Hello everyone, I have questions on rooting a G1. Before I send in my old G1 and get a new one, i wanna root my new one when it comes in but i am really lost on rooting a G1 especially with the donut update. If anyone is willing to help me or give me a TUT on a good step by step how to do it, I would appreciate it.
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
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=563679
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Root Guide
Thank you i appreciate it, and what do you mean by board? I think most likely it will have 1.6 on it if thats what you mean.
And um what is PVT? lol
Theres 2 type of Mother Boards for the dream/g1 if im not mistaken and, from what i remember reading if you have the other board and not a PVT Board you cant root your phone but if you have a PVT Board phone you can root your phone im pretty sure, if it checks out go to the link i gave you follow the link to the T do everything they way it says do it unless the guide tells you otherwise and you'll have a rooted Dream/G1 before you know it
kk thx i will but how will i know if i have a PVT board or not?
when you
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)
look at the top of the screen the first line it will tell you if you have a PVT but if its something diffrent from a PVT then dont do it but if it is 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 butto
Oh ok cool just did it my old one is a PVT, well the only thing is to call T-Mobile now and make up a lie for them to send me a new phone lol and then im good to go, but the only question i have left is after i follow that TUT, do i need to dl the Cyanogen program so i can get all these other ROMs? And thank you again i greatly appreciate it.
well when you do the whole root process your ganna have to download files to complete the whole "Root" process and your ganna have CyanogenMod at the end of the "Rooting" process so you'll be ok but when and if you get your new phone your ganna have to redo what i just told to to check if you have the PVT Board or not and once again if you do have it then you can follow the guide to the T and when you get done doing the rooting just come bak to Q&A im sure if not myself someone else will help you get Hero running if you have the tools to do so and no problem man im still a noob but i understand alot now so no worries your welcome
once again...pvt board is only required for the haykuro aka danger spl (1.33.2005)
B-man007 relax i saw that tip of yours after i posted this so chill
I know but you posted that before you saw it in my other thread, so i made a correction here as well. i was just correcting it so the op knew (look at the post times)
B-man007 said:
once again...pvt board is only required for the haykuro aka danger spl (1.33.2005)
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sorry to bring this up again, just wanted to make sure I won't brick my phone.
I have a dream with DVT board
Does that mean I can do pretty much everything that PVT can do, such as upgrading to donut or cyanogenmod4.2.6, radio to 2.22.19.23 or 2.22.19.26I etc., except flashing haykuro's spl and things(rosie) that require it?
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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
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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
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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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someone please tell me the steps for installing and i need to know if i have a pvt board then no bricking?
Alanrocks15 said:
someone please tell me the steps for installing and i need to know if i have a pvt board then no bricking?
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What are you trying to do and why do you have such a poor disposition right off the bat? Be a little bit more specific and maybe you can get an answer that suits you better.
ok
Here's what to do. Shut the fone off boot into noot loader witch mean hold the power button and camera button. If it pvt ur good it think check the spl thread. Then install radio 1st then the spl
pistol4413 said:
Here's what to do. Shut the fone off boot into noot loader witch mean hold the power button and camera button. If it pvt ur good it think check the spl thread. Then install radio 1st then the spl
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Better solution:
1: Remove battery.
2: Place phone and battery into toilet separately (this is very important, if you don't separate them, you'll form a clog).
3: Flush
bahnburner said:
Better solution:
1: Remove battery.
2: Place phone and battery into toilet separately (this is very important, if you don't separate them, you'll form a clog).
3: Flush
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Rofl... seriously, stop asking questions that there are guides out there that already answer them... Don't be lazy, these guides were made for all of us, noobs and pros included. No one is born knowing this information, we all had to find out for ourselves (most of us reading the guide!).
lol bahnburner
I presume he's talking about the SPL. There are millions of threads about the SPL already and the steps you need to clearly do before flashing it. To summerise...
1 - Backup
2 - Flash the latest radio FIRST
3 - Confirm that the latest radio was flashed via the Settings menu
4 - Flash the SPL
5 - Flash your desired ROM
Please read the FAQ that is in my signature and perhaps run a search before creating a new thread. 95% of the time I'm sure the issue has been reported and a solution specified.
I just rooted and install the Cyanogen 4.0.3.1 and wondering where to go from here... I'm a noob at this and am just following tutorials and learning more here at XDA forums. I got today a 4GB class 4 SD card for apps2SD, and going to try to get it working by folowing some tutorials on here. What do I need to update to the Rosie/hero UI?
2.22.19.26I radio, 1.33.2005 SPL (Haykuro's), PVT board (check in bootloader, power and camera) time to read up on procedure, a card reader.... think that is about it? also the rom you want to flash needs to be on your sdcard because the new spl will wipe your phone.
Make sure that you flash the radio first before the spl or you have a high chance of bricking your phone<a brick is when you cannot get into recovery or the bootloader, before you ask, if you can get into either one than you are not bricked>
Im still a bit confused on what to do. I know where to get the radio and the SPL, but what is PVT? and where could I get that and also dont know where to get the ROM for the Rosie/hero UI
to check if you have pvt, turn off the device then hold down power and camera button. It will say on top pvt 32B
why do you want to do something that could brick your phone when do not even know where to get a hero rom...
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I just rooted and install the Cyanogen 4.0.3.1 and wondering where to go from here... I'm a noob at this and am just following tutorials and learning more here at XDA forums. I got today a 4GB class 4 SD card for apps2SD, and going to try to get it working by folowing some tutorials on here. What do I need to update to the Rosie/hero UI?
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check out this... about a month ago i was right where you were... i didnt come to the forums though... i was dumb enough to just search and hope for the best. i will give kudos for asking for help, but please use the search feature... if not in these forums in google... when i searched back when this is the thread i got... it was a huge help... told me everything i needed to know
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=534461
hey, i recently lost root somehow?!
and tried to effectively reroot my phone, flashed the DREAIMG.nbh
keeps failing!
wont go any further than the bootloader,
cant get into recovery or anything...
heres what the bootloader screen reads
DREA110 PVT 32B RUUNBH
HBOOT-0.95.0000
CPLD-4
RADIO-1.22.12.29
SEP 2 2008
is my g1 bricked?
hey,
first off i know this is in the wrong section, but im really desperate here..
i recently lost root somehow?!
and tried to effectively reroot my phone, flashed the DREAIMG.nbh
keeps failing!
wont go any further than the bootloader,
cant get into recovery or anything...
heres what the bootloader screen reads
DREA110 PVT 32B RUUNBH
HBOOT-0.95.0000
CPLD-4
RADIO-1.22.12.29
SEP 2 2008
when i try to uodate the DREAIMG file it just says ''Update Terminated UPDATE FAIL''
i cant access recovery, or console, and my computer refuses to run adb.. :/ PLEASE HELP!!
Did you try downloading the dreaimg.nbh file again? Perhaps it was corrupted? Also, you did try to flash it from bootloader, right?
have you tried booting normally? and yeah, this is in the wrong section.
I responded to your other thread in the QA section (which is where it belongs).
You should try giving us more than 15 minutes before deciding that your problems are worth more than other people's and posting a second thread in this section. 7:30pm on a Wednesday night...? Yeah, people have families that they're with.
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I responded to your other thread in the QA section (which is where it belongs).
You should try giving us more than 15 minutes before deciding that your problems are worth more than other people's and posting a second thread in this section. 7:30pm on a Wednesday night...? Yeah, people have families that they're with.
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sorry about that but i have an angry girlfriend and i know this is the section with the most traffic,
uansari1 said:
Did you try downloading the dreaimg.nbh file again? Perhaps it was corrupted? Also, you did try to flash it from bootloader, right?
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all the sites that seem to host the DREAIMG file seem to be down.. :/ and yeah tried flashing from bootloader said update fail and then wouldnt let me boot normally or into recovery just bootloader..
Da Bealez said:
sorry about that but i have an angry girlfriend and i know this is the section with the most traffic,
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its also the section that pisses most people off because of threads like this lol. just letting you know.
Anyway.... let's just keep it to the other thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=589856
Da Bealez said:
all the sites that seem to host the DREAIMG file seem to be down.. :/ and yeah tried flashing from bootloader said update fail and then wouldnt let me boot normally or into recovery just bootloader..
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Ok, I'll upload my copy of the file and post the link here. Sit tight... might take a while, plus I'm cooking.
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Ok, I'll upload my copy of the file and post the link here. Sit tight... might take a while, plus I'm cooking.
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thanks alot man!
if you ever need a hand with any graphical aspects, im a graphic designer in the daytime haha
Da Bealez said:
thanks alot man!
if you ever need a hand with any graphical aspects, im a graphic designer in the daytime haha
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Thanks for the offer...
Here you go:
http://www.mediafire.com/?koydnhjn1jo
Hope that works for you... if not, then you're bricked.
uansari1 said:
Thanks for the offer...
Here you go:
http://www.mediafire.com/?koydnhjn1jo
Hope that works for you... if not, then you're bricked.
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thanks so much
ive been meaning to learn how to theme and ultimatley cook roms but its a long process and it seems pretty complicated! so congrats on all of your hard work!
Da Bealez said:
thanks so much
ive been meaning to learn how to theme and ultimatley cook roms but its a long process and it seems pretty complicated! so congrats on all of your hard work!
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I'm actually not a dev..the most I've done is helped test out some ROMs before release or to test fixes for some problems.
Anyway, did the flash work this time?
Hey I have the same problem. Even if you do re-download the DREAIMG.nbh how could I get it onto my phone? I can't get the phone connected to my computer through the USB at all. Is there anyway at all to reverse this process? I've read that the Serial should read Serial0 unplugged and then SerialUSB when it's plugged in. But mine just stays Serial0. I'm on whits end, I don't know what to do or where to go. Could someone please help?
