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1-ckick rooting for Google G1 / G2

Hey all!
i have some questions to this app:
http://www.cyrket.com/package/org.zenthought.flashrec
http://www.ryebrye.com/blog/2009/08/16/android-rooting-in-1-click-in-progress/
1. does it works on T-Mobile D G1 with any FW? or also only with RC29 or RC7?
2. is flashing "HardSPL" or "DangerSPL" a musthave or can i use the original SPL (iam scarry to flah SPL)?
3. when i restore the backup do i have the full original t-mobile D delivery version of my G1?
4. how i restore the original recovery.img
5. if needed, how do i restore the original SPL
6. do i need to flash the Radio manual or do the apk make this
7. is this the right order?
- download apk
- install apk
- download CyanogenMod v4.0.1
- save as update.zip on SD root
- execute apk
- create backup
- flash Cyanogen recovery 1.4
- reboot into the new
- flash CyanogenMod v4.0.1
- Wipe
- boot G1
- download new Radio
- copy Radio as Radio.zip to SD root
- update Radio via Cyanogen recovery 1.4
- done
- boot G1 (now i have a rooted G1 with CyanogenMod v4.0.1)
please correct me if the is anything wrong or if i missed any step!!
iam "noob" with android - but i hope not for a long time

As a N00b you should at least read the Sticky posts, like http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=528334 this one...
It's called:
"Don't Start A New Thread - Dream Questions & Answers Here!"

All questions should be posted in the Q&A Section. I'm not too familiar with the 1-click rooting since it's been out for less than 72hrs so from what I've heard the 1-click root flashes cyan's recovery for you so all you have to do is this:
-Download and flash newest radio
-Download and flash Hard SPL
-Wipe
-Download and flash CM v4.0.1
If you do it in this order I'm 99.99999% sure you won't brick your phone, but once again please post all future question in the Q&A section

dubbeld00 said:
As a N00b you should at least read the Sticky posts, like http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=528334 this one...
It's called:
"Don't Start A New Thread - Dream Questions & Answers Here!"
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if to correct me, iam not a totaly noob - iam only noob in flashing android i allready flashed two HTC Wizard to a german Windows 6.5 Beta 2 and they works perfectly only a bit slower as with mobile 5.0

bluedragon1982 said:
Hey all!
i have some questions to this app:
http://www.cyrket.com/package/org.zenthought.flashrec
http://www.ryebrye.com/blog/2009/08/16/android-rooting-in-1-click-in-progress/
1. does it works on T-Mobile D G1 with any FW? or also only with RC29 or RC7?
2. is flashing "HardSPL" or "DangerSPL" a musthave or can i use the original SPL (iam scarry to flah SPL)?
3. when i restore the backup do i have the full original t-mobile D delivery version of my G1?
4. how i restore the original recovery.img
5. if needed, how do i restore the original SPL
6. do i need to flash the Radio manual or do the apk make this
7. is this the right order?
- download apk
- install apk
- download CyanogenMod v4.0.1
- save as update.zip on SD root
- execute apk
- create backup
- flash Cyanogen recovery 1.4
- reboot into the new
- flash CyanogenMod v4.0.1
- Wipe
- boot G1
- download new Radio
- copy Radio as Radio.zip to SD root
- update Radio via Cyanogen recovery 1.4
- done
- boot G1 (now i have a rooted G1 with CyanogenMod v4.0.1)
please correct me if the is anything wrong or if i missed any step!!
iam "noob" with android - but i hope not for a long time
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Yes, this app worked perfectly for me ( cuz I dun wanna waste my time doing all the porcess of pulling the firmware back to RC29 ). If u have the latest radio, then just execute the .apk, turn off your phone right after doing all the required process from that app ( back up current img then Flash the 1.4 img from Cyanogen I remember ), then go into recovery mode and you have the newest recovery img. (Remember to put the CyanogenModv4.0.1 to your SD first). Then Wipe and Flash the update, and you're done

and it works without flashing SPL????

bluedragon1982 said:
and it works without flashing SPL????
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ARE you NOT getting IT ..........
YOU need TO ask YOUR questions IN the Q&A section....
THIS is THE development SECTION

dan0zone said:
ARE you NOT getting IT ..........
YOU need TO ask YOUR questions IN the Q&A section....
THIS is THE development SECTION
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thx for moving
now the next ry to get good anwsers and not so stupid answers like the one form dan0zone

hard spl will not brick your phone. it is needed to flash roms from other regions than yours. hard spl is a good thing to have. also with it you can flash nandroid back ups and you can change your splash screen to further personalize your dream. enough said... go download it. flash it. if you have to wipe, then wipe. if you don't like wiping then you should not have rooted in the first place.

but to use this tool have id need to flash the SPL or works it with the original SPL too? in the manual and one the youtube video- there is no info about a need to flash the SPL.
all i want to know is:
can i just install this app, flash the new radio, run the backup, flash recovery, flash CFW, and iam done or not

yes you can do that. afterwards i would recommend flashing the hard spl.
you do not have to flash it, but it would be a good thing.

david1171 said:
yes you can do that. afterwards i would recommend flashing the hard spl.
you do not have to flash it, but it would be a good thing.
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thanks, should i flash the radio befor i try to root my G1 with the 1-click rooting? or after i flashed the custom FW?

