yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[G1 General] hunt112:
I got it work now.

I tried the "with sim" part.

At first i got the error in communicating with google server. But i read at some part of this thread that "auto sync" must turn off. And i did. And i able to sign in successfully.

Thanks much to the people behind this thread.

:)
[G1 General] rwandrews:
Phone OFFLINE

I have not seen an answer to this question even though it has been asked several times by different people.

When in the cmd window, my G1 Dream comes up as a device but as OFFLINE.

How does one get it ONLINE so as to enter the command to turn on Wi-Fi ?

Does the phone need to be re-booted or something? I am so close, yet so far.

Bob A
[G1 General] guyver1207:
help

I cant seem to find the abd files for the g1 bypass I went to the link but did not see it can you help me out
[G1 General] cudahy_boy:
sqlite3 binary

how do i no if i need sqlite3 binary or if i have it or not im on rc 29
[G1 General] hadari:
hi

my problem is that my drea200 ask for registration even without sim so plz help

i recieved the code entred sucsefully i changed network band to 2g for working with

morocco sim card after that i see this pro

thinks to help
[G1 General] texanman:
OK this is for everyone frikeing out about why its not working....

Go to the android sdk site link

then download the version you need for your os and extract it

Then unplug your phone from your computer...now wait a few seconds and plug it back in

If it comes up saying new device found then browse to the usb driver folder and install the driver

then after the driver is installed open a command prompt and cd to your tools folder of the sdk

then type in adb remount

then type if you do not have a sim card in (or copy and paste) sqlite3 /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db "INSERT INTO system (name, value) VALUES ('device_provisioned', 1);

now type in adb shell (or copy and paste) am start -a android.intent.action.MAIN -n com.android.settings/.Settings
[G1 General] itsme1:
Let me get this straight. :)

I have the Tmobile G1 without the data plan. I don't have root access, but I want it. So my questions are:

If I get root access it will reset my phone so I will have to re-register the G1 again, correct?

Once I get root, I can just follow these directions and I WILL (100% sure) get my g1 registered?

Thanks, correct me if I am wrong.
[G1 General] texanman:
yes it will 100%!

I had to do this to my brothers phone when I first rooted it
[G1 General] te_quiero_forever_girl:
Is there method like this for Mytouch 3G ?
[G1 General] jeffking573:
activation with google

go here

http://forum.gsmhosting.com/vbb/showthread.php?t=781472

follow the second set of instructions works great

hope it helps
[G1 General] addohm:
What is ADB and where on that site is the program and\or drivers refrenced? All I see is ADT, and if that is the one, which one should we be installing? PHP, Java, C++?
[G1 General] addohm:
In windows 7, command prompt as administrator (or not), running adb remount I get "failed remount: operation not permitted".
[G1 General] addohm:
This whole thing is getting silly to me. You can't use this workaround if you can't get root, and you can't get root without being beyond the registration screen. At least that is my experience thus far. I've even tried turning on the wifi and reg'ing that way, doesn't work.

Also,

Using Ubuntu, I can shell in to the phone, but cannot get root access to run...

sqlite3 /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db "INSERT INTO system (name, value) VALUES ('device_provisioned', 1);
[G1 General] aznpulse:
Good Stuff

This is awesome... got it to work on Cyanogen 4.2.2.
[G1 General] texanman:
make sure you are in rc29 or a rooted build...otherwise it wont work

Its in the android sdk..... when you unzip the sdk it is in the tools folder....if you dont know what the android sdk is please god help you

you can get root if you flash rc29 and then...

and then after that just type in the command line to enable wifi...from there you can sign in and continue the root process

p.s. triple posting doesn't help...try editing your post
[G1 General] MTGap:
I just need some affirmation for this, as this will be a slightly big investment that could go wrong:

I'm planning on buying a G1 off of ebay that is new, and will most likely have 1.5 on it (Is this correct do most current Tmobile G1s being sold have 1.5 installed?)

I'll setup a prepaid Tmobile account and use that SIM card in the phone.

Can I just downgrade to RC29 without having root? Using this method:

Do I need to have the phone activated to downgrade the above way?

