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[G1 General] rs899:
Success...but a different path

I spent literally the whole day yesterday and little buddy G1 has a new brain and lease on life. However, I chickened out and didn't use this walk-through, except as background or to verify basic steps.

What made me more comfortable as a virtual noob was to find the latest Cyanogen 6 files , and their old wiki. With all due respect to the author of this thread, I found it too technical and at times confusing to follow. Part of it has to do with the author's style , and it seems to be written just a level or two above my pay grade. I do appreciate the work that was involved, and the working links, but I just found it too confusing.

The Cyanogen old wiki was , to my taste, written more clearly. And, I got it to work, although I still had to scratch my head and do more research to clear cache etc.

Apologies to the author, but, for those brave few still out there trying to keep a G1 alive, there aren't a lot of resources left.

I think in a few days more of playing with Cyanogen I will screw up my courage to re-read this piece, and most likely drop another ROM on the G1.

There are some steps described by the author that I didn't do. Did I need to do something? I don't know? To paraphrase the asshat Don Rumsfeld "there are know knowns and there are known unknowns" blah blah....I got it woking on Android 2.2 and I am happy so far, but I really don't know much about what I did yet, or how I got there , or what to do if it breaks. Many of these tutorials don't go into enough depth to explain to the noob WHY it is important to do this or that step . This one seems to go into some extra steps that didn't seem to be needed, AS FAR AS I KNOW, just to root and get a custom ROM running.

I had the same problem. I found a post somewhere that told me not to rename the file- use it as it was and use the long name (with the .img suffix) in telnet- and that worked.
[G1 General] FeintDoxx:
Thank You

I appreciate the comments. It is to say cyanogen wrote those things so well because it was their job so to speak. I crafted this tut as more as of a way to make sure people could get all of the necessary files. The tut needs revisal definitely before it's a well greased machine. It is sad to say that theses threads are close to dead. I'm glad to see someone posted on here. I've once again left the android scene. I still have my g1. It's laying around. For the most part yes. It is really in depth and somewhat tooo in depth but i havent had time to go in and revise.

For the most part yes all links are working so that's a good thing. It's all in my drop box so that won't go anywhere. I remember trying to look for all of the necessary files needed to root and it was frustrating. For now i'm glad you got it rooted. Best of luck and happy flashing.
[G1 General] rs899:
Thanks for stopping by Feint Doxx

I wasn't trying to be critical ( and I know you didn't take offense) of you particularly. You did us all a great service. It's just that for basically a total noob trying to get a moribund device going -it's a challenging thing.

1) The links are all broken (not your links in this thread as of 10 Jan 2014, but just links in 99% of other similar old threads)

2) There's nobody alive to talk to

3) There are a million different ways to skin the cat...how do I know, basically only from what I can read by myself, what to do, perfectly, without any doubt? It would have to be written for a 5 year old...

4) Many of the methods have been superseded by better methods (or didn't/don't work.. Androot? SuperOneclick? ah...um...should I do that?)

5) Some of the apps that might help in Google Play/Market don't work for older devices like the G1 now...but the strings that were written 4 years ago didn't know that.

Again, as I said, I do appreciate the work you did, and the guy above my post got it to work using these directions, but I'm not him.

What would really help me is if you (or anybody out there) could tell me why each of the basic steps is necessary , obviously, in your opinion. Because , I got root and I didn't do it this way, but maybe I should have, but I don't know why I should have done it THIS way...

-|1|: Setting up adb and fastboot (?)

-|2|: Rooting- This really is the only one that basically follows the Cyanogen method...

-|3|: Changing hboot versions (?)

-|4|: No recovery? (?)

-|5|: Un-Root (?)

Hopefully as I gain more experience I will understand more of this, but I sure don't now. But, for now, the G1 works, runs OK on Froyo, which was the goal to keep it fairly current. I am itching to put a different ROM on it ( maybe Ginger Yoshi) but I'm a bit afraid I will screw it up.

I realize this may not be the "correct" place to post my whining, but this is the latest "how to" thread on the most popular mod forum for this nearly dead device...
[G1 General] demkantor:
Yes, unfortunately there aren't too many popping into the g1 forums any longer but if you ask questions someone almost always shows.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2277112

This will help for adb and fastboot, as well as flashing firmware such as bootloader and recovery

Unroofing the dream is simple, flash the dreaimg.nbh and your done. For more in depth answers just search the forum and I assure you its here or if you just can't find anything feel free to ask

Best of luck and thanks again FeintDoxx for posting the links and guide for those who still need it!
[G1 General] rs899:
Demkantor-

Thanks. Just skimmed through it and that looks useful. I especially like the attention you paid to explain WHY at every step.
[G1 General] ryd3r89:
bricked g1?

