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SD Card cannot be read and G1 firmware does not boot up (almost bricked)

Hi guys,
First off I want to say this site is great in what it is doing for the mobile phone world! This is my first post and I am a noob so be gentle haha! Well ok, i've messed up my g1 phone and its almost bricked. I think I have identified two problems:
Problem 1:
I was trying to partition my sd card using a method from a site called theunlockr.com. Where they used the apps2sd software:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_7n1g8jXgY
After performing the procedure, my 2 gig sd card cannot be read on my computer (comes up with "insert disc") and cannot be read on my phone as well. My SD card is completely wiped and I tried formatting it again but it still cannot be read.
Problem 2:
I tried to reboot my phone and now it gets to g1 tmobile screen but no further. To turn the phone off I have to take out the battery.
I can get into the recovery utility using the pwr and home buttons so I do not believe it is bricked, but as my computer cannot read the sd card, I am not able to copy any roms to make any progress.
My question is whether if after buying a new sd card and formatting it, can I simply reflash of my ROM by doing "alt & S" to make it work? The reason why I ask is whether I should simply send it back to TMob and play dumb to get a new phone or buy a new sd card and usb reader.
I am looking at it too simply and there is more to it? E.g have I messed around too much and damaged the file system links etc on my phone. Will a reflash of the cynogen rom using the recovery utility completely reset my phone and get me passed the boot screen loader to the operating system?
I had the following set up on my phone:
Firmware: Cyanogen 4.02
Recovery Image: 1
Recovery Utility build: JF v1.43
Thanks for your input!
Mepow!

Reflashing your phone if you messed up partion it will not work, if you pop out your sdcard and then try to boot it prob will, try a card reader and format and repartion or you can try recovery console and type ums_enable to try to mount your sd card while connect usb to your computer and try to format it that when and when you are done type ums_disable and then type reboot to reboot the phone

thanks tried that in the recovery console but it came up with
"ubs_enable not found". My computer unfortunately does not recognise the sd card.

You gotta type ums_enable not ubs as you said in the last post

CM 4.2.4 upgrade issue

Hi team,
Having some trouble rooting my g1 and upgrading to CM 4.2.4
I have been following a tutorial from here: http://androidandme.com/2009/08/news/how-to-root-a-t-mobile-g1-and-mytouch-3g-android-phone/
... to achieve my goal. Followed all of the steps fine and to a tee. Installed all of the suggested files from the suggested places.
Succesfully upgraded the radio image, then moved onto upgrading the SPL. Ran through and rebooted phone, until the never ending "Formatting Cache" notice came up on the automatic boot into the Recovery Mode.
(FYI: radio and SPL images were from http://code.google.com/p/sapphire-port-dream/)
Moved on to installing CM 4.2.4 after realising that the format was complete... Alt-W then Install from zip. Installed CM. Waited for prompt for completion... pressed reboot... then the boot hangs on the G1 startup screen.
Only way I could get out was to remove the battery. Went through the process again (Alt-W, SPL install, reboot, Alt-W, CM install, reboot, hang) numerous times, all with the same outcome.
Only thing that I can think of that I am doing wrong is pulled straight from CyanogenMod Wiki explanation: "I've noticed on some devices that when you fresh install the first time and you update with the rooted adp package from htc, reboot and then update to latest CM, some people get stuck at the tmobile logo. What I did was install the rooted adp package from htc, reboot and sign in all the way to home screen, then rebooted and installed the latest CM. That should get you past the first screen freeze if it happens to you."
As I am a noob, I have been unable to try this for the following reasons: 1. Where can I find the HTC rooted adp? and 2. How do I get this image onto the SD card when I can't boot in? I have tried without booting and my computer won't let me access via USB...
I was going through the process from factory settings. Is this my problem... Very confusing.
Realise that there are currently two active threads running in this section that are similar... but these guys seem to have done the wrong thing and are trying to right the ship... I can't seem to figure where I've gone wrong.
Thank you in advance for your assistance.

As well: could booting with camera + power get me into the Dreaming.nbh OS to get HTC root OS onto the SD card?

http://developer.htc.com/adp.html
Download the 1.6 recovery image. It is actually the 1.6 Android Dev Phone ROM, flash that via recovery console... then flash the cm update. Make sure you wipe before you start flashing.
As well, do you have your SD card partitioned? It would be a good idea to do that as well. Two ways to do it, manually, or download and update to RA's recovery image 1.2.3:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=566669
I would update to that recovery first, use the option to part my SD card, upgrade to ext3, wipe, flash 1.6 recovery, flash cm update, good to go!

Thanks for the quick reply! Very handy info... How do I get the images onto my SD card without being able to boot though?

Do you have another device like a camera, or mp3 player that can take a microsd? If so just hook it up and transfer.. otherwise you may need some additional devices.. I bought an adapter so my sd can plug directly into a usb.. other than those couple options, I haven't any more suggestions to offer ya. If you cant get past the boot screen to mount, I don't see how you can do it through your G1.. there might be some terminal commands you can try to mount to a computer.. but that's beyond me.

