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[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KuroiZero:
Trying to make my new Unlocked G1 work with T-Mobile Prepaid

I'm really new to both G1 modding and this forum, I searched around and didn't find any specific answer so I had a couple of questions.

First of all, my story: I got a new Unlocked G1 as of today, but can't go past the initial setup. I went to T-Mobile and changed my prepaid plan from Pay by the Day to Sidekick, since I read it's possible to have data access on the G1 with a prepaid card.

(I'm posting this here cause I don't want to spam the forums and I didn't find a specific topic on prepaid)

I have the following APN Settings (don't know if they will work though)

Name : T-Mobile US

APN: epc.tmobile.com

Username: none // it literally says "none"

Password: none // it literally says "none"

Server:* // it literally had a star symbol

MMSC: http://mms.msg.eng.t-mobile.com/mms/wapenc

MCC: 310

MNC: 260

I don't know anybody that owns a G1 to go through the initial setup with a G1 SIM card right now, so I wanted to know if there's a workaround or a recommended course of action?

I don't know if it's rooted either. I just know it's unlocked.

So.. some help please?? :D

EDIT: Problem solved. Had some additional problems with the Win 7 USB drivers, but solved them too with this tutorial here:

http://istunner.com/?p=104
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shaolinx:
Opps yea, my bad.

Now that 64gb and 128gb microsds are in the making, the prices of 8gb and 4gb should be next to free. Question is, will the dream support up to 32gb+?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] icewewe:
No. SDHC only supports up to 32GB. Past 32GB is SDXC, which the Dream doesn't support. From wikipedia: "The older SDHC cards also have a maximum capacity of 2 TB based on the card data structures, but this is artificially limited to 32 GB by the SD 2.0 specification."
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] selfinflicted1:
I tried in another thread but I think this is where I should have put it first. (Sorry mods) my question is.... Is there any 1.6 rom with voip support. Specifically the groove ip app. The app says it does not suport donut but I didn't know if someone had maybe used eclair frame work on any build and had it workin. I have googled, yahooed, binged and used the forum search all with no luck. If anyone could point me in the right direction or tell me anything usefull I would be forever gratefull.

Sent from my SuperBad O.G.1 using poor typing as a crutch to convey a noob question 777
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darkmystel:
I got a t-mobile g1 of a friend and he wants me to update its OS to 2.3 or 2.2 cause the new apps are all crashing on it

Presently it runs 1.5

with

build number :

dream_devphone-userdebug 1.5 crb21 147201 test-keys

it says in one thread that its rooted, but i'm not sure

i'm not able to run the terminal app as its giving null

and also

when trying to run an update.zip it isn't able to mount it

what is actually wrong? :(
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demkantor:
you are already rooted - this is why you were having issues of the other thread i just answered your questions (try to keep you questions in just one thread)

hold down camera and press power

type all you see here

cant help you anymore until you do this
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darkmystel:
a white screen comes

and it flashes to a grey screen for a second and it shows no image found or something like that (it flashes by fast)

and back to white screen

drea** pvt 32b

hboot-0.95.3000

cpld-4

radio-1.22.12.29

oct 20 2008

and in yellow highlight

serial0
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demkantor:
And if you power on holding home, what is your recovery
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darkmystel:
android sysytem recovery utility

e: cant open /cache/recovery/command

then the commands

home+back - reboot

alt L - toggle log text display

alt S - apply sdcard update

alt w - wipe data/factory reset
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demkantor:
Well being you have a developers phone you are rooted and sim unlocked. What you now need is a custom recovery and to update your radio and spl to move on to the custom roms your after.

You have three ways to start this, you've had bad luck with you terminal on the phone so I suggest the other 2

Use adb to push a new recovery, then radio then spl. If your not familiar with adb or have the sdk package on your computer I suggest learning this. But if all you want is to upgrade for now flash the dreaming.nbh via hboot.

In other words follow the cyanogen wiki from the start like in the link you had.