Hi, I have a t mobile g1 that was running android 1.6 and rooted.I flashed cwm recovery and installed cm6 and ended up with a brick.(phone was stuck at t mobile logo).

I rebooted the phone into recovery and restored the original firmware.

Now my phone boots, but all I get is a blank black screen.I did a soft reset and a hard reset and none has changed.

The problem is that the original firmware replaced the recovery and now im stuck with stock recovery.

Also, I cannot enter fastboot mode.Using the dreamimg.nbh had no result.No matter what image i put on sd card, the result is always the same, not allow.

What else can I do?

Please help
[G1 General] Myrrhman:
Please help me too :o:o (But first the gentleman above me ofcourse. He was first ;))

Decided to pick this up again .....

I have finally managed to create a goldcard and (i think) it worked, because i am finally able to flash the DREAIMG.NBH file (RC7). :highfive:

But i'm still getting the

''E:No signature (5 files)

E:Verification failed

Installation aborted.''

error when i try to flash the update.zip. :crying:

Any change you guys can point me in some helpful direction ? :confused:
[G1 General] FeintDoxx:
Hmm the only thing I can say at this point is that since I dont have the UK phone that requires RC7 it could be possible that it requires a different update.zip corresponding to RC7. Ill look into it and see what i can find. If anyone knows. Be my guest and help out!
[G1 General] demkantor:
I believe his question is being answered in another thread (some people believe posting twice gets more responses)

What update.zip are you trying to flash? Are you following the guide here?
[G1 General] FeintDoxx:
Flashing the update.zip through recovery and dreamimg.nbh through bootloader?
[G1 General] Myrrhman:
First, I did not post twice.

Second, i'm just following the steps in the OP's third post.

On FeintDoxx previous advice i'm using RC7 and update.zip from step 1.1.

To FeintDoxx:

Yes, update.zip through recovery and dreamimg.nbh through bootloader.

Thanx for your quick replies.
[G1 General] demkantor:
I believe you misunderstood me, the person you said to help first posted in two threads

I didn't look through this thread enough as I never used an update.zip during the rooting setup of any of my g1s

I've always just flashed the dreaimg.nbh in bootloader
[G1 General] Myrrhman:
I guess i did, i'm sorry :o

;)
[G1 General] FeintDoxx:
http://oldwiki.cyanogenmod.org/wiki/HTC_Dream:_Rooting

yeah neither in this guide from cyanogen

it doesnt seem to be vital and optional.
[G1 General] FeintDoxx:
Updated the guide and set the update.zip as an optional step. Works every time for me.. either way yes the update.zip is not needed.
[G1 General] Myrrhman:
OMG. I am finally able to eneble adb wirh the keyboard!! :)

Just rebooting my pc now as it requested to do so.

Lets see how far get. (Though I really need to get to bed.....)

....to be continued :)
[G1 General] FeintDoxx:
Good to hear! Good luck and get some rest. Well rested rooting is better than dead tired rooting.
[G1 General] Myrrhman:
True, but......and you're not going to believe this, my pc wont boot up anymore.:'(

I get the black screen with cursor in the upper left corner. Oh wel, first some sleep and thanx for all the help :)
[G1 General] FeintDoxx:
:eek: dang seriously? Boot into safe mode and do a restore
[G1 General] Myrrhman:
Ok, i'm back (in action) :victory:

And now I have gotten as far as step 3.3 in post #3 :victory:

...but thats where I run into an error.

I followed the step to the letter.

3. Now flash the radio2.22.27.08 file.. let finish than flash the hboot1.33.0013d file and let it finish! then reboot the device for update to apply.

The error I get

E :Multiple firmware images

E :Can't store hboot image

E :Failure at line 1:

write_hboot_image PACKAGE :hboot.img

Installation aborted

Any idea what's going on ?
[G1 General] demkantor:
Those are the most upgraded radio and SPL, not needed but good to have

What is the info currently on bootloader screen, this will tell you if you can flash through fastboot which is the preferred way
[G1 General] Myrrhman:
Thank for your replie.

