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Not sure if I rooted correctly or what version I'm now running

So, first hello and thanks ahead of time for answering a noobs' problem.
I wanted to search before posting but don't know really where to start.
I followed the Tutorial Ninja guide to rooting found here:
http://tutorialninjas.net/2009/06/27/root-jailbreak-an-android-g1/
(so you can see which ROM, img, etc I used)
Everything went according to plan, except that the second command listed gave an error, that "-f no such file or folder could be found." But commands 1 & 3 worked, so I proceeded.
The problem I ran into was that when I upgraded the ROM at the very end, it would not boot up, it got stuck at the metallic "android" screen and was just stuck in a loop.
So, not having a microSD card reader, I just restored to factory settings. However this time, the beginning screen called my phone a Developer Phone, which it isn't. So it must not have restored everything to factory.
It appears the phone has a lot of the cupcake features, like auto-rotate screen, soft keyboard, but how could it be cupcake if I did a factory restore?
Here's the details listed under About Phone:
Model number: Android Dev Phone 1
Firmware version: 1.5
Baseband version: 62.33.20.08H_1.22.12.29
Kernel version: 2.6.27.25-cm [email protected] )
Build number: dream_devphone-userdebug 1.5 CRB43 148830 test-keys
I'm used to looking for an RC#, like RC33, but since I used a diff ROM, I have no clue what I'm running and if I indeed have root access.
Anyway, the point of rooting the phone was to have tethering capability, so I downloaded the Tether App and when I attempt to tether it asks me if I want to "allow" access for root:root (I'm paraphrasing) so it seems it is rooted. Can someone help me figure this one out?
Also, since I'll have to manual updates, where should I go for them?
This is such an awesome forum, and look forward to being part of the community. Thanks

meanderingthemaze said:
So, first hello and thanks ahead of time for answering a noobs' problem.
I wanted to search before posting but don't know really where to start.
I followed the Tutorial Ninja guide to rooting found here:
http://tutorialninjas.net/2009/06/27/root-jailbreak-an-android-g1/
(so you can see which ROM, img, etc I used)
Everything went according to plan, except that the second command listed gave an error, that "-f no such file or folder could be found." But commands 1 & 3 worked, so I proceeded.
The problem I ran into was that when I upgraded the ROM at the very end, it would not boot up, it got stuck at the metallic "android" screen and was just stuck in a loop.
So, not having a microSD card reader, I just restored to factory settings. However this time, the beginning screen called my phone a Developer Phone, which it isn't. So it must not have restored everything to factory.
It appears the phone has a lot of the cupcake features, like auto-rotate screen, soft keyboard, but how could it be cupcake if I did a factory restore?
Here's the details listed under About Phone:
Model number: Android Dev Phone 1
Firmware version: 1.5
Baseband version: 62.33.20.08H_1.22.12.29
Kernel version: 2.6.27.25-cm [email protected] )
Build number: dream_devphone-userdebug 1.5 CRB43 148830 test-keys
I'm used to looking for an RC#, like RC33, but since I used a diff ROM, I have no clue what I'm running and if I indeed have root access.
Anyway, the point of rooting the phone was to have tethering capability, so I downloaded the Tether App and when I attempt to tether it asks me if I want to "allow" access for root:root (I'm paraphrasing) so it seems it is rooted. Can someone help me figure this one out?
Also, since I'll have to manual updates, where should I go for them?
This is such an awesome forum, and look forward to being part of the community. Thanks
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Doing a factory restore merely does a wipe of the data folder. You will still keep your ROM, SPL, radio, etc things that you've flashed. Those things stick with you. If its asking you for root, press always allow. You have root.
Firmware Version: 1.5 = cupcake. 1.1 = noncupcake. So you succeeded.
If you want to double check, go into terminal emulator (just download from market if you don't already have it)
When you open it, you should see:
$
from there, type su
$su
if you get:
# <- this means you have root permissions.
You can download custom ROMs from the developers forum. Just find one that you like and try it out, most of them only require you to wipe/flash the ROM from recovery (Home+Power). Cyanogen's are always a nice choice, or you can try Haykuro's or JesusFreke's (JF). But always check to make sure you have to the requirements to flash the ROM before doing so. They're usually located on the first post of the first page, so don't ask if you need this or that.