I used the "1-click root"
I followed all the steps and my phone is working fine, but how can you tell if its rooted?
Also, if it is rooted and I wanted to install the most current cyanogen ROM, do I have to install the new radio and SPL files?
Thanks in adv for putting up with my N00Bness.

what build do you have now? rc33? i would first update the radio. i would not mess with the newer spl as it has been known to brick phones. also did you install cynogen's recovery image? turn phone off then hold power button and home key when you turn it on to put you back into recovery image. it should say cynogen recovery 1.4 on top. it will have a number of options on the bottom nandroid backup, restore nandroid etc. if that cynogen"s recovery image is on the phone its rooted. after you flash the latest radio, i would flash jf 1.51 build then cynogens latest build. i heard the going to cynogens latest build will cause a bootloop if your not coming from another modded build.

kaws666 said:
I followed all the steps and my phone is working fine, but how can you tell if its rooted?
Also, if it is rooted and I wanted to install the most current cyanogen ROM, do I have to install the new radio and SPL files?
Thanks in adv for putting up with my N00Bness.
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To tell if the phone is rooted, download terminal emulator from the market and type su at the prompt. If the phone is rooted, the prompt should go from a $ to a #. If not, you will get a permission denied error message. If that is the case, probably go the old fashion way of rooting
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=548924
As far as the SPL and radio, you don't need the danger SPL (haykuro's) but you will need to engineering SPL or hard SPL to install custom ROMs. As far as the radio, you want to latest radio to improve calls, bluetooth, etc.

hi im also new..
i did the 1 click root too. i did the back up, then flashed the 1.4. then the nandroid backup, then wiped the data, then flashed cyanogens 4.0.1. so im pretty sure im rooted.. and everything works too! except myfaves and the native im app.
but whats this about the radio? do i have to update that? i havent messed with the radio at all.. what are the dangers in this? if any?
and i haave no clue what the hell spl is lol

roadrunnerx7 said:
hi im also new..
i did the 1 click root too. i did the back up, then flashed the 1.4. then the nandroid backup, then wiped the data, then flashed cyanogens 4.0.1. so im pretty sure im rooted.. and everything works too! except myfaves and the native im app.
but whats this about the radio? do i have to update that? i havent messed with the radio at all.. what are the dangers in this? if any?
and i haave no clue what the hell spl is lol
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SPL info:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=455860
Radio info:
image file for controlling wireless/radio signal, runs at layer underneath android
Source: http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=HTC_Dream_overview_and_useful_information
Please guys, try to use the search function...pretty please.

definetly flash the radio, it made my speaker a lot louder!

My current build never changed. Its still CRC1 :/
I just tried the terminal emulator command and typed su and it said permission denied :/
What SPL and radio should I flash after I root of course?

DirectMatrix said:
SPL info:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=455860
Radio info:
image file for controlling wireless/radio signal, runs at layer underneath android
Source: http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=HTC_Dream_overview_and_useful_information
Please guys, try to use the search function...pretty please.
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thank you!

[Guide] One-Click Root for Rogers HTC Dream

EDIT: I've recently discovered a snag to using the default method of rooting and installing CyanogenMod on the Rogers HTC Dream. If you follow the regular instructions you will end up with radio version 2.22.19.26I. Your phone will work, but if you are in EDGE coverage areas your data speed will end up in the toilet (avg. 25-35kbps). I've recently been directed to a wiki on the CyanogenMod web site that guides you to installing CyanogenMod while keeping the 3.22.20.17 radio. The link is here Full Update Guide - Rogers Dream EBI1 to CyanogenMod - CyanogenMod Wiki and if you choose to follow it you can pretty much ignore this tutorial. The only caveat is that this method installs a custom kernel and you may not be able to use other themes and/or roms that change the kernel.
There is also now a port of Amon Ra's Recovery rom for the Rogers Dream. You'll no doubt find that a lot of the recovery roms out there won't boot after flashing the 3.22.20.17 radio. That's because the Dream, while EBI1, is not 32A. This new version is from Amon Ra himself and is fully functional with working console. Download it here. It appears recently purchased Rogers HTC Dreams are starting to show up with SPL version 1.33.0010, a 'perfect' SPL that disables remote booting recovery.img files used to install the 1.33.2005 SPL.
Needless to say, this makes rooting your phone a little difficult
I found a solution to this problem after foolishly installing the Rogers update for the HTC Dream (the update, in addition to un-rooting your phone, installs the 1.33.0010 SPL). After several fruitless tries root with flashrec, I tried running it with a different recovery image than what is built-in to the app.
Keep in mind, I have only attempted this on a Rogers HTC Dream 32B. I cannot guarantee good results on other revisions or the Magic.
There, with that caveat out of the way:
1. Download Haykuro's root kit here.
2. Extract the recovery.img and update.zip files from the download and copy them to the root of your sdcard's fat32 partition (if you haven't partitioned your card yet for A2SD, then just the root of the card itself).
2. Last time I checked, the one-click root app, flashrec, has been pulled from the Market, so download it here.
3. Install the app and start it, it will look like this:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
4. Tap 'Backup Recovery Image', in some cases the app will fail to backup the image. This shouldn't be a problem, but if it works, it's always nice to have a backup.
5. In the blank above the greyed-out button enter '/sdcard/recovery.img' without the quotes. If you were successful in making the backup, the top button should change to white and say 'Flash Custom Recovery Image'. If not, don't worry, there is a hidden button to the right of the backup button that will bypass the backup requirement. Like so:
6. Press 'Flash Custom Recovery Image'. If you get a flash failed message, try flashing with your phone unplugged from USB.
7. Power your phone down.
8. Power up your phone while holding the home button. You should get the older 1.2 Recovery Menu. If your phone hangs at the Rogers logo, remove your battery, re-install or try the 3-finger salute (Phone, menu, and power button together) and try again. If it still hangs on the Rogers logo, reboot without the home key, this will bring you back to normal boot. You won't be rooted but you won't be bricked.
9. Once you're at the recovery menu, choose the second option, apply sdcard:update.zip. In some cases you may get an error something like E: not found. If you choose the second option again, it should find the update.zip alright and then press home to continue.
10. Now click on reboot (Home & Back). Press and hold the camera button and you should boot into the new 1.33.2005 SPL.
11. If all has gone well and you see hboot 1.33.2005, you can safely follow the rest of the rooting instructions in this thread. There's also a great set of instructions for installing Cyanogen's 4.2.X roms in the same thread. The post is here.
Of course, these instructions may be rendered moot if Rogers chooses to fix the vulnerability that allows one-click root at which point we'll have to hope someone manages to find a way around the so-called 'perfect' SPLs.
If after a couple attempts you remain stuck at the Rogers logo, remove the battery, reinstall it and then power up normally. You should then boot back to the unrooted phone and it will restore the default recovery. You may not be rooted, but at least you're not bricked.
Good luck, and happy flashing!

