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[G1 Android Development] chongox:
xtra noob here

hello to all of you

i been lurking this forums since my times on windows mobile, but now that i got the water until my neck i have to register and ask for help, any of it would be much apreciated.

being a long time lurker does not translate in a experience user, unfortunatly

other than follow step by step guides i don't did much

now i got an G1 (uk version) and I been more than happy using CyanogenMod 4.12 or something

following the step by step to root and install the roms was very straightforward.

at some point i try CyanogenMod 6.0 and since them my life become myserable....... i learn the hard way what people mean with F/C I revert to 5.0 and still laggy and horrible experience

i tried superfast donut and i was happy to use my phone again, but one day I reboot my phone and the screen stay in G1 for minutes , i had to install the rom again and not long ago the same happen again.

TBH im a bit tired of this, i would like to bring back to stock and sell this phone and not ever see it again. I just had enought of this and the new desire Z is what i want

problem is following the steps to bring back the phone to stock did not help me and im unable to use it or even reinstall the superfast rom or any other

when i press [HOME] + [POWER]

i get the ClockworkMod Recovery v2.0.1.3

when i try to install again the SuperFast1.3.3RHJ the installation stops and give me this errors

E:Can't symlink /system/xbin/bb/{

E:Failure at line 59:symlink /system/xbin/busybox SYSTEM:xbin/bb/{

Installation aborted.

when i press [CAM] + [POWER] I get this

DREA110 PVT 32B

HBOOT-0.95.0000

CPLD-4

RADIO-2.22.19.26I

sep 2 2008

i do understand that people that make this roms are doing an amazing "thank less" job and i love this kind of development, but at the same time since 3 months everytime i look at my phone i don't know what kind of problem is going to have..

thanks for the time to read this and you help
[G1 Android Development] yo9gnc:
do you still have root rights?

what i`ll do:

i will asure that the .zip file is correctly downloaded ( on my pc ). if it is not, then do it right.

i will asure that i still have root right. if you don`t, you`ll have to get it again.

so if you don`t want a custom rom and you`re ready to loose all, you may try my previous post. if you want a custom rom, then why did you put your post here ? :)

so if you have root and a correct .zip file (and enough battery) then ... i don`t know. try with another rom and see what`s the problem.

http://db.androidspin.com/androidspin_release_matrix.asp?phone=g1 ( use the filters to get the right rom )
[G1 Android Development] macfreaknl:
Copied the original SPL and DREAMIMG.nbh to my sdcard.

I Flashed the update.zip with my Amon_RA recovery 1.7.0

After that i have shutdown device.

I started the phone with camera + power button.

It says reading files, after 3-4 secs it says NOT ALLOW and does nothing.
[G1 Android Development] yo9gnc:
what kind of phone do you have? did you tried with UK and US ? if yes, the result was the same ?

but first: what do you want to do ? if you want to unroot you may want to check my other post (i hope there`s no problem with radio/spl).
[G1 Android Development] Deggy:
I don't remember if I flashed a custom flash screen. Been a couple of years since I used this phone. Is it ok if I skipped this step? I flashed a Cyanogen ROM (I forget which version).
[G1 Android Development] jaime1400:
Hello Everyone. I followed the instructions here and after it installed the update.zip the phone wont turn on. and the charging light does not turn on either. what can i do? its for a Mytouch3g. i want to go back from ginger yoshi to stock

thanks
[G1 Android Development] BolecDST:
Allright, I tried to downgrade this phone once but I had a warranty back then, so I just returned it. Now I don't, so I'm gonna ask.

My G1 32B has a following configuration:

S-ON

HBOOT-1.33.0013d

Radio-2.22.27.08

Now, I'm more then sure that there has to be done something more than just wiping and flashing the original rom from my polish brand Era. Can anyone give me intructions or at least a tip what to do, to downgrade/unroot this g1 AND not brick it?

