Hi,
I've owned and ROM'd two Android phones, but not a G1 and wanted to help out a friend to get her stock 1.6 G1 to CM5. We ran into problems which led me to not want to continue before they are sorted out. I looked for answers to this but couldn't find any, so please don't flame me if I overlooked any. I tried to go by the instructions in the CM wiki.
This is what we did:
- We installed ClockWorkMod Recovery through the ROM Manager app
- We rebooted into that recovery and via adb flashed AmonRA recovery
- we rebooted into the AmonRA recovery which worked (I *think* just regularly holding Home while powering on)
- we flashed the appropriate radio update for her US TMo G1
- the documentation said "phone will reboot during update". I think it did, but it seemed stuck on "formatting cache" in recovery.
- when holding Home on reboot after that, it did from there on NOT reboot into the custom recovery
- instead, it rebooted into what looks like "bootloader" mode on my Moto Milestone, a screen with a phone and an exclamation point. We could get into stock recovery with Alt-L, but I don't think that is what we wanted.
At this point, it seemed to not reliably boot into custom recovery, so I didn't want to continue the process. I assume I could have gone down the same of flashing a custom recovery, but I wasn't sure what would happen with/after installation of the DangerSPL if booting into recovery wouldn't work.
So - is the "booting into bootloader instead of recovery" a known issue? Am I too much of a noob on the G1 and did totally miss something? Could or should we proceed to the DangerSPL / CM5 installation with this going on?
Any help would be much appreciated!
W0nk0
Flashing a new recovery from CM5 or CM6 is not working well. Try flashing the recovery image / radio image / ... from fastboot and you should be fine.
Edit: I did not read well the first time. Now I notice, that you are still on stock SPL, sorry. But re-reading well I've got a question: Are you sure you flashed already successfully a new recovery? For me it seems you are still on a plain stock G1.
Sent from my Htcclay's Superfly G1 using XDA App
Thanks a lot for your help!
We _were_ on a custom recovery twice, after flashing it from ROM manager (Clockworkmod then) and on the AmonRA recovery after that. As the recoveries clearly had non-stock things like nandroid I'm quite positive.
The problem seems to be that they didn't "stick" - we flashed the radio ROM upgrade from Amonra recovery, but after a reboot with Home pressed landed in the exclamation point screen again (which seems to indicate stock recovery as you can get to that with Alt-L from there).
If fastboot is indeed the way to go, where do I get the drivers for the windows/pc side of it? The noob guide I found had no help there :/.
Thanks again,
W0nk0
Sent from my Dell Streak using Tapatalk
Few things;
1) if you have the OEM system image, then, indeed, the recovery will be overwritten by the OEM recovery image upon reboot into the system.
2) You say that you've written a RADIO image.... ***WHAT*** radio image did you write? You should have written a radio with a version number that starts with a "2".
3) Have you written a new SPL? The SPL you should write is 1.33.2003. DO NOT install deathSPL, no matter how many RETARDS suggest it. There is ABSOLUTELY NO USE in it. 1.33.2003 is SAFE to install (unlike 1.33.2005), and the ONLY benefit of 1.33.2005 has been GREATLY EXCEEDED, making that "benefit" entirely pointless.
Note that with the stock SPL (0.95.0000), there IS NO FASTBOOT. 1.33.2003 has a very strong fastboot capable of writing ALL partitions, including the radio image. Fastboot is the safest way to write the radio and SPL, but prior to installing an SPL with a strong fastboot mode, obviously you can't use this feature.
Steps:
1) Reinstall custom recovery,
2) reboot into recovery and write 1.33.2003 SPL.
3) DO NOT let it boot into regular system prior to installing 1.33.2003 SPL, or it will overwrite that custom recovery.
4) After installing the good SPL, it would still overwrite the custom recovery by booting into the regular system, but by this time, you will have FASTBOOT, so it doesn't matter.
