How To: Root the HTC Magic in One Click!
Posted on: August 29, 2009
Posted in: Android How To's, Featured, HTC MyTouch 3G/Magic, How To's, Video
I. Read Before You Begin
1.This ONLY works on HTC Magics.
2. Also, if you have already Rooted your HTC Magic without using the OUR 1 click method, then do one of our quick unrooting procedures before beginning to start fresh. (Search for Unroot Magic in our search bar).
3. Your Magic MUST be on Cupcake to proceed, use the Magic unrooting process to get to a fresh cupcake install!
4. IF YOU HAVE DONUT! USE THIS PROCEDURE HERE TO GUIDE YOU!
How To Root a Donut Phone
Please Note!!!!! -You MUST first check what motherboard you have as there are 2 different methods (one for each motherboard version) and using the wrong one for you motherboard will BRICK YOUR PHONE!
I. How to Check Your Motherboard Version
1. Turn off your phone
2. Turn the phone on by either holding down the volume down button and power button at the same time OR by holding down the back button and power button at the same time.
3. When the screen comes up, it should say somewhere on the first line either 32A or 32B. THAT is your motherboard version. Remember it…
4. Turn off and on the phone.
5. Goto Settings > Applications > and make sure Unknown sources is checked ON.
II. Root the Magic
1. Download this APK and the appropriate recovery image for your motherboard (32A or 32B) and save it to your computer:
FlashRec.apk (Updated: 09/26/09)
Amon Ra’s Recovery Image (32B)(Updated 11.18.09)
Amon Ra’s Recovery Image (32A)(Updated 11.18.09)
2. Once they are saved to your computer, copy them both to your SD card (do NOT put them inside any folders on the SD card, just put them on the SD card itself).
3. Unplug the phone from the computer once they are downloaded to the SD card.
4. Goto the Market and download Linda File Manager or any file manager program if you do not already have one.
5. Open the file manager and goto SDCard and then find the FlashRec apk file and click it. If asked tell it to use Package Installer to open it. It should automatically install the apk.
6. Open the FlashRec program and click on Backup Recovery Image and wait for it to finish.
7 (FOR 32A ONLY) Once done, click on the empty text box in the FlashRec program and type:
/sdcard/recovery-RAv1.2.3H.img
7 (FOR 32B ONLY) Once done, click on the empty text box in the FlashRec program and type:
/sdcard/recovery-RA-dream-v1.2.3.img
8. Then click on the Flash Custom RecoveryImage button and wait for it to finish.
9. Turn off the phone and turn it on into Recovery mode by holding down Home and Power to turn it on (keep holding until the recovery screen comes up has a bunch of text on a black background). So long as that screen comes up, you have done it correctly and can now go on to the How to Load a ROM video for your appropriate device!
10. To get Root access you MUST go to the next video mentioned above and load a custom ROM.
Reported Issues
Issue: I get Invalid Recovery Image when using the FlashRec program.
Solution: Make sure that the spell correction and auto completion are OFF in the Text Settings (Settings > Locale and Text > Touch Input > Text Input then turn off Prediction, spell correction, and word completion) of your phone. If not then it may put in spaces where they do not belong. (I had it put a space after .img and couldn’t see it so couldn’t figure out why it kept saying invalid recovery image, like you guys).
Other than that, just make sure it is on the root of the SD card (not in any folder) and that you are typing in the recovery name and filepath correctly.
Then and it should show Flash Recovery Image.
Issue: When I download the FlashRec.apk it shows up as a .zip not an apk.
Solution: No problem. Do NOT extract it, just simply replace the .zip with .apk and then proceed with the procedure.
Issue: I get backup failed or flash failed when I try to use the FlashRec progam.
Solution: This is most likely because you already have a custom recovery image, please use one of the unrooting procedures to get back to the original recovery image and THEN you can use this procedure.
Also, instead of doing that, if you have root access, you can just put the recovery image on your SD card then go into Terminal (download it from the Market if you don’t already have it) and type:
flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery-RA-dream-v1.2.3.img
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August 29th, 2009 at 1:58 pm
wow.. your fast… and i thank you.. i knew if there was mytouch and g1 there had to be a similar way for us 32a folk… dont suppose you know if this will work if we updated our rom with the official HTC update
August 30th, 2009 at 9:35 pm
I get to step 7 and I can’t seem to get the Recovery Flasher to say anything other than ‘Invalid Recovery Image’. I have tried multiple SD Cards and attempts with the same card by formatting and re copying the file to the root of the SD Card.
The backup seems to work great.
This is my phone info:
SAPPHIRE PVT 32B SHIP S-ON G
HBOOT-1.33.0006 (SAPP30000)
CPLD-10
RADIO-2.22.19.261
August 30th, 2009 at 10:01 pm
Wow…that is crazy.
I figured out my issue. I didn’t notice that the links for the recovery images were rapidshare links. I right clicked and saved as in Google Chrome and it saved a file of the same file name and type but only 13kb in size. I am very glad that the Recovery Flasher is a smart program and did NOT flash the 13kb image to my phone.
The only reason I figured it out was because of your video. You happened to hover over the file with your mouse and I noticed it was 3.0* megabytes.
I just flashed it…WOOHOO.
August 31st, 2009 at 5:59 am
i’ve just rooted my android magic (32B), seems ok.
August 31st, 2009 at 11:36 am
I got to the step to use the recovery flasher but it gave me an error saying recovery failed??? I checked the files they are of the correct size.
This is my device info:
Sapphire UNKNOWN 32B SHIP S-OFF H
HBOOT-1.33.0010 (SAPP50000)
CPLD-11
RADIO-3.22.20.17
Help Please.
August 31st, 2009 at 2:59 pm
I have rooted my HTC Magic(Vodafone) 32B but with cm-recovery-1.4 and not with recovery-RAv1.2.1G as it says invalid… Whay I missed is an ability to make partition on sd card as it was not withing after flashing with cm-recovery-1.4. No I tried witn flashrec to follow from the begining but it fails at first stage. Any remedies as I need to creat partition. Or any programmes which would do it for me.
Thanks.
September 1st, 2009 at 5:54 pm
So what do i do after i get on the system recovery screen?
September 1st, 2009 at 7:21 pm
thanks for the magic ones.. didnt want to try my touch or G1 ones.. i have a rogers 32a magic and i did the official HTC update for rogers so i wasnt sure if this was going to work but it worked great i am now running the jacheroski 2.7.4r2 found on your downloads page
September 1st, 2009 at 8:02 pm
Hello Big D,
Goto the How To Load a Custom ROM on Your HTC Magic procedure on our site.
September 2nd, 2009 at 11:49 am
After rootin a 32a (tim with 288 ram).
Do I have to persé install another rom or can I just use the phone as before BUT already rooted?
Nice work btw.
September 2nd, 2009 at 12:08 pm
Hello Cris,
Thanks!
Yes, to get internal root access (to use things like Wifi Tether etc.) you will need to goto the next step and load a ROM. If you want something similar to what you already have then just choose any Non-Hero ROM. (BTW though, I’d try a Hero ROM if you have 32A with 288Mbs of RAM as it ill run smoothly and is really nice, but up to you of course. You can always try it and then revert back to a non hero one easily).
September 2nd, 2009 at 12:48 pm
Hey, that was a FAST reply!!
Are roms multilanguage?, as I would prefer a spanish one.
Any hero multi. recomendation?
September 2nd, 2009 at 1:05 pm
The flashrec apears to me as a ZIP file?¿ not APK.
Is this normal.
September 2nd, 2009 at 1:14 pm
no it should be apk.. my browser did that too.. saved it as a zip file.. i used a different browser to d/l it.. i think it has to do with file association.. not sure
September 2nd, 2009 at 3:22 pm
Hey Cris and Reg,
Some browsers turn it into a .zip file (because it essentially is, but we won’t get into that lol). So just change it back to .apk and it should be fine.
September 2nd, 2009 at 3:35 pm
Got it wright with the chrome.
Anyway, could not realy find a “decent” or 100% working rom, the most interesting was the JacHeroski (for 32a, should be multi…?¿), but even over here the link was broken.
Is there any oficial or 100% stable soft (with multi), seems to be that HTC will update the Hero software for magic in october?¿
September 3rd, 2009 at 7:28 am
I’ve got Rogers Magic 32A. I performed the one click root. everything went smooth. i installed Jacheroski 32a rom, works great…But i cannot connect onto my rogers 3g network. Only wi-fi is working. Is there anything i have to do to enable. i’ve checked settings and enabled mobile networks etc..the only thing i can think of is that i have no APNs (does that matter) appreciate any guidance.
September 3rd, 2009 at 7:50 am
@Unlockr: Does the method described here
http://theunlockr.com/2009/08/22/how-to-unroot-your-mytouch-3g/comment-page-1/#comment-2899
works to unroot after having used the 1-click root?
Does it bring back the default stock rom?
Thanks for the reply!
September 3rd, 2009 at 7:57 am
got it working, just had to enter the APN manually duh!
thanks for your simplistic one click procedure. worked like a charm!
September 3rd, 2009 at 11:08 am
Hello Triplet,
You have to find out your APN from Rogers and put it into the phone. Just call them and tell them you deleted it on accident and they will tell you what to put in the fields.
September 3rd, 2009 at 11:09 am
Hello Tudor,
Yes, but only for the MyTouch. If you have a Magic there is a different procedure.
