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Rooted and do not have green android icon anymore

i recently rooted my phone and when i try to upgrade anything on my phone from xda it cant. it is telling me that the updates are cancelled. when i first rooted my phone it had the green android icon but now it just comes up android in blue, is this a problem.

Sounds like you flashed a ROM with an alternate boot image (Cyanogen, maybe?). One of the most common mistakes that people make is assuming that the phone is not doing anything during the initial load, which takes a long, long time.
Do you have adb? If so type adb logcat while the phone is booting during the "blue logo." If you see the phone is loading up a bunch of stuff (and the stuff doesn't repeat itself), WAIT! After a while you will come to your home screen.

i do not know what adb is sorry for being so new to this. is this an application or etc... all i know is that i downloaded jf updater and everything changed to the way the phone was right before i rooted it.
thanks for helping

neuvtec said:
I recently rooted my phone and when i try to upgrade anything on my phone from xda it cant. it is telling me that the updates are cancelled. when i first rooted my phone it had the green android icon but now it just comes up android in blue, is this a problem.
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The blue android text during boot up is because you flashed an ADP ROM, this is normal, don't worry.
When you say an update what do you mean? Do you mean a ROM (update.zip) or the update t-mobile just pushed out? I assume you're talking about the latter, don't worry about that update, you don't need it.
Btw, what's with the green text? Kinda annoying to read...

sorry about the green. the rom upadate.zip and a update from jf updater. how do i correct this problem.

neuvtec said:
sorry about the green. the rom upadate.zip and a update from jf updater. how do i correct this problem.
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What recovery are you using?

Thanks for the help
I just went ahead an rerooted my phone and it is working properly. thanks for all the assistance and help. I am new to this rooting stuff. What would you all recommend me adding to my phone, apps. themes, etc...

what do i need to upgrade
I am new to the whole rooting process and am wondering are there any applications or anything else that I need to add to my phone. Anything would help me. I am looking to learn and do some amazing things with my dream so any info is appreciated and needed.

did u root ur phone N put a hard spl on it

neuvtec said:
I am new to the whole rooting process and am wondering are there any applications or anything else that I need to add to my phone. Anything would help me. I am looking to learn and do some amazing things with my dream so any info is appreciated and needed.
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I'm not really sure what you're asking. To root just follow the guides in the development section..

sorry for any confusion
sorry for the confusion, if have already rooted the phone. I was just wondering what upgrades would you all advice me to get. For instance what are some good applications that everyone is using.

Good applications is really a personal prefrence. All I can say is play around and find the ones you like.

neuvtec said:
sorry for the confusion, if have already rooted the phone. I was just wondering what upgrades would you all advice me to get. For instance what are some good applications that everyone is using.
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tell me what u are looking for. loking for a hero rom? they do run a bit laggy but it looks nice
or do u want speed and a different look.?
apps are a personal preference but my fav apps are phandroid, tech buzz for android news. atrackdog is a must have! use it daily to find updates for ur current apps since the default update notifier doesnt always work. ringdroid to make ring tones. and opera min..internet browser built for speed. u might think its gay at first but its speed is awesome and u just have to get used to it.

Personally, I would recommend you start by picking a good ROM to put on your phone (I recommend Cyanogen's)...then tweak and hack away XD

Root for Rookies

Hey Guys
I really hope I'm posting this in the right place. Please forgive my ignorance
For the past few days I have tried to get simple and UP TO DATE instruction on how to root the G1. There is so much information scattered out there that its quite overwhelming. Unfortunately I only understand half of the stuff I'm reading (at best) and was hoping one of you smart folks can help a complete amateur in my desperate quest to get root
Can someone please help me with the following:
1) are these steps for downgrading to RC 29 and rooting still applicable for cupcake?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=442480
2) what does it mean to update the radio, SPL, and ROM and how do I do that.
3) where can I find the latest versions of all the stuff I need?
4) will I be able to reinstall all the apps I've bought as long as sign in with the same email after rooting?
5) will some market apps be blocked for me after rooting?
I realize this sounds really ignorant but would appreciate any help I can get!

