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Want to double check the unroot procedure...

Ok, so my phone's currently on eBay. I'm leaving the android world and heading back to iPhone land. So I'm going to need to unroot.
My specs:UK phone, 26I radio, 1.33.2005 SPL, Cyanogen 4.04 + 1.4 recovery.
So do I simply flash the RC7 update to get back to 1.0 (it's a UK phone, so not 29) via the SPL (which isn't stock)? As far as I'm aware the recovery image on stock G1's allows the user to flash official updates, so can I just flash the one for 1.5 or 1.6? Does anyone who where I'd find those offcial updates for UK phones?

you want to flash the original SPL first, then you can load up your RC7 and that will overwrite everything else
**edit** I know the official OTA UK cupcake update was posted to Phandroid around May, cause I used the UK version to check out cupcake before it was available in the US

I thought the RC7 NBH would also flash the SPL...at least that's what I read. I guess I can always reflash the stock SPL, I'm just trying to be uber cuatious and not brick this thing...

no the nbh file will overwrite everything excepts your spl, you have to flash the spl first then boot your phone using camera + power to acess it to flash your nbh file, then you'll have RC7, then your phone is back to stock, then you can search out your official updates like rc9 and higher if you choose or sell it with rc7 and let the buyer wait for OTA updates

Ugh, you're right it even says it in the root guide. Thanks!
Now all I need to do is find the uk update.zip for 1.5...

this link still seems to be valid for the UK cupcake update
http://www.sendspace.com/file/amcvxn

AdrianK said:
I thought the RC7 NBH would also flash the SPL...at least that's what I read. I guess I can always reflash the stock SPL, I'm just trying to be uber cuatious and not brick this thing...
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I was also under the impression that the nbh replaced the SPL as well. I have read many posts in which users stated that they safely downgraded to RC29/RC7with the DangerSPL and didn't brick. Also, the .nbh flash also states its replacing the SPL during the flash IIRC. Anyways, better safe than sorry.
Don't you think that you would get more money for selling a rooted G1 over stock? AND WHY IPHONE :'(
AdrianK shall be missed

[Q] Similar problem requiring different solution...

While trying to root my Rogers HTC Dream I screwed the thing up and managed to flash a T-Mobile G1 ROM. In doing so, I inadvertently got rid of dangerspl, reverting to 0.95*. I found a thread here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=771633
where someone else managed to pull the same stunt. However, he was lucky enough to have a different spl on his phone that allowed him to flash a Rogers ROM. In that thread it was suggested that it might be possible to flash an RC29 ROM using a goldcard, hopefully making it possible for the phone to boot as a tmobile g1, thus making it possible to root as a g1 and re-install danger spl followed by a Rogers ROM. Unfortunately this isn't the case, because after going through the trouble of creating a goldcard and finally being able to flash the g1 ROM, the phone won't move past it's carrier logo screen. It still has the 0.95* SPL. I'm finally out of ideas here and am open to suggestions
Oh and I should probably mention that I can't connect to the phone using adb at this point either, so that's out
UPDATE: I tried placing a rogers dreaimg.nbh on the goldcard and flashing it, but the bootloader stops as soon as it starts, saying "Update Terminate UPDATE FAIL" I can only assume this has something to do with trying to flash a canadian image with the tmobile spl... I'm starting to think this thing's bricked.

weezerx said:
While trying to root my Rogers HTC Dream I screwed the thing up and managed to flash a T-Mobile G1 ROM. In doing so, I inadvertently got rid of dangerspl, reverting to 0.95*. I found a thread here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=771633
where someone else managed to pull the same stunt. However, he was lucky enough to have a different spl on his phone that allowed him to flash a Rogers ROM. In that thread it was suggested that it might be possible to flash an RC29 ROM using a goldcard, hopefully making it possible for the phone to boot as a tmobile g1, thus making it possible to root as a g1 and re-install danger spl followed by a Rogers ROM. Unfortunately this isn't the case, because after going through the trouble of creating a goldcard and finally being able to flash the g1 ROM, the phone won't move past it's carrier logo screen. It still has the 0.95* SPL. I'm finally out of ideas here and am open to suggestions
Oh and I should probably mention that I can't connect to the phone using adb at this point either, so that's out
UPDATE: I tried placing a rogers dreaimg.nbh on the goldcard and flashing it, but the bootloader stops as soon as it starts, saying "Update Terminate UPDATE FAIL" I can only assume this has something to do with trying to flash a canadian image with the tmobile spl... I'm starting to think this thing's bricked.
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If it changed your SPL and RADIO, then chances are that you already wrote an RC29 image on it. Root it as normal for RC29, update the SPL to 1.33.2003 <-- ends with a THREE. Fastboot flash 2.22.23.02 radio. DO NOT flash any robbers B.S. onto it. From now on stick with proper EBI0 ROMs -- which means the majority of system images available.
Congratulations, your phone is now more compatible with everything. You are no longer stuck with EBI1 roms. This is a VERY GOOD thing -- don't throw it away.

