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I dont think anyones is in the Q&A forum and i need help fast
so im posting here so mods please dont get mad
Well Im almost finished up installing hero
but this one step from this tutorial got me stuck
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=533731
Im at the part right before you partiton your sd card from terminal
I installed the radio then the spl
and when finishing the spl i rebooted but got got stuck at the tmo g1 screen and now here im wondering what do i do next go straight to hero
or install a rom
or reflash the spl
ps im still able to get to recover console etc.. so ithink i lite bricked so yeah please help

i think you may need to just flash a build. ive never bricked mine so maybe im way off...

Well i havent partitioned my sd card so you think i still should but on my computer
or should i install Jacheros rom but with out apps2sd?
ps when doing this process i havent flashed any rom whatsoever just the .nbh you think thats the problem

well have fun with cyanogen roms, or jf's
then when youre pretty familiar with everything go ahead and partition and play with apps2sd and hero
if you get a 'lite brick' you just reflash your rom. you should first play around with other roms first

Using recovery console and the instructions in the 1st post of the jachero thread, partition your sdcard then you can flash the Rom.

so even though i have the radio and spl for hero i can just go to CM's rom or jf's etc with no brick right

watchyaself said:
so even though i have the radio and spl for hero i can just go to CM's rom or jf's etc with no brick right
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yeah you can. i recommend jf until you get comfortable with how to partition your sdcard and if you havent yet you should set up adb on your computer

if you need the link: http://developer.android.com/sdk/1.5_r2/index.html

thanks people i guess ima chill with Jf
but heres one question i flashed cyan recovery using the update.zip method
but when i go to recovery it looks the same as the original recovery did i not do something right
what does Cyans recovery look like

if you are still able to get to recover console you are not bricked just flash a other rom

So do i need to reflash to jf recovery
or can i use cyan's

I had that problem too, i dont remember how i fixed it but i just went ahead and re-flashed the recovery with the terminal method
adb is a great tool for this, you should really set it up
with it you can mount the sd while in recovery, so you can add update.zip's without rebooting over and over and you can push files to the sd, like recovery.img's
plus you can get a shell with adb, so you wont have to worry about going to the console and typing commands in the phones keyboard and you can do it straight from you computer

Yeah i have lite brick so
im just gonna flash to JF 1.5 CRB43
With Cyanogens recovery

oh and b4 i flash to jf should i just wipe

yo im all good now i guess ima apps2sd with jf so i see how it all goes down

couple of Q about installing the danger spl

k i had to unroot my fone cuz my apns was acting up. so my question is.
right after i update the spl, while in still in recovery
flash the rom that i have on my g1.
then reboot right.
it should have the arrow pointing down right. then followed by the g1 then loading screen.

Whenever updating to the latest SPL do these things first...
- Upgrade your radio to the latest version and confirm that it has been flashed
- Flash the SPL and give it time. Do not pull the battery if there are icons still on the screen. If you do you run the risk of bricking your G1
- Once flashed, check to see if the SPL has been flashed (reboot, CAMERA+POWER)
- If all clear then flash your desired ROM

hiroots said:
k i had to unroot my fone cuz my apns was acting up. so my question is.
right after i update the spl, while in still in recovery
flash the rom that i have on my g1.
then reboot right.
it should have the arrow pointing down right. then followed by the g1 then loading screen.
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I think the SPL restarts your phone during the installation. I don't think you get the choice of whether you want to install the ROM at the same time *I think* (I haven't installed the SPL in a while). I don't think its required at any rate. Just reboot the phone into recovery once you're certain that the SPL flashed correctly.

Just make sure you get the radio first, haha. You shouldn't need to unroot because your APN's aren't working, just wipe and reflash...that normally fixes a lot of problems.

NeoBlade said:
Whenever updating to the latest SPL do these things first...
- Upgrade your radio to the latest version and confirm that it has been flashed
- Flash the SPL and give it time. Do not pull the battery if there are icons still on the screen. If you do you run the risk of bricking your G1
- Once flashed, check to see if the SPL has been flashed (reboot, CAMERA+POWER)
- If all clear then flash your desired ROM
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both of the times ive rooted and installed that spl i would flash it and it would go to g1 screen twice, after a couple of minutes the second time i just pull battery, put in card reader (or have an extra card handy with a build) and copy a build onto it, then boot into recovery and flash it. its worked twice this way for me...

i have recovery 1.3.1 and if you flash the spl it wont reboot. so should i push the old recovery, then install the spl. then let it reboot, then flash my rom.

hiroots said:
i have recovery 1.3.1 and if you flash the spl it wont reboot. so should i push the old recovery, then install the spl. then let it reboot, then flash my rom.
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well when you install the spl, it will hang on the g1 screen, it needs a build. so oyu have to pull the battery and put a build/rom on the card, then boot into recovery and wipe and flash. At least these are the instructions i followed and it worked both times i did it...dont know if that answers your question. When i did it i think i flashed 1.3.1 after the spl but i dont think it should make a difference...have you read any of the various tutorials? some of them are not good so be careful

hiroots said:
i have recovery 1.3.1 and if you flash the spl it wont reboot. so should i push the old recovery, then install the spl. then let it reboot, then flash my rom.
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Once the SPL is flashed on, you have to physically hit home+back or whatever it is to reset the phone, DON'T SELECT WITH TRACKBALL, or else it won't write anything. Once you do that, it should say writing hbootimg or something then restart. It will appear with an icon on the screen for a few, and I can't stress this part enough, DO NOT PULL THE BATTERY, or you have a paperweight. Once its done doing its thing, it will reboot into recovery on its own.

xsnipuhx said:
Once the SPL is flashed on, you have to physically hit home+back or whatever it is to reset the phone, DON'T SELECT WITH TRACKBALL, or else it won't write anything. Once you do that, it should say writing hbootimg or something then restart. It will appear with an icon on the screen for a few, and I can't stress this part enough, DO NOT PULL THE BATTERY, or you have a paperweight. Once its done doing its thing, it will reboot into recovery on its own.
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fyi...
this is the thread ive followed twice and have successfully flashed the so called 'dangerous' spl twice. Unless I read it wrong it says 'pull the battery' after flashing the spl. Either way it worked
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=534461

My post above was for anyone who has Cyanogen recovery. That was the problem I had when I was updating to Danger SPL

xsnipuhx said:
My post above was for anyone who has Cyanogen recovery. That was the problem I had when I was updating to Danger SPL
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i see. i mustve flashed 1.3.1 after the spl then...

DMaverick50 said:
i see. i mustve flashed 1.3.1 after the spl then...
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Danger SPL has been out longer then 1.0 if I remember correctly.

[Guide] How to for "1-click rooting" -Read Before Making a Thread about 1-click root

[Guide] How to for "1-click rooting" -Read Before Making a Thread about 1-click root
This only applies to the HTC Dream/ T-Mobile G1, flashing the Hard SPL to any other phone will BRICK your phone. if you want to do this for the MyTouch 3G then read up on the rooting process for it, so that you will have a better understanding of what you need! Some rational thought and logical reasoning is needed to do this or any other hack to your phone.
If you think that doing any part of this will brick your phone then please ask your question first in this thread. Either that or somewhere around the top of the screen is a button that kill a man in the wrong hands (search), use it or leave a reply or pm me if you are not entirely sure of what you are doing.
Hopefully this will help with the numerous amounts of questions about one click rooting.
Please ask any questions pertaining to one click root in this because it will be easiest for me to see what you have done and where you are stick or what your question is pertaining to. Thank you.
Disclaimer: I have not done this by this method, but from what I understand this is how you should do it. Also I am not responsible to any damage to anyone's phone. If you do this to a mytouch 3G and it gets bricked because you flashed the Hard SPL to it, then I will laugh at you because you cannot read (GMT -5 12:39pm 8-25).
Now to begin with...
1. Download Cyanogen's latest stable release from here.
2. Place that file on the root of your sdcard i.e. the up most folder or the one that appears when you open it on your computer. or not in a folder on your sdcard
3. Go to the market and download Recovery Flasher, or download it from here if it has already been shut down on the market.
If you get it from here make sure to go to settings-applications-and check unknown sources and hit ok in the box that pops up.
To install it from the sdcard ( for simplicity put the file on the root of your sdcard again) just find it with a file manager ( I like Astro) and select it then select install.
4. Run the Recovery Flasher app.
5. Click make a back-up first in case something goes wrong (second button).
6. Click install recovery image (first button)
7. Power your phone down.
8. Hold home and power to boot into recovery.
9. Select apply any .zip from sd.
10. Select the Cyanogen ROM you placed on there from step 2.
11. Hit home to flash it after selecting it.
12. When it is done flashing hit reboot system now with the trackball or hold home and power to reboot the phone.
13. The initial boot up after a rom can take anywhere from 5 to 10 minutes. If it takes over 15
press send, menu, and power at the same to time to reboot then hold home to boot into recovery. if you cannot manage to do this for some reason then yank the battery and hold home and power to boot into recovery.
select wipe data/factory reset, hit home to apply
Reflash the rom from the above steps.
Reboot and wait for it to boot up.
14. When the phone boots up and is usuable, if you had to do a factory wipe then you will have to sign into google again. if not then your phone should be good to go from there
if you didn't wipe and get a lot of force closes then you will need to power down your phone and wipe by booting into recovery (home and power) then select wipe data/factory default, then hit home to wipe, then reflash CM 4.0.1 after the wipe and reboot when it is done flashing.
15. To check your Radio, go to settings-about phone-baseband version the second part of that number will be 2.22.19.26I if you have the new radio. If it is not that number then download the latest radio from the HTC website
16. place the radio on the root (not in a folder on your sdcard) of your sdcard.
17. power down your phone and boot into recovery.
18. apply the radio by going to flash any .zip from sd, then select the radio file, then hit home to flash.
19. when the radio is done flashing, reboot with home and back.
20. Now that you are rooted and have a rom and the latest radio on your phone there is one more important matter to take care of, flashing the Hard SPL.
21. Download the Hard SPL
22. put it on the root (not in a folder on your sdcard) of your sdcard.
23. power down your phone and boot into recovery.
24. apply the Hard SPL by going to apply any .zip, then select the hard spl, and hit home to apply it
25. After the Hard SPL is flashed, reboot the phone by holding home and back.
26. Enjoy. You have a rooted phone that has the SPL and Radio requirements it needs.
If you would like to know about partitioning your sdcard look at this guide and skip down to the part about partitioning your sdcard.
If I have left something out please let me know and I will update this post to include it. Thanks.

i r newb, hear me roar..
wondered if you, good sir or some other nice guru would mind helping me.. im new to this whole rooting business.. i have a stock uk t-mobile g1 with nothing moded at all..
so what does this recovery flasher actually do? does it mean i dont have to downgrade to rc7?
what do you do about getting a theme? and is easy to switch themes?
i think you have forgotten the nandroid backup step before flashing rom?
many thanks, please excuse my newbieness

when you place the radio or the hard spl into your root of your sd card do you have to rename it to update or just put it like it is???

Thanks for this. I was actually piecing the info together myself from various threads on here. Just a quick question, would you recommend creating the ext2 partition before or after flashing the rom?

@APEX.7 it flashes the recovery image to your phone allowing you to skip downgrading. if you nandroid before flashing a modded rom, well i guess it would you stock back since i have never tried that i would not know, but i will add in OP later about amking one. To flash a theme just put it on root of sdcard and boot into recovery and flash like you would anything else. To wipe the theme just flash the rom over it.
@forken you do not have to rename to update.zip with cyanogen's 1.4 recovery image
@esskaypee you can make the ext2 partition before flashing the rom but given the nature of 1 click root that if you leave recovery without a modded rom it might revert back to stock reocvery so as long as you do not reboot without a modded rom you are safe. I think cyanogen's rom will detect the partition and do it automaticallly when you add one but if it doesn't just reflash the rom to activate a2sd after making the ext2 partition.
Sorry for lack of better explanations and grammer but i'm at work on my g1 right now.

Thanks David!!!

Nice guide, On step #13, instead of having them "Yank the battery out" just press Talk+Menu+Power to reboot, then just hold Home. Thats less hassle. . Also, i suggest having them flash the RADIO first, then the SPL. LEss chance of brick...

