1 and flash it instead of CM. Grab version 1.8.1 though as 1.9 has issues. Just flash it from recovery. You won't need to flash anything besides the ROM.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] MarcAntonyy:
Ah I didnt catch that, but I'll do just that. Thanks again for all of this.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] MarcAntonyy:
Sorry - hate to pest, but I should've asked. I just want to be confident I'm following you.

Are you saying that since I'm currently rooted OTA 2.2.1, with Aron Ra's recovery (G), that all I need to do is:

1.) Go into the root and replace the CM zip with version 1.8.1 of Gio's Themed 2.2.1 and power down.

2.) Then boot into recovery and wipe x3.

3.) Flash Gio's ROM v1.8.1

4.) Reboot

5.) /Fist pump

Or will I need to fully back down to 1.5, then manually upgrade to 1.6, then Root, then flash Clockwork ---> Aron Ra's Recovery in ROM Manager, boot into recovery, wipe x 3, and then flash to Gio's ROM?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] DonJuan692006:
Steps 1-5.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] MarcAntonyy:
Bahhh..... Spaghetti Monster does not want me to get my /fist pump

I cannot boot into recovery. I can boot standard or fastboot, but not recovery.

I came home, mounted to PC, and moved in the XxGioxX zip to the root directory, but decided to just leave the CM and Google zips in place, as I have tons of space available. Thats it.

I then powered off and Home+Power and got stuck at green screen "MyTouch 3G". It hung for a while and I couldnt get any response, so I removed the battery and booted into 2.2.1. I then went into ROM Manager and flashed Clockwork Recovery (success) and then RA's Recovery (success). Hit ok and powered down.

Tried Home+Power again and this time I got the black screen with phone+triangle/exclamation point. With it at that screen I pressed Home+Power and it brought up the "Android system recovery <3e>".

I have the options of:

1.) Reboot system now [Home+Back]

2.) Apply sdcard:update.zip

3.) Wipe data/factory reset

4.) Wipe cache partition
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] DonJuan692006:
Reflash the recovery from ROM Manager a few more times, reboot as soon as you hit OK, and then try booting into recovery. Sometimes it takes a few tries to get the recovery to stick.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] MarcAntonyy:
This phone is a fighter. I'll give it that much.

Three hours of attempting to boot to RA recovery was unsuccessful - I tried it every way imaginable. 2x flash Clockwork, 2x flash RA, reboot normal, flash RA, reboot recovery, etc etc and the best result was the Android System Recovery and most times was green screen.

Finally I lost patience and flashed Clockwork and booted into it. I created a Clockwork backup and wipedx3 and then loaded XxGioxX zip and again....:rolleyes:......thought I was home free, but again......perpetual reboot.

I refuse to allow this phone to beat me. Its late and my GF is fussing at me :D but I'm assuming this means I will need to learn up on how to get back to 1.5 and go the long route?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] Driscoma:
Changes to "Ultimate Guide..."

After Installing the "Rom Manager v3.0.0.7" and "Superuser" you will need to reboot. I have a 32B without Headphone Jack and i was getting the error, "An Error Occured While Attempting To Run Privileged Commands" option to click OK, When trying to run "Ion/Mytouch 3G (GSM)."

I started by trying to run it again then removing the folder added by "Rom Manager" and trting to run it again. Also tried running the "Fix Permissions". All failed until i rebooted. now for the fun part, Ill edit if i find any more tweeks. :)
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] Driscoma:
Changes to "Ultimate Guide..." Rev1

Finished the tutorial and now my phone is rebooting. I was wondering if this has already been covered in the thread, if so on what page?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] MarcAntonyy:
Aaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnd the champ goes down!!! /FIST PUMP

I went back and reread the XxGioxX thread and saw it identified my phone as needing the kernel and so I added it to the root and just kept trying to boot into any recovery I could (this morning Clockwork Recovery had stopped booting as well) and was finally able to get into RA's recovery. After wiping, I flashed XxGioxX's zip and then flashed the kernel (which I'd not done on the attempt last night) and presto - the champ goes down!
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] DonJuan692006:
Which ROM did you flash?

EDIT: I updated the guide to include the "Reboot" step after running SuperOneClick, which is required, just forgot it the first time around.

EDIT2: Just realized your the guy I'm talking to on GTalk, lol.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] DonJuan692006:
See that's the weird part. Using Gio's ROM on the new radio on my myTouch 1.2 I didn't need to use the kernel. Odd...noted.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] MarcAntonyy:
It was a last ditch effort to try it. Now I may be making a connection where none exists, but seeing as how my particular MT3G has been particularly fond of being stuck in reboot hell after flashing a ROM, and seeing as how it happened both with CM and XxGioxX's ROMs in the exact same manner, it made me wonder if that kernel is the key to getting our phones to take the ROM.......?

