How To: Load a Custom ROM on the HTC MyTouch 3G
April 26, 2010 in Android How To's, Featured, How To's, HTC MyTouch 3G How To's, Video
THIS PROCEDURE IS OBSOLETE, PLEASE ROOT YOUR DEVICE USING ONE OF OUR UNIVERSAL METHODS AND THEN SEARCH THE MARKET FOR ROM MANAGER AND USE THAT TO FLASH A CUSTOM RECOVERY AND THEN COME BACK TO SECTION IV.
I. Before You Begin
1. You MUST have done our How To Root the MyTouch 3G Procedure BEFORE doing this one.
II. Partition Your Memory Card for Hero ROMs, Swap, and Apps2SD –
1. With your phone STILL in recovery mode from the How To Root procedure, click on Partition SD Card > Partition SD (this will erase everything off of your memory card).
2. When it asks you, select 96mbs for Swap, 512mbs for ext2 and fat32 for the remainder
3. Once it is done partitioning the memory card, click on Partition SD Card > SD: ext2 to ext3
III. Load your First Custom ROM -
1. Download the custom generic ROM for your device (you can change your ROM after this to whatever one you want, but load this one first as we need to load it to keep the recovery image flashed on the MyTouch):
Generic MyTouch ROM w/ Root – Here
2. In the recovery screen on the phone (that the phone is still in from the first section), select USB-MS toggle to allow the memory card to be mounted.
3. Plug in your phone via usb cable and you should be able to access your memory card on the computer.
4. Save the Generic ROM (leave it as a .zip file) onto the root of the SD card (NOT in any folder, just on the memory card itself).
5. Once they are done transferring to the memory card, unplug the phone from the computer and click the home button on the phone to disable USB-MS toggle mode and get back to the recovery screen.
7. Once the recovery screen menu is up, click on Flash Zip on SDCard and select the ROM .zip file
8. Once it is done, click Reboot System Now.
DONE! You are now Rooted with a generic custom ROM! Feel free to use any root required apps (including Wifi tethering, overclocking apps, etc.)!
If you want to load a different ROM simply follow these steps below…
IV. (Optional) Load a Different Custom ROM
1. Turn off the phone and then turn it back on by holding down Home and Power (keep holding them until you get to the recovery screen).
2. Select USB-MS Toggle.
3. Plug your phone into the computer via USB
4. Download whatever custom ROM you want from our MyTouch 3G ROMs section here on our site and save it to the root of your sd card (NOT in any folder, just on the sd card itself).
5. Unplug the phone from the computer once it is done transferring.
6. Click the Home button on the phone to disable USB-MS Toggle.
7. Select Wipe > Wipe Data / Factory Reset and wait for it to finish.
8. Next, select Flash Zip from SDCard and select the new ROM’s .zip file.
9. Once it is done, select Reboot Device Now and you are done with your new ROM! Repeat Section IV whenever you want to load any other ROM as many times as you’d like!
Reported Issues:
Issue – After I finish the phone gets stuck on the MyTouch logo or a black screen.
Solution – Take out the battery and put it back in. Boot into recovery mode and Wipe Data factory reset, then reflash the ROM. If that doesn’t work then download a different ROM to your sd card (you can connect to the sd card in recovery mode by clicking ms usb toggle on the recovery screen and plugging into the computer. Make sure you disable the usb toggle once the rom is on the sd card) and wipe data then flash that new ROM.
Ludra said on September 30, 2010
Every time I install a new custom ROM do I have to partition my SD card? My Mytouch is already root THANKS a lot.
David Cogen said on September 30, 2010
Nope.
albert said on October 2, 2010
hey the unlockr, finally got it. i downloaded the tiny gapps and flashed it and now i have the market back…..i have one more thing to ask u. how can i get flash player to work on mytouch. do i have to install a custom rom with flash player? if yes please post a link…. i tried downloading and installing flashplayer.apk everything goes right except my browser suddenly closes every 30 sec.please help..
alex said on October 14, 2010
hey guys i followed the directions and loaded the 2.2 froyo update and worked well but the android market app is longer on the phone any help on how to get it back ???
