I am trying to downgrade my RC30 to RC29, so I can root my G1. Well, I copt DREAIMG.nbh to my SD card, but when I go to boot my phone, I get a multi colored screen that stays there, and it says no image found.
Did T-Mobile find a way to block the root capabilities, or am I bieng an idiot.
Please help.
Thank you
use the search option this question has been asked soooooooooooooo many times ....
see thats the thing, I have gone through android-dls and followed the destructions to a T, but I get red/green/blue/white screen that has a white bar with serial0 in it.
I talked to one of the reps @ T Mobile that told be about rooting when I bought the phone on Sat, and now his isnt working......
Here's what you need
http://android-dls.com/files/upload/DREAIMG.nbh
rename this file DREAMIMG.nbh and place it on your sdcard root (the card may repeat may need reformatted -mine didn't but a friends did so try it without first).
then reboot with the camera button depressed, you should get the coloured lines, it should recognise the image. if this doesn't happen reformat your sdcard as fat32 (this is easily done from windows mac or linux) place the image on the sdcard root as above and try again.
At last count this has not been fixed! but most likely will be with the new rc33 roll out!
Let us know how you get on mate.
Right on man, I am starting on it now, will let ya know in a few.....
unfortunately, it still is not recognizing the img, the card has been reformatted to FAT32, and still no avail. The DREAMIMG.nbh is the only file on the SD card
i am on build tc4-rc30, if that helps, doubt it, but I am at a loss as to what to do. I upgraded from the Shadow, and I miss so many of the features, dont really miss WM, but oh well
Did you check the MD5 of the file you downloaded?
Should be: 53840b90a0fe1bfab19fab8ef8fb9724
Did you put DREAIMG.NBH or DREAIMG.nbh? its all caps try that or the file might be corrupted try downloading it again
oh yeah and its DREAIMG not DREAMIMG (sorry for the second post)
Yes it is MD5 53840b90a0fe1bfab19fab8ef8fb9724 and I had it named both DREAIMG and DREAMIMG
I have reformatted the card again, and still, when I reboot with the camera button held, a quick white screen flashes and I can barely see that it says no image found, then back to the multicolored screen, with a white bar, with serial 0 in it. I can soft reset it, but nothing.....
umm try downloading a different file the first time i did i got a update failed message so i just got another one and it worked
see the problem is, I have dl the file from here, http://android-dls.com/wiki/index.php?title=Root_For_RC30, and http://www.webnetta.com/2009/01/02/how-to-downgrade-your-g1-to-get-root/
And all of them with the same results. Sorry for all this guys, Im not a newb to getting into the guts of my phones, but this one is pissin me off lmao
http://www.modmygphone.com/files/firmwares/DREAIMG-RC29.zip
try this one the android wiki doesnt work i got update failed on that one the 1st time
working on it now
well i tried it on mine right now just for fun lol and it worked so you should be ok just make sure its in the root of the sd card and not in any type of folder
still the same ****. I dont know what else to do
xm0is3sx said:
well i tried it on mine right now just for fun lol and it worked so you should be ok just make sure its in the root of the sd card and not in any type of folder
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it is the ONLY file on the sd card. No folders. 1GB card
umm the i dunno i got the message you said when i tried it with a blank sd card it should show that you have it try the rc 30
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My phone is stuck in the lil rainbow fastboot i guess screen. but i dont have a correct update.zip in my SD card. I cant restart my phone, what do i do?
Pull the battery and restart?
tried that. just goes back to the red green and blue
Isn't it CALL+MENU+END?
How did you get your phone stuck in the spl? Did you try to flash it? If not, check to see if the camera button is stuck against the casing.
If the camera button isnt stuck, you'll have to remove the microsd and write the DREAIMG.NBH file using a card reader.
Download this: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=EMY1HIVU
Extract the DREAMIMG.nbh file to your SD card
Power off G1
Hold Camera button, and press Power button to entry bootloader mode.
You should see a gray/white screen with instructions to flash your phone with the update on your SD card.
Press the Power button to start upgrade procedure.
Wait till completely finished.
Restart your phone.
Go here http://android-dls.com/wiki/index.php?title=OTA_Updates for RC-30, RC-33 official updates.
thanks, thats exactly what i thought i needed to do, i just need to find a card reader to use... i can go straight to JF 1.5 right? cuz thats what i was running before. The story is that i tried to do a nandroid recovery from my computer and I dont know what happened after that.
after loading up the dream files can i just do the regular update to JF 1.5?
abstracthomie said:
thanks, thats exactly what i thought i needed to do, i just need to find a card reader to use... i can go straight to JF 1.5 right? cuz thats what i was running before. The story is that i tried to do a nandroid recovery from my computer and I dont know what happened after that.
