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help with which spl and why?

hard spl or this one http://code.google.com/p/sapphire-port-dream/? and why?

To run cyanogen, or to run cyanogen and hero roms? Thats the question

I'm assuming this is on a G1? If so, just make sure you have the requirements to flash the "Danger" SPL as it can brick your phone and also flash the radio FIRST!!!!!!!!!

Unlike stock, both HardSPL and 'Danger' (It's actually 1.33.2005) feature fastboot, but 1.33.2005 repartitions your nand so you have more room in /system and /data so your phone can accomidate Hero/Rogers ROMs which require the extra space.
If you want Hero, then you must have 1.33.2005. Before you flash it, check your baseband band version in Settings > About and make sure it ends in 26i. Also boot in to the SPL (home+camera) and make sure you have a PVT board phone. If you meet both of those requirements then flash it and you should be fine. Afterwards boot in to recovery, type 'ums_enable' and copy your ROM to the SD card, after wards type 'ums_disable' then 'reboot recovery' and wipe then flash your ROM.
Also if you're using cyanogens recovery, use alt-s to flash the radio or SPL (Radio first) then home+back to reboot. Do not touch the trackball or it will not flash properly.

so if I am just going to use themes then I really don't need to do the hard spl or the other one?
I assume it doesn't change the speed of the phone at all either?

ianandamy said:
so if I am just going to use themes then I really don't need to do the hard spl or the other one?
I assume it doesn't change the speed of the phone at all either?
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No and no.

What phone do you have?
Dream(rogers) or g1(tmo)
You didnt say which spl/radio you have either.Also only hero roms need that spooky/haykuro spl every is scared of

Radio and SPL questions

so after many many Cyanogen releases, my phone is not as responsive as it once was. I am wondering if I should wipe and reflash the devphone ota update then cyanogens and if I do will it brick my phone? I have the 22i radio and the "Danger" spl. From what i remember, the ota update writes the radio. It is the 22i one, but with it rewriting it will it brick my phone when it does?
or
should i just do a wipe and reflash just cyanogens?

you mean you have the 26I radio...
Are you talking about the HTC recovery ota that you flash first before you flash before Cyanogen's?
That is basically what HTC refers to as an update.zip
If it does flash over the radio, which I don't think it does, it already is the 26I radio, so it won't hurt anything.
But I have flashed over Cyanogen several times using the same process, and it has not bricked my phone. You will have no problems either.

Yes sorry, the 26I, and i am talking about the update.zip that you flash before Cyanogen's. I thought I was ok, i just wanted to check that rewriting the radio, even if it is the same wouldn't brick the phone

This may be the wrong thread but I'm hoping I can get some help. I'm running dwang 1.17.1 with a 26I radio. Can I flash the haykuro "danger" "death" spl? I want it because some themes require it. I have the correct board "PVT" when I look in fastboot, I'm just wondering since I have the ram hack if this will brick my phone or not. Noob question, I lnow. TIA. Ill post this else where if needed... ill watch family guy till then

you have the radio that you need to flash over the spl.
the ram hack has nothing to do with the spl. it is only for that rom. for example, if you have cyanogen 4.2.11.1 and you upgrade to 4.2.12.2, the ram hack goes away. It's part of the boot.img.
You can flash the danger spl, but be warned, even if you have everything right, there is still a possibility that something could go haywire and it could brick your phone.
afterwards, you will have to reflash a rom once the spl successfully installs.
Good luck.

Thanks taz. Ill try it out

Stuck at G1 Screening

Ok so lets start out by saying i know i am not bricked because i am able to get into fastboot as well as recovery. So this all started when i tried to move to CyanogenMod v4.2.13 . At 1st i was on Cyanongen 4.2.10 which i was having some problems on so i wanted to move to a new rom. I then went to flash xROM Eclair-v1.0 which went ok but then i started to get FCs and wanted to go back to Cyanogen roms. I then flashed the 4.2.13 rom and i am where i am not. Every time i have tried to re flash the the rom i have done a full wipe of both the phone and the EXT, but i get stuck on the G1 screen every time no matter what. I have let it seat there for 30 mins with no luck at all. Not sure what to try now. Any ideas would be great.
Here is what i am running right now.
Fastboot reads
Dream PVT 32B ENG S-Off
Hboot-1.33.2005
Radio-2.22.19.26I
I am running the RA recovery RA-Dream-v1.5.1
Any help would be great thanks.

