[Recovery] [32A & 32B] [16-May-2010] RA-sapphire-v1.7.0

[woo456]

Does the SDK in my computer have to be 1.5r2 or it can be 1.5r3, too?

[Amon_RA]

Does the SDK in my computer have to be 1.5r2 or it can be 1.5r3, too?

It should work on both ;)

[woo456]

I get a message saying Error: Cannot load... I put in the code fastboot boot recovery-RAv1.2.0H.img

I have the img copied to my SD and to the SDK directory

I have a Rogers Magic with SPL 0009
I'm having the same problem, exept I'm using the G version, and I have an Vodafone UK Magic, and my SPL is .0004.

[arunchowdhary]

MyTouch (t-Mobile)specs are:
Sapphire PVT 32B SHIP S-ON G
HBOOT-1.33.0006 (SAPP30000)
CPLD-10
RADIO-2.22.19.261

I have flashed "http://www.pjac.ca/dl/signed-Cyanogen_3.9.11.2_32a.zip" rom myTouch last night using one click root from the following thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=544854

I am trying to flash it with Fastboot method I have tried both the recovery images: RAV1.2.0G.img and RAV1.2.0H.img.

It says: downloading 'boot.img'... FAILED (remote: not allow)

I could see device my device listed when I execute: fastboot devices

Now my problem is what is the quick and easy way to flash my device with Hero rom?

[woo456]

Dunno what was wrong, now it works.

[robocik]

I have the same problem, but when I send "fastboot flash recovery recovery-RAv1.2.0H.img"
Answer is sending recovery...Okay
wrinting recovery...info signature checking...
FAILED <remote: signature verify fail>

What can I do??? :(:(:(

have you solved your problem? i have the same issue...
i can boot but not flash...

my spl is 009 at the end, a 32a from sweden.

EDIT: change to Engineering SPL solved my problems.

[TikiiTorch]

Forgive me if this is answered elsewhere, but I couldn't find it

Using your recovery image (1.2.0G) on MT3G, Whenever I do attempt to do a nandroid backup, when I reboot after the backup completes, the devices hangs indefinitely at the boot screen. logcat just says waiting for device.

I am also unable to restore the backup after I can no longer boot the device.

Ultimately this results in me having to wipe the device and reflash my ROM.

Just wondering if this is a known issue, something I am doing wrong, or something else.

Thanks in advance.

[Amon_RA]

Using your recovery image (1.2.0G) on MT3G, Whenever I do attempt to do a nandroid backup, when I reboot after the backup completes, the devices hangs indefinitely at the boot screen. logcat just says waiting for device.


Weird...
I assume that your MT3G is rooted and that you are using an Engineerings SPL? How much space do you have available on your SDcard?

[Amon_RA]

Updated the kernel to RAv1.0.0 in recovery-RAv1.2.1H.img
recompiled the recovery binary, with the following changes :

Fixed some bugs
Changed the confirmation text

Added/updated the following scrips :

51dusty's sdparted

[Killadude]

can you add an option of formatting just fat32 and ext2/3/4?

i was reading 51dusty's sdparted thread and it lets you do so, im asking this as i do not own a class 6 sd card and hence see no point in trying to have a swap partition

Thanks & Again Great job!

[Amon_RA]

can you add an option of formatting just fat32 and ext2/3/4?

i was reading 51dusty's sdparted thread and it lets you do so, im asking this as i do not own a class 6 sd card and hence see no point in trying to have a swap partition

Thanks & Again Great job!

51dusty's sdparted is included, you can run it via adb once the recovery is booted. :)

I assume you also want a menu option that does this?

[pep1t0]

Hello, when i apply updates via CM Updater i get the version of the recovery img in the first line and second says "E: Invalid (command or argument)" i don't remember well... happened with version 1.2.0G and now still happends after the update.

Also would be nice if we could erase ext2/3 partition data from the recovery menu.

[dearbear]

I have a HTC Magric 32A, SPL 3.22.20.17.
shall I downgrade the SPL to engineerings SPL(2005) before flashing this recovery img?

[arunchowdhary]

Weird...
I assume that your MT3G is rooted and that you are using an Engineerings SPL? How much space do you have available on your SDcard?

How do I check which SPL I am on? I have myTouch and I have used "Recovery Flasher" from Cyanogen, after that when I trys to use RAv1.2.0G recovery it does not work, however I have followed all instructions. All I get in Fastboot mode is "downloading 'boot.img'... FAILED (remote: not allow)". Could you please assist me to flash RAv1.2.1G on myTouch?

[MontAlbert]

51dusty's sdparted is included, you can run it via adb once the recovery is booted. :)

I assume you also want a menu option that does this?

i don't think that is necessary. there are perfectly good instructions in the thread about sdparted:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=543985

maybe a quick list of instructions of how to do each script would help most people.

[Wysie]

How do I check which SPL I am on? I have myTouch and I have used "Recovery Flasher" from Cyanogen, after that when I trys to use RAv1.2.0G recovery it does not work, however I have followed all instructions. All I get in Fastboot mode is "downloading 'boot.img'... FAILED (remote: not allow)". Could you please assist me to flash RAv1.2.1G on myTouch?

Hi, you can check your SPL by going to fastboot mode. I'm guessting you need an Engineering SPL so you can flash the recovery:).

[Lysin]

A while ago I flashed a rom into my 32A Magic and it all went well...

Today I was preparing to flash another rom, but when I started by running the recovery ROM in fastboot mode, now a message appears in windows console wich does not allow recovery rom to run!

Here is the message:

creating boot image...
creating boot image - xxxxxxxx bytes
downloading 'boot.img'... OKAY
booting... FAILED (remote: reproduce boot image with on-flash ramdisk error)

When i flashed my first rom I entered the recovery rom as many times as I needed, and now I get this...

I searched the forum but found no resoults ...

Maybe you could help because I ran out of ideas!

thanks in advance!

PS: Sorry for the bad english..

[MontAlbert]

have you tried flashing the recovery image permanently?

[Amon_RA]

How do I check which SPL I am on? I have myTouch and I have used "Recovery Flasher" from Cyanogen, after that when I trys to use RAv1.2.0G recovery it does not work, however I have followed all instructions. All I get in Fastboot mode is "downloading 'boot.img'... FAILED (remote: not allow)". Could you please assist me to flash RAv1.2.1G on myTouch?

You don't have an Engineerings SPL, that's why it's not working...

You can check you SPL by booting in fastboot mode, you do this by holding the BACK key while booting your phone (power off your phone hold the BACK key, and press the power key while holding the BACK key until you see the fastboot menu).


Download this file (http://rapidshare.com/files/247838950/update.Engineering-SPL-HBOOT-1.33.2005-signed.zip) and rename it to update.zip
Copy update.zip to the root of your SDcard
Boot into Cyanogen's recovery (that should be on your phone right now) by holding the HOME key while booting your phone
Wait a minute (for your SD card to mount)
Apply the update
Once flashing is done you can check your SPL in fastboot again, it should read .2005

[MontAlbert]

You don't have an Engineerings SPL, that's why it's not working...



funny thing- i haven't flashed any new spls to my phone yet and i have absolutely no issues flashing this recovery, installing nandroids etc.... i still have stock 3 australia: HBOOT-1.33.0009 (SAPP10000)

am i playing with fire not installing the engineering spl?

[dearbear]

Hello

I got a failure information when I flash this 1.2.1 revovery img. from 1.2.0 by:
"fastboot flash recovery recovery-RAv1.2.1H.img"

fastboot flash recovery recovery-rav1.2.1h.img
sending 'recovery' (3326 KB)... OKAY
writing 'recovery'... INFOsignature checking...
FAILED (remote: signature verify fail)


I noted you have revised the method of flashing it, so I tryied the method when you released 1.2.0:

fastboot boot recovery-RAv1.2.1H.img
Wait for a minute or two..
adb shell mount -a
Ignore the failed mounts...
adb push recovery-RAv1.2.0H.img /system/recovery.img
adb push recovery-RAv1.2.0H.img /sdcard/recovery-RAv1.2.1H.img
adb shell flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery-RAv1.2.1H.img


then I use the "Root Booter" to boot my Magtic to Recovery mode directly, the screen shows that the 1.2.1H has been flashed into my phone already

so, I'm just wandering why i can not use "fastboot flash recovery recovery-RAv1.2.1H.img" to flash this img.?
the details of my phone
SAPPHIRE PVT 32A SHIP S-ON H
HBOOT-1.33.0009(SAPP10000)
CPLD-12
RADIO-3.22.20.17

[Lysin]

have you tried flashing the recovery image permanently?

No... But I cant even get into the Modded Recovery... my fastboot wont work! Dont ask me why...

How exactly do I flash the recovery image permanently?

regards

[elegos]

fastboot flash recovery recovery-RAv1.2.1H.img
sending 'recovery' (3326 KB)... OKAY
writing 'recovery'... INFOsignature checking...
FAILED (remote: signature verify fail)

[setzer715]

fastboot flash recovery recovery-RAv1.2.1H.img
sending 'recovery' (3326 KB)... OKAY
writing 'recovery'... INFOsignature checking...
FAILED (remote: signature verify fail)

you fastboot erase recovery first right? Also, you have already established root access prior to this? It worked fine for me.

[nextelbuddy]

OK i tried it first with fastboot anfd that went fine.

now i want to flash it, from the first post the directions say:

adb remount
adb shell rm /system/recovery.img
OR (depending on where your ROM is storing the recovery image)
adb shell rm /data/recovery.img


ok so my Phone is at the HOME screen and im in command prompt and i type ADB Devices to verify my SN number

then i type adb Remount and it says remount succeeded

then i typed adb shell rm /system/recovery.img and it says no such file or directory. what am i doing wrong?


im currently on 1.2.0G right now rooted Mytouch with a Hero rom

[nextelbuddy]

ok well i screwed up.


i didnt know what this actually does below and since i couldnt get it to work i skipped it


adb remount
adb shell rm /system/recovery.img
OR (depending on where your ROM is storing the recovery image)
adb shell rm /data/recovery.img

then i went to:
fastboot erase recovery

and it erased


fastboot flash recovery recovery-RAv1.2.1G.img

and i got:

unknown partition 'recovery-RAv1.2.1G.img'
error: cannot determine image filename for 'recovery-RAv1.2.1G.img'

so now i have no recovery. i can boot fine but if i hold HOME and power only get the splash screen



im sorry for messing up still learning here, i hope someone can help me

[elegos]

you fastboot erase recovery first right? Also, you have already established root access prior to this? It worked fine for me.

I don't know what's wrong!

md5 recovery-RAv1.2.1H.img
MD5 (recovery-RAv1.2.1H.img) = f5858017ce32b6e959313b6c970ac6d3

I do:
adb remount
(can't find recovery.img anywhere)
(fastboot mode)
fastboot erase recovery
fastboot flash recovery recovery-RAv1.2.1H.img

[dearbear]

ok well i screwed up.


i didnt know what this actually does below and since i couldnt get it to work i skipped it


adb remount
adb shell rm /system/recovery.img
OR (depending on where your ROM is storing the recovery image)
adb shell rm /data/recovery.img

then i went to:
fastboot erase recovery

and it erased


fastboot flash recovery recovery-RAv1.2.1G.img

and i got:

unknown partition 'recovery-RAv1.2.1G.img'
error: cannot determine image filename for 'recovery-RAv1.2.1G.img'

so now i have no recovery. i can boot fine but if i hold HOME and power only get the splash screen



im sorry for messing up still learning here, i hope someone can help me

maybe you can try below way to flash it into you phone.
I also get erro message when i use "fastboot flash recovery", and I finally flashed it by below way.
don't ask me why, as i don't know.......:confused::confused:
fastboot boot recovery-RAv1.2.1H.img
Wait for a minute or two..
adb shell mount -a
Ignore the failed mounts...
adb push recovery-RAv1.2.0H.img /system/recovery.img
adb push recovery-RAv1.2.0H.img /sdcard/recovery-RAv1.2.1H.img
adb shell flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery-RAv1.2.1H.img

[elegos]

I resolved in a similar way:

(FASTBOOT USB)
fastboot boot recovery-RAv1.2.1H.img
...
adb shell push recovery-RAv1.2.1H.img /sdcard/recovery.img
adb flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img

[tengtengvn]

Hi Amon. I tried this recovery image on my MT3G and Nandroid doesn't work. I got this error when I ran Nandroid backup"

Performing backup: ..
Error : Backup not performed!

My phone has root. Nandroid was working on Cyanogen Recovery 1.4 prior to update.

/Never mind, it works again after I deleted the nandroid folder.

Request: Can you add an option to format the ext2/ext3 partition?

[Rroet]

Request: Can you add an option to format the ext2/ext3 partition?

With all the A2SD options I'd love to see this one as well.
If I use a cyanogen rom I can repeatedly upgrade without losing data, but when I switch roms to check out a hero rom, I get stuck in reboot loops. This is the best way to fix it.

If possible a ext4 format as well as Cyanogen is able to use ext4 as well.

[iB4STiD]

hi this is gonna be a stupid question but here goes,

I'm using build rav1.2.06 i upgraded from cya's 1.4, I have a mt3g is it ok im using the stock spl with this.. and if i upgrade to 1.2.1 will i have to update my spl ?

and ya im a lil scared to update the spl, so if i don't have to or if theirs a way to downgrade the spl along with the radio so i could go back to the stock ( just in case i mess somtin up) than that would be fine lol

[TikiiTorch]

Weird...
I assume that your MT3G is rooted and that you are using an Engineerings SPL? How much space do you have available on your SDcard?

SAPPHIRE PVT 32B ENG S-OFF H
HBOOT-1.33.2005 (SAPP30000)
CPLD-10
RADIO-2.22.19.261
Apr 20 2009, 15:30:43

I just noticed that last line, if that is supposed to be the current time/date, it is way off. Could that be why the built in nandroid is failing?

[pep1t0]

Hi Amon. I tried this recovery image on my MT3G and Nandroid doesn't work. I got this error when I ran Nandroid backup"

Performing backup: ..
Error : Backup not performed!

