Really need some help. I think i bricked my phone - G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I managed to root my phone by
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=442480
applied the Hardspl.
However i did not complete the last step of
"First, choose a modified image from the list below:
ADP1.1: (md5: bacc58302e0b239d66c7bcc8db6c434b)
http://jf.odiness.com/v1.41/JFv1.41_...ronment.tar.gz
http://android-dls.com/forum/index.p...rb_v=viewtopic
http://andblogs.net/2009/01/jesusfre...mages-are-out/
RC33: (md5: f24b6c237775147cb4bc42efc2393973)
http://jf.odiness.com/v1.41/JFv1.41_...ronment.tar.gz
http://android-dls.com/forum/index.p...rb_v=viewtopic
http://andblogs.net/2009/02/new-rc33...om-jesusfreke/
RC8: (md5: de2d0d34adbb4015ee3aa5e4e7ca3c07)
http://jf.odiness.com/v1.41/JFv1.41_...ronment.tar.gz
http://android-dls.com/forum/index.p...rb_v=viewtopic
http://andblogs.net/2009/01/jesusfre...mages-are-out/
1. Download the image.
2. Rename it to update.zip.
3. Copy it to your phone's SD card.
4. Turn your phone off.
5. Start up in recovery mode by holding Home and pressing Power.
6. Press alt-W to wipe your device. (You need to do this, or the device may hang at the flashing Android screen)
7. Press alt-S to apply the update."
I skip the step as i thought those above apd 1.1, rc33, rc 8 were the outdated versions
Next i went to update to the latest radio and all was working fine.
Till I went straight to (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=475381) and downloaded JFv1.50 ADP1.5 (post#2) and rename
to update.zip and alt-s to apply update.
Now my phone is stuck at the new blue andriod boot screen..
tried to flash back to ADP1.1: (md5: bacc58302e0b239d66c7bcc8db6c434b)
http://jf.odiness.com/v1.41/JFv1.41_...ronment.tar.gz but it doesnt allow me to at the /!\ with phone screen.
can any kind soul help me please?

When you see the "!" all you got to do is hit alt+l to bring up the list. Make sure you wipe before going to any build. Sometimes you have to give it some time especially since it's your first rom you've loaded, it can take awhile. Your not bricked.

lol problem solved..
wiped and reflashed jf's 1.51...
seriously scared the **** out of me..

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Freeze at G1 Splash SCreen, I Need Help!!

Edit: ****, ok so my phone isn't booting up now..the phone just freezes at the g1 splash logo.
I can still get into recovery console/bootloader, can I save my phone? Help!
I do have other theme's in /sdcard/themes/
I don't know if I can delete the current update.zip in my root and move one of them to the root and rename it, then flash that on? Someone please help!
-Ok so, I have the sdk...
-I'm in fastboot mode
-I have the correct driver for the phone, windows picks it up
but when adb doesn't pick up the devices, is there something I need to do to "get started" so to say? I'm trying to install some themes and push the browser.apk into the phone but, im stumped
tehseano said:
Edit: ****, ok so my phone isn't booting up now..the phone just freezes at the g1 splash logo.
I can still get into recovery console/bootloader, can I save my phone? Help!
I do have other theme's in /sdcard/themes/
I don't know if I can delete the current update.zip in my root and move one of them to the root and rename it, then flash that on? Someone please help!
-Ok so, I have the sdk...
-I'm in fastboot mode
-I have the correct driver for the phone, windows picks it up
but when adb doesn't pick up the devices, is there something I need to do to "get started" so to say? I'm trying to install some themes and push the browser.apk into the phone but, im stumped
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First, you are at the wrong screen. You should not be in fastboot mode in the bootloader for updating themes, you should be in recovery mode.
I suggest you perform a wipe to possibly bring your phone back to normal at least. It can be done by turning off the phone, then pressing and holding the back and home button until you enter recovery mode.
From there press alt + w to wipe the phone.
Then restart by pressing back + home.
