[Q] MAGLDR won't load menu

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For the life of me, the MAGLDR menu refuses to show (Boot AD NANDE, USB Flasher, etc). The program itself will start up, but not the menu. I've put HSPL2.08 and the 2.15.50.14 radio on the phone. I actually had an Android ROM booted before, but wanted to try a WP7 rom, which acted like it wanted to boot up, but never did. I'm not sure what to do at this point. I've been rebooted this phone for the past 4 hours trying to get it to show the menu, but nothing. Any idea what the problem could be?

just to double check the process, , you need to be holding the power (end) button from during the first splash screen, and dont let go till the menu appears.

Still not giving me anything. I'm not sure what to do from here.

double check your spl, (bootloader, must say 2.08,hspl next to 'spl', , dont assume it, check it.)

since this came from a failed wp7 flash, id be very tempted to either flash a stock rom, or do a task 29, to get it back to blank, then magldr, CWM, rom.

Couple of questions:

1. What is task 29? (sounds like formatting)

2. How do I flash CWM from a fresh Magldr install? I got an Android ROM ready to install through DFT, but would prefer to flash through CWM from now on. Thanks for your help, btw.

Ok this is what you need to do...

1. Download task29 to your computer. Unzip to a folder on your computer.
look here for the task29 zip (I use this one) http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...3&postcount=19 Enter bootloader screen and run DAF as admin this will run through setup. After setup phone will reboot, this is where you start step #2.

2. Make sure you have a copy of MAGLDR which can be found here...Do the same, extract to a file on your computer.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...74&postcount=1 Enter bootloader, run ROM update utility as admin. The phone will install magldr1.13. Now on to step three...

3. You will reboot phone into MAGLDR by holding red power button down till you enter into MAGLDR go down to option 5...USB Flasher this is what you want to choose to setup your partition. Some ROM builds have specific partitions that work with their ROMS like the one I use which can be found here.... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=915159

If you are going to use DFT builds go ahead but CWM is so much easier trust me, but just in case here is a link for some standard partitions for CWM
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=898913

4. After you have done all this and have a partition setup it is time again to reboot into bootloader...choose option 5 for DFT builds and flash your ROM. Choose option 8 for CWM and install your build zip file.

Why would MAGLDR's menu refuse to pop up even if I hold down the power button? I have to constantly reboot it for half an hour before it decides to pop up, and even then, flashing fails virtually the whole time. This is getting frustrating. I'm an experienced flasher, having played with a Droid 1 and EVO for the past year, yet this phone is giving me problems like I don't know what I'm doing.

Did you try the steps outlined in my last post? You need to run a task 29 and start from scratch. Your MAGLDR download likely has a corrupt file.

Originally Posted by akapaul26

Did you try the steps outlined in my last post? You need to run a task 29 and start from scratch. Your MAGLDR download likely has a corrupt file.

Task 29 link you provided is freezing at 38%. I've pretty much given up on this phone.

*edit* Started over, and it worked, but didn't reboot the phone properly. One problem after another.

*edit 2* Pulled the battery, went into bootloader, flashed the MAGLDR, finished, but also didn't reboot phone properly. What could be the problem with that?

What do you mean by it did not reboot the phone properly?