yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] DonJuan692006:
Sorry I missed this. If you haven't figured it out by now, you'll just repeat step 8 from this guide, but with the files for CM 6.1 instead. It will have a green tint when you flash it so you'll have to flash a new kernel as well.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] bavander9987:
hey do u have to install the cyanogen mod or could you install a different rom like a sense rom?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] jmcdonald58:
Worked like a charm

Thanks for your guide on installation and rooting the My Touch I recently came across one and wanted to mess around with it --following the instrustions listed here I was able to root load cmr and flash zips as I do on my HD2 very good work
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] notaliberal:
THANK YOU

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU.

Just rooted and flashed my first ever android phone, using nothing but your guide. Excellent work.

Got stuck a few times trying to get booted into recovery, but after three or four times going through step 6(ROM manager step), I got it working.

Ginger Yoshi is up and running! So much better than the T-Mobile 2.2.1 that it had!

EDIT: Well, turns out MS Exchange support is broken on most/all ROMs since 6.1. So, I simply popped the CM5 ROM that you used in the guide here onto the SD, booted into recovery, wiped and flashed. Sure enough, this ROM seems much more stable than the Ginger I had gone with, and most importantly EXCHANGE SUPPORT WORKS. Should have listened to you in the first place and just used the suggested ROM. Thanks again! :)
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] WarrenEC:
I'm new here, and new to the mytouch 3G running stock 2.2 (32B). I did install a custom ROM on my Behold 2, but that was a totally different method. I've been doing some reading here, and this method seems pretty straight forward, but I have to admit I haven't read every post in this thread (35 pages!).

Does this method put a new ROM on the phone, or does it just prepare it for a custom ROM? And finally, what the difference between this method and one detailed in this post: [custom Radio/SPL for dummies][32B]

I guess that's what confuses me is there seems to be a lot of different methods listed here and I want to do it right!

Thanks for any guidance!

EDIT: it appears it does put a custom ROM on the phone after I re-read the last post. Excuse me...
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] DonJuan692006:
Yes, is you follow the guide all the way through, you'll end up flashing CyanogenMod 5.0.8. You don't have to flash that ROM though, you can flash whatever ROM you want assuming its compatible with your device. Typically ROM's will require a certain radio version. I would strongly suggest not messing with the radio or anything else from the bootloader for that matter without consulting someone first as that's what can get you bricked. The thread you referenced is a walk through to change the radio/SPL of 32B devices, the OP actually specifically wrote it for 32B user's wanting to run Yoshi's Gingerbread ROM. However, I'm assuming your already on the 2.22.28.25 radio and don't need to do any of that.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] WarrenEC:
Thanks, I appreciate the advice. And yes, I'm running the 2.22.28.25 radio now.

I was thinking of trying Yoshi's Gingerbread but assume that CyanogenMod would be a good place to start? I'd just like to see better performance from the phone (it get's a little bogged down sometimes) and some goodies!
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] DonJuan692006:
Here's the deal. The myTouch is an out dated phone. Its cool that people are working to get GB on it but honestly, I onluly got good performance out of Eclair ROMs. Froyo and Gingerbread are too damanding. So yes it'll run, but if your looking for performance I would stick to Eclair. With that said, I've never used a custom ROM that didn't out perform the stock Froyo.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] ProjectZion:
Do you know if this method would work with the Mytouch 1.2 w/ 3.5mm jack with OTA 2.2.1 update? btw, it's a 32A with RADIO-2.22.28.25
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] WarrenEC:
Thanks for all the help and advice. I did this last night and seems to work like a charm!

One more question: I'm going to install a new SD card today. Should I copy my files over to it from the old card and then do a backup on the phone?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] dw9906:
Root with Universal Androot. By far way easier.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] WarrenEC:
OK, I have some questions:

I decided to try CyanogenMod 6.1 just because I miss some of the 2.2 stuff and I can't leave well enough alone. I downloaded the zip file along with the suggested Google apps and the kernel for the green tint from the CyanogenMod forum. I tried to install these after doing another Nand backup, wipe, etc. but got stuck on the first green screen. I pulled the battery, tried again, no luck.

I then went back and tried another backup, wipe, etc. and installed the 6.1, the Google aps from this guide and the kernel from this guide. This time I got stuck on the splash screen, and it just kept rebooting.

