Trying to Root - G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I have followed the steps in the guide and I have searched but have not found the same issue. On the first step where I flash RC29 it goes through and says that it completes successfully but then when it reboots it sits on the G1 screen. I let it sit like that all night and still will not start up. I have tried reflashing RC29 and different downloads of RC29 but still can not get it to load.

Reload the dream file and start from scratch. Check the forum for the unrooting thread if you don't know where to get it or how to flash it.
This also assumes you can get to a recovery screen........

Unfortunately, I have tried that and I have tried several different dream files. Every time it says that the flashing was successful. It just wont reboot.

Can you list the exact steps you took?

What region is your phone from? RC29 is US, RC7 is UK.
Hah, 1024 posts! *nerd-gasm* Continue...

I formatted the class 6 4gb sd card to fat 32, copied on RC29 image.
I turned off the phone. Holding in on the camera button hit power the rainbow screen came up it then flashed, it came back and said successful. I hit the action button, it started to reboot and just stayed on the G1 Screen.
It is a US phone. I tried doing the European build but it said it was not a match and would not flash.
It is the PVT board as well.

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[Solved] SPL issue stuck.....

First off...
G1 PVT 32B
recover img1.4
new radio 2.22.19.26I
intalled hard spl, in recovery img after installing hard spl phone rebooted to recovery then at the bottem said formatting cache:.... stuck there for 15 mins so I tried Alt S to reboot, After that it gets stuck on G1 screen. I can still get back to recovery. should I try to redown load spl, is it possible I got a bad download or did I do some else wrong
maybeoneday said:
First off...
G1 PVT 32B
recover img1.4
new radio 2.22.19.26I
intalled hard spl, in recovery img after installing hard spl phone rebooted to recovery then at the bottem said formatting cache:.... stuck there for 15 mins so I tried Alt S to reboot, After that it gets stuck on G1 screen. I can still get back to recovery. should I try to redown load spl, is it possible I got a bad download or did I do some else wrong
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first boot into bootloader(camera and home) and see if you have a white screen with 3 skating androids.
if you do then you have the hard spl.
sometimes when you flash a spl it will wipe your phone.
if you do have the hard spl just go ahead and flash whatever rom you want to use.
if you don't have a card reader go into the recovery console and type ums_enable to mount your sdcard and put the rom on your sdcard then type ums_disable to unmount the sdcard, then finally type reboot recovery and when it boots up flash your rom.
That did it David just uploaded CM 4.0.4 and its up and running. You have been alot of help tonight, kick you a little something for your help...
wait , you push alt-s, are you still using the orignal recovery, do yourself a favor and flash cm recovery 1.4, nandroid backup and restore, flash any zip.
maybeoneday said:
That did it David just uploaded CM 4.0.4 and its up and running. You have been alot of help tonight, kick you a little something for your help...
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thank you very much
Thanks!!
I was having the same issue... ( I have the pimped recovery as well)
The first couple times I tried, I was getting no changes to the spl...
I tried one more time, wiped to be sure, proceeded to install spl
I then made it to same point, "formatting cache..."
I decided to start the reboot process and quickly pressed
"cam + power" when the screen went black and BAM,
got the 3 skateboarding androids
and it says "HSPL 10.95.3000"
I then reinstalled latest Cyan, and partitioned the sdcard with sdparted.txt
8gig Class 6 (100MB Swap, 1024MB ext4, 6893 Fat32)
Rebooted and
Thx!!
I am trying to unroot my friend's G1... I found a tutorial on XDA (link) and it worked fine without any problems on my phone, however when I go into recovery mode (CyanogenMod v1.4+JF) and I hit Alt+S, it starts to install the update.zip and it reboots and starts up in recovery and gets stuck on Formatting CACHE:... I've let it sit for quite a while and still nothing. I can reboot the phone, but it just starts back up in the rooted mod. When I start into the bootloader (camera+power), it's not the three android's on skateboard, it's the colored screen, and it doesn't give me the option to install DREAIMG.nbh file. I'm not quite sure what to do, especially since I had absolutely no problem testing this tutorial on my own phone.
EDIT: I figured out that the bootloader is downgraded and working. Now when I load the bootloader, it goes to the grey screen and says Loading... No image found! I have searched the forums and google for a solution to this program and so far nothing I've found is working. I've reformatted my SD card many times to FAT32, as well as redownloaded the DREAIMG.nbh file... Any help would be great!
EDIT 2: I'm not sure what the problem was or what I did to get it to work, but after formatting over and over and downloading and redownloading, and trying different SD cards, it finally started to work.
Ok. I have done everything that was suggested up above. I also get the 3 android skateboarders and I have tried to install the new
[ROM] CyanogenMod - Keeping You Legal For Less (STABLE) [UPDATED 10/31 - v4.2.3.1]
Which installs just fine. But then I reboot the device and it continues to be stuck on the G1 Splash Screen.
I can verify that I updated the Radio first and confrimed it was updated then updated the SPL and got formatting cache and waited like 15 mins and then now I am stuck.
So I what david1171 suggested and still nothing.
Any suggestions would be nice.
Thanks

