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Full guide to un-root

I have looked in the FAQ section but can't find anything that spells it out letter by letter. I am trying to send in my phone for warranty and just don't want any trouble as far as what they say 'voids my warranty'. So a link, or a guide would be very helpful. Thanks.

tjungus said:
I have looked in the FAQ section but can't find anything that spells it out letter by letter. I am trying to send in my phone for warranty and just don't want any trouble as far as what they say 'voids my warranty'. So a link, or a guide would be very helpful. Thanks.
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have you tried http://theunlockr.com/2009/07/05/how-to-unroot-your-t-mobile-g1/

Real simple, put the dreaing.nbh that you used to root your phone on the root of your sd and reboot and hold down camera and power for the bootloader and flash it on, voila stock g1

gridlock32404 said:
Real simple, put the dreaing.nbh that you used to root your phone on the root of your sd and reboot and hold down camera and power for the bootloader and flash it on, voila stock g1
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If you have a custom splash image be sure to replace it with stock first. Doesn't DREAIMG.nbh overwrite the recovery image as well. I know it does replace the radio and spl.

Yes it overwrites the recovery also, the only thing it doesn't write is the custom splash which is why I leave my stock just in case

Froyo Fatigue

Dear members, Like always i first of all would like to thank you all for the great effort and hard work all of you have put into this wonderful site.
I am a noob with a rooted nexus one. ( i was begining to think of myself a step above noob recently but trying to update my phone to froyo made me realize i still am a noob.
I so want to update to froyo NOW without waiting for the OTA update but i just cant figure out how to. i downloaded the FR50 ( with and without radio ) but both failed. SO i figured it must be due to stock recovery. So i went to Amon Ra's thread to flash the new recovery image using terminal but after placing the image on the sdcard when i enter the flash image command , it says " image not found " when its most definitely there on the sdcard and i checked the spellings over and over again but it just wont flash and as a result i still cant enjoy froyo
I am sooooo sorry if i posted this thread in the wrong section but i really could use some guidance from the most intelligent Android people i know .
Regards,
Nadeem

It's basically a 4 step process, but make sure you did all of them.
1) Unlock Bootloader
2) Apply Root. I used this method, quick and painless: http://android.modaco.com/content/g...-erd79-frf50-superboot-rooting-the-nexus-one/
3) Flash Recovery using ADB.
3a) Recommended: Do a Nandroid backup image of your Stock 2.1u1, just in case something wierd happens during your flash.
4) Flash FRF50 ROM w/Radio. You want the version with the new Radio, as I believe 2.2 won't work with the 2.1 radio without tinkering.

ATnTdude said:
as I believe 2.2 won't work with the 2.1 radio without tinkering.
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It works for the most part, but you'll get a crash if you try to record video without updating the radio.

Wait...you put the Recovery image on your SDCard? It should be on your harddrive. You push the the image from the HDD to the phone. Unless there's some other way I don't yet know about.
caliwolv said:
It works for the most part, but you'll get a crash if you try to record video without updating the radio.
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Well, I'm glad I at least the gist of the material is sticking. I browse this place just about every day trying to keep myself from bricking my phone. If I do, it's back to my Nokia E71, and being forced to use Symbian after Android 2.2...not pleasant at all.

I highly appreciate the super quick response ATnTDUde
The first two steps in your method describe how to get root i presume....
Actually i already rooted my Nexus 1 and i am fairly certain the bootloader is unlocked too ( i see a small padlock unlocked every time i turn my N1 on)
Oh so i am going to have to flash the AMon Ra recovery image using ADB. actually on Amon's thread there was another method of flashing the image using terminal which i tried and failed at. I'll most definitely try ADB method once i get back home.
Just wanted to ask you a quick question Sir.
Once i flash Amon Ra's recovery image i assume i wont be getting any OTA updates from google ???? right ....
Also if i want to go to the stock recovery image ( is there a way to do so ? ) will i start getting OTA updates

Please some one help with the two questions above coz i cant start the process without knowing.

