Change device name on phone - G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I have 2 G1's. One has a cracked screen and my son uses it to play games. I have a little problem on his though. I can't figure out how to change the device name. I think it is causing problems with Cyanogen recovery image not backing up or restoring. When I use MoDaCo APK installer with my phone I get "install apk to android device "HT93......" which I know is ok. But on the other G1 I get "install apk to android device "'L 0 ?... and some other ASCII characters I can't type. This shows in the Boot loader screen as well. I know it is supposed to start with "HT". Like I said I think this is why Cyanogen recovery 1.4 gives me errors. Just says "Performing backup. Error running nandroid backup. Backup not performed". I have deleted and re installed recovery image as well so I know that is ok. Any help would be appreciated.

No takers on this? I figured someone would know how to change the device name.

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Nandroid Question

I recently did a nandroid backup and it worked. I then flashed a theme that I thought I liked but didn't so I ended up using the restore nandroid process in recovery mode and it worked. I then changed the name of the first folder inside of the Nandroid folder so I know which ROM it is. I then ended up flashing another theme that I did not like. I tried to do a nandroid restore but this time I get an error says to do "nandroid-mobile.sh restore" or something like that from ADB.
How do I do the restore from ADB? I would use the CMD correct? I tried looking for possible command using CMD but could find nothing. Anyone know why this happened. Why I get this error? I use to get this error all the time on my G1 so I instead would use SwitchRom, but does anyone know if a SwitchRom exists for NexusOne?
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Can NO LONGER flash ROMS?! What gives? Symlink errors ive never seen...

Ok guys, this is really weird...THis is my third G1, and up until now i have never had a problem flashing custom ROMS. The latest i was using was blue magic...i have occasionally found that this rom will randomly delete programs upon rebooting...the first few times it was deleting "market", and once or twice it deleted handcent sms. Its really strange because when i go to the market, it says that handcent is installed, but the option to open it is greyed out, and it is nowhere to be found in the app drawer, in settings under "manage applications", nor using appmanager, linda, astro, etc...
HERES THE REAL PROBLEM--SO, i finally got frustrated enough that I decided to flash a different rom. As always, i made a nandroid backup. However, now i cant get the roms to flash...the ONLY one i can find that works is cyanogens latest...Even roms that i have previsouly loaded no problem, are now aborting during the install process, citing various errors. to make matters worse, my nandroid backups arent working. it says "restore successful", but it sticks on the "g1" startup screen, and yes, i have let it sit there over 20 mins, to no avail.....the latest is, while trying to install blue magic (from a fresh start):
E: cant symlink /system/bin/stop
E: failure at line 53
I reinstalled the radio and spl but that did no good. I am no debian/linux guru...in fact what little i know about debian/adb/linux has been what ive learned while rooting my phone. So, I am pretty computer literate, not entirely stupid, but i have very limited knowledge of linux based commands...i dont even know what symlink is, what it does, or how it works...all i know is that i suddenly cant flash roms that ive flashed before. Any help would be appreciated mucho!! Thanks in advance!
Tmobile G1
Amon Ras Recovery image
Latest radio, latest spl
It could be an issue with roms that needs DangerSPL, Cyanogen dosent need it ?
Could your SD card be dieing ? would explain the disapearing apps too, if you are using apps to sd
Try repairing the ext partition
Code:
#e2fsck -fcpDC0 /*/*/*0p2
#reboot recovery
I would completly wipe all partitions on the sdcard and remake them and see if it shakes it, or try a different card.
Sounds like a dying sdcard.. I get some of the same issues. At the moment, I sometimes have to copy an update.zip to the card 3 or 4 times before it will flash. I've reformatted it to no avail so I'm assuming the card itself is circling the drain.

Hmm, rooted Legend differences to Hero.

