Hi,
I know this thread will possibly get kicked around by admins/mods, but I just upgraded from an Optus-supplied Cupcake 1.5 Update to CyanogenMod v3.96.
I was wondering if I've done something wrong. On the startup of the first boot of CyanogenMod the text said: "Welcome to Android Dev Phone 1". Is this correct or did something botch up? I was expecting "Welcome to CyanogenMod"... Oh well.
I had to downgrade to RC7 first, get root & install HardSPL, and then followed instructions to upgrade to CyanogenMod. It took a good 2 hours, but it was worth it.
Could you please let me know if this is correct or something went wrong?
Cheers,
Coburn64.
you flashed an adp rom that is why it says that. nothing is wrong.
Alright, thanks for the reassurance. Phew, I don't have to worry now.
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Okay for those of you who don't know, I totally bricked my phone based on a dumb decision last time and not knowing what I was doing.
I am thinking off trying to root my phone again, any advice on what rom I should root to and which is the best and most stable for the G1.
Kaos Chase said:
Okay for those of you who don't know, I totally bricked my phone based on a dumb decision last time and not knowing what I was doing.
I am thinking off trying to root my phone again, any advice on what rom I should root to and which is the best and most stable for the G1.
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u should really go with cyanogens roms
Cyanogen's latest is pretty sweet. As long as you follow the steps correctly to root your phone, you shouldn't have any problems flashing any of the roms available. Then you can test them out, and see what you like.
does anyone know any good tuts to use to do so?
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php/Full_Update_Guide_-_G1/Dream_Firmware_to_CyanogenMod
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http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php/Full_Update_Guide_-_G1/Dream_Firmware_to_CyanogenMod
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Thank you so much everyone! You all were a huge help. I have rooted my phone successfully this time and I love it!
I followed the instructions from the link on this thread to put cyanogen on my g1 but after the skateboarding android logo faded all I got was a illuminated phone I let it sit that way for 25 minutes hoping something would happen but nada so I restored a backup. Can anyone tell me what went wrong and how I can get cyanogen working?
Nobody can tell you what went wrong since we don't know what step you skipped/didn't do right based off that statement. All we can say is follow the guide to a T. The guides are the best the communitty has to offer/has produced on how to do what you want to do. If you can't follow the guide, sadly there is nothing we can do to help beyond repeating what the guide already says.
I've got cm recovery 1.4 so that step and the ones leading to it are done right, right? Then I ran the recovery, made a back up, wiped data, applied zip drc83 defanged, applied
Cm update 4.2.13 (I think 13, whatever stable version the "latest version" link give you), applied ota radio, and rebooted (automatically took me back to recovery) rebooted again, got g1 logo followed by the cyanogen android logo once that faded all the lights on my phone came on and stayed on and I had no display (apart from the backlight).
I tried multiple times with no luck. I downloaded the cm update from my phone could that of caused a problem? Everything else was dl'ed from a pc.
What's the differance between drc83 and signed dream devphone should I try that instead?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=563679
Follow the guide to a T, since you are partialy there I will tell you what you have left:
1. Download the developer recovery ROM (This is different than drc83 by a lot)
2. Download the latest CM
3. Put both on the root of your SD card
4. Boot into recovery mode, flash the developer ROM, then flash the latest CM
5. Use the "Home" and "Back" buttons to reboot the phone
6. Tada! Success!
7. Never, ever, do anything the guide doesn't tell you to do. If it says flash file X don't flash file Y because you think it is close enough. Never do extra stuff, ie if it doesn't say flash a radio by itself, don't flash a radio by itself because it seems like a good idea.
Hey everyone,
Sorry to be creating a new topic on this but I have literally spent the last 3 hours trying to figure this out and have searched the entire forum looking for answers and couldn't find any.
Here's the deal. I was following this guide on rooting my phone and got all the way to the image part. I was going to install this build which mentioned I needed the DangerSPL. Went ahead and followed this guide on how to install the DangerSPL and got to the flashing DangerSPL part, where I was supposed to install the CM 5.0. (Note: When trying to install the CM 5.0 I also get the e: can't find update script as well)
There's where the problem happened. After getting that in my phone will not go any further than the T-Mobile G1 screen. It just freezes there and there it stay. I tried updating the CM 5 but it always gives me the message e:can't find update script, and that's downloading straight from the website and then renaming it to update.
So as of right now I don't know where to go, I'm pretty stuck at this point. I don't know if I should be doing something to prevent the can't find the update script message or what, or how to get past the G1 screen.
Any help will be deeply appreciated as I'm stuck without a phone at the moment.
Thanks a lot in advance.
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Update: By returning to "factory" settings I was able to at least start up the phone, so that's a positive. Negative is that it is now a 1.0 version of the droid, so I would much rather be able to install something slightly better but I still have been running into the error can't find update script on several different builds.
Ouch.... I feel your pain... 1.0 is pretty old. Few questions before troubleshooting:
1. What phone do you have: G1, Dream, Roger's Dream.. etc
2. What does it say in your H/F boot (power up using camera and power button and copy 4 lines that you will see)
3. What build are you on right now (Menu-Setting-About phone)
Once we have that - we can proceed.
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After going through the steps again as I restored factory settings the rooting and upgrading finally did work. Go figure.
Thanks for the help, it was really appreciated.
a few weeks back i got an update from t-mobile i think it was 2.2.1. i was running a custom rom by evil, I think it was sense. it never fully installed as it came up with a black scrren with a exclamation mark and a little android guy. every time i go into recovery now, i get the same thing. this also converted the phone back to stock rom.
im sorry, but i am a newbie when it comes to flashing new recovery images. do you think this is what needs to be done? i had clockworkmod's on there before, had a buddy do it for me.. and he didnt explain to me how to fix install it lol. i do install roms etc.
any way i should go with this?