My bootloader screen says exactly the same as the quote after step2.5 in post #3, so

Dream PVT 32b ENG S-off

HBOOT 1.33.2005 (drea10000)

CPLD-4

RADIO 2.22.23.02

APR 20, 2009, 15:30:43

So basically I can extract the hboot.img and radio.img and flash them with with fastboot flash hboot hboot.img

... and how about the radio then, is it fastboot flash radio radio.img or ... ?

And any reboots or wipes in between flashing ?

:)
[G1 General] demkantor:
Exactly, flash radio first and no need to reboot, actually better not to until finished

fastboot flash radio nameofradio.img

fastboot flash hboot nameofhboot.img

fastboot reboot-bootloader

Now boot to recovery and flash rom
[G1 General] Myrrhman:
DID IT !!

I've managed to get everything going, root, radio, hboot ..etc. :victory:

Also flashed the ROM linked in post #3 and found the rspective thread ;)

Thank you both (and especially FeintDoxx for this thread) so much for all the help :victory: :D :highfive:

I could not have done it without you two !!!!

Thanx

Thomas
[G1 General] FeintDoxx:
Glad to see you got it working! I would give more credit to Demkantor. He's always been giving me help as well. :good:
[G1 General] FeintDoxx:
Going back to check my work

It's been a while since I've actually been back to these forums and I haven't gotten any email updates about replies. So I'm taking the plunge and I'm going to take my HTC Dream out of the drawer charging it up and going to restore and follow my guide and see if it stands up to what I thought of it. Thinking about adding steps for mac users since in the recent months I've been experimenting with dual booting and managed to get Mac OS X on my windows laptop. Just an update. Hope to see some people rooting. Until then happy rooting :good:.
[G1 General] Nick N:
If this thing wouldn't lock up on me when it gets warm during normal use I would totally rock it as a daily. After about 10 minutes it stops responding to my touches until it cools down.
[G1 General] FeintDoxx:
I would say it's possible with the right kernels and tweeks, as I got it to run pretty smoothly. The only downside is the things battery. I bought a replacement battery and both the original and replacement are bad haha. Maybe 16 hours of battery with just texting. That's with both batteries btw. Unfortunately even though the phone design is great. The phone hardware cannot keep up with our needs.
[G1 General] raiding:
Help

Hey guys.

I know this threat is very old. But i got a HTC dream (german g1 with t-mobile branding) and i want simply to unlock the bootloader, so that i can fastboot annother kernel and start a native Linux on my external SDCard(SHR).

However ...

I tryed ur method and pulled the rc7 DREAIMG.nbh on the root of my ext sdcard. Then i pushed power+camera to Start the downgrade-process -> error 00028002 not allowed!!!

U've explained another user in this threat, that he properly has to make a goldcard. But the homepages with the generatores are all down ....

So please help me (annyone) what can i do now?

Thanks for ur advice =)

Edit: I've also tryed to make a goldcard with the method glevitan has describet in his "HTC easy unlock bootloader tool"-topic. When i first make a goldcard with his script and then copy the DREAIMG.nbh in the root of the sd, it says "00028002 not allow" and then i get a serial0 (like always ...). I'm very desperated ...
[G1 General] demkantor:
If all you want to do is fastboot a kernel just do the HTC dev unlock method, easier than a goldcard that won't take
[G1 General] raiding:
I've tried this method on the htc dev website. For some reason it didn't work for me. But i've tried to make a goldcard some more time and i was supprised -> it worked .. somehow .. Can't figure out the reason. But i'm happy now :D

Thx for responding :)
[G1 General] dea1222:
great thread (for me) - but still problems

An old phone and a fairly old thread! I appreciate your efforts! This appears to be the furthest I've got trying to root this HTC TM G1.

The telneting and killing the PID worked great; I wish I'd known about that earlier.

Then my problems begin. I'm Wi-Fi-ing but there does not appear to be a Telnet app for Android 1.0. The G1 is at the shop, finds a telnet program, it says it's downloading (actually, "Starting download .. . . ") Telnet by ClockworkMod but never stops or actually installs. I'm sure I'm doing something wrong; anyway, I hope I am and someone can point me in the right direction.