I can't root it, though. I can't get it to boot into anything other than it's bootloader. Recovery won't work, fastboot won't work, and booting normally to the rc29 image won't work either. It just says "T-mobile G1" on the screen and can't move past that. I've looked around and couldn't find a way to change the SPL with only access to the bootloader. Can you give me an NBH that I can try to flash that might boot up allowing me to gain root access so that I CAN change the spl to what i need? Or just an NBH that would work with this phone/spl?
Phone's current state...
DREA210 PVT 32B
HBOOT 0.95*
CPLD - 4
RADIO 1.22.12.29
Ideas?

Re flash rc29.. you will need a gold card now.. once you get rc29 to boot root as if its a T-Mobile phone.
Sometimes nbh files fail when changing partition sizes.. and 1.33.2005 allows unsigned nbh files so possible something was corrupt.
Edit: BTW to flash a non rogers nbh you needed to already have an engineering spl thus you had to be rooted.. and able to fastboot to any working configuration desired.

ezterry said:
Re flash rc29.. you will need a gold card now.. once you get rc29 to boot root as if its a T-Mobile phone.
Sometimes nbh files fail when changing partition sizes.. and 1.33.2005 allows unsigned nbh files so possible something was corrupt.
Edit: BTW to flash a non rogers nbh you needed to already have an engineering spl thus you had to be rooted.. and able to fastboot to any working configuration desired.
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Let me clarify. I tried to root the dream as per the usual method. After installing dangerspl i accidentally flashed a t-mobile nbh onto my dream. After that happened, dangerspl disappeared and i was left with the 0.95*, which won't work with any rogers rom I've tried so far, even on a goldcard. I am always left with the "Update terminate update fail" error.
I DID use a goldcard. I DID flash the t-mobile nbh (rc-29). When I turn on the phone it says TMOBILE G1 and doesn't move past that screen, and the only other way I can get it to boot is into the RGB bootloader. All I can seem to do from there is flash different nbh's with the goldcard I made, and the only one that works without giving an "Update Terminate UPDATE FAIL" error is the nbh that won't move past the t-mobile screen. Is it even possible to root the Dream as though it was a g1 if it isn't moving past that screen? What can I do?

lbcoder said:
Fastboot flash 2.22.23.02 radio.
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I can't get to fastboot, it simply doesn't work. All I can do is bootloader or a t-mobile g1 screen that hangs.

Never had an issue with a clean rc29 install booting on a rogers phone.. connecting to rogers sure (making login harder) but always booted fine..
Try removing the sdcard after a re-flash of rc29 nbh, and make sure the sim is in the phone.. Otherwise I wish you luck.

Could the fact that it's a fido sim have anything to do with it? It worked fine on the dream before i even knew what rooting was, and i didnt have to change any settings or anything on the phone to get it to work, i just fired it in there. Do i need to borrow a Rogers one from somebody to get this to work?
EDIT: Just tried re-flashing rc-29 with the sim card in and no luck. tried it again, this time removing the sd card before turning on the phone, and it still just hangs at the G1 screen... ughghghghghgh

ezterry said:
Otherwise I wish you luck.
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seems to be all I'm running on I grabbed the sim out of my dad's Rogers phone and tried to boot it up yet again after re-flashing rc29 with the sim in the phone... still no luck. Still hanging at t-mobile g1... anyone have any ideas as to where I could take it to be JTAG'd? I'm stucking using a barely functional LG Neon TE365, yet another great Rogers product...