My phone has root. Nandroid was working on Cyanogen Recovery 1.4 prior to update.

/Never mind, it works again after I deleted the nandroid folder.

Request: Can you add an option to format the ext2/ext3 partition?
That happened to me a couple of minutes ago i had like 180mb free in the fat32 partition... i mounted the sd, erased some data in the nandroid folder, rebooted the phone in recovery and was able to do the backup with no problem... hope it works...

[tq745]

i was wondering if anyone knew the size of the partitions when doing the partitions in the recovery mode?

[robocik]

i was wondering if anyone knew the size of the partitions when doing the partitions in the recovery mode?

FIRST POST -> # Partition your SD directly from the menu! (500MB Ext2, 32MB Swap, remaining Fat32)

[guinnes.s]

Any chance to add in this recovery the "ANY" option to the nandroid restore???it will help choosing the restore of different rom's backups.
thanx

[woo456]

adb shell rm /system/recovery.img
OR (depending on where your ROM is storing the recovery image)
adb shell rm /data/recovery.img

both of them give me an error, that the file isn't there. What to do?

[Amon_RA]

adb shell rm /system/recovery.img
OR (depending on where your ROM is storing the recovery image)
adb shell rm /data/recovery.img

both of them give me an error, that the file isn't there. What to do?

That's a good thing, it means they are not there so you can go ahead and flash the recovery... :)

When they are there it means that your recovery will be overwritten at boot time so you will loose your flashed rom again.

[Emperor Jon]

Hey i'm running an HTC magic 32a

I've got your rom on it with your recovery img


More or less all i've been trying to do for the last week is figure out how I can partition my memory card so I can save applications to it, and then run apps from my memory card.

I've got a class 6, 8 GB memory card at the moment..

Any help would be appreciated

[Amon_RA]

Hey i'm running an HTC magic 32a

I've got your rom on it with your recovery img


More or less all i've been trying to do for the last week is figure out how I can partition my memory card so I can save applications to it, and then run apps from my memory card.

I've got a class 6, 8 GB memory card at the moment..

Any help would be appreciated

I didn't include the option to run apps from memory card in my ROM so even if you partition your SD it will not work unless you manually add apps2sd :)

Check out 51dusty's guide (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=534714) if you want to partition your SD.
I've included his script in my latest recovery too...

[Estyle]

excuse my bad English..
I have a my touch 3g
rooted SPL 1.33.2010 ROM CM4.02
pvt32B s=off H
I remembered mt should be the G version
so i flashed 1.21G recovery
is that a problem H version with a G recovery?
and i try to flash a hero rom ,always stuck on the second screen..
is it because my SPL? shoud i have to flash to 2005?
Please anyone help me

[Amon_RA]

excuse my bad English..
I have a my touch 3g
rooted SPL 1.33.2010 ROM CM4.02
pvt32B s=off H
I remembered mt should be the G version
so i flashed 1.21G recovery
is that a problem H version with a G recovery?
and i try to flash a hero rom ,always stuck on the second screen..
is it because my SPL? shoud i have to flash to 2005?
Please anyone help me

Your SPL is ok, you don't need to flash 2005.
You have a myTouch3G, that's a 32B, so you correctly flashed RAv1.2.1G.

If your Hero ROM is stuck at the second boot screen it probably means that :
1. you didn't wipe
2. you didn't partition your SD card correctly
3. you don't wait long enough :p

[Estyle]

Your SPL is ok, you don't need to flash 2005.
You have a myTouch3G, that's a 32B, so you correctly flashed RAv1.2.1G.

If your Hero ROM is stuck at the second boot screen it probably means that :
1. you didn't wipe
2. you didn't partition your SD card correctly
3. you don't wait long enough :p

Thanks Boss!!
and about flash hero roms
i did Partition my sdcard(500MB Ext2, 32MB Swap, remaining Fat32) by 1.21G recovery
i did wipe..actually i did twice before and after flashing
it stuck on second screen and repeat the hero logo,someone said i should format ext3 before flashing...
could you list the details for me about flash hero roms..
your help will be greatly appreciated!!
Thanks agian Boss!! i am counting on you! you are my idol !!!!!

[Emperor Jon]

I didn't include the option to run apps from memory card in my ROM so even if you partition your SD it will not work unless you manually add apps2sd :)

Check out 51dusty's guide (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=534714) if you want to partition your SD.
I've included his script in my latest recovery too...

Please excuse my ignorance. I'm really new to this..

Once my SD card is partitioned.

I would need to download only apps2sd to load apps from my SD card?


I'm running your latest recovery. Would I still be using the script to partition my memory card then?

[elite_is3]

[COLOR="Red"]
adb remount
adb shell rm /system/recovery.img
OR (depending on where your ROM is storing the recovery image)
adb shell rm /data/recovery.img
fastboot erase recovery
fastboot flash recovery recovery-RAv1.2.1H.img

when doing these first 2 steps it says that the file etc does not exsist.

then skipping to the last steps

when i tried the FASTBOOK ERASE RECOVERY, it just says "waiting for device" and stays there.

whats wrong??

[Amon_RA]

when doing these first 2 steps it says that the file etc does not exsist.

then skipping to the last steps

when i tried the FASTBOOK ERASE RECOVERY, it just says "waiting for device" and stays there.

whats wrong??

file etc does not exists is ok, it means the the files are already deleted...
Waiting for device means that your pc can't find your phone... check your drivers. Try "fastboot devices" to see if your drivers are installed correctly.

[Amon_RA]

Thanks Boss!!
and about flash hero roms
i did Partition my sdcard(500MB Ext2, 32MB Swap, remaining Fat32) by 1.21G recovery
i did wipe..actually i did twice before and after flashing
it stuck on second screen and repeat the hero logo,someone said i should format ext3 before flashing...
could you list the details for me about flash hero roms..
your help will be greatly appreciated!!
Thanks agian Boss!! i am counting on you! you are my idol !!!!!

Your issue has nothing to do with my recovery but with your hero rom, I suggest you ask for help to the creator of your hero rom or post a new thread in the general section with your questions :)

[Emperor Jon]

All i want to do is to be able to load apps from my SD card :S

I've run through 51dusty's guide and partitioned my SD card. How can I make it so i can load apps from the SD card from here?

[pcm2a]

Sorry for my possible ignorant question, but what benefit does permanently flashing the recovery image on provide, if any, on a Roger's 32A Magic?

Currently I change roms all the time, each time I do I boot up with back+power. Then I run the trusty "fastboot boot recovery.img". From there I flash my rom. Would permanently flashing the image just keep me from having to do the fastboot step from a dos window?

[Amon_RA]

Sorry for my possible ignorant question, but what benefit does permanently flashing the recovery image on provide, if any, on a Roger's 32A Magic?

Currently I change roms all the time, each time I do I boot up with back+power. Then I run the trusty "fastboot boot recovery.img". From there I flash my rom. Would permanently flashing the image just keep me from having to do the fastboot step from a dos window?

Indeed, you'll not have to use the fastboot step from a dos window anymore. Instead you can boot into recovery mode by pressing HOME + POWER...

[ricardomega]

Indeed, you'll not have to use the fastboot step from a dos window anymore. Instead you can boot into recovery mode by pressing HOME + POWER...

Better than that, is if your customizated ROM is malfunctioning, anytime and anywhere you can come backup to your previous backup from nandroid without the fastboot..

It already happen to me.. I had installed the usually programs on a new ROM and on this one didn't mentioned that was overclocked already.. I had installed the openoverclock.. I had to take out the battery on it to check the s/n of the phone to make the register on HTC and when it booted, every time it suspend it, it restarted automatically. I had previously made a backup from the old version of that ROM, so I just restore it and when I got home, I tested and checked the issue ;)

[SkoalFyfan]

So quick question,

I just got a Rogers branded Magic. I want to root it and get redglasses MyHero ROM running on it. I was going to follow the instructions here:
http://theunlockr.com/2009/07/08/how-to-root-your-htc-magic/

which primarily uses daldroids recovery image and some rooted rom (I'm guessing?)

Can I use your/this recovery image instead? v1.2? I noticed rooting rogers instructions earlier using older versions of this recovery image. No problem?

Second question is then, after you have flashed a rooted ROM? then afterwards when I flash the MyHero ROM image - will my phone still be rooted?? Is whether a phone rooted dependent on the ROM only?

Thanks in advance!

[pcm2a]

It looks like the procedure I followed to root my phone over on Howardforums already had me flash some older recovery image. I tried the home+power and my current nandroid backup is 2.1.

I guess it was these steps:6. fastboot flash boot boot.img
7. fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
8. fastboot reboot

I'm going to test out the newest one and then flash it over I suppose. Maybe not brick it!

[pcm2a]

So quick question,
I just got a Rogers branded Magic. I want to root it and get redglasses MyHero ROM running on it. I was going to follow the instructions here:
http://theunlockr.com/2009/07/08/how-to-root-your-htc-magic/


I cant answer your question exactly, but I also have a Roger's branded Magic and I followed these steps exactly to root my Magic, and apparently flash a recovery image:
http://howardforums.com/showthread.php?t=1545226 (can I paste offsite links here?)

I did not flash a rom in that process. I've tried a boatload of 32A roms and some that wouldn't boot up at all. Currently I've landed on MyHero 0.1.0 and yes it is still rooted.

[pcm2a]

I have some questions about how to actually flash this newest recovery image.

This is how I got my original recovery installed a while back4. reboot out of recovery mode.
5. power off phone, hold back button and power to boot into fastboot again
6. fastboot flash boot boot.img
7. fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
8. fastboot reboot


Now your steps for installing this are a little different. Part 1:adb remount
adb shell rm /system/recovery.img
OR (depending on where your ROM is storing the recovery image)
adb shell rm /data/recovery.img
Q: Am I doing that from inside a running rom? I tried adb remount from the fastboot screen and from the recovery and it was a no go.

Next you havefastboot erase recovery
fastboot flash recovery recovery-RAv1.2.1H.img
Q: Is this also done from inside a working rom?

PS. When I soft tested it "fastboot boot recovery<x>.img" it worked fantastic! Nice upgrade from my older recovery with like 4 options in there.

[elite_is3]

file etc does not exists is ok, it means the the files are already deleted...
Waiting for device means that your pc can't find your phone... check your drivers. Try "fastboot devices" to see if your drivers are installed correctly.

i tried this and in fastboot mode, FASTBOOT DEVICES shows a serial number for the phone. im guessing thats good?

but i still cannot load up this recovery

[krixl]

Is it possible to add an option to just format the ext/swap partition and not the fat ?
that would be great :)

[pcm2a]

Just to upgrade from RA1.0H to RA1.2H I was making way too difficult. I ended up just running one command after holding down Back+Power:fastboot flash recovery recovery-RAv1.2.1H.img
sending 'recovery' (3326 KB)... OKAY
writing 'recovery'... OKAY
Perfect.

[SkoalFyfan]

So I managed to get my phone rooted using daldroids recovery and rom as described over at theunlockr.com

Everything seems to be smooth. I proceeded to remove daldroids recovery from my SD card and copied over this great one. Moved it to /tools as well and now I'm looking at it.

Q: Why would one formation and partition the sd card with fat32+ext2+swap or just fat32? Like when do you need one and not the other?

Anyhow, I formatted it with fat32+ext2+swap and then created a nandroid backup. I'm about to flash the this great recovery image.

Then I assume when I get to loading the MyHero ROM I simply copy it over to sd card? rename it to update.zip. Jump into recovery mode / wipe data / and apply update.zip? Is that it?

[SkoalFyfan]

uh oh.

When I tried to flash the recovery image I got some error about signature checking being on and hence it failed and I know when I checked my phone I had SPL-ON.

I saw the post re: SPL2005 Engineering and to apply that update after fastboot. I fastbooted in and applied the update.zip.

Now my phone continues to get stuck on the Rogers/Provider logo and doesn't seem to boot? :confused:

ALSO - it seems it won't launch into FASTBOOT mode at all anymore either? I hold down BACK+POWER and I still just get my provider logo and it seems to hang on it?? The only way to get out of my provider splash screen seems to be to pull the battery! HEEEEELP!

ALSO - if I plug in the USB while it's stuck on the provider splash screen - my PC seems to detect a USB connection but it's an "Unknown Device" :(

am I completely bricked? :( I have nandroid backups on the sd card which I also copied locally but it seems pointless if I can't get into fastboot? :(

*UPDATE*: PHEW! After scouring the internet for help, I found a post where someone said to turn the phone off, plug in USB and then power it on normally. Provider splash still came up and was stuck on it, but the top left corner said FASTBOOT USB in red. I was able to still execute fastboot cmds from prompt and after flashing the boot images w/ my nandroid backup everything works again - including having the proper 2005 SPL now. Just upgraded to the MyHero ROM.

[sanmartindj]

Hey guys, I just switch from the cyan recovery img and it's great, love it. The only suggestion I have is that it would be nice to be able to enable usb in case we don't have a card reader near by. On Cyan's you did it via recovery console but obviously we can't do it here.

Thanks

[guinnes.s]

I'm sorry for a noob question, probably, and perhaps in not exactly the right thread as well, but I'm trying to make some sense of this SPL and radio stuff for days and even though I'm not exactly HW noob, the more I read, the more confused I in fact become. It seems to me there's a lot of contradicting info available here in the forums.

First, I've got the 32A european HTC branded Magic:

PVT 32A SHIP S-ON H
HBOOT-1.33.0009 (SAPP10000)
CPLD-12
RADIO-3.22.20.17
May 8 2009, 21:02:32

Now, when I look at the very first post by Amon_RA, it says in big red letters "Make sure your phone is rooted and that you are using an engineerings SPL!". Also, a few pages into this thread, there's this:



However, when I rooted my phone a few weeks back, I used Amon_RA recovery 1.2.0 - the latest at the time - without flashing it permanently to make nandroid backup of the unrooted phone and then to apply the necessary patches to root my phone succesfuly. Then I flashed the Amon_RA recovery without any problems directly into the phone and been using it since, even did some nandroid backups and restores without any problems at all. Should this even be possible without the engineering SPL (which I figure I don't have, it being .0009 and S-ON)? If I understood the SPL info correctly, it shouldn't, but I was still able to do it...

