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Freeze at G1 Splash SCreen, I Need Help!!

Edit: ****, ok so my phone isn't booting up now..the phone just freezes at the g1 splash logo.
I can still get into recovery console/bootloader, can I save my phone? Help!
I do have other theme's in /sdcard/themes/
I don't know if I can delete the current update.zip in my root and move one of them to the root and rename it, then flash that on? Someone please help!
-Ok so, I have the sdk...
-I'm in fastboot mode
-I have the correct driver for the phone, windows picks it up
but when adb doesn't pick up the devices, is there something I need to do to "get started" so to say? I'm trying to install some themes and push the browser.apk into the phone but, im stumped

tehseano said:
Edit: ****, ok so my phone isn't booting up now..the phone just freezes at the g1 splash logo.
I can still get into recovery console/bootloader, can I save my phone? Help!
I do have other theme's in /sdcard/themes/
I don't know if I can delete the current update.zip in my root and move one of them to the root and rename it, then flash that on? Someone please help!
-Ok so, I have the sdk...
-I'm in fastboot mode
-I have the correct driver for the phone, windows picks it up
but when adb doesn't pick up the devices, is there something I need to do to "get started" so to say? I'm trying to install some themes and push the browser.apk into the phone but, im stumped
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First, you are at the wrong screen. You should not be in fastboot mode in the bootloader for updating themes, you should be in recovery mode.
I suggest you perform a wipe to possibly bring your phone back to normal at least. It can be done by turning off the phone, then pressing and holding the back and home button until you enter recovery mode.
From there press alt + w to wipe the phone.
Then restart by pressing back + home.
Next, before installing the theme, make sure its the correct one for your phone. Check with the author if it was made for RC30 or RC8, and if it is a non-wipe theme, because if it is not, you will be stuck at the Tmobile G1 splash screen (aka be in an indefinite loop) like your current situation.
If you are trying to install browser.apk (im assuming the multitouch browser - please correct me if im wrong) you will need to install JF 1.41 first. By default it will include the multitouch version of browser.apk
Please provide more information about your situation, and keep us posted.

andonnguyen said:
First, you are at the wrong screen. You should not be in fastboot mode in the bootloader for updating themes, you should be in recovery mode.
I suggest you perform a wipe to possibly bring your phone back to normal at least. It can be done by turning off the phone, then pressing and holding the back and home button until you enter recovery mode.
From there press alt + w to wipe the phone.
Then restart by pressing back + home.
Next, before installing the theme, make sure its the correct one for your phone. Check with the author if it was made for RC30 or RC8, and if it is a non-wipe theme, because if it is not, you will be stuck at the Tmobile G1 splash screen (aka be in an indefinite loop) like your current situation.
If you are trying to install browser.apk (im assuming the multitouch browser - please correct me if im wrong) you will need to install JF 1.41 first. By default it will include the multitouch version of browser.apk
Please provide more information about your situation, and keep us posted.
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Sorry, I should have provided more information, and explained that the 2nd half of this post was my original post, which was just me asking how to correctly use ADB. I do already have JF 1.41, I upgraded yesterday. It wasn't my first theme I installed either. I was using Vintage War (for the Dream), but it hadn't been updated for 1.41, so I was trying the standalone apk adb push method found in this forum, which is where this post first oriented.
I was in recovery mode for installing themes, I'm using JF 1.41 RC30, with the HardSPL bootloader. Initially after installing the theme it would go blank after the g1 splash, so I had tried to install it again hoping it would fix it, unfortunately my thumb is a bit to fat and I hit alt W instead of S, anyways that is what put me into this infinite loop.
But like I said this wasn't my first time trying to mod the phone, I've had it rooted for a month or so now, and have been keeping up-to-date.
Any more information I can provide, please let me know. My phone is my livelyhood, I need it. So if anyone can help, the sooner would be better. Either way I am entirely greatful for any help anyone can provide. Thanks in advance!

