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

[breezy169]

hey i flashed the recovery image (1.7.0) thru Terminal & i cant get to the recovery screen. (i have a MT3g 32b)
did i do something wrong?

[knny1491]

What rom are you running?

[lordxavier]

Im completely ftrustrated with Amon_ra recovery. I have a tmobile mytouch 3g.

Im trying to partition my SD card for apps2SD and its been all but failure at this point. let me detail what I have done and hopefully someone can point me in the right direction.

I have installed on my phone cyanogen 5.0.7.
I tried to install the recovery img and messed it up once and couldnt get to the recovery console on boot. ok lesson learned. reflashed the phone back. loaded clockwork and I got my recovery console now. i put the ROM back on so the phone is operational.

I have tried to flash the amon_ra recovery image but i think either its the wrong one or im doing it very wrong.

in adb ive tried to do flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img (which i renamed the file to) with multiple versions.
recovery-RA-dream-v1.7.0 and recovery-RA-sapphire-v1.6.2G. both lock up the phone and wont boot past the initial screen. I really do not know how to get Amon_Ra on this mt3g at this point.

Im really out of options here on how to redo this sdcard since nothing I have tried works including doing it via the adb shell. For some reason parted isnt on the device so Im left with using Amon_ra.

Any help someone could provide would be awesome. If you need more information just ask.
I have tried the following versions and none work: recovery-RA-sapphire-v1.7.0G / recovery-RA-sapphire-v1.6.2G / recovery-RA-sapphire-v1.5.2H / recovery-RA-sapphire-v1.5.2G

Im at the point now where I had to actually reload SAPPIMG.nbh to totally reset the phone via fastboot. Im losing a lot of faith in Amon_Ra. It doesnt look like it even works.

My next step is that I am going to try to put an older more compatible version of cyanogen on and try it that way.

[Amon_RA]

Im completely ftrustrated with Amon_ra recovery. I have a tmobile mytouch 3g.

Im trying to partition my SD card for apps2SD and its been all but failure at this point. let me detail what I have done and hopefully someone can point me in the right direction.

I have installed on my phone cyanogen 5.0.7.
I tried to install the recovery img and messed it up once and couldnt get to the recovery console on boot. ok lesson learned. reflashed the phone back. loaded clockwork and I got my recovery console now. i put the ROM back on so the phone is operational.

I have tried to flash the amon_ra recovery image but i think either its the wrong one or im doing it very wrong.

in adb ive tried to do flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img (which i renamed the file to) with multiple versions.
recovery-RA-dream-v1.7.0 and recovery-RA-sapphire-v1.6.2G. both lock up the phone and wont boot past the initial screen. I really do not know how to get Amon_Ra on this mt3g at this point.

Im really out of options here on how to redo this sdcard since nothing I have tried works including doing it via the adb shell. For some reason parted isnt on the device so Im left with using Amon_ra.

Any help someone could provide would be awesome. If you need more information just ask.
I have tried the following versions and none work: recovery-RA-sapphire-v1.7.0G / recovery-RA-sapphire-v1.6.2G / recovery-RA-sapphire-v1.5.2H / recovery-RA-sapphire-v1.5.2G

Im at the point now where I had to actually reload SAPPIMG.nbh to totally reset the phone via fastboot. Im losing a lot of faith in Amon_Ra. It doesnt look like it even works.

My next step is that I am going to try to put an older more compatible version of cyanogen on and try it that way.

Did you read the first post?
It's clearly indicated (in red and in a large font) that CM7.0.5 currently has issues using flash_image. This is not my fault, nor can I do something about it. Please direct your issues on the CM forums.

Like indicated in the first post : use fastboot instead

[Morrolan]

Did you read the first post?
It's clearly indicated (in red and in a large font) that CM7.0.5 currently has issues using flash_image. This is not my fault, nor can I do something about it. Please direct your issues on the CM forums.

Like indicated in the first post : use fastboot instead
How does one go about flashing 1.7.0 to a MyTouch 1.2? With the current 1.33.0013, I have no access via fastboot. I tried through ADB, but got the error you referred to. Would it be better to stick with 1.6.2?

[Sheep2045]

I managed to solve my (self-induced) problem. I downloaded the a (presumably vanilla) vodafone SAPPIMG.nbh from here: "forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=580631", then followed this guide: "theunlockr.com/2009/10/15/how-to-root-a-donut-phone-android-1-6" using the one-click root method and flashed amon ras latest recovery image via flashrec.apk, then installed the latest cyanogen. Works like a charm now.

PS: I did not create a goldcard but simply used the sdcard that came with my phone.

[lordxavier]

Did you read the first post?
It's clearly indicated (in red and in a large font) that CM7.0.5 currently has issues using flash_image. This is not my fault, nor can I do something about it. Please direct your issues on the CM forums.

Like indicated in the first post : use fastboot instead

Im not saying it is, thats why i said it was my mistake. What I have a problem with is none of the above listed methods seem to work. I will post more details shortly with some error messages.

[Amon_RA]

Im not saying it is, thats why i said it was my mistake. What I have a problem with is none of the above listed methods seem to work. I will post more details shortly with some error messages.

You didn't mention that you've tried the fastboot method to flash the recovery, so I assumed you didn't try it yet...

Just boot your phone into fastboot.
fastboot flash recovery recovery-RA-sapphire-v1.7.0G.img

Works just fine.

Again, the fact that flash_image doesn't work on CM 5.0.7 in adb or terminal is out of my control... and has nothing to do with my recovery.

[lordxavier]

You didn't mention that you've tried the fastboot method to flash the recovery, so I assumed you didn't try it yet...

Just boot your phone into fastboot.
fastboot flash recovery recovery-RA-sapphire-v1.7.0G.img

Works just fine.

Again, the fact that flash_image doesn't work on CM 5.0.7 in adb or terminal is out of my control... and has nothing to do with my recovery.


Yea I understand that.
The problem I had with fastboot is that adb does not recognize any devices. I have started over and I am going to try it shortly.

[Amon_RA]

Yea I understand that.
The problem I had with fastboot is that adb does not recognize any devices. I have started over and I am going to try it shortly.

fastboot and adb are 2 different things...

- adb only works in recovery and when your phone is booted, it will not work when your phone is in fastboot mode.
- fastboot only works when your phone is in fastboot mode.

If fastboot doesn't find your phone it's due to incorrect usb driver settings on your machine.

[lordxavier]

fastboot and adb are 2 different things...

- adb only works in recovery and when your phone is booted, it will not work when your phone is in fastboot mode.
- fastboot only works when your phone is in fastboot mode.

If fastboot doesn't find your phone it's due to incorrect usb driver settings on your machine.

fastboot returns with this:

c:\adb\tools>fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
sending 'recovery' (4528 KB)... FAILED (remote: not allow)
finished. total time: 0.003s

I have the phone back to cyan5.0.7 at this point. I just wanted to post a reply. I am looking through other posts to see if any are related. It looks like I need to update my SPL.

[knny1491]

You are correct sir. Now we just need an eng spl for the mt1.2

[Morrolan]

You are correct sir. Now we just need an eng spl for the mt1.2

So, there is no way to fastboot with the current spl. So, what's the best way to get 1.7.0 on my handset?

[breezy169]

ok so this is what i did to flash 1.7.0 im 98.99% sure it'll work for anyone else. i installed "rom manager" from the market and flash theyre recovery image ( there will be a option for that) and then go to the option that says flash Amon Ra 1.7.0 and click it, let it load up.. && BAM you have ittt.

Im not sure if someone mentioned this yet but it worked for me.

[tajman]

ok so this is what i did to flash 1.7.0 im 98.99% sure it'll work for anyone else. i installed "rom manager" from the market and flash theyre recovery image ( there will be a option for that) and then go to the option that says flash Amon Ra 1.7.0 and click it, let it load up.. && BAM you have ittt.

Im not sure if someone mentioned this yet but it worked for me.

Hey man, just wanted to say this post was very helpful in getting me back on track. I messed up my recovery by doing exactly what I shouldn't (the last post with the BIG RED letters) silly mistake I know. Thanks for the assistance.

[knny1491]

You are correct sir. Now we just need an eng spl for the mt1.2

So, there is no way to fastboot with the current spl. So, what's the best way to get 1.7.0 on my handset?

Rom manager as stated above is the easiest but flashing it from terminal or adb works as well.

[Morrolan]

Rom manager as stated above is the easiest but flashing it from terminal or adb works as well.
Tried the ROM manager; worked well. ADB and terminal failed under CM 5.0.7.

[knny1491]

I tried rom manager n it failed me lol itc cuz im stuck on t7 though.

[breezy169]

yeah ive heard from some people that rom manager wouldnt flash 1.7.0 on the first try. but if you keep trying it'll work sooner or later.

[knny1491]

it actually worked n im off t7!!!!!!!!

[aZzz.bZzz]

hello everyone
i have such mt3g:
sapphire pvt 32b ship s-on g
hboot-1.33.0007(sapp30000)
and when im trying to flash amonra recovery 1.7 via fastboot it says: failed, remote: not allow)
what should i do in this case?
i did nothing with the phone, its on stock tmobile us 1.6

[knny1491]

Root it following every step exactly in the link in my sig man.

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[BloodyWasHere]

is there a way to change the time stamp of the nandroid recovery from gmt to -4? thank you

[tnpapadakos]

is there a way to change the time stamp of the nandroid recovery from gmt to -4? thank you

you can go in and rename the nandroid backup folder after you make it, thats what i do

[chaos69]

If anyone is interested, I upgraded from CyanogenMOD 1.4+JF to AmonRA 1.7.0G, using terminal inside CM5.0.8. Test3, on my MT3G (Magic 32b).

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#su
#flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery-RA-sapphire-v1.7.0G.img
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(terminal wasn't working in my old recovery, took a chance and got lucky!)
Worked like a charm, Thanks.

[knny1491]

Rom manager is godsend on flashing the new recovery. All he needs to do is add te option to add the 1.6 carebear versions for those running cyanogens donut build

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[Amon_RA]

If anyone is interested, I upgraded from CyanogenMOD 1.4+JF to AmonRA 1.7.0G, using terminal inside CM5.0.8. Test3, on my MT3G (Magic 32b).

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#su
#flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery-RA-sapphire-v1.7.0G.img
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(terminal wasn't working in my old recovery, took a chance and got lucky!)
Worked like a charm, Thanks.

I think Cyanogen fixed the issue on his latest build.

[alan090]

anyway to disable verification ? takes forever when I need to test roms

[Pfeffernuss]

anyway to disable verification ? takes forever when I need to test roms
You'd rather flash a corrupt Rom and waste lots more time than the 30 seconds the verification process takes? :confused: You must be a very busy person :rolleyes:

[asus2008]

sorry..i have some problem,,when i enter into recovery mode. i select what i choose but it will auto reboot..i had flash the recovery 3 times still had problem..but i flash into hero recovery i can do anything...can anyone hlep me??

[alan090]

You'd rather flash a corrupt Rom and waste lots more time than the 30 seconds the verification process takes? :confused: You must be a very busy person :rolleyes:

yea when I need to flash to new rom to test it and I just include a couple of bug fixes from the last one - and the verification takes 30s-60s and I do 10-20 builds in a night thats possibly 20 minutes of time i have wasted

time is not free - and since Im building and signing the rom I know its not corrupt...

[Pfeffernuss]

yea when I need to flash to new rom to test it and I just include a couple of bug fixes from the last one - and the verification takes 30s-60s and I do 10-20 builds in a night thats possibly 20 minutes of time i have wasted


Ah, that changes matters quite a bit! I thought you were just a casual "flash-once-in-a-while" kinda guy. My bad! :D

[stellarotic]

I have a (probably stupid) question.

I am running one of your earlier recovery images. Can I just flash this over the preexisting one, or do I need to unroot and then do a fresh install as if I was rooting my phone for the first time.

On a related note: is there any point to upgrade to a newer version? For instance, are there certain ROMs I can't run without this?

[tnpapadakos]

I have a (probably stupid) question.

I am running one of your earlier recovery images. Can I just flash this over the preexisting one, or do I need to unroot and then do a fresh install as if I was rooting my phone for the first time.

On a related note: is there any point to upgrade to a newer version? For instance, are there certain ROMs I can't run without this?

flash it right over it

flash on brother, flash on

[Binary100100]

Hey guys,
I spent literally all night going through this whole thread deleting old and/or nonrelated posts. A total of 400 posts which is 40 pages worth of posts were purged. Please remember to keep this thread on topic. Thanks!

[TeckniX]

created my own post, but figure I'd add it here.
Phone: MT3G 32B
RA: v1.5.2G
Trying to upgrade to: RA-sapphire-v1.7.0G-cyan.img
Issue:
from the terminal app emulator, I get:
mtd: read error at 0x00000000 (Out of memory)
mtd: read error at 0x00020000 (Out of memory)
mtd: read error at 0x00040000 (Out of memory)
mtd: read error at 0x00060000 (Out of memory)
......
error writing recovery: No space left on device

Any help would be great!


---- edit----
I'm an idiot it says don't do it on 5.0 Guess I'm stuck for a minute!

[tnpapadakos]

created my own post, but figure I'd add it here.
Phone: MT3G 32B
RA: v1.5.2G
Trying to upgrade to: RA-sapphire-v1.7.0G-cyan.img
Issue:
from the terminal app emulator, I get:
mtd: read error at 0x00000000 (Out of memory)
mtd: read error at 0x00020000 (Out of memory)
mtd: read error at 0x00040000 (Out of memory)
mtd: read error at 0x00060000 (Out of memory)
......
error writing recovery: No space left on device

Any help would be great!
what rom? this was a problem in cm 5.0.7, but its fixed in 5.0.8

[TeckniX]

rom is: update-cm-5.0.7-DS-signed.zip

The problem is that ever since the 'bad flash' I can't get into the recovery - which means that with no recovery I can't update to 5.0.8

So I'm pretty much stuck?

[knny1491]

Use rom manager its how i got out of it.

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[gpap66]

when we do nandroid backup where in sd card saves the data???
Thanks!!!

[tnpapadakos]

when we do nandroid backup where in sd card saves the data???
Thanks!!!

sdcard/nandroid/xxxxxxxx/xxxxxxxx

[TheMusicMan]

what rom? this was a problem in cm 5.0.7, but its fixed in 5.0.8

Can you please confirm that Amon_Ra 1.7 CAN be flashed with CM 5.0.8, using terminal emulator, with no problems ? Many thanks....

[tnpapadakos]

Can you please confirm that Amon_Ra 1.7 CAN be flashed with CM 5.0.8, using terminal emulator, with no problems ? Many thanks....

just try it, if it cannot, it just wont, the phone will not blow up

in any case, yes it can

[secure_6]

Unfortunately (or fortunately) I had to replace my G1 with the Mytouch 3G (3.5mm jack)

My challenge is that the wikis haven't been updated and Im not sure which version/guide to follow...

