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Boot problem after downgrading

Hi,
I am sorry if there is already a similar thread, but I couldnt find it.
I have a huge problem with my German T-Mobile G1. Today I wanted to root the system. I used the instructions on XDA forum and "successfully" did the downgrading to RC7 but now I cant power on the phone. It stops at loading screen with android text and logo. Nothing happens than.
I have tried with the wipe and manual update with next version of firmware using update.zip but problem is still here. My phone is now totally unusable and I can now just hope that here on this forum can someone help me.
Please give me an advice
edit: there is one more thing: I can not power of the phone without taking the battery out. It automatically turns on every time I put battery in and every time I restart. Switch off button does not work any more.

Is the usb cable plugged in everytime you pull the battery and reinsert it? Because if it is the usb cable automatically turns on your g1. Can you access recovery +/or bootloader?
Recovery = home+power
bootloader = camera+power
If you can't get pass the g1 screen by pressing either combination of buttons you are bricked. If you are bricked () Call your carrier and tell them that you got an OTA update and it never turned on since. They should replace your g1 with a new one

I dont use USB cable. I prepared the microSD card using the USB-reader dongle. But I had pluged the electric cable so that was probably the reason for automatic turning on. Ok, now we can focus on the main problem.
Yes, I can access both recovery and bootloadaer al least. As I said, I have tried with some updating but nothing worked yet. When I use recovery some of files give me message: E: No signature. E:Verification failed.
This thing with carrier could also be a problem. I bought my phone in a shop which is buying them in another country because G1 is not officially being sold in our county. They give me a guarantee but it is guarantee from the shop and not official importer, so there would probably be some problems.
Thanks for trying to help me. I hope with this informations it would be little easier.

Place the file on your sdcard again. Down load a fresh copy of the latest hacked RC and make sure (if you're on windows) to name it "update" not update.zip because the .zip is already assumed in windows. Once its on your sdcard wipe and flash it. See if that works.

Can I use hacked RC on G1 that has not been rooted yet - just now very successfully downgraded?

do You place on sd card file "dreaimg.nbh" and turn on the phone with camera button pressed ?

Hettfield said:
do You place on sd card file "dreaimg.nbh" and turn on the phone with camera button pressed ?
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Of course I did it. How would I run downgrade process otherwise...

Maybe You need RC29 version

I did try with RC29 too.

Need Help! Bricked Phone??

Hey all,
I was trying to upgrade my Topaz to WM6.5 and obviously something went wrong.. Now when I turn the phone on, it goes to the tri-colour screen but displays the message Upgrade ROM code error please try again. After that, it goes to the white loading screen and just stays there until the numbers 00068002 in red appear at the top of the screen. Then it goes back to the tri-colour screen. I've searched the forums and tried some of the suggestions out there. Nothing has worked! Was wondering if someone could really halp me out with some step by step instructions!! Thanx in advance!
PS: I have HardSPL 1.83 installed already. That installation went well without any problems. It was when I went to flash the rom this happend.

i would suggest downloading another ROM (try the orginal ROM of your language http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=576620) and copying the TOPAIMG.nbh onto your storage card (ROOT DIRECTORY). now turn the phone on by pressing volume + and power button and then follow on screen instructions.
good luck!

dont worry, just a bad flash because of a corrupted rom
redownload the rom or any other rom.
use the card flasing as described by Drag-on or remove the storage card, (just tomake sure it does not see the rom image on it). connect it to pc. wait untill it shows usb on the 3color screen. wait untill the pc is finished installing drivers and then start the customRUU. that came with the rom you are insatalling
that should do the trick
success

Here's the thing, when I connect the phone to the PC, the PC can't find the phone anymore.. Well, it is connected, but it's not showing up on the computer.. I also don't know the original rom language for my phone.. My serial number begins with HT947L, anyone know?? I tried installing from the computer but it gives me the invalid vendor ID error..