Steps are as follows -

Put all files on the root of your sdcard (fat32 formated)

Boot into hboot and let the dreaming.nbh run aytomatically

When its done you will be @ firmware 1.0

Then log in, download telnet from market

Go to home screen, open keyboard and type

(Enter) twice then (telnetd)

Exit out and open telnt and hit ok

Once there type

flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img

Now power of and boot into recovery

Flash radio

Flash spl

Flash rom

Your done

___after this you can learn to fllash the 2708+ update for better roms but do all thiis first
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darkmystel:
bro earlier while trying something and randomly searching to fix the problems I found a way to get it ti work till an extent

flashed the radio aswell , though i'm not so sure about the recovery though it showed a # on the next line

but i'm not able to flash any roms , its giving error saying unable to acces .zip(bad)

triad cm6 first and now cronmod

no use both shows same error

and now i booted into hboot reading your post

its in loading dreadiag.zip state
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demkantor:
Dreaming.nbh will put you back to 1.0 and also change spl and radio. The reason why you couldn't flash those roms were because the require a diffrent radio and spl then you had. Start with my instructions and flash cm5 - there is a link to this rom in the wiki. Flash base then rom

After you confirmed everything works then you can move onto the 2708+ update and then you can try update roms
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darkmystel:
so now in camera + power

i see

dream pvt 32b eng s -off

hboot 1.33.2005

cpld-4

radio-2.22.23.02

april 20 2009

hboot

SD checking

loading... [dreadiag.zip]

all i have to do now is wait??

will it take a long time??
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demkantor:
If you have the .02 radio and .2005 hboot you just need a custom recovery. This is achieved either with terminal on your phone or through adb or fastboot, if you load the dreaming.nbh now you will have to reflash the radio and spl
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darkmystel:
terminal as in console bro?? :)

its not entering in i guess stuck at boot i think

so what do i to get a custom recovery??
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demkantor:
With the .2005 spl you can push with adb or fastboot. You will need these programs along with the drivers downloaded to your computer. If you know nothing about this and don't want to spend the time learning right now that's fine. Just download terminal emulator from the market and try with this. Type (su) and see what happens here, you may need to also download superuser from the market
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darkmystel:
you meant flashing Amon_Ra's or clockwork bro??

i tried that with terminal emulator bro

its stated there like this

"Once Amon_Ra's Recovery is finished installing, you will see # # on the screen below the line you've just typed."

but i got just 1 #

but after that only i flashed the radio

but dint have d custom rom in sd then

and ever since that its hanging on the android screen

not going forward

but i'm stilla ble to go into Amon_Ra's Recovery mode but unable to flash the updates :(
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demkantor:
So you have amonra now? If you do you shall flash rom from there, in the wiki you will have a link to cm5 and the base (Esomething) flash the base and then the rom from recovery. Now when you boot you will be on cm5
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darkmystel:
i'm still getting can't open update.zip(bad)

installation aborted for both files :(
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demkantor:
Which amonra version do you have? 1.7 is the newest. And did you get the rom from the wiki link? May have a bad download
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darkmystel:
yep 1.7 and downloaded from the wiki link only :(

nothing seems to be working after flashing the radio and dangerspl , tried cm6 and cm5 and even the bases , even tried chrono rom based on cm7

but all shows the same error

unable to open :(
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demkantor:
ok so when in recovery you should be flashing the rom with alt+f or scroll down to flash zip from sd card

the first zip to flash should be something like gapps-ds-er36b-signed

the second something like cm named something like update-cm-5.0.08-ds-signed

these would be the ones from the wiki

if they dont flash what is the error you get

of course these should be in the root of sd card fat32 formated
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darkmystel:
yeah tried that only :(

always keep getting unable to open "filename".zip

and installation aborted :(

and it was in fat32 format and in the root itself :( nothin was working

just now i tried putting in clockwork recovery image into the phone and tried to flash it through the console and now i'm stuck in android logo screen

and can only go into hboot mode

---------- Post added at 04:08 AM ---------- Previous post was at 04:05 AM ----------