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Hi, you do indeed have rooted cupcake my friend when you do a wipe, it's like a factory restore, it doesnt reflash the firmware the phone came with, it just re sets everything so the phone is "as new". This fixed the bootloop you had for some odd reason so your phone now boots up. It shows as an Android Dev Phone because you flashed the dev phone firmware.
That's it really, everything appears to be fine
I was beaten to it by the poster above because I was typing on my G1 Oh well, the 'su' in the terminal is a good point though.

Off the top of my head I'm not sure what version you're running, but yes - it is rooted. Does tethering work? If so, you're all set.
Well, mostly. Your radio is out of date. Use the link in my sig to snag the latest, apply it in recovery like the update.zip you did to flash your ROM.
What to do for updates is up to you.. There are many different ROMs out there, just need to pick which one works best for you. Personally, I suggest Cyanogen. But a new user shouldn't use the link in my sig.. Go over to the Development section of the forum and find the CyanogenMod 3.6.8.1 version - it's currently the stable version. If you want regular updates (new patches from Google, community developed features, etc) CM is the way to go.

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h.nocturna - I did get #, I have root! everybody dance. Good to know about the factory restore
AdrianK - thank you. i guess i got kinda lucky fixing it myself, mostly due to lack of options. hehehe
Saiboogu - I have yet to get the tethering working. I tried today at work with a Mac Pro via Bluetooth, was able to pair, but could not establish a connection. I'm going to try later with my Ubuntu laptop which is what I will be tethering to in most cases anyway. I heard Bluetooth is the best way to go, but not sure why. Definitely convenient if you forgot your cord.
I'll check the dev forum to see about upgrading to the latest ROM, but I'm nervous, as I don't want to screw up my phone again. I was out-of-commission for half a day with this trial. But updating ROM should be easier that gaining root right? You don't need any special commands, just reboot and flash?
Again, thanks!!!

meanderingthemaze said:
h.nocturna - I did get #, I have root! everybody dance. Good to know about the factory restore
AdrianK - thank you. i guess i got kinda lucky fixing it myself, mostly due to lack of options. hehehe
Saiboogu - I have yet to get the tethering working. I tried today at work with a Mac Pro via Bluetooth, was able to pair, but could not establish a connection. I'm going to try later with my Ubuntu laptop which is what I will be tethering to in most cases anyway. I heard Bluetooth is the best way to go, but not sure why. Definitely convenient if you forgot your cord.
I'll check the dev forum to see about upgrading to the latest ROM, but I'm nervous, as I don't want to screw up my phone again. I was out-of-commission for half a day with this trial. But updating ROM should be easier that gaining root right? You don't need any special commands, just reboot and flash?
Again, thanks!!!
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I'm pretty sure the bluetooth stack doesn't have transferring enabled at this point. You can only connect to headsets and whatnot, you can't transfer data. Try Wireless Tether (app from Market) to do your tethering.

Solved Again
Right again h.nocturna.
I am using the WiFi to type this post!
Thanks

meanderingthemaze said:
I'll check the dev forum to see about upgrading to the latest ROM, but I'm nervous, as I don't want to screw up my phone again. I was out-of-commission for half a day with this trial. But updating ROM should be easier that gaining root right? You don't need any special commands, just reboot and flash?
Again, thanks!!!
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Don't be worried about flashing ROM's, the recovery console (power+home) is always available when you soft-brick, so you can always recover. My advice before you go any further is a) flash your radio if you haven't done so already, if you don't you may notice problems with calls, texts. data ect. b) grab cyanogen's recovery image and flash that. It will let you make an image of the phones memory (a nandroid backup) and then restore it if you soft-brick and are in a hurry to get your phone working again.