nadeemhasnaat said:
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Once i flash Amon Ra's recovery image i assume i wont be getting any OTA updates from google ???? right ....
Also if i want to go to the stock recovery image ( is there a way to do so ? ) will i start getting OTA updates
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1) right
2) yes

ATnTdude said:
Wait...you put the Recovery image on your SDCard? It should be on your harddrive. You push the the image from the HDD to the phone. Unless there's some other way I don't yet know about.
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Yeah, its very easy.
adb shell flash recovery /sdcard/Amon-Ra.img
or whatever the thing is.
or you can
fastboot flash recovery C:\android\tools\wha\tev\er\Amon-Ra.img
The path just has to be correct wheter o

[Q] Questions about ADP1

so my friend recently gave me his old G1, and i did some searching around and discovered that HTC made a dev version. now, being new to android, i have absolutely no clue what the differences are. i want to update my adp1 to froyo, but i get lost when i look up stuff about rooting or whatever. can anyone dumb it down for me or link me to an easy to follow walkthrough? i'm not sure whether or not guides for the g1/dream can be applied to the dev version. please help a noob in need

ADP1 shipped with bootloader 0.95.3000 whereas non-ADP shipped with 0.95.0000. 3000 let you flash unsigned images. That is the difference.
Note that all 0.95 SPLs are obsolete now.

dhkr123 said:
ADP1 shipped with bootloader 0.95.3000 whereas non-ADP shipped with 0.95.0000. 3000 let you flash unsigned images. That is the difference.
Note that all 0.95 SPLs are obsolete now.
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so how would i go about putting 2.2 on it?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=831139
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=717874
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=811620

dhkr123 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=831139
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=717874
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=811620
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x_x wow thanks
going to try and decipher these forum posts now

http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=Dream:Rooting
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That is the way that most of us rooted our phones. It's reasonable simple, downgrade, type teldnetd, open telnet app, install a recovery, update radio, set boot partitions(if using customMTD)/install danger SPL, and flash CM. If you would like to get as much performance as possible from your phone, I suggest using ezterry's rom, but for that you will need to update the radio and spl through adb and fastboot, which is a little bit more advanced. If you need anything don't be afraid to ask.

mejorguille said:
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=Dream:Rooting
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That is the way that most of us rooted our phones. It's reasonable simple, downgrade, type teldnetd, open telnet app, install a recovery, update radio, set boot partitions(if using customMTD)/install danger SPL, and flash CM. If you would like to get as much performance as possible from your phone, I suggest using ezterry's rom, but for that you will need to update the radio and spl through adb and fastboot, which is a little bit more advanced. If you need anything don't be afraid to ask.
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hm so i'm looking at the instructions on the link you gave me; i won't be able to login to my google account without a 3g plan huh? i guess i'll have to get that before i do anything?
and it doesn't matter that i have the ADP1 instead of just a regular G1?

pandapus said:
hm so i'm looking at the instructions on the link you gave me; i won't be able to login to my google account without a 3g plan huh? i guess i'll have to get that before i do anything?
and it doesn't matter that i have the ADP1 instead of just a regular G1?
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Well in that case use this link, since your bootloader is already factory unlocked, you can use the fastboot commands to flash a recovery image. You will need to have adb and fastboot from the android sdk installed on your computer. There are guides in the rom bible on the development forum to help you with that.
EDIT: and try this trick for skipping the initial login so that you can use wifi to sign in if you have to.

mejorguille said:
Well in that case use this link, since your bootloader is already factory unlocked, you can use the fastboot commands to flash a recovery image. You will need to have adb and fastboot from the android sdk installed on your computer. There are guides in the rom bible on the development forum to help you with that.
EDIT: and try this trick for skipping the initial login so that you can use wifi to sign in if you have to.
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unfortunately that trick does not work with the ADP1 =(
i flashed with DREAIMG.nbh and cannot bypass the setup thing; then i discovered this article: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=532719
which i completed up until the "installing drivers" step that i don't know how to complete because the computer doesn't even recognize that a device is plugged in, so now my phone thinks it's a G1 and i cannot get past the login screen and i cannot complete the ADB setup with my phone. what do i do?
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EDIT: alright so i bypassed the login by swapping SIMs with a friend who has a 3G plan, but anyhow, when i plug it into my comp, i don't get an option to "Install drivers from my pc" according to the guide i referenced earlier in this post....

