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Hey Guys
I really hope I'm posting this in the right place. Please forgive my ignorance
For the past few days I have tried to get simple and UP TO DATE instruction on how to root the G1. There is so much information scattered out there that its quite overwhelming. Unfortunately I only understand half of the stuff I'm reading (at best) and was hoping one of you smart folks can help a complete amateur in my desperate quest to get root
Can someone please help me with the following:
1) are these steps for downgrading to RC 29 and rooting still applicable for cupcake?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=442480
2) what does it mean to update the radio, SPL, and ROM and how do I do that.
3) where can I find the latest versions of all the stuff I need?
4) will I be able to reinstall all the apps I've bought as long as sign in with the same email after rooting?
5) will some market apps be blocked for me after rooting?
I realize this sounds really ignorant but would appreciate any help I can get!

Think about how many times a day the same inquiries roll these boards. If you've been reading the boards for the past few days and didn't find the answer to the majority of those questions something ain't right meng. I'm not trying to be funny. I'm just saying. The foundation of everything you may or may not learn is slap dab one of the first posts in this forum.
I'm not going to get into that..but you need to. the answers to all your questions are here in front of you. It just gets frustrating (it was to me at least) at times because you might stumble upon 3 different but totally correct answers to one question. Thats exactly where i was right HERE. that was two weeks ago. jumped on the boards one friday night a wreck, by sunday night i was peacefully rooted. Slow down, think about what your doing and what you're reading. make sure you have some free time...TO YOUR SELF. get a pen and some paper right stuff down. take into consideration you might not make it in a day. yeah u might botch your way to ROOT, but unless you REALLLY understand and know how to get there...you could be setting yourself up for alot of frustration. thats all i have to say about that. you caught me on a good night...just had a glass of wine bout call it quits. sorry about any typos. good luck!

doctorfugazi said:
Think about how many times a day the same inquiries roll these boards. If you've been reading the boards for the past few days and didn't find the answer to the majority of those questions something ain't right meng. I'm not trying to be funny. I'm just saying. The foundation of everything you may or may not learn is slap dab one of the first posts in this forum.
I'm not going to get into that..but you need to. the answers to all your questions are here in front of you. It just gets frustrating (it was to me at least) at times because you might stumble upon 3 different but totally correct answers to one question. Thats exactly where i was right HERE. that was two weeks ago. jumped on the boards one friday night a wreck, by sunday night i was peacefully rooted. Slow down, think about what your doing and what you're reading. make sure you have some free time...TO YOUR SELF. get a pen and some paper right stuff down. take into consideration you might not make it in a day. yeah u might botch your way to ROOT, but unless you REALLLY understand and know how to get there...you could be setting yourself up for alot of frustration. thats all i have to say about that. you caught me on a good night...just had a glass of wine bout call it quits. sorry about any typos. good luck!
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off topic here.... but you may want to change your sig.....
SPL before RADIO = FAIL
1) downgrading to RC29 has not changed. it is only different if you do not have a us or uk g1 (you will need to use a goldcard method otherwise)
2)
radio is here
(ota-radio-2_22_19_26I.zip )
http://www.htc.com/www/support/android/adp.html#s3
HardSPL found here w/ descriptions
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=455860
3)what stuff?
4) yes your apps will be there
5) depends on the rom but most have all apps enabled

B-man007 said:
off topic here.... but you may want to change your sig.....
SPL before RADIO = FAIL
1) downgrading to RC29 has not changed. it is only different if you do not have a us or uk g1 (you will need to use a goldcard method otherwise)
2)
radio is here
(ota-radio-2_22_19_26I.zip )
http://www.htc.com/www/support/android/adp.html#s3
HardSPL found here w/ descriptions
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=455860
3)what stuff?
4) yes your apps will be there
5) depends on the rom but most have all apps enabled
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Thanks so much! I realize hearing these basic questions about root over and over must be increadibly frustrating for you and appreciate the patience!
Any recommendations as to what ROM I should install? Not quite sure how the different versions compare.

off topic here.... but you may want to change your sig.....
SPL before RADIO = FAIL
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OUCH! Good looking out.

