HTC Magic stuck at Vodafone screen - only fastboot - no recovery

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Hi there,

i have a HTC Magic here. When starting up it get's stuck at the Vodafone screen. I can't enter the recovery-mode.

I'm able to enter hboot and fastboot - the screen shows the following:

*** UNLOCKED ***
SAPPHIRE PVT 32A SHIP S-ON G
HBOOT-1.33.0014 (SAPP10000)
CPLD-10
RADIO-6.35.08.29

I thought 32A is H only, and 32B is G?

fastboot getvar version-main
version-main: 3.12.0.0

While in fastboot-usb-mode i can see the phone on my pc (i used the android-sdk-driver, now my phone shows up as "Android Bootloader Interface") with:

fastboot devices
MB2*********    fastboot

but it doesn't show up here (while phone is in hboot-mode or fastboot-usb-mode):

adb devices
* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *
List of devices attached

NBH-files on the sd-card are rejected with "Main version is older". Any command for flashing or booting with fastboot end up in "command error" or "remote: not allowed" or something like that.

Most recovery-tutorials say that i need adb and fastboot - but as i said adb doesn't work. Other tutorials say i need a NBH-file, but all of those are rejected with "Main version is older". I also tried some sappimg.zip-files, but the phone shows up an error-message for a very short time ("wrong zipped...", i'm not able to read that so fast).

I also got a goldcard, but this didn't change anything.

fastboot getvar cid
cid: VODAP102

Is there any help for me and my phone (step by step with needed files)?

I've got the same problem. It's been almost a month now and still no luck.

Did your problem start when you unlocked your bootloader? That's when mine started.

It was the phone of a friend of mine and it already worked with some custom rom. But (if i understood right) he erased everything with fastboot.

I don't know if this is really version 32A, because "G" should always be with 32B. The other thing is that the phone is from Vodafone Germany, but in Germany there normally is no 32A - it's only 32B. That's why i don't really know which files to use for the phone.

Did you already make your goldcard? And if so, do you know if it's working?

I still have the goldcard I originally used to put cyonogenmod on my phone, but it's not working now. I bought a new sdcard and made a new goldcard but it won't work either.

try to remove the battery for 5 mins, when is removed click some times power button; reinsert battery and try to go in recovery.... i had same problem and i solved with this method

@ dante96: No, that's not working for me - still just get the Vodafone screen. I think that everything on the phone was erased and without recovery on it i won't be able to recovery-mode, am i right?

Yesterday something weird happened. I just tried a

fastboot reboot-bootloader

and i got a lot of output - about CID, SuperCID, device-number, partitions and whatever, but i hadn't the time to copy that or try other things.

I tried that command again later and just got "remote: not allowed". It seems like i missed a chance to recover the phone yesterday.

Ok, what i know right now:

My phone does take sappimg.zip after command:

fastboot oem lock

BUT:
My phone is not 32A as shown, it's 32B - i can't flash files for 32A because of "Lack of heap", so the files seem to be to big to unzip to RAM.
That's why i can't flash 3.54.527.6 BrightStar Brazil or 3.54.631.3 Rogers Canada to get it running.

For 32B there is only one official rom higher than 3.12.0.0:
3.12.531.1 T-Mobile USA FRG83D

Tried to flash this one, it's updating boot und bootloader but after unzipping radio the screen turns black and nothing happens - tried it 3 or 4 times right now.

This got me from:

*** UNLOCKED ***
SAPPHIRE PVT 32A SHIP S-ON G
HBOOT-1.33.0014 (SAPP10000)
CPLD-10
RADIO-6.35.08.29

to:

SAPPHIRE PVT 32A SHIP S-ON G
HBOOT-1.33.0013 (SAPP10000)
CPLD-10
RADIO-6.35.08.29

And i know that my Goldcard is correct - with another SD-card i just get "wrong model id" with the sappimg.zip mentioned above (3.12.531.1 T-Mobile USA FRG83D).

Does anyone have an idea what to do next or why screen turns black?

Some of the official roms for 32A are splittet into one 10 MB and one 90 MB file (for example this one "RUU_Sapphire_Rogers_WWE_3.05.631.7_R_release_sign ed_NoDriver.exe"), i think i could flash those - BUT i can't find those files for 3.54.527.6 BrightStar Brazil or 3.54.631.3 Rogers Canada. Anyone does?

Can you get those files from the temp folder?

Originally Posted by 5[Strogino]

1. Run Ruu
2. Don't flash, but go to temp folder and search for rom.zip or nbh-file
3. Rename to SAPPIMG.ZIP (if zip) or SAPPIMG.NBH (if nbh).
4. Place file to root it sdcard. Exit from ruu.
5. Turn phone off, then turn on by pressing and holding volumedown + power
6. Phone will start into hboot-mode and search for rom. Then it will flash.

Check htcdev.com under the unlock bootloader section for files.

Got mine back to life.

I flashed SPL 1.76.0013 from htcdev.com (Vodafone generic) and tried to install "3.12.531.1 T-Mobile USA FRG83D" again. With this SPL he managed to flash the radio but aborted afterwards.

Back on 1.33.0013 i tried the same rom again, now he flashed all of it. The phone is working so far - now i have to try to get a non-perfect SPL on it and afterwards a custom rom...

sapphire pvt 32b ship s-on g
hboot-1.33.0013 (sapp10000)
cpld-10
radio-2.22.28.25

Was the Bootloader locked or unlocked when you got that to work?