Think about how many times a day the same inquiries roll these boards. If you've been reading the boards for the past few days and didn't find the answer to the majority of those questions something ain't right meng. I'm not trying to be funny. I'm just saying. The foundation of everything you may or may not learn is slap dab one of the first posts in this forum.
I'm not going to get into that..but you need to. the answers to all your questions are here in front of you. It just gets frustrating (it was to me at least) at times because you might stumble upon 3 different but totally correct answers to one question. Thats exactly where i was right HERE. that was two weeks ago. jumped on the boards one friday night a wreck, by sunday night i was peacefully rooted. Slow down, think about what your doing and what you're reading. make sure you have some free time...TO YOUR SELF. get a pen and some paper right stuff down. take into consideration you might not make it in a day. yeah u might botch your way to ROOT, but unless you REALLLY understand and know how to get there...you could be setting yourself up for alot of frustration. thats all i have to say about that. you caught me on a good night...just had a glass of wine bout call it quits. sorry about any typos. good luck!

doctorfugazi said:
Think about how many times a day the same inquiries roll these boards. If you've been reading the boards for the past few days and didn't find the answer to the majority of those questions something ain't right meng. I'm not trying to be funny. I'm just saying. The foundation of everything you may or may not learn is slap dab one of the first posts in this forum.
I'm not going to get into that..but you need to. the answers to all your questions are here in front of you. It just gets frustrating (it was to me at least) at times because you might stumble upon 3 different but totally correct answers to one question. Thats exactly where i was right HERE. that was two weeks ago. jumped on the boards one friday night a wreck, by sunday night i was peacefully rooted. Slow down, think about what your doing and what you're reading. make sure you have some free time...TO YOUR SELF. get a pen and some paper right stuff down. take into consideration you might not make it in a day. yeah u might botch your way to ROOT, but unless you REALLLY understand and know how to get there...you could be setting yourself up for alot of frustration. thats all i have to say about that. you caught me on a good night...just had a glass of wine bout call it quits. sorry about any typos. good luck!
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off topic here.... but you may want to change your sig.....
SPL before RADIO = FAIL
1) downgrading to RC29 has not changed. it is only different if you do not have a us or uk g1 (you will need to use a goldcard method otherwise)
2)
radio is here
(ota-radio-2_22_19_26I.zip )
http://www.htc.com/www/support/android/adp.html#s3
HardSPL found here w/ descriptions
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=455860
3)what stuff?
4) yes your apps will be there
5) depends on the rom but most have all apps enabled

B-man007 said:
off topic here.... but you may want to change your sig.....
SPL before RADIO = FAIL
1) downgrading to RC29 has not changed. it is only different if you do not have a us or uk g1 (you will need to use a goldcard method otherwise)
2)
radio is here
(ota-radio-2_22_19_26I.zip )
http://www.htc.com/www/support/android/adp.html#s3
HardSPL found here w/ descriptions
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=455860
3)what stuff?
4) yes your apps will be there
5) depends on the rom but most have all apps enabled
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Thanks so much! I realize hearing these basic questions about root over and over must be increadibly frustrating for you and appreciate the patience!
Any recommendations as to what ROM I should install? Not quite sure how the different versions compare.

off topic here.... but you may want to change your sig.....
SPL before RADIO = FAIL
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OUCH! Good looking out.

OP, I followed the instructions you linked to just a few days ago and it worked like a breeze. Much easier that I thought it would, and i have no experience with this. I would suggest that when you get to the final part where you are upgrading to a new ROM to try cyanogen's stable build 3.6.8.1. It is just like cupcake (what you had) with a ton of new options.
also, his pimped out recovery.img can be used... version 1.4. I followed that guide to a T, then learned of this new and improved recovery.img file he made. So, basically the next day I changed to this version and it is a lot better.
Partition your sd card when you finish this and his rom will put all of your apps on your SD card, which frees up a ton of internal memory. I went and d/loaded about 60 apps after doing this. His rom does it for you automatically... like, no thought needed, you want even know unless you go to settings and look at the memory.... or, you may b/c of the speed of your phone. This was also much easier than I though, basically just keying a few lines of text in terminal emulator (which you will have after loading his rom above).
Any of the other experienced people have any issues with what I said?