The thing is, I've been down this road before and put it back to 1.6 Donut; 1.6 let me download and install the telnet app.
[G1 General] FeintDoxx:
I cannot verify nor deny that the app is on the store, I was surprised I was able to root it at the time that I wrote the thread. I'm sure I have the telnet app installed on G1 one still although I'm not sure if you are still looking to root it! I can attempt to extract the APK if you're still having issues.
[G1 General] dea1222:
Thank you much for the reply. I'm game. I'm also unsure what "extract the APK" is or what that entails, but if there's anything I can do to assist, do not hesitate to ask.
[G1 General] FeintDoxx:
By extracting the APK I meant locate the APK for the telnet app inside of my G1s memory and upload it for you here so you can continue the root process. I think I got the wording extract because I have both APK share and APK extractor on my M7, both from the F-Droid app store.
[G1 General] FeintDoxx:
Attempt to install telnet with the apk instead. I uploaded it to my Dropbox. https://www.dropbox.com/s/kr2ft5paf5ajt32/koushikdutta.telnet.apk?dl=0
[G1 General] dea1222:
Simply brilliant! I shall give it a try in the next day or so - but I have the telnet apk presently saved to a mini-SD card.

Hey! Any chance of you uploading your knowledge, experience and the origins of you knowledge to your Dropbox for my retrieval? Thank you very much!
[G1 General] FeintDoxx:
Unless we can get our hands on Chappie's source code to upload my councious.dat to droppox and enough cloud storage the guide will have to do in the mean time! That or more of my activity on XDA! I haven't spent much time posting on XDA this year. Neither here or the M7 forums. But I plan on getting the Nexus 5x soon so expect me posting there soon. Any how, let me know how the rest of the process goes and shoot me a question if you need help!
[G1 General] dea1222:
Okaaaayyy. I must be an idiot. I got the G1 back to 1.0. Now I cannot for the life of me figure out how to access the sdcard. I tried to obtain a file manager (Cobi from datstudio and File Browser from Moo Prod) with no luck. I am certainly connected via WiFi but the G1 don't want to download (or maybe just install) nothing. Oddly, when I go to Market -> "All applications," nothing shows up. Is that because there is nothing on the market for a G1 with Android 1.0? I suppose someone more experienced might know how to go about using the Browser as a file manager but I sure as heck do not. Suggestions? Thanks for your patience with me.

You're in Aurora? As in Aurora, Illinois? My sister lives in Elburn!
[G1 General] FeintDoxx:
Interesting, I'll have to attempt the root process on my end to see if I get the same issue with the play store. And that is correct, wow what a small world!

If that isn't working you should be able to push the apk file to the phone from a pc using ADB.
[G1 General] rmccurdy:
THANKS!

* now my son has more phones then me ... dafuq ... https://rmccurdy.com/public_images/T-Mobile_G1_HTC_DREAM_.jpg

* I had to use fastboot (cam+power) to push both hboots I think ... or rename to update.zip

* I could never get the radio-2_22_27_08-signed.zip to push even with successful via fastboot flash .. but it works ok.. no sim

* Backup download for all the files used in this tutorial with MD5 Checksum

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https://www.amazon.com/clouddrive/share/hmA9CwD4pZF6PnFOALeh5nDtIJoerQtFwE1oFrShmMF?ref_=cd_ph_share_link_copy

Extra_Apps.zip
[GUIDE] Rooting G1, ADB_Fastboot Setup, Part… _ HTC Dream_ G1.zip

http://portableapps.com/apps/utilities/checksum_control_portable

1st set-radio + spl.md5:

4B43C798A6B7590E503BA590DD23FF4B 1st set-radio + spl.zip
9359B4123D770A4EEEE55BD5F59962F2 2nd set-SuperW, Radio update, hBoot0013d.zip
DA7A2D78924D63D80B350955C95462EE ADB-Fastboot-Drivers.rar
53840B90A0FE1BFAB19FAB8EF8FB9724 DREAIMG.nbh
8CD38E7C610C57CA3410EFD4BBE7CA02 Froyo_Cream_Sandwich_FBL_wCPU.zip
11AE63AFEE9813A9B76CB3F7FD5AC2AD recovery.img
AE58B427B797707C453F3B3FA9D13C76 update.zip
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Sipdroid / sip.sipdiscount.com

dial regex :
\+*1*(.*),1\
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-rmccurdy.com
[G1 General] manhklee:
You great....

