How To: Root Your MyTouch 3G (GoldCard Method)
Posted on: August 14, 2009
Posted in: Android How To's, Featured, How To's, Video
PART I VIDEO:
PART II VIDEO:
PLEASE NOTE! This method no longer required!
Please refer to the newer (and much simpler) Rooting/Loading Custom ROM methods on our site:
Root, then Load a Custom ROM, Apps2SD/Hero etc.
If you have tried to use our How To Root Your Magic procedure on your MyTouch, you probably noticed a huge brick wall that you ran into during the procedure. Well, finally, the good devs over at XDA, have graced us with a solution (albiet a slightly complicated one).
PLEASE PROCEED AT YOUR OWN RISK, THIS IS A COMPLICATED PROCEDURE AND COULD HARM YOUR PHONE!
So with the disclaimer out of the way, let’s begin shall we?
*Thanks to Erlern for the GoldCard procedure!
*Thanks to Amon Ra for the Rooting procedure!
Before Beginning:
Have a SPARE memory card (2GB is perfect and relatively cheap) to use for the Goldcard procedure, do NOT use your normal everyday card as it will ONLY be a goldcard after we are done.
I. Download and Install the Android SDK, Fastboot, and drivers (If you already have this done, skip this section).
*FOR VIDEO INSTRUCTIONS ON THIS PROCESS, WATCH THE BEGINNING OF HOW TO ROOT YOUR MAGIC VIDEO. WATCH FROM 1:39 to 4:32
^When it tells you to download the 4 files, don’t! Download the 2 files below here in step 1 instead and follow the steps listed here.
^When it tells you to plug in the Magic, plug in the MyTouch instead.
^Remember to follow the steps here and put the Fastboot program into the AndroidSDK/tools/ folder.
1. Download these 2 files:
Android SDK
Fastboot (scroll to Fastboot tool and download the appropriate one for you computer’s OS)
2. Once you download the SDK, extract the SDK files to “C:\AndroidSDK”. Then extract the fastboot program to the C:\AndroidSDK\tools\ folder.
3. Turn off the phone, then turn it back on by holding down the Power and Back button (to enter bootloader mode).
4. Plug the phone into the computer via USB. Make sure that it says FASTBOOT USB instead of FASTBOOT now.
5. Your computer should say installing drivers right now (if this is the first time you have connected the phone in fastboot mode). Hopefully your computer will automatically install them, but if it doesn’t then use this guide from Google to install the drivers.
6. Goto the Start menu type cmd into the run section of the start menu and hit enter to bring up the Command Prompt.
7. Type the following into the command dos prompt on the computer (the black screen with white letters that just opened) while the phone is connected through USB, hitting enter at the end of the line:
cd\
cd androidsdk\tools\
fastboot devices
8. You should see a serial number pop up and the word fastboot to the right of it. This means that your USB drviers are all set up correctly and you can continue. If you do NOT see this, then you need to start over or Google for how to set up the USB drivers correctly (this will help).
9. If it worked, unplug your phone and turn it off and then back on to get to the regular home screen.
*Tip: If your computer says the drivers are installed but it is installing the wrong drivers, I recommend Uninstalling the drivers using this program, USBDeview, then plug the phone in again and choose the correct drivers in the SDK USB Drivers folder.
II. Create a “Goldcard”
(USE A SPARE MEMORY CARD FOR THIS, YOU WILL NOT BE USING THIS CARD FOR YOUR NORMAL MEMORY CARD AGAIN, SO HAVE THIS GOLDCARD AS ONE MEMORY CARD AND ANOTHER CARD AS YOUR REAL MEMORY CARD FOR SAVING MUSIC, FILES, ETC. TO)
1. Put the Spare memory card into your phone.
2. With the Spare Memory card in your phone, click on Settings, SD and Phone storage, then click Unmount SD card. Once it unmounts, click Format SD card. (Please keep in mind that some memory cards don’t work)
3. On the Phone, goto Settings, Applications, Development and then make sure USB Debugging is checked.
4. *Make sure you have installed the SDK and Fastboot correctly from Section I!!!