Have you tried to downgrade with dream.nhg and reroot ? I'm sure therebis better method then this too I'm jus throwing idea out there would wait for this and some one with more experince to help out.
Also did you flash the 1.6 ota before cyan rom, just trying make it clear for future questions.. Also try a different rom suggest trying superd 1.2 it's super fast and very stable

No don't downgrade using dream.nbh it will downgrade the radio and kill your phone!
You already have the DangerSPL installed, so you can't downgrade the radio anymore.
Just try to flash a ROM which was made for the DangerSPL (also called DeathSPL, HaykuroSPL etc.)

Same problem-FREAKING OUT
Hi,
I think I have the same problem and I think my phone is bricked. A long time ago I changed the two splash screen pictures and not I can't event get past the first 1. I'm stuck at the first splash screen.
I just learned that everytime you want to flash cyan, you have to flash the radio 1.6, wipe then falsh the cyan rom. I think I did some mis steps and effed it up. PLEASE HELP.
I think I have the Danger SPL that sats Dream PVT 32B ENG S-Off, HBOOT 1.33.2005 (DREA10000), CPLD_4, Radio 2.22.19.26I, Apr 20 2009,15:30:43. I have JF 1.42 recovery and been trying to update to Cm recovery1.4 but have had no luck because of these problems.
How do you flash a rom from the SPL screen with the three android on skateboards. I just need to figure this out please.
IS MY PHONE DEAD?

hbguy said:
Hi,
I think I have the same problem and I think my phone is bricked. A long time ago I changed the two splash screen pictures and not I can't event get past the first 1. I'm stuck at the first splash screen.
I just learned that everytime you want to flash cyan, you have to flash the radio 1.6, wipe then falsh the cyan rom. I think I did some mis steps and effed it up. PLEASE HELP.
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Where did you read that... It's not true.
And no - your phone is most likely not "dead."

oh phew! what should I do now tho? I just hit camera and power and then hit back and reset the device by pushing send and that worked but now it won't start again.
Should I wipe and try the same spl thing again?

x2phantom said:
No don't downgrade using dream.nbh it will downgrade the radio and kill your phone!
You already have the DangerSPL installed, so you can't downgrade the radio anymore.
Just try to flash a ROM which was made for the DangerSPL (also called DeathSPL, HaykuroSPL etc.)
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Wow thanks for saying thatt I did not see that danger spl was flashed! Good catch! So yes don't downgrade! I'm sure you can flash orinial spl again too..
What you can try is super d 1.6 that requires "danger spl"

how do we go about getting a super d 1.6? what is that?

hbguy said:
oh phew! what should I do now tho? I just hit camera and power and then hit back and reset the device by pushing send and that worked but now it won't start again.
Should I wipe and try the same spl thing again?
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To access recovery, hold Home + Power.
If you have a ROM on your SD card (the root), flash it (ALT + S i think it is.) If your ROM requires a wipe, ALT + W wipes.
Make sure you have the right Radio + SPL for whatever ROM you run.

JGo to the develop forums and look for super d 1.6 rom.. and flash it like any other rom.. wipe factory reset then flash any zip it requires danger spl so should for those that have it.. like said its really good and pretty well stable and blazing fast
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=613809

Oh i had a question,
when i take my sd card out and then go to the spl and reset the device, it worked. does that mean that there is something wrong with my sd card? If so do you know where there are instructions to reformat it?

hbguy said:
Oh i had a question,
when i take my sd card out and then go to the spl and reset the device, it worked. does that mean that there is something wrong with my sd card? If so do you know where there are instructions to reformat it?
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So you get passed the G1 screen? If you have a extra sd card that's not partation use that to flash your rom(make sure it'd formated to fat32) then when you get into a rom put your partation sd back in then go to settings and format sd card there then go into recovery Amon ra and repartation sd.. Jus a suggestion too you can reformat within recovery too I jus don't kno the commands

Well what i have been trying is to get 4.2.8 back since that has been the best rom i think Cyanogen has had out, but that doesn't even work when it has always been my backup rom. Well I am about to try Super D 1.6 will report back after it.
Edit: Well SuperD 1.6 flashed good and is running but why is it that no mater how many times i try i can't get CyanogenMod to flash ok when i was able to do it before.