You guessed right, you need to reflash the recovery, and possibly re-root before that.
You can follow the guides in Wiki, found in my signature.
did it, having a problem installing roms now :| gonna post in that roms thread.
okay so i just bought a Tmobile G1 from a friend. He gave me the phone and when i opened it and turned it on i realized that is was still on firmware version 1.1. i dont know if im wrong but everywhere i look on the internet, all the G1's are running on 1.6! i also read of something called an "OTA" update but my phone is not prompting me to update.
Different subject~*~*
anyways i also wanted to know if i can update it to 2.2 or 2.3. if thats possible.
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Thanks For the Support!!
any help would be greatly appreciated.
and please be very descriptive as this is the first android device i have ever had and know NO terms. Thanks again!
it is very posible... everything you need should be here...
[Guide] (8-18-11) G1 How-to: Root, Un-Root & Everything in-between
Why did my G1 come in Android 1.1?
everything on the guide says it starts on "stock" 1.6.
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everything on the guide says it starts on "stock" 1.6.
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lol you dont need to be on 1.6... it just the guides helps you downgrade if you are on 1.6.. if you are on 1.1 or whatever than all you need to do is upgrade to 1.5
Guys, i'm running a G1 with the latest cyanogen mod but it's been eating at my battery too much and it's way too slow. So i wish to downgrade to donut (1.6). Can anyone help me? I haven't flashed an android phone in a long while and i guess i forgot.
I appreciate it
PS: will that lock the phone back up? Or will i still be able to use it normally with any carrier?
Posting reply because the topic is...well in the lack of better words, invisible, both in my stats and on the forum...(the heck?)
The phone will still be unlocked.
You need to flash a new ROM.
Try superD. It's a donut rom.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=613809
Download: http://files.benbuchacher.com/Android-MT3G-G1 Archive/SuperD/SuperD 1.11/NoRamhack/
You'll need to wipe and flash it from recovery
The best ROM for G1 is probably froyobylaszlo. Its fast.
You'll need the 2708+ radio and spl though. And thats advanced to install
Figured it'd be easier to unroot it...couldn't wait anymore since it's my only phone and i need it.
But i really appreciate giving me the correct link for SuperD. I've been searching and i didn't know which one of the 2 available links to download.
BTW, when i do decide to root it again, i guess i'll be using SuperD, but what steps would i have to take to root and flash the new rom. I am asking you because it's an older rom and i am new to this.
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Figured it'd be easier to unroot it...couldn't wait anymore since it's my only phone and i need it.
But i really appreciate giving me the correct link for SuperD. I've been searching and i didn't know which one of the 2 available links to download.
BTW, when i do decide to root it again, i guess i'll be using SuperD, but what steps would i have to take to root and flash the new rom. I am asking you because it's an older rom and i am new to this.
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http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/HTC_Dream:_Rooting
Stop at "Flashing CyanogenMod"
Put the SuperD zip and this zip on the SDCard
Flash the DRC83 zip first then SuperD
Reboot and Enjoy
Thanks a lot I appreciate it
And again it's me. Having more problems. Got a Samsung Galaxy Trend as an early birthday present yesterday and now i want to completely restore my g1 back to stock (again). This is where things got complicated. I used a tutorial on "Unlockr" which obviously doesn't work. Managed to unroot and return to 1.0, then i managed to get to 1.5 where i started receiving errors with every single update i tried. So i re-downloaded 1.0 (rc29), i go into the bootloader (the red-green-blue-white screen) it starts checking something then pops out a "not allow" error, which then sends me back to the rainbow screen where i get the serial0 error.
I've tried downloading dreaimg.nbh from multiple sources but i always get that error.
Here's some info for you guys:
Hboot-0.95.0000
CPLD-4
Radio-2.22.19.26I
Now i honestly have no idea what to do. Can anyone give a fellow android user some assistance?
EDIT: I somehow managed to get my hands on the right files and went all the way up to 1.6. But now i can't activate the phone because i don't have a data plan and i can't use adb to activate wifi. Why must this be so ridiculously hard?
What can i do to flash back to rc29? I need to do that so i can activate the phone and then go back up to 1.6.
here a guide how to do it
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And again it's me. Having more problems. Got a Samsung Galaxy Trend as an early birthday present yesterday and now i want to completely restore my g1 back to stock (again). This is where things got complicated. I used a tutorial on "Unlockr" which obviously doesn't work. Managed to unroot and return to 1.0, then i managed to get to 1.5 where i started receiving errors with every single update i tried. So i re-downloaded 1.0 (rc29), i go into the bootloader (the red-green-blue-white screen) it starts checking something then pops out a "not allow" error, which then sends me back to the rainbow screen where i get the serial0 error.
I've tried downloading dreaimg.nbh from multiple sources but i always get that error.
Here's some info for you guys:
Hboot-0.95.0000
CPLD-4
Radio-2.22.19.26I
Now i honestly have no idea what to do. Can anyone give a fellow android user some assistance?
EDIT: I somehow managed to get my hands on the right files and went all the way up to 1.6. But now i can't activate the phone because i don't have a data plan and i can't use adb to activate wifi. Why must this be so ridiculously hard?
What can i do to flash back to rc29? I need to do that so i can activate the phone and then go back up to 1.6.
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hey bro, I found this tutorial http://androidandme.com/2009/10/news/how-to-manually-install-the-official-t-mobile-android-1-6-on-your-g1/very effective on bringing your G1 back to stock. I've used this tutorial once before, so I thing this will help you too.
Good Luck :good: