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I just tried to install the newest Haykuro SPL on my rooted G1, and now it stays at the T-Mobile screen. I can access the recovery utility, but when I press Home and Back to restart it just goes back the recovery menu..Any help?? Can I apply the offcial cupcake update?

First, please use the search feature of the forums and do plenty of research before attempting to mod your phone next time.
In recovery try wiping (alt+w) then reboot, If that doesn't work I'm out of ideas, search will probably return useful results as I've seen quite a few threads pertaining to issues with this SPL.

No my phone was already modded, it worked fine when I wrote over JF's 1.51. But when I tried to use this SPL it didn't work. I need to reflash over JF firmware for it to work. But I don't have a MicroSD Card Adapter, damn..
Can the G1 access via USB by putting it in BootLoader mode, or something??

I think(am no way certian tho) that you can access the sd via adb shell while in recovery mode, you'll need to do some looking into it tho. If I were you first thing tomarrow I'd pick up one of these even if you do manage to fix it by then. I use mine alot due to funking things up with modded themes and what not.

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Got it working, I reflashed it with JF's newest build. I wonder what I did wrong though when I tried flashing the latest Haykuro's SPL. I want to go to the newest Hero build but I am scared I might mess up my phone again.

Good to hear. I'd do alot more research before going any further. SPL's are where bricking turns from nearly impossible to easy as pie. Check out all the brick posts to see what NOT to do. Can be very helpful info.
ps. next time for pete's sake put something more useful than "help.." in the title of your thread.

First things first, check if you did get the spl to load. Turn off your phone and hold camera button and power. The screen that comes up should tell you what SPL you are using.

BigWorldJust said:
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Got it working, I reflashed it with JF's newest build. I wonder what I did wrong though when I tried flashing the latest Haykuro's SPL. I want to go to the newest Hero build but I am scared I might mess up my phone again.
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You didn't do anything 'wrong'. Flashing a new SPL repartitions your phones internal memory, destroying your ROM, thus requiring a ROM reflash after the SPL.
Honestly, what are you doing flashing a SPL when you do not understand what it does or how it works?

Excuse me Mr. Perfect. I didn't know that I had to reflash a ROM right on top of flashing the new SPL. Thus if what you are saying is true, I should have the new SPL than since I reinstalled the JF Rom?

BigWorldJust said:
Excuse me Mr. Perfect. I didn't know that I had to reflash a ROM right on top of flashing the new SPL. Thus if what you are saying is true, I should have the new SPL than since I reinstalled the JF Rom?
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Not trying to be a ****, but this is how people end up with bricks. Believe it or not, I'm actually trying to save you from doing that.
And yes, if you flashed the new SPL then JF's (or any ROM, really) than you still have the new SPL.

I know what you mean, I thought I had bricked it last night because of the SPL install. Alright I checked and indeed do have the new SPL. What ROM do you recommend using, that doesn't require Apps2SD as I cannot even use without a Class 6 MicroSD Card? JF's ROM is pretty bland, if you know what I mean.

wipe and re-flash the rom you want and please click the link in my sig

Thanks but what ROM do you recommend that doesn't require Apps2SD to run good and looks cool and customized? Does Cyanogen's require Apps2SD to run properly?

BigWorldJust said:
Thanks but what ROM do you recommend that doesn't require Apps2SD to run good and looks cool and customized? Does Cyanogen's require Apps2SD to run properly?
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yes a2sd works on 3.4.
but if you would like to know more about Cyanogen's rom... click the link to it!
also click the other link i have

Aight, one more question. Does it require Apps2SD to run properly though? Or can I install it and expect it to run good without Apps2SD ?

BigWorldJust said:
Aight, one more question. Does it require Apps2SD to run properly though? Or can I install it and expect it to run good without Apps2SD ?
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that was two questions btw...
1. NO!
2. YES!

