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Hello people,
I gave this short title to this topic because... I'm simply having troubles. Troubles upgrading, syncing, translating.
I have a Qtek2020. It had WM2003 installed. Had, because I finally managed to install WM6.
But let's go by order.
Some days ago I found this awesome fantastic forum full with binaries.
I have some experience with ROM flashing with various devices. I also did upgrade my OS several times on my 2020. And I decided now it's time for WM6. Many people here said it works, and I wanted to upgrade too.
I'm Italian, so you would understand that I prefer using an Italian OS. But I first wanted to install English WM6 to try it out.
I downloaded TofClock AKU 0.7 and tried to install. But then, the first troubles.
I could no way upgrade my device on my home PC, which runs Vista x64. When I put the device in bootloader mode, the upgrade software returned error 101.
So I tried to do the upgrade at office, under XP SP2 (x86 platform), and everything gone fine.
OK, you would say, you got your new fresh OS. I actually don't have musch to complain about TofClock: I really say BIG BIG HUGE THANKS to the genius that did it!
But here's another problem. Still at office, I could no way sync my PDA on ActiveSync 4.5. Windows didn't install the driver properly.
I came back home: as I said, I run Vista x64. Fortunately, Vista downloaded a driver from Windows Update and the whole thing worked.
OK, you would say. You even got your sync relationship at home.
But now that I saw it worked, I wanted to install an Italian version, maybe even cooked a bit, so I downloaded both the Kitchen and the Microwave for m0dding and translation. The firts thing I tried was the Microwave I found at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=334421&highlight=italian+microwave
I followed the full tutorial literally but I had the following problems:
There was no dump directory. Only dump.src. And dump, filled with tons of files, was required
There was no nk.nb file
There was no 800401-OS.bin file, required by other parts of the batch script
I tried on my Vista x64 and I also tried on a XP SP2 Virtual Machine on my desktop PC. Same result. I found another tutorial. I will probabily try it, but I'm so confused now. Why am I the only one who can't translate his ROM by following literally a tutorial?
Can somebody help me? Maybe with an already-working ROM for Himalaya that I can flash by myself?
At this time, I'm trying to connect my USB cradle to my Virtual Machine using USB over Network, because if I want to do this at home I have no other choice than using XP x86.
Meanwhile, I ask you help with translation. Please! I just need to run it in Italian. I will take care of Kitchen and all the mess that comes with customization later. I only need Italian now, and I need to be able to upgrade. I still have 15 days (by now) of trial license for USB over Network. I could even share my cradle with somebody that is able to do the upgrade remotely, because, as far as I know, if connection breaks during upgrade and the process fails, the Bootloader mode prevents the PDA to become another brick in the wall and the operation can be still tried again.
I will leave my MSN Messenger contact on my profile. You can find me everytime but business days/hours.
Thanks in advance.
I'm sorry, but the Microwave is for HTC Wizard only, you can not use it for Himalaya.
Download the Himalaya kitchen, find Italian *.dll.04xx files or extract them from the free Microsoft Italian WM6 emulator. Use the quick and dirty way to create Italian ROM as described in
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=311078
success
I tried that tutorial (still in Virtual Machine). I had error "file temp\dump\imageinfo.bin already exists" when clicking the green arrow in Kitchen. I tried both Anichilius and TofClock's Kitchens
[Add]: I'm trying with HyperCore. I'll let you know
Anichilius kitchen is for Hermes, not for Himalaya
Tofclock worked on several devices
Hypercore is Hermes as well
Get your facts straight before trying to cook a ROM or you'll brick your device
Unfortunately I'm no expert in ROM cooking. It's my first time here. I don't know about the differences between the devices.
As far as I know, most of the Kitchens carry the same program: BuildOS. I found the problem running it. I'm trying to learn everything now by reading the forum.
I dumped TofClock's ROM (OS ver. 6.0) using ImgfsToDump and got all the files. I dumped WM6 Emu too. I found that TofClock ROM doesn't carry the *409.mui files that are inside emulator's ROM, like explained in the tutorial. So when I renamed the files from 410 to 409 and copied them I didn't actually overwrite anything.