And if I may venture even more off topic (sorry about that, really...), can I perhaps try to flash some custom ROM for 32A without the risk of bricking the device? Am I right in assuming that pretty much the only way to brick the phone is to start messing with radio and SPL (which is necessary for Hero ROM, I take it?)

Thanks for any clarifications and once again, I'm sorry if I'm a bit off-topic here. If someone can direct me to some clear info on the issues, I'll gladly take that, but as I've said, most of the informations I've dug out the past few days (and weeks, actually) only deepen my confusion.

Oh, and Amon_RA, thanks for your AMAZING recovery, it rocks! I'll definitely buy you some Redbull soon ;)
I did brick my first 32b by using the wrong SPL.
My new one has only the mod recovery and stock spl and im able to update to most of the rom out there.how come?

[Amon_RA]

I did brick my first 32b by using the wrong SPL.
My new one has only the mod recovery and stock spl and im able to update to most of the rom out there.how come?

Does your SPL have S=OFF ?

[guinnes.s]

PVT 32B SHIP S-ON G
so what does mean?

[guinnes.s]

It have. S-ON

[TeCH NiNJa]

would any1 know if the hard spl would be considered a engineering spl? or am i gonna have to load the engineering spl before i can do this update to 1.2.1G?

[lancelotchen]

I have met some problem in this recovery.
In recovery mode, sometimes I can't find the files under /system and /sdcard. When I use adb push file from PC to sdcard. The PC side always shows ok, but the file is not on sdcard. And I also can't access "su" in recovery mode. Everything is ok when I am not in recovery mode.
I am not sure this problem is related with this recovery, I also update my SPL to 2010 recently.
Could you help me?

[chris-steenkamp]

I have met some problem in this recovery.
In recovery mode, sometimes I can't find the files under /system and /sdcard. When I use adb push file from PC to sdcard. The PC side always shows ok, but the file is not on sdcard. And I also can't access "su" in recovery mode. Everything is ok when I am not in recovery mode.
I am not sure this problem is related with this recovery, I also update my SPL to 2010 recently.
Could you help me?

The reason you can't access /system or /sdcard is because the filesystems are not yet mounted. This is also the reason that pushing files doesn't actually put the files where you want them. The data gets transferred but instead of the output getting stored it sort of just goes into a black whole... to fix it is easy though, you just have to type 'mount -a' from your adb shell to remount all the filesystems.

[lancelotchen]

The reason you can't access /system or /sdcard is because the filesystems are not yet mounted. This is also the reason that pushing files doesn't actually put the files where you want them. The data gets transferred but instead of the output getting stored it sort of just goes into a black whole... to fix it is easy though, you just have to type 'mount -a' from your adb shell to remount all the filesystems.

Thanks, I will try it tomorrow. But sometimes I can see other files on the SDCARD but can not see the file which I pushed. Is it related with mount?

[legend0fthefall]

Any plans on adding a "console" feature as well as "Parted" for us to enter the console and format the SD card ourselves?

The reason I ask is on the 32B board I find that 96MB of Swap work better than 32MB. And with the format option in your recovery, it only does 32MB. Where if we had access to something like "Parted", we could format however we wish.

EDIT: Ok, I'm an idiot... I totally forgot about the myTouch not having a physical keyboard....

BUT... could you ADD an option to your recovery that formatted 96MB for swap?

Are there any issues in using my Dream with Cynogen's to format the card using "parted" and then placing this card into the myTouch?

[Amon_RA]

Any plans on adding a "console" feature as well as "Parted" for us to enter the console and format the SD card ourselves?

The reason I ask is on the 32B board I find that 96MB of Swap work better than 32MB. And with the format option in your recovery, it only does 32MB. Where if we had access to something like "Parted", we could format however we wish.

EDIT: Ok, I'm an idiot... I totally forgot about the myTouch not having a physical keyboard....

BUT... could you ADD an option to your recovery that formatted 96MB for swap?

Are there any issues in using my Dream with Cynogen's to format the card using "parted" and then placing this card into the myTouch?

I enabled adb in recovery mode so you can just connect your PC via usb and use adb shell. From there you can use parted and all the other binaries and scripts... they are all there, no need for cyanogen's recovery.

[CoupedUp]

I am having issues with the 1.2.1G Recovery Image.

I am attempting to use theunlockrs 'One Click' method. When I try to use recovery flasher after backing up my recovery image I enter "sdcard/recovery-rav1.2.1G.img" and I get 'Invalid Recovery Image'.

I have the files on the root and I also have tried reformatting and readding the file to the root.

If this matters this is my info...

SAPPHIRE PVT 32B SHIP S-ON G
HBOOT-1.33.0006 (SAPP30000)
CPLD-10
RADIO-2.22.19.261
May 27 2009,19:06:41

I've never rooted or tried the goldcard method on this phone. This is as far as I have gotten. Any ideas?

EDIT: I have used 2 different SD cards now if that even makes a difference. A Patriot 2GB and the OEM MyTouch 4GB.

[andfreek]

Hi Aman-RA,

I unrooted my HTC Magic ( Airtel India 32 A) using acidburn's thread. Which intern turned my 1.33.0010 to 1.33.2010 and etc...

Now, as per the guidelines, I took a nandroid backup. Is there anyway to revert me phone to 1.33.0010 + original ROM?

Thanks,
Andfreek.
PS: looks like HTC India is going to release a new rom with google apps. As I am not interested with the fancy UI and I am interested to use a pure ION to develop my Android applications.

[farbird]

with the 1.21h, I am unable to do filesystem repair or fix permissions..
It told me to fix/run via direct "adb"

i ran the img with
./fastboot boot ra_image.img

must i flash in order to fix the above problems?

[Amon_RA]

I am attempting to use theunlockrs 'One Click' method. When I try to use recovery flasher after backing up my recovery image I enter "sdcard/recovery-rav1.2.1G.img" and I get 'Invalid Recovery Image'.


It's case sensitive : sdcard/recovery-RAv1.2.1G.img
If it's not working try to rename the recovery to rec.img or something.

with the 1.21h, I am unable to do filesystem repair or fix permissions..
It told me to fix/run via direct "adb"

i ran the img with
./fastboot boot ra_image.img

must i flash in order to fix the above problems?

You need to run the fix persmissions script directly from adb ;)
So start an adb shell and run it.

[lifeflayer]

Hey I am having some weird problems... I originally flashed my recovery with the 1.2.0 but I did a nandroid back up and lost it. When I try to flash it again, but with 1.2.1 this time, the check sum would fail at
fastboot flash recovery recovery-RAv1.2.1H.img
after sending the recovery rom to the device. I now have NO recovery rom what so ever lol... any idea on what might be the problem? The image worked fine as I booted into it through fastboot and updated my Magic through it as well.

[hk5354]

what happen if hilding on "fastboot erase recovery"
keep < waiting for device >:confused:

[eblanchette]

Are you sure you are in fastboot? Is the screen white? Turn off the device and then start up by pressing back and home. Then you will be in fastboot mode. Hope this helps

[skrki]

I see that HBOOT-1.33.0004 (SAPP10000) : Sapphire PVT 32B SHIP S-ON G : CPLD-10 (Voldafone NL + UK + Australia)

but i have H not a G and is from Vodafone UK with Google branding on the back
I know its got PVT 32B but was not sure which one because of the letters

RAv1.0H : Use this image if your Magic is HTC branded (PVT 32A board)
RAv1.0G : Use this image if your Magic is Google branded (PVT 32B board)

so i know i have a H so i fastboot the RAv1.0H (Locks on Vodafone logo)
so i now know that even though i got a H i fastboot with RAv1.0G and works fine

working great now and thanks, just letting people know

B

This same thing happened to me.
I rooted my Magic (UK Vodafone, PVT 32B), without problems using instructions in the Wiki. Then went on to change the SPL.. The one mentioned in Wiki, Haykuro's update did not work, so I looked for another, and installed an SPL 1.33.2009.

Before I installed an engineering SPL HBOOT-1.33.2009, the device had HBOOT-1.33.0004 (shipped). The shipped one said it was G, but 1.33.2009 now says it is H.

I wonder if any of the pros around here could clarify why exactly this happened, and what it means... Sorry, I have been reading for so long now, that all the information is messed up in my head. :confused:

Now (finally), the G version of the recovery.img is flashed into my phone and running smoothly. Made a few backups along the way, and one final one upon the installation of the RAv1.2.1 recovery.

If I'm not mistaken, the next step for me now would be to flash a custom ROM, I think I've done all the neccessary steps to be able to finally do that.
My point is to try and get back some of the features disabled by Vodafone, like voice control, if that's even possible. If anyone cares to comment on this, it will be much appreciated.

Regards to all, and thanks for your great help! :)

S.

[nold-i-spolen]

I updated my SPL from 1.33.009 to Engineering SPL 1.33.2010
No problems

I can do the:
fastboot boot recovery-RAv1.2.1H.img

But when i get to the:
adb remount

I get "device not found" (tried waiting from 10 sec to 10 min)

Is it driver related? I don't understand, cuz i do get my serial number when "fastboot devices" and are able to fastboot the recovery.......

USB Debugging is marked

Thanks!

[nold-i-spolen]

>>guinnes.s

Do just 30 min of reading on the subject before posting pleas!

Quick version: the Enginering allows you to load different versions of firmware that the stock don't (enginering SPL = Reverse enginered stock SPL + different changes)

[guinnes.s]

Done more then 30 minutes thanx
I only asked because im still with stock spl and able to flash roms,so i am just wondering what more can eng spl give.?

[nold-i-spolen]

Not that i'm an expert.......but it gives you the ability to load a different recovery menu to your phone
(so you don't have to connect your phone to a computer every time you want to try out a different ROM)

and probably alot more i have no clue about

(cut/past from original post)
All this, WITHOUT using a computer/PC. At the moment you can also do it, but only WITH a computer/PC

# root
# full ADB access in recovery mode
# Partition your SD directly from the menu! (500MB Ext2, 32MB Swap, remaining Fat32)
# Repair ext filesystem, convert ext2 to ext3, fix package mismatches, move apps2SD directly from the menu!
# Flash ANY .zip from your SD - by krut0n
# 51dusty's sdparted v0.5 util *NEW
# Loads of scrips and binaries from Cyanogen's v1.4 dream recovery
# Nandroid v2.2 backup and restore
# Busybox
# Green colored menu with a nice HTC logo

[Amon_RA]

>>guinnes.s

Do just 30 min of reading on the subject before posting pleas!

Quick version: the Enginering allows you to load different versions of firmware that the stock don't (enginering SPL = Reverse enginered stock SPL + different changes)

This is incorrect, an engineerings SPL is not a reversed engineered stock SPL, it's an SPL that is used by android engineers/testers/etc...

[skrki]

One obvious fact is that you can flash a different recovery module (like Amon_RAs for example). I found that I couldn't flash it, unless I flashed an engineering SPL first. Maybe it has to do with the fact that the shipped SPLs have "S ON" (I've read that the "S" means Security), but engineering SPLs swith it off, e.g. my SPL now says "S-OFF", which allows me to flash different recovery modules. The advantage of a custom recovery is (as it was mentioned here before) that we are able to perform a set of actions, like nandroid backups, or partitioning for instance, which are not there in the original recovery module...and so on...:)

Regards,
S.

[nold-i-spolen]

Any one???

I'm stuck her, have tried to uninstall the drivers and re-installing them, no change.....

I use Win XP if it matters......could try to install vista or 7 if it is suppose to make it easier? (normally using Ubuntu, but it's a bitch to connect to the phone from that, so i gave up and booted in XP)



I updated my SPL from 1.33.009 to Engineering SPL 1.33.2010
No problems

I can do the:
fastboot boot recovery-RAv1.2.1H.img

But when i get to the:
adb remount

I get "device not found" (tried waiting from 10 sec to 10 min)

Is it driver related? I don't understand, cuz i do get my serial number when "fastboot devices" and are able to fastboot the recovery.......

USB Debugging is marked

Thanks!

[vomer]

Whats the benefit of flashing this recovery.img? I have a rogers magic and I just use the latest recovery.img to install new roms... will flashing these img files enhance something?

[lesjaw]

Any one???

I'm stuck her, have tried to uninstall the drivers and re-installing them, no change.....

I use Win XP if it matters......could try to install vista or 7 if it is suppose to make it easier? (normally using Ubuntu, but it's a bitch to connect to the phone from that, so i gave up and booted in XP)



I updated my SPL from 1.33.009 to Engineering SPL 1.33.2010
No problems

I can do the:
fastboot boot recovery-RAv1.2.1H.img

But when i get to the:
adb remount

I get "device not found" (tried waiting from 10 sec to 10 min)

Is it driver related? I don't understand, cuz i do get my serial number when "fastboot devices" and are able to fastboot the recovery.......

USB Debugging is marked

Thanks!

did you do adb in fastboot mode? AFAIK adb will not work in fastboot mode..but if you flash AmonRa latest recovery then enter Recovery mode i believe you can do adb from there..

[lesjaw]

Whats the benefit of flashing this recovery.img? I have a rogers magic and I just use the latest recovery.img to install new roms... will flashing these img files enhance something?

the benefit is everytime you need to flash a room yo don't have to use computer anymore..all you need is just transfer the update.zip to your sdcard (still need pc though) then turn off magic, press home + power button..

don't know if it enhance anything..

[ClintonH]

the benefit is everytime you need to flash a room yo don't have to use computer anymore..all you need is just transfer the update.zip to your sdcard (still need pc though) then turn off magic, press home + power button..

don't know if it enhance anything..

Actually if you really dont want to or can't use your PC than just use Linda file Manager and download/rename and your set. :)

Clinton

[Amon_RA]

Any one???

I'm stuck her, have tried to uninstall the drivers and re-installing them, no change.....

I use Win XP if it matters......could try to install vista or 7 if it is suppose to make it easier? (normally using Ubuntu, but it's a bitch to connect to the phone from that, so i gave up and booted in XP)



I updated my SPL from 1.33.009 to Engineering SPL 1.33.2010
No problems

I can do the:
fastboot boot recovery-RAv1.2.1H.img

But when i get to the:
adb remount

I get "device not found" (tried waiting from 10 sec to 10 min)

Is it driver related? I don't understand, cuz i do get my serial number when "fastboot devices" and are able to fastboot the recovery.......

USB Debugging is marked

Thanks!

Your issue is NOT related to this recovery so this question belongs in the general forum. Anyways... you're clearly having a driver issue.

Try this :

1. Make sure your phone is not connected via usb
2. Download USBdeview (http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/usbdeview.zip) and run it as admin (it's very important to run it as admin otherwise you will be unable to uninstall!).
3. Uninstall all drivers that mention Android in the device name or description.
4. Make sure that USB debugging is enabled in your phone (Settings - Applications - Development - USB debugging).
5. Connect your phone via usb.
6. Windows will now look for drivers, point it to the sdk drivers and make sure it uses those.
7. Check with "adb devices" to see if your phone listed.

[skrki]

I am having issues with the 1.2.1G Recovery Image.

I am attempting to use theunlockrs 'One Click' method. When I try to use recovery flasher after backing up my recovery image I enter "sdcard/recovery-rav1.2.1G.img" and I get 'Invalid Recovery Image'.

I have the files on the root and I also have tried reformatting and readding the file to the root.

If this matters this is my info...

SAPPHIRE PVT 32B SHIP S-ON G
HBOOT-1.33.0006 (SAPP30000)
CPLD-10
RADIO-2.22.19.261
May 27 2009,19:06:41

I've never rooted or tried the goldcard method on this phone. This is as far as I have gotten. Any ideas?

EDIT: I have used 2 different SD cards now if that even makes a difference. A Patriot 2GB and the OEM MyTouch 4GB.

I'm no expert, but it seems like your SPL won't allow another recovery module, until you change it. Get an engineering SPL, flash it to your phone, and then flash the modified recovery.

S.

[eugene373]

I'm no expert, but it seems like your SPL won't allow another recovery module, until you change it. Get an engineering SPL, flash it to your phone, and then flash the modified recovery.

S.

Not sure thats the problem. I have the Same setup
SAPPHIRE PVT 32B SHIP S-ON G
HBOOT-1.33.0006 (SAPP30000)
CPLD-10
RADIO-2.22.19.261
May 27 2009,19:06:41

Is the name correct? idk, just stating as I didn't have any trouble from mine is all.

[poe11371]

Seen it asked once before but I might have missed the answer is there anyway we can edit the .img to allow us to have a 96mb linux-swap when choosing the "format sd fat32/ext2/l-s" option?

Also is it safe to install over cyan's 1.4 recovery thingy?

And lastly can it be installed via the "one-click" recovery program much you would have to with a 32a recovery image? By typing the file's location into the open field?

Has anyone tired these scenarios and what were your results? Thanks. Just looking to fill in the gaps and learn from your successes, hoping for, or your folly, sorry if so.

[kittcoldfire]

Hey everyone, I'm trying to boot the recovery rom (newest version) on a Rogers HTC Dream, and everytime I run the cmd "fastboot boot recovery-RAv1.2.0G.img"

instead of going to the recovery rom, it loads the Rogers Symbol and doesn't go anywhere from there, anyone have any idea how i can get past this?

[ryoojin83]

think you would be able to add nano in your next build, for us vi noobs?
or does it not work like that?

http://android.modaco.com/content/software/291983/nano-editor-for-android/

[SilverSurfR]

Can nandroid backup/restore ext2 partition or only fat32?
I have restore a rom with ap2sd and programs installed i can't see

AFAIK nandroid does not backup the contents of your SD card. It backs up the contents of your DEVICE to the SDCARD fat32 partition. If you wish to backup the contents of the ext2/3 partition.

Backup

adb pull /system/sd/ <some-path>\sdbackup
Restore

adb push <some-path>\sdbackup /system/sd

Learned this from the sdparted (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=543985) thread linked in the OP

[scoobyturbo]

is there an issue with this recovery img with 8gb cards ? cuase i just cant get mine to format and make partions if there is an issue could this be fixed in the next build ? thanks

[B3ler3fonte]

Dear All,

First of all congrats to everybody who is participating to this effort and as far as i can i see u actually managed to stabilize the version. As you can see its my first post and certainly not my last one :). I am posting coz i decided to ask for help since ive tried loads of things and i got till the "source" but still, till now, i haven't managed to njoy the pleasure of having Hero Rom on Magic :confused::(.

I followed by heart what is written about flashing and everything went fine. Probably i am missing something out.Lets be more specific. Here's what i have as for the device itself (through fastboot nfo) and below what i have done so far and its not working.

Magic Specs:

SAPPHIRE PVT 32B SHIP S-OFF H ** ---> Is this normal?? Coz thats exactly what i get, meaning 32B being H
HBOOT-1.33.0009 (SAPP10000)
CLPD-7
RADIO -3.22.20.17
May 8 2009, 21:02:32

** Though don't question urself about the SHIP S-OFF.What i have, is fully working device but was meant for beta testing purposes prior to its release on the market.I dunno if this is causing the problem but i bet u'll be able to have a better overview of my prob by having a look on what i tried. So....

Process i have followed

1) Download SDK 1.5 r3 -> Done
3) Downloaded Recovery ROM (recovery-RAv1.2.1H.img)-> Done
4) Placed Recovery ROM into Tools folder on SDK-> Done
5) Downloaded Fatality ROM, renamed to update.zip,placed to SD-> Done
6) Attach phone through USB, load on fastboot mode (back button+power),run SDK through command prompt on windows,loaded to folder Tools, execute the "fastboot devices" command, phone has been reconed, and then executed the "fastboot boot recovery-RAv1.2.1H.img"-> Done
7) While in in the recovery ROM menu, wiped data, formated SD, scrolled to Apply sdcard:update.zip, ROM loaded successfully as promted-> Done
8) Selected the Reboot system now option and click, rebooted-> Freezed and stays there showin HTC Magic logo screen without loading at all even if i let the device for half an hour to load.

So, could u plz tell me what have i done wrong and i didn't managed to make it work at the end? Is there any step i skipped?I even tried ROM for B version of Qteknology's Hero port, nothing worked out.

In a completeley weird way its just doesn't accept any G's Recovery ROMs, neither the latest nor the old ones. I mean i try to place a Recover G ROM, and when it reboots in order to get me to the Recovery Menu, its frezzes on HTC Magic logo. Its working smoooothly (meaning i can manage to get to the Recovery Menu) ONLY with H's ROMs!!!.:eek::eek: Is that normal?? :confused::confused::confused: I just don't think so. Now i am confused. Anyone any ideas?:confused::confused:


Thanks in advance guys and any help will be much appreciated!

[tq745]

Your issue is NOT related to this recovery so this question belongs in the general forum. Anyways... you're clearly having a driver issue.

Try this :

1. Make sure your phone is not connected via usb
2. Download USBdeview (http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/usbdeview.zip) and run it as admin (it's very important to run it as admin otherwise you will be unable to uninstall!).
3. Uninstall all drivers that mention Android in the device name or description.
4. Make sure that USB debugging is enabled in your phone (Settings - Applications - Development - USB debugging).
5. Connect your phone via usb.
6. Windows will now look for drivers, point it to the sdk drivers and make sure it uses those.
7. Check with "adb devices" to see if your phone listed.

this work perfectly for me...thanks amon. now just have to learn adb.

[looktall]

So, could u plz tell me what have i done wrong and i didn't managed to make it work at the end? Is there any step i skipped?


is your phone rooted did you replace the SPL as per the instructions in the first post?

Make sure your phone is rooted and that you are using an engineerings SPL!

spl's available here...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=4003349&postcount=1

[blackgloves23@hotmail.com]

AMON_RA

Hey Amon, I need help desperately!!!!

I installed this new recovery system which looks great. I have been stuck on this for a whole day today :(.

I am having trouble partitioning my sd. Please dont replay negatviely. I Have searched all over the net and cant seem to find the problem. I read someone had a similar issue. BUt the solution did not help

The error message i get is..

Error: run sdtools.sh via adb!

Please Amon or others dont replay "Do what it sayss"

I have adb on my pc and i ran that and is said "sdtools" not recoginzed.
I looked at 51dusty's sd too...hey mentions something about going to console. This NEW recovery doensst have a CONSOLE!!

Please help..im stuck :(..im not that noob but still new.

[MontAlbert]

AMON_RA


I installed this new recovery system which looks great. I have been stuck on this for a whole day today :(.

I am having trouble partitioning my sd. Please dont replay negatviely. I Have searched all over the net and cant seem to find the problem. I read someone had a similar issue. BUt the solution did not help

The error message i get is..

Error: run sdtools.sh via adb!

Please Amon or others dont replay "Do what it sayss"

I have adb on my pc and i ran that and is said "sdtools" not recoginzed.
I looked at 51dusty's sd too...hey mentions something about going to console. This NEW recovery doensst have a CONSOLE!!

Please help..im stuck :(..im not that noob but still new.
you dont need a console- 2 ways to do it- the easiest is just boot into recovery. scroll down tto where it says Format SD: Fat32 + ext2 + swap
click the trackball and wait for it to happen.

other way is to use sdparted via adb when in recovery- adb remount, adb shell then sdparted (followed by any extra instructions you need- see sdparted thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=543985

[ANoft3]

I am trying to flash the recovery onto my phone but it does not work with the cmd prompt fastboot boot recoveryRAv1.2.1G.img
I put the recovery file into the tools folder of SDK but it is not working

where do i put the recovery file after installation?


It also says that a need to flash a new SPL, but to do this i need a recovery?

#1 Download the SPL of your choice and copy it to the root of your SD-card.
#2 Download the appropriate recovery here
#3 Boot in fastboot mode

I chase the 2004, saved it
It says to send it to the root of my SD card. Where exactly is this?

[blackgloves23@hotmail.com]

you dont need a console- 2 ways to do it- the easiest is just boot into recovery. scroll down tto where it says Format SD: Fat32 + ext2 + swap
click the trackball and wait for it to happen.

other way is to use sdparted via adb when in recovery- adb remount, adb shell then sdparted (followed by any extra instructions you need- see sdparted thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=543985


Hey bro. I tried doing everything you said because i was doing that previously. its not working. I took my sdcard out put a different one and still said error: run sdtools via adb. I even tried formatting. Flashing and re-flashing and still nothing.

I manually did my own format swap so i am back to cnaygoens 1.4. sorry for my typos lol. BUT I WANT THIS AMON RECOVERY. ITS BETTER :(. PLEASE AMON OR ANYONE ELSE. MORE HELPP!!!

btw bro, he does mention console loook:
to run from computer:

1. download sdparted.txt below to computer
2. connect g1 via usb
3. boot into cm-recovery-v1.4, goto console(alt-x)
4. at your windows cmd prompt type: adb push /path-to/sdparted.txt /sbin/sdparted
5. then type: adb shell chmod 755 /sbin/sdparted.
6. to run type adb shell and hit enter.
7. you can now run script (ie. sdparted -efs ext4).

[MontAlbert]

Yeah he did say console because he is referring to the g1. To do the same thing with amonra you boot I.to his recovery and then from your pc type adb remount and once remounted type adb shell and effectively you are in console. Type your commands from inside this adb shell.

[looktall]

I am trying to flash the recovery onto my phone but it does not work with the cmd prompt fastboot boot recoveryRAv1.2.1G.img
I put the recovery file into the tools folder of SDK but it is not working

where do i put the recovery file after installation?


It also says that a need to flash a new SPL, but to do this i need a recovery?

#1 Download the SPL of your choice and copy it to the root of your SD-card.
#2 Download the appropriate recovery here
#3 Boot in fastboot mode

I chase the 2004, saved it
It says to send it to the root of my SD card. Where exactly is this?
the root of your sd card means put it straight onto the card. not inside any folders etc, so that when you first open your card, the file is there.
you don't have to browse to find it.

when you open a command prompt, try navigating to the tools directory before you run the fastboot command.
does adb detect your phone? type adb devices into the command prompt. it should return list of devices attached if it lists a device then it can see you phone. if it lists no device then it cannot.

[blackgloves23@hotmail.com]

Yeah he did say console because he is referring to the g1. To do the same thing with amonra you boot I.to his recovery and then from your pc type adb remount and once remounted type adb shell and effectively you are in console. Type your commands from inside this adb shell.


Oh Okay bro.

I didnt know that adb shell was console in the "cmd.exe"

Thanks for the help. I learned somethign :). I will try what you said and try it.

So again, how to i bypass the error: run sdtools.sh via adb!?

Thanks for the help

[MontAlbert]

when you type in adb shell it comes up with the # prompt. then just type sdparted and hit enter- this will give you the default for sdparted (I think it is 500mb ext2, 32mb swap, and rest Fat32). to switch to ext3 later use the recovery. sdtools is Amon_RA's version of sdparted he had before sdparted came out.

[PremierITA]

i've done steps, when i try to boot in Hboot mode (after power+back press), it doesn't restart in recovery mode. What is the problem?

[MontAlbert]

Boot into recovery With home key and power on.

[eist1]

Can someone let me know the steps to just upgrade my MyTouch from RAv1.20G to RAv 1.21G? I have been looking through posts and can't seem to find an easy upgrade path. I have tried the fastboot method, but I keep getting "Waiting for Device". Is there an easy method of upgrade that uses the same type of app as Recovery Flasher? I wouldn't think it would be too hard for an app to do the upgrades rather than having to use fastboot. My MyTouch is already rooted, but it sounds like to also use Fastboot my SPL has to be updated which I haven't had to do in the past to root the phone. Can someone try and explain a simple method to get updated to RAv1.21G? Thanks

[:No-Frost:]

Installed succesfully!!!!!! ... Now I will wait for the donut and then for a new release of Amon_RA =D... mmm Just a question...

If I do a nandroid backup with this recovery, then I do a wipe and install another rom... When I use the restore nandroid backup I will get my old system back exactally as it was??? I mean, I will get my apps, my apn's configuration, my contacts, etc???? Or I will have to install all over again???

