Need help installing ROM - G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I'm coming from JACHero and I want to install Cyanogen's 3.6.8.1. I wiped and then flashed the update, and than when my phone rebooted it showed JACHero's ROM there still. What's the problem?

BigWorldJust said:
I'm coming from JACHero and I want to install Cyanogen's 3.6.8.1. I wiped and then flashed the update, and than when my phone rebooted it showed JACHero's ROM there still. What's the problem?
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Never heard of that before, try wiping, rebooting and see if it hangs at the G1 screen. If it does, then pull the battery, boot into recovery, then flash the update.

Aight I just wiped and rebooted, and it is hanging at the HERO screen, lol. It still is on HERO, wtf.

BigWorldJust said:
Aight I just wiped and rebooted, and it is hanging at the HERO screen, lol. It still is on HERO, wtf.
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So it's getting past the G1 screen? I do know theres ways to change the boot screens and whatnot..

Yeah hmm lemme try to connect it to my computer and put the update on it again.

Ah I figured out why, my computer isn't actually putting the update on my phone even though it says it is copied to my phone. I know this because when I plugged my phone back up it shows the original JACHero update.zip and not the one I just downloaded. Anyone know how to fix this? I am running Windows Vista and I installed the USB Drivers.

BigWorldJust said:
Ah I figured out why, my computer isn't actually putting the update on my phone even though it says it is copied to my phone. I know this because when I plugged my phone back up it shows the original JACHero update.zip and not the one I just downloaded. Anyone know how to fix this? I am running Windows Vista and I installed the USB Drivers.
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Format the card in Vista (back up your stuff first!) and just copy over the Cyanongen update.zip then wipe 'n flash
Also format your Ext is you have one..

Thanks I'll try that. And my card won't format for some reason, I always get too many primary partitions or something along those lines.
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Whenever I press format, it says there is no removable disk and I have to keep mounting my phone even though it was mounted >_>..

BigWorldJust said:
Thanks I'll try that. And my card won't format for some reason, I always get too many primary partitions or something along those lines.
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It won't format to a single fat32 partition? it that case there must be a problem with the card :-S

Nah it will format to FAT32, but not ext2. And for some reason Vista won't format the card it keeps saying it was removed.

BigWorldJust said:
Nah it will format to FAT32, but not ext2. And for some reason Vista won't format the card it keeps saying it was removed.
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I seem to remember having the card removed error in Vista, I just repartitioned in Ubuntu.

I have to put Ubuntu on a disc right?

BigWorldJust said:
I have to put Ubuntu on a disc right?
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Yes theres a live CD of it and you just have to pop it in. Its easier to partition from cyans recovery though

Thanks anyone know where I can get the clock widget that includes weather present on the HERO Builds for free?

BigWorldJust said:
Thanks anyone know where I can get the clock widget that includes weather present on the HERO Builds for free?
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It's $1.49, just buy it and support the dev >.>

Is that the only clock widget though that resembles hero?

BigWorldJust said:
Is that the only clock widget though that resembles hero?
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As far as I know, haven't seen another one mentioned...

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Live Chat & Hello IM problems

on Live chat when i get to pick the picture and start cropping it says sorry but do you have enough free space installed on youre sdcard. I HAVE 8 GIGS! WTF!! lol and on Hello IM it says sdcard must not be mounted properly when it is.
Can you guys please helpp me?
is the android pic on your sig powdered with crack spinkles and thats why he's white on his lips and his shoulders?
Seoulboy1 said:
is the android pic on your sig powdered with crack spinkles and thats why he's white on his lips and his shoulders?
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Yur a weirdo
AndroidFiend said:
on Live chat when i get to pick the picture and start cropping it says sorry but do you have enough free space installed on youre sdcard. I HAVE 8 GIGS! WTF!! lol and on Hello IM it says sdcard must not be mounted properly when it is.
Can you guys please helpp me?
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Does your SD have a linux swap partition? If it does, that's the problem. I use to have live chat, but I started having that same problem after I partitioned my SD. LC isn't really compatible with the newer ROM's
i have linux swap and NEVER have problems like that....
possibly format your card a redo EVERYTHING (fat32,ext2/3/4,Swap)
sometimes (not saying you did =] ) stuff just gets screwed up. making partitions, using parted to linux-swap-itize(yes i just made that word up.... it'll catch, believe me lol)
and your sd card really isnt built for this type of abuse.
I also have the same problem with Hello IM when i go to change my avatar is says "SD Card is not mounted properly.", This is only started happening after the 2nd to last update i received. I always have to go into Hi AIM, change my icon through there then sign off and log back into Hello AIM.
BlackElvis79 said:
Does your SD have a linux swap partition? If it does, that's the problem. I use to have live chat, but I started having that same problem after I partitioned my SD. LC isn't really compatible with the newer ROM's
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I had linux swap before when i had hero but i formatted my memory stick and phone then switched to cyanogens ROM
i also have this issue! irritating
AndroidFiend said:
I had linux swap before when i had hero but i formatted my memory stick and phone then switched to cyanogens ROM
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I dont think it has anything to do with that stuff because im still on JF ADP 1.5 with no compcache/linuxswap or any of that stuff and im experiencing the same problem.