Plug the phone into the computer and then open the Command Prompt (goto the start menu and type in cmd in the search box). Then type the following with hitting enter at the end of each line.
cd\
cd\AndroidSDK\tools\
adb devices
(wait for the it to show a serial number underneath, if it doesn’t then reinstall the drivers from section I). Then type:
adb shell
cat /sys/class/mmc_host/mmc1/mmc1:*/cid
5. A code will display, write the code down (MAKE SURE TO WRITE IT DOWN EXACTLY!)
6. Now, on your computer, goto http://revskills.de/pages/download.html and download QMAT 4.36. Extract the file to your computer somewhere and double click on the qmat.exe to open the program (THIS IS A DEMO VERSION SO IT WILL ONLY STAY OPEN FOR 10 MINUTES, SO TRY AND NOT LINGER WHILE DOING THE NEXT STEPS).
7. Click on Cryptoanalysis Tools then Crypto Toolbox
8. Scroll down till you see a text box with a button titled, “Reverse String”, next to it. Put the CID you wrote down earlier into the text box (DOUBLE CHECK IT!) and then click the Reverse String button. It should reverse the CID you put in, write this down now (AND AGAIN DOUBLE CHECK IT!).
9. Now, on your computer, goto http://revskills.de/pages/goldcard.html and enter your email in the appropriate field and for CID enter the reversed CID you just copied down BUT REPLACE THE FIRST 2 DIGITS WITH 2 ZEROS! (i.e. 12345678910 becomes 00345678910). *Thanks to Viper for providing these Goldcards for FREE!
10. Click continue and then you will receive your goldcard.img via email. Once it arrives save it to your computer.
11. Now, goto http://download.cnet.com/HxD-Hex-Editor/3000-2352-10891068.html?part=dl-HxDHexEdi&subj=uo&tag=button to download the HxD Hex Editor. Save it and install it to your computer.
12. Take your SD card out of your phone and put it into the SD adapter it came with. Then put that into your computer so it shows up on your computer as Removable Disk.
13. Open the Hex Editor and click on the Extra tab, then click on Open Disk. Under Physical Disk select Removable Disk (your SD card you just put into the computer). Make sure to UNcheck “Open as ReadOnly”. Click OK.
14. Goto the Extra tab again and click Open Disk Image. Open up the goldcard.img that you saved from your email. You should now have two tabs, one is the SD card (Removable Disk) and the other is the goldcard.img
Press OK when prompted for Sector Size 512 (Hard Disks/Floppy Disks).
15. Click on the Goldcard.img tab and click on the Edit tab and click Select All. Then click on the Edit tab again and click Copy.
16. Click on the Removable Disk tab (Your SD Card) and select offset 00000000 to 00000170 then click on the Edit tab and click Paste Write.
17. Click on File then click Save.
18. Close the Hex Editor.
19. Test what we’ve done:
Take out the memory card from the computer, then put it back in.
Try to open the memory card on the computer (Removable Disk), if it lets you, you are all set. If it asks/tells you to reformat the card, then try steps 13 – 19 again. If it gives you the same error again, then try a different memory card (Erlern said it didn’t work for him until he finally went and bought a Kingston 2GB card, then it worked on that card only).
III. Root the MyTouch using the Goldcard
1. Save the SappIMG.zip file to your computer, then save it to your goldcard (Do NOT rename it to anything, leave it as SappIMG.zip). Then take out your Goldcard from the computer.
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2.. Take your original memory card (NOT YOUR GOLDCARD) and save whatever is on it to your computer as a backup before beginning.
3. Put the memory card into your phone (AGAIN NOT THE GOLDCARD).
4. With the memory card in your phone, click on Settings, SD and Phone storage, then click Unmount SD card. Once it unmounts, click Format SD card.
5. Plug the phone into the computer and mount the SD card so we can save a file to it.
6. Download the 1.33.2005 HBoot and save it to your newly formatted memory card, and then rename it to update.zip (windows sometimes just needs you to rename it update and if you still see the zip folder symbol next to the file that means that it is still update.zip even though it only shows update).
7. Turn off your phone once the update.zip file is on the memory card.
8. Take out the memory card from the phone and put in the Goldcard (all while the phone is still off).
9. Turn on the phone by hold down the Power and Volume Down button. When the screen comes to the rainbow (or skating android screen), it should automatically pick up the SappIMG.zip file and ask you to update. Go ahead and update (DO NOT INTERRUPT THIS PROCESS).
10. Once the flashing is COMPLETE. Then turn off the phone.
11. While the phone is off, take out the Goldcard and put in the regular SD card (the one with the update.zip file on it).