Next, before installing the theme, make sure its the correct one for your phone. Check with the author if it was made for RC30 or RC8, and if it is a non-wipe theme, because if it is not, you will be stuck at the Tmobile G1 splash screen (aka be in an indefinite loop) like your current situation.
If you are trying to install browser.apk (im assuming the multitouch browser - please correct me if im wrong) you will need to install JF 1.41 first. By default it will include the multitouch version of browser.apk
Please provide more information about your situation, and keep us posted.
andonnguyen said:
First, you are at the wrong screen. You should not be in fastboot mode in the bootloader for updating themes, you should be in recovery mode.
I suggest you perform a wipe to possibly bring your phone back to normal at least. It can be done by turning off the phone, then pressing and holding the back and home button until you enter recovery mode.
From there press alt + w to wipe the phone.
Then restart by pressing back + home.
Next, before installing the theme, make sure its the correct one for your phone. Check with the author if it was made for RC30 or RC8, and if it is a non-wipe theme, because if it is not, you will be stuck at the Tmobile G1 splash screen (aka be in an indefinite loop) like your current situation.
If you are trying to install browser.apk (im assuming the multitouch browser - please correct me if im wrong) you will need to install JF 1.41 first. By default it will include the multitouch version of browser.apk
Please provide more information about your situation, and keep us posted.
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Sorry, I should have provided more information, and explained that the 2nd half of this post was my original post, which was just me asking how to correctly use ADB. I do already have JF 1.41, I upgraded yesterday. It wasn't my first theme I installed either. I was using Vintage War (for the Dream), but it hadn't been updated for 1.41, so I was trying the standalone apk adb push method found in this forum, which is where this post first oriented.
I was in recovery mode for installing themes, I'm using JF 1.41 RC30, with the HardSPL bootloader. Initially after installing the theme it would go blank after the g1 splash, so I had tried to install it again hoping it would fix it, unfortunately my thumb is a bit to fat and I hit alt W instead of S, anyways that is what put me into this infinite loop.
But like I said this wasn't my first time trying to mod the phone, I've had it rooted for a month or so now, and have been keeping up-to-date.
Any more information I can provide, please let me know. My phone is my livelyhood, I need it. So if anyone can help, the sooner would be better. Either way I am entirely greatful for any help anyone can provide. Thanks in advance!
tehseano said:
I was in recovery mode for installing themes, I'm using JF 1.41 RC30, with the HardSPL bootloader. Initially after installing the theme it would go blank after the g1 splash, so I had tried to install it again hoping it would fix it, unfortunately my thumb is a bit to fat and I hit alt W instead of S, anyways that is what put me into this infinite loop.
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It is weird how a wipe caused you to go into an infinite loop. Which apk's did you try to push to your phone?
I would suggest to go without using the theme for now. JesusFreke had pointed out that some themes were causing problems for the new 1.41. update. You should check with the author of the theme to see if its compatible with the new 1.41 (which it should be since RC30 1.3, RC30 1.31, and RC30 1.41 are all compatible)
andonnguyen said:
It is weird how a wipe caused you to go into an infinite loop. Which apk's did you try to push to your phone?
I would suggest to go without using the theme for now. JesusFreke had pointed out that some themes were causing problems for the new 1.41. update. You should check with the author of the theme to see if its compatible with the new 1.41 (which it should be since RC30 1.3, RC30 1.31, and RC30 1.41 are all compatible)
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....How do I get out of the loop. My phone doesn't get passed it. There has to be something I can do in console or recovery or something. I'm really sorry if I'm coming off as rude or demanding but I really need a phone, and I need it right now. I don't know what more I can tell you before someone can finally give me a solution (sorry)
1. Download RC29
2. Copy it onto your sdcard
3. Reboot your phone into the SPL with Power+Camera
4. When prompted, press the end key to start the reflash.
Note: this will completely wipe the flash chip on your phone and revert everything back to factory. You will need to re-root your phone and update to JF1.41
Next time, use nandroid to backup before installing themes, etc.