I would also suggest cyanogen's builds. It has a lot of features and is both relatively noob friendly, feature-packed, advanced capabilities for advanced users, and fast. His 4.0 stable is just around the corner with even more features than his current stable version. There are many other ROM's out there as well, you'll have to try em out yourself and see if you like them or not. (Be careful of the ones that say you need the updated SPL, such as the hero ROM's. If your not careful when updating to that SPL [Haykuro's 1.33.2005 SPL] you could brick your phone. )
Cyan's recovery is a must
its great no matter what ROM you choose to use
If you need anything else, feel free to PM me or post here

This is how I got it to work!!!
(SD CARD READER NEEDED)
Got it to work using this tutorial. If I had found it before I wouldn't have started a new thread. Will look harder in the future!!!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=533731
Followed steps until step 16
After step 16:
I had to install the JesusFreke rom cause it wouldn’t let me flash the cyanogen recovery image otherwise (permission denied problem as mentioned by author)
Installed cyanogen recovery image
I skipped partitioning the sd card at this point cause I didn’t plan on installing the Hero rom. If you want to flash the Hero rom you shouldn't skip partitioning
Installed latest Radio
Installed latest SPL
From here on I did my own thing:
Couldn’t boot after updating SPL cause rom got wiped by updating SPL. I had to put the new rom (Cyanogen v3.6.8.1) onto sd card, rename as update.zip and boot into recovery mode to flash it. This is were the sd card reader comes in handy.
You can find the Cyanogen ROM here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=537204
After flashing the rom it was stuck on the loading screen so I rebooted into recovery mode and did a clean swipe. Loaded just fine after that.
Created ext2 partition using Paragon Partition Manager (see threat below), rebooted and was good to go
Partitioning using Paragon Partition Manager:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...artitioning+sd
Thanks again for your help guys!

I just used cyan's recovery 1.4 and loaded the radio.zip, spl.zip, and rom.zip onto my sdcard and flashed them in that order. I didn't need to take my sdcard at all

ThR1LL said:
I just used cyan's recovery 1.4 and loaded the radio.zip, spl.zip, and rom.zip onto my sdcard and flashed them in that order. I didn't need to take my sdcard at all
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lol i c u used my guide.
Hope it was helpful hahahaha

nephron said:
lol i c u used my guide.
Hope it was helpful hahahaha
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There's a guide on this?!?! WTF!!! I like freaked out over a week trying to figure out how to flash the new SPL without taking out my SD card until I found this post and made it work with cyan's new recovery. Someone should sticky your guide bc I had no idea it existed lol.

ThR1LL said:
There's a guide on this?!?! WTF!!! I like freaked out over a week trying to figure out how to flash the new SPL without taking out my SD card until I found this post and made it work with cyan's new recovery. Someone should sticky your guide bc I had no idea it existed lol.
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ya . Right here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=548924
o and right here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=532719
(scroll down to fastboot)

nephron said:
ya . Right here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=548924
o and right here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=532719
(scroll down to fastboot)
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Ohh lol see I didn't bother reading that ADB guide since I already had adb since pre-cupcake when I attempted to root my phone the first time.

looking to hero! Some questions

Hello all,
I'm curious about somethings for turning my g1 to the hero (rosie?) rom (wow it looks beautiful).
The first being Where can I actually find it? I found two sites that offer it but doesn't seem like its from the developer themselves (who I'd trust more).
Secondly, which developer has the best performance (e.g. speed, ect.). I've read that it is a deadly slow Rom and I already lack patience for my g1 now (It's the stock firmware). The hero its self looks much smoother, am I wrong?
If I can't risk my phone being bricked should I bother trying it? (I had it JF rooted in the summer which I did successfully on my first try, and I un-rooted it.)
Is there a text document with how to install with a video that coincides?
Lastly, Is Cyanogen a better rom? (this has next to nothing to do with the hero rom )
Hopefully I didn't miss a thread on this I searched for like an hour.

skratched1 said:
The first being Where can I actually find it? I found two sites that offer it but doesn't seem like its from the developer themselves (who I'd trust more).
Hopefully I didn't miss a thread on this I searched for like an hour.
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You cant just start driving, you have to learn the basics.When you get in a car there a many things that you need to do first is learning and even taking test.
You must have root first and a recovery image and im guessing your all stock.The dream section has all the info needed to root now is up to you to decide if you want to read it.
-Best regards

Thank you. I am very comfortable with the rooting process. I just don't want to do it unless the rosie rom is worth it!