OP, I followed the instructions you linked to just a few days ago and it worked like a breeze. Much easier that I thought it would, and i have no experience with this. I would suggest that when you get to the final part where you are upgrading to a new ROM to try cyanogen's stable build 3.6.8.1. It is just like cupcake (what you had) with a ton of new options.
also, his pimped out recovery.img can be used... version 1.4. I followed that guide to a T, then learned of this new and improved recovery.img file he made. So, basically the next day I changed to this version and it is a lot better.
Partition your sd card when you finish this and his rom will put all of your apps on your SD card, which frees up a ton of internal memory. I went and d/loaded about 60 apps after doing this. His rom does it for you automatically... like, no thought needed, you want even know unless you go to settings and look at the memory.... or, you may b/c of the speed of your phone. This was also much easier than I though, basically just keying a few lines of text in terminal emulator (which you will have after loading his rom above).
Any of the other experienced people have any issues with what I said?

I would also suggest cyanogen's builds. It has a lot of features and is both relatively noob friendly, feature-packed, advanced capabilities for advanced users, and fast. His 4.0 stable is just around the corner with even more features than his current stable version. There are many other ROM's out there as well, you'll have to try em out yourself and see if you like them or not. (Be careful of the ones that say you need the updated SPL, such as the hero ROM's. If your not careful when updating to that SPL [Haykuro's 1.33.2005 SPL] you could brick your phone. )
Cyan's recovery is a must
its great no matter what ROM you choose to use
If you need anything else, feel free to PM me or post here

This is how I got it to work!!!
(SD CARD READER NEEDED)
Got it to work using this tutorial. If I had found it before I wouldn't have started a new thread. Will look harder in the future!!!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=533731
Followed steps until step 16
After step 16:
I had to install the JesusFreke rom cause it wouldn’t let me flash the cyanogen recovery image otherwise (permission denied problem as mentioned by author)
Installed cyanogen recovery image
I skipped partitioning the sd card at this point cause I didn’t plan on installing the Hero rom. If you want to flash the Hero rom you shouldn't skip partitioning
Installed latest Radio
Installed latest SPL
From here on I did my own thing:
Couldn’t boot after updating SPL cause rom got wiped by updating SPL. I had to put the new rom (Cyanogen v3.6.8.1) onto sd card, rename as update.zip and boot into recovery mode to flash it. This is were the sd card reader comes in handy.
You can find the Cyanogen ROM here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=537204
After flashing the rom it was stuck on the loading screen so I rebooted into recovery mode and did a clean swipe. Loaded just fine after that.
Created ext2 partition using Paragon Partition Manager (see threat below), rebooted and was good to go
Partitioning using Paragon Partition Manager:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...artitioning+sd
Thanks again for your help guys!

I just used cyan's recovery 1.4 and loaded the radio.zip, spl.zip, and rom.zip onto my sdcard and flashed them in that order. I didn't need to take my sdcard at all

ThR1LL said:
I just used cyan's recovery 1.4 and loaded the radio.zip, spl.zip, and rom.zip onto my sdcard and flashed them in that order. I didn't need to take my sdcard at all
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lol i c u used my guide.
Hope it was helpful hahahaha

nephron said:
lol i c u used my guide.
Hope it was helpful hahahaha
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There's a guide on this?!?! WTF!!! I like freaked out over a week trying to figure out how to flash the new SPL without taking out my SD card until I found this post and made it work with cyan's new recovery. Someone should sticky your guide bc I had no idea it existed lol.

ThR1LL said:
There's a guide on this?!?! WTF!!! I like freaked out over a week trying to figure out how to flash the new SPL without taking out my SD card until I found this post and made it work with cyan's new recovery. Someone should sticky your guide bc I had no idea it existed lol.
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ya . Right here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=548924
o and right here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=532719
(scroll down to fastboot)

nephron said:
ya . Right here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=548924
o and right here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=532719
(scroll down to fastboot)
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Ohh lol see I didn't bother reading that ADB guide since I already had adb since pre-cupcake when I attempted to root my phone the first time.