Running BuidOS, which is a script that comes with every kitchen with no modifications (I didn't binary compare the files but I think it's the same script), so it doesn't seem to be device-specific, I always got the error "File temp\dump\imageinfo.bin already exists". I tried to find out the reason by reading Hypercore documentation. And it seems, as I thought, that the files I want to build are in conflict with the original files. I tried to understand why. I'm not sure about it, but by the hex address I saw around in the dump files it seems that the ROM is not organized as a file system, where every file is dynamically allocated and indexed in a file table, but they are allocated to raw memory address somehow.
I don't know why. For example, if I want to cook a Windows XP setup CD with my own bootloader I have to simply burn a CD with a modified ntoskrnl.exe file and here we go every XP installation from now on shows my ugly/sweet face (choose the best that suits)
As far as I know, apart from obvious size limits that vary with the device, there's a new limit in ROM cooking: I can't copy&paste files. I thought that the BuildOS script "simply" packed all the files into the ROM rebuilding the file table, adding checksums and other info according to the ROM format (which I don't know), and maybe I'm wrong.
[Add]: I have been trying to get in contact with slumpolo, which is very expert in Italian ROMs. Meanwhile, I read on that tutorial one of his replies: he said that not all ROMs have MUI files. So TofClock doesn't use MUI (btw Windows Vista does, but that's other things), but WM6 emu does, and that may be the reason why they are not compatible.
I know Himalaya devices are a bit "ancient", but I wonder if there's another ROM than TofClock to work on. I may try with it.
I wouldn't like to ask "can somebody [with big big experience] do the translation for me?". I would like to do it myself, but I need tools and knowledge. I think I already got the tools...
There is already a great Tofclock WM6 AKU 0.7.0 especially for Himalaya. Download it from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=331637
and the Xplode Kitchen Tutorial. This kitchen has all files and registry hives extracted and nicely organized. So you don't need to dump them yourself.
Of course you will need the emulator dump. Keep folders well separated and organized.
It does have all the 0409.mui files. If you use the quick and dirty method of simply renaming your mui files/folders to *.0409.mui and overwriting the original ones, you should get a fairly acceptable result. Not perfect, the emulator runs an older version of WM6 than the one in the kitchen. If you want perfect, you'll have to spend a lot of time...
Your big "WHY" question: Intel X86 architecture is very much different than the ARM/Xscale architecture. The ARM is a child from the Acorn RISC processor. So operating systems for X86 and ARM are very different in structure as well. But if you want your pretty face on the Hima bootloader screen, it can be done, search the forum for "splash screen"
Hima is by no means "ancient", it is still one of the best HTC designs ever. All right, the newer models are lighter, have beter cameras and some even 640x480 and a "modern" price tag...
Don't worry, I won't offer to do the translation for you. I'm still trying to create the perfect Dutch ROM.
We talked about the same Kitchen. I tried it too in the beginning. But now I found something more. Many of the 409.mui files in this Kitchen are in subdirectories. So I could simply paste them there and find no error in BuildOS... Maybe... I'll let you know.
BTW the face thing was a joke: I already know how to change a bootscreen and I will do that as last thing once the ROM is stable and Italian.
About the "perfect" ROM, I can accept the challenge and spend some more time on it once created the BASIC Italian Rom, at least...
And I said Hima may be "ancient" because my Qtek 2020 is more than 3 yrs old
Cya 2moro
In desktop PC's I consider 2 years old the equivalent of stone age, I'm really surprised that this hardware has such an enormous life span. I even believe we've yet to discover the full potential of this little beasty.
Lol.
By the way, here's the thing I wanted to show you.
The files in Microwave directory are the dump of emulator, while the files in Work directory are from TofClock.
So I "simply" have to match directories while pasting emu files into TofClock after renaming
djechelon said:
So I "simply" have to match directories while pasting emu files into TofClock after renaming
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Simple, as long as you're concentrated. Because in the Quick and dirty method both directories have identical names, I once started dragging and dropping in the wrong direction, overwriting Dutch with English...
