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[G1 Android Development] jikei:
I have a problem I hope someone can help me with. I rooted the phone (running JF 1.42 RC33). I attempted to use sdsplit with a 8gb card to put apps on it and I was not successful. Anyways something ****ed up and I had to reinstall. Everything was working 100% perfect prior to me trying to use sdsplit. (I somehow ****ed the phone and after trying to get sdsplit to work, the phone wouldn't boot anymore, so fixed the SD card back to 100% FAT32 and then reapplied JF 1.42 RC33 in order to get the phone to boot)

Root seems to, not work "perfect" anymore. Previously, I NEVER had to touch or even look at "Superuser Whitelist" but now whenever I run something for root, it almost sticks. I have to like run everything twice. When I go to terminal and type "su" I get the notification and say yes, but it just sit's there and does nothing. I have to push the trackball in and hit C to get back to the prompt, then hit su again before I can get root. If I change the phone to auto-rotate, I had to do it over and over or it tells me it fails. I installed Android Wi-Fi Tether and when I run it, it asks for permission, I say yes and it sits and sits, until finally telling me it's taking too long. Go back to the home screen, remove from SU whitelist, try again, etc same thing. When I try again to run it (from the list of apps on the phone) it just sits there, doesn't even load the app. I have to hit home a few times to get back to the home screen. I tried a wipe and then reapplied JF 1.42 RC33 but I'm at a loss as to the problem or how to fix. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks
[G1 Android Development] LucidREM:
it seems like such a silly little thing but like 6 out of 12 times i have tried downloading various updates i have turned my back on the progress and then it completes prematurely .. there are ways around it to verify the contents being transmitted .. glad you got it all sorted
[G1 Android Development] Organichu:
I'm having some trouble. I managed to revert to RC29 without a problem. I press enter twice, type telnetd and I get no response. Maybe that's normal? I install telnet from the market, and run it. It successfully connects. I see a series of question marks inside of shaded diamonds and blank rectangles, followed by a # sign. I then type the 4 prompts listed in the tutorial, at which point I should have root, yes?

I tried a root app (the popular Android Wifi Tether) and it tells me I don't have root. So, I did the next step that I thought was optional (HardSPL). It doesn't hang, everything seems to complete fine etc.

So basically I'm not getting error messages, I'm not getting hangups... I'm just not getting root access? Can anyone shed some light?
[G1 Android Development] LucidREM:
did you follow the steps to flash the recovery.img and such?

http://www.kyubinc.org/files/g1_rc_root.txt

any missed steps can complicate the process
[G1 Android Development] Organichu:
Thank you so, so much. I was following the instructions given in the OP, totally omitting the part where I download the terminal app.

Thanks!
[G1 Android Development] G1rome:
ok i followed all the instruction on this link "http://www.kyubinc.org/files/g1_rc_root.txt"

i made it to the last step where you do the update installation on recovery mode,i pressed ALT-S and my installation was aborted, and it says no such file/directory found. i tried it a couple more times did same thing.

anyone can help me?
[G1 Android Development] re1ic:
getting unable to chmod /system/bin/su: no such file or directory

help please
[G1 Android Development] zombierockstar:
LucidREM! You rock! The link you provided helped me tremendously!!
[G1 Android Development] Acidnator:
Just a quick question, can I flash Sapphire radio update even though I'm running newest JesusFreke? I have a lot of problems with calls dropping or not making their way to my phone so I would like to see if that improves with new radio.
[G1 Android Development] I7oobie:
I also am having this problem now. Went with Haykuryo's V4.5, but wanted to go to 5. I have a Vista 32 bit machine, but could not find the drivers for ADB to work. So, I thought this would be my easiest solution. Seems that the DREAIMG.nbh file can't write the radio, so I'm now stuck in an endless loop.