Datruesurfer said:
1. Download RC29
2. Copy it onto your sdcard
3. Reboot your phone into the SPL with Power+Camera
4. When prompted, press the end key to start the reflash.
Note: this will completely wipe the flash chip on your phone and revert everything back to factory. You will need to re-root your phone and update to JF1.41
Next time, use nandroid to backup before installing themes, etc.
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Alright, I'm doing it now. And I did use nandroid and make a backup, no one said anything about how to restore it. Regardless thank you so very much, you are my Savior right now!
tehseano said:
Alright, I'm doing it now. And I did use nandroid and make a backup, no one said anything about how to restore it.
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That's easy. Just grab a copy of the fastboot utility and the images off your sdcard in the 'nandroid' directory and boot your phone into the SPL. Plug your phone in via usb and press the back button once and you should see "Serial0" change to "FASTBOOT" Then open up a windows command prompt in the location of the exe you downloaded and run:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot flash userdata data.img
fastboot reboot
Your phone will come back up with all of your applications, settings etc from when you did the backup. Keep in mind you need the HardSPL to do this though(look for three androids on skateboards in SPL). The G1 factory bootloader does not support fastboot, only NBH images that come from the factory.
Hi, my situation is a bit worse:
I have a Dev Phone, upgraded to JFv1.41.
Today, I got the pop up message telling me to do a "system holiday update 2 of 2". I press "Update now" and the phone got reboot. Since then... I could not get through the first screen that has the word "Android" at all, not even to the screen where Android icon is flashing. It just freezes right there.
The only way to turn off is to take out battery. I could not enter recovery mode through pressing Home+Power. One time, the screen actually turned into weird color patterns. Is there anything I can do? consider that I don't have any nandroid back up image at all?
I tried to download the DREAIMG-RC29.zip, unzip and copy to the sdcard, then reboot into the SPL with Power+Camera but nothing happens, just a 4 color screen said "serial0".
Thanks in advance.
Isn't the 4 color screen the standard bootloader that ships with retail G1's (not a dev phone bootloader)?
lugiamx said:
Hi, my situation is a bit worse:
I have a Dev Phone, upgraded to JFv1.41.
Today, I got the pop up message telling me to do a "system holiday update 2 of 2". I press "Update now" and the phone got reboot. Since then... I could not get through the first screen that has the word "Android" at all, not even to the screen where Android icon is flashing. It just freezes right there.
The only way to turn off is to take out battery. I could not enter recovery mode through pressing Home+Power. One time, the screen actually turned into weird color patterns. Is there anything I can do? consider that I don't have any nandroid back up image at all?
I tried to download the DREAIMG-RC29.zip, unzip and copy to the sdcard, then reboot into the SPL with Power+Camera but nothing happens, just a 4 color screen said "serial0".
Thanks in advance.
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I had the same problem, almost verbatim. ADP1.1, JFv1.41, ran the Holiday update 1 of 2, no problems, did the 2 of 2 update, got stuck at the flashing Android boot screen. Pulled the battery, rebooted, same thing, waited 2-3 minutes at the flashing screen and was just about to pull the battery again and then all of a sudden the damn thing came to life, the OS loaded up and now everything's working fine. Gave me quite a scare.
ummm actually the fastboot utility wont work for my computer soo what shoud i do.... if anything i need a really good reply something long cause im new to this and my fone wont get off the android sign.
chinoman said:
ummm actually the fastboot utility wont work for my computer soo what shoud i do.... if anything i need a really good reply something long cause im new to this and my fone wont get off the android sign.
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Why have you just hijacked a 5 month old thread? You haven't given use any details either. Fastboot is available for all OS's, it will work on your computer, you just probably don't know how to use it. Please make a new thread in the Q&A section where we can help you out there.
This should be closed or moved to Q&A.
hey man just unroot ur phone and root it again u soft bricked ur phone its ok
hey just try to unroot k
hey if u want me to fix it for u just email me at [email protected] and ill help u

Un-rooting?

How do I un-root my G1 if I have Haykuro's spl?