Next pitfall, some files point to one another
a.04xx refers to b.04xx
I use Ultra€dit to search inside all these files for the string 0413 (dutch) both in plain ASCII and in Unicode. Do not automatically replace, watch in the hex editor if it's actually a string, not a piece of code.
Now edit initflash.dat using a good unicode editor (like ultraedit) and take care to save as unicode. Do not allow the editor to convert it into anything else. Take care that there's only one initflas.dat in your kitchen, the edied one, and not for example an autogenerated backup (Ultraedit can do that...)
Read cooking tutorials on how to edit initflash.dat
Add OEMs (see cooking tutorials)
Cook, burn, test
I think you're going to tell me that the ROM I managed to cook now won't work until I manually edit each single MUI file against 410 pointers... Actually I forgot to paste initflashes.dat, because when i pasted the whole directory I always found out that the names were correctly translated! Yea, just because I pasted it.
I'm gonna use TortoiseMerge to compare initflashes.dat from emu to TofClock.
Fortunately, I can make as many mistakes as I like because if I brick the device I can reflash it using Bootloader mode with a working ROM (which I'll jealously keep on my hard drive in more copies ).
However, I was unable to flash under my XP SP2 Virtual Machine. I'm trying again under Vista, else I'll have to do it at office where it worked last time...
It's really harassing, but it's a fascinating world I'm exploring.
Brick
Oh finally I bricked my device!!!
Hahahaha. OK I managed to build my first Italian ROM but, as expected, the device got stuck on the Windows Mobile logo.
Not bad. I tried a little modification and re-flashed it. Same error. So I gotta restore TofClock original for now... It makes me little sad because I ran in lots, lots, lots and lots of troubles, putting all of my efforts, to build the f***** ROM.
Till my device still lives, I can test as much as I want. By the way, Maggy, I need your help now.
You talked about cross-links in MUI files. I tried to find them. I used UltraEdit and tried to search for "410" (Italian) in the MUI files I renamed into 409, but I can't find anything. I tried with a lot of files, not all files, but no one has cross-links.
Just to see if everything's fine, I'm trying to re-cook the TofClock ROM that came with the Kitchen, with no modifications, not even the bootscreen. It's just a check. It's 3 AM now: should I take a nap? I think so...
Anyway, let's get back to my problems. I noticed that both on Vista and XP (btw I managed to cook&flash with Vista so I can now throw the VM in the bin together with the shareware version of USB Over Network that installed me a harassing driver blocking all USB devices including mouse & key if I don't manually disable driver signature...) the BuildImgfs program... explodes!
Well, actually it consumes too much memory. The heap goes up to 1GB before crashing. I think here is a bug in the script: destructors should be called to free memory from unused object ASAP. .NET and Java have Garbage Collectors, which take care of destroying unused object, but it's not the same with unmanaged code like C++ or whatever used to make the program.
I tried to search, but I found nothing (did I say something about a nap...?). I need, if available, a newer version of BuildImgfs that manages memory correctly and doesn't crash. I saw many people having the same problem. I don't add too many packages: I'm even forced to remove Windows Media Player to let it build!!!
[Add]: as expected, the re-cooked TofClock works. OK I'll go sleep now. Promise!
Guys, i need some help. Recently i came across the rom update for my xda iis, so i decide to take it out of my drawer and see if i can update it with HELMI_BA_WM6_R0_Public. I followed all the steps and try to upgrade it, after i click on HELMI_BA_WM6_R0_.exe, my xda iis restart on cradle and after that nothing happen. I notice it only appear on the top with the word "serial" and the bottom "v2.06". I have tried in vain to get it working again, please try to help as im very new to this. Im using window Vista.
since apparently, you are not that experienced in flashing your device, i would recommend you use windows xp to flash your device.
then you have a look at this wiki wizard:
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=HTC_Blueangel_WM6_WizzardUpgrade1_WM2003SE0
this is a step by step instruction on how to upgrade from wm2003 to wm6.