1 Click Rooting...

Ok I've done the 1 Click Root process. The problem is, I totally UNrooted my phone before I did the 1 click root. I tried to load a Hero rom I got off the www.theunlockr.com website but I had to update the SPL which bricked my phone. I did wipe first so thats not the problem. I don't know what went wrong when I bricked my phone. I am getting a new from t-mobile(I kinda told them the donut 1.6 update screwed my phone up).
Now I want to root again with the 1 click but do I need to go back to the original build RC29 build or whatever it was in order to root with the 1 click ? And when I flash to a new rom do I need to update the SPL again?

READ FIRST!! I dont know where so search. I dont feel like finding you all the guides warnings and post about it. There are many precautions to take while flashing hero and even if you follow all of them to the "T" you still have a big chance of bricking your phone so use the Search Bar

nickryan0612 said:
READ FIRST!! I dont know where so search. I dont feel like finding you all the guides warnings and post about it. There are many precautions to take while flashing hero and even if you follow all of them to the "T" you still have a big chance of bricking your phone so use the Search Bar
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The thing is I've flashed all sorts of rom's before, but I wanted to try the 1 click rooting process. I think what happened is I flashed the SPL before I flashed the updated radio. I was doing some research on the whole thing. I flashed the SPL first.

if you use the DREAIMG.nbh to go back to rc-29, it is really easier to use the telnet commands then it is to root with the one click imo, you can use one-click root, but you have to find the newer version of the recovery flasher, and if you use it and don't flash a custom rom, then the system will overwrite the custom recovery image with the stock one. if you use the telnet commands then you will overwrite the stock recovery image with a custom one, so the telnet commands are more stable
to update your spl, make sure you have a pvt board in bootloader (camera and power) and that your radio is 2.22.19.26I (make sure you have that radio, not just assume after you flash it) then you can get rid of all the user error in flashing the 1.33.2005 SPL.

xOneSainTx said:
The thing is I've flashed all sorts of rom's before, but I wanted to try the 1 click rooting process. I think what happened is I flashed the SPL before I flashed the updated radio. I was doing some research on the whole thing. I flashed the SPL first.
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Were you already rooted when you did the 1 click root? - if you were then that might have been were the mess up happened because once you do the one click root you have to flash a rom (probabably cyanogen would be best) to continue or you lose root.
Following that question if you were already rooted and had hard spl and new radio - the one click might have cause you to lose that.
You have to flash from hard spl to danger spl
Radio should be newest or second to newest
Also it is said to flash hero rom right after flashing spl. - Which means not turning off your phone or rebooting after flashing
- I saw a video were they were at the rainbow boot screen and they flashed the Danger Spl and then inserted a new sd card that had hero and flashed it without rebooting.
Read up more on this

is one click still ok ?
I've had my G1 for about a yr now. Watching the mods grow . Never had thought about rooting just because I didn't want to have to keep changing to keep up to date. Then the one click came out and it was time. Ordered my 8gig class6 sd and before I got it Google did this C&D to CY. I see people saying they are doing the 1 click method and the links they put on are before the C&D. Can it still work ? Also everyone who tries to give directions how to get root and roms are different. Even this thread has been changed or something was left out. Is there a true one click method ? I tried theUnlockr way 3 times and I still wound upwith a wiped phone. Please Help Me ...

nPHILLY said:
I've had my G1 for about a yr now. Watching the mods grow . Never had thought about rooting just because I didn't want to have to keep changing to keep up to date. Then the one click came out and it was time. Ordered my 8gig class6 sd and before I got it Google did this C&D to CY. I see people saying they are doing the 1 click method and the links they put on are before the C&D. Can it still work ? Also everyone who tries to give directions how to get root and roms are different. Even this thread has been changed or something was left out. Is there a true one click method ? I tried theUnlockr way 3 times and I still wound upwith a wiped phone. Please Help Me ...
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one click will not work in donut 1.6. it will be patched, there is a thorough guide in my sig. i also have links i can give you for cm 4.0.4 and 4.1.11.1 if you want them.

