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Stuck on bootloader screen.

So I had root access. (i.e. when I first booted my G1 up it said something about a developer phone) and I tried flashing the dreaimg.nbh file to go back down to RC29. It fails every time won't let me do anything else. It just stays srtuck on the bootloader screen when I try to reboot. I've tried about everything I could think of and I'm at wits end. I really hope this problem can be fixed. Does anyone have any suggestions or know what went wrong? Thanks.

Re-download dreaimg.nbh file again. The one you're using may be corrupted.
Why do you want to go RC29 if you have root access? You should be able to flash anything on your phone as is, RC29 is only needed to gain the root.

It won't let me do anything. I'm unable to do anything to the SD card. Although, while typing this I just thought of something. If I got a card reader I could erase the file from my card since I can't do anything to the phone. Maybe that would work. But who knows because I've tried removing the card and booting up and it remains stuck on the bootloader screen. I literally can not do anything else, it's just permanently stuck like that. So I can't mess with anything. And the reason I was trying to downgrade is because I was trying to start all over again but I think I might have ended up screwing myself instead...

I am may be wrong, and please forgive me if I am, but from your post count I am getting the picture that you're pretty new to this.
Tell me if what you did is any different from these steps
You booted phone into h-boot mode holding power and camera buttons
Your phone found dreaimg.nbh and ran it on it's own.
You restarted the phone and got stuck in the boot loop.
Confirm that this is what happened

No, your assumption is not wrong at all. I am pretty new to this.
Yes, I did reboot my phone while holding down the camera button.
It found dreaimg.nbh and ran it but it failed so now I'm stuck in the boot loop with it constantly trying, and failing, to load dreaimg.
Thanks so much for your quick responses.

When it says "failed to load dreaimg.nbh" it means that it does not see it. I have a feeling that a file that you had was zipped.
Let's do this
Boot into recovery by holding power and home buttons
select wipe/factory reset or something along those lines and try booting up a your phone again. I'll be lurking around so just post what you find.
Take a note of which recovery you're running while you're at it too.

No, the file I had was not zipped I don't think cause it sees it and tries to update. It says update in progress then I get the progress bar but when it's finished it tells me: Update Terminate. Update Fail. Then it just goes back to the multi-colored bootloader screen and won't shut off. I can reset it by pressing call+menu+end but then it just starts all over again. So, I can't boot into recovery mode. Matter of fact, the only way to turn the phone off is to remove the battery. Otherwise, it just starts in bootloader mode and continues this viscous cycle.
At this point I don't even care about installing a ROM or anything, I just want a working phone.

I see. Yep.. you're S.O.L.
Just to make sure... when your phone is off and you hold power and home buttons it just goes to h-boot screen, right if so then unfortunately there's only one thing to do: get a card reader, re-download .nbh file and start over. At this point you have no working recovery or rom on your phone. Once you get that going you should be on your way to secure a root and flash whatever rom you need to.

Is it even fat32?

Damn. That's what I thought. I should have just left well enough alone until I did more research and knew exactly what I was doing but I get ADD when I'm hungover. Oh well. Thanks for your help.

This will happen from time to time.. it's always desirable to have a card reader handy. Also.. since you have nothing to loose, this would be a great time to re-format and re-partition your sdcard so you can start squiky clean.
Good luck.... let us know when this is worked out by adding [SOLVED] to the title of this thread.

[Q] whoops. i have nothing

ok so im new to rooting and looking back i shouldnt of touched it. but hey too late i already did but now im in deep crap. Apparently i didnt back anything up or save anything about back up in the right spot. my g1 has nothing in it. it wont boot. it goes right to the clockworkmod recovery screen. tried loading roms, no dice, wont work. tried several times. i did manage to install a different radio somehow. when i hold the camera button and start phone it says no image file. i tried flashing different roms all ended the same way. some verification error at the sam e line. im at the point where i just want my phone back but am willing to keep tryin. im just looking for the correct files to use. any and all help is appreciated. any other question just ask.

Put dream.nbh on your sd card in the root, hold camera and power and go from there.
That will put stock 1.6 back on your phone and fix your radio problem.

thanks for such a fast response but its not doing anyting. i loades the file pressed correct buttons and everything but its not doing anyting. just stayin at the screen dreaimg.nbh-
bootloader-
recovery-
boot-
splash-
system-
userdata-
radio-
press power button to start update
press action button to cancel update.
i pressed power and nothing happened

awesome. phones back but on 1.0. booo. guess its better than what i had. ok so now how i get this thing to run 2.2. haha. is it possible.