5) Now do what you want... but once you have a 2.x radio and 1.33.2003, do NOT write any other radio or SPL, and for F SAKES DO NOT RUN ANY NBH FILES EVER NO MATTER WHAT!!!
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Hi Everyone,
I am been visiting xda since I got my g1/adp1 over a year ago. I have been using it and it has been doing very well for me. Back in January I had flashed a rom and I had ended up with the hardspl. Since then for some odd reason, I was never able to flash the dangerspl or engineering spl. So from what I looked over on the forum, I used the dream.nbh file and went back to the original release and then flashed the cupcake update as advised in one of the posts here. After doing that, I was able to log in and install FlashRec and install the Amon Ra 1.6.2 recovery.
However, after doing that, I tried to flash the updated Radio and the hard spl, and I have been unsuccessful. Prior to installing the radio, I do the wipe/factory reset and then flash the ota-radio-2_22_19_26I.zip. After it complete it and pressing back + home, it even says writing radio image. However, when I boot into android or fastboot, it still shows that radio is 1.22.12.29. And the spl is the original 0.95.0000. I have also followed the procedure in the above link to install the radio then hard spl and then the cyanogen Cyanogen4.2.12.2 installation. I was able to boot into the rom; however the radio is still 1.22.12.29 and the spl is 0.95.0000.
With regards to info on the phone, it is DREA100 PVT 32B. So I would really appreciate anyone’s advice on how I can restore it to the engineering SPL or install the hard spl and then switch to the danger spl; and also update the radio. Thank you
zer003 said:
Hi Everyone,
I am been visiting xda since I got my g1/adp1 over a year ago. I have been using it and it has been doing very well for me. Back in January I had flashed a rom and I had ended up with the hardspl. Since then for some odd reason, I was never able to flash the dangerspl or engineering spl. So from what I looked over on the forum, I used the dream.nbh file and went back to the original release and then flashed the cupcake update as advised in one of the posts here. After doing that, I was able to log in and install FlashRec and install the Amon Ra 1.6.2 recovery.
However, after doing that, I tried to flash the updated Radio and the hard spl, and I have been unsuccessful. Prior to installing the radio, I do the wipe/factory reset and then flash the ota-radio-2_22_19_26I.zip. After it complete it and pressing back + home, it even says writing radio image. However, when I boot into android or fastboot, it still shows that radio is 1.22.12.29. And the spl is the original 0.95.0000. I have also followed the procedure in the above link to install the radio then hard spl and then the cyanogen Cyanogen4.2.12.2 installation. I was able to boot into the rom; however the radio is still 1.22.12.29 and the spl is 0.95.0000.
With regards to info on the phone, it is DREA100 PVT 32B. So I would really appreciate anyone’s advice on how I can restore it to the engineering SPL or install the hard spl and then switch to the danger spl; and also update the radio. Thank you
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When installing a radio or SPL, you need to follow its instructions.
That means that when you start in recovery mode and flash the "update.zip" matching your radio, its first step is to write it (to the cache partition), then reboot into update-radio mode, then write it AGAIN (to the radio partition), then reboot into recovery and format the cache partition.
You need to follow it the WHOLE WAY THROUGH -- not stop at the first stage and call it good.
Hi,
As mentioned before, I did follow the guide to the T on re-rooting and reflashing. I followed both ttp://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=606147 and also ttp://theunlockr.com/2010/04/26/how-to-root-the-htc-g1dream/ + ttp://theunlockr.com/2010/04/26/how-to-load-a-custom-rom-on-the-htc-g1-dream/ . However, neither of these procedures resulted in the installation of the hard spl or the updated radio ota-radio-2_22_19_26I. The adp1 continues to be to have the Original G1 Spl 0.95.0000 and radio 1.22.12.29 from the flashing of the Dream nbh file.
