Hey everyone, Its been well over a year since i picked up my Sapphire...i decided I wanted to try to get it up to GB so i tried a couple different roms and each one i tried to flash basically told me that it couldnt find the script file. Found a thread that said to flash a different recovery and after that i cant get back into recovery! I can however, still get into fastboot. Below is the info I am seeing
Sapphire Unknown 32A ENG S-off H
Hboot-1.33.2005 (SAPP50000)
CPLD-12
Radio-3.22.20.17
APR 20 2009, 15:3043
Can anyone direct me to a GB thread with simple instructions that would work for me? I would imagine that i have to flash a new recovery, but at this point i have no idea which files to use. I really have no preference on the GB ROM, as long as its fairly stable and basic. I've flashed roms many times, updated radios/spl etc but i just cant get my head back around where im at with this phone since ive been with my dell streak for awhile now.
Probably you want to try ezGingerbread. Your current SPL should be supported. I don't know what kind of recovery you have installed, but there is not a specific recovery required. Unfortunately I do not know much about Sapphire / 32A, but Terry for sure can help you if you have problems. The ROM is auto-kernel, i.e. the appropriate kernel for your phone will be installed automatically.
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First I want to thank everyone on these forums for all the information they've posted and shared.
There's so much information, that I'm afraid I am a little lost. I've followed so many different guides to do this and that and what not, I'm unsure of where I am exactly in the process.
My goal is to have Nandroid installed and working so I can switch and check out different roms/apps/capabilities of my phone.
I have a T-Mobile G1 that I purchased yesterday and unlocked yesterday. It came from T-Mobile already updated to 1.5 cupcake. I have an EDGE data plan and not a 3G Data plan (applies to what I had to do below.)
First thing I did was downgrade to RC29. I attempted to re-activate the phone after, but I was unable to probably due to edge connectivity.
I downloaded the SDK, and using adb I connected the phone to my wifi access.
Once I was in, I followed this guide to update the SPL. I used some utility to do it automatically, but only because I spent so much time trying to get wifi to work and activate the phone.
I then updated to the latest radio version.
I thought I wanted to install a Hero build, so I updated the SPL to the latest version, this caused my phone to freeze at the G1 screen, it wouldn't go any further. Just after this I realized that the Hero build doesn't have bluetooth, and it's essential for me right now.
So as a n00b, I downloaded JesusFreke's latest US Android build "JFV1.51 CRB43 US (11733)" renamed it update.zip and did the update, it worked fine and I've been using my phone ever since (there have been several crashing apps though.)
As I said, I want to install Nandroid to make backups, but I really don't know where in the process I'm at.
If I hold down Back+Power I get the skateboard guys (fastboot I think), if I hold down Home+Power I get the recovery mode, and Camera+Power gets the SPL. I don't really know the difference between Fastboot and Recovery mode, don't they do roughly the same thing?
I believe I'm going to have to partition my SD card (I have a 1GB right now, but I have a 16GB in a photo frame at work I will get on Monday.) in order to save apps onto the SD card and still keep music on the phone and use the phone as a portable drive.
There's so much information out there to do X with Y and run Z that it doesn't take long to figure out where you are lost.
If I go into fastboot I see:
DREAM PVT 32B ENG S-OFF
HBOOT-1.33.2005 (DREA10000)
CPLD-4
RADIO-2.22.19.261
Apr 20 2009, 15:30:43
Then the Menu.
In recovery Mode:
Android system recovery utility E:Can't open /cache/recovery/command
Then the Menu.
Uh oh, just noticed that when I hold the camera down and power, I don't get the SPL anymore. I get the FastBoot Menu:
HBOOT
<BACK> FastBoot Mode
That's not supposed to happen, it should go into the SPL right?
Thanks a lot for the help. I hope to be able to be at the point that I can contribute or answer questions soon.
install cyanogen's recovery image. nanroid backup AND restore is built right in.
Maybe this is where my confusion comes in.