1-click root only works with CRC1 and lower. Personally, I prefer to downgrade to RC29 and manually root it. I've done it about 20 times that way and have never once had an issue. In fact, I did it last night and today that way and both phones are rooted with Hero ROMs and running perfectly.
My advice, find a good tutorial (there are plenty, particularly the stickies on XDA on the subject) and download all necessary files ahead of time so that you aren't stuck in the middle of rooting looking for a file. If you want to flash the update "Danger" SPL, there is a combination radio/spl so that bricking is less likely. Search XDA for it. Also, check if you have PVT board first (camera+power). If not, brick it you will (or more than likely will). If I had to guess the main reason for problems and bricks it is that people rush the process and skip steps because they started the process without reading the whole tutorial.

nickryan0612 said:
Were you already rooted when you did the 1 click root? - if you were then that might have been were the mess up happened because once you do the one click root you have to flash a rom (probabably cyanogen would be best) to continue or you lose root.
Following that question if you were already rooted and had hard spl and new radio - the one click might have cause you to lose that.
You have to flash from hard spl to danger spl
Radio should be newest or second to newest
Also it is said to flash hero rom right after flashing spl. - Which means not turning off your phone or rebooting after flashing
- I saw a video were they were at the rainbow boot screen and they flashed the Danger Spl and then inserted a new sd card that had hero and flashed it without rebooting.
Read up more on this
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I was rooted before I did the one click but I downgraded to RC29 with DREAIMG.nbh file. I did the 1 click process fine. I figured that what fxcked up my phone is that i flashed the custom SPL before I flashed the new radio first. I'm pretty sure thats what messed it up. I wanted to the Amon Ra's Recovery image and I didn't know how install that with out doing the 1 click root process.

ya if you flash spl before raidio that's what messed you up ! always radio first then spl . but you know that now .can you get in recovery at all ?

lucky 69 said:
ya if you flash spl before raidio that's what messed you up ! always radio first then spl . but you know that now .can you get in recovery at all ?
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No I can't get passed the G1 boot screen. Its ok though T-Mo is sending me a "LIKE NEW" G1. I told them the donut update screwed my phone up. I can't believe I did the SPL first but its a mistake that could have cost me more then a 19.95 delivery fee that IS being waived by T-Mo.
But heres the question with 1 click root do I need to downgrade to RC29 or no?

xOneSainTx said:
No I can't get passed the G1 boot screen. Its ok though T-Mo is sending me a "LIKE NEW" G1. I told them the donut update screwed my phone up. I can't believe I did the SPL first but its a mistake that could have cost me more then a 19.95 delivery fee that IS being waived by T-Mo.
But heres the question with 1 click root do I need to downgrade to RC29 or no?
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no just be on stock cupcake and use the 1 click root. Then when you did that go into recovery and flash a rom that is not hero or requires danger spl

nickryan0612 said:
no just be on stock cupcake and use the 1 click root. Then when you did that go into recovery and flash a rom that is not hero or requires danger spl
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Sounds good. Before screwing things up I always had good success in flashing roms trying multiple roms in a day. My favorite is the xRom. I am curious to see if eventually there will be a Cliq rom.

Rooting g1 phone without having to downgrade to 1.0?

I dont know if there's another thread like this but I've been researching for the rooting of the g1
I know that to root the g1 you have to downgrade to rc29 (which is 1.0), use telnet to root and flash a recovery img in order to install a custom rom.
I found it rather long having to downgrade to 1.0, to root, to flash, then open recovery mode to wipe, install 1.6 recovery img and finally to install a custom rom (in this case Cyanogen).
And what i find disappointing is have to wipe the unit...twice!
Is there a way to downgrade directly to a RC29 of 1.5 root with one click and update the custom rom? Without having to wipe the unit? Just like the iPhone that you can jailbreak it without deleting the whole unit.