Thanks Charrion. As usual, battery is dead, so I will try tommorow and post results.
Also, how do I install Flashrec from desktop to Dream?

jake_gt said:
Thanks Charrion. As usual, battery is dead, so I will try tommorow and post results.
Also, how do I install Flashrec from desktop to Dream?
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The same way you install almost any .apk (meaning not core system apps) by putting it on the sdcard and installing with package installer

Wow, rogers threw you guys the perfect spl, that is some major suckness, why do providers just let us power users do what we do, it's stuff like custom roms that advance the os and get people hooked to stay with the os, just let us do our thing, damn it

gridlock32404 said:
Wow, rogers threw you guys the perfect spl, that is some major suckness, why do providers just let us power users do what we do, it's stuff like custom roms that advance the os and get people hooked to stay with the os, just let us do our thing, damn it
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My guess is it was a support decision. Fewer people rooting their phones, fewer support calls from people who bricked their phones claiming it's 'defective'.
Sucks, but I can understand why they choose to do so. I wonder if they would provide a means to replace the perfect SPL with a flashable one once the contract and/or warranty expires.

I need help installing flashrec. I copied flashrec-20090815 to the root on my SD card. I have a path to tools and e:\ but when I try install command from SDK it returns
"can't find 'flashrec-20090815' to install" I have removed and re-installed drivers but same result
Thanks for any advice...

jake_gt said:
I need help installing flashrec. I copied flashrec-20090815 to the root on my SD card. I have a path to tools and e:\ but when I try install command from SDK it returns
"can't find 'flashrec-20090815' to install" I have removed and re-installed drivers but same result
Thanks for any advice...
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If you're using adb to install it, you need to have the apk in the directory from which you are running the adb command. To install it from the sdcard use a file explorer like Astro, browse to the sdcard's root and tap the apk there.

Yeah I guess but an unrooted gphone is boring, the android os is so bland that it needs a lot of help, I mean a tremendous amount, without great devs like drizzy, jac and cyanogen I would have done gave back my phone

gridlock32404 said:
Yeah I guess but an unrooted gphone is boring, the android os is so bland that it needs a lot of help, I mean a tremendous amount, without great devs like drizzy, jac and cyanogen I would have done gave back my phone
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True 'dat. I went from liking my phone to loving my phone by installing CM and Ted's Hero theme. But then I came from a background in computers and have some Linux experience, the rooting and modding wasn't too difficult and what problems I had I was able to work out by hunting around XDA and the net at large.
Some of the people attempting to root their phones now are a little out of their league and probably shouldn't be making the attempt without a little more knowledge and really shouldn't be messing with the experimental roms.
I don't mind helping people out from time to time but I'd hate to be a support person for any one of the carriers dealing with someone who bricked their phone.

Hey,
I just followed your steps and it booted into the custom recovery.img. I'm using and HTC dream with 1.33.0010 SPL.
Thanks a TON for these instructions by the way, but I have one more question. If it boots into custom recovery, do I still need to change my SPL to 1.33.2005 or can I just go ahead and flash a custom ROM?
_________
Rogers HTC Dream 32B (Black)
SPL 1.33.0010

tahnok said:
Hey,
I just followed your steps and it booted into the custom recovery.img. I'm using and HTC dream with 1.33.0010 SPL.
Thanks a TON for these instructions by the way, but I have one more question. If it boots into custom recovery, do I still need to change my SPL to 1.33.2005 or can I just go ahead and flash a custom ROM?
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If you want to use any of the mainstream roms like Cyanogen's without using the Rogers customized one, then yes because you also have to flash the radio image mentioned in haykuro's rooting thread. If, however, you wish to stay with the Rogers specific Cyanogen rom or any rom specifically for Rogers phones you should be able to stick with the 1.33.0010 SPL.
But, having said that, I've never tried it myself so I don't know for sure. I do know that if you plan on using any other non-custom rom you have to replace the SPL among other things.

Finally root
Thanks for the thread Charrion, I finally rooted last night. Had to force the apk extension on flashrec (for some reason my PC downloads the file as a zip)
after that, your instructions worked without any problems.
Let me buy you a beer!

