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[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jahamala:
!

Excellent post! In particular the part about flashing the card for Apps2SD. Worked fine for me, just had to use 3965 for the upper size limit on my 4gb card. For everyone else having the same confusion, just check the readout from the 'print' command and see how big your card is reported to be and use that number.

One question, what's the purpose in the final step "6. Reflash your Cyanogen 4.0.1 Rom"? I was booting back into the OS to copy the ROM back to my SD card and everything seems to be already working as it should. Available internal space is at 68mb, which is more than I had before. That seem right?

Once again, thanks for the useful post, as all of yours seem to be in my brief research on the matter (new first time rooter).
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] david1171:
your reflash the rom just to make sure that the a2sd script will get activated on the phone. i think it may be more of a precaution than a necessity
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] david1171:
@nephron don't know if any of the noobs should worry about it, but if you wanted to complete the partitioning and upgrading of the second partition you could also put the commands to make ext3 into ext4. just an idea
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nephron:
I dont know the commands for that. Wanna share? lol. Then i can add it up there. I never really found it necessary but it would be nice to have. :D
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nephron:
1. Make sure u have the cyanogenMod recovery 1.4

2. Make sure you type the following first

parted /dev/block/mmcblk0

then u can type in print. :D
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nephron:
The reflashing of the ROM is to enable the apps2sd script. Once you reflash you should have 85mb of free space not 68mb. :D
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skarboy:
ah...ok i just wondered too.

so it should be ok to jump to 4.0.2 with the "reflash"
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] feeway730:
stuck trying to move apps2sd via cyanogen 4.0.2

Got the G1 rooted and all with no problem. Followed the directions from this thread and still cant get it. :confused: When I check the sd card info via the phone it has sd card w/ about 7.5gb left and a secondary sd card has unknown for available and used. I am using an 8gb class 4 card and would love some help. Feel free to email me direct feeway730@gmail.com. Thanks in advance!
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] david1171:
@nephron here are the commands for ext4

tune2fs -O extents,uninit_bg,dir_index /dev/block/mmcblk0p2
e2fsck -fpDC0 /dev/block/mmcblk0p2

got them from 51dusty's thread on sdcard partitioning :)
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jigdagod:
I followed the instructions all the way to this step Install CyanogenMOD 4.0.1 (Stable) and the keys will light up, screen will go black and then give me an error message of force or wait. I just got my phone back from HTC and they replace the motherboard could that be a problem. I've tried other ROMS and they either go in a boot loop or don't get pass the G1. I've re-flashed RC29 DREAIMG.nbh each time I start over and follow each step. When I go into recovery and wipe and install it just won't work. Any help?

Edit:

I finally found a build that would install. 5.0.2H-appstosd-signed

Edit 2:

Okay, I need some help, for some reason 5.0.2H-appstosd-signed is the only build that I can get to work. I did have JACHeroSki2.7.4 installed but it wasn't working correctly so I tried to update to r2 and that's when I went into a boot loop. I've also repair and re formatted my ext3 partition. Nothing seems to work. Any advice? I miss my Hero. :)
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Samwise75:
step 6- reflash Cyanogen

Hey all

I have installed the latest CyanogenMOD v4.0.2. I want to partition my SD card and enjoy the performance boost that will come with having my apps installed to the SD. I have successfully completed the steps necessary to partition my 4GB card. I have 2 partitions now:

1 fat32 0 to 3500

2 ext3 3500 3964

Once this was complete, I booted into safe mode, with the 1.4 recovery. I reinstalled 4.0.2. Upon reboot, when I check out the SD card info from the settings I get the follwing info:

SD Card

Total Space 3,331 MB

Available Space 3,280 MD

SD Card Secondary

Total Space 414 MB

Available Space 337 MB

internal phone storage

available space 54 MB

It seems to me that the apps haven't been moved to the SD card to free up space. I say this b/c me internal phone storage available is 54 MB and when I run Advanced Task Manager Pro, that programs lists my free MEM as floating between 22 MB and 43 MB.

