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Firstly i just want to ask about flashing SPL to HTC DREAM/G1.
i read many tutorial, say that FLAHING the device will potentially brink the device.
i just want to make sure before i made any changes to my radio firmware and SPL on my HTC DREAM
i successfully rooted my phone by using 1 click exploit root, and successfully flash the Cyanogen Recovery 1.4 and successfully flash Cyanogen Mod 4.0.2,
what i did not flash into my phone is the SPL and the radio firmware.
And here is my a series of question
i found that my phone battery life is shorter, i am doing nothing with my phone (just stand by) but the battery life only last a day usually it will last for 2 day. Seems like the battery life is draining faster than usual.
- is that because of cyan build set the clock speed to max during heavy load?
- or i did not update the radio firmware (my phone is buy from singapore)?
About updating the Radio firmware
- if i update the radio firmware only and not flashing new SPL like HARD SPL, or DANGER SPL,and the phone is already flashed (successfully) Cyanogen Recovery 1.4 and the CyanogenMod 2.0.4, if i did that (the radio firmware update) can this cause a brick to my phone?
About FLASHING new SPL
- i know FLASHING SPL could be dangerous, how do i make sure not to brick my phone ? What stuff I need to be cautious and make sure not to brick the phone?
- i have been reading about flashing HERO ROM, but before that the phone need to update RADIO FIRST! and then SPL. Is that only apply to HERO ROM, or it can be apply in any other rom that require moded SPL and new radio?
- is the new SPL like HARD SPL, DANGER SPL load(boot) other ROM as well other than HERO ?
ABOUT NANDROID BACKUP,
- if i make a backup from my phone, in my phone have cyanogen Recovery flashed, original SPL and radio. is the original SPL and radio also backup by the NANDROID ?
- if i flashed my radio and SPL (the new one), and when i perform a restore from the NANDROID backup will the original SPL and radio also restore ?
About the Boot sequence on Android platform if the given schematic draw by me (correct my if wrong), so the SPL is the most basic layer which handle everything from boot, like normal booting into Android OS, Recovery mode and HBOOT or FAST BOOT MODE.
- If in case i screw up the SPL (by flashing the new one), and unable to boot my phone or boot into FASTBOOT MODE or RECOVERY MODE. What else can i do (i know, i'm just prepare for the worst)??
Sorry for my bad English (my English sucks!) and i just want to make sure i don't want brick my phone and cause any trouble and eventually bugging people here and wining about bricking my phone lol.
any clarification or explanation would be fantastic
Thank in advance.. ..

keatliang2005 said:
Firstly i just want to ask about flashing SPL to HTC DREAM/G1.
i read many tutorial, say that FLAHING the device will potentially brink the device.
i just want to make sure before i made any changes to my radio firmware and SPL on my HTC DREAM
i successfully rooted my phone by using 1 click exploit root, and successfully flash the Cyanogen Recovery 1.4 and successfully flash Cyanogen Mod 4.0.2,
what i did not flash into my phone is the SPL and the radio firmware.
And here is my a series of question
i found that my phone battery life is shorter, i am doing nothing with my phone (just stand by) but the battery life only last a day usually it will last for 2 day. Seems like the battery life is draining faster than usual.
- is that because of cyan build set the clock speed to max during heavy load?
- or i did not update the radio firmware (my phone is buy from singapore)?
About updating the Radio firmware
- if i update the radio firmware only and not flashing new SPL like HARD SPL, or DANGER SPL,and the phone is already flashed (successfully) Cyanogen Recovery 1.4 and the CyanogenMod 2.0.4, if i did that (the radio firmware update) can this cause a brick to my phone?
About FLASHING new SPL
- i know FLASHING SPL could be dangerous, how do i make sure not to brick my phone ? What stuff I need to be cautious and make sure not to brick the phone?
- i have been reading about flashing HERO ROM, but before that the phone need to update RADIO FIRST! and then SPL. Is that only apply to HERO ROM, or it can be apply in any other rom that require moded SPL and new radio?
- is the new SPL like HARD SPL, DANGER SPL load(boot) other ROM as well other than HERO ?
ABOUT NANDROID BACKUP,
- if i make a backup from my phone, in my phone have cyanogen Recovery flashed, original SPL and radio. is the original SPL and radio also backup by the NANDROID ?
- if i flashed my radio and SPL (the new one), and when i perform a restore from the NANDROID backup will the original SPL and radio also restore ?
About the Boot sequence on Android platform if the given schematic draw by me (correct my if wrong), so the SPL is the most basic layer which handle everything from boot, like normal booting into Android OS, Recovery mode and HBOOT or FAST BOOT MODE.
- If in case i screw up the SPL (by flashing the new one), and unable to boot my phone or boot into FASTBOOT MODE or RECOVERY MODE. What else can i do (i know, i'm just prepare for the worst)??
Sorry for my bad English (my English sucks!) and i just want to make sure i don't want brick my phone and cause any trouble and eventually bugging people here and wining about bricking my phone lol.
any clarification or explanation would be fantastic
Thank in advance.. ..
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For the phone lasting 2 days that is great. Most peoples might last a couple hours after some use. You should always upgrade your radio, without the new radio you can run into issues with BT and dropping calls. And you CAN NOT brick your phone flashing the radio. Once you have the new radio you can flash the new spl if you please. Just make sure you have a pvt board (find out by powering on phone by cam+power). If you do flash the new spl make sure to have the rom you wanting to flash already on your sd card cause the spl will overwrite your existing rom. So you will flash the new rom right after the spl or you will be stuck at the g1 screen (NO its not a brick).