September 3rd, 2009 at 11:12 am
Thanks for the reply. And could you please indicate the procedure for the magic 32B? That would really help!
September 3rd, 2009 at 2:51 pm
Do you have to clear you phone first before you root?
September 3rd, 2009 at 2:54 pm
this is the procedure for magic 32b and also 32a.. just read the steps carefully as it is clearly stated which file you need for each version..
September 3rd, 2009 at 2:59 pm
also if you have rogers magic 32a and you grab jacheroski 2.7.4r2 from this site do one of two things 1. write your apn settings down before you wipe as you need to manually add them or go here and use this one its what i have so i can confirm its correct. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=550627
September 3rd, 2009 at 4:33 pm
I am actually looking for the UNroot procedure for 32b after 1-click root! Do you know how to?
September 3rd, 2009 at 5:45 pm
Hello AG,
Not necessarily, it is a precaution. You can try to do it without wiping, but if it gets stuck then do it again with wiping this time.
Just sync with google and then all your contacts, calendar, and mail will come right back once you turn the phone back on anyway.
September 3rd, 2009 at 5:52 pm
Hello Tudor,
Use the search at the bottom of the procedure to fine it (and if you do, please put the link in the comment(s) so I can do a video for it, haven’t found it yet).
September 4th, 2009 at 5:16 am
Did at last…
Rooted with the unlockr
and installed the Myhero 1.01 32a (was the only one that realy confirmed MULTI language).
Used to Mod my I900, this (magic) was very simple and easy (thanks to unlockr).
Working fine for the moment.
Nice job Unlockr!!
September 4th, 2009 at 9:19 am
Hey Mr Unlockr!
Thanks for a great guide! Everything seems to have worked out as planed. I have a question though, if I want to keep the original ROM and just have it rooted whats my next step? I have a 32A mb.
Thanks you!
September 4th, 2009 at 10:26 am
I opened a thread on xda and could only get limited help. At this stage, I am unable to figure out how to UNroot.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=556164
September 4th, 2009 at 11:07 am
Hello Unlockr, I have a bit of a problem. I bought a HTC Dream Orange France, and I can’t find a way to root it and update to cupcake. Can you please help me.
September 4th, 2009 at 11:41 am
Hi
I also get the backup failed! any idea what to do?
September 4th, 2009 at 11:46 am
Hello Christoffer,
Thanks!
Just load any Non Hero 32A ROM from our Downloads section and you are good to go (do the How To Load a Custom ROM procedure).
September 4th, 2009 at 11:55 am
Hello Adi,
Did you try our How to Root the G1/MyTouch in One Click procedure? Search for it the Dream is called the G1 here in the States, so anything for the G1 should work for the Dream. Good luck!
September 4th, 2009 at 1:15 pm
Hey Unlockr,
I wanted to know if by rooting the mytouch i will lose all my applications and widgets? and if I have to use a spare memory card for this procedure. Thanks!!
September 4th, 2009 at 1:56 pm
Hello Joe,
Yes, you will lose everything but you can just re-download them from the My Downloads section of the Market.
September 4th, 2009 at 2:40 pm
Thanks a lot! Really appreciate you taking the time answering all questions!
September 4th, 2009 at 2:59 pm
Hey again, I did as you said and downloaded the Original Magic Rogers ROM (Magic, 32A)from your site.
I placed it on the sdcard and named it update, when I try to apply sdcard update I get this:
Installing from sdcard…
Finding update package…
Opening update package…
Verifying update package…
E:No signature (7 files)
E:Verification failed
Installation aborted.
Do you know whats the problem here?
September 4th, 2009 at 3:30 pm
Hello Christoffer,
Try a different ROM. Load a custom ROM from forum.xda-developers.com, just make sure it is a 32A ROM. Any Non Hero ROM will give you what you want.
September 4th, 2009 at 4:15 pm
I did that and now it works! Thank you Mr Unlockr!
September 4th, 2009 at 4:56 pm
Hey again, I tried the one click method, but i get stuck at the part with the flash custom recovery image. I can’t select that option, it’s not selectable. Any other suggestions? :-s
September 4th, 2009 at 7:35 pm
Hello Adi,
You need to click the backup recovery image first then you can type into the text box what it says in the procedure.
September 5th, 2009 at 7:17 am
Backup failed
Hopeless.
September 7th, 2009 at 12:39 am
unlockr i wanna root my htc magic but the problem is i dont have android market in my phone, the whole purpose of rooting is to get android market in my mobile…. i tried andexplorer but it jus uncompresses the file.. help me dude???
September 7th, 2009 at 4:28 pm
I’m trying to download Amon’s Recovery 32b but its not going to page do you have another download link besides rapidshare
September 9th, 2009 at 2:55 am
unlockr: do you need to format the microSD card first before you try this 1 click rooting?
September 9th, 2009 at 3:49 am
Is there a chance the phone will just break doing this? i wanna try it but i just got mine about 2 weeks ago and just don’t wanna break my phone at all. i have 32b mother board so its pretty much what the video does just want a confirmation on this if at all possible.
September 9th, 2009 at 2:24 pm
hey thelockr,
i keep getting a parse error “there is a problem parsing the package.” when i try installing the apk and i cant figure out why
September 10th, 2009 at 10:50 am
Hi
I followed the steps above and everyhting works.
BUt what now? I just want to get root and not load a custom rom.
How can I just get root and keep my rom?
Rgds
snudel
September 10th, 2009 at 11:02 am
unlockr, after the rooting is done, would the phone be unlocked? meaning that if i were to plug in other SIM cards from other carriers, i would also be able to use it?
the reason for asking that is because tmo said they will unlock my phone after 3 months of usage, so when i travel internationally, i can use a local sim card there.
but, i’m just wondering if rooting will also unlock the SIM card restriction, then i wouldn’t have to wait till 3 month later for tmo to unlock it first before i do the rooting.
September 10th, 2009 at 11:20 am
Hello Snudel,
Using this method, you have to load a ROM to get internal root access. Just load a basic one like Cyanogen’s ROM in the downloads section. You will have the benefits of root and still have a normal ROM.
September 10th, 2009 at 11:21 am
Hello Cusco,
No it doesn’t unlock the phone. The baseband of the phone will still be locked. If you want to unlock it, just wait the 3 months OR you can go online and pay between $15-$20 to have someone unlock it for you.
September 11th, 2009 at 12:19 pm
Will this work on the Japanese docomo version…
I’ve scoured the forums and I can’t find anything about whether the EVT1 or the sapp20000 makes a difference.
SAPPHIRE EVT1 32B SHIP S-ON G
HBOOT-1.33.0006 (SAPP20000)
CPLD-10
RADIO-2.22.19.261
May 27 2009, 19:06:41
September 11th, 2009 at 1:28 pm
Hello Varble,
To be honest, I didn’t know there was a difference. I would assume it would work, as I have never seen a version that didn’t work, worth a shot (the root program has a backup feature in case it goes wrong).
September 12th, 2009 at 3:09 am
everything was a success. The only problem I seem to be having now is the lack of 3G.
September 12th, 2009 at 4:26 am
Disregard previous message. Forgot to input the APN. Thanks for the tutorial. I’m very pleased so far.
September 12th, 2009 at 5:54 pm
By the end of this video, does it mean the Magic is rooted ?
September 12th, 2009 at 6:44 pm
Hello Adrian,
The MyTouch is a 32B Magic, so they are the same thing. Check your motherboard and then just follow the procedure appropriately for 32A or 32B Magics.
September 12th, 2009 at 8:00 pm
Hey Unlockr,
I tried the one click root on my Magic 32A without wiping my data. I couldn’t load into recovery mode (it would freeze at the Rogers screen). I phone would turn back on after taking the battery in and out so I thought I would wipe my phone and try again. However I am unable to wipe my phone! It freezes at the rogers screen when I try doing a factory reset (tried doing both soft and hard reset). Any suggestions as to how I could wipe my phone, or how to unroot the Magic 32A?
September 14th, 2009 at 5:23 am
hi,
i try ur method till step 6 and it fail the backup recovery image. Help !!!
Sapphire pvt 32a ship s-on h
Hboot-1.33.0009 (sapp10000)
cpld-12
radio-3.22.20.17
may 8 2009, 21:02:32
September 14th, 2009 at 9:42 pm
is this the most current instructions? there are a few on the site so im confused
September 14th, 2009 at 9:43 pm
for 32b i mean
September 14th, 2009 at 11:18 pm
Hello Az2610,
If it doesnt say Obsolete in the title then you are using the most recent
Yes this is the most recent.
September 15th, 2009 at 4:49 pm
hey quick question. it may be a stupid one too but here it is anyways. is this one click rooting 100 percent safe or can it brick or break (i dont even know what brick means) my phone. because the only thing that has stopped me from rooting my ohine in the past is the chance that i could damage my phone. it would kill me to damage a 200 dollar phone. thanks to anyone who can answer my question
September 15th, 2009 at 4:57 pm
Hello Scott,
I have yet to see a phone permanently damaged in anyway by rooting (stuck on a boot logo occasionally, but that can be fixed easily).
And with the new one click method on here, it is pretty hard to mess up
So go ahead and try it and good luck!
BTW, Bricking the phone is a way of saying turning the phone into nothing but a brick, constant paperweight mode if you will lol
September 16th, 2009 at 7:18 am
Will this work with HTC’s new update (010?)? I read somewhere else that someone who had updated to that version, still got your method to work, just want to confirm, or should I avoid the update if I want to root my phone?