please follow it precisely, even if you don't see a point in certain steps, they are all important!!!
if you, however, don't understand a step or a phrase, feel free to re-post, and i will explain it to you in more detail.
have fun with the upgrading, one word of advise: take your time, the first upgrade with storage resize radio upgrade, sim unlock and other stuff can last an hour or two (not the upgrade itself, but the process you go through). when you remember the steps and feel like you want a different rom, after testing this one, all you have to do is donload a "nk.nbf" file and flash it, and the entire update takes you 5 minutes then
Hi Chef_tony, thanks for the reply. I went to the link u gave me and from the 1st step on im stuck. It ask me to download both the unlocker and Repart and place it on the phone, but i cant do anything with the phone except for the "Serial" on top and "V2.06" below, it does change to "usb" when i cradle it. please help. thanks again
ok, then at that point you are stuck in boot loader, that happened to me too.
the reason for that might not be that interesting to you now, but it is because vista in the middle of the flashing process vista thinks it needs new drivers, downloads them and then it disconnects the device, something that shouldn't be done while flashing, as everyone knows.
these wiki links explain how to flash from vista using modified drivers, but i wanna tell you in advance, that i personally never got it running, i always use a windows xp machine:
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=HTC_Blueangel_WM6_WizzardUpgrade4_Vista
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=HTC_Blueangel_WM6_WizzardUpgrade4_Vista_Pic
so, still i want to state that the best way to flash is a xp computer, if you have access to one, use that to flash your original shipped rom first, to resize the storage (first wizard step) afterwards.
theoretically, a virtual machine, running xp would also work, if you still have an xp cd lying around, you can download virtual pc 2007 from microsoft, it is free and you just need a short time to set up a virtual xp machine, because i can guarantee you, you will flash more than one rom, once you started on the topic.
remember, you need to flash your shiped rom, then you want to flash the helmi rom, then maybe a rom update and probably you are not staying with that rom forever, since it is wm6, there is also wm6.1 and wm6.5 to follow that.
what i want to say is:
- try the flashing with vista option described in the wiki links above
- if that doesn't work, try to get to an xp computer and follow the steps
- flash your original shipped rom first
- then the wiki wizard steps in again
Problem is solve, thank you so much chef_tony. my next question is...where can i get wm6.1 rom as all the link i had is dead
according to another user, this thread's links are still working:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=403421
but it does not contain office. (you can still try other office download links, if you need it)
just by the tiny size of the extrom i would say there is hardly anything contained, but anyway, that is a rom i used too, and it is quite nice, also look up IOLITE stuff in this forum for extra apps.
make sure to repost if everything went to plan
I found a working wm6.1 pro on another website and its working great! It contain office as well. Thing now is i didnt adjust the memory and i didnt have enough space to install every software that i had
This is the link http://www.4shared.com/file/66810499/8a61be24/HTC-BA5220758WWE_v302_25M_PP-16M_RAMdisk_a.html?s=1
By the way chef_tony, you happen to have any idea how to open up BA, cause i would love to clean it up on the inside.
1. the thing is, the storage resize is important for 2 reasons:
- sure, with the resize you woulld have 16mb more storage memory for installing programs and storing stuff
- you still have your original extrom on the device, which is not compatible with newer roms, meaning, instead of simply copying the extrom to an sd card to have a basic setup and installing programs you need to install cabs manually
which is why i said to follow the steps precisely, now you have 16mb of space you simply can't access from wm6 at all, and for a resize you'd have to go back to wm2003 first but give your rom a try first, maybe it is not the perfect one for you after all, then you still have the opportunity to re-flash.
2. i am glad you found a valid link, many people post their roms to hosters that take it down after a while, expecially when there are no more downloads of that item, and so, many links posted here half a year ago are not working anymore, which is sad, since there are still a lot of people, including you, that would like to go to wm5, wm6 or wm6.1 and not just the newest wm6.5 builds, but, whatever, you found your rom and hopefully kept the files stored on your pc for future reflashing...
