yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mishamosher:
Don't get this guy confused men, starting at the google sign-in on RC29 part he's confused, more far than this he'll be more confused.

And 40$ is enough money to live a month for 2 persons here where I am, and not to mention the wonders that you can do with that in Haiti and places like that. For buddies like us, wasting money by only bad-reading is kinda suffering, resources are limited for lots of people in this life!
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zanbeak:
wait so with android 1.5 or 1.6 i cannto download apps to my 8gb microsd card? then where do i download them to? the phone has virtually no storage memory? basically do i need to get cyanogenmods froyo 2.2 port? which is the most stable, most downloaded version? do you have any quick guide?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mishamosher:
No, with the original versions of Android 1.5 and 1.6 you can't install apps on SDcard. Custom ROMs have that function, and they go from android 1.1 to 2.3.

For G1, one of most simples of use is CyanogenMod, well explained options and very accesible. CM (CyanogenMod) comes in many versions, the most new is 9, but this isn't released for G1's. So, that leaves CM 7 and down, all them very good, and tons cof capabilities.

To have a little more idea:

CM 7 -> Android 2.3 (GingerBread)

CM 6 -> Android 2.2 (FroYo)

CM 5 -> Android 2.1 (Éclair)

CM 4 -> Android 1.6 (Donut)

CM 3 -> Android 1.5 (Cupcake)

CM roms are good from the 5th release (Éclair), it does a lot of thins and supports many others also. CM 7 has high compatibility and stability, but it's a little slow, if you don't care about little slowness on your phone, then I recommend you CM 7 or a derivative of it. If you care about phone being fast, then use CM 6 or down, or anything based on that.

And there no are quick non-risky guides buddy, the best that I can do is to give you all the links to download and when you're done a live caht session for fast installing and instructions. So decide to give u all things needed to download, you want a fast rom... or this isn't so relevant?

And please, answer this: What class is your SD card??? (Class 2, Class 4, Class 6...)

The class is printed on the SD card, it's a little number on the up part (oposite to the contacts part), generally it's into a C, inside the C is the number that indicates this class.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zanbeak:
my sd card is sandisk 8gb class 4. do you have any popular guides for CM6 and CM7? thanks

also i went to theunlockr and they have some guides for the G1.

should i root the g1 by following this guide?

http://theunlockr.com/2010/10/11/how-to-root-your-android-phone-superoneclick-method/

after i root it which guide should i do next? how to flash custom recovery image or how to load a custom rom?

im guessing i just partition my sd card then download the roms CM6 or CM7 onto it then install? is that how this is done?do you know any other guides or links and also all the files needed for cm6 or cm7? thanks in advance

also i was looking at the G1 forum and found one guide for CM6 from cyanogen.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=722801

is cyanogen's cm6 rom the most popular? i looked at that thread and have no idea what to do. i need a step by step guide with Clear instructions. i dont know what spl is, or radio, or kernel,etc. what do i do now? does anyone have any clear straight forward guides? or do i need to take computer science courses to do this without bricking my phone?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frankdrey:
CyanogenMod is kinda slow on the G1

I really recommend Froyobylaszlo

It's the fastest and fullest ROM for the G1 ever!

Root using this: http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/HTC_Dream:_Rooting

Skip downgrading. Go right to rooting.

Then you can try CyanogenMod if you want. Well, you probably should, because just rooting doesn't give you many features:P. So yes, you should.

http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Dream:DangerSPL (BE VERY CAREFUL. Make sure you meet all the requirements.)

http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Dream:Installing_CyanogenMod_5+ (has instructions for CM6)

Follow all directions VERY CAREFULLY.

CM6 has apps2sd but only some apps can be moved and it might be a bit slow. No partitioning is required.

Froyobylaszlo is a bit harder to install. It's more complicated.

Stick with CM6 for a bit until you are comfortable and want to go on.

Froyobylaszlo has apps2ext which is where you can move any app to sdcard, even widgets, and its fast. But you need to partition your sd for it.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frankdrey:
He has already tdone these steps.