David Cogen said on October 14, 2010
If you loaded a Cyanogen ROM, then you need to follow the rest of his special instructions. You need to flash Google Apps back on to the phone. Good luck!
Alex said on October 25, 2010
Hey everyone, I loaded the 2.2 froyo update into mytouch 3g, but my phone still feels laggy. Is there something I am suppose to do so it won’t become laggy?
Ezzy said on October 26, 2010
will having the Mytouch 3g w/Root Rom allow me to get ota of the froyo update?
Jdm Chin said on November 7, 2010
I have mytouch 3g and downloaded ROM but have NO internet or market!!! HELP!!?
Lation Jensen said on November 28, 2010
Great tutorial
Scottr94 said on January 16, 2011
So everything worked fine , I one click rooted and was success
but before doing the back up and loading the rom i got stuck after step 5
I rebooted and am now stuck in mytouch 3g reboot green screen.
What should i do next??
its been like that for an hour and im getting worried.
Scottr94 said on January 16, 2011
So everything worked fine , I one click rooted and was success
but before doing the back up and loading the rom i got stuck after step 5
I rebooted and am now stuck in mytouch 3g reboot green screen.
What should i do next??
its been like that for an hour and im getting worried.
Nino Green said on January 18, 2011
My mytouch3g is updated with the 2.2 froyo…can I still root it and load new roms? The update sucks and has alot of small annoying glitches.
Lon said on February 15, 2011
I found TheUnlockr site, and it’s step by step back to cuppy cake 1.5, and I stopped there. The phone worked fine, but the more I thought about it the more comfortable I was with their walk through, so last night I sat down with the sole intentions of rooting my phone.
It’s rooted.
TheUnkockr rocks huge.
Dr-almomani2007 said on February 22, 2011
after i use one click root >>>>>>>its root now thanx
but i cant get to recovery screen >………..just warining sign triangel
???????????ples helpe
also what is the best arabic room >>>>htc magic tmobile
and do i need unlocker code for gsm in new room ?
how i get it ?
do i lose the root also ?
pleeeeeeeeez
Papitocalle said on April 17, 2011
can i have froyo2.2 in my rooted my touch? and how?
Sahil Omar said on April 17, 2011
thank you oh so much!
Sahil Omar said on April 17, 2011
thank you oh so much!
David Lee said on May 12, 2011
i have rooted before but i dont think i ever flashed the generic mytouch rom. right now its stuck on a black screen after the mytouch boot screen and the android boot animation.
im not sure if thats normal. but. eh.
Paul_finau92 said on May 28, 2011
i cant get the swap-size to change to 96 only the Ext2-size i can move up or down??
Kama aina said on June 11, 2011
All went as planned except that I have no keyboard on my Mytouch 3g. Consequently, I can’t set up gmail, can’t use market, and can’t figure out how to add the keyboard back. I’ve searched for advice without success. Suggestions please
Razaeraj said on July 22, 2011
i need help now!!!! im up to load ur first custom rom step there i cant plug in my usb ive always had problem mounting but now i need to mount and it just wont and im scared my battery is going 2 die soon some 1 please reply
Razaeraj said on July 22, 2011
how can i tell wat percent my batterys on when my phones lke this???
Razaeraj said on July 22, 2011
ok i fixed my last problem but now i have a worse one i forgot 2 wipe before restarting myphone now it is stuck on the green screen and i cant get into recovery mode
Hafiymohamad said on August 8, 2011
my recovery mode has only reboot system, apply sdcard, wipe data factory and wipe cache. how?
Nope said on November 20, 2011
Everything worked great you guys rock!
Kduran223 said on December 10, 2011
after i flash the ROM and hit “reboot system now” it goes to the mytouch screen,black, then mytouch screen and then it goes to recovery mode HELP PLEASE
Bryanchavez17 said on December 22, 2011
Myne doesnt show partition sd it shows Build: CyanogenMod v1.4 + JF at the bottom!! and the options at the top are alot different! I dont know what to do!
Gian said on October 20, 2010
hey i was wondering will you be able to still recieve the 2.2 update with my flashed mytouch. i have the custom rom that we just put on here, but i want to have all my original settings.. help? thanks