12. Turn on the phone while holding Back and Power until the Fastboot screen comes up.
13. Download Amon Ra’s Recovery Image and save it to the AndroidSDK\Tools folder on your computer.
14. Plug the phone into the computer (while still in fastboot mode).
15. Goto the Start menu type cmd into the run section of the start menu and hit enter to bring up the Command Prompt.
16. Type the following into the command dos prompt on the computer (the black screen with white letters that just opened) while the phone is connected through USB, hitting enter at the end of the line:
cd\
cd androidsdk\tools\
fastboot devices
17. You should see a serial number pop up and the word fastboot to the right of it. This means that your USB drviers are all set up correctly and you can continue. If you do NOT see this, then you need to start over or Google for how to set up the USB drivers correctly (this will help).
18. If it worked, type the following into the command prompt (with hitting enter at the end of the line):
fastboot boot recovery-RAv1.2.0H.img *the 0 in 1.2.0H is a Zero not an Oh
19. Once the phone boots into the recovery mode, then click on Apply Update.zip (if you get Can’t Mount E: etc. then just click Wipe Data on the recovery screen then hit Apply Update.zip again).
20. Once it is finished applying the update, hit home and back to reboot the phone. It should boot up into recovery mode OR get stuck at the HTC Magic screen. Once it does either of those, then take out the battery and put it back in.
21. Turn on the phone by holding Back and Power to get into Fastboot mode again. At the top it should read 1.33.2005. If so, turn off the phone. If not retry this section.
22. Take out the SD card (while the phone is off) and put it into your computer via the cardreader it came with.
23. Open the memory card on the computer and delete the update.zip file from the memory card.
24. Download Amon Ra’s 32A based image and save it to the memory card, rename it to update.zip
25. Put the SD card back into your phone and turn the phone on by holding down Back and Power. Once it boots up into fastboot mode, plug the phone into the computer via Usb (the command prompt should still be open on your computer).
26. Type the following into the command prompt (with hitting enter at the end of the line):
fastboot boot recovery-RAv1.2.0H.img *the 0 in 1.2.0H is a Zero not an Oh
27. Once the phone boots up into recovery mode, click the Apply Update.zip (if you get Can’t Mount E: etc. then just click Wipe Data on the recovery screen then hit Apply Update.zip again).
28. Once the update is complete click home and back to reboot.
29. ALL DONE YOU NOW HAVE ROOT! You can use the phone as is now with Root access. If you want to load a new ROM (like a Hero ROM for instance) then go to the next step.
IV How to Put the MyTouch Splash Screen instead of the Vodafone One
1. Download the original splash screen:
2. Save it to the Tools folder of your AndroidSDK (same place you saved the Recovery Image etc.).
3. Turn on your phone by holding down Back and Power to get to Fastboot mode, then plug it into the computer.
4. Open the command prompt on your computer, then type:
cd\
cd AndroidSDK\tools
fastboot flash splash1 splash.nb
5. Reboot the phone once it is done.
V How to Install Hero or another 32B ROM
Visit our next video, How to Load Hero onto your MyTouch 3G 
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August 17th, 2009 at 12:10 am
Thanks for posting the guide. Makes life easier with visual aid. Waiting for the next video on loading hero for the MT3G.
August 17th, 2009 at 12:30 am
when i click the “how to load hero onto your mytouch 3g” link it says page not found. is the video not up yet? thanks.
August 17th, 2009 at 11:37 am
I was able to do it (thank you very much) but now i have a lot of things force closing including the dialer, i cant make a phone call. i tried using another phone book program (phonebook by voxmobili) and i get the same thing. LOL, i don’t really need the phone if i can’t use the basic functions like, well ummmm, the phone…Ha Ha. Any suggestions?
August 17th, 2009 at 11:48 am
Hello Bear,
Did you want Hero? I’d suggest going on to that procedure, I have it running on the phone here and it works pretty well….
Otherwise, reformat the memory card and do Sections II and III again.
August 17th, 2009 at 12:08 pm
Thanks, i will try putting the Hero rom on and let you know how that works out.
August 17th, 2009 at 12:57 pm
wtf… y dont u show us how to dl the fastboook n wat driver to put it on and everything………. its reallly hard
August 17th, 2009 at 1:49 pm
im sorry, as to im new to all this, what exactly is rooting?
August 17th, 2009 at 2:07 pm
i dotn think i dled the right fastbook folder plz make a video… n do we have to use the 2 gb sdcard for the 1st card or the normal one?
August 17th, 2009 at 2:51 pm
Hello Stephanie,
It is similar to “jailbreaking” as far as an iPhone is concerned. IT just allows us to gain full access to commands on the phone (and therefore change things to how we see fit). I recommend going to forum.XDA-Developers.com and clicking on the Sapphire forum. One of the top posts is about rooting and why we do it.