Do the rooting process again and follow all instructions.

[Q] Soft-Bricked G1

So I purchased a used G1 and I knew it has some software issues. I have no idea what version OS or anything is on this phone. Issue is it will not boot up into the OS. After researching (I am new to android) I have found what it can and what I cant get it to do. I can get into recovery mode no problem and after an ALT-L I see "Android System Recovery <2e>". The phone usually boots into this mode straight away, or I can hold home+power and it will enter the mode. Tried doing a "wipe data/factory reset" but nothing changes. If I reboot the phone and hold "back" I would expect it to enter Fastboot mode where I could do stuff. Instead I see the "rainbow screen" very briefly and then a message saying that if I want to restore factory setttings press send, otherwise hit any other key to cancel. No matter what I press nothing happens and I have to pull battery. I can only get into this mode every now and then. It seems pretty finicky about getting into it, and again no options when I do. Finally the camera+power to get into the bootloader does nothing. I can get the PC to see the phone when in recovery mode. It showed up as a mass storage device and i got that changed over to "Android Phone" by installing the SDK drivers.
Is there anything I can do on the recovery screen? That is the only thing that consistently works. I have tried a few update.zip files (various OTA updates I downloaded) but I either get a "No signature" error or it starts installing and then immediately get an "Installation aborted".
Any help to get this up and running would be appreciated. Hopefully its not just useless. For now an OEM 1.5 build is really all a i need. I can worry about updating/rooting later.

Download dream.nbh and format your sd card then place the dream onto ur sd card reboot holding home+cam button and let it do its magic that's how I fixed mine I'm sure if you go to the htc site you will find all the files u need just do a bit more research before trying this
Sent from my HTC Magic/Dream using XDA App

I mentioned in my original post that the camera+power button to enter bootloader mode does not do anything. I have already researched solutions, but it only seems I have access to the recovery mode screen. What can be done from there to assist with this issue (if anything)?

Download and flash the files from here http://developer.htc.com/adp.html (ota radio and system image) rename them update and flash them one at a time
Sent from my HTC Magic/Dream using XDA App

As for the no sig error just do some reasarch on adb shell and flash clockworkmod recovery from there its easy once u do some searching.....dw a couple of weeks ago I was you lol it'll pan out ok the people round here are really helpful
Sent from my HTC Magic/Dream using XDA App

Does this require adb? I have not been successful in making my pc get an adb connection. When in recovery mode the phones shows up on my pc and I got it to show up as android, but "adb devices" does not show anything listed. Everything referencing adb says it needs USB Debugging enabled, but I cant do that I cant get into the OS to enable. I dont seem to be able to enter fastboot mode either (see original post).

Download the radio and recovery image format sd card rename the ota radio update.zip boot into recovery and select apply update from sd card one you have that done delete the update.zip and then place the recovery image on sd card but rename update.zip and do the same....should work for ya
Sent from my HTC Magic/Dream using XDA App

When trying to update the radio files (tried all 3 versions on the download page) I get the "E: No signature (5 files)" error. Can I generate a valid signature for the files?

its worth a try lol if that dont work then i really dont know whats wrong lol

So far I have tried the following files:
The following pass verification and I get to the "Installing update..." but I then instantly get an "Installation Aborted". No other error message as to why:
signed-kila-CRC1-from-CRB43-FIX.7ca4a1d7.zip
signed-kila-DRC83-from-CRC1.c41b93c1.zip
signed-kila-ota-148830.de6a94ca.zip
signed-PLAT-RC33-from-RC30.zip
signed-RC30-from-RC29-fat.1582cace.zip
The following I get a "No Signature" error:
signed-dream_gfh-ota-147201.6d1386de.zip
ota-radio-2_22_19_26I.zip
ota-radio-1_22_12_29.zip
ota-radio-1_22_14_11.zip
I did a Wipe data and Cache before each update.zip attempt and this was using the "Android system recovery <2e>" screen.
Ideas? I will look and see if I can add a signature to the radio files.

dont spose u flashed the recovery with clockworkmod recovery 2.5.0.7
too short

I have not been successful flashing anything to the phone so far. All this was done via the "Android system recovery <2e>".
I signed the radio files myself, but they came out identical and same issues occurred. No idea what the "No signature" error is. Seems like a bunch of people get it on the forums, but no solutions. No idea why the good updates suddenly abort.

forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=4647751&postcount=1

Unfortunatly that seems to require fastboot, adp, or a rooted phone. I tried installing another SPL and I keep getting the "No Signature" error.

wow man your having a tough ass time lol ill keep researching for ya

i think your home button maybe stuck lol
far to short

You know thats not a bad idea. It does actually boot into recovery mode without holding the home button like you are meant to. Would holding home when powering on prevent the boot loader from starting if I hold the camera button?

on my g1 if i hold home power and cam buttons i get the bootloader/fastboot menu

So I ordered a new battery for it today too. The phone does not seem to work too long without being plugged in. Maybe that will help.
I also managed to capture some pictures of the screens I have, so maybe that will assist people with diagnosing the issue.
The first is the rainbow screen I get when holding back on a reboot. It flashes for 1 second or so and then displays the white screen with blue text. The last pic is the recovery menu I have access to.
It looks like this is a fully stock phone, no flashes. I am going to keep trying to get into that bootloader screen. Getting into the rainbow screen works once every 20 tries or so. Maybe the bootloader is similar. Hitting send on the white screen does nothing and requires a battery pull to reset phone.

how long can you stay in the coloured menu for ?????? also what happens if you stay there like what options do you get???

G1 won't boot

Hey guys, today my friend asked me to fix his G1 for him because it wouldn't boot. I thought I could figure it out, but I have tried a bunch of different things, and non of them have worked. It gets passed the G1 screen, but then shows a phone with an exclamation mark above it (pic below). Can anyone help me?

Nobody? It refuses to downgrade to RC29 or RC7. I have no idea what is wrong. It will not boot into the bootloader either. End + Camera does nothing.

when you get to that screen can you get to the menu by pressing alt + L?

I can get to the menu, but when I try to flash an update it says update aborted.

what type of update did you try to flash? stock recovery can only flash ota updates try just wiping and rebooting.. if nothing than you can always try rooting... but becareful, you might want to make sure he or you has a data plan

If your friend just want to get it back to working G1 without rooting it. All you have to do is download the dreaming.nbh file and reflash it using camera+power.
Then it will be reloaded with Android 1.0. After that autoupdate will upgrade it to 1.6. In this case you will need someone with a data plan. If not then you'll have to use ADB to turn on wifi.

The thing is the power+camera doesn't do anything, just takes me to the same screen. I think it must just be broken because, with his permission, I took it apart and found it has water damage. It has also been dropped a lot. Thanks for the help!

[Q] N1 caught on the screen fastboot

Hello
I can't boot on my n1.
Every time I turn on my phone it gets stuck on the screen fastboot.
The worst is that no button works, nor volume, nor power, nor the trackball.
I searched the forum and found no solution.
I appreciate the help
This is the screen
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One of the buttons (trackball? volume?) is stuck.
That's what all the forum searches should have told you.
Nothing to do but physically repair it.

If it is getting stuck in Fastboot mode, it would be your trackball button that is stuck.

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It was really a physical problem at first, the trackball was stuck and now I can move the volume and power buttons.
However when I select the bootloader i go to another screen and selecting fastboot back to the previous screen and the system does not load.
When I select reboot or reboot bootloader, go to the same screen and the system will not boot.
When I select recovery appears a triangle with an exclamation and not leave it, I have to take the battery out.
I've made clear storage and nothing changed.
That is, still can not get the phone working.
Any suggestions?
Thank you very much

If you are looking at keeping the phone stock, I would recommend looking into the PASSIMG method (method can be found in the Nexus One Wiki link in Jack_R1's signature under Unroot/Restore). This will put your phone back to the way it was when it first came out of the box.
If you are wanting to load a 3rd-party firmware, the easiest way is to unlock the bootloader using fastboot and then load a custom recovery like ClockworkMod or Amon_RA. This will allow you to install a custom ROM.

I made a video, hope it helps.
youtube
watch?v=GBvtiB2n3zM&feature=youtu.be
You have a link explaining how to do this method?
Thanks

For which method? Either way, I am sure both are well documented in the wiki in Jack_R1's signature.

Hello everybody
Unfortunately I could not solve my problem.
I tried the method passimg but not worked. The phone does not leave the bootloader screen.
My sd card is formatted, the file passmig put it, the file is installed, but then back to the same screen and the system will not boot.
Can anyone help?
I lost my phone?

Hey I'm having the same issue, I'm still with the phone like if the trackball is stuck, but I feel button ok, I press it normal. I think it could be the flex, what do you think guys?