Number 1 wrong section... Number 2 I started with a fresh G1 last night, downloaded everything with said phone... downgraded, rooted, and flashed new spl, manup eclair, and ram hack last night in less than 45 mins... takes like 20 if you have everything ready....

once you downgrade or install a new rom, its going to wipe it out anyway.
YOu seem like your taking the long road. Look for the one click root thread. You have to downgrade first, if you didnt it would be specified right? Its to open up an exploit in order to install the recovery. You also dont have to use TELNET anymore.

If your device still has android 1.5 on it, you should be able to 1-click-root it directly.

By the time i first root it I was in 1.6 so i have to downgrade it.
However most tutorial that says to downgrade to 1.0 they always use telnet. And those rooting from 1.5 mostly use the flashrec.apk. For example Cyanogen Wiki uses telnet.
The question is can flashrec.apk be use in 1.0? I mean i find it the same as telnet. I mean i only have to write "flash_image recovery /sdcard/cm-recovery-1.4.img [enter]" while in flashrec I still have to write the directory where the file is or download it.
After that the recovery mode step is the same for both.
Last time i tried the flashrec.apk in 1.5(non-patch) it let me back up but each time i write the download page or directory where i download the recovery image the flash option is still gray out.
For few developers and hackers here at my place they find it long and complex compare to the iPhone that's why I was asking for an easier way. Not that I mind these step I can do it easily with telnet as it seems to work for me. Just for the record.

Need help to flash back to donut :)

Guys, i'm running a G1 with the latest cyanogen mod but it's been eating at my battery too much and it's way too slow. So i wish to downgrade to donut (1.6). Can anyone help me? I haven't flashed an android phone in a long while and i guess i forgot.
I appreciate it
PS: will that lock the phone back up? Or will i still be able to use it normally with any carrier?

Posting reply because the topic is...well in the lack of better words, invisible, both in my stats and on the forum...(the heck?)

The phone will still be unlocked.
You need to flash a new ROM.
Try superD. It's a donut rom.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=613809
Download: http://files.benbuchacher.com/Android-MT3G-G1 Archive/SuperD/SuperD 1.11/NoRamhack/
You'll need to wipe and flash it from recovery
The best ROM for G1 is probably froyobylaszlo. Its fast.
You'll need the 2708+ radio and spl though. And thats advanced to install

Figured it'd be easier to unroot it...couldn't wait anymore since it's my only phone and i need it.
But i really appreciate giving me the correct link for SuperD. I've been searching and i didn't know which one of the 2 available links to download.
BTW, when i do decide to root it again, i guess i'll be using SuperD, but what steps would i have to take to root and flash the new rom. I am asking you because it's an older rom and i am new to this.

u2020bullet said:
Figured it'd be easier to unroot it...couldn't wait anymore since it's my only phone and i need it.
But i really appreciate giving me the correct link for SuperD. I've been searching and i didn't know which one of the 2 available links to download.
BTW, when i do decide to root it again, i guess i'll be using SuperD, but what steps would i have to take to root and flash the new rom. I am asking you because it's an older rom and i am new to this.
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http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/HTC_Dream:_Rooting
Stop at "Flashing CyanogenMod"
Put the SuperD zip and this zip on the SDCard
Flash the DRC83 zip first then SuperD
Reboot and Enjoy

Thanks a lot I appreciate it

And again it's me. Having more problems. Got a Samsung Galaxy Trend as an early birthday present yesterday and now i want to completely restore my g1 back to stock (again). This is where things got complicated. I used a tutorial on "Unlockr" which obviously doesn't work. Managed to unroot and return to 1.0, then i managed to get to 1.5 where i started receiving errors with every single update i tried. So i re-downloaded 1.0 (rc29), i go into the bootloader (the red-green-blue-white screen) it starts checking something then pops out a "not allow" error, which then sends me back to the rainbow screen where i get the serial0 error.
I've tried downloading dreaimg.nbh from multiple sources but i always get that error.
Here's some info for you guys:
Hboot-0.95.0000
CPLD-4
Radio-2.22.19.26I
Now i honestly have no idea what to do. Can anyone give a fellow android user some assistance?
EDIT: I somehow managed to get my hands on the right files and went all the way up to 1.6. But now i can't activate the phone because i don't have a data plan and i can't use adb to activate wifi. Why must this be so ridiculously hard?
What can i do to flash back to rc29? I need to do that so i can activate the phone and then go back up to 1.6.