Basically, Hero is incomplete. It doesn't have Bluetooth nor full Google Voice integration, and it runs 1.5. However, at the rate the devs are going on Hero 2.1 the version it runs could change very soon.
For now, stick with Cyanogen as it is a better Rom. Hero doesn't really work on the G1, it's slow and there is a lot of core function missing. It will never be an everyday ROM. I think of it like a concept car. Its cool in a "look what we can do" sort of way, but just wait for the next HTC Android phone.

skratched1 said:
Thank you. I am very comfortable with the rooting process. I just don't want to do it unless the rosie rom is worth it!
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video here:follow in order
1.http://theunlockr.com/2009/07/05/how-to-unroot-your-t-mobile-g1/
2.http://theunlockr.com/2009/08/22/how-to-root-the-mytouch-3g-or-g1-in-one-click/
3.http://theunlockr.com/2009/08/22/ho...ps2sd-onto-your-g1-or-mytouch-3g-best-method/
-Best Of Luck To You!
P.s. Better get started

Wii60 said:
Basically, Hero is incomplete. It doesn't have Bluetooth nor full Google Voice integration, and it runs 1.5. However, at the rate the devs are going on Hero 2.1 the version it runs could change very soon.
For now, stick with Cyanogen as it is a better Rom. Hero doesn't really work on the G1, it's slow and there is a lot of core function missing. It will never be an everyday ROM. I think of it like a concept car. Its cool in a "look what we can do" sort of way, but just wait for the next HTC Android phone.
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Its not slow...You must be running a super old version..Hero 2.1 roms and 1.5 roms are both very fast...King's 2.1 is very fast and close performance to cyanogen, please dont misinform people.All current hero roms are fast, in a 2.1 rom you can achieve 20mb+ free ram which is about the same to a cyanogen rom. Maybe you used a old jac rom months ago.
-"Times are changing boy, you need to catch up"

Ace42 said:
Its not slow...You must be running a super old version..Hero 2.1 roms and 1.5 roms are both very fast...King's 2.1 is very fast and close performance to cyanogen, please dont misinform people.All current hero roms are fast, in a 2.1 rom you can achieve 20mb+ free ram which is about the same to a cyanogen rom. Maybe you used a old jac rom months ago.
-"Times are changing boy, you need to catch up"
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I'm sorry to say, but no I have tried many Hero configurations on my class 6 as recently as a month ago. The fact is that even if there were drivers for all of the hardware over time Hero really starts to bog down. It will not always perform after that post-setup peak it has.
If you want working hero wait until the first 2 weeks of January when the Passion comes out.

Ace42 said:
video here:follow in order
1.http://theunlockr.com/2009/07/05/how-to-unroot-your-t-mobile-g1/
2.http://theunlockr.com/2009/08/22/how-to-root-the-mytouch-3g-or-g1-in-one-click/
3.http://theunlockr.com/2009/08/22/ho...ps2sd-onto-your-g1-or-mytouch-3g-best-method/
-Best Of Luck To You!
P.s. Better get started
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Going to try this tonight. Read and watched the videos. seems very simple. thank you!

need help!
When following this guide http://theunlockr.com/2009/08/22/ho...ps2sd-onto-your-g1-or-mytouch-3g-best-method/ (I already did the one click root with no issues)
In part II of the guide
. Download the custom SPL for your device:
T-Mobile G1 – Here
MyTouch 3G – Unneccessary, skip this section and proceed to Section III.
3. Plug in your phone and mount the SD card (pull down on the notification bar and select the SD card notification then click Mount in the pop up window).
4. After the SD card shows up on the computer, put the SPL zip file on to the memory card.
5. Once it is done transferring to the memory card and you have renamed it, unplug the phone from the computer.
6. Turn off the phone and then turn it back on by holding down the Home and Power button to get to recovery mode (keep holding it until the recovery screen with the writing and black background come up). Here i get to the ! so I hit Alt + L to get to the recovery screen. It gives me the menu to reboot, apply zip, wipe. However at the bottom of the screen it says E: Can't open /cache/recovery/command
7. Once the recovery screen is up, click on Wipe Data. Once that is done, click on Apply Update.zip and wait for it to finish. I wipe the date and then apply zip. I then get this message __ Install from sdcard... Finding update package... Opening update package... Verifying update package... E: No signature (5 files) E: Verification failed Installation aborted
I'm assuming this means the SPL file is corrupt but I don't know much and probably am wrong.
How can I fix this? I got this far with no issues and so close to being done!

skratched1 said:
need help!
I'm assuming this means the SPL file is corrupt but I don't know much and probably am wrong.
How can I fix this? I got this far with no issues and so close to being done!
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Just rename to update not update.zip and make sure the sd is Fat32 not Fat or NTFS.
radio goes first i think make sure you did that section.