supremeteam256 said:
For the phone lasting 2 days that is great. Most peoples might last a couple hours after some use. You should always upgrade your radio, without the new radio you can run into issues with BT and dropping calls. And you CAN NOT brick your phone flashing the radio. Once you have the new radio you can flash the new spl if you please. Just make sure you have a pvt board (find out by powering on phone by cam+power). If you do flash the new spl make sure to have the rom you wanting to flash already on your sd card cause the spl will overwrite your existing rom. So you will flash the new rom right after the spl or you will be stuck at the g1 screen (NO its not a brick).
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i still be able boot into recovery mode ?? if can good......
what is BT by the way ??
i checked from HBOOT,
the info is
DREA110 PVT 32B
HBOOT-0.95.0000
CPLD-4
RADIO-2.22.19.261
this seems like a PVT board to me, is that a PVT board ??
oh ya by the way radio firmware is some how related to HSPDA or 3G connection, coz before flash into cyanogen 4.0.2, i always get HSPDA connection mode which is faster than 3G, but now i only get 3G connection.
By updating the Radio can solve that problem ?
btw thanks for the quick reply

keatliang2005 said:
i still be able boot into recovery mode ?? if can good......
what is BT by the way ??
i checked from HBOOT,
the info is
DREA110 PVT 32B
HBOOT-0.95.0000
CPLD-4
RADIO-2.22.19.261
this seems like a PVT board to me, is that a PVT board ??
oh ya by the way radio firmware is some how related to HSPDA or 3G connection, coz before flash into cyanogen 4.0.2, i always get HSPDA connection mode which is faster than 3G, but now i only get 3G connection.
By updating the Radio can solve that problem ?
btw thanks for the quick reply
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Yes you have a PVT board.
You already have the newest radio.
BT = Blue Tooth
You don't have HSPDA it's just an icon. Some roms have the H icon and some the 3G

supremeteam256 said:
Yes you have a PVT board.
You already have the newest radio.
BT = Blue Tooth
You don't have HSPDA it's just an icon. Some roms have the H icon and some the 3G
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thanks .......

just follow the tutorials and you will be fine

Nice essay, juts follow directions

sorry to bring a dead post back, but I also did the 1-click root and I really want to get my SPL to the HARD SPL as I have teh stock G1 with the current Radio...
Since I have the current radio, I should be able to just install the SPL, then the steps to install whatever rom correct?
thanks!

well i never did the 1 click root process so i dont kno the best thing for you to do before you do nething i check your bootloader so we will kno what you have then we can help you
power down your phone then press and hold
Camera button(Right side of your Dream/G1)+Power Button(Red Phone button)
tell us what you have there and we can go from there to get out of that after you type the info in from the spl press these buttons at the same time
Green Phone Button+Menu+Power Button(Red Phone Button)
and we can go from there

RanT476 said:
well i never did the 1 click root process so i dont kno the best thing for you to do before you do nething i check your bootloader so we will kno what you have then we can help you
power down your phone then press and hold
Camera button(Right side of your Dream/G1)+Power Button(Red Phone button)
tell us what you have there and we can go from there to get out of that after you type the info in from the spl press these buttons at the same time
Green Phone Button+Menu+Power Button(Red Phone Button)
and we can go from there
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pretty sure it's the Stock G1 SPL from what I can tell....but here it is
DREA100 PVT 32B
HBOOT-0.95.0000
CPLD-4
RADIO-2.22.19.26I
Thanks for the help...