Cyan's wiki says to use the 3.5mm jack/fender guide using Amon-Ra's G version recovery.. BUT his Mytouch wiki says if my Mytouch shows the 3skateboards in fastboot mode to follow the basic Mytouch guide which uses the H version.

Here are my specs...

BASEBAND VERSION: 62.50SC.20.7U_2.22.23.02
Sapphire PVT32A ship s-on g
HBOOT 1.33.0013

PLEASE HELP!!!!! lol

[TeckniX]

Use rom manager its how i got out of it.



Thanks, but it seems that Rom Manager can only flash a rom if the clockWork rom was installed. Not sure if I want to install an unknown rom for the sake of getting me where I want

[TeckniX]

Went ahead and flashed the clockwork mod. Looks like it worked and I can now flash RA on top of it and finally upgrade to cm 5.0.8 woot! Thanks for help.

Xda app user : )

[Flash23]

I just switched over to RA's recovery... Can some give me an easy tutorial to upgrade my microSD... I purchased a 8gb class 6 card... Im on cyans 5.0.8 rom...

[Xcite]

Wanted to apply the ra_recovery today on my magic:

sapphire pvt 32A Ship s-on h
hboot-1.76.0009 (sapp10000)
cpld-12
radio-6.35.08.29
Dec 8 2009

says: failed: remote (not allow)

What am I doing wrong? Want to install cyanogen mod and already stuck at first step, damned.... Installed sense update in january provided by htc if this helps. Thanks for help!

edit: wanted to apply the following image: recovery-RA-sapphire-v1.7.0H.img

[Amon_RA]

Wanted to apply the ra_recovery today on my magic:

sapphire pvt 32A Ship s-on h
hboot-1.76.0009 (sapp10000)
cpld-12
radio-6.35.08.29
Dec 8 2009

says: failed: remote (not allow)

What am I doing wrong? Want to install cyanogen mod and already stuck at first step, damned.... Installed sense update in january provided by htc if this helps. Thanks for help!

edit: wanted to apply the following image: recovery-RA-sapphire-v1.7.0H.img

You have a "locked" spl which will not allow you to flastboot flash, flash an engineerings one, or just use flash_image instead.

[jeffjoker]

I have tried to flash my recovery in root terminal with Cyanogen 5.0.8 and I get "out of memory" errors :(

I have also tried on my phone to flash using fastboot, my device is detected but I get a "failed" error:
sending 'recovery' (4520 KB)... OKAY [ 1.812s]
writing 'recovery'... INFOsignature checking...
FAILED (remote: signature verify fail)
finished. total time: 3.172s

Please help :confused:

[Adamsville MITM]

does the recovery have anything to do with ROM speed? cuz I just upgraded to 1.70 and Super E seems faster than before

[Pfeffernuss]

does the recovery have anything to do with ROM speed? cuz I just upgraded to 1.70 and Super E seems faster than before
No, nothing at all ;) It's all in the mind :D

[Amon_RA]

does the recovery have anything to do with ROM speed? cuz I just upgraded to 1.70 and Super E seems faster than before

The recovery actually starts a oneshot service in init.rc that erases all the useless bullsh*t copied by filemovers. This is probably why you see a speed increase...


Just kidding... the recovery has nothing to do with ROM speed ;)

[TeckniX]

still can't get into recovery even after flashing the ROM with Clockwork's rom manager. grrrr

[jadephyre]

I got it to flash the 1.7.0 Version from a Terminal on my Magic (32B) but I can't seem to get into the recovery mode.
It just stays there at the "myTouch 3G" Screen... did I do something wrong or do I have to enter the recovery mode through fastboot ?

[knny1491]

Flash it via rom manager from the market
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[TeckniX]

Flash it via rom manager from the market
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Did that - the only thing that worked was the clockwork recovery - the RA doesn't load just like jadephyre says.

1.7.0G for 32B right?

[Bay Harbor Butcher]

Please,can anyone hep me?
I had a nexus with cyanogen.I wanted to try Modaco r17 rom so I backuped nand and installed modaco.
Now I tried to restore nand backup of cyanogen but it gives me error: "run nandroid-mobile.sh restore via adb.
Why doesn't work via recovery mode?what should I do get cyanogen back?
thanks..

EDIT:It was only low battery warning message..thanks..

[quasar12]

Latest :

recovery-RA-sapphire-v1.7.0H.img - MD5Sum: f78bc0ff51f233666a9a5f72b56aabec

recovery-RA-sapphire-v1.7.0H-cyan.img - MD5Sum: 1ed8363e05b3515d7f976a8764cfad51



Hello Amon RA, thanks for the great work! I've been using your HERO recovery for the 6.x radio on my 32A, but I'm now downgrading to 3.x to try out CM5.0.8.

The first post doesn't explain the difference between the 1.7.0H-cyan.img and the ordinary 1.7.0H.img. Could you give more details about when to use the Cyan version?

Should I install the Cyan version first, then install CM? Or is it the other way round?

Or is it totally unrelated to the CM ROM, and just the original recovery by Cyan?

Cheers,

David

[wjsturgis3]

The cyan refers to the wallpaper in the recovery screen. Functionally they are identical.

[quasar12]

Oh so it was just the cyan color and not cyan for cyanogen :) Aha... thanks for the quick reply!

http://woozers.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/facepalm1.jpg

[samsci]

I have tried to flash my recovery in root terminal with Cyanogen 5.0.8 and I get "out of memory" errors :(

I have also tried on my phone to flash using fastboot, my device is detected but I get a "failed" error:
sending 'recovery' (4520 KB)... OKAY [ 1.812s]
writing 'recovery'... INFOsignature checking...
FAILED (remote: signature verify fail)
finished. total time: 3.172s

Please help :confused:

Yeah, I got the out of memory errors and tried several times to install and could not on 5.08. Kept getting out of memory errors. Phone rebooted and cannot get past the my touch. won't go to anything.

Edit: Finally was able to get past it, by using different sequence of buttons on boot up. Trying to install again.

[samsci]

hmmm, still cannot get it to install, via Terminal or adb. Keep getting out of memory errors.

Edit: Finally got it to work. Had to actually turn swap on and then run in terminal mode and it worked with no problem.

[xf86]

sorry..i have some problem,,when i enter into recovery mode. i select what i choose but it will auto reboot..i had flash the recovery 3 times still had problem..but i flash into hero recovery i can do anything...can anyone hlep me??



i've the same problem, initially i'm running on amon ra 1.62 - hero for my spl 1.7xx 32a magic.
as i try to upgrade the recovery to 1.7 via fastboot i flash successfully on the first go , but when ever in the recovery menu it will auto reboot by it self.

i've tried to pull the battery and start again it gave the same result :(


*.. i've tried to clear the recovery and reflash again, i'm getting the same result , while i tried to flash clockwork recovery 1.7 i was not able to get into the recovery at all.

SAPPHIRE PVT 32A ENG S-OFF H
HBOOT 1.76.2007 (SAPPP10000)
CPLD 12
RADIO 6.35.07.29


** update , finally get it to work, my stupid mistake... didn't read the fine print, though that 1.7 was able to be use on 1.7 and rad 6 , have downgrade the radio & hboot

[mraaa711128]

I Have A Question Here ...
When I Want To Use Nand Backup
It Will Give Me An Error
Error : Run 'nandroid-mobile.sh' via adb!
What Is The Error Message Means ??

I'm Use THe Sampei's Sence Hero Rom

and I Use Home + Power Go Into Recovery Mode And Use Track Ball To Select The Nand Backup ...

My Phone Is HTC Magic 32A ENG S-OFF H
HBOOT = 1.76.2007 (sapp10000)
RADIO = 6.35.10.18
RECOVERY = Ra_Recovery v 1.6.2 (Hero Version)

[xf86]

i've notice that if you wanted to perform nandroid backup / restore it will only work if you have the usb / charge cable plug in to the phone.

[mraaa711128]

i've notice that if you wanted to perform nandroid backup / restore it will only work if you have the usb / charge cable plug in to the phone.

Ya .... Finally Ok To Backup ... Thx a Lot

[xpact]

Hi there,

I have two questions

I have My Touch 3G with the 3.5mm stereo jack unrooted stock.

SAPPHIRE PVT 32A SHIP S-ON G
HBOOT-1.33.0013 (SAPP31000)
CPLD-13
RADIO-2.22.23.02
Oct 21 2009, 22:33:27

I believe it is Google branded not HTC eventhow it is saying 32A ?



Use the H/G version if your Magic is HTC branded (PVT 32A board)/Google branded (PVT 32B board).

Which version should I use to root it?



* recovery-RA-sapphire-v1.7.0G.img (Click here to download from a Mirror) - MD5Sum: 8b3b5ff90575eba0c5bfc13c0fa6b8ea
* recovery-RA-sapphire-v1.7.0G-cyan.img (Click here to download from a Mirror) - MD5Sum: 8846b53e3184d688e3e8a628ad81074f


Second question it might be obvious, however not for me. What is the difference between the regular image and the cyan.img ?

[tnpapadakos]

Hi there,

I have two questions

I have My Touch 3G with the 3.5mm stereo jack unrooted stock.

SAPPHIRE PVT 32A SHIP S-ON G
HBOOT-1.33.0013 (SAPP31000)
CPLD-13
RADIO-2.22.23.02
Oct 21 2009, 22:33:27

I believe it is Google branded not HTC eventhow it is saying 32A ?





Which version should I use to root it?






Second question it might be obvious, however not for me. What is the difference between the regular image and the cyan.img ?

cyan is just the cyan-colored version, everything else is the same

i read that the mt3g 1.2 is a 32a hardware (more ram, motherboard difference) but uses the 32b radio....search the thread, i know you'll find that quote, i think it was from amonra

[wjsturgis3]

I believe the radio is the determining factor. A 3.22... radio, use the H(TC) recovery, 2.22... radio use the G(oogle) version.

[knny1491]

That isnt it the deciding factor is what it sas in your fastboot ex: ship s o g you use the g version, s on h you use the h version. The radio number is a difference between 32a and 32b devices.

Sent from my HTC Magic using XDA App

[callmedave89]

my magic cant flash....either fastboot
invaild cid or verify sign failed..

[KBEscalona]

Hello everyone,

I want to upgrade my cupcake. Using your ROM. Here are my phone details.
SAPPHIRE PVT 32B SHIP S-ON H
HBOOT-1.33.0010 (SAPP10000)
CPLD-10
RADIO-3.22.0.20.17
Jun 2 2009, 17:28:28

Will the method using fastboot work on my phone?

Thanks.

Kenn

[knny1491]

Yes it will fastboot the h version.

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[KBEscalona]

Flash Failed:(

[Thomaseh]

SAPPHIRE PVT 32A SHIP S-ON H
HBOOT-1.76. 0009 (SAPP10000)
CPLD-12
RADIO-6.35.08.29

C:\Users\Thomas\Desktop\android-sdk-windows\tools>fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
sending 'recovery' (4520 KB)... FAILED (remote: not allow)
finished. total time: 0.002s

What am I doing wrong?
When I try the adb version of doing it, it wont find my device, it finds it when using fastboot devices, not when trying adb devices. Using different boot methods for the two of them.

"You have a "locked" spl which will not allow you to flastboot flash, flash an engineerings one, or just use flash_image instead."
Found this in this thread, but I think I dont understand anything, Flash an engineerings one?
flash_image wont work since I can't find my device using adb devices.

edit again: the driver says it is a HTC dream when I am in: home+power button mode.

[maflynn]

I'm hoping someone can help me here.
I manually updated to FRF91 but after doing so, I was unable to run a nand backup
I incurred the following error
Error: Run 'android-mobile.sh' via adb!

Now I figured I needed to reinstall the amon ra tools, which I did. It flashed w/o an error and after a reboot, I tried going into the recovery but instead I'm stuck seeing the blue/red/green/yellow android X.

Its been rooted because I'm still able to run setcpu and titanium backup.

Any suggestions in fixing amon ra's recovery console, or reflashing the stock recovery (where would I find that img).

Thanks in advance.
Mike

Edit, I'm a Nexus one and I flashed it using the fastboot method. It successfully sent the recovery image (4528kb) and writing recovery was "OKAY" as well.

[enteo]

Hi there,
I flashed on Saturday Engineering SPL 1.33.2010 and recovery RA-sapphire-v1.7.0G.
Everything seemed OK but, after a complete reboot (device in normal phone operation mode), when I reboot in recovery mode again the old recovery appears (Android 2a) and the new one has desappeared!!
I have flashed again today and it happens the same.

This is my current config:
SAPPHIRE PVT 32B ENG S-OFF H
HBOOT-1.33.2010 (SAPP10000)
CPLD-10
RADIO-2.22.19.26I
Jun 2 2009, 17:27:03

The difference I see is that the first line showed SAPPHIRE PVT 32B SHIP S-ON G instead before the SPL update.

Does somebody know what is happening?
Do I have to use RECOVERY RA-sapphire-v1.7.0H now? Edit: HTC version does not boot.

Thank you.

[zerodi]

hi i will be recieving a 32B version of this Magic very soon and was a little confused as to what do i do to get a recovery on their so i can start flashing / trying different roms

its quite difficult to understand what to do, could someone pls help me


thanks :confused:

p.s its a 32B , but its a DEV's phone, sometimes called HTC ION , not sure if that makes a difference on the rooting procedure ?

[daweeze02]

I got it to flash the 1.7.0 Version from a Terminal on my Magic (32B) but I can't seem to get into the recovery mode.
It just stays there at the "myTouch 3G" Screen... did I do something wrong or do I have to enter the recovery mode through fastboot ?

I am having the same issue here with a 32A mytouch 3g. I have the new SPL, Radio and flashed the Hero version of the 1.70 recovery image but no matter what I can only fastboot. I have flashed it over and over but Home + Power will not take me to recovery. Any thoughts?

[J.O.D.]

You're probably not on rooted device - fastboot method requires it.

[escosk8r]

Awesome recovery Amon, been using it for awhile. Like your work dude.
Thanks

[jeffjoker]

I have tried again in root terminal on the stable release of CM 5.0.8 and it worked just fine :D

[Phk]

Hey guys, can you please answer this simple question?

- I have an old HTC Magic, with old SPL and RADIO, but the phone is rooted and running CM rom perfectly. Should i update my radio? what are the advantages?

Thanks

[tnpapadakos]

.... but the phone is rooted and running CM rom perfectly.

when something is running perfectly, there's nothing better than changing it. who knows? maybe it could run more perfectly?

but seriously,
the newer radio can help with better download/upload speeds, so check your speeds before, flash the new radio, then check your speeds after

it cannot hurt, and you can always flash the old radio back

[psguardian]

I have been off the grid since I installed RA-saphire-v1.5.2G & CM 4.2.15.1 & i'm looking to move up to RA 1.7G & then CM 5.0.8 (in that order).