How to get out of TRICOLOR screen.

Hi Guys,
Little help here. Phone is stuck on TRICOLOR screen. I was down grading to RC29. Update goes 100% and failed.
Now everytime phone reboots goes straight to TRICOLOR screen.
I have downloaded 10 Different DREAMIMG.nbh files but none of them are working.
Also try to Extract it NBHextractor and it tells me that file is not valid.
Any help will be appreciated.
what part of the world are you living in?
Is that really answer to my question?
Yes so we can tell you which SPL verson you need to flash.
I have a T-Mobile G1 (US).
depending on where you live there are different DREAIMG.nbh that you have to use. did you get the RC-29 file from this thread.
also it has to be named DREAIMG.nbh not DREAMIMG.nbh, and since it keeps booting into that screen is your camera button stuck
I have tried that already and as i mentioned that i have tried 10 Different files from 10 different threads and locations but same thing.
Update goes 100% and then it came up DREAIMG.nbh --- failed in red.
and it says Update failed.
Everytime i turn on the phone and it goes straight to TRICOLOR screen.
I was hoping someone can help to get out os this TRICOLOR screen.
I have tried all combinations Camera+POWER. HOME+POWER no matter what it goes to the same damn screen.
2 other things i can think of.
1. check the md5sum of the download
2. try booting without the sdcard in. also you could take off the battery cover and see if the camera is really stuck or not
I can check md5sum on the files which i have not tried it yet.
As far as the camera button concerned i have checked it couple of times and it's working fine.
One other i noticed the Board Revision is EVT. would that makes any difference ?
Not unless you are trying the danger spl, but you didn't brick it because you can get into bootloader. But you still need a flashboot spl to push the update as a last resort. You say 10 different spl files, but you never said where you got it so we can verify they are the correct files.
This all will go a lot smoother if you you would calm down and explain everything.
Most of the NBH files i have downloaded the link posted in the forums.
How can you push spl while the phone is not going into recovery mode?
did you get it wet?
my 8 month old had my phone in his mouth for about 30 seconds. It was long enough till fill the back with slobber and short out the phone. It took over an hour for the phone to even turn back on. And after it did I would keep getting stuck at the SPL screen. BUT, 1 out of say 30 or so tries to restart the phone it actually boots. So my guess is that there is something shorting out the contacts under the camera button unless you can't get into recovery either. I can get into recovery which is why I know there is a short of some sort.