I think I bricked him :(

Something screwed up today after installing that ApptoSD application from the market and I had to downgrade to RC29 again. That was all fine.
Now I was in the process of upgrading to CM 4.0.4. I already installed the old HardSPL, and realized I needed to install the 'new' one. I did this, and upon reboot my phone is stuck at the G1 screen.
Home+Power and Camera+Power do absolutely nothing.
Am I ****ed? This sucks.

jackaz said:
Something screwed up today after installing that ApptoSD application from the market and I had to downgrade to RC29 again. That was all fine.
Now I was in the process of upgrading to CM 4.0.4. I already installed the old HardSPL, and realized I needed to install the 'new' one. I did this, and upon reboot my phone is stuck at the G1 screen.
Home+Power and Camera+Power do absolutely nothing.
Am I ****ed? This sucks.
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Yes, its gone. You need to install the radio update before the SPL update. Don't know why you would install the update that kills so many phones without reading up on it...

for the record: cm4.0.4 and all cyanogen mods do not require the DangerSPL, hardspl works fine.

Wow you get a big ol' F for not doing your homework and thinking that you needed the newest thing, good job screwing yourself

Just like everyone else said your toast. I was first thinking why would you need to go back to rc29 because of an apps2sd issue or really any issue, you should have just reflashed a rom. Second (like the others said) you didn't need the new spl.
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WTB - spare batt and batt cover!

Whoa, didn't need to jump down my throat - I already flashed the new radio after HardSPL, but I suppose it doesn't matter anyway.
The phone bricked after installing that app, and upon restart it was stuck at the G1 screen, I had to leave the office so I reflashed to RC29 (as it was the only ROM I had on my laptop) while I was on the road (so no internet access) because I desperately needed my phone for a job I was attending. When I got back to the office I must have mixed up my update.zip files somewhere in the process.
Thanks for the help from the people that weren't dicks about it, at the end of the day it's only a phone. Time for a shiny new one.

It is pretty common knowledge that the DangerSPL will not work with older radio versions BUT I believe flashing RC29 downgrades your radio to an earlier version, therefore bricking your phone. If you decide to use DangerSPL or Haykuro's SPL (the same I think) in the future, make sure you flash HardSPL BEFORE restoring to RC29.
I would play the stupid card with TMO and see if they will send you a new one.
And if you don't already, use Cyanogen's 1.4 Recovery. You can backup and restore via Nandroid from the recovery image so you can have a working version on your SD card at all times and not need a computer to access it.

Just for my own knowledge,
A phone with the hard spl can be safely downgraded back to rc29 (if you needed to send it back to tmo for instance) correct?
It's the danger spl that can brick your system if you downgrade to earlier radio right?

dcorrea said:
Just for my own knowledge,
A phone with the hard spl can be safely downgraded back to rc29 (if you needed to send it back to tmo for instance) correct?
It's the danger spl that can brick your system if you downgrade to earlier radio right?
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Correct......

downgrading by using rc also downgrades the radio and spl, does not matter what spl you are using. it takes it back. you will not brick by using the rc dreaimg.nbh

r4d14n7 said:
It is pretty common knowledge that the DangerSPL will not work with older radio versions BUT I believe flashing RC29 downgrades your radio to an earlier version, therefore bricking your phone. If you decide to use DangerSPL or Haykuro's SPL (the same I think) in the future, make sure you flash HardSPL BEFORE restoring to RC29.
I would play the stupid card with TMO and see if they will send you a new one.
And if you don't already, use Cyanogen's 1.4 Recovery. You can backup and restore via Nandroid from the recovery image so you can have a working version on your SD card at all times and not need a computer to access it.
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Thanks for that information.
I'd play the stupid card but I'm guessing that being in Australia makes that pretty difficult eh?

hey you guys have an awesome prime minister

He gave use all $900 just for the fun of it. Great guy.
I guess I can try contacting HTC and see if they'll repair it, I'm expecting to pay for it but i guess it's better than paying for a new phone.

i was talking about his policies, like telling everyone that this is our country and that we will not bend over backwards to appese you and if you don't like it then get the **** out. we need someone like that guy here instead of ass kissing obama
sorry small rant
yeah you could call htc

Haha I know you were
I've got in contact with the repair center in my area and they're going to 'get back to me'.