[Q] About to flash a ROM, Any last warnings or suggestions?

After waiting for the official AT&T froyo release with the captivate, I decided to just go ahead and flash a froyo ROM. I've decided to flash the axura ROM first since i heard good things about it.
So while I'm finishing charging my phone before the flashing, is there anything I need to keep note of before flashing so that I can prevent bricking my phone? I've read up on the forums and watched the video from connexion2005 from the post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=867153.
Its pretty scary since I'm not much of a tech savy guy and this is my first android phone. Any help and suggestions will be appreciated.

agegsg said:
After waiting for the official AT&T froyo release with the captivate, I decided to just go ahead and flash a froyo ROM. I've decided to flash the axura ROM first since i heard good things about it.
So while I'm finishing charging my phone before the flashing, is there anything I need to keep note of before flashing so that I can prevent bricking my phone? I've read up on the forums and watched the video from connexion2005 from the post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=867153.
Its pretty scary since I'm not much of a tech savy guy and this is my first android phone. Any help and suggestions will be appreciated.
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Backup all your apps and data with Titanium Backup. Make sure your battery is fully charged, and removing your sim and SD cards are good practice.
Have fun! You won't go back.

- Backup all your files and make a nandroid backup!
- Get Odin3 One-Click and drivers to get your phone back to stock in case you brick it: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=731989
- There may be additional precautions you can take, so read through related threads on xda.

agegsg said:
After waiting for the official AT&T froyo release with the captivate, I decided to just go ahead and flash a froyo ROM. I've decided to flash the axura ROM first since i heard good things about it.
So while I'm finishing charging my phone before the flashing, is there anything I need to keep note of before flashing so that I can prevent bricking my phone? I've read up on the forums and watched the video from connexion2005 from the post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=867153.
Its pretty scary since I'm not much of a tech savy guy and this is my first android phone. Any help and suggestions will be appreciated.
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If you've read as much as you claim to have read, then you're probably in good shape. It's really not an unsafe process as long as you have some idea of what you're doing. I was very nervous about it myself the first time, but since then I've probably flashed 20 roms without a problem.
A couple of things that I would tell you, if you aren't already aware:
1. MAKE SURE that BEFORE you flash, you can get into download mode from the phone being off using one of the methods. I'm sure you've seen the one-click flash back to JF6 (stock) that was posted - download that if you haven't. For me, removing the battery, sim, and ext sd, replacing the battery, and holding down both volume buttons while plugging in the USB works really well - just make sure Odin is running before you do that. If you do manage to brick it, you will want to be able to get to download mode and flash back to stock.
2. After moving to a custom rom, it is best to always flash back to stock before flashing a different rom; you can avoid a lot of potential problems this way.
3. After rooting your phone, backup the update.zip in /sdcard/ on your computer. Any time you flash back to stock, you can reinstall CWM really easily by just putting that update.zip back in /sdcard/ and choosing "reinstall packages" from the recovery menu again. Sometimes you may have to do it twice before it enters CWM.
4. OCLF in the market is, to me, the easiest and quickest way to root your phone, but the one click root method isn't much worse. Just a matter of preference, I guess.
Good luck! Come back if you have any problems.
EDIT: apparently two people replied while I was typing my response lol! But what they said is very good as well.

