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Help! Cant boot g1 after "danger spl"

I updated my phone's SPL to "Danger SPL" and now my phone wont turn back on! I press power and the black Android screen with the little green android next to it comes up but wont boot my phone! The only thing I can do is get the white screen with the 3 android's skateboarding by pressing camera + power.
Ontop of that, I had tried to update my phone's recovery image too, and I erased the old one and now it would let me upload the NEW one! So not only do I have NO PHONE but NO RECOVERY either!
What do I do!? HELP!

can you get into fastboot? (back+power)
if you can, get adb running and flash your recovery image with fastboot

you are gonna have to fast boot in the screen with the three androids on it, either a rom or a recovery
guess you betta learn how to use adb

Yea I can get into fastboot, thats the ONLY thing I can get into. How do I flash my recovery image?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=566669

boot your phone into fastboot. plug in your usb cable to your pc. this should change the fastboot icon on the screen to fastboot usb. from there, load up adb on your pc and make sure you have the fastboot option available by typing fastboot devices. it should list your phone. once that is good, type:
fastboot flash recovery and the correct name of your recovery file.
for example:
fastboot flash recovery recovery-RA-dream-v1.2.3.img
**also note...put the recovery image in your android sdk\tools folder**
this should give you a recovery to boot into.
if you dont have adb on your pc, read this and follow the instructions
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=532719

I did that already, it wont work.
C:\Android>fastboot flash recovery recovery123.img
error: cannot load 'recovery123.img'

i am gonna be the one to ask this question but did you put .s between 123 like 1.2.3.

you need to be in the tools directory, not the android directory.
c:\Android\tools>fastboot flash recovery recovery-RA-dream-v1.2.3.img

and you need the recovery file IN your tools folder for it to be found as well.

No I didn't put .'s between each number I renamed my file recovery123.img so thats the way I put it in.

ok, so go to the correct directory and input what you had the first time, WITH the file IN that same folder. and then report back.

i justed rename my recovery the shortest way i can like for amon ra"s i just put amon, less typing is always better

It says C:\Android\tools is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

from your c:\> prompt type this:
cd c:\android\tools
(this is assuming you have the android sdk in the c:\android folder on your pc)
if it is saying its not a folder, then that is not where you installed the android sdk.

knowfear said:
and you need the recovery file IN your tools folder for it to be found as well.
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This is not true. You can have it anywhere as long as you can cd to it and you have your fastboot.exe in the system32 folder.
Look... this is so easy I'm wondering why this has gone on for more than 1 page.
First thing is first. I'm betting that you don't have the new ADB driver for the Danger SPL.
If you refer to this page:
http://sapphire-port-dream.googlecode.com/
it states:
If you use the above SPL you will need new drivers for Windows. They are located here.
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Then put your fastboot.exe in c:\windows\system32 directory.
Whatever recovery file you're trying to use rename it to "recovery.img" and put it on C:\ then open command prompt (start > run > cmd > enter)
cd c:\
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
and it should show a progress bar in the top right corner.
While the dos screen shows 'sending' and then 'writing'.
After you see ...done a second time then type:
fastboot reboot
and it should reboot just fine... but you may need to do that "3 finger solute" (talk, end, menu) while holding the camera button down to get into your recovery. You should be able to flash your rom. Just make sure the rom doesn't have a radio update (unless it's the 2.22.19.26I).

what he said.
Binary100100 said:
This is not true. You can have it anywhere as long as you can cd to it and you have your fastboot.exe in the system32 folder.
Look... this is so easy I'm wondering why this has gone on for more than 1 page.
First thing is first. I'm betting that you don't have the new ADB driver for the Danger SPL.
If you refer to this page:
http://sapphire-port-dream.googlecode.com/
it states:
Then put your fastboot.exe in c:\windows\system32 directory.
Whatever recovery file you're trying to use rename it to "recovery.img" and put it on C:\ then open command prompt (start > run > cmd > enter)
cd c:\
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
and it should show a progress bar in the top right corner.
While the dos screen shows 'sending' and then 'writing'.
After you see ...done a second time then type:
fastboot reboot
and it should reboot just fine... but you may need to do that "3 finger solute" (talk, end, menu) while holding the camera button down to get into your recovery. You should be able to flash your rom. Just make sure the rom doesn't have a radio update (unless it's the 2.22.19.26I).
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^just follow this step-by-step. You should be good to go.
Nice, succinct response binary.