ur computer is not suppose to read it like it would normally. (it wont recognize it in device center) but its connected. use the ruu that comes with the roms u download and u should be able to reflash ur device and dont worry its not bricked.
if u trying to do it manually rename RUU_signed that u get when u download a rom. rename it to topaimg and copy it to the root of ur microsd. then insert the card into the phone and turn it on. now ur phone should recognize the new rom and ask u if u want to install it. hope this helps

I haven't been able to find a rom that works.. I've tried several roms.. I rename them TOPAIMG.nbh and put it in the sd card but it never works. The phone will go to the loading screen and then the numbers 00068002 in red appear and then it just goes back to the tri colour screen with the words Upgrade ROM code error please try again. It just stays there after. When I try to do it manually from my computer it keep sgiving me the Invalid vendor ID error. I'm totally stuck.
I don't know if this will help, but when trying to do it manually, the program says I don't have a img on the phone. the version of the img I have is just left blank.

Update: Thanks for everyone's help! I finally found a rom that actually worked. It installed and everything. I still don't know why it had to be that certain rom and I still don't know why I couldn't flash from the SD card method. I'm really just happy everything is up and running again. I'm never flashing my phone on my own again.. lol.. If anyone knows why I couldn't flash from my sd and why I had to get a certain rom even though I had HARDspl installed please let me know. I would like to know just for future reference.

911

NOOB needs big time help
i installed hard spl no probs
installed energy rom
everything went thru and went to restart
but wen it restarted its just stuck on the black TP2 screen wen it restarts
i took batt out and held volume button down and the power on and that just went to the multi color screen
thats all it will do either way
either the black TP2 screen or the multi color screen
and it doesnt go off, just stays on those
help plz

LVjrod said:
NOOB needs big time help
i installed hard spl no probs
installed energy rom
everything went thru and went to restart
but wen it restarted its just stuck on the black TP2 screen wen it restarts
i took batt out and held volume button down and the power on and that just went to the multi color screen
thats all it will do either way
either the black TP2 screen or the multi color screen
and it doesnt go off, just stays on those
help plz
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If your phone is CDMA (sprint/verizon) make sure you have a CDMA ROM (there arent very many available), if not try flashing the phone again from the rainbow screen (bootloader) you may want to download the ROM again too, some people have had bad downloads.

so i can redo it from rainbow screen

Yes Put your phone in boot loader ( rainbow screen) and reflash. Who is your cell carrier? If it is Verizon or sprint then get a CDMA rom, AT&T and T-Mobile get a GSM rom

its sprint
wen i tried it said that i dont have usb on, its not readin it

LVjrod said:
its sprint
wen i tried it said that i dont have usb on, its not readin it
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When you put it in boot loader then plug in your USB cord does it go from serial to usb on your phones screen? It may take a min for it to change

it says to follow the instruction on the pc to sync or sumthing like that
and restarts
and again on that TP2 screen and not doin anything

ok step by step.
1. uplug phone from pc
2. Pull out bat and put it back in
3. hold volume down to get to boot loader
4. plug in USB cable ( it should read on the last 1/3 of the screen near the bottom USB
5. Grab a CDMA rom from HERE or HERE
6. FLash the rom you got from step 5

i did that
but it doesnt do anything from the boot loader
just has all the micro stuff and numbers
but nothin in the usb part
i no i am a goof and it seems frustratin to u
but i appriciate or help

LVjrod said:
i did that
but it doesnt do anything from the boot loader
just has all the micro stuff and numbers
but nothin in the usb part
i no i am a goof and it seems frustratin to u
but i appriciate or help
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Its cool. IF you look at the last white part of the screen on the bottom you should see something that says SERIAL when no cord is plugged in or USB once it is plugged in
If you dont then we can try using the SD card method
1. Make sure your microSD is Formatted to fat32 (you dont have to delete all files but it is safer if you do)
2. Download your prefered Rom from the Rhodium Rom Develpoment Page and unzip/unrar it to your PC
3. Goto the Roms Folder and rename the .nbh file to RHODIMG.nbh
4. Copy the RHODIMG.nbh file to the root of your MicroSD Card
5. Plug the MicroSD Card into the phone
6. Enter the BootLoader screen, you will first see a tri-color screen with the phone and SPL Information at the top
7. Follow the On Screen instructions to start the update
8. After flash has completed, press the reset button with the stylus to reset the device.