[:No-Frost:]

the root of your sd card means put it straight onto the card. not inside any folders etc, so that when you first open your card, the file is there.
you don't have to browse to find it.

when you open a command prompt, try navigating to the tools directory before you run the fastboot command.
does adb detect your phone? type adb devices into the command prompt. it should return list of devices attached if it lists a device then it can see you phone. if it lists no device then it cannot.

Actually that's not completly true... I don't know why, but after I do a search for my device (in fastboot) I put adb devices and the list was empty, but when I applyed the recovery I restarted my phone and I've found that the recovery was installed succesfully =)...

[xyzulu]

Actually that's not completly true... I don't know why, but after I do a search for my device (in fastboot) I put adb devices and the list was empty, but when I applyed the recovery I restarted my phone and I've found that the recovery was installed succesfully =)...

When in fastboot, use: fastboot devices

[:No-Frost:]

Installed succesfully!!!!!! ... Now I will wait for the donut and then for a new release of Amon_RA =D... mmm Just a question...

If I do a nandroid backup with this recovery, then I do a wipe and install another rom... When I use the restore nandroid backup I will get my old system back exactally as it was??? I mean, I will get my apps, my apn's configuration, my contacts, etc???? Or I will have to install all over again???

Sorry to quote my own message, but as it was the last in the previous page, probably nobody will see it =P ...

PD: The message is the quote message :P...

[xyzulu]

Please read the first post in this thread, as well as http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=HTC_Sapphire_Hacking for you answer.

[lawrencegs]

Guys, help :(

I did "fastboot boot recovery-RAv1.2.1G.img" without realizing that I'm not using Engineering SPL.
My device is Google Ion, and I think I'm still using HBOOT-1.33.3004 (the original one).

WHen I tried to do this to replace CM 1.4, the screen just went blank and stuck there for so long. After more than 20 minutes, I did "adb shell" and do "reboot". My phone can't be started and stuck on the Google I/O logo a couple of times, so I tried to go to recovery, and it goes to CM 1.4 recovery screen. I hit reboot, and my phone is back to normal. But now, it got "Removed SD Card" notification.

I tried to reinsert, reboot, wipe, 'fix_permissions', ums_enable, look at fstab, mount through adb on recovery mode, and still failed to go anywhere. My output when I do mount on adb shell:

# mount
mount
rootfs on / type rootfs (ro)
tmpfs on /dev type tmpfs (rw,mode=755)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,mode=600)
proc on /proc type proc (rw)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw)
tmpfs on /sqlite_stmt_journals type tmpfs (rw,size=4096k)
/dev/block/mtdblock3 on /system type yaffs2 (ro)
/dev/block/loop0 on /system/modules type squashfs (ro)
/dev/block/loop1 on /system/xbin type squashfs (ro)
/dev/block/mtdblock5 on /data type yaffs2 (rw,nodev)
/dev/block/mtdblock4 on /cache type yaffs2 (rw,nosuid,nodev)

Notice no "/dev/block/mmcblk0" there. I tried 'parted' and it gives me:

# parted /dev/block/mmcblk0
parted /dev/block/mmcblk0
Error: Could not stat device /dev/block/mmcblk0 - No such file or directory.
Retry/Cancel?

So again.. guys, help? :(

[perevers]

Know this might be a dumb question, and i've tried to search the other posts, but couldn't find an answer.
But is it possible to "delete" this recovery image from my phone if I install it, and get back to the original HTC recovery image?
Just incase i need to get my phone to repair
Per

[ryoojin83]

I have a question about the nandroid backups. Is there another thread for nandroid 2.2? or is this the place to ask? I couldn't find nandroid 2.2 thread

I am hoping my splash1 was saved in my original nandroid backup. but when I go to restore it, it doesn't change it back. I think the restore only restores, system.img, data.img, and boot.img, is this correct? I think the splash1 is in the misc.img, but I would like to verify that before I go and try and flash it back and brick my phone...

I have:
system.img
boot.img
cache.img
data.img
recovery.img
misc.img

[jokeyrhyme]

@ryoojin83:
I'm fairly certain the splash is saved as part of a backup. I just switched between 2 different backups today using nandroid and my splash screen changed back and forth as well.

Question regarding the future of this ROM...
Since fix_permissions.sh is such a common-place task when things go wrong, is there any chance we can get an entry on the recovery menu to run it?
Also, if I read it correctly there is a HTC Hero version of this that has a software keyboard. Any chance of getting a Sapphire 32A version of that going?

Cheers!

[Amon_RA]

Question regarding the future of this ROM...
Since fix_permissions.sh is such a common-place task when things go wrong, is there any chance we can get an entry on the recovery menu to run it?
Also, if I read it correctly there is a HTC Hero version of this that has a software keyboard. Any chance of getting a Sapphire 32A version of that going?

Cheers!

Fix permissions is the second last entry on the recovery menu = "Fix Package uid mismatches".

I didn't know I added a software keyboard to the HTC Hero version... where did you read that?!

[awtryau89]

Fix permissions is the second last entry on the recovery menu = "Fix Package uid mismatches".

I didn't know I added a software keyboard to the HTC Hero version... where did you read that?!

I tried to run fix_permissions from your recovery and I get an error and I must run from adb. I am using Cyanogen 4.1.11.1 and a partitioned sd card. I am guessing this is the reason for it. Amon, can you confirm?

[Amon_RA]

I tried to run fix_permissions from your recovery and I get an error and I must run from adb. I am using Cyanogen 4.1.11.1 and a partitioned sd card. I am guessing this is the reason for it. Amon, can you confirm?

Well... did you try what the error message tells you to do?
Just run it from adb to get more info on what is going wrong...

[cb7tuner93]

Can this be used on the G1? I am running Cyanogens latest recovery with his latest test Rom 4.1.11.1 but want to try a Hero Rom.

[aziz831]

I have been following this website "theunlockr.com" in order to root my HTC MAGIC.

How To: Root the HTC Magic in One Click!

The steps in this how-to requires the use of the Amon Ra's recovery-RAv-1.2.1H.img.

After trying multiple times for the last 2 days i have to resort to asking for help.

Tell me what i can do, or if i need to change some other settings on my phone.

The details of my phone are...

SAPPHIRE UNKNOWN 32A SHIP S-ON G
HBOOT-1.33.0006 (SAP50000)
CPLD-12
RADIO-2.22.19.261

it currently has My Touch 3G from T-mobile installed on it (unrooted and by mistake) but it is a Rogers phone.

Thanks in advance

[Amon_RA]

I have been following this website "theunlockr.com" in order to root my HTC MAGIC.

How To: Root the HTC Magic in One Click!

The steps in this how-to requires the use of the Amon Ra's recovery-RAv-1.2.1H.img.

After trying multiple times for the last 2 days i have to resort to asking for help.

Tell me what i can do, or if i need to change some other settings on my phone.

The details of my phone are...

SAPPHIRE UNKNOWN 32A SHIP S-ON G
HBOOT-1.33.0006 (SAP50000)
CPLD-12
RADIO-2.22.19.261

it currently has My Touch 3G from T-mobile installed on it (unrooted and by mistake) but it is a Rogers phone.

Thanks in advance

Please provide a clear problem description, "it's not working" isn't enough for us to figure out what kind of problem you are facing.

[Amon_RA]

Can this be used on the G1? I am running Cyanogens latest recovery with his latest test Rom 4.1.11.1 but want to try a Hero Rom.

Yes, download the 32B version for the G1.

[flexnix]

Still on my G1 and using Pimped Out Recovery 1.4, I will be getting a MT3G this Thursday. I had a question, I don't see "Goto console" option on there, anyway that will be available anytime soon? Nice job by the way on it with the auto parted. :) Does it know what size your SD is and partition it to your liking? Is there a screen after clicking on that option?

[MontAlbert]

Still on my G1 and using Pimped Out Recovery 1.4, I will be getting a MT3G this Thursday. I had a question, I don't see "Goto console" option on there, anyway that will be available anytime soon? Nice job by the way on it with the auto parted. :) Does it know what size your SD is and partition it to your liking? Is there a screen after clicking on that option?

see me reply to your post in other thread.
all pimped out featured, including sdparted can be accessed via adb when in recovery. see sdparted thread for more details but essentially it can be partitioned however you want. tbh i dont think its required for the magic as we have a truckload more memory than the G1 (my magic runs so much faster than my G1)

[flexnix]

I was looking over the One-Click root method and noticed them using your RAv1.2.0G. Then I noticed on the top of your post #1 of this thread that you require for the Engineerings SPL to be installed before this. Is this the case for 1.2.1G or 1.2.0G as well? It didn't seem he flashed it with the SPL you require.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kPgfyGRDHQ

[Amon_RA]

I was looking over the One-Click root method and noticed them using your RAv1.2.0G. Then I noticed on the top of your post #1 of this thread that you require for the Engineerings SPL to be installed before this. Is this the case for 1.2.1G or 1.2.0G as well? It didn't seem he flashed it with the SPL you require.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kPgfyGRDHQ

This thread was created long before the one-click method was used (so before the security hole in the kernel was found). If you don't use the one-click method you'll need to have an SPL that allows you to flash (or fastboot) a boot image. Most stock SPL's will not allow you to flash or even fastboot a boot image (perfected SPL's will give the error fastboot not allowed).

The SPL is of no importance when you use the oneclick-version, it also doesn't matter which version of recovery you use, they will all work with one-click.

Hope this clarifies things...

[flexnix]

This thread was created long before the one-click method was used (so before the security hole in the kernel was found). If you don't use the one-click method you'll need to have an SPL that allows you to flash (or fastboot) a boot image. Most stock SPL's will not allow you to flash or even fastboot a boot image (perfected SPL's will give the error fastboot not allowed).

The SPL is of no importance when you use the oneclick-version, it also doesn't matter which version of recovery you use, they will all work with one-click.

Hope this clarifies things...

Thanks. :D

I really like your recovery menu. I remember seeing it last month on YouTube and though, wow. Recovery menu's keep growing with great options.

[flexnix]

Also, I forgot to mention.. how does the "Fomat SD: fat32+ext2+swap" option work, is there another screen after that which lets you pick the size of your SD card and it'll partition it?

[Amon_RA]

Also, I forgot to mention.. how does the "Fomat SD: fat32+ext2+swap" option work, is there another screen after that which lets you pick the size of your SD card and it'll partition it?

There's no other screen which lets you pick the size of your SD card, it will automatically detect the SD card size and will partition 500MB Ext2, 32MB Swap, remaining Fat32.

[Visti]

I was having some trouble earlier with restoring a nandroid boot. I did format the sdcard, but I put the backed up backup in /sdcard/nandroid/originalbackupname/

That should be correct, right? It kept asking me to run nandroid-mobile.sh restore, which I did then did to no avail. That kept saying 'backup not found'. Now, I got it working through just manually doing 'fastboot flash * *.img' commands, but for future reference, what was I doing wrong?

[Drizzy Drake Rogers]

Make sure your phone is rooted and that you are using an SPL which allows you to flash/boot a recovery image!
If you plan to use the one-click (flashrec) method any SPL will do...

Features

root
full ADB access in recovery mode
Partition your SD directly from the menu! (500MB Ext2, 32MB Swap, remaining Fat32)
Repair ext filesystem, convert ext2 to ext3, fix package mismatches, move apps2SD directly from the menu!
Flash ANY .zip from your SD - by krut0n
51dusty's sdparted v0.5 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=543985) util *NEW
Loads of scrips and binaries from Cyanogen's v1.4 dream recovery
Nandroid v2.2 backup and restore
Busybox
Green colored menu with a nice HTC logo ;)
See detailed changelog for more details!


Download
Use the H/G version if your Magic is HTC branded (PVT 32A board)/Google branded (PVT 32B board, or if you have an HTC Dream).

Latest :
RAv1.2.1H (http://rapidshare.com/files/270340566/recovery-RAv1.2.1H.img) - MD5Sum: F5858017CE32B6E959313B6C970AC6D3
RAv1.2.1G (http://rapidshare.com/files/270340567/recovery-RAv1.2.1G.img) - MD5Sum: 965497CC010CAA0326A4B26D2F25CBED

Old versions :
RAv1.2.0H (http://rapidshare.com/files/262635369/recovery-RAv1.2.0H.img) - MD5Sum: D819FABD43EBC1A0B6FA4AABFADD3116
RAv1.2.0G (http://rapidshare.com/files/262635368/recovery-RAv1.2.0G.img) - MD5Sum: F5919CB4E2D406C11BDF7707A90423BF

RAv1.1.2H (http://rapidshare.com/files/257883928/recovery-RAv1.1.2H.img) - MD5Sum: 2C7B9771B3598EE4007F06BCB4B1DA61
RAv1.1.2G (http://rapidshare.com/files/257883927/recovery-RAv1.1.2G.img) - MD5Sum: 16DFA87E7B583FDD9E151E857A8C5ECE

How to use/install

Try it out WITHOUT making changes to your device (NO flashing):
fastboot boot recovery-RAv1.2.1H.imgFlash it permanently (try it first by following the steps above and making a nandroid backup first!):

adb remount
adb shell rm /system/recovery.img
OR (depending on where your ROM is storing the recovery image)
adb shell rm /data/recovery.imgfastboot erase recovery
fastboot flash recovery recovery-RAv1.2.1H.imgSpecial thanks to :
51dusty for his super sdparted script! Thanks! ^^
Cyanogen for his dedicated work! , buy him a beer! (https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=3283920)
Haykuro for finding the HTC offsets ^^ , buy him a Nesquik! (https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=4290101)
JesusFreke for his awesome JFv1.43's recovery , donate (https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=1014600)


can you add terminal option back in please!

[DOHCtor]

update this thread Enom :D

http://developer.htc.com/google-io-device.html

[looktall]

if you're trying to right click and save target as, it won't work.
you have to single click the link normally like you would any other link.