Dear sir and sirs,

I own the G1 and it took a good while to root my phone. In the process I only made it to cup cake and now I'm stuck. Dream_Devphone DRC83 debug deal is what I'm using and when I try to reset, I get the android on skateboard scenery and after pressing the power and camera key. Please help me to resolve this problem. Your kindness would be greatly appreciated. I would also like to go beyond all the roms in order to learn about the android world. Please help me.

Djaysay1 said:
I own the G1 and it took a good while to root my phone. In the process I only made it to cup cake and now I'm stuck. Dream_Devphone DRC83 debug deal is what I'm using and when I try to reset, I get the android on skateboard scenery and after pressing the power and camera key. Please help me to resolve this problem. Your kindness would be greatly appreciated. I would also like to go beyond all the roms in order to learn about the android world. Please help me.
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Hmmmm... what development does this have?

Djaysay1 said:
I own the G1 and it took a good while to root my phone. In the process I only made it to cup cake and now I'm stuck. Dream_Devphone DRC83 debug deal is what I'm using and when I try to reset, I get the android on skateboard scenery and after pressing the power and camera key. Please help me to resolve this problem. Your kindness would be greatly appreciated. I would also like to go beyond all the roms in order to learn about the android world. Please help me.
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you should search for
g1 root
and if you can't get enough info with that
then give up
you don't have what it takes.
now... where did I leave my marshmallows?

Go to the theunlockr.com. They have good tutorials. Good luck dude.

Follow the steps...
Follow the steps on this site to root your phone...you say you got back to cupcake (1.5) right...ok, then you are going in the right direction. I used these to root my phone a while back. The link actually starts @ donut and goes back, but you can find the cupcake instructions on there also. Remember to be patient...it will happen eventually. Hope that helps.
http://theunlockr.com/2009/10/15/how-to-root-a-donut-phone-android-1-6/

If your phone is truly rooted, just flash a donut or eclair rom? I don't really understand the issue here...
There are a million how-to's here and everywhere else.

It's a complicated process so there is no "easy" answer. I almost gave up a few times in the process but I made it. If I can do it you can too. This is the wrong forum to get help from. I think you want the G1 Q&A forum.

Welcome to XDA-Devs. Search is your friend

Search for Amon Ra's recovery, and flash that. From there, you can easily partition your SD card, and flash ROMs. Also, since you are on the G1, search for and read the thread about flashing the Danger SPL if you want to be able to run some of the bigger ROMs like hero, and some of the eclair roms.

Firerat said:
you should search for
g1 root
and if you can't get enough info with that
then give up
you don't have what it takes.
now... where did I leave my marshmallows?
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I usually wouldn't step in and say anything, as we were all noobs once. BUT that's pretty damn funny.

Firerat said:
you should search for
g1 root
and if you can't get enough info with that
then give up
you don't have what it takes.
now... where did I leave my marshmallows?
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Or he could just jump into a blackhole...

djaysay1 said:
i get the android on skateboard scenery and after pressing the power and camera key. Please help me to resolve this problem.
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what problem???!?!?

lbcoder said:
what problem???!?!?
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yes that's what is supposed to happen man.. and I appreciate all the guys trying to keep the thread on topic. we were all noobs, and have all posted in places we shouldn't have, but we all learned didn't we? usually I flame people that post in wrong sections but... I took pity on this kid.when you have an expensive device and THINK you've broken it, you do anything to. make it right again, right?

Djaysay1 said:
I own the G1 and it took a good while to root my phone. In the process I only made it to cup cake and now I'm stuck. Dream_Devphone DRC83 debug deal is what I'm using and when I try to reset, I get the android on skateboard scenery and after pressing the power and camera key. Please help me to resolve this problem. Your kindness would be greatly appreciated. I would also like to go beyond all the roms in order to learn about the android world. Please help me.
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you should have a recovery image installed, if not,install amon ra's. then boot into RECOVERY BY HOLDING HOME AND POWER. DON'T BOOT USING CAMERA AND POWER, THAT PUTS YOU INTO FASTBOOT. YOU FLASH ROMS IN RECOVERY OK? anyways, once you boot into recovery, wipe your phone and flash a Rom and you are all set ok?