You can skip this
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mishamosher:
I know that, and also I know that him can flashed a non-official DREAIMG.nbh, and also I know that he isn't past the RC29 part. So, I don't know how is his root state, if that's not guaranteed I've just put the solution... NBH to Original stock, and then proceed to root without troubles, and singning in of course. Also I know that he can tell me what NBH he's flashed and do some and other things to root, but that will be anoter apart guide and it's simpler to just do things right.

Just telling why wroted so much in that "guide-post" above :D
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frankdrey:
I'm sorry if I'm being a *insert naughty word here*, but I don't want him to waste his time and nerves redoing what he's already done. He is at stock. I am 100% sure those guides had the correct DREAIMG.nbh

(I should just shut up:P)
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mishamosher:
I've learned that nothing has that percentage of right in this life... more than once a PC burned, a laptop damaged, a watch in troubles, a hand game device (PSP, GameBoy, etc) in troubles, and not to talk economic problems, mathematics, chemistry... and so minimal things did all that. I always like to be shure cause of those experiences, it's just 5 mins more that won't take anybody's life away, and let buddys learn more :D

So don't be shure about wasting time things frankdrey, some day you'll see that they're learning :rolleyes:

And don't care about and shuts and those things... respect is important, and I've it for you and anybody else. Nothin' bad is happenin' here, just humanity, development, happy and fun :D
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frankdrey:
Alright good point :D

Now lets wait for him to come and see:P

If he does decide to visit here again

Many times people like these figure it out on their own and forget they asked

I've done it a few times :P

I may have 1 or 2 more accounts on here that I have completely forgotten about:D
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zanbeak:
hey so i used cyanogenmods wiki guide to install CM6. i did amon ra then radio, then dangerspl, then cm6 then tinyapps. that was easy. now i have no idea how to add custom wallpapers and custom ringtones. where do i place them in the sd card? they dont show up in my phone and i cant choose them. do you have a guide on how to do this since this is not original firmware i cant use the g1 manual. thanks
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mishamosher:
Make a folder called "audio" on root of your sdcard

Inside it, you can do the following folders:

"alarms", "notifications" and "ringtones"

The folders are case-sensitive.

Inside ringtones, alarms, or notifications put your mp3 or ogg audio file, it will be automatically shown in it's respective place when selecting notification sounds on apps.

OR

Just use this app: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.angryredplanet.android.rings_extended
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frankdrey:
For wallpapers just put the pictures anywhere on your sd card

make sure gallery will scan the folder though

I'm pretty sure it should by default

Then go to choose wallpaper > gallery

Best way though, just get a wallpapers app and download some wallpapers

I recommend PicSpeed
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zanbeak:
i got the ringtone to appear.

however i added the jpeg to my sd card and i click settings wallpaper then file manager. once i click on the jpeg it asks me to click gallery. i click gallery and end up at a beige screen where nothing is clickable except upper right corner is camera icon. i cant even make a camera photo my wallpaper. does Gallery not work on this custom rom???????
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frankdrey:
Hmm...thats odd

Try do it through file manager

seems like gallery is broken for you for some reason:/
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zanbeak:
hey the gallery doesnt work. however CM6 is slow as hell. every 5 minutes its like force close this and force close that. whoever said this was a stable build is wrong. its slower than a turtle up til it force closes on you. how do i delete cm6 and install cm5? is cm5 fast or turtle speed with constant force close? basically what is the best stable build for android 2.1 or 2.2? how do i download cm5 now? do i gotta do all the steps again? i rooted the phone and have ra recovery. do i have to reinstall my radio and dangerspl? or do i just download another rom zipfile and install through ra? anyone have a guide on how to install a new rom such as cm5>? thanks in advance
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demkantor:
Its pretty easy to change between roms. My opinion on the best 2.1 is super e. The best 2.2 is froyobylaszlo. You can just do a full wipe and flash with recovery like you did for cm6. Go to the developers forum and look for their flashing instructions. Also make sure you have a combatable radio/spl or youll end up in bootloops. So start by finding out what you have, then pick what you want to try out, then find that devs forum on that rom, make sure you meet orexceed requirements, then follow tue devs instructions and you should have a better rom in no time
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zanbeak:
hey what is the latest stable version of android for G1? is android 2.3 ezGingerbread? should i download that? is it faster and better than cm6? those of you who have tried many roms for the G1 what should i download? anyone know? what files should i download, thanks
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demkantor:
most roms are better than cm6 on the g1, cm6 never worked well. if you want a similar rom to that but much better use froyobylaszlo. ezgingerbread is also one of the best roms out there but it off an asop build so you wont have your cyanogen settings (many would say who cares) either way just about anything you pick will be better than cm6. so pick one, make sure you have all the requirments go to the dev's page and follow instructions on how to flash, then youre golden
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mishamosher:
Agreed, if you're using the standard CM6 package.