August 17th, 2009 at 3:46 pm
HELLO EVERYONE HAVING ISSUES WITH INSTALLING DRIVERS, SDK, and FASTBOOT. I PUT A LINK TO THE OTHER VIDEO THAT SHOWS HOW TO INSTALL THEM IN THE POST WITH A FEW MORE INSTRUCTIONS.
GOOD LUCK! IF YOU STILL NEED HELP HERE IS A GOOD THREAD SOMEONE ON XDA CREATED. SCROLL DOWN TO ADB FOR DUMMIES OR ONE OF THE OTHER TOPICS.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=519523
August 17th, 2009 at 4:22 pm
Everything works fine till i get up to typing adb devices in the command prompt i installed the drivers correctly because it worked for the fastboot devices procedure i don’t know what to do someone plz help
August 17th, 2009 at 5:13 pm
Hey, you were right loading the Hero rom gave me back my phone and dialing functions Thank you very much, cause nobody wants to see a grown man cry. lol
I ran into another issue that i will post on the hero rom thread.
August 17th, 2009 at 8:16 pm
lmao thanks unlockr… im only 16 n im not rly a computer guy n i just bought the mytouch 3g n i rly want the hero ROM imma try it right now…
August 18th, 2009 at 2:19 am
Is there a way to unroot your mytouch incase you need to send it in with a warranty?
August 18th, 2009 at 2:33 am
Hello Acsteffy87,
Yes there is, it is on XDA-Developers. I plan to do a video for it shortly (while I still have a MyTouch handy).
August 18th, 2009 at 2:48 am
any way of getting back the stock spl 1.33.0006
?
August 18th, 2009 at 9:07 am
is there any way to do this with out having a micro card reader on ur pc
August 18th, 2009 at 10:07 am
my sapimg saved as a rar file… do i have to extract it????
August 18th, 2009 at 11:12 am
i extracted it thats y all these came out… should i delete them n download sappimg as an “All file”?
[IMG]http://i408.photobucket.com/albums/pp162/Alb0Y/sss.jpg[/IMG]
August 18th, 2009 at 12:51 pm
nvm my last comments
i rooted it
August 18th, 2009 at 1:12 pm
Hello Tato22,
Yes, the instructions are on XDA, I plan to put them on here by the end of the week and do a video; How To Unroot the MyTouch.
August 18th, 2009 at 1:15 pm
Hello Geoshaft,
You need a new memory card to do the procedure anyway. So go get a 2GB Non-Sandisk memory card for $10 at a BestBuy or wherever and it comes with an SD adapter and most laptops or computers have an SD adapter slot. If not then buy a MicroSD to USB adapter for under $5 while you are at the BestBuy.
August 18th, 2009 at 1:15 pm
Hello Mario,
It should have saved as a .zip file. Once you have it as a .zip do NOT unzip it. Just put it on the Goldcard as is.
August 18th, 2009 at 1:19 pm
Hello Mario,
Do NOT extract the Sappimg.zip, just put it on the card as SappImg.zip
August 18th, 2009 at 6:23 pm
Hello Unlockr,
I want to thank you sooo much for your video, it helped a lot…I rooted my myTouch yesterday and even though it took me a total of 6 hours, its worth it.
For anyone wondering what you will lose when you root your myTouch and load HERO, I realized that there is no voice search in the google search bar, and you will also lose the Street view in maps
As far as gains, you will gain multi touch, PDF viewer, and Quickoffice, oh and an amazing ROM!!!
August 18th, 2009 at 8:38 pm
Hello Sam,
Yea, took me about a full night and the next day to do the video. Not an easy process, glad the video helped you get it done!
Once you download the map, the street view is now when you hold down on a location it gives you the option to go into Street View (Google’s new way of doing it I guess, not just for Hero ROMs).
By the way, you can get Voice Search and Street view back by going to the market and downloading Google Maps and Google Voice Search
August 18th, 2009 at 9:49 pm
Hello
I noticed you informed someone to use a Non-Sandisk memory card. Why is that? Just curious because I just ordered one from ebay, but I can easily get a different kind they are under 5 dollars on there.
August 18th, 2009 at 10:01 pm
Hello Maryanne,
For some reason people have reported that the Sandisk cards do not work with the Gold Card process. I used a PNY 2GB card from BestBuy for $10.