September 16th, 2009 at 8:48 am
Hi guys,
has someone tried it with the SPL 1.33.0007?
I have a Vodafone Magic with this SPL which seems to be perfect.
September 16th, 2009 at 10:02 am
Hello Unlockr,
Does this rooting method work on the perfect SPL 1.33.0010?
Thanks..
September 16th, 2009 at 10:11 am
hi
i keep getting this parse error message “there is a problem parsing the package”
anybody know why?
September 16th, 2009 at 9:17 pm
Hello Jmatteis,
It will work no problem. Good luck!
September 16th, 2009 at 9:18 pm
Hello Elf,
It works with any SPL
Go for it!
September 16th, 2009 at 9:26 pm
Hello James,
Yes, it works on all SPLs
September 17th, 2009 at 4:12 am
Cheers buddy
September 17th, 2009 at 10:10 am
Where do I start this procedure from if my phone has already been rooted with instant root app of market?
September 17th, 2009 at 4:59 pm
Hi Unlockr.
I have run into a problem with the one-touch root. I have a 32B Magic (UK Vodafone). After I complete the Root procedure I get the screen as described. But after I power the Magic off and on again I am unable to bring back the Root screen wtih Home/Power. I get the yellow triangle – after several button pushes I get the “Android system recovery utility” with an error message at the bottom in yellow “E:Can’t open /cache/recovery/command”
At this time I am unable to Partition the memory card.
I’m stuck. Help please, what has gone wrong?
September 17th, 2009 at 7:59 pm
Hello DannyT,
Once you get the phone to the Recovery screen at the end of this procedure, leave it on. Do NOT turn the phone off, just leave the recovery screen up. Then do the partitioning of the memory card and then again do NOT turn off the phone. Take out the memory card, put it into your computer and put on the ROM and rename it to update.zip then put the memory card back into the phone and click wipe, then click Apply update.zip and then reboot.
Should work, same issue was happening with G1s. I’ll put it in the reported issues shortly.
September 18th, 2009 at 5:07 pm
Hi Unlockr,
That is brilliant, thank you very much. Those instruction steps worked absolutely fine. I have the JACxHERO-v1.0-sapphire ROM running in my HTC Magic.
Thanks again.
September 19th, 2009 at 9:39 am
sorry, but ive ran into a problem at the end,
at the end when you have to go to the Android system recovery screen, i click apply sdcard:update.zip, but it says it cant find such a file, and i dont have such a file either.. please explain what to do. this is the first step, so i havent flashed it or anything before this, ive just rooted it, and now i want to put the Hero ROM on it, please do help.
September 19th, 2009 at 10:40 am
Can someone mirror the files to Mediafire. RS does not work for me.
September 19th, 2009 at 12:26 pm
Hello Tomer,
You aren’t supposed to hit that yet. You need to goto the next video (How To Load a Custom ROM…etc.). Do that video next and you’ll be fine.
September 19th, 2009 at 1:33 pm
Hi All
Once rooted how do you restart the phone without loading a new rom? or is this a dumb question.
Also can you copy and save data to avoid re downloading stuff after and in the event of thinking your old or original rom was better can the original be found and put back on in the same way?
September 19th, 2009 at 2:32 pm
Hey unlockr, I actually did the next video and all, and it worked excellent, i got the fatal1ty hero Full 1.4, and put it un my phone, and the update.zip thing went excellent, now, when i try to turn my phone on, it stays on the Rogers logo, for hours. nothing happens, i tried everything, please help me.
September 19th, 2009 at 3:27 pm
Hey Unlockr,
If I also wanted ADB access would i do the following?
1. One click root
2. Install custom ROM
3. Follow instructions here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=502010 to get ADB?
also before rooting do i need to format/partition the microSD card in any way in order to have apps2sd to work on Cyanogen rom?
Thanks.
September 19th, 2009 at 3:53 pm
i think i bricked it lol, because when i downloaded the hero file, it did not say if it was for 32A or 32B lol. is there a way to unbrick it? :\
September 19th, 2009 at 4:14 pm
Hello Tomer,
Just go back into the recovery image and load a different ROM. Make sure you read this time
September 19th, 2009 at 4:38 pm
How can i load a new ROM tho, my phone doesnt start up, so i cant connect the sd card to my computer, and i have to slot to put it in my computer without conencting the usb, i dont have that machine for SD cards.
September 19th, 2009 at 6:04 pm
Hello Tomer,
Id suggest buying a usb sd card reader for that. They are super cheap and super helpful. Youll use it alot if you are messing around with ROMs etc.
September 19th, 2009 at 6:41 pm
Thank man:)
im getting one hopefully either today or tomorrow. i downloaded a new 1 which is 32A and for the Magic from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=552274
so all i have to do is replace the other update.zip file with this 1, then sweep the data, and click apply the update.zip, and it should work? and if it doesnt…? i actually tried taking the SD card out, and turning the phone on, and it still did not turn on.. it was still stuck on the rogers logo.
September 20th, 2009 at 2:24 pm
OMG!!!! i got it to work!!! got a SD card reader!! thanks a lot theunlockr!!!
September 20th, 2009 at 9:13 pm
Hello unlockr,
When i get to step 8 I do not get the “Flash Custom RecoveryImage button”
It continues to say invalid recovery image.
Please help. It is a 32A motherboard. And I am 100% sure i have the correct “sdcard/recovery-RAv1.2.1H.img”. it is a 3.24 MB file.
Thanks in advance
September 21st, 2009 at 11:10 am
I got the file to flash but when I hold the home and power button the recovery menu doesnt popup up the my touch 3g screen stays open forever, tell me what I should.do
September 21st, 2009 at 2:46 pm
Aziz, that happened to me lol, means its bricked. u have to get a SD card reader, put your SD in therem plug it into the computer, and you have to get a new hero file, that fits your phone.
Also, my 3G doesnt workk :\ idk why.
September 21st, 2009 at 5:24 pm
nvm, it works now, fixed it.
September 21st, 2009 at 7:03 pm
Tomer, when i start up my phone without holding down power and home button, but by just holding the power button the phone starts up normally…so the problem is with the flashing of the files…
September 22nd, 2009 at 4:57 am
It worked!!! I needed few days to hearten myself but it worked!!!
Thanks!!!!!
September 22nd, 2009 at 5:53 am
I got another question: now that I flashed the recovery ROM, may I use it to downgrade my SPL to a non-perfect one?
Thanks again
September 22nd, 2009 at 10:24 am
Hello Elf,
You can but there is no reason to. With our method here the “perfect” spl doesn’t matter. Just flash a ROM and you are all set.
September 22nd, 2009 at 4:39 pm
Well, in order to change the splash screens I would need an engineered SPL, however now I’m happy with a Hero ROM, so I’ll not risk to brick my phone for now
.
Thanks!!
September 22nd, 2009 at 10:02 pm
wheres the next step
email it to me plz
September 26th, 2009 at 8:19 pm
Hello Unlockr…I’ve used your vids over and over with great success, but I’m having some trouble this time around…I followed the one click method for rooting Magic(MT3G) with 32B board, my problem lies with installing the recovery img. I installed flshrec,opened it,pressed backup recovery image but when i do this, I get “Backup FAILED: Could Not Run Command” please help, any suggestions ? or why backup failed ? Thanx again for your great vids…(Or is there another method for installing the recovery image? if there is I would happily give it try)
September 27th, 2009 at 4:11 pm
Where and how do i download FlashRec???:/
September 27th, 2009 at 4:23 pm
Hello Bryan,
There is a link at the beginning of the procedure… click on it and then there is a download link on that page.
September 27th, 2009 at 8:12 pm
I was able to install the recovery image, wiped, but then when I hit format sd: fat 32+ext2+swap, i get an error message that says “format aborted”. can’t go any further now. Thanks, Paul
September 27th, 2009 at 9:23 pm
Hello Paul,
Try formatting the card through the SD and Phone Storage menu in the Settings of the phone (you h ave to Unmount it first). Then after it’s done, try again.
September 27th, 2009 at 11:26 pm
Thanks for the response. I think I may have bigger issues right now. However, my card is an 8G Class 6 that I have had for a while, and it “may” actually already be formatted. When I go to the SD card in settings, it shows 289 MB’s. Do you think it is partitioned? How can it show 289 when the default is 288??? I will try to figure out if it is after I deal with some of the other stuff. Biggest thing right now is that (as you are probably aware), the Terminal Emulator does not work with VK’s. I installed “pterminal”, but it does not seem to work the same as the regular stock TE. Do you know if there is another prefix that needs to be entered prior to putting in the usual code?
Also, I am not able to install Cyan’s audio resources with the RA recovery image. I’m getting an “abort” message” when I try to flash it. I actually got that same message when I first flashed the ROM (JACxROM). I’m assuming that if I were to be able to access the TE somehow I would probably be able to flash the Cyan 1.4? Is that easily do-able? I am more familiar with it. Any reason I cannot or should not? Please advise. Thanks, Paul
September 28th, 2009 at 8:54 am
My son has tried this on his phone he says he has followed all the instructions but now the phone will only come on as far as getting the word hero appearing in the centre of the screen
Can you advise how to proceed
I have put the original 2 files on the sd card
September 28th, 2009 at 12:08 pm
Hello Andy Weir,
No problem this happens a lot.