3. there are two basic disassembling guides for the BA:
- the official service manual (also good for repairs, since they explain each step):
http://www.4pda-service.ru/netcat_f.../BLUE ANGEL/HTC_Blue_Angel_Service_manual.pdf
- the manual made by a forum user:
http://www.land-of-kain.de/ppc/mda3/disassembly/
i am glad it all worked out for you so far and you will realize that this old device has a lot of potential, when you keep it up to date (and clean ).
Thanks you so much for the help. I'll try to update if the link is dead someday, by the way..i have 43mb storage and 84mb programme, is that good or bad?
the program memory is normal, but the storage should be 16 mb more, so instead of 43.XX you would have 60.30mb.
that is the extrom resize mentioned before.
- you need to flash your original rom for that
- then copy the "xda-developers unlocker" and the "repart_doc.exe" to your device. (attached below)
- you install the extrom unlocker
- then you go to start menu and extrom unlocker
- you execute "unhide"
- then unlock
- then start the repart_doc and set the size to 128kb
then you can lock the extrom and hide it again.
maybe in that process there is a soft reset required, i don't remember.
the reason why you do all that is because the extrom memory is hidden and locked and contains a bunch of cabs, that install automatically, when you hard reset the device.
so after that, you can reflash your wm6 rom, and you'll see, that after you resized and formatted that space, your memory dialogue will show 60.30mb of storage memory (plus it gives you the opportunity to install wm6 extroms from the sd card).
Recently got an Xperia X1 and now i want to flash it.
Been reading the threads here, but i've got some questions.
1. Anyone flashed using Windows 7? Anything specific i should have in mind?
2. Should i simply just get a computer with XP/Vista before flashing?
3. How do i format the MicroSD card? Can't do it from my computer, do i need an external reader for it?
Thank you in advance.
You can't flash windows 7, completely different operating system designed to run on a different processor. Look at the available roms, and there are several flashing guides on this forum.
Pyrojester said:
You can't flash windows 7, completely different operating system designed to run on a different processor. Look at the available roms, and there are several flashing guides on this forum.
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Sorry, I think he means his pc is running the Windows 7 beta platform and wants to know whether he can use is to flash his roms...Answer is "Yes"...I am using the same OS..
Pyrojester said:
You can't flash windows 7, completely different operating system designed to run on a different processor. Look at the available roms, and there are several flashing guides on this forum.
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Sorry, I think he means his pc is running the Windows 7 beta platform and wants to know whether he can use is to flash his roms...Answer is "Yes"...I am using the same OS..
2. Should i simply just get a computer with XP/Vista before flashing?...Not necessary...but your choice..
3. How do i format the MicroSD card? Can't do it from my computer, do i need an external reader for it?
If your pc does not have a built-in card reader...you will need a external reader to do it...
Hope this gives you a clue...
Great Day!
ow haha pete beat me to it with a better answer
pete338 said:
Sorry, I think he means his pc is running the Windows 7 beta platform and wants to know whether he can use is to flash his roms...Answer is "Yes"...I am using the same OS..
2. Should i simply just get a computer with XP/Vista before flashing?...Not necessary...but your choice..
3. How do i format the MicroSD card? Can't do it from my computer, do i need an external reader for it?
If your pc does not have a built-in card reader...you will need a external reader to do it...
Hope this gives you a clue...
Great Day!
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Yes, i meant that my PC is running Windows 7.
But i guess there are other ways to flash than to use the SD card, or are they more unsafe to use?
Barachiel said:
Yes, i meant that my PC is running Windows 7.
But i guess there are other ways to flash than to use the SD card, or are they more unsafe to use?
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Well, I'm using the sd card flashing method....works all the time...
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well I preferred Pyrojesters answer... made me chuckle
Well I always flash with PC and never had any problems. I'm also using Windows 7
Tuncal said:
Well I always flash with PC and never had any problems. I'm also using Windows 7
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Do i have to install .net framework 3.5 when i use Windows 7?
