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I upgraded to official donut build and lost root, someone help :(

I lost my root access and have been unable to get it back and install my old cyanogen rom. someone please help me try to get it back, ive been trying everything.
is it possible to root donut build once uve installed the real one? it keep aborting any installations i try to do, and doesnt let me flash the recovery img either. i dont know what to do.

Yea the official update will do that... but all is not lost. You can follow the guide here and downgrade to RC29 to gain root
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=442480
you can follow those steps to regain root on your phone, when choosing which rom you'd like to run, if you'd still like to have root access but prefer the official builds you can check out this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=538456

if you still have an engineering or death spl, you can just flash recovery from fastboot.
Boot your phone while holding the camera, then press back button, you should see "fastboot usb" on the screen. Download amon_ra's recovery (look for it in android development) and flash it doing "fastboot flash recovery recovery-RA-dream-v1.2.2.img". After it's done you should have recovery back and now you can restore your nandroid or flash another update.zip

I downgraded back to RC29 successfully, but now its not letting me install any apps from the sdcard or online to the phone, it just keeps saying Install unsucccessful on any app. Wat could be causing this?

i ended up rooting the phone the old way, using telnet. now its working again

Cannot flash any update.zip due to ADP1 1.6

I tried upgrading from 4.1.1.1.1. to Cyan's most recent ROM and have locked my phone to ADP1 1.6 do to my phone giving some error and rebooting when it wasn't supposed to. I cannot install Any update.Zip files it gives me the following error (Install aborted) after trying flash any update.zip, i am at stock recovery, and i get permission denied on various commands Via ADB but it tells me i have root still. On top of that Fast boot isn't letting me install any type of recovery image giving me an error (cannot load "cm-recovery-1.4.img"). Can anyone help me out of this funk i am in and again i am not able to unroot my phone to stock. Thanks for the help in advance
T-Mobile G1
Hard SPL
ADP1 1.6 ROM(dream_devphone-userdebug 1.6 DRC83 14721 testkeys)

After you flashed the ADP1 1.6 did you reboot the phone or did you flash the cyan rom? I don't actually know what happens if you reboot before flashing the cyan rom but apparently it's not a good idea since the wiki guide says, in bold, not to reboot until after you flashed the new rom.

Well yes i was aware that i wasnt supposed to reboot but as the phone was doing something to the radio it went black next thing i know the phone goes through its normal process to boot up. But this was while i was trying to install 4.2.3.1.

The answer you seek kinda sucks, but it also has a very clear solution: you lost root.
Your fix: re-root and follow the direct instructions for getting to 4.2.3.1.

Trouble flashing any update.zip

I'm sorry if this is posted anywhere, but I spent a couple hours last night and another couple hours today searching here and in Google with no luck.
-Skip me for TL;DR-
I got a G1 when they first came out, and rooted it as soon as I could. I ran JF1.5 then JF1.6 then after a while upgraded to Cyanogen. It was great and my GF still uses it and loves it. I got a Nexus One about a month after they came out and I've been in love. I haven't went to Cyanogen since, only because the stock rom has been great and I haven't needed any extra features yet.
Now that 720p is available along with a few other things I'd like, I want to upgrade finally.
-TL;DR end-
Basically I'm trying to say I'm not an idiot or very new to loading roms and toying with an Android device.
From past experiences I basically know the process of root/recovery/rom etc.
I loaded froyo onto the phone when it was available via the stock recovery console and an update.zip ... no problems.
Yesterday, I unlocked the bootloader.
Installed Modaco's superboot.
And used fastboot to push recovery-RA-nexus-v1.7.0.1-cyan.img
After that I turned the phone on, and logged in to check it out and make sure I had root. Everything was running great (Froyo saves your app installs in the cloud!!!) and I did, in fact, have root. All seemed well.
-The Problem-
Now, I can't load any more update.zip files. Nothing at all. Stock rom, modded rom, rom updates, anything. When I try to install any update.zip I get the following output:
-- Install from sdcard...
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Verifying update package...
E:signature verification failed
Installation aborted.
At the top of the recovery screen it reads: Android system recovery <3e>
If that makes any difference....
NOTE: I can still use fastboot to push new recovery images, which I've tried.
System information below:
Fastboot/Bootloader Screen:
NEXUSONE PVT SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-0.33.0012
MICROP0b15
TOUCH PANEL-SYNT0103
RADIO-4.06.00.12_7
Dec 17 2009, 13:05:23
ABOUT PHONE
Model number: Nexus One
Android version: 2.2
Baseband version: 32.36.00.28U_4.06.00.12_7
Kernel version: 2.6.32.9-27220-g328f560 [email protected] #1
Build number FRF50
Thanks in advance for any help/info!!