Ace42 said:
Just rename to update not update.zip and make sure the sd is Fat32 not Fat or NTFS.
radio goes first i think make sure you did that section.
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SD is fat32 and the update.zip just says update
My radio is 2.22.19.26I that is the most current, right?
tried again still the same message. Any other suggestions? should i unroot and start over again?

skratched1 said:
SD is fat32 and the update.zip just says update
My radio is 2.22.19.26I that is the most current, right?
tried again still the same message. Any other suggestions? should i unroot and start over again?
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Yes you have current radio no need to flash it again unless you want a new paperweight.

Def no paper weight!
I tried again and Still the same message. What do I Do? thanks for all the help.

skratched1 said:
Def no paper weight!
I tried again and Still the same message. What do I Do? thanks for all the help.
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Try to redownload the file.

did that twice once from the link in the video and once from http://code.google.com/p/sapphire-port-dream/
both gave me the same results.

UP AND RUNNING JACHERO
Thanks a bunch ace. In the two minutes its been up it's looked as good as I wanted it to!

so my son grabbed it this morning, it froze i took the battery out. Now it keeps going to the hero screens over and over again. what should I do?

If I were you I would try re-flashing. Do you have a custom recovery.img? Like Cyan's or Amon-Ra's? If you do, try wipe cache, wipe ext part, wipe cache, and then re-flash. That's always the first thing I do when my phone starts getting buggy.

Cyanogen 4.2.11.1 Issues

Hi there Android people.
I am having some issues with running the current Cyanogen *4.2.11.1*.
Phone: G1 Drea100 PVT 32B with stock 1GB SD
using anmon RA 1.5.2 recovery image
-wipe all available in menu.
-created a new partition- FAT32, Ext1 (upgraded to 4), Swap 32MB
-wiped all again.
-repair SD: ext
-flash signed-dream-devphone-userbug-ota-14721
-Once the flash above completed I did not restart, I simply flashed to update-cm-4.2.11.1
-reboot
Once it boots, my home process stops responding if I touch anything. This last for about 15 seconds, after that it seems to responds fine, but the browser and market place seems to auto-close on me from time to time, and I get random phone reboots, after a few reboots my phone simply stops turning on. I have to wait about 10 minutes to get into recovery and try to flash all over again.
I tried fix_permissions in the terminal, no luck.
I did some reading and noticed a lot of people are running different Radio/SPL versions other than stock, I am no super user, so I don't know if any of this effects ROMs, or if I should be flashing either for any sort of benefits I am missing out on? could this be the issue? Current SPL/Radio below:
HSPL10.95.3000
CDLP-4
Radio-2.22.19.261
Any input would be much appreciated.
Thanks,

D3AD PIX3L said:
Hi there Android people.
I am having some issues with running the current Cyanogen *4.2.11.1*.
Phone: G1 Drea100 PVT 32B with stock 1GB SD
using anmon RA 1.5.2 recovery image
-wipe all available in menu.
-created a new partition- FAT32, Ext1 (upgraded to 4), Swap 32MB
-wiped all again.
-repair SD: ext
-flash signed-dream-devphone-userbug-ota-14721
-Once the flash above completed I did not restart, I simply flashed to update-cm-4.2.11.1
-reboot
Once it boots, my home process stops responding if I touch anything. This last for about 15 seconds, after that it seems to responds fine, but the browser and market place seems to auto-close on me from time to time, and I get random phone reboots, after a few reboots my phone simply stops turning on. I have to wait about 10 minutes to get into recovery and try to flash all over again.
I tried fix_permissions in the terminal, no luck.
I did some reading and noticed a lot of people are running different Radio/SPL versions other than stock, I am no super user, so I don't know if any of this effects ROMs, or if I should be flashing either for any sort of benefits I am missing out on? could this be the issue? Current SPL/Radio below:
HSPL10.95.3000
CDLP-4
Radio-2.22.19.261
Any input would be much appreciated.
Thanks,
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Why did you use "signed-dream-devphone-userbug-ota-14721"
I'm no pro but I used the base image that cyanogen recommends on his wiki page. The DRC83 defanged located here:
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php/Latest_version#Defanged_DRC83