Please don't ask me why I need to do this, I have my reasons. In short, a girl is getting this phone and she doesn't want "all that tweaks".

edit: oh, and I have a PSFreedom Recovery, because I used the phone to jailbreak PS3. If it matters.
[G1 Android Development] Effdee:
tip:

read Ezterry's 2708 post
[G1 Android Development] ldrifta:
no honestly it is that easy.. i did this from 2.22.28.25 and hboot 1.33.0013d and it worked like a charm.. very useful technique
[G1 Android Development] fattydakid:
will this unroot process work on galaxy tabs? being that its android to.
[G1 Android Development] omernaeem17:
I also had the same configuration i.e. :

HBOOT-1.33.0013d

Radio-2.22.27.08

and I had RA Amon 1.7.0 recovery

and it worked like a charm, I didn't do anything else
[G1 Android Development] ldrifta:
haha yes believe it or not you dont have to do anything else.... it works 100% even if you had a custom MTD partition..
[G1 Android Development] Talal916:
Does anyone have a mirror to that link? Or know what file was stored in that link?
[G1 Android Development] jacsonmoore3:
where the hell is the SPL file,to unroot my phone..i had the rc33 n i rooted it to rc29..n now i need to take it back to t-mobile,,so how the hell do i put it back to stock..somebody help this new guy..lol
[G1 Android Development] butlerguy1990:
I flashed back to stock RC29 however I have not received the OTA update as of yet(8+hours) and there is no option in the Settings menu to check for updates. I downloaded Any Cut however I'm not sure what I need to enter into the fields in the make your own shortcut option to perform the check for updates function.

Is this indeed stock tmobile rc29?

The About menu in my phone states the following:

Kernel Version

2.6.25-01843-gfea26b0

android-build@ap27 #6

Build Number

Kila-user 1.0 TC4-RC29 115247

ota-rel-keys,release-Keys
[G1 Android Development] kribu:
I root my phone from this thread http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=3312083&postcount=2. But i cant se there any DREAMIMG.nbh file and where i found original SPL, is RC30(same thread)the original SPL?
[G1 Android Development] purg:
UK - T-mobile

Downgraded to RC7 so I can return the phone. The auto upgrade took about 30mins to show up.

Firmware version
1.5

Baseband
62.50s.20.17u_2.22.19.26I

Kernel
2.6.27-00392-g8312baf android-build@apa27 #72

Build number
CRB17
[G1 Android Development] smeyerhuky:
Sticky?

Bump Bump... Need a Sticky. This is a Great Thread
[G1 Android Development] tubaking182:
SPL is in the SPL thread

DREAIMG.nbh is in the how to root hack flash your G1 thread

if you are in US and using RC3X and the update is taking too long for your liking the hit menu>settings>about phone there is either and option there or in status to look for system updates. if you are in UK then the options are probably the same but i do not know for sure.
[G1 Android Development] Asswipe44:
May have already been discussed, but why would you want to unroot your phone?!
[G1 Android Development] tubaking182:
for multiple reasons, first for warranty exchange, second for getting the OTA update so we can get the freaking t-mo US 1.5 update URL
[G1 Android Development] jacsonmoore3:
well i need to take it back to t-mo...n i been trying to unroot my phone 4 a week now..n d's thread i just dont get..im new at this stuff..i need help BAD!
[G1 Android Development] JVStylez:
Ok, I read through this whole thread and dear God its a cluster ****, it needs to be cleaned up, this is a very important sticky, also, can someone go ahead and write up a guide to unroot and set the phone to the stock firmware? If I had the knowledge in how to do it I would write it myself since I can tell there are some members still kinda clueless, including myself. Thanks.
[G1 Android Development] JVStylez:
Actually, I figured it out on my own. Very simple if you ask me. Follow these instructions:

1. Format the SD card to FAT32 mode (this is sometimes needed. The image is not always found if other files are on the sd card).

2. Unzip the RC29 or RC7 image file DREAIMG.nbh to the SD card. (RC29 for US, RC7 is for UK) @

http://koushikdutta.blurryfox.com/G1/DREAIMG-RC29.zip for US users

http://koushikdutta.blurryfox.com/G1/DREAIMG-RC7.zip for UK users

3. Turn the device power off and insert SD card.

4. Hold Camera button, and press Power button to entry bootloader mode.

5. Press Power button to start upgrade procedure.

6. After it finishes, reboot by pressing Send, Menu and End simultaneously.

And that's it. If I am missing something please feel free to step up and correct me.
[G1 Android Development] Asswipe44:
Good enough for me :o
[G1 Android Development] theheadshaker86:
Just adding a lil more

I had a bit of trouble trying to receive the lastest update after going back to stock. So i did some searching and found the original RC30 and RC33 updates with original radio versions also. Hope it helps for others trying to get the lastest stock version on the g1.

