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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.

I received a replacement MT3G after successfully rooting, then subsequently bricking my phone attempting to install an incompatible ROM that updated the SPL. Rooters beware. Below is how I rooted my replacement phone that came with stock Android 1.6 build DRC92 and the perfect SPL 1.33.0007. The combination isnt bad to root IF you have the correct files and a Goldcard.

1. Download and save the file 2.53.707.2_-_sappimg.zip from http://rapidshare.com/files/267446145/2.53.707.2_-_sappimg.zip
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   • Discussion thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=548218
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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 zip file to the root of your SD card, no folder
7. Rename the file to "sappimg.zip" 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.zip" 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
    • If you do not get "Update Complete!" you will need to build a Goldcard and try again: Here is how to create a Goldcard – http://thatsbadass.com/android/2010/02/08/goldcard-build/
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12. 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. 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)

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

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