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[Q] Help me ! Please problem with bad memory sector on boot partition

Hi all ...
Excuse me for my bad english, i'm french ....
I have a big problem with my nexus one.
I would like to flash the latest cyanogen Nightly but since the V243 i have a error 7 when the phone try to update the boot.img ....
After a long search on the web , i found that the problem is probably that i have a bad sector on my boot partition.
to Fix this problem i have to update my bootloader with the Hboot 0.35 ....
My question are how can i update my bootloader ???? i have tried to flash the PASSIMG_Passion_KT_KR_2.15.1010.2_FRF91_release_signed.zip in Clockword recovery but it say that the package is bad ...
Please help ... thx

Extract the hboot.img from the ROM ZIP.
Reboot to bootloader.
Execute:
"fastboot flash hboot hboot.img".
You need fastboot set up for this. Read Wiki to know, how to set it up.
No need to unlock the bootloader, the IMG is original and signed.

thanks for your answer
but i don't have a hboot.img on the package only a hboot_8x50_0.35.0017_100610.nb0 .
when i tried to fastboot flash hboot hboot_8x50_0.35.0017_100610.nb0 it doesn't work ..
Where can i find this hboot.img ?

I have rename hboot_8x50_0.35.0017_100610.nb0 at Hboot.img
When i try to fastboot flash hboot hboot.img i have the following error
C:\android\tools>fastboot flash hboot hboot.img
sending 'hboot' (512 KB)... OKAY [ 0.087s]
writing 'hboot'... INFOsignature checking...
FAILED (remote: signature verify fail)
finished. total time: 0.210s

By the output I see that your bootloader indeed is still locked.
Oh well, since the simple way didn't work - here's a very long, but certain way:
Download UniversalAndRoot.
Reboot to recovery.
Make a FULL NANDROID BACKUP.
[executing "unroot/restore your Nexus from Wiki, PASSIMG method]
Rename your Korean ROM file to PASSIMG.ZIP
Put it on SD card in root directory.
Reboot to bootloader.
Press whatever needed to flash the PASSIMG.
[end of PASSIMG method]
DO NOT LOGIN TO ANY SERVICE!
Execute: "adb install universalandroot.apk" (replace with the actual APK filename)
Root the phone
Install custom recovery (use flash_image guide from Wiki)
Reboot to recovery
Restore nandroid backup you've made.
After all that, you'll have your HBOOT changed, and the ROM with your data as they were.

Its original korean rom, i think you cant flash it because:
1)Bootloader still locked. Korean nbh signed with key came from KT so there is nothing surprsing it says "Signature verify fall"
2)Custom recovery from RAmon wouldnt flash it too. I have no idea why, but seems like flash original roms just forbidden in RAmon's custom recovery. Dont know about Clockworks one
Where are you device came from?
If its an american one, download latest full american rom and flash it.
I hope it would help.
Another, shortest way: unlock your bootloader and flash whatever you want

[Q] Flashing kernel -bootmagic check fail-

I've been trying for the past few days to get pershoot's newest kernel on my Dream to no avail. My ultimate goal is to get froyobylazlo ROM up and running on my aging phone.
Right now I'm trying to flash the zip using fastboot but I get the message:
sending 'recovery' (136 kb)... OKAY
writing 'recovery'... FAILED (remote: image error(BootMagic check fail))
I think it may have something to do with where I'm flashing it to. Any help would be appreciated.
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DREAM PVT 32B ENG S-OFF
HBOOT-1.33.2010 (DREA10000)
CPLD-4
RADIO-2.22.27.08
==================

crzyaznkdxd said:
I've been trying for the past few days to get pershoot's newest kernel on my Dream to no avail. My ultimate goal is to get froyobylazlo ROM up and running on my aging phone.
Right now I'm trying to flash the zip using fastboot but I get the message:
sending 'recovery' (136 kb)... OKAY
writing 'recovery'... FAILED (remote: image error(BootMagic check fail))
I think it may have something to do with where I'm flashing it to. Any help would be appreciated.
==================
DREAM PVT 32B ENG S-OFF
HBOOT-1.33.2010 (DREA10000)
CPLD-4
RADIO-2.22.27.08
==================
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What do you mean by "flash the zip using fastboot", what command you are using to flash the recovery.......

fastboot flash recovery kernelb.zip

I believe kernels are flashed from recovery instead of fastboot. Recovery is recovery, not kernel.
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crzyaznkdxd said:
fastboot flash recovery kernelb.zip
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The command which youhave used is for flashing recovery from fastboot, it needs an img file. If you are flashing an kernel then you need to go into recovery by pressing home and power button while booting.
Which recovery you have and which rom you are using....?

