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Bricked g1 help

Hi two days ago i decided to put the jachero rom on my g1 and it said i had to update the radio so i did then put the latest spl so i did and after i renamed the spl to update.zip and applied it. my phone got bricked and i cant apply the dreaimg.nbh to wipe everything and cant go to recovery and i dont know if it will never work again?? please heelpppp!!! oh yyeah and im 13.

what do you mean brick? which radio did you install and which spl did you install after that?
does your phone turn on at all?

um
i put the radio 2.22.6i and idk about the spl and it just says tmobile g1

Alanrocks15 said:
Hi two days ago i decided to put the jachero rom on my g1 and it said i had to update the radio so i did then put the latest spl so i did and after i renamed the spl to update.zip and applied it. my phone got bricked and i cant apply the dreaimg.nbh to wipe everything and cant go to recovery and i dont know if it will never work again?? please heelpppp!!! oh yyeah and im 13.
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it seems like you're pretty bricked.
Please give more information on your procedure.

If you cannot boot into recovery (home + power) or the bootloader (camera + power) then it is most likely bricked. If you have insurance, just tell T-Mobile that your phone told you that there was an update available, and when you clicked OK, the phone restarted and then you were stuck at the G1 screen.

um
well i dont know anything how to flash cyanogen
on the jachero page it said get the latest spl so i updated and after that canot go into recovery
so i only have warranty no insurance

Alanrocks15 said:
well i dont know anything how to flash cyanogen
on the jachero page it said get the latest spl so i updated and after that canot go into recovery
so i only have warranty no insurance
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if you dont even know what your putting on your phone, you kinda deserved it...
Use your warranty, tell them there was an over the air update and ur phone ran out of battery in the middle of it.... and read up/think before doing something like that again...
theres really nothing you can do now. You need to give us more detailed procedures if you want a second opinion

well
i did know what to do but since i already have the latest radio then i just put the spl and if i get another g1 if i already have the hard spl do i need to put the latest because igot the hard spl from another forum but since the jachero page told me to update it i did that maybe i dont have the latest radio but no since anymore and thank you i will tell tmobile i got a ota but didnt the ota thing stop like 3 weeks ago i dont think they will believe me that i just got an ota barely

Alanrocks15 said:
i did know what to do but since i already have the latest radio then i just put the spl and if i get another g1 if i already have the hard spl do i need to put the latest because igot the hard spl from another forum but since the jachero page told me to update it i did that maybe i dont have the latest radio but no since anymore and thank you i will tell tmobile i got a ota but didnt the ota thing stop like 3 weeks ago i dont think they will believe me that i just got an ota barely
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So? Just say that you had your phone off for a few weeks cuz you went on vacation and chose to bring another phone for safety's sake, and when you got back, you turned on the phone and presto! OTA update...

Alanrocks15 said:
i did know what to do but since i already have the latest radio then i just put the spl and if i get another g1 if i already have the hard spl do i need to put the latest because igot the hard spl from another forum but since the jachero page told me to update it i did that maybe i dont have the latest radio but no since anymore and thank you i will tell tmobile i got a ota but didnt the ota thing stop like 3 weeks ago i dont think they will believe me that i just got an ota barely
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1) Use full stops, 'cos that's near impossible to read.
2) No, hard SPL will not work you need Haykuro's SPL.
3) Your phone will only have bricked it you had the old radio OR you did not have a PVT board. Did you look in the bootloader before you flashed the new one? I'm guessing not.
4) Luckily there was a security (I think it was security) update that was just released, so they shouldn't qustion it.

ok sorry
Ithink the warranty will cover it

I would go with the OTA story especially since there was just an OTA update released that has been pushed to phones over the last few days. I know a few people who also didn't read up before they started flashing and they too bricked their phones however, the OTA story worked most of the time. This is really your only choice seeing that you don't have insurance on the phone. Good luck

Just use the OTA story again lol
Tmobile wont hassle you too much about it.
Make sure you download the Radio that Haykuro provided, flash it, then boot into the bootloader to make sure it reads properly. Also verify that you have a PVT board.
Put the update.zip with the SPL on your phone AND VERIFY THE MD5 CHECKSUM (you should do it with the radio too actually)
and continue to follow the proper directions.
If you brick after following that, use the OTA story again but stick to HardSPL lol

what is checksum and pvt board?