Just boot into recovery mode (hold down home and power). Then format the card using the recovery menu (select format fat32+ext2+swap). Once that is done take the memory card out of the phone (leave the phone on the recovery screen) and put it into a computer using a usb adapter or the sd adapter it came. Put the Hero ROM he wants back on the SD card and rename it to update. Then put the sd card back into the phone and click wipe data and then click apply update.zip and once that is done reboot.
You may have to wait a while for the hero to go away on first boot up, if it doesn’t then repeat.
September 28th, 2009 at 11:45 pm
I have a MyTouch 3G. Which guide do I use to root?
How To: Root the HTC Magic in One Click!
or
How To: Root the MyTouch 3G or G1 in One Click!
What’s the difference, isn’t the magic the same thing as the mytouch?
September 29th, 2009 at 1:07 am
Hello Brett L,
I can understand where you are coming from. Technically you are correct that the MyTouch is a rebranded Magic, but (without getting into motherboard differences) the MyTouch is rooted using a slightly different method than most Magics.
Do the one for the MyTouch.
Good luck!
September 29th, 2009 at 9:14 pm
Hi Guys, can you please help me out with at least the last part of my previous question? Is there a way to flash the Cyan 1.4 recovery image with what I currently have (a TE that is unuseable, keyboard will not open?)
October 3rd, 2009 at 8:19 am
Hey guys,
trying to flash the recovery image I get the message: “wrong EBI for phone”.
Where did I go wrong?
October 3rd, 2009 at 4:47 pm
Hey, does the unroot method for the MyTouch 3G also work for the Rogers HTC Magic 32A? You refer to searching for “unroot magic” in your search field, however, when i do search for it i find nothing.
October 3rd, 2009 at 7:28 pm
i have files downloaded on my sd card . i have a 32a and when i hit backup recovery image the device restarts. anyone know y?
October 3rd, 2009 at 7:36 pm
ignore my question i unrooted everything and now in the process of rooting. however i have same problem as Bjorn, i get the message “wrong EBI for phone” Any help?
October 3rd, 2009 at 7:53 pm
Hello Tim Tebow,
Just click the hidden button to the right of the backup recovery image button (turns into a * symbol) then you can skip the backup recovery image step and just type in the box and flash the custom recovery image.
October 3rd, 2009 at 8:12 pm
theunlockr thanx will this give same effect has hitting the backup recovery image button? im new to all this so i want it to be right
October 3rd, 2009 at 8:27 pm
when i did the step you said it said flash custom recovery. i hit it and the device still restarted
October 3rd, 2009 at 8:31 pm
do i need a new recovery flasher?
October 3rd, 2009 at 11:31 pm
Hello Tim Tebow,
Did you try uninstalling the recovery flasher and reinstalling it? Also are you on a custom ROM already?
October 4th, 2009 at 12:03 am
Hi
I have put the 2 files on the sd card in the root.
I have installed the .apk file. Then I write /sdcard/recovery-RA-dream-v1.2.2.img but then it says “Wrong image EBI for phone” on the phone.
It´s a 32A phone.
Whats wrong and what do I do now? (The phone works fine, it´s not bricked)
Thanks
October 4th, 2009 at 12:13 am
Hello EVERYONE getting the “WRONG IMAGE EBI FOR PHONE” error,
Updated it, the image seems to not work on 32A phones so I put the old 32A image back.
October 4th, 2009 at 12:17 am
tes im on a custon rom. and i want to updat emy recovery file to recovery-rav1.2.1h.img. i saw the dream 1.2.2 but dont know if it will work for a magic 32a?
October 4th, 2009 at 12:17 am
yes im on a custo hero rom. and i want to updat emy recovery file to recovery-rav1.2.1h.img. i saw the dream 1.2.2 but dont know if it will work for a magic 32a?
October 4th, 2009 at 12:20 am
and yes i uninstalled the recovery flasher. i have used flashrec-20090815.apk and flashrec-20090909.apk
October 4th, 2009 at 5:59 am
Got the same problem as “Aziz”, but I got a Magic.
Paste from Aziz:
I got the file to flash but when I hold the home and power button the recovery menu doesn’t popup up the my touch 3g screen stays open forever, tell me what I should.
when i start up my phone without holding down power and home button, but by just holding the power button the phone starts up normally…so the problem is with the flashing of the files…
What to do?
October 4th, 2009 at 9:27 am
Never mind, i figured out. I just downloaded recovery-RAv1.2.1H.img and then it works
October 7th, 2009 at 10:03 pm
hi i used your one touch method ..now only one rom seems to work i.e is the JACHeroski2.7.3-Magic32A_signed.zip one .. no other rom works.. it justs reboots to the oerator logo and thats all… and how do i unroot it? the unroot procedure which u have described give me an error as wron phone type..
i have an HTC Magic in India..pl help …
also the HTC HERO ROM i mentioned is a bit unstable .. it slows down the phone and hangs the phone often..
October 8th, 2009 at 12:14 am
Hello Aamod,
Make sure you Wipe Data in the Recovery screen THEN Apply update. Also if it still hangs on a screen, repartition the memory card, then wipe, then apply new ROM. This usually fixes the hanging.
October 11th, 2009 at 3:38 pm
help……
when i get to the part of flashing recovery with linda file manager my devices resets. even when i press the hidden star and type in manually i get same problem. now im rooted already. i just use this method to flash new recoveries and i cant because of the reset when it says working. any ideas as to y this happens.
October 11th, 2009 at 4:47 pm
Hello James,
You can’t flash a new recovery with the FlashRec. It wont flash a new one if an old one existing (for some dumb reason). Just read the reported issues and the goto the last issue and you’ll see how to flash a new recovery manually using terminal.
October 11th, 2009 at 7:57 pm
with terminal app on device. i get error writing recovery: permission denied?
October 11th, 2009 at 10:08 pm
Hello James,
Type SU first. Then allow it. Look in the Forums under the Modifying/ROM section and you’ll see how to Flash a New Recovery.
October 12th, 2009 at 4:24 pm
How am I supposed to root it if my HTC Magic doesn’t even boot up? I tried to hard reset it, and now I can’t even turn it on, it keeps rebooting itself at the hero logo.
October 12th, 2009 at 8:14 pm
Hello Justin,
Turn off the phone (take out the battery and put it back in). Then boot into recovery (power and home) then click wipe data and the reapply the ROM. You have to do that instead of clicking Factory Reset when you have a Hero ROM.
October 13th, 2009 at 6:18 pm
this is what happens when i press wipe data/factory reset and then apply sdcard.
http://img410.imageshack.us/img410/8241/dsc00012hy.jpg
or is there supposed to be an option of just wiping the data? :S
October 13th, 2009 at 7:40 pm
Hello Justin.
You are using the standard recovery image (that came with Android) that is why you are getting the error. You are NOT rooted in recovery.
Didn’t you have Hero on the phone?
Would you mind moving this to the Forums so we can work on it without clogging up the comments? Just add it to Technical Support under HTC Magic.
October 15th, 2009 at 9:11 am
Will this work with Htc magic 32A “htc branded” in Taiwan?
October 15th, 2009 at 9:19 am
Hey again, I did as you said and downloaded the Original Magic Rogers ROM (Magic, 32A)from your site.
I placed it on the sdcard and named it update, when I try to apply sdcard update I get this:
Installing from sdcard…
Finding update package…
Opening update package…
Verifying update package…
E:No signature (7 files)
E:Verification failed
Installation abortedi need orginal rom for my magic for i have to get it repair please help
October 15th, 2009 at 12:39 pm
Hello Connor,
Yes it will
October 15th, 2009 at 12:40 pm
Hello Dennis,
That seems like you do not have root access in your recovery mode. Try re-downloading the ROM and reapplying one more time.
October 16th, 2009 at 12:01 pm
UnLocker – Great site thanks…
I recently got a HTC Magic from Vodafone Spain.
It is a 32B and runs Andriod 1.5.
I followed you “one click root” and all went as expected. When I connect to my computer I now get 2 drives. one of 500Mg and one of 7.4Gb. The 500 appeared after following your instructions.
I the tried to load the Rom you recommend. Hero 1.8 from Maxisma. I follow the instruction and get the yellow triangel but when I push home again I get the menu…
and then
E:Can’t open /cache/recovery/command”, but when I try install I get
Installing from sdcard…
Finding update package…
Opening update package…
Verifying update package…
E:No signature (507 files)
E:Verification failed
I assumed the file was corrupted so tried the 1.7 from Maxisma with the same result.
What am I doing wrong? All I want is Sense UI on my Magic, not really interested in the rest of the Hero features…
Thanks again for great site!
October 16th, 2009 at 12:29 pm
Hello Marc,
Thanks!
If you are getting the Yellow Triangle you need to use FlashRec again and reload the custom recovery image. Then once it is loaded reboot into recovery and it should show the custom recovery. Then immediately load the ROM (if you turn off the phone and back on it will lose the recovery image sometimes until you flash the ROM then it will stay).
October 16th, 2009 at 6:33 pm
Once again… Great site and you are the man!
Works perfectly…
Thanks a ton.
Marc
October 21st, 2009 at 12:11 am
Hey guys …
I was wondering if this would work for an HTC magic 32A, with HBOOT-1.33.0014.