innerspace said:
^just follow this step-by-step. You should be good to go.
Nice, succinct response binary.
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No problem. I just hate it when something this simple drags onto multple pages. Call it a peev. So many people get intimidated by the "Danger SPL" because they don't want to risk bricking their phones. The odds of bricking your phone are extremely small if you follow directions and read everything. And sure the possibility of accomplishing this by different means exists. But when you try to tell someone to put this file in that folder and type in the full names of the files to include all the dots and dashes, it's going to get confusing and intimidating and thus these posts keep popping up.
If someone follows those very short and simple directions they shouldn't have any problems. Granted that "**** happens" and things don't always go as they should. So in that case, search for your answer. If you've searched on XDA then search Google. Out of the MILLIONS of G1's that have been sold, I am fairly certain that someone out there has had a similar problem. If not then you and your phone are literally "1 in a million" (technically it was 1 in 1.5 million a year ago so you can bet that it's well over 2 if not 3 million by now). And if you really fall into that catagory then please post a new thread (in the appropriate catagory of course) .

well the good news is u didnt brick ur phone but try a enter adb and do a nadroid back up if u hav 1 that will bring u back 2 the way u want it

either flash a nadroid or flash dreaming.nbh....i had the same problem and a nadroid worked just fine

Help!! Need to go back to original spl

I need some major help guys.... i need to send my g1 to tmobile but my only problem is i cannot seem to unroot. each time i get to the Grey and Blue screen it does not load, it says (loading no image)... then it goes back to the RAINBOW screen. im i doing something wrong? I have followed these steps. i would greatly appreciate your help.
I. Downgrade the SPL (If you never loaded a new SPL or are coming from a completely stock Donut G1, SKIP THIS SECTION).
1. Download the Original SPL:
Original SPL
2. Rename the Original SPL to Update.zip and place it (now named update.zip) on the SD card (not in any folder).
3. Turn off the phone
4. Turn on the phone holding Home and End key till the recovery screen pops up.
5. Hit Alt W to wipe the phone, then hit Alt S to load the update.zip
6. After the update is complete, press Home and Back to reboot.
7. Once the phone reboots to the G1 Logo, turn it off by taking out the battery. Then put the battery back in. *READ THE REPORTED ISSUES FOR A COMMON ISSUE WITH THIS STEP!
II. Load the DreaIMG.nbh File
1. Download the Original DreaIMG.nbh file:
Original DREAIMG.nbh
2. If the file downloaded above downloads as a .Zip file, please unzip it first then put the DreamIMG.nbh file that is inside on the SD card, NOT in any folder. (If you did Section I the phone is off still, take out the memory card, put it in the MicroSD adapter and plug it into your computer to transfer the file over, since your G1 won’t turn on right now if you did Section I above. Otherwise if you did not need to do Section I above, then you can just put it on the SD card normally using the usb cable and the phone).
3. Turn the phone off if it is on.
4. Turn on the phone by holding the Camera button and the End key until the bootloader screen turns on.
5. Hit the End key to start the update. DO NOT INTERUPT THIS PROCESS.
6. Once it is done, hit the trackball to restart the phone. You now are on the stock firmware RC29.

First step is posting in correction section(Q&A). Second step is using the search.

Read the damn rules for posting new threads or go away

i did!! n i still didnt get help from the thread that was posted by {tubaking]

Did you place the file DREAIMG.nbh on the root of your sdcard??

yes i did... i even tried with rc30 but it didnt work.
i keep getting stuck on the last step. i have cynogenmod.

You are pressing camera+power to get this done??

yes i am...
i followed all the steps correctly..for some reason it keeps messing up at the end when it gets to the grey and blueish screen.

And is your card formatted to Fat32. And did you check the MD5sum on the file to make sure it's the complete file.
Wow mikey on here helpin.

yes it is formatted
i don't know what that is..MD5sum

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Md5sum

how do i check if the MD5 is a complete file>?