[Malza]

Hello Amon_RA I have a really quick but important question (important in regards to myself that is!). I made a nandroid backup, then I wiped my phone, then i partitioned my SD card. Now I'm just curious... do the nandroid backsup sit on my SD card? If so did i just screw myself over? LOL

[Malza]

I was having some trouble earlier with restoring a nandroid boot. I did format the sdcard, but I put the backed up backup in /sdcard/nandroid/originalbackupname/

That should be correct, right? It kept asking me to run nandroid-mobile.sh restore, which I did then did to no avail. That kept saying 'backup not found'. Now, I got it working through just manually doing 'fastboot flash * *.img' commands, but for future reference, what was I doing wrong?

I am having this EXACT problem, can you please tell me how to restore my back up, because I have no clue how to get past this problem.

[MontAlbert]

Hello Amon_RA I have a really quick but important question (important in regards to myself that is!). I made a nandroid backup, then I wiped my phone, then i partitioned my SD card. Now I'm just curious... do the nandroid backsup sit on my SD card? If so did i just screw myself over? LOL

sorry mate but you just screwed yourself badly..... you wiped your sd card and thus lost your nandroid once you partitioned your card....

it is a good idea to backup nandroids every now and again on your pc.

[Malza]

sorry mate but you just screwed yourself badly..... you wiped your sd card and thus lost your nandroid once you partitioned your card....

it is a good idea to backup nandroids every now and again on your pc.

Ahh, oh its fine really just didnt want to go through the hassle of doing things the long way. Hofo rom is nice and all, but i wanted to see what the big deal of cyanogens rom was, its alright :) I'm enjoying cyanogens, more options!

[jokeyrhyme]

Firstly, thanks so much for providing us with this. Having such a fully-featured and stable recovery image to fall back upon makes me feel so much safer playing with different ROMs.

Any chance we can get the full filename we are about to flash displayed on that final "press SEND to confirm" screen? The finicky nature of that stupid trackball makes me sometimes wonder which file I actually had selected when I managed to press it in. When I click to choose the file, I've noticed sometimes that I can't help but move the selection up or down accidentally.

[Unimaginative]

Hi all, was wondering if I could get some assistance with making a Nandroid backup. I've never been able to make one successfully, always ending up with 'Backup not performed!' Seems everyone else who's had this was just due to lack of space, but I've so far tried;
* Eng SPLs .2004 and .2010
* 2 microSDs (both with >2Gb free)
* Different recovery versions
* Different ROMs
Anyone got any other suggestions? Not a big deal but it's been bothering me for yonks.

[jokeyrhyme]

@Unimaginative: have you tried re-inserting the microSD card while in the recovery mode? I had an issue a while ago where the card wasn't being recognised properly unless I tried that. Might be best to start with it out, and plug it in once recovery has booted up.

[NguyenHuu]

when will you update your recovery for the magic 32a? i noticed you already got it up for Hero and Dream.

[Unimaginative]

@Unimaginative: have you tried re-inserting the microSD card while in the recovery mode? I had an issue a while ago where the card wasn't being recognised properly unless I tried that. Might be best to start with it out, and plug it in once recovery has booted up.

You wouldn't believe it; tried it out and the process went further along than usual then died again! Cheers anyway mate. Trust me to cop the weird happenings.

[rossmoore81]

Not sure if it was mentioned. Used cyan 4.1.11.1 to flash amons 1.2.2 dream recovery on my mt3g and works flawlessly. so i assume will flash to all 32b devices. Not sure about 32a. Just thought id toss it out there havent seen it elsewhere.

[drewX2]

My Rogers HTC Magic will not boot this recovery. I had a fully functional magic for several months using lots of different roms, however I developed a problem with one of the roms and after trying to install a new one, I can no longer boot any rom.

I can only boot into the fastboot screen, which says the following:

SAPPHIRE UNKNOWN 32A ENG S-OFF H
HBOOT-1.33.2005 (SAPP50000)
CPLD-12
RADIO-2.22.19.26I
Apr 20 2009,15:30:43

Everytime I try to either boot ANY (old, new, cyan versions) recovery from either fastboot or flashing it, it does not wont to start up.

What should I do next?

[hetaldp]

I am awaiting for 1.2.2 on HTC Magic 32A Board

Please Release it

i love 512 mb Ext and 96 mb Swap

I already have Sandisk Mobile Ultra 8gb with 18mbps Speed Class 4 Card

[MontAlbert]

I am awaiting for 1.2.2 on HTC Magic 32A Board

Please Release it

i love 512 mb Ext and 96 mb Swap

I already have Sandisk Mobile Ultra 8gb with 18mbps Speed Class 4 Card

you can do that already using adb and sdparted that is included in recovery:

adb remount
adb shell
sdparted -es 512M -ss 96M creates 96MB swap ext2=512M fat32=remaining free space

i think- please correct me if i am wrong

[tmobilewinguser]

whenever i format my sdcard threw recovery when my phone starts up it says my sd card is blank am i doing something wrong this happens when i use the format sd card to fat32,ext2,swap as well

[kchau]

im in "HBOOT" under fastboot, and ive been stuckon this for the past 5 minutes or so

K:\>fastboot boot recovery-RAv1.2.1G.img
downloading 'boot.img'...

this is what happens under "fastboot"
K:\>fastboot boot recovery-RAv1.2.1G.img
downloading 'boot.img'... FAILED (remote: not allow)

K:\>fastboot flash recovery recovery-RAv1.2.1G.img
sending 'recovery' (3094 KB)... FAILED (remote: not allow)
i have spl 1.33.0006 (SAPP30000)

[depraved]

Not sure if it was mentioned. Used cyan 4.1.11.1 to flash amons 1.2.2 dream recovery on my mt3g and works flawlessly. so i assume will flash to all 32b devices. Not sure about 32a. Just thought id toss it out there havent seen it elsewhere.

I did the same and it works great but the 1.2.2 Dream recovery taunts me with all kind of wondrous options that aren't usable by the keyboard impaired amongst us. Does anyone know if the Hero 1.2.2 recovery will work in a 32b???

[kchau]

if you have a perfected spl, but still have a nandroid of your factory rom, nandroid back to it, and then just use recovery flasher to do it.

i didnt want to goof around with flashing spl's so i just did that and it works.

however, if you nandroid back, then you get the first recovery back..

so i found another way:

adb shell
#flash_image recovery /location/blah.img

this works on perfected spl.

[KingJaffe]

i have a magic 32a. and when i click on backup image backup recovery image in linda the device resets. i have also used the hidden button trick to just type the recovery in and the device still restarts. the recovery image i am using is recovery-RAv1.2.1H.img. can anyone help?

[:No-Frost:]

Any release date for the 1.2.2 version of the recovery but for the 32A sapphire???

[Super Jamie]

Thankyou very much Amon_RA, many phones would not be rooted or backed up without your efforts, donation made!

May I make a suggestion? Add an option to view Hardware, SPL, Radio versions like the stock fastboot does.

[Johnny Blaze]

My Rogers HTC Magic will not boot this recovery. I had a fully functional magic for several months using lots of different roms, however I developed a problem with one of the roms and after trying to install a new one, I can no longer boot any rom.

I can only boot into the fastboot screen, which says the following:

SAPPHIRE UNKNOWN 32A ENG S-OFF H
HBOOT-1.33.2005 (SAPP50000)
CPLD-12
RADIO-2.22.19.26I
Apr 20 2009,15:30:43

Everytime I try to either boot ANY (old, new, cyan versions) recovery from either fastboot or flashing it, it does not wont to start up.

What should I do next?

shouldnt your radio be 3.22.20.17?

[:No-Frost:]

Amon_Ra... I've seen that the hero recovery was updated to 1.2.2 but no news about the recovery for the Magic...

I don't want to hurry you up on this so it's more just a question if is there a release date for the 1.2.2 for magic???

[DopyG]

fastboot erase recovery
fastboot flash recovery recovery-RAv1.2.1H.img

Is what you have to type in adb to remove permanent recovery image? If not what should i use to remove it??

[kkannan1982]

Hi Amon,
I have installed the Amon_RA on my HTC magic,
Then I have try to update the radio image ota-radio-2_22_19_26I.zip, after installing i could not able to Boot My HTC... either Fast boot, recovery mode doesn't work. Any help would be of great help...

[Amon_RA]

Change-log :
v1.2.3

Aligned the Magic version with the Dream version.
Recompiled 32A kernel to support squashfs
added squashfs to fstab (should fix issues accessing system and xbin for people using Cyanogen's ROM)
Replaced the GREEN-key by the HOME-key for confirmation
Removed the menu title to create more space
Added Wipe SD:Dalvik-cache
Added Rotate fix
Removed "Move apps to SD" because it's automatically implemented by most ROMs already.
Added confirmation before performing a nandroid backup
Set swap back to 32MB instead of 96MB when doing an auto partition SD-card from the menu
Upgraded fix_permissions to v1.31-R3
Added BART v0.9.2
Fixed many bugs (mostly in scripts)

[hetaldp]

I am unhappy with 32MB on Swap Partition

Major People want 96 mb SWAP Partitions

???????? Any Specific Reason for Coming Back 32 MB from 96mb ?????

[Amon_RA]

Awesome, seems to take a little longer to boot it than the last version, or is it me? Anyways, nice work Amon_RA!

True, I need to optimize the code so it loads faster...
Are you good in C ? The menu needs to be re-written ;)

[Amon_RA]

I am unhappy with 32MB on Swap Partition

Major People want 96 mb SWAP Partitions

????????

Use sdparted from adb and define 96MD swap if you are unhappy.
I write things so everyone can use them, not everyone has a rom that uses a 96MB swap... and 96MB was giving issues on some ROMs

[Cheesebaron]

True, I need to optimize the code so it loads faster...
Are you good in C ? The menu needs to be re-written ;)

My C is on a hello world level, though I will have some short lessons at the end of the semester :P

I could look at it though but I'm a lot better at Java than C :P

[jokeyrhyme]

1.2.3 working well for me. Thanks for making the confirmation screen more informative. The GREEN confirm button was working fine for me in previous versions, but I suppose the HOME button is safer and more universally understood.

PS. Sorry for pestering you on Twitter. :P

[hypmatize]

im getting this error when im in recovery using adb:

mount: mounting /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 on /system/sd failed: No such file or directory


any thoughts on why im getting this?


using rav1.2.1G currently...

[NguyenHuu]

i tried the adb way but i get that error too, so i did fastboot way and it worked fine. try fastboot instead, same thing really nothing difficult with either technique.

[Tony_M]

Rui tried the adb way but i get that error too, so i did fastboot way and it worked fine. try fastboot instead, same thing really nothing difficult with either technique.

What spl are you running? Im asuming yours is a 32A.

[hypmatize]

i tried the adb way but i get that error too, so i did fastboot way and it worked fine. try fastboot instead, same thing really nothing difficult with either technique.

I would but i don't have an engineering spl.... :/


can't i use terminal on my phone instead?

[DOHCtor]

I would but i don't have an engineering spl.... :/


can't i use terminal on my phone instead?

Yes, copy the recovery.img to your sdcard. Boot up your phone, open up better terminal and type

$su
#flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery-RA-magic-v1.2.3G.img

or if you have 32A device

#flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery-RA-magic-v1.2.3H.img

[regunus]

i tried the adb way but i get that error too, so i did fastboot way and it worked fine. try fastboot instead, same thing really nothing difficult with either technique.
well, the opossite for me. fastboot didn't work and adb worked fine :cool:

[str4vag]

im getting this error when im in recovery using adb:

mount: mounting /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 on /system/sd failed: No such file or directory


any thoughts on why im getting this?


using rav1.2.1G currently...

i get that too when trying to upgrade. just continue with the next step and it still works. on 1.2.3H now already.


on another note :
Do i still need the ext3 partition when i want to use the switchrom script from this recovery?

[typedink]

I am thinking of updating but I had an issue that might affect me updating, I posted it in another thread but did not get a reply back.

I changed my SPL to a engineering one that someone suggested I used since they too had a MyTouch. I changed the spl and this is what it says.

SAPPHIRE PVT 32B ENG S-OFF H
HBOOT-1.33.2005 (SAPP30000)
CPLD-10
RADIO-2.22.19.26I

So although it is a google branded one MyTouch3G I am not sure what to use anymore since there is a H at the end of S-OFF H, before I changed the SPL it did say G.

Phone is running fine so far but now I am not sure what I should be installing and what I should not. Should I try the G or the H version of the new Recovery?

[str4vag]

I am thinking of updating but I had an issue that might affect me updating, I posted it in another thread but did not get a reply back.

I changed my SPL to a engineering one that someone suggested I used since they too had a MyTouch. I changed the spl and this is what it says.

SAPPHIRE PVT 32B ENG S-OFF H
HBOOT-1.33.2005 (SAPP30000)
CPLD-10
RADIO-2.22.19.26I

So although it is a google branded one MyTouch3G I am not sure what to use anymore since there is a H at the end of S-OFF H, before I changed the SPL it did say G.

Phone is running fine so far but now I am not sure what I should be installing and what I should not. Should I try the G or the H version of the new Recovery?

i think you still go for the G version of the recovery as your board is still a 32B.

[Wysie]

hypmatize: I read somewhere (in this thread I think) before that the error is normal, just proceed on :D, as str4vag has stated. I personally did the fastboot way for this release though.

[tazz9690]

Hey Amon, quick question. I have a 16 GB class 6 transcend sd card. When I use parted using your recovery, I always get 202 MB of swap. Any ideas as to why it's so big?

[hypmatize]

hypmatize: I read somewhere (in this thread I think) before that the error is normal, just proceed on :D, as str4vag has stated. I personally did the fastboot way for this release though.

Thanks for the info wysie ill try that method next update. as for fastboot i can't really use it unless i change my spl... the terminal method worked perfectly tho. :D

[str4vag]

just a question to confirm an issue
anyone else not getting any responce from their accelerometer after updating the recovery?
i know recovery has nothing to do with the accelerometer. but just curious. mine stopped working. i noticed it a few hours after updating recovery.
So i thought i might give it a shot and ask here since i have not done any other updates since the recovery.

[Wysie]

str4vag: No issues here. The recovery happens to have a auto-rotate fix though. Haha, the irony :P.