Thank you very much my g1 is now

Model number HTC Dream

Android version 2.2.1

Baseband version 62 50SF 20 17U_2 22 27 08

Mod version Froyo Cream Sandwich FBL

Build number FRG83

Thoundsan Thank again...
[MDA, XDA, 1010 General] gb155:
all the data on my memory card seems to been wiped but its showing weird symbols for folders in active sync and it showing i have used 230mb (thats right) how can i format it?
[MDA, XDA, 1010 General] gb155:
just tryed flash format without any luck

PLEASE HELP
[MDA, XDA, 1010 General] gb155:
im getting desprate can someone help me PLEASE
[MDA, XDA, 1010 General] gb155:
ok seems flash format does not work with 2003 so flashed xda rom 1.2 and then used flash format and now all is okay (i just still dont understand what happened or why?)
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] thankyouxda:
Hi

Can we close the app fully (no running in the background) with back button (by holding it for a few seconds). I was able to do this on my MT4G with the MIUI ROM.Sometimes when an app like SKYPE freezes it helped me to force close the app

Thanks!
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] Gh0sT.RPG:
No u cant on ICS. But when i was on cm9 i was able to close all background apps by holding back button for few sec
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] redheadplantguy:
fastest way I've found to FC a misbehaving app is go to home, recent apps list, long press, app info, force close
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] psychoace:
Why not just use the recent apps way of closing an app?
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] DirtyDrizzt:
I just received my Smart Dock in the mail and they failed to mention that you can't make or receive phone calls or text messages while it's docked. This is a HUGE flaw for me and I probably wouldn't had even have bought this had I known. Yet, it is nowhere mentioned on Amazon or on the Samsung website. I find this very misleading considering its a product for your "smart" phone. I found out by troubleshooting in vain then finally contacting Samsung tech support where it was confirmed.

Someone please crack this open and find a way!
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] calmfury:
Wow! This may be a carrier customization. Are you going to send it back?
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] xKrisx:
Hmm. Mine works.

Sprint

LJ7 Deodexed ROM

Slightly themed.

I actually keep my BT Headset on so I can answer calls all over my apt without having to undock.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] ac16313:
Same here on sprint mine works docked
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] darekz:
Tmo note2 works with smart dock. Automatically switches to speakerphone mode.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] UrbanDroid:
Works for me. Running cleanrom 4.5 on verizon note 2
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] ap27:
No problems here either. Can text or call while its docked. Calls automatically go to speakerphone mode.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] DirtyDrizzt:
No I'm going to keep it. I'm on Verizon I use it only at night anyways so its ok. Ppl hit me up on Google Talk a lot so I'll maintain.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] DirtyDrizzt:
Here is a screenshot I took from my conversation with tech support. Also, I'm running Eclipse but I don't think the ROM is the problem.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] DirtyDrizzt:
I'm going to throw CleanRom on tonight at work and see if it works. Hope it does.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] calmfury:
What version/buld are you running?
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] farfromovin:
Can anyone who runs CM nightlies comment as to if audio out via usb works? Specifically on a t0lte device?
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] darekz:
Rooted stock with latest lte update
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] CharlesIstus:
My note 2 seems to get get slower at 20% battery. At 5% the changes are obvious. Scene dimming etc. Are their settings the I am just missing? I look through that Blocking, and the Power Saving modes. None of them seem to be on.

Was wondering if a am missing something in the menus. It seems to happen on stock kernal, and the Saberkernal I am running right now. I also running Novella Rom.

Thanks

Charles
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] LittleRedDot:
I noticed that even with power saving mode disabled in the menu settings its still toggled on in my drop down menu. You can set the parameters of behavior whilst in power saving mode through the menu.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] AC2020x:
I was just wondering the same thing. I got the Zero Lemon 9300mah battery and it lasts super long. So when my phone reaches 20% I'm not sure if it slows down or not. But when it reaches 5% the screen dims and it runs slower. How can I disable this. There must be some way to stop the program that is doing this?

This is a problem because 0-5% last a very long time on this battery to try to kill the battery to zero.

Any ideas?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] gregsarg:
I'm of the belief that in order to disable the built in conservation mode...you would need to flash an AOSP build to get away from TW framework altogether. .

I can confirm no such mode exists on AOSP....g
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vettegofast:
I read that ics + browser is nice so i downloaded it. For some reason it keeps force closing. Has anyone else had this problem? Please help.

Thanks
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sevenalive:
Yes. Use Firefox mobile, Chrome. or Dolphin.
[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] CrazyDrunK:
Hi! ;D

I want to now, what it is the latest android version. I have the 2.3.6 version.

I heard that there was a 2.3.7 version, it's true?

Thank you,

CrazyDrunk!
[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] jkoetsier:
The latest android version which works on our gio is 4.2.2
[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] WastedWes:
Official firmware goes up to 2.3.6

Anything above are custom roms.
[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] CrazyDrunK:
And it's cool? You have in your gio?

Or you now anyone how use it?