I have spent some time scanning the last few hrs Looking over some of the recent posts & have a couple questions... I saw the giant warning about not flashing recovery from terminal on the phone while running CM5.0.7, since i'm still on 4.2 am I ok to run the terminal install of RA 1.7? then NANDROID+EXT back up of my 4.2 install before attempting to flash 5.0.8 + Gapps pack?

I know I will run into issues with later updates as I have never been able to get ADB to work, but this would get me current for now if it works.

TIA all,
~psguardian

[psguardian]

Ok, lets try a simpler question...

Would there be any negative effects from using the terminal method to install recovery 1.7 on a MT3G running CM4.2.15.1?

~psguardian {from xda app on MT3G}

[wjsturgis3]

I would think it should work just fine.

[Roofus8658]

Ok, lets try a simpler question...

Would there be any negative effects from using the terminal method to install recovery 1.7 on a MT3G running CM4.2.15.1?

~psguardian {from xda app on MT3G}

It should be fine. The only problems that have been reported are flashing from CM5 so if you flash the new recovery first then flash CM5 you should be good.

[iamtimmah]

Hi,

So I'm using a MyTouch3G 32b. I had the clockworkmod recovery. I tried flashing the recovery through adb and everything seemed like it flashed. I tried rebooting and am now stuck on the Splash screen.

I then tried flashing the recovery through fastboot and end up with a <remote: not allow> error.

So my question is how can I get the RA recovery flashed?

Thanks,
Tim C.

[Philysubsailor]

I have tried for hours to get this to work. I'm now asking for help.

At the android skateboard screen (yes new to rooting) it states

SAPPHIRE UNKNOWN 32A ENG S-OFF H
HBOOT 1.33.2010
CPLD-13
RADIO 3.22.20.17

When I flash recovery-RA-sapphire-V1.7.0H.img and press the home and power button...Nothing happens. Im going fricking insain. Please help this noob before I jump off the bridge!!!

Thanks in advance

[wjsturgis3]

I have tried for hours to get this to work. I'm now asking for help.

At the android skateboard screen (yes new to rooting) it states

SAPPHIRE UNKNOWN 32A ENG S-OFF H
HBOOT 1.33.2010
CPLD-13
RADIO 3.22.20.17

When I flash recovery-RA-sapphire-V1.7.0H.img and press the home and power button...Nothing happens. Im going fricking insain. Please help this noob before I jump off the bridge!!!

Thanks in advance

What method did you use to flash the recovery image? I recommend the fastboot method as the most reliable. You seem to have the same SPL as I have, fastboot should work like a charm.

[Philysubsailor]

What method did you use to flash the recovery image? I recommend the fastboot method as the most reliable. You seem to have the same SPL as I have, fastboot should work like a charm.

Thanks for the reply...

I have no idea how I got it to work, but Im root and running the CM 5.0.8, but trying to get CM 6 to work now...I was using fastboot. I slept for a few hours and woke up and it worked. perhaps my battery was low as I let it get a full charge before I tried again.

[Daneshm90]

So i brought over the background images / progressbar of htc desire's recovery on this one. Looks decent so thought id post it as well ;)

Link (http://www.mediafire.com/?jonex9dhryv3hh7)

I used this do it ofcourse ;)

Link (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=678133)

[ubercatfish]

Okay, so I'm running

SAPPHIRE PVT 32B SHIP S-ON G
HBOOT-1.33.0007 (SAPP10000)
CPLD-10
RADIO-2.22.19.261
Jul 31 2009, 15:4925

Have been trying to flash my device (Vodafone AU Magic 32b) for the last few days, but I always hit the all at the same point. I cannot boot a recovery, currently when i hold home and power it appears with a ! screen I am sure you're all farmiliar with. When trying to launch AmonRA's recovery through fastboot I can get to the point where it says;

sending 'recovery' <4494 kb> ... OKAY [1.688s]
writing 'recovery' .... OKAY [0.001s]
finished. total time: 1.689s

But after this process my phone will remain on the fastboot screen with no changes. When trying the

fastboot boot c:\imgname.img

command my phone will react and freeze up on the launch screen.

So basically, any help on how to advance the process would be great, as I am currently stuck on a 1.5 build. (not actually sure how I got to this point, was loading heaps of different sappimg.nbh/zip files trying to get this to work, and one happend to be vodafone, so I'm sticking to that for now so I can get 3G coverage locally)

Also, whenever I attempt the process I will load the 'How to Fix Perfected SPL' sappimg.zip. And yes, I am using a Goldcard.

[c0mrade2]

Hi!
Yesterday I've downgraded the radio of my magic 32a because i want to flash the new cm6 rom, but I'm in a trouble: the recovery freeze after few seconds i launch it and i have always to take out the battery!
I've tried all the recovery from version 5 to 7, but nothing changed...
However doing all the passages very fast I've wiped and flashed the rom, but rebooting the phone it always freeze at the operator logo...

any ideas to solve the problem?

[wjsturgis3]

Hi!
Yesterday I've downgraded the radio of my magic 32a because i want to flash the new cm6 rom, but I'm in a trouble: the recovery freeze after few seconds i launch it and i have always to take out the battery!
I've tried all the recovery from version 5 to 7, but nothing changed...
However doing all the passages very fast I've wiped and flashed the rom, but rebooting the phone it always freeze at the operator logo...

any ideas to solve the problem?

What versions of radio,recovery and SPL do you have? Did you use fastboot to flash your recovery? Did you change your SPL to 1.33.2010? See my signature for a working combination.

[c0mrade2]

What versions of radio,recovery and SPL do you have? Did you use fastboot to flash your recovery? Did you change your SPL to 1.33.2010? See my signature for a working combination.

I flashed the recovery with fastboot...

HBOOT-1.33.2010 (SAPP10000)
Radio-3.22.20.17

Where I can download your SPL and Radio?:D

[crankygeek]

I have:
SAPPHIRE PVT 32B ENG S-OFF H
HBOOT-1.33.2010
CPLID-10
RADIO-3.22.20.17 ( just came from an SPL crack .nbh)
and cannot get this to work via fastboot, it says success but when booting with home+back it simply never loads (i let it sit for 20 minutes)

I am to assume I use the G version, for my 32B SPL?
what do I do, as the ROM on this phone is not rooted yet?

[antonymm]

Hi,

Was wondering if I could ask for some help. I have a HTC Magic Vodafone branded phone. It had a perfected SPL see below.

SAPPHIRE UNKNOWN 32B SHIP S-ON G
HBOOT-1.33.0006 (SAPP10000)
CPLD-10
RADIO-2.22.19.26I
May 27 2009,19:06:41

So I followed forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=529019 and replaced the SPL with Engineering SPL 1.33.2010. This seemed to work after I created a gold card. So now my phone shows

SAPPHIRE PVT 32B ENG S-OFF H
HBOOT-1.33.2010 (SAPP10000)
CPLD-10
RADIO-3.22.20.17
June 2 2009,17:27:03

So I then attempted to follow this thread and install recovery-RA-sapphire-v1.7.0G.img via the commands:

fastboot devices
fastboot flash recovery recovery-RA-sapphire-v1.7.0G.img

It states that it was successful and the phone is then supposed to boot into the RA recovery. This is where it does not seem to work the screen just shows HTC logo and goes no further, seems to stall. I tried to remove battery and restart the phone by holding HOME key and POWER button and boot into RA recovery, but again the phone just sits with a HTC logo on the screen and does nothing. I would like to get the RA recovery installed so that I can then try the cyanogen froyo ROM.

I think I am almost there but any help or guidance would be appreciated :-)

Thanks,
Antony

[Deuces]

Hi,

Was wondering if I could ask for some help. I have a HTC Magic Vodafone branded phone. It had a perfected SPL see below.

SAPPHIRE UNKNOWN 32B SHIP S-ON G
HBOOT-1.33.0006 (SAPP10000)
CPLD-10
RADIO-2.22.19.26I
May 27 2009,19:06:41

So I followed forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=529019 and replaced the SPL with Engineering SPL 1.33.2010. This seemed to work after I created a gold card. So now my phone shows

SAPPHIRE PVT 32B ENG S-OFF H
HBOOT-1.33.2010 (SAPP10000)
CPLD-10
RADIO-3.22.20.17
June 2 2009,17:27:03

So I then attempted to follow this thread and install recovery-RA-sapphire-v1.7.0G.img via the commands:

fastboot devices
fastboot flash recovery recovery-RA-sapphire-v1.7.0G.img

It states that it was successful and the phone is then supposed to boot into the RA recovery. This is where it does not seem to work the screen just shows HTC logo and goes no further, seems to stall. I tried to remove battery and restart the phone by holding HOME key and POWER button and boot into RA recovery, but again the phone just sits with a HTC logo on the screen and does nothing. I would like to get the RA recovery installed so that I can then try the cyanogen froyo ROM.

I think I am almost there but any help or guidance would be appreciated :-)

Thanks,
Antony

i had this problem. was able to fix by booting into rom, and flashing via ADB. Perhaps you should try CM Recovery 4.1 before trying to use RA recovery.

[antonymm]

Hi Deuces,

Asked RA and he let me know I had the wrong radio installed after fixing the perfected SPL. Once I installed my original radio version, it work perfectly.

Thanks for the reply :-)

[lebenistgod]

If after fastboot boot recovery.. your htc crashes or hangs try the other image H or G i spent hours trying to figure out why my Google branded 32B would crash with G, then i tried H and it worked perfectly :) yay

[spypack]

I just followed the cyan wiki to root mytouch 3g and i got they cyan 1.4 recovery in and i'm trying to upgrade to this recovery. I tried the fastboot method and it said not allowed.

How can i upgrade cyan recovery 1.4 to amon 1.7.0? im new to this and i don't understand how to do the 2nd method

[keinengel]

Put the new recovery image in the root of your SD card a and then boot in recovery, connect your phone to your PC, open a terminal (cmd if you're on windows), type adb shell and it should show a # sign. Now type mount -a to mount all partitions and then flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery-RA-sapphire-v1.7.0G.img
If your phone says "fastboot: not allowed" then you have a stock SPL and might want to replace it with an engineering one.

[wjsturgis3]

I flashed the recovery with fastboot...

HBOOT-1.33.2010 (SAPP10000)
Radio-3.22.20.17

Where I can download your SPL and Radio?:D

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=605239

[mumilover]

I flashed the recovery with fastboot...

HBOOT-1.33.2010 (SAPP10000)
Radio-3.22.20.17

Where I can download your SPL and Radio?:D

Or try this tool... it has all regarding spl,radio and recovery :0)
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=677045

[jmariconda]

Hey is there or is there going to be a droid incredible version of this? I used to have it on my g1 and it was great:D, and i hate clockworkmod lol.

[keynon]

each time i try to go into recovery after i flashed from cmd recovery-RA-sapphire-v1.7.0H-cyan.img it reboots normally after seeing the recovery screen for 3 seconds

whats up with that? i am using

sapphire pvt32a ship s-off h
hboot - 1.76.2007
cpld - 12
radio - 6.35.10.18
jan 14 2010. 00:14:58

[eyegor]

each time i try to go into recovery after i flashed from cmd recovery-RA-sapphire-v1.7.0H-cyan.img it reboots normally after seeing the recovery screen for 3 seconds

whats up with that? i am using

sapphire pvt32a ship s-off h
hboot - 1.76.2007
cpld - 12
radio - 6.35.10.18
jan 14 2010. 00:14:58

What's up with it is that you need to use the hero or cursordroid's modified recovery for that radio and spl combination.

[keynon]

What's up with it is that you need to use the hero or cursordroid's modified recovery for that radio and spl combination.

What's up with it is that you need to use the hero or cursordroid's modified recovery for that radio and spl combination.

ok i got the v1.6.2 version of cursordroid's and installed cm5.0.8 following these instructions wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=Upgrading_From_CM_4.2_or_other_roo ted_ROMS_to_5.0.x%28Dream/Sapphire%29

when im done with flashing the 3 things it boots up to HTC MAGIC logo and reboot again and keeps going on and on and on till there is no more battery. i can get in recovery and fastboot.

what wrong did i do?

[keinengel]

Well, reading the forums wouldn't hurt you. First, those instructions are for the old radio (3.22) and SPL (1.33). What you're using is what we call new radio (6.35). You need to flash back to old radio, spl, recovery (all together) or find a CyanogenMod port for the new radio - there are two or three in this forum.

We were all beginners once, but reading before doing stuff helped us know what we were doing.

[keynon]

Well, reading the forums wouldn't hurt you. First, those instructions are for the old radio (3.22) and SPL (1.33). What you're using is what we call new radio (6.35). You need to flash back to old radio, spl, recovery (all together) or find a CyanogenMod port for the new radio - there are two or three in this forum.

We were all beginners once, but reading before doing stuff helped us know what we were doing.

very sorry for my ignorance and thank you very much for your help aswell as poster eyegor.

:)

[wjsturgis3]

Amon_RA, are you going to update the Hero version of this fine recovery to 1.7.0 as promised in the OP?

[daehl]

This is a custom recovery based on Cyanogen's recovery source with a lot of things added by me. The purpose of this recovery is to avoid using adb by accessing all features directly from the menu.

via terminal application installed on the phone :

Requires root
DO NOT use this method with CM5.0.7, there are currently some memory issues while flashing, use the above methods (preferably the fastboot method) instead until the issue is fixed in CM5.0.7!
Copy recovery-RA-sapphire-v1.7.0G.img to the root of your sdcard
start the terminal app
#flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery-RA-sapphire-v1.7.0G.img


I apologize in advance, but I am a root/ROM newbie and I am trying to learn this as best I can.

I rooted my MT3G this week using Universal Androot 1.5.3. No problems there. I have sucessfully installed & used SHOOTME, BusyBox, Titanium Backup, and can use su in the Terminal. So I know I am rooted, but I've been unable to flash a Recovery with either ROM Manager (no idea why, no response on their blog so far) or even by manually using the instructions above because I don't have flash_image command on my phone.

Here's what I get:
$su
#flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery-RA-sapphire-v1.7.0G.img
flash_image: not found

So I found a copy of flash_image, but it won't let me install it:

$ su
# cp /sdcard/flash_image /system/bin/
cp: can't create '/system/bin/flash_image': Read-only file system

I read elsewhere that I need to remount my /System in rw mode

http://www.pocketmagic.net/?p=757

Am I following the right path here??? Seems very odd to me that the instructions here didn't mention installing flash_image. Was that just an oversight? or do other phones already have it pre-installed?

I really want to wave goodbye to crappy stock donut. I'd ultimately like to install CM 5.0.8, but most of the advice I've gotten hasn't turned out to be as straightforward as it seems so far.

By the way, there was no Terminal application pre-installed on my MT3G, so I downloaded Google Terminal Emulator (v13) from Marketplace. That seemed to be the highest rated free terminal app. Or is there a better one out there?

