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
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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...
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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
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I rooted my phone using the "one click" root method (from standard Rogers 1.5 firmware) (http://zenthought.org/system/files/a...1-20090908.apk) and then updated to the latest radio:
•2.22.19.26I
•Baseband Version: 62.50S.20.17H_2.22.19.26I
•http://sapphire-port-dream.googlecod..._22_19_26I.zip
I initiall got the box with the arrow then the phone continued to the Rogers boot screen and has been stuck there for 20 minutes at least! So i took out the battery and turned it back on again and it get stuck on the Rogers screen still!
Have I bricked it!?! I thought you can only brick it when you update the SPL ... all I did was update the radio. Please HELP!
If it helps I was following the instructions step by step from: http://www.maximumpc.com/article/how...page=0,2
according to the cyanogen guide I bricked my phone:
2.Be very careful of any upgrade or mod instructions that require you to install an HTC "Recovery" zip/image, a replacement radio, or anything that might cause a difference of versions thereby bricking your phone.
eg: you currently have an EBI1 system and recovery image. If you boot an EBI0 radio image you will no longer be able to boot your phone.
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Thanks in advance.
P.S. to clarfiy every button combination I press comes up with the Rogers boot screen. Unless I'm a complete idiot and am not pressing the buttons correctly I don't see how I can fix the phone if it won't boot! I though bricked phones are totaly duds (eg. they don't turn on/no charging lights...)
see if you can get it recovery mod? (home+end)
The main cause of bricks is using an SPL that is incompatible with the IPL (radio), hence it is possible not only to brick by changing the SPL, but also by changing the IPL.
yozpalang said:
see if you can get it recovery mod? (home+end)
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Not a chance.
If all he did was change the IPL, then the ONLY cause for it doing locking as it is, is that the SPL is not compatible with that IPL. It is, therefore, bricked.
I didnt think that radio was compatible with the rogers phones, i thought that they had to use the 3.22.20.17 radio?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=544654&highlight=rogers+root
if so that could be the cause of your brick!
joners said:
I didnt think that radio was compatible with the rogers phones, i thought that they had to use the 3.22.20.17 radio?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=544654&highlight=rogers+root
if so that could be the cause of your brick!
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Way to repeat whats already been said, genius!
lbcoder said:
Way to repeat whats already been said, genius!
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Wow.... perhaps you should chill a little, these are Q&A forums, the purpose of which is to educate and help, not just baffle people with terms that its doubtful that they have heard before.
You'll see that i linked back to the thread that details everything that they should be to know not to make the mistake again, and anyone else that does a search will find it as well.
The rogers dream is compatiable with either radio. You just need your recovery/kernel version to match your radio version. The 2.22.19.26I radio needs 32B and 3.22.20.17 needs 32A recovery/kernel.
He needs to reflash the 3.22.20.17 radio then complete the rogers dream rooting guide on the cm wiki.
I have to send mt G1 to TMO cause I got a replacement one. They won't take a phone that has modded firmware without having me pay a fee. I am running Cyanogen 4.2.12.2 and have the danger SPL and latest radio. I've heard unrooting while having the danger SPL bricks your phone. What should I do?
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I have to send mt G1 to TMO cause I got a replacement one. They won't take a phone that has modded firmware without having me pay a fee. I am running Cyanogen 4.2.12.2 and have the danger SPL and latest radio. I've heard unrooting while having the danger SPL bricks your phone. What should I do?
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if i remember correctly, flashing the dreaimg.nbh file via bootloader should do the job. but i'd wait for someone to confirm that before taking me at that.
Ok. If anyone can confirm this and give some instructions...that would be GREATLY appreciated!
I still had the dreaming file on my Sd card. Went into bootloader and flashed it by mistake & it re-set to firmwear 1.0.
So put dreaming on sd card boot into bootloader flash it. (all though i wasn't using danger SPL, but still shouldn't leave you with a brick)
bingo. you can now send it back.
hope this helps.
I was given a dev g1 but i dont have a sim. I then flashed it to rc29 because i wanted to put cyanogen on but i read the tutorial for a regular g1 and now since i dont have a sim it just sits at the no sim screen now. i am able to connect with fastboot and adb but for some reason i now have the regular bootloader 00.95.0000. i tried the tutorial on the htc dev site but i cant flash the radio image and it gives me a signature error when i try to flash. im not sure what to do now inorder to get it back to stock.
I am also having the same issue, although I do have a sim card. How do we get hboot 0.95.3000 original factory bootloader back into our ADP?
Thanks in advance
So i finally got my adp back to stock.
1. I followed the wiki up to and installed the cyanogen mod
2. On the section on installing hard spl i just downloaded the original adp spl from the spl thread
3. then i reflashed the original rom using the same wiki instructions. and i got the rom from the htc dev site.
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?