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System Error Image?

I've had my G1 for about 1 year now... about 1 month ago it just stopped working. WHEN I TURN IT ON I GET AN ERROR IMAGE (its an exclamation point inside a triangle with a g1 phone right under it)
What the heck does it mean?
The phone is pretty much useless, cant do anything to it.
I've taken out the battery put it back in and nothing....still get that image.
I have no idea what to do.
Can anyone Help me???
http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/3986746644/

see if you can get into bootloader with camera and power.

Have you been running a cooked ROM or a stock ota release?

OTA. Anything I got on the phone i got through the market place or from t-mobiles updates and stuff. i really dont know anything about "cooked roms"....

Didn't Work
david1171 said:
see if you can get into bootloader with camera and power.
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It didn't do anything. no bootloader, no nothing. it was still on that same image.
thanks anyway.

lmvcorp said:
It didn't do anything. no bootloader, no nothing. it was still on that same image.
thanks anyway.
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Sounds like a brick.....RIP lmvcorp's G1
I need a new screen for my spare G1 and would be willing to take it off your hands......

don't give up on it just yet, i remember reading about this somewhere and someone getting this fixed on a rooted phone, i don't now bout stock but let me look

I agree that its better not to give up, but with an unrooted phone, it seems unlikely that there is a fix. Root gives so many more options in the way of workarounds. Without those workarounds, it will be a miracle to get a somewhere on a phone that can't get into the bootloader. Would it be worth running a logcat and posting it? I can't remember if ddms will recognize a device that is on that screen or not.
Grid, any thoughts on that?

i am trying to look up the info, the screen means kernel or rom corruption, can prob still be adp push. i keep getting distracted and i am not used to being up this long

to the op, try sliding out your keyboard when on that screen and press alt + and w and report back if it does anything
i knew i knew this, duh. you are stuck on the stock recovery, try what i said then, pull the battery and reinsert it and power the phone back up by holding the camera and power buttons if you get into the tri color screen,report back and everbody here can tell you what to do next

you could put DREAIMG.NBH in the root of your sd card, camera+power and run update and go through the rooting process..Many tutorials all over the web

jndd333 said:
you could put DREAIMG.NBH in the root of your sd card, camera+power and run update and go through the rooting process..Many tutorials all over the web
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he cant get into bootloader.....
if its only going to that one screen, just take it to tmobile and have them replace it. you didnt mod it or anything

Tried it...
The Reverend Gridlock said:
to the op, try sliding out your keyboard when on that screen and press alt + and w and report back if it does anything
i knew i knew this, duh. you are stuck on the stock recovery, try what i said then, pull the battery and reinsert it and power the phone back up by holding the camera and power buttons if you get into the tri color screen,report back and everbody here can tell you what to do next
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OK. I did what you said. I press ALT + W and nothing happened so i pushed it a couple of time and another screen came up... it wasnt the the tri color screen. I got a screen with a "box, an arrow coming out of it....with the phone outside and a loading bar at the bottom" I'm assuming this is like a un-boxing process. but right after that the phone just restarts and the process starts all over again.... G1 screen, then the error screen. I've also tried to press CAM+POWER after that in so many ways and nothing..... taken the battery off and nothing. tried so many combinations.....
(sorry it took me a while to report back, i was on vacation, then i caught the flu.)

i wish
B-man007 said:
he cant get into bootloader.....
if its only going to that one screen, just take it to tmobile and have them replace it. you didnt mod it or anything
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Yeah... you know what TMOBILE ppl are jerks....
i was paying for insurance but then i cancelled it because i was trying to lower my bill and that within 1 month the whole error thing happened...
and i asked them if i could get it replace or fixed....
i told them i payed all this time and u guys cant do anything for me...
they just said sorry.
i'll try another t-mobile store.

Link
jndd333 said:
you could put DREAIMG.NBH in the root of your sd card, camera+power and run update and go through the rooting process..Many tutorials all over the web
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Can you post some LINKS????
Thanks.