If all works out and I have RC29 and my phone activated will I be able to later upgrade to 2.0 and keep my phone activated? And possibly root it if I don't get bored with it and not have to go through the activation process?
[G1 General] texanman:
You can only do this method on rc29 or on a ROOTED build. Yes you can downgrade from 1.5 to rc29 without root but once you try to upgrade you will need to root the device and use a rooted build inorder to keep useing this method
[G1 General] MTGap:
Okay thanks, do I need to do anything special to format the SD Card? I don't have a SD Card reader so I was just planning on leaving it in the phone and formatting it with my computer. It doesn't need to be activated to do this correct?
[G1 General] texanman:
nope.... unless your going to use a build with a2sd
[G1 General] nooooooob:
Registering G1 with no SIM card

I have a G1 with no sim card at all and I have downloaded android sdk and install drivers. I turned on my phone hit <enter> reboot <enter> and it rebooted.

I plugged in the phone and installed it as a mass storage device, then I did this <enter>setprop persist.service.adb.enable 1<enter> and installed it as a adb device. I then ran cmd and did cd\c:\users\justin\desktop\android-sdk-windows\tools. I typed adb.exe. I typed adb shell it worked. I typed adb devices ,it showed up. I used adb push to copy a busybox binary to /data/local/busybox.

on the phone I typed <enter>telnetd<enter> in adb shell I typed chmod 755 /data/local/busybox, then /data/local/busybox telnet 127.0.0.1 it started the telnet and gave me a # instead of a $. then I typed sqlite3 /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db "INSERT INTO system (name, value) VALUES ('device_provisioned', 1);" and it returned sqlite3:not found. apparently I dont have the sqlite3 binary and I don't know where to get it. just to check i typed reboot into the telnet in cmd and the phone rebooted. so I need sqlite3 binary or someone elses sim card, i guess could someone please help me?
[G1 General] unkabuzz:
No DATA Plan

After installing RC 29, the tutorials say to press the action button (scroll button) to re-start the phone. Every time I get to that point, pushing the action button results in going back to the bootloader screen and being stuck there. I am forced to remove the battery to get it to re-start. Is this normal?? I

I have an un-locked G1 with an AT&T Simm card and no data plan. I got the G1 used off E-Bay and at the time I could get on WiFi even without a Simm card or Data plan. I down graded to RC29 so that I can eventually play with different ROM's I have been trying to get the phone working for quite a while and it seems that all the guides mention things that I don't understand. I am using windows XP.

When the computers connection wizard asks for the software location, I don't see where to tell it to look in SDK. I don't see any USB Drivers in there. I downloaded another Driver set; Android_usb_windows and that seems to work. The computer says that the hardware is installed and the device is ready to use.

At this poiunt I am lost as to where to go and what to do. In your guide it says:

In an adb shell session, type the following command:

am start -a android.intent.action.MAIN -n com.android.settings/.Settings

This is where I'm stuck I can't seem to get anything to actually run in the SDK download. I am new to all this and when you say "adb shell session" I don't have a clue how to do this. I see adb in tools within SDK. When I double click on adb (or anything else), it flashes a black retangle for an instant and then is gone. The only one that stays for any length of time is SQLite. I have tried several times to run different commands in the Windows command prompt and it always says that it is not recognised as an internal or external command.

I can type <enter> reboot <enter> and the G1 reboots even if I am in Emergency call and the typing shows up as numbers.

If you have an official RC29 or lower phone, type the following command on the phone keyboard to enable adb:

<enter>setprop persist.service.adb.enable 1<enter>

I am at the registration screen. The only options are to either register or make an emergency call. When I try to type anything it starts to type the numbers of an emergency call. When I hit enter at the end of the "setprop" string it says that the numbers entered is not an emergency call number. How do I enable adb if it won't recognize the command???

Thanks for any help.............
[G1 General] TheSwizz:
unkabuzz:

A newbies guide to activating over wifi:

http://getyourdroidon.com/wiki/index.php5?title=Activate_Stock_G1_Over_WiFi
[G1 General] zmanw330:
help plz

sorry to bug everyone.

so got my g1 and want to run it on att

dont get how to run adb thing

i have looked around on the internet for a while but everythings all confusing

i have rc29 i think flashed that

cant get anything to run via update.zip:confused:

says for E no signature (5 files).... verification failed

i am totaly lost.

btw dont have any tmobile friends to use ther sim card

want to load hero rom anyways. heard that you can skip registration and connect to wifi first.

thanks soooo much guys;) i am a nooob
[G1 General] ohgood:
you're posting/asking in the wrong place. you need to unlock your phone from tmobile. look on ebay, and for $8 or so you can get your unlock code, and use it on ATT.

as far as roms, google for "xda dev quick root" and follow the instructions EXACTLY.

good luck. :)
[G1 General] djluis48:
Thx for that, REALLY helpfull....its very noob friendly and provides all files needed...
[G1 General] unkabuzz:
adb ?????????