Next time I went back, just did a wipe, and installed the 2.1 version on this guide and called it good. Back to where I was, which is good, but wondering where I went wrong?

I guess that's really only one question, isn't it?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] DonJuan692006:
That will only work if your on 2.1 or earlier. Most are on 2.2 and Universal Androot wont work.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] DonJuan692006:
You used the wrong kernel.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] WarrenEC:
So this is the wrong kernel? boot.cm_2635._ds32b-oc-uv-xtra-ram... Could you tell me the correct one? And how about gapps-mpdi-tiny-20101020? Is this right?

Should I flash them all before re-booting the phone?

Also, is it necessary to do a Nand backup each time?

Thanks again!
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] DonJuan692006:
I'm not sure on the kernel...I'll need to get to a computer. GAPPS tiny is correct. You only need a nandroid of a working ROM so that you'll be able to restore later if a ROM flash gets hosed.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] WarrenEC:
Thanks for the update. If you can post the correct kernel, I'd appreciate it, but don't need to be in a big hurry either.

I wonder why they have that kernel at the CyangenMod site?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] DonJuan692006:
Try using this kernel instead. If it still gives bootloops, then use this one.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] WesR6:
I have a question or three..

I'm running a Rooted Samsung Epic with SyndicateROM Frozen 1.1 so I'm familure with the lingo and steps involved. My uncle has a myTouch 3G and after the 2.2.1 update it's going sloooowww which seems to be a popular complaint. He would like me to change that.

On my Epic I have MyBackup Pro and use that to reinstall contacts/messages/calllog/pictures/ ect.. just about everything but the apps. I've read just about every page on this topic but haven't seen MyBackup app mentioned. Does it apply to this phone?

Next question would be activation? I've seen in a thread where it mentioned CyangenMod 6.1 allows you to reactivate over wifi? Is 6.1 stable yet or is it still reccomended to used 5.X ?

Thanks,

-Wes
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] DonJuan692006:
For the app you'd have to ask the app dev if there's support for the myTouch. CM 6.1 is stable but it never ran well for me.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] WesR6:
Thanks for the info, I'm going to try it later today. I checked the MyBackup website and it doesn't exclude the mytouch and say's that it works on all android devices. I'll let ya know how well it works.

Guess I'll try 5.X seeing you have had better performance.

-Wes
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] WarrenEC:
Those both appear to be the same kernel. I'll give it a try, though.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] WarrenEC:
Nope, bootloops again.

I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong.

Your guide worked perfectly for me, but I'm having nothing but trouble with this ROM!

I should probably take that as a sign!
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] KoolKidsKlub:
Hello, I seem to be having a problem, I don't know all of the information that you need but I have a Mytouch 1.2 that was updated to 2.2.1 and I followed your guide to the letter and when I reboot after I flash CM5 with the added kernel and gapps, I get stuck on the green Mytouch 3G screen, do you know what I should do? I'm trying to be as calm as I can about this. Thank you.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] WarrenEC:
I'm not great at this, but I had no problem with this method. Do you have the 32B?

I moved on the Ginger Yoshi, and so far looks good.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] KoolKidsKlub:
No, I have the 32a with the 3.5mm headphone jack. I am still able to get to the custom recovery and HBOOT/SPL. If I were to try Ginger Yoshi, what would I have to do? Just download the ROM and that's it? Or would I have to get another kernel because I'm using the SPL/Radio that came with the 2.2.1 OTA?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] WarrenEC:
It seems the 32A always need a different kernel than the 32B, so I can't help a lot. I know it's possible on Ginger Yoshi, but as for this method I would re-read the first post and make sure you have the right kernel for your phone.

Did you make a backup?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] KoolKidsKlub:
Yes, I made a backup. I tried to restore it and my phone goes past the green screen but gets stuck on what seems to be a boot loop on the boot animation.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] WarrenEC:
I'm afraid I'm over my head there. Did you try pulling the battery? Probably have or you'd still be stuck there.

I had that problem trying to upgrade to 6.1, but my backup always worked. Can you get into fastboot and post your radio and SPL? I'm sure that would help someone else here with more knowledge.