Nathanial said:
Thanks for the quick reply! Very handy info... How do I get the images onto my SD card without being able to boot though?
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You take it out of the phone, while the battery is pulled, put it in an micro SD card reader, plug that into your computer, tada! If you computer doesn't have a slot for the standard SD card adapter, you can get microSD to USB adaptors most everywhere that sells electronics.

Or if you have cyan's recovery installed... you can hold Home+power
go to console, press enter and type
ums_enable
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and it will mount the sd on your pc.....
put ums_disable to unmount

Sorry to be a noob, but what benefit does partitioning do?

If you have an EXT3 partition, you will have app2sd. If you also have a linux-swap partition, you will be able to have a swap file (in simple terms its like adding more ram)

The ext partition is for apps2sd, and the Linux-swap partition is to give a little extra memory for the ROM.

Thanks for all of your help lads! Up and running. Muchly appreciated!

Urgent help needed :(

I have had my g1 for about a year now and I rooted it a few months ago. I've been trying to update the rom but everytime I try to format the sd card on my pc it says no disk found in drive F. I have tried it on other computers. I tried it via usb and a card reader. When I put update.zip into the root folder it says it cant find it. Please someone help! I need my phone to be amazing again!

Is the card formatted in Fat32?

Yeah its formatted to Fat32

you have to assign the a sd card a drive letter.

assign the sd card a drive letter.

How do I do this?

Well I just assigned it a letter and the same thing happens. I really am stuck.

What are you trying to update from? What update are you trying to apply? What recovery are you using? Do you have a file manager on your phone like androzip? If you can answer some questions, you may have a few workarounds....

xxwigglesxx said:
I have had my g1 for about a year now and I rooted it a few months ago. I've been trying to update the rom but everytime I try to format the sd card on my pc it says no disk found in drive F. I have tried it on other computers. I tried it via usb and a card reader. When I put update.zip into the root folder it says it cant find it. Please someone help! I need my phone to be amazing again!
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You could try doin it with your phone (since you said you're rooted) using recovery
If you're using Cyanogen's recovery there's a good guide on androidandme.com
http://bit.ly/61CXFo
If you're using Amon_Ra's recovery I think it's automated, I've never used it before but from what I understand the you have the option to do it from the recovery menu

I'm currently running cyanogen mod 4.1.11.1 I'm not sure of the recovery image and I am trying to update to the next version of cyanogen. I think it might be a problem with my phone :S I really dont know. I have looked online and nothing seems to work I can put any update onto the sd card but when I try to update on my phone it says the file doesnt exist

it should say what recovery you are using in the recovery screen.
connect to wifi spot, download the new amon ra recovery, and move it from the download folder to the root of the sdcard using androzip (from the market).
follow the steps to flash the new recovery in the amon thread.
the next steps from there are up to you.....you can try to repartion your card using the menu option in recovery and then try to mount your g1 to your computer in the recovery menu. the recovery will allow you to choose what size partitions you want (fat32, ext, and swap) and do all of it for you. very handy.
once you get it to mount to your computer, you're in business.
if you think your card is ok as is, you could always download the htc file and cm4.2.6 directly to your g1, move them from download folder to sd root, wipe everything and flash.
either way, if you run into problems with your card, you maybe without phone until you get a good card.
good luck

Hey thanks for the great replies. Still no luck though I downloaded the amon ra recovery image and did what it said but when on the terminal emulator I type mount -a and it says 'mounting /dev/block/mmcb1k0p2 om /system/sd failed: no such file or directory'

Bump! PLEASE HELP ME

Can't mount SD Card.

Have a 32B. It broke, so I swapped the insides of that one into another G1. The G1 boots into recovery, there's no ROM flashed on the Phone. I tried to mount the SD to PC. It shows that there's a disc connected. But it wont open it. The SD card will mount in my other phones, and connect to the PC via USB, USB dongle, and SD Adapter. I can't flash ROM's via recovery. All i get is this error:
Build : RA-dream-v.1.7.0
E:Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0
p1 (or /dev/block/mmcblk0)
(No such file or directory)
E: Can't mount SDCARD:
So I was like meh, I'll flash the ROM via ADB
ADB Isn't working either
just saying "device not found".
Anybody have any clue what this means?

Here's something to try:
Back up all the stuff on your SDCard to your computer using USB.
Unmount the SDCard from the computer.
Go to Settings/SD card, and unmount the card and select format.
(at this point I would turn on your WiFi if you have is to facilitate the faster Rom download your about to to, but it's not necessary)
Go to Rom Manager and select download Rom, and choose the one you want.
If its a cyanogen one, you will be asked to install google apps (gapps), Yes. Backup Current rom, Yes
When asked to reboot to install the Rom, Yes
If all this works out, replace you stuff on to your SDCard
Good luck, and let me know how you make out!

That would work, but my board has no ROM flashed on it. Can't access SD Card in Recovery. Can't push the rom to data with ADB.