October 21st, 2009 at 1:48 am
Hello Daniel,
Yep sure will. So long as you are not on Donut (1.6)…
October 21st, 2009 at 6:21 pm
I read the thread but not sure if i missed it or not. Do i have to install a new ROM or can i keep my stock rogers ROM?? or will this not allow rooting (putting apps onto the sd)
October 22nd, 2009 at 12:21 am
is there a way to get more apps for my htc magic, it’s rooted…
October 22nd, 2009 at 10:57 am
Hello Ana,
Yes, in the Market on the phone or search the internet for Android Apps.
October 22nd, 2009 at 1:29 pm
Unlockr,
What kind of partition will “Amon Ra Recovery” give me since it automatically partitions for you??
The reason i ask is cause the rom im installing says to have a Fat32/Etx3/Swap of 96-128mb
Thanx
October 22nd, 2009 at 7:15 pm
i meant unlock more of them? can’t you do that on the iphones? lol sorry
October 25th, 2009 at 1:00 am
Hi Unlocker,
First I would like to say that you’re really doing great job.
I downloaded and copied both:
1-flashrec-1.1.2-20090909.apk
2-recovery-RA-dream-v1.2.3
directly into my sdcard and follow all the steps but I get stuck in step(6)where I can’t backup the recovery image. It gives me this message ” Backup FAILED: Couldn’t run command.
I also notice that the text box is not empty, it has the following link:
http://zenthough.org/flashrec/cm-recovery-1.4.img
I also would like to mention that the only active button is the ” Backup recovery image” button
Please help, I have been stuck with this issue for quite long!
Thank you,
Moe
October 25th, 2009 at 2:10 am
Hello Moe,
If backup failed it is probably because you are on Donut. Please Do the How To Root a Donut Procedure to continue.
October 27th, 2009 at 4:41 pm
htc magic 32b
I cannot get the back up recovery image to work or the download recovery image either
“back up failed: could not run command”
having already successfully applied this to another magic, im confused by the errors
November 1st, 2009 at 3:40 am
Hi,
Thanks for the nice tutorial.
I have a problem though, like everyone else my APN settings disappeared, but the problem is that I am unable to save the settings that I add manually. I add the settings, click on save, the phone then shows the APN list, which is empty. I have repeated this many times.
Then I pulled the /etc/apns-config.xml, added my entry there and pushed it back, still no luck.
Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Nishith
November 3rd, 2009 at 6:20 am
Hi,
Can anyone help me please….
I have a Magic 32b and recently put the Modaco_custom_1_51 rom on, I think with the Amon Ra’s recovery image (as recommended on unlockr)
It was working ok, not great, a bit slow and mms wouldnt work, so…
I decided to change the rom, unfortunately I was in a bit of a rush and I kind of forgot what I was doing…
I went straight to the Recovery mode and clicked ‘part sd: fat32+ext2+swap’
Then I put the new rom on using usb storage mode, I clicked on apply sdcard:update.zip and of course it wouldnt work (all without applying any recovery image when the phone was working), I rebooted the phone and now after the vodafone image I just get a blank black screen…
I then woke up and realised what i’d done.
I have tried searching what to do when this happens but I couldnt find anything… I’ve never used abd and dont know how the commands and stuff work… I just flashed and applied the rom using the ‘one click’ method on unlockr.
I would appreciate any help you can give, theres propably a simple way to do it (well simple for you guys) but I just cant work it out, if anyone can give me some instructions it would be really grateful.
Thanks,
You can email ginorea@goolemail.com if you can help
November 3rd, 2009 at 11:58 am
Gino,
Please post your issue in the tech support forum for your phone in our forums and someone would be glad to help.
November 5th, 2009 at 12:45 pm
Hello there!
First of all I wanna start by thanking you all for the great help in this site. Without your video tutorials, id be lost!
Secondly, I used this method to root, applications keep telling me I have no root access.
Is this because I have to now flash to a ROM?
I got the Rogers Magic (288 of ram yey!) but Ive heard that Hero ROMs still have issues with BT and/or Market stuff. I currently live in Mexico City ntill next year.
In case updating fails, am I able to go back to my original Rogers ROM?
Thanks a lot for your help in advance. Hope to ear from u soon.
November 5th, 2009 at 2:12 pm
Rosco,
Thanks!
You need to load a custom rom to get root access for apps, do the next procedure and youll be all set.
Hero works well (Market is fine, just no bluetooth).
Yes you can unroot and get back to stock (look for our How To unRoot the Magic procedure.
Good luck! Welcome to the site!
November 6th, 2009 at 1:08 am
Thank you for writing this tutorial!
I was able to get through all the steps and press the Flash Custom RecoveryImage button to flash the phone.
But it only took half a second and it said it’s done. When I reboot to Recovery mode I don’t see the black background with text. I can only see the androids on a skateboard.
Any idea why and how I can fix it?
Thank you for your help!
November 6th, 2009 at 8:12 am
Jessie,
That is boot loader mode, hold home and power to get to recovery.
November 8th, 2009 at 6:19 am
Can you upload the 32A recovery image on other mirrors? thanks
November 9th, 2009 at 5:39 pm
hey ther how do i get root on ROM version 2.20.401.2
November 10th, 2009 at 11:14 am
Dennis,
Using this procedure most likely. Have you tried it?
November 10th, 2009 at 3:30 pm
I have a rogers htc dream (canada) phone. When I fast boot it says I have a 32B motherboard but when I run the recovery flasher is says “ebI1/32A”
The fastboot says the following
DREAM PVT 32B SHIP S-ON d
HBOOT-1.33.0010 (DREA21000)
CPLD-4
RADIO-3.22.20.17
Jun 2 2009, 21:37:16
I tried the recovery flasher with recovery-RA-dream-v1.2.3.img but it just sat forever trying to load. finally I closed/reopened the recovery flasher and told it to “restore backup” which it said it did..
Now I am worried that if I power cycle my phone it will brick? not sure what motherboard I have or what recovery flash and root flash I should use if I dare try again..
November 10th, 2009 at 7:08 pm
I still have not unlocked but I have changed the phone to the following on fast boot
The fastboot says the following
DREAM PVT 32B ENG S-OFF
HBOOT-1.33.2005 (DREA21000)
CPLD-4
RADIO-3.22.20.17
The recovery flasher still says “ebI1/32A”
November 11th, 2009 at 10:58 am
Aaron,
Please post in the technical support forums so we can help you without clogging up the comments, thanks!
November 11th, 2009 at 11:13 am
Aaron,
Ignore the recovery flasher, just follow the procedure, shouldnt make a difference if the recovery flasher is indentifying the device incorrectly.
November 11th, 2009 at 12:02 pm
hi unlockr
i have a pvt 32b board, however i followed without knowing that my board was 32b, anyway it installed fine however i when tried to boot into recovery mode, it just shows the ‘htc dream’ logo and hangs there. so after i realised that i had a 32b board, i restores my initial back made by recovery flasher and then followed the tutorial here and it installed successfully, but i am still not able to boot into recovery mode and im not sure whether or not to process to the next step please advise. thanks in advance
November 11th, 2009 at 12:18 pm
hi
recovery flasher says phone type is 32a and hboot says its 32b now im really confused please help
November 12th, 2009 at 10:06 am
yes i have and the mobile says error
November 12th, 2009 at 10:14 am
recovery flasher says backup fail and i cant use the old rom from htc to flash the cell phone whit
November 13th, 2009 at 3:46 pm
Hello guys,
I was trying to root my HTC Magic with this website and i downloaded the 2 files i needed for the 32B. I opened astro and installed flashrec and opended it. Now here comes my problem… normaly the only button you can click on is the backup recovery image but i have more options. I can also click on the Download Recovery Image and in the box there is also something written down: http://zenthought.org/flashrec/cm-recovery-1.4.img can you help me? Thank you alot!
Heleen
November 13th, 2009 at 4:14 pm
Heleen,
Finish the procedure. Start typing in the box the text written in the procedure, if you type it in right and the file is in the right place on your sd card then another button will appear saying something like Flash Recovery Image. Then you can click that and continue.
November 13th, 2009 at 4:29 pm
i typed in /sdcard/recovery-RA-dream-v1.2.3.img now it doesn’t load…. can you help?
November 13th, 2009 at 4:45 pm
i used flashrec-1.1.2-20090909 and maybe this is important too… phone type EBIO/32B
November 13th, 2009 at 5:51 pm
so i just installed flashrec-1.1.2-20090909 and recovery-RA-dream-v1.2.3 when i open flashrec and launch it i see my phone type: EBIO/32B and the bar underneath it says: http://zenthought.org/flashrec/cm-recovery-1.4.img and i can both press on: Download Recovery Image and Backup Recovery Image. When i delete that box and type in: /sdcard/recovery-RA-dream-v1.2.3.img and press on backup Recovery image it says: backup FAILED: Could not run command. What should i do? Please help, I would be really thankfull.
November 13th, 2009 at 6:15 pm
Heleen,
Please post your issue in the Technical Support forums so we do not clog up the comments, Thanks!
November 14th, 2009 at 9:59 am
Please help me with my question above, i really need your help. I posted in the technical support but still don’t have an answer on my question. please help. i would really be thankfull
November 14th, 2009 at 12:22 pm
I tried it in every way possible and do not find it.
I have read several GUIDES BUT NOT ME WORK.
I’ve tried from windows and linux.
follow to the letter your HOW TO but can not be ROOT.