Barachiel said:
Recently got an Xperia X1 and now i want to flash it.
Been reading the threads here, but i've got some questions.
1. Anyone flashed using Windows 7? Anything specific i should have in mind?
2. Should i simply just get a computer with XP/Vista before flashing?
3. How do i format the MicroSD card? Can't do it from my computer, do i need an external reader for it?
Thank you in advance.
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1\ login as administrator and fully turn off UAC. download and install Windows Mobile Centre no matter if it has already installed with system
2\ not needed
3\ card reader is needed. format via card reader as removeable disk with FAT format
nop.. U dont need any program installed to flash . Ive flashed all the roms using windows 7!! And I havent faced any problem!
btw , win 7 is great!
Hi
Very simple. I'm Using WIn 7 Ultimate on my laptop. When I connected my X1i to it it automatically downloaded WMDC (same as used in Win Vista). and it works similar to Win Vista
No problems at all.
Syncs well with outlook. I/ve tested WM 6.5 as well as WM 6.1 both on the same.
Dinesh
Barachiel said:
Do i have to install .net framework 3.5 when i use Windows 7?
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As far as I know .net 3.5 is already installed by default on Windows 7. But you can always download the installer offcourse
How to update rom for my tilt with macbook pro....i have had tilt for long time and didnt use it for sometime.i have installed 6.1 n wanted to update the latest rom. Responses r appreciated.
Parallels or VM fusion
I dont know of any RUU's written ofr Mac, so I believe you're going to have to boot into windws somehow.
EDIT: You could also update via the SD card. Go to the Kaiser Wiki, and the ROM development forum for details.
Good Luck
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How to update rom for my tilt with macbook pro....i have had tilt for long time and didnt use it for sometime.i have installed 6.1 n wanted to update the latest rom. Responses r appreciated.
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There is no way to update using OSX. I have all Macs and I flash my Tilt with my Intel iMac by booting into Windows XP using Bootcamp.
I don't believe you can flash " official roms " with the SD card method, but I could be wrong.
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There is no way to update using OSX. I have all Macs and I flash my Tilt with my Intel iMac by booting into Windows XP using Bootcamp.
I don't believe you can flash " official roms " with the SD card method, but I could be wrong.
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You can download the HTC stock ROM, extract it using any UnRAR program for OS X (a google search will yield plenty of results) and after doing that, rename the extracted file called RUU_Signed.nbh to KAISIMG.nbh. Then, you can move KAISIMG.nbh to your MicroSD card using a card reader, and put that back in your device. Hold the Camera and Power Button at the same time while the device is off to load the bootloader, and if you did everything right, you should be able to follow the instructions from there.
Check out the WIKI page for more info:
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=KaiserSDFlash
Credit goes to DaveTheTytnIIGuy for the tip!
krouth said:
You can download the HTC stock ROM, extract it using any UnRAR program for OS X (a google search will yield plenty of results) and after doing that, rename the extracted file called RUU_Signed.nbh to KAISIMG.nbh. Then, you can move KAISIMG.nbh to your MicroSD card using a card reader, and put that back in your device. Hold the Camera and Power Button at the same time while the device is off to load the bootloader, and if you did everything right, you should be able to follow the instructions from there.
Check out the WIKI page for more info:
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=KaiserSDFlash
Credit goes to DaveTheTytnIIGuy for the tip!
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That is the SD card method, but again, if you don't already have Hardspl on your phone ( and you have to do that with a PC ) you can't use the SD card method. And you can't flash a stock rom either using the SD card method either unless you use Hardspl first .
I think the OP was asking to do a normal Kaiser rom update with a Mac.
thnx guys
thnx you for ur responses ppl ....
Hello everybody,
I try to root my 1.6 G1 for many days now. Followed many more tutorials. TheUnlockr, YouTube, XDA-Dev and other Android-Forums.
The problem is an error message when I try to flash the 1.5 Update. Everytime it says "00028002 Not allow". Tried the flashing process with so many DREAIMG.nbh's from different websites. Tried the US and the UK Version but nothing, really nothing worked.