LoL, sorry I meant two . Thanks for the help, I'll try The Dude's Cupcake 1.3RC1 first, and if I don't favor it I'll try Cyanogen's.

[SOLVED] once rooted always rooted?

First of all forgive me if this question as been asked a million times but to be honest I'm finding the Dream section a mess.
Now onto my question.... I've rooted my G1 and I'm currently running JF 1.51 with hero skin, now I'm I correct that I will always be rooted as long as I stick to custom roms?
The other thing is when I go into recovery mode I get a message at the top of the screen something like "Unable to find /system/command/recovery.cmd" am I correct that means I'm unable to proform backups? which is no big deal for me.
Finally whats the deal with this new spl, do I really need it to run a hero ported rom? I only ask because in all my years flashing windows phones the spl is something you should flash once and leave alone to avoid errors that can brick your phone.

Yes you will always be rooted. Not really sure on the recovery thing...You might want to try to fix that by flashing another recovery image. Yes you need the new spl to run the hero ROM since its HUGE

alritewhadeva said:
Yes you will always be rooted. Not really sure on the recovery thing...You might want to try to fix that by flashing another recovery image. Yes you need the new spl to run the hero ROM since its HUGE
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Thanks for the fast reply, as for the recovery thing like I said I would never back anything up and restore it anyway (I've always started afresh with every new rom)
Now going back to the spl thing.... Ive already updated my radio to the latest so when I do finally go for a hero rom and do flash my spl is the new spl a custom one which will allow me to reflash back down to a non-hero rom? or do I have to go back to the orginal hardspl first?

The new SPL was released by haykuro and it allows you to have about 30 more mb of space on your system partition. It still allows you to flash non-hero ROMs as well as hero ROMs. Sorry for the slow response >.>

Thanks alritewhadeva everything is clearer now.

what is haykuro death spl

I use hard spl. But some roms are for death spl. Any advantage. To using it?

as far as i know, it is the spl from the magic/sapphire and it frees up more space in /system and /data and i would assume takes some from /cache.
since it clears up more space in /system it allows you store more stuff in there which is what the hero roms do.
the advantage is more space in /system and /data
according to your sig you have the danger spl which is the 1.33.2005 spl, i am confused

Thanks. Can you point me to more info. Id like to try it.

ahronzombi said:
Thanks. Can you point me to more info. Id like to try it.
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you still confuse me with your sig, boot your phone up with camera and power and tell me what is displayed there for the numbers above radio.

ahronzombi said:
Thanks. Can you point me to more info. Id like to try it.
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Search some please. This SPL can brick your phone and some top notches around here have even bricked their brand new phones after getting a replacement because they have just bricked their last phone.
Besides, I think most hero roms use apps2sd so you don't need the death/danger SPL. (off the top of my head)

My advice is to only flash the "Danger SPL" if you intend on trying Hero.
Otherwise just use Hard SPL.
You can use the link in my signature if you wish to proceed.
However you will not be able to flash any nandroid system.img backups on top of that SPL which means that once you flash that SPL you need to start with a wipe and a fresh ROM. You can always flash your userdata with fastboot afterwards to restore your data.
Things you may want to get before starting:
Latest radio (MUST!)
Cyanogen's 1.4 Recovery
Full ROM update (ie Cyanogen's 4.0.4 rom)
Partition your class 6 (suggested) sdcard to FAT32/EXT3/Linux-Swap (type 1) for HERO roms.
Yes it's a lot of work for a noob but it's worth it as long as you don't brick your phone (high risk if you don't follow instructions).

southsko said:
Search some please. This SPL can brick your phone and some top notches around here have even bricked their brand new phones after getting a replacement because they have just bricked their last phone.
Besides, I think most hero roms use apps2sd so you don't need the death/danger SPL. (off the top of my head)
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You're incorrect, the hero app and app_s folder are on the SD but the system remains in NAND. The Hero system is too large to fit with Hard or Eng SPL and the Haykuro SPL is a necessity.