tehseano said:
I was in recovery mode for installing themes, I'm using JF 1.41 RC30, with the HardSPL bootloader. Initially after installing the theme it would go blank after the g1 splash, so I had tried to install it again hoping it would fix it, unfortunately my thumb is a bit to fat and I hit alt W instead of S, anyways that is what put me into this infinite loop.
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It is weird how a wipe caused you to go into an infinite loop. Which apk's did you try to push to your phone?
I would suggest to go without using the theme for now. JesusFreke had pointed out that some themes were causing problems for the new 1.41. update. You should check with the author of the theme to see if its compatible with the new 1.41 (which it should be since RC30 1.3, RC30 1.31, and RC30 1.41 are all compatible)

andonnguyen said:
It is weird how a wipe caused you to go into an infinite loop. Which apk's did you try to push to your phone?
I would suggest to go without using the theme for now. JesusFreke had pointed out that some themes were causing problems for the new 1.41. update. You should check with the author of the theme to see if its compatible with the new 1.41 (which it should be since RC30 1.3, RC30 1.31, and RC30 1.41 are all compatible)
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....How do I get out of the loop. My phone doesn't get passed it. There has to be something I can do in console or recovery or something. I'm really sorry if I'm coming off as rude or demanding but I really need a phone, and I need it right now. I don't know what more I can tell you before someone can finally give me a solution (sorry)

1. Download RC29
2. Copy it onto your sdcard
3. Reboot your phone into the SPL with Power+Camera
4. When prompted, press the end key to start the reflash.
Note: this will completely wipe the flash chip on your phone and revert everything back to factory. You will need to re-root your phone and update to JF1.41
Next time, use nandroid to backup before installing themes, etc.

Datruesurfer said:
1. Download RC29
2. Copy it onto your sdcard
3. Reboot your phone into the SPL with Power+Camera
4. When prompted, press the end key to start the reflash.
Note: this will completely wipe the flash chip on your phone and revert everything back to factory. You will need to re-root your phone and update to JF1.41
Next time, use nandroid to backup before installing themes, etc.
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Alright, I'm doing it now. And I did use nandroid and make a backup, no one said anything about how to restore it. Regardless thank you so very much, you are my Savior right now!

tehseano said:
Alright, I'm doing it now. And I did use nandroid and make a backup, no one said anything about how to restore it.
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That's easy. Just grab a copy of the fastboot utility and the images off your sdcard in the 'nandroid' directory and boot your phone into the SPL. Plug your phone in via usb and press the back button once and you should see "Serial0" change to "FASTBOOT" Then open up a windows command prompt in the location of the exe you downloaded and run:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot flash userdata data.img
fastboot reboot
Your phone will come back up with all of your applications, settings etc from when you did the backup. Keep in mind you need the HardSPL to do this though(look for three androids on skateboards in SPL). The G1 factory bootloader does not support fastboot, only NBH images that come from the factory.

Hi, my situation is a bit worse:
I have a Dev Phone, upgraded to JFv1.41.
Today, I got the pop up message telling me to do a "system holiday update 2 of 2". I press "Update now" and the phone got reboot. Since then... I could not get through the first screen that has the word "Android" at all, not even to the screen where Android icon is flashing. It just freezes right there.
The only way to turn off is to take out battery. I could not enter recovery mode through pressing Home+Power. One time, the screen actually turned into weird color patterns. Is there anything I can do? consider that I don't have any nandroid back up image at all?
I tried to download the DREAIMG-RC29.zip, unzip and copy to the sdcard, then reboot into the SPL with Power+Camera but nothing happens, just a 4 color screen said "serial0".
Thanks in advance.

Isn't the 4 color screen the standard bootloader that ships with retail G1's (not a dev phone bootloader)?

lugiamx said:
Hi, my situation is a bit worse:
I have a Dev Phone, upgraded to JFv1.41.
Today, I got the pop up message telling me to do a "system holiday update 2 of 2". I press "Update now" and the phone got reboot. Since then... I could not get through the first screen that has the word "Android" at all, not even to the screen where Android icon is flashing. It just freezes right there.
The only way to turn off is to take out battery. I could not enter recovery mode through pressing Home+Power. One time, the screen actually turned into weird color patterns. Is there anything I can do? consider that I don't have any nandroid back up image at all?
I tried to download the DREAIMG-RC29.zip, unzip and copy to the sdcard, then reboot into the SPL with Power+Camera but nothing happens, just a 4 color screen said "serial0".
Thanks in advance.
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I had the same problem, almost verbatim. ADP1.1, JFv1.41, ran the Holiday update 1 of 2, no problems, did the 2 of 2 update, got stuck at the flashing Android boot screen. Pulled the battery, rebooted, same thing, waited 2-3 minutes at the flashing screen and was just about to pull the battery again and then all of a sudden the damn thing came to life, the OS loaded up and now everything's working fine. Gave me quite a scare.