staunty said:
Why did you use "signed-dream-devphone-userbug-ota-14721"
I'm no pro but I used the base image that cyanogen recommends on his wiki page. The DRC83 defanged located here:
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php/Latest_version#Defanged_DRC83
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He used that because it is the proper image to use. A defanged file simply means that it has been rendered safe to download with no fear of infection. The link on his site is to the file used by the OP, so no worries there. Also, your radio is good, so do not worry about that either.
I have to ask, because you did not mention part of the process that should be happening. You flash the HTC image, then you do not reboot and flash the CyanogenROM. At this point you reboot. What happens? It should flash the radio, go to an HTC screen, stay for awhile, then reboot itself back to recovery where it gives a message regarding the cache being cleared. At this point you reboot for the actual boot process. Is this not happening for you?

cloverdale said:
He used that because it is the proper image to use. A defanged file simply means that it has been rendered safe to download with no fear of infection. The link on his site is to the file used by the OP, so no worries there. Also, your radio is good, so do not worry about that either.
I have to ask, because you did not mention part of the process that should be happening. You flash the HTC image, then you do not reboot and flash the CyanogenROM. At this point you reboot. What happens? It should flash the radio, go to an HTC screen, stay for awhile, then reboot itself back to recovery where it gives a message regarding the cache being cleared. At this point you reboot for the actual boot process. Is this not happening for you?
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You are correct- after flashing CM the phone will flash the radio and reboot to the recovery screen where I will reboot again. Sorry for not including that detail.

Home process hanging in the beginning is not a problem, most people have that happenning. Eventhough home screen is shown, Android is still booting up, you just have to wait a little bit for everything to finish up.
Problems with stock apps usually indicate that something went wrong with instalation of the rom (i.e HTC 1.6 rom was not installed properly) so you may want to re-flash that again followed by CM rom of your choice.
Next time you phone reboots itself, try to get a log (there's more on how to do it in Cyan's thread), it's the only way to find out what happens.
Last, but not least, stock 1GB card is not advised for swap/apps2sd because if it's slow speed (it's class 2). Get one that's faster (class 6 preffered) and try that out, it may be the source of your problems after all.
Good luck.

how do i install this Cyanogen on my G1 with 1.6 firmware ?

simple007 said:
how do i install this Cyanogen on my G1 with 1.6 firmware ?
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http://tinyurl.com/yjuy6u3

But in all seriousness
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php/Full_Update_Guide_-_G1/Dream_Firmware_to_CyanogenMod
This would work. Please use search, this is such a n00b question.

Did another fresh install, so far no issues.
I will get a log the next time I install to see if I can track down the issue.
Also had time to install Enoch 4.2.11.2 theme. <3 this theme.
I will be heading to Frys today to pick up some cooling fans for the old PC, I will take a look for new mini SD
thank you to everyone that responded.

Just got home from Frys Electronics.
Purchases an A-DATA 8GB Class 6 microSD.
wiping/flashing again.
I am having a hard time learning about the swap file part of all this... I can find guides on how to create a Swap Partition, but not sure how to make it work and/or optimize it.
So I created a 32MB Swap- Previously I read the commands to enable Swap through the terminal- "linux_swap_en=1" I have used this and it does indeed turn on swap, but is there some sort of command to optimize? I believe tweaking the swap files is adjusting the "swappiness"?
The other way I enabled the Swap file was from the spare parts menu- Enabling Compache enabled my Swap file. Does this need adjustment? for size? or any other parameters? Or is this kind of an auto on for Swap?
Sorry I am a total noob, and want to know if I am missing out, I just keep loving this phone more and more.
I will be buying Cyanogen some beer soon ^_^

I've played with swap a long time ago and never quite understood it neither. As of lately, I've been running 10mb hack (in the developement section) and it works great. If you're inclined to get the swap thing going I suggest you read this thread. This will give you an idea of how to enable and tweak swap-related tasks.
Glad to hear that you have original problems taken care of (so far at least).
Good luck.