I bricked my phone.

I mixed up my update files trying to update my radio and spl and installed the spl before the radio. And now it is stuck on the "t-mobile G1" screen. recovery won't work, fastboot won't work. Is there anything that I can do or is it gone for good?

Babyche43 said:
I mixed up my update files trying to update my radio and spl and installed the spl before the radio. And now it is stuck on the "t-mobile G1" screen. recovery won't work, fastboot won't work. Is there anything that I can do or is it gone for good?
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lol......its gone....call tmobile and tell them your phone said it had an update and you said to update it and that you left it there for a while and when you came back it wouldn't get past that.

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Just another brick in the wall.

How did you mix up the ordering of the files? Sounds like you know which should come first...

Oh well. Thanks for the advice. I just call T-mobile and they are going to send me a new phone and give me a loaner phone until the new one arrives. Great.

I did know but I'm new to this rooting thing I just started Monday. I had my phone rooted but I messed up when i was switching roms. I didn't know I had to wipe everything when you switch to a hero rom. So I started over and picked the wrong spl from all the different files that I downloaded on my computer to do the root. Then combine that with all the different guides that I have been reading I was doomed. The funny thing is that as soon as I hit update I knew I messed up.

Babyche43 said:
I did know but I'm new to this rooting thing I just started Monday. I had my phone rooted but I messed up when i was switching roms. I didn't know I had to wipe everything when you switch to a hero rom. So I started over and picked the wrong spl from all the different files that I downloaded on my computer to do the root. Then combine that with all the different guides that I have been reading I was doomed. The funny thing is that as soon as I hit update I knew I messed up.
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You don't need to reroot the phone to go to a hero ROM from another modded rom. You only need to flash the newest radio and then the special SPL (in that order)

Babyche43 said:
I did know but I'm new to this rooting thing I just started Monday. I had my phone rooted but I messed up when i was switching roms. I didn't know I had to wipe everything when you switch to a hero rom. So I started over and picked the wrong spl from all the different files that I downloaded on my computer to do the root. Then combine that with all the different guides that I have been reading I was doomed. The funny thing is that as soon as I hit update I knew I messed up.
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Yessir the ol gut feeling.

that's the worst when you ****ed up and there is nothing that you can do to stop it. well unless you are like me and don't care and just do it anyway

Diceman4 said:
You don't need to reroot the phone to go to a hero ROM from another modded rom. You only need to flash the newest radio and then the special SPL (in that order)
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I know but something happen when I went from a Cyanogen mod too a Drizzy hero rom to were it would work and kept boot looping (if that is a word) so since I don't know that much about flashing roms and all that I figured I would just start over and just install the hero rom from the beginning and that's were I installed the wrong update.

Babyche43 said:
I mixed up my update files trying to update my radio and spl and installed the spl before the radio. And now it is stuck on the "t-mobile G1" screen. recovery won't work, fastboot won't work. Is there anything that I can do or is it gone for good?
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How would you know if you bricked your G1?will it be stuck in a certain logo it'll be stuck at?

will it be stuck in a certain logo it'll be stuck at?
hahahahahahaha yes. The very first one.

you will know your phone is bricked by the fact that it no longer wants to cuddle with you when your press power, or when it no longer gets in the mood when you press home and power, and you know all hope is lost and you will never get to the g-spot on your g1 when camera and power no longer does anything.
yes all the answers are in there lol

brick fixed brick again, SPL troubles

Y does my phone brick everytime i try to flash SPL? i know to do radio 1st, the SPL 2nd, then reboot, but when i reboot, it brick, this happened 5 times in a row, just today alone

It's not a brick if you can flash the radio and spl again. After flashing the spl you have to flash a new ROM because the spl removes the ROM.

make sure you flash the right spl for the right device, i flashed hard-spl to my 2nd gen dream and had a brick, 2005 spl worked on the replacement device

Fingerlickin said:
It's not a brick if you can flash the radio and spl again. After flashing the spl you have to flash a new ROM because the spl removes the ROM.
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no believe me it was bricked, i couldnt do anythin, i just know how to fixed a bricked G1 thats all, but thanx 4 the info, i will try it now

djet229 said:
no believe me it was bricked, i couldnt do anythin, i just know how to fixed a bricked G1 thats all, but thanx 4 the info, i will try it now
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Would you like to share how to fix a brick, there are many that would love this information.