Wish I could do more for you. All I can suggest is do some reading!
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] DonJuan692006:
If you flash Yoshi you wont need a kernel.l, just the ROM. There seems to be something weird with the 2825 radio and trying to get CM running.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] archenemyroot:
SAPPHIRE PVT 32B SHIP S-ON G

HBOOT - 1.33.003 (SAPP3000)

CPLD- 10

RADIO- 2.22.28.25

OS- 2.2.1 received OTA by T-Mobile

rooted w/ SuperOneClick

SuperUser installed

ConnectBot installed to verify root. (receiving #, not $)

CPU Master APP installed, running at max 528mhz.

Benchmark APP installed, benchmarked score at 670.

followed the steps in <Ultimate Guide: How to root any myTouch/Magic and install custom recovery/ROM!!!>

completed Step 7, exactly. all is well

Flash Clockworkmod Recovery

Current Recovery: RA Recovery v1.7 OG

Latest Recovery: ClockworkMod 2.5.0.7

following step 8, hold HOME+POWER.

this is what i see, a triangle with an orange ! in the middle, right next to a picture of my phone. pressing Home+Power again, brings up this menu.

Android System Recovery <3e>

Use trackball to highlight:

click to select.

reboot system now [Home + Back]

apply sdcard:update.zip

wipe data/factory reset

wipe cache partition

* what I am viewing is not accurate to what step 8 tells me *

trying to install Ginger Yoshi rom (read its the best for my phone) onto my phone.

been looking for a tutorial on how to do it.

please help ?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] WarrenEC:
This is below step 8:

NOTE: If you don't get into the custome recovery (you get a picture with a phone and a triangle with exclamation mark) boot back up as normal and repeat step #7.

NOTE 2: The backup you make is in case anything goes wrong and the ROM doesn't boot. Go back into recovery, select the "Backup/Restore" option, then select the "Nand restore" option. Just click the trackball throught the menus and hit home to confirm when prompted, then reboot.

I had to repeat step 7 several times before I got into custom recovery.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] archenemyroot:
how long does it take when pressing [HOME + POWER] to show custom recovery image?

should it be as fast as pressing [BACK + POWER] ? or a bit slower?

normal boot is kinda sluggish , so should i just keep holding [HOME + POWER] when trying to get the custom recovery?

when i press [HOME + POWER] and the MYTOUCH 3G GREEN SCREEN pops up, should i still be holding [HOME + POWER] or just [ HOME ] ?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] WarrenEC:
It's a bit slower. You'll know when you get it though.

Once you get everything done you'll be rooted and can move on to any other ROM, but be sure to read what they're requirements are.

I read for several days before I moved off this one. This is definitely a good ROM for this phone, by the way.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] WarrenEC:
Just "home" should do it once the green screen comes up, but I held both. If you get the big triangle you'll know you didn't get custom recovery yet.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] archenemyroot:
success.

i arrived at the custom recovery after my 2nd time, re-flashing the clockwork & RA recovery.

holding down a bit longer [HOME + POWER] , it finally worked. followed through the steps, installed kernel for radio, google add on, and CM 5.0.8 .

rebooted, cool blue flashy thingy at the beginning.

thanks for the help. greatly appreciated

wait, i'm confused. is the CM 5.0.8 the best for this phone? or would the GINGER YOSHI rom be better?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] WarrenEC:
Hard to say what best is. I'd try out the CM 5.08 for awhile, it's pretty zippy. 6.1 wouldn't work for me. I tried another that was terrible (can't remember) and Ginger Yoshi is good so far, but I've also had a couple issues with it.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] archenemyroot:
was wondering, what else have other people done , after they finished this tutorial?

i want to play around with it. i just dont know how exactly? to unlock the full potential of CM 5.0.8
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] DonJuan692006:
That would be for a different thread. Lets try not getting off subject.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] gspears:
THANKS

First, Thanks DonJuan for the hard work. I hit thanks and donated. I have a 1.2 fender and was able to root and load 5.08. It was not without issues and took quite a few tries, but I did get through your entire guide. I had the boot loop until I did NOT load the kernal. Then all was fine. I started with 5.08 but I can't live without the voice to text. I'm way to lazy and verbose to actually type in my texts:D So presently I have the NexTouch3g ROM you recommended to someone many posts back (and yes I did read them all.) It seems to be pretty reliable, pretty quick, and very blue.