[RESOLVED] G1 hangs on boot, with lots of extra info

I have a G1 with CyanogenMod 1.4 recovery and the original SPL. It boots into either of those just fine.
When I select to apply any zip, I get the list of possibilities. I have tried wiping many times.
Whenever I choose an option from the recovery or flash something, a message appears that says
Code:
E: Can't read MISC:
(No space left on device)
This occurs even after a wipe. Also, I know that the SD card is not full or corrupted (I generally use it in a different G1).
After I have flashed something and reboot, it simply hangs at the G1 boot screen. I left it for half an hour, and it stayed that way.
Any thoughts?
what are you trying to flash? rom might require danger spl. i don't have a g1, so i'm not positive, but i'm willing to bet on it.
I actually tried flashing the danger SPL. In spite of saying "reboot to complete installation," I know it does not work. if I hold Camera as I turn on, it is still the original SPL.
Next bet?
tal82k said:
I actually tried flashing the danger SPL. In spite of saying "reboot to complete installation," I know it does not work. if I hold Camera as I turn on, it is still the original SPL.
Next bet?
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1.33.2005 is what the danger spl shows up as, which i believe is your "stock" spl. if you installed it and rebooted without any errors it works. simple and plain.
Does the danger SPL look like the original (RGB color testing)? That is what shows up when I boot with camera pressed.
I was trying to flash either Super D or CyanogenMod, when I follow the instructions for either of them and do the final reboot, it never leaves the G1 logo screen. Yes I know that it is a while for the dalvik-cache to be reworked.
I have flashed roms successfully many times on my other G1.
I am very curious what the error message that I posted earlier means. Thanks for your suggestions!
Sorry for the double post. I have an update. I am pretty sure there is a problem with the NAND chip or something similar. I flashed the Amon_RA recovery, and it worked. I used Amon_RA to wipe, and re-partition the SD card. I then tried flashing the HTC 1.6 image for ADP1. And it worked. It booted into 1.6 with no problem (except that I no longer had root). So I tried to get root again. First I tried the Recovery Flasher app. It said that it failed. So I downloaded the DREAIMG.nbh to get back to RC29. When I ran it, I got
Code:
DREAIMG.nbh - FAIL
Update Terminate
UPDATE FAIL
Any thoughts are appreciated. Thanks!
[RESOLVED]
UPDATE: Apparently that last bit ended with bricking the phone. I took out the SD, put DREAIMG.nbh back on it. Put it back in the phone. Re-flashed from the SPL (holding camera while pressing power). It worked. I then went through with regular rooting, putting Amon_RA on there, with Super D 1.8. Everything smooth. I have no idea what really fixed it, but everything works fine.
tal82k said:
UPDATE: Apparently that last bit ended with bricking the phone.
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i still lol every time i hear that. phixed my brick.
Yeah.... I wish my brick would go into SPL.
*sorry double post, browser messed up*

HTC Dream Boot Issues

Hello. I am new to the Android scene, just came over from the iPhone scene. Sooo. i got my Android G1 today and it came with Super D firmware, if i remember correctly it was 1.6. I wanted to go back to stock, so i downloaded the stock firmware and placed it in the root of a freshly formatted 4gb SDHC card. It installed and then prompted for reboot. I rebooted and i have left the phone on trying to get it to boot into OS but to no avail. I tried booting to recovery screen but i didnt get any menu and had to key alt+l in my keyboard. I did a wipe and rebooted. Still couldn't boot up. Holding the Camera and power button gives me this :
DREA110 PVT 32B
HBOOT-0.95.0000
CPLD-4
RADIO-1.22.12.29
Sep 2 2008
Serial0
Any ideas?
EDIT: Just realized for god's sake, i flashed the RC29 firmware when i was supposed to flash the RC7 one. F***. Now i need to find a way to flash back. Any ideas?
First thing to do is read everything two times... including the FAQs... too many noobs have bricked their devices... Thus dettering them and anyone they talk to from committing to Android... Take your time research and watch a vid first...
Nah, i just screwed up. Didnt know why i went to flash RC29 anyway. Gonna get a goldcard tomorrow with the help of someone. Then i can get pass the error of flashing another firmware.
Okay, so i got a gold card and reflashed the RC7 image and it booted. Done everything including rooting but i cant install the radio as i cant get into recovery. If i hold home + power button i will boot into fastboot mode. Why.
Apparently telnet wasnt flashing the img file properly.
EDIT: Now getting stuck at the Nexus One X Android Screen in a loop.
EDIT 2: Did a reboot. Now all is good. ^_^