Now after all that, Im content with Gio's ROM and its running great and looks great and I'm sticking put for at least a lil while, but it has raised the question of whether or not I and the other owners of this specific MT3G could straight from OTA 2.2.1 into your Guide and follow it to a T, except with the caveat of flashing: 1.) CM, 2.) Google, and finally 3.) the Kernel to get the ROM to stick and avoid the reboot of insanity.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] djtar:
thank u

u saved my phone from the evil ota made my phone slow
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] DonJuan692006:
Your probably right. Actually that's a really good point, one that I can think of how I managed to overlook it.

EDIT: Updated the main guide to fix my mistake. Thanks for pointing that out.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] dubyajaysmith:
You may have saved my buds magic. He OTAed 2.2.1 because he doesn't surf Xda =D tried rooting for him but recov wouldn't take for the life of me and was under time constraints. Will look into this. That phone pissed me off =D Thanks.

Sent from my cm7 c10sd-swapd light blue magic =D
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] MarcAntonyy:
Wow.

I'm pumped to have made a small contribution to the community, even in an act of desperation ;)
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] candler33w:
Need some help

This is my first time rooting a phone. I was able to get the SuperOneClick to work finally but then I got the boot loop after loading the CM 5.08. I loaded Gio's to my SD Card and tried to do the Flash again and that got stuck in the loop also. I then tried to recover my phone and I got a checksum error. I then tried to reflash Gio's and got an "installation aborted: error(said Gio's was bad) I don't know what to do at this point. And yes I also loaded the kernel.

SAPPHIRE PVT 32A SHIP S-ON G

HBOOT-1.33.0013 (SAPP31000)

CPLD-13

RADIO-2.22.28.25

OCT 21 2009, 22:33:27
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] DonJuan692006:
Maybe a problem with your SD card. Copy all the stuff off you want to keep (eg DCIM, music, saved games, the nandroid folder) then format the card. Copy whichever ROM you want to use back over along with the 32B kernel (you shouldn't use the 32A kernel) and try flashing again. Make sure you back the folders up as partitioning the card will erase it.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] candler33w:
It is still stuck in the reboot loop. It gets just barely into the OS when I see a little static on the screen and then it reboots
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] candler33w:
should I revert to 1.6 and start over or is there still a chance to save what I have done so far?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] candler33w:
I finally got it to boot by using the Gio Rom and not loading the kernel. I don't know if this is going to be an issue yet since I am only running on WIFI and have not tried to connect to any mobile networks yet
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] :
I really need some help. I have a mytouch 3.g 1.2 with headphone jack. I downloaded all the necessary files and have gotten all the way until rebooting system and waiting for rom to load. The issue is that it keeps bootlooping. Loads until after bootanimation ready to get to the startup screen and immediately reboots. I redid my steps and have the same issue. What i flash is cm zip, gapps zip and kernel zip. I also have a vibrant and have no issues with knowledge on how to flash. Its just been too long since i had to do this for mytouch. any thoughts. its my wifes phone and i was trying to fix her lag and get her off stock.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] candler33w:
I couldn't get it to work for me until I tried Loading Gio's rom without the kernel. I know it goes against what is in this thread but it seemed to work for me
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] :
Yeah. I did the same. Without the kernel and it worked foe gio. Rom. I tested for cm without kernel and it worked too. What's going on. Is it that our phones can't deal with that kernel and bootloop for safety? So far no issues. Still testing
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] :
Same as op. Sapphire PVT 32A Ship S-on G

Hboot-1.33.0013 (Sapp31000)

CPLD-13

RADIO-2.22.28.25. The radio is different. But whenever i tried flashing the radio from the op it kept bootlooping on cm and the rom im on now. So far its the next day and no issues. I was reading sonewhere that updated radio is perfected so you dont have to uodate or install engineered one but not required. What's your fastboot info?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] DonJuan692006:
Can you post your fastboot info?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] candler33w:
Sapphire pvt 32a ship s-on g

hboot-1.33.0013 (sapp31000)

cpld-13

radio-2.22.28.25

oct 21 2009, 22:33:27
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] :
Same as mine and loaded cm without radio zip and is working fine. With that radio got bootloops.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] Griffin80:
I downloaded rom manager premium and paid for it, but it says i need the free version for it to work but i cannot find the free version of Rom Manager anywhere? :/
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] mrgrumpy510:
Downgrading 2.2.1 to 1.6 for My Touch 3.5mm Jack

I followed your first post to root my phone and my mytouch w/3.5mm phone keep on rebooting after the green android screen. I found the post above but now stuck at step #5. My phone is not finding the sappimg.nbh file that is located in the root of the SD Card. What can I do to fix this? Thanks in advance.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] DonJuan692006:
That is not for you phone. Did you flash the kernel in the first post?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] mrgrumpy510:
Yes I did. I flashed it with ezBiffTestKernel20110222-2708_S.zip file. I have the Mytouch 3g. with the 3.5mm Jack. It boots past the animated page and I see the setup page for google but it will reboots in secs after that.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] :
do you have a method for downgrading mytouch 1.5 mm 32a to 1.6?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] mrgrumpy510:
BTW, If I don't flash it with that kernel, it seems to work OK.