Both recovery images and ROMs are installed by renaming them update.zip?
I guess everything is installed with update.zip. That explains a lot...
Sirchuk said:
Maybe this is where my confusion comes in.
Both recovery images and ROMs are installed by renaming them update.zip?
I guess everything is installed with update.zip. That explains a lot...
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You only have 2 posts. You need to go and read through everything. There are rules about starting threads, and this one shouldn't have been started and will probably get deleted.
You need to go to the designated thread and ask your questions. Getting to where you understand everything doesn't happen overnight.
You want nandroid backup/restore? Go to the development forum and look for cyanogen's pimped out recovery 1.3.1.
You need help on your spl? Same forum, but look for let's fix that spl.
Please do research before making a new thread.
All your answers have already been posted, just look for them.
I understand you are a noob, I welcome you to the world that is g1 with open arms. But, we all had to start somewhere.
Thank you.
You are well on your way...
You have the newest radio. You have the newest spl... You've successfully flashed a custom rom, so you are well on your way. Listen to temporizer, he's laid it all out for you. And yes, search comrade, search!
Hi All,
Okay, I have been banging my head against a brick wall with this for a while now, so I have to admit defeat and ask some questions...
A friend of mine has a Dream (or, at least I think its a Dream (nightmare))...he wants to make use of the Apps2SD to allow him to store more apps.
I followed most of the links in the Informative Thread and did a lot of searching but I am having difficulty all over the place, basically nothing seems to work like it should.
So my first question is: Is this phone already rooted?
Details:
Android Dev Phone 1
Firmware 1.5
Baseband 62.41S.20.13H_2.22.16.19
Kernel 2.6.29-cm [email protected] )
Mod CyanogenMod-3.6.6/xdan
Build number dream_devphone-userdebug 1.5 CRB43 148830 test-keys
(This phone is an import bought in HongKong, so I think it is normal that the local reseller flashes non-stock ROM's to support the various languages needed in this region, but I am not sure...)
I am an HD2 user myself, which I have flashed it several times and I consider myself fairly technically skilled.
Basically all I need to get this done is a helping hand to point out the steps I need to follow to flash a fairy new ROM (froyo hopefully) that supports Apps2SD, (even a simple numbered list of steps would be great, I can find the info needed to completed the steps if I know what to look for).
The weirdest thing seems to be that the majority of guides I have read rely on me being able to hit enter twice and input commands, but hittin enter twice does nothing on the device...(baffled).
It just doesn't seem to conform to any of the expected results from the steps provided in the guides...
Anyways, I am sure someone here can help me out. Just some steps to put me in the right direction would be great!
Thanks in advance!
Whatever
Firstly the fact it runs cyanogen means its rooted already, oh and next time provide the bootloader info (spl and radio versions)
Secondly press home and power and see if you have a custom recovery, its either going to be amon ra or clockwork.
And last but not least is the hitting enter twice to access the telnet, I'm gonna guess that in the guide you used it states it wont actually do anything other than possibly bringing up contacts and then you just follow the rest of the guide as you should have done instead of waiting for a magic window to open that never will. Maybe the guide you're following doesn't have the above warning but if you had used google you could have compared the information with the hundreds of how-to's.
Nice one...
Okay, yep, this is making more sense...
I guessed that when I saw Cyanogen it was a custom ROM, but for the dream there seems to be lots of different meanings for "Root", anyways thanks for highlighting...
SPL & Radio details coming!
When I powered on holding the Home button I think I got a pic of a mobile with an exclamation mark. I could use Alt+<a few different keys> to do stuff, but nothing seemed to work...I assume this would be the stock recovery? So my first step would be to flash clockwork yeah?
Once that is done I can just grab a ROM from the forum and flash from the SD card like I would for my HD2 right? The Ext3 partition itself is fine, I can do that on my HD2 with clockwork.