Things were simplez in Hero Root-land, but seem to be a tad more complicated in Legend Root-land..
When I try and use AdFree, it reboots the phone.
The notes I made to remove stuff from the Hero system apps area no longer works. (I wanted to pull out PDFViewer and QuickOffice)
I also tried to the recovery-windows.bat from r4-legend-root to get the recovery menu up, and then tried a nandroid backup, it failed with "Error: Run 'nandroid-mobile.sh" via adb.
I did run nandroid backup via adb and it does seem to have worked. My question is, are they problems normal? Is there a way to achieve them on Legend?
I did find this (with regards to the AdMob problem) http://androidforums.com/all-things...e-not-working-after-2-2-leak.html#post1253445 But it did not help me, as there was no "Partitions Menu".
Many thanks.
For nandroid, try going into recovery with ROM Manager instead (fake-flash). That worked for my, the r4-root version did not.. hope it helps
Sorry, can you explain in a bit more detail? Any ideas on how to get the hosts adblock file installed on a Legend? That and being able to remove apps are my big problems (and the main reason I rooted...)

[Q] No BN store or books

Hi everybody!
I rooted my Nook Color about two years ago and never looked back (that was two weeks after launch day...I think it was 2.1 Eclair back then). The other day I was futzing about and deleted all my system data. Gak. I attempted to restore using Clockwork Recovery, but alas, I didn't realize until too late that my "newest" backup was from April of 2011. In retrospect, I should have tried to restore from my weekly Titanium Backup, first. As it turns out, the old Clockwork image overwrote the Titanium backup. Bummer.
Anyway, after the restore, the Nook still works perfectly with Google Market et al, but can no longer download any of my purchased books (and the Store doesn't work, either). It has my "Owner Name" and "Account" info correct in "Settings -> Device Info -> About Your NOOKcolor" but I get an error when trying to sync ("nook color internal error exception executing the command").
Is there a way to repair the damage I've done without taking the device back to the stock firmware, wiping it clean, and starting all over from scratch?
If I *do* have to start over, what's the latest and greatest STABLE way of rooting a Nook Color these days?
Any thoughts are much appreciated!
riffrafff said:
Hi everybody!
I rooted my Nook Color about two years ago and never looked back (that was two weeks after launch day...I think it was 2.1 Eclair back then). The other day I was futzing about and deleted all my system data. Gak. I attempted to restore using Clockwork Recovery, but alas, I didn't realize until too late that my "newest" backup was from April of 2011. In retrospect, I should have tried to restore from my weekly Titanium Backup, first. As it turns out, the old Clockwork image overwrote the Titanium backup. Bummer.
Anyway, after the restore, the Nook still works perfectly with Google Market et al, but can no longer download any of my purchased books (and the Store doesn't work, either). It has my "Owner Name" and "Account" info correct in "Settings -> Device Info -> About Your NOOKcolor" but I get an error when trying to sync ("nook color internal error exception executing the command").
Is there a way to repair the damage I've done without taking the device back to the stock firmware, wiping it clean, and starting all over from scratch?
If I *do* have to start over, what's the latest and greatest STABLE way of rooting a Nook Color these days?
Any thoughts are much appreciated!
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That CWM restore should not have wiped out your Titanium Backup backup files. They should still be on sdcard or emmc media, wherever you saved them. It may have wiped out the installation files but not the backup files. Reinstall TB and see if the backups are still there.
And the best way to start over is to flash the latest ROM (1.4.3) and use Manual Nooter 5.08.20 to root it. Get a cwm flashable version of 1.4.3 in the link in my tips thread linked in my signature. Look at item A15.
Sent from my Nook Color running CM10 and Tapatalk.
Trying to restore from the old Titanium files was a no-go. Even tried from a backup on a different SD card (August 2012)... same result. Tried deleting the /data/system/accounts.db file and rebooting; that just removed my BN login info AND Google login.
So, I've decided to try your suggestion and have run the format 5-6-7 zip file from CWM, and then your 1.4.3 file, also from CWM. So far so good. Many thanks.
Any caveats I need to watch for from here going forward? I have re-registered with BN, and everything looks good.
At this point, I'm faced with some options. From the "Manual Nooter 5.08.20" page, I see:
1. Download one of the Following ManualNooter 5 files based on your needs:
*manualnooter-5.08.20.basic.zip - It doesn't include apps2sd support, and doesn't block B&N updates. Doesn't replace any system files
*manualnooter-5.08.20.basic.block_updates.zip - It doesn't include apps2sd support, but has B&N updates blocked. Doesn't replace any system files
*manualnooter-5.08.20.apps2sd.zip - Includes apps2sd support, but doesn't block B&N updates. It will replace a system file, making it firmware version specific