If you cant get to the tricolor screen then DREAIMG.nbh wont help
You should take it to the store and tell them it happened after the update.
Are you sure your home button isnt stuck?

HELP PLZ
Ok. I've searched and searched... and I still don't know what to do. I found a method on trying a "master reset" but after it re-boots its still stuck in the "triangle, exclamation, phone" screen. Attached are photos of how the screen looks like after every step. I think the problem is that the software is damaged and that it cant be loaded correctly. Is there anything I can download into the SD CARD and load to "alt+s"???

Brick?

I've looked all over, and I believe I already know the answer to this..
But of course while flashing ROM's and themes and whatnot, I believe I've bricked my G1. Turning it on just leaves it hanging at the T-mobile G1 screen. I cannot get into recovery or fastboot mode. (Again, nothing happens when I hold down Power + Home, or Power + Camera).
Going to say it one more time, because I've been looking things up all morning...and people seem to ask this a lot I cannot get into recover or fastboot mode. Holding down Power + Camera, Power, or Power + Home just leaves me with the same results, stuck at the T-mobile G1 screen for hours+.
Is my phone bricked? Am I screwed? is there anything I can do, or does this require replacing hardware? I've heard of some people finding a way out of this, and I've also heard others saying I'm screwed.
I received my G1 from customer care from T-mobile... So I guess I can technically return it? Should I just send it back, or will they know I've broken warranty by playing with the software?

If you can't get into bootloader, or recovery, you are bricked.

yep, prob bricked .but have you tryed just as a last resort, take out your battery, hold the camera button, and put it back in to see if it will boot into the spl. if it doesnt start right away, try holding power right after doing it again
__________________ B-man007 get's all the credit if it work worth a shot good luck

So I figured. I tried the power thing, Lucky69. No luck here.
Does anyone have a suggestion on what I do? Like I said, I've only had the phone for a couple of days now. Is it possible to return it to T-mobile? Do you thnik they'll know what happened and say no, or just flash the device and get me a fixed/new one? Can I open it up and fix it myself?

just act like when you tryed to turn it on it dont work .they should replace just don't tell them you been messing with it .but if you can't get into recovery,bootloader ect then it's done for .also if t mobile give you any trouble ,then call htc and go that route . but if you only had a fews days should be no problem good luck

Yeah, if you just got it a few days ago, it shouldn't be a problem. I'd be willing to bet tmobile will even replace it. That will save you the hassle of going through the HTC route.

That's what I was going to try. Say something about I was prompted to OTA update to 1.5, Walked awayrot he phone, came back and it was as is. I just don't know their ability to open it up and look at it/hook it in and see a ROM on there, ya know?

ya ,that would be good to say .also the tmobile store prob won't know at all just take it in .i haven't ever heard of any one getting refused unless you tell then you what you were doing .don't worry they won't come after you .just play it cool .you aren't the first one to do this .but the sooner the better then you will have your phone again .then you can go back to it just be carefull on what you flash .good luck. just say it said update and you hit ok then that's when it did it .

my Dream have a big white "G1"

Was updating my G1 and bricked it when I installed the SPL from http://code.google.com/p/sapphire-port-dream/
This had root access before I messed it up.
I've tried all booting methods. Camera and Power, Home Power, etc. and nothing gets me out of the T-Mobile G1 screen.
Please advise if this can be fixed.

congratulations if you cant do anything with those buttons you have now bricked your phone, it makes a nice looking paperweight tho, there is no way to fix what you have done

I REALLY hope you flashed the Radio first like it said so in the instructions... But I guess it doesn't matter now, you are bricked sir =/. I hope you still have the warranty or insurance...?