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I believe so, I'm picky so I always do JF-30, then JF-33, then JF-1.5 just to be safe.....for me.
it didnt work, it said something like there was no file? its just that dreaimg.nbh file right? i dont need to rename it to update.zip? or anything?
double post, see below. sorry.
abstracthomie said:
it didnt work, it said something like there was no file? its just that dreaimg.nbh file right? i dont need to rename it to update.zip? or anything?
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try and reformat your sdcard first to FAT32, just as a precaution.
then extract the dreaimg.nbh file to the sdcard, don't rename it.
it should be like 89,419kb.
pull the battery just to be safe, pop battery back in.
make sure your holding the camera button down first, THEN press power, keep holding till the gray screen pops up.
when it say to, press the power button to start the update.
let it go, just sit back and wait till it says to press action button (trackball)
since i was on adp1.5 before this, should i just try to put in adp1.5?
No update.zip
Make sure that card is formatted FAT32, and that the DREAMIMG.nbh file is not actually DREAMIMG.nbh.nbh (right click>properties-----make sure that the file is DREAMIMG.nbh, not DREAMIMG.nbh.nbh). If thats been established, it should work.
srry I type slow
it just says no image file?
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it just says no image file?
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try placing the .nbh image on a different sd card and see if it gives you the same prompt.
i just dl'ed telnet... and it wont connect to host or something? WTeff?!
thanks guys, got it to work =]. I fried two SD cards trying though hahaha. oh well. lucky i use my spare 1gb SD cards for modding my phone.
yes ive searched. yes ive tried alot of things. now that thats out the way id be grateful for any help on the topic. i dowloaded a few dreaimg files from xda as wll as androidandme.com rooting guide. none work. i tried to format my card again to load the image back on the sd card and try again and no luck my comp wont even read my sd card now. i have an 8gb and i hope its not fully fried but i can get another card if needed. my main thing is i was going from rc-33 back to 29 in order to root the phone and i get the dreaimg.nbh fail. i havent had a phone for about 3 days. if there is anyone out there to help ill take it. thanks in advanced.
what steps are you doing? explain step by step what you are doing....
Format your card to be Fat32 and make sure that you do not use a card reader. Works like a charm. The main thing is that your card needs to be Fat32.
I tried using a card reader but would not read then I formatted thru the phone and worked and flashed
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what steps are you doing? explain step by step what you are doing....
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i formatted the card while it was in my phone to FAT32.
i downloaded the image to get my phone back down to rc29 in order to root.
directly from my phones browser i downloaded http://www.androidactivity.com/root/root.apk over wifi
installed the root.apk file
powered off my phone then turned it back on by holding cam button and power.
ressed power to run image then got FAIL.
i followed the instructions from here:
http://www.androidandme.com/2009/05...r-rooting-your-android-g1-to-install-cupcake/
after it failed there was no way for me to mount my phone so i got a sd card reader, plugged that in and then went to apply the file manually. i deleted the old file then put the new one on and it still didnt work so i decided to format the card to fat32 again and then try to put the fileback on. now the card cannot be read.
thank you for the quick responses i appreciate it.
i didn't use thaqt app- i just did it the old fashioned way in the sticky thread on this forum.
i read in the middle of that page you linked to that "Update: Some users have reported the DREAIMG.nbh file gets corrupted when downloading over 3G/Edge. To avoid this just download the file to your PC and then copy it to the SD card." -
is this what you did? i see you downloaded it from your phone- maybe its the phone that corrupts it- DL it from your PC and transfer apk over from there.
looks like a nice app though.....
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i didn't use thaqt app- i just did it the old fashioned way in the sticky thread on this forum.
i read in the middle of that page you linked to that "Update: Some users have reported the DREAIMG.nbh file gets corrupted when downloading over 3G/Edge. To avoid this just download the file to your PC and then copy it to the SD card." -
is this what you did? i see you downloaded it from your phone- maybe its the phone that corrupts it- DL it from your PC and transfer apk over from there.
looks like a nice app though.....
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going to another g1 now so i guess i will give it another try and see wat happens. i am also going to get another 8gb card so if there is a better instructions please post em
if you don't know what you are doing, i would stick with that app- just use your pc to DL the files-
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=442480
I am following these instructions to bring my phone back to stock, before I send it in for a replacement (Alt key isn't working):
1. get the original SPL for your phone, go to the SPL thread at the top
2. rename it to update.zip and flash it to your phone
3. download the DREAIMG.nbh from the thread where you rooted your phone
4. place DREAIMG.nbh on the root of your SD card and start phone in bootloader(camera+power)
5. hit power to start the update DO NOT INTERRUPT!! i can not stress this enough
6. hit action(trackball down) and your phone will reboot
7. YOU NOW HAVE STOCK FIRMWARE, it will update on it's own in a little bit
I downloaded G1OrigBootloader_nocheck.zip, copied it to my SD card, renamed it to "update.zip", turned the phone off, powered up holding HOME and POWER and then pressed ALT+W for wipe and then ALT+S to apply the update. So far, so good.