yes it does say that
its on usb now
goin to try again

Why don't you take out your SD card and put it in your PC and drag and drop the verizon stock rom on the SD card...That would be just the nbh file...name it rhodimg.nbh then put the sd card back in and then put it into bootloader and flash it back that way?
Yea, just what zelendel instructed you to do....

this is the error
plz make sure its properly synced
plz retry after syncing

LVjrod said:
this is the error
plz make sure its properly synced
plz retry after syncing
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Ok try the SD method I posted a few posts back

ok
will try it
thanks again

error 260
about usb cradle
but on the boot loader screen it says usb

LVjrod said:
error 260
about usb cradle
but on the boot loader screen it says usb
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Ok maybe I wasnt too clear, when you flash from the sd card you cant have it plugged in

oh
sorry
redoing

ok its in process now
once it is done then wut

LVjrod said:
ok its in process now
once it is done then wut
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Once it is done then follow the last step and use the stylus to hit the rest button after removing the sd card and it should boot up full. Where did you get the rom?

Reboots when Usb connected

Flashed today my GT-I9000 to TO froyo I897UCJI6. I know i should not have done that now. But i really got pissed today at the gps of my phone and when i saw and update for galaxy s i just went for it, haven't checked the phone variant version. Thing is now my phone has no gps whatsoever it boots up fine but, sound only shows when i plug my headphones, accelerometer dont work correctly and so on....
So i though i`ll flash it back to stock. But the thing is once i connect the usb cable the phone just reboots and stays dead until the usb is disconnected.
I read the other threads but found no similar issues.
Here is a brief video of my problem
-http-://-www-.youtube.-com/-watch?v=MtcCvfCbAFk-
Remove all "-"
since i can`t post links
Anyone has any ideas how to get me back to stock?
Thanks!!
Damn i can`t even charge it!

Kinda weird indeed, try to remove the battery, wait a little, insert the battery and go to download mode (volume - / home / power) then start odin, put all files needed, and connect the usb, if it doesnt reboot hit start...

you got to enable adb debugging on your phone then open a command window and type: adb reboot download connect the usb to the phone and hit the enter key for the adb command before your phone fall asleep, then you are in download mode an can flash any rom with odin.
hope this helps, i flashed the same wrong firmware from the Vibrant.

Thanks Franklin, i tried the battery trick to no luck.
This is i cannot put my phone back to download mode because my "HOME" button is not mapped to do anything, seems like the "RETURN ARROW" button does the fuction when the system is loaded.
Any other ways to flash it back? Sd card or something?
Thanks for replies ;]

please try it my way it worked for me and i think it will work for you

I open the cmd navigate to c:\androidsdk\tools\ type in adb reboot download hit enter, it mounts daemon tools i plug in usb cable and 3 seconds later the phone goes blank and it stays unresponsive(no 3 key combination, not even the power button can turn it back on) i unplug the usb cable and the phone automaticaly shows the AT&T logo and starts up. The same happens when i plug my charger in!. Does that mean my SGS usb port is fried or something? Is there another way to flash my pnoe back to stock ROM?
I am so sorry i tried to make it better :[
Any clues?

no this is NOT a defective phone, its the result of the ROM and the 3 Button combo can´t work oh and you dont really mean deamon tools? and you musst plug the usb cable in the phone right before you hit enter or it can´t work!

I did that too. Like i said the phone turns it self off once the usb cable is attached.
Here is a brief video of my problem
-http-://-www-.youtube.-com/-watch?v=MtcCvfCbAFk-
remove all "-" from url.

dainiuxxx, this thread belongs in the Q&A section, not in development. Take a moment and read the "STOP, READ THIS BEFORE POSTING" thread at the top of both of these sections, it has clear guidelines for proper thread placement.