Thank you for all your help. One quick question though, do I need the android ID changer?

the biggest mistake people make is not making sure they have the button combinations to enter recovery or download. (download = hold both volume buttons own and plugging usb cable in; recovery = hold volume buttons down, then holding power until AT&T screen pops up, letting go of power but still holding both volume buttons) if either of these don't work, you must, before doing ANYTHING else, flash the stock odin one click with the button fixes; it is posted somewhere in the development forum. and no you shouldn't need the android id changer unless you want to keep the android id that your phone came with. then open the changer and click save id and flash your rom of choice. most custom roms have a script to automatically load a saved id or randomly generate one if there wasn't a saved one. good luck in all your flashing endeavors!
edit: also as bodaciousdrake mentioned previously about cwm recovery, you should always keep the update.zip that contains cwm recovery on your sd card and you'll never need to change that to something else because using cwm recovery you can flash any .zip file that you want and it does not need to be named update.zip.

Take out the external SD card before you accidently delete 10 GB of music you had just perfected the selection of. (not that I accidently did that... lol)

mindbullet said:
Take out the external SD card before you accidently delete 10 GB of music you had just perfected the selection of. (not that I accidently did that... lol)
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lol oops! Did that happen with a master clear, or when you flashed the rom? I have forgotten to take out the sim/ext sd once or twice but I have never had a problem...yet.

agegsg said:
Thank you for all your help. One quick question though, do I need the android ID changer?
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Yes, you need it. Download it from the market, while on 2.1, and save your id onto your sd card. After you are on 2.2, choose Load id and it will automatically reboot.

majinzen said:
Yes, you need it. Download it from the market, while on 2.1, and save your id onto your sd card. After you are on 2.2, choose Load id and it will automatically reboot.
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What exactly is the point in saving the phone id? Sorry I'm kinda a noobie at this and looking up things about phone id, it seems like it just is an identifier for the phone but doesn't really provide anything.

Also, how do I get out of download mode? I've put it in download mode to make sure it works and it seem I can't get out of it... I've done the 2 volume bottons with the usb cord.

there's another thread in this forum that answers that question perfectly. also to exit download mode you need to pull the battery out.

slifer315 said:
there's another thread in this forum that answers that question perfectly. also to exit download mode you need to pull the battery out.
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Really? just take the battery out?

agegsg said:
What exactly is the point in saving the phone id? Sorry I'm kinda a noobie at this and looking up things about phone id, it seems like it just is an identifier for the phone but doesn't really provide anything.
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Basically, a lot of 2.2 Roms come with the same android id, 977blah... If you don't want market issues later I would suggest that you put in your original 2.1 android id. You can always search more if that answer isn't sufficient. And yes, do a battery pull to get out of download mode.

I've master cleared but can't seem to root. Every time I try with the one click root, and I go to recovery, it said it can't find the update.zip from the /sdcard/

yep, just pull the battery. also you don't need to root to flash roms. just grab the update.zip containing clockwordmod recovery from the thread in the development forum, put it on your sd card, boot to recovery and select reinstall pacakges. after that, reboot the phone (you might have to reinstall packages again) then you'll be ib clockwordmod recovery and you'll be able to flash any rom you want without having to change the filename.

agegsg said:
I've master cleared but can't seem to root. Every time I try with the one click root, and I go to recovery, it said it can't find the update.zip from the /sdcard/
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For some reason I got this too the first few times I tried to root. I then noticed that in the cmd prompt, for a split second it said failed to push update.zip or something due to privileges.
How I fixed it was ran the one-click root on windows in admin mode. It worked after that.

Thanks guys for all your help. I got it to flash the ROM and it seems I haven't bricked my phone
Thanks again

bricked rogers captivate? help please

Hey, I was updating my rogers captivate through the kies software from 2.2 to 2.3 and the software stopped at 34% for 2 hours...so I quit the program and unplugged my phone. When I reset the battery, and turned on my phone, there is a weird pc!phone icon and I cant get the phone to work. I am not sure what I should do now... I never rooted the phone or added any custom ROMs to it. And my 1 year warranty is up. Please help and thanks!

You are soft bricked. If none of the methods found here work to get in to dl mode you need a jig. Don't ever use kies.

i can get into dl mode, but i have no clue what to do with it :S

You can send it for warranty since it broke with kies (assuming you don't mod it). Or fix it yourself with ODIN.

is there a guide that I can follow to address this problem?

