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[G1 General] copolii:
I know ... I was looking at their rates ... that'll rattle these ************s' cages!
[G1 General] SpEnTBoY:
Well for me it doesn't matter, I'm on a corporate contract so when they offer the magic again I'm already on the list to get one. By then hopefully there will be a way to root it and to me it's free hardware. Bell in Sask (Sasktel Mobility) is doing a huge GSM conversion right now and they have 1000x better coverage in my province so my plan is to rape as much hardware as I can from the Rogers contract until Bell goes GSM here (should be by July) then wait a few months until they allow other phones on the network and switch back to Sasktel Mobility.

Rogers covers sucks horribly in this province but I love GSM. Might be in my head but even the sound quality was better than CDMA.
[G1 General] DreamGuy:
Instead of renaming your .nbh to DREAMIMG.img as you would think would be the norm you could try DREAIMG.img instead and get to where I'm at right now...

If you watch the screen while hboot is looking through your sd card you'll see the name of the files it's looking for and I caught on to that while I was tinkering with it last night. I renamed as mentioned above and I get the screen shown in the dreaimg-good pic posted. The pic dreamimg-bad shows the error messages you get when you try an nbh named DREAMIMG.nbh. The last pic shows the message when you try the older RUU file Rogers had posted some time ago.

I have not tried to go any further than what you see in the pic with the ROGERSDREAM.nbh file I downloaded and renamed to DREAIMG.nbh...lol...I've done and downloaded so many things in the last few days that I'm having a bad case of brain fade at the moment :o

EDIT: Embarrassed but thought I'd say I took a deep breath, had a drink and remembered where I got the file and it was from haykuro's thread. Tried to flash it and like others it failed with a version is older error. Me thinks I should just put the stupid thing in the drawer and forget about it for a week or two :o
[G1 General] zeeshanzc:
any1 got it to work.?.:confused:..?...
[G1 General] TrainAss:
I really hope that this can be figured out. I'm sick of Roger's bull****. I should have rooted my phone long ago.
[G1 General] iMod_954:
Do your 3G bands still work!? I have a Rogers G1 that I use with AT&T and I HAD AT&T 3G, but I lost it after I flashed the SPL and radio. Why is that!? How do I get it back!? Please help!

DREAM PVT 32B ENG S-OFF

HBOOT-1.33.2005 (DREA21000)

CPLD-4

RADIO-2.22.19.26I

Apr 20 2009, 15:30:43
[G1 General] AverageCanadian:
Do you have the AT&T apn settings set up?
[G1 General] zeeshanzc:
i guess we are fked???... i dont think we will ever be able to break through this "perfect" SPL
[G1 General] MrBigDeal:
Hey guys, I have a dream that's rooted (unlocked on bell, but that probably doesn't matter.) I'm a little ticked off at the phone because constantly things will force close (such as Gtalk), if my battery dies or if I do a reboot/turn my phone off. My apps that are on my SD card will never boot properly. They say stuff like "The app shapewriter keyboard (process com.shapewriter.android.softkeyboard) has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again.

Force Close"

Then to get those apps working again I have to delete them and reinstall them.

Particularly annoying when it comes to widgets.

Is this common?

Any suggestions?

I'm running

2.6.29.6-cm42

jesse@Android

CyanogenMod-4.2.13

Build DRC83
[G1 General] beav_35:
This doesn't have anything to do with rooting so it shouldn't be posted here, but this is your first post so I will be nice. There's a newer version of CyanogenMod out so I would upgrade to that first. That likely won't fix your problem though so see the link below to try fix permissions (do it from the recovery). If that doesn't work then wipe from the recovery then reinstall the HTC system image and cyanogenmod again (you will loose your settings so back them up with an app such as Backup for root users).

http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php/Fix_permissions
[G1 General] zeeshanzc:
I believe no solution yet??
[G1 General] MrBigDeal:
Yeah I actually found out shortly after that post there was an update.

However I had no idea how to upgrade properly because CM-updater wasn't doing it for me. (Didn't know I had to download both the rom and the file that's under themes). I ended up following directions on the cyanogen wiki

wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php/Full_Update_Guide_-_G1/Dream_Firmware_to_CyanogenMod

The steps under File Download and Flash Android1.6 & CyanogenMod latest is what I followed.