I would do a wipe b4 installing the updates. Not sure if u can just go from rc29 to rc33 but if anything apply the rc30 first then add the rc33.

RC30: http://rapidshare.com/files/235429432/RC30.zip

RC33: http://rapidshare.com/files/235429434/RC33.zip
[G1 Android Development] gooberguy:
i tried using the original bootloader from http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=455860 and when i tried flashing it, it just said error on line 1 or something like that. any ideas?

edit: actually i decided to check it out so i went into spl mode (camera+power button) and it was the rainbow color one.. so did it work even tho it said error?
[G1 Android Development] theheadshaker86:
as loing as it shows the rainbow that means it worked
[G1 Android Development] jester1176:
here's the issue I'm having...

I have DREAIMG.nbh on my SD card

Hold camera+power down

for a split second, I get an error that says "no image" or something like that

then it sits on the rainbow screen with "serial0" until I restart (power/send/menu)

Anyone with some help?
[G1 Android Development] tubaking182:
did you format your card to FAT 32???? make sure the card is most deffinately FAT 32, if you do not know for sure(i.e. you did not format it anytime in the last 6 months) you should just reformat it to make sure
[G1 Android Development] swaney:
it worked returning my g1 for a new one
[G1 Android Development] jnoriega:
My G1 been "UNROOTed" multiples time but this last time I've come up with the following error:

Anybody have any ideas on this or have a fix?
[G1 Android Development] tubaking182:
might have a corrupted file, i suggest redownloading and checking the md5 sum before and after putting it on the SD card
[G1 Android Development] jnoriega:
I've downloaded the same DREAIMG.nbh file about a dozen time via xda-developers and other respectable site with the same error. It seems to fail once I get to the SYSTEM section after the actuall "Update In Progress . . ." bar is finish. I also reformated another microSD to FAT32 with no luck.
[G1 Android Development] a-money:
same thing is happening with me. tried different card readers, different micro sd cards, downloaded the file from various places. checked the md5sum. did it ALL, and it still fails everytime.
[G1 Android Development] bhang:
if you are here because your scared your gonna get in trouble with tmob read this

Ok, I had to return like 4 g1s for different reasons all were hacked to the fullest available at that time...

First time I just made sure the battery was dead and I replaced the theme, no apps2sd was ready at that time, but it went back as a "buyers remorse 14 day return" and nuthin happened I got a new one

The second I had caches on sd I just added those to the 1 gig freebie card, so everything worked also dethemed it...

The third and forth I just wiped and flashed rc33 stock themed jf image caches moved, I forgot the little case in one of them, and the mains charger in the other and once again nothing happened, 2 were buyers remorse returns, 2 were "refurb'd" swaps but they were so new they had never been used at all.

I would be more careful if it was insurance, they are a for-profit company and try very hard to NOT PAY CLAIMS, that seems to be all insurance companies main focus, not helping people as they have fooled us into thinking....

So I say don't worry so much I'm sure the first thing they do when they are returned is flash them...

The folks at Tmob don't seem to care much, Insurion (I think that's the name) the insurance company may check better, but I don't know...

Bhang
[G1 Android Development] a-money:
thats helpful but id like to try and figure this one out before i beg t-mobile for a new one. i know its still recoverable - maybe im getting a bad image or the image becomes corrupt after i move it to the sdcard? any help is appreciated.
[G1 Android Development] pyeek:
i reformatted my card and it is still sayin serial0...anything else?
[G1 Android Development] amanvir:
i have prb wid my g1

i want to activate it wid google account wid wifi, but the prb is i want flash it first.

i trying wid rc29 wid bootloader option but after tri colour screen its going to loading....., checking......., n after it showing 00028002 not allow ??? n its came back on same tri colour screen

i also try wid rc7 but same.......

plz help me how i can flash it ? i want to activate it wid my wifi coz i no have dataplan sim card
[G1 Android Development] ChaoticEko:
how long to wait?

I had the newest firmware update when i got my g1 a week a go, then i put the Hero build on it. I realized it really wasnt that fast, so i decided to go back. I changed the SPL to HardSPL, and put the stock rc29 Firmware on my g1.

The Question I have is, how long do i wait to get the updates over the air?? does the HardSPL prevent Over the Air updates, or am i crazy? I have had it with the rc29 for over a day now, and the phone hasnt updated..... if anyone else knows whats going on i would GREATLY appreciate it.

Thanks!!

