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Disclaimer: You could brick your phone and/or void your warranty. What you read here and then attempt to do is at your own risk. I am not responsible for what you do with your phone, PC, Mac, or whatever else you are messing around with. Proceed at your own risk.

1. You will need to be root’d to complete this task, see myTouch3G Rooting
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2. Install a file manager on your phone, such as Linda or Astro, if you don’t already have one
3. Check to see if you are running SPL other than 1.33.2009, for help see Check Your Phones Hardware and SPL
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4. Download the Engineering-SPL-HBOOT-1.33.2009-signed provided by Amon Ra from here http://rs602.rapidshare.com/files/267475617/update.Engineering-SPL-HBOOT-1.33.2009-signed.zip
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   or 1.33.2005 from http://code.google.com/p/sapphire-port-dream/
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5. Download the Radio update from here http://code.google.com/p/sapphire-port-dream/
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6. Save the file to your computer
7. Plug your phone into your PC using a USB cable
8. Mount the phone to the PC
9. Copy the engineering SPL and Radio update that you downloaded to the SD card, no folder
10. Unplug the phone
11. Power down your phone
12. Press the Home and Power buttons to start up in Recovery Mode
13. Once in Recovery Mode select "Apply sdcard:choose zip" and click the action button
14. Select the applicable .zip file and click the action button
15. If you are going to update your Radio, now is the time to do it, if you try to do it before the SPL you are likely to brick your phone
16. Select "Apply sdcard:choose zip" and click the action button
17. Select the applicable Radio .zip file and click the action button
18. After the installation you are done, reboot the phone
19. It might hang for a while on a screen with a box and a yellow arrow coming out to point down at a phone before rebooting, this is normal
20. To verify the updated SPL power down, then restart in Fastboot Mode by pressing Back and Power for about 7 seconds
• Old Fastboot Info
• Sapphire PVT 32B…
• HBOOT-1.33.0006…
• CPLD-10
• RADIO-2.22.19.26I
• May 27 2009
• New Fastboot Info
• Sapphire PVT 32B… (no change)
• HBOOT-1.33.2009… (upgraded)
• CPLD-10 (no change)
• RADIO-2.22.19.26I (no change)
• May 6 2009 (older)

Swappiness is how often the swap partition is used. If you bounce between apps and/or home often and would rather not have home get killed or wait long periods of time for things to load you will want to increase your swap.

You will need to have ADB running to get the file and a good notepad type editor, I recommend NotePad++, http://www.filehippo.com/download_notepad/

1. You will need to be root’d to complete this task, see myTouch3G Rooting
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2. Connect your phone to your PC using a USB cable
3. Use ADB to connect to the phone by launching the command prompt on your PC
4. At the command prompt go to the ADB directory and type "adb remount", press Enter
5. Then type "adb pull /system/bin/user.conf user.conf (this will put it in the adb folder)
6. Open the user.conf file with your editor
7. Look for "swappiness=" and change the number to what you want
8. Save the file
9. Go back to the command prompt and type "adb push user.conf /system/bin/user.conf", press Enter
10. Type "adb shell reboot", press Enter, to complete the process

1. Get ADB (Android Device Bridge) running on your PC or Mac
2. Root your phone
   1. See myTouch3G Rooting
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      for instructions
3. Make sure you have Amon Ra’s Recovery Image installed, or another option is Cyanogen’s Recovery Image, go to myTouch3G Rooting
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   for instructions 
   • Amon Ra’s Recovery Image
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     (32A)(Updated 11.18.09)
     • See post on Check Your Phones Hardware and SPL
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   • Amon Ra’s Recovery Image
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     (32B)(Updated 11.18.09)
     • See post on Check Your Phones Hardware and SPL
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4. Back up your data, partitioning will erase everything on your SD card
5. Unplug your phone from your PC
6. Power down your phone
7. Enter "Recovery Move" on your phone by holding down Home and Power buttons until the recovery screen comes up
   • It has a bunch of text on a black background
8. Once your phone has entered Recovery Mode select and click "…fat32+ext2+swap"
9. Once that is complete select and click "Convert ext2 to ext3"
10. If you want to upgrade ext3 to ext4 continue on, if not, you are done
11. Plug your phone back into your PC using a USB, while the phone is still in "Recovery Mode"
12. Use ADB to connect to the phone by launching the command prompt on your PC
13. At the command prompt go to the ADB directory and type "adb shell"
14. Check that the conversion and partitioning looks good by typing "parted /dev/block/mmcblk0", Enter
15. Type "print" and Enter
16. Assuming everything looks good type "quit" and press Enter
17. Upgrade to ext4 by typing "tune2fs -O extents,uninit_bg,dir_index /dev/block/mmcblk0p2" and press Enter
18. Complete the upgrade by typing "e2fsck -fpDC0 /dev/block/mmcblk0p2" and press Enter to complete the ext3 to ext4 process
19. Again, check that the conversion and partitioning still looks good by typing "parted /dev/block/mmcblk0", Enter
20. Type "print" and Enter
21. If everything looks good type "quit", Enter, done