and also now , home + power shows fastboot usb in red in left top of the phone with the android and logo in the centre :( if connected to system

but i've no idea how to use fastboot :(

---------- Post added at 04:47 AM ---------- Previous post was at 04:08 AM ----------

also using flashboot

archive does not contain 'android-product.txt'

archive does not contain 'android-info.txt'

error: update package has no android-info.txt or android-product.txt
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demkantor:
put the dreaming.nbh file on your sdcard and start over

i suggest learning to use adb and fastboot for if you keep using android over time you will find it very handy. you need to download the sdk package from google and then there are guides all over on how to use adb and fastboot

but at this point pretend you havent done anything to your phone, flash the dreaming.nbh by putting it on the root of your sdcard and booting up while holding camera

it will find the file and select yes and then youll be back to android 1.0

i know you have had trouble with telnet but just try again, follow the wiki

a side note dont name files like recovery.img.img

if your using window it will put the extension in there for you, name the file (recovery)
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darkmystel:
ah bro so i should just put dat nbh file in sd card and enter hboot?

but i wasnt getting any option to select any file then

it automatically goes into

loading deading.zip

and stays like that for a long time

and i know that bro :) about extensions :) and would have loved to learn if it were my phone :)

i just got to upgrade this phone to gb if possible or atleast to froyo

---------- Post added at 02:13 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:04 PM ----------

this is what comes in power+cam

hboot

sd checking

loading [dreadiag.zip]
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darkmystel:
tried with another sd card

it keeps showing no image found

---------- Post added at 04:39 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:47 PM ----------

bro thanks for everything :) and all the tips you gave :) ^__^

it was nice 2 have some1 to ask doubts to :)

and i managed to get to cm6 :) ^__^

all i did was used a new sd

and as for anyone facing similar problems of being unable to flash rom after doing all the steps

make sure you format sd to fat32 from a windows PC

fat format of Mac wont help as that was one of the main problems

and the copying step of the files into sd , do via the ms usb toggle :)

if you copy into another device and try it wont work :)

i did that too :)

and as for the booting up after that , it takes a hell lot of time, and make sure u have enough battery power left :) (only way - keep charging it while doing other stuff) mine was on 0 charge when it booted up into cm6 :)

thanks for everything once again bro :)

i'm so glad that i've done this :)

now if only i had a g1 for myself <3
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vaibhavj007:
please can anyone help me with my HTC dream

mode number -android dev phone 1

firmware version- 1.5

baseband version-62.33.20.08H_1.22.12.29

kernel version-2.6.27-00392-g8312baf dan@lab709 )

build number-dream-devphone-userdebug 1.5 CRB21147201 test-keys

how can i root it and install any custom rom
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jseaway:
Ok im having trouble it a situation that i cant figure out. If anyone can tell me how to start a new post to figure out my problem please help me...

Here is a link to my post i have, i really searched hard but nothing comes up thats updated for the problem im having...I didnt know how to start a thread so i went to the Lg optimus one thread and posted a new one. PLEASE TAKE A LOOK!!! ;) thanks.

Its dealing with the UOT kitchen. It will explain why im asking for help and what the outcomes were.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1806885
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jseaway:
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Nevermind for the help i realized i must have place this post in a dead thread. I troubleshooted myself so now i understand how to get the themes on my phone up and running.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dadudz:
hi to all... can any one help me in my htc g1 dream. i can't go to menu, every time i restart my phone it only stock on screen no sim card...

i try hard reset, but the problem still the same... need your expertise please....
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aliwaqas:
A spare G1 that I want to use as a second phone

I have a G1 and I wanted to resurrect it as a second phone :) If any one can provide me with a ROM that is time tested and works perfect. Would be great!
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BlackElvis79:
Try using Astro or one of the other file managing apps. Copy them from your sd and paste them where you want 'em.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] c7aig:
Hi,

I have noticed in the cyanogen build, there is a reboot option in the power menu, is there anyway i can add that to the JF build?

