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The phone is stuck on the T-Mobile G1 Screen

Hello guys, this is my situation.
I had a G1 whit android 1.1, these are the steps I did:
1) I install the new radio (latest version) (before, assured me that the phone in the booted mode say PVT)
2) I install the SPL haykuro's 1.33.2005
3) The phone is stuck on the T-Mobile G1 Screen, I remove the batery, put on again and update the CyanogenMod 3.6 rom.
4) The phone is stuck on the tmobile g1 screen again! ... I removed the battery, turn on the phone and stay stuck again.
5) I can enter in the booted mode and recovery mode but I do not know what to do.
which is what I do now?
Thanks for responding
pd:Sorry for the spelling, I do not speak English.

did u wipe before installing the rom?

pkrattu said:
did u wipe before installing the rom?
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you are talking about a Hard Reset (alt+w) ? yes, I do it before and after, but the situation remains the same.

use power + camera and reflash dreaimg. your phone is only soft bricked so you can fix this. then after you reflash dreaimg regain root access and follow the flash procedures to image your phone to a non standard build.

Flash to JF ADP1.5 first, See if that works. Is your card partitioned?

why make him flash to a jf build first it's an unneeded step the reason i tell him to reflash rc29 or rc7 is cause it's easier to follow him right from the beginning to make sure he helped to the fullest extent once he regains root access as long as he flashes the 1st radio 2nd spl 3rd non standard build of his choice he's fine flashing a jf build does nothing except add a step that is not needed and makes it more confusing

I reflash to rc7 and can enter in the SO.
Well, I try again to update a rom, but first I make a backup.
Thanks guys !

well, the same problem again.
I install this time:
1) Rc29
2) recovery image + spl
3) JF 1.5 ADP
and the phone stuck in the G1 screen again.
I do not know what I'm doing wrong.

Just a wild stab, did you confirm that the SPL flashed correctly? You would know by booting into it (CAMERA+POWER).
If not, I would flash the radio again (just as a precaution plus its fast), flash the SPL then confirm it has been flashed successfully.
Then grab the JF 1.51 ROM, wipe then flash that.

Is it even possible to jump from RC29 right to 1.5? I would try to go JF 43 than to 1.5

I don't see why not as long as he has updated his radio before flashing JF 1.51. Far as I'm aware JF 1.51 doesn't require additional internal space (that Haykuro's SPL provides). The key is in the Radio before the big jump up in revision number.
If I'm wrong though, feel free to correct me, Its been a very long time since I started out rooting my G1
For history's sake I went from Stock RC8 > Modified RC7 (to root) > Modified RC8 > JF 1.3 > JF 1.51 > Dude 0.8 - 1.3RC2 > Cyanogen 3.5 - 3.5.4.1

ok try this reflash rc7 get root access install the recovery.img flash hard spl
let us know when you get to that point then we'll run some tests

Well, I could solve the problem. Thanks guys !!
I repeat the installation (downgrade, recovery, hardSPL, radio) but this time I install the Dude cupcake 1.2b full, and this time everything went well !
I guess that would make a mistake at any step of the installations. Surely.
But, I have a new problem. When I download any app from de Android Market, an error arises ... "insufficient storage available". (yes, I have space in the phone memory).
which is what I do?

couple of Q about installing the danger spl

k i had to unroot my fone cuz my apns was acting up. so my question is.
right after i update the spl, while in still in recovery
flash the rom that i have on my g1.
then reboot right.
it should have the arrow pointing down right. then followed by the g1 then loading screen.

Whenever updating to the latest SPL do these things first...
- Upgrade your radio to the latest version and confirm that it has been flashed
- Flash the SPL and give it time. Do not pull the battery if there are icons still on the screen. If you do you run the risk of bricking your G1
- Once flashed, check to see if the SPL has been flashed (reboot, CAMERA+POWER)
- If all clear then flash your desired ROM

hiroots said:
k i had to unroot my fone cuz my apns was acting up. so my question is.
right after i update the spl, while in still in recovery
flash the rom that i have on my g1.
then reboot right.
it should have the arrow pointing down right. then followed by the g1 then loading screen.
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I think the SPL restarts your phone during the installation. I don't think you get the choice of whether you want to install the ROM at the same time *I think* (I haven't installed the SPL in a while). I don't think its required at any rate. Just reboot the phone into recovery once you're certain that the SPL flashed correctly.

Just make sure you get the radio first, haha. You shouldn't need to unroot because your APN's aren't working, just wipe and reflash...that normally fixes a lot of problems.