I think I just may have bricked my phone...
I did all the steps stated in my first post while flashing to 4.2.12.2 and got things going great. Flashed Enoch's Theme 4.2.12.2. Everything was rocking.
Then today, it shut it self off, I rebooted. Got to Enoch load screen then shut off, tried it again, and it won't even get past the G1 splash screen. I have had this happen a few times before, where it would power off randomly and I had to pull the battery, wait like 5 minutes and then get into recovery and clear/flash again. Now I am getting into recovery but after a minute or so it just shuts itself off again.
Can't wipe, Can't flash, cant even get into Cam+power to flash back to previous RC...
Not really sure what to do at this point...
If I do manage to get it running again, I do wonder why its doing this.
I use Cachemate to clear my catche and task killer to kill apps. Could Cachemate be the culprit in this mess, its the only app that I own that uses root? Not sure what else to blame it on other than the G1 one being one big POS and is only good if you can even get a ROM to run on it. I am 5 minutes away from ordering a Nexus.
once again thanks in advance for any input you can provide.

D3AD PIX3L said:
I think I just may have bricked my phone...
I did all the steps stated in my first post while flashing to 4.2.12.2 and got things going great. Flashed Enoch's Theme 4.2.12.2. Everything was rocking.
Then today, it shut it self off, I rebooted. Got to Enoch load screen then shut off, tried it again, and it won't even get past the G1 splash screen. I have had this happen a few times before, where it would power off randomly and I had to pull the battery, wait like 5 minutes and then get into recovery and clear/flash again. Now I am getting into recovery but after a minute or so it just shuts itself off again.
Can't wipe, Can't flash, cant even get into Cam+power to flash back to previous RC...
Not really sure what to do at this point...
If I do manage to get it running again, I do wonder why its doing this.
I use Cachemate to clear my catche and task killer to kill apps. Could Cachemate be the culprit in this mess, its the only app that I own that uses root? Not sure what else to blame it on other than the G1 one being one big POS and is only good if you can even get a ROM to run on it. I am 5 minutes away from ordering a Nexus.
once again thanks in advance for any input you can provide.
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This sounds like a hardware issue, and not a bricking. Try a new battery, this may fix it, otherwise I am not sure.

cloverdale said:
This sounds like a hardware issue, and not a bricking. Try a new battery, this may fix it, otherwise I am not sure.
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I will try the other battery I have at home in my other G1 and report back

D3AD PIX3L said:
I will try the other battery I have at home in my other G1 and report back
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I tried it.
Same issue.
I did noticed that the batter pins were abnormal... One was sticking out more which was normal according to my other G1, the other 2 were shoved down. I tried to mess with the 2 to get them to pop back up to their normal position with no luck.
I am thinking about ordering a replacement.

okay, so tonight I am going to take the G1 apart and see if I can get those pins straightened out. Not sure if it will help, but its better than declaring it a paper weight.
will post the outcome.

Just out of curiousity (and I don't exactly know where I'm going with this) will your phone turn on and stay on if you plug it in (usb or charger)?

borodin1 said:
Just out of curiousity (and I don't exactly know where I'm going with this) will your phone turn on and stay on if you plug it in (usb or charger)?
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It does not.
I think i will take both phones apart and swap out the screen since that is why I don't use the one. I watched a visual walkthrough seems easy enough
Has anyone disassembled their G1 and reassembled successfully? any tips?

Started to take apart the non-cracked bricked G1.
Once I removed the motherboard and started on the next step, I realized how bad it would be to end up getting the parts swapped and then have it not work... Put it back together and loaded up the latest Cyanogen on my working cracked G1.
*shrugs* it will do for now.
Waiting till the end of next month to order my Nexus 1, then I will have fun ripping apart both G1's and hopefully end up with one great looking, fully functional G1 to possibly sell or keep as an extra phone...
thanks to all who replied!

Lets do this! Gloves are off and I am going to 2.2.... help! Rogers

So, the only thing holding me back was voiding the warranty and the fact I have a rogers phone (build EPE54B).... so I think I have to flash the build to the one that matches the update?
Sooooo if anyone wants to point me in the safest, easiest direction... I would appreciate it... and dos and don't would be appreciated as well. I am new to the phone an android, so feel free to dumb it down.
Does the build actually mean anything? What happens once I change it... and official updates come out? I am going to cut the grass... and then root, so help me out (preferably someone that is on rogers and has done this)
thx in advance! Froyo or Brick, here I come!
had a long day with chores and family day.... but I am back at it, first tutorial down and it seems solid...
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Let me know how you make out. I'm on Rogers as well and am debating rooting.

