What the f did i do?! and how do i fix it?

Some_Biker_Guy · Feb 11, 2010

So i think i know what i did wrong, but is there anyway to fix it? I have a 32b which i rooted with the "recovery-RA-sapphirev1.5.2H", then i tried to update the radio with the "update-radio-32A-6.35.08.29-signed" (i didnt read the "32A"). Then i tried to reboot the phone and it got stuck on the "Mytouch 3g" green start up screen, i cant get to the recovery image by holding home+end.
My understanding (please correct me if im wrong) to get the new Nexus ROM was that i had to;
1) Go the the 1.5.2 recovery image & wipe
2) Partition the card (and convert Ext2 to Ext3 or Ext4 depending on the ROM), reboot
3) Flash the new Radio, then reboot
4) Wipe, Flash the new SPL, then reboot
5) Wipe, flash the new ROM, and reboot

Im sure what i did was noobish...

Previously i had been using the 1.3.2 immage and had loaded Hero ROM's and tweeked Cupcake ROM's just fine, it was only when i had to update the radio and SPL was it that i found difficulty, mostly because i found too many and didnt know which one to use.
PLEASE HELP!!!
I'm willing to try anything. I hope i can get this fixed by this afternoon =,(

magicdroid · Feb 11, 2010

My first guess is that you are f**ked!

Only 2 "Nexus" roms I know that require new radio are for the 32A. And only new radio I know is for the 32A Magic!

Don't know where you got the instructions to upgrade your radio, but the ones I read stated that you have to flash radio, hboot, recovery in this sequence, and THEN reboot. Also, your recovery should be for 32B, dunno how you missed that one.

Try this: find your old radio image, your old hboot and recovery, boot in fastboot mode (back+power) and type in the following commands from the Android SDK tool directory:

Code:

fastboot flash radio your_radio.img <enter>
fastboot flash hboot your_hboot.img <enter>
fastboot flash recovery your_recovery.img <enter>
fastboot erase system -w <enter>
fastboot reboot-bootloader <enter>

You should now have rebooted back in fastboot mode. If that worked, try to reboot into recovery and see that works.

Once in recovery you can restore or flash another 32B rom.

See here for Engineering hboot images.
Download recovery for 32B

Some_Biker_Guy · Feb 11, 2010

I found the link on theunlockr.com
developers.com/showthread.php?t=598973
And found instructions on youtube "ECLAIR 2.1 ROM REVIEW AND TUTORIAL !!!" and tweaked it slightly because i found a recovery image for my sapphire which didn't support either the spl or the radio, i forget... I've been up since 3am on Wednesday because of work and school, and now its 9am Thursday.
I was reading that 32b ROMs were working for the 32a, so i thought i might try a 32a since none of the links on Amon_RA's page developers.com/showthread.php?t=529019 were working for me.
I cant get to the fast boot menu... so that way doesnt work

perbu · Feb 11, 2010

Some_Biker_Guy said:
I'm willing to try anything. I hope i can get this fixed by this afternoon =,(

I think you are rather screwed. I believe the phone boots up the radio image before the bootloader and therefore you can't even get to flash a new recovery or radio image as the boot process is halted because of the defective radio image.

The only salvation I know if is a JTAG connection. This involves open up and soldering stuff to the mainboard of your phone. Since you're asking you probably not familiar with it I wouldn't recommend it to you.

oshizzle1991 · Feb 11, 2010

you have a mytouch 3g right? if so, you flashed the wrong radio image. you flashed the ra(blahblahblah)H! not the ra(blah)G! "H" IS FOR HTC BRANDED "G" IS FOR GOOGLE BRANDED (THE MT3G). so that is your first issue. try to boot into fastboot and flash the RIGHT RECOVERY IMAGE.

KAwAtA · Feb 11, 2010

wow as soon as I looked at this thread, you made so many mistakes on the first sentence lol. I hope you learn to read and not rush things next time ^^ Recovery H = 32A, Radio says 32A, and you have a 32B and now you can't get into fastboot? I'm 99.9999% sure it's bricked, but correct me if I'm wrong! 32B roms work for 32A when you port them over. Seems like you did almost no research at all.

You're understanding of what to do is right, but you didnt pick ANY of the right files

bunu · Feb 11, 2010

KAwAtA said:
wow as soon as I looked at this thread, you made so many mistakes on the first sentence lol. I hope you learn to read and not rush things next time ^^ Recovery H = 32A, Radio says 32A, and you have a 32B and now you can't get into fastboot? I'm 99.9999% sure it's bricked, but correct me if I'm wrong! 32B roms work for 32A when you port them over. Seems like you did almost no research at all.

You're understanding of what to do is right, but you didnt pick ANY of the right files

I agree with KAwAtA. You pretty much did the right steps (kinda) but you got the wrong files and now you got a nice brick. You should do research and know how to tell if your phone is 32A or 32B, why you should never flash the wrong radio/spl for your type of phone, and what ROMs are compatible with your hardware and why you should never flash the ROMs for another piece of hardware.