The real good results are done with the 2708+ Radio and .0013d SPL. And also, this CM6 package with it's HotFix002. Swap partition and a ext4 one helps a bit more tough.

Do not expect to GingerBread roms to work as fast as any of the Froyo ones, they'll be just slower, sooner or later. But if you really want GB and don't care so much about how fast it is, pick any of them, all are good compilations (Ezterry GB, Kanged CM7, BananaBread...), and some tweaks always helps on them :D

Froyo By Lazlo is a good shot also, personally I don't use it cause the excesive "BareBones" thing done to it, I really use much of those deleted things and if I put them back in FBL it's just as fast as CM6 Magpie with tweaks. Also, when trying to flash a SuperUser zip package or something that touchs system and it's symlinks generally you'll get a bootloop with this bareboned roms, curiously with pure or magpied CM roms this doesn't happen :confused:

And of course, Éclair roms and down are all good, some with more, and other with less tweaks, what will every user like deppends on the uses that he will do to his G1.

Hope some of this helps to you to decide what rom stick to :D
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zanbeak:
ok then should i download CM5 which is eclair? is it much faster than cm6? i dont want a slow rom like cm6 that always force closes. what do i need to do to go from CM6 now to CM5? do i need to redo all the steps from the beginning again? you know? thanks
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frankdrey:
Do a wipe with fastboot...."fastboot erase system -w"

Or use Superwipe from recovery...google it

Flash the ROM with its gapps

What SPL and radio do you have as of now?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mishamosher:
I've heavily tested Original CM5 and CM6 Magpie w/ tweaks, and so far they're same fast, and CM6 has quite more functions, that's why I've sticked to it.

Ezterry GingerBread and AnDiSa's EZGB Magpie are both good Gingerbread roms, and have the KSM module in kernel wich reduces forces closes and isn't "slow", but it's not Froyo or under fast... lastly I've tested them both and like them, but they always give me slow downs when running various services on background (instant messaging, GTalk, remminders, GMaps, etc...)

Please note that you ALWAYS will get faster results and less force closes with the 2708+ Radio and respective SPL, it gives 14 MB more on physical RAM, and for G1's it's a LOT! When you put this radio/spl combo, you'll need to always flash the correct kernel, at less that ROM aleady comes with it (there are CM5 and CM6 2708+ ports, Froyo By Lazlo has this kernels, most GingerBread roms also). In the respective ROM thread you'll find info about if it has aleady a 2708+ kernel or not.

If you decide to do the 2708+ radio thing, get on your way here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=831139

Please note that it ISN'T recommended that you flash over, and over, and over again betwen radio and spl combos, just stick to wathever you like more to prevent hard bricks/damages to your phone. Then, as said before, it's just a matter of flashing the right kernel, all roms will work as they should if you do things right.

To wipe, you can use this:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1193915

User friendly and with interface, please read about FastBoot and how to use it. NEVER erase SPL/Radio/Recovery partitions in FastBoot Commander and shutdown your phone, or you'll mess with bigger troubles.

Also, Ohsaka Super Wipe V2 helps to wipe, but isn't as clean as fastboot wipes.