Also when I take out the battery and put it back in, the key board has to be open first before i turn it on to even get to the RUUNBH screen. When it's closed and I turn it on it just stays black and doesn't do anything. Do I just need to get a new phone? Would it be better to go to a T-Mobile store or just call technical support and have them send a new one?
Put the sd card into your pc(card reader), make sure its fat32 then put dreaimg.nbh file onto your sd card...
Simple right? Easier than driving in water.
T-Mobile G1 Just keeps Rebooting
Hi there i have a similar problem.
I was given a T-Mobile G1 but it just keeps rebooting.
It wont do a hard reset,
I have tried to reflash with DREAIMG.NBH (RC7) from microsd card Fat 32,
with this sequence & this is what happens
Press camera button while holding it down breifley press power button and release it, while still holding camera button.
Phone then starts into bootloader
then i release camera button
phone then shows white screen with
loading...
then
checking...
then above checking... in red numbers
0058002
then phone returns to bootloader.
I have attached a image of my bootloader can you tell me if the info on it is ok?
What does EVT1 etc etc etc mean?
And how to get this phone up & running again....Thanks....
thedaddyy said:
Hi there i have a similar problem.
I was given a T-Mobile G1 but it just keeps rebooting.
It wont do a hard reset,
I have tried to reflash with DREAIMG.NBH (RC7) from microsd card Fat 32,
with this sequence & this is what happens
Press camera button while holding it down breifley press power button and release it, while still holding camera button.
Phone then starts into bootloader
then i release camera button
phone then shows white screen with
loading...
then
checking...
then above checking... in red numbers
0058002
then phone returns to bootloader.
I have attached a image of my bootloader can you tell me if the info on it is ok?
What does EVT1 etc etc etc mean?
And how to get this phone up & running again....Thanks....
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The "EVT1 stuff" is just device info; like device name, 32B=board type, Radio=version of the Radio that connects you to the network.
I am concerned because the EVT1 should read DREA100 or DREA110. I think whoever gave it to you attempted something crazy and somehow put the wrong SPL on it. Download the correct SPL HERE and replace it then go from there. That should do the trick.
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The "EVT1 stuff" is just device info; like device name, 32B=board type, Radio=version of the Radio that connects you to the network.
I am concerned because the EVT1 should read DREA100 or DREA110. I think whoever gave it to you attempted something crazy and somehow put the wrong SPL on it. Download the correct SPL HERE and replace it then go from there. That should do the trick.
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Hi mate thx for the advice.
I downloaded G1OrigBootloader_nocheck from your link and renamed to update.zip as the instructions suggested.
Made sure microsd is Fat32 copied update.zip to it.
Inserted into G1 put the battery back in.
Held down Home Button and Power Button for about 2 mins but all i get on the screen is BLACK SCREEN!!!! grrrr....
So it also seems i cant get in to Recovery Console either.
Is there another way to replace the SPL?
so i just picked up a g1 from craigslist, dont know what the previous owner did to the phone. its stuck in the bootloader screen(RGB). im very new to the g1 and android..... i am able to get into the recovery manager, but it appears to be the stock one from what i have seen. the boot loader says the following
DREA100 PVT 32B
HBOOT-0.95.0000
CPLD-4
RADIO-1.22.12.29
SEP 2 2008
I have ran signed-kila-ota-115247-prereq.TC4-RC19+RC28.zip under the recovery manager after renaming it to update.zip it seemed like it fully went through the whole process, i hit home+back, it power cycled, and showed like a uturn arrow point to an 8 legged chip for like 30 seconds-1min. then it went to like a uturn arrow coming out of a box going into a phone for a second, then rebooted to the bootloader. i picked up this phone cuz it was cheap, and im familiar with htc phones of the past, where this was an easy fix... but this one doesnt seem to be.... any ideas on what i should try to do next?? btw, i have also flashed the dreaimg.nbh file through the bootloader off the sd card, it completed properly, or looked like it did, showed ok after everything...
any help or guidance would be greatly appreciated... thnx, and srry for the noobish question.... lol..
EDIT: just ran the cupcake 1.5 and the bootloader radio changed to radio-2.22.19.26I everything else stayed the same, if that helps with anything....
EDIT2: just re-ran dreaimg.nbh, and radio line changed back to what is posted up top.... i read in another thread that the camera button is stuck down... i will be heading to my job in an hour or so to desolder said button. i dont believe the camera button is "stuck" due to the fact of the reading im getting from my ohm-meter. but time will tell, and i will update this thread when its done.
EDIT3: Removed the camera button from the mainboard, phone still boots up the same, into bootloader... so i dont thing the camera button was stuck
EDIT4: For the sake of proper documentation purposes only i will post a link to a thread i just opened explaining briefly the beginning of this post, as well as the conclusion and repair of the htc dream by replacing the front button assembly(send,home,back,end,menu buttons, and trackball, as well as usb controller/sd card slot board)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=8114408#post8114408