OK I went to this site; http://getyourdroidon.com/wiki/index...k_G1_Over_WiFi and it seems very helpful. Maybe I'm missing something. I downloaded the SDK file to a new folder on my desktop. (is this not correct??) I re-loaded RC 29. I re-started the phone. I did not touch the screen. I connected the phone to the computer. It starts the new hardware wizard. I point it to the USB drivers. It says they are installed and ready to use. I typed in the "setprop" string. At this point I am supposed to,

"Open a terminal on your computer, and navigate to the folder containing the adb file you downloaded earlier"

(1). Am I opening "Hyperterminal" (Start-programs-accessories-communications-hyperterminal) to make a new connection? (seems correct), or a windows command line (Start-cmd-<enter>)?????

(2). After I open the appropriate terminal, how do I "NAVIGATE" to the folder containing the adb file. Every time I think I'm getting close, the adb file seems to be missing from tools. If I go back to the desktop folder, in SDK-tools, the adb file is there.

I feel like an idiot. Every time I get advice from somebody there are 2 more things I don't understand..........:eek:

Thank you in advance to anybody that helps out.
[G1 General] mr.tenuki:
A simple way to bypass the "touch the android acreen" in order to change APN/start wifi here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=588017
[G1 General] unkabuzz:
That doesn't seem to work on the G1. I wish it were that simple
[G1 General] naria01:
This is awesome!!!!
[G1 General] cherry53:
android-sdk-mac_x86-1.5_r3.zip

ok so i have my phone downgraded to rc29 and i went to download android-sdk-mac_x86-1.5_r3.zip but they put up a new version that doesn't include adb so starting with the terminal bit i am lost. i don't know if it is because my adroid-sdk-mac/tools doesn't have adb in it or what I am doing wrong someone please help me.
[G1 General] mr.tenuki:
Please try again according to the pic in the other post , and update us if it works. I'm quite certain it should work as this is the method used by store reps to bypass the activation phase and let customers play with the phone.
[G1 General] unkabuzz:
Please see other post......
[G1 General] unkabuzz:
JesusFreke

, You seem to be the expert here, can you help ??

If you have an official RC29 or lower phone, type the following command on the phone keyboard to enable adb:

<enter>setprop persist.service.adb.enable 1<enter>

Before your plug in your phone:

Make sure to enable Home > Settings > Applications > Development >

USB debugging on your G1 or HTC Magic If you don't, ADB will not work

Can you tell me how to get to "home-settings-etc" without having the phone registered yet??

Really appreciate your efforts and any help you can give.

Unkabuzz
[G1 General] LucidREM:
Just Too Easy

it's really quite simple .. from the first screen type this:

<enter>setprop persist.service.adb.enable 1<enter>

this activates the phone to be picked up by the computer .. you need to have the drivers installed and the SDK as well .. once the phone is all set you can use the SDK:

\> adb shell
$ am start -a android.intent.action.MAIN -n com.android.settings/.Settings

this will pull up the Settings on the phone so you can activate Wifi and now you can follow the registration process via your internet carrier or local coffee shop
[G1 General] unkabuzz:
For some reason, for me, it's not that simple. I have tried repeatedly to do these steps. I have re-downloaded different RC29 Roms and installed them, I have re-downloaded and installed different USB Drivers. I have un-installed and re-installed the USB drivers. I have re-downloaded the SDK software a few times. SOMETHING isn't working.

SO, heres my steps.

1 install RC29 ROM. (works perfectly every time. I can enter then type reboot then enter again and it reboots just fine).

2. Plug the G1 into the computer. Wizard sets up USB drivers just fine (it says the wizard has finished installing the software for: HTC Dream Composite ADB Interface, but you need to re-start computer). I do.

3. I leave the G1 plugged in. I hit enter, type the setprop string and enter again. NOTHING happens.

4. I try again, this time "safely removing the phone" before restarting the computer. I reboot the phone and plug it in. Re-type the setprop string and enter... NOTHING.