Wipes above are "master" ones, it erases everithing, but not the parts required to be able to install another (or the same) rom. After this type of wipes, you're ready to install whatever thing you want to, if you follow steps correctly and with care you'll have no troubles at all.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zanbeak:
basically i have everything that was in the cyanogen cm6 wiki guide which is dangerspl, ra recovery, tiny apps, radio 2222825, and cm6 rom. do i need to redo all the steps and just put in the cm5 rom? do i do a wipe in ra recovery to begin this process? then flash radio, dangerspl, rom, tinyapps all over again in that order? or do i just flash rom since the rest should be the same as in cm6? also is cm5 fast or slow like cm6? is exgingerbread as slow as cm6? thanks
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mishamosher:
Please buddy, read with patience and everithing... as I'm telling so many times, pure CM6 is SLOW, but CM6 Magpie with tweaks is as fast as CM5, so, it's fast... faster than most of Froyo ROMs. Links I've put them above, and in post 28 you have steps to get on your way to the 2708+ radio and .0013d SPL fot more RAM part and flash any rom you want to.

Gingerbread roms are faster than pure CM6, but slower than CM5, so them are in the middle... Ezterry Gingerbread, and AnDiSa Magpie are ones of bests in terms of fast and functional.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demkantor:
so what you need to do in order to get cm5 is simply do a full wipe via fastboot or recovery or both (if you ocd like me) flash super wipe too (eh why not) then you can simply flash rom, then gapps (diffrent then the ones you used in cm6) and well your done!

but i would recommend after you do this and have fun try out some other roms in a week or so, then you know what you like. after all this go ahead and update your radio/spl to the 2708+ and flash the latest and greatest roms that are out there. but first just do cm6 so you can see how easy it can be to change between roms
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mishamosher:
Having apps on a EXT partition on the SD card will be erased... if no backups have been done, they'll be lost with it's data, and restoring them after wiping is time-eating. Always better to at least have backups of important stuff, there are complicated scenarios with Sense ROMs that erases everything on a EXT partition, even if a wipe isn't applied!
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demkantor:
strange, never heard of an ext partition being wiped without telling it to... any way i did forget to mention make a back up, either bart or nand+ext (essentially the same thing) also i use titanium back up (and there are others too) so no matter what and how i wipe everything can be restored without much effort.

but yes do a backup first, always always have one (i have a few saved on my computer for future use because like i said im ocd)
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mishamosher:
Always loved that sort of things to happen, kinda curious and "laws fighters", and even stranger... they're always happening every day on everything :D
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zanbeak:
so the best radio for the G1 is 27.08? and the best spl is .0013d?

i downloaded the dream2708kit zipfile. now what do i do? i want to install ezgingerbread. how do i flash radio and spl seperately if they are both inside the same zip file? does ezgingerbread work with 2708 radio? or only froyo lazlo? is 27.08 + .0013d the best radio and spl combo since it adds 14 ram? also when you say wipe, why cant i used the ra recovery wipe instead of downloading another file just for wiping? i also downloaded 2 separate zip files, hboot0013dsigned and update 2222708_S. do i flash the separately? or just flash that 2708kit zip instead?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frankdrey:
Ok so you're gonna need fastboot

Where's my handy little fastboot link?....

Ugh the problems with using tapatalk....

Anyways, install fastboot/adb someway....if you can't find how ill give you the link later when I get on a computer

Extract the dreamkit zip into the folder with adb/fastboot

Get into fastboot on your phone by camera+phone or camera+back

Then open command prompt in the directory with fastboot/adb, and type the "fastboot flash" commands that the 2708+ kernel thread tells you to do

Don't flash anything from recovery

You probably will brick when flashing from recovery
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demkantor:
the most updated radio is 2.22.28.25 but the 27.08 is fine. the 2708kit zip file that you downloaded isn't signed and cant be flashed via recovery. they need to be flashed via fastboot. there is a way to do it in recovery but you need different files and it is less safe. the reason why we say use super wipe .zip or fastboot -w is because they are more officiant, if you dont wipe properly you will end up in a bootloop after flash. if you dont want to learn fastboot right now then just do as i said before and just flash your cm5. if you want to learn search these threads for "how to fastboot"
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mishamosher:
In post 48 is a link to fastboot commander... Hope someone has seem it... It has everything needed to fastboot flash, and erase things, including adb and those things.