The first thing you must to do is downgrade the SPL . (This is very important you must to do this step first, DOWNGRADE THE SPL)
download the original stock SPL - http://www.megaupload.com/?d=6JMCDJJH
Rename the Original SPL to Update.zip and place it (now named update.zip) on the SD card (not in any folder)
Turn off the phone
Turn on the phone holding Home and End key till the recovery screen pops up.
Hit Alt W to wipe the phone, then hit Alt S to load the update.zip
After the update is complete, press Home and Back to reboot.
next
you must to load the factory DREAMIMG.nbh
1. Download the Original DreaIMG.nbh file: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=XXSQ0T7W
2. If the file downloaded above downloads as a .Zip file, please unzip it first then put the DreamIMG.nbh file that is inside on the SD card (root SD card not in any folder)
3. 3. Turn the phone off if it is on.
4. Turn on the phone by holding the Camera button and the End key until the bootloader screen turns on.
5. Hit the End key to start the update. DO NOT INTERUPT THIS PROCESS.
6. Once it is done, hit the trackball to restart the phone. You now are on the stock firmware RC29. You must do the next section to get back to cupcake.
Back to cupcake
Download the cupcake update from here - http://code.google.com/p/android-ro...=signed-kila-ota-148830.de6a94ca.zip&can=2&q= , then put it on your SD card, rename it to update.zip Turn off your phone and turn it back on by holding down Home and Power to get to recovery mode. In recovery mode (the ! screen) hit Alt L to see text, then hit Alt S to Apply the update.
Or just flash the RC29 image cause it has the stock spl with it. It will downgrade everything at once.
^^^^ G1gurl have a Haykuro SPL he must to downgrade the SPL before downgrade to RC29. G1gurl if you downgrade to RC29 without downgrade the SPL you go to have a BRICK. downgrade the SPL first and the next step is downgrade to RC29
But why lose such acess? Are you returning it?
Ace42 said:
But why lose such acess? Are you returning it?
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Yes I'm having problems with it, I hate having to do everything all over again but when I touch it touches something else. Is there a way I can fix that or try to repair it?
G1gurl said:
Yes I'm having problems with it, I hate having to do everything all over again but when I touch it touches something else. Is there a way I can fix that or try to repair it?
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Being able to calibrate the screen is one of the thing's I've always thought the G1 lacked, especially because I got fat fingers.
Have you tried wiping your data and reflashing your rom yet, to see if it's a software bug?
jackslim said:
Being able to calibrate the screen is one of the thing's I've always thought the G1 lacked, especially because I got fat fingers.
Have you tried wiping your data and reflashing your rom yet, to see if it's a software bug?
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Yes I've tried that too, but it goes away and then it starts again, but I''m trying out mlign hero rom and it's seems to be ok now.

Requesting Cyanogen Upgrade Help

Hello all, I have a friend with a G1 that is currently running Cyanogen 4.0.4. He is interested in updating to the latest stable release, but has had trouble booting after he does. Since I have no experience with the G1 or Android in general, I was hoping someone might be able to walk us through the process.
I know his phone is rooted, but I'm not sure what he used to do so. I also think he could probably use a radio update.
Thanks for your time!
xiton said:
Hello all, I have a friend with a G1 that is currently running Cyanogen 4.0.4. He is interested in updating to the latest stable release, but has had trouble booting after he does. Since I have no experience with the G1 or Android in general, I was hoping someone might be able to walk us through the process.
I know his phone is rooted, but I'm not sure what he used to do so. I also think he could probably use a radio update.
Thanks for your time!
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This link provides all the steps needed to upgrade from 4.0.4 to the current release
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.p...version_less_than_4.1.99_or_other_rooted_ROMs
Download the Android 1.6 Recovery Image (it has "-ota-" in the filename):
http://www.4shared.com/file/164243978/15081498/signed-dream_devphone_userdebu.html
Download the latest CyanogenMod ROM for your device:
http://n0rp.chemlab.org/android/upda...7.1-signed.zip
1) Hold power and turn the phone off
2) Start up in recovery mode by holding home and pressing power.