Ooo I liked cyan roms but notice some lags after awhile use superd is great and well worth trying it

I figured it OUT! I think my sd card was courrupted or something because it wouldn't boot with the card in but when I took it out and booted using the Danger SPL like I described a few posts back, it worked and got past the first boot screen.
Then I flash cm_recovery_1.4.img but leaving it on the sd and reinserting the sd card when the phone booted. (Oh and I flashed cm 4.2.9.1 because I heard its the most stable)
Next I reformated my sdcard and then partitioned it using the following instructions from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=534714&highlight=partition+sd
Hope this helps anyone who has same problem. THANK YOU ILOST! Is yours working now too?

Forget the thread all is well again with Cyanogen Roms working. Turns out my SD card needed to be repartitioned but since i was at school all day. I wasn't able to get on a PC and download the ROM. Wonder why the card needed to be repartitioned, but whatever it works now thanks for taking the time to read the thread.

just flash the base rom then flash cyanogen!!!! or flash dwang!!!!!

Nice to hear PROD, I think you had the same problem that I had.
OKAY, now since I've been reflashing like crazy and lost ALL my old apps and imformation since I was using JF 1.5 before.
However, I backed up on nandroid before all this craze, does anyone know how to replace certain files like password safe or shipping list apps and daat on a new nandroid backup so then essentially all my old information can be on this new platform???

Well glad to see both you got working again! Congrats! Hope all will stat well I had this same problem continously. And I believe it's due to cheap / low class sdcards.. Usually when I flash from a different rom and I need to wipe, usually backup what's on sd and apps using titanium backup then format sdcard within phone the flash new rom after I repart it

Congrats to you ilost, you got this thread going well.
I used my backup but when I use that or nandroid then it replaces my recovery back to the old JF recovery and then I'm back at square one so I'm looking for a way to replace or insert certain old nandroid files into a new nandroid file.

Question - Flashing new ROM

I have a Dream that I Rooted and is running CyanogenMod ROM 4.2.14.1 ROM. I used the Apps2SD, so I can't take the sdcard out. Here are some questions that I have.
First, I'm thinking about trying WG-Build Y BFS - Without Ram Hack R1. Before flashing do I need to uninstall apps2d?
Second, Do I need to wipe my phone before flashing a new/different ROM?
Third, does the "memory hack" simply refer to the flashed Death SPL (Haykuro).
Also, has anyone tried KiNgxKxKlair-Hero-Eclair-v0.6 or heard anything about this ROM?
Phone: DREAM PVT 32B
Rom: CyanogenMod ROM 4.2.14.1
Recovery: CM 1.4 (Cyanogen pimped out recovery image)
SPL: 10.95.3000 (Hard SPL)
Radio: 2.22.19.26i

Brad-dude said:
I have a Dream that I Rooted and is running CyanogenMod ROM 4.2.14.1 ROM. I used the Apps2SD, so I can't take the sdcard out. Here are some questions that I have.
First, I'm thinking about trying WG-Build Y BFS - Without Ram Hack R1. Before flashing do I need to uninstall apps2d?
Second, Do I need to wipe my phone before flashing a new/different ROM?
Third, does the "memory hack" simply refer to the flashed Death SPL (Haykuro).
Also, has anyone tried KiNgxKxKlair-Hero-Eclair-v0.6 or heard anything about this ROM?
Phone: DREAM PVT 32B
Rom: CyanogenMod ROM 4.2.14.1
Recovery: CM 1.4 (Cyanogen pimped out recovery image)
SPL: 10.95.3000 (Hard SPL)
Radio: 2.22.19.26i
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1. The rom already has apps2sd on it. Simply repartition if you want and rewipe and reflash
2. yes, wipe all.
3. this adds 10mb more ram and 3d games run slower
4. You're using an old recovery, I suggest amon ra 1.5.2, also, you should flash the new radio and spl (haykuro)
5. It's a slow rom and is quite buggy