oshizzle1991 said:
you should have a recovery image installed, if not,install amon ra's. then boot into RECOVERY BY HOLDING HOME AND POWER. DON'T BOOT USING CAMERA AND POWER, THAT PUTS YOU INTO FASTBOOT. YOU FLASH ROMS IN RECOVERY OK? anyways, once you boot into recovery, wipe your phone and flash a Rom and you are all set ok?
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its not as easy as that though,,
we have no idea what radio, spl , recovery this guy has.
we can't tell him what to do,
well we can, we can tell him to search and read, he will learn...
read his post, he says he wants to learn.
plenty of stuff to read, no need for questions, they have all been asked and answered countless times.
if he truly wants to learn 'the android world' then he should not be lazy and read, read read.
then play play play

Firerat said:
its not as easy as that though,,
we have no idea what radio, spl , recovery this guy has.
we can't tell him what to do,
well we can, we can tell him to search and read, he will learn...
read his post, he says he wants to learn.
plenty of stuff to read, no need for questions, they have all been asked and answered countless times.
if he truly wants to learn 'the android world' then he should not be lazy and read, read read.
then play play play
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Have you considered he is very new to all of this an is not sure where to read? Or do you just immediately treat people that ask questions like this? If you do not want to help why even post?
@ op go to www.theunlockr.com they have video and written step by steps on how to root pretty much every phone, roms will require you have a new radio or spl, these can be a little more risque to do as opposed to flashing a rom and calling it done, again unlockr will have tutorials on how to do that as well.
Good luck and i hope this helps.

oshizzle1991 said:
you should have a recovery image installed, if not,install amon ra's. then boot into RECOVERY BY HOLDING HOME AND POWER. DON'T BOOT USING CAMERA AND POWER, THAT PUTS YOU INTO FASTBOOT. YOU FLASH ROMS IN RECOVERY OK? anyways, once you boot into recovery, wipe your phone and flash a Rom and you are all set ok?
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So.... you want him to install a recovery... by using ... recovery? in order to fix a.... BROKEN RECOVERY??? Wow, your illogic appears unbounded.
And what's this nonsense about not flashing in fastboot? Last I checked, flashing roms was **THE THING** that fastboot does!!!
http://developer.htc.com/adp.html#s5

Firerat said:
we have no idea what radio
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Not particularly relevant
spl
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Droids on skateboards.... gonna be one of 0.95.3000(eng), 10.95.3000(hspl), or 1.33.2005(douchspl), and which of those it is doesn't matter.
recovery this guy has.
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The droids on skateboards say that its not relevant.
we can't tell him what to do
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droids on boards!!!!
The next step is obvious: flash stuff!

lbcoder said:
Not particularly relevant
Droids on skateboards.... gonna be one of 0.95.3000(eng), 10.95.3000(hspl), or 1.33.2005(douchspl), and which of those it is doesn't matter.
The droids on skateboards say that its not relevant.
droids on boards!!!!
The next step is obvious: flash stuff!
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like the eris port, that will work on eng yes?

ionic7 said:
Have you considered he is very new to all of this an is not sure where to read? Or do you just immediately treat people that ask questions like this? If you do not want to help why even post?
@ op go to www.theunlockr.com they have video and written step by steps on how to root pretty much every phone, roms will require you have a new radio or spl, these can be a little more risque to do as opposed to flashing a rom and calling it done, again unlockr will have tutorials on how to do that as well.
Good luck and i hope this helps.
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If he's "not sure what to read", then he needs to do further research. Why are we the bad guys when people just go barrelling though steps and when they realized they missed a step and now they have a fancy new paperweight, they freak out and ignore the rules of the Development section, which, if I remember correctly, is for development, and not for questions. There is a specific section for questions, aptly titled the Q&A section.