Then I deleted update.zip from the SD card and moved DREAIMG.nbh onto it. I powered off the phone, then pressed the camera button and power. It has the white screen with the blue text "Loading..." and then the screen briefly flashes with "No image file!" before going to the bootloader screen.
Help! I don't know what to do next. Many thanks!
ETA: Should I install the DREAIMG.nbh *before* installing the stock SPL?
ETA 2: I formatted my SD Card just for grins (I could swear I had done that before) and now it's working fine. So. For anyone else who gets the No Image File error, try formatting your SD Card and then transferring files. Also, I re-downloaded the DREAIMG.nbh file so it might've even been that which fixed it. At any rate, I no longer need assistance and I don't know how to delete a post. I'm assuming you can't.
In case anyone else comes across this thread while having this problem...
I had the same problem with my Rhodium. The problem disappeared when I switched from formatting that particular SD card with FAT to FAT32.
So, try FAT32 and see if that helps!
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So, try FAT32 and see if that helps!
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Yup^ android cant read fat partitions.
Also why do you want to unroot?
I was helping a friend unroot for a warranty return and I encountered this problem. While I realized that it was a simple, and some what dumb typograpghical error in my case. Have you checked, and I mean really checked the filename? I realized that I had a space in between the "G" and the "." (DREAIMG .nbh, rather than DREAIMG.nbh) I have the RC29 and RC30 .nbh images backed up on my home computer for just such purposes and I have them labeled accordingly (example: DREAIMG RC29.nbh). So when I went use it, I copied the file, edited the name, and forgot to take the space out. It therefore displayed no image for me as well. Just something simple to check.
Okay well this is my first time on this forum better yet my second day having the G1 and I've already seemed to get in trouble with this phone. Okay well I was attempting to jailbreak a G1 with no data plan. After I had put the Dreaimg file in my F drive I had to go to that rainbow screen and all. After that the phone was locked again so I activated my phone VIA WIFI using Jesus Freaks thread. Then after I got back in the phone I continued to attempt to jailbreak/root my phone so I tried to put the recovery.img and upload zip file in my F drive but it said something about an I/O error. I kept messing with it trying to think of solutions now when I try to click the F drive it says, "The disk in drive F is not formatted. Do you want to format it now?" when I press yes and check "Quick Format" it crashes my computer. I am on an XP computer. PLEASE HELP! ):
Well your first problem is that you are using windows.
Just playing, you could always try a card reader. Your card needs to be fat32. If your phone still reads the card, try going into sd in settings and format it through your phone, then retry it on your computer
Its in FAT32 thus I was trying to jailbreak it. Although my phone can't read it, as it seems. When I go to SD in settings all I see is "Total Space", "Available Space", "Unmount/eject SD card". And they are all dark so that I can not press it. And I'm sure I have an SD card in there.
Ok your card is possibely corrupted, since you do not have a recovery image we can't go that way to reformat, hmmmm, card reader, I know reboot your phone, it will pull up a notice that your card is not formatted and it will ask you to format it now right there on the phone
I just rebooted it nothing happened. Also another piece of info, the problem was happening yesterday as I woke up today my phone popped up a message saying Upload now? or something like that and I pressed yes and it fixed but I did the same thing, and tried to jailbreak it, and now I'm back to the same problem. ): Got AIM to help me faster?
Don't got aim. So nothing popped up, you updated by what the ota update if so you are back to your previous build, if you are having serious problems with formating, my best suggestion is a card reader, you can get one for like $15 at walmart. Or try a different sdcard
If you are feeling froggy and are broke, you can try downloading a linux distro and burn a live cd or use unetbootin to make it on a thumb drive. Ubuntu linux has a partion editor that would be able to read it no problem and format it and even partion it for you since you will prob want apps2sd and a linux swap
Ugh I'm a big noob at G1's as I've only had it for one day now. Do you have MSN? Yahoo? something please. I need live help I don't want to brick my phone.
I don't use any of the messaginers, sorry, but the only way you can really brick you phone is to mess up installing the danger spl, anything else you can come back from, the most I can offer is my # and walk you through that way but your easiest option would be the card reader
Eh, can you message me your number?
I'll pm it to you in a sec
The AMOLED screen on my Nexus One broke, so, I sent it for repair to a dealer cause there is no official HTC support for Nexus One in India. Before I sent the phone I took a backup of my SD card and also removed it from the phone.
