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I did search, honest! I'm halfway thru rooting my phone (downgraded and hardspl's, now just trying to find an up to date image)
real quick - once i'm back up to date on a recent android build can I still:
1. use market?
2. buy apps?
3. use google apps (maps, gmail etc)?
seen various comments on these questions and just want to get the latest info...
thanks!
yes sir, you absolutely can. and if you have already purchased some paid apps, you will be able to recover them post upgrade via market without paying for them again. a very cool feature IMO
jomtones said:
I did search, honest! I'm halfway thru rooting my phone (downgraded and hardspl's, now just trying to find an up to date image)
real quick - once i'm back up to date on a recent android build can I still:
1. use market?
2. buy apps?
3. use google apps (maps, gmail etc)?
seen various comments on these questions and just want to get the latest info...
thanks!
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IM me if you need help
Cheers guys really appreciate the help!
trying to choose a rom now - are the new ones based on the Hero stable on a G1/ worth trying yet? Any major advantage to them?
Thanks again
JACHero is definitely worth trying.. but to use that you need to upgrade your radio and spl.
Just in case it hasn't been said enough times yet, YOU MUST FLASH THE RADIO BEFORE THE SPL OR BRICK WILL ENSUE!
Ok cool - saw some comments about lag / RAM deficiencies on the G1 - have these been ironed out?
Mostly.. jachero uses linux swap now and it's running pretty fast. Just follow the instructions in the first post of the thread to partition your card.
Ok thanks. Are there major advantages in the Hero ROM? It looked a bit 'gloss' in the video if you know what I mean.
Also how's the battery life working out?
jomtones said:
Ok thanks. Are there major advantages in the Hero ROM? It looked a bit 'gloss' in the video if you know what I mean.
Also how's the battery life working out?
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Main advantages to the hero rom are the swish interface, really useful widgets, integration with facebook, twitter and flickr, exchange imap and pop3 support, bragging rights.
I don't see much difference in battery life between this and cyanogen tbh.. but I keep my phone plugged in most of the day sp ymmv.
wow, sounds pretty good! I've started with a cyanogen just to begin with - weird though it's just been paused on the 'android' logo for about 15mins (still animating) ... he mentions:
17. It's taking forever to boot!
The first boot will take longer than normal because dexopt needs to run. If you are nervous, connect USB and run "adb logcat" to watch the progress.
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in the FAQ but is this normal? (I haven't installed all that adb stuff) ... Wary of pulling the battery and screwing things up ...
Just let it load it does take a bit the first time.
If not, go into recovery again and do a wipe ALT+W and then update ALT+S
that's one thing i would go into the first few times.
Thanks wddglr ... trying that now (it was hung for like 20mins)
Great, that worked straight away! Looking good, I'm gonna give Hero a blast soon
Just make sure you follow the SPL upgrade instructions to the letter. That thing has caused enough bricks to defend china from the Mongols.
Heh, ok! Update radio 1st right? ... btw is there any way to exit the recovery console other than pulling the battery?
hmmm ... ok went here: http://code.google.com/p/sapphire-port-dream/
and installed radio, then rebooted and installed SPL - now it hangs on the G1 screen. Any ideas?
update: browsing another forum I tried booting with the camera button down and I get this skating android screen!
Home+power also works - Can I do an ALT+W without wiping the radio / SPL? ...
I got the same thing and I don't mind telling you that I was crapping myself
As long as you did the radio first (just in case there is anybody who didn't get that ) all I had to do was do another wipe (just wipes user data\apps etc - not radio or SPL or other "firmware stuff") and then that should work.
It didn't in my case but I just re-applied the ROM update and it worked OK but my heart was racing for a good 30 minutes
Also, you should look into flashing a recovery image onto there - I use Cyanogens (1.3.1 i think) and it's great - can do everything with the trackball etc...
Cheers,
Smiffy.