Need some help (couple questions)

im a bit new to xda developers. ive scourged the forums all day via search and found no concrete help or answers.
FIRST: i dont know what adb is and because of that, idk why my nandroid backups and restore wont work. it say "push via adb" or something like that
SECOND: i also dont know how to use sdk or whatever it is.
i need a detailed walkthrough of some sorts because the search on this forum sucks and did not help me at all

*COUGH*google search "ADB HOW TO" *COUGH*
look at the results!
took all of 2 seconds dude.....not being able to find info on adb is bs. not trying to be a douche but seriously....

caynelyfe said:
im a bit new to xda developers. ive scourged the forums all day via search and found no concrete help or answers.
FIRST: i dont know what adb is and because of that, idk why my nandroid backups and restore wont work. it say "push via adb" or something like that
SECOND: i also dont know how to use sdk or whatever it is.
i need a detailed walkthrough of some sorts because the search on this forum sucks and did not help me at all
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http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/tools/adb.html (Google is your friend)
http://androidforums.com/all-things-root-sprint-hero/38911-guide-root-rom-faq-tutorial.html

chfields said:
http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/tools/adb.html (Google is your friend)
http://androidforums.com/all-things-root-sprint-hero/38911-guide-root-rom-faq-tutorial.html
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beat you to the punch!

nighteyes_wolf said:
beat you to the punch!
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nighteyes_wolf said:
*COUGH*google search "ADB HOW TO" *COUGH*
look at the results!
took all of 2 seconds dude.....not being able to find info on adb is bs. not trying to be a douche but seriously....
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thanks smarty pants

caynelyfe said:
Seriously it didnt take for you be a smart ass i just needed help. because when i search, damn near every single page that come up has nothing to do with what im looking for. dismiss yourself man ur not helping. AND THANKS TO THE FELLAS WHO DID
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Are you using google vvm for voice dictation?

caynelyfe said:
Seriously it didnt take for you be a smart ass i just needed help. because when i search, damn near every single page that come up has nothing to do with what im looking for. dismiss yourself man ur not helping. AND THANKS TO THE FELLAS WHO DID
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not to highjack the thread, but whats it mean when recovery starts prompting you to exctecute command via adb/sdk? i noticedbmy bluecarebear is TRUELY angry with me, so much hes not wiping my ext or dalvk!
nandroid works, backup and restore
factory data reset works
but wiping doesnt.
help?

Well using the xda search "ADB" the first result is a thread that leads you to
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=532719
How is that difficult? Everything you need to know about the ADB et al is there
As far as the sdk is concerned, your hero is rooted so it is on your pc already if you followed the traditional process. Otherwise it is there in the link as well.
Seriously I am not trying to be a smart ass but too many people give up before even trying.

sinistermeshes said:
not to highjack the thread, but whats it mean when recovery starts prompting you to exctecute command via adb/sdk? i noticedbmy bluecarebear is TRUELY angry with me, so much hes not wiping my ext or dalvk!
nandroid works, backup and restore
factory data reset works
but wiping doesnt.
help?
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if you dont use app2sd then ext means nothing, trying to wipe dalvik normally yells at you but it should be alright

sinistermeshes said:
not to highjack the thread, but whats it mean when recovery starts prompting you to exctecute command via adb/sdk? i noticedbmy bluecarebear is TRUELY angry with me, so much hes not wiping my ext or dalvk!
nandroid works, backup and restore
factory data reset works
but wiping doesnt.
help?
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I would try reflashing your recovery image.
I had trouble with the green one a while back, I changed images a couple times for other reasons. Back on green cb now with no problems since flashing over the problematic image.

also, check out the
"[STICKY WIKI] - [PLEASE READ] - All Current Guides, How to's and THEMES"

nighteyes_wolf said:
also, check out the
"[STICKY WIKI] - [PLEASE READ] - All Current Guides, How to's and THEMES"
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im not up on most of the geek terminology or whatever it is, in other words the guide here wasnt helpful, but since im rooted, i guess i dont need it(sdk) or whatevr. i still cant figure out why i cant make any nandroid backups or restore currently stored ones

... I'm speechless, or I guess in this case typeless
*edit- +1 On what subliminalurge says in the next post. This stuff is not hard to learn. Either commit yourself to a couple weekends of focused enlightenment or make your peace with the stock setup. Almost any of us would be happy to help... after you take the first couple steps and learn some of the FUNDAMENTALS.
Go to the "GUIDE WIKI" and read read read, when you start becoming familiar with some of the "geek terminology" come back and we'll help connect some of the dots.

caynelyfe said:
im not up on most of the geek terminology or whatever it is, in other words the guide here wasnt helpful, but since im rooted, i guess i dont need it(sdk) or whatevr. i still cant figure out why i cant make any nandroid backups or restore currently stored ones
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Also not trying to be a smartass, but come on dude. If you're not willing to hit google and learn a little bit, then you are probably already in over your head just with what you've done to your phone so far.
I STRONGLY recommend you find a way to be happy with stock phones. Otherwise, I see a large collection of very expensive paperweights in your future.