[Q] Boot loop after installing Danger SPL, Cyanogenmod 6.1 and Google Apps

I'm helping a friend with a hand-me-down G1 upgrade from 1.6 to CyanogenMod 6.1 using the wiki cyanogen links, which basically told me to downgrade to RC29 / RC7 DREAIMG.nbh file after reformatting the sdcard, then root the phone using telnet, flash Amon_Ra's Recovery using telnet, flash 2.22.23.02 radio using recovery, then install dangerspl, cyanogenmod 6.1 and tiny google apps.
As far as I know, I followed every step. I did get stuck a couple of times while installing DangerSPL. I'd fastboot and hit call+menu+end and instead of rebooting, it would install dreaimg.nbh again (since I used fastboot to flash dreaimg.nbh earlier and still had it on the root of the sdcard) and I would have to start over again and re-root, re-flash Amon_Ra's Recovery and the 2.22.23.02 radio. That happened twice before I decided to take dreaimg.nbh off of the sdcard, since I realized that it had already been flashed onto the phone and would probably work. Once I did that, the call+menu+end during fastboot worked and it restarted, which is what it was supposed to do. Kept trying and trying to hit the home button as quickly as possible to get to recovery, like the instructions said, but it wouldn't work. So I took a chance and booted into recovery using home+power and flashed Danger SPL, which seemed to install well, and Cyanogenmod 6.1 and tiny google apps. All seemed to be going well until rebooting the system. The cyanogenmod splash screen popped up after the g1 screen and just sits there, stuck in a boot loop. I waited a good 10 minutes before I pulled the battery and tried again...same thing. Also wiped the dalvik cache and cache, which i saw on the first page of this thread, to no avail. Can anyone tell me where I went wrong and what I can do to pull out of it and successfully install this rom? Really want to get this back to my friend. Also hoping his contacts are still on his sim card after all this... I flashed dreaimg.nbh, per the first step, and noticed that the contacts didn't come up after this. The data on the phone works and the phone number shows up under about phone but since I haven't gotten any further than that OS I can't tell. No where have I seen in the instructions that I had to pull my sim card before flashing... hope it's all good. Any help with any of this would be greatly appreciated.
As you can tell, I'm new to all this. I own a Samsung Moment and flash ROM's on it all the time but that process is much simpler than this one. Have never dealt with a boot loop so I'm a little unsure of what to do.
ejatx said:
I'm helping a friend with a hand-me-down G1 upgrade from 1.6 to CyanogenMod 6.1 using the wiki cyanogen links, which basically told me to downgrade to RC29 / RC7 DREAIMG.nbh file after reformatting the sdcard, then root the phone using telnet, flash Amon_Ra's Recovery using telnet, flash 2.22.23.02 radio using recovery, then install dangerspl, cyanogenmod 6.1 and tiny google apps.
As far as I know, I followed every step. I did get stuck a couple of times while installing DangerSPL. I'd fastboot and hit call+menu+end and instead of rebooting, it would install dreaimg.nbh again (since I used fastboot to flash dreaimg.nbh earlier and still had it on the root of the sdcard) and I would have to start over again and re-root, re-flash Amon_Ra's Recovery and the 2.22.23.02 radio. That happened twice before I decided to take dreaimg.nbh off of the sdcard, since I realized that it had already been flashed onto the phone and would probably work. Once I did that, the call+menu+end during fastboot worked and it restarted, which is what it was supposed to do. Kept trying and trying to hit the home button as quickly as possible to get to recovery, like the instructions said, but it wouldn't work. So I took a chance and booted into recovery using home+power and flashed Danger SPL, which seemed to install well, and Cyanogenmod 6.1 and tiny google apps. All seemed to be going well until rebooting the system. The cyanogenmod splash screen popped up after the g1 screen and just sits there, stuck in a boot loop. I waited a good 10 minutes before I pulled the battery and tried again...same thing. Also wiped the dalvik cache and cache, which i saw on the first page of this thread, to no avail. Can anyone tell me where I went wrong and what I can do to pull out of it and successfully install this rom? Really want to get this back to my friend. Also hoping his contacts are still on his sim card after all this... I flashed dreaimg.nbh, per the first step, and noticed that the contacts didn't come up after this. The data on the phone works and the phone number shows up under about phone but since I haven't gotten any further than that OS I can't tell. No where have I seen in the instructions that I had to pull my sim card before flashing... hope it's all good. Any help with any of this would be greatly appreciated.
As you can tell, I'm new to all this. I own a Samsung Moment and flash ROM's on it all the time but that process is much simpler than this one. Have never dealt with a boot loop so I'm a little unsure of what to do.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=566669 also I just got off that build it's really really slow, try yoshi's gingerbread build.

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