Hey.
I'm new, so silly question. How do you find out which SPL you have?
Also, why do people make 'Rogers' ROM's when rooting your phone allows you to install any ROM you want? Right? Isn't that how it works?

honestly do search take away a part of your soul...
jamieownsu said:
Hey.
I'm new, so silly question. How do you find out which SPL you have?
Also, why do people make 'Rogers' ROM's when rooting your phone allows you to install any ROM you want? Right? Isn't that how it works?
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you honestly have no clue what searching is at all... camera and power for bootloader which will tell you what spl you have.
edit: Charrion said why below me why rogers rom have to be cooked. Thank you Charrion
one more time... i don't even have a rogers phone or well know anything about rogers other than the name but for reason i came across that info... search!

jamieownsu said:
Also, why do people make 'Rogers' ROM's when rooting your phone allows you to install any ROM you want? Right? Isn't that how it works?
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No, simply rooting a Rogers phone doesn't allow you to install 'any' ROM.
The main reason is that the Rogers phones use a different radio image than the others. Using a standard rom will not work with the default radio images the Rogers phones use. Therefore, you have two options, you can flash your radio to match phones like the T-Mobile G1, etc. or you can use the roms customized for Rogers specific radio image.
The main argument is that because the customized rom works with the radio image supplied by Rogers you shouldn't experience problems with 3G, sms, etc and it's easier to return to the stock rom. However, with the standard roms, you don't have to wait for someone to cook a custom rom for your Rogers phone.

Thank you
Thank you so much Charrion.
I applied this and it works on my Dream
was: 1.33.0010
now: 1.33.2005
I was hopeless since the goldcard method did not work for me.
Thank you.

jisri said:
Thank you so much Charrion.
I applied this and it works on my Dream
was: 1.33.0010
now: 1.33.2005
I was hopeless since the goldcard method did not work for me.
Thank you.
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Good to hear. I tried just about everything after I foolishly installed the update with its dreaded 1.33.0010 SPL, even the goldcard. I just hope Rogers next update doesn't include the kernel patch that blocks one-click. I'm sure someone will find a way around that too, but it's a pain.

Thanks for your reply Charrion. That cleared it up perfectly for me.
As for david1171, see the following:
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Charrion said:
The main argument is that because the customized rom works with the radio image supplied by Rogers you shouldn't experience problems with 3G, sms, etc and it's easier to return to the stock rom. However, with the standard roms, you don't have to wait for someone to cook a custom rom for your Rogers phone.
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Thanks Charrion for the info but do you know what problems are people experiencing?

beav_35 said:
Thanks Charrion for the info but do you know what problems are people experiencing?
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Some people in 3G coverage areas have claimed they don't get 3G when they use the non-Rogers roms but I'm not sure of the veracity of that claim.
Sadly, I'm not in an area that gets 3G, yet. I do know that I've used the non-custom Cyanogen roms since 3.6.8.1 and haven't experienced any problems thus far.

completely lost and so confused! help

ok after months of putting off playing with my phone I have decieded to mod it. Today I have successfully hacked it with the help of the wiki here:
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php/Full_Update_Guide_-_G1/Dream_Firmware_to_CyanogenMod
working great but I can't find an answer on how to play with other roms like hero, blur, and 2.0 etc.
can anyone please give me some help this forum is hard to find a clear way to anything since there seems to be 1 million ways to do it.
thanks in advance.
ian

Please keep all questions to the Questions and Answers forum. The development forum is for development threads only.
Flashing other ROMs is the same as flashing Cyanogen.

so i add the 1.6 rom image and another rom not cyanogen and then flash in the cyanogen recovery menu as described on his wiki?

Well before you try
blur etc..
Your going to have to make sure you have the correct radio,spl.
Boot into fastboot mode with camera plus power
and whats your spl/radio
if your radio is
2.22.19.26I
then thats good
if your spl is 1.33.2005
then your good to go for hero etc..
if not then your going to need to download the saphire radio/spl to be able to try other ROM's

i have the right radio but where do i find the spl?
also on his wiki it has how to install custom spl should i do this?
also does the apps to sd thing installed in his build? how do i make it work? or find it

Make sure when in bootloader, look for PVT or DVT. If you see 'DVT', do not flash the Haykuro spl.

is that the one with rainbow or androids and skateboards?

ianandamy said:
i have the right radio but where do i find the spl?
also on his wiki it has how to install custom spl should i do this?
also does the apps to sd thing installed in his build? how do i make it work? or find it
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ok look i really want to help you so i am
the spl to load other roms etc is going to be found here
http://code.google.com/p/sapphire-port-dream/
Download the radio 2.22. whatever
and the 1.33.2005 spl
MAKE SURE YOU FLASH THE RADIO FIRST!!!
EVEN IF YOU ALREADY HAVE IT!!!
SOMETIMES NOT FLASHING THE RADIO AND GOING STRAIGHT TO THE SPL CAN BRICK YOUR PHONE
SO RADIO THEN SPL!!!
THEN THE ROM(I WOULD DO CYAN AGAIN)
IN ORDER TO FLASH HIS NEWEST ROM
FLASH HE 1.6 RECOVERY IMAGE FOR THE DREAM FROM THE HTC WEBSITE
THEN ITLL REBOOT BYITSELF THEN FLASH THE CYAN ROM ITSELF AND IT SHOULD WORK..
IN ORDER TO GET APPS 2 SD WORKING YOU HAVE TO HAVE A EXT2/3/4 WHATEVER YOU CHOICE
BUT YOULL MOST LIKELY END UP WITH A EXT2/3
SEARCH THE FORUMS FOR ROOTING AND SETTING UP AN EXT2