[mumilover]

$ su
# cp /sdcard/flash_image /system/bin/
cp: can't create '/system/bin/flash_image': Read-only file system

You are on the right way..
Yes, you need to remount using
mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3
Then do the copy command again...
Then giv the "flash_image" execute permissions
chmod 777 /system/bin/flash_image
Then you run the command to flash recovery :0)
Restart in recovery and flash what ever needed.. like a rom or eng spl/radio......
You are almost there :0)

[daehl]

You are on the right way..
Yes, you need to remount using
mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3
Then do the copy command again...


Thanks, mumilover! I appreciate it.

Just for the record, I had originally posted this question in another thread and eyegor gave me pretty much the same answer, and I just got done trying it and it worked!

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=7656018&postcount=53

This site is awesome!

There's so much to learn here and I've definitely got a lot more reading ahead of me to learn all about this whole Mod'ing process.

[mumilover]

Just for the record, I had originally posted this question in another thread and eyegor gave me pretty much the same answer, and I just got done trying it and it worked!


DAMN THAT eyegor... he is everywhere...
Consider your self lucky, you got help by the magic master, eyegor :0)

Well, i'm happy it worked out for you...
Welcome to the world of "ROOT#"... :0)

ps: dont forget to try:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=677045

[daehl]

Welcome to the world of "ROOT#"... :0)

ps: dont forget to try:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=677045

Thanks.

I still seems to be hitting more obstacles though. What I don't understand is, shouldn't the recovery flash be permanent? I've tried this multiple times now, and each time after I successfully flash Amon-RA's 1.7.0G recovery, I am able to boot into it exactly once! As soon as I reboot a second time, I'm back to the default Android system recovery (looks like this):

Android system recovery <2e>

Use trackball to highlight:
click to select.

reboot system now [Home+Back]
apply sdcard:update.zip [Alt+S]
wipe data/factory reset [Alt+W]
wipe cache partition
---------------------------------------

E:Can't open /cache/recovery/com
mand

This just doesn't seem right to me. Is it possible that stock Android 1.6 re-flashes the recovery back to default upon reboot?
Has anyone else had this problem? and what does that error mean about the cache? Do I need to wipe my cache partition?

My MT3G (32B) says it's hardware Revision/SPL is:
SAPPHIRE PVT 32B SHIP S-ON G
HBOOT-1.33.0006 (SAPP30000)
CPLD-10
RADIO-2.22.23.02
May 27 2009,19:06:41

I'm reading as much as I can here, but haven't come across any instructions that describe this problem.

[eyegor]

Set up ADB and make sure it works.
Find a RUU that will get you to where your phone was before rooting.
Test if you can boot a recovery from fastboot
fastboot boot nameoftherecovery.img

Then once you get it all done, boot into your new recovery, make a nandroid backup, then choose to WIPE data/cache. After that flash a ROM that you put on the root of your SDCard.

The ROM must be for 32B, we don't want it to fail loading.

The ADB and RUU are all just for safety, because if the ROM does not boot you will need something to get you out of that no recovery, no system state :)

[mumilover]

daehl:
Well, i don't know what your are doing, or what the system are doing....
One i do know is, we ONLY need 1 SUCCESSFUL reboot into recovery...

Do whatever you do and get into recovery.
Flash the eng 2010 spl from here:
http://rapidshare.com/files/267475618/update.Engineering-SPL-HBOOT-1.33.2010-signed.zip
It should work for the 32b boards and for the radio you have
Now you will have eng spl and we can do WHATEVER we want.

Restart in fastboot.
Using the tool in eyegor's siganture, or the one i suggested in the last post (it's the same). do the following:
In the RED BOX, chose ONLY recovery, then hit the "erase chosen partition(s)".
In the BLUE BOX, recovery row, navigate to an recovery image that is based for 32b. Just use the same as you always have used... now push "flash recovery"...

This should make sure that the recovery is 100 % flashed the right way...

You now have eng spl + custom recovery... You should have a big smile and be set to do WHATEVER you want... root..use custom roms...go back to stock roms.. you decide...

Good luck

[eyegor]

Perpahs if you flashed the recovery from adb it would work.

I strongly suggest AGAINST trying to flash a SPL from recovery untill you get it to be stable. (e.g able to reboot into it more than once :P)

[daehl]

daehl:
Well, i don't know what your are doing, or what the system are doing....
One i do know is, we ONLY need 1 SUCCESSFUL reboot into recovery...


Well, I've been trying to describe exactly what I'm doing ;), but it does seem that my experience is a bit different than what the instructions suggest.

Nevertheless, I took a leap of faith last night (very early this morning) and confirmed that I did indeed only need a single successful reboot into recovery. That's really the key bit of information that I've been missing since I started trying to upgrade my ROM. You see, I expected that the recovery flash was permanent (none of the instructions here that I've read mention that if you reboot normally in Stock Android after flashing a new recovery, then that recovery will be replaced with the default). So I thought something was wrong, when in fact it appears to be completely normal. (I was thinking too far ahead and wanted to make sure the new Recovery would be there in case I needed to restore my original ROM in an emergency).

Anyway. I installed CM 5.0.8 and fully rebooted into it a few times and to my relief, the flashed recovery remained in effect. Before I upgraded the ROM I made a nandroid backup, and after playing with CM 5.0.8 for an hour or so, I restored my backup and completely reverted back to stock Android 1.6 with the default recovery. So I was able to return back to my starting point. Then I flashed Recovery again and installed CM 6.0.0-DS-RC2 and have been playing with that for the last few hours.

So looks like I'm in control now. Though I can tell there's still quite a lot more to learn about this. For example, I'm still not really sure why I'd need the "eng spl" for yet, or how using fastboot is any better. But I'm going to continue playing & learning. Installing ADB is definitely something I will try very soon though... Thanks for your help guys!

HTC Magic 32B
SPL: 1.33.0006
Radio: 2.22.23.02
Recovery: Amon Ra's 1.7.0G
ROM: Cyanogenmod 6.0.0-DS-RC2

[mumilover]

Perfect :0)

You need to install eng spl because you will get complete freedom...
There is no need for you to flash the recovery or any thing from the system using a terminal.....
The eng spl will allow you to flash anything you want :0)
Using the tool in my signature, you can flash any recovery you want.
Using the recovery you can make nandroid backup and flash new roms..
Then back to the tool, you can flash any radio, spl, recovery or restore nandroid backup.... This way your totally free of the system.. everything goes either trough the fastboot(spl) or recovery...

YOUR IN CHARGE...
IMHO- eng spl is a must :0)
It will on take you 30 sec...
Just do what i suggested earlier - Flashing the 2010 eng spl...
It will take you to the next step in "root world" :0)

[eyegor]

daehl, please DO NOT even try to flash any of the files provided with the tool!

You WILL brick your phone. Those files were not designed for your 32B phone.

[daehl]

daehl, please DO NOT even try to flash any of the files provided with the tool!

You WILL brick your phone. Those files were not designed for your 32B phone.

Thanks. I definitely want to avoid that ;)

Do you have any advice on my setup so far? Like is my radio & SPL okay? (seem okay as far as I can tell). It is quite a challenge interpreting all the information out there and figuring out what really applies to my circumstance.

I'm pretty impressed by froyo/CM6 so far. Though I notice that my touch screen was noticeably more responsive under CM5.0.8. About the only problems I've noticed so far with CM6.0.0RC2 is that the Market seems very slow and sometimes non-responsive, and I locked up the phone once in camera when I selected 720p video to see what it'd do. Overall, no FCs and it seems quite usable.

[eyegor]

The one thing that you could do is flash 1.33.2005 SPL although it is not necessary. It will allow you to flash things from fastboot which is a good thing - provides more security. (e.g. If your recovery fails and you cant boot into system you can easily flash it through fastboot)

Other than that there is no other gain from changing anything. Your phone won't perform better or solve bugs due to other radio/spl.

[kynguyen]

Hi bro,
I just upgraded recovery from v1.6.2 to v1.7.0. All phone services still ok but i can not get into recovery mode anymore. Can anyone help me to fix this. What should i do now.

Sapphire PVT 32B ENG S OFF H
HBOOT 1.33.2004
CPLD 10
Radio 2.22.19.26I

Thanks.

[daehl]

The one thing that you could do is flash 1.33.2005 SPL

Thanks for the advice. Do I really need to create a goldcard for that?
Also, someday T-Mobile is going to release an OTA froyo update. Is any of this going to prevent me from trying it? (Updating the SPL in particular)

From what I gather, as I stand now, I'll need to revert back to stock Android 1.6, and unroot to get any future OTA updates. I suppose if I do that though, I run the risk of not being able to root again (no idea whether Universal Androot will work on it). My guess is it won't be out for months and by then CM6 will still be better, but who knows...

[LupinDaThird]

I have the 3.5mm MyTouch (32A) so i tried rooting it with TheUnlockr's guide. I did everything I was supposed to and didn't have any problems until I tried flashing the recovery via fastboot.

C:\androidsdk\tools>fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
sending 'recovery' (4520 kb)... okay [ 1.729s]
writing 'recovery'... failed (remote: image update error)
finished. total time: 33.566s

I tried flashing different recovery's and nothing seems to work! I have engineers spl (1.33.2010) so why can't i flash the recovery?

[dvp0008]

Hi Amon RA. i have stock froyo on my N1, and rooted, unlocked bootloader.

Trying to Flash recovery-RA-nexus-v1.7.0.1.img to install CM6.
but lots of problems,
I dont have USB cable, i tried to do,
flash_image recovery /sdcard/(.img file)
but it comes
flash_image : not found
i even did it going to sdcard folder, but no results.

so I tried the second mathod and tried putting the recovery image in /system/recovery.img but couldn't ,,i entered from root of the sdcard,..>

#cp recovery.img ../system/
it comes out as.......
#cp: not fount
i dont know if the command is 100% right. but what is the solution to this, I want CM6 badly,
Please help.

[eyegor]

You're in the Sapphire section.

Any mini USB cable works with these phones.

[konstadinos]

Hi there! I have installed the clockwork recovery to my magic (rom cm 5.0.8), and i d like to install the amon ra recovery 1.7.0. should I just flash the amon ra or i must first delete the clockwork and then flash amon ra?

Sent from my HTC Magic using XDA App

[guttus]

Ok so I added rom manager today and used it to flash amon ra 1.7 to my 32b. Now I cannot boot in to recovery. I can access fastboot (vol down and power). How do I get this thing back into recovery so I can get back to the amon ra 1.6.2. Someone help

[wjsturgis3]

Ok so I added rom manager today and used it to flash amon ra 1.7 to my 32b. Now I cannot boot in to recovery. I can access fastboot (vol down and power). How do I get this thing back into recovery so I can get back to the amon ra 1.6.2. Someone help

You need to flash recovery, either 1.6.2 or 1.7.0, from fastboot. See first post in this thread.

[guttus]

You need to flash recovery, either 1.6.2 or 1.7.0, from fastboot. See first post in this thread.

Thanks for the quick response. Had just finished flashing a new recovery img before you posted the reply and it brought life back into the little guy. Thanks to all you wise members and developers our lives are forever changed.

[vinamilk]

Hi Amon RA. i have stock froyo on my N1, and rooted, unlocked bootloader.

Trying to Flash recovery-RA-nexus-v1.7.0.1.img to install CM6.
but lots of problems,
I dont have USB cable, i tried to do,
flash_image recovery /sdcard/(.img file)
but it comes
flash_image : not found
i even did it going to sdcard folder, but no results.

so I tried the second mathod and tried putting the recovery image in /system/recovery.img but couldn't ,,i entered from root of the sdcard,..>

#cp recovery.img ../system/
it comes out as.......
#cp: not fount
i dont know if the command is 100% right. but what is the solution to this, I want CM6 badly,
Please help.
Just simply, put the file recovery to root of C, rename it to simplest name like boot.img.

In DOS command line, type (fastboot syntax) C:/boot.img

This is full path instead of only name of recovery file. Everything will be OK.

[doronb]

Hi,
Can you help me with root my HTC Magic with this ROM?

HTC Magic
Firmware 1.5
Basheband ver 63.18.55.06KU_6.35.10.18
Kernel 2.6.27-5b476e83
Build 3.05.631.7 CL#118917 release-keys

SAPPHIRE PVT 32A SHIP S-ON H
HBOOT-1.76.0010 SAPP5000
CPLD-12
RADIO-6.35.10.10
Jan 14 2010.00:14:58

Try this and get error

C:\sdk\tools>fastboot devices
HT95MNK01841 fastboot

C:\sdk\tools>fastboot flash recovery recovery-RA-nexus-v1.7.0.1.img
sending 'recovery' (3948 KB)... FAILED (remote: not allow)

C:\sdk\tools>

[wjsturgis3]

Hi,
Can you help me with root my HTC Magic with this ROM?

HTC Magic
Firmware 1.5
Basheband ver 63.18.55.06KU_6.35.10.18
Kernel 2.6.27-5b476e83
Build 3.05.631.7 CL#118917 release-keys

SAPPHIRE PVT 32A SHIP S-ON H
HBOOT-1.76.0010 SAPP5000
CPLD-12
RADIO-6.35.10.10
Jan 14 2010.00:14:58

Try this and get error

C:\sdk\tools>fastboot devices
HT95MNK01841 fastboot

C:\sdk\tools>fastboot flash recovery recovery-RA-nexus-v1.7.0.1.img
sending 'recovery' (3948 KB)... FAILED (remote: not allow)

C:\sdk\tools>

First, you should have been trying to flash the Sapphire H version of this recovery. Second you have a "Perfected" SPL HBOOT. There are sevral threads in this forum dealing with this situation. Fixing this will allow you to fastboot flash recovery, radio and SPL from your PC (remote: allow). See my signature for a workable set of radio, recovery, SPL, and rooted ROM.

[capychimp]

one question when could we maybe expect an update for sapphire 6.35 radio, isee the hero got it's update ;)

[mumilover]

one question when could we maybe expect an update for sapphire 6.35 radio, isee the hero got it's update ;)

if it ain't broken why fix it? :0)

[capychimp]

why not?! ;)

[Telmo78]

Hi all,
I have a littel problem...

I try to lanch 1.7.0H for my magic:

PVT 32A ENG S-OFF H
Hboot: 1.76.2007
CPLD: 12
Radio: 6.35.10.18
Rom: AhmgskMod Hero 2.1 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=695492
Falshed by: 1.5.2H


In my folder "tools" i have well the recovery file

i push buton BACK + ON for boot in fastboot
i plug usb: Fastboot USB
into shell folder "c:\android\tools" i type "fastboot boot name of recovery file"

My magic reboot well into the recovery 1.7.0H i seen the menu but after few second the phone reboot again in normal mode or hang and block and i need in this case remove the battery for hard reste...