ummm actually the fastboot utility wont work for my computer soo what shoud i do.... if anything i need a really good reply something long cause im new to this and my fone wont get off the android sign.

chinoman said:
ummm actually the fastboot utility wont work for my computer soo what shoud i do.... if anything i need a really good reply something long cause im new to this and my fone wont get off the android sign.
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Why have you just hijacked a 5 month old thread? You haven't given use any details either. Fastboot is available for all OS's, it will work on your computer, you just probably don't know how to use it. Please make a new thread in the Q&A section where we can help you out there.

This should be closed or moved to Q&A.

hey man just unroot ur phone and root it again u soft bricked ur phone its ok

hey just try to unroot k

hey if u want me to fix it for u just email me at [email protected] and ill help u

Stock HTC Hero theme?

I've recently installed metamorph, and installed the red theme, but some of the icons, signal bar, ev-do, etc are still gray, dunno if they werent themed or what, so i tried to install a different theme, and it goes through all the motions, but nothing happens, even after a reboot, still red theme. Also, metamorph pops up it needs to reboot dialog box, an i keep clicking yes an it says rebooting.. then pops back up an says the same thing, so i eventually just have to power the phone down myself.
Anyways, is there a stock htc hero theme file I can download to get back to normal or do I need to do a nandroid backup restore? Also I read somewhere that if you didn't have a enough room on your system partition a theme might not install properly? Thanks for the help.

i would uninstall metamorph, and then apply your update.zip again.

yeah i've done that a few times, same results.

mistororange said:
yeah i've done that a few times, same results.
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sounds like you may have to wipe, and flash your current ROM again.

i have the cursorsense rom and If i can have the dafault hero theme it would be great!

First time CM7...fail...try again..

mkay o i'm kind of new to android and tonight i wet my pants cause i thoughy i bricked the optimus. I wanted to install CM7 but something went horribly wrong.
After I rooted and installed ROM manager I copied CM7 to my SD and installed. After it was done the CM7 boot screen kept looping. No way the phone was doing anything more than that.
The only other thing it would do was to sho a 'waiting for update' screen. After a lot of searching I mangaged to get stock ROM back by using smartflash, praise be...
Now that I know I can rescue the phone I'd like to know what whent wrong..any clues? Did I use the wrong build of CM7? I just used the latest of the 4th of july.
I want to try again but maybe some insight would be helpful, thanks...

Did you remember to tick the wipe data box in ROM Manager?

Well it would not install from rom
Manager (installation canceled by itself and ennded up with fresh install of LG rom...) so after that i did it from recovery. cant remember if i got the option to wjpe in there...

So when i installed from ROM manager i did xheck the wipe boxes. Then started installing from SD. The installation stopped, i have seen some sort of warning exclamation but i could not read what was wrong the message disappeared too fast. I think the 'wipe' was sucssesful though because all my apps and settings for stock LG firmaware were back to factory.

Ah ha.
ROM Manager and the stock ROM don't get on too well. Boot to recovery, wipe and install from there.

Assume you are using CWM recovery? It has the option to wipe on there if you look carefully so you can wipe it manually before flashing.

I tried again and it seems GB is now running cause I can see the battery icon on a different angle but it keeps givin me LG installation error messages after boot which i may ' forrxe close' but basicly nothing happens. Did i forget to wipe somerhing or forget to do smth else?

What recovery are you using? If it's 4.0.0.5, you might want to update to the newest 4.0.0.5, as the original one I built had some problems formatting.

The error messagel all seem to refer to LG apps or services. Device wont go beyond these messages.

I know, if it's what I'm thinking, they will have been left behind during the CM install, which shouldn't happen.

Ok so what do you think i should do? thanks for the snappy replies rusty.

Fyi, behind the error messages i can see a black background. The top bar with battery indicator is present, it charging. Signal indicator is there but has no signal.