I'm reformatting and re-downloading the DREAIMG.nbh file. We'll see if that works, if not, anyone else have ideas?
[G1 Android Development] I7oobie:
Well that seemed to work...
[G1 Android Development] joadchob:
phone is not working

Hello guys, i would like to ask your help, today i know this is not the right place to comment this, but maybe u guys could know and answer, my problem is this: I followed a post by jdc4429 to allocate my app in my sdcard, i downloaded the file ANDROID2SD.ZIP, which contains the files app2sd1.bat & app2sd2.bat, cache2EXT2.bat, data2EXT2.bat i followed the instructions and i finally could install my apps into my sdcard but when i was using my ahome i realized that it make me close the applications a lot of times, the last time it said something force or wait i clicked in force and it seems was stick so i rebooted and then it couldnt enter to the system, it showed the android image, the green one, one and more times, its seems is loading but then it showed again, the problem probably is the microsd, cause it seems the system is trying to boot from the sd which i dont understand, i tried to take out my sdcard but then the system seems to not load, cause it only show me my boot image not enter to the green android, i entered to fastboot but my phone is not in debuging mode cause the last time i unchecked that option, now i dont know what to do...im wondering if i delete the partition i made, it could resolve the problem, but i didnt try im afraid to break my phone, i also wanted to upgrade from the bootloader with an NBH but i dont know if that will resolve the problem i have a rooted phone with hardspl, everything was working fine before i allocate my apps in my sdcard, please please i need some help...i cant use my phone now, i feel so sad...buuu.

By the way i have jesusfreke rc33.

microsd 2gb fat 32 ( 1.48 gb fat 32, the rest ext2 linux)

*this is the tutorial i followed

http://xdaforums.com/show...=462882&page=8
[G1 Android Development] kmenchaca78:
having trouble getting into the recovery boot. I have already did the telnet rebooted, then rebooted again to do recovery " home + power " and what it does is loads the g1 screen then it shuts down and loads the g1 screen again and loads to home. Not able to get into recovery.... any ideas?
[G1 Android Development] SalehCoder:
Hello

I'd like to ask, if I rooted my G1. Can I still received updates from Google for the Android like I normally do?

Thanks
[G1 Android Development] tammersalem:
Implementing Root on a UK rc9 experience

Hello All,

just went through rooting my phone and wanted to update some of the info on here for UK users.

I was on a clean rc9 build, and wanted to root the phone.

The process was same as first post in this thread with some minor adjustments:

1. You have to bring your phone back to an earlier release (I used rc7 UK)

http://koushikdutta.blurryfox.com/G1/DREAMIMG-RC7.zip

2. You then use the security hole to root your rc7 (so this is the section about using recovery.img and Hard SPL)

This is where it failed for me. After enabling telnetd, the using the flash commands, I still didn't have root for some reason. After some digging I found an alternate approach (http://www.kyubinc.org/files/g1_rc_root.txt). Basically it's the same thing (just use UK releases instead of US releases) and this solution basically copies the su command to the shell command, so that any application requesting shell is automatically su -> so follow insturctions 8 thru 16, but swap out these two lines:

14. Type cat /sdcard/recovery_testkeys.img > /data/local/recovery.img
15. Type cat /sdcard/recovery_testkeys.img > /system/recovery.img

with recovery.img instead of recovery_testkeys.img

Then you can follow the last steps, so:

3. get rc9 modified (I used http://jf.odiness.com/v1.43/JFv1.43_RC9.zip) - Then followed the last bits of this post - and I was good to go.

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I'm aware this info is aimed at users that can understand the linux commands, so if anyone is interested in having me produce a "how to root rc9 UK phone" then I can start a separate thread and put the exact step-by-step details.
[G1 Android Development] death_meet:
Jite raho bangali!!!

Koushik da,

Tomar jobab nei!!!!!!

Thanks for the tutorial and the telnet app.

Running JF 1.41 on my G1 now!!

COOL!!!
[G1 Android Development] juna106:
Hi, don't know if you figured it out or not:

You probably don't have your SD Card formatted exactly right to FAT 32.

That is what happened to me. I use a Mac, so you can't just right click and format the card. So I went into Disk Utility, and got the idea that what i would do was partition the SD Card, one side Mac OS one side Windows FAT 32. However, it won't do that. The partition itself reverts to FAT 16. So if you are using a Mac. Go into Disk Utility and chose to format the disk with whatever the generic Windows option is: just don't chose FAT 16. IT REALLY HAS TO BE FAT 32. I bet you get a flash like the thing is about to go, and then it stops. If you could see the words on the grey/blue screen, which I got it to do at one point, it says it can't see or read or something the file. That's because it literally "can't see" the file. It's like a maddening riddle.