G1sanju said:
The command which youhave used is for flashing recovery from fastboot, it needs an img file. If you are flashing an kernel then you need to go into recovery by pressing home and power button while booting.
Which recovery you have and which rom you are using....?
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I believe it's RA-dream-v1.7.0
I have been using Biffmod Leaving on a Jet Plane.
When I flash it from recovery I get:
=======================
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
verifying update package...
E:No signature (7 files)
E:Verification failed
=======================
And then it brings me back to the main menu.

Aman RA does not allow to flash the unsigned file, check the zip you downloaded is good, or use a signing tool to sign that zip
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So it should work if I change my recovery?

U need to upgrade your radio/spl per ezterry's 14 MB ram hack page. Keep your recovery. Just fastboot flash radio spl follow all instructions then flash rom
Edit: follow instructions in lazslo rom page too. Need an ext4 partition
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Don't I have the newest radio? I'll go searching around just to make sure.
I tried reflashing both items in the dream_2708kit but my phone is still stuck in a boot loop. Is the hboot-1.33.0013d.img file the SPL?

crzyaznkdxd said:
Don't I have the newest radio? I'll go searching around just to make sure.
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That rom works with .25 radio. There is a flashable zip on ezterrys thread to update. Need to fastboot flash the 13d spl as well so might as well just follow all his instructions then the instructions on the rom op
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Do I flash the entire zip or just the img file contained within?
Flashed successfully. Still stuck in a bootloop. This is so frustrating. orz I'm not far from just going to another ROM.
I wiped nearly everything and reformatted my ext4 partition.

crzyaznkdxd said:
Do I flash the entire zip or just the img file contained within?
Flashed successfully. Still stuck in a bootloop. This is so frustrating. orz I'm not far from just going to another ROM.
I wiped nearly everything and reformatted my ext4 partition.
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What zip did u flash? The radio zip or the dream kit zip. Dream kit u have to unzip. Inside u will find radio and spl. Put those in sdk tools folder then run fastboot commands in his op to get new radio/spl. Radio zip just flash.
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What spl/radio do u show having now? Let me know what u did and I can help u get up to speed. U will need the new spl/radio combo to run the newer roms out now. Don't get frustrated. U can get it. I did
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johnson8cyl said:
What spl/radio do u show having now? Let me know what u did and I can help u get up to speed. U will need the new spl/radio combo to run the newer roms out now. Don't get frustrated. U can get it. I did
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I flashed the 28.25.img file contained within the zip a little further down the OP.
Even in engineering SPL (I think that's what it is (HBOOT-1.33.2010)) I can't flash the radio zip like you said. I get a:
writing 'radio'... FAILED (remote: image update error)
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DREAM PVT 32B SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-1.33.0013D (DREA10000)
CPLD-4
RADIO-2.22.28.25
=========================

crzyaznkdxd said:
I flashed the 28.25.img file contained within the zip a little further down the OP.
Even in engineering SPL (I think that's what it is (HBOOT-1.33.2010)) I can't flash the radio zip like you said. I get a:
writing 'radio'... FAILED (remote: image update error)
=========================
DREAM PVT 32B SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-1.33.0013D (DREA10000)
CPLD-4
RADIO-2.22.28.25
=========================
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According to this u are exactly where u need to be. 13d spl and .25 radio. U should be able to flash lazslo now
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I don't know man. It just won't boot. I wonder what the problem is.

Do u have fastboot set up in sdk? If so boot into fastboot, plug it in the comp, open cmd prompt, change directories to androidsdk/tools (assuming that's where fastboot file is), type fastboot devices, hit enter. Should get a serial number. If so, type:
Fastboot erase system -w (enter)
Fastboot erase boot (enter)
Then power down phone. Boot into recovery and reflash rom and don't forget the other file in the op as well. Should be right under rom link. Then reboot.
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Thank you so much. I don't know what I was doing wrong before but I'm signing in right now.

crzyaznkdxd said:
Thank you so much. I don't know what I was doing wrong before but I'm signing in right now.
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Hey great to hear. It seems as though missing the erase boot has caused me problems in the past. Glad u got it. It's a good rom. Have fun
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[Q] Unable to update hboot

HI
Im trying to upgrade my nexus to gingerbread stock according to the guids in the dev section
I understand that u need hboot 35 in order to do so.
im currently using hboot 0.33.0012
and stock rooted froyo 2.2.2 with unlocked bootloader
as i enter fastboot on my phone and try the command
fastboot flash hboot hboot.img
I get the following output
sending 'hboot' (512 KB)... OKAY [ 0.085s]
writing 'hboot'... INFOadopting the signature contained in this image...
INFOsignature checking...
FAILED (remote: not allowed)
finished. total time: 0.279s
does anyone know why do I get "remote : not allowed"?
thanks!
edit: can I skip this step or do I must upgrade hboot?
and can I upgrade it with a zip through the latest amon ra recovery?
edit2: I found an update zip containing only the hboot ver 35 and when I try to flash it
it says its unsigned and installation aborted...
should I try cancelling sign checking through recovery or is it too risky?
come one guys I really need some help here...