Make sure you have a PVT board.

ianandamy said:
is that the one with rainbow or androids and skateboards?
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right above where you saw the 2.22. It should say pvt 32b
if not then youll have to use the other spl
that i have no knowledge of so your stuck on that 1

i have pvt 32b too
so to flash another custom rom i just add the 1.6 rom image and the one I want to use and flash it like i did the latest cyanogen one?
which roms are best for hero, blur? and work 100%

this is what is on cyanogens wiki after what i did? although I have 4.2.3.1
Hard SPL (optional) - ONLY FOR HTC DREAM (G1)!!!
If you choose, you can install a custom SPL. This will free up approximatly 20MB on the system partition. As of CyanogenMOD 4.2.3, this is not necessary. However, with the release of Android 2.0, it might become necessary to flash a new SPL.
ONLY follow these steps if you've followed the previous steps on this page (or if you manually flashed your radio with the latest version). Otherwise, you will break your phone.
1. Go to http://code.google.com/p/android-roms/wiki/Install_Hard_SPL and download the SPL File
2. Place the SPL file on the root of your SD card.
3. Power off your phone.
4. Press and hold Home and then press Power to boot into recovery mode.
5. Once in recovery mode, Press ALT+A (or select "apply any zip from sd") and select the SPL file you downloaded to apply the update from the SD card. (If you do not see a menu / text on screen, ie - you see an exclamation mark, press ALT+L to show the menu.)
6. After the update is complete, hold Home + Back to restart.
7. Once your phone has booted up, turn your phone off so that we can make sure the update worked.
8. Press and hold the Camera and Power buttons to boot into your SPL. It should have three androids on skateboards at the bottom, with a white background. If you still have the four-color rainbow, go back and try again. If you press HOME you will start this all over again.So DO NOT. Press Action. Then either way, press Call, Menu and End at the same time to reboot.

ianandamy said:
i have pvt 32b too
so to flash another custom rom i just add the 1.6 rom image and the one i want to use and flash it like i did the latest cyanogen one?
Which roms are best for hero, blur? And work 100%
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ok good so im guessing you updated the radio/spl
correct? If not then you cant go to any other roms
unless you do so
and to answer your question
you dont need to flash the 1.6 recovery image again to goto other roms. Thats only for his builds because google got on his ass for redist.. There apps so yeah
and right now the best heros out are mlign and kings and jacski sense whatever heros has gotten better since youve been here so check m out
but blur is not even close to stable yet
no wifi no gps no vibrate
pulse is broken
and 2.0 just barely came out no ones made anything yet

here is what i did exactly let me know but everything seems to be the right ones let me know before I go further.

ianandamy said:
this is what is on cyanogens wiki after what i did? Although i have 4.2.3.1
hard spl (optional) - only for htc dream (g1)!!!
If you choose, you can install a custom spl. This will free up approximatly 20mb on the system partition. As of cyanogenmod 4.2.3, this is not necessary. However, with the release of android 2.0, it might become necessary to flash a new spl.
Only follow these steps if you've followed the previous steps on this page (or if you manually flashed your radio with the latest version). Otherwise, you will break your phone.
1. Go to http://code.google.com/p/android-roms/wiki/install_hard_spl and download the spl file
2. Place the spl file on the root of your sd card.
3. Power off your phone.
4. Press and hold home and then press power to boot into recovery mode.
5. Once in recovery mode, press alt+a (or select "apply any zip from sd") and select the spl file you downloaded to apply the update from the sd card. (if you do not see a menu / text on screen, ie - you see an exclamation mark, press alt+l to show the menu.)
6. After the update is complete, hold home + back to restart.
7. Once your phone has booted up, turn your phone off so that we can make sure the update worked.
8. Press and hold the camera and power buttons to boot into your spl. It should have three androids on skateboards at the bottom, with a white background. If you still have the four-color rainbow, go back and try again. If you press home you will start this all over again.so do not. Press action. Then either way, press call, menu and end at the same time to reboot.
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ok the hardspl is crap
your going to want haykuros spl
so like i said download the new radio/spl
flash radio again(even if you already have it)
Then flash the haykuros spl
then flash a hero rom
but if you dont have an ext2/swap your not going to want to flash hero cuz itll be slow as hell

so maybe this custom spl is just to free up space?

i did not do the hard spl I did everything above it, read this and let me know.
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php/Full_Update_Guide_-_G1/Dream_Firmware_to_CyanogenMod

ianandamy said:
i did not do the hard spl I did everything above it, read this and let me know.
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php/Full_Update_Guide_-_G1/Dream_Firmware_to_CyanogenMod
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YEAH EVERYTHING GOOD
BUT IF YOU WANT HERO/BLUR
THEN YOUR GOING TO WANT TO FLASH THE RADIO/SPL ( THE ONE I PROVIDED A LINK TO)
IF YOU SKIP THESE STEPS AND TRY TO INSTALL HERO ETC.. THEN IT WONT EVEN BOOT.
AND ANOTHER THING DID YOU DO THE EXT2 PARTITION
IF NOT DO IT BEFORE YOU FLASH THE RADIO/SPL SO ITS EASIER IN THE LONG RUN.
SO STEP BY STEP FOR YOU TO DO RIGHT NOW
create and ext2 500mb/swap 96mb
then when your finished
look i have to go
so follow as i said then flash any hero you should be good
flash the radio/spl (radio first)
that i provided a link to
when your done message me

ianandamy said:
ok after months of putting off playing with my phone I have decieded to mod it. Today I have successfully hacked it with the help of the wiki here:
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php/Full_Update_Guide_-_G1/Dream_Firmware_to_CyanogenMod
working great but I can't find an answer on how to play with other roms like hero, blur, and 2.0 etc.
can anyone please give me some help this forum is hard to find a clear way to anything since there seems to be 1 million ways to do it.
thanks in advance.
ian
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Simply use the one click rooting from www.theunlockr.com and it will show you how to root (or if you have done so) how to flash new ROM's... the EASIEST way possible.

loaded this hero theme
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=520629
got this running have ext3 like was told
did not update radio or spl yet waiting to here this from a few different sources first.