Newbie question, What is gain by flashing that kernel?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] DonJuan692006:
Nothing really, just a different kernel. Just flash without it.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] DonJuan692006:
Yes, is there a reason why your wanting to?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] :
Wife doesnt like the huge lag of update but doesnt want to run any roms. Liked the way it ran stock 1.6. :)
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] DonJuan692006:
Download this, rename it to "sappimg.zip", put it on your SD card, put it in the phone, with the phone off turn it on holding volume down+power, when asked to hit "ACTION" to continue press the trackball in, when asked to hit "ACTION" to reboot, press the trackball in again, /fist pump.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] itxmemo:
doesnt seen to work for mi it doesnt get pass killing the adb server and this message at the bottem on a pop up

When JIT debugging is enabled, any unhandled exception

will be sent to the JIT debugger registered on the computer

rather than be handled by this dialog box.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] Morning Star:
My HTC Magic and Serious ROM Problem

Guys. Please do favor on this one. My Phone is HTC Magic (32A)

Sapphire PVI 32A SHIP S-ON H.

HBOOT-1.76.0007 (SAPP10000)

CPLD-12

Radio 6.35.07.29

Aug 4 2009, 19:43:30

First I updated and used RCMagic_v7.zip (ROM 2.1). It is nice one But it took over 100MB and I tried RUU later.

My ROM back to 1.5. I can't change to any ROM now. Every time I try to update i got only error. Here is how i do

#1. I root the phone.

#2. I wipe data/factory reset (Alt+W)

#3. I apply update.zip and only these always

Finding update package

Opening update package

Verifying update package

E:No signature (760 files)

E:Verification failed.

Installation aborted.

I tried with some difference ROM but same problem.

And I can't even install ROM Manager(from market or direct apk file) in phone.

I am noob in android and I don't know what to do. Now I am stuck in stone age firmware 1.5 and need guide. Please do help me !
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] DonJuan692006:
You need to look at mumilovers guide that is stickied on the first page. The original post clearly states in big red letters that this method will not work for your radio.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] JCORU001:
Awesome. Just awesome. Thanks a bunch. All your hard work is sincerly appreciated.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] Morning Star:
Any suitable way ?

yes dude. I know this guide will not work for my situation.

I just seeking the suitable way for my magic to get version 2.1. Now i can't update to any rom.

Is there any suitable way for my magic?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] DonJuan692006:
Yes using his guide to get a custom recovery installed and flashing a ROM from there.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] mikeldn88:
Hi guys, my first post here...

I've been reading all w/e starting at the 'development' section but there's too much info to absorb there ;) and then found this great thread.

"DonJuan692006" thanks for writing the guide!!

I bought a HTC Magic handset early in the week and was so impressed, i bought another for a family member.

Handset info:

Sapphire PVT 32B SHIP S-ON-G

HBOOT-1.33.0013 (SAPP10000)

CPLD-10

Radio-2.22.28.25

Oct 21 2009

The current f/w loaded if Froyo 2.2.1 (Vodafone-UK). I like how the GApps flow nicely in this firmware, but there's the occasional lag.

I'm looking to install the following (which i already downloaded):

- update-cm-5.0.8-DS-signed.zip

- gapps-ds-ERE36B-signed.zip

- ezBiffTestKernel20110222-2708_S.zip

My question is: I don't have carrier data access, but I do have my own Wifi network. In 'step 6' where I have to download Rom Manager & Superuser, can i use my wifi network??

Thanks. M
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] Powers88:
You should update it again. Just rooted MT3G 1.2 32A with the 2.2.28.25 radio and installed CM6 stable. The phone would start up but rebooted about 5 seconds later. Changing to his newest kernel fixed this.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] mikeldn88:
flashed one of my handsets and the speed is amazingly fast compared the my Vodafone 2.2.1 f/w.

One thing i note is the camera does not function (does not take any pics). Anyone else having the same issue?

*I'm gonna update to Gio's v1.9 for Froyo, hence get the 2.3.4 Market aswell.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] norma023:
ok, so I followed the instructions here to go from the stock 2.1 down to 1.6 then to CM 5.08, but now want to bump up to CM6.1. I know where I can get the CM6.1 files, but what steps would I need to do to accomplish this? Thanks!