[marc_hav]

I am thinking of updating but I had an issue that might affect me updating, I posted it in another thread but did not get a reply back.

I changed my SPL to a engineering one that someone suggested I used since they too had a MyTouch. I changed the spl and this is what it says.

SAPPHIRE PVT 32B ENG S-OFF H
HBOOT-1.33.2005 (SAPP30000)
CPLD-10
RADIO-2.22.19.26I

So although it is a google branded one MyTouch3G I am not sure what to use anymore since there is a H at the end of S-OFF H, before I changed the SPL it did say G.

Phone is running fine so far but now I am not sure what I should be installing and what I should not. Should I try the G or the H version of the new Recovery?

I am basically in the same situation as you are (see signature).
I am planning to upgrade my recovery tonight, I am going to take the G version, worked for me for 1.2.1.

[DOHCtor]

I am basically in the same situation as you are (see signature).
I am planning to upgrade my recovery tonight, I am going to take the G version, worked for me for 1.2.1.

It doesn't matter what it says at the end.

32B = G
32A = H

[str4vag]

str4vag: No issues here. The recovery happens to have a auto-rotate fix though. Haha, the irony :P.

hmm..that might work..i totally missed that..lol..
thanks for pointing it out :)
will update if it actually fixes my problem.


nope, still does not rotate.
things that are borken because of the issues are :
1. abduction: World Attack (my poor jumping cow)
2. compass app
3. Gps Status

edit 2:
wipe, reflash and still not working.

[Wysie]

str4vag: Could it actually be a hardware problem? Have you tried other ROMs? If you suspect it's the recovery (which I seriously doubt...), have you tried flashing it? Hope you get it fixed soon!

[hetaldp]

Use sdparted from adb and define 96MD swap if you are unhappy.
I write things so everyone can use them, not everyone has a rom that uses a 96MB swap... and 96MB was giving issues on some ROMs

Thanks for Knowledge I though Bigger is Better

[guinnes.s]

USING fastboot TO FLASH THE NEW RECOVERY.
but i get this error

"failed remote:signature verify fail"
any idea????

[Wysie]

guinnes.s: do you have an engineering spl installed? if no, "fastboot boot" it first, then flash an engineering spl... :) after that you can try to fastboot flash it again. or just try the other method without fastboot ^^.

[group]

USING fastboot TO FLASH THE NEW RECOVERY.
but i get this error

"failed remote:signature verify fail"
any idea????

use this system:
In Normal mode:
--> adb push recovery-new.img /sdcard/recovery-new.img

In FastBoot mode:
--> adb shell flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery-new.img

recovery-new is name your file .img (eg. 1.2.3.img)

[str4vag]

str4vag: Could it actually be a hardware problem? Have you tried other ROMs? If you suspect it's the recovery (which I seriously doubt...), have you tried flashing it? Hope you get it fixed soon!

fixed the problem. its SW for sure. i restored to an old nandroid backup and upgraded to CM 4.1.999 without wiping it and it works.

with wiping or running the "fix rotation" option, the gsensor stop working.

[DroidRC1]

so if i go to recovery and go down to part SD: fat32+ext2+swap...will it automatically partition my sdcard??

[Amon_RA]

so if i go to recovery and go down to part SD: fat32+ext2+swap...will it automatically partition my sdcard??

Yes, that's the purpose...

[Wolfyy7]

I have the latest .2009 SPL and I was unable to flash the 1.2.3 version... when

I tried installing the 1.5.2 SDK software I got a message stating the software

was incompatible and I tried flashing with the 1.6.1 SDK and the farthest I got

(waiting for device) but nothing happens... Do I need to downgrade the SPL or

is there an alternative way I could flash the new image recovery such as from

the terminal emulator app on the G2? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

[Niemer]

Love this, BART is great and the usb storage is awesome. I do have a suggestion/request, is there a way for you to add an option to "Move apps to phone" for the ROMs that don't support A2SD?

[alwaysbelieve1]

Also can I flash this with the Recovery Flasher app?

If so how exactly? I tried it the way I have in the past and it doesn't work. Thx

[jokeyrhyme]

All the sensor calibration data can be found in /data/misc/akmd_set.txt. Unfortunately, the settings are pretty device-specific. I've copied the file from one perfectly functioning phone to one with broken sensors and have certainly noticed different sensor behaviour, but not perfectly correct.

Amon_RA, feel free to verify or not, but I suspect that the "fix sensors" option in the new version of the recovery just deletes the akmd_set.txt file in order to get a new one generated automatically on next boot. The problem is that for some of us, the phone is unable to generate a proper calibration file.

I've been following this issue as closely as I can in this thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=559719). If you don't have a backup of your original working settings somewhere, then your only options would be:
- try the "fix sensors" option or manually delete akmd_set.txt
- (illegally?) obtain the Diagnostic SD card image for Sapphire (PM me if you get this please, LOL)
- wait for an official release of HTC Sense UI for Sapphire and see if the Calibration Tool fixes it
- send your handset back for repairs

[str4vag]

All the sensor calibration data can be found in /data/misc/akmd_set.txt. Unfortunately, the settings are pretty device-specific. I've copied the file from one perfectly functioning phone to one with broken sensors and have certainly noticed different sensor behaviour, but not perfectly correct.

Amon_RA, feel free to verify or not, but I suspect that the "fix sensors" option in the new version of the recovery just deletes the akmd_set.txt file in order to get a new one generated automatically on next boot. The problem is that for some of us, the phone is unable to generate a proper calibration file.

I've been following this issue as closely as I can in this thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=559719). If you don't have a backup of your original working settings somewhere, then your only options would be:
- try the "fix sensors" option or manually delete akmd_set.txt
- (illegally?) obtain the Diagnostic SD card image for Sapphire (PM me if you get this please, LOL)
- wait for an official release of HTC Sense UI for Sapphire and see if the Calibration Tool fixes it
- send your handset back for repairs

thanks for the update. i am on my ROM with a working sensor. so if i get this right, i just have to adb pull the akmd_set.txt the flash a new rom and adb push the file back?

testing this now.


edit : yeah. pushing that file works. its great :)

[crypticc]

Change-log :
v1.2.3

Aligned the Magic version with the Dream version.
Recompiled 32A kernel to support squashfs
<SNIP>

Fixed many bugs (mostly in scripts)


Excuse back-to-basics question.
I have Vodafone UK Magic (32b), was running happily with CY Recovery 1.4.
I 'upgraded' and flashed the 32b/Dream recovery console 1.2.2, without issue
I then upgraded that and flashed your 1.2.3, again from the Dream thread. [ http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=566669 ]

Seeing you aligned the Magic and Dream versions, the two versions now identical or should I reflash with the one from this thread?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=530492

Thanks

[KingJaffe]

@amon_ra.. this is error i get when trying to flash by booting with fastboot. then trying to flash with adb.

-macbook:~ gbrown10$ cd downloads/adb
-macbook:adb gbrown10$ ./fastboot devices
HT95MNK020 fastboot
geoff-browns-macbook:adb gbrown10$ ./fastboot boot recovery-RA-magic-v1.2.3H.imgdownloading 'boot.img'... OKAY
booting... OKAY
geoff-browns-macbook:adb gbrown10$ ./adb devices
List of devices attached
HT95MNK02085 recovery

geoff-browns-macbook:adb gbrown10$ ./adb shell mount /sdcard
geoff-browns-macbook:adb gbrown10$ ./adb flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery-RA-magic-v1.2.3H.img
Android Debug Bridge version 1.0.20

-d - directs command to the only connected USB device
returns an error if more than one USB device is present.
-e - directs command to the only running emulator.
returns an error if more than one emulator is running.
-s <serial number> - directs command to the USB device or emulator with
the given serial number
-p <product name or path> - simple product name like 'sooner', or
a relative/absolute path to a product
out directory like 'out/target/product/sooner'.
If -p is not specified, the ANDROID_PRODUCT_OUT
environment variable is used, which must
be an absolute path.
devices - list all connected devices

device commands:
adb push <local> <remote> - copy file/dir to device
adb pull <remote> <local> - copy file/dir from device
adb sync [ <directory> ] - copy host->device only if changed
(see 'adb help all')
adb shell - run remote shell interactively
adb shell <command> - run remote shell command
adb emu <command> - run emulator console command
adb logcat [ <filter-spec> ] - View device log
adb forward <local> <remote> - forward socket connections
forward specs are one of:
tcp:<port>
localabstract:<unix domain socket name>
localreserved:<unix domain socket name>
localfilesystem:<unix domain socket name>
dev:<character device name>
jdwp:<process pid> (remote only)
adb jdwp - list PIDs of processes hosting a JDWP transport
adb install [-l] [-r] <file> - push this package file to the device and install it
('-l' means forward-lock the app)
('-r' means reinstall the app, keeping its data)
adb uninstall [-k] <package> - remove this app package from the device
('-k' means keep the data and cache directories)
adb bugreport - return all information from the device
that should be included in a bug report.

adb help - show this help message
adb version - show version num

DATAOPTS:
(no option) - don't touch the data partition
-w - wipe the data partition
-d - flash the data partition

scripting:
adb wait-for-device - block until device is online
adb start-server - ensure that there is a server running
adb kill-server - kill the server if it is running
adb get-state - prints: offline | bootloader | device
adb get-serialno - prints: <serial-number>
adb status-window - continuously print device status for a specified device
adb remount - remounts the /system partition on the device read-write
adb root - restarts adb with root permissions

networking:
adb ppp <tty> [parameters] - Run PPP over USB.
Note: you should not automatically start a PDP connection.
<tty> refers to the tty for PPP stream. Eg. dev:/dev/omap_csmi_tty1
[parameters] - Eg. defaultroute debug dump local notty usepeerdns

adb sync notes: adb sync [ <directory> ]
<localdir> can be interpreted in several ways:

- If <directory> is not specified, both /system and /data partitions will be updated.

- If it is "system" or "data", only the corresponding partition
is updated.
-macbook:adb gbrown10$

[Amon_RA]

-macbook:~ gbrown10$ cd downloads/adb
-macbook:adb gbrown10$ ./fastboot devices
HT95MNK020 fastboot
geoff-browns-macbook:adb gbrown10$ ./fastboot boot recovery-RA-magic-v1.2.3H.imgdownloading 'boot.img'... OKAY
booting... OKAY
geoff-browns-macbook:adb gbrown10$ ./adb devices
List of devices attached
HT95MNK02085 recovery

geoff-browns-macbook:adb gbrown10$ ./adb shell mount /sdcard
geoff-browns-macbook:adb gbrown10$ ./adb flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery-RA-magic-v1.2.3H.img


Your last step is incorrect.
It should be :
geoff-browns-macbook:adb gbrown10$ ./adb shell flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery-RA-magic-v1.2.3H.img

[dbertoli]

i rooted my mytouch 3G using Flashrec and Anom-RA's 1.2.2. I then loaded enomther's donut ROM. All worked very well.
but i tried to flash the new 1.2.3G.img using flashrec and it fails or rather does not load. any thoughts?
i was going to try the adb method but I first wanted to see if anyone had some advice or knew of any problem with enomether's donut build and re-flashing a recovery image?
thank you

[str4vag]

i rooted my mytouch 3G using Flashrec and Anom-RA's 1.2.2. I then loaded enomther's donut ROM. All worked very well.
but i tried to flash the new 1.2.3G.img using flashrec and it fails or rather does not load. any thoughts?
i was going to try the adb method but I first wanted to see if anyone had some advice or knew of any problem with enomether's donut build and re-flashing a recovery image?
thank you

most new ROMs here have fixed the security flaw that allowed the recovery flasher to work. so i think thats the reason it fails.
use the adb or fastboot method.

[thihaz]

hi,

Thanks for the latest one. I love the feature of turn on/off memory card.
Btw, can you change the confirm button from home to call button?
call button is easier to press than home button, just IMHO.:p
Thanks a lot anyway.:D

[NickPDX]

I started messing around my phone this morning and have gotten a bit stuck. I was trying to flash the recovery console but now when I try to boot into it it just gets stuck at the G1 boot screen. I flashed through the terminal emulator with the following:

flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery-RA-magic-v1.2.3H.img

... but it never gave me any kind of confirmation, it just went to the next blank line.

Not sure if it is related but after I tried to flash the recovery console I tried to reboot by typing reboot and it says not permited!.

I am able to fastboot ... but I have not ever messed around with that before.

Thanks for any help, I appreciate it!

I am on MLIGN Hero 2.5.3.

UPDATE: I was flashing the wrong version ... flashed G and it worked like a charm. Thanks!

[mackster248]

I started messing around my phone this morning and have gotten a bit stuck. I was trying to flash the recovery console but now when I try to boot into it it just gets stuck at the G1 boot screen. I flashed through the terminal emulator with the following:

flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery-RA-magic-v1.2.3H.img

... but it never gave me any kind of confirmation, it just went to the next blank line.

Not sure if it is related but after I tried to flash the recovery console I tried to reboot by typing reboot and it says not permited!.

I am able to fastboot ... but I have not ever messed around with that before.

Thanks for any help, I appreciate it!

I am on MLIGN Hero 2.5.3.

UPDATE: I was flashing the wrong version ... flashed G and it worked like a charm. Thanks!

Haha I actually had the same problem as you. I remember telling you to flash this last night, then when i checked here to give you the link i realized there was a new version. So I flashed the one with the H and got freaked out cuz I would get stuck on the G1 screen. Didn't realize I flashed the wrong one until I read your post.

So thanks for editing it and posting the fix =]

[thebalkanking]

why doesnt the partion sd fat/ext2/swap-function set ext2 for automount to /system/sd for instance?

[qakgob]

Hi, I'm having a bit of trouble restoring my phone (magic 32a). I installed an old HTC Hero rom, which worked fine, but was a bit slow. I then tried to update to a newer one, but I didn't re-flash the phone, which may have been the problem. Then the phone got stuck in a boot cycle: It would show the magic logo, then the hero one, and play a sound, and then the screen would go black, and then back to the hero logo.
Unfortunately, I accidentally also deleted my nandroid backup. I tried to download a backup from the front page of the topic, and put it in the nandroid folder, but I get an error message when I try to use it. The same happens when I try to load update.zip - Error, no signature (or something along those lines)
I tried to use fastboot and recovery (on Ubuntu 9.10) but I must be doing something wrong, as I only get error messages.