Home and back exits the recovery console and just incase you didn't know, the 2 phone buttons plus menu is like CTRL-ALT-DEL
Brilliant thanks Lordsmiff .. I just found these instructions along the same lines!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=534461
Nice one
'jacHero' didn't work the 1st time, trying a wipe and reinstall now...
what threw me was I expected it to reboot each time I made a change, didn't realise I had to use a card reader to add the main rom!
cheers
I recently got a G1, and it has the old firmware(v1.1)
heres what it says on settings->about phone:
Model Number
T-Mobile G1
Firmware version
1.1
Baseband version
65.505.20.17H_2.22.19.23
Kernel version
2.6.25-01843-gfea26b0
[email protected] #1
Build Number
kila-user 1.1 PLAT-RC33 126986
ota-rel-keys,release-keys
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Questions
1.can I update to cupcake without having to setup my phone?(i dont have data plan)
2.Whenever I try to download something on the market, it just says 'starting download' and never starts
3.Can I develop apps with the current android sdk that will work on firmware 1.1 AND 1.5?
I do not have a data plan, and I had to go to a T-Mobile store and fight with the people there until they finally let me use a SIM card to set it up...and I do NOT want to go through that again
also, I'm a C++ programmer with 3 years experience, but no experience at all in Java...so will it be hard, or easy to start developing apps for android?
PLEASE help me with this, even if you can only answer one of the questions it will be GREATLY appreciated since this phone is more complicated than a rubiks cube!
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I recently got a G1, and it has the old firmware(v1.1)
heres what it says on settings->about phone:
Questions
1.can I update to cupcake without having to setup my phone?(i dont have data plan)
2.Whenever I try to download something on the market, it just says 'starting download' and never starts
3.Can I develop apps with the current android sdk that will work on firmware 1.1 AND 1.5?
I do not have a data plan, and I had to go to a T-Mobile store and fight with the people there until they finally let me use a SIM card to set it up...and I do NOT want to go through that again
also, I'm a C++ programmer with 3 years experience, but no experience at all in Java...so will it be hard, or easy to start developing apps for android?
PLEASE help me with this, even if you can only answer one of the questions it will be GREATLY appreciated since this phone is more complicated than a rubiks cube!
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Yes, you can update it and it won't ask for a re-avtivation, dun worry buddy !
The market stuff is crazy sometimes ! Just reboot the phone, and everything will be ok ( make sure your wifi connection is strong enough )
Since I am only a highschool's senior, I can't answer the last question ! Sorry
When you start a project using eclipse with the SDK installed correctly it will ask you 1.1, 1.5, or API.
Search the forums about activating without a dataplan there are instructions on how to do it.
You need the current sdk for cupcake, there is also a ndk for making native c apps too now, so hope you make something good
thanks for the replies.
I rebooted the phone and the downloads worked thx
do you know how to install the cupcake update? I went to setting and system updates, but it said my phone was up-to-date
I am only a highschool's senior
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..ima freshman lol
Since you are on a modded rom, you cannot receive updates, pick out a new rom and go into recovery and flash it, since I am going to assume you are on an old recovery, you are gonna have to rename it to update.zip and put it on the root of your sd
grumpymonkey said:
thanks for the replies.
I rebooted the phone and the downloads worked thx
do you know how to install the cupcake update? I went to setting and system updates, but it said my phone was up-to-date
..ima freshman lol
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You can manually install the update using the threads here, or at t-mobile.com/forums ( go the development section ). The update feature of the phone sucks badly, don't trust it
btw, u make me feel old (
I found on google that if you place update.zip on your phone and boot by pressing home+power, you can update it like that, but will that make me have to setup my phone again? I dont have a data plan, so i'll just stay with 1.1 if I have to
I haven't really started with android development yet, but I've given it a look over. I'm coming from c#.net and most of the syntax is the same, as they are both have roots in C you shouldn't have a problem there. So it's mostly just learning the platform and it's library. .net is managed though like android.
Eclipse isn't really in the same league as Visual Studio though.
grumpymonkey said:
I found on google that if you place update.zip on your phone and boot by pressing home+power, you can update it like that, but will that make me have to setup my phone again? I dont have a data plan, so i'll just stay with 1.1 if I have to
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if you flash a rom that is based on the adp phone (cyanogen's comes to mind)
you can skip singing into your google account until you have wifi set up.
so if i just do the update.zip trick with the cyanogen thing I wont have to sign in with google at all??!?!
grumpymonkey said:
so if i just do the update.zip trick with the cyanogen thing I wont have to sign in with google at all??!?!