G1 1.6 into 2.1 -how

firmware 1.6
baseband 62.50S.20.17U_2.22.19.26I
build DRC92
I got G1 bought in uk (continental)
HOW TO ROOT IT FIRST AND THAN INSTALL 2.1 ANDROID on it.
Don't tell me its on the forum, because its not.all the answers are confusing,everyone is trying different files etc.
I need 100% working sollution ,someone who have done it, and knows exacly the process.
I know i have to downgrade first DRC92, than root it ,than install 2.1 .
only working sollution checked by yourself.
THanks

lu9thix said:
Don't tell me its on the forum, because its not.all the answers are confusing
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Ok, I won't "tell you" it's on the forum, but it is. Did you even look here? HERE
This is a step by step of what to do. If you can read, you can root.
Since this is your first post I won't "tell you" to have a better attitude and not be lazy.

if that dont work work email me bro and we can do that ish step by step. i got gchat if u got it its faster.

Welcome to the forum and thanks for not clicking any of the stickies labeled READ ME BEFORE YOU POST in any of the forums. We appreciate this, because now we get to spend time reading this thread and being annoyed, when the time could be better served helping people that actually read the directions and maybe got stuck. And yes, I am being sarcastic.

Ninjineer said:
Welcome to the forum and thanks for not clicking any of the stickies labeled READ ME BEFORE YOU POST in any of the forums. We appreciate this, because now we get to spend time reading this thread and being annoyed, when the time could be better served helping people that actually read the directions and maybe got stuck. And yes, I am being sarcastic.
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Sigh* my back hurts now. Go install adb also.

Here, both tutorials in 1 spot....
ADB 4 Dummies (this will get ADB up and running on either linux, windows or mac w/ step by step instruction for all)
G1 Root / Upgrade Tutorial - this will root, upgrade recovery, upgrade radio, upgrade spl, partition your sdcard and install the newest cyanogenmod 4.2.15.1.

Six6Sicks said:
Ok, I won't "tell you" it's on the forum, but it is. Did you even look here? HERE
This is a step by step of what to do. If you can read, you can root.
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I started reading through that, downloading the files that it said to download but I'm stuck at the "1.6 Recovery Image" file. The link goes to a page that offers files for the Android DevPhone, but I just have a normal TMobile G1. What file am I supposed to use?

hawicz said:
I started reading through that, downloading the files that it said to download but I'm stuck at the "1.6 Recovery Image" file. The link goes to a page that offers files for the Android DevPhone, but I just have a normal TMobile G1. What file am I supposed to use?
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When you go here: http://developer.htc.com/adp.html
Scroll down till you see
Version: Android 1.6
Image: Recovery Image
download this one: signed-dream_devphone_userdebug-ota-14721.zip
If you get stuck after that let us know.

the 32b version of the Dream is the t-mo G1 AND the ADP1 (dev phone) only diff is one came with a diff SPL, and some cool graphics

@ all sarcastic ppl - will you pay me for my bricked phone if I try and do something wrong?Its better to ask someone who. Already done it, init?
Considering amount of bricked g1/htc on ebay-thanks :]
Bloody experts,instead help you get old ppl talk.
@all who was helpful -mrandroid and b6gsix

Six6Sicks said:
When you go here: h ttp://developer.htc.com/adp.html
Scroll down till you see
Version: Android 1.6
Image: Recovery Image
download this one: signed-dream_devphone_userdebug-ota-14721.zip
If you get stuck after that let us know.
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Ok, I'll assume that I should ignore the big warning at the top of the page that says "This update applies to the Android Dev Phone for developers only", and try that file. Thanks.