After I got the phone back with the new screen installed, I put in my SD card and it says Blank SD card or unsupported file system. So, I tried different SD card and the same thing popped up with every card I put in. It would ask me to format the card and even if I formatted, it would not mount the SD card. The SD cards work in all other phones and SD card readers.
So, I sent the phone back to the repair guy and he said that its most probably a software bug because if it was a hardware bug then the error message would not pop up at all. He said that it would be best to reflash the ROM but then he tried and the ROM could not be reflashed.
Now the Phone is with me and everything works except for the SD card. Plugging the phone in the computer also doesn't help as the card is not being mounted by the phone at all.
The phone I am using is a Nexus One with stock ROM Android 2.3.4 (never rooted or hacked).
Please help me find a solution to this. I'm even ready to install a custom ROM but can't do so without an SD card.
Please help!!!
Ok well android can't find the SD card but lets see if your bootloader can if not then send it in for repairs again because it's not software. Check my sig there is a link that says passimg try those instructions and tell me what you get.
Hey,
Thank you for the response but most of the instructions require the SD Card. However, in my case as you know the SD Card itself is not functioning. So even if I download the Passimg file, I can't place it on the SD card.
Is there a way to use ADB to wipe the phone completely and then reinstall the original factory stock ROMS?
I did go back to the vendor and asked him to repair the device but after a heated argument he just said that the device's SD card is working but it is not recognizing the cards in it which he said is because of a software bug and for that you need to re-flash the device completely but he didn't have the means to do it, so now I'm left with an unusable phone.
So, in shot can I do the whole reflash thing without the SD card working?
Thank you for responding, you're the only one so far whose come to the rescue. Waiting to hear from you.
Thanks
Hey,
So I just understood the full extent of your recommendation. You wanted me to check if the bootloader detects the Passimg file or not given that booting into Android is not doing that.
As per the instructions on the passimg page I need to download the FRG83 ROM and apply the update. But I'm just wondering if I do this and if the bootloader actually detects the update on the SD card, won't I also need to downgrade the HBOOT version or is it jut safe to apply the downgraded FRG83 over the GRJ22 build that I currently have on the phone?
The details of my phone are as follows:
Nexusone pvt Ship S-ON
HBOOT-0.35.0017
MICROP-0b15
TOUCH PANEL-SYNT0103
RADIO-5.08.00.04
Oct 12 2010, 14:33:16
Please guide as per your convenience,
Thank you.
I'm not 100% sure but I'd assume that if you do as what you're planning to do.. the HBOOT should also be flashed automatically with the rom. double check incase!
Hi Again,
So, I took the risk and downloaded the FRG83 ROm loaded it into my SD card using a different phone and then put that card into the SD card slot of the Nexus One.
I went into the boot loaded and it automatically detected the PASSIMG.zip file and asked me whether I want to install the Update - I chose YES.
The update installed successfully and I booted into Android. After finishing the Wizard, I checked the Android Version and it says FRG83 but when I look at the notification bar it still shows me the same error "Blank SD card or has Unsupported File System".
So, we can conclude that the SD card and the SD slot work fine.. Any thoughts on what could be done next?
Well that's weird ok well lets see what the computer says. Put the card back in that other phone and connect it to the computer then on the computer go to computer then right click the card (probably E: maybe F: ) then go to properties and check file system make sure it's FAT32.
Not sure if it's wort posting on this thread still, but lots of people come searching for a solution to this problem so I figured I'd post at least another thing to try.
I've had this happen several time on various Android phones. I've been able to bring the card back every time. I throw the card into my micro usb reader, pop it in my computer, and run disk utility (I don't know what equivalent would be for Windows). You should see your SD card come up and see your main data partition there below it. Click on the partition and click repair in the bottom right.
It will run through some stuff and you'll be able to see if it's found anything in need of repair and if it repaired it.
The few times this has happened to me Disk Utility said it was an empty block at beginning of some data or something...
YMMV
Not sure if it's worth posting on this thread still, but lots of people come searching for a solution to this problem so I figured I'd post at least another thing to try.
I've had this happen several time on various Android phones. I've been able to bring the card back every time. I throw the card into my micro usb reader, pop it in my computer, and run disk utility (I don't know what equivalent would be for Windows). You should see your SD card come up and see your main data partition there below it. Click on the partition and click repair in the bottom right.
It will run through some stuff and you'll be able to see if it's found anything in need of repair and if it repaired it.
The few times this has happened to me Disk Utility said it was an empty block at beginning of some data or something...
YMMV
When I had this exact problem, I had to replace the SIM/Micro SD flex board to fix it. They were $15 shipped on eBay at the time.