*manualnooter-5.08.20.apps2sd.block_updates.zip - Includes apps2sd support, and has B&N updates blocked. It will replace a system file, making it firmware version specific.
If you will be flashing with apps2sd support, you will also need to download one of the following kernel images to fully utilize apps2sd support.
Dalingrin OC kernel - Dalingrin 090111 OC kernel
OR Stock kernel - Stock. kernel with apps2sd support
Phew! I assume there are advantages/disadvantages with the firmware-specific stuff? I also assume that BN updates have the potential to wreak havoc with a rooted Nook? I further assume "OC" stands for Over-Clocked?
Which combination would you recommend?
Thanks again!
I would use the basic but block updates. No apps2sd.
leapinlar said:
I would use the basic but block updates. No apps2sd.
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CWM seems to be gone. Do I need to re-install it in order to load "manualnooter-5.08.20.basic.block_updates.zip?"
riffrafff said:
CWM seems to be gone. Do I need to re-install it in order to load "manualnooter-5.08.20.basic.block_updates.zip?"
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Installing the stock rom erased it. It is best if you make a bootable SD with CWM on it. See item A10 in my tips thread.
Got it. Running Verygreen's agnostic image with the newest nightly of 7.2. Wow. Things have really changed in the last two years! I can barely find my way around. The learning curve begins. Now I'm trying to find the "gapps...zip" file. From this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1000957 it says this link should take me there...
"Go to http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.ph...Latest_Version and at the end there is a table with various google apps versions. Get the one suitable for your cyanogen version (CM7 is the latest for now). The file is named gapps-....zip."
Link: http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=Latest_Version
I dunno. Not seeing it. More searching is called for. :good:
Okay, found the gapps stuff at http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=Latest_Version/Google_Apps
...the world is bright and gay again! Happy, happy, joy, joy.
Coolness. Thanks for your help. Now to see if I can't finger out some of this new-fangled stuff!
Everything seems to be working, except I cannot create any CWM backups. Telling ROM Manager to "Backup Current ROM" results in the device rebooting into a short Linux boot that appears to attempting to run "gapps installer." Then it shuts down. I can get to a boot menu with the home and power buttons held down, but it's not the CWM menu. From your post here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=21885572#post21885572 I guess that CWM doesn't really exist now, but only the Verygreen script. So I guess it's not possible to backup the ROM this way?
riffrafff said:
Everything seems to be working, except I cannot create any CWM backups. Telling ROM Manager to "Backup Current ROM" results in the device rebooting into a short Linux boot that appears to attempting to run "gapps installer." Then it shuts down. I can get to a boot menu with the home and power buttons held down, but it's not the CWM menu. From your post here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=21885572#post21885572 I guess that CWM doesn't really exist now, but only the Verygreen script. So I guess it's not possible to backup the ROM this way?
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To back up... shut nook down... take SD out and put it in computer... use win32diskimager or winimage to create an image of the SD
DizzyDen said:
To back up... shut nook down... take SD out and put it in computer... use win32diskimager or winimage to create an image of the SD
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Thanks. I'll try that, excepting that I'll use 'dd' seeing as how I don't do Windows.
riffrafff said:
Everything seems to be working, except I cannot create any CWM backups. Telling ROM Manager to "Backup Current ROM" results in the device rebooting into a short Linux boot that appears to attempting to run "gapps installer." Then it shuts down. I can get to a boot menu with the home and power buttons held down, but it's not the CWM menu. From your post here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=21885572#post21885572 I guess that CWM doesn't really exist now, but only the Verygreen script. So I guess it's not possible to backup the ROM this way?
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You can use my modified CWM to do nandroid backups of the SD install. Look in my tips thread linked in my signature and look at item B5.
leapinlar said:
You can use my modified CWM to do nandroid backups of the SD install. Look in my tips thread linked in my signature and look at item B5.
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Cool. I'll do that. Thanks! :good:

Script request?

Dont know if in wrong thread, but i have task bomb with script launcher and sl4a. Can i get a script written that i can schedual for device to auto recovery, backup, delete previus back up and reboot? Is this possible? Im running bad boys rom with my hub and when i install a mod it puts device into recovery, installs, and reboots without me doing anything, thats what got me thinking.
Your thoughts welcome.
Thanks.

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