Basically I am looking for a pretty clean stock Froyo ROM that supports Apps2SD. From a bit of browsing I picked FroyoByLazlo 5.2, would you recommend any others over this one? As I mentioned before my buddy just wants to be able to use his SD Card to store apps, I think his current ROM is a cupcake...
Actually - I think the thing that has thrown me most is that there are sooo many guides, all of which are slightly different!
Thanks very much for the help man, I really appreciate it.
Whatever
SPL & Radio Details...
Here they are...
DREAM PVT 32B SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-1.38.0000 (DREA20000)
CPLD-4
RADIO-2.22.16.19
Feb 28 2009, 18:40:30
Cheers!
Whatever
Hello all. I have been researching for about 3 days regarding the upgrade of the G1 to the new radio 2.22.28.25 and Spl:1.33.0013d so I can install [ROM][CyanogenMod 7.2.0][The Official "KANGED" CM7 for DS][11/24/2011] FINAL!. I have HSPL10.95.3000 and radio 2.22.19.26I and android 1.6 . I seem to have a problem with flashing via fastboot as it gives error " remote : partiotion does not exist " . Furthermore, I tried flashing the radio via recovery but it said that my SPL is not recognized so it is best that I flash it via fastboot . What should I do? I am afraid of bricking the device and I cannot flash any rom with the current settings ( I presume ). Any advice will be really helpful. Also, which one should I flish first , RADIO or HBOOT ? Also, IS Hboot same as HSPL? Thank you guys! Have a merry CHRISTmas.
Nobody out there willing to help?
jojo_angelov said:
Hello all. I have been researching for about 3 days regarding the upgrade of the G1 to the new radio 2.22.28.25 and Spl:1.33.0013d so I can install [ROM][CyanogenMod 7.2.0][The Official "KANGED" CM7 for DS][11/24/2011] FINAL!. I have HSPL10.95.3000 and radio 2.22.19.26I and android 1.6 . I seem to have a problem with flashing via fastboot as it gives error " remote : partiotion does not exist " . Furthermore, I tried flashing the radio via recovery but it said that my SPL is not recognized so it is best that I flash it via fastboot . What should I do? I am afraid of bricking the device and I cannot flash any rom with the current settings ( I presume ). Any advice will be really helpful. Also, which one should I flish first , RADIO or HBOOT ? Also, IS Hboot same as HSPL? Thank you guys! Have a merry CHRISTmas.
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Read ldriftas guide in the dev forum
Sent from my T-Mobile G1 using xda premium
can you provide more details? what command did you type when trying to flash via fastboot?
but if you are on 1.6 like you said than your not even rooted so you have a lot of work to do
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can you provide more details? what command did you type when trying to flash via fastboot?
but if you are on 1.6 like you said than your not even rooted so you have a lot of work to do
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I am rooted, did it many many years ago and at that time only 1.6 was available as a good option.
I used " fastboot flash radio ........img" and It did not work... Any idea ?
what recovery are you using (amon ra? clockwork?)
also make sure you dont try flashing the most current radio/slp over what you have know, im under the impression if you do you will have at least a soft brick
dig through the forums and you are bound to find your answers. if all else fails right back and im sure i or someone else will help with your next steps
I believe I am using Amon Ra's ( Ra-dream-v1.7.0) recovery. That is what I am trying to figure out is to write over me existing SPL and radio so I can start updating to different roms. This is my stumbling block right now. I've searched for over 3 days in a row, and I see different ways to do it but I need answers whether , like you said, it will soft brick or brick my phone...