I have tryed whith all versions but same result ...
I tink i have missed somme one :rolleyes:

Thanks in advance for your help ^^
Sorry for my bad english too :-|

[wjsturgis3]

Hi all,
I have a littel problem...

I try to lanch 1.7.0H for my magic:

PVT 32A ENG S-OFF H
Hboot: 1.76.2007
CPLD: 12
Radio: 6.35.10.18
Rom: AhmgskMod Hero 2.1 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=695492
Falshed by: 1.5.2H


In my folder "tools" i have well the recovery file

i push buton BACK + ON for boot in fastboot
i plug usb: Fastboot USB
into shell folder "c:\android\tools" i type "fastboot boot name of recovery file"



The command is: "fastboot flash recovery name of recovery file"

This will flash the new recovery image.

[Telmo78]

The command is: "fastboot flash recovery name of recovery file"

This will flash the new recovery image.

Yes...

fastboot boot recovery-RA-sapphire-v.1.7.0H.img

???
thas not a problem becose it lunch ...

i think it boot not flash ...
Another confirme ?

with your command "flash" it's say:
unknow partition "recoveryfilename.img"
error: cannot determine filename for "recovery-v1.7.0H.img".....
^^

[konstadinos]

With the flash command you install the recovery to the phone. With the boot command you just start the recovery without installing it.
Normally with the boot command the recovery should work.

Sent from my HTC Magic using XDA App

[Telmo78]

With the flash command you install the recovery to the phone. With the boot command you just start the recovery without installing it.
Normally with the boot command the recovery should work.

Sent from my HTC Magic using XDA App

hi,
I know that but, why block or reboot ? After 5 sec in the menu

[eyegor]

hi,
I know that but, why block or reboot ? After 5 sec in the menu

You need to use the Hero recovery with that radio and SPL.

[humercab]

Hello! My friend has a problem with magic 32A. He wants to upgrade it to 2.1...

SAPHIRE PVT 32a SHIP S-ON H
HBOOT-1.76.0009 (SAPP10000)
CPLD-12
RADIO-6.35.08.29
Dec 8 2009, 17:38:48

I installed Android SDK..



D:\Tmp\android-sdk_r06-windows\android-sdk-windows\tools>fastboot devices
HT97DKF02404 fastboot

D:\Tmp\android-sdk_r06-windows\android-sdk-windows\tools>fastboot boot recovery-
RA-sapphire-v1.7.0H.img
downloading 'boot.img'... FAILED (remote: not allow)
finished. total time: 0.002s

I knoe this is related with perfected SPL but I don't know wich spl should I flash over? (Engineering SPL 1.33.2010 - MD5 : 865020FBDFBD9C08950076A701A8A003
Engineering SPL 1.33.2009 - MD5 : 6FE91DDD2AC591F8EE838CEA3E5F84B0
Engineering SPL 1.33.2005 - MD5 : 2B1AAA9012DC28F88C482E1B21A46FDD
Engineering SPL 1.33.2004 - MD5 : 1B49F0A53E147171E7C51F08510CF95F
SHIPMENT SPL 1.33.0009H - MD5 : 85CCC0D8F339C04E5A18A7076F321194
Engineering SPL 1.33.2004 by Crios - MD5 : 6D20EA62BDB5A6991BD80CA327C03504?)

Thank you!


How do I flash SPL if first I have to boot into recovery file?

[wjsturgis3]

Hi all,
I have a littel problem...

I try to lanch 1.7.0H for my magic:

PVT 32A ENG S-OFF H
Hboot: 1.76.2007
CPLD: 12
Radio: 6.35.10.18
Rom: AhmgskMod Hero 2.1 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=695492
Falshed by: 1.5.2H


In my folder "tools" i have well the recovery file

i push buton BACK + ON for boot in fastboot
i plug usb: Fastboot USB
into shell folder "c:\android\tools" i type "fastboot boot name of recovery file"

My magic reboot well into the recovery 1.7.0H i seen the menu but after few second the phone reboot again in normal mode or hang and block and i need in this case remove the battery for hard reste...

I have tryed whith all versions but same result ...
I tink i have missed somme one :rolleyes:

Thanks in advance for your help ^^
Sorry for my bad english too :-|

I think you should read and understand the following thread:
Rooting the SPL 1.76.0009 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=680359

Sorry this comment was directed to humercab , I quoted the wrong post.

[wjsturgis3]

Amon, thanks for all the work on this recovery and other projects. Will you be upgrading this Sapphire 32A/B recovery to 1.8 like the one for the evo? I would particularly like to the ability to flash unsigned updates like Titanium Backup creates for example.

[Phateless]

I rooted using the guide at theunlockr.com, so I'm on 1.6.2. Is there any major reason I should update to the 1.7? I'm still a noob.

[NSF12345]

So...got a little problem, because flashing my recovery works somehow diffrent...

the way via adb in recovery yields:



Fastboot gives me a "remote: signature verify fail" since i got no ENG SPL

Device:
32A SHIP S-ON H
1.33.0009 (SAPH10000)
3.22.20.17 Radio
Amon_RA 1.6.2 Recovery
Cyanogenmod 5.0.7

BUT - if i do the following:

fastboot erase recovery
fastboot boot recovery-ra-sapphire-v1.6.2H.img
adb shell
mount -a
flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery-ra-sapphire-v1.7.0H.img
> erase failure 0x00280000
flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery-ra-sapphire-v1.7.0H.img
> here it says nothing
reboot recovery

now i get a new flashed recovery...the other ways posted by amon_ra won't work...

why fastboot won't work is simple, i got no ENG SPL
but it should work in recovery...but it doesn't

I kept on getting the same message - was trying to sort it for hours!
eventually came across this post, did the "fastboot erase recovery" part and lost the page (was at work and got distracted) and couldnt find this post again anywhere!

long story short, many other attempts (incl. trying to unroot and start from scratch which failed due to HTC Sync being rather rubbish) I found this post again and it works exactly like it said!

moral of the story - dont mess around with recovery and roms at work...at least without saving information from posts first!

[cupcakegobyebye]

Hello. I have a vodafone australia HTC magic which is a 32B. It was running cupcake (1.5) and wouldn't even let me update to donut (1.6) even though it was available. This is the HBOOT info:

SAPPHIRE UNKNOWN 32B SHIP S-ON G
HBOOT-1-3.006 (SAPP10000)
CPLD-10
RADIO-2.22.19.26I
May 27 2009,19:06:41

I tried flashing using the various methods and none worked except for one-click-root method demonstrated here (apparently this method is 'Obsolete' but it worked just fine for me):
smarterware.org/3189/why-and-how-to-root-your-android-phone

Using this app (which is CyanogenMod 1.4 + JF):
ryebrye.com/files/flashrec.apk

I was not able to use the amon_ra roms because it seems I have a 'perfected' SPL. This means adb won't even see the phone and fastboot operations result in failure:

>fastboot flash recovery recovery-RA-sapphire-v1.7.0G.img
sending 'recovery' (4520 KB)... FAILED (remote: not allow)
finished. total time: 0.000s

This method worked for me:
1. Install one click root by typing the flashrec url above in your browser
2. Open flashrec.apk
3. Click backup
4. Click install rom
5. Shut down
6. Restart holding home key
7. Select nandroid 2.2 backup (takes a minute or two)
8. Select wipe data/factory reset (would stall on second loading screen if skipped - backup stuff first using backup apps if you want, I didn't bother)
9. select apply any zip from sd
10. Select update-cm-5.0.8... (cyanogenmod)
11. Select gapps-ds-ERE... (google apps)
12. reboot and enjoy your eclair!

As I said above if I didn't wipe it didn't work. This may have also been because I didn't install the google apps the first time so maybe try that first. Everything could be reverted to unmodded by running restore latest backup in CyanogenMod and running the flashrec.apk again to remove the recovery app. After removing the CyanogenMod recovery the recovery console wouldn't work anymore. Not sure if that is a bug or if this phone doesn't have a recovery mode installed at stock (never tried the stock one before modding). In any case I can still revert to stock (or close enough) if I need to use my warranty which I why I didn't use the SPL updates.

Please let me know if any of my backups are useful to upload or how to upload my SPL or whatever.

I do have console access now so I could possibly update the lastest amon_ra roms. Not sure if it's worth it since the current rom works fine and I may have some trouble reverting to stock if I go further.

Again, please let me know if there's anything I can do to help the community!

[Phateless]

Hello. I have a vodafone australia HTC magic which is a 32B. It was running cupcake (1.5) and wouldn't even let me update to donut (1.6) even though it was available. This is the HBOOT info:

SAPPHIRE UNKNOWN 32B SHIP S-ON G
HBOOT-1-3.006 (SAPP10000)
CPLD-10
RADIO-2.22.19.26I
May 27 2009,19:06:41

I tried flashing using the various methods and none worked except for one-click-root method demonstrated here (apparently this method is 'Obsolete' but it worked just fine for me):
smarterware.org/3189/why-and-how-to-root-your-android-phone

Using this app (which is CyanogenMod 1.4 + JF):
ryebrye.com/files/flashrec.apk

I was not able to use the amon_ra roms because it seems I have a 'perfected' SPL. This means adb won't even see the phone and fastboot operations result in failure:

>fastboot flash recovery recovery-RA-sapphire-v1.7.0G.img
sending 'recovery' (4520 KB)... FAILED (remote: not allow)
finished. total time: 0.000s

This method worked for me:
1. Install one click root by typing the flashrec url above in your browser
2. Open flashrec.apk
3. Click backup
4. Click install rom
5. Shut down
6. Restart holding home key
7. Select nandroid 2.2 backup (takes a minute or two)
8. Select wipe data/factory reset (would stall on second loading screen if skipped - backup stuff first using backup apps if you want, I didn't bother)
9. select apply any zip from sd
10. Select update-cm-5.0.8... (cyanogenmod)
11. Select gapps-ds-ERE... (google apps)
12. reboot and enjoy your eclair!

As I said above if I didn't wipe it didn't work. This may have also been because I didn't install the google apps the first time so maybe try that first. Everything could be reverted to unmodded by running restore latest backup in CyanogenMod and running the flashrec.apk again to remove the recovery app. After removing the CyanogenMod recovery the recovery console wouldn't work anymore. Not sure if that is a bug or if this phone doesn't have a recovery mode installed at stock (never tried the stock one before modding). In any case I can still revert to stock (or close enough) if I need to use my warranty which I why I didn't use the SPL updates.

Please let me know if any of my backups are useful to upload or how to upload my SPL or whatever.

I do have console access now so I could possibly update the lastest amon_ra roms. Not sure if it's worth it since the current rom works fine and I may have some trouble reverting to stock if I go further.

Again, please let me know if there's anything I can do to help the community!

How do your Navi and Pandora work? Both of mine would fail as soon as the lock screen came up.

[cupcakegobyebye]

How do your Navi and Pandora work? Both of mine would fail as soon as the lock screen came up.

What is Navi and Pandora?? The only problem I have noticed is when trying to add an application shortcut I get:
Sorry! The process android.process.acore has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again. Grrr! Maybe I need to remove ADWLauncher?

And of course my wifi drops out constantly. Need to power cycle it constantly (every 1-5 min) to keep it up. =(

[rahmaneee]

recovery-RA-hero-v1.6.2.img i am using this recovery ... may i go with ra sapphire 1.7.0 ?? or which i should go?

[Phateless]

What is Navi and Pandora?? The only problem I have noticed is when trying to add an application shortcut I get:
Sorry! The process android.process.acore has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again. Grrr! Maybe I need to remove ADWLauncher?

And of course my wifi drops out constantly. Need to power cycle it constantly (every 1-5 min) to keep it up. =(

Uhmm, Navigation is part of Google Maps. Turn by turn directions. Does this not ring a bell? Pandora is an application that lets you stream music to your phone.

[cupcakegobyebye]

Uhmm, Navigation is part of Google Maps. Turn by turn directions. Does this not ring a bell? Pandora is an application that lets you stream music to your phone.

lol. I thought you were making some stupid avatar joke! navigation... well i can get the directions and show them on the map - no crashing. haven't tried actually driving around with it tho.

the only pandora apps i can find in the market is some video player and some photo thing??

[rahmaneee]

recovery-RA-hero-v1.6.2.img i am using this recovery ... may i go with ra sapphire 1.7.0 ?? or which i should go?


i have spl 1.76.xxxx s -off in htc magic saphire .. shall i go with ra saphire 1.7.0?? or not need :confused:

[Phateless]

lol. I thought you were making some stupid avatar joke! navigation... well i can get the directions and show them on the map - no crashing. haven't tried actually driving around with it tho.

the only pandora apps i can find in the market is some video player and some photo thing??

Dude, you haven't explored your phone much, have you? There's an app called "navigation" that gives you TURN-BY-TURN voice directions. The phone will talk to you and direct you. If you miss your turn it automatically recalculates your route. How have you not played with this yet?? :confused:

Watch this video --> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGXK4jKN_jY

[wjsturgis3]

i have spl 1.76.xxxx s -off in htc magic saphire .. shall i go with ra saphire 1.7.0?? or not need :confused:

I assume you have a Sapphire PVT 32A phone with a 6.35.10.18 Radio. If so, you should use the latest Hero recovery as noted in the first post of this thread.

"32A users with SPL 1.76.x should flash the Hero version! (Will be updated to v1.7.0 soon!!)"

[cupcakegobyebye]

[QUOTE=Phateless;7954932]Dude, you haven't explored your phone much, have you? There's an app called "navigation" that gives you TURN-BY-TURN voice directions. The phone will talk to you and direct you. If you miss your turn it automatically recalculates your route. How have you not played with this yet?? :confused:

Dude, I only just upgraded to eclair! I was locked at cupcake so I couldn't use the latest stuff. It seems navigation isn't available in my location anyway.

[cupcakegobyebye]

Hello. I have a vodafone australia HTC magic which is a 32B. It was running cupcake (1.5) and wouldn't even let me update to donut (1.6) even though it was available. This is the HBOOT info:

SAPPHIRE UNKNOWN 32B SHIP S-ON G
HBOOT-1-3.006 (SAPP10000)
CPLD-10
RADIO-2.22.19.26I
May 27 2009,19:06:41

I tried flashing using the various methods and none worked except for one-click-root method demonstrated here (apparently this method is 'Obsolete' but it worked just fine for me):
smarterware.org/3189/why-and-how-to-root-your-android-phone

Using this app (which is CyanogenMod 1.4 + JF):
ryebrye.com/files/flashrec.apk

I was not able to use the amon_ra roms because it seems I have a 'perfected' SPL. This means adb won't even see the phone and fastboot operations result in failure:

>fastboot flash recovery recovery-RA-sapphire-v1.7.0G.img
sending 'recovery' (4520 KB)... FAILED (remote: not allow)
finished. total time: 0.000s

This method worked for me:
1. Install one click root by typing the flashrec url above in your browser
2. Open flashrec.apk
3. Click backup
4. Click install rom
5. Shut down
6. Restart holding home key
7. Select nandroid 2.2 backup (takes a minute or two)
8. Select wipe data/factory reset (would stall on second loading screen if skipped - backup stuff first using backup apps if you want, I didn't bother)
9. select apply any zip from sd
10. Select update-cm-5.0.8... (cyanogenmod)
11. Select gapps-ds-ERE... (google apps)
12. reboot and enjoy your eclair!