ChaoticEko
[G1 Android Development] Janis:
bump - yes, this should be stickied

I understand that this is basic, short info, and that mods tend to prefer to sticky things that are cool and more complicated, becuase once you've read this, why would you need to refer to it again?

It should be stickied for people who haven't read it before. Actually, I think this info should be wikied.

I'm in the process of cleaning up to reflash, and I guess this should be a part of everyone's "best practices" list. Clean up (get back to factory, wipe), then flash. If there's a better ROM to flash from, that would be best to list in the ROMs first post.

The only experience I have is that I've flashed a couple hundred times in WinMo, and probably 20 or so in Android. I'm not a guru anywhere, but I seem to have the knack of finding how things are difficult for newbies (I screw up a lot, and thusly try to find explicit directions just so I can ID my screw ups.)

Help those of us less fortunate, willl ya?
[G1 Android Development] neostylez:
need some help

hi, been lurking around.

got my hands on G1 T-mobile. its sim locked still... managed to get passed that, downgraded from RC30 Cupcake => RC29, rooted. Running at the moment, JF RC33...

I want to restore it, did the wipe and all. just that the splash2, is the android animation and not, the original htc shadowy shiny animation.

I want to return the phone, in the original condition, so questions:

1) Tried erasing splash2, in dos fastboot can't seem to find the device...

2) What if I flash the Htc animation back in?

3) Does someone here have the stock cupcake g1 t-mobile stock RC30?

Thank you!!
[G1 Android Development] PlatinumMOTO:
so if you flash the new spl can you still unroot the g1 do you have to reflash the radio and then the old SPL after this? I've searched the forum but had no luck finding the answer.
[G1 Android Development] whitemonster:
Official Cupcake

You're better off using the file from the link below... it's the official US T-mobile 1.5 (cupcake) release.... That way 1 flash will get things done...

This is only for US T-mobile Phones

http://www.myhangoutonline.com/down.../official/70-signed-kila-ota-148830-de6a94ca/
[G1 Android Development] dman977:
I don't see why the SPL is needed. Doesn't the DREAIMG.nbh file have that included?

I simply got the DREAIMG.nbh onto my sd card root and started into bootloader mode w/Power+Camera.

Once I did that, it loaded RC29, Recovery Image, older radio, and Rainbow Bootloader. I then loaded the 1.5 update via recovery (update.zip), which loads in the new radio alongside.

If I am wrong in this, please let me know. I have been running T-Mobile G1 v1.5 for the past few weeks this way with no issues.
[G1 Android Development] innerspace:
Quick note for those unrooting their phones...

Had to unroot a pals phone tonight and ran into a bit of a head-scratcher. I'd downloaded the original SPL, copied it to the root of a freshly formatted fat32 sdcard and renamed it update.zip. Downloaded and copied the DREAIMG.nbh file to the root of the same card.

Rebooted into recovery, installed "update.zip" to downgrade the SPL. Everything went as it should, SPL installed and phone rebooted.

Powered down, rebooted to boot partition by holding Camera and power, but the greay updater image would flash "NO IMAGE" and then I'd get the old rainbow bootloader screen with "Serial0". I must've downloaded that DREAIMG.nbh file 10 times, formatting the card like crazy and googling like a maniac trying to figure out why the bootloader couldn't see the image.

Then I had a thought... I was formatting the card via Windows XP... so I wasn't ever blowingout the partitions... tossed in the GParted live CD, blew out the old partition, created a new FAT32 partition... and here's the important part, made it a PRIMARY PARTITION. Copied the DREAIMG.nbh file over again and voila! instant success.

So, if you're trying to flash the a stock image to your phone and are stuck at the rainbow boot screen, make sure you've repartitioned your sdcard as a Primary FAT32 partition, it'll make your day.

that is all.:)
[G1 Android Development] TurboTsi:
I did the same thing last week, I had the sapphire spl and then went down to the original spl. But i was able to put dreaimg.nbh on my sdcard and was ABLE to go into the bootloader gray screen and downgrade to rc29. Its strange that you got that error, because my cousin got the same error when he tried doing it and we did it the same way.
[G1 Android Development] innerspace:
Hmmm... that's peculiar. I wonder whats at play here, application used to partition (in my case, XP Pro Disk Management), type of card, ie: manufacturer/class?