Fix bricked g1
david1171 said:
Would you like to share how to fix a brick, there are many that would love this information.
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all u have to do is unroot, have a spare SD card, format it 2 FAT32 just like in the beginning, then place the dream.nbh file on the root of the SD, the start the phone inn bootloader(u guys know this stuff) then when its done, u will have lost root access, but will still have a working G1 and can always reroot

djet229 said:
all u have to do is unroot, have a spare SD card, format it 2 FAT32 just like in the beginning, then place the dream.nbh file on the root of the SD, the start the phone inn bootloader(u guys know this stuff) then when its done, u will have lost root access, but will still have a working G1 and can always reroot
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If you can get into the bootloader the phone is not bricked. Your terminology is incorrect. What you have is known as a soft brick.

rdfry said:
If you can get into the bootloader the phone is not bricked. Your terminology is incorrect. What you have is known as a soft brick.
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Is that also known as a whiskey brick? HAHA

djet229 said:
all u have to do is unroot, have a spare SD card, format it 2 FAT32 just like in the beginning, then place the dream.nbh file on the root of the SD, the start the phone inn bootloader(u guys know this stuff) then when its done, u will have lost root access, but will still have a working G1 and can always reroot
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The brick we are referencing is where the phone will not get into bootloader or recovery.

ummm... aren't you supposed to install a ROM after you upgrade your SPL? BTW, don't tell us you know what a brick is and then show that your phone is not bricked... I'm pretty sure if there was a fix for the brick it would be big news.

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I had a brick, I held down the power button and the phone turned off and I could not get it to turn back on by holding the camera or home buttons. I finally found that the way to unbrick the phone was to hold down the power button and voila' it worked great
By the way I killed another G1, damn screen died out
***** and complained to t-mobile and got no where's with them, then I found the execitive custumer's relations # within 10 minutes they had me able to go get a brand new one at a store

gridlock32404 said:
I had a brick, I held down the power button and the phone turned off and I could not get it to turn back on by holding the camera or home buttons. I finally found that the way to unbrick the phone was to hold down the power button and voila' it worked great
By the way I killed another G1, damn screen died out
***** and complained to t-mobile and got no where's with them, then I found the execitive custumer's relations # within 10 minutes they had me able to go get a brand new one at a store
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whoa i need that number

hjlow said:
make sure you flash the right spl for the right device, i flashed hard-spl to my 2nd gen dream and had a brick, 2005 spl worked on the replacement device
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somebody can explain what is that ?? which device can I install hard SPL ?

I would like some clarification too... Last night I tried rooting my Rogers HTC Dream with the step-by-step guide using CyanoGen Mod, but on the very last step (Where it should have booted back into normalcy), it just stayed at the Rogers logo forever.
I don't think it's entirely bricked as I can get into the SPL thing (That's where you can do 'Fastboot USB', right?). I'm not sure how to get it back to normal though, I tried doing 'fastboot boot recovery.img' while the phone is in the Fastboot usb screen, and it reboots but it just sits at the Rogers logo again.
Is this thing bricked, or do I have options?

Okay, I did some more reading and now i understand a bit better...
What I have access to is the Bootloader, but I can't seem to get into the SPL. What steps do I need to take to get it back to working condition? I have a Rogers HTC Dream and I must have messed up when trying to apply the Cyanogen ROM

Holy Crap! A way to fix a Brick????!!!!!!!WOW!!!!!!!!
Hey if there's a way to fix a brick let me know cuz WOW! I would have gotten further with the last G1 I sent back to T-Mobile if I could have fixed it myself! Check your statements as you pertain it to being "BRICKED." BRICKED is not going past the T-Mobile G1 screen or not starting up at all! These newbies need to get it right! WOW! This one did give me a GREAT laugh today! This just made my day better now that I've had a good laugh!

can you get into recovery after the spl? home+power

jonzina said:
somebody can explain what is that ?? which device can I install hard SPL ?
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Only the t-mobile g1/ADP1
rogers from canada will brick
use 1.33.2005 for rogers. its safe on that phone
the spl is the bootloader (well just think of it as the same)
in command prompt, when you type
Code:
fastboot devices
can you see your phone?
Also, if you booted off of the HTC recovery rom, your actual recovery is being replaced on each boot.
Search for the
"flash_image not found" thread in this section and look at sleepy_sanchez's method to remove the script that replaces the recovery.
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fastboot erase recovery
fastboot flash recovery *name of recovery*
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot flash userdata data.img
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot reboot
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try that
making sure the images are in the same folder as the fastboot
if that doesnt work, try
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=4677631#post4677631