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yes no signing into google, but you won't be able to use the market.
so whats the point of it if I cant download anything? or is there another way to get market apps? cause i'd like to have stuff like shazam, ringdroid, and all that cool stuff
grumpymonkey said:
so whats the point of it if I cant download anything? or is there another way to get market apps? cause i'd like to have stuff like shazam, ringdroid, and all that cool stuff
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Well, not until you sign in to your Google Account using Wifi
really?..I want to try it, but I'm scared to do it since I JUST fixed it today, and if i get stuck at the setup screen again I'm screwed! TT_TT
I'll flip a coin..
grumpymonkey said:
really?..I want to try it, but I'm scared to do it since I JUST fixed it today
I'll flip a coin..
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99% sure about this, I've been flashing ROMs, Radio and stuffs regarding my G1 for a while. At first it was kinda scared indeed, but as long as you get through the first time, the left is as easy as eating an apple pie . Ask me and I will answer if I can
all you do is
put the update.zip on the root of your sdcard (i.e. no folders)
power down your phone and boot into recovery with home and power
(optional but may be required if your phone doesn't boot all the way up.)
wipe your phone.
flash the rom
reboot and wait for phone to boot up
choose to skip signing into google
set up your wifi
open the market and you can sign into google on wifi and be able to download apps.
OMG IT WORKED! thanks to all of you
hopefully it wont crash in the future!
grumpymonkey said:
OMG IT WORKED! thanks to all of you
hopefully it wont crash in the future!
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no problem and if i just went home apparently i could tell you you're welcome in person lol
EDIT:
RESOLVED
THANKS GREG :-D
ok heres the scoop
i first starting noticed it today when just messing around trying diffferent apps (check out "spring ball" simple but fun!) the app downloaded, but upon completion, the market.vending force closed. i tried and retried and retried and no apps would install. thinking the issue was my rom, i did a fresh wipe and reflash. market worked!
-regawmod
later in the day the issue started again. fresh wipe and reflash. market worked!
-regawmod
again.
-regawmod
sick and tired of reflashing, i flashed fresh 2.0d in hopes to avoid the error. flash was sucessful, had fun themeing, market worked! once again, messing around with some new apps, the issue persisted. fresh wipe and reflash. market worked!
again.
-fresh2.0d
again
-fresh2.0d
GOD DAMMIT. in hopes to correct whatever the issue was i flashed damages latest, thinking, hey, its the closest to stock thats available in regards to 2.1, shouldnt have any issues. issue STILL persists.
i posted the issue in flipz thread, with a confirmation of the same issue from another user, but no fix (mondays apparently arent dev days lol; FLIPZ WHERE ARE YOU?!)
information:
i have the latest prl and flipz pri. i have stock radio and latest recovery (green nexusbear :-D). the fact is, whatever rom i flash, in the BEGINNING i am able to download all my apps, but after about a half hour, everytime i download an app from the market, it finishes downloading, then the market force closes, and the app just sits there at "xxx sucessfully downloaded" no install at all. i can still install from my SD card. at the beginning of every flash, i admit i go on a huge deletion spree via root explorer, but i have done my research and know what is safe to remove, i dont think thats the issue; maaaybe it is?
normally i would post a logcat, but i cant download and install it to post it!
anymore confirmations of the same issue, any FIXES?
tia
i hate to bump, as much as you hate to see it, but i could really use some help on this one
This happened to me too several times. There's a very easy fix
Settings -> Applications -> Manage Applications -> Market -> Uninstall Updates
Ta-da If you have an uninstaller app it's even easier!
Gregalous said:
This happened to me too several times. There's a very easy fix
Settings -> Applications -> Manage Applications -> Market -> Uninstall Updates
Ta-da If you have an uninstaller app it's even easier!
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hey greg thanks for the speedy response...
im a little confused however. what exactly does this do? im not looking to uninstall anything, im looking to INSTALL.
i think its more than obvious i dont understand what this does, would you mind expanding a little?
and again, thanks for your speedy response :-D
Gregalous said:
This happened to me too several times. There's a very easy fix
Settings -> Applications -> Manage Applications -> Market -> Uninstall Updates
Ta-da If you have an uninstaller app it's even easier!
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oh hey while i got you on the boards, did i see a thread by you including metamorphs for all the different rosies, or did i get a little too baked over the weekend?
:-D
mountaindont said:
oh hey while i got you on the boards, did i see a thread by you including metamorphs for all the different rosies, or did i get a little too baked over the weekend?
:-D
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For whatever reason, there is an update being installed to Vending.apk. It doesn't do anything except for break it. Market will still work (the way it's supposed to actually), you're not really uninstalling anything.
