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Followed a youtube root video. This one
Following the instructions of his part 1 video - I've downgraded my phone to RC7
I used the HardSPL ? and was about to upgrade to a current version of Android BUT the download links to the ROMS are dead. Can any one point me to a safe ROM which will work after following that guys instructions and downloads?
I had a look at the ROMs on this site but none of the RC8 files work either.
Can some one point me in the right direction please? Ideally I'd like to get a Hero ROM working but for now I'd be happy just getting back to Cupcake 1.5.
Thanks.

Could you please give us the information in 'about phone'?
Go to settings > about phone and tell use the firmware version, baseband version and build number.
I believe you are currently on 1.1,if so you need to update the radio to 1.5 and then the ROM.
After you've confirmed the firmware, baseband and build we can tell you how to update.

Firmware - 1.0
Baseband - 62.33.20.08U_1.22.12.29
Build number - kila_uk-user 1.0 TV5-RC7 112931 ota-rel-keys, release-keys
Thanks for the help!

Okay, and you have flashed the custom recovery image? To check hold down home and power to boot in to recovery, it should say something about a build, if it says JF or JF + Cyanogen then that's fine.
First you need to flash the 1.5 radio image. It's in my signature, rename it 'update.zip', put in on your sdcard and flash from reocovery. The phone will reboot in to a screen where the phone is flashing the radio. It should reboot by itself, and you good to go for flashing a ROM.
I updated from the radio image on RC9 (FW 1.1) but I'm sure it should work on 1.0, you might want to wait for a seccond opinion.
There are a few 1.5 ROMs.
JF 1.51 - Standard rooted 1.5 build, no frills
Cyanogen 4.04 - 1.5 with loads of optimizations
Cyangen 4.1.11.1 - 1.6 Donut build, it is experimental!
You can find them in the development section. This time aswell as flashing as update.zip, you will have to wipe first (it's another option listed in the recovery menu).

AdrianK said:
Okay, and you have flashed the custom recovery image? To check hold down home and power to boot in to recovery, it should say something about a build, if it says JF or JF + Cyanogen then that's fine...
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When I reboot holding the HOME and POWER, the phone boots up to a exclaimation mark. Pressing ALT + L shows a yellow list of instructions (as shown here in the video I used). There is no meantion of JF - no mention of anything other than the yellow text instructions.
Should I try adding a different recover image? (if that's possible)
One more thing.. whan I connect the USB cable now, there is no option to 'mount' in the notification bar. Some thing to worry about?

You have downgraded to RC7.
Start with Step 2 HERE

HI.
I've done part 2 and I'm pretty sure 3 whilst following the youtube video.
Is it safe to do them again?

Yes it's safe to do it again. Right now the only thing we have proof of is Step 1 so start with Step 2.

Ok. Will start with step 2.
What about the problem with the phone not giving an option to mount USB? This a problem?

Worked a treat. Thank you!

So where are you at now?

AdrianK said:
So where are you at now?
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Following the instructions on the link provided, I've upgraded to:
Baseband: 62.50S.20.17U_2.22.19.26I
Mod Version: CyanogenMod-4.0.4
Build number: CRC1
This all seem okay to you?

pixelpefekt said:
Following the instructions on the link provided, I've upgraded to:
Baseband: 62.50S.20.17U_2.22.19.26I
Mod Version: CyanogenMod-4.0.4
Build number: CRC1
This all seem okay to you?
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Oh yeah that's all ok, I just wanted to check

Need help with installing rom coming from root

I just rooted my g1 and i'm having problems trying to install cms rom.
some info;
DREA100 PVT 32B
HSPL10.95.3000
CPLD-4
RADIO-2.22.19.26I
Oct 20 2008
I installed cm's recover 1.4 img and have access to the recovery screen no problem.
Tired installing AP1.6 but can't confirm it got installed.
I did this..
wipe
flashed signed-dream_devphone_userdebug-ota-14721
wipe
flashed cm 4.2.7.1
goes to the T-mobile screen, then it loads up cm's boot screen then after where it should take me to the setup screen, it turns gray/black and stays there.
please give me some imput on what i'm doing wrong.
Thanks!

