running cyanogen 4.01, but i want to run one of the hero roms but i cannot for some unknown reason install the new spl. my question is does cyanogen have any hero roms or after numerous attempts how do i get the new spl.tried at least 3 different methods.
Do you have cyanogen's recovery image? If so, do not use the trackball to reboot the phone or even apply the spl, rename it to update.zip, then flash it with the keyboard commands, also do not go to the reocvery console to reboot, you must use home and back to reboot the phone or else the spl will not write. I have had this problem before and that is how i fixed it.
Cyan does not make any hero roms, what do you mean that you can not get the spl for it, do you also have the newest radio flashed, gotta give some more info
radio
i have 2.22.19.26I radio. if that is wrong then i just need to find the right one. and i will do that.
I believe that is the correct radio, so just follow david's solution then
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Ok guys just recieved my phone back, rooted flashed spl and radio and back on JAChero 2.72 in less than an hour and a half. ive done this so many times i want to share how i do it to maybe help future flashers to avoid bricking their G1's when going to Haykuro's SPL.
Well once you root this is the exact steps i take everytime. use this to gain root and follow every step because this gives you hardspl which i think maybe the key to not bricking. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=442480 **NOTE before attempting this power off phone and power on holding camera button. Check if your phone is a PVT. if it is continue. if not STOP.*
1.Install JF rc33.
2.Once installed install Jf 1.5 ADP right after that one is flashed.
3.once your on jf adp then find and download the radio.
then right after install the spl.
Once this spl is installed the phone WILL HANG ON THE TMOBILE SCREEN GUYS!! no worries Just reboot back to the recovery! Your phone IS NOT BRICKED IF YOU CAN GO TO RECOVERY OR BOOTLOADER!!
4. if you have a card reader just reboot to recovery, drag the jf adp 1.5 back to your sdcard and just reflash it. if not make shure you have 2 sdcards and have the jf adp 1.5 on another sdcard and reflash it from that. if you dont have that mount the sdcard from recovery by going into recovery then do alt+x then put in these commands
echo /dev/block/mmcblk0 > /sys/devices/platform/usb_mass_storage/lun0/file
once you do that the sd will mount just put the jf adp 1.5 back on the sdcard then reflash.
i think the problem has been that either people are trying to install the spl with the old radio. Also trying to install the spl while still on rc29. Another reason might be not being on the Hardspl before flashing the new spl. Hope you guys read and avoid bricking!
Also note * There are many posts by other users in this post on how to do it. you can also follow their opinions too some seem easier to you if your know what your doing [:.
Shaquiel Harris said:
Check if your phone is a PVT. if it is continue. if not STOP.*
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I have yet to see a shred of evidence to suggest that this has anything to do with bricking AT ALL. There was a poll a while ago and it really looked like it MADE NO DIFFERENCE in the rate of bricks.
Im glad you havent found any evidence. really i am. but until i see more reports of people not bricking from DVT boards then i will keep it up. thanks for your input though.
Actually...you don't have to flash back to JF after you installed the SPL. ONCE you have the RADIO FIRST, then the SPL is flashed, just pull the battery, insert the sd card into reader, place hero on it and just flash directly to hero. I have done this and helped other atleast 15 times with NO problems, otherwise just follow OP's steps.
no need to upgrade to jf before installing new radio/ spl. you can do this on rc29, then once you have the spl just restpre a previous fastboot.
Not trying to be rude, but his really doesn't seem necessary. The same information is in the SPL thread. If people choose to ignore the warnings then it's their fault for bricking.
It's really just as simple as:
Radio alt-s
JF 1.5 ADP alt-s
power+camera , check if its PVT, of not stop
SPL alt-s
ROM alt-s
I never flashed the hardspl when I rooted and after flashing the radio the new SPL installed just fine.
Also if they don't have a card reader flash Cyanogens 1.3.1 recovery image and use 'ums_enable' and 'ums_disable' to mount the sdcard.
Thanks guys for your posts i appreciate it. its just way to many people bricking going to the spl. just trying to throw in what i do and put in extra steps for them to be careful ya know? But thanks anyways [:
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no need to upgrade to jf before installing new radio/ spl. you can do this on rc29, then once you have the spl just restpre a previous fastboot.
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Most dont make a fastboot because they have no idea what it is and how to do it. i was just trying to make this as noob friendly as possible you know?
I am interested in installing one of the hero roms. They all seem to have advantages and disadvantages, but there are a couple of things not clear to me that hopefully someone can help me with.
1. No Hero ROM has working bluetooth? I have seen in some of the threads people claim they have working BT on a hero rom. True? Does no working mean none at all or just not OBEX? What about A2DP?
2. What about SPL? I am hesistent to install the Haykuro "Death" SPL, but from what I can see it is necessary to install a Hero ROM on the G1. True, or is HardSPL/EngineeringSPL ok?