There is a thread some where on here claimong some type of method to get a new one or something you should look for it n see if it helps u n any way

if you still have a warrenty....say this
"after months of waiting i finally recieved the 1.6 update. but after the phone rebooted it wouldnt start up. i have tried everything the guides on the internet say about how to get it working again and nothing worked. the guides all said that if you cant get to the 'recovery screen' or something like that then you cant fix it..."
wing it along those lines....it works
and next time please post in the correct section - questions go in the QnA section

sidenote - if its a tmobile UK or USA one this will work
if its rogers Canada it wont as there is no 1.6 for rogers dream

did you remember to back it up before you done anything - if so do try the following as this fixed mine when i had that issue
remove and replace battery
boot into recovery mode
use the restore option and restore from backup
if you can get into fastboot then you maybe able to push a new recovery and spl but not sure so you will need to search the forums

as stated, they cant get in, unfortunately

I would say act more innocent than what you say.
Guides, recovery, 1.6 update etc.. would all ring alarm bells for me if I worked for tmobile.
Just say it said something about an update, you clicked ok, it restarted and then wouldnt come back.
Dont mention recoverys, 1.6, guides online etc....

i found that acting intelligent worked better coz 'an intelligent person would never **** up their phone'
and edited version:
"i woke up yesterday and my phone said 'update available' so i hit ok. once it was finished my phone wouldnt turn on - it just got stuck at the G1 screen"

Short Story: GPS didn't work on my G1 so I unrooted for warranty return. After dropping to RC29 my update came and it bricked the phone.
Garok89's statement below is almost verbatum what I told the rep. New phone 3 days later.
garok89 said:
"i woke up yesterday and my phone said 'update available' so i hit ok. once it was finished my phone wouldnt turn on - it just got stuck at the G1 screen"
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btw.....
i live in Asia....God

well i would try to act dumb first, but then if they start trying to give you hassle, little by little pile on your knowledge of the phone, if you live in asia and cant do anything about it, just make a call to the corporate office and handle it with them, the minute a business this big hears the words "corporate office" im sure they will find a solution for you.

Need help G1 newb!! phone stuck in dev mode?

Ok i just got a free g1, im acually on att and all my phones have been winmo htc phones, even done a few custom roms for myself.
Anyways i got this phone thinking #1, i can unlock like any other htc phone fairly east to work with att? Second of all it keeps booting up and i see a triangle and a ! in the middle. When i hold down alt l and try to restore factory settings then reboot it goes to the same screen the error im getting is E: cant open /cache/recovery/command. So idk what to do from here i dont want any custom roms or anything honestly just want to unlock the phone and play with android, guessing something is horribly wrong with the rom on this phone.
Also this probably sounds really dumb but i dont see an SD slot on this phone its a t-mobile branded g1. Im not sure if its suppose to have one or what? The only thing i see is a place to insert the sim card right below the battery. If this phone doesnt have an sd slot am i screwed as far has getting it all fixed up.
Basically i know nothing about android this was a free phone figured it would make a good back up or replacement to my ATT fuze if i ended up like Android better than WinMo. Sorry for all the lame ass questions but im pretty clueless and would just like to get this phone running as quickly as possible so i can start playing with android and learn what im doing.

boorishid said:
Ok i just got a free g1, im acually on att and all my phones have been winmo htc phones, even done a few custom roms for myself.
Anyways i got this phone thinking #1, i can unlock like any other htc phone fairly east to work with att? Second of all it keeps booting up and i see a triangle and a ! in the middle. When i hold down alt l and try to restore factory settings then reboot it goes to the same screen the error im getting is E: cant open /cache/recovery/command. So idk what to do from here i dont want any custom roms or anything honestly just want to unlock the phone and play with android, guessing something is horribly wrong with the rom on this phone.
Also this probably sounds really dumb but i dont see an SD slot on this phone its a t-mobile branded g1. Im not sure if its suppose to have one or what? The only thing i see is a place to insert the sim card right below the battery. If this phone doesnt have an sd slot am i screwed as far has getting it all fixed up.
Basically i know nothing about android this was a free phone figured it would make a good back up or replacement to my ATT fuze if i ended up like Android better than WinMo. Sorry for all the lame ass questions but im pretty clueless and would just like to get this phone running as quickly as possible so i can start playing with android and learn what im doing.
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when you open the keyboard there is a little latch by the green call button that's where the sd card goes

boorishid said:
Basically i know nothing about android this was a free phone figured it would make a good back up or replacement to my ATT fuze if i ended up like Android better than WinMo. Sorry for all the lame ass questions but im pretty clueless and would just like to get this phone running as quickly as possible so i can start playing with android and learn what im doing.
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You probably wont like this answer but you posted in the wrong forum. You really need to figure out how to search because the answer you seek is not a simple one. I would first start searching (maybe try Google) as to where the SD slot is located.