Apparently it did not like that so it looks like I bricked my phone since I cannot find a solution to get it working again.

Do you have any ideas/know where/if someone could help?

I have a nandroid backup on my sd card, that usually saved my ass when I did something wrong but unfortuently I can't get into either recovery or fastboot (I believe its called fastboot... power+cam)
[G1 General] beav_35:
If you can't get into recovery or fastboot then unfortunately you are bricked. If you would like help then you could try the #android-root or #cyanogenmod irc channel.

That guide is for the T-mobile G1 not Rogers dream. You flashed the EBI0 radio (which will work on the rogers dream). What radio did you have before? I assume it was EBI1 (3.xx). If that was the case that would explain why your recovery doesn't work. You need a recovery that works with that radio. Your spl (fastboot) should still work though if you had haykuro's danger/death spl. Im not sure about others though. Keep trying to get into spl as that is the only way I can think of to fix your phone.
[G1 General] boostnek9:
new to scene..and a question

Hey guys,

I'm new to this scene starting today (switched from a locked down boring IPhone) I traded for this brand new Dream from Robbers. so the guy that I traded with said his phone wasnt updated and in fact the **** squeak updated it.. now the only question I have is that he took a Fido sim card out of it.. so my guess it's unlocked..could it still be rooted ?
[G1 General] beav_35:
Unlocking and rooting are completely independent from each other. If your build number in settings, about phone is not 1.89.631.1 then you can root it.
[G1 General] boostnek9:
ahh damn kids! I made sure to ask him if he updated and he denied....oh well... I guess I have to patiently wait like everyone else.
[G1 General] SilentTweak:
Waiting is fun lol Waiting for the same thing but for my HTC Magic+ from Robbers. Funny right? They call it HTC Magic+ (Plus) now because they added the unrootable firmware haha
[G1 General] yingjai:
is the new rogers dream actually possible to root and we just haven't found a way yet? anyone believe so?

my wife had a problem with her battery on her dream (rooted with mandatory update hack) and rogers tried to replace her entire phone. i was thinking about replacing my t-mobile g1 to take advantage of the 3g connection plus my g1 is really beaten up, but i would much prefer root over 3g..

now i have to decide whether to send the new dream with the busted battery or the battery with my g1 back to rogers..
[G1 General] TrainAss:
So, Rogers just replaced my Dream (G1). After I installed their update, I was having regular disconnections of network. Sometimes a reboot would fix it, and other times I'd have to just wait a couple of hours for things to come back.

Rogers "refreshed the network" a couple of times already, and then they decided to replace the phone. Just so everyone's aware, all the phones that they send out are updated! And hey, whoever gets my phone when it gets sent back out, gets an unlocked phone!

I guess there's no way to roll the update back, and no solution to root the updated phone yet eh?
[G1 General] SilentTweak:
You screwed yourself :rolleyes: Sorry to say that, the disconnects happen because of the new radio but it comes back by flipping the 2G and 3G switch under your Mobile Settings. Rogers knows this is an issue with the new Radio. Because you sent your phone in for warranty, it'll probably get tossed in the garbage, or if they can, reflash it. So it won't be rooted either.

Probably will take a while until someone can root this one.
[G1 General] TrainAss:
Are you serious? Goddamnit.... I hate Rogers! I hate them so very much! If they knew this, then they should have said something to me. Their support is horrible. Their solution for everything it seems is to restore the phone to factory defaults. Heck, once last summer they were having network problems (anyone surprised?), the agent wanted me to restore my phone, before he realized that it's an issue with their network.