Oh Boy What Did I Do(Went from 1.5 to Android Dev 1 on 1.6)

Hey, so I tried rooting my phone and I followed the steps very specifically from these topics
First I did this and it worked properly
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=558301
I was at 1.33.2005 at this point and 1.5
Then I followed the instructions in the topic "ROgers, heres your real root", specifically from the very last post on page 60
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=544654&page=60
It booted to Cynogen v1.4 + JF
However instead of installing "signed-dream_devphone_userdebug-ota-14721.zip" first, I installed the Cynogen rom first)(4.2.11.1), then when I rebooted, it got stuck on the Rogers, so I booted up in Recovery mode again, this time with the "signed-dream_devphone_userdebug-ota-14721.zip" on the sd, and I installed that, then I installed the 4.2.11.1 again
I restarted, and it got stuck on the Rogers screen
So I booted up in recovery mode again and I did an entire clearing and erasing of all data (I think equivalent to a format)
I booted up my HTC Rogers Dream again, and now Im on 1.6....And my model is Android Dev Phone 1...and my kernel was 3.something before and its now 2.6.29
Ugh I just wanted to root the thing and have Cynogen running
Does anyone know the appropriate steps to fix my problem?

Cyanogenmod 4.2.11.1 IS firmware 1.6. And that is the correct kernel version too.

So...in essence I DID....root it? hahaha

Your "about phone" screen should look somewhat similar to this:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}

Mine does not have a MOD VERSION category
everything else is identical except
Build Number which says
dream_devphone-userdebug 1.6 DRC83
14721 test-keys

And my model number says Android Dev Phone 1

chinkpak said:
And my model number says Android Dev Phone 1
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That means you rebooted after flashing the HTC ADP 1.6 rom...Which is not the correct thing to do
The Base rom can be found in enom's thread, then flash the cyan rom but first we need to get you suited up with Amon_Ra.

Oh boy...say what hahaha

So how do I get back to square 1 here?

chinkpak said:
So how do I get back to square 1 here?
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Press
Cam+power
Then put what it says.
I think that rom takes your root away but i havent tried flashing it alone.
If your recovery image is still there you can:
0.get Amon_RA http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=566669
1.Wipe
2.Flash this base rom
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=538456
3.Flash cyan after that w/o rebooting
4.reboot

chinkpak said:
So how do I get back to square 1 here?
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here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=4677631#post4677631
aces method wont work because the recovery is replaced on boot..at least im pretty sure it is

Hmm that didn't work?
It says device is not found when I typed in adb remount
I should mention I cleared everything off my SD card, its totally blank, sort of lost as to where I am :S

I have nothing installed on my mem card right now and I have no backup recovery progs installed, Im just starting fresh, heres my stats
Model number
ANDROID Dev Phone 1
Firmware
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
Also when I boot(holding Camera)
It says
DREAM PVT 32B ENG S-OFF
HBOOT- 1.33.2005 (DREA21000)
CPLD-4
RADIO - 2.22.19.26I
APR 20 2009, 15:30:43
Hope thats helpful haha
Oh I'm also on a ROGERS DREAM, I dont think the TMobile tuts are helpin

reboot into recovery (home+ power) and reflash cm 4.2.11.1 and see what happens.

I get the triangle with the exclaimation mark when I do that :S

chinkpak said:
I get the triangle with the exclaimation mark when I do that :S
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have you tried pressing alt+L?

reroot use this method
http://androidcommunity.com/forums/f12/rooting-your-g1-made-easy-11825/
I have done this what you are experiencing on pupose one time.

I didnt know about Alt+L
But anyways, I pressed Alt+L and tried to apply sdcard:update.zip(4.2.11.1), but it aborted installation for what reason I don't know
As for that link, my RC is 83? Which one would I use RC30 file or 8? I'm from Canada btw, using a Rogers phone, will using the american RC30 work?

Oh man, what happened I follwed the first step from this topic
http://androidcommunity.com/forums/f12/rooting-your-g1-made-easy-11825/
I used the RC30 file, and now my phone says T-Mobile and I can't get past google activation and it says im on roaming wtf...

Oh man, Im panicking here can someone help me
I've even lost the little skateboarding fellows at the bottom
I can't get past the google activation screen(no data/3g)
Im on T-Mobile...I should be on Rogers
Ahh mann