mrandroid said:
Here, both tutorials in 1 spot....
ADB 4 Dummies (this will get ADB up and running on either linux, windows or mac w/ step by step instruction for all)
G1 Root / Upgrade Tutorial - this will root, upgrade recovery, upgrade radio, upgrade spl, partition your sdcard and install the newest cyanogenmod 4.2.15.1.
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This works perfect. includes all files needed and easy to follow tutorial. By the time you're done you'll need to do nothing else.

hawicz said:
Ok, I'll assume that I should ignore the big warning at the top of the page that says "This update applies to the Android Dev Phone for developers only", and try that file. Thanks.
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yeP!
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whitemonster said:
This works perfect. includes all files needed and easy to follow tutorial. By the time you're done you'll need to do nothing else.
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You're kidding, right? When I tried that upgrade tutorial (the one at myhangoutonline.com) *none* of the files were available for download. Every single one I clicked on went to a "404" page.

Six6Sicks said:
yeP!
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Ok, thanks, but... I'm still a bit confused: all the instructions I've seen for upgrading to Android 2.1 say to use cyanogenmod, but the cyanogenmod site says that it is based on Android 1.6 (according to cyanogenmod.com/about), so is that really what I'm supposed to use?

hawicz said:
You're kidding, right? When I tried that upgrade tutorial (the one at myhangoutonline.com) *none* of the files were available for download. Every single one I clicked on went to a "404" page.
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I apologize, stupid SEO plugin was rewriting the url and messing up a seperate plugin. Links are now working if you still need to upgrade.
My tutorial shows you how to root and upgrade everything and install cyanogenmod 4.2.15.1 if you want to try the 2.1 version which is in testing, go to the cyanogenmod repository on my site, go into the testing folder for the G1 and download that rom instead. Use that rom instead of 4.2.15.1 as the final step.
G1 Root / Upgrade Tutorial

hawicz said:
Ok, thanks, but... I'm still a bit confused: all the instructions I've seen for upgrading to Android 2.1 say to use cyanogenmod, but the cyanogenmod site says that it is based on Android 1.6 (according to cyanogenmod.com/about), so is that really what I'm supposed to use?
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Just put the 1.6 on then you can flash 2.1 found HERE
Follow the directions on the main post.
If you have gtalk pm me your gtalk email and I'll try and step you through it if you absolutely can't figure it out.

Thanks for all the answers! I think I have a good understanding of what I need to do now, so here goes...
*crosses fingers*

I'm following the instructions on myhangoutonline.com.
Well, so far so good, with some minor hiccups:
During the downgrade your phone step, when the phone says "Press the action key" after step 6, it's talking about the trackball button. Took me a little while to figure that out.
However, after I pressed it, it just went back to the initial multicolor gradient screen, with the addition of a line in the middle that said "Serial0". (maybe it was there before, but I missed it?) I ended up having to pull the battery because I could figure out how to make it reboot.
After reboot I had to go through the Google sign in process. Not a big deal, but it'd be nice to mention that this is necessary.
Upgrading recovery seemed to go pretty much as described. On to the apparent dangerous step of upgrading the radio & spl!

Uh oh! It looks like something didn't work. I started up in recovery mode, but there's no option in the menu for "Mount SD card".
I tried going to console, then "ls /sdcard", but no files show up, and /sdcard doesn't show up as a mounted filesystem when I run "mount".
I couldn't figure out how to get out of the console ("exit" just took me back to a "press enter" prompt, and then back into the console), so I ended up pulling the battery again.
Now what? Should I try upgrading recovery again?

bricked rogers captivate? help please

Hey, I was updating my rogers captivate through the kies software from 2.2 to 2.3 and the software stopped at 34% for 2 hours...so I quit the program and unplugged my phone. When I reset the battery, and turned on my phone, there is a weird pc!phone icon and I cant get the phone to work. I am not sure what I should do now... I never rooted the phone or added any custom ROMs to it. And my 1 year warranty is up. Please help and thanks!

You are soft bricked. If none of the methods found here work to get in to dl mode you need a jig. Don't ever use kies.

i can get into dl mode, but i have no clue what to do with it :S

You can send it for warranty since it broke with kies (assuming you don't mod it). Or fix it yourself with ODIN.

is there a guide that I can follow to address this problem?