If you wish to experience a Hero build without using the death spl, you can use the one of the Micro Hero builds at
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=561179

Partition SD Card with RA Recovery for CyanogenMod

Hi,
since yesterday my phone is rooted and the newest RA Recovery+CyanogenMod is installed.
Now i want to partition my SD Card expedient to use APPS2SD...
But i don't understand what the meaning of Ext2 Ext3 etc....
And how should i expedient partition them???
When I partition my SD Card use CyanogenMod APPS2SD automatically or do i have to activate it anywhere???
Thanks for help
ScorqYoN

Noone???
And when i want to flash to other rom like mlign for testing.
I go to recovery update zip and then come a failure...

ScorqYoN said:
Noone???
And when i want to flash to other rom like mlign for testing.
I go to recovery update zip and then come a failure...
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Okay junior... most of your answers can be found by reading first.
But to answer your questions if you want to add an ext partition you would do so from the Amon_Ra recovery and by doing so you will lose some storage capacity but you will enable the a2sd capability. Ext 3 is better than 2, Ext 4 is theoretically better than 3. If you want to use a rom that requires the "Danger SPL" or otherwise known as "Haykuro's SPL" or "Death SPL", I would use caution because if you don't follow d-i-r-e-c-t-i-o-n-s p-e-r t-h-e l-e-t-t-e-r then you will end up with a B-R-I-C-K and then you will be S.O.L.

OK, so i should update to EXT4, or???
Do i need the Danger SPL for mlign or eclair rom???
New big problem, i wanted to flash Cyanogen Rom back...
Flashing work, but on the T-Mobile G1 screen the phone stuck...
But I can restart go to my Hard SPL and Recovery...
Wheres the problem???
I also tried with this guide http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php/Upgrading_From_Older_CyanogenMod_or_other_rooted_ROMs
Please Help

ScorqYoN said:
OK, so i should update to EXT4, or???
Do i need the Danger SPL for mlign or eclair rom???
New big problem, i wanted to flash Cyanogen Rom back...
Flashing work, but on the T-Mobile G1 screen the phone stuck...
But I can restart go to my Hard SPL and Recovery...
Wheres the problem???
I also tried with this guide http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php/Upgrading_From_Older_CyanogenMod_or_other_rooted_ROMs
Please Help
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I'll break it down for you.
You need the danger spl to use the mlign hero roms and eclair roms.
Ext3 or ext4... doesn't matter. Stay at ext3 because it's one less step for you and it's more compatible with other roms than ext4.
Danger spl - reading = brick
Danger spl + reading = ~10mb of free space in /system useful for flashing hero/eclair roms.
Nandroid Backup before a flash = good
-Backup before a flash = future wipe
And to get back to cyanogen's rom try this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=4665165&postcount=3 (except don't use the 4.1.99, use the latest)
If that doesn't work then wipe the ext partition and wipe your system from the recovery menu. Flash the recovery.zip and then flash the CMUpdate.zip (4.2.10.1 in this case.)

A ext clear have helped... CyanogenM is running.
Ahhh ok, can i check my partitions of my sd card through recovery console adb or something else???
So, the failure is caused by the missing "danger" spl, which give me extra 10mb to internal phone space?
So what i have to mind to flash them??? Only flash manual radio first???
Recommends most of the custom roms the danger spl???
But after having the danger spl flashed it isn't danger for the phone anymore or??
The question if it is worth it, because i want to test how stable and fast other roms like mlign or eclair are.... Moreover, i want a cool hero design, but he-aero is very old.. I can try Community Hero Mix...
But if other roms like mlign or eclair aren't faster or more stable than cm i let it, because cm has the most advantages...