Change recovery and flash again, either to 3.2.0.0 or the newest 4.0.0.5

this is what it looks like now. When i switch off and do volume down+ power its says waiting for S/W upgrade.

First i need to re-install syock again i guess? Wont do much else..

If you're getting software upgrade, you're letting go of power to early, keep em both held.
Edit: Or use 'adb reboot recovery'

hmkay im in recovery now thanks for that. It says 3.0.2.8
Signarure check enabled
Signature check disabled
Script asserts eneabled
Im not quite sure what you want me to do now. Thanks for your patience

Oh, 3.0.2.8 shouldn't have had any problems then, annoying.
Still, pik the wipe data/cache option, then install CM7

Im there thanks so much Rusty.

MIUI 2.8.17 - many FC´s, please Help me :(

Hey there.
Okay, bevor a few days, i was with my i9000 on Dakry´s ROM 11.0 Black Edition. But this was very buggy and many things didnt worked.
So i heard from the MIUI ROM, watched some Pics etc. and it looked really beautiful, so i installed it.
How i installed MIUI 2.8.17 on Darky´s ROM:
1. I downloaded the ROM from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1548796 and put it into internal SDcard
2. I went into recovery, and followed these steps: "do all wipe (wipe data factory reset, wipe cache partiotion, wipe dalvikcacke)"
3. "Go on install zip from sdcard, Select the zip and install" (So, after this step it freezes on the Semaphore logo, without installing anything, after about 20mins waiting, i tryed to go into recovery again, but it didnt worked, so i pulled the battery out. After i pulled it in, i went into recovery again, and go on installing zip from sdcard, now its installing succesfully.)
4. "Reboot and wait a few minutes, reboot, You have finished"
Well, now im on MIUI 2.8.17. Its just so awesome beautiful, i really love it, but now i get many FCs.
e.g. sometimes the sms App FC, and Camera or Gallery, and now i´ve installed the Mishout APP (Shoutbox from MIUI Germany forum), but this is allways Forceclosing
And if i try to charge my phone while its turned off, there is no more Loading animation, just black screen like the phone is still off, but the charger is plugged in.
Did i´ve made something wrong while installing this?
And sorry for my bad english, its not the best, but i hope someone understand me and can help me :crying:
Thanks

Hey there, i would suggest flashing back to stock via odin, root again and flash
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Hey, thanks for your reply.
Okay, i flashed back to stock rom, cleaned evertything up (formated internel usb storage and external sdcard).. Installed root and CWM, and flashed again MIUI. Till now i got no more FCs, thats good, but theres still no charge animation (while phone is off), maybe its a bug from miui but i havent read about this anywhere.

try this, its easier and no need to wipe data: go into cmw, and advanced and then fix permissions

Billchen0014 said:
try this, its easier and no need to wipe data: go into cmw, and advanced and then fix permissions
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Okay thanks, i´ll try this and reply if i have success or not.
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//EDit: Nope, still no charge animation status, and some apps like sms stock app are FC (but only if i delete an conversation). Maybe i should try anoter MIUI ROM? Whats the most stable out there? I have to admit I lost the overview there are so much.. :S

[Q] Any Way out when a CM 12 theme start to misbehaves after installation

Whenever a CM 12 theme misbehaves after installing where you cant access other things on the phone apart from constant popups of applications closing and misbehaving, what is the right solution in such a scenario to get back to normal working of phone ,
I have read something regarding deleting a folder from TWRP which resets the theme,
If anybody knows any solution apart from installing the ROM again.
Thank you in advance..

shamuX said:
Whenever a CM 12 theme misbehaves after installing where you cant access other things on the phone apart from constant popups of applications closing and misbehaving, what is the right solution in such a scenario to get back to normal working of phone ,
I have read something regarding deleting a folder from TWRP which resets the theme,
If anybody knows any solution apart from installing the ROM again.
Thank you in advance..
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reflash your rom, dirty(not wiping anything).

simms22 said:
reflash your rom, dirty(not wiping anything).
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That actually won't help as the theme would still be installed and applied. You should be able to delete the theme apk from the file manager in TWRP though. Haven't tried it myself but that should make the theme engine default back to system theme.

Reboot to safe mode.. Atleast you can do that as the reboot menu appears on top of everything regardless what's going on the inside..
Just reapply stock theme..
And reboot..
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