As to the question quoted above, do you have any suggestions on good fender ROMS or threads where we can find them? I poked around but didn't find much I trusted and you seem to have covered a lot of them.

Thanks again
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] DonJuan692006:
Most of the ROMs in the G1 forum will work for the Fender. I couldn't really recommend anything new since I don't use the myTouch I had anymore.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] Hintay:
OMG，I think I can't help you .......
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] DonJuan692006:
? I'm not following you.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] honover:
I guess I'll just wait for the update then
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] malvadomx:
these are the specifications:

shapphire PVT 32A ship s-on g

hbooy-1.33.0013 (Sapp31000)

cpld-13

radio-2.22.28.25

oct 21 2009

so, my phone doesn't have the radio-2.22.23.02

is there any problem with that ? :confused:

if not, I'm downloading everything right now to star rooting my phone :)
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] DonJuan692006:
No problem at all, just make sure you grab the right OC/UV kernel.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] malvadomx:
i'm having issues when I try to connect the phone to my computer, windows does not recognize the phone neither the sd card, when I try to click on the Sd card drive, it says "Please insert a disk into drive G" bad luck :p
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] DonJuan692006:
Sounds like a driver issue. Did you install the driver pack using the ANDROIDSDK?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] malvadomx:
android-sdk_r08-windows?, yes I did
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] freshkid87:
you need to go to start control panel device drivers and go to the tree where u see ur phone right click on it. go to update device and go to browse and go to google

or u need to go to google third party add ons
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] DonJuan692006:
I forgot to mention that a YouTube video is coming to post #2 whenever I can find time to do one up. The bigger problem is finding time that my kids are running rampant to be able to record one.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] 20_Eyes:
I dl ar-recovery.img . Resetnreboot Phone. Holding home button+ power. No recovery img loads. I just get stuck at green mt3g screen with red fastboot USB in upper left corner. Have to pull battery to get to phone work. Following now? Thanks man.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] DonJuan692006:
Not really. Did you flash the recovery from clockworkmod or are you saying you tried to manually install it?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] malvadomx:
windows xp professional SP 3.

I have snow leopard on mi mac, and this windows is on the boot camp partition, but I think that this doesn't matter. I can't do this on snow leopard because the sdk(.exe) is for windows.

UPDATE: I did what freshkid87 said, and now is working, I'm going through the next step right now, thanks

UPDATE: forget about the last update, windows is now recognizing my phone, but it does not recognize my sd card. In the Device manager it now says "Android Composite ADB Interface", but I can't access my sd card :-s
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] DonJuan692006:
Look in Device Manager and see if your SD card is showing up under disk drives. You may need to uninstall/reinstall the driver for it as well.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] malvadomx:
Hi DonJuan, what I did is that I used an usb adapter and I could copy the files to the micro sd card, now I'm in the step 8, it is taking a while to load :p

is it normal that it takes to long to load ? it's been like 14 minutes and the phone still in the green screen with the my Touch 3G logo... :-p
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] DonJuan692006:
It shouldn't have taken more than 10 minutes. Whats your fastboot info? Pull your battery, then boot into fastboot holding back+power and give me what you've got there.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] malvadomx:
SAPPHIRE PVT 32A SHIP S-ON G

HBOOT-1.33.0013 (SAPP31000)

COLS-13

RADIO-2.22.28.25

Oct 21 2009,22:33:27

FASTBOOT

<VOL DOWN> HBoot Mode

<SEND> Reset Device

<ACTION> REstart to HBoot

<MENU> Power Down
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] DonJuan692006:
Can't see anything there that would have hosed it up. Which kernel did you download/flash from recovery?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] malvadomx:
this one: If you have 32A in the first line (with no 3.5mm jack) - myTouch 32A OC/UV Kernel
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] DonJuan692006:
That's the problem. You've got the headphone jack on top don't you??? You need to flash the 32B/1.2 kernel and flash it from recovery.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] ilikepi3:
Hey I got this rom on my g1 not sure if it would work on your mt3g 1.2, but if u wanna try its, http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=997055

suupppeeerrr awesomely fast and stable love it. oh and its 2.3.3
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] ilikepi3:
ignore the last message

I tried to flash the beatmod on my mytouch 3g 1.2 and it has a green tint to it so i guess its only good for the g1 =( sorry.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] DonJuan692006:
You probably just need to flash a new kernel.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] gspears:
Would I just flash the kernal that you pointed out is correct for my phone at the beginning of the thread?