Looks like you still have the stock recovery image... do you have backup & restore options iin recovery mode, if not, you still have the stock recovery, reflash Amon-RAs recovery...

No, I don't have backup or restore in the options, neither in recovery or fastboot.
This doesn't make much sense. Here's what I'm doing. It looks like it should be working fine:
Code:
C:\Users\Chris\Desktop\meh\android-sdk-windows\tools>fastboot devices
HT9CWP806497 fastboot
C:\Users\Chris\Desktop\meh\android-sdk-windows\tools>fastboot.exe flash recovery
recovery-RA-nexus-v1.7.0.1.img
sending 'recovery' (3948 KB)... OKAY [ 0.582s]
writing 'recovery'... OKAY [ 1.439s]
finished. total time: 2.021s
Edit:
I was thinking maybe I need a different radio image, but then I remembered reading that Froyo came with a new radio image (right?). And I couldn't install a new radio image anyway because the update.zip files won't load. I'm pretty stumped here....
Edit again:
The code above was what I just did to flash the new recovery, and I still don't have the options to backup and restore the data.
Another edit!: I also loaded Modaco's superboot again (successfully) and started the process over again with no luck.

You don't have a backup/restore option with AmonRa's 1.7.0? That means you don't actually have the custom recovery. Your fastboot is lying to you.

In the terminal app,type "reboot recovery". What happens?

And,try dropping the ".exe" from fastboot.

what they said. Sounds like you still have the stock recovery image. Try reflashing the recovery again.

I tried both the regular RA recovery and RA Cyanogen recovery using both commands, fastboot and fastboot.exe but I continue to get the same recovery image.
I know there's no way to relock the bootloader, but is there any way to reverse what Modaco's superboot did and try that again?

Go here. Scroll to the bottom of the first post. Looks at the screenshots. Does your recovery look like that?

Nope, it's the stock recovery image with the exclamation point and Andy in the background. 4 options: reply, update.zip, factory reset, and wipe cache

Flawd said:
Nope, it's the stock recovery image with the exclamation point and Andy in the background. 4 options: reply, update.zip, factory reset, and wipe cache
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Try using amon ra recovery image stock for n1, not the cyanogen version.
This one:
http://files.androidspin.com/downloads.php?dir=amon_ra/RECOVERY/&file=recovery-RA-nexus-v1.7.0.1.img
and rename it to recovery.img or something short then try the fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

Flawd said:
Nope, it's the stock recovery image with the exclamation point and Andy in the background. 4 options: reply, update.zip, factory reset, and wipe cache
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Confirm you have root. Go to the terminal app and type "su". What does it say?

Well root isn't necessary to flash a recovery. He just needs an unlocked bootloader.
Well, OP, you might as well just find a different computer and try it on that.

FaJu said:
Well root isn't necessary to flash a recovery. He just needs an unlocked bootloader.
Well, OP, you might as well just find a different computer and try it on that.
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OP said he unlocked the bootloader.... so OP verify that when you TURN ON your Nexus One, the logo with the X there is a PADLOCK on the bottom of the screen. If it does, then your bootloader is unlocked and you need to install amon ra recovery.
If no padlock, you're not unlocked.

OP make life easy. Go to Market. Install ROM manager. Either install clockwork recovery, or scroll down. Select the option to flash another recovery. Flash. Done

What did I do this time ?