nephron said:
Nice guide, On step #13, instead of having them "Yank the battery out" just press Talk+Menu+Power to reboot, then just hold Home. Thats less hassle. . Also, i suggest having them flash the RADIO first, then the SPL. LEss chance of brick...
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I typed up something like this in that silly guide in the dev secion. For funzies I'll post it here too:
THIS METHOD SHOULD ONLY BE USED WITH THE G1/DREAM AND NOT THE SAPPHIRE/MyTouch
Backup all needed files from you SD card
Download and install Recovery Flasher
Open up recovery flasher and click flash recovery
Download the newest radio and place on root of SD card
Download Hard SPL and place on root of SD card
Download ROM of choice (Recommend Cyan 4.0.1) and place on root of SD card
Turn off phone
Boot in recovery holding HOME+POWER button
Select "apply any zip from sd" using either your trackball or pressing Alt+A
Select the radio file and install
After installation press HOME+BACK to reboot into recovery
Select "apply any zip from sd" using either your trackball or pressing Alt+A
Select the Hard SPL .zip file and install
After installation press HOME+BACK to reboot into recovery
Once in recovery wipe by hitting either Alt+W or scrolling with trackball
Select "apply any zip from sd" using either your trackball or pressing Alt+A
Select your ROM and install
After installation press HOME+BACK
There you go you are rooted with the newest rom! If you wanna go advanced and flash Haykuro's SPL then just follow this.
With your phone off, turn on holding CAMERA+POWER
Somewhere in the top-right you should see either PVT or DVT written somewhere. If you have a DVT board, stop reading because you can't flash this new SPL. If you have a PVT board then just follow along
Download the newest radio and place it on the root of your SD card
Download Haykuro's SPL and place it on the root of your SD card
Download the rom you are currently running right now and place it on the root of your SD card
Reboot in recovery
Select "apply any zip from sd"
Select and install your RADIO file and hit HOME+BACK when finished
Once you're in recovery again select "apply any zip from sd" again and choose the SPL file and install. After installation press HOME+BACK
Once you get into recovery again select "apply any zip from sd" once again and choose your ROM file. After installation press HOME+BACK
You're done!
EDIT:
Another thing for the new people beginning to root. If you guys decide to take the time to root then take the time to learn the information needed before flashing anything and not expect to be catered just because you are new. All the info for all you're little question are out there. Just put in the effort to search. If you don't want to put in the effort to search for the info then don't bother rooting.

nephron said:
Nice guide, On step #13, instead of having them "Yank the battery out" just press Talk+Menu+Power to reboot, then just hold Home. Thats less hassle. . Also, i suggest having them flash the RADIO first, then the SPL. LEss chance of brick...
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they are flashing the hard spl in this guide. why would the radio be needed before the hard spl? when i rooted my phone i used the hard spl then the new radio was released a month or so after. anyways i think most of them will have the new radio anyways.

david1171 said:
anyways i think most of them will have the new radio anyways.
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It's always good to check if the latest radio is installed, but for anyone with an unmodded phone this should be the case as it was part of past updates.
I'm going to root my G1 shortly & will report back with my findings. I have however made lots of research, so I don't expect there to be any problems.

help pls
can some1 tell me do i need to install hard spl and ota radio if everything after installed CM 4.01., recovery 1.4 and dark hero theme works ok?
if i have to do that pls tell me step by step how...
thx

Hey Guys,
i've installed CM 4.0.1 and Recovery 1.4 (with Recovery Flasher), but without Hard SPL and OTA Radio before, after that installed Dark Hero Theme and all works ok.
can some1 tell me do i need reinstall everthyng and install hard spl and ota radio, and how can i do that?
thx

Right, I'm now also a proud owner of a rooted G1. Everything went without a hitch. I did not install radio (had the newest) and no SPL (not planning on changing the Rom from Cyan).

@sasa3791 look at steps 16 through 25 in OP. to flash something boot into recovery (home and power), go to apply any .zip from sd, select the name of your file, hit home to apply, then reboot using home and back. i will update OP with this info later.
@esskaypee glad its working
@everyone who thinks they do not need the hard spl. i hope you never want to try another rom other than cyanogen's. yes i know they are nice but they make nandroid so if something goes wrong or if you want to play with other roms. also i hope that none of you ever need fastboot since the stock spl is apparently so great.

noobie question but whats puttin an file on the root mean? (english not my first language)
thanks
plus can you install a theme like you install a rom in the recovery boot?

forken said:
noobie question but whats puttin an file on the root mean? (english not my first language)
thanks
plus can you install a theme like you install a rom in the recovery boot?
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Putting a file on the root of the card means just put it on the card in no folders.
Yes just install a theme like a rom, just make sure the theme is compatible with the rom.

Flash radio before flashing SPL
nephron said:
Nice guide, On step #13, instead of having them "Yank the battery out" just press Talk+Menu+Power to reboot, then just hold Home. Thats less hassle. . Also, i suggest having them flash the RADIO first, then the SPL. LEss chance of brick...
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Yea,
I should have assumed it would be the same procedure as on the G1, I went and followed the original post and bricked my MT3G. Gonna get another one and be sure to FLASH RADIO FIRST BEFORE SPL. Besides this minor hiccup, everything has been great. Thanks to everyone for all the help and great information.