I have seen in several places where people are saying "BEFORE" "you plug your phone in, be sure you enable USB degugging on the phone".

I think that is where my problem is. Am I wrong?? If I'm right, how do I do that before registering??
[G1 General] mr.tenuki:
@unkabuzz - please try again the method I wrote. I have wiped my devices and tried it again, and realized you should have started from the top left corner and not the top right. I have updated the post to reflect that - please try now.

Again - that should work as this is what reps do in order to let customers try the phone!
[G1 General] LucidREM:
ADB Connection

you might be missing the android drivers from the SDK .. it does not matter typing the setprop before or after plugging it in (i did after) .. this simply activates the USB mode .. even without the USB activated the ADB interface will connect to the computer .. the device itself will not .. with the phone plugged in (from a fresh boot) you type the setprop command correctly you should here a small chime (USB device connected) .. now you may not see a pop-up if the drivers were once installed

right-click "My Computer" so you can get into device management .. "Manage" if using Vista/7 .. when you look at the device listing you will most likely see one labeled "Android" and marked with a yellow exclamation mark .. update the driver for it .. tell it to search a location .. select the location of the SDK on your computer .. this should complete the process and connect your phone .. windows typically tries to install some default Android driver that does not work .. once upon a time you may have seen a pop-up that it was unsuccessful and dismissed it by mistake

if none of this advice helps then i do not know what to say .. this should work as it has for so many people .. the only variables are OS platform differences (ie. WinXP, WinXPx64, Win7, Win7x64, etc) .. from the DOS command prompt you should be able to type "adb devices" and get a positive result
[G1 General] unkabuzz:
"you should here a small chime" yes...Sounds like Dis-connecting and then re-connecting (both).

Device management shows;

ADB Interface- Expands to HTC Dream Composite ADB Interface

Disk Drives- Expands to HTC Android phone USB Device

USB Mass Storage Device (with a yellow exclamation mark)

I tell any of these to update driver. Hardware update wizard starts. I browse for SDK files. (Folder on my desktop called G1 contains; android-sdk_r3-windows. In that folder I can open SDK----go to tools--- and see 20 plus files. One of them is an ADB file).

When I open tools while trying to update the driver, it only contains 2 files, (Jet and Lib), and no matter what I try to select, the "OK" button will not highlight for me to continue.......

Seems like the problem is in SDK. Went back and read up more on SDK installation. This is getting Soooo complicated. I need abd to connect with the phone, I need SDK to run adb. I need Eclipse to run SDK to run adb.

WTF ??????????
[G1 General] mr.tenuki:
Just try my method - you should have started from the top left corner- was my mistake. It worked for other ppl.
[G1 General] unkabuzz:
Tried it MANY times. Fast, slow, far from edges, close to edges,fingers, thumbs, after a fresh reboot, holding down each one as I press the next, standing on my head while I whistle dixie, hopping on one leg, etc. NOTHING:mad:
[G1 General] LucidREM:
SDK / ADB

you actually don't need eclipse for anything unless you are creating apk files
[G1 General] Dark Pator:
HTC dream without sim / plan

Hello, and thanks for you explenation!

Sorry first for my Bad english, but I tried to do the command to reboot and it doesn't work, it means I am on RC30. I tried to downgrade to the RC29, but I rode that I need to lunch commands from the main menu of Android to do it, and I can't enter (reason I want to downgrade)... So, have someone a way to downgrade without entering in Android?

Best regards,

D.P.

HTC Kaiser

HTC Raphael

HTC Dream G1
[G1 General] unkabuzz:
Turn off the phone.

Format SD card to FAT32

copy DREAIMG.nbh onto empty SD card

Put card in phone

Press Camera button and hold it down

Press power button for a few seconds and let it go

At the rainbow colored screen, let go of camera button and follow instructions on phone

DON"T TOUCH THE SCREEN or anything else during the process

When you're back at the rainbow colors, press the Green call button and hold it, then press Menu and hold it, then press Red power button to reboot.
[G1 General] guitargler:
hey all, I seem to be having the same issue as unkabuzz. My G1 is on RC29. I have a T-Mobile SIM without a data plan, so I need to skip registration so I can continue the path to root. I have Wi-Fi, and I have sdk v1.6. I installed the driver for my phone, that's all good. I can do the first thing (setprop etc...), but I don't understand what I need to do to run the next line of code. I tried it on the phone and on a command prompt and I got nothing. Can anyone tell me how to use adb? (I'm assuming I need to run that code through adb.)