“Backup FAILED: Could not run command”
HELP ME, MY CARRIER DOES NOT HAVE ENABLED THE MARKET…BUT will install APPLICATIONS .APK (This it is not the problems)
MY PHONE:
SAPPHIRE PVT 32A SHIP S-ON H
HBOOT-1.33.0014 (SAPP50000)
CPLD-12
RADIO-3.22.23.18
Sep 2 2009, 17:42:56
PLEASE HELPME…
November 14th, 2009 at 2:36 pm
Joseph,
November 14th, 2009 at 8:27 pm
it worked with perfect spl .. best site ever thnx alot
November 15th, 2009 at 9:38 pm
I have a Rogers Magic 32A and I see others have had no problems rooting there Rogers 32A. Everything goes fine till step 9. It says image has been flashed but I still get the same old HBOOT screen when I reset not the one you are talking about. Help please.
November 17th, 2009 at 8:30 am
My boot screen says:
SAPPHIRE PVT 32A SHIP S-ON H
HBOOT-1.33.0010 (SAPP50000)
CPLD-12
RADIO-3.22.20.17
Jun 2 2009,17:28:28
Also the the flash rec app that I downloaded from the link on this page doesn’t quite look the same as the one in the video. It looks like it should work though, so I’m not sure what I am doing wrong.
November 17th, 2009 at 10:46 am
LoTech,
Please post your issue in the Technical Support forums so we can assist without clogging up the comments back and forth.
November 18th, 2009 at 11:39 pm
Hi Unlockr, I have an HTC Magic with the so-called Perfect SPL. Will this method work or do I have to follow the XDA-Forum method to downgrade the SPL to a Non-Perfect SPL first?? This is all new to me so I am a bit confused.
November 18th, 2009 at 11:44 pm
Cyril,
This method works fine so long as you are not on Donut (Android 1.6) so long as you are on Cupcake (Android 1.5) then your SPL makes no difference.
Good luck!
November 19th, 2009 at 2:33 am
Hi Unlockr! Thanks for your advice! Will give it a go this evening. I was thinking of flashing a Stock Rom from HTC for SingTel which is Android 1.5 with Sense UI. Can I just run the RUU or do I need to load only a Custom ROM.
What is a GoldCard anyway, and what is its purpose?
November 20th, 2009 at 8:02 am
I know it has been answered already, but I just want to confirm that this will work on a Rogers Magic 32A with:
H-BOOT-1.33.0010 (SAPP50000)
CPLD-12
RADIO-3.22.20.17
Running Donut
Also, once the phone is rooted, is it possible or necessary to change the SPL to 1.33.2005 in order to run roms that aren’t specific for rogers?
P.S Thank you for your time developing and maintaining this website … greatly appreciated!!
November 20th, 2009 at 8:09 am
^^
Sorry, running Cupcake (1.5) …
November 20th, 2009 at 3:41 pm
Matt,
This method will work fine and no you do not need to change your SPL once you use this method
Thanks!
November 20th, 2009 at 5:59 pm
how do i root the taiwanise rom version 3.03.751.4 i cant root it i just wont to get the normal rom back please help me
November 20th, 2009 at 8:06 pm
Dennis,
Use the How To UnRoot/Downgrade the Magic procedure and that should get you back to a normal ROM then you can root from there or stay at that level.
November 21st, 2009 at 12:24 am
it dossent work my settings is
SAPPHIRE PVT 32A SHIP S-ON H
HBOOT-1.76.007 (SAPP10000)
CPLD-12
RADIO-6.35.07.29
November 21st, 2009 at 3:38 am
Hello Dennis,
You need to do the How To Unroot the Magic procedure first then come back.
November 21st, 2009 at 12:09 pm
i have try it and my phone has no root i just downloaded the taiwan rom from htc and installed on mu phone and now i cand get my old rom back
November 23rd, 2009 at 8:56 pm
please help
November 25th, 2009 at 3:50 pm
hi Unlockr,
m from Singapore and have bought a htc magic today(firmware: 1.5)
SAPPHIRE PVT 32A SHIP S-ON H
HBOOT-1.33.0009 (SAPP10000)
CPLD-12
RADIO-3.22.20.17
May 8 2009, 21:02:32
from the htc website, there is a rom upgrade with HTC SENSE for HTC Magic (Singapore)
ROM Version: 3.03.707.5( For Singapore only)
Questions :
1. is the above rom good enough or i should root and download a better rom?
2. any recommendation for a better rom?
3. will the firmware be upgraded to 1.6 after root and download a better rom?
please advise.
many thanks
November 25th, 2009 at 4:06 pm
Astro Boy,
1. Thats up to you. It will NOT be able to be rooted though so if you want to use root enabled apps I would NOT upgrade.
2. I would rather have root access and use any of the Hero ROMs already available, but thats me.
3. There is no 1.6 update for Hero, so I would assume the Sense upgrade for the Magic is also not 1.6 and is 1.5
November 25th, 2009 at 4:11 pm
Hi Unlockr,
thanks for the quick respond.
will try out the hero rom found on the download tab.
JACHeroski Magic ROM (Magic, 32A)
have a good day
November 27th, 2009 at 6:31 am
I have a 32B with Rogers firmware, i had all done but when i will restart the phone and i push homew and power, it hanging by the Rogers logo. After 5 Minutes i put the akku out and start the phone normally. Why don´t works it by me? Has anyone a answer or a solution for me please?
November 29th, 2009 at 6:59 am
if i rooted my magic will i have the market? cuz my magic didn t come with any market..im had to get open leaf / slideme..which sucks really…
November 29th, 2009 at 7:16 pm
Johnnytang,
Yes, once you root you can load a custom rom that has the market in it.
December 1st, 2009 at 12:02 pm
Hi Unlockr
I have HTC Magic from Sweden
SAPPHIRE PVT 32A SHIP S-ON H
HBOOT-1.33.0014 (SAPP10000) spotkal sie ktos z taka wersja?
CPLD-12
RADIO-3.22.23.18
Sep 2 2009. 17:42:56
Firmware version
1.5
Kernel version
2.6.27-3d7dcf2e
How rooted this phone
On FlashRec I get this
Backup FAILED: Could not run command
December 1st, 2009 at 10:28 pm
Backup FAILED: could not run command …
WWWWWWWWHHHHHHHHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY??????
THANKS
December 2nd, 2009 at 1:45 am
Ton,
Do you have Donut (Android 1.6)? If so read the Before You Begin carefully
December 3rd, 2009 at 6:04 am
Dear Unlockr
I have a rooted phone with Amon Ra ROM thanks to your method.
My phone is 32A with perfect SPL and I would like to get fastboot access to develop some new kernel and easily try them.
Do you know how can I unperfect my SPL?
Should I follow the gold card method you give here for the mytouch 3G: http://theunlockr.com/2009/08/14/how-to-root-your-mytouch-3g/ ?
Thanks for your help
December 3rd, 2009 at 4:48 pm
Ronan,
You shouldnt need a gold card since you are already rooted. If you want to change the SPL (which can be dangerous FYI before you begin), just find a new SPL and rename it to update.zip and flash it (same way you did the ROM). For further instructions goto the How To Root the MyTouch/G1 in Once Click procedure and it explains it there as an optional step (just dont try to load the wrong SPL).
Good luck!
December 5th, 2009 at 2:23 am
when i run the recovery flasher, it says “backup FAILED: Could not run command.” what do i do?
December 5th, 2009 at 6:07 am
Joel,
Do you have donut? Read the Before you Begin and then look for the How To Root a Donut phone procedure.
December 5th, 2009 at 10:24 am
i get tha message Backup FAILED: Could not run command when i try backup recovery image.
what’s wrong?
i have a 32a phone.
December 5th, 2009 at 10:28 am
i tried the reading part and now it seems to work
thanks
December 5th, 2009 at 1:47 pm
Hi unlocker
How do I know if my magic runs on cupcake? Got this phone from vodafone qatar. It does not have android market. I have 32A. Will these procedures work with my phone? Thanks in advance
December 5th, 2009 at 3:46 pm
Hi unlocker i will write /sdcard/recovery-RAv1.2.3H.img and i dont have Flash Custom Recovery Image only Flash Recovery Image, without CUSTOM.
help My i magi with
SAPPHIRE PVT 32A SHIP S-ON H
HBOOT-1.33.0010 (SAPP50000)
CPLD-12
RADIO-3.22.20.17
December 5th, 2009 at 4:30 pm
Dodie,
Goto Setting then about phone and it will say firmware version, if it says 1.5 then yes this procedure will work. If it says 1.6 then search our site for How To Root a Donut Phone and follow that procedure.
December 5th, 2009 at 4:32 pm
Mandex,
Same thing, click it. The new version of Flash Rec says that as opposed to the one we used in the video a while ago which said custom.
December 5th, 2009 at 11:48 pm
Is it safe to use the newest Amon-RA recovery image or does it not work with this method? Newest one is 1.3.2 Thanks
December 6th, 2009 at 12:27 am
TheUnlockr i click and its flashed everything its ok but root dont work
December 6th, 2009 at 12:29 am
Mandex,
You need to load a custom ROM first… do the next procedure.
December 6th, 2009 at 12:32 am
MagicOwner,
Newest one is 1.5.0 actually, click on Developers at the top of our site and find Amon Ra he just updated a post on our site with his newest recovery.
But you can use any recovery you want just have to replace the name of the recovery image during the procedure with the name of the new recovery.
I would recommend following our procedure as written with the recovery image we put here and then manually flashing the new recovery image manually when you are done.
Search for How To Flash a New Recovery once you have done this procedure and the load a custom rom procedure.
December 6th, 2009 at 1:48 am
theunlockr i have perfectspl can i use new recovery-RA-magic-v1.3.2H.img ? en will by root
December 7th, 2009 at 5:46 am
Four days, multiple tries from clean 1.5 sappimg.nbh, multiple methods, and still no go.
Why can’t this T-Mobile 32B magic be done!!!!!!!!???????
I’ve successfully rooted + CM ROM two other Magics with ease but, this one is cursed or something…
Was there a patch or something? I’m literally going nuts trying to figure this out. WTF is going on!
December 8th, 2009 at 8:40 am
Dear All,
I’ve followed the instructions on the video to download 2 files. amon ra rec for 32A mother board and the flashrec.apk files.
I don’t have a Linda file manager and i am using oi file manager. I tried to backup recovery image but all I get is back up FAILED: Could not run command. Where did I go wrong? The flashrec.apk file I downloaded is flashrec-1.1.2-20090909.apk and the recovery file i downloaded is recovery-RAv1.2.3H.img. Are these the correct files for my HTC Magic?
These are the details for my HTC Magic.
SAPPHIRE PVT 32A SHIP S-ON H
HBOOT-1.76.0007 (SAPP10000)
CPLD-12
RADIO-6.35.07.29
AUG 4 2009,19:43:30
Hope the guys at the unlockr can help me solve this problem as the reason why I want to root and replace my room is I want to get android market. I’m from Malaysia.
December 8th, 2009 at 4:52 pm
Robin,
You need to downgrade your Magic first. Please search for the How To Unroot the Magic procedure and use that to downgrade then you can come back to this procedure.
Otherwise you can also do the How To Root the Magic Goldcard procedure on our site as well.
December 9th, 2009 at 11:55 am
i have no button labeled: backup to cyanogen recovery 1.4
I have a button called:download recovery image
and it is disabled even if I wrote image path in the text box
my mobile is EBI1/32A
and it from vodafone Qatar
can anyone help me?
December 9th, 2009 at 12:03 pm
I purchased my phone 25-11-2009
with no vodafone logo and no google logo
just htc logo
and it is 1.33.0010
December 9th, 2009 at 5:20 pm
Hisham,
Does it let you do the Backup Recovery no problem?
If so then the reason it is greyed out is because either the file is in the wrong spot or there is a typo in the text box (once the text box matches the file on the SD card it will ungrey).
December 10th, 2009 at 10:16 am
I am sorry
the same problem
it took a backuo successfully
then I wrote
recovery-RAv1.2.3H.img
and it is grayed and its label is
Download Recovery Image
I didn’t make any thing with my mobile from the day I purchased it up till now.no rooting, no hacking.
December 10th, 2009 at 12:12 pm
Hisham,
The only was that happens is if you are not typing correctly or if the file on the SD is named wrong or in the wrong place.
Did you type /sdcard/recovery-rav1.1.3H.img?
Good luck, any other issues please post in the tech support forums.
December 10th, 2009 at 1:17 pm
thank you very much
it warked
I will continue instructions
and if I faced problems I will write it
thank you again
December 10th, 2009 at 1:31 pm
I am sorry if I am asking a lot of questions
by the way I am a java developer @ hp and now I am learning android.
my question is:
I want to backup my room because it is hard to get again because it is from Vodafone Qatar and it supports Arabic read and write while others do not support Arabic.
so I want to backup it and when I want to go back to it, I can.
how can I make that?
just give me a link to the method because I found a lot of topics and I got confused.
Thanks in advance
December 11th, 2009 at 4:17 pm
Hisham,
You can use this one click method and there is a step to backup your recovery before you flash the new one. Do that and save the original recovery somewhere safe.
Then when you flash the new recovery, there is an option in the new recovery image before you flash a ROM to do a Nandroid Backup. Save that backup file somewhere safe as well.
Then if you need to restore, go into recovery and click Restore Nandroid backup, then go into flashrec again and flash the backup recovery image and you’ll be back to the way you were before you began.
Good luck!
December 15th, 2009 at 12:17 pm
hey unlockr i have a taiwan rom on my phone and i cna flash it please help me
December 15th, 2009 at 9:30 pm
Hey Unlocr.
I have a HTC Magic with SPL 1.33.0014
Firmware 1.5, 32A motherboard.
I get backup failed and flash failed when I try to use the FlashRec.apk
Is the Goldcard method my only option?
December 16th, 2009 at 5:41 am
Dennis,
Look for the How To Root a Donut phone procedure.
December 16th, 2009 at 9:03 am
Hi Unlockr,
I got a Malaysia Region HTC Magic and I’m having a hard time rooting it.
My set is a 32A board.
HBOOT-1.76.0007 (SAPP10000)
CPLD-12
Radio-6.35.07.29
I hope someone could really help me and guide me. I’ve tried the one click rooting method, the unrooting method, all doesnt seem to work. I’ve tried to create a gold card too with 3 different branded (Kingston, Transcend & Sandisk) Micro SD cards without success. Hope you guys could help me out. Thanks.
December 16th, 2009 at 8:18 pm
Hello, I just got my HTC Magic today. I have a few things. first things first though. When I click on the site Flashrec.apk to download it takes me to a website. The website I went to does not shoe me the Flashrec.apk to download. I downloaded the only one on there and went step by step and nothing. please explain..thanks
December 16th, 2009 at 9:36 pm
Josh,
On that site its the link that says Precompiled next to it.
Good luck!
December 17th, 2009 at 3:53 am
I went downloaded both to my sd card. Do I need to unzip them first before I do anything? Like maybe extract them? I went to Linda Manager clicked SD card then found flashrec-1.1.3-20091107-2 clicked it then i got a list of options assets, META-INF, res,resourses.arsc, classes.dex, and AndroidManifest.xml….but i extracted the files first should i not do this?
thanks Josh
December 17th, 2009 at 8:21 am
The newest flashrec file you posted won’t install on my 32A magic :S
Any reason why do you think>
Also I tried using an older version and it wouldn’t find the img
December 17th, 2009 at 8:34 am
Oh I think I figured it out.
/sdcard/recovery-RAv1.2.3H.img
should be
/sdcard/recovery-RAv1-1.2.3H.img
December 17th, 2009 at 4:16 pm
Josh,
No, the file you download should be a .apk not a .zip. Make sure you downloaded the precompiled version from that site and make sure your computer doesnt make it a .zip automatically.
Read the reported issues.
December 18th, 2009 at 11:27 am
Hi there. I had a couple of questions I would like to confirm before I start with the above process. One is My Htc magic (Airtel) doesnt have access to the Market can I download the file needed for the Linda File Manager and install it like that? Second could you point me to a link which would show the possible features which would not possibly work. if at any time htc \ Airtel comes out with an upgrade which gives me all of google apps and android Market can I revert back to the same software that was on the phone.
Cheers
December 18th, 2009 at 4:38 pm
Siddarth,
Yes, you can get Linda File Manager as an ApK on the internet and install that manually without the market.
You will only gain features, nothing will not work. We are only adding things with ROMs not removing them.
Yes you can upgrade with an official ROM BUT you will lose root access and be stuck with that official ROM. There is NO reason to go back to an official ROM anyway though since the custom ROMs only add to the phone not take away. ONLY reason to go back to an official ROM is if you had to send the phone in for warranty.
Also, you will never get an official update with the Market etc in it, HTC didn’t pay Google for the license for that phone so unless they all of a sudden decide to buy the license from Google (which is highly unlikely for that phone).
So rooting and doing it this way is most likely the only way you’ll get the Market etc. Good luck!
If you have other issues, post them in the technical support forums instead of here in the comments, thanks!
December 20th, 2009 at 3:02 am
Thank you for your response
December 21st, 2009 at 12:00 am
hey my phone is not backed up it says backed up is faild
December 21st, 2009 at 1:15 am
Mohamed,
Please read the before you begin.
If your phone is running on Donut, you must downgrade first. Search for the How To Root a Donut phone.
December 25th, 2009 at 4:17 am
I did the exact steps above and during the back up stage it goes “Backup failed: could not run command.”
So is there a way around this?
December 25th, 2009 at 10:48 am
Francis,
Read the before you begin. If you have Android 1.6 you need to downgrade first…
December 25th, 2009 at 5:05 pm
I did read it. I’ve followed the steps. According to the settings menu I’m on
Firmware 1.5
Kernel 2.6.27
Build 2.17.631.2
December 26th, 2009 at 4:37 pm
THANK YOU! After I found out Rogers will not be giving their customers the 1.6 update or beyond, I just went ahead and r00ted. Your tutorial made it incredibly simple, and now I am happily using Android 1.6
December 27th, 2009 at 5:21 am
@marcod Did you apply the official HTC/rogers firmware update before rooting? I did, and I can’t seem to get the backup to take. I’m on Rogers too so I’m curious.
thanks
January 1st, 2010 at 6:54 am
hi,
how can we know that our phone is already rooted or not?
January 1st, 2010 at 1:23 pm
unlockr,
i need help. i think i did a big messed. try to load the CM 4.2.11.1 BSF ROM, and my phone wont restart.. how to go back again to default..its 32A board..
January 1st, 2010 at 4:12 pm
Pedrizen,
Read the reported issues.
You need to load a custom ROM in the next procedure for root access.
January 2nd, 2010 at 1:21 pm
i still dont get it =/ i can get to step 7 when Flashrec-1.1.3-20091107-2.apk is installed when i press on Backup Recovery image is says
“Backup now” Working please do not interrupt.
after that is says
Backup FAILED: cut not run the command
and i have reinstalled the phone =/ to _HTC Magic_RUU_Sapphire_HTC_Europe_2.17.401.2_HTC_Nordic_release_signed_NoDriver.exe
witch i got on HTC’s home page
recovery file is called recovery-RAv1.2.3H.img
Phone Magic 32A
Firmwareversion is 1.5
January 2nd, 2010 at 1:33 pm
the name on the software i got on my phone is
HTC Magic_RUU_Sapphire_HTC_Europe_2.20.401.2_HTC_Nordic_release_signed_NoDriver.exe.part
not 2.17.401.2
January 2nd, 2010 at 1:34 pm
Dennis,
Try to skip the backup. (There is a hidden button on the right that you can tap on that page that shows an asterisk when you click it and will skip the backup).
Good luck! Any other issues, post in the technical support forums.
January 5th, 2010 at 11:21 am
before rooting the phone is it a must to go back to cupcake(1.5). looking at the procedure for rooting with donut(1.6), it seems that you must downgrade to 1.5.
January 5th, 2010 at 12:12 pm
Newbie,
Yes, correct. But when you load a custom ROM you get back to donut (or even past it to 2.0 depending on the ROM), so you are not stuck at cupcake. You just need to get to cupcake so we can flash the recovery image.
January 14th, 2010 at 3:42 am
Hi, I have an Unlocked HTC Magic (Tim) running 288MB RAM and when i try to find my motherboard version by turning off the phone and turning it on using one ofthe two ways expressed in the instructions the phone just turns on with the TIM logo… then says “HTC Magic” and finally “HTC” as it always loads with no reference to 32B or 32A… Is there an alternative method or is there no other way? Cheers
January 14th, 2010 at 12:57 pm
James,
You need to turn it off. Then turn it back on by holding down the Volume down button and power button (do NOT let go until a bootloader screen comes up).
But I can tell you, you have a 32A
January 15th, 2010 at 5:50 am
After i install the package and begin to back up the recovery image it says that back up fail but befor that it tells me my phone type is ebi0/ 32b
January 15th, 2010 at 10:46 am
Charles,
Read the Before you begin. You have Donut and need to downgrade, it tells you how.
January 15th, 2010 at 3:30 pm
An Italian Guida???
January 15th, 2010 at 5:49 pm
DoubleD,
Goto Google.com/translate and put in our site URL amd it will translate it for you.
January 16th, 2010 at 5:08 am
Hi,
Thanks for the informative guide.
I couldn’t download the Recovery image from the posted link but I got it from somewhere else (same file name).
I am currently using an HTC Magic (Singapore) running Android 1.5 with Sense UI (which you can download from the HTC website).
So, my phone is completely unrooted, however, I have applied the HTC (official) Sense UI package.
When I click on “Backup recovery image” I got the “Failed” message. So, I clicked on the hidden asterix and tried to flash the image but I got the same message again. Note the message appears IMMEDIATELY.
Any thoughts?
Thanks!
January 16th, 2010 at 10:50 am
hi,
on http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=530492 the latest recovery is recovery-RA-sapphire-v1.5.2H.img. May I use this recovery, or it is not recomended, and I should use recovery-RAv1.2.3H.img as You type in Your guide.
January 16th, 2010 at 11:07 am
Bogdan,
Use whichever you want. Just replace the text where ours says to use the one we have here with the one you will use.
January 16th, 2010 at 11:39 am
Hi Unlockr,
Any thoughts on my problem? I really want to root as I don’t like the Sense UI and I cannot figure out how to go back to the stock setting.
Also I want to use 1.6 (and possibly 2.0 when it comes out)
Thanks!
January 16th, 2010 at 9:59 pm
I am like so irritated because I cannot root my phone I dont know what I am doing wrong can somne please. Every recover image i use fails. I have the B version of the mytouch
January 16th, 2010 at 10:55 pm
Charles,
Read the before you begin. You have donut, you must downgrade to cupcake first.
January 23rd, 2010 at 8:21 pm
Hi, Unlockr: I am still getting a backup FAILED message when trying to backup Recovery Image. Any suggestions?
January 24th, 2010 at 2:21 pm
Terrence,
Read the Before You Begin, you have Donut.
January 24th, 2010 at 10:11 pm
I get the error
“Parse Error
There is a problem parsing the package.”
I’m using Rogers HTC branded Magic
Firmware 1.5 (confirmed)
Maybe there is a solution to this problem? If so please let me know.
Radio: 6.35.10.18
SPL: 1.76.0010
January 26th, 2010 at 12:39 pm
Hi Guys!!
Thank you so much!! It worked 100%.
My has the perfect SPL(0010), from Orange-Poland.
Running myhero 2.0.5 now!!
Keep up the good work!!!
cheers.
January 26th, 2010 at 2:59 pm
Darkz,
Your welcome!
January 30th, 2010 at 1:07 am
I get the error
“Parse Error
There is a problem parsing the package.”
I’m using Rogers HTC branded Magic
Firmware 1.5 (confirmed)
Maybe there is a solution to this problem? If so please let me know.
Radio: 6.35.10.18
SPL: 1.76.0010
February 2nd, 2010 at 11:04 am
thanks unlockr, great job
it worked, i am really thankful
here are the steps (i wiped everything before)
1. installed “FlashRec.apk (Updated: 09/26/09)” (did not work at first attempt)
3. turned off and on.
4. tried again, this time it worked.
5. i did it a gain with recovery-RA-sapphire-v1.5.2H.img
6. then i applied: “How To: Load a Custom ROM on Your HTC Magic” using rom:”Amon Ra’s Clean Donut (Magic, 32A)”
7. I had to wipe after reboot, cause it did not show home screen.
8. then i followed: “Upgrading from CM or other rooted roms – Magic32A Firmware to CyanogenMod”, not need to do fastboot boot cause i already had a custom recovery (from this guide), i started at “Follow the directions below for “Full install” starting at step 5″
ROGERS MAGIC BLACK
SAPPHIRE PVT 32A SHIP S-ON H
HBOOT-1.33.0010 (SAPP50000)
CPLD-12
RADIO-3.22.20.17
Jun 2 2009,17:28:28
February 4th, 2010 at 11:49 pm
Ok so are you going to respond to my post or just ignore it because you have no information?
Why am I not able to root my phone?
I get the error
“Parse Error
There is a problem parsing the package.”
I’m using Rogers HTC branded Magic
Firmware 1.5
Maybe there is a solution to this problem? If so please let me know.
Radio: 6.35.10.18
SPL: 1.76.0010
February 5th, 2010 at 12:31 pm
Christian,
Saying stuff like that will not get you any help. I do not get paid for this and it is not my job to sit here all day and answer questions (as much as I would honestly love to do that). Further, it is almost impossible for me to answer everything and most questions asked are impossible to answer unless I’m sitting there with you watching everything you did to determine what went wrong.
Use this site as a resource amoung others, not as your personal help desk.
Parse error generally means that the package is corrupt. Try to redownload it (maybe even download it from another source) and see if that helps. Otherwise check the tech support forums or use the custom search bar at the bottom of this procedure.
February 5th, 2010 at 5:06 pm
Unlockr, I have a Magic, firmware 1.5, no root acc,tried several versions of flashrec, but still get “Backup failed”, any help?
February 5th, 2010 at 6:38 pm
the rogers 1.76.0010 spl is yet to be cracked, so you will be unable to root your device at this time
i am in the same boat after running the “mandatory” “update”
on a side note, there is no need to be ignorant a simple Google search would have given you the answer you needed
February 5th, 2010 at 11:46 pm
dont know why my post got deleted… but anyways
1.76.0010 SPL has not been cracked yet, there for you will be unable to root your device until a new ENG or DEV SPL comes out
dont know how long the wait will be, hope its soon because i am in the same boat.
-TheUnlockr- i just want to say that my previous post was not directed at you in any way (maybe thats why you deleted it)
i used your 1 click method to root my phone initially and it worked like a charm, then i had a “smart” moment and installed an officail RUU..
February 6th, 2010 at 1:14 am
When i try to do the “back up recovery” its says backup FAILED:Could not run command.Dont know what to do from their,HELP!!!
February 6th, 2010 at 12:39 pm
I just got my new HTC magic ( unbranded ) and the first thing in my agenda was to root it and install a HERO rom . Really Excited
So I came across this ( one click rooting process ) and it seems very easy and am gonna give it a try and see how it works ^^
Fingers Crossed
Right now my mission is finding the best stable rom with almost no buggs , anyways
Thank you for shareing , keep up the great work
February 8th, 2010 at 9:07 am
Firstly – thanks to theunlockr for the excellent tutorial and vids! it worked 100% for me
As for the guys getting the “Invalid Recovery Image” message via catlog, please have a look at my post on XDA: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=629314#4
February 8th, 2010 at 1:47 pm
how do i root rom version 3.05.401.3 EU htc magic
February 9th, 2010 at 8:14 am