BTW, thanks for continuing to keep the thread up even though you've moved to a different phone.

Edit. I looked everywhere for ezterry's latest kernel to use with the Beatmod rom (because I get the green tint) but couldn't find just the kernel. Of couirse XDA won't let me post on the beatmod thread because it's a "development" thread so I can't ask them where to get it. Any ideas?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] gspears:
If we can just did up the correct Kernel as per the beatmod thread, it would be okay. I tried ezterry's rom which is what beatmod's is based on and it worked okay without the green tint. I tried moving the Kernel folder in the zip file to the beatmod but it won't install when you do this.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] DonJuan692006:
Yeah you can't just import the kernel that way. It has to be changed in the boot.img which is do-able, but not easy if you haven't done it before. Just search for the "kernel corner" in here and it has a link to ezterry's 2708 kernel.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] utr3dsxfan:
Help, can't get back to Stock

Quick question if someone can help

So I followed the instructions and installed the latest clockworkmod ROM manager, and then did a backup from the main screen on the reboot. I am trying to go back to the original and it won't restore, it sits @ the MT3G screen and never moves from there. I have tried several ways, I even tried different backups (because I made more than one). Was I supposed to backup the nand seperately than the backup/restore from the main screen? How long should it take to boot after the restore? Did I not wait long enough?

Also I have access to my wife's phone that appears to be the same info, which is:

Sapphire PVT 32A Ship S-ON G

HBOOT-1.33.013 (SAPP31000)

CPLD-13

Radio - 2.22.28.25

Oct 21 2009, 22:33:27

Can I root hers and restore it to mine?

Both phones are have the 3.5 MM Jack on the top

Any help/answers are appreciated
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] DonJuan692006:
Yeah it can take up to 5 minutes to boot after restoring. I'm not following what your saying about doing a backup from the "main screen". The only way you can backup is via a custom recovery that I know of. Unless you do it from terminal or adb manually, but I doubt you did. Either way, give it more time if you didn't before. If it still doesn't work, yes you can create a backup of your wife's phone and restore it to yours. Assuming they are actually the same.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] jonnyj771:
Don I appreciate your work on this. as soon as i possibly can i will donate to help out. I was able to root my MT3G 32B 2725 following your instructions to the letter. It took me a little more than an hour to get it done but it worked out just perfect...I have had alot of issues with the original 2.2.1 especially with battery life. I bought the phone on ebay, so i wasn't concerned with any warranties being voided. so far i do like the 2.1 update1...i am wondering what gingerbread versions would work on this unit. and to make sure...i just need to download the ROM to my SD card and can install it from there am i correct?

Again thanks for the instructions. It helped me out
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] gspears:
I tried that 2708 kernel to see if it would fix the green screen problem on the Beatmod rom but it did the same thing it did when I used it with your instructions, started the good old boot loop. So I tried the

EBI0 (32b) port for 2.22.* radio users (includes 32a MT1.2/Fender):

ezBiffTestKernel20110222-ebi0_S.zip

MD5: 31a358b19b4928791ec419ac8ee90022

kernel and it fixed the problem!! Now the beatmod rom that ilikepi3 suggested works great. So far I REALLY like it. I upgraded a LG 540 with CM7 and really got used to some of the 2.3.3 features. Now they're back!

ilikepi3 if you tried to load the Beatmod on a 1.2 Fender, then you might want to try to kernel listed above. It worked great for me!

And thanks again DonJuan. Maybe this kernel would help some other people with boot loop problems on Fenders?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] gspears:
Wow, did I scare everybody off? Nothing for days? Or is my threadviewer broken?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] DonJuan692006:
No just seems this guide is sort of dying off. Either people aren't using it, aren't having problems, or have moved on to new devices.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] xtacy33:
not working...

Deleting my post - Found a solution, Thanx!
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] Bradbebrutal:
So, im dumb as helll, and no nothing about the rooting process or whatever

but i just followed this whole guide. and it freaking worked! youre a savior! i love you.