Sorry for that sirphukee.
Any help? Anyone?

Anyone that can help?

have you tried plugging it into another PC or Laptop?

Yup tried amothe laptop, reboot.
Wall charger, reboot.
So i`m kinda out of options?

yes, return it to the store, to get an exchange
a normal working SGS does not reboot when plugged into any USB port/charger
it's Shorted (damaged) for some reason

ok, return sounds good to me, but what will i have to say when they`ll switch on the phone and see the AT&T logo?
I`m in UK and my network is Orange UK.
Will they accept it back with no problems, i kinda doubt that....

uhh... you are in quite a pickle ...
try to remove the evidence, intentionally use a Update.zip ROM flash to kill the flash
or flash it to stock if you find a good ROM via Update.zip
use the WiFi to download the Update.zip ROM flash to the root of the internal SD to flash it.
ROM Manager can get the same results, you can WiFi install it from Market

AllGamer said:
uhh... you are in quite a pickle ...
try to remove the evidence, intentionally use a Update.zip ROM flash to kill the flash
or flash it to stock if you find a good ROM via Update.zip
use the WiFi to download the Update.zip ROM flash to the root of the internal SD to flash it.
ROM Manager can get the same results, you can WiFi install it from Market
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Installed ROM manager from market, but seems it needs the phone rooted, right?
And rooting can be done only via usb cable, right?
Where do i find a Update.zip ROM via Wifi? and what are the procedures when i do find it?

OK,
so obviously the question now is HOW DO I F...k up my phone completely so no one could see what was done to it. When i`ll take it back to the shop.

dainiuxxx said:
Installed ROM manager from market, but seems it needs the phone rooted, right?
And rooting can be done only via usb cable, right?
Where do i find a Update.zip ROM via Wifi? and what are the procedures when i do find it?
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you can ROOT the phone within the phone itself
by downloading Ryzaa One click lag fix from the market
instead of installing the lag fix, select the option to ROOT the phone

Same issue here. Amazing how easy it is to mess this phone up when you are really stupid. Oh well....
Tried the one click lag fix to root it, but cannot find a way to get into download or recovery mode. Tried every button combo I have seen suggested, but either gets stuck in a loop on the AT&T screen or just boots into the OS.
At the moment I feel my only option if we cannot find a way to get into download mode is to format the internal SD card and send it back to o2 (my provider), tell them it fried when Kies tried to do an update, cross my fingers and hope they send me a new one.

[Q] Galaxy SIII I9305. Not start anymore.

Hi! About two weeks ago my phone did not recognize my SIM card. Phone is rooted of course. So I restore my org ROM and sometimes my SIM vas recognized and sometimes not. I decidet to buy a new SIM and SD card reader. After replacing it problem did not go away, so I start diging depper and I found it that my IMEI is null/null. For last week I was trying to do every tutorial, guide and other things on net and of course this great forum to fix it. No luck unfortunatly. Today when I hold HOME+VOL BUTTON+POWER trying to connect in odin mode, here come the wierd thing phone was enter some kind of SDCARD MODE and copy some thing from SD card, there was about four rows of text something like SDCARD MODE, COPYING (I do not know what) FROM SDCARD, COPY FROM SD CARD COMPLETE, (I do no know what). Then phone turned off and do not power up anymore. I was tryin to remove battery. Phone was connected to computer while this wierd thing happen. Have anybody an idea of what happend?
Sorry for my english.
fr!Xy, Regards from Slovenia