1. Get ADB (Android Device Bridge) running on your PC or Mac
2. Root your phone
   1. See myTouch3G Rooting
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      for instructions
3. Make sure you have Amon Ra’s Recovery Image installed, or another option is Cyanogen’s Recovery Image, go to myTouch3G Rooting
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   for instructions 
   • Amon Ra’s Recovery Image
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     (32A)(Updated 11.18.09)
     • See post on Check Your Phones Hardware and SPL
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   • Amon Ra’s Recovery Image
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     (32B)(Updated 11.18.09)
     • See post on Check Your Phones Hardware and SPL
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4. Back up your data, partitioning will erase everything on your SD card
5. Connect your phone to your PC using the USB cable
6. On the PC launch the command prompt
7. At the command prompt go to the ADB directory, for example c:\android\adb\
8. On the PC again type "adb shell reboot recovery", press Enter
9. Open the partition on your SD card by typing "parted /dev/block/mmcblk0", press Enter
10. View the partition information by typing "print", press Enter
    • Do this to make sure your card if formatted correctly
11. Make note of how much space you have on your card, in the steps that follow I have 7969 available
    • Work backwards from the total space available, 7969 (8GB card), to determine how much to allocate in the next steps
      • For example: 7969 – 32(swap file) = 7937(ext2) – 512(to be allocated for ext2) = 7425(available for fat32 storage)
12. Create a new fat32 partition by typing "mkpartfs primary fat32 0 7425", then press Enter
    • The fat32 partition will be used for storage and can be any size as long as you leave enough space for at least a 32mb linux swap, created last
13. Create an ext2 partition by typing "mkpartfs primary ext2 7425 7937", then press Enter
    • This partition is for app installation and also can be any size as long as at least 32mb is left for the next step
    • You can convert the ext2 to ext3 then ext4 using a different command available further down in these instructions
14. Create the swap file by typing "mkpartfs primary linux-swap 7937 7969", then press Enter
15. Check the partition on your SD card by typing "parted /dev/block/mmcblk0", press Enter 
16. View the partition details by typing "print", press Enter
17. If everything looks good, type "quit" and press Enter and proceed to next step, if not go back to step 12 and try again
18. Upgrade the ext2 to ext3 by typing "upgrade_fs" and press Enter
19. Check that the conversion and partitioning still looks good by typing "parted /dev/block/mmcblk0", Enter
20. Type "print" and Enter
21. If everything looks good type "quit", Enter, if not go back to step 18, proceed to the next step
22. Upgrade to ext4 by typing "tune2fs -O extents,uninit_bg,dir_index /dev/block/mmcblk0p2" and press Enter
23. Complete the upgrade by typing "e2fsck -fpDC0 /dev/block/mmcblk0p2" and press Enter to complete the ext3 to ext4 process
24. Again, check that the conversion and partitioning still looks good by typing "parted /dev/block/mmcblk0", Enter
25. Type "print" and Enter
26. If everything looks good type "quit", Enter, and if not go back to step 21

Disclaimer: You could brick your phone and/or void your warranty. What you read here and then attempt to do is at your own risk. I am not responsible for what you do with your phone, PC, Mac, or whatever else you are messing around with. Proceed at your own risk.

1. Root your phone and partition your SD card to ext3 or ext4 depending on the ROM
   • If you are unsure of what ext is needed ask the ROM builder or post here on ThatsBadAss and we will try to find out for you
2. Download the desired ROM and save it to your computer, we will post our findings into our blog
3. Plug your phone into your PC
4. Mount your phone with your PC using the USB cable
5. Copy the .zip file to the root of your SD card, no folder 
   • Some people recomend that you change the name of the file to "update.zip", that is not necessary as the Amon Ra Recovery Image will let you choose a file by name, this way you can have multiple ROM’s on your SD
6. Unplug your phone
7. Power down your phone
8. Enter "Recovery Move" on your phone by holding down Home and Power buttons until the recovery screen comes up
   • It has a bunch of text on a black background
9. Select "Wipe data/factory reset" and click the action button
10. Once complete select "Apply sdcard:choose zip" and click the action button
11. Select the applicable .zip file and click the action button
12. After the installation you are done, setup your fresh new ROM
    • If you get a blurry, un-calibrated looking, screen after sleep mode let me know, I have a possible fix zip file