From there radio and spl can be flashed in img formats from fastboot (the one that comes in 2708 kit). And... Internationally radio 2.22.28.25 gets better signal.

In post 28 are zips that can be flashed from recovery to have the radio/spl combo.

---------- Post added at 08:55 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:52 AM ----------

Oh, and zips from post 28 are signed!

---------- Post added at 09:17 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:55 AM ----------

If you travel internationally, you'll get better results with 2.22.28.25 radio.

The dream2708kit zip file has various .img files on it... extract them and flash via fastboot. You can install adb/fastboot with the android SDK, a portable zip searchable on google, or using FastBoot Commander (the only that has a user interface).

Yeap, EZGB works, and also Froyo By Lazlo... said many times on this thread. If a rom won't work, just flash an alternate kernel and you're ready to go. ALL roms will work with 2708 thing, but sometimes you'll need to flash a extra kernel zip in order to make it work.

You can use the RA recovery wipe, but it doesn't erases some parts as System and Boot, which if not erased, can make a fail on a rom installation.

Have you heard about MTD, CMTD, Custom MTD..?? If you have installed them on your phone, DON'T flash the "hboot0013dsigned and update 2222708_S" files on recovery, you'll harm your device.

Else, if you haven't installed CMTD, then you can flash first "update 2222708_S" and then "hboot0013dsigned" from recovery, avoiding all the fastboot and adb thing, but be shure that you haven't CMTD installed... you've been warned!!!

In order to have a 2.22.28.25 radio, just flash it instead of the "update 2222708_S" zip file
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zanbeak:
so to install CM5 all i have to do is go into ra recovery and do Wipe. then flash the cm5 rom then the gaaps? thats it? i dont need to reinstall the radio and dangerspl? is that it? let me knwo, thanks
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frankdrey:
No recovery wipe is not gonna be enough

Do a superwipe or fastboot wipe

And then just flash cm5 then gapps

That's it nothing else

But I see you are avoiding the harder stuff:P

Well your gonna be missing out:P
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demkantor:
let him ignore the harder stuff for now, once he tries out a few things he will be more comfortable with the harder stuff, which will soon become easy for him too. so yes you can wipe in recovery but it is better to do a cleaner wipe (superwipe.zip or fastboot wipe) but a wipe in amon_ra should be fine. then install cm5, then gapps and your done, thats it, 7min or less... once this is accomplished you should go back and learn fastboot, update radio spl, try better roms, but for now..... wipe>rom>gapps>done
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zanbeak:
so i did a superwipe and then installed cm5. it seems to run better than cm6. the menus mostly look like cm6. there seems to be little difference. does anyone know how much memory ram the g1 has total? and if i do that 2708 radio thing do i get +14mb memory? is that a big difference? whats the total? also since android 2.1, and 2.2, and 2.3 all seem similar more or less i see no point to upgrading to ezgingerbread then. however, if there is an android 3.0 or 4.0 port for the g1 maybe i will try that next. the reason i dont try that 2708 fastboot thing is cause that guide in that link mishamosher posted is confusing and unclear. and someone stated you risk bricking it. from the start the only guide for the g1 that was perfectly clear was cyanogens guide from his wiki. thats why i installed cm6 then cm5.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demkantor:
yes you can run android versions higher then 2.3 but dont, i havent seen anything that caomes close to a useable phone with these. 2.3.7 is as updated as you SHOULD go. g1's have 256 so adding 14 is awesome to have. also later as you learn android you will find cmtd can be useful in adding internal memory. as far as 2.1 to 2.2 to 2.3 there are many differences and similarities. one of the major ones is what apps you can download, also various ui tweaks. but as you use different roms you will find out what is best for you as speed compared with features and such. you dont want a phone that has so much in it that it is so slow for everyday use, but you also dont want a phone that has so little it is no longer a smartphone.

so yes play with cm5, learn fastboot and do the 2708+ update, find newer (better?) roms and you will be happy you did. as far as bricking goes you already did lots of things to your phone that COULD have bricked it and you didnt so keep going but read what others post and the brinking worry will go away. it is hard to brick if you know what you are doing