You wipe, then you flash the ota update. Reboot and it will go back into recovery by itself. from there you install cm, without wiping. Reboot and you are good.

Ok i've done just that.
wiped
flashed ota, it goes back to recovery image
i flash cm 4.2.7.1
reboot and it does the same thing.
t-mo logo loads up. then cm's android bootscreen loads up.
then it goes gray/black and stays there.
i know im doing something wrong but not sure what... should i install a older cm rom first? since i'm coming from a fresh rooted g1? i was coming from rc29

RegulatorG1 said:
Ok i've done just that.
wiped
flashed ota, it goes back to recovery image
i flash cm 4.2.7.1
reboot and it does the same thing.
t-mo logo loads up. then cm's android bootscreen loads up.
then it goes gray/black and stays there.
i know im doing something wrong but not sure what... should i install a older cm rom first? since i'm coming from a fresh rooted g1? i was coming from rc29
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it shouldn't make a difference. how much time did you wait? It could take up to 15 minutes for the first initial boot.

i've waited about 10mins. but even if it goes to the gray/black screen i should wait for it longer?
gonna redo this again and wait for a longer time. 20mins max and see where it goes from there.

Upgrade to amon_ra recovery 1.5
Then do this
Wipe
install ADP 1.6
flash cm rom right after flashing ADP without reboot
now reboot and it will go back to recovery mode
now reboot once again and wait my friend

I'm still waiting for about 20mins to see if it reboots good.
If not then i'll be doing the new amon_ra recovery 1.5 way.
should i install a older cm rom if coming from bare root?
or it doesn't matter if i'm flashing 1.6?

you might want to consider upgrading your spl while you're at it. Just a thought. I don't think it's necessary for running Cyanogen, but it'd be nice to have in case you ever want to run a hero rom to upgrade to the danger spl

where can i get the spl? I dont wanna install the danger one since I wont be installing hero on it. I just wanna run cm roms.

no luck still. but have another dumb question for you folks.
the spl i have is this. .. HSPL10.95.3000
is this ok to run cm or should i upgrade it? i know that there is a spl that is used to run hero roms but i'm not gonna be doing that so I thought that maybe there might be another spl out there that is a upgrade from the one i have?
gonna go search the forums for this btw. I dont wanna be a pain about this.

RegulatorG1 said:
no luck still. but have another dumb question for you folks.
the spl i have is this. .. HSPL10.95.3000
is this ok to run cm or should i upgrade it? i know that there is a spl that is used to run hero roms but i'm not gonna be doing that so I thought that maybe there might be another spl out there that is a upgrade from the one i have?
gonna go search the forums for this btw. I dont wanna be a pain about this.
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I was wondering if it was your spl that could be preventing the rom to boot up. If you don't want to flash the danger spl, you can flash another one, like the HardSPL. I'm sure if you look in one of the sticky's or locked threads at the top of the forums in development you will probably be able to find a download link. It's worth a shot. Since you already have the latest radio, there is no reason to worry about upgrading the radio.

i was checking the forums and i have the hard spl.
or at least this says is the hard one. goes something like this..
hardspl =VER: HSPL10.95.3000
then
Engineering SPL=VER: HBOOT-0.95.3000
and last
G1 Original SPL=VER: HBOOT-0.95.0000
still no luck with installing cm's rom.. gonna look some more.
thanks for all the help guys! please if you think of something else let me know.

ok can't figure this crap out. gonna go bald lol
did a restore on my recovery and i'm back to this.
Model number: Android Dev Phone 1
Firmware version: 1.6
Baseband version: 62.50s.20.1H_2.22.19.26I
Kerner version: 2.6.29-00479-g3c7df37
[email protected] #19
Build number: dream_devphone-userdebug 1.6 DRC83 14721 test-keys
It does show the 1.6ADP
but what the hell lmao. I can't install cm though.
Not gonna touch the g1 right now till hopefully some of you can tell me how or what to do to upgrade my rom to hopefully cm4.2.7.1.
Again i'm really sorry for being soo needy.

oh crap. I think i lost root access again >_< crap
what's the best way to check to see if i still have root?
turned off phone and tried going into recovery but now it just shows the triangle ! and the phone pic. guess root is gone???