Oh well, the unlock code didn't cost me very much, so I'm not (too) pissed...
[G1 General] Chief_Tomohawk:
AWESOME NEWS. Guys try this out. As u know the htc dream was available for a free upgrade to the htc magic for a short while in January from ROGERS. this free upgrade was available because of the dreams lack of ability to upgrade past firmware 1.5. the magic has FW 1.6 up to 2.1 as well as The sense upgrade. for those of u who missed out on the upgrade its not too LATE! Today on February 14, 2010 ( the only time for upgrade to htc magic was jan 6 to jan 26) I called rogers and half got mad and half complained that i was never informed about this free upgrade. And no kidding 2 min of being on hold later the guy said i could still have the free phone! 18 days after the opportunity supposedly ended! He said my contract would not be renewed! ( i started my 3 year contract in november) They will still waive all the fees and I GET TO KEEP MY HTC DREAM. The phone is to be shipped free of charge and be here by next week! EVERYONE THAT MISSED OUT ON THIS FREE UPGRADE GIVE IT A SHOT. I got a $600 phone for a 4 min phone call! Absolutly no loss to me in the end.

end of rant- srry long post im just pleased about this hehe.
[G1 General] TrainAss:
You must have got it w/no contract extension because you just started your contract. I called, got the free phone, and only a 2yr contract extension. Now, if I don't like the phone, I have 15 days to return it which is good. So, now I need to look at rooting this phone...

Did you have to send them your Dream?
[G1 General] enomther:
Hi all,

Found this thread through cyanogen's wiki ...

In case people are following wanted to link this rooting guide for RUU 1.89.631.1 update ...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=631727

~enom~
[G1 General] :
Comfirmed with Rogers. This offer was being offered again from feb 8 to 14. This offer is expired as of today!
[G1 General] TrainAss:
You can still get it if you complain
[G1 General] Chief_Tomohawk:
nah didnt have to send in my dream, just a phone call. almost seemed too easy
[G1 General] cavemanx:
Help

Hi,

This is my first post, and here are my questions after reading for the past few days on the topic of "rooting rogers htc dream after their evil patch"

1. Did any supers of XDA developers figure out how to do it yet?

2. I did the patch and not knowing it couldnt be done anymore I did the nbh. thing and now on my phone shows the following

Firmware 1.5

Baseband Version 62.59s.20.23U_3.22.26.17

Kernel bersion 2.6.27-d5acf552 u70000@android-x01 #12

build # 1.89.631.1 146733 CL# 94714 release keys

is there still a way for me to root?

please let me know

thanks
[G1 General] Sleeepy2:
Allow me to take away your paddle as you are now in **** creek.

Currently there is no way to get root for this.
[G1 General] yingjai:
What's with the XDA-Wiki pointing to this guide then? I tried it on a replacement Dream and it doesn't work.
[G1 General] adamwh:
Updated Rogers Dream

Sooooo is a solution for rooting these updated Dreams a possibility? Is anybody working on it?
[G1 General] boostnek9:
I've been checking daily and I keep trying to find my own kernel holes.. nothing yet...but i'm no dev so I can only do so much...

I cant beleive this device is locked down to this extent and there is nothing we can do..

If you ask me... there is a way..
[G1 General] alexinmontreal:
waiting...

I am also one of the lucky ones having to choose between my rooted T-Mobile G1, Donut 1.6, Cyanogen Rom, running on Rogers Edge speed or a new unrooted Rogers Dream running Cupcake 1.5...getting over 100 times quicker download speeds (0.05 mbits/s vs. 6.0 mbits/s).

These are very tough choices I would rather not make. Is there anyone out there who can help me root this brand new (patched) phone?

HELP
[G1 General] jmc7895:
Oh crap looks like I'll be unrooted for a while!

Just like you cavemanx my new Rogers Dream has the same build. The part that gets me is after some trial and error I thought I'd managed to get a phone that I could unlock and use on Telus. Well it works sorta. Phone calls yes, messaging yes, data service no go. Thats why I figured that I'd have to root the phone. Guess the waiting game continues.
[G1 General] yingjai:
anybody asking about rooting the perfected spl patch is pretty much ignored, including me... i doubt anyone is actually working on it anymore..
[G1 General] boostnek9:
Actually no one is ignoring you it's just that everyone asks for updates and there are none so there are no answers.. Give it time something will come up.
[G1 General] adamwh:
Progress?

sounds promising, jmc...
[G1 General] burnt_toast:
Progress??
[G1 General] zxnet:
Newby question

Please forgive my ignorance, because i'm fairly new at this, and at this point i'm just in search of information. What does it mean "To Root" a phone? When can I learn more about this "Rooting" process?