So... Would this work? [G1]

Hello everyone.
I have done a lot of reading and searching regarding rooting a G1. There are so many guides and resources out there I was wondering if you guys could point me to the best (safest?) way to do it.
I have been thinking of rooting it for months due to the benefits I can get once I have done it but the thought of bricking it has been stopping me from doing it. I want to get it over with now and would appreciate if you guys can point me to the best guide and the best rom (I know there is many, I would like speed, stability and some nice features would be cool). I have a G1, I live in the UK and it is supplied by T-Mobile. I keep it up to date with the OTA updates so I think I will have to downgrade which I believe is shown in most guides? If there is any info you guys need, please say.
I would be really thankful if I got some help, it's not something I want to do without proper knowledge (which all of you have). Is it easy enough to do if I follow the instructions and make sure my battery is charged enough?
Also, can we in the UK flash the radio, is that meant to be tampered with, what are the pros and cons of doing that?
Thank you so much.
EDIT -----------------------------
Please look at post #6, I made a list of what I think I need to do.

I would suggest finding the 1-click root to make it easy for you. Then, flash the 1.6 HTC image like all builds based off of Cyanogen's build environment require now and then flash @wesgarner's build for the fastest most stable build available.

Here's how to root your phone... nice and simple....
The one click root doesn't work if you've upgraded your phone to the OTA 1.6 update.
So the old instructions would be a safe bet since i don't know if you have 1.5 or 1.6.
Follow these instructions: http://www.myhangoutonline.com/2009/11/20/how-to-root-your-g1/
Then upgrade your radio and SPL from here: http://www.myhangoutonline.com/2009/11/22/upgrade-radio-recovery-spl/
Then if you want to upgrade to the newest CM build do this:
Before you install the Cyanogenmod 4.2.7.1 ROM you need to install the HTC 1.6 Dev Rom first.
HTC took it off their website, i have it uploaded on my site...
do this: ( This is for HTC Dream (G1) )
CLEAR YOUR EXT PARTITION or REPARTITION YOUR CARD to get rid of any Incompatible files.
Download CM 4.2.7.1 -> http://www.myhangoutonline.com/downloads/?did=17
Download HTC Dream Image 1.6 -> http://www.myhangoutonline.com/downloads/?did=6
Place them both on the root of your SDCard.
Reboot your phone into recovery mode...
1. WIPE
2. Install HTC Dream Image
3. Hit Reboot when it's done (and keep an eye on the phone!)
4. you will see the little picture with an arrow (radio installation), WHEN YOU SEE THE PHONE REBOOT HOLD THE HOME KEY. It should reboot right back into recovery.
5. Now install the CM ROM
6. Reboot and you're done...
Hope that helps!

http://androidoverdrive.com/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=7

Thank you all for the information and links.
I have been doing a lot more reading today and think I might go with Dwang's rom. From what I understand (to do it the quick way) I need to revert my G1 back to Cupcake (RC7 for europe?) from Donut 1.6. Then Download the recovery flasher and flash a recovery image, do I use Amon Ra's? Do I then load the rom, then the theme afterwards? I hear people mentioning the radio, is it a necessity for the G1 that I mess with the radio? Is it easy to brick the phone doing it this way?
Thanks again for the help and understanding .

After watching this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCG9XhFmoEw
Could you guys tell me if this would work?
1. Format my SDCard. Transfer the old android (RC7?) image, Amon Ra's recovery image, Dwerg's rom and a nice theme made for the rom to the SD card.
2. Can I use the telnet thing to flash the Aman Ra recovery image?
3. Power off.
4. Power on holding the camera button and the power button and then downgrade my version. Reboot.
5. Turn on and set up my google info. Press enter twice and type "telnetd" and press enter. Proceed to the market and download the telnet app.
6. Run the app, and type in what's needed to flash the new recovery image. Again, can I use Aman Ra's? I'm unsure what to type but I will try and figure it out.
7. Power off.
8. Power on holding the Home and power keys, which should bring me to the new recovery image.
9. If I am flashing Dwerg's do I need to flash 1.6 first like you need to do for CM? Or is that a CM only thing? Flash the rom.
That should be it? Would doing it that way work ok? Less chance of bricking? There was no mention of radio flashing or anything.
Hopefully you guys can help me out.