Thanks.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drewno1:
i will try that

appreciated , thanks
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mogulrudy:
Excuse me for asking, but does anyone know how to extract the orientation animation from another rom an put it into a other rom. Im sry but I still love the orientation animation from 5.0.1G LOL..:rolleyes:
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] momo254:
I was following the instructions as found here (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=533731) to get JACHero on my phone. All the steps went fine, but when I proceeded to install the cyanogen recovery image, the new recovery console didn't show up. Not thinking I just proceeded to go along and installed the new radio and that went fine, then proceeded to install the new spl and now my phone just stays at the Tmobile G1 splash screen. Anyone got an idea of how I can fix this and unbrick my device?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] B-Eazy:
if you can't get into recovery by holding home+power or bootloader with camera+power then your phone is Bricked bud
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wddglr:
Well, CyanogenMod IS JF.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iamodogg:
Partition Sizes for 16 gb?

So i'm trying to partition my 16 gb micro sdhc using recover 1.31

When I do "print" i get 16.1gb

I'm trying to find the exact sizes for the 3 partitions..

I tried searching this, but come up with random non-relevant posts.

Can some, who maybe has seen this answer, direct me in the right direction?

Thanks!

*** answer found.. kinda.

I kept converting 16.1gb to MB, and back and forth trying to figure it out.. Eventually I noticed after doing the first fat32 partition it always started at 512 therefore.. I took the total MB for 16.1gb, which was

16486.4

Took off 512

15974.4 Linux

15846.4 Ext

15334.4 Start

so it looked like this:

mkpartfs primary fat32 0 15334.4

mkpartfs primary ext2 15334.4 15846.4

mkpartfs primary linux-swap 15846.4 15974.4

Does this look ok? I assume i've lost 512 mb? Was downloading ubuntu, but thought this might be ok if i'm willing to lose the 512
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] herbjr:
Can a boot sound be added to normal Android 1.5 builds? I know the Hero has a boot sound but I want one for my None-Hero build.

If it can be added, what format does it has to be in?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] remiks3:
In Call Log, how to change calls to actual call time?

In the Call Log, is there a way to change the calls to display the actual time the person called rather than seeing "5 hours ago" ? I've looked everywhere...
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] B-Eazy:
You should be able to as long as you have root.... idk how though, never tried or looked into it

Not that i'm aware of
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LucidREM:
Google Security Update

anyone have information or a thread about the new security patch notice i am receiving on my phone? i'm guessing this might be something to "steal" my root access to the phone .. just wondering if anyone has seen this or knows anything about it
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] heatx:
I got this today too and didn't install it. Seems kinda sketchy.

OT:

Can I install the hero rom before installing the Radio and SPL or do I have to install those on the JF 1.51 FW before I can update the rom?

Let me know!
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] herbjr:
Does anyone know where i can get the original boot screen from the from the tmobile stock Rom? I want the animation with the pulsing android. Not a fan of the scrolling android text lol. Thanks.

Or, is it as simple as just pulling the files and placing them in my build and reflashing or is it more to it than that?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] remiks3:
I happened to find the solution to this myself...

In JF1.51, if you go to the call log, and tap on the caller in the log, it will take you to another screen and it will show the time that the call was made/received/missed.

Just lettin you guys know incase you were curious.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jggenius:
JF update for recent OTA

Hey Lucid, I noticed one other user mentioned JF posted to his blog (jf.andblogs.net) about the OTA and that he will have a new release encompassing the changes in the "next few days". Don't think it is a "root stealer"! Thanks for your work!

Another question while I am thinking of it - I am contemplating trying Cyanogen's ROM from JF 1.51 ADP. Will a flash over the top break the apps2sd if I used sdsplit and your scripts to move everything (except data) over? Thanks in advance!
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samethsom:
I was wondering if it is possible to use the htc worldclock with the weather in it over in cynogens builds??
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sauudmir:
hey i want to know if i buy an android g1 mobile with contract from T-Mobile US can i be able to unlock it and use a different sim in Pakistan Asia?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] t3mp3st:
Updating to the new CM Rom?