My recomendation is to start from the link at the end of my post. I'm not new to the G1,I'm kinda old hat from the JF days in the begining,but I basicaly used that thread to refresh myself on the G1 again. My advice is to read through the entire thread from the link at the end of my post,even tho it might take a while. For the most part,flashing the radio and spl isn't recommended through recovery,its better to flash through fastboot,but,I was on vacation and got bored and didn't have my laptop with me so I took a chance and it was fine,but that's because I had a very good idea as to how the G1 is configured. I spent a lot of time here in the forums back in the day. Just keep in mind,if you don't flash the right radio/spl combination,at best it won't boot the rom,at worst{which is more likely} you will brick your G1. Just some things to think about. Wes Garner over on Android Spin(I think that's the site),has a good page still up from back in the day,its the perfect guide going from downgrading to 29 and up to 1.6,just jump in from where you already are. Might not hurt to start over with the downgrade so you can make sure you don't mess up your phone. Sorry I don't have the link to his page at the moment,but when I find it ill post it. Something else i highly recommend is installing Droid Explorer,mainly because it sets up Adb for you and its mostly idiot proof for installing and works on Windows 7. I dont recommend using the Interface tho,there are some advanced settings with it where if you dont know what your doing it can deff brick your phone. If your comfortable with it tho check out all the options it has. It can flash recoveries,take screen shots,has an explorer to edit or delete files,and has a package installer for apk's. It can be tricky sometimes with a G1 because it was created for Moto Phones,but when you connect any Android Phone it starts ADB and has reconized every Android phone Ive connected to my laptop,so its a prettty good tool to have.Also,keep in this in mind,ive been playing with the Gingerbread Roms based on CM7 for the last week or so,they are all pretty laggy because CM7 isnt designed or supported officially from Cyanogen for the G1. The most stable and dependable for everyday use is CM6. The Gingerbread roms for pretty much (imho) proof of concept that the G1 can run them,but arent really a route id go if you want to use your G1 as a good back up phone. Anyways sorry to ramble on,i hope this info helps you out or anyone else with questions.
Droid Explorer Link:http://de.codeplex.com/
AdroidSpin Link:http://http://forum.androidspin.com...g-your-G1-MT3G-(easiest-method)-by-Wes-Garner
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=983834
Ps. The Laszlo Rom is pretty awesome,been running it for a few days now and its pretty tight. Check it out for sure.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=929678
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Guys, i'm running a G1 with the latest cyanogen mod but it's been eating at my battery too much and it's way too slow. So i wish to downgrade to donut (1.6). Can anyone help me? I haven't flashed an android phone in a long while and i guess i forgot.
I appreciate it
PS: will that lock the phone back up? Or will i still be able to use it normally with any carrier?
Posting reply because the topic is...well in the lack of better words, invisible, both in my stats and on the forum...(the heck?)
The phone will still be unlocked.
You need to flash a new ROM.
Try superD. It's a donut rom.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=613809
Download: http://files.benbuchacher.com/Android-MT3G-G1 Archive/SuperD/SuperD 1.11/NoRamhack/
You'll need to wipe and flash it from recovery
The best ROM for G1 is probably froyobylaszlo. Its fast.
You'll need the 2708+ radio and spl though. And thats advanced to install
Figured it'd be easier to unroot it...couldn't wait anymore since it's my only phone and i need it.
But i really appreciate giving me the correct link for SuperD. I've been searching and i didn't know which one of the 2 available links to download.
BTW, when i do decide to root it again, i guess i'll be using SuperD, but what steps would i have to take to root and flash the new rom. I am asking you because it's an older rom and i am new to this.
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Figured it'd be easier to unroot it...couldn't wait anymore since it's my only phone and i need it.
But i really appreciate giving me the correct link for SuperD. I've been searching and i didn't know which one of the 2 available links to download.
BTW, when i do decide to root it again, i guess i'll be using SuperD, but what steps would i have to take to root and flash the new rom. I am asking you because it's an older rom and i am new to this.
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http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/HTC_Dream:_Rooting
Stop at "Flashing CyanogenMod"
Put the SuperD zip and this zip on the SDCard
Flash the DRC83 zip first then SuperD
Reboot and Enjoy
Thanks a lot I appreciate it
And again it's me. Having more problems. Got a Samsung Galaxy Trend as an early birthday present yesterday and now i want to completely restore my g1 back to stock (again). This is where things got complicated. I used a tutorial on "Unlockr" which obviously doesn't work. Managed to unroot and return to 1.0, then i managed to get to 1.5 where i started receiving errors with every single update i tried. So i re-downloaded 1.0 (rc29), i go into the bootloader (the red-green-blue-white screen) it starts checking something then pops out a "not allow" error, which then sends me back to the rainbow screen where i get the serial0 error.