As I said above if I didn't wipe it didn't work. This may have also been because I didn't install the google apps the first time so maybe try that first. Everything could be reverted to unmodded by running restore latest backup in CyanogenMod and running the flashrec.apk again to remove the recovery app. After removing the CyanogenMod recovery the recovery console wouldn't work anymore. Not sure if that is a bug or if this phone doesn't have a recovery mode installed at stock (never tried the stock one before modding). In any case I can still revert to stock (or close enough) if I need to use my warranty which I why I didn't use the SPL updates.

Please let me know if any of my backups are useful to upload or how to upload my SPL or whatever.

I do have console access now so I could possibly update the lastest amon_ra roms. Not sure if it's worth it since the current rom works fine and I may have some trouble reverting to stock if I go further.

Again, please let me know if there's anything I can do to help the community!

It turns out my SPL isn't perfected! I just had a usb driver problem! The android driver was set as mass storage device only - that's why ADB didn't recognise the phone at first. Fixed by

Double click on Safely remove hardware icon
Right-click USB mass storage-properties
Click driver tab
Click update driver
Install from specific location
Browse to android-sdk-windows\usb_driver
Next and done!

ADB install now working so I'm now running 1.7.0G =)

[Phateless]

Dude, I only just upgraded to eclair! I was locked at cupcake so I couldn't use the latest stuff. It seems navigation isn't available in my location anyway.

Oohhhhhh, that makes much more sense! I thought you were already on Donut, didn't realize. Sorry for being snippy! :) Regardless, enjoy the new features!

[eyegor]

Install Brut.all map mod and you will have navigation regardless of your location.

Find it on XDA, its a hacked version of google maps.

[cupcakegobyebye]

Install Brut.all map mod and you will have navigation regardless of your location.

Find it on XDA, its a hacked version of google maps.

Thanks! That brut.all mod works great! Well, as good as can be expected on this crippled phone anyway! Runs at about 3fps but no crashing on the shortish journey i used it on. Would probably be better if there was a 2D navigator for this phone, oh well!

[Phateless]

Thanks! That brut.all mod works great! Well, as good as can be expected on this crippled phone anyway! Runs at about 3fps but no crashing on the shortish journey i used it on. Would probably be better if there was a 2D navigator for this phone, oh well!

Navigation is by far my favorite feature of Android. Pretty bad-ass, huh? :D

[cupcakegobyebye]

Navigation is by far my favorite feature of Android. Pretty bad-ass, huh? :D

Yeah it sure is sweet :) By the way I'm running standard 6.0.0 with JIT on, compcache on, advanced task killer and swapper2 32mb 10.

[Phateless]

Yeah it sure is sweet :) By the way I'm running standard 6.0.0 with JIT on, compcache on, advanced task killer and swapper2 32mb 10.

Keep me posted on how reliable the navi and pandora are. On my mt3g they both kept crashing.

[cupcakegobyebye]

Keep me posted on how reliable the navi and pandora are. On my mt3g they both kept crashing.

Everything is pretty reliable for me. I should point out that I have done a full wipe before I upgraded. I did try to keep my stuff with upgrades from 1.5 to 2.1 and from 2.1 to 2.2 but both times it failed to boot (or maybe I just wasn't patient enough?) So I ended up just wiping everything. Apparently that improves reliability of apps so I'll probably keep doing it. This time in 2.2 it even auto-downloaded all my apps (well, it would have got all of them if my wifi worked properly) Next time I upgrade I'll export my apps first =)

[Tukang PDA]

if i have 1.76.x spl and 6.35 radio, can i use the 1.7.0 recovery? or i have to use recovery for hero?

[wjsturgis3]

if i have 1.76.x spl and 6.35 radio, can i use the 1.7.0 recovery? or i have to use recovery for hero?

The OP (First page of this thread) states:

Important notes

* 32A users with SPL 1.76.x should flash the Hero version! (Will be updated to v1.7.0 soon!!)
* Always check recovery.log before posting your issues!

So, yes you need to flash the Hero version. If all else fails, believe what the developer of the code says! Also, the Hero version has been updated to 1.7.0.1

[Tukang PDA]

The OP (First page of this thread) states:

Important notes

* 32A users with SPL 1.76.x should flash the Hero version! (Will be updated to v1.7.0 soon!!)
* Always check recovery.log before posting your issues!

So, yes you need to flash the Hero version. If all else fails, believe what the developer of the code says! Also, the Hero version has been updated to 1.7.0.1

oh i see.. so i have to use the newest hero version to flash CM6 on my phone. but it says:
"Only flash recovery-RA-hero-v1.6.2.img if you have a 32A Sapphire with 6.35.x.x radio and 1.76.x SPL, recovery-RA-hero-v1.7.0.1.img will NOT boot! I'll create a new Sapphire version soon"

if i use the 1.6.2, the CM6 wouldn't flash.. but it says that sapphire can only use the 1.62.. could you help me with this?

[wjsturgis3]

oh i see.. so i have to use the newest hero version to flash CM6 on my phone. but it says:
"Only flash recovery-RA-hero-v1.6.2.img if you have a 32A Sapphire with 6.35.x.x radio and 1.76.x SPL, recovery-RA-hero-v1.7.0.1.img will NOT boot! I'll create a new Sapphire version soon"

if i use the 1.6.2, the CM6 wouldn't flash.. but it says that sapphire can only use the 1.62.. could you help me with this?

Since you are trying to install CyanogenMod ROM, I suggest you go to his wiki and look for installing on a Magic 32A. If you have the 6.35 radio, you must revert to the 3.22 radio and matching SPL then use the Sapphire 1.7.0 recovery. There are other ROMs in this Forum that have ported CM 6.0.0 for use with the 6.35 radio none of which have the camera/camcorder working. The choice is yours. You can tell from my signature which I chose.

[Phateless]

Everything is pretty reliable for me. I should point out that I have done a full wipe before I upgraded. I did try to keep my stuff with upgrades from 1.5 to 2.1 and from 2.1 to 2.2 but both times it failed to boot (or maybe I just wasn't patient enough?) So I ended up just wiping everything. Apparently that improves reliability of apps so I'll probably keep doing it. This time in 2.2 it even auto-downloaded all my apps (well, it would have got all of them if my wifi worked properly) Next time I upgrade I'll export my apps first =)

Nice. I also did a full wipe before installing but the roms were still just super-unstable for me. I don't know if I did something wrong or what?

[shaolin95]

Hi all!
First I am a noob so here it goes:
I was trying this

Copy recovery-RA-sapphire-v1.7.0G.img to a location where fastboot can find it.
I copied it to the root of the SD CARD so that might be error #1

Boot your G1 into fastboot mode (boot while holding BACK)

That I was able to do but after I see the option for fastboot what do I do to enable it and then what do it do to restart in that mode if that is what we are doing?

Connect your G1 via usb to your pc/mac/...
Easy enough...

fastboot devices (to make sure that fastboot "sees" your device)
No idea what you mean by this.

fastboot flash recovery recovery-RA-sapphire-v1.7.0G.img

Not close to getting to this step yet.
Thanks! :-)

[wjsturgis3]

Hi all!
First I am a noob so here it goes:
I was trying this

Copy recovery-RA-sapphire-v1.7.0G.img to a location where fastboot can find it.
I copied it to the root of the SD CARD so that might be error #1

Boot your G1 into fastboot mode (boot while holding BACK)

That I was able to do but after I see the option for fastboot what do I do to enable it and then what do it do to restart in that mode if that is what we are doing?

Connect your G1 via usb to your pc/mac/...
Easy enough...

fastboot devices (to make sure that fastboot "sees" your device)
No idea what you mean by this.

fastboot flash recovery recovery-RA-sapphire-v1.7.0G.img

Not close to getting to this step yet.
Thanks! :-)

fastboot and adb are Windows applications that are part of the Android SDK. Use Google search to find and learn about it.

[cupcakegobyebye]

fastboot and adb are Windows applications that are part of the Android SDK. Use Google search to find and learn about it.

Well actually fastboot is a boot mode and a program that interfaces to phones in that mode :P

I found that fastboot wouldn't talk to my phone (action denied) but adb worked just fine (I'd already used one-click-root at that stage, not sure if that is required for adb to work or not.)

[Nabile1993]

how do i know which recovery image to use
i wanted to flash my phone with an updated rom
HBOOT-1.33.004
CPLD-10
Radio-2.22.19.26I

[barry07]

Well, I've been trying to describe exactly what I'm doing ;), but it does seem that my experience is a bit different than what the instructions suggest.

Nevertheless, I took a leap of faith last night (very early this morning) and confirmed that I did indeed only need a single successful reboot into recovery. That's really the key bit of information that I've been missing since I started trying to upgrade my ROM. You see, I expected that the recovery flash was permanent (none of the instructions here that I've read mention that if you reboot normally in Stock Android after flashing a new recovery, then that recovery will be replaced with the default). So I thought something was wrong, when in fact it appears to be completely normal. (I was thinking too far ahead and wanted to make sure the new Recovery would be there in case I needed to restore my original ROM in an emergency).

Anyway. I installed CM 5.0.8 and fully rebooted into it a few times and to my relief, the flashed recovery remained in effect. Before I upgraded the ROM I made a nandroid backup, and after playing with CM 5.0.8 for an hour or so, I restored my backup and completely reverted back to stock Android 1.6 with the default recovery. So I was able to return back to my starting point. Then I flashed Recovery again and installed CM 6.0.0-DS-RC2 and have been playing with that for the last few hours.

So looks like I'm in control now. Though I can tell there's still quite a lot more to learn about this. For example, I'm still not really sure why I'd need the "eng spl" for yet, or how using fastboot is any better. But I'm going to continue playing & learning. Installing ADB is definitely something I will try very soon though... Thanks for your help guys!

HTC Magic 32B
SPL: 1.33.0006
Radio: 2.22.23.02
Recovery: Amon Ra's 1.7.0G
ROM: Cyanogenmod 6.0.0-DS-RC2


thanks daehl! this is the answer i was looking for - thought the recovery flash was supposed to be permanent too. Have CM 6.0.0 on HTC Magic 32b now (Vodafone Australia can kiss my ass ;-))

[bunnybag]

your current custom recovery (boot while holding HOME)
Connect your G1 via usb to your pc/mac/...
adb shell
#mount -a (this can give back an error if you don't have an ext partition, don't worry about it and just proceed)
#flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery-RA-sapphire-v1.7.0G.img

Alright so just a quick question. So I've been following this:

Copy recovery-RA-sapphire-v1.7.0G.img to the root of your sdcard
Boot into your current custom recovery (boot while holding HOME)
Connect your G1 via usb to your pc/mac/...
adb shell
#mount -a (this can give back an error if you don't have an ext partition, don't worry about it and just proceed)
#flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery-RA-sapphire-v1.7.0G.img

But when I enter #mount -a it comes up with an error that the file/directory doesn't exist.

However I do have an ext partition ( I think) so is this something I should ignore and just continue on?

[clownberg]

I have amon-ra 1.8 installed-I can get to recovery screen-however when I go to install zip from sdcard none of the custom rom zips show up just MAME zips show up ?

[Pfeffernuss]

I have amon-ra 1.8 installed-I can get to recovery screen-however when I go to install zip from sdcard none of the custom rom zips show up just MAME zips show up ?

Version 1.8 for Sapphire? Nice! :D

[renedlog]

i still wait for the 1.7 version for my magic 32A ;)

[shoemeistah]

Thanks! Will there be an option to disable signature check?

[aZzz.bZzz]

is it possible to flash this recovery to mt3g 1.2 ?
32a, spl 1.33.0013 and radio 2.22.23.02

[camapghe]

1 quick questions: I'm using MyTouch 3G 32B. If I fail flashing this Recovery due to "Not enough memory" error, will I be bricked?

Personally I guess no. But I still want to listen to the pro's advices.

[putnum]

I am trying to replace clockwork recovery on a EVO what is the best way to do this? Do I need to just flash the recovery and that's it?

[pfaisalkhan]

saphire 32A ship S-on H
HBOOT-1.33.0010(SAPP10000)
CPLD -12
Radio-3.22.20.17
jun 2 2009

HTC Magic Mytouch MG with Andoid 1.
It was My Previous Phone.
Based on your instruction in the post I upgraded my Radi to Radio_HTC_PVT_32A_6.35.10.18.img
And spl to hboot-1.76.2007.img
Exactly like this
fastboot flash radio Radio_HTC_PVT_32A_6.35.10.18.img
fastboot flash hboot hboot-1.76.2007.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery-RA-hero-v1.5.2.img
fastboot erase system -w
fastboot reboot-bootloader
But after this. I went for a reboot and I got stuck with the Etisalat logo on boot screen no further progress.
Again I went for a down gradation to my previous stage using the following command
fastboot flash radio Radio_HTC_PVT_32A_3.22.20.17.img
fastboot flash hboot hboot-1.33.2010.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery-RA-sapphire-v1.5.2H.img
fastboot erase system -w
fastboot reboot-bootloader
Again same screen. And I am totally struck with this stage.
What is the best way to rest my phone is a working way
Right now o have in my fastboot screnn these things
SAPPHIRE PVT 32A ENG S-OFF H
HBOOT-1.33.0010(SAPP10000)
CPLD -12
Radio-3.22.20.17
jun 2 2009

Please help me

[Phateless]

- Recovery and scripts use /sd-ext instead of /system/sd as mountpoint to support the new apps2sd method (implemented mostly by Chris Soyars)

Does this mean that a partitioned sd card with an ext partition is MANDATORY for this recovery? If I don't plan to use swap or apps2sd should I just stick with version 1.6.2?