And now, after Google and all these tutorials didn't work, I ask you for help. I hope that i won't get stupid posts =)
Thanks in advance!
did you format to FAT32?
I really don't know. I normally use Mac OS X 10.6.2 and don't know how to format there. Under Windows 7 which I use with BootCamp I right-clicked the SD-Card and selected "format..." but then there is an error message too like "not found". I don't have an adapter for the microSD. Do you have any Tips for me?
i'm not sure about other ways to format (anyone, lend a hand please?) but i think you need it to be FAT32.
EDIT: disk utility. i think you can get it there. just backup beforehand.
I Googled for formatting under Macintosh. FAT works, but there's no option for FAT32... Really need help.
Could anyone post me the "best" files/tutorial for downgrading a german G1, please?
19SK91 said:
I Googled for formatting under Macintosh. FAT works, but there's no option for FAT32... Really need help.
Could anyone post me the "best" files/tutorial for downgrading a german G1, please?
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Well read the edit in my post. Some say Disk Utility works for FAT32, some say it doesn't. Hmm, i don't have macintosh so i can't really try it ATM.
Disk Utility was what I tried. But I just have these options:
4 times "Mac OS X Extended" and "MS-DOS Dateisystem (FAT)". Don't think that this is right.
But do you have a link to a tutorial for rooting a german G1 at 1.6? Because the files I downloaded always had different sizes and I don't know which the right one is/was?
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Disk Utility was what I tried. But I just have these options:
4 times "Mac OS X Extended" and "MS-DOS Dateisystem (FAT)". Don't think that this is right.
But do you have a link to a tutorial for rooting a german G1 at 1.6? Because the files I downloaded always had different sizes and I don't know which the right one is/was?
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Fat32 might be a windows only format just like EXT is a linux only format, so you will need to find a program that can do it like paragon or have a friend format it on their computer.
I do have Windows but it always says that the SD card can't be found. Don't know why.
I connect the G1 to my MacBook and run Windows 7. I mount USB and choose the SD card in Windows. Then I right-click on it and say "format...". After that it seems that the G1 automatically dismounts the SD card so that Windows can't find it...
Edit: How does the G1 itself format the SD card?
Edit 2: After formatting G1 in Mac (MS-DOS (FAT)) it said that something's wrong with the SD card and Android wanted me to format it again. I did it but Windows doesn't find the SD card anymore -.-'
Edit 3: G1 also doesn't find the SD card anymore xD
Formatted the SD card to FAT32 but the problem doesn't disappear...
Will try it now with RC7 instead of RC29. Don't think that it'll work because I already tried this before but who cares...
Edit: RC7 also doensn't work. I tried to install the "signed-kila-ota-148830.de6a94ca" update too. But after a while it says "Installation aborted"... I really need help!!
19SK91 said:
Formatted the SD card to FAT32 but the problem doesn't disappear...
Will try it now with RC7 instead of RC29. Don't think that it'll work because I already tried this before but who cares...
Edit: RC7 also doensn't work. I tried to install the "signed-kila-ota-148830.de6a94ca" update too. But after a while it says "Installation aborted"... I really need help!!
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Alright put your sd card back into your g1. Unmount it in settings, then format it from there. When it's done, plug your g1 back into your computer or use and sd card reader (Personally, I prefer the card reader.) I use a mac based laptop as well, but i put windows on it as a partition. (I needa play my games ) See if your computer detects it now. And what do you mean that the problem doesn't disappear? Wasn't your problem the fact that the card didn't format?
No, the original problem is/was, that I can't get back to 1.5. No matter what file I choose, this damn "00028... Not Allow" problem appears everytime.
19SK91 said:
Formatted the SD card to FAT32 but the problem doesn't disappear...
Will try it now with RC7 instead of RC29. Don't think that it'll work because I already tried this before but who cares...
Edit: RC7 also doensn't work. I tried to install the "signed-kila-ota-148830.de6a94ca" update too. But after a while it says "Installation aborted"... I really need help!!