August 18th, 2009 at 10:21 pm
Thanks for the instructions and the videos, incredibly helpful stuff.
I was wondering how you go about saving apps and caches to the SDCard, especially if you’re going to be using a Hero ROM.
Also, does anyone know what would happen to the phone if I canceled my data plan with T-mobile. Would wifi/market/syncing still work?
August 18th, 2009 at 11:33 pm
is a 1gb card ok?
August 18th, 2009 at 11:40 pm
Hello John,
So long as the SappIMG file fits on the card, you should be fine.
August 18th, 2009 at 11:44 pm
Hello Ted,
Thanks! I really appreciate you guys coming to my humble site
1. Apps2SD is done automatically so long as you have the partitions done correctly (our How To Load Hero onto Your MyTouch 3G video shows you how to do that). And once you have the phone up and running with Hero just goto the Market and download Move Cache for Root Users, use it and Reboot the phone. Done!
2. If you cancelled your Data plan, you would be fine (you would just have to use Wifi for internet, syncing, market etc.). Now if you cancelled your data plan and then wiped the phone, you would not be able to log back into the phone. BUT if you have the Hero ROM on your phone and Wiped you would be fine (because the Hero ROM gives you the option to not sign in and to use Wifi during the setup process, whereas the T-Mobile ROMs don’t).
August 19th, 2009 at 12:51 am
how do you guys come up with all this stuff because i would have never came up with all this… Are you a hack god … Not meaning that in a mean way..
August 19th, 2009 at 1:11 am
ive tried a few tutorials on rooting/flashing hero but i always end up at the same spot….
i really believe i have the drivers set up and installed just as your (and many others) have instructed. when i am in fastboot and i plug in the USB cable it reads fastboot usb for 5-20 seconds then goes back to just fastboot. i have the USB drivers installed manually when in fastboot. then windows prompts me with driver notifications when plugged in while in fastboot mode. i reinstall the drivers and it eventually turns back to just fastboot. any clue on what i messed up or whats wrong?
August 19th, 2009 at 10:51 am
thanks a lot for this video.just curious,in the second video at 6:34 your HBOOT-1.33.0009,mine is HBOOT-1.33.2005 .so whats the difference?.
After installing HERO the screen become blurry could plz show me how to fix that . thanks
August 19th, 2009 at 11:21 am
Hello Tisha,
Credit goes to the 2 guys mentioned in beginning of the procedure… They are your Hack Gods lol I just try their procedures and add whatever they left out (through trial and error) then do a video to help others.
August 19th, 2009 at 11:38 am
Hello Ramo,
It is supposed to say 2005 not 2009, I had actually messed up (I didn’t let the phone reboot after installing the SPL). The original instructions don’t tell you to do that, so after I messed up and Googled what I did wrong I figure that out and then put it in the video and instructions so it didn’t happen to you guys lol
You are the 3rd person with this problem… Not sure what happened unless I watched you do the whole thing, try Googling Hero Fuzzy on MyTouch, someone would have had to have the same issue and fixed it. And it you wouldn’t mind sharing it with the rest of us would be awesome thanks!
August 19th, 2009 at 1:31 pm
does this hero Rom have flash 10
August 19th, 2009 at 2:48 pm
could you post a link to the xda-developer page where they discuss how to un-root the mytouch for some of us who are not patient enough for your tutorial.
August 19th, 2009 at 3:32 pm
hello unlockr
I rooted the phone nicely but it has a problem when I want to buy a app in the market the part of the checkout of the credit card,when im going to put the expiration the keypad doesen`t have the this simbol(/) and I cant buy it cant you resolve my problem please.Letme know asap thanks.
August 19th, 2009 at 4:57 pm
why do i keep getting a message while im trying to flash the goldcard that says
model id incorrect!
Update Fail!
Do You want to reboot device?
August 19th, 2009 at 10:59 pm
Everything works fine till i get up to typing adb devices, it don’t show anything in the command prompt i installed the drivers correctly because it worked for the fastboot devices procedure i don’t know what to do
August 20th, 2009 at 11:02 am
unlockr are u positive that a sand disk wont work for a gold card
August 20th, 2009 at 1:37 pm
cant get the sappimg to load it just reads the file but does not load it why wats wrong ???? please help
August 20th, 2009 at 3:35 pm
Hello Maikel,
That means the ADB drivers aren’t installed (they are separate from the Fastboot, Bootloader your computer calls them, drivers).
This happened to me at one point to (and I googled and came up with a solution).
Just Google for the program USBDeview and download it (free), then open it (run as administrator) while the phone is plugged in and uninstall all of the drivers with the name HTC in them. Then unplug the phone, plug it back in and when the Windows Drivers Install thing pops up open it and see if it installs the ADB drivers on its own this time (mine did and then after that I was fine).
August 20th, 2009 at 3:43 pm
Hello Poosk,
Nope, that is just what others are reporting. If you are will to ruin the card to try, by all means go ahead. I opted to buy a 2GB card non sandisk for $10 instead. But up to you.
August 20th, 2009 at 7:21 pm
Hey there,
I downloaded the SDK kit and the fastboot, I noticed that there is already a Fastboot file under the tools folder should i replace it, as I am extracting.
Now I also wanted to ask will this work with Rogers G2(Magic).
thanks
August 20th, 2009 at 8:06 pm
Hello Ashar,
If it is already there then no need to extract (maybe the new version of the SDK comes with it).
As for the procedure, search our site for the How To Root Your Magic video, this procedure will NOT work for any other phone besides the MyTouch and phones with the “perfect SPL”.
August 21st, 2009 at 6:47 pm
Hello
I have tried to get my gold card and I have done everything exactly as said and when I get to the part in the hex editor where i change things and go to save it will not allow me to it says media is write protected. I made sure the box was unchecked and also i tried kingston and sandisk sd cards
August 21st, 2009 at 6:50 pm
sorry I figured it out I had the adapter locked lol silly me
August 21st, 2009 at 8:59 pm
Hello
when i try to update the sappimg it gives me an error saying update fail….model id incorrect. Any suggestions as to what I did wrong? up until that point everything went as it did in your video
August 21st, 2009 at 11:00 pm
Ok as I was doing this I tried different things and I got it to work. Great job on the rotting video and tutorial, now attempting to add hero rom
August 22nd, 2009 at 10:32 am
I followed your tutorial to a T but when i get into HBOOT it says “Main Version is older! Update Fail!”
SAPPHIRE PVT 32A SHIP S-ON H
HBOOT-1.33.0010 (SAPP10000)
CPLD-12
RADIO-3.22.20.17
Jun 2, 2009, 17:28:28
Could you tell me what’s wrong?
August 22nd, 2009 at 11:33 am
Hello Harkeer,
What phone are you using? According to those specs, you do not have a MyTouch… If you have a different Magic then use the How To Root a Magic procedure instead.
August 22nd, 2009 at 2:23 pm
Great video! It worked like a charm. Many thanks to you. I was able to get Google maps to give me street view after I went to the market and downloaded the newest version. I still haven’t found a way to get the amazon mp3 application back on my phone. Is there a way that I am missing?
August 23rd, 2009 at 12:42 am
Wow this is a great tutorial but i am having issues when i shut the phone off and switch to the goldcard, i have done everything to the t up to this point, i turn the mytouch on in hboot by holding volume down and power but when i click on hboot it says it cannot find img.! PLEASE HELP!!
August 23rd, 2009 at 11:14 pm
I keep getting
Model ID Incorrect
Update Fail!
right after I hit Power and Volume down and when its checking the sappIMG.zip folder. I had used this SD card as Goldcard before but I did format the card and then went through all the steps to redo it from the start.
I had done HTC Hero Rom on my MyTouch and it worked fine. Then I unrooted it back to MyTouch and I want Hero again.
Is the error because I need a new SD card?
Can you pls help!
August 27th, 2009 at 10:19 pm
hi
when i was installing the drivers in fastboot usb mode it told me i couldnt find it so then i went to the link for the guide to google and i said to go to the usb driver folder and then amd64
wen i did that it started to download and then it said it couldnt download because of the htc bootloader
anything u can do???
August 28th, 2009 at 11:24 am
nvm
i got it
August 28th, 2009 at 12:34 pm
Hello Neel,
Check out the bold writing at the top of the post. You do not need to load drivers. Goto the new procedure for rooting the MyTouch in one click and continue from there.
August 30th, 2009 at 5:57 am
Hi,
just a question before i try these steps .. to root and to load hero.. does that mean that i can use any sim card in my phone, i am not welversed with the terms used, after following the complete procedure that will unlock my phone since the ROm is custom..
pls reply.
thanks
jonny
August 30th, 2009 at 9:11 pm
hi,
i did the exact steps and after i pushed the volume down and power button everything loaded fine. but when i pushed the update button a green list came down and went away without the scroll on the right.
any idea what went wrong?