To see if a given file is valid, pass the output of a previous md5sum run with the switch -c. Thus, the following two steps occur:
1. Compute the MD5 sum and store it in a file using md5sum file > file.md5
2. Check for validity with md5sum -c file.md5
If file is not present, omitting the file parameter or passing a - reads from standard input
i don't understand smh

Just redownload the RC29 file again and retry it then.

would you happen to have a RC29 file for download? i've tired about 4 different files

afriican qwee said:
would you happen to have a RC29 file for download? i've tired about 4 different files
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http://www.megaupload.com/?d=EMY1HIVU

its still not working

Is the file named DREAIMG.nbh and not DREAMIMG.nbh.

if your seeing a rainbow screen... your at the stock spl....
whats the error its giving you

when i get to the rainbow screen it goes to the grey and blue screen to do the last loading. all it says "loading no image" then it goes back to the rainbow screen within 10 seconds. and ill have to pop the battery out and restart my phone regular again...
do you think something is wrong with the ROM that i have?
im also wondering if i can change the ROM and try to unroot if it will work...
any suggestions?

[Q] 2.2.1 update link wont work

hi can someone help me i have a nexus one and i am trying to update to 2.2 but the link wont work it comes up with google error. the phones build number is ERE36B, production team is ax918 and the kernel version is 2.6.33-hiapk. i did try to update a while a go but the phone would not unpack it. so if someone could help he it would be cool

That sounds like a custom ROM, download this:
http://shipped-roms.com/download.ph...le_WWE_2.16.1700.1_FRG33_MFG_Shipment_ROM.zip
It's a zip within a zip, so extract it, rename it passimg.zip and copy it to the root of the SD card. Power off the phone, hold Vol- and power on, it will boot into the bootloader, find the file and ask if you want to install. It will wipe the phone, so make sure you've backed up.
Next download this:
http://android.clients.google.com/p...01ae02c.signed-passion-ota-60505.766a101a.zip
Rename it update.zip and copy it to the root of the SD card (bin the passimg while you're at it). Power off phone, hold Vol- and power on. Select recovery. At the picture of the Android and warning triangle hold down the power button and press Vol+,and choose install update.
Job done.

cool cool i will going and try it now

Rusty! said:
That sounds like a custom ROM, download this:
http://shipped-roms.com/download.ph...le_WWE_2.16.1700.1_FRG33_MFG_Shipment_ROM.zip
It's a zip within a zip, so extract it, rename it passimg.zip and copy it to the root of the SD card. Power off the phone, hold Vol- and power on, it will boot into the bootloader, find the file and ask if you want to install. It will wipe the phone, so make sure you've backed up.
Next download this:
http://android.clients.google.com/p...01ae02c.signed-passion-ota-60505.766a101a.zip
Rename it update.zip and copy it to the root of the SD card (bin the passimg while you're at it). Power off phone, hold Vol- and power on. Select recovery. At the picture of the Android and warning triangle hold down the power button and press Vol+,and choose install update.
Job done.
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thank you so much i have contacted so many people and you are the only one that help me 5 stars

No worries buddy

thank you Rusty, I needed this info for a problem I had but now fixed

[Q] need help! Can't get nanodroid to work again.

Hi,
I read everything i could find and I still can't get anything to work properly on the phone.
Is there even a milestone wiki so i know which version my phone is?
I got the open recovery thing to work once, but i can't get it to work again, it keeps saying I have a cache error. what do i do?
also, when I install app2card, it totally ruins my phone, is that app meant for my phone?
I tried to install app2sd, but it keeps saying busy box permission failed something.
I got my phone thru ebay, how can i check the region?
I just know I have an unbranded milestone.
I google all these questions and nothing helpful comes up.

Can somone please tell me how to get into recover again?
Do i need to reflash it?
I only got into it once and installed the zip.
but when i try to run the zip again, i get an error.

If you have nandroid file in your sdcard,you can copy and paste (anything that is important to you) to your PC.
1. Take out your sdcard and pluck it to your PC if your Milestone cannot switch ON
2. Format your sdcard via PC
3. Extract G.O.T OpenRecovery v2.00 or Androidiani OpenRecovery 3.3 to the root of
your sdcard. (you'll see OpenRecovery folder and update.zip) Put the sdcard to your
Milestone and enter bootloader.(Press and hold volume up+camera key & power ON)
4. Open RSDlite and connect to your Milestone. Flash sbf to your Milestone,stock ROM
or 2.2.1 G.O.T beta version
Guide -> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=696845
5. Your Milestone will be switch ON after flashing sbf is done. Turn it OFF and enter
into recovery. Press X button and power ON. Once you see the triangle and '!',
press volume up and camera key.
6. You'll see Recovery 2e, all letters in blue, select update and the rest is your choice.
You can nandroid backup if your Milestone works as before and restore your previous nandroid that you copy to your PC.

