[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KingTasty:
Upon reading the title you probably entered ready to flame me for not using the search button. The reality is though, that is just one of my many problems I'm having. I'll start from the beginning, give you the whole rundown and hopefully you can help, because if I can't figure this out soon I'm going to start smashing things, my G1 being first on the list.

A couple of days ago i was just surfing around, heard about custom ROMS, rooting, etc. so I started my journey. Thinking this would just take an afternoon, at the max, was a mistake on my part. I started here:

[ROM]TheOfficial TMO (US/EU) & HTC ADP - CRC1- Rooted [8/17/09]- v1.5.2-SecurityPatch

Looking at the prerequisites, I realized I lacked both the requirements so I followed that threads link to here:

Easiest How To for: Root, Hero, Recovery, Partition (no computer), etc. READ FIRST!!

I was able to complete up to step 7, but 8 posed a problem.

When trying to sync my google account to the phone it gave that old message we all know and love from when the G1's were just released. The one where it tells you: "There is a problem communicating with the Google servers. - This could be a temporary problem or your SIM card may not be provisioned for data services. If it continues, call Customer Care."

At first, I thought maybe it was because I had horrible service in my house, ranging anywhere from 0-2 bars. Thinking I could easily fix the problem by walking up the road to get 4 bars, that's what I did. Still having trouble communicating with the servers. It's obviously not server overload like they tried to say at launch and it can't be I don't have data services because I've been paying and using them for about 9 months now. So I set off to the internet for a fix. I came across this:

[How To] Activation over Wifi

Reading the first sentence, it told me to set up ADB. So I went here:

Setting up ADB

But, I obviously couldn't complete the steps listed because I can't set my phone to debugging mode with out it being activated. So I went back to the Wifi act. page and scrolled down to find this:

[How To] Activation over Wifi (12th Post)

Following the first step, I typed <enter>reboot<enter> and nothing happened.

This, obviously, confused me very much. Because, did I not just wipe my whole phone and install rc29?

But I disregarded it, putting it to the side as a fluke and hoping the rest would work anyway, because at this point I just wanted things to start working.

I went to step 2, but once again I can't do that because I don't have access to the phone settings.

But I just continued.

Upon trying to complete step 5, I was just pissed... This seems like a never ending road. Of course, my phone had to be wrong and show up as a USB mass storage device. So I followed the steps, but I don't understand part D in step 5 because it only gives me one choice on the list which is USB mass storage device. After this I started trying everything, uninstalling that driver, turning of PnP, just about everything I could think of.

If someone could just help me, even a little, I would be so very happy.

If you need any info at all just, pictures, build info, w/e I/'ll have it to you as soon as I see your message. If you don't understand something I said, ask right away and I'll answer. Thank you so much in advance lol

Mind you, I've tried all these guides a couple times over, I've tried different guides and I've installed rc29 3 times now. Still no luck