Shane.
September 2nd, 2009 at 5:26 pm
CAN Someone help me when ever i try install it say cannot install and all can sumone plz help
September 2nd, 2009 at 6:48 pm
Hey can anyone help me when ever i try install my phone it say cannot install
September 2nd, 2009 at 7:29 pm
Hello Nick,
Search the site for the How To Root in one click, do that instead. Then do the next procedure.
September 2nd, 2009 at 10:14 pm
Hey the Unlockr Can You Help like i want the htc hero rom but i have get like the cmd ahhh and it say connot do this and all you gotta help me
October 10th, 2009 at 11:08 am
when I type fastboot boot recovery-RAv1.2.0H.img, it’s said failed( remote : not allow).
may I know why?
October 10th, 2009 at 5:01 pm
Hello Zayar,
You need to unroot (you or on Donut). Do the unroot procedure then dont do this procedure do the How To Root in One Click procedure.
October 31st, 2009 at 11:13 am
I have my ROM flashed already. Actually i already flashed about 5 roms in 1 week lol. BUT I’ve found a rom THAT REQUIRES1.33.2005 or 1.33.2009 SPL BUT i have 1.33.0006. And i already have a Hero ROM flashed. My question is, do i need to unroot then do the SPL or Do i just leave MYTOUCH3G rooted and just download the SPL and rename it update.zip then flash it??
October 31st, 2009 at 12:39 pm
Manny,
You can flash the SPL and then immediately flash the ROM (when you flash the SPL your phone will most likely get stuck on the boot screen, when that happens just follow the directions in the How To Load a ROM procedure for your phone).
To be honest though, I would try to load the ROM without the SPL and see if it runs first (worst that happens is it gets stuck on the boot screen like the SPL update would do anyway).
November 18th, 2009 at 10:25 pm
I did everything it all looks good booted up. i didnt add any roms or anything else and im not getting my internet working no edge or 3g the icon isnt even next to the Service bars. Can you help me out please. Thank You.
November 18th, 2009 at 10:31 pm
Kev,
You did the wrong procedure. Please read the top of this post, the giant bold writing. Shows you the newer procedures. At the bottom of one of the newer procedures it says “Internet Doesnt Work” as one of the issues. The fix is to set your APN settings. Read the reported issues for how to do so.
Good luck! And if you have any other issues please post in the Technical Support Forums instead of here in the comments so we dont clog them up, thanks!
November 18th, 2009 at 10:35 pm
ok well that sucks i worked on this all morning lol finally finished and now i ran into this. Can you please give me the link on were to start on fixing this problem please thanks i really appriciate it.
December 6th, 2009 at 2:50 am
Hello
Got some trouble:
HTC MAGIC
HBOOT-1.33.0014
Can’t not update sappIMG.zip (Main Version is older – Update fail)
Can anybody help ?
December 6th, 2009 at 3:11 pm
Well, I’m stuck with my 32A Magic.
I’ve got a perfected SPL (1.33.0014) and nothing to do with it.
Tried All methods to root and nothing.
FlashRec cannot execute it’s commands.
So the only one left is downgrading with a gold card.
On the video here, after formatting the sd card, in hex editor it’s 00 everywhere as i can see.
When i do the same on my phone, it’s different and i have no success making a gold card.
If anybody would like to borrow me one or sell me one, i’d consider it.
@TheUnlockr: I hope i’m not doing something that is forbidden here and by the way, sorry for making a little off topic.
P.S.: I’m from Portugal
December 6th, 2009 at 4:00 pm
Meia,
Have you tried the How to unroot your Magic procedure on this site?
No your fine, but I would recommend just posting in the Forum Marketplace and do a WTB: Rooted Magic post and see if anyone will.
December 6th, 2009 at 4:03 pm
Mike ,
Please post in the technical support forum so we dont clog the comments. Thanks!
December 6th, 2009 at 7:36 pm
Have you tried the How to unroot your Magic procedure on this site? – It was first thing i tried…
It just gets me nowhere, this spl i have is really tough, i’ve tried everything i was able to find here, xda and modaco.
Tried to flash remotely by usb and androidsdk and nothing as well.
Hope goldcard could work and i feel like htc made some changes to the way phone formats the sd so it’s more difficult to make a gold card cus on your video first 170 hex sectors are blank (00) after you’ve formatted it and mine aren’t.
December 11th, 2009 at 1:26 pm
I was able to make a goldcard.
The same SD that i tested before.
First i edited the card in HEX editor on a laptop on its integrated card reader with Windows 7 X64 Ultimate.
Failed to make a GoldCard.
Second i’ve edited the card on my desktop with same OS but an external card reader. Nothing as well.
Then i’ve got to extreme. I have a MP4 player with a slot for MicroSd cards.
Got it into the player, connected usb to my desktop, edited in Hex and done…
Some crazy bug i may say, if it worked with an mp4 player, it should at least work on my laptop…
December 22nd, 2009 at 5:49 pm
Im in this for some days now and ended here.
All went well, when i insert my goldcard with the SappImg.zip on it, i boot using Power+VolDown.
Hitting the trackball wasn’t needed it went right on, BUT… it didn’t see the SappImg.zip and ignored it right on.
December 23rd, 2009 at 1:17 am
Niro,
Do you have a MyTouch or a Magic?
If you have a MyTouch, use the How To Root the MyTouch/G1 in One Click procedure instead of this one.
If you have a Magic, use the How To Root the Magic in One Click procedure. Good luck! (Make sure to read the Before You Begin on those procedures when you get to them).
December 24th, 2009 at 12:04 am
Will this work on a Mac?
January 4th, 2010 at 12:17 am
Hey guys im new to this stuff and i just had one simple question i have a my-touch 3g with t mobile i just want to use it prepaid however prepaid doesn’t offer the required data that MT uses therefore i cant get pass the log in gmail screen is there any way to bypass this. plz help and thank you in advance.
January 4th, 2010 at 1:19 am
Jayzi,
Easiest way is to have a friend that has a regular account, add the data plan, put his SIM in your phone and login. Then take his SIM out and put yours in and have him turn off the data plan on his account after (will cost $1 for the day of being on).
January 16th, 2010 at 3:12 am
Hello, I followed this procedure because I got the Main version older error for MT3G. So I made the gold card and did everything down to step 28(Rooting Mytouch using Goldcard section above) applying the Hboot img file as update.zip and once I did it now gets stuck in rebooting into the Vodafone splash screen and does Nothing! Can someone please help me on what I should do. I cannot load into fastboot anymore either. HELP!
January 24th, 2010 at 1:19 am
hello TheUnlockr
can i use the same gold card to different phone(mytouch 3g) even though i already used it?
and also thank you for your vids, works perfect.
January 24th, 2010 at 2:30 pm
Jerby,
Yup you can.
Thanks!
February 1st, 2010 at 11:24 pm
What happend to QMAT 4.36? I go to the site and its all about “PSAS”
February 1st, 2010 at 11:26 pm
@theunlockr ..Where’s tech support?
All I get is “can’t up date version to old ”
Try on two different phones and yes I am
Using a samdisk sdcard
February 2nd, 2010 at 3:22 am
dead goldcard link
http://revskills.de/pages/goldcard.html
February 2nd, 2010 at 1:28 pm
Jae,
What? Tech support?
This site is a resource not tech support.
February 2nd, 2010 at 1:30 pm
QMAT LINK IS DOWN. LOOKING FOR A NEW ONE. LET US KNOW IF YOU FIND ONE.
February 3rd, 2010 at 1:28 am
The link above for QMAT works perfectly! It’s just called PSAS now! It says at the top of the screen that PSAS is the successor to QMAT. Gold card process worked perfectly with the new software!
February 3rd, 2010 at 1:33 am
You are an amazing resource and unbelievably benign for sharing all this knowledge! Thank you! One question for you!
I have a MT3G that is showing up as SAPP30000. Is this image going to work for me? I’ve seen a couple of comments saying that it was the wrong model id. If I do change the text in the android text file to the correct model would I have to resign it? I guess that’s an irrelevant question if this image will work! I’d appreciate your insight!
Thanks!
February 3rd, 2010 at 12:22 pm
@theunlockr You said if we had trouble with the process
To look for tech support at the end of the proceder
…dead link I try. ….
I did all the steps with my samdisk card everything went smooth
But when I hit update it said version to old
Any ideas. .I’m not trying to be a smart@$$.
February 3rd, 2010 at 1:47 pm
Geoff,
Give it a try, worst that happens is it will say Wrong Model ID. But the idea is that the goldcard if done right will bypass the model ID check…
Good luck!
February 6th, 2010 at 1:49 am
goldcard generator link not dead! SCROLLDOWN!
http://revskills.de/pages/goldcard.html
February 9th, 2010 at 8:14 am