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Na bra... go ahead an try one more thing..
Macs by default automatically unzip files when downloaded from the internet.
So if this is the case, the file your downloading isn't in the correct format (atleast for the phone). You can even try re-zipping the file but its not gonna work. This happened to me, the only way to fix it is to change the Mac preferences to not automatically unzip/open/handle files downloaded. Its been so long I cant remember the right steps in order to do this. But Im pretty sure thats why you're getting hung up. If you have a Windows availible to you, try downloading it again on the PC and moving it to your SD and see if it works Oo. Or just change your Mac settings and redownload. This MIGHT be your problem.
On second though, this might not be your problem. But maybe worth a try.
19SK91 said:
Hello everybody,
I try to root my 1.6 G1 for many days now. Followed many more tutorials. TheUnlockr, YouTube, XDA-Dev and other Android-Forums.
The problem is an error message when I try to flash the 1.5 Update. Everytime it says "00028002 Not allow". Tried the flashing process with so many DREAIMG.nbh's from different websites. Tried the US and the UK Version but nothing, really nothing worked.
And now, after Google and all these tutorials didn't work, I ask you for help. I hope that i won't get stupid posts =)
Thanks in advance!
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Looking at your info, I'm assuming you're using a German G1
If that's the case I'm pretty sure you have to use the goldcard method to downgrade your G1 then root.
I'm not 100% sure on this, but based on what you've already tried and the flag below your location and post count, it might be a good idea to read up on it and try another method.
Check this thread out for a little more detail
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=485364
@nopotential: So, could you tell me how to change this in the settings? 'Cause I right-clicked on a .zip, chose "open with..." and said "The unarchiver". Then i said "always open with" but it doesn't work...
@jackslim: I do have Windows 7 and the MacBook Pro does have a SD card reader but I do not have an adapter... Is there any chance to do this without a WM Device (If this is also Windows 7 ^^)?!
@all: Does anybody have a good downgrading tutorial für GERMAN/EUROPEAN G1s that worked for him/her too? That would be really nice.
By the way: What time is it in the US now? Is it in the morning?!
I'm just piecing together bits of other information I've found on various posts, so this may or may not work. Since you'll be using a macbook you should be able to dd to the sdcard
The first thing you need to do is get the CID of your SD Card
You can do this with adb, if you need help setting up adb see here
After ADB is setup
*Make sure on your phone you go to settings -> applications -> development and make sure USB Debugging is checked
check that it is working by opening a terminal and using
Code:
adb devices (enter)
If you see a serial number it's working, if not refer back to the adb setup guide and check for what you may have missed. If you seen a serial number do the next step
Code:
adb shell (enter)
cat /sys/class/mmc_host/mmc1/mmc1:*/cid (enter)
Now you should have the CID of your SD Card (write it down exactly). If you know an easier way to get this info directly from your macbook, feel free to try it that way.
Once you have your CID, go to this website scroll to the bottom, enter your email and cid as directed to, then wait for the email with your goldcard img
Once you recieve your goldcard.img, on your mac open a terminal, go to the directory you saved the goldcard.img to and
Code:
dd if=goldcard.img of=/path/to/your/sdcard bs=384 (enter)
*Note: Change /path/to/your/sdcard to what it actually is
Now add DREAIMG.nbh to the SD Card, and reboot your phone into the bootloader Camera + Power **Cross Fingers While You Wait*** And hopefully it will work
I don't have a Mac, never even used a Mac. I'm just piecing bits of information from different posts in an attempt to assist you downgrade. Although none of these steps should cause any damage to your Macbook/PC/Phone/House/Leg/Car or grandchildren. Try these steps at your own risk
And inresponse to the current time in the US, it's approximately 11:10 am on the eastern coast
Whoa, thanks for this. I don't know how to show you how thankful I am in english ^^
At the moment I'm not able to try this 'cause I'm busy but I'll post the result of it =)
Thanks again.
Also see this post
It specifically says for a Dutch phone, but I think most continental G1's that are having the downgrade problem require the same method to fix it