So could anyone please advise on what else I can do to flash and update the spl and the radio. Thank you ^^.
you can try to flash the radio through adb/fastboot its better and safer to do..
oh? can you please tell me the adb commands to use to flash the new radio? I have look at the ADB guide for dummies and ttp://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=532719 & ttp://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=517874 . I can't seem to figure out how to install radio via adb. When I had the hardspl, I could install radio, system, boot, etc via fastboot. But adb is unfamiliar to me as I have never been successful with it. So can you please guide me with the commands to follow ^^. Thank you in advance.
Thats what i meant was fastboot that was my noobieness to say adb.. flash radio thru fastboot...
Yes, fastboot is where I am trying to get too. However, the original G1 spl is not letting me access fastboot. If have files on the sdcard, in fastboot it shows serial0. But when I wipe it, it shows nothing under the original g1 fastboot mode.
So can someone advice me on what I can do to install hardspl or engineering spl to get fastboot working again T.T.
same problem
hi! am having exactly the same problem. stuck on stock SPL (hboot 0.95.0000) and radio (1.22.12.29). flashing radio via recovery (RA-dream-1.7.0) yields same results (formatting cache...). tried rebooting after reboot by radio but i still end up with old radio.
any thoughts?
i want to update radio so i can flash dangerSPL and be able to flash CM6.
TIA!
Yep, that's exactly how it works. First off, are you using T-Mobile USA?
Remember to NEVER flash DangerSPL on a 1.x, 4.x, or 6.x radio!!
The following are compatible radios that you can safely flash before you flash DangerSPL:
2.22.23.02 (T-Mobile USA)
3.22.26.17 (Rogers CA)
3.22.20.17 (Orange UK)
2.22.19.26I (Non-US)
Sent from my HTC Dream using XDA App
CyanogenMod V6.0.0 Stable / HBOOT-1.33.2005 / Radio 2.22.23.02 T-Mobile USA
using a T-Mobile G1 outside the U.S.
ok, since i can't update radio as it stands, here's my plan.
1. reboot to recovery mode
2. flash HardSPL
3. flash radio
(... if radio update successful)
4. flash DangerSPL
5. flash CyanogenMod6
6. do the funky chicken!
sounds good?
Yes, but I don't think that will make a difference. You should be able to flash the radio successfully on a stock HBOOT. I've never had problems flashing the radio before, so I don't know. But sure, you can update the HBOOT to HardSPL, but I don't think it'll make any difference.
Sent from my HTC Dream using XDA App
CyanogenMod V6.0.0 Stable / HBOOT-1.33.2005 / Radio 2.22.23.02 T-Mobile USA
exact same problem
Having the exact same problem. I have literally spent 2 days trying to do this.
Trying to do the whole CMwiki procedure, unlockr procedure, and various others.
Luckily I didn't brick it.
But I am in the same boat, now matter what I try, after flashing the radio via
recovery amon-ra 1.7 I check on fastbook and it is still 1.22 version of radio.
I have the stock Hboot, etc....
Has anyone had luck with fastboot / adb flashing the radio??
Thanks for any help.
machine*head* said:
Having the exact same problem. I have literally spent 2 days trying to do this.
Trying to do the whole CMwiki procedure, unlockr procedure, and various others.
Luckily I didn't brick it.
But I am in the same boat, now matter what I try, after flashing the radio via
recovery amon-ra 1.7 I check on fastbook and it is still 1.22 version of radio.
I have the stock Hboot, etc....
Has anyone had luck with fastboot / adb flashing the radio??
Thanks for any help.
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Flash HBOOT 1.33.2003:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=6510019&postcount=76
Once 1.33.2003 is installed you can install 1.33.2005 via fastboot as on the post I linked to .. or skip directly to the newer 2708+ radios/SPLs with extra ram:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=831139
ok guys hopefully i can solve this problem.. i never had this issue but have had slight problems almost like so here was my solution....
Stage 1 un-rooting (very simple)
1. download update.zip and DREAIMG.nbh files here...