Nope, there are definitely no guides to help on this site.

^lol 10char

Thanks for the links, but they didn't really help me with the problem because I wasn't able to follow some of the steps. I can't boot up my phone to put the rom inside the internal drive. I have basically the same problem as this guy http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1395437. I can go into download mode, but not recovery mode. May you give me a bit more of a guide on where I should start/follow? thanks!

GTFO! said:
Thanks for the links, but they didn't really help me with the problem because I wasn't able to follow some of the steps. I can't boot up my phone to put the rom inside the internal drive. I have basically the same problem as this guy http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1395437. I can go into download mode, but not recovery mode. May you give me a bit more of a guide on where I should start/follow? thanks!
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holy fk!
seriously?!
did you bother reading those links?
not one of the 3 required any usage of putting a zip file on the phone, and every one of them is how to recover using download mode
SMFH.......

2. Find a neat-o ROM from Captivate Development Section and get it onto your internal SD card (the one you cant remove) download using phone internet browser or download and copy to phone using PC.
thats from the 3rd link... and the first link were just the ROMs for that...

The 2nd link is telling me to download this APN app(no clue what its for) from the market... I don't want to jump at any steps if I am unsure of any of them...

GTFO! said:
2. Find a neat-o ROM from Captivate Development Section and get it onto your internal SD card (the one you cant remove) download using phone internet browser or download and copy to phone using PC.
thats from the 3rd link... and the first link were just the ROMs for that...
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The 2nd link is telling me to download this APN app(no clue what its for) from the market... I don't want to jump at any steps if I am unsure of any of them...
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so what you are saying is that you are incapable of comprehending the DOWNLOAD mode and the ONE CLICKS to get you back to stock so that you could load a rom???
i mean, cmon, you have to learn how to educate yourself a little bit. nobody here is going to hold your fkng hand and spoonfeed you this info....
there is literally a PLETHORA of knowledge on these forums, all you have to do is learn and try to UNDERSTAND what it is telling you to do. Not just blindly follow some tutorial/walkthrough/video that doesnt explain WHAT you are doing.....
this site does not exist as support for stupidity or laziness. it is here to HELP people that are willing to HELP THEMSELVES.....

Don't know what is the big issue. You want to go to STOCK not flash a rom. Just follow the instruction of the 3rd link until step 10. Done finish stock. If its a 1 click its even easier. There are a ton of stickies. Flashing can screw up your phone if you don't know what you are doing.
Edit: PirateGhost beat me to it....

if i was a noob, and i just 'bricked' my phone doing something stupid, yes, i would panic. i would search google, which would bring me here to xda and i would search and figure out what i needed to do. this is because i do not need anyone holding my hand for anything. but before discounting anyone's assistance it would behoove me to do a little damn research and by the power of deduction realize what it is EXACTLY that i need to do.....

Okay, so I followed the 3rd guide and I am stuck on step 13 for the odin method. I cannot find a ROM inside Onix Recovery, so can I download any ROM and put it into the EXTERNAL sd card? or does it have to be inside the INTERNAL sd? because I cannot access the internal sd card. Also, is it normal for my phone to have the AT&T World Phone logo at boot? because I am from Rogers...and not AT&T. Will this affect my phone in the future? thanks

You just wanted stock WHY are you using recovery?

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Okay, so I followed the 3rd guide and I am stuck on step 13 for the odin method. I cannot find a ROM inside Onix Recovery, so can I download any ROM and put it into the EXTERNAL sd card? or does it have to be inside the INTERNAL sd? because I cannot access the internal sd card. Also, is it normal for my phone to have the AT&T World Phone logo at boot? because I am from Rogers...and not AT&T. Will this affect my phone in the future? thanks
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Odin doesn't even detect my phone for some reason...normally it would say something when my phone connects or disconnects...

prbassplayer said:
You just wanted stock WHY are you using recovery?
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The phone still wasn't working at that point...

Then you are doing something wrong..... Go in to download mode connect to comp with ODIN open and flash the package. Profit.