That is basically all I need to know. Again, these things just do not seem to be clear.
Thanks for any answers you can provide.
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I am interested in installing one of the hero roms. They all seem to have advantages and disadvantages, but there are a couple of things not clear to me that hopefully someone can help me with.
1. No Hero ROM has working bluetooth? I have seen in some of the threads people claim they have working BT on a hero rom. True? Does no working mean none at all or just not OBEX? What about A2DP?
2. What about SPL? I am hesistent to install the Haykuro "Death" SPL, but from what I can see it is necessary to install a Hero ROM on the G1. True, or is HardSPL/EngineeringSPL ok?
That is basically all I need to know. Again, these things just do not seem to be clear.
Thanks for any answers you can provide.
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1) Nope don't think any have BT in any form. If you saw someone say they had it working, chances are they have Magic/Sapphire/MyTouch3G/Ion which has working BT in Hero ROMs.
2) There's only one Hero ROM (to my knowledge) which supports the original SPL which doesn't have the extra space in /system and /data that Danger SPL (Can't we just call it 1.33.2005?!) has.
I was really worried about flashing 1.33.2005 SPL, infact it took me over an hour due to reading like crazy. Just flash it, you'll be fine. Check you have the 26I radio, Settings > About > Baseband version should end in 26I. Put the spl on your sdcard as update.zip then wipe and flash using alt-s and reboot using home+back. Do not touch the trackball.
Then boot back in to recovery, go to the console and type 'ums_enable', copy the rom over, then 'ums_disable' then 'reboot recovery'. Now you can flash a Hero ROM.
thanks for your insight
ok after months of putting off playing with my phone I have decieded to mod it. Today I have successfully hacked it with the help of the wiki here:
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php/Full_Update_Guide_-_G1/Dream_Firmware_to_CyanogenMod
working great but I can't find an answer on how to play with other roms like hero, blur, and 2.0 etc.
can anyone please give me some help this forum is hard to find a clear way to anything since there seems to be 1 million ways to do it.
thanks in advance.
ian
Please keep all questions to the Questions and Answers forum. The development forum is for development threads only.
Flashing other ROMs is the same as flashing Cyanogen.
so i add the 1.6 rom image and another rom not cyanogen and then flash in the cyanogen recovery menu as described on his wiki?
Well before you try
blur etc..
Your going to have to make sure you have the correct radio,spl.
Boot into fastboot mode with camera plus power
and whats your spl/radio
if your radio is
2.22.19.26I
then thats good
if your spl is 1.33.2005
then your good to go for hero etc..
if not then your going to need to download the saphire radio/spl to be able to try other ROM's
i have the right radio but where do i find the spl?
also on his wiki it has how to install custom spl should i do this?
also does the apps to sd thing installed in his build? how do i make it work? or find it
Make sure when in bootloader, look for PVT or DVT. If you see 'DVT', do not flash the Haykuro spl.
is that the one with rainbow or androids and skateboards?
ianandamy said:
i have the right radio but where do i find the spl?
also on his wiki it has how to install custom spl should i do this?
also does the apps to sd thing installed in his build? how do i make it work? or find it
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ok look i really want to help you so i am
the spl to load other roms etc is going to be found here
http://code.google.com/p/sapphire-port-dream/
Download the radio 2.22. whatever
and the 1.33.2005 spl
MAKE SURE YOU FLASH THE RADIO FIRST!!!
EVEN IF YOU ALREADY HAVE IT!!!
SOMETIMES NOT FLASHING THE RADIO AND GOING STRAIGHT TO THE SPL CAN BRICK YOUR PHONE
SO RADIO THEN SPL!!!
THEN THE ROM(I WOULD DO CYAN AGAIN)
IN ORDER TO FLASH HIS NEWEST ROM
FLASH HE 1.6 RECOVERY IMAGE FOR THE DREAM FROM THE HTC WEBSITE
THEN ITLL REBOOT BYITSELF THEN FLASH THE CYAN ROM ITSELF AND IT SHOULD WORK..
IN ORDER TO GET APPS 2 SD WORKING YOU HAVE TO HAVE A EXT2/3/4 WHATEVER YOU CHOICE
BUT YOULL MOST LIKELY END UP WITH A EXT2/3
SEARCH THE FORUMS FOR ROOTING AND SETTING UP AN EXT2
Make sure you have a PVT board.
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is that the one with rainbow or androids and skateboards?
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right above where you saw the 2.22. It should say pvt 32b
if not then youll have to use the other spl
that i have no knowledge of so your stuck on that 1
i have pvt 32b too
so to flash another custom rom i just add the 1.6 rom image and the one I want to use and flash it like i did the latest cyanogen one?
which roms are best for hero, blur? and work 100%
this is what is on cyanogens wiki after what i did? although I have 4.2.3.1
Hard SPL (optional) - ONLY FOR HTC DREAM (G1)!!!