Am I thinking properly on this one? What do I need to do to get my apps on the SD card?

Thanks very much for your input!

Joe
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nephron:
make sure u reflash the CyanogenMOD rom. That will activate the auto apps2sd.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jahamala:
Apps not moving

My card is shown as being partitioned correctly, but even after flashing to 4.0.2, I have the exact same problem and memory free as Samwise75.

*Edit - Something is definitely on the card, as the system is slower since partitioning it (card is only class 2, the class 6 will be here Tuesday). Also, when I pop out the card and reboot, the icons for most apps are missing. Still not sure why I only see 62mb free on internal storage, as well as only around 24mb memory free on average. May be due to it only being a class 2 card and something going screwy. The system is certainly faster overall if I take out the card and reboot :).
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] david1171:
browser cache and other caches take up space on internal memory.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nephron:
ya make sure you go into browser settings and clear all the cache and cookies and stuff. :D
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nephron:
bumb..... :D
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] david1171:
super-noobs don't know how to search or even look through a few pages so this needs a bump like i need some sleep (or no-doz):p
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] qwestx:
Can someone please help me out i was following this guide step by step and where i am flashing the new radio and spl. After i apply the Radio.zip i rebooted using the reboot now and when it started up again it was stuck on the G1 screen how do i fix this??
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] david1171:
so all you did was flash the radio, or did you get to the spl as well? if you just did the radio, can you get into recovery(home and power) or bootloader(camera and power)?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] qwestx:
all i did was flash the radio as the guide instructed an then attempted to reboot and now im stuck on the G1 screen. i have tried to use both methods to get into recovery and bootloader and neither works
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] david1171:
I have not heard of the radio causing a brick before... odd . Try to take out the battery and leave it for 10 or so minutes then try booting into reocvery .how long have you let it sit at the g1 screen?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] qwestx:
i let it sit for about 5 minutes but im about to just let it sit there all night to see if it will do anything.

i appreciate your help btw thanks :)
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] david1171:
no problem, most likely you will need to play "taps" in the morning and call your provider and say you went to bed the night before with it working and awoke the next morning to it not working, and do not mention anything about rooting, flashing, hacking, or anything technical, basically the dumber you sound the better.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] qwestx:
ya i was planning on that... is there any other methods i could try??
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] david1171:
you could play the "ota update killed my phone" card, but it is getting fairly stale now. as long as you act as dumb as possible and your phone is really bricked then there is no way can prove you did anything to it:)
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 1sickat:
i have searched a lot of threads and i havnt found out what i am doing wrong. i am trying to partition my sd card which is a 1g card (trying it on the 1g card before i do it on the 4g card) and i get a warning you requested a partition from o.oob to 6oomb the closet location we can manage is 512b to 65.5kb is this acceptable. not matter if i choose yes or no or change the numbers for the partition it is still the same...can someone please tell me what i am doing wrong. i have the correct recovery image so i am very confused. thank you in advanced for your responses.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] david1171:
i think i remember getting this once... have you done the rm 1 step to get rid of the original fat32 partition?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TainT:
Well. The G1 is rooted. Still got some work to do but just wanted to thank the diehards.

David and nephron especially. The forum answers you guys have repeated over and over may drive you crazy but its appreciated. !!

that's all I got right now LOL
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] david1171:
woot appreciation. certain days certain questions rub me the wrong way, but i have the next 2 days off work, someone could ask why isn't a hero rom as fast as a cyanogen mod rom and i would give them a mild flaming, not the full on force lol. No really though, when i came to this forum, i literally knew nothing (heck i still don't know much) but i sat back, i read, i learned, and now i help people as my way of giving back:D
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 1sickat:
yes i have done this...but here is the strange thing after i enter rm1 and rm2 (just for to cover all aspects)and print again the original fat32 partition is still there
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] G1rome:
thanks!

wow this guide is so easy thanks a lot!
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TainT:
Alright....i borked it:mad:

Heres where i am....and yes ive read....searched....and LoOked.

Got it...thanks anyways :thumbsup:

Hey...whats the best rom to run??