Thank you
[G1 General] beav_35:
Try Googleing "Android Root"
[G1 General] copolii:
The phone runs on a small linux system. In Linux and Unix systems the administrator user is called the 'root' user. The root user has access to everything on the system including direct access to hardware. Rooting an android phone is gaining the ability to execute commands/programs on your device as the root user. As a result, you'll be able to overwrite your various partitions with whatever you want (even completely random invalid garbage data, which is why your warranty is void once you root).

I hope this helps.
[G1 General] burnt_toast:
Any update??? with all the apps running off the internal memory, is slowing down my phone... I NEED TO ROOT....
[G1 General] metalfangs:
Well after receiving an HTC Magic replacement when I specifically asked for a HTC Dream I called Rogers AGAIN and from what I was told, the HTC Dream (and soon to be Magic) are now discontinued and Rogers will no longer be supporting them. Contrary to that I was then told I would be receiving a Brand New HTC Dream from the factory in 5-10 days. The only question is will these 'Brand New' Dreams that rogers is now shipping out come with the perfect SPL and 1.5 fw? Or have we poor Rogers users finally gotten some 1.6 love?

Will post back with updates, until then best of luck to the rest of you all.
[G1 General] esavard:
Haykuro asked for an unrooted rogers

Haykuro twitted last Saturday:

anyone with an unrooted rogers (i.e. anyone with the latest update) please try to e-mail/IM me.​

So, I guess he will be looking at it as soon he has a unrooted dream in hands. Sooner or later, someone will find a way to hack the dream again.
[G1 General] lbcoder:
Funny. What happened to the dream that was given to him?

Right, the little douche pawned it.
[G1 General] dotster:
Didn't he get a Rogers Magic, not a Dream?
[G1 General] lbcoder:
It makes no difference. They have implemented the exact same changes on both devices, so solving for one solves for the other.
[G1 General] OzCDN:
He did what was asked of him. If he sold it after that then that was his business.

He didn't sign on to be permanently supporting the phone. We should be happy he is willing to take another look.
[G1 General] lbcoder:
He didn't return the phone... he didn't pass it on to the next... he PAWNED it.

He also unleashed the deathspl which killed phones and led to the fracturing of the rom cooking community into incompatible groups.

This punk kid didn't even come up with anything that others couldn't do. If I had a robbers phone at that time, ***I*** would have come up with that hack procedure he did. There was NOTHING TO IT!

You people give WAY more credit to him than he deserves. His overall impact has been VERY NEGATIVE.
[G1 General] dotster:
Alright, moving forward, I should have an HTC Dream to muck around with when my new phone gets here -- maybe a couple of weeks.

I'll give it a try first but, lbcoder, if you've got ideas, I'd be willing to send it to you.

Or anyone else with some credibility.
[G1 General] lbcoder:
I have no interest in it. Nor should anyone else.

If you want to follow the progress on a CREDIBLE solution, look here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=591048&page=31
[G1 General] Turague:
just to clarify.. kinda a noob.. that last post wasn't about rooting the updating rogers htc dream?
[G1 General] beav_35:
Yes, it is. The jtag solution should be able to root Rogers phones and recover bricks.
[G1 General] Turague:
thanks beav.
[G1 General] ezterry:
and succeeded on the full rogers firmware.. http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=5934885&postcount=6

(Yes its a tmobile G1.. but I did install the lattest e911 dream firmware including Radio/SPL/Splash/Recovery/Boot/System as the first post on the thread shows)

For others the process is really how to soft boot any SPL; This of course includes the 2005 SPL on a rogers locked down phone.. allowing the system to be re-flashed to whatever is desired.
[G1 General] esavard:
Any chance to get a rooting method without JTAG???

I'm a noob too.

I read the thread about debricking G1 phone.

It's wonderful that somebody has found a way to debrick a phone and even wipe the Robbers 911 Rom but it involves some equipment and knowledge of electronics.

Is there any chance that someone using the JTAG techinque comes up with a procedure not using any JTAG, hardware tinkering or assembly code programming?

On a scale of 0-100, what is the probability?

Thanks!
[G1 General] burnt_toast:
im waiting for a Non-solder method myself...
[G1 General] lbcoder:
Sure, about $2 worth of equipment.

And that costs about $0.

Where does it require assembly code programming?

*** it doesn't!!!!

What you mistake for assembly code programming is just punching in a few commands. This is TOTALLY DIFFERENT than programming in assembly.