I've tried downloading dreaimg.nbh from multiple sources but i always get that error.
Here's some info for you guys:
Hboot-0.95.0000
CPLD-4
Radio-2.22.19.26I
Now i honestly have no idea what to do. Can anyone give a fellow android user some assistance?
EDIT: I somehow managed to get my hands on the right files and went all the way up to 1.6. But now i can't activate the phone because i don't have a data plan and i can't use adb to activate wifi. Why must this be so ridiculously hard?
What can i do to flash back to rc29? I need to do that so i can activate the phone and then go back up to 1.6.
here a guide how to do it
u2020bullet said:
And again it's me. Having more problems. Got a Samsung Galaxy Trend as an early birthday present yesterday and now i want to completely restore my g1 back to stock (again). This is where things got complicated. I used a tutorial on "Unlockr" which obviously doesn't work. Managed to unroot and return to 1.0, then i managed to get to 1.5 where i started receiving errors with every single update i tried. So i re-downloaded 1.0 (rc29), i go into the bootloader (the red-green-blue-white screen) it starts checking something then pops out a "not allow" error, which then sends me back to the rainbow screen where i get the serial0 error.
I've tried downloading dreaimg.nbh from multiple sources but i always get that error.
Here's some info for you guys:
Hboot-0.95.0000
CPLD-4
Radio-2.22.19.26I
Now i honestly have no idea what to do. Can anyone give a fellow android user some assistance?
EDIT: I somehow managed to get my hands on the right files and went all the way up to 1.6. But now i can't activate the phone because i don't have a data plan and i can't use adb to activate wifi. Why must this be so ridiculously hard?
What can i do to flash back to rc29? I need to do that so i can activate the phone and then go back up to 1.6.
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hey bro, I found this tutorial http://androidandme.com/2009/10/news/how-to-manually-install-the-official-t-mobile-android-1-6-on-your-g1/very effective on bringing your G1 back to stock. I've used this tutorial once before, so I thing this will help you too.
Good Luck :good:
Hi all,
Since a view month i have an HTC Dream G1. I have bought it second hand aleady rooted.
It had Hero ROM on it. And it was awfully slow. So i have looked around and found an ROM (froyobylazslo) that supposed to be good combination of recent and pretty good working (ok speed) ROM. But it was still rebooting sometimes. So i looked around once more trying to find older ROM so that it would work faster and stabler. And came across ginger yoshi. Tryed it to. And it rebooted to sometimes. I also had downloaded older cyanogen builds. 4 and 5 but they dont boot up at all. Maybe it has something to do with the radio that i have on it or something.
Here are the things like radio and spl that i have on it:
DREAM PVT 32B SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-1.33.0013d (DREA11000)
CPLD-4
RADIO-2.22.27.08
Oct 21 2009,22:33:27
Any suggestions how i can get back to some older ROM? I guess it has no sence to unroot the phone to be able to do it? And i guess i just need some good radio version that would be compatible with and older ROM? Any Donut / or maybe Eclair stable ROM u can suggest i can install? Or what do i have to do to be able to install CM 4 or 5 on it?
Thanks in advance,
Nikolai
you have a ram hack created by your spl(1.33.0013d)
older roms will need a custom kernel flashed above them.
try searching for super e -- download this one
now search in the developers forum for ezterrys thread on the 2708+ update
here you will understand what you have and why you dont want to get rid of it (dont unroot or change radio/spl)
you will also find kernels that can be flashed over older roms
try the biffmodtestkernel
i feel you should be happy after this
basically this 2708+ thing i did myself, because fbl needed that. (it had something else before) But i dont clearly remember what it was again. ill check the super e (i think this is not the first time i hear about that).
cheers