EDIT: nevermind, I got it working! :D

unkabuzz, use http://getyourdroidon.com/wiki/index.php5?title=Activate_Stock_G1_Over_WiFi for it. if you need any help with it (use the standard command prompt, not HyperTerminal), just ask. it's not hard once you figure it out.
[G1 General] unkabuzz:
Thanks to everybody involved in the G1 tweaking process. A special thanx to Jesusfreke, for starting this whole process and his guide, to Swizz for creating the guide at "getyourdroidon", and LucidREM and Guitargler for the little details to help pull it off. I hope I didn't forget anybody. I needed all the help I could get.... Finally got it registered without the data plan and it's working great on AT&T:)
[G1 General] LucidREM:
Yea! Team!

glad to hear everything worked out for you
[G1 General] Capadac:
dont know how to do it

i just bought a g1 phone from my friend and i dont own a active sim and i tried ur procedure and just got confused please shed some light
[G1 General] LucidREM:
No Sim Card

this is from the OP:

this is how you bypass the sim card
[G1 General] Capadac:
i tried that but i cant get root with busybox access denied
[G1 General] LucidREM:
Confused

so you have already bypassed the no sim card screen?
[G1 General] Capadac:
no i cant copy and paste that command thats supposed to do it because i cant get root
[G1 General] JAguirre1231:
try adb root
[G1 General] LucidREM:
sqlite

i must have misunderstood .. this is not a busybox command:

sqlite3 /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db "INSERT INTO system (name, value) VALUES ('device_provisioned', 1);"

it only requires sqlite3 .. i'm not sure all the ins-outs of this process
[G1 General] MTGap:
These are the same steps to bypass the activation for a mytouch, correct? I just need to downgrade it to RC29, I'm thinking that process is pretty similar as well.
[G1 General] JAguirre1231:
I'm not sure if you want rc29 for the mytouch, no virtual keyboard
[G1 General] LucidREM:
No Data Plan

you do not get to RC29 on myTouch .. it started on COC10 or something and then went straight to CRC1 .. as this is a specific G1/Dream section and thread you might find more information about this in the sapphire section

http://xdaforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=493
[G1 General] massmedia92:
i got problem with accessing to g1 settings. everything is ok, i can connect with adb shell, but when i type the settings command it is something like this. Seems ok but no settings menu appear on my phone

$ am start -a android.intent.action.MAIN -n com.android.settings/.Settings

am start -a android.intent.action.MAIN -n com.android.settings/.Settings

Starting: Intent { action=android.intent.action.MAIN comp={com.android.settings/

com.android.settings.Settings} }

$
[G1 General] LucidREM:
Settings

did you do the first step?

<enter>setprop persist.service.adb.enable 1<enter>

this gets typed into the register screen
[G1 General] massmedia92:
Yes I did, also found out what I'm doing bad, but still have problem. Now i get error "sqlite3 not found". I think thats because of rc7 soft, I still need sqlite3 binary to make this to the end. I got phone rooted and I almost reached my destination, so please, do me a favour and upload the sqlite3 binary, I would be grateful.
[G1 General] psychoace:
Don't G1's typically come with a sim card inside that's not active? This is typically included so you can use your phone without having an active sim card in place. I know I'm using one right now in my G1 since I just got a Behold II. It doesn't have problems and boots right into the phone even after I wiped the device completely.
[G1 General] massmedia92:
Yepp, but my g1 got wet and doesnt see the sim card anymore, the motherboard is broken , but i'm hoping to still use google phone as home internet browser. All i need is to pass this awful no sim card screen
[G1 General] LucidREM:
One Year Warranty

how long ago did you buy the phone? you may be able to get a replacement phone because yours is "defective"
[G1 General] massmedia92:
Thanks for advice, but unfortunately my warranty is "done". It was completly my fault, t-mobile didn't replace it for free, the only way is to pay for new motherboard. I already have HTC Hero for daily using, but I'd like to make G1 work, its qwerty is awesome for writing emails, and I don't like keeping broken phones in my desk :D I need sqlite3 binary to solve my problem, but I doubt anyone have it
[G1 General] LucidREM:
sqlite

isn't the sqlite3 included with the SDK tools?