[Q] Update to CM6? or Stay on CM5

I'm thinking of updating my G1 running CM5.0.8 to CM6.0/6.1. I'm kind of hesitant for two main reasons:
1. I'm not running Danger SPL (I'm using a modified CM5 ROM)
2. I use apps2ext and CM6 doesn't officially support it
Are there any great improvements in CM6 over CM5? Also how much danger is there in flashing Danger SPL.
Fastboot screen is:
HBOOT-0.95.0000 [this is stock spl right?]
CPLD-4
RADIO-2.22.23.02 [I believe this is compatible with Danger SPL]
Also, do Nandroid backups backup the SPL, because I'd like to keep danger SPL in case I want to go back to CM5.
I have RA-dream-v1.7.0 recovery.

raydar670 said:
I'm thinking of updating my G1 running CM5.0.8 to CM6.0/6.1. I'm kind of hesitant for two main reasons:
1. I'm not running Danger SPL (I'm using a modified CM5 ROM)
2. I use apps2ext and CM6 doesn't officially support it
Are there any great improvements in CM6 over CM5? Also how much danger is there in flashing Danger SPL.
Fastboot screen is:
HBOOT-0.95.0000 [this is stock spl right?]
CPLD-4
RADIO-2.22.23.02 [I believe this is compatible with Danger SPL]
Also, do Nandroid backups backup the SPL, because I'd like to keep danger SPL in case I want to go back to CM5.
I have RA-dream-v1.7.0 recovery.
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In my opinion, CM5 is better in terms of speed and stability than CM6. I've always had problems with Froyo ROMs slowing down over time, and it is quite annoying. The only Froyo ROMs that work fine for me are the ones based on AOSP, not Cyanogen. I think it is because of all the extra added on stuff that comes along with CyanogenMod ROMs. If you want a 2.2 ROM, I would suggest either the 2.2 AOSP, or GammaFly.
As far as your SPL goes, yes, you do have the stock SPL. It's very easy to upgrade to DangerSPL, so I recommend that you do it. It will be a lot easier to flash ROMs, since you will not need a modified version for it to install. However, if you want to use a 2.2 AOSP ROM, such as GammaFly, you need to have the latest radio and SPL installed. You can find them here, and the directions are in the post.
Last, your SPL and radio aren't touched when you are wiping your phone, therefore, it doesn't back them up with nandroid. However, no matter what ROM you flash on your phone, you will still have DangerSPL. Once you have it, you have it until you un-root your phone, or change SPLs.

Thanks. Two more quick questions.
1. Do either of those ROMs have apps2ext or do they just have normal Froyo apps2fat?
2. Is the ext partition on my sd card erased when I wipe from recovery?
Edit: Oh and does the AOSP ROM have root?
Sent from my T-Mobile G1

raydar670 said:
Thanks. Two more quick questions.
1. Do either of those ROMs have apps2ext or do they just have normal Froyo apps2fat?
2. Is the ext partition on my sd card erased when I wipe from recovery?
Edit: Oh and does the AOSP ROM have root?
Sent from my T-Mobile G1
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1. I don't use apps2sd, but I'm pretty sure that the AOSP ROMs have the apps2fat. I think BiffMod might have apps2ext, but I haven't used that either. BiffMod has always run slow for me for some reason, that's why I didn't suggest it.
2. I'm not 100% sure on this one. I'm guessing that if you wipe the ext partition, it takes away the partition. However, I've never really understood if that option in Amon_RA's recovery just deleted the contents of the ext partition, or if it actually erased the ext partition itself. I never really mess with partitioning my SD card and apps2ext, so I don't really know a whole lot about that topic.
And yes, the official AOSP ROM on these forums, and GammaFly both have root. Any ROM you find on here will be rooted.

I like using apps2ext because I can put any app I want (except system apps) on the sd card. From what I understand, you can only use apps2fat with apps that support it.
I also took the chance and did a nandroid backup with and without ext and did a full wipe from recovery. It only wiped all apps in system and some other things I flashed (fixes and such). All apps on the ext partition were still there.
Sent from my T-Mobile G1