fr!Xy said:
Hi! About two weeks ago my phone did not recognize my SIM card. Phone is rooted of course. So I restore my org ROM and sometimes my SIM vas recognized and sometimes not. I decidet to buy a new SIM and SD card reader. After replacing it problem did not go away, so I start diging depper and I found it that my IMEI is null/null. For last week I was trying to do every tutorial, guide and other things on net and of course this great forum to fix it. No luck unfortunatly. Today when I hold HOME+VOL BUTTON+POWER trying to connect in odin mode, here come the wierd thing phone was enter some kind of SDCARD MODE and copy some thing from SD card, there was about four rows of text something like SDCARD MODE, COPYING (I do not know what) FROM SDCARD, COPY FROM SD CARD COMPLETE, (I do no know what). Then phone turned off and do not power up anymore. I was tryin to remove battery. Phone was connected to computer while this wierd thing happen. Have anybody an idea of what happend?
Sorry for my english.
fr!Xy, Regards from Slovenia
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Recovering IMEI And Data Connection
•Make sure you have Samsung Kies or the Samsung USB Driver installed on your PC.
•Download and Extract: Odin3 3.04.zip - 457.11 KB to your PC if you don't already have it.
•Download and Extract: Param_Bin_I9305.zip - 612.14 KB to your PC. http://d-h.st/Fhb
•With your Phone Switched Off, press and hold: 'VOL DN' + 'HOME' + 'POWER' to enter Download Mode.
•Connect your phone to your PC via USB Cable and start Odin.
•Check your phone is connected by seeing if a COM Port in a Blue box is present under ID:COM.
•Press the 'PDA' Button and select the 'Param_Bin_I9305.tar.md5' file you extracted from the Zip Archive earlier.
•Press the 'Start' Button and wait for it to finish flashing. If successful, you will see a Green Box with 'PASS!'.
•Wait for your phone to reboot then go to your Dialer and press: *#06#. You should now see your IMEI and your Data Connection will be back

Thanks for your help. I tried this for 10 times but no help. But at the moment my phone doesent even power on so I cannot enter odin mode or do anything on it.

Do maybe someone know solution for my problem!?

ensure that the battery is not drained,flash costs much~
you should verify whether the forementioned method have been finished correctly.
method of the guy upstairs has a base,if you didnt achieve,it will not work.
it is the drivers installed in first step, that makes your dead phone recognized in fastboot mode,way to check whether it installed well is the blue(green?) box in the sixth step,if you didn't see it,proved that what you were doing was nonsense.
All above has been done and still can't start,well,
Sent from my GT-I93

SD card mode copy's everything from the sd card to the bootloader or the emmc.. Not sure which one.. But it renders it complete hard brick (not able to turn on at all)
Sent from my GT-I9305 using xda app-developers app

So. Is there any hope for my phone? Or mybe I try to send it to service? If its hard bricked they will not reciognize that phone was rooted and have lost IMEI... Is that right? Or will they see that phone was rooted etc?

fr!Xy said:
So. Is there any hope for my phone? Or mybe I try to send it to service? If its hard bricked they will not reciognize that phone was rooted and have lost IMEI... Is that right? Or will they see that phone was rooted etc?
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Send it in, you have nothing to lose

OK! I will let you know when phone arives.

sd card mode
After flashing my gt-i9305 from CM 10.1 to Liquid Smooth (Liquid Smooth worked great) and after another reboot, my Phone turned into "sd card mode" or something, and now, i can´t boot to Liquid Smooth, Cwm, Bootloader ,Fastboot, the Led doesn´t work, no usb connection (Odin)!
Today i builded a Usb Jig... on my S2 the Jig was working very well, but on my S3... nothing !
how could this happen? I've followed the instructions, and it was not the first time I've flashed a custom Rom!
Thanks for any support!

fr!Xy said:
OK! I will let you know when phone arives.
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Your S3 lte basband chip need replacement.
Sent from my GT-N5100 using xda app-developers app

Do anyone know if this can hlep?
HTML:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/USB-Jig-Dongle-For-Samsung-Galaxy-S-III-S3-GT-I9305-LTE-Download-Mode-unbrick-/251386220228?pt=US_Other_Cell_Phone_Accessories&hash=item3a87c94ec4

Usb Jig has only one function on SGS3 and that is to get to download mode where three button cannot .