Nope, there are definitely no guides to help on this site.

^lol 10char

Thanks for the links, but they didn't really help me with the problem because I wasn't able to follow some of the steps. I can't boot up my phone to put the rom inside the internal drive. I have basically the same problem as this guy http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1395437. I can go into download mode, but not recovery mode. May you give me a bit more of a guide on where I should start/follow? thanks!

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Thanks for the links, but they didn't really help me with the problem because I wasn't able to follow some of the steps. I can't boot up my phone to put the rom inside the internal drive. I have basically the same problem as this guy http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1395437. I can go into download mode, but not recovery mode. May you give me a bit more of a guide on where I should start/follow? thanks!
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holy fk!
seriously?!
did you bother reading those links?
not one of the 3 required any usage of putting a zip file on the phone, and every one of them is how to recover using download mode
SMFH.......

2. Find a neat-o ROM from Captivate Development Section and get it onto your internal SD card (the one you cant remove) download using phone internet browser or download and copy to phone using PC.
thats from the 3rd link... and the first link were just the ROMs for that...

The 2nd link is telling me to download this APN app(no clue what its for) from the market... I don't want to jump at any steps if I am unsure of any of them...

GTFO! said:
2. Find a neat-o ROM from Captivate Development Section and get it onto your internal SD card (the one you cant remove) download using phone internet browser or download and copy to phone using PC.
thats from the 3rd link... and the first link were just the ROMs for that...
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The 2nd link is telling me to download this APN app(no clue what its for) from the market... I don't want to jump at any steps if I am unsure of any of them...
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so what you are saying is that you are incapable of comprehending the DOWNLOAD mode and the ONE CLICKS to get you back to stock so that you could load a rom???
i mean, cmon, you have to learn how to educate yourself a little bit. nobody here is going to hold your fkng hand and spoonfeed you this info....
there is literally a PLETHORA of knowledge on these forums, all you have to do is learn and try to UNDERSTAND what it is telling you to do. Not just blindly follow some tutorial/walkthrough/video that doesnt explain WHAT you are doing.....
this site does not exist as support for stupidity or laziness. it is here to HELP people that are willing to HELP THEMSELVES.....

Don't know what is the big issue. You want to go to STOCK not flash a rom. Just follow the instruction of the 3rd link until step 10. Done finish stock. If its a 1 click its even easier. There are a ton of stickies. Flashing can screw up your phone if you don't know what you are doing.
Edit: PirateGhost beat me to it....

if i was a noob, and i just 'bricked' my phone doing something stupid, yes, i would panic. i would search google, which would bring me here to xda and i would search and figure out what i needed to do. this is because i do not need anyone holding my hand for anything. but before discounting anyone's assistance it would behoove me to do a little damn research and by the power of deduction realize what it is EXACTLY that i need to do.....

Okay, so I followed the 3rd guide and I am stuck on step 13 for the odin method. I cannot find a ROM inside Onix Recovery, so can I download any ROM and put it into the EXTERNAL sd card? or does it have to be inside the INTERNAL sd? because I cannot access the internal sd card. Also, is it normal for my phone to have the AT&T World Phone logo at boot? because I am from Rogers...and not AT&T. Will this affect my phone in the future? thanks

You just wanted stock WHY are you using recovery?

GTFO! said:
Okay, so I followed the 3rd guide and I am stuck on step 13 for the odin method. I cannot find a ROM inside Onix Recovery, so can I download any ROM and put it into the EXTERNAL sd card? or does it have to be inside the INTERNAL sd? because I cannot access the internal sd card. Also, is it normal for my phone to have the AT&T World Phone logo at boot? because I am from Rogers...and not AT&T. Will this affect my phone in the future? thanks
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Odin doesn't even detect my phone for some reason...normally it would say something when my phone connects or disconnects...

prbassplayer said:
You just wanted stock WHY are you using recovery?
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The phone still wasn't working at that point...

Then you are doing something wrong..... Go in to download mode connect to comp with ODIN open and flash the package. Profit.