IM KIDDING!!!

Thanks again guys
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] david1171:
hmmm.... go into parted and when you type print look for the 4th line down

Disk /dev/block/mmcblk0: xxxx(what are the 4 digits after this)

then type

resize 1 0 xxxx

the xxxx is the the digits from the end of Disk /dev/block/mmcblk0: this will resize the partition (hopefully without destroying any information on it). I have only tested this on a linux swap partition.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 1sickat:
ok the forth line has the number 1022mb

will try to resize

ok i did that and still had problem...however what did work was a combination of both what you said and the steps in the op:

resize 1 0 1022

parted dev/block/mmcblk0

print

rm ( without any numbers it will ask which partition at next promt)

1

print

mkpartfs primary fat32 0 600

mkpartfs primaryext2 600 996

quit

upgrade_fs

reboot recovery

But i have one question it says it has to be updated is this ok
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] david1171:
do you mean the etc/fstab or something like that? its fine don't worry about that.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 1sickat:
sorry i didnt make that clear yes it was the fstab thank you for your help
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] david1171:
no problem, its my way of giving back to the community
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fictionles:
Just performed these instructions to upgrade my SPL. Worked like a champ!
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xdroid:
G1 stuck at RC29 Gmail sign in

My G1 was rooted, running Jesus Freke. When he moved out of the ROM business, made the jump to Cyanogen. Later, I found the I couldn't get into recovery. The phone would go to the T-Mobile screen and stick there.

Now, I believe that I could have applied Cyanogen recovery and all would have been well.

What I did instead was try to root my phone from the beginning. After a downgrade to RC29 the phone wants to log into Gmail. Two days of trying has been unsucessful. I think the problem is that the radio (changed as part of original rooting process) is the wrong one for RC29.

Anyone have any ideas?

TIA,
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] david1171:
when you downgrade to rc-29, it reverts your radio and spl to the old radio and stock spl. can you not get any data connection at all? try pressing menu and select add apn if that is the case. i need to go to bed (its 6am) so i trust you can find the apn for your network. since i am nice use this to find your apn. either that or search for the jesusfreke's guide to getting past the activation part without a data plan.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RotoRooted:
root.apk not installing

So I got my new Transcend 8gb class 6 sd card today. Went to try this guide and am having a problem with the root.apk app not installing.

-I have successfully downgraded from CM 4.0.4 to the RC29.

-I have checked the "Unknown Sources" box.

-I opened the "Browser" and entered www.g1upgrade.com/root.apk

When I long press the "root.apk" that has been downloaded and try to install it I get a "Application install unsuccessful" message is this link broken or what?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] david1171:
Why did you downgrade? If you have root any nothing was horribly wrong there was no reason to downgrade. Just search for the how to root hack your dream thread in the dev section and follow it for the actual rooting of your phone. The only different really is you have to do some command typing.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RotoRooted:
Rooted and Running

Success!!

I have completed the rooting process of my phone. Only had a couple hangups, but did my homework and got through it. I am currently running:

-CyanogenMod 4.0.4

-Cyanogen 1.4 Recovery

-Danger SPL

-Radio: 2.22.19.261

-Apps2SD w/ FAT32 and ext2 partitions

This phone is smoking now! Much thanks to those who made my rooting experience possible (david1171, Nephron, Cyanogen). You guys have amazing patience and insight into this stuff.:D
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] david1171:
Glad you got it to work:) i would recommend converting ext2 to ext3 by dropping into the recovery console and typing

upgrade_fs

That will bump you up to ext3.

Also, patience... some. Insight... lmfao at that:p
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] quakermaas:
Hi.

This is my first post, I have only had my G1 for a little over a week, but your guide seemed clear and simple to follow .

It is a white UK G1 and unlocked(ebay), I use the phone in Germany with a pay as you go sim(aldi talk).