Alanrocks15 said:
what is checksum and pvt board?
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PVT board is the board that won't brick when flashed with the Danger SPL. Just another design. You can check your board revision by booting into bootloader (camera+power).
md5 checksum is a special key that is tied to the file that is generated based on that file. If the file that you downloaded is corrupt or different compared to the original file, the md5checksum will be different, letting you know that you need to re-download the file or risk a brick.

help help help help
please somwbody help please...my g1 t mobile freeze in g1 screen...i can't power+camera, power+volumen down, no bootloader screen nothing, only freeze in g1 tmobile screen...
when press action botton and power a blue led come on but nothing happend...
somebody can help me with any information
jtag pin outs...or somenthing to solve this problem..i come from panama

help help help help
please somebody help please...my g1 t mobile freeze in g1 screen...i can't power+camera, power+volumen down, no bootloader screen nothing, only freeze in g1 tmobile screen...
when press action botton and power a blue led come on but nothing happend...
somebody can help me with any information
jtag pin outs...or somenthing to solve this problem..i come from panama

jommega said:
please somebody help please...my g1 t mobile freeze in g1 screen...i can't power+camera, power+volumen down, no bootloader screen nothing, only freeze in g1 tmobile screen...
when press action botton and power a blue led come on but nothing happend...
somebody can help me with any information
jtag pin outs...or somenthing to solve this problem..i come from panama
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nothing you can do. its bricked. call tmo or get it replaced by whatever warranty you have

well im getting a replacement g1 and i wanna root it again but i dont wanna brick it and theres a post that is here on xda and its called
"how to root, flash recovery cyanogen, parition sd to fat , ext2 and 3 , how to flash radio nd spl and install jachero"
is this a good post?

Thanks guys this helped a lot wow its been almost 2 years so yea thanks a lot guys
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Hello people

Hello everyone i have this issue my hero keeps freezeing i dont kno whats going on i thought i was my micro sdcard but i changed that today and its still freezeing at random maybe im doing steps wrong or something and i also have the Catlog files before and after the sd card change both are Transcend 4 gig class 6 micro sdhc cards so let me kno if you need anymore info thx in adavance

RanT476 said:
Hello everyone i have this issue my hero keeps freezeing i dont kno whats going on i thought i was my micro sdcard but i changed that today and its still freezeing at random maybe im doing steps wrong or something and i also have the Catlog files before and after the sd card change both are Transcend 4 gig class 6 micro sdhc cards so let me kno if you need anymore info thx in adavance
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Which ROM are you on? It could be a ROM specific issue. Do other hero ROMs have the same issue?

AdrianK said:
Which ROM are you on? It could be a ROM specific issue. Do other hero ROMs have the same issue?
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sup man
Im on Hero-V1.5.5 by Drizzy rite now and i've had the problem on cyanogen's latest also i thought i was my sdcard but i changed it today and partitioned it the same way and i've tryed to switch the swappiness to see if that was the problem
could it be the radio that has corrupt files or the spl thats causeing this? and if so can i reflash them without it messing up my phone

RanT476 said:
sup man
Im on Hero-V1.5.5 by Drizzy rite now and i've had the problem on cyanogen's latest also i thought i was my sdcard but i changed it today and partitioned it the same way and i've tryed to switch the swappiness to see if that was the problem
could it be the radio that has corrupt files or the spl thats causeing this? and if so can i reflash them without it messing up my phone
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Very odd. I would have thought there's an issues with read/write speeds on the swap partition, but that shouldn't happen on a class 6, and as you have a new card that pretty much rules out bad sectors. I'm assuming you don't have a user.conf and userinit.sh...if you didn't swap would not be active on Cyanogens ROM, so it's not a swap issue. Was it on cyanogens experimental ROM (donut based)?
Could you give a little more information about these freezes? When they occur, how long they last, ect.
The radio and SPL could be reflashed, I would wait for other peoples suggestions first, as there's a risk of bricking every time you flash the radio or SPL.

AdrianK said:
Very odd. I would have thought there's an issues with read/write speeds on the swap partition, but that shouldn't happen on a class 6, and as you have a new card that pretty much rules out bad sectors. I'm assuming you don't have a user.conf and userinit.sh...if you didn't swap would not be active on Cyanogens ROM, so it's not a swap issue. Was it on cyanogens experimental ROM (donut based)?
Could you give a little more information about these freezes? When they occur, how long they last, ect.
The radio and SPL could be reflashed, I would wait for other peoples suggestions first, as there's a risk of bricking every time you flash the radio or SPL.
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"I'm assuming you don't have a user.conf and userinit.sh"??? umm it happened on 1.5 and 1.6 builds but it never freeze's cause when i have another 1 gig sd card regular sd no class speeds it never freeze but when i use my cards with more gigs and with swap partitions sometimes it freeze's on start up sometimes when im puting the phone into sleep sometimes when i come out of sleep sometimes when i turn my music off sometimes when im just playing with it to see if it slowed down(if i get that far....) but like i said whats weird is it dont freeze when im not useing swap i guess i dnt kno man