[Q] Help With Old Partially Rooted G1

So I have a G1. I rooted it and then tried flashing CM5 (Or 6, I don't remember) but something went wrong so I just dropped this project. I picked it up again because my girlfriend has a dumbphone, so I want to give her this smartphone until I can buy her a better one. When I boot up the G1 normally, it just stays at the boot screen. I am able to get into recovery. However, when I trying to flash CM6 I had to go through a few steps. I flashed CWM Recovery, created a backup, updated radios and such, then flashed Danger SPL. After that (I think that's all I did, it was about a year ago so I don't exactly remember) it reverted to JesusFreke's Recovery(the default recovery installed using the rooting method that I used). The phone is in S-OFF and I believe the H-BOOT Version indicates that Danger SPL was flashed successfully as well, but I'm kind of stuck now. Any help would be appreciated.
Boot Screen:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Recovery:
H-BOOT:

looks like you just about there, i would recommend getting the latest amon_ra recovery for it has more options and will make other tasks easier.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=566669
also you should definitely get the latest radio/spl found here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=831139
to make things easy start by flashing the rom found here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=613809
you have everything almost done, so try to get amon_ra, the 2708 + radio/spl, and flash an awesome new rom --- maybe ezgingerbread or froyobylazslo?
keep at it, it worth it in the end

demkantor said:
looks like you just about there, i would recommend getting the latest amon_ra recovery for it has more options and will make other tasks easier.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=566669
also you should definitely get the latest radio/spl found here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=831139
to make things easy start by flashing the rom found here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=613809
you have everything almost done, so try to get amon_ra, the 2708 + radio/spl, and flash an awesome new rom --- maybe ezgingerbread or froyobylazslo?
keep at it, it worth it in the end
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Thanks for the response
I'm having a problem. I tried flashing the custom recovery multiple ways but it didn't work. The farthest I got was through fastboot. I installed fastboot on my computer and I have the recovery file in the root of the SD. I put the G1 into fastboot and checked to see if it was detected:
Code:
fastboot devices
HT841GZ06125 fastboot
I assume that means it's detected. Then I ran this:
Code:
fastboot flash recovery recovery-RA-dream-v1.7.0.img
error: cannot load 'recovery-RA-dream-v1.7.0.img'
What's wrong?

The recovery.img you want to flash needs to be in your current working directory our you need to give the full path as a parameter, i.e.
Code:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
if the recovery image is in your working directory or
Code:
fastboot flash recocery /home/xyz/work/recovery.img
if the recovery image is located in the directory /home/xyz/work

Wow, I feel so dumb. For some reason I thought fastboot worked through the sdcard, although now I realize that is impossible because the SD wasn't mounted. Happily running CM6.1 now =]

Vulf said:
Wow, I feel so dumb. For some reason I thought fastboot worked through the sdcard, although now I realize that is impossible because the SD wasn't mounted. Happily running CM6.1 now =]
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Meh I find CM6 gets really slow after a while
You should try Froyobylaszlo
Froyobylaszlo for speed and stability and usability...oh and it looks good
EzGingerbread...if you for some reason really like Gingerbread

I'm a bit at the same stage as Vulf,and just grabbed my G1 out of the dust again, whilst my Sensation XE is being repaired.
I have been struggling for three days now to get a ROM flashed, but I obviously must be doing something wrong. I know there's a whole lot of information available. I been through a lot of topics, and tried different things. I am now kinda frustrated and wondering what I'm doing wrong, and hope someone can help me out.
Take for instance FrankDrey's ROM, I'd love to try it, and just followed your steps perhaps 10 times. But, just like many other ROM's I try to install (i.e CM7.2, ezGingerBread), I end up in the 'hanging G1' screen. I tried using different kernels (perhaps the wrong one?), tried the swipes using 'fastboot', the superswipe and all kinds of things, but I never got anything to work. But... for some reason, there's 1 ROM that did work for me, just not 100%. I tried Froyo DreamTeam ROM, which installed (like most other roms did, except some gave Status 7 boot write error), but this one actually booted up. I could not work with it, because I did not get the 'install wizard', did not see the 'Market', my phone has no lock screen anymore (pressing any button activates the phone), and I could not use my 'Phone' and 'Home' key anymore. (these still work in recovery mode though) I tried different 'gapps' apart from the one being suggested, and been looking at some 'custom ATMD' or so which might be a cause for the 'home' and 'phone' key, but I did not recognize anything in there that I have been doing.
I really hope someone can please help me out, so I can finally get this phone to work again properly (and give it to my sister in a few weeks )
Here's the information fastboot gives me, which seems to be what it should be, I think:
DREAM PVT 32B SHIP S-ON
HBOOT 1.33.0013D (DREA11000)
CPLD-4
RADIO-2.22.28.25
Oct 21 2009:22:33:27
I believe that the Kernel I used was one of EzTerry (excuse me if I misspelled that), the 1.5.1 Froyo based.
Thanks in advance to anyone who's taking time to read and help me out.

With that radio/SPL you should be able to run ezGingerbread without problems. To be sure, do a
fastboot erase system -w
then boot into recovery and flash latest version of Terry's ROM http://sandbox.devnull.name/android/gingerbread/GINGERBREAD-DS-Stable-v1.0-20111204.zip and gapps http://www.multiupload.com/7B0LCBTREB, then boot the ROM. The first boot might take some time ... (>= 5 min)

anddisa should also mention to look at his signature. he has a version of ezgingerbread that is almost the same as ezterrys but has a few nice tweaks to it. if you tap his sig it will link you to a page explaining his version and a dropbox for the files.
oh and anddisa i love your work and all the help you give on xda so in case i never thanked you ill do it in the post above!