I have downgraded the phone to RC7 (UK) and now I cant get past the Google account login, as there is no data connection, I have to enter all data settings manually (wifi and G3), but I cant get past the Google login to do that lol

I will flash back to the latest ROM and try a different method.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] david1171:
there for activating account without data plan
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] M..N:
why is the danger spl needed for the hero roms cant a dev make the rom small enough to fit on the stock spl??
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RotoRooted:
Ugrading from Ext2 and Ext3 partition

David, I went ahead and upgraded the Ext2 partition to Ext3. I am just wondering, what does upgrading from Ext2 to Ext3, or Ext3 to Ext4 do? Does this boost performance or something?

One other question, does the CyanogenMod Updater on the market affect themes when used? I just installed it, but am curious before I use it.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
M..n, it's a port, they could chop it up all they wanted and it wouldn't help

Roto, when you flash a new rom it will wipe your theme

Ext is a filesystem type, ext 3 is better over ext because of the journaling.

Journaling is good cause it does not corrupt as easily
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] M..N:
is there a brick proof way to install the spl
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Nope but there are. A few preresoquites to help slim the chances

Check your radio, make sure that it is the one required

Read the instructions <that's a big one>

Use the bathroom first <also big one>

Work on your paintence, maybe some zen tricks or yoga

Make sure phone is fully charged

Big deep breaths

Don't blame me if you mess it up

Ok you are good to go
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] M..N:
lol ok thanks.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Oh and check if you have a pvt board or dvt board by going into the bootloader camera and power, only pvt can take the danger spl
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] M..N:
Yh I have a pvt board
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] juicedroid:
sorry for this question

ive look all over

I partion my sd card using my mac

and i partion it acording to 6gb fat32 and 1.4 ext2

So when i got to console and input for my 8gb card

i always get not found or unkown one of the two when ever i iput rm1 and rm 2 and etc

what is the problem

????

Edit/Delete Message
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] quakermaas:
Thanks for the help, but I got I sorted, I used the one click method, flashed recovery-rav1.2.1G, radio was already the latest and then updated the SPL to latest :)

Now running the CyanogenMod v4.0.4 rom :)

Still a lot to learn before I fully understand everything, but I am happy to have got this far without bricking the phone lol
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
If you are using a g1 or dream quake, please flash cm recovery so you have a recovery console to save your ass in the future, rav recovery is meant for a mytouch/magic and does not have a keyboard so a console would be useless to them
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] quakermaas:
Thanks for the tip, I have now flashed Cyanogens+JF's v1.4 recovery :) is that ok ?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
That is perfect quake. Jf = jesusfreke was who made the recovery image first but cyanogen built on to it and pimped it out by giving as nandriod, fixpermissions trackball support,flash any zip. Cyan is just giving credit to jf
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kaiu:
Change unslaved-mod to CyanogenMOD

Hi,

I use the mod http://unslaved.think-android.com/.

Do I have to pay attention when I install CyanogenMOD?

Is there a Howto for changing a mod?

regards

Kai
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Since that is in german or some other lang that english. If you are flashing a custom moddified build(anything than a stock provider rom) than you can just follow the same steps
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mishathegoat:
Hello there,

Thanks for the guide. I'm booting up my T-Mobile G1 after following the steps to install Cyanogenmod and it seems to get stuck on the android boot splash (the new one provided in Cyanogenmod). I'm not sure if it just takes a very long time to boot or if it's just "hanging". Any ideas or suggestions? (it's been 8 minutes now). I couldn't find anything on Google.

Also, I did not perform the following steps:

Flash the New RADIO and SPL

Installing the CyangenMod Recovery IMG

and the step regarding using SD instead of the phones memory. Were those steps crucial?

Thanks for your time..

[EDIT]

I've found that after leaving it alone for a while, it goes to a black screen...
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] david1171:
you most likely need to wipe and reflash the rom that should solve the black screen.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reese.leblanc:
Ok, I've followed this pretty well, I think but I still have a problem. I used the one click method of installing version 4.04 and had no real issues there. I then went in to format/partition the SD card using the console per the directions. Unfortunately, while the phone shows a second card under SD card info, EVERYTHING is greyed out. I can't unmount the card, format it or anything. Any programs that get moved to the card are inaccessible because the phone acts like the card isn't even there.