DREAIMG.nbh http://www.4shared.com/file/9izdCbvo/DREAIMG.html
update.zip http://www.4shared.com/file/ePnmmoxA/update.html
2. boot into recovery mode and do complete wipe of everything, also repartition your sd card set 0mb swap and 0mb ext..
3. then either use usb mounting through recovery or power off and place sd card in comp to copy files over.. than put back in phone and boot in recovery.
4. flash update.zip
5. power on in boot loader and flash DREAIMG.nbh
6. reboot and do normal setup just to make sure you are 1.0 firmware
Stage 2 Re-Root device..
1. download update.zip, flashrec, recovery.img, radio and spl files here...
1.5 update http://www.4shared.com/file/EyiKXmTd/update.html
flashrec http://www.4shared.com/file/ABXfQQ1H/flashrec-113-20091107-2.html
radio 2.22.23.02 http://www.4shared.com/file/jGTeRvfs/G1-radio-2_22_23_02.html
SPL http://www.4shared.com/file/nJkB58Qf/Latest_G1_SPL.html
recovery http://www.4shared.com/file/zCVPjMUz/recovery-RA-dream-v170-cyan.html
2. place files on your sd card than boot into recovery
3. flash update.zip (gets you to firmware 1.5)
4. now boot up normal and go to settings, check in applications and check unknown sources and usb debugging.
5. go to market and download "oi file manager" open app and select the flashrec file
6. when finished select open, then press backup recovery, then type in the box sdcard/recovery-RA-dream-v1.0.7-cyan.img then select flash recovery image.
7. when finished power off phone then boot into recovery.. wipe data factory reset, then flash the radio.zip press home+back to complete installation
8. wipe data again, now flash spl.zip, press home+back to complete..
9. now partition sd card.. i use 128mb swap and 1024mb ext4...
Stage 3 advanced rooting
1. download danger spl, fr boot, super wipe, radio and hboot files here...
fr boot http://www.4shared.com/file/gjRmpuh7/FR-boot-v157-CustomMTD_S.html
hboot (0.33.0013d) http://www.4shared.com/file/tfbsSTys/hboot0013d-signed.html
superwipe http://www.4shared.com/file/qm3gl7fQ/Ohsaka-SuperWipe_v2.html
radio (2.22.28.25) http://www.4shared.com/file/tMqoIX3p/update_2222825_S.html
2. place files on root of sd card
3. boot into revovery wipe data cache all that good stuff than flash the spl.zip let finish...
4. flash superwipe, power off than rebbot to recovery then do manual wipe of everything data, cache, battery, sd partition.. then repair sd..
5. flash the fr boot file, then go to console and type reboot recovery
6. flash radio file, let it finish then flash the hboot file.. power off than power on in fastboot mode (camera+power) and check phone stats.. should be on latest radio and hboot and s-on than you are free to flash roms from here...
So I have been stuck at 1.5 forever. I got the phone the first day it came out and rooted it as soon as it was available but got lazy about it after that and never messed with it.
So I finally decided to install Cyanogen Mod 6/2.2 for the phone and took the plunge. I followed the instructions and everything went well up until the flashing the new radio (2.22.23.02). It seemed to go fine until it prompted me for a reboot and first said installing, but now it's been stuck at Formatting CACHE:... for over 10 minutes.
I haven't touched anything and was hoping someone could let me know the proper course of action. I'm using Amon_Ra Recovery image BTW.
Also, I had already downloaded everything in anticipation of the 2.2 upgrade and the DangerSPL zip file is 0KB. I'm going out on a limb here and assuming that's incorrect.
http://www.mediafire.com/file/mygwqxgmdz2te2j/haykuro_new_spl-signed.zip
there is danger SPL.. also is it at the recovery menu saying formattin cache, are you able to move the thru the menu using the track ball?
Yeah, I can move through the menu just fine. I just don't know what to select.
Ok thats fine then Lol... your ok you can continue to do what you wanted to do...
once flash new radio it will want to reboot so reboot and it will isntall new radio and should go back to Recovery
let it do its thing once you are able to move around in recovery menu you can continue with the steps of flashing new rom..
Oh, ok. Thanks. I just thought something was wrong because it was still flashing messages at the bottom like it was doing something until it got to that formatting cache, and I thought it would have automatically rebooted if it went correctly since I had already selected reboot.
Again, thank you.
Oh, and the haykuro spl will work fine instead of the death spl? Is it just another version of the death spl?
Flashing Radio
Please follow the instructions that correspond to the custom recovery image on the HTC Dream to flash the radio.
Amon_Ra's Recovery process
1. Download the latest version of the radio (2.22.23.02).
2. Place the radio update.zip file on the root of your SD card.
3. Boot into the Amon_Ra's Recovery.
* Power off the HTC Dream, and reboot holding the Home button plus the power button.
4. Once you enter Amon_Ra's Recovery, scroll up & down with the trackball, and the trackball button to select.
5. Select Flash zip from sdcard.
6. Select the radio update.zip.
The Nexus One will reboot during this process.
7. Once the installation has finished, select Reboot system. Now the HTC Dream's Baseband version should now be 2.22.23.02.
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Prerequisites
1. A rooted G1/Dream
2. A compatible radio (IMPORTANT: If you just rooted, the RC29/RC7 install includes a 1.x radio and you MUST install one of the 2.x radios below before DangerSPL)
* 2.22.23.02 seems to get more bars for T-Mobile US customers, though non-US users might have better luck with 2.22.19.26i.
* (HardSPL/Engineering Spl Users) Radio installations can be had by fastboot flash radio radio.img after extracting radio.img from the .zip
* Either of the following radio versions is acceptable.
o Radio 2.22.19.26I
o Radio 2.22.23.02 (G1)
o Rogers Dream users: A 3.X radio is Danger compatible (eg 3.22.26.17)
Failure to meet the Prerequisites WILL result in a BRICK!
Files required
1. DangerSPL: Download
2. Latest version of CyanogenMod 5/6
3. Corresponding latest version of Google Apps
4. Roger's & Orange Dream ONLY: Corresponding latest version of the EBI1 kernel
Steps
It has been brought up that Clockwork Recovery struggles with this guide, so Amon_ra is v1.7.0 recommended. If you have CM or older recovery, upgrade to Amon_Ra first.
Please if you need to diverge from these steps for any reason start over from step 1 when you return.
1. Boot into Fastboot (Power on the phone holding the camera button) This will either show a screen with dancing androids or a "rainbow" splash. Here you will find the hboot/radio version:
* radio 1.x: You will need to upgrade this to a 2.x radio before running this process.. please upgrade and re-do this step (Ie. verify you see the updated radio in fastboot before continuing)
* radio 2.x: You may press MENU+SEND+END at the same time and proceed (unless hboot-1.33.2005 is installed; indicating you already have DangerSPL)
* radio 3.x: You may press MENU+SEND+END at the same time and proceed (unless hboot-1.33.2005 is installed; indicating you already have DangerSPL)
2. Copy DangerSPL, CyanogenMod 5/6, and the Google Apps (also the EBI1 kernel port if required) to the root of your SD card.
3. Reboot/Boot into your custom recovery by holding down the 'home' key before the G1 splash appears.
4. Make a Nandroid Backup (ext not required) (recommended for upgrading users, not required for freshly-rooted users)
5. Flash DangerSPL. It will install and then ask you to reboot to finish the installation
6. Reboot as prompted at the bottom of the screen. This will finish installing DangerSPL and reboot back into recovery so you can flash your ROM.