3) You are now in recovery mode.
4) Press Alt-W to wipe all data
5) Press Alt-A to apply any zip from sd
6) Choose signed-dream_devphone_userdebug-ota-14721.zip (You won't see the entire filename)
7) When it is done it will ask you to reboot to complete the installation. Press Home+Back
8) You will be returned to the recovery screen in a few minutes, be patient.
9) Press Alt-A to apply any zip from sd
10) Choose update-cm-4.2.7.1-signed.zip
11) After the update is complete, hold Home and press Back to restart. (May take up to 15 minutes to boot)
12) Complete the setup process
i have looked everywhere (i think) for signed-dream_devphone_userdebug-ota-14721.zip Where did it go... i'm also on 4.0.4 and want all the googly goodness if you have- or- can find a link?? thanks so much. i've learned alot from u guys, sorry for not posting
Found a mirror using the Google (real complicated stuff, not recommended for beginners)
http://pomac.netswarm.net/mirror.html/mirror/android/adp1/android-1.6
It has both
signed-dream_devphone_userdebug-img-14721.zip
&
signed-dream_devphone_userdebug-ota-14721.zip
yozpalang said:
Download the Android 1.6 Recovery Image (it has "-ota-" in the filename):
http://www.4shared.com/file/164243978/15081498/signed-dream_devphone_userdebu.html
Download the latest CyanogenMod ROM for your device:
http://n0rp.chemlab.org/android/upda...7.1-signed.zip
1) Hold power and turn the phone off
2) Start up in recovery mode by holding home and pressing power.
3) You are now in recovery mode.
4) Press Alt-W to wipe all data
5) Press Alt-A to apply any zip from sd
6) Choose signed-dream_devphone_userdebug-ota-14721.zip (You won't see the entire filename)
7) When it is done it will ask you to reboot to complete the installation. Press Home+Back
8) You will be returned to the recovery screen in a few minutes, be patient.
9) Press Alt-A to apply any zip from sd
10) Choose update-cm-4.2.7.1-signed.zip
11) After the update is complete, hold Home and press Back to restart. (May take up to 15 minutes to boot)
12) Complete the setup process
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iirc, his loader only lets you upgrade if you rename the files to update.zip. whats the one you are using that lets you preserve filenames?
xiton said:
iirc, his loader only lets you upgrade if you rename the files to update.zip. whats the one you are using that lets you preserve filenames?
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If you can only apply "update.zip" you probably want to upgrade the recovery image
What recovery are you on?
Are you sure the phone is rooted and you're not at the stock recovery?
Either way give Cyanogen's Wiki a read, there's a lot more info there
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php/Upgrading_From_Older_CyanogenMod_or_other_rooted_ROMs
jackslim said:
If you can only apply "update.zip" you probably want to upgrade the recovery image
What recovery are you on?
Are you sure the phone is rooted and you're not at the stock recovery?
Either way give Cyanogen's Wiki a read, there's a lot more info there
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php/Upgrading_From_Older_CyanogenMod_or_other_rooted_ROMs
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Thanks for all the info. I'm going to forward the info to him, since I'm not sure what he's running atm.
xiton said:
iirc, his loader only lets you upgrade if you rename the files to update.zip. whats the one you are using that lets you preserve filenames?
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get the CM recovery here the update to this one here then you can apply any zip
yozpalang said:
please don't comment if you don't know what you are talking about
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That's the OP asking for clarification because he's still lost
jackslim said:
That's the OP asking for clarification because he's still lost
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sorry ,my bad
Needing some assistance as well.
The steps outlined on Cyanogen's wiki are dead simple. I followed them to the letter (save for installing the Hard SPL).
The problem is when my phone gets to the above listed step 11, it reboots and sits at the T-Mobile G1 logo. This is my second attempt to make the rooting/new mod changes and I let it sit at the logo for over an hour with zero change on the boot screen.