The newer Spl rearranges how mem is allocated so more is given to system partition on phone which allows larger roms to be installed(heros).Any SpL is fine for cyanogen/enom/dwang roms.

RegulatorG1 said:
oh crap. I think i lost root access again >_< crap
what's the best way to check to see if i still have root?
turned off phone and tried going into recovery but now it just shows the triangle ! and the phone pic. guess root is gone???
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The triangle means root is no longer with you,young one.

ok, gonna root it again. i can get it to rc29 no problem but that's where the entire thing went wrong. will post later. wish me luck

ok rooted my g1 once again. gonna install the 1.4 recovery image now.
ok installed 1.4 recovery, now performing a backup for this point.
I think I have a old cm rom around somewhere.. .. its a 3.9.5cm should i update radio first then install this or visa versa?
+ok, installed 1.4 and flashed new radio. now gonna do what your saying and see where it goes. performing backups at each point >< lol
-ok i went to recovery and flashed the new radio and it's still formating cache... its been like 5mins already. should i reboot or wait longer?
i'm still needing to install the 1.6ADP and the rom still.

Don't reboot between the 2 zip files.
Boot to recovery
do a wipe
wipe it again for good measure
install from zip signed dev dream zip
install from zip Cyanogenmod 4.2.7.1
reboot
It will tell you it is writing radio then actually reboot
It will reboot to recovery mode
where it will tell you its writing cache...
wait till it offers reboot option again
Reboot
you shoul dget the G1 screen, than the cyanogen screen...
yes it might take a while on the second screen...I have never had it hang more than about 8 minutes.
Then you should be operational.
I do have a reoccuring issue with poor response after the initial boot to the desktop.
I usually just wait for it to stop all the background shuffling and then it smooths out.
YMMV

ok this is where i am so far...
have root
have hardspl
have recovery 1.4
have Radio Update 2.2.19.26I
now i'm gonna perform backup and do what you just said. hopefully since i did everything brand new there will be no issues.

I need some help please

I've been on XDA today for atleast 3 hours and havent gotten anywhere, I have owned my G1 since dec. 08, rooted it, and kept the firmware at 1.1. I have jesus freak recovery 1.41.
Like I said, I've been on XDA forums for 3 hours already and haven't had any clarity what so ever and am just frustrated right now. Without being 100% I managed to upgrade to 1.6 withy cyanogen 4.2.15.1 I lost everything that was on my phone, it hurts but I'm just frustrated to the point right now that the phone is functioning slower than before and theres lag between the screens and functions. With the upgrade, all of the phones original fucntions "contacts, alarm clock, calculator, etc." force closed and nothing worked, i tried to factory reset and because of the stupid sync issue from the begining skrewed me and about half of my info saved to my google account. I'm so frustrated right now.
I need to know how to install the newest recovery to hopefully work with Nand because I had to Manually rename the DRC83_base_defanged to update.zip and then had to manually rename update-cm-4.2.15.1-signed to update.zip to install each one at a time without having the ability to freely choose what zip i wanted to install.
I haven't been able to find what issues there are with using another phones firmware on the G1, i've seen the Hero firmware, the home screen looks gorgeous and runs like a dream, but I haven't been able to find anything saying that it is okay or a BAD idea to attempt to install it, also I havent been able to find any info on finding the newest g1 firmware or any mods to be able to make the g1 firmware look like the hero, or any other android platforms. I have just found constant cooked firmware after firmware with a hard time decyphering why one may be better than the other. If someone could help me, I would GREATLY appreciate it.
I continute to run into threads "how to root" or "down load this, and download this, and assuming you have something with options you dont have, make it work like this"
Please someone help.

First you need to upgrade your recovery b/c the one you have is very very Ancient with a capital A....You have to wipe before you flash the defanged then flash cyan w/o rebooting.