ScorqYoN said:
A ext clear have helped... CyanogenM is running.
Ahhh ok, can i check my partitions of my sd card through recovery console adb or something else???
So, the failure is caused by the missing "danger" spl, which give me extra 10mb to internal phone space?
So what i have to mind to flash them??? Only flash manual radio first???
Recommends most of the custom roms the danger spl???
But after having the danger spl flashed it isn't danger for the phone anymore or??
The question if it is worth it, because i want to test how stable and fast other roms like mlign or eclair are.... Moreover, i want a cool hero design, but he-aero is very old.. I can try Community Hero Mix...
But if other roms like mlign or eclair aren't faster or more stable than cm i let it, because cm has the most advantages...
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dude... everything you want is in my signature.
any rom should run on the danger spl but once you get the Danger SPL installed do NOT flash another radio because it will likely brick your phone.
most hero and eclair roms won't run as smooth as say Cyanogen's. This is because it is also requiring constant access to the sdcard's ext2,3 or 4 partition AND a swap partition. the higher speed of card that you have (class 2 is usually unmarked, others will be marked with a 4 or a 6 in the corner) the better results you will have in your rom.
In regards to the community hero mix... I am a co-contributor to the theme. It is maintained mostly by Nabzilla1990 but he usually takes a couple of days to release his updates. I release mine within a couple of hours (normally).
My advice is if you want the look and feel of Hero with a fast and stable rom and without the risk of bricking... go for a Hero theme instead. But nothing can pair up with a Hero rom when it comes to the SenseUI. Just beware of the facts that there is no bluetooth for it yet and it gets sluggish after a few hours and will need a reboot.

Ok thanks, so I stay Cyanogen with Theme, which i can easiliy update through CM Updater.
But the Danger SPL don't make the phone faster or more stable, or???
Which haven't bluetooth and need restart after while?? The Hero Sense UI Rom?
ScorqYoN
PS: Your CHM Theme run first time and good, whereas after Nabzillas Regular CHM Theme I had to reflash with Cyanogen Rom...
Has CM Updater a option to apply Default Theme??? Or do I even have to reflash???

ScorqYoN said:
Ok thanks, so I stay Cyanogen with Theme, which i can easiliy update through CM Updater.
But the Danger SPL don't make the phone faster or more stable, or???
Which haven't bluetooth and need restart after while?? The Hero Sense UI Rom?
ScorqYoN
PS: Your CHM Theme run first time and good, whereas after Nabzillas Regular CHM Theme I had to reflash with Cyanogen Rom...
Has CM Updater a option to apply Default Theme??? Or do I even have to reflash???
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the spl doesn't make a difference in your phones stability or speed.
hero's bluetooth does not, has not, and will not work. hero senseui IS hero's gui.

ScorqYoN said:
PS: Your CHM Theme run first time and good, whereas after Nabzillas Regular CHM Theme I had to reflash with Cyanogen Rom...
Has CM Updater a option to apply Default Theme??? Or do I even have to reflash???
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???Any idea???

The CM Updater has no option for Default Theme except reflashing???

What are you even asking?
Cyan uses no themes

Sure with CM Update you can install/apply themes...
But how do i apply back to default theme without reflashing???
Or isn't there any possibility???

ScorqYoN said:
Sure with CM Update you can install/apply themes...
But how do i apply back to default theme without reflashing???
Or isn't there any possibility???
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Cyanogen doesn't use a theme. So to back to default (grey bar and launcher etc) you would need to reflash. If you want to try another theme then you would have to download the theme to the root of your sdcard and flash that one. But beware! If you flash Cyanogens rom (to be rid of the theme that you don't want or can't use) you may have remnants of the previous theme on top of the one that you just flashed. There is also no promise that your phone will even start up. Best bet is to:
ALWAYS perform a nandroid backup before flashing ANYTHING. No exceptions! This way if something doesn't work, you can just flash back like nothing ever happened.
Flash Cyanogens latest rom again and try a different theme.
Hope that helps.

Hey i have partitioned my sd card using various methods.
But i cant find where's the ext partition.
In my phone and pc sd card is showing lesser storage space but not showing the space that is been used for ext and swap.
Please help.

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.