stock spl needed for warranty exchange

I need the stock spl and i cant seem to find it. ive tried the ones that i found on the Haard SPL thread, but they're not working. i have to return my phone to AT&T, and iver put on the Updated official rom from the HTC site, but i cant get the original SPL.
thanks
keith

kmartin888 said:
I need the stock spl and i cant seem to find it. ive tried the ones that i found on the Haard SPL thread, but they're not working. i have to return my phone to AT&T, and iver put on the Updated official rom from the HTC site, but i cant get the original SPL.
thanks
keith
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first of all let's check what spl you have right now!!!
with phone off hold volume down key while powering on the phone this should bring you to the bootloader screen (tri-color screen) check to see what spl you have & post it here then we will go from there
or you could try this instead
how to reflash Stock/Shipped SPL - STEP BY STEP - FOR WARRANTY REASONS ONLY!
0. please make sure you already flashed stock ROM and radio, because stock SPL flash is *always* the last step before sending the device in.
1. download the Relocker attachment, extract the zip and run the EXE on your PC
2. if you wish to replace RUU_Signed.NBH that got extracted, feel free to do so, but not necessary (this Hard-SPL will only allow overwrite with a SPL signed by our custom cert). the included one is the 0.79.0000 stock SPL. you also have the option for 0.84.0000 and 0.87.0000, see the attachments.
3. flash
4. verify if it flashed by checking version in tricolour screen, it should say 0.79.0000 (or 0.84.0000 or 0.87.0000), not 0.85.OliNex.
SPLRelocker
SPL Restore 84
SPL Restore 87

[Q] After flashing stock (1.6) android, stuck on t-mobile G1 screen

After trying some custom roms I decided to flash back to stock one from Era GSM (network provider that branded and released the fw). However, I got stuck on T-Mobile G1 logo. The firmware was in flashable zip.
On Polish android forums I was told that I have wrong radio and spl and that another thing that may interfere is custom-MTD recovery. SPL is 1.33.0013d, radio is 2.22.27.08.
How do I flash correct SPL, radio and recovery without bricking the phone?
Or maybe there somewhere is Polish locale for DreamTeam froyo or Froyo Melt? Then the problem won't exist

If you didn't already bricked your G1 (sound like you did if you can't get into the fastboot)
Follow the instruction from ezTerry, link below:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=831139&highlight=2708

Recovery works. I don't know about fastboot.
I already have the radio and hboot mentioned in thread you linked to. So basically the only thing that I have wrong is MTD-recovery. Does flashing only Amon_Ra recovery will make android 1.6 boot?

That, I am not sure.

any reason you were going back to stock? there are many options to get you back there, which i could help you with but im just curious why you want to go back to aosp1.6?

Bell HD7 Thinks it's Telstra?

I have a Bell Mobility HD7 but it's stuck thinking it's a Telstra HD7 T9296 rather than a Bell HD7 T9295...
Because of this, I believe, I haven't received an update from Bell for the "disappearing keyboard" thing.
Any idea how I can make it a "fully bell" rom? Do I need to do the "GoldCard" method?

sounds like you are running a custom rom. Is the spl an hspl or original spl (the tricolor screen seen when booting with vol-and power at the same time)? It should say the SPL v1.x.x or whatever version of it is the ospl, meaning the rom is stock and can only be flashed with another stock (i.e. Signed) rom, although for this you shouldn't need gold card, any rom updater should be able to flash provided it is a signed rom you try to flash. You will need to find the rom that came with your device originally, and the rom update package, should be easily available here though. If your SPL screen says HSPL Cortulla then you have a custom spl and can flash any rom you like if it is compatible, i.e. custom roms. That is as much as i can help you there, all the info is in the q&a stickies
Good luck with the hd7, i found it a pain in my butt..lol
(just stay away from the schudiag.img utility!)

Yeah, it's actually a legitimate signed ROM. If I try to flash a BellMo RUU it fails. One of Ansar's ROMs changed my device id and whatnot. So strange.

For some reason, some ROMs flash over others better..when I half-bricked my HD7 into a USB host bootloop, the only ROM that would take it out was an O2 UK signed ROM, and the phone is TMOBUS all the way..once I got 02 to work, then it seemed the ROMs that were failing previously suddenly worked..strange, I didn't investigate to determine a cause or way of deciding which one goes on top of which- I just flashed with trial and error since my phone was already half-bricked and useless already
By the way did you try to install a HSPL via the DFT XSPL installer? I would try and see if it would install the HSPL then try to flash another signed (or custom) ROM on top, that should fix the problem..