Man, here's two way for this situation:
1. (Good) You just updated your radio in a wrong way. Try to do this right
2. (Bad) Your phone now is just a brick. You can use it like a hammer
Hope, your way is first. Try to reinstall radio, bootloader etc.

Litesorrows said:
That would work, but my board has no ROM flashed on it. Can't access SD Card in Recovery. Can't push the rom to data with ADB.
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my g1 doesnt detect memory card....but dats because the thing that reads the sd card is loose but if i press on the bottom of the phone it reads...you could try that..but again you will have to keep on pressing on the bottom so that it flashes the entire rom works for me.
one question though how do you flash a rom via adb???

I know for a fact it's not bricked. It's just I took the board from my 1st G1, 2708+ and Everthing. Worked perfectly. Then i just put it inside a "New" G1 b/c that on didn't boot. The G1 boot's into Recovery, just wont access SD card. I hate my iPhone Xo that's the only phone I currently have. Don't let meh use iOS YoY.
I'll post Pic's soon. All I have is a ****ty 3G, and it's not on iOS so no autofocus. Unless a blurry cam pic can help. Otherwise I'll wait for the wife to get home with the Nokia.

Waiting for pictures!) А тут часом никто русский не затесался?)))

[Q] htc incredible s usb bricked and phone stuck on boot logo

Hi guys. I have a very large problem here.. About few days ago, I was transfering files from my pc to my phone via usb, suddenly the sd card got crashed(maybe) because i was not able to find it on my phone. but everything was fine in pc. then I formatted the sd card in fat32 and tried to hard reset the phone via cwm.. I went to 'wipe/factory data' . after formatting the system, it said unable to mount sd card\android secure- skipping formatting. Now the phone is not starting and i cant flash new rom via cwm because it says unable to mount sd card.. I am extreamly tensed. help me guys.

champ3767 said:
Hi guys. I have a very large problem here.. About few days ago, I was transfering files from my pc to my phone via usb, suddenly the sd card got crashed(maybe) because i was not able to find it on my phone. but everything was fine in pc. then I formatted the sd card in fat32 and tried to hard reset the phone via cwm.. I went to 'wipe/factory data' . after formatting the system, it said unable to mount sd card\android secure- skipping formatting. Now the phone is not starting and i cant flash new rom via cwm because it says unable to mount sd card.. I am extreamly tensed. help me guys.
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Get a new SD card and format it with your PC and then mount it is your phone.

tried
tpbklake said:
Get a new SD card and format it with your PC and then mount it is your phone.
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I tried almost 7 sd cards which were working on other HTC phones.

champ3767 said:
I tried almost 7 sd cards which were working on other HTC phones.
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Not sure how much it may help but did you try putting your sdcard in some other HTC phone? If the phone recognizes it then can you format it through the phone and try again?
Also I am assuming that you were able to flash a different ROM earlier using the same recovery, i.e, you are using the correct version of the recovery; also that your card was not encrypted

no luck
srv.abhishek said:
Not sure how much it may help but did you try putting your sdcard in some other HTC phone? If the phone recognizes it then can you format it through the phone and try again?
Also I am assuming that you were able to flash a different ROM earlier using the same recovery, i.e, you are using the correct version of the recovery; also that your card was not encrypted
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I tried sd card on other phones without any problem. I inserted atleast 7 sdcard but no luck

try flash your cwm to latest touch recovery , and mount your sd card.. flash cwm via adb.. there a tool somewhere in this forum..
Sent from my HTC Incredible S using xda app-developers app

about ruu
tpbklake said:
Get a new SD card and format it with your PC and then mount it is your phone.
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can i flash this ruu with a different radio?

champ3767 said:
can i flash this ruu with a different radio?
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i think i can help you!!
are you able to get into bootloader??
what HBOOT are you on??
also tell me the version!!

version
prunzzz said:
i think i can help you!!
are you able to get into bootloader??
what HBOOT are you on??
also tell me the version!!
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My hboot version is 2.00.0002

champ3767 said:
My hboot version is 2.00.0002
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since you are sOFF i dont think you can run RUU
so now do this,
1.open the RUU on PC (dont need to connect phone).Dont close the RUU window.
2.now on PC in Search, type %temp%
open the location
3.now there using search in that folder, search rom.zip
copy this .zip to c:/android
4.rename it to PG32IMG
5.nw put this PG32IMG.zip on phone
6.get int bootloader
7.it should automatically detect and flash it
so now you have a rom that can boot
hope it works
hit thanks if i helped you
and obviously do it aat yur own screen

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prunzzz said:
since you are sOFF i dont think you can run RUU
so now do this,
1.open the RUU on PC (dont need to connect phone).Dont close the RUU window.
2.now on PC in Search, type %temp%
open the location
3.now there using search in that folder, search rom.zip
copy this .zip to c:/android
4.rename it to PG32IMG
5.nw put this PG32IMG.zip on phone
6.get int bootloader
7.it should automatically detect and flash it
so now you have a rom that can boot
hope it works
hit thanks if i helped you
and obviously do it aat yur own screen
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I can run ruu but I doesnot fix my as card problem