1. Power down your phone
2. Enter "FASTBOOT Mode" on your phone by holding the Volume Down and Power buttons (you can also use the Back and Power buttons) 
   • The screen will turn white with three little green robots on the bottom
3. In the Green Text
   1. Sapphire PVT 32B…: This is your motherboard
   2. HBOOT-1.33.0006…: This is your SPL version
   3. CPLD-10: Don’t know yet
   4. RADIO-2.22.19.261: Radio version
   5. May 27 2009…: Don’t know yet
4. Make note of your hardware because you may end up needing to update your SPL and you will definitely need to know the motherboard

Disclaimer: You could brick your phone and/or void your warranty. What you read here and then attempt to do is at your own risk. I am not responsible for what you do with your phone, PC, Mac, or whatever else you are messing around with. Proceed at your own risk.

1. Download and save the nbh file to your PC from http://rapidshare.com/files/269267171/SAPPIMG_Sapphire_TMUS_1.88.531.1_COC10_release_signed.nbh
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2. Plug your phone into your PC
3. Mount your phone with your PC
4. Copy the nbh file to the root of your SD card, no folder
5. Rename the file to "sappimg.nbh" if it isn’t already, be sure that it isnt "sappimg.nbh.nbh"
6. Power down your phone
7. Enter "FASTBOOT Mode" on your phone by holding the Volume Down and Power buttons (you can also use the Back and Power buttons) 
   • The screen will turn white with three little green robots on the bottom
8. Click the trackball and wait for it to pick up the "sappimg.nbh" file
   • It may be necessary to press the down volume button, followed by the back button
9. Click the trackball again to begin, it should automatically update from there
   • It may be necessary to press the down volume button, followed by the back button
10. Once complete, reboot the phone

Disclaimer: You could brick your phone and/or void your warranty. What you read here and then attempt to do is at your own risk. I am not responsible for what you do with your phone, PC, Mac, or whatever else you are messing around with. Proceed at your own risk.

1. Download and save the nbh file to your PC from http://rapidshare.com/files/269267171/SAPPIMG_Sapphire_TMUS_1.88.531.1_COC10_release_signed.nbh
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2. Power down your phone
3. Remove the back panel
4. Remove the SD card
5. Insert the SD card into your PC
6. Copy the nbh file to the root of your SD card, no folder
7. Rename the file to "sappimg.nbh" if it isn’t already, be sure that it isnt "sappimg.nbh.nbh"
8. Put the SD card into your phone
9. Enter "FASTBOOT Mode" on your phone by holding the Volume Down and Power buttons (you can also use the Back and Power buttons) 
   • The screen will turn white with three little green robots on the bottom
10. Click the trackball and wait for it to pick up the "sappimg.nbh" file
    • It may be necessary to press the down volume button, followed by the back button
11. Click the trackball again to begin, it should automatically update from there
12. Once complete, reboot the phone

1. You may need to downgrade to 1.5 if you are on 1.6
   • See SD Card In
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     and SD Card Out
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     posts for instructions
2. Download the following and save them to your computer:
   • FlashRec.apk
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     (Updated: 09/26/09)
     • You may need to change the extension from .zip to .apk
   • Amon Ra’s Recovery Image
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     (32A)(Updated 11.18.09)
     • See post on Check Your Phones Hardware and SPL
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   • Amon Ra’s Recovery Image
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     (32B)(Updated 11.18.09)
     • See post on Check Your Phones Hardware and SPL
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3. Connect your phone to your computer
4. Mount the phone with the computer
5. Copy both files to your SD card, do not put them in a folder
6. Unplug your phone from the computer
7. Goto the Market and download a file manager such as Linda or Astro
8. Go back to your Home screen
9. Push the Menu button
10. Click Settings
11. Go to Application
12. Check the "Unknown sources" box and click OK
13. Open the file manager and go to the SD card
14. Find FlashRec.apk and launch it
    • If asked, accept "Open App Manager" to open it then click Install
15. Open the FlashRec, aka Recovery Flasher, program
16. Click on Backup Recovery Image and wait for it to finish
17. In the empty text box in the Recovery Flasher program enter the location and name of the .img file
    • "/sdcard/recovery-RAv1.2.3H.img" OR "/sdcard/recovery-RA-dream-v1.2.3.img"
18. Click on the Flash Recovery Image button and wait for it to finish
19. Turn off the phone
20. Enter "Recovery Move" on your phone by holding down Home and Power buttons until the recovery screen comes up
    • It has a bunch of text on a black background
21. You are now Root’d and can load a ROM