Wacky! I'm just glad I got it figured out, he was annoyed enough w/ Cyan's 3.6.2 being all buggy. Now his GPS isn't working after a clean install to stock Cupcake. Man, why did I even bother lol :eek::D:(:o;)
[G1 Android Development] neostylez:
lol, thanks guys, ya i was going to jump ship to iphone 3g, was getting a good price for it... decided to stick with android, it has a slight learning curve to it... then again im a tinkerer, ddwrt, xp with heavy optimized patches, etc...

so, just waiting for a Hero build that is stable enough, with bluetooth working.

wish there was a simple default settings for all builds, for those with stock sd cards, etc.
[G1 Android Development] RaiderX303:
just done this on mine, got bored of flasing a new rom daily and i never used any rooted features except apps2sd which i never had enough apps for it to be a benefit, it feels odd seeing the original boot screen with the glowing android
[G1 Android Development] mbmapit44:
Can anyone help me please?...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=4146060#post4146060
[G1 Android Development] holmes901:
This is my 3rd time UnRooting my phone cause I like to start fresh when trying a new ROM or anything. But for some reason this time something a little screwy has arrived. I have loaded the CyanogenMod v1.3.1 + JF (first time using it) used it with my last ROM and it has worked fine but well I wanted to UnRoot and go back to stock but when I loaded the original files wiped, loaded then tried the normal camera+power to load the rainbow screen it keeps loading the G1 screen then going into recovery mode through the CM build.

Well I figured it would be my SdCard so I formatted it got rid of the ext2 partition and after I tried yet again home+power load the update but I got

E:Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk message.

Well would there be anything I could do to resolve this and get back to the RC29 build then I will just root from there?
[G1 Android Development] WhAtSROoT?:
is it really necesary to flash the original spl? i mean because when i flashed over to the 2005 "danger" spl it got into a bootloop. i got scared and and just flashed the dreaimg.nbh and it worked like a charm.
[G1 Android Development] cazlok:
I just unrooted but my Settings menu doesn't have the option to search for update, am I just stuck playing the waiting game now?
[G1 Android Development] wddglr:
yes sir. maybe a reboot can help but im not sure
[G1 Android Development] DMaverick50:
i was going to do this but what exactly is he waiting for? what does the ota do and is it necessary for claiming a replacement under warranty? thanks
[G1 Android Development] mandolezz08:
g1

need some help. i have rc33.when i go to recovery part i get this error "E:Can't open /sdcard/update.zip (no such file or directory).ty
[G1 Android Development] enomther:
You could have a bad SDcard. Were you able to read/write to it from your computer after formatting it ?

Also, did you format it FAT32? (Just thoughts)
[G1 Android Development] DMaverick50:
Have to send phone in soon for insurance

i flashed the original bootloader. but now when i power+camera the gray screen flashes very quickly and i can see it says:

"loading....

no image file!"

Plus im getting a new phone because this one's trackball doesnt work and the op's instructions require using it, hopefully theres a workaround?

Anyway what am i doing wrong? i tried using the .nbh file then i even tried it with dreamimg-29 zipped and unzipped

need help please i have to send in this phone soon, i already received my replacement. many thanks

edit:also, after flashing bootloader image i was back at recovery screen and at the bottom it said "formatting cache..."

it did this when i flashed haykuro's spl on my replacement phone and i just pulled battery and everything was fine so i didnt think that could be a problem but ill reflash and let it sit longer...
[G1 Android Development] themadbogart:
i don't think it's necessary to update to the original SPL before flashing with DREAIMG.nbh. i had the dangerSPL as well before flashing the DREAIMG.nbh phone flashed just fine and had the original SPL from the DREAIMG.nbh.

anyone else have any input or similar experience with DREAIMG.nbh overwriting the SPL?
[G1 Android Development] Jrbourque:
where can we find the original radio? and if i have to put my phone to stock to send to tmobile then what order do i have to do it in with following these steps and changing the radio or is that done when i use the DREAIMG.nbh?
[G1 Android Development] Markley02:
Radio is automatically done through the DREAIMG.nbh update. Just follow the directions in the first post.
[G1 Android Development] uva463:
Sorry for the noobish question, Im trying to revert back to the stock firmware, however when attempting to get into fastboot (to erase 2nd splash screen) I am not able enter any commands. It shows the fastboot screen with the skateboarding characters, but I am not able to do anything else. Im pretty certain the problem is myself. Any assistance would be appreciated

Thanks