very new and need help please

i want to either get to hero or cynogen.
currently im at:
droid dev phone 1
firmware version 1.6
baseband version 62.50s.20.17h_2.22.19.26i
kernel version 2.6.29-00479-g3c7df37
[email protected] #19
build number dream_devphone-userdebug 1.6 drc83 14721 test-keys
someone please help me

i dont kno if you can downgrade from 1.6 but im sure u should be able to i have not seen any posts saying u cant so
Ok we need to kno a few things
Make sure your new phone has the right Board before you do nething to do that
turn off your phone
hold the Camera button(on the right side of your Dream/G1) and also hold the Power button(the red phone button)
make sure you have a PVT then im sure you should be ok
to exit this press all these buttons at the same time
The Green Phone+Menu Button+Power Button(Red phone button)
then go to this post and follow the directions to the T!!!!! and you should be ok to run Cyanogen it takes more to run Hero but just follow the guide if your phone has the correct stuff
(ONLY IF ONLY EVERYTHING CHECKS OUT HERE AFTER YOU CONFIRM YOU HAVE THE RIGHT STUFF IN YOUR PHONE you man continue cause were not responsible if you mess up your phone YOU ARE)
Required Materials:
G1 / Dream
Micro SD card reader (phone will work in MOST cases)
Computer with Internet connection
USB cable for phone
Data Plan
^^^^^^^^^^
Fingerlickin's guides Requirements
and if everything checks out again go to
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=563679
and follow it to the T and you should be fine
and also
i might be forgetting something but just put that info in the post for now im sure myself and others will see what u can do at the moment

thanks
thank you so much. that helped me out a ton.

no problem

just fyi ran, you can still root your phone if you have a dvt board
however, you cannot flash the haykuro spl
also 1.6 is rootable still

ahh thx i guess im just reading from way back thats how i learned it works that way so no love lost still rite in a way
but yea thx for the info noted

ok so heres my new problem. im stuck on the G1. (i tried to flash a theme) if i put all the cyanogen files on my sdcard can i some how re-do it that way?

im guessing u gave up on hero? i dont kno
but what your asking is how to install a theme on cyanogen im guess so
you need to wait like 10 or 15 for it to install if you didnt wait patiently
if that dont work wipe and reflash let it load up the first time then turn it off and go bak to recovery and flash the theme make sure it for your rom also or else most of the time it wont work

another thing to keep in mind when you are looking for a decent theme, use the nandroid backup feature in your recovery. I change themes like I change underwear. I always backup, flash theme or test if I am building my own. If it works I keep it, if not, I restore backup and try again. Restoring a backup seems to take less time to reboot than reflashing the rom. (at least it seems that way to me)

boot loop on alll hero roms?

I have read every forum on earth dedicated to the hero rom for g1. None have seemed to solve my issue. I have a class 2 8 gig sd card and I have 3 partions. I have wiped repaired flashed so many times I can do it with my eyes closed (literaly). I get to the androids waving then the htc logo...then black screen then again and again and again...forever. I now need help google is my friend but not a very good one....I can flash any other rom except for the blood clot hero rom. So if there is anyone out there who can fix this then by all means respond...

have you done a normal wipe (not ext partition wipe device wipe)?
have you got haykuro(death) spl?
have you got correct radio?
or
First, you could try putting a strand of anal beads in the phone and hit it with a hammer. Then take out the memory stick and pour some Booty Sweat into the circuit board to lubricate it. After that, put the memory stick back into the phone and turn it on. I think that will work.

I have a similar issue. I have the most recent radio and haykuros spl. When I try to flash any hero rom I get stuck at the hero boot screen, with ot repeating over and over... I have ext 3 and 4, swap, and its a class 6 8gb. Not sure why I can only get jACxROM to work, its the only one I can wipe and flash to. Any ideas? I have searched all over and nothing works.