http://www.google.com/search?aq=f&q=g1+user+manual
would have saved you some confusion

as an xda member, i'd expect you to post in the right forum... LOL
the sd slot is underneath a cover below the green (send) button.
I find it easier to open the keyboard and pull on the tab on the upper left corner of the chin.
As to the rom, I'd suggest that you go into fastboot and flash a rom from there (boot while holding camera)
to flash in fastboot, use
Code:
flash_image (type) whatever.img

jcarrz1 said:
as an xda member, i'd expect you to post in the right forum... LOL
As to the rom, I'd suggest that you go into fastboot and flash a rom from there (boot while holding camera)
to flash in fastboot, use
Code:
flash_image (type) whatever.img
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Seriously, he had no clue as to where the sd card was located, do you expect him to have downloaded the SDK and have fastboot setup? I really think he needs to search as it is more complicated than it seems.

bkmo said:
Seriously, he had no clue as to where the sd card was located, do you expect him to have downloaded the SDK and have fastboot setup? I really think he needs to search as it is more complicated than it seems.
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i did that on purpose
note my inclusion of whatever.img

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i did that on purpose
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And I thought I was trying not to sound cruel. Well at least you have hinted as to what he needs to search for.

seriously....can ANYONE read the rules? or even use a little bit of common sense before posting?
c'mon man, how could this possibly belong in the development section?

Moved as not Android Development.

sorry, if i posted in the wrong forum i googled xda g1 forum and just clicked it.
As for slashing the ting im really trying to avoid that. Like i said i know nothing about android. The first few times i turned the phone on on it worked fine, just told me to insert sim card. Then i got home turned it on to really start messing with it and it just wouldnt boot and has kept giving me that error, i have no idea why i didnt try to flash the thing or anything like that. Ive held down alt l, as per searching the net went to the restore factory defualt option the phone seems to format then when i reset it i get the same error and can only turn the phone off by removing the battery.
Sorry like i said i know these are all idiot questions, sorry about posting in the wrong forum originally, like i said just did a quick google and posted i was on my way out the door. I just want to get the phone working stock and go from there. Phone seemed to be just fine at one point, i didnt do anything to it, i couldnt even get past please insert sim, so idk why im even getting this error at all. Basically the little searching i did do a few days ago made it seem like it had to do with flashing and updating which i definately did not do.

from what I understand in your post you only "half setup" your phone
( got as far as being asked for sim )
try pressing ALT+w when at the " triangle ! "
this should do a factory data reset, and next time you boot it will set up your phone from the begining

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As for slashing the ting im really trying to avoid that.
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Yeah I would want to avoid that too lmao

Thank you for the help but ive alread tried alt w and going back to defualts with alt l. Everytime the thing reboots after reseting defualts it goes back to that triangle screen. and when i press alt l it shows the error i mentioned before..

try this
http://code.google.com/p/android-roms/wiki/Unbrick

The "triangle screen" is the recovery mode. That error about recovery/command always shows up, it's no big deal.
Are you holding any buttons while you boot? Holding home while turning the phone on gets you to recovery (your triangle screen), holding camera gets you to fastboot. You just want to boot normally.
If the G1 isn't rooted, you won't be able to get past the initial setup screen unless you've got a T-Mobile sim in it. Once you get to the sim error, you've made progress from what you've said here though. If you can get back to that, search around. I seem to recall that some people here run their G1 without a sim, so perhaps you can find out how they did it.