I did reflash the ROM but that didn't make any difference. Does anyone have any input on this? Thanks!

Reese LeBlanc
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Wiping id the only sure fire thing, then try refllashing for the hell of it, why not
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reese.leblanc:
Through console: Wiped. Reflashed ROM (4.04). Used console to partition SD card. Rebooted. Tried to connect phone to computer via USB and it kept telling me to install card in removable drive. I checked on the phone and, sure enough, all options except Format Phone were greyed out in SD card submenu.

What the hell is going on? What am I missing?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wilnotdie:
If I did my research and reading correctly.....

I downgraded from crc1 to rc29 , tried to install root.apk, but didnt work. Would not show up in the apps list or in the app manager thing. Should I have used the other thread and manually rooted it with the commands? That's kinda what I did but messed up somewhere lol.

@ David1171, you said (in this thread) that when you downgrade, it downgrades the radio and spl too? If this is correct for all downgrades? then I know why I have a new brick lol.

Can someone confirm the above, I want to confirm I'm not trippin from reading this stuff so much lol; either way I got a new g1 that came with rc33 (thanks asurion, and $130 deductable :mad: ) and I am ready to try this again. Hopefully no more bricks.

_-_

I think I found my answer. If the other thread is correct then when you downgrade to rc29, etc.. they SPL and Radio is downgraded as well.

Further research yielded clarification on the rooting process, and a nice video of it too.

Thanks, Awsome stuff, and awsome forums!
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] porkky:
can anyone write me a trutorial on how to prepare a 6gb card

thanks
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] B-man007:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=534714
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] david1171:
Can you use the search button?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wilnotdie:
Just wanted to update anyone following my trouble....

After more and more research / searching etc....

I got my new g1, downgraded to rc29, rooted it with, telnet and terminal emulator. Installed the cm1.4 recovery image. Partitioned the sd card w/ fat32 & ext2 partitions, then upgraded ext2 to ext3. Installed the stable 4.0.4 cm rom through the recovery boot/cm recovery..

I didn't touch update the Radio, the new G1 still has one of the old Radio-1.22.12.29 ( I may update this later, if I notice any problems...what problems should I look for? )

I also didn't update the SPL, new G1 has HBOOT-0.95.0000 ( From what I found out, this is only good, so far, if you want to Flash a .nbh from a different region, in which case the updated SPL {HardSPL, or EngineerSPL} will ignore the region ID of the .nbh file and allow this to flash)

I dont plan on updating the SPL on my G1 since I am still happy with the cyanogenmod roms. If Im not mistaken, the Hero rom's are different region then US? In which case, I would need to update to one of the above SPL's to bypass the region signature and flash to my G1. I'll give google/tmobile/adobe a lil more time and hope they or someone gets their hands on the flash player code, used in that demo video on the internet somewhere, and integrates it into one of the modified us roms.

If I get impatient, I might update SPL, Re-Partition my SD (Fat32, Ext3, Linux-Swap) and give Hero a whirl.

:: Is this all correct? :: I sure do hope so lol.

Thanks to all who keep us happy, working, and open minded...Cyanogen, Haykuro, all other devs, and posters..etc...

:D
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] B-man007:
you should update the radio.. the 26I radio was made to be updated along with cupcake (meaning the official cupcake update included the radio update)

you may get bad call quality otherwise

btw, can you take a nandroid backup with the stock spl? if not, then thats a MAJOR reason to upgrade to hardspl (not sure but i remember reading during my nooben days that you needed engineering/hardspl for it)

for hero rom's, the region doesnt matter but the space does. to install a hero rom, you will need the special haykuro spl (aka Danger SPL)

it repartitions your phone allowing you to flash bigger roms (cupcake ~44-45mb, hero ~100mb, of which ~90mb goes on the phone and the rest on the sd card)

to get the haykuro spl, you NEED the new radio, else you will BRICK your phone. i suggest reading/researching for ages before you attempt that.