Hey everyone. I've search the forums, including the giant Cyanogen post to try to figure this out. I've found snippets of info, but still a bit confused.

I am trying to figure out exactly (as in, no way for me to mess it up) how to update to the latest stable Cyanogen build without losing any data from my phone (ie contacts, apps, files, etc.)

Would the process be as follows:

1)Create a Nandroid backup

2)Flash update.zip

3)Restore the Nandroid backup?

I'm sure it's a little more complicated than that, but I'm hoping I am on the right track. If someone has posted any tutorial or walk-through for this very process, PLEASE link it!

Thanks, and apologies for my noobishness.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] overpower:
Tutorial for developers?

I tried looking around and I couldn't find anything on this so my apologies.

I was trying to find a tutorial that would cover the basics on how to get into modifying android from source and getting it onto live phones.

I know there have been multiple tutorials that cover individual parts, but they're scattered. Hopefully if this rollup was written we could get a sticky.

What I am envisioning is one that shows how to:

Start by importing the latest android source.

Discuss any specific configuration changes needed for common/known devices. e.g. Building for Dream

Show how to merge in any modders' github changes (e.g. cyanogen). This may be another git tutorial, but I think something simple without reinventing the wheel could be nice.

Compiling the updated source trees.

Loading the compiled images into the emulator. Steps 8-10 maybe? Haven't tested. This works. Copy the system.img, and put it in the avd folder.

Creating an update.zip from the images.

My focus would be on the base system but I could see the tutorial expanding to handle themes on top of mods. (I'm pretty sure that's written.)

The target audience would assume basic understanding of coding, compiling, etc, but specifically gear up developers to become active at cooking roms.

I'm pretty sure any of the active cookers has this all internalized and could write the tutorial, but I think their time is better spent working on their respective mods so I'm hoping someone may have the knowledge and the spare time. Of course I'm trying to figure this out and if I do I'll probably write it myself, but perhaps there are more motivated people than me floating around. ;)
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] overpower:
I doubt there's a tutorial on this. But to answer your question, no that wouldn't work. Nandroid backups are complete backups of your phone, not individual settings. Restoring a nandroid backup puts you back to where you where before any update flashing.

The way you should probably do it is.

Use a market app backup such as Backup for Root Users. (This is to grab phone specific settings).

Nandroid backup. (Just in case update dies).

Flash the update.zip.

Check to see if settings persisted properly, and if not try a Backup for Root Users restore.

Of course if you're moving from between different mods, you'll probably have to wipe before flashing (step 3) as too much is different. Backup for Root Users may be able to save you after the flash, but this depends on how different the base mod is. It'll probably work for more common settings, but any mod specific settings will be lost.

As a last resort, you could probably restore the nandroid backup if none of it worked so you're at least where you started.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jggenius:
t3mp3st

Hey t3mp3st, hopefully the other response was helpful to you, but I wouldn't be so concerned about wiping your phone every once in a while. I find it cleans up some leftovers after loading and unloading various builds and themes, etc. Your contacts are in your Google accunt so those will sync back, there are a couple of apps in the Market to track apps, but it isn't that painful just to re-install them if you have less than 20 or 30. Good luck and have fun.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IOmega666:
Somebody has a tutorial to make adb work in Windows Seven ? cuz i cant :S

I installed the SDK of Android, then went to the Environment Settings and set path, got to the CMD and then adb devices and my device is listed but when i try to install i get a

/system/bin/sh pm:not found

What is it ? :S
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] x9f:
what is the difference between cupcake vs cupcake mod builds?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aceo07:
The mod builds are modified for extra speed and usually included extra features and useful apps. Also it is rooted.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aceo07:
Is there any work current in progress to add more video/audio codecs to Android? Hopefully a 'vlc player' for Android.

In the mean time, what's a good converter to get videos onto my g1?