I want to upgrade my recovery, but I haven't found anything that can help me upgrade the thing. any links to tell me how to do it? and is there no order that I have to install the firmware? instead of having to go from 1.1 to 1.5 to 1.6, can i just go from 1.1 to 1.6 in one hit?

step 1: search the development forum for amon ra's recovery. read the instructions to flash it.
step 2: go to cyanogenmod.com and read the instructions for upgrading from scratch.
once you've done those two things, you'll be much happier.

maniacallyhappy said:
I want to upgrade my recovery, but I haven't found anything that can help me upgrade the thing. any links to tell me how to do it? and is there no order that I have to install the firmware? instead of having to go from 1.1 to 1.5 to 1.6, can i just go from 1.1 to 1.6 in one hit?
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You don't re-root when you need to change roms you just wipe in recovery mode
You need amon_ra
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=4647751#post4647751

Like the other guys have said, upgrade to Amon_RA recovery. This allows you to flash updates from any filename, not just update.zip. The link is in my signature, or it's on the G1 Dev Forum in the sticky threads.
After that, boot into recovery and go to the Wipe section. Wipe all the things there, not just data. I never used to wipe everything either and I found that was the source of alot of my problems when changing ROMs. Obviously if you have your SD card partitioned and you choose to wipe your ext then you will lose what is on there.
Cyanogen has good instructions on his Wiki, but basically you want to flash DRC83_base_defanged, DO NOT reboot, and flash CM over the top straight away, then reboot your phone and you'll have a nice clean CM install.
This flashes the HTC Developer image which includes legal Google apps (Gmail, Maps, etc) and then flashes CM over the top which includes all his cool changes but does not delete the Google apps which we aren't supposed to distribute because it's illegal. Perhaps you are not aware, but Cyanogen got a Cease & Desist letter from Google, which is why we now do the defanged base method. More ROMs are moving to this method as time goes on, Pay's ROM and Super D are two which do this.
As an aside, I have found CM is not the fastest ROM. Some people have had better success with a ROM called Super D which is quite popular and includes many of the Eclair bits and pieces which CM does anyway. I personally use Dwang's ROM which is a much more plain Donut image however it absolutely flies. Both of these are linked in my sig, and are usually within the first few pages of the G1 Dev Forum anyway.

Thank you guys so much! I really appreciate how helpful the community has been. I've been having some issues with the the upgrading and maintaining because of my memory card slot dying out. A lot of the times the system will not register that I have my micro sd card in it or it'll say the sd card is blank. I just hope the phone lasts the extra 6 months till the end of my contract
Sent from my T-Mobile G1 using XDA App

maniacallyhappy said:
I've been having some issues with the the upgrading and maintaining because of my memory card slot dying out. A lot of the times the system will not register that I have my micro sd card in it or it'll say the sd card is blank.
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I used to have this problem too, but it went away when I moved to 1.6 (coincidentally the same time I replaced the SD Card that came with my phone with a new Class 6 card). So either the upgrade of the OS or the SD Card fixed it.

In going to have to try the new men card cause the system is already at 1.6 but the phone is still trying to kill itself.
Sent from my T-Mobile G1 using XDA App

[Q] [N00B] Figuring out which mods my G1 has?

Greetings, all. I'm just moving into the Android scene from some dark and lonely years using WinMo/iOS. Since I'm cheap, I bought a used G1 that was already rooted, figuring I could figure it out (did my time jailbreaking iOS and modding WinMo). Well, apparently I'm a worse noob than I'd thought....
Here's what I'm finding:
Firmware Version: 2.1-update 1
Baseband Version: 62.505.20.17U_2.22.19.261
Kernel Version: 2.6.29.6-wg ctso#h0meb0x #2
Mod Version: OpenEclair-v1.2.1 BACONWEAVE
Build number: openeclair_dream_sapphire_us-eng 2.1-update1 ERE27 eng
From the Recovery Mode: CyanogenMod v1.4 + JF
I've tried searching XDA, but honestly, it confused me even more. From what I've found, I should be on at least CyanogenMod v4 to be running Eclair (2.1)? And the guy I bought it from must have been running an older ROM, as WiFi doesn't work and Android Marketplace don't show up.
If anyone could give me a few pointers on where to start, I'd greatly appreciate it. I feel pretty confident that I'll pick up Android pretty quick, just a big change from iOS/WinMo. Again, sorry for this probably being a repeat article, but the search tool has been more confusing that helpful to me here (unlike most forums).