I have already installed the dreaimg.nbh, and I have DL's (3 times fro 2 different sources) the "signed-dream_devphone_userdebug-ota-14721.zip" and the "update-cm-4.2.7.1-signed.zip" and can use the 'apply any zip' option from the recovery menu.
The process itself seems to go fine (i.e. installing/formatting, blah blah blah) but the final reboot does nothing.
So, I am at a loss why apparently installed OS simply will not boot. Odd thing, is that I left my blue tooth headset on by accident and upon the last reboot, I hear it connect! It's almost as if it does boot up but will not change the screen.
I setup a second machine(Karmic Ubuntu) strictly for ADB but haven't the best clue on how to get it to work. While in the recovery menu I can issue "adb shell reboot" and the phone reboots but I cannot get the status. Even when trying "adb usb". Either I get 'device not found' or "connection closed" with either of those commands.(Not recalling which at the moment).
After this 'stuck on G1 logo', I can reboot and 'restore latest backup'(as noted in Cyanogen's steps) and the OS loads (although it is buggy as hell when trying to use any browsing, signal cuts in and out, drops carrier and gets it back.....severely annoying)
So....could use some real guidance.
As it stands:
OS: kila-user 1.0 TC4-RC29 115247 ota-rel-keys, release-keys
Recovery menu shows "Build: CyanogenMod v1.4 + JF" at the bottom.
Where to go from here?

HELP!! my fone wont go on recovery and everything else is acting WIERD!!!

Just to make the long story short!..I am not too familiar with the android interface and I bought my nexus one (second hand ROOTED) I wanted to try on the rodrigoes MIUI
What I did exactly:
first thing I did a nandroid backup of my fone, then I went to the recovery mode and did a factory reset on the fone.. once that was done, I then did a restore the back up. Here is the problem now....
once the back up was running...it was stuck on this one file for the longest time (about 40-50 mins) I dont know why but I took off the battery and rebooted again...I now have a slow working fone... with most of my apps not working!!! IT WONT GO TO RECOVERY MODE!!!! even my rom manage wont let me do anything...it gives me a error message or hangs up on that screen...should I format my sd??...
Can someone please tell me the step to get my fone back to working condition. I dont mind wiping my fone entirely and starting all over again..and can you also recommend what MIUI should i install (fast and stable) right now i have no preferences.. I JUST WANT MY FONE WORKING BACK !!!
Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!
Thanks
Quick and easy option.
Download: http://shipped-roms.com/shipped/Pas...le_WWE_2.16.1700.1_FRG33_MFG_Shipment_ROM.zip
Extract the zip file from it, and rename it passimg.zip. Copy that file to the root of your SD card.
Power the phone off, hold Vol- and turn it on, it will prompt you to install the file, choose yes.
Your phone will be back to stock and away you go.
Rusty! said:
Quick and easy option.
Download: http://shipped-roms.com/shipped/Pas...le_WWE_2.16.1700.1_FRG33_MFG_Shipment_ROM.zip
Extract the zip file from it, and rename it passimg.zip. Copy that file to the root of your SD card.
Power the phone off, hold Vol- and turn it on, it will prompt you to install the file, choose yes.
Your phone will be back to stock and away you go.
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Thanks buddy!!! you got my fone up and running!!! thnaks a ton!
Ok so I now am running FRG33 and i formatted my sd card too...I wanted to root my phone now... do u recommend using a build number before I root iit, because i cant find the fastboot for FRG33..
FRG33 is an odd build, you should get an OTA update to FRG83D at some point, I'd wait till then as your root access will be lost when you get it.
Or you can manually do it, takes two steps. Download this: http://shipped-roms.com/shipped/Pas...RG83 OTA update, possibly from FRF91 too).zip
Rename it to update.zip and copy it to the root of the SD card, boot into recovery (Vol- with power on and pick recovery), open the menu (Power & Vol+ at the warning triangle) and pick install update.
Then download this: http://android.clients.google.com/p...signed-passion-FRG83D-from-FRG83.ecb21b75.zip and repeat the above process. You're now upto date and root away.