Yes i did that the first time and it worked.
but how can i get into it again to make a backup?
thanks

You mean you still can't get into the recovery mode after formatting your sdcard? Even with the button combination:
PRESS AND HOLD 'X' AND POWER ON THE PHONE, LET GO ONLY AFTER YOU SEE THE TRIANGLE AND '!' MARK ???

I get to the triangle.
and it get to the recover menu. but when i press install the zip again.
an error message pops up.
do i need to redo step 3 and 4 everytime i want to go into recovery menu?

what open recovery u r using? GOT or androidiani?
if its GOT then try switchin to androidiani to check if the problem presist, vice versa.
report back here if there is any improvement.
one more question:
when u enter the bootloader menu (pressing the up dpad and power key) wat bootloader version it states there?

Thanks
I'll try it out tonight been a bit busy this week.
does Flash sbf do anything to my system?
for example, will i need to reflash my current rom after doing Flash sbf?
I know for the x10 mini pro, after doing update.zip i will need to reflash the rom.
is it the same for milestone?

I still can't get it to work.
here are my steps.
My phone is already rooted.
and I already flashed the Recovery-Only SBF when i installed the new rom. (do i need to redo this step? Maybe I'm using an outdated version?)
Can someone link me to the file if there is a better one, all the links are dead.
I am using this version: vulnerable_recovery_only_RAMDLD90_78
I downloaded this:
http://groupoften.wordpress.com/2010/10/22/new-g-o-t-openrecovery-v2-01-launched/
I put the files on the root of my SD:
OpenRecovery
OpenRecovery-CFG (do i need this?)
update.zip
I press the Up dpad and power, I get the triangle thing.
I press the install.zip and still cache error?
E:can't open /ache/recovery/command
I don't get what the readme in the GOT is telling me to do.
it says:
create a folder in /OpenRecovery/recoveries ( for example "My_OR_MOD" i don't use space in folder name, to avoid problems)
does that mean I make a copy of the "openrecovery" folder and put it back inside the "openrecovery" folder? that means every thing will be duplicated? is this correct?
thanks
I would try the androidiani, but i can not find the english guide.
Edit:
just tried androidiani, and I'm still getting E:can't open /ache/recovery/command

[Q] Help: Bootloop after installing CWM (video) (tried google)

So I brought myself in a bad situation.
Here's a video showing what the phone does and me trying to get into CWM:
http ://www .youtube. com/watch?v=5F2Gg_eU7Yw
I was trying to root my sony xperia z1 compact using this guide: http ://techglen. com/2014/02/05/root-xperia-z1-compact-d5503-4-3-14-2-a-1-114-official-firmware/
Following the steps it asked me to CWM 6 using this guide: http ://techglen. com/2014/02/05/install-cwm-6-on-xperia-z1-compact-d5503-4-3-14-2-a-1-114-official-firmware/2
I checked firmware and version of my phone and everything was correct.
I must admit I have no clue as to what I'm doing but I'm normally ok with tech stuff and the guide seemed detailed and trust worthy so I thought I could do it following the guide.
I got the bootloading unlocked just fine and started to install CWM. I made it this far:
- After downloading CWM kernel zip (Its not the actual name of file, just a reference name), place it in internal or external SD Card of your smartphone
- Now extract CWM kernel zip on your PC’s desktop and copy boot.img
- Paste this file inside the folder where you have installed Minimal ADB and Fastboot
- Now turn off your smartphones completely
- Plug in mobile’s USB in cable in PC port only
- Hold Volume up button and plug in USB cable in mobile’s port
- LED will turn blue (If it does not remain blue for long, then read Optional part in bootloader unlocking method explained above
- Once you are successfully in fastboot mode, then you can continue
- Now type Fastboot flash boot boot.img and press Enter
- It will flash boot.img file on your device
- Now unplug the device and boot it up
- As soon as you see purple colored LED, start pressing volume up and down buttons repeatedly, until you are in CWM mode
- In CWM Mode, select “Install Zip”
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I downloaded CWM .img file, placed it in my ADB folder and placed a copy on my phone. Using ADB I flashed the CWM .img (bolded step), unplugged the phone and the CWM screen came up and I was able to navigate using the volume buttons. So far so good.
At this point I realized that the CWM .img file I had downloaded and placed on my phone was not a zip file and I couldn't find it. So I hit reboot to boot up my phone normally so I could place the .img packed as a .zip file on the phone. Some error message came up, but I didn't manage to read it but caught something saying root I think.
As it rebooted the sony logo came up but then the purple led turned on and it seemed to boot into CWM again. A brief screen explaining how to navigate came up as you see in the video below (but with no menu options to actually navigate) before it rebooted and repeated.
I can still use ADB and fastboot, but I can't get into CWM and I can't boot normally.
Edit: Just tried "adb devices" and it says "list of devices attached" and then it's just blank. I can't push files onto the phone (error: device not found) but I can still reboot the device fusing fastboot and there's no error when I try and reflash cwm. Reading up on this it would seem that usb debugging has somehow been turned back on so adb can't acces the phone but fastboot can. Any way to turn on usb debugging through fastboot?
I tried a forced shutdown using the off button next to the sim card but it didn't help.
The phone is not recognized by my computer so I can't place or delete files from it.
Here's a video showing what the phone does and me trying to get into CWM:
http ://www .youtube. com/watch?v=5F2Gg_eU7Yw
If I don't press the volume button it will just keep looping in the sony logo and purple led light.
What I want to do is get back to a normal boot, remove the CWM .img file and put the .img file packed as .zip file onto the phone and retry the process.
I have googled a lot of options, but most results are a year old and I hardly understand half of what is being suggested. If anyone could please walk me through the process in a language that a total idiot can understand I would be so grateful and hopefully get my sleep back.