Maraudier said:
I have a similar issue. I have the most recent radio and haykuros spl. When I try to flash any hero rom I get stuck at the hero boot screen, with ot repeating over and over... I have ext 3 and 4, swap, and its a class 6 8gb. Not sure why I can only get jACxROM to work, its the only one I can wipe and flash to. Any ideas? I have searched all over and nothing works.
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You have something left over that isnt getting wiped, its either the ext partition, your dalvik cache, or your SPL/radio arent the correct one. Reformat your entire SD card from scratch and I will bet it solves your problem.

wipe/fdr
wipe ext partition
repartition(at least 96 mb for the linux_swap)
upgrade partition(upgrade_fs)
after the upgrading the partition pull battery
load rom back onto sd card
put battery back in
boot to recovery
wipe/fdr again(this is the step that is normaly ignored)
flash rom
reboot
ur good to go
wut i noticed is that the amon recovery one click partition only sets 32 mb as linux.swap and u need at least 96 for the mytouch/magic 126 for the g1/dream

maek_it_happen said:
wipe/fdr
wipe ext partition
repartition(at least 96 mb for the linux_swap)
upgrade partition(upgrade_fs)
after the upgrading the partition pull battery
load rom back onto sd card
put battery back in
boot to recovery
wipe/fdr again(this is the step that is normaly ignored)
flash rom
reboot
ur good to go
wut i noticed is that the amon recovery one click partition only sets 32 mb as linux.swap and u need at least 96 for the mytouch/magic 126 for the g1/dream
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Thank you maek I will try this and let you know if I get any progress as far as anal beads and alll that rubbish try to keep your personal pleasures apart from the forum everything doesn't require lube....pansy boy.

MUSICMOGUL said:
Thank you maek I will try this and let you know if I get any progress as far as anal beads and alll that rubbish try to keep your personal pleasures apart from the forum everything doesn't require lube....pansy boy.
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as u can tell that wusn't me , good luck with the flashing though , also if it doesn't work when u follow those steps i would try to get a class 6

Brand of card
MUSICMOGUL said:
I have read every forum on earth dedicated to the hero rom for g1. None have seemed to solve my issue. I have a class 2 8 gig sd card and I have 3 partions. I have wiped repaired flashed so many times I can do it with my eyes closed (literaly). I get to the androids waving then the htc logo...then black screen then again and again and again...forever. I now need help google is my friend but not a very good one....I can flash any other rom except for the blood clot hero rom. So if there is anyone out there who can fix this then by all means respond...
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What type of card do u have. Kingston, Trancend, etc.... I was having the same problem with a cheap no name (no name on the card itself) microsdhc.... What brand do u have.... Make sure its one of the popular brands above... The cheap ones always sent me into bootloop...

there is a solution
i had the same problem with hero roms and there is a post on one of the forums that solved my issues. i'll look and tell you where to get it if i can find it, but you can start in q and a.

Appreciate all the support y'all boys(yeah I'm from georgia)

bricked g1

Hi guys
I was cleaning up my room today and I came across my fave but bricked g1 ( it was bricked due to installing a radio before the rom or rom before the radio i cannot remember the exact order) however i love this phone and I was wondering after all this time I bought this phone in 2009 i think if there was a fix for this yet?
Thanks

Wrong Section!
you should be posting in the Q/A thread, also look Here first and read that whole section /facepalm

shaji007 said:
Hi guys
I was cleaning up my room today and I came across my fave but bricked g1 ( it was bricked due to installing a radio before the rom or rom before the radio i cannot remember the exact order) however i love this phone and I was wondering after all this time I bought this phone in 2009 i think if there was a fix for this yet?
Thanks
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what does it do? how do you know its bricked?

can't you go into Hboot and flash your recovery from there?

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dw9906 said:
WRONG SECTION!!!!
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It's in Q&A. What's wrong?

G1 hanged at white screen!
Hi all,
I really need a help here. I have a G1 rooted with CM rom ver5. it was working fine since 3 months but suddenly now the phone doesnt boots up, it goes to white screen with 3 droid skaters and highlight on Hboot. It is freezed then and nothing can be done. I removed battery and tried booting by home + power ; camera+power etc etc . nothing happens it goes to that screen only. i have amons recovery and also nand backups in sd card. but the system doesnt let me go any where!! Please help......

before flashing radio, spl, rom...anything...u need to check out the warnings and compatibility-MUST!!!!
there are 32B and 32A devices...both have different stuffs for themselves....which can be bricked if u dont follow the guidelines and try to act in sort of a haste to accomplish something new!!!
for those who can get to the camera+power (hboot) screen, but cant do anything else...u need to format ur sdcard...FAT32...then download dreaimg.nbh file...keep it in the root of ur sdcard...
then boot into the hboot menu, and ur phone should read the dreaimg.nbh file and prompt u to take an action(flash it)....do that and it'll get ur phone to the stock rom thingy....
then later u gotta root ur device again(telnet, great)....then install amon ra's recovery...change radio and what not and play again....
u gotta be patient...that's the only thing!!!
check this too
http://code.google.com/p/android-roms/wiki/Get_Root

Thanks alot Alok, the sd card was culprit i did a format and my recovery started working...now restored with nand!

that's good glad we are of help