BTW, I set up fastboot using the instructions at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=537508 and am using the latest recovery image from here, as well as the myhero 1.1.3 rom named update.zip

[edit] fastboot is detecting the device
[edit 2] I put the recovery image in the folder /home/qakgob/android-sdk-linux_x86-1.5_r3/tools which is where the fastboot program is stored. When I use the command /home/qakgob/android-sdk-linux_x86-1.5_r3/tools/fastboot devices I get my phone listed. When I type /home/qakgob/android-sdk-linux_x86-1.5_r3/tools/fastboot flash recovery recovery-RA-magic-v1.2.3H.img however, I get the message error: cannot load 'recovery-RA-magic-v1.2.3H.img'

[resinous]

needs move apps+cache to SD.

[jokeyrhyme]

needs move apps+cache to SD.
I don't know about other ROMs, but I know that CyanogenMod will detect an ext2/3 partition on the SD and automatically move those items to it during boot.

[thihaz]

Hi, I'm having a bit of trouble restoring my phone (magic 32a). I installed an old HTC Hero rom, which worked fine, but was a bit slow. I then tried to update to a newer one, but I didn't re-flash the phone, which may have been the problem. Then the phone got stuck in a boot cycle: It would show the magic logo, then the hero one, and play a sound, and then the screen would go black, and then back to the hero logo.
Unfortunately, I accidentally also deleted my nandroid backup. I tried to download a backup from the front page of the topic, and put it in the nandroid folder, but I get an error message when I try to use it. The same happens when I try to load update.zip - Error, no signature (or something along those lines)
I tried to use fastboot and recovery (on Ubuntu 9.10) but I must be doing something wrong, as I only get error messages.

BTW, I set up fastboot using the instructions at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=537508 and am using the latest recovery image from here, as well as the myhero 1.1.3 rom named update.zip

[edit] fastboot is detecting the device
[edit 2] I put the recovery image in the folder /home/qakgob/android-sdk-linux_x86-1.5_r3/tools which is where the fastboot program is stored. When I use the command /home/qakgob/android-sdk-linux_x86-1.5_r3/tools/fastboot devices I get my phone listed. When I type /home/qakgob/android-sdk-linux_x86-1.5_r3/tools/fastboot flash recovery recovery-RA-magic-v1.2.3H.img however, I get the message error: cannot load 'recovery-RA-magic-v1.2.3H.img'

what i understand is you don't need to flash the recovery image in order to flash ROM.

it should be like this to flash a rom(at least on XP)

1. connect your phone to your computer to backup whatever you want,
2. copy your desired rom to sdcard if u don't need to re-partition your sdcard.
3. power off your phone,
4. press back+power (boot your phone into fast boot)
5. from your pc's cmd or terminal,
fastboot boot recovery-RA-magic-v1.2.3H.img (boot into recovery mode)
6. wipe n flash your desired rom (if you have re-partitioned your sdcard, turn on your sdcard and copy the rom to sdcard and flash it)
7. reboot

that's all.

for flashing the recovery image into your phone permanently is to go to recovery mode by pressing home+power rather than booting from pc.

cheers,
thihaz

[Amon_RA]

Neat. Too bad I don't use cyanogen's stuff tho. I can do without this, hopefully it's in the next update.

I removed the link from the menu cause nobody used it... (see changelog)
The script is still there : /sbin/apps2sd
You can run it via adb.

[resinous]

I removed the link from the menu cause nobody used it... (see changelog)
The script is still there : /sbin/apps2sd
You can run it via adb.

ahh ic, thanks!

[jjcobm]

I was able to install the new v1.2.3 version over the old v1.2.2 using the following command under root on the terminal application:

flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery-RA-dream-v1.2.3.img

Works great, hope this helps anyone trying to update after they already rooted.

[resinous]

had some F/C issues with my current rom so i tried fix_permissions command via terminal emulator and got 'fix_permissions: not found' msg. is this a problem with my recovery or rom? i am using recovery-RA-magic-v1.2.3G.img for MT3G.

[dskips]

Ok so I can't get the engineering spl in but using

fastboot boot recovery-RA...

I can boot to the better recovery app and I have done the update from there.

Thanks =)

[BrutalHoe]

so i had problem doing nandroid back up so i desided to relfash the recovery image and now i dont have the "Go to console" ANYMORE???? WTF do i do now?

[NguyenHuu]

can i get some assistance on how to use the switchrom or bart scripts? everytime i try, it fails because it's trying to access/mount the system/sd directory. for us magic users who do not use apps2sd, we dont need this system/sd directory. how do we use the script then? thanks!

[mkrle]

I have a problem with nandroid - it does not create system.img on the sdcard (it creates only boot cache data misc and recovery.img + nandroid.md5)

Using recovery-RA-magic-v1.2.3H.img on PVT32A with stock SPL (SPL v1.33.0009) and stock HTC rom.

Any ideas what could be causing this?

[zeotrope]

i flashed 1.2.1 fine, but now im trying to flash 1.2.3 and i get the following error

mount -a
mount: mounting /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 on /system/sd failed: No such file or directory




EDIT: my apologies, amateur mistake :P

[Altembas]

Is this

Set swap back to 32MB instead of 96MB when doing an auto partition SD-card from the menu

really ok, concerning 32B has less memory than 32A?

[jdubdieslo]

Thanks for the recovery img 1.2.3G it works great. changed my spl to .2005 before and then used the the CM Recovery Flasher 1.4 to flash your recovery image. ====by changing your recovery image name to cm-recovery-1.4.img then placing it to the root of the sd card and in the recovery flasher app i back up the img then typed
/sdcard/cm-recovery-1.4.img & selected flash custom recovery image (if you type the wrong name you get some kind of error)

needless to say im loveing the convert ext2 to ext 3 & usb mass storage = on/off save alot of time..

[pratz007]

i have 1.6 OTA update to vodafone htc magic, and in order to root i have to go back to stock vodafone magic ruu and im unable to find. at some post i read if i flash your recovery img and theres some update.zip and then i can get root, is that correct?

"PLEASE CHECK METHOD 2"
link : http://android-dls.com/wiki/index.php?title=Magic_Rooting

[fred77fr]

Hello
I have a problem with nandroid 2.2 uses the AR-magic-1.2.3g
When I did a restore, everything works fine except sending mail to google it never works.
It is a known bug? a problem of law in some directories?
Have you ever had this problem?

Thank you

[Crios]

Amon_Ra

Can you provide on your Recovery a feature to enable a mtd6(spl) visible on mtd table?...

tks.

:-)

[superkikim]

Amon_RA, thank you again for your hard work.. Really appreciated.

Use the H/G version if your Magic is HTC branded (PVT 32A board)/Google branded (PVT 32B board, or if you have an HTC Dream).

Following a "wrong" sappimg.nb0 restore from a tutorial somewhere on the web, It seems it installed me a perfected SPL. I follow then your "fix perfected SPL" tutorial, and so far, so good. However, I have a PVT 32B, but after the "fix perfected", the G recovery did not work. I had to use the H one.

Why that ?

From the fix tutorial, I used ROM v2.53.707.2

[superkikim]

Forget about it :-) I bricked it :eek:

No surprise thou... I flashed spl 1.33.0004 as I thought it was my original SPL. And it seems I was wrong...

And I have a custom splash image :-D So... I will fake beeing a noob and I'll see if I have to pay anything for it... Lets hope not. Otherwise it will teach me a lesson ;)

[bigl34461]

Can I just flash this recovery image with my current cyan 1.4 image?? Do I have to use fastboot or adb as specified on the first page? I just thought once I flashed....everything is done. All I really wanna do is reformat my ext3 partition without reformatting my whole card

[amarkovits]

a suggestion if you update the recovery (i don't know if it is possible):
When we select the restore nandroid option we should be able to select the nandroid backup to be restored. Currently we have to use adb to select a specific backup but there are cases when you don't have a computer near you so the option to select a specific nandroid backup in the recovery would be great.

Andrei

[AndyCr15]

I've tried using the first method with my Hero and something seems to have gone wrong.

I used H, should I have used G?

Now, I don't seem to have a recovery mode. When I boot holding Home it just hangs showing HERO.

I can boot normally, but how do I now flash anything if my recovery mode is gone? :(

[NguyenHuu]

you are suppose to flash the recovery in fastboot not in recovery. which phone do you have? an htc hero device or a hero rom? if you have an htc hero device, then amon_ra already made a specific recovery imag for you guys. check the hero forum.

[Olgmo1]

Thanks for v1.2.3

I would really like to see the possibility to select which nandroid backup to run from restore. Not just the latest like now.

[Kaptur]

Thanks for v1.2.3

I would really like to see the possibility to select which nandroid backup to run from restore. Not just the latest like now.

The switchrom.sh (included in the recovery) might be just what you're looking for :)



Thank you for the recovery! Just flashed v1.2.3

[Burag]

Some of my thoughts for the new update:

There is new BART script (1.0.0)
And also new fix_permissions script (2.03, its called beta but ive found it stable)
HTC wallpaper is hmm... ugly? Imo black screen would be best option for background.
Option to convert ext3 to ext4 in main menu (like option to convert ext2->ext3, and yes it can be done from More Utilities, but it could be way easier if we have this option in main menu)


Thanks.

[Eej]

Just flashed to 1.2.3H on my 32A Magic and for some reason every choice in the menu doesn't work. Every time it asks for Home to continue, it aborts even if I do push Home, whether it's flashing, backing up nandroid, updating from .zip, formatting SD to ext2 and so forth. Any ideas on how to fix this?

EDIT: Oh dear, turns out I just had to push Menu instead of Home.

EDIT2: Okay, so now all my buttons are rebound to different functions. Great.

[Neejay]

I've tried using the first method with my Hero and something seems to have gone wrong.

I used H, should I have used G?

Now, I don't seem to have a recovery mode. When I boot holding Home it just hangs showing HERO.

I can boot normally, but how do I now flash anything if my recovery mode is gone? :(
Same here, and with all my searching, I still haven't found an answer to it.

I don't even have the app market when I boot normally.

Any ideas anyone?

EDIT: mytouch 3g here.

[Amon_RA]

EDIT2: Okay, so now all my buttons are rebound to different functions. Great.
The buttons are correct for everyone else except you, so I think you have and old test sample. Where did you buy that phone?

Same here, and with all my searching, I still haven't found an answer to it.
I don't even have the app market when I boot normally.
Any ideas anyone?
EDIT: mytouch 3g here.

This is a recovery, not a system rom so it has absolutely nothing to do with app markets...

i've looked and looked, but all i can find is the dream version of the v.1.3 preview.
where can i get the sapphire version?

It's not released yet, just wait for the new version or use v1.2.3 for the moment.

[NguyenHuu]

im very excited about the fact we can now choose which nandroid backup we want to restore.

also i know the dream has a keyboard so it has console provided in recovery, but can console also be provided for us magics that allows for the virtual keyboard? or is that limation? itll be very useful since we can still do commands without having to be at a computer to use usb for adb/fastboot.

[Amon_RA]

Change-log :
v1.3.1

Added keyboard navigation, use the volume keys (vol-up + vol-down) to navigate and the HOME key to select items.
Created a new sub-menu structure
Added Nandroid restore selection
Added BART backup/restore option
Added Interactive partitioning
Added a toggle USB_MS option instead of 2 separate options
Added a wipe Dalvik-cache on ext and data option
Added a wipe cache only option
Added a wipe battery stats option
Added an upgrade ext3 to ext4 option
Added new Scripts :

fs and wipe (replacing all removed scripts)
ums_toggle

Updated Scripts :

fix_permissions v2.03
bart v1.0.1
latest BKMOD utility

Removed Scripts :

sdtools.sh, ums_enable, ums_disable, upgrade_fs, wipe_ext, fix_rotate, deldalv

[JAWheat411]

Another host for the Google version
http://www.mediafire.com/file/tnowrdzu3g1/recovery-RA-magic-v1.3.1G.img

[Amon_RA]

Change-log :
v1.3.2

Fixed Nandroid restore selection, it will now correctly restore the selected nandroid backup!

[scoobyturbo]

for some reason i cant get it to load dos prompt says cant load recovery-RA-magic-v1.3.1G

[KingJaffe]

I like feature to choose a recovery. my ? is when i change name of the backup the restore fails. is it possible to change restore names so i can choose which backup i want to choose.

[NguyenHuu]

when i try to install via terminal i get an error saying theres no space. i cannot yse fastboot or adb cuz my usb port seems to be faulty. It's not a driver issue. plugging it in, the pc doesnt even see the device. the device doesnt even show that it is connected in the notification bar. =( any way to flash this still?

after the error in terminal, now i cannot get into recovery anymore. so sad.

[JoelOFH]

Why can't I type numbers into my terminal? I press the number, but nothing shows up! :'(

[JAWheat411]

when i try to install via terminal i get an error saying theres no space. i cannot yse fastboot or adb cuz my usb port seems to be faulty. It's not a driver issue. plugging it in, the pc doesnt even see the device. the device doesnt even show that it is connected in the notification bar. =( any way to flash this still?

after the error in terminal, now i cannot get into recovery anymore. so sad.

If you get a no space error you have to remove the previous recovery. I forgot how but I think it is in the first post here or cyan's recovery post.

[NguyenHuu]

If you get a no space error you have to remove the previous recovery. I forgot how but I think it is in the first post here or cyan's recovery post.

yes i no i have to remove it, my question is how do it do it via terminal. i no how to do with fastboot like it mentions in the first post, but like i said, i cannot get usb working. my only option is via terminal. =\

[Das_mobile]

Ok, at the risk of sounding very stupid:

How do I backup/store/restore multiple Nandroid Roms with the Amon's v1.3.2? When I go to select a restore, I only see one file.

Thanks y'all