So rip your battery out, and reboot, it will start up as normal. Your phone is not ruined. Then you can format the SD card. I bet that is what it is.

When you do get it formatted, you are going to be starting from scratch. You will have to login again with Google, which is how they get you to have to pay that big data plan. I had to do it again to get on. About to switch back, (11 dollar Dash plan works fine with WAP) then discovered Jesus Freke's Rev 1.42 someplace. Which supposedly you can login using WIFI. So I have to find that again. If you know where it is.

Good luck.
[G1 Android Development] steve_steve:
newbie with questions

I just bought a G1 a couple of weeks ago, and would like to root it (I have to get rid of the Amazon store). It has R33 (I don't know what ADP is).

My question is: is the sticky that describes the process still current? It's dated from last November. Do I still take the G1 back to R29?

tia,

-Steve
[G1 Android Development] xray49er:
It is still current you have to go back to RC29 to get root access then you can update back to rc33 or you can try one of the cupcake builds
[G1 Android Development] discreet047:
Hello, all went well except for when I try downloading the above link and opening it with winzip I get an error saying, "Error: internal error processing iso image" and nothing happens.

Thanks so much for any help.
[G1 Android Development] LucidREM:
why are you opening it with winzip?!? just put it on the G1
[G1 Android Development] Shake911:
I just flashed my G1. I had a hell of a time doing it , but got it after about an hour or so. Thanks for the excellent step by step instructions.
[G1 Android Development] discreet047:
I have successfully rooted my phone however, now I am getting system updates about 5 times a day. I tried reinstalling RC33 back on my phone but for some reason it is not working. I did everything it says to do and am still stuck on RC29.
[G1 Android Development] ChrisDang:
Do we type "telnetd" with or without the quotation marks?
[G1 Android Development] discreet047:
that would be without
[G1 Android Development] ChrisDang:
Thanks...

Now it's a problem with the wiping part to get RC33.

It resets the phone automatically after it's done, so I can't install the update. After it restarts automatically, I have to do the whole google account thing again. After I try ALT S'ing again after that, it says its aborted.

Edit: I removed the other update.zip that was already on there. Can I delete/do I need to delete the other files that are on the SD card?
[G1 Android Development] Redestwing:
Finally I tell myself, "Maybe I should Root"....I find some time to do so and guess what, I am stuck! RC29 was a success but it will NOT reboot at all. Stays at rainbow screen and only way to fix is to remove the battery. Already did this once and phone worked fine with RC29 but was unable to do the rest of the steps because, well....the phone claimed I had no Sd Card, Telnet did nothing like it claimed in this post....etc. so I decided to give it a try once more. So here I sit with rainbow screen in hopes of some ideas as to why when I follow directions that was supplied here and RC29 did load, why I am not getting the same results as most. :confused:

Oh and sorry if I sound like I am being a jerk lol... just am really tired and sick (NOT SWINE FLU) lol
[G1 Android Development] ChrisDang:
Well, you did something wrong/left something out...I'm not completely successful too, but I usually follow instructions like no other.

I think they left something out on the last step on my error though, like telling me to delete files or something..
[G1 Android Development] Redestwing:
well thats why I decided to do it again, I figured it was something I did wrong but for some reason I can not reboot the phone unless I remove the battery and then it will go to all the gmail crap and when I go to look, it says I am running the RC29 build.
[G1 Android Development] ChrisDang:
I'm annoyed by that too. I don't know if I got root (other than the text in the instructions saying that I have root) and I don't know what to do with the dreaimg.nbh and recovery.img still on my phone.
[G1 Android Development] Redestwing:
LOL, I understand what I am supposed to do, it's just that my phone doesnt understand what it is I want it to do lol. I am sure there is something that I am missing and I just need someone to point it out to me because the directions are very good.
[G1 Android Development] ChrisDang:
Okay, as an update name under a zip file, the (modified RC33) update file can't be found. As a update.zip name as a zip file, it says that the file is bad.