7. Once back into recovery Wipe Data/Factory Reset
8. Flash CyanogenMod 5/6 THEN the Google Apps (also the EBI1 kernel port if required); then reboot (Boot may take longer than normal)
9. Login to Android/Google as usual.
* Optional: Reboot to recovery, and issue a Nandroid Restore, then follow the regular instructions .
o This command will attempt to restore user data.
o Restoring will also restore your previous Firmware, so you have to follow the instructions to get 5.0.x again
o Note: If this causes undesired consequences (ie bootloops, FC's, etc) then run Fix Permissions/'Fix UID Mism
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this is from the wiki of cyanogenmod jus follow through you should be good and ready
That's what I was using. I just want to clarify that using the haykuro spl is ok in place of the danger spl.
HagbardCelineII said:
That's what I was using. I just want to clarify that using the haykuro spl is ok in place of the danger spl.
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Lol i love that whole mix up.. to clear things up...
Death/Danger/Haykuro are all but one in the same, jus different ppl use the name
If you ever notice they are all the same hboot which is 1.3.00 or something like that.. and those three names require the same method, flash new radio then the SPL... so those are the same jus different name
There is only 3/4 SPL
Hard SPL
Engineer SPL
Death/Danger/Haykuro SPL
G1 original SPL
I want to flash a new radio and kernel to my G1 that is running CM6. My signal is atrocious and I get a few random oddities each day.
I have tried the recovery flash for the radio at least 6 times now in various ways following various guides and every time I do it it crashes my phone and I end up flashing the image, rooting, etc, to get back to CM6. it takes me over an hour to get back to normal and it just plain sucks!
So my question is..... Can I use fastboot flash to flash the image files for the radio and the kernel without being on the special Hboot 1.33.0013d and such?
I was planning to use the instructions from the ezterry kernel page and just want to check that I wont bork up my phone. I seem to recall that the fastboot flash bypasses all the need for FR-remove and such but want a second opinion before I take the dive this way.
Not trying to drive you away from CM 6, but have you tested other ROM to see if it has the same problem or similar.
I personally myself could not get CM6 to work properly on my G1 back when I was trying to use it.
I couldn't get the radio to recovery flash even on the stock ROM after rooting.
I guess I could try a different ROM.
I just now have proven to myself that i cant flash the EzTerry kernel from Rom Manager and clockwork recovery as I am in the midst of yet another image flash, re-root, and such after it wouldn't go past the reboot screen afterwards
This phone is just an extra toy but I am determined to figure it out.
I suppose I will just try the radio.img flash from fastboot tonight when I get home.
As long as I dont brick it I can always start over from scratch.
so I copied the image I want to flash onto the root of my sd card
did the camera+power boot
pressed the back key and I am at the screen with the red fastboot usb box
I plug into the computer (adb already installed and working fine) and go to the command prompt and type
fastboot flash hboot hboot-1.33.0013d.img
the screen says error: cannot load 'hboot-1.33.0013d.img'
Did I put the image file in the wrong place?
Edit: I put it in the root of the computers c: drive and typed
fastboot flash hboot c:\hboot-1.33.0013d.img
seems to have worked.
FireRaider said:
so I copied the image I want to flash onto the root of my sd card
did the camera+power boot
pressed the back key and I am at the screen with the red fastboot usb box
I plug into the computer (adb already installed and working fine) and go to the command prompt and type
fastboot flash hboot hboot-1.33.0013d.img
the screen says error: cannot load 'hboot-1.33.0013d.img'
Did I put the image file in the wrong place?
Edit: I put it in the root of the computers c: drive and typed
fastboot flash hboot c:\hboot-1.33.0013d.img
seems to have worked.
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do the same thing with the radio and recovery
maximo360 said:
do the same thing with the radio and recovery
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I got the recoveryand the hboot to flash but damned if I can get any radio to flash.
I get
writing 'radio'...
(bootloader) signature checking...
FAILED (remote: signature verify fail)
this is with both version of the radio downloaded from the links in the EzTerry thread
What in the world am I doing wrong that I cannot flash a new radio?
installed the spoofSPL... didnt help
edit: Started over again from scratch, rooted, flashed RA recovery, dangerSPL, then fastbooted and managed to install the hboot and the new radio. I guess CM6 hates the newer radios.
edit: Pretty sure CM6 does hate the radio because now its hung up on the install screen.
off to do more research.
People ... you should read before flashing around.
Ok, let me try to help.
1) As long as you have a fastboot enabled SPL, there is no need to 're-root'. Boot into hboot and flash the things you want.
2) Going to 1.33.0013d you *lose* most of your fastboot capabilities, e.g. flashing a new SPL/radio/recovery is no longer working. The only chance is to flash a signed nbh-file (e.g. fully signed rom)
I suggest you to read Terry' thread carefully (a link is in my signature) and then to retry ...
Btw: If you have installed the "new" radio/spl combo you need an adopted kernel, too, otherwise you will get bootloops.
Sent from my Gingerbread on Dream using XDA App
AndDiSa said:
People ... you should read before flashing around.
Ok, let me try to help.
1) As long as you have a fastboot enabled SPL, there is no need to 're-root'. Boot into hboot and flash the things you want.
2) Going to 1.33.0013d you *lose* most of your fastboot capabilities, e.g. flashing a new SPL/radio/recovery is no longer working. The only chance is to flash a signed nbh-file (e.g. fully signed rom)
I suggest you to read Terry' thread carefully (a link is in my signature) and then to retry ...
Btw: If you have installed the "new" radio/spl combo you need an adopted kernel, too, otherwise you will get bootloops.
Sent from my Gingerbread on Dream using XDA App
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I managed to get everything work and am running CM6.1+2708 and 0013d with the .27 radio.
Why do we go to the 0013d if it screws up the fastboot? I notice in your signature you are running it also?
And say I want to flash a different rom now? I can only do it from RA recovery, Correct?
But as it stands now I ought to be able to experiment around with the other radio and other roms using recovery without any more issues? Or do they need to have certain parameters?
Once rooted, (to my knowledge) you do not required to re-root it again.
You can use RA Recovery to flash other ROMs with out having to re-root. (as to what I was told) And I recommend RA Recovery instead of ROM Manager/ClockMod Recovery (bad experience with it personnaly).
So as long as the ROM that you want to try is compatible with your current SPL/radio. You should be fine.
Hi,
First post, so if I am out of line, I will take whatever heat you decide I deserve.
Background:
I am trying to get a newerish version of Android onto a Rogers Dream with radio 3.22.26.17 using the guides found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=Rooting_HTC_Branded_EBI1_Dreams
Problem:
It all went very well until part D, step 4. I can boot into recovery, and can choose the "Flash zip from SD Card", and can see the zip file (1_33_2005_spl.zip), Now what? I have tried to reboot, but it doesn't seem to flash the 1_33_2005_spl.zip file. Is there a key combination that I need to press to have the file flash into the internal memory of the device? I have looked onto the recovery screen, and don't see any command key combination to have it flash. When I run the subseqent shell reboot bootloader command, the screen shows S-ON, HBOOT: 1.33.0010 RADIO: 3.22.26.17. I assume that this means that the 1_33_2005_spl.zip file has not been flashed.
Question:
How do I flash the 1_33_2005_spl.zip file into memory in the recovery mode? Or, what is the key combination to flash the 1_33_2005_spl.zip file into internal flash?
Kostas
kkritsilas said:
Hi,
It all went very well until part D, step 4. I can boot into recovery, [...]
How do I flash the 1_33_2005_spl.zip file into memory in the recovery mode? Or, what is the key combination to flash the 1_33_2005_spl.zip file into internal flash?
Kostas
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I don't have a Rogers EBI1, so I'll have to assume that this guide is already giving the safest method to update the SPL with their rooting method. (Flashing SPL or Radio from Recovery is a bit dangerous, see this thread on why.)
That said, it sounds like the part about "3. Choose 1_33_2005_spl.zip" you are missing is to press the trackball to select the file to install. After flashing the SPL, don't do any other task except reboot, exactly as it says. Once you have the Engineering SPL, it is safer to flash further SPL or Radio updates from fastboot mode.