Well look on the bright side, since you bricked your magic, instead of trying out the "Nexus" ROMs, you can now buy a Nexus One for real but do not ROOt it because you might flash a 32B radio on it and make that a fancy brick.

methodz · Feb 12, 2010

damn sorry bro. does sound like everything that could have gone wrong went wrong for you. i also went to theunlockr to root my phone and add roms to it but i read those instructions like 3 times and watched the videos a few times when i first did it. oh well, you'll learn from this at any rate.

magicdroid · Feb 12, 2010

AndroidNoobie said:
Well look on the bright side, since you bricked your magic, instead of trying out the "Nexus" ROMs, you can now buy a Nexus One for real

that lucky SOB!

dan-htc-touch · Feb 12, 2010

you can't get into recovery, that's fine, but can you boot into hboot and fastboot mode? if so, your phone will be fine, just have to fastboot flash the right junk on

iluvmymytouch · Feb 13, 2010

Some_Biker_Guy said:
So i think i know what i did wrong, but is there anyway to fix it? I have a 32b which i rooted with the "recovery-RA-sapphirev1.5.2H", then i tried to update the radio with the "update-radio-32A-6.35.08.29-signed" (i didnt read the "32A"). Then i tried to reboot the phone and it got stuck on the "Mytouch 3g" green start up screen, i cant get to the recovery image by holding home+end.
My understanding (please correct me if im wrong) to get the new Nexus ROM was that i had to;
1) Go the the 1.5.2 recovery image & wipe
2) Partition the card (and convert Ext2 to Ext3 or Ext4 depending on the ROM), reboot
3) Flash the new Radio, then reboot
4) Wipe, Flash the new SPL, then reboot
5) Wipe, flash the new ROM, and reboot

Im sure what i did was noobish...

Previously i had been using the 1.3.2 immage and had loaded Hero ROM's and tweeked Cupcake ROM's just fine, it was only when i had to update the radio and SPL was it that i found difficulty, mostly because i found too many and didnt know which one to use.
PLEASE HELP!!!
I'm willing to try anything. I hope i can get this fixed by this afternoon =,(

Well, I BRICKED BRICKED BRICKED my other mytouch. Im talking where the computer wouldn't recognize it, wouldn't charge, turn on, splash screen, NOTHING. Wasn't the battery. If you can get to the screen (where you hold down volume and power) you can probably recover it. DON'T know if this would work but it may be worth a try read this link to get it un-rooted and then retry. http://theunlockr.com/2009/08/22/how-to-unroot-your-mytouch-3g/

iluvmymytouch · Feb 13, 2010

iluvmymytouch said:
Well, I BRICKED BRICKED BRICKED my other mytouch. Im talking where the computer wouldn't recognize it, wouldn't charge, turn on, splash screen, NOTHING. Wasn't the battery. If you can get to the screen (where you hold down volume and power) you can probably recover it. DON'T know if this would work but it may be worth a try read this link to get it un-rooted and then retry. http://theunlockr.com/2009/08/22/how-to-unroot-your-mytouch-3g/

maybe u already tried.

phosphorique · Feb 13, 2010

dan-htc-touch said:
you can't get into recovery, that's fine, but can you boot into hboot and fastboot mode? if so, your phone will be fine, just have to fastboot flash the right junk on

he already said that he couldnt get into fastboot mode. most likely its a brick..

Some_Biker_Guy · Feb 13, 2010

oshizzle1991 said:
you have a mytouch 3g right? if so, you flashed the wrong radio image. you flashed the ra(blahblahblah)H! not the ra(blah)G! "H" IS FOR HTC BRANDED "G" IS FOR GOOGLE BRANDED (THE MT3G). so that is your first issue. try to boot into fastboot and flash the RIGHT RECOVERY IMAGE.

I tried the "G" and it didn't work, so i tried the "H" and it worked. Fastboot didn't work...

Some_Biker_Guy · Feb 13, 2010

Thanks everyone for you input... this is my reply to everyone since i cant reply to one/ a few at a time.

1) I knew how to root my phone, and did it multiple times. I also unrooted it a few times as well (just to get a fresh start and make sure i knew how to). I also loaded many different ROM's onto it including Hero and tweaked cupcake ROM's
2) Fast boot did not work, and the computer would not recognize the phone at any point.
3) The unlockr did a good job with instructions on how to root and unroot then loading the hero and cupcake rom's onto it but it had no explanation for loading the nexus rom onto it, although it did feature a link on where to get it. therefore i tried to piece together ways to update the radio and spl (this is where it all went to hell). i figured out that that is what i needed to do to run the nexus rom.

ok, ok now i know, wait for a full set of instructions for my specific phone to try to put the newest and coolest rom onto my phone... :/

4) i got it all taken care of, got "new" phone for free! so glad it worked out.

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