switched from unknown class to class 6

I recently made the change from an unknown class 2gb sdcard to a class 6 4gb sdcard and now things are going crazy. Hero has become unbelievably unstable and cyanogenmod boot loops.
any help would be greatly appreciated. thanks in advance.
My guess is you failed to transfer over the apps that were on that old sd card (in the ext 2/3 partition) and now the phone can't find them. Either copy over all the data (search the forums to find out how) or do a wipe to make your phone forget about all tthose apps.
Gilliland12 said:
My guess is you failed to transfer over the apps that were on that old sd card (in the ext 2/3 partition) and now the phone can't find them. Either copy over all the data (search the forums to find out how) or do a wipe to make your phone forget about all tthose apps.
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i've done several wipes, several reformats of the ext3 and the entire card, i've tried to do nandroid backup restores, nothing is working. :\
Done a full wipe and still issues? Huh. Try removing the card completely and doing a wipe. You shouldnt get any errors not having an SD card. If you do get errors then this might take a while. If you get no errors then your card is somehow screwing things up.
mistaken post. ignore this
so turns out there is something wrong with my sdcard. tried flashing xROM 1.4 at least three times and got boot loops every time, then booted up without the card in and booted up fine.
it also works when i use the switchrom script to restore.
is there anything i can do to make this card usable?
Don't take my word for it, but maybe a format and partition of the card again would probably work.
Anartic said:
Don't take my word for it, but maybe a format and partition of the card again would probably work.
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tried it several times. thanks, though
if anybody has any help, i'd love it :\ just like to know if this card is useless to me or not. thanks
if you have vista plug it in and it should say something about fixing errors when my sdcard was f***ing up i thought i might as well try it and it worked, hope this helps
edit: which method are you using to partition your card?
JJbdoggg said:
if you have vista plug it in and it should say something about fixing errors when my sdcard was f***ing up i thought i might as well try it and it worked, hope this helps
edit: which method are you using to partition your card?
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i have xp :\
i've been using parted.
grandomegabosses said:
i have xp :\
i've been using parted.
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if i were you i would send it back as faulty cos if it is giving you this many problems so early on that is not a good sign
btw you could try completely unformatting the card then re partitioning the empty space
JJbdoggg said:
if i were you i would send it back as faulty cos if it is giving you this many problems so early on that is not a good sign
btw you could try completely unformatting the card then re partitioning the empty space
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the thing is, it's not new. i've had it for about 6 months and been using it in my mp3 player. i'm assuming that might be why it's not working. i've unformatted and reformatted the entire card a couple times.
i'm planning on getting an 8gb class 6 card soon, so as of now, i'm using my old 2gb card. but thanks for the help
grandomegabosses said:
the thing is, it's not new. i've had it for about 6 months and been using it in my mp3 player. i'm assuming that might be why it's not working. i've unformatted and reformatted the entire card a couple times.
i'm planning on getting an 8gb class 6 card soon, so as of now, i'm using my old 2gb card. but thanks for the help
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no probs sorry i couldnt help
JJbdoggg said:
no probs sorry i couldnt help
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no worries, man!
so i think i solved it. Ubuntu solves everything. haha repartitioned in ubuntu and it's working fine now. thanks guys

HELP!! installed CM 4.0.3.1 with move cache..NO SD!

hey guys i just updated to CM 4.0.3.1 and it automatically installed move cache to sd, i also accidently installed teds hero theme, not knowing it wasnt ready for 4.0.3 yet, but now my phone cant read my sd card, therefore i cant mount/unmount it , could this be from the "move cache to sd" app? any help is appreciated, thanks guys!
Did you have your card partitioned with ext2/ext3/ext4? If you didn't then apps2sd won't work. And you can always mount your sd card thru adb.
supremeteam256 said:
Did you have your card partitioned with ext2/ext3/ext4? If you didn't then apps2sd won't work. And you can always mount your sd card thru adb.
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no i didnt have those partitions, stupid me, i guess thats why...anyway i can fix this?
rschuman90 said:
no i didnt have those partitions, stupid me, i guess thats why...anyway i can fix this?
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Just partition your sd card with your fat32, ext2/ext3/ext4 (I would do ext3), and linux-swap then reflash the rom.
i dont know how, and my sd card doesnt even show up on my phone at all
btw im using my 1gb card that came with my phone
rschuman90 said:
i dont know how, and my sd card doesnt even show up on my phone at all
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Do you have a card reader?
nope im suggesting my card is toasted or i have to do a wipe?
try booting into recovery, drop into the recovery console and type
ums_enable while your phone is plugged up to your computer. if that works, when you are done type ums_disable. that should allow you to mount your card in recovery
either way, i still dont know how to partition my car....i just want to be able to get it to be read so i can reflash my rom and go back to normal
which recovery image do you have?
david1171 said:
which recovery image do you have?
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im not sure either to be quiet honest, im a noob, and right now i was able ot access the Cm 4.0.1 zip from my sd card in console but im stuckon the android screen, so im all out of ideas :/
well i got into console and im able to mount my sd card through console, however im clueless on how i can get this all fixed, :X
rschuman90 said:
im not sure either to be quiet honest, im a noob, and right now i was able ot access the Cm 4.0.1 zip from my sd card in console but im stuckon the android screen, so im all out of ideas :/
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we all had to start somewhere
do you have adb? if so just type adb shell reboot recovery
if not, then while stuck at the android screen press send, menu and call to reboot then hold home to boot into recovery.
once in recovery, does it have a picture of a green android, or what is the background of?