[Q] how to keep apps from getting erased

hey so i have a Samsung captivate and i just installed continuum v5.5 but every time to turn off my phone all my apps get erased. what can i do about that?

You flash the rom from cwm 2.5? That's my guess...
Try reflashing from where there. With talon kernel that has cwm 3.

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You flash the rom from cwm 2.5? That's my guess...
Try reflashing from where there. With talon kernel that has cwm 3.
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im sorry but im really new to this and i have no idea what that means. All i have one is install the new package and now when i turn off my phone all my apps that i downloaded from the market get erased.

What you were on before you flashed that?
Anyway...from where you are now just boot into recovery
Wipe data/factory reset
Wipe cache
Go into advanced and wipe dalvik cache
Then reflash the rom.

umm for some reason i cant get into recovery mode.........haha any tips on that first

Turn off the phone. Hold volume up and power...that should do it
The extended power menu while it's on...
Or adb...

I have been trying those. none work, all that show up is a white screen that have AT&t and that says world phone. what should i do?

wait up!! AT&T screen?? FOUND THE PROBLEM!!!!!! although i have no idea how you have been able to boot at all... you still have stock eclair/froyo bootloaders. thats a gingerbread rom requiring updated bootloaders..so how it even got into the os is confusing me?
use this:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=995143
then take a few days and READ!!! you skipped a HUGE step.

Im so confused now. it just stopped working? when i turn on my phone all that shows up is the AT&T world globe thingy and i cant get farther then that. I tired clicking the power and volume buttons but im just stick on the globe thing. is my phone like broken now??

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Im so confused now. it just stopped working? when i turn on my phone all that shows up is the AT&T world globe thingy and i cant get farther then that. I tired clicking the power and volume buttons but im just stick on the globe thing. is my phone like broken now??
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no. if it comes on its not broken.
what you need to do is pull the battery...and leave it off. come back to the forums and after you have spent several hours READING up on what exactly you are doing to your phone THEN you will have the knowledge to fix your phone.
this **** shouldnt be taken so lightly if you have literally no idea what you are doing.

yaaaaa i think im going to be done with all the rooting thing in till ive learned more about it. But is their a way to get it back to the way that i bought it.?

Yeah you just put it into download mode and use odin one click
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App

This is a perfect example of why I ask that everyone to spend at least a day learning about what they are doing before doing it. Flashing a Rom to your device has some very major side effects if even one step is done wrong.

I tried to put it in download mode. it doesn't work, my phone will turn on and off but will just sit in the start up screen but thats all that it will do?

You will need a jig to force download mode.
Go to mobiletechvideos.com he has a video on how to make one actually heres the link to that video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rdn5GoRjhn0... if you can't get yours to work or think it might be to difficult after watching the video he also sells them pre made for under 10 us dollars.
There are also quite a lot of useful videos for beginners to watch and learn about what you're doing.http://mobiletechvideos.com/blog/?page_id=31 that whole page is worth a look...

so theirs no other way to get the phone back to normal? If their isn't anther way to get it back to normal then can i just call AT&T to send me anther phone because this phone is only 3 days old??

thats what all of my posts have been trying to do. get you to normal.
especially the ones WITH LINKS!!

yaa ik, sorry what i was trying to say was that is their any other ways to get the phone into download mode that doesn't take making that JIG?

with phone off try holding both volumes and inserting the usb cable thats connected to your pc.
or take out the battery, plug it in and hold the volume buttons, then with the buttons still held indert the battery.
if those dont work the jig will. its easy to make...or if you cant manage its cheap to buy...
what is it with people so resistant to trying to make/buy a jig? both ways its under 10 bucks, and that beats the hell out of not having a phone, and the frustration of trying everything else before you get around to a jig. make/buy one now you will have it for future use. its never not handy to have. i made one before i flashed anything so i would have an out if it went bad.

Okay well thanks to everyone who helped, im going to try to make the jig thingy but if i can't make that then im just going to throw it against a wall and use the insurance to get a new one. thanks though