If you choose, you can install a custom SPL. This will free up approximatly 20MB on the system partition. As of CyanogenMOD 4.2.3, this is not necessary. However, with the release of Android 2.0, it might become necessary to flash a new SPL.
ONLY follow these steps if you've followed the previous steps on this page (or if you manually flashed your radio with the latest version). Otherwise, you will break your phone.
1. Go to http://code.google.com/p/android-roms/wiki/Install_Hard_SPL and download the SPL File
2. Place the SPL file on the root of your SD card.
3. Power off your phone.
4. Press and hold Home and then press Power to boot into recovery mode.
5. Once in recovery mode, Press ALT+A (or select "apply any zip from sd") and select the SPL file you downloaded to apply the update from the SD card. (If you do not see a menu / text on screen, ie - you see an exclamation mark, press ALT+L to show the menu.)
6. After the update is complete, hold Home + Back to restart.
7. Once your phone has booted up, turn your phone off so that we can make sure the update worked.
8. Press and hold the Camera and Power buttons to boot into your SPL. It should have three androids on skateboards at the bottom, with a white background. If you still have the four-color rainbow, go back and try again. If you press HOME you will start this all over again.So DO NOT. Press Action. Then either way, press Call, Menu and End at the same time to reboot.
ianandamy said:
i have pvt 32b too
so to flash another custom rom i just add the 1.6 rom image and the one i want to use and flash it like i did the latest cyanogen one?
Which roms are best for hero, blur? And work 100%
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ok good so im guessing you updated the radio/spl
correct? If not then you cant go to any other roms
unless you do so
and to answer your question
you dont need to flash the 1.6 recovery image again to goto other roms. Thats only for his builds because google got on his ass for redist.. There apps so yeah
and right now the best heros out are mlign and kings and jacski sense whatever heros has gotten better since youve been here so check m out
but blur is not even close to stable yet
no wifi no gps no vibrate
pulse is broken
and 2.0 just barely came out no ones made anything yet
here is what i did exactly let me know but everything seems to be the right ones let me know before I go further.
ianandamy said:
this is what is on cyanogens wiki after what i did? Although i have 4.2.3.1
hard spl (optional) - only for htc dream (g1)!!!
If you choose, you can install a custom spl. This will free up approximatly 20mb on the system partition. As of cyanogenmod 4.2.3, this is not necessary. However, with the release of android 2.0, it might become necessary to flash a new spl.
Only follow these steps if you've followed the previous steps on this page (or if you manually flashed your radio with the latest version). Otherwise, you will break your phone.
1. Go to http://code.google.com/p/android-roms/wiki/install_hard_spl and download the spl file
2. Place the spl file on the root of your sd card.
3. Power off your phone.
4. Press and hold home and then press power to boot into recovery mode.
5. Once in recovery mode, press alt+a (or select "apply any zip from sd") and select the spl file you downloaded to apply the update from the sd card. (if you do not see a menu / text on screen, ie - you see an exclamation mark, press alt+l to show the menu.)
6. After the update is complete, hold home + back to restart.
7. Once your phone has booted up, turn your phone off so that we can make sure the update worked.
8. Press and hold the camera and power buttons to boot into your spl. It should have three androids on skateboards at the bottom, with a white background. If you still have the four-color rainbow, go back and try again. If you press home you will start this all over again.so do not. Press action. Then either way, press call, menu and end at the same time to reboot.
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ok the hardspl is crap
your going to want haykuros spl
so like i said download the new radio/spl
flash radio again(even if you already have it)
Then flash the haykuros spl
then flash a hero rom
but if you dont have an ext2/swap your not going to want to flash hero cuz itll be slow as hell
so maybe this custom spl is just to free up space?
i did not do the hard spl I did everything above it, read this and let me know.
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php/Full_Update_Guide_-_G1/Dream_Firmware_to_CyanogenMod
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i did not do the hard spl I did everything above it, read this and let me know.
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php/Full_Update_Guide_-_G1/Dream_Firmware_to_CyanogenMod
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YEAH EVERYTHING GOOD
BUT IF YOU WANT HERO/BLUR
THEN YOUR GOING TO WANT TO FLASH THE RADIO/SPL ( THE ONE I PROVIDED A LINK TO)
IF YOU SKIP THESE STEPS AND TRY TO INSTALL HERO ETC.. THEN IT WONT EVEN BOOT.
AND ANOTHER THING DID YOU DO THE EXT2 PARTITION
IF NOT DO IT BEFORE YOU FLASH THE RADIO/SPL SO ITS EASIER IN THE LONG RUN.