[wjsturgis3]

saphire 32A ship S-on H
HBOOT-1.33.0010(SAPP10000)
CPLD -12
Radio-3.22.20.17
jun 2 2009

HTC Magic Mytouch MG with Andoid 1.
It was My Previous Phone.
Based on your instruction in the post I upgraded my Radi to Radio_HTC_PVT_32A_6.35.10.18.img
And spl to hboot-1.76.2007.img
Exactly like this
fastboot flash radio Radio_HTC_PVT_32A_6.35.10.18.img
fastboot flash hboot hboot-1.76.2007.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery-RA-hero-v1.5.2.img
fastboot erase system -w
fastboot reboot-bootloader
But after this. I went for a reboot and I got stuck with the Etisalat logo on boot screen no further progress.
Again I went for a down gradation to my previous stage using the following command
fastboot flash radio Radio_HTC_PVT_32A_3.22.20.17.img
fastboot flash hboot hboot-1.33.2010.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery-RA-sapphire-v1.5.2H.img
fastboot erase system -w
fastboot reboot-bootloader
Again same screen. And I am totally struck with this stage.
What is the best way to rest my phone is a working way
Right now o have in my fastboot screnn these things
SAPPHIRE PVT 32A ENG S-OFF H
HBOOT-1.33.0010(SAPP10000)
CPLD -12
Radio-3.22.20.17
jun 2 2009

Please help me

Two questions: 1, is your HBOOT 1.33.2010 or 0010? you must have 2010 for this to work and 2, have you tried booting into recovery?

[renedlog]

32A users with SPL 1.76.x should flash the Hero version! (Will be updated to v1.7.0 soon!!)

and whats meaning soon? i wait a long time and there isnt already a new version. :D

[Phateless]

Does this mean that a partitioned sd card with an ext partition is MANDATORY for this recovery? If I don't plan to use swap or apps2sd should I just stick with version 1.6.2?

Anyone? I know this is a noobie question.

[Pfeffernuss]

Anyone? I know this is a noobie question.

No, it isn't mandatory... How you partition the SD-Card is up to you completely ;)

[Phateless]

No, it isn't mandatory... How you partition the SD-Card is up to you completely ;)

Ok cool. I wasn't sure if some ROMs or recoveries relied on that during flashing.

[obliquefx]

I have an myTouch 3G and I tried to upgrade an older Amon_RA recovery ( I think I had 1.2 or something) to this one...I was using the terminal app to install it. When I tried to install it I got errors saying out of memory...

And then when I tried to restart my phone in recovery mode and it just freezes at the myTouch splash screen. I cannot get into recovery at all

:(

This is the information for my phone:


SAPPHIRE PVT 32B SHIPS S-ON G
HBOOT-1.33.0006 (SAPP30000)
CPLD-10
RADIO-2.22.19.26I

It IS already rooted and I am running htcclay's superbad1.7

I looked around the forum a bit and tried the following things, also I have a perfected SPL

I tried to fix my spl using these instructions:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=548218
(yes I did create a goldcard using these instructions http://theunlockr.com/2010/03/10/how-to-create-a-goldcard/)

I chose this file
ROM v2.53.707.2 (Engineerings SPL v1.33.2010) and when I tried to apply it I got the following errors

SD Checking...
Loading...[SAPPDIAG.zip]
No image!
Loading...[SAPPDIAG.nbh]
No image or wrong image!
Loading...[SAPPIMG.zip]
No image!
Loading...[SAPPIMG.nbh]
No image or wrong image!


I just want to have a working recovery! Anyone's help is greatly appreciated.

[fbifbi]

Guys,

I'm having a problem with my friend's G1. Trying to flash the recovery via fastboot.
Once I type the flash command:

fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
it's stuck on sending recovery (4718kb)... and the cursor is blinking.

It's like this for last 5mins, any idea what's going on?

Btw. I'm upgrading from CM1.4 recovery. Phone is rooted.
I tried upgrading via the command console in recovery mode as well as adb. But both methods gave me 'no such file or directory' method.

Can anyone help?

EDIT:
I managed to solve it. The problem was related to drivers of ADB decvice, which Windows assigned to mass storage device type.
Manual chage of the drivers for solved the issue.

[uzi18]

Amon_RA: we are waiting for psfreedom integrated into recovery for 32a

[delyorik]

Looked around a bit before posting... no joy, so here goes.

Any idea why a Nandroid backup would take entirely too long and have to be aborted via battery pull? I've tried a backup a few times now, even after reformatting the sd card, and it still generates over triple the normal backup size.

[Amon_RA]

Looked around a bit before posting... no joy, so here goes.

Any idea why a Nandroid backup would take entirely too long and have to be aborted via battery pull? I've tried a backup a few times now, even after reformatting the sd card, and it still generates over triple the normal backup size.

It's probably trying to mount something that can't be mounted and hence it stays in a loop that you can only abort from via a battery pull.

Could you please check the recovery log and paste the output here? (see first post for more details on how to check the recovery log)

[delyorik]

It's probably trying to mount something that can't be mounted and hence it stays in a loop that you can only abort from via a battery pull.

Could you please check the recovery log and paste the output here? (see first post for more details on how to check the recovery log)

Will do - running a +ext backup now. Will edit this post with the forthcoming log.

Cheers,
Jeff


Edit: So, I did the +ext which terminated normally. Then I did a plain nandroid, which kept going. So I deleted the whole nandroid directory and tried the +ext again, which REALLY kept going. This is the log from that final attempt:

Starting recovery on Sun Oct 3 19:06:57 2010
can't open /dev/tty0: No such file or directory
framebuffer: fd 3 (320 x 480)
Build : RA-sapphire-v1.7.0G
I:Set boot command "boot-recovery"
Command: "/sbin/recovery"

ro.secure=0
ro.allow.mock.location=0
ro.debuggable=0
persist.service.adb.enable=1
ro.build.id=CRB43
ro.build.display.id=CRB43
ro.build.version.incremental=148830
ro.build.version.sdk=3
ro.build.version.release=1.5
ro.build.date=Wed May 13 20:24:21 PDT 2009
ro.build.date.utc=1242271461
ro.build.type=user
ro.build.user=android-build
ro.build.host=apa6.mtv.corp.google.com
ro.build.tags=test-keys
ro.product.model=Google Ion
ro.product.brand=google_ion
ro.product.name=google_ion
ro.product.device=sapphire
ro.product.board=sapphire
ro.product.manufacturer=HTC
ro.product.locale.language=en
ro.product.locale.region=US
ro.board.platform=msm7k
ro.build.product=sapphire
ro.build.description=google_ion-user 1.5 CRB43 148830 adp,test-keys
ro.build.fingerprint=google_ion/google_ion/sapphire/sapphire:1.5/CRB43/148830:user/adp,test-keys
rild.libpath=/system/lib/libhtc_ril.so
wifi.interface=tiwlan0
wifi.supplicant_scan_interval=45
ro.sf.lcd_density=160
ro.config.notification_sound=F1_New_SMS.ogg
ro.com.google.locationfeatures=1
ro.com.android.wifi-watchlist=GoogleGuest
ro.com.android.dateformat=MM-dd-yyyy
ro.com.android.dataroaming=true
ro.com.google.clientidbase=google
ro.ril.hsxpa=1
ro.ril.gprsclass=10
ro.setupwizard.mode=OPTIONAL
ro.url.legal=http://www.google.com/intl/%s/mobile/android/android-dev-phone-legal.html
ro.url.legal.android_privacy=http://www.google.com/intl/%s/mobile/android/android-dev-phone-privacy.html
keyguard.no_require_sim=true
ro.config.sync=yes
net.bt.name=Android
net.change=net.bt.name
dalvik.vm.stack-trace-file=/data/anr/traces.txt
ro.modversion=RA-sapphire-v1.7.0G
ro.factorytest=0
ro.serialno=SH96LP301002
ro.bootmode=recovery_manual
ro.baseband=2.22.19.26I
ro.carrier=TMUS
ro.bootloader=1.33.2005
ro.hardware=sapphire
ro.revision=128
init.svc.recovery=running
init.svc.adbd=running

I:Set boot command ""

Enabling USB-MS : .USB Mass Storage enabled


USB-MS enabled!
Press HOME to disable,
and return to menu

Disabling USB-MS : .USB Mass Storage disabled


USB-MS disabled!

I:Set boot command ""
I:Set boot command ""

Move recovery.log to SD
Press HOME to confirm,
any other key to abort.

Moving : .

***********************

[Amon_RA]

Will do - running a +ext backup now. Will edit this post with the forthcoming log.

Cheers,
Jeff


Edit: So, I did the +ext which terminated normally. Then I did a plain nandroid, which kept going. So I deleted the whole nandroid directory and tried the +ext again, which REALLY kept going. This is the log from that final attempt:



That's the log after you rebooted, it doesn't show anything of the nandroid you tried... Please do a cat of the log while the nandroid is stuck (use adb).

Make sure your battery is +30% , unplug any usb cables + chargers, pull the battery, place the battery and boot directly into recovery, wait a few seconds, perform the nandroid backup.

[02xda1]

32A users with SPL 1.76.x should flash the Hero version! (Will be updated to v1.7.0 soon!!)

and whats meaning soon? i wait a long time and there isnt already a new version. :D

..........anybody?

[delyorik]

That's the log after you rebooted, it doesn't show anything of the nandroid you tried... Please do a cat of the log while the nandroid is stuck (use adb).

Make sure your battery is +30% , unplug any usb cables + chargers, pull the battery, place the battery and boot directly into recovery, wait a few seconds, perform the nandroid backup.

I did both "cat" instructions from the 1st post. This morning's attempt generated 3.4 GB during its loop, heh.

In all seriousness, though, I appreciate the help.

[nlakes]

Copy recovery-RA-sapphire-v1.7.0G.img to the root of your sdcard
start the terminal app
#flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery-RA-sapphire-v1.7.0G.img

When I type the command in bold in, I get the following error message:

flash_image: not found

I am using terminal emulator on a 32B HTC Magic.

Can someone please help me flash the recovery, I've tried so many techniques and none of them are working for me.

Thank you.

[Amon_RA]

When I type the command in bold in, I get the following error message:

flash_image: not found

I am using terminal emulator on a 32B HTC Magic.

Can someone please help me flash the recovery, I've tried so many techniques and none of them are working for me.

Thank you.

flash_image: not found means you don't have the flash_image binary on your phone... get hold of a flash_image binary, copy it to your phone, make sure it has executable rights and can be found in your PATH.

[phppro]

flash_image: not found means you don't have the flash_image binary on your phone... get hold of a flash_image binary, copy it to your phone, make sure it has executable rights and can be found in your PATH.

Where could I get this/these file(s)?

[djy]

Amon_RA,

I could not find a thread for it...Would you be willing to update psfreedom with the latest payload? The source is available here:

hxxp://psgroove.com/?p=1369

Thank you for all your hard work. I've been following you and cyanogen daily since the mytouch 3g was released.

[typeadam]

OK, I'm somewhat confused by this. I'm trying to help out a friend and this is his first Android phone.
HTC MyTouch 3G (T-Mobile)
Sapphire PVT 32A SHIP S-ON G
HBOOT-1.33.0013 (SAPP31000)
CPLD-13
RADIO-2.22.23.02

The phone is running 1.6 and my friend already did the 1-file root from theunlockr.com using sappimg.zip

From all the posts and wikis I read through, I concluded he needs this *recovery-RA-sapphire-v1.7.0G.img*
However, none of the 3 install methods sound applicable - 1. I'm not sure what 'engineering SPLs' are to do via fastboot, 2. Not sure what 'test keys' are for via adb, and 3. there is no terminal app installed.

I've already been sitting w/ this for 2 days reading and reading and honestly the more I read the more confused I get.
I really don't want to re-learn a whole new phone not on my own network.

I don't remember it being this complicated when I did my Hero or EVO...

There's got to be a step I'm missing or overlooking and I'm stumped right now. :confused:

[dancer2]

Hi everybody, I need help

I have HTC Magic Voadafone

SAPPHIRE PVT 32B SHIP S-ON G
HBOOT-1.33.0004 (SAPP10000)
CPLD-10
RADIO-2.22.19.26I
APR 9 2009, 23:30:40

I flashed SPL 1.33.2010 and first 1 rows changed to
SAPPHIRE PVT 32B ENG S-OFF H
HBOOT-1.33.2010 (SAPP10000)

I try to flash recovery-RA-sapphire-v1.7.0G.img

1. first try fastboot devices just for check
2. fastboot flash recovery recovery-RA-sapphire-v1.7.0G.img

but nothing happens? What should I do?

And changing from G to H confuses me.

fastboot boot recovery-RA-sapphire-v1.7.0G.img is working and I got into recovery, but flash is not working!

If I want to try second option with adb shell etc. can I boot like this
fastboot boot recovery-RA-sapphire-v1.7.0G.img
and then go
adb shell
#mount -a
#flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery-RA-sapphire-v1.7.0G.img
because I can just boot into it, not flash it?

Thanks in advance

[typeadam]

OK, I'm somewhat confused by this. I'm trying to help out a friend and this is his first Android phone.
HTC MyTouch 3G (T-Mobile)
Sapphire PVT 32A SHIP S-ON G
HBOOT-1.33.0013 (SAPP31000)
CPLD-13
RADIO-2.22.23.02

The phone is running 1.6 and my friend already did the 1-file root from theunlockr.com using sappimg.zip

From all the posts and wikis I read through, I concluded he needs this *recovery-RA-sapphire-v1.7.0G.img*
However, none of the 3 install methods sound applicable - 1. I'm not sure what 'engineering SPLs' are to do via fastboot, 2. Not sure what 'test keys' are for via adb, and 3. there is no terminal app installed.

I've already been sitting w/ this for 2 days reading and reading and honestly the more I read the more confused I get.
I really don't want to re-learn a whole new phone not on my own network.

I don't remember it being this complicated when I did my Hero or EVO...

There's got to be a step I'm missing or overlooking and I'm stumped right now. :confused:

Anyone have any input or how should I proceed?

[wjsturgis3]

You can install a terminal app from the market or you can use flash_recovery from adb shell.

[GammaPaladin]

Hi, I have a MyTouch 3G 1.2, and I was looking at using this to make a NANDroid backup. The OP says that the in-phone terminal method of installation doesn't worth with CM5.0.7, but is that fixed in CM6.0? Because that's what I'd be looking to install later.

I guess it doesn't really matter, since I'm just wanting to make the backup for the moment.

Fastboot info, in case it matters:

SAPPHIRE PVT 32A SHIP S-ON G
HBOOT-1.33.0013
CPLD-13
RADIO-2.22.23.02
Oct 21 2009,22:33:27

EDIT: Ok, I just used UniversalAndRoot to get root access (Which worked nicely), and attempted the in-phone terminal method described (After issuing the su command, naturally), but the phone says flash_image not found. Am I supposed to get this from somewhere first?

[dancer2]

Hi everybody, I need help

I have HTC Magic Voadafone

SAPPHIRE PVT 32B SHIP S-ON G
HBOOT-1.33.0004 (SAPP10000)
CPLD-10
RADIO-2.22.19.26I
APR 9 2009, 23:30:40

I flashed SPL 1.33.2010 and first 1 rows changed to
SAPPHIRE PVT 32B ENG S-OFF H
HBOOT-1.33.2010 (SAPP10000)

I try to flash recovery-RA-sapphire-v1.7.0G.img

1. first try fastboot devices just for check
2. fastboot flash recovery recovery-RA-sapphire-v1.7.0G.img

but nothing happens? What should I do?

And changing from G to H confuses me.

fastboot boot recovery-RA-sapphire-v1.7.0G.img is working and I got into recovery, but flash is not working!

If I want to try second option with adb shell etc. can I boot like this
fastboot boot recovery-RA-sapphire-v1.7.0G.img
and then go
adb shell
#mount -a
#flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery-RA-sapphire-v1.7.0G.img
because I can just boot into it, not flash it?

Thanks in advance

I just wanted to add, maybe I didn't give enough info. Here is exactly what I write in the command prompt:

C:\android-sdk-windows\tools>fastboot flash recovery recovery-RA-sapphire-v1.7.0G.img
sending 'recovery' (4520 KB)... OKAY [ 1.693s]
writing 'recovery'... OKAY [ 2.460s]
finished. total time: 4.154s

So it transfers everything fine without error, but nothing happens then.

On the page 112 I found the same problem and something about radio, but I already have original radio so I have no idea what to do now.

Tried also through terminal emulator but got error: flash_image:not found

Please, if anybody have any idea please tell me.

[kwapiu]

And changing from G to H confuses me.

Change from Google -> to HTC
White vs black, googlish vs HTC stock.

Did you root your phone? Have you added sdk to PATH? Try different recovery (ClockworkMod) ?

I recommend to read carefully Cyanogenwiki (http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=Full_Update_Guide_-_HTC_Magic_%2832B%29). Go step by step, read carefully and all shall be fine:)

[dancer2]

Thanks kwapiu for responese.

I did everything by the book, but I'm stuck there where I wrote.

I rooted the phone and Titanium backup is working fine. Everything wirh the paths is OK.

I would like AmonRa recovery, not ClockworkMod :(

[dancer2]

I just wanted to add, maybe I didn't give enough info. Here is exactly what I write in the command prompt:

C:\android-sdk-windows\tools>fastboot flash recovery recovery-RA-sapphire-v1.7.0G.img
sending 'recovery' (4520 KB)... OKAY [ 1.693s]
writing 'recovery'... OKAY [ 2.460s]
finished. total time: 4.154s

So it transfers everything fine without error, but nothing happens then.

On the page 112 I found the same problem and something about radio, but I already have original radio so I have no idea what to do now.

Tried also through terminal emulator but got error: flash_image:not found

Please, if anybody have any idea please tell me.
Additional info abut my problem.

Please look posts before for more details.

Maaged to copy flash_image to /system/bin/

and then entered the same command from the 1.st post from Amon Ra (recovery image copied to root of sdcard), it waits 2 seconds, shows again # and that's it.

This has been done from terminal emulator on phone

The same old recovery after phone reset with 3 androids, not Amon Ra :(

[kwapiu]

I am not any expert or so. My advise migth not be the best but...

Most probably your SPL (HBOOT) does not allows recovery flashing.
Reflash SPL to engineerings one, then try to flash recovery.

Sorry, I got 32A so am not fammiliar with your phone's type spls.
In order to flash recovery on my phone had to change spl twice.

As for adb flashing option:

Make sure recovery image is on your SDcard root (adb push C:\recovery-RA-sapphire-v1.x.xX.img /sdcard/recovery.img) - not any /system/bin/ or whatsoever - SDCARD MAIN CATALOGUE
you are supposed to reboot into phone's own recovery (reboot, home + pwr button) and only then flash adb shell flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img.

[dancer2]

Hi kwapiu,

thanks again for the answer.

My SPL is allready engineering 1.33.2010

SAPPHIRE PVT 32B ENG S-OFF H
HBOOT-1.33.2010 (SAPP10000)

and it's rooted.

recovery image is in the root of the sdcard and everything I have done until now is OK.

in /system/bin/ I put the flash_image because I didn't have one.

While I'm in my original recovery, only fastboot is working, not adb.
Adb is working fine while I'm in OS.

Interesting about changing SPL twice. I will try to do that once again.

[kwapiu]

While I'm in my original recovery, only fastboot is working, not adb.
Adb is working fine while I'm in OS.

Try to give it a bit time.
I just rechecked - adb devices or any adb commend works within a minute or so from recover loaded.

Perhaps reinstalation of proper USB drivers will help? Wipe them completly and run android.bat from sdk tools or search this forum, there was somewhere good post about cleaning drivers and reinstalling them.

[dancer2]

But in a first post Amon_RA says that this can be done only from custom recovery, not original recovery (with adb, 2. method)? That is reason I didn't tried to flash recovery.
And I was waiting for 5 minutes, and adb finds no device, only fastboot.

Methods 1 and 3 have gave no results.

Drivers are fine and working great, thay are not causing any problems, I'm sure about that.

[kwapiu]

Sorry I can not help you then any further.
Check your recovery.log for clues what goes wrong.

[dancer2]

No problem at all.

Thanks a lot kwapiu for trying! ;)

[obliquefx]

what rom do you have on there? Is it CM5 or CM6 based?

[dancer2]

what rom do you have on there? Is it CM5 or CM6 based?
If you are asking me, then the answer is none of them. I have original 1.6 android on my device. If you were not asking me, sorry for answering :)

[obliquefx]

If you are asking me, then the answer is none of them. I have original 1.6 android on my device. If you were not asking me, sorry for answering :)

Yes I was asking you lol, don't worry I am not going to be a jerk like some people in the forums can be. I am just trying to figure out what your problem is.

I wrote a whole bunch of stuff and just deleted it, lol it was getting too complicated. To make a long story short I had some recovery problems but this fixed it:

http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/961-recoveryfixed-unable-to-reboot-to-recovery/page__st__60__p__21996#entry21996

I used the script from the file:
FR-flashRec-v03.txt

and renamed my recovery image to recovery.img

Those two files were the ONLY two files on my sd at the time when did this and it worked out perfectly. Good luck.

[dancer2]

obliquefx, thaks a lot for your answer and for trying to help. :)

I will try this as soon as I can and tell you if it worked.

Thanks! :)

[dancer2]

obliquefx, just wanted to inform you that I can not test the solution with script, because I borrowed my Magic to a friend that bricked his to help him find a way to bring back to life his phone.

I will try it as soon as I can, but I was only wondering while I was reading that forum, is it only for phones with CM ROM or every ROM and without possibility to enter recovery at all. About that I'm not completely sure, and the script completely deletes old recovery, so, to be honest, I'm a little afraid to do that since if that method fails, I will be left without recovery at all.

But, anyway, I will try it and let you know.

Thanks again! ;)

[obliquefx]

obliquefx, just wanted to inform you that I can not test the solution with script, because I borrowed my Magic to a friend that bricked his to help him find a way to bring back to life his phone.

I will try it as soon as I can, but I was only wondering while I was reading that forum, is it only for phones with CM ROM or every ROM and without possibility to enter recovery at all. About that I'm not completely sure, and the script completely deletes old recovery, so, to be honest, I'm a little afraid to do that since if that method fails, I will be left without recovery at all.

But, anyway, I will try it and let you know.

Thanks again! ;)

Ah I see.

The first page of that forum posting that I gave you a link to reads as follows:


"Scenario A:

As you all know, the new ROM manager application is out for a while now, and many users have tried it, with more or less success. While I think it's a great idea to have an all-in-one and easy-to-use tool for ROM switching/recovery flashing, it has proven to impose a somewhat serious problem on the latest CyanogenMod 5.0.x Eclair build.

To be perfectly clear, the application itself has no problems, it isn't faulty nor malicious, but combined with the (in)famous low memory issue, it has proven to fail in flashing your recovery, leaving you with no recovery at all. Why? Because it flashes your device using flash_image script in the live system, and because of the issue mentioned above, this script will often fail. A little more insight can be found here.


Scenario B:

If you have manually tried to flash the recovery, using flash_image, and rebooted to nothing but your nice splash1, that means the flash failed, too. :(


I would say that you would fall in Scenario B's case, but if you really want to be sure I would probably just get an account on cyanogenmod site and directly message firerat OR reply to the posting and hopefully someone can help you. Just make sure you post all the information you have though so that they understand what the issue is.

[dancer2]

I would say that you would fall in Scenario B's case, but if you really want to be sure I would probably just get an account on cyanogenmod site and directly message firerat OR reply to the posting and hopefully someone can help you. Just make sure you post all the information you have though so that they understand what the issue is.

I just thought that you maybe already know something about that.

I don't know what better I can tell you than BIG THANK YOU!!!!

I will join that forum and ask question with all details what I did.

THANKS AGAIN!

[typeadam]

OK, I'm back b/c this is killin' me...
Again, here's my setup:
HTC MyTouch 3G (T-Mobile)
Sapphire PVT 32A SHIP S-ON G
HBOOT-1.33.0013 (SAPP31000)
CPLD-13
RADIO-2.22.23.02

I tried the Terminal way. I downloaded a terminal app from the Market, made sure the .img was in the root of the sdcard, I typed out the command exactly as shown, and I hit 'enter' on the keyboard (actually it says 'execute') and the terminal app just did nothing - the cursor just skipped to the next line.

One thing: when I start the Terminal app, the first line always shows this:
$ export PATH=/data/local/bin:$PATH
$

...so when I type there is a '$' in front of anything I type - could that be a problem?

I'd really appreciate any help/input.. :confused:

[Pfeffernuss]

One thing: when I start the Terminal app, the first line always shows this:
$ export PATH=/data/local/bin:$PATH
$

...so when I type there is a '$' in front of anything I type - could that be a problem?

I'd really appreciate any help/input.. :confused:

$ means you're in a non-rooted terminal, this is the default after starting a terminal
# will be shown if you're in rooted terminal mode

The latter should be shown after typing su <enter>

[itaios]

i try with terminal app

$flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery-clockwork-2.5.0.1-sapphire.img
and after i try i got

eror writing recovery: Permission denied
when i write "su" show app "superuser" window and i push allow it ok?
but i have agein the "$" and not the "#"
------------------------------------------
update:OK I try its write write re-read error at 0x00000000 (out of memory) somethink like that ,and in the end its write no space left on device
all its in TERMINAL EMOULOTOUR

[renedlog]

Where is the RA-sapphire-v1.7.0 for the magic 32A???

[dancer2]

In the bottom of the first post. For your Magic it's the one that ends with letter H

[wjsturgis3]

Where is the RA-sapphire-v1.7.0 for the magic 32A???

With that radio you need the Hero recovery 1.6.2 or RA-Magic32A-6.35-v1.6.2

[renedlog]

Where is the RA-sapphire-v1.7.0 for the magic 32A???

With that radio you need the Hero recovery 1.6.2 or RA-Magic32A-6.35-v1.6.2

•32A users with SPL 1.76.x should flash the Hero version! (Will be updated to v1.7.0 soon!!)

i dont think so....

[wjsturgis3]

•32A users with SPL 1.76.x should flash the Hero version! (Will be updated to v1.7.0 soon!!)

i dont think so....

It hasn't been updated and probably will not be in the foreseeable future. Be satisfied with 1.6.2.

[typeadam]

$ means you're in a non-rooted terminal, this is the default after starting a terminal
# will be shown if you're in rooted terminal mode

The latter should be shown after typing su <enter>

It's telling me permission denied.. ?? Any ideas why?

[itaios]

what should i need to to download recovery?
i have htc magic 32b from t mobile aka my touch 3g

[carz12]

It hasn't been updated and probably will not be in the foreseeable future. Be satisfied with 1.6.2.

I'm running 1.7.0.1 hero on my magic right now, hope you don't mind amon_ra , I used my kernel with your sources, works very well compared to 1.6.2.

This is for 6.35 radio magic only http://www.multiupload.com/W03UU3NO6P

http://members.shaw.ca/an-droid/images/AR-magic+.png

[agorrie]

Hi there,
I am stuck in the repeative Google Activation screen on my TMobile MyTouch3G. Add to that it seems that I can't get data on my Wind Mobile SIM.

My question is: is it possible to root the phone in this state? I haven't made a goldcard or backed up my phone?

Probably dumb questions, but I have start somewhere in my rooting education.

Thanks,
Andrew

[undertaker677]

Ok I have a HTC magic from T-Mobile but am using another provider CLARO PR and its run their 3G network on 1900/850 so is there a radio that I can install on my magic so the 3G works???

[aaraya1516]

I was wondering which recovery will work for the MT3G 1.0 after the SPL/radio/boot OTA update. I tried clockwork recovery and it failed, so my guess is the mem map was reconfigured. Any ideas?

[StreetGuru]

Hi Amon_RA, hope you can help us out here.

I've recently installed the T-mobile OTA 2.2.1 on my Magic 32B. As you probably aware it also flashes a new SPL and radio. Though the ROM works great and I've managed to root it without incident (SuperOneClick method) I'm yet to find a way to have your custom recovery stick on recovery boot. I have managed to flash 1.7 recovery ok and boot into it but everytime i reboot and reboot again into recovery it just reverts back to stock. quite annoying and i'm failing to understand why this is.

To install and boot into your recovery I've copied recovery to the root of the sdcard, then copied flash_image to both:
/data/local/tmp
(my first method, using:
cd /data/local/tmp
chmod 777 ./flash_image
./flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img)

as well as to:
/system/bin
(second method, using:
cd /system/bin
./flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img)

Afterwards I've also tried flashing through terminal (#flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img) as well as through adb from inside your recovery.

Altough all of this have worked well - when i do reboot recovery it does boot into your custom recovery - if i reboot and then reboot again into recovery it reverts to the stock recovery v.3

Any ideas or suggestions on how to make the recovery stick in the system? Also, and i still haven't gone there yet, but what do you think it will be the best method to flash an eng. SPL and corresponding radio with the current settings? I'm thinking that it would probably be the same method as for the myTouch 1.2 (as it uses the same SPL) with the goldcard method but I'm not entirely sure. Suffice to say that fastboot commands are no go - "permissions denied".

Any help greatly appreciated and thanks in advance.


EDIT: Got ezterry's help here and custom recovery sticks in the system once removed /system/etc/install-recovery.sh

would still appreciate your input on how to flash eng. SPL and corresponding radio back to the device. Reckon it is possible to do it via custom recovery but would prefer to be sure before attempting it. I used to do both at the same time via fastboot but not possible with the current hboot.

[marcimix]

I'm running 1.7.0.1 hero on my magic right now, hope you don't mind amon_ra , I used my kernel with your sources, works very well compared to 1.6.2.

This is for 6.35 radio magic only http://www.multiupload.com/W03UU3NO6P

http://members.shaw.ca/an-droid/images/AR-magic+.png

Boody hell!! Nice job :D

[Phateless]

STUPID QUESTION:

Does nandroid backup/restore capture the radio image?

[carz12]

STUPID QUESTION:

Does nandroid backup/restore capture the radio image?

No..........

[nomadman]

hi StreetGuru. please post back if you have any success with eng. SPL and radio.

thanks