I try extracting the update file and then renaming it as update or update.zip, it has the same result. Is it because I didn't install root correct? Beause I have a feeling that's it;; the # I have has a bunch of diamond shaped symbols/question marks;; there's no actual NUMBERS (1, 2, 3, etc). And it doesn't say I have root or anything either, I just guess it's already there because that's what the guy says.
[G1 Android Development] Redestwing:
I think everyone went home lol
[G1 Android Development] BSDADON:
by any chance are you downloading these files to a computer that hides file extensions? because it may be possible that you are duplicating the .zip and causing an error. also what version is the phone on. go to settings > about phone and scroll down to build number
[G1 Android Development] Redestwing:
Well again I had to remove the battery to be able to restart the phone after doing RC29, but this time telnet worked as it said and my SD card was readable. I just did not like the idea I had to remove the battery and was worried I may cause some major issues for myself.
[G1 Android Development] BSDADON:
ok hopefully you can get it rooted without any more issues. but if you do have any more issues, just post them and if i'm still around i will try to help you out
[G1 Android Development] ChrisDang:
I'm not sure, I have windows vista? I don't believe that I installed anything that might alter files; I copy files regularly to edit files that I create.

I am duplicating the .zip...would cutting the .zip be better, or just saving it directly onto the G1?

The version I began with is RC33, but after this thread, it's not RC29 with me trying to get the modified version of RC33 so I can install the theme (GlossSuite)
[G1 Android Development] BSDADON:
i know for me vista shows it as "update.zip", but sometimes it will only show up as just "update". if it just shows up as update don't add the ".zip" because that means the file extensions are hidden. when i rooted i saved it onto the memory card with a card reader but people have done it with the memory card in the phone. ok so you are on rc29 now. where exactly does it not work for you from that point on?
[G1 Android Development] ChrisDang:
Thanks for the clarification. :)

I'm on the last step 6-7 to install the modified RC33. I wipe my phone (ALT W) then the phone restarts by itself...then it asks me to recreate a google account (I just sign in from my original gmail). From here, I'm trying to install the software while at the recovery mode screen. (This is after the set-up) It says that the file is bad. (I'm lost, how can the file be bad?)
[G1 Android Development] BSDADON:
hmm if i remember correctly when i rooted it didn't restart after alt-w and i just did alt-s right after, before i re-registered. also maybe try downloading another link to the RC33 version you are looking for or re-download and try again
[G1 Android Development] Redestwing:
yea, I just did RC33 but now I cant log into Gmail, keeps telling me something wrong with the server :rolleyes:
[G1 Android Development] BSDADON:
so your working? and if you are could you refresh my memory about step 6, wiping, did you restart or just do the update immediately after wiping, like i think i did:confused:
[G1 Android Development] Redestwing:
After the wipe I did not reboot, I updated and then I did reboot.
[G1 Android Development] BSDADON:
thank you for the confirmation, ChrisDang try it that way and let me know if it works
[G1 Android Development] ChrisDang:
Perhaps I didn't install root correctly, then...

Could you emphasize the steps more during root? What we should see?

I see a bunch of symbols/characters before the # sign after I connect to localhost.

I type in all of the commands, and they appear in the box followed by one or two # signs. Should something show me that I have root? Because nothing really happens. It just shows up what I'd typed in the command box.
[G1 Android Development] Redestwing:
Then I think you did it right because thats what I did. nothing special popped out at me and said YAY YOU HAVE ROOT lol. I just followed directions and it says "You now have root" after you typed that in cmd box according to the steps. So I just moved along in my steps :D
[G1 Android Development] BSDADON:
i don't remember seeing any characters before the #......after you entered each line did you wait for the # to appear before continuing? all the spaces in the right place? no errors?
[G1 Android Development] Redestwing:
I think he is talking about the special characters which is above the cmd line. its not really before, its above it all. I WOULD of been done by now but I STILL can not sign into Gmail. My luck there is an outage in my area while I was rooting and I do not know about it.
[G1 Android Development] ChrisDang:
Can you put how to root my G1 in more detail? (What files to have in the G1, what files to remove. What the screen should look like if you remember..)
[G1 Android Development] BSDADON:
o ok, like i said its been awhile since i rooted, brain is rusty. hope it lets you sign into your phone soon.
[G1 Android Development] BSDADON:
after doing the step to get to RC29 i deleted the dreaimg file. then i moved the recovery.img and the hardspl onto the sd card. then i did the telnet steps then i rebooted into recovery mode, flashed the hardspl. restarted. then i shut it off and put the rc33 file on the sd card, then recovery mode, then wipe, then flashed update and restarted. also it looks like a plain screen in recovery, i think a triangle was in the middle with an exclamation point. don't know if that helps
[G1 Android Development] ChrisDang:
Maybe the file I have is corrupt. Which file are you using, Redest? (Congrats by the way! :))

The file I'm using is the file from jf.odiness under RC33.