pwillikins said:
Yea,
I should have assumed it would be the same procedure as on the G1, I went and followed the original post and bricked my MT3G. Gonna get another one and be sure to FLASH RADIO FIRST BEFORE SPL. Besides this minor hiccup, everything has been great. Thanks to everyone for all the help and great information.
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you manually root the mytouch with the haykuro's spl which is the one for the sapphire which, guess what, is the same phone as the mytouch with more ram basically. i will go back and note in the OP that this only applies to htc dream/ t-mobile g1. could that be the reason i put it on the dream section?

sasa3791 said:
Hey Guys,
i've installed CM 4.0.1 and Recovery 1.4 (with Recovery Flasher), but without Hard SPL and OTA Radio before, after that installed Dark Hero Theme and all works ok.
can some1 tell me do i need reinstall everthyng and install hard spl and ota radio, and how can i do that?
thx
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you can start by searching

Is it bricked?
So
8. Hold home and power to boot into recovery
Worked great.
I decided to make a backup
After making the backup i cleared everything and
Told the phone to put back the backup.
Placing back the backup worked fine as well.
Then I rebooted... and the phone hangs in the "android" screen.
When I boot with “Home” and “On” button pressed I get a default android question mark screen.
So I decided to do it the old-fashion way:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=442480. I tried both the RC29 and the RC7 version but I after the rainbow screen I get a white screen saying loading, then checking and then saying "not allow" with a red "00028002" above it.
I would love to have see my phone work again so any help is appreciated.

WTF think I bricked it!!!!

well i tried to install the hero 2.1 rom and i have the android system recovery utility build: JKv1.41 and it doesnt apply the update right nor does it wipe and factory update i just reboot and it shows the g1 sign goes off and starts recovery again can someone please help!!!!!!!

You are not bricked
If you can get to the recovery image, then you are not bricked. You can flash a different rom to get your phone back to where you want it to be. Or you can restore your nandroid backup (if you made one) from the recovery.
Which recovery image are you using? What ROM are you flashing from?
Do you already have the Danger SPL and new radio needed for a Hero ROM?

go to recovery, go to console, type in ums_enable, put a different rom onto your sd card, wipe your phone, and flash the rom.

hopefully you got your phone back to working order.
Are you trying to flash hero without the Danger SPL? Only reason i can think of why it wouldn't flash.

WOW you cant brick a phone from roms!
Hasnt that been said many times?
You dont know that brick is, when you really have you will know
Its one of those instincts that you get
Downgrade your radio and you will know what a true Paper weight is.

melterx12 said:
go to recovery, go to console, type in ums_enable, put a different rom onto your sd card, wipe your phone, and flash the rom.
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when I type in ums_enable its says not found

Then flash the recovery in my sig.

The Unlockr.com One-click root problem

Went to root with his one-click method instead of the usual way and i'm running into a problem.
I first had to downgrade to rc29, then update to cupcake. No problems. Then I had to put his flashrec.apk and Amon on my phone. Did that no problems. I used flashrec-1.1.3-20091107-2.apk from his link and also Amon 1.5.2. It seemed like all that went fine. I checked my radio and it was 2.22.19.26I so that's fine. But I wanted to upgrade to dangerspl.
I got dangerspl, put it on my card, renamed to update and booted up into recovery. Did a wipe, and applied update, did a reboot and it's getting stuck at the g1 splash screen. I pulled the battery and can boot back up into recovery or fastboot.
I also tried to do a nanbackup and it's giving me the error "error: Run nandroid-mobile.sh via console"
My options are a little different in recovery than his as well. I only have USB-MS toggle, backup/restore, flash zip from sdcard, wipe, partition sdcard, other Not sure where I went wrong, any ideas?

Sounds like you are all good, just don't have a rom flashed. The SPL probably wiped what you had. Download a rom and flash it like you have the other parts. Some roms take some extra effort. Cyanogen is a complicated mess so maybe you should try Super D or WG first. You will have to rename it to update.zip if you don't have the "flash any zip" option in recovery.

Yeah Danger SPL formats the NAND, so you everything is wiped including the ROM...

ah ...ok that explains it.
So basically, i'll take my card out, put it in the comp and i'll put super D 1.8 on it that way, rename to update and boot into recovery then flash it?
Should I partition for a2sd before or after I flash the rom?

If you have the latest Amon Ra Recovery then you dont have to rename it to update.zip but yeah thats basically it.
Dont know bout the A2sd though.

Thanks, i'm up and running. I partitioned before I flashed super D.
Last night I was freaking out, I thought I bricked my phone again Thanks for the help

lol thats happened to me so many times I almost had a heart attack haha.