NeoBlade said:
Whenever updating to the latest SPL do these things first...
- Upgrade your radio to the latest version and confirm that it has been flashed
- Flash the SPL and give it time. Do not pull the battery if there are icons still on the screen. If you do you run the risk of bricking your G1
- Once flashed, check to see if the SPL has been flashed (reboot, CAMERA+POWER)
- If all clear then flash your desired ROM
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both of the times ive rooted and installed that spl i would flash it and it would go to g1 screen twice, after a couple of minutes the second time i just pull battery, put in card reader (or have an extra card handy with a build) and copy a build onto it, then boot into recovery and flash it. its worked twice this way for me...

i have recovery 1.3.1 and if you flash the spl it wont reboot. so should i push the old recovery, then install the spl. then let it reboot, then flash my rom.

hiroots said:
i have recovery 1.3.1 and if you flash the spl it wont reboot. so should i push the old recovery, then install the spl. then let it reboot, then flash my rom.
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well when you install the spl, it will hang on the g1 screen, it needs a build. so oyu have to pull the battery and put a build/rom on the card, then boot into recovery and wipe and flash. At least these are the instructions i followed and it worked both times i did it...dont know if that answers your question. When i did it i think i flashed 1.3.1 after the spl but i dont think it should make a difference...have you read any of the various tutorials? some of them are not good so be careful

hiroots said:
i have recovery 1.3.1 and if you flash the spl it wont reboot. so should i push the old recovery, then install the spl. then let it reboot, then flash my rom.
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Once the SPL is flashed on, you have to physically hit home+back or whatever it is to reset the phone, DON'T SELECT WITH TRACKBALL, or else it won't write anything. Once you do that, it should say writing hbootimg or something then restart. It will appear with an icon on the screen for a few, and I can't stress this part enough, DO NOT PULL THE BATTERY, or you have a paperweight. Once its done doing its thing, it will reboot into recovery on its own.

xsnipuhx said:
Once the SPL is flashed on, you have to physically hit home+back or whatever it is to reset the phone, DON'T SELECT WITH TRACKBALL, or else it won't write anything. Once you do that, it should say writing hbootimg or something then restart. It will appear with an icon on the screen for a few, and I can't stress this part enough, DO NOT PULL THE BATTERY, or you have a paperweight. Once its done doing its thing, it will reboot into recovery on its own.
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fyi...
this is the thread ive followed twice and have successfully flashed the so called 'dangerous' spl twice. Unless I read it wrong it says 'pull the battery' after flashing the spl. Either way it worked
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=534461

My post above was for anyone who has Cyanogen recovery. That was the problem I had when I was updating to Danger SPL

xsnipuhx said:
My post above was for anyone who has Cyanogen recovery. That was the problem I had when I was updating to Danger SPL
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i see. i mustve flashed 1.3.1 after the spl then...

DMaverick50 said:
i see. i mustve flashed 1.3.1 after the spl then...
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Danger SPL has been out longer then 1.0 if I remember correctly.

Rooting and installing ROM question - please don't attack!

I know there are tons of guides around about rooting and what to do, I know how to do it and I have with my own phone. However, the guides are mixed, some a little old, some doing ADB which I didn't and I wanted to ask a simple few questions to check before I try to help someone else root their phone.
I'm thinking that this process will work but I'd really appreciate it if others could give me a definitive "yes" or "that'll brick it" type response.
Download Radio and SPL update from http://code.google.com/p/sapphire-port-dream/
Download Cyanogen's 1.4 recovery img
Flash to RC29
Copy recovery image to replace the default using terminal after accessing root.
Install Radio update from recovery.
Install SPL update recovery.
(optionally install a new firmware at this point too)
I know there are guides, I've read them, I know what they say but I don't know if this method would work as it is slightly different and uses the new Cyanogen recovery image whereas others link to an older recovery image and Cyanogen's would mean less steps.

you can you use cyanogen's recovery as the one you put on the phone to begin with. the easiest way to do that is to change its name to recovery.img so when you are in telnet just type the command as you normally would. you can install the radio and spl with cyanogen's recovery image just do not use the trackball, use the keyboard and home and back to reboot. also you have to have a rom after flashing "danger" spl because it wipes the current rom. any other questions. i know starting with cyanogen's recovery will work because i have done it on other people's phones.

Oh right, that's great to know and thanks for the heads-up on the need for a replacement ROM david. If it was my phone I wouldn't have asked but this is to give pointers to a friend so I wanted to be more cautious.
Seems like this would work then..
Downgrade to RC29, gain root access on boot up.
Install Cyanogen's 1.4 recovery image and reboot to console.
Flash Radio
Flash SPL
Flash new ROM
Reboot
Is that it or would they need to reboot after flashing the radio then flash the SPL and new ROM? You say don't use the trackball, I know there are ALT+<key> shortcuts so I take it this is due to an issue before you have the new radio and SPL installed.
With regards to the trackball, how would you select one of the options for flashing "any zip on SD" if you can't scroll up and down?

there is a problem with the radio and spl updates not getting written when using the trackball. i have personally noticed it. also when flashing the spl or radio do not reboot from the recovery console as i know that will not write it as well here are the steps i use on someone elses phone.
download all files i need first.
downgrade to rc 29
substitute cyan's recovery for jf's recovery in the flash_image recovery recovery.img command for gaining root access. like i said just change the name of cyan's recovery to plain old "recovery.img" and no change in the commands typed will be needed.
flash radio
flash spl
flash rom
should be it.