Black Screen...

My phone boots up to a black screen after loading the rom screen for a while...it isn't off (screen is illuminated) but not doing anything
TFJ4 said:
My phone boots up to a black screen after loading the rom screen for a while...it isn't off (screen is illuminated) but not doing anything
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More info would be nice.
hey i had this problem too with my last phone, it is running in the background and you can get into recovery and the bootloader. try fastbooting a new rom on it. i myself just got a new one out of t-mobile because of it
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TFJ4 said:
My phone boots up to a black screen after loading the rom screen for a while...it isn't off (screen is illuminated) but not doing anything
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Same thing happened to me just like 30 minutes ago. I solved it by pulling the battery and pulling out my micro SD card and putting it into a SD card converter (or whatever you want to call it..) and then I put it into my computer deleted the update that I was trying to put on my phone replaced it with a rom that i knew worked. turned on my phone while holding home key. Wiped the phone and reuploaded the older rom. It fixed my phone, but it ment no new cool rom for me.
I was trying to flash macdroid. Anyone know what I may have done wrong? I really like the look of this Rom and would like to try it out...
One place I have seen this happen is when you try to flash a donut ROM w/o wiping/reformating your ext partition. If there is any "old junk" in your ext partition you get the black screen. Also I believe your ext partition needs to be "primary" (along with your FAT32)
Try a clean reformated SD card.
qwerty3656 said:
One place I have seen this happen is when you try to flash a donut ROM w/o wiping/reformating your ext partition. If there is any "old junk" in your ext partition you get the black screen. Also I believe your ext partition needs to be "primary" (along with your FAT32)
Try a clean reformated SD card.
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this is the only way to make sure it's not the rom's problem

SD Card wont partition

Hey guys i really need help my im trying to partition my sd card and it says its doing it and like 2 seconds later it says its done and im trying to transferr file to the sd card using the usb toggle on recovery mode and it wont allow me too so can smone plz help me and its not the sd card because i can put files on it using another phone
Crazydrumerkid13 said:
Hey guys i really need help my im trying to partition my sd card and it says its doing it and like 2 seconds later it says its done and im trying to transferr file to the sd card using the usb toggle on recovery mode and it wont allow me too so can smone plz help me and its not the sd card because i can put files on it using another phone
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So using a different phone the SDcard works? It maybe that the SDcard reader on the G1 is failing. I would try to use Paragon Partition Manager and see if that helps.
nolimit78 said:
So using a different phone the SDcard works? It maybe that the SDcard reader on the G1 is failing. I would try to use Paragon Partition Manager and see if that helps.
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okkkk thank you ima give this a try then where can i download this at?? if u have da link i would appreciate it alot=)
wait so if i use the partition manager thing is that gonna fix my g1 sd card reader because im trying to load a new rom and it wont let me because sum error comes up sayin i cant put anything on my sdcard idk
Crazydrumerkid13 said:
wait so if i use the partition manager thing is that gonna fix my g1 sd card reader because im trying to load a new rom and it wont let me because sum error comes up sayin i cant put anything on my sdcard idk
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Nope, it'll only fix the SDcard. The SDcard reader on your G1 won't be affected. If it's broke, it's broke.
http://tinyurl.com/ygwvrol
nolimit78 said:
Nope, it'll only fix the SDcard. The SDcard reader on your G1 won't be affected. If it's broke, it's broke.
http://tinyurl.com/ygwvrol
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okkk i understand! so if i want to load any roms to my phone i wont be able to or what because my phone is wiped right now doesnt have any rom in it so what can i do to get it running again???
Crazydrumerkid13 said:
okkk i understand! so if i want to load any roms to my phone i wont be able to or what because my phone is wiped right now doesnt have any rom in it so what can i do to get it running again???
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Not sure, I've heard people using fastboot or ADB but I've never had to do it. I'll look into it (for my own courisity) You should do the same (because it's your problem)
nolimit78 said:
Not sure, I've heard people using fastboot or ADB but I've never had to do it. I'll look into it (for my own courisity) You should do the same (because it's your problem)
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okkk ima look into it then like if u find a way dat may help me i would appreciate it alot! cuz im really new to have a rooted g1 and i just need help so plz if u can=)

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