Rusty! said:
Power the phone off, hold Vol- and turn it on, it will prompt you to install the file, choose yes.
Your phone will be back to stock and away you go.
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When the HBOOT starts it loads the passimg.zip automatically and a blue loading bar appears at the top right. After the blue bar became full it disappear and nothing happens.
My phone still hung on the "X" logo and i'm unable to get into recovery and install any update.zip
What can I do?
The file is a zip within a zip, did you extract it first, or just rename the file you downloaded?
Rusty! said:
The file is a zip within a zip, did you extract it first, or just rename the file you downloaded?
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lol thank you didn't notice it

[NOOB-Friendly] starting flashing and customizing on most Samsung Devices

So i will be making a for rooting and flashing tutorial for beginners!
So i will need to tell you a few things first.
Installing ROM's is not illegal though rooting is illegal in the following country's:
North Korea
Malaysia
Singapore
South Korea
SO IF YOU DONT LIVE THEIR THEN STOP COMPLAINING ABOUT ROOTING IS HIGHLY ILLEGAL
And if your running total stock android then i will make a short tutorial on how to install your first ROM
This method is nearly the same for switching ROM's, though after the tutorial i will explain the only thing thats different.
Also this works for all ROM's.
NOTES:
I am not gulity of anything that happens to your device
Your warranty will be void
You will lose all your Apps, except photos and files
Here is what you will need:
A version of CWM to your specific phone (Please notice depending on ROM's android version, you will need a KK-compatible for a Kitkat ROM or a ICS compatible for a Ice cream Sandwich ROM etc.)
Download: https://www.clockworkmod.com/rommanager
gApps
Download: http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software/gapps-consolidated-gapps-thread-t3064693
SuperSU
Download: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1538053
I will be using CyanogenMod12.1 for this tutorial!
Download: http://www.cyanogenmod.org/
Odin 3.07 not higher.
Download: http://www.android.gs/download-odin-3-07/
A working Computer
USB cable for your phone.
Your phone needs to be charged 100% before doing this.
So lets begin!
1. Start by plugging your phone to your PC
2. Start ODIN
3. Hit the PDA button and find your custom recovery and hit OK.
4. Make sure you have your ROM, gApps and SuperSU on your phone.
5. Turn off your phone and hold HOME + POWER + Volume down
6. When a screen appears press Volume up
7. Press start on ODIN and wait till your phone reboots
8. Now power it off and hold HOME + POWER + Volume Up till your recovery comes up
9. Now factory reset and go to Mounts and Storage and format /system
10. Go to advanced tab under you main menu on the recovery
11. Press Wipe dalvik cache
12. At the main menu, go to Install zip now choose either from SD card or Internal Storage Device
(Depending on location)
13. find your ROM and press it
14. After a while when its done, go to install zip and find where you placed gApps and flash it
15. Now factory reset and go to advanced tab and wipe dalvik cache
16. Reboot your device, and wait till you see the Welcome screen
17. Set up your device.
18. Power off you phone and hold HOME + POWER + Volume Up
19. Now install zip and find SuperSU and flash it
20. Reboot your phone and your done!
21. ENJOY!
If done successfully, you should now learned the basics of flashing, though you dont need to install a new recovery everytime,
Though you might need it if you gonna change android version if the ROM dont have a recovery.
Also fo beginners, gApps is for play store and google apps generally, and the SuperSU is for rooting.
But if you wanna become a pro, start switching ROM often.
If you want to know a pro tip, before installing a new ROM, always format /system and factory reset.
As it makes the success rate 99.99%, but if your phone is stuck at the boot screen, then its because you haven't format /system
and factory reset, or you forgot to factory reset after the install of gApps.
If you phone keeps booting into your recovery instead of your ROM, then you have installed a new recovery over the ROM's
recovery, thats not compatible with your'e ROM or its only compatible with another Android-version
If you encounter a problem please comment your phone model and your ROM and Recovery and your problem
I will help as much as possible
I searched around before uploading this, if their is one earlier made than me please send a email to
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