Edit; Forgot to mention;; the first update.zip that I did was still in the file, but I removed it because I thought my G1 would get confused (also wouldn't let me name them the same name.) Right now, my SD card has:

albumthumbs

dcim

Music

update(.zip)

DREAIMG.nbh

recovery.img

Should I remove any of them?
[G1 Android Development] BSDADON:
i used the RC33 files from here when i did it. i think they are the same links though

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=475381

also i had removed the other files, i don't think it was necessary but i had done it. i can't think of anything else, the memory card is in the fat32 format right?
[G1 Android Development] ChrisDang:
So I'm one step closer. No more reboot when I wipe ALT W. But when I try to ALT S to update, it still says:

E:Can't open /sdcard/update.zip.

(bad)

Installation aborted.

Yes, it's been under FAT 32 (I just checked again)

Edit: I'm going to try starting all over...I'll read everything over that we just talked about too. Thanks for all your help, even if in the end my phone still fails. xD
[G1 Android Development] Redestwing:
dont feel to bad, I still cant sign into Gmail :mad:
[G1 Android Development] BSDADON:
damn that sucks. hopefully you can get it going. i will keep my fingers crossed for you
[G1 Android Development] ChrisDang:
Yeah, I just did it all over again and got the exact same results.

I'll try messing around with the update.zip because it says it's "bad" (wtf?) so yeah. Thanks.

Edit: When I change the RC33 file from a .gz it says that changing it to a .zip may alter its files. I say do it anyways;; could that be the problem? Even then, I wouldn't know how to make it work if it's not a .zip file. Am I supposed to extract the .gz and then get a file from there to rename update.zip?

Edit2: Okay, it's the file..I don't know what's wrong with the file, but my phone's not reading it. I'm so...so frustrated.
[G1 Android Development] LucidREM:
Abbreviated Directions

i've posted this a few times .. i have some abbreviated directions if this helps anyone at all:

http://www.kyubinc.org/files/g1_rc_root.txt

hopefully it can shed some light on the situation
[G1 Android Development] BSDADON:
i have the version i used still on my computer at home (i think), when i get home from work i will check and if i have it upload it and post a link if you are still having issues with it. also you are trying the JF1.42 RC33 version right? just want to make sure it is the same one i may have saved on my comp

here is the file, it's JF 1.42 RC33. if i am not allowed to do this, mod's let me know and i will remove it.

http://www.mediafire.com/?et0mn0yjrzj
[G1 Android Development] Birba:
Hello

Can please somebody tell which is the newest recovery image?

If i boot in recovery mode, i get "Android system recovery utility Build: JFv1.41"

A friend of mine has an older one.

Thanks
[G1 Android Development] ChrisDang:
The file WORKED! Oh my god you don't know how relieved I am right now. It was the file after all. Your file was like 46k or something vs 8k file that I downloaded from the first post.

I'll try doing a theme now. :D
[G1 Android Development] BSDADON:
glad to hear it worked
[G1 Android Development] xjreyes:
i've tried to format my disc to fat and it formatted but then my computer shut down ( i know funny right ) but now the sd card is unreadable on my phone and my usb driver isnt workin on my computer.. i was running rc-33.. any suggestions? when i did it the phone was on...
[G1 Android Development] BSDADON:
thats weird. do you have a card reader? if you do use that to format the card and put the files onto it that way.
[G1 Android Development] xjreyes:
ok i got the usb thing to work thanks.. and now i am on my way to finish the job :) any secrets i should know of that the first post didnt say?
[G1 Android Development] BSDADON:
no secrets, just when you type in telnet make sure everything is done properly and wait for the # sign to appear and if you get an error type the line you just did again, you may have missed a space or something. try not to make too many mistakes though:rolleyes: