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[G1 Android Development] ThaBadBoy:
I am in the middle of gaining root right now. I just flashed my phone down to RC29.

I am on the whiteish-grayish screen where it says

"Update complete

UPDATE SUCCESS, press action key.

I have tried to restart. Tried holding down Call+Menu+End....nothing happening.

Not sure how to get it to reboot and I don't want to remove the battery and mess up anything.

Anyone have any ideas?
[G1 Android Development] elsucio03:
I removed the battery and it worked fine.
[G1 Android Development] ThaBadBoy:
Are you sure? Cuz I read somewhere where someone removed the battery when he was stuck and pretty much bricked his phone by doing that. I really ddon't want that to happen.

Can anyone else confirm this?

EDIT: Got it to reboot by clicking the trackball and thaan pressing Call+Menu+End.
[G1 Android Development] skatehumor:
localhost?

can somebody help me. when i type in local host it says permission denied. i keep restarting my phone and doinver again but it keeps saying the same thing
[G1 Android Development] derekb77:
use this: http://android-dls.com/wiki/index.php?title=Rooting_Android

1. Restart your phone

2. At your phones desktop hit the <enter> key twice and then type "telnetd" and press <enter> again

3. Download an Android Telnet client and connect to localhost. If you are unable to connect, try steps 1 and 2 over again until you can.

4. you now have root!
[G1 Android Development] phasna:
Need Help

Nevermind found the answer - post deleted
[G1 Android Development] efiggy:
First time doing this, and I had RC30. Had as in, "I had RC30, followed the guide, and now I'm running JesusFreke's RC33 firmware." Hell yeah! Thanks for making it easy, guys! ^_^
[G1 Android Development] phartiphukbolz:
...........
[G1 Android Development] inkdemon:
Well after freaking out for a bit.

And reading the first 16 pages as well as sending out a email or two,I have reloaded and have my G1 back up and running. I downgraded to rc29 then did something to root and landed up with the damn 3 colored screen. I was trying over and over fotr updates but no image was found. By page 16 I read and reapplied the nbh file on the card,and now I'm back. I was sooooo about to call t-mo and tell em my new G1 wasn't working and frozen. THanks for the site and all the tips here guys! You have definately helped me to have some fun so far. Hope to see more improvements on the phone through reading .......Have agreat day!!
[G1 Android Development] dirty_:
Naaahw,

don't work anymore i think. I got a T-mobile G1 in Germany,

My Phone says Buildnumber: 123099

Firmware : 1.1

When i boot with Cambutton it says "not allowed" and does nothing in the end. When i boot other official images it breaks installing!

Any suggestions for me?

Please;)
[G1 Android Development] Tuxguevara:
At the moment there is no solution.

I got a German G1, too. But there is no Root Hack yet. Old RC29 root vulnerability is fixed.

They removed the "telnetd" deamon completely.

Could there possibly exist some kind of vulnerability in for example the Bluetooth Stack or WLAN Driver ?

I think/hope somebody will find out a new ROOTing method soon....

If there is already something possible, please tell us...
[G1 Android Development] Kllian:
Ive been holding off for a while too but then finally I wanted to give it a try.

I was on RC33 and I had to downgrade first, then go through the guide to get root and finally move back up to the JF RC33 image. Awesome work, very impressive.
[G1 Android Development] bmfc187:
sdcard issue...

Hi I used this guide to root my g1 last night...I was apparently successful...anyway I used a spare 2gb sdcard to transfer the updates and what-not, now running modified rc30 with confirmed root access...my only problem is that my normal everyday sdcard is a 16gb and its where I keep all my music and photos...seems that after the update I can go into a file manager and see plain as day that everything is still in place on my card. However, when I go into the music player it only shows the first couple bands in my long long list, and when I go into my photo gallery I can't see the thumbnail previews for my photos...instead it just sshows an empty frame with an exclamation point. My photos are still there, you can click a gray box and the picture it represents will show up as usual, I can view them in slideshow, just can't see the thumbnails...I haven't had time to reformat my card yet, I am hoping it will fix the problem, but just in case it doesn't...any other suggestions?

Edit: also, I was using an app called Power Manager to apply battery profiles to my phone under different circumstances, I.e. when it is plugged in, it brightens the screen and stays awake longer, when running on battery it dims screen and sleeps often...well it still works, but only manually. Its supposed to apply the profiles automatically for a given event like plugging in the charger, but since I rooted I can't get it to do it automatically, I hafta go in and select the profile manually...any ideas?
[G1 Android Development] dyussen:
Go in Power Manager and make sure the dot next to "Monitor" is lit up red. If not, tap it once and you're set. If that doesn't help, I'd suggest uninstalling and reinstalling the app. I'm using it on the JF RC33 update with no probs.
[G1 Android Development] maximosis:
question

Im at work and we use mac's here How do i Format my SD using a Mac?
[G1 Android Development] McLin:
Plug USB Cable on Mac Mount your SD Card from Android go on Mac to Programs / System Utilities / HDD Utility? I dont know have an German one, and select the Device and Format as MS Dos
[G1 Android Development] bmfc187:
works now, thanks...
[G1 Android Development] maximosis:
question

For some reason after I follow the Type "telnetd" step it wont let me download the telnet client from the market... Then if i do not type telnet it does let me download it.. Am i supposed to be typing TELNET with the Quotations? " "? im almost at root just downgraded successfully to rc29 can someone help if anyone is out there?
[G1 Android Development] LeetBlu:
anything with trying to install hardspl, im up to my wits end...:mad::mad:

:confused::confused:
[G1 Android Development] djstimpy:
can someone please help me, ive tried over and over again to install RC29

and everytime i goes thru then i can't press the power button to install it

heres a pix everytime i get to this screen, it seems like everything just locks up.
[G1 Android Development] danguyf:
Did you press the power button?
[G1 Android Development] LucidREM:
read thru my abbreviated walkthru in my signature

sounds like maybe you didn't remount the system as writable
[G1 Android Development] Autarkis:
In technical terms... somebody apparently "found" (as in, it dropped from the sky ;)) an official image file, like the one they flash the G1 with in the final stages of fabrication. This is the file we all came to know and love as DREAIMG.nbh . It is a stock RC29 and signed with release-keys, so the standard bootloader accepts it without any problems, and it still has the telnetd - bug. That's the exploit that JK, Koush and the Gang used to bring us these awesome HowTos on flashing HardSPL and consequently custom image files (signed with test-keys so that T-Mobile can't OTA your root away from you).

Well, someone might someday "lose", or "mail to a wrong recipient" the DREAIMG.nbh for the German hardware. I guess, sadly, since Google isn't going to stand up for your right as a customer, this will be your best bet of getting root.

However, I suggest pestering Google about getting root. It might help for said file "suddenly appear" on the Internetz. (Note, I said "pester Google", not the nice folks at Google forums.)

Good luck!
[G1 Android Development] djstimpy:
yes i did, and nothing happens. seems like the phone just freezes
[G1 Android Development] Proxin:
Could you revise this? It doesn't work with the file named as DREAMIMG.nbh- I tried it; however, if the file name is DREAIMG.nbh, it works.

It's a bit misleading... >_<
[G1 Android Development] daddycat31:
I have a quick question...if i have root & JFv1.41 RC30, and i want to go up to root & JF1.41 RC33, which step of the process should i start at? that's assuming i don't have to do the entire thing from scratch.
[G1 Android Development] slimjimone1:
when i go to format it, it says it will erase all the data what will it erase?:confused:
[G1 Android Development] ritz256:
upgrading after rooting

So after I get root on my phone, will upgrading to the RC33 version make me lose root access?
[G1 Android Development] pnator:
hello,

i'm noob on these things but i rooted my g1 UK phone to RC8 jfv1.41 a while ago and now i wonder:

can i flash the new RC33 to my phone?

i've understand that R8 is for UK phones and RC30->33 for US phones?? is that correct.

thanks in advance, this is a great forum!
[G1 Android Development] fargosys:
Hi All, need some help..

Ive been following this guide and have got as far as applying the HARDSPL...so far so good.

however i dont seem to be able to apply the RC8.

The link given downloads the RC8 Build Enviroment, as opposed to an RC8 image.

I have renamed this to UPDATE.ZIP and added to the SD card. i then ALT S to apply but it says cannot open file.

So my questions are:-

Does it matter if i use RC8 or the RC30-33 (im in the UK)

Should the Sd Card ONLY have the RC8 ZIP file on it (there have been no instructions to remove the previous Recovery and hardspl files. perhaps the prev poster pnator could help as he is like me a noob to these things (well jailbroke my iphone but that was all GUI lol)

Driving me nuts and i have searched all i could..

many many thanks in advance
[G1 Android Development] ThaBadBoy:
It is DREAIMG.nbh
[G1 Android Development] Tankepr:
Noob question:

If I have a ADP, which steps do I need to skip in the process? Do I need to downgrade first? Which image should I use?
[G1 Android Development] IronWolve:
New RC33 Phone

The instructions mention RC29 or lower. What is the method if you have a new phone with RC33 ?

I already bricked my first G1 back in November, not looking forward to doing it again.
[G1 Android Development] fargosys:
Further to my post, i have am at last running JF's RC8 v1.41.

I started to use the Guide as detailed on this thread, however i used the mount -o rw etc etc code from this youtube tutorial (at 5m45s in) as i found the code on this thread to have some syntax errors.

I then used this guide from androidwiki which gave some useful tips to to lookout for.

and im now sorted.
[G1 Android Development] hawee:
i got everything working, but my google maps wont locate me or cant find me

just wondering if there is anyway to revert my phone back to it normal state, unroot, unhacked??
[G1 Android Development] gbk1:
Follow the yellow bricked road to the unrooted phone. Find the original RC33 and do the normal process of SD updating.
[G1 Android Development] nabzilla1990:
will i have to get past the activation screen if i update to the rooted rc33 from the stock rc33 after going through the whole rooting process
[G1 Android Development] bmfc187:
Still sdcard troubles...

hi, i rooted my phone with this guide, now sitting pretty at JF v1.31 RC30, only problem is my sdcard is actin up. I am using a 16g sdcard, but the one i used to root my phone was a spare 2gig that i had cuz i didnt wanna format my 16gig. so after i rooted my phone and then put my 16g back in, my photos had no thumbnails and my music was all there in file manager but most of it wouldnt show up in the player...all this was fixed by a good format and restore of the sdcard, but then yesterday for some reason i rebooted my phone using the reboot button in Droidsans Tweak tools, and when it came back up, all my photos were corrupted and i had to format my sdcard AGAIN!! This wouldnt be a big deal, if i wasnt carrying around about 12 or 13 gigs of music that i hafta re-sync everytime this happens. Any thoughts? Any ideas? Help! Also, ive noticed that since i rooted, my yahoo wont pull up my friends list. It was there when i had the stock rc30, but after i wiped my phone i had to redo everything and now my IM wont bring up my friends list in Yahoo! Messenger...Help me, plz!
[G1 Android Development] CraF:
Hmm, in section Build Number, i have wroten - 123099. Can I root'ing my G1? What I must do? Downgrade to RC29?
[G1 Android Development] Tuxguevara:
WTF. Why are some guys here not able to use the Search Function ?!!!!

Always the same questions again...
[G1 Android Development] mrnote8:
How do I determine which JF build version

How do I determine exactly what build I currently posses. I don't remember if JFv1.43 was out yet. I feel a little silly for not knowing this.. I just updated two days ago, and being new at this, going through all these steps.. it's a little confusing. It took me a bit to build the courage to root, but I finally did and I'm quite proud of myself for doing it.. it's awesome. Multi-touch is surprisingly cool.

I assume it's the build number in the 'about phone' sec. in settings:

Kila-user 1.1 PLAT-RC33 126986 ?

Thank you JF and lukehutch for these awesome mods, and everyone else who helped get this up.. been so informative.
[G1 Android Development] humblehyper:
How do you revert back to the stock RC30 or RC33? I want to try this rooting thing but I need to know how to revert back. Thanks much.
[G1 Android Development] humblehyper:
Oops sorry I posted another response earlier about reverting back. :)
[G1 Android Development] laff4fun:
Excellent & Clear Directions! Tether issues...

Rooted my phone very easily using your directions! Thank you very much! Kudos to all those that have made this possible!

I have tried to tether (or more accurately "share web access") using Tetherbot and my system consistently crashes (major crash, according to Windows). I feel like I'm close, but clearly not there...

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

OS: XP Home

Android: JFv1.42_RC33

Bootloader: Hard SPL
[G1 Android Development] zbraniecki:
just wanted to share a success story!

After a few hours of experiments with this tutorial I was able to get a shiny new G1 with all the new features.

I would recommend giving tips for ADP users (for example, that they don't need to root the phone - how the hell was I supposed to know that? :)).

Overall the experience is great! I love the auto-rotate, I use multi-touch scaling a lot in a browser (would love to get for the maps), I finally have space on the drive for apps. Jelly good!

Next thing I'd like to see is JF version with cupcake nightly. Is it possible that such thing will happen in the near future?
[G1 Android Development] shlongwoodian:
Thank you jf!!!

this was the easiest, most clear, most concise, most thank-you-very-muchish JF for doing this! it couldn't have been easier - just follow it step by step people.

off to enjoy having root!!! toodles!
[G1 Android Development] SpeedKick:
Rooting T-Mobile G1

Some short information behind.

It's still not possible to root,hack or do other modified things on the European G1

But don't worry it will be :) soon(i hope)
[G1 Android Development] breaultm:
Nevermind, this was solved.
[G1 Android Development] n19htmare:
NVM guys...got it.
[G1 Android Development] lesnoob212:
um hi i need help bad

Um hi I'm havin problems downloadin the downgrade it sayin the phone cant.support it or sumthin ehat should I do and could it be because I have RC33 :confused:
[G1 Android Development] McLin:
Hi,

I have an German G1 and Upgraded successfull to RC33 with this File:

signed-kila-ota-126986.f6469a1e.zip

But when I want Downgrading to RC29 or RC7 the Bootloader tell me Not Allowed...

Any Tips for me?
[G1 Android Development] globe199:
i have a problem i tried carrying out the hack, when i completed it, i notice that under 'About Phone' under Kernel , it ends in 1, instead of 19

the phone works fine, but when i try to do stuff like multi touch, it doesn't work...

can someone help me out of this mess?

is there any way to start over or something?

please help :(
[G1 Android Development] globe199:
an update on my problem, well i heard its normal to have the JesusFreake, end in #1 ... but i still can't zoom in or out with the multitouch i try to enable... it just says i cannot zoom in or out when i'm in the browser... can anybody recommend anything i can do to fix this?
[G1 Android Development] globe199:
nvm, i was able to mod my phone, the multitouch has some websites limited
[G1 Android Development] LG78:
Can't get root

I tried a lot things and read a lot of posts but I'm not able to get root.

I followed the instructions. I downgraded to RC29 and checked it. Then I started with rooting. I went through the steps without errors. Now when I try "getprop ro.secure" in the terminal emulator I get "1" = not rooted. If I try to check it with "su": "No permission".

Any suggestions?
[G1 Android Development] vdl68:
Read this!

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=443797
[G1 Android Development] LG78:
Thanks. It works!
[G1 Android Development] joehufc:
i live in the uk and i have not yet to recive the rc 33 update ( rc9 in uk) yet, after i recivre the update i am going to use the guide ( on page 1) to root/ hack my g1, do you think it is ok to downgrade from rc33/rc9 to rc29/rc7?
[G1 Android Development] chicojd:
Great post and instructions... Have been rooted almost since they day I got the G1 back in January!!! Yes I waited a bit... I guess the lack of A2DP and good voice command wasn't enough to keep me away from the format!!! I'm diggin' it!
[G1 Android Development] emiliosdance:
great job i just update it too I wiil try to pass this to the other guys
[G1 Android Development] syasko:
Sorry!

Could someone tell me, is there any possibility to root European device?

PM please..
[G1 Android Development] jankware:
Didn't work

First attempt did not work for me, I had root up until I upgraded to RC33 then I could not telnet in "Error while connecting to server:localhost/127.0.0.1:23 - Connection Refused" followed by "Error while receiving from server: null"

Can anyone give me any tips as to why this happened or how I can correct the issue?

Thanks
[G1 Android Development] system3rd:
I need help!

hey dude, I finished everything what it is here.

and I try to turn over "auto rotate" "install SD card" and etc

but I can't connect to "localhost" in telnet and can't use any command in terminal emulator by "permission denied"

I installed "JFv1.43 mod RC33"

what's going on to me? how can I get permission?:confused:
[G1 Android Development] kaveh1983:
i just rooted my phone last night and it took me only 30 minutes to do all of it. try turning off your phone and then as soon as it came on type " telnetd"( it will open the contact search but just go on and do it )and press enter. now download telnet from the market and then try connecting to the host im sure it will. i did a dozen times. make sure you're running RC29 tho.

by the way does anyone know what we should do when " cupcake" update comes out in order to save our root??? should we wait till someone puts a modified version on here?????
[G1 Android Development] moussam:
When I did my root a while back it had said test-keys at the end of my build number. I had helped 4 people now root their phone using this tutorial, but all of them have ota-key, release-key in their build number when they are done. And they do have root access, they got the super user activity and terminal emulator and everything.

Are you supposed to have test-keys or does it really matter?
[G1 Android Development] kaveh1983:
i dont really think it matters ... it will still work. :)
[G1 Android Development] carnegie:
hello everybody!

I'm quite new here and I've been looking for a solution for my problem, but wasn't able to find anything. I'm trying to get root on my g1 (rc29, previous rc30 -> made a downgrade), and everything works fine until I type:

"flash_image recovery recovery.img", then I get an error message:

"error opening recovery.img: No such file or directory"

I tried also flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img before cd sdcard, didn't get me any results. I tried to change the update.zip on my sdcard to update (without *.zip), didn't get me anything.

Any solutions for this? I'm stuck with a rc29 now :(

Help is much appreciated!
[G1 Android Development] coldbeer30:
Quick clarification...

First, thanks to all who put in the hard work to make this so much fun for the rest of us....

I followed all steps and now have my rooted G1 and it is working flawlessly, I have read and searched the forums and saw a couple posts that I don't know that have been cleared up...this is my attempt for us noobs!

If I understand this correctly, if we wanted to go back to unmodded G1 and you follow the dreaimg.nbh process to roll back to RC29...does this put you back to Original Google Keys and not the test keys JF used?

If it does, I assume you can then apply RC30 then RC33 updates to be back to stock G1...

thanks for your help in advance
[G1 Android Development] mitchell.flores:
how do you tell if you have root?

okay i tried getting root, i have rc29 and i got telnet....

i typed in the 4 codes and the last one says..

cannot create /system/recovery.img read-only file system

what am i doing wrong?
[G1 Android Development] Techno79:
If I do jail break my G1 phone, can it be undone by loading the original firmware back on?
[G1 Android Development] neoobs:
Yes. Next time please search.
[G1 Android Development] Techno79:
I did. I used various terms e.g. "reverting firmware" and "unjail" but these didn't come up with anything hence my post. However, I've since found a few other keywords which have been more fruitful so apologies for posting in haste before carrying out a detailed search but I did carry out "some" search effort before posting.
[G1 Android Development] shaolinx:
hello, I have activated my g1 and canceled the 3g plan and was wondering if my phone would still be registered when I try to root my phone from rc33
[G1 Android Development] staulkor:
I got sshd working, but I cant login because either we dont know the password, or there isnt a password and a password is required for ssh.

I got everything working in the emulator now since I dont want to chance bricking my phone. I will create a passwd file in a sec and see what happens. I doubt it will work.

One thing of interest I did find is the file /data/data/com.google.android.googleapps/databases/accounts.db. It contains your gmail username, encrypted password, and sha1 hash of the password.
[G1 Android Development] jrgong420:
try to add a user?

I am going to tinker as soon as I get home, nice to see root is finally available!

and it's funny I was trying to run telnetd through adb and connect to the localhost but couldn't get it to work :P
[G1 Android Development] vovkab:
Maybe i miss something, actualy i don't have g1 to check, but it works with emulator. All we need it's android sdk and adb tool.

1. Connect phone to pc

2. run in tools folder adb shell

3. and then

mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system

now you have /system mounted as rw. Please someone check it on phone.
[G1 Android Development] Disconn3ct:
That works fine on the phone (or more simply "mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system")

And to make life easier:

http://benno.id.au/blog/2007/11/14/android-busybox

I suspect you can get dropbear working by creating /etc/passwd with:

root::0:0:root:/root:/data/busybox/ash

(Warning: if that works there will be -no- password!)

If someone wants to post hints on building it (I've already got the platform built) I'll give it a go.. I'm not afraid of my phone :)
[G1 Android Development] Koush:
The emulator has root already, thats why you can remount it as read write. You can't remount as read write on a real phone without root.
[G1 Android Development] staulkor:
Its a no-go for creating the passwd file :(
[G1 Android Development] jriley60:
yeah i just tried it straight on the phone since i'm still in my 14 days hehe
[G1 Android Development] brooklynite:
ok so thats what OPEN SOURCE is? what takes three buttons cd\ in windows takes all this work, internet and a software to do?