Thanks, that did it. The guide doesn't really specify how to select and execute stuff, and not having any other devices with either RA recovery, or a trackball, it sort of confused me.
I now have root, and I have the 1.33.2005 SPL installed. I have tried installing some ROMs, but have not settled on anything yet. I'm sort of tending towards Ginger Yoshi 1.4, if I can ever get the 1.33.2010 SPL located (its required to install Ginger Yoshi 1.4). At the very least though, I know how to install .zip files from recovery, now.
Kostas
Chances are you were searching for Dream SPLs to find 2010.
Here is the Magic SPL list, which also work on the Dream. The special 1.33.0013d SPL for extra memory is over here, if yoshi can use it.
For anyone else changing the SPL, I'd recommend reading (important enough to link to it again): CONFIRMED!! BRICKS: Radio and SPL + New SAFETY theory.
It is generally considered safer to flash the hboot (SPL) partition only from fastboot mode whenever possible, and only from recovery if you have a locked (i.e., "SHIP") SPL while rooting.
OK! It's been a while since I started a topic.
I might already know the answer to this, but just to check and see.
I am currently using Amon RA recovery 1.7.0 Cyan, and now I want to change it to the Amon RA recovery 1.7.0.
I downloaded the Recovery Flasher to see if I can flash it that way, it fail to do the backup.
Can I use terminal emulator or boot into console and flash it using the command line from the phone?
Or, do I have to use ADB to flash it?
be careful flashing recovery with Recovery Flasher and adb, especially when you have a different partition layout, i.e. using custom mtd.
The most secure (and for sure working) way: use fastboot, but having the 0013d SPL this means you need to get an engineering SPL first ...
Thanks for the fast response.
AndDiSa said:
be careful flashing recovery with Recovery Flasher and adb, especially when you have a different partition layout, i.e. using custom mtd.
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I do not have a custom mtd (not to my knowledge). Flash Recovery does not work (get errors), and I am far off at using ADB. Since I no longer have the computer I originally setup ADB with. So these options will be out for me.
AndDiSa said:
The most secure (and for sure working) way: use fastboot, but having the 0013d SPL this means you need to get an engineering SPL first ...
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Don't know if I want to go through that trouble again just to change from one to the other.
How easy is it anyway to revert back to engineering SPL from 0013d?
It's easy, everything is described in Terry's thread. Read especially the parttitled with "== Important Information about 1.33.0013d =="
Thanks again, that is fairly easy. Before I really jump in (if I do, since this is the only phone I got for now), should I also revert back to radio 2.22.27.08 before I flash the Eng SPL? Sicne ezTerry indicated radio 2.22.27.08, not radio 2.22.28.25.
Sorry for a lot of question, I didn't want to end up bricking my G1.
ezterry said:
If you just temporarily need an engineering SPL (and recovery is working):
(and have SPL 1.33.0013 + radio 2.22.27.08):
1) Nanroid backup
2) Flash (via recovery) ENG SPL 1.33.2005 **
3) do what you need to in the engineering SPL
4) reflash 1.33.0013d as above (install, reboot bootloader, fastboot erase)
5) restore nandroid
** Please remember if you have CustomMTD to remove it before flashing a SPL of Radio from recovery
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Flashing the orange nbh will erase also your radio, so you will need to flash a new one. Whether you choose 2.22.27.08 or 2.22.28.25 is not important. Both of them will work.
Btw. as long as you use fastboot for flashing radio / spl chances are quite good that you will not brick your phone.
Sent from my Gingerbread on Dream using XDA App
Just changing the background
OK! I come to the conclusion that it not worth the trouble to go through all the steps to change from 1.7.0-cyan to 1.7.0. I can live with the font color.
Is there anyway to just replace the Cyan Android background instead?
Sorry for the trouble.