And yes, you did
Gregalous said:
For whatever reason, there is an update being installed to Vending.apk. It doesn't do anything except for break it. Market will still work (the way it's supposed to actually), you're not really uninstalling anything.
And yes, you did
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hm. i do a few metamorphs upon initial flash of a rom (namely 3g icon over ev, and sometimes a lockscreen) could one of these be breaking them?
thank for the link. running damages latest, but dear GOD do i hate the stock rosie. espresso is my flavor
btw; your the one who got me completely addicted to metamorph: THANKS! i dont think many people see the benifits of it, and its too bad. it should DEFINATLY be our main scource for theming. really strips down the elements to personalize it to YOUR needs :-D i refuse to flash updates anymore for themes lol
okokok back on topic, im going to give it a test now and report back before the night is out.
thanks a ton greg!
mountaindont said:
hm. i do a few metamorphs upon initial flash of a rom (namely 3g icon over ev, and sometimes a lockscreen) could one of these be breaking them?
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No it couldn't. While the Rosie morphs DO edit com.htc.resources.apk (the same place where the 3g icon is) they don't touch the status bar icons, just the Rosie pngs in drawable-port-mdpi.
Glad I could be of help
Gregalous said:
No it couldn't. While the Rosie morphs DO edit com.htc.resources.apk (the same place where the 3g icon is) they don't touch the status bar icons, just the Rosie pngs in drawable-port-mdpi.
Glad I could be of help
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rightright make sense, dumb question; the whole IDEA of metamorph is to only edit the specific files in the .thm right? der
thanks again, and like i said, ill report back later
off to customize
:-D
ok report
i wiped and reflashed damagecontrol
i let it sit for a few before installing anything
i installed a few apps, and it went great
BUT
as soon as i downloaded and installed metamorph and applied the 3g icon, the market force closed.
going in for your fix now, greg
greg buddy your fix worked like a charm :-D
i hope to see you over at the evo portal once its released
thanks!
Does anyone know how to manually fix the market issue with not being able to see protected apps. I have a friend who is running DamageControl v2.05 and he does not want to have to wipe his device to fix the market because the rom is running perfectly as it is now (other then the above issue).
I am pretty savvy with adb and linux shell. I just don't know where to start to address this. Any insight would be greatly appreciated, thanks!
moved this to q&a as its a question
why doesnt he just update to 2.08? i dont really think you have to wipe in order to update it. last i checked there wasnt any problems with the market.
No, it will not wipe it I have done it many times, it will retain all info & settings
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TY all I'll try this!
I was messing around and forgot to back up my vending.apk before i deleted it. Now i haven't been able to get any market apks i find to work so i am without a market.
Anyone know how i can get this back?
I've tried using some vending.apks i've download like an ones from this thread:
androidtablets.*net*/forum/nook-color-technical/8512-how-setup-new-market-fix-lack-apps-showing-portrait-mode (remove astriks around .net)
But they either get an error through ADB while installing or when it installs and i try to open it up it opens and says "Loading" and then immediatly closes.
I installation errors and certificate errors when trying to install through ADB. Can't find anything on how to get around it.
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I'm not really sure why you would delete it in the first place *facepalm*. However, the only solution I can seem to find would be to just wipe everything back to stock, re-root it and go about the normal route. Search around for the process to go back to stock and whatnot.
I facepalmed already. It was definitely a stupid point in my career. I hope thats not what i have to do, but i guess i could back up everything i have, go to stock, re-install, then put everything back on.
honestly that's probably the only route at this point. Market is really weird on the nook color. I'd post the link to the requisite threads that talk about similar issues but my post count isn't high enough yet. From what I've gone through, going back to stock, re-rooting, and the whole shebang should only take about an hour. Good luck!
Well i might just go for Honeycomb then. Is honeycomb fast when on internal?
If all you want is the market, you can download the newest market APK from my webserver. The link is:
http://www.r00tyou.com/android/tools/Vending(new).apk
To push it to the device simple connect the device to your computer using ADB and type the following in the console:
adb devices
adb install \path\to\the\downloaded\apk.apk
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Wait for it to successfully transfer over and install.
The viola, you have the newest market APK.
ALSO, if you are wanting a pretty stable ROM I would use the nookie froyo. However, if you are wanting to do some experimentation I suggest loading up the latest CM7 nightly. I am currently running CM7 Nightly 17 with Bluetooth.