here a guide how to do it
u2020bullet said:
And again it's me. Having more problems. Got a Samsung Galaxy Trend as an early birthday present yesterday and now i want to completely restore my g1 back to stock (again). This is where things got complicated. I used a tutorial on "Unlockr" which obviously doesn't work. Managed to unroot and return to 1.0, then i managed to get to 1.5 where i started receiving errors with every single update i tried. So i re-downloaded 1.0 (rc29), i go into the bootloader (the red-green-blue-white screen) it starts checking something then pops out a "not allow" error, which then sends me back to the rainbow screen where i get the serial0 error.
I've tried downloading dreaimg.nbh from multiple sources but i always get that error.
Here's some info for you guys:
Hboot-0.95.0000
CPLD-4
Radio-2.22.19.26I
Now i honestly have no idea what to do. Can anyone give a fellow android user some assistance?
EDIT: I somehow managed to get my hands on the right files and went all the way up to 1.6. But now i can't activate the phone because i don't have a data plan and i can't use adb to activate wifi. Why must this be so ridiculously hard?
What can i do to flash back to rc29? I need to do that so i can activate the phone and then go back up to 1.6.
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hey bro, I found this tutorial http://androidandme.com/2009/10/news/how-to-manually-install-the-official-t-mobile-android-1-6-on-your-g1/very effective on bringing your G1 back to stock. I've used this tutorial once before, so I thing this will help you too.
Good Luck :good:

Need help with passimg.zip

Hey all
Last year my beloved nexus one got screwed up after a networkfix.zip with CM7 nightlies. That means no network, no sound, no usb. (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=911746) I still had root, and could use my phone as a PDA, but then I upgraded to 2.3.6 through passimg and lost that too.
Now here's what I want to do. I want to downgrade to 2.3.3 so I can root again, but I get the main version is older error. My main version is 3.13.1700.1 so I can't even use the fixed rom for that.
I need help creating a 2.3.3 passimg with the main version set to 3.13.1700.1 or higher in the android-info.txt so I can root with gingerbreak and install a custom recovery. I would really love having root back again, till the time I can get a new device. So if anyone can make the passimg.zip for me, or guide me through the process, I'll be really grateful.
Thanks for your help.
Regards
Raptor

raptor402 said:
Hey all
Last year my beloved nexus one got screwed up after a networkfix.zip with CM7 nightlies. That means no network, no sound, no usb. (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=911746) I still had root, and could use my phone as a PDA, but then I upgraded to 2.3.6 through passimg and lost that too.
Now here's what I want to do. I want to downgrade to 2.3.3 so I can root again, but I get the main version is older error. My main version is 3.13.1700.1 so I can't even use the fixed rom for that.
I need help creating a 2.3.3 passimg with the main version set to 3.13.1700.1 or higher in the android-info.txt so I can root with gingerbreak and install a custom recovery. I would really love having root back again, till the time I can get a new device. So if anyone can make the passimg.zip for me, or guide me through the process, I'll be really grateful.
Thanks for your help.
Regards
Raptor
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If you are familiar with fastboot, try flashing system.img and boot.img seperatly. Also wipe the system partition. Maybe you have a AT&T Version?

Did you follow the wiki
I seem to remember something about that in the wiki instructions

I would use fastboot to just flash a custom recovery since I unlocked my bootloader long ago, but the problem is that the USB is no longer working. It charges and all that, but no interface connection. In other words, no computer, PC, Mac or Linux, recognized it. It doesn't even show up as an unrecognized device. No audio either. That's why I need to use the passimg method.
Regards
Raptor