Ok so its been two years with this phone, I've droped it a hundred times. So this is what happened. I tried to load a new Rom and it didn't load,so I tried to restore the backup I had and got errors.tried that with three different backups with same result. So I did old faithful and restored back to no root original state .7 phone is s-off. Went through steps to root via cyanogenmod. But it will not let me install a recovery. Tried cwm and ra manual but no luck keep getting errors. Then I tried to download Rom manager but I keep getting parse error. This has been with at least 50 different apks. Still no recovery.
Could it be that I have just reacheda limit to the phone? I've rooted this thing countless times. Don't know what else to try.
Thanks

What were the errors you received?
#Root-Hack_Mod*Always\

the error i got was when i got to "flash_image recovery recovery-clockwork-2.5.0.7-heroc.img" :
adb push recovery-clockwork-2.5.0.7-heroc.img /sdcard/recovery-clockwork-2.5.0.7-heroc.img
adb shell
su
cd /sdcard/
flash_image recovery recovery-clockwork-2.5.0.7-heroc.img
reboot recovery
and it said file not found,this happens on either cwm or ra.
flash_image: not found

Install flash_image. See here.

thank you worked like a charm. now on to my next problem which is to figure out why i cannot flash a rom or a backup.
just to let you know before i start looking around the forum is that when i resore a backup i stay in checking md5 for two minutes and then it says it cannot flash boot image, and when i try to install a rom i get two different results,1st. is that it installs fine and then when i go to reboot it bootloops htc screen and then goes back to recovery. 2nd. is that it tells me again that boot image error.
but again thanks for getting me to have a recovery.

I would try downloading either the recovery or ROM again just in case your download is corrupt. Or try a different recovery image...this one is working well for me.

Trying to get back to stock rom

Hello,
Tried rooting my phone with no prior experience. Worked, but eventually I got to where the phone wouldn't boot past splash screen (logo came up, then screen went black while backlight is on and didn't respond to stimuli until battery was removed). Possibly resulted from a build.prop file problem. Did get into boot though, so I fixed that problem by installing a cyanogen rom from a zip file using twrp recovery. I didn't want a custom mod though since I'm used to the look and feel of the 4.0.3 ICS I had, and the cyanogen doesn't seem to have google play so I can't even download anything (original purpose of rooting was to get incompatible apps by spoofing via build.prop file). Currently trying to get back to stock. Unfortunately I didn't make a nandroid backup of the system before the problem occurred, hence I have no backup to flash.
What I tried:
1. Use the official HTC 4.0.3 RUU .exe to upload to the phone. Unfortunately HTC Sync doesn't see this phone, even though I have the correct drivers installed.
2. Attempted to use twrp recovery to install the rom.zip extracted from the RUU directly, the same way I successfully installed the cyanogenmod rom. Failed, claiming it's unable to open zip. The .zip file was checked for integrity and returned by an archiver app.
3. Tried to use these commands from the cmd with phone connected to install the .zip from fastboot:
fastboot erase cache
fastboot oem rebootRuu
fastboot flash zip rom.zip (rom.zip being the functional file of the stock rom)
Failed, saying it's not allowed. Tried it with both locked and unlocked bootloader, no difference.
4. Unzipped the file and tried to flash the system.img file directly, but that failed with a "data length is too large" error.
5. My recovery being twrp 2.1.1, tried looking for altenatives. Can't find any links to download the WCX recovery, but I found several for newer twrp versions, including 2.3.1.0 and 2.6.3.0 which I tried downloading flashing. After flashing the phone got stuck at the cyanogenmod loading logo and wouldn't boot further, and the recovery itself didn't work, just showed the HTC splash, turned black, then booted again normally, getting stuck at the cyanogen logo. Same thing for the 2.6.3.0 version, so I reflashed the original 2.1.1, at which point I can get into recovery but the phone is still stuck at the cyanogenmod during normal boot. At this point I installed the original cyanogenmod .zip from recovery and now at least the phone boots up normally. Still need to get stock back somehow.
Out of ideas and exhausted from this. Any help would be appreciated. Perhaps anyone has a working stock 4.0.3 rom for the Vivid, nandroid backup, etc., or any other ideas. Thanks for reading.

Oh crap...
OK... First... Stock rom can be found in development... Most of the roms there are stock... Read the OP... It'll tell you...
Second... You should use TWRP 2.5.3.0 or something like that I forget...
Third... When you tried the ruu... Did you relock your bootloader...
Side note... Could you get your phone to show up with 'fastboot devices'