SO STEP BY STEP FOR YOU TO DO RIGHT NOW
create and ext2 500mb/swap 96mb
then when your finished
look i have to go
so follow as i said then flash any hero you should be good
flash the radio/spl (radio first)
that i provided a link to
when your done message me
ianandamy said:
ok after months of putting off playing with my phone I have decieded to mod it. Today I have successfully hacked it with the help of the wiki here:
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php/Full_Update_Guide_-_G1/Dream_Firmware_to_CyanogenMod
working great but I can't find an answer on how to play with other roms like hero, blur, and 2.0 etc.
can anyone please give me some help this forum is hard to find a clear way to anything since there seems to be 1 million ways to do it.
thanks in advance.
ian
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Simply use the one click rooting from www.theunlockr.com and it will show you how to root (or if you have done so) how to flash new ROM's... the EASIEST way possible.
loaded this hero theme
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=520629
got this running have ext3 like was told
did not update radio or spl yet waiting to here this from a few different sources first.
hard spl or this one http://code.google.com/p/sapphire-port-dream/? and why?
To run cyanogen, or to run cyanogen and hero roms? Thats the question
I'm assuming this is on a G1? If so, just make sure you have the requirements to flash the "Danger" SPL as it can brick your phone and also flash the radio FIRST!!!!!!!!!
Unlike stock, both HardSPL and 'Danger' (It's actually 1.33.2005) feature fastboot, but 1.33.2005 repartitions your nand so you have more room in /system and /data so your phone can accomidate Hero/Rogers ROMs which require the extra space.
If you want Hero, then you must have 1.33.2005. Before you flash it, check your baseband band version in Settings > About and make sure it ends in 26i. Also boot in to the SPL (home+camera) and make sure you have a PVT board phone. If you meet both of those requirements then flash it and you should be fine. Afterwards boot in to recovery, type 'ums_enable' and copy your ROM to the SD card, after wards type 'ums_disable' then 'reboot recovery' and wipe then flash your ROM.
Also if you're using cyanogens recovery, use alt-s to flash the radio or SPL (Radio first) then home+back to reboot. Do not touch the trackball or it will not flash properly.
so if I am just going to use themes then I really don't need to do the hard spl or the other one?
I assume it doesn't change the speed of the phone at all either?
ianandamy said:
so if I am just going to use themes then I really don't need to do the hard spl or the other one?
I assume it doesn't change the speed of the phone at all either?
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No and no.
What phone do you have?
Dream(rogers) or g1(tmo)
You didnt say which spl/radio you have either.Also only hero roms need that spooky/haykuro spl every is scared of
I have been trying to flash the CM7 Rom to my G1 and continue to get the same error messages... I tried uploading a pic but the app wouldn't let me, so I will try and get the pic posted asap
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what is your radio/spl?
also have you flashed many other roms before?
Please using following combination for Radio and SPL. Also note, flash radio first and then SPL otherwise G1 will not boot. Also make sure you have Clockworkmod recovery for CM7. This recovery helps for smooth flashing for CM7.
update_2.22.28.25_S - Radio
hboot0013d-signed - SPL
kudlinux said:
Please using following combination for Radio and SPL. Also note, flash radio first and then SPL otherwise G1 will not boot. Also make sure you have Clockworkmod recovery for CM7. This recovery helps for smooth flashing for CM7.
update_2.22.28.25_S - Radio
hboot0013d-signed - SPL
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OK, this might be sorta a strange question, but this looks to be the best place to ask it.
Will the Dream be bootable if you flash only the Radio and SPL, leaving untouched the stock Android 1.6?
While I am a Linux geek, I am new to android and prefer to take things one step at a time. That explains why I have a Rooted dream with Amon RA with the stock 1.6 backed up with nandroid.
TheLexx said:
OK, this might be sorta a strange question, but this looks to be the best place to ask it.
Will the Dream be bootable if you flash only the Radio and SPL, leaving untouched the stock Android 1.6?
While I am a Linux geek, I am new to android and prefer to take things one step at a time. That explains why I have a Rooted dream with Amon RA with the stock 1.6 backed up with nandroid.
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never tried, theoretically it should be as if you did a factory reset and you would just use your recovery to replace anything lost. but if you want to be safe maybe someone who has will chime in.
besides the point go ahead and flash a new rom, even if you stick with 1.6 firmware the developers have come out with much superior roms over the stock android. if you want only 1.6 try super d or super csdi
ok so i decided to test this out, updating a g1 to the 2708+ radio/spl and not flashing a new rom -------- stuck on g1 boot screen, hit call+menu+power then hit home to reboot to recovery, reflashed rom and gapps, rebooted, now everything is good as can be, so to answer your question --- yes it appears you need to flash a rom after you update your radio/spl