I have the same issue, never been able to solve it.

You can find a zip to the .37 hboot, I think in one of the GB 2.3.3 threads. (IIRC, it was craigacgomez's) If you are getting an unsigned error, turn off the signature verification in your recovery. I used the same zip, and all was fine. If you can't find the zip file, let me know. I most likely still have it.
UPDATE: here is the link craigacgomez provided for the flashable, zip hboot. http://android.clients.google.com/packages/ota/passion/d6096cac5e9f.signed-hboot-0.35.0017.zip
If it still fails, turn off signature verification.

Are you sure your bootloader is unlocked? People usually get those errors when it is locked, or they are trying to flash a .zip file instead of an.img file.
Using recovery is fine to flash HBOOT. Link to the .zip is in my signature.

Solved
I managed to solve the problem by finding a flash zip file. like mentioned above, before the comment was written.
and I took off the signature check myself, without knowing that itll go through fine
except from that the radio upgrade, and gingerbread installation went fine, finally I have 2.3.3 on my phone!!
thnks a lot anyway. I still wonder what is the cause for this error, as my bootloader is unlocked for sure, and I even tried
fastboot oem unlock
one more to be sure (which failed, as it stated that it is already unlocked)

I was getting the same error trying to flash to the .37 hboot from fastboot. My bootloader has been unlocked since I took the phone out of the box.

You guys were at the fastboot screen, right?
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Yea, I have used fastboot a few thousand times. Was found by fastboot devices. Just gave errors every time I tried to flash it. The zip worked fine though. Never had any problems flashing anything else through fastboot.

Yeah, I figured I was grasping at straws, but thought I'd ask anyway...
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G1 stuck on boot, recovery too, fastboot works but can't flash recovery

hi
i am quite desperate after aborting a neverending nandroid backup (created a 2.4gb file Oo) my g1 won't boot anymore. it just stays at the tmobile bootscreen (reboot with red-green-menu still works). even worse when i boot to recovery it instantly freezes there too with the error message :
E: Can't open CACHE:recovery/log
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the only thing a can do is boot into fastboot. however there i neither flash the recovery:
FAILED (remote: signature verify fail)
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nor boot recovery through fastboot:
downloading 'boot.img' ...
OKAY [ 1.738s]
booting...
FAILED (status read failed (Too many links))
finished. total time: 764.998s
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actually i did not want to spend days on this... but did i finally manage to brick the g1? i really started thinking it would not happen. maybe it did not like that a talked about getting a new phone today. anyway your help would be appreciated a lot.
thanks
-fleity
phone stats:
Rom:[2.2.2 AOSP] DREAMteam Froyo v1.9.2
recovery: AmonRA 1.7.0
hboot 1.33.0013d
radio 2.22.28.25

You'll need to restore the phone with the orange nbh, then reflash recovery, spl, and radio.
Download this: https://rs766tl2.rapidshare.com/files/422717980/orange-1.58.73.2.nbh
Then flash it through fastboot with "fastboot flash nbh orange-1.58.73.2.nbh"
make sure you don't interrupt it
Reboot into fastboot and reflash recovery, radio, and spl following instructions in here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=831139
That thread also has instructions for fixing things if you find yourself without recovery
It's what I just posted. Flash orange nbh and reflash the stuff.

if you still have hboot there is no worries, at least no brick
you cant flash anything with the spl you have but as frankdrey just stated you can flash a .nbh through hboot!
just like the old dreaming.nbh that you more than likely used to root your phone, simply load it onto sd card then turn on phone while holding camera, say yes to update, wait ~5min and bam you have an engineering spl ready to flash amon_ra and pop in a new rom, and when your done go back to the latest radio\spl.
and if you wait a bit you may be able to flash the 1.33.0014d spl - not sure how much better this will be as a whole, but it sounds as if you would get the perks of the 1.33.0013d spl and as an added bonus be able to fastboot flash so no need for the orange.nbh any more... well maybe, soon we should know, going to try it now!

actually fastboot erase system -w already did the trick. thanks a lot for your answers

Unable to use recovery.
This sounds similar to my current difficulty. I have a stock, (supposedly) unlocked? ? Htc G1 with 1.0 firmware RC29.. Can't seem to load anything! Loaded FlashRecs 1.2, 1.4 or Amon Ra's 1.7, and it seems I cannot utilize them. Rooting guied with Dreaming.nbh changes nothing..