How would you flash the three separate files in 1.4? Since it added the ability to flash any zip file if you don't change the name you can use that to pick what you want but I don't think you can select any item without using the trackball.
Or are you suggesting swapping the SD card out, putting each file on as update.zip one at a time and doing it that way?

you should be safe without renaming to update.zip but don't use the trackball to reboot. if it doesn't work just do the renaming to update.zip

When I tried using cyan's recovery in telnet it said it was read-only and I couldn't use it. Any idea why?

terminal su
I have a g1 w cupcake I formatted my 4g sd card did the alt s alt w and alt l went to the terminal emulator typed in su and got permission denied hellllllllp

Sounds like you missed a step before going to terminal.
"After your phone starts up, hit the enter key twice, type "telnetd" and press enter. (Yes, it will start up a contact search, don't worry. Just type it.)"
After you do that bit you go to terminal and connect to localhost. It's worth pointing out that you won't see anything here to show it's worked. You go back to terminal and go from there.

This is a little out dated but it'll help you root. And it has pictures..
http://gizmodo.com/5146797/how-to-hack-android-for-multitouch-web-browsing-on-the-t+mobile-g1

OK I'm in need of some help here and the faster the better as I'm talking to my friend via IM. So far we've downgraded to RC29, flashed Cyanogen's 1.4 recovery image and updated the radio. Next is the SPL but when it's applied this error comes up.....
multiple firmware images
can't store hboot image
failure at line 1:write_hboot_image PACKAGE:hboot.img
Instalation aborted
We haven't gone any further yet, halp.

are you doing haykuro's spl or hard spl? try hard spl if it is not already on the phone.

It's the SPL from here which I believe is Haykuro's.
http://code.google.com/p/sapphire-port-dream/
The current SPL will be whatever is stock, it's the first time it's been rooted.

try flashing the hard spl first then because i have always flashed it first. http://koushikdutta.blurryfox.com/G1RootWalkthrough/HardSPL/update.zip

Alright. Is there any reason why you would want Haykuro's SPL over the Hard SPL?

so you can flash hero and rogers builds. i have haykuros spl but i have whenever rooted a phone i have always flashed the hard spl first, so try flashing it before flashing haykuros spl

Ah ok. I'll keep that in mind. thanks again david. We're gonna give that a go now.

let me know if it works out

OK we had to pop the SD card out to copy the Hard SPL over but now it won't recognise it back in the phone. Is it safe to reboot and go back to recovery after flashing the radio or is there another way to get it to see the card I'm forgetting?

power the phone down, insert the card, reboot into recovery, then flash the hard spl. if it doesn't recognize the card then nothing will happen when you try to flash

G1 Help

So I am stuck and not really sure what do to. I was trying to update to another ROM, not really sure what happend but now my g1 is stuck in a boot loop.
I can get to the fast boot menu and also to the recovery menu to load update.zip's. I have tried to reload the root RC but when I rename and load to SDCard Ii get something about not able to verifiy the file.
Could some one Please help to get me back on track.
Side note i was trying to load this:
http://htcpedia.com/forum/showthread.php?p=18084

So i have the RC back on my phone, but would still like to install the ROM i posted in the above URL.
In the above post this is what is listed for needs:
SPL 1.33.2005 (Called Haykuro SPL)
Does any one have a link to a Guide that will show how to correctly unstall this SPL? As i under stand it, installing this SPL is very dangeris and will brick your phone easy if done incorrectly.
An ext2/3-partition for the apps
I am pretty sure that i have this set up correctly, I should be able to just go to a prompt and type in print to see the partionts on my SD Card.
Any help or comments would be great!

Boot loop after flashing a different rom is usually caused by your ext partition. You should wipe the partition when you change ROMs. You can backup the apps on the ext partition to the fat32 partition, wip ext, then restore the apps.
Use the script in post 3 HERE
As for the DangerSPL... I wouldn't recommend it unless you want to try a hero ROM. If you still want to install it then make sure you flash the proper radio first, even if you already have the radio, flash it again anyways. Both can be found HERE

loading roms

having problems loading some roms, kingklikk, some eclair, and hero roms. some either loop or stuck on g1 screen. any suggestions.

Make sure you have Haykuro's SPL because the Hard SPL will not work.
If you want to check what SPL you have, load your phone up in boot loader.
On the bootloader screen the second line should be the line that tells you your SPL.
If you have HSPL that's the Hard SPL.
If you want to learn how to flash the Haykuro SPL I suggest you find a guide on the forums somewhere.

grlddawkin said:
having problems loading some roms, kingklikk, some eclair, and hero roms. some either loop or stuck on g1 screen. any suggestions.
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Did you maybe not post in the correct section?
Anyways, do you have the Haykuro spl? Did you
1. Wipe
2. Wipe Ext
3. Repair Ext
4. Wipe again
5. Flash Rom

Are you using an ext partition?