ravneravn said:
So I brought myself in a bad situation.
Here's a video showing what the phone does and me trying to get into CWM:
http ://www .youtube. com/watch?v=5F2Gg_eU7Yw
I was trying to root my sony xperia z1 compact using this guide: http ://techglen. com/2014/02/05/root-xperia-z1-compact-d5503-4-3-14-2-a-1-114-official-firmware/
Following the steps it asked me to CWM 6 using this guide: http ://techglen. com/2014/02/05/install-cwm-6-on-xperia-z1-compact-d5503-4-3-14-2-a-1-114-official-firmware/2
I checked firmware and version of my phone and everything was correct.
I must admit I have no clue as to what I'm doing but I'm normally ok with tech stuff and the guide seemed detailed and trust worthy so I thought I could do it following the guide.
I got the bootloading unlocked just fine and started to install CWM. I made it this far:
I downloaded CWM .img file, placed it in my ADB folder and placed a copy on my phone. Using ADB I flashed the CWM .img (bolded step), unplugged the phone and the CWM screen came up and I was able to navigate using the volume buttons. So far so good.
At this point I realized that the CWM .img file I had downloaded and placed on my phone was not a zip file and I couldn't find it. So I hit reboot to boot up my phone normally so I could place the .img packed as a .zip file on the phone. Some error message came up, but I didn't manage to read it but caught something saying root I think.
As it rebooted the sony logo came up but then the purple led turned on and it seemed to boot into CWM again. A brief screen explaining how to navigate came up as you see in the video below (but with no menu options to actually navigate) before it rebooted and repeated.
I can still use ADB and fastboot, but I can't get into CWM and I can't boot normally.
Edit: Just tried "adb devices" and it says "list of devices attached" and then it's just blank. I can't push files onto the phone (error: device not found) but I can still reboot the device fusing fastboot and there's no error when I try and reflash cwm. Reading up on this it would seem that usb debugging has somehow been turned back on so adb can't acces the phone but fastboot can. Any way to turn on usb debugging through fastboot?
I tried a forced shutdown using the off button next to the sim card but it didn't help.
The phone is not recognized by my computer so I can't place or delete files from it.
Here's a video showing what the phone does and me trying to get into CWM:
http ://www .youtube. com/watch?v=5F2Gg_eU7Yw
If I don't press the volume button it will just keep looping in the sony logo and purple led light.
What I want to do is get back to a normal boot, remove the CWM .img file and put the .img file packed as .zip file onto the phone and retry the process.
I have googled a lot of options, but most results are a year old and I hardly understand half of what is being suggested. If anyone could please walk me through the process in a language that a total idiot can understand I would be so grateful and hopefully get my sleep back.
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I hope you made a backup of your phone.
It may be worth wiping everything and flashing the Z1 stock firmware on to your phone. Stock firmwares can be found relatively easily by using Google. There are also lots of different video tutorials on YouTube on how to how to revert back to stock firmware and on how you can escape bootloops. Try this: www. youtube. com/watch?v=j4gm9VeQCHA

You're on the wrong forum, this one is for Xperia Z, for Xperia Z1 Compact go here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/sony-xperia-z1-compact