Casper Young said:
This sounds similar to my current difficulty. I have a stock, (supposedly) unlocked? ? Htc G1 with 1.0 firmware RC29.. Can't seem to load anything! Loaded FlashRecs 1.2, 1.4 or Amon Ra's 1.7, and it seems I cannot utilize them. Rooting guied with Dreaming.nbh changes nothing..
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Let's start from the start.
Go to your homescreen and press the enter key on the keyboard, type reboot and press enter again
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HTC G1 Soft Brick can access bootloader screen

Hey guys I attempted to breathe some life into my old HTC G1 and after failed attempts I was successful in installing the CM6 but this runs Froyo and I couldn't get certain apps to work, more recent apps just would not install so being new to Android I tried installing the CM7 unofficial but that failed giving me a STATUS 7 so I assumed I needed another kernel so I tried doing that but still STATUS 7 so I installed spl saphire signed and then that went through but phone got soft bricked so now I know I can unbrick my device because I can still access FASTBOOT and I can flash a recovery image and I tried that but also my home button gives trouble so I have to fiddle with it to get it to work and that's the only way I know how to get into recovery. Is there another way for me to get into recovery so I can whipe and flash stuff over as fresh?
BOOTLOADER INFO
DREAM PVT 32B ENG S- OFF
HBOOT-1.33.2003 (DREA10000)
CPLD-4
RADIO-2.22.19.261
Marc 26 2009,23:25:49

adb reboot recovery, but need to be in os for that
Just erase partitions and flash ROM through fastboot
fastboot erase system -w
fastboot flash update ROM.zip
fastboot reboot
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demkantor said:
adb reboot recovery, but need to be in os for that
Just erase partitions and flash ROM through fastboot
fastboot erase system -w
fastboot flash update ROM.zip
fastboot reboot
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I did a little searching and found the library of "bricked" phones where I tried this solution
As I said I did it.
FYI, I write this msg for somebody has same problem.
I did "flash_image recovery /sdcard/cm-recovery-1.2.img".
After the reboot, it stucked on the second boot screen, it looped forever and ever and never stopped.
So I Alt+w and then Alt+s but it said can't find update.zip
But it was there.
And I tried some of the builds on this fourm.
I got some other messages, but I don't remember, sorry.
Anyway I coudn't fix it with the way.
I also tried to use another SD card.but it also didn't work.
unfortunatry, I didn't have nandroid backup, cos I didn't care much about the backup.
Then I got signed-dream_devphone_userdebug-img-148830.zip from ****
and I did like this.
C:\bin>fastboot update signed-dream_devphone_userdebug-img-148830.zip
archive does not contain 'boot.sig'
archive does not contain 'recovery.sig'
archive does not contain 'system.sig'
--------------------------------------------
Bootloader Version...: 1.33.2005
Baseband Version.....: 2.22.19.26I
Serial Number........: XXXXXXXXXXX
--------------------------------------------
checking product... OKAY
checking serialno... OKAY
checking version-bootloader... FAILED
Device version-bootloader is '1.33.2005'.
Update requires '1.33.2004' or '1.33.0004' or '0.95.3000' or '0.95.0000'.
Then I got this error...
Then I unzipped the file, and I did like this.
C:\bin>fastboot flash boot boot.img
sending 'boot' (1604 KB)... OKAY
writing 'boot'... OKAY
C:\bin>fastboot flash system system.img
sending 'system' (54823 KB)... OKAY
writing 'system'... OKAY
C:\bin>fastboot flash userdata userdata.img
sending 'userdata' (2 KB)... OKAY
writing 'userdata'... OKAY
C:\bin>fastboot reboot
rebooting...
Then I got G1 back!
I hope it can help somebody.
Cheers!
So I got the phone to work and it retained the same bootloader and I got recovery back but now I'm trying to install a stable Gingerbread like EzGingerbread and I still get status 7

Change to amonra 1.7 recovery
Change to 2708 radio
Change to .13d bootloader
Now go back making to recovery and flash ezginigerbread
Now you will be happy
Status 7 can mean a few different thing, but for the most part its incompatibility. If you follow the above you will meet all requirements for the "newer" roms
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demkantor said:
Change to amonra 1.7 recovery
Change to 2708 radio
Change to .13d bootloader
Now go back making to recovery and flash ezginigerbread
Now you will be happy
Status 7 can mean a few different thing, but for the most part its incompatibility. If you follow the above you will meet all requirements for the "newer" roms
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I appreciate the help. These files are kind of tough to find though, I'm searching still
I believe I found them here on XDA so I assume I'm flashing with recovery first the radio then bootloader.