The easiest thing for you to do is to flash a new rom onto you phone I'm using the new super e rom and have had no problem with it, you will have to do a seperate zip download for the marketplace with this rom, which is found on page 86 of this roms post, if your wanting to wifi the apk can be found in the rom bible in the development section as well, power on your g1 holding the power and home button go to the home section and WIPE EVERYTHING not doing so will cause problems, then install the rom reboot then power off and back into the same mode, and flash the gapps zip this will get you up to date
Sent from my HTC Dream using XDA App

So just to make sure I completely understand, I'm not going to need to touch the SPL or Radio or anything like that, right? Just wipe, then run the ROM for the saved .zip file?
Thanks for the quick response!

If ur not sure what spl or radio u have its best to get the most up to date ones, theunlockr.com has the easiest way to get the most up to date and walks you through step by step just click the how to tab, but when it comes to roms this site is by far the best
Sent from my HTC Dream using XDA App

If your going to replace everything then partition the sdard ext upgrade the exts install in order with reboots between, radio, spl, then rom, (if you beed more detail just ask I'm not sure how new you are to this) then once u install the gapps u will be asked to sign into google, if you haven't done this before then you will not have your contacts so be sure to write them down or something before wiping (sorry forgot about this earlier
Sent from my HTC Dream using XDA App

Haha, I was just watching their videos. Thanks for the help, I think my plan will be to wipe my phone then go their route. Does super E work with their system, by the way? I'm still trying to figure out the difference between "Danger SPL" (required for super e) and their method...
Also, since I can already get to root, can I just save a .zip'd ROM to my SD card, wipe the phone, and then install it? Or if I need to go through their steps, do I need to un-root my phone, and then do their "One-Click Root" method?
Thanks again, you're the best!

I would not recommend danger spl due to the risk of bricking your device just stick with the hard spl they provide it runs just fine on the super e
Sent from my HTC Dream using XDA App

You don't need the whole root method just use they're how to load a custom rom it gives you the latest spl and radio but yes save all three straight onto the sdcard after partitioning it
Sent from my HTC Dream using XDA App

In the future yes you can just wipe and flash but this ensures ur up to date with everything else, I'm calling it a night, post a update so we can see how it worked for you
Sent from my HTC Dream using XDA App

[Q] cos-ds on G1

I have been using the latest cos-ds rom 2.3.4 on my G1 (rooted) it was working good then I was messing in rom manager and it installed (after backing up my old system) a rom from ROM MANAGER (free version) i think it was ginger yoshi. it never booted the D/l rom just a G1 loop at startup. now i have my phone restored and i keep getting the error com.android.phone and the force close button and i have no cell service. here is what i can manage to get info wise.
under about phone:
model # cos-ds
android version 2.3.4
Baseband version: Unknown
Kernel Version: 2.6.36.4-s3-cos
Mod Version: cos-ds-07182011
Build #: grj22
The phone wont let me enter Mobile Networks button under wireless ands network. Any help would be greatly appreciated

Same answer as the other post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1222438

lol ^^ same problem twice in a row??

ldrifta said:
lol ^^ same problem twice in a row??
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Yea! At least to my understanding from their post. At first I thought it was a double post. But the poster was different. LOL!

haha i just had a problem yesterday just like it too... well kinda.. lol flashed cwm for a second to see if my rom showed up on rom manager, than my dog knocked my phone off table and knocked the sd card loose so my phone freaked out on me..
i couldn't figure out how to repair ext on cwm so i stupidly flashed amonra.zip (via recovery) on top of it without wiping... so now i couldn't use recovery lol had to flash orange.nbh in order to flash new recovery via fastboot, than upgraded back to 28.25 so easily lol so i live fastboot now
sorry for the long story but who knows it might help this guy out lol

congrats that you finally could find out the advantages of fastboot ...
Sent from my Gingerbread on Dream using XDA App

well i got it fixed. i used 3 different nandroid backups i had 1 on sd and 2 others on pc, they would restore the phone but still no radio. i found out when i upgraded to green rom it killed the radio for cell service. what i ended up doing was flashing back to RC29 via fastboot and then just rerooted and installed cos-ds again. kinda sucked being on android 1.0 again forgot how stripped it was of features. thanks for the help guys