Why would you need a different procedure? It isn't difficult. Just do the research to learn a little about connecting the hardware, then you just plug in the listed commands verbatim and its done!

So.... total expense $2. The only requirement is that you be willing to follow the instructions and learn what those instructions mean if you don't already know. And all that information is available on the internet for FREE.
[G1 General] Sleeepy2:
For only $2 I can learn how to do this. Can someone list the requirments and if possible a link to purchase what is needed.

Thanx
[G1 General] esavard:
Easy to say...

I doubt it... 2$? Do you have the link to the bill of material or a website where I can buy an JTAG adapter?

Do you speak from experience? Have you root your phone using this method?

I will really appreciate if you take some time to post some links along with your comments. I'm ready to learn the technique and even to solder wires to my phone but I need more inputs than "Google it!" :confused:

Thanks.:D
[G1 General] lbcoder:
It is ALL HERE: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=649431

And HERE: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=591048

The main hardware you need is a 74xx244, a few resistors, and a serial adapter - should be able to rig that up with a simple max232 chip and 4 caps.
[G1 General] lbcoder:
I was smart enough not to screw up my phone in the first place, but speaking from the experience of being a computer engineer, the hardware needed for this is trivial and available from your local electronic components store.

Note: most of the serial cable guides suggest an rs232-USB adapter, this is redundant -- just use a computer with an rs232 port and a max232. Those guides also suggest an HTC proprietary plug, but since you'll be soldering anyways, you can just wire the serial direct.
[G1 General] esavard:
Yes, good point. In my case, a friend gave me his old Dream after he switched it with an HTC Magic from Robbers. He applied the 911 "fix" on it before the switch...

I'm a computer engineer too but I never played with that kind of hardware.

Thanks for the links!
[G1 General] ezterry:
Possible I guess but requires soldering to a board that otherwise you didn't need to touch or remove from the rest of the phone.
[G1 General] burnt_toast:
update? anyone?
[G1 General] TrainAss:
I've given up on the dream... I want to root the HTC Magic+ now...

I still have my Dream, but it's in a box somewhere
[G1 General] Sleeepy2:
What kind of update do you need?

Root can be had with jTag

xdaterry has proven that, he fixed my phone.

lovely delicious root. mmm, mmm good.
[G1 General] TrainAss:
Is it a quick, and simple software based root that works on an "updated" HTC Dream/Magic+ ?
[G1 General] lbcoder:
JTAG!!! Geeze, do you READ? JTAG JTAG JTAG!!!
[G1 General] TrainAss:
uh huh...

Forget I ever asked!
[G1 General] ch33syguy:
BUMP: any progress or new developments yet?
[G1 General] Broken:
Careful, you are going to piss someone off asking that.....

Wish there was something new. Been scouring the net hoping there was a breakthrough other than having to solder and build/buy extra stuff you would probably use once. Pretty much gave up on my Wife's Dream. Probably going to give my wife my Milestone and get me something like a Nexus One....
[G1 General] metalfangs:
Anyone in the GTA area with jtag experience? Please PM me.
[G1 General] ezterry:
In the GTA area with experience rooting Rogers dreams.. yes that I am.

But I have better things to do than search out everyone that may think they want root and proactively PM them...
[G1 General] metalfangs:
Is there a way I can contact you easier? (MSN, Gtalk)
[G1 General] copolii:
just JTAG, the Dream is now too old and the devs have moved away from it. Specially in Canada where it has become comepletely paralyzed.

I wouldn't hold my breath on it. I moved on to a Nexus one.
[G1 General] barbaroja:
Has any of you guys seen this? xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=627384
[G1 General] ezmang:
yes except that only works on the magic. There probably won't be any more RUUs for the dream.
[G1 General] barbaroja:
I feel thats kind of unfair
[G1 General] White86Tercel:
Try googling for rogers-post-e911-magic-to-cm-5-0-7-android-2-1-with-dream-e911-radio

I would post a link but I'm not allowed to because I am a new user.
[G1 General] TrainAss:
http://greatbigdog01.wordpress.com/...o-cm-5-0-7-android-2-1-with-dream-e911-radio/

But thats for the Magic, not the Dream.