Best to use fastboot to flash, recovery, then radio, then SPL
Look for ezterry's 2708+ update thread in the dev section
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demkantor said:
Best to use fastboot to flash, recovery, then radio, then SPL
Look for ezterry's 2708+ update thread in the dev section
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I followed your instructions and I was successful. New life is now in my old HTC G1 Thank you for your patience.

that was easy bro,
RenaldoTT said:
Hey guys I attempted to breathe some life into my old HTC G1 and after failed attempts I was successful in installing the CM6 but this runs Froyo and I couldn't get certain apps to work, more recent apps just would not install so being new to Android I tried installing the CM7 unofficial but that failed giving me a STATUS 7 so I assumed I needed another kernel so I tried doing that but still STATUS 7 so I installed spl saphire signed and then that went through but phone got soft bricked so now I know I can unbrick my device because I can still access FASTBOOT and I can flash a recovery image and I tried that but also my home button gives trouble so I have to fiddle with it to get it to work and that's the only way I know how to get into recovery. Is there another way for me to get into recovery so I can whipe and flash stuff over as fresh?
BOOTLOADER INFO
DREAM PVT 32B ENG S- OFF
HBOOT-1.33.2003 (DREA10000)
CPLD-4
RADIO-2.22.19.261
Marc 26 2009,23:25:49
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If you want you can unbrick your devices by downgrading it to android 1.0 then apply the official update for the G1 from Google. It will bring you back to the stock HTC G1 1.6 but you can repeat the rooting procedure. That's what I'm doing before, specially if I flashed faulty roms or messing up with the radio and spl combos. Hope that help you.

My sd card does not read.
Then what???
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Either its not named properly, not on root of SD, SD isn't formatted to fat32, or sdcard or sdtray is bad
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please describe how did you>>> flash_image recovery /sdcard/cm-recovery-1.2.img
RenaldoTT said:
I did a little searching and found the library of "bricked" phones where I tried this solution
As I said I did it.
FYI, I write this msg for somebody has same problem.
I did "flash_image recovery /sdcard/cm-recovery-1.2.img".
After the reboot, it stucked on the second boot screen, it looped forever and ever and never stopped.
So I Alt+w and then Alt+s but it said can't find update.zip
But it was there.
And I tried some of the builds on this fourm.
I got some other messages, but I don't remember, sorry.
Anyway I coudn't fix it with the way.
I also tried to use another SD card.but it also didn't work.
unfortunatry, I didn't have nandroid backup, cos I didn't care much about the backup.
Then I got signed-dream_devphone_userdebug-img-148830.zip from ****
and I did like this.
C:\bin>fastboot update signed-dream_devphone_userdebug-img-148830.zip
archive does not contain 'boot.sig'
archive does not contain 'recovery.sig'
archive does not contain 'system.sig'
--------------------------------------------
Bootloader Version...: 1.33.2005
Baseband Version.....: 2.22.19.26I
Serial Number........: XXXXXXXXXXX
--------------------------------------------
checking product... OKAY
checking serialno... OKAY
checking version-bootloader... FAILED
Device version-bootloader is '1.33.2005'.
Update requires '1.33.2004' or '1.33.0004' or '0.95.3000' or '0.95.0000'.
Then I got this error...
Then I unzipped the file, and I did like this.
C:\bin>fastboot flash boot boot.img
sending 'boot' (1604 KB)... OKAY
writing 'boot'... OKAY
C:\bin>fastboot flash system system.img
sending 'system' (54823 KB)... OKAY
writing 'system'... OKAY
C:\bin>fastboot flash userdata userdata.img
sending 'userdata' (2 KB)... OKAY
writing 'userdata'... OKAY
C:\bin>fastboot reboot
rebooting...
Then I got G1 back!
I hope it can help somebody.
Cheers!
So I got the phone to work and it retained the same bootloader and I got recovery back but now I'm trying to install a stable Gingerbread like EzGingerbread and I still get status 7
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I have the same problem you had. please describe how did you>>>>> flash_image recovery /sdcard/cm-recovery-1.2.img

This would be putting a recovery on root of SD card and naming it cm-recovery-1.2.img
Then booting into the os and running the command in a terminal emulator, that's it
This will only work if your ROM supports the flash_image binary but more than likely yours does.
If you need further help, please explain your problem fully and give all info about your phone
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