Just looking at the stickies in General section would save you from opening yet another thread on the subject
Follow this until rooted:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=636795
Follow the guide for rooted N1s from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=686326

Let me know how it goes for you.
I am on Rogers and experienced EXTREME instability the moment I flashed the Froyo radio. My phone would crash randomly and frequently.
I suspect it was a problem with my hardware and have returned the phone and am waiting for a new one.

Jack_R1 said:
Just looking at the stickies in General section would save you from opening yet another thread on the subject
Follow this until rooted:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=636795
Follow the guide for rooted N1s from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=686326
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thx jack, I appreciate it.... sorry for the thread... but in my experience... it is easier having your hand held by someone experienced.... then assuming I am following the right one, lol.... so I follow that entire thread to go from rogers to whatever build I need? heh
I will try this in approx 2 hours.... when the yard work is done!

early quick question, when I go to "CyanogenMod"
it takes me to a thread, but I do not see the download, what am I not seeing? heh

I am at this part
Type: fastboot flash recovery recovery-RA-nexus-v1.7.0.img
it says cannot load image recovery? thx
well everything was working great up until this point, tried it 100 times, heh... so now I sit and wait for guidance? thx

Mr.Kakarot, have you put the .img in the same folder as fastboot? Or, alternatively, if fastboot is in your PATH, you won't have this problem.

i renamed the image to recovery.img and that seemed to work? I will continue after supper!

Jack_R1 said:
Just looking at the stickies in General section would save you from opening yet another thread on the subject
Follow this until rooted:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=636795
Follow the guide for rooted N1s from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=686326
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followed that first thread to a T and it worked out... had 2 minor stalls but I got through it... I am doing this stuff off and on, thx for that thread... this is going to be a STUPID question I am sure... but following that first thread, what have I done? unlocked, rooted and installed google add ons? phone looks awesome, I will do the rest after supper!

hmmm, got it, lol

done, running 2.2.... so tomorrow at work, i guess I will see if I have any issues....
now that this is done, can I re install that sense ui? What should I do or try now that I have done those 2 tutorials? thx

first off there are no 2.2 froyo/sense roms available as of yet.. so if you want to use a desire rom youre more than likely going to want to downgrade to the latest 2.1 radio that works well with your carrier/area, as froyo has its own radio and needs it to run properly.. once you downgrade.. nandroid>wipe>flash

yea, I did not know it would put me back to 2.1, lol.... went back and then back again to 2.2, lol... sense sure looked good!
Any ideas, suggestions, tips for 2.2? I installed flash! thx

How stable is your phone with the Froyo radio? Any unexplained reboots yet?

well it was quite late by the time I did it, I was playing with it, went to a few flash websites.... and no reboots or shutdowns, I also just woke up.... so I will know today after a full day work/playing, thx
one of the bugs is my camera does not work for video... so I have to update the radio, any suggestions! thx

Nope thats pretty much what you need to do is update the radio

thanks, but I am not gonna lie... still not sure which are radios, roms, senses, lol.... could you point me to the one I need.... or does it matter? thx, I just do not want to brick, obviously!
Also, I did not do this step.... is this what I need to do, or is it unrelated?
11) You should still have root, but if you want BusyBox (or lost root somehow), Cyanogen has done it again! Go back into Recovery and flash froyo-rooter-signed.zip. Then Titanium Backup will work once again.
does not sound like something I need or use, so I did not do it....
as far as stability... my 3g signal looked low all day... but I never had a dropped call, instability or any reboots/crashes.... all is well! thx

go here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=6734240&postcount=9532
havent had problems with the older one, but am going to try the new one just to see.

anyone around?
I tried these 3 things
Step_One_Froyo_Radio_Update.zip
step-two-RoDrIgUeZsTyLe-FroYo-MCR-R16-MOD-V1.8-FIX.zip
and then i ran
2.6.34_AVS-925mV_CFS_1113Mhz_061210.zip
anytime I run setcpu, I get this error
the application process com.mhuang.overclocking has stopped unexpectedly, please try again?
"uninstalled and reinstalled, worked. thx"