After a lot of unsuccessful days trying to root my Android phone, I'll now post my problem here with every approach I already did. Maybe someone can help me. I am trying to unlock the boot loader on a HTC Magic 32B (S-ON, HBoot-1.33.0007 (SAP10000), CPLD-10, Radio-2.22.19.26i) so that I can flash it with a custom ROM (like cyanogen 5 or 6)..

##How is it done? If I'm not misunderstanding the process, it's like this:

• Rooting the device (i.e. using UniversalRoot.apk, SuperOneClick.exe)
• Unlocking the boot loader for CustomRecovery (i.e. Clockworkmod, AmonRA Recovery)
• Flashing the custom ROM (cyanogen) in recovery mode (Vol Down+Power while booting)
• That's it... (afaik)

##What's the problem? Unlocking my boot loader doesn't seem to work. =(

I rooted the device a couple of times using the 1.5 Exploit, SuperoneClick.exe or at least UniversalRoot.apk. So on the OS side it really seems to be rooted.

I often heard about "ROM Manager.apk", but it don't find any version working on 1.6 and prior.

If I use fastboot flash recovery <myRecovery.img> then I get an FAILED (remote: not allow) which leads to the point where I have to unlock to boot loader.

##What I already tried to unlock the boot loader

HTCDev.com, unlocking officially via HTC

The command fastboot oem get_identifier_token doesn't seem to recognize the "get_identifier_token" parameter, it ends in a [ERR] Command error. I'm in fastboot usb mode (cable to pc, device and fastboot devices confirms that). Everything is installed properly (HTC Sync, Android SDK, ADB, Fastboot). I tried it on Mac and on Windows.

Unlocking via ADB shell

• Connecting to the device using ADBshell
• My recovery.img files are on /sdcard and have chmod 0755 (or for testing 777)
• su works so I do have a # at the beginning of the command
• I do have a flash_image on the root of sdcard, executing it via ./flash_image gives me permission denied, even if I'm root with chmod set

I have read that updating HBoot could solve this, but didn't find a working file and tutorial for that (every post is really old and often leads to a 404).

Any help is appreciated!

After a lot of unsuccessful days trying to root my Android phone, I'll now post my problem here with every approach I already did. Maybe someone can help me. I am trying to unlock the boot loader on a HTC Magic 32B (S-ON, HBoot-1.33.0007 (SAP10000), CPLD-10, Radio-2.22.19.26i) so that I can flash it with a custom ROM (like cyanogen 5 or 6)..

How is it done?

If I'm not misunderstanding the process, it's like this:

• Rooting the device (i.e. using UniversalRoot.apk, SuperOneClick.exe)
• Unlocking the boot loader for CustomRecovery (i.e. Clockworkmod, AmonRA Recovery)
• Flashing the custom ROM (cyanogen) in recovery mode (Vol Down+Power while booting)
• That's it... (afaik)

What's the problem?

Unlocking my boot loader doesn't seem to work. =(

I rooted the device a couple of times using the 1.5 Exploit, SuperoneClick.exe or at least UniversalRoot.apk. So on the OS side it really seems to be rooted.

I often heard about "ROM Manager.apk", but it don't find any version working on 1.6 and prior.

If I use fastboot flash recovery <myRecovery.img> then I get an FAILED (remote: not allow) which leads to the point where I have to unlock to boot loader.

What I already tried to unlock the boot loader

HTCDev.com, unlocking officially via HTC

The command fastboot oem get_identifier_token doesn't seem to recognize the "get_identifier_token" parameter, it ends in a [ERR] Command error. I'm in fastboot usb mode (cable to pc, device and fastboot devices confirms that). Everything is installed properly (HTC Sync, Android SDK, ADB, Fastboot). I tried it on Mac and on Windows.

Unlocking via ADB shell

• Connecting to the device using ADBshell
• My recovery.img files are on /sdcard and have chmod 0755 (or for testing 777)
• su works so I do have a # at the beginning of the command
• I do have a flash_image on the root of sdcard, executing it via ./flash_image gives me permission denied, even if I'm root with chmod set

I have read that updating HBoot could solve this, but didn't find a working file and tutorial for that (every post is really old and often leads to a 404).

Any help is appreciated!

after a lot of unsuccessful days trying to root my Android, I'll now post my problem here with every approach I already did. Maybe someone can help me.

What is it about?
Rooting my HTC Magic (now 1.6, formerly 2.2 and 1.5 for exploit), unlocking its bootloader for recovery access and then flashing it with a custom rom (like cyanogen 5 or 6).

How is it done?
If I'm not wrong its like this:
-Rooting the device (i.e. using UniversalRoot.apk, SuperOneClick.exe)
-Unlocking the bootloader for CustomRecovery (i.e. Clockworkmod, AmonRA Recovery)
-flashing the custom rom (cyanogen) in recovery mode (Vol Down+Power while booting)
-thats it... (afaik)

Whats the problem?
Unlocking my bootloader doesn't seem to work. =(

I rooted the device a couple of times using the 1.5 Exploit, SuperoneClick.exe or at least UniversalRoot.apk. So on the OS side it really seems to be rooted.
I Often heard about "ROM Manager.apk", but it dont find any version working on 1.6 and prior. If I use fastboot flash recovery <myRecovery.img> then I get an FAILED (remote: not allow) wich leads to the point where I have to unlock to bootloader.

My Device Informations:

HTC Magic 32B, S-ON, HBoot-1.33.0007 (SAP10000), CPLD-10, Radio-2.22.19.26i

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What I already tried to unlock the bootloader:

HTCDev.com, unlocking officially via HTC
the cmd fastboot oem get_identifier_token doesn't seem to recognize the "get_identifier_token" param, it ends in a [ERR] Command error  . I'm in fastboot usb mode (cable to pc, device and fastboot devices confirms that). Everything is installed properly (HTC Sync, Android SDk, ADB, Fastboot). I tried it on mac and on Windows.

Unlocking via adb shell
-connecting to the device using adb shell
-my recovery.img files are on /sdcard and have chmod 0755 (or for testing 777)
-su works so I do have a # at the beginning of the cmd
-I do have a flash_image on the root of sdcard, exexuting it via ./flash_image gives me permission denied, even if I'm root with chmod set

I have read that updating HBoot could solve this, but didn't find a working file and tutorial for that (every post is really old and often leads to a 404).
Any Help, hint and link is appreciated!

Thanks a lot in advance!

After a lot of unsuccessful days trying to root my Android phone, I'll now post my problem here with every approach I already did. Maybe someone can help me. I am trying to unlock the boot loader on a HTC Magic 32B (S-ON, HBoot-1.33.0007 (SAP10000), CPLD-10, Radio-2.22.19.26i) so that I can flash it with a custom ROM (like cyanogen 5 or 6)..

##How is it done? If I'm not misunderstanding the process, it's like this:

• Rooting the device (i.e. using UniversalRoot.apk, SuperOneClick.exe)
• Unlocking the boot loader for CustomRecovery (i.e. Clockworkmod, AmonRA Recovery)
• Flashing the custom ROM (cyanogen) in recovery mode (Vol Down+Power while booting)
• That's it... (afaik)

##What's the problem? Unlocking my boot loader doesn't seem to work. =(

I rooted the device a couple of times using the 1.5 Exploit, SuperoneClick.exe or at least UniversalRoot.apk. So on the OS side it really seems to be rooted.

I often heard about "ROM Manager.apk", but it don't find any version working on 1.6 and prior.

If I use fastboot flash recovery <myRecovery.img> then I get an FAILED (remote: not allow) which leads to the point where I have to unlock to boot loader.

##What I already tried to unlock the boot loader

HTCDev.com, unlocking officially via HTC

The command fastboot oem get_identifier_token doesn't seem to recognize the "get_identifier_token" parameter, it ends in a [ERR] Command error. I'm in fastboot usb mode (cable to pc, device and fastboot devices confirms that). Everything is installed properly (HTC Sync, Android SDK, ADB, Fastboot). I tried it on Mac and on Windows.

Unlocking via ADB shell

• Connecting to the device using ADBshell
• My recovery.img files are on /sdcard and have chmod 0755 (or for testing 777)
• su works so I do have a # at the beginning of the command
• I do have a flash_image on the root of sdcard, executing it via ./flash_image gives me permission denied, even if I'm root with chmod set

I have read that updating HBoot could solve this, but didn't find a working file and tutorial for that (every post is really old and often leads to a 404).

Any help is appreciated!