Hello AndSisa and demkantor. First I'd just like to say thank you for the help! .
Is the erase system -w better, or is it the same as the 'wipe' from the recovery menu? I tried both just to make sure . Also, I had the feeling that installing another kernel was sort of required for the ROM to work.
Anyway, I followed your steps, but instead, I flashed the ROM from your signature. As demkantor mentioned, for some reason my preference goes to the ADS_Magpie ROM. I also tried that ROM earlier, without any luck I have to add, and I'm afraid I'm facing the same again as I speak . I downloaded the Signed-v1.0 by the way.
I think I'll wait another 10 minutes and try the ezGingerbread rom soon which you posted in your reply (which I tried as well a few times), trying it the way you suggest me. I'll keep my fingers crossed, and will post my result in a reply if no one else has replied after my post, and otherwise I'll edit this post .
Thanks in advance, and when I got my ROM running, I'll make sure to properly thank you using the 'Thank you' button.

Yes with that radio and spl you should be able to flash Frayo, froyobylaszlo, EzGingerbread, and a few other ROMs.
Are you sure you're waiting long enough?
It may take a few minutes...
If you are waiting that long, then hmm...sounds odd...
When you flashed frayo was it the ONLY thing you flashed? Make sure it is.
You don't need to flash any kernels or anything.
Just frayo-signed.zip and that's all...
Btw, my theory is confirmed
Google apps controls the Home/Phone keys, Lockscreen and other stuff!

My 2nd attempt in flashing ezGingerBread turns out to fail as well I'm afraid. I've waited for nearly 10 minutes now (and counting), yet no sign of life.
For some reason, I got a feeling that it just skips to install something or so. For instance, when I install this DreamTeam Froyo, and install the Google Apps they provide (or any other cause none worked for me), it does say "Google Apps installed", or something like that after I flashed the .zip file. However, in the menu, I don't see any Google app at all. Should I try another SD card, or can't it be the SD card? As for the SD card, I partitioned it as some topic advises, I guess yours. (512MB Ext4, 96swap, other GB's FAT32).
As for your ROM, Frankdrey, I tried 4 different methods to be honest. I tried the straight-forward, flash it + gapps. I tried flashing + kernel + gapps, I tried flashing kernel, your rom, and then gapps, and even once without gapps, but without any result .
Also, can it be possible that the kernel I installed is not compatible with the ROM? I flashed the 1.5.2f_S one from Terry, been switching between the Froyo / GIngerbread one depending on the android version.

Nonono...for my ROM you don't need to flash Gapps
Just flash the ROM and thats it!
No kernel, no Gapps
Everything is included!
Both EzGingerBread and Frayo/Froyobylaszlo include the kernel in them!
So you don't need to flash any kernels, just make sure you have the correct SPL/Radio and you're all set!

I feel there is something missing from the equation here. What was the last working rom you had on your g1? Have you ever had a custom mtd? According to what your telling us your radio/spl are ideal, you seem to have the latest recovery and understand fastboot.
Try this mount your sd sd card to make sure it works, take everything off except superwipe and frayo (ease of use) thats all you should need. From recovery flash superwipe.zip then teboot to recovery. Flash frayo.zip the reboot. Wait. Wait. Even as long as 20 min. After that i would sugest just starting over with dreaming.nbh
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frankdrey said:
Yes with that radio and spl you should be able to flash Frayo, froyobylaszlo, EzGingerbread, and a few other ROMs.
Are you sure you're waiting long enough?
It may take a few minutes...
If you are waiting that long, then hmm...sounds odd...
When you flashed frayo was it the ONLY thing you flashed? Make sure it is.
You don't need to flash any kernels or anything.
Just frayo-signed.zip and that's all...
Btw, my theory is confirmed
Google apps controls the Home/Phone keys, Lockscreen and other stuff!
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Hey frankdrey, how did you confirm the gapps could be causing the home keys etc problems. What google app(s) is the source?
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There is another possibillity at least to see what is happening: While booting your phone keep it connected to usb and type
adb logcat
on the console of your PC. At least after one/two minutes you should see something there. On a Linux system you could also do a
adb logcat | tee boot.log
so the output is written into the boot.log file, too.
If you provide later that log, probably we can see what's happening.
Sent from my Gingerbread on Dream using XDA App

I unfortunately can't put a catlog here anymore, but I can say that it's working now! Good start of a working day/week .
What the exact problem is a mystery, and I think it will stay that way.
What I've done is putting the old dreamimg.nbh back on the phone, and started the whole rooting thing all over. The only difference, in actions that I've been doing, is that I did not pick the *cyan* coloured RA Recovery this time.
As for the question if I ran any custom ROM before on this phone, I only used the 'default' rooted ROM so far. On my other G1, things worked like a charm.
Anyway, I just got the 'setup wizard' from Frayo on my screen, so I think I'll start working with it and enjoying it!
I feel a bit silly that I never thought of doing the whole thing over earlier
Thanks for the help and input, and I hope that anyone else facing this issue will get things worked out too.
demkantor said:
Hey frankdrey, how did you confirm the gapps could be causing the home keys etc problems. What google app(s) is the source?
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I think it's probably based on his previous experience, and the fact that I said something in my previous post like "I did get one ROM to work, but just not 100%. The market wasn't in the apps list, I had no lockscreen (every button activates the phone instantly), my dial (phone) key is not working, nor was my home-button." must have given him the last bit of confirmation he needed .

I think it was that you were flashing a kernel after the ROMs...
You're not supposed to do that for most ROM
And yes about google apps
I think it is the entire google services framework
Ill try look into the code (if there is code for gapps)
And ill see what's up