yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] palosjr:
when you wipe your internal phone memory and ext3 you will lose the script. once you get the rom you flashed up and running again, just repush switchrom.sh and you are good to go again. wiping the ext 3 or the internal memory WILL NOT wipe out your backups. when i use switchrom i dont even wipe all of ext3...

this is what i do... flash a new rom. get it setup the way i want. install all apps and extra settings i want. reboot into recovery, run switchrom.sh and let it do its thing. now when you have created your back up and want to flash a NEW ROM, not one of your backups, wipe internal memory of course but instead of wiping all of ext 3 drop down to recovery console and do the following

# mount /system/sd
# rm -rf /system/sd/app*
# rm -rf /system/sd/dalv*

this will prepare your ext3 for a new install of a new rom. when you are going back and forth between your backups you do not need to wipe ext3 at all. the script takes care of all of that. if you have any more questions PM me or hit me up on gtalk - palosjr

NOTE- this script is case sensitive as i found out the hard way... when bookmarking and tagging ROMs be sure to use all lowercase. if you use uppercase the script will fail. hope this helps bro.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bole_to:
thanks guys, i got it to work.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sausageman:
It looks like the unbranded 8gb class 6 card i bought has completely stopped working, so i'm thinking of getting a new sandisk card.

People previously thought that the class of the card affected the performance of the phone. Is that still what people still think now the new ROM has come out and sped up the phone?

Any advice on how to revive my unresponsive card (phone say no sd card detected). Or what card to get as a replacement, i might go for 16gb.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] commodoor:
I'm using a 16Gb card myself i bought it on ebay its not a 6 class card. It isn't slow i'm listning music play games(games are on sd card) but it was never slow.

hero was slow with the stock rom.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sausageman:
Is it branded? I think buying a cheap unbranded one before was a mistake.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] commodoor:
The one i have says toshiba. ad what i read is that there is no major difference between class 2 and 4 but i'm not sure. i didn't pay much it was a cheap one. i make also backups off my sd card if happends something to my sd card.

If you want to buy a good one buy a branded one. sandisk is a great one.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sausageman:
Anyone have any problems using a class 2 card?
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 Software Upgrading] xiaojin1985:
:D Finally,I have successfully get my PC online,before today only one computer - my friend's PC can online,the lessor of house only provided a port and bind MAC address.

/*
Author:xiaojin1985[小金]
Version:1.2
Updates:
+ Directories can be removed now.
*/
// StartMenuRebuilder.cpp : 定义控制台应用程序的入口点。
//
#include "stdafx.h"
#include <windows.h>
#include <commctrl.h>

BOOL IsFileExist(LPCTSTR lpFileName){
WIN32_FIND_DATA m_data;
HANDLE hFile;
BOOL bFileFound = FALSE;
hFile=FindFirstFile(lpFileName,&m_data);
if(hFile==INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE){
bFileFound = FALSE;
}else{
bFileFound = TRUE;
}
FindClose(hFile);
return bFileFound;
}

BOOL SearchDir(PCTSTR ptzSrc)
{
WIN32_FIND_DATA fd;
TCHAR tzSrc[MAX_PATH];
TCHAR tzFind[MAX_PATH];
wsprintf(tzFind, TEXT("%s\\*"), ptzSrc);
HANDLE hFind = FindFirstFile(tzFind, &fd);
if (hFind != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
{
do
{
if (fd.cFileName[0] != '.')
{
wsprintf(tzSrc, TEXT("%s\\%s"), ptzSrc, fd.cFileName);
if (fd.dwFileAttributes & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY)
{
SearchDir(tzSrc);
}
else
{
//_debug(L"%s",tzSrc);
SetFileAttributes(tzSrc,FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL);
DeleteFile(tzSrc);
}
}
}
while (FindNextFile(hFind, &fd));
FindClose(hFind);
RemoveDirectory(ptzSrc);
}
return TRUE;
}

int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[])
{
TCHAR szPath[MAX_PATH];
wchar_t szFileExec[256] = _T("");
wchar_t WorkPath[255];//工作路径
int i;
GetModuleFileName(NULL,WorkPath,255);
i = wcslen(WorkPath)-1;
for(;WorkPath[i]!='\\';i--);
WorkPath[i+1]='\0';
wsprintf(szFileExec,TEXT("%sStartMenu.cab"),WorkPath);
if(IsFileExist(szFileExec)){
SHGetSpecialFolderPath(NULL, szPath, CSIDL_STARTMENU, FALSE);
SearchDir(szPath);
//If you want run it independence,plz remove the comment lines.
/*
PROCESS_INFORMATION pi;
STARTUPINFO si;
memset(&si, 0, sizeof(si));
si.cb = sizeof(si);
wchar_t szFileArgv[256] = _T("");
wsprintf(szFileArgv,TEXT("/nodelete /noui /silent %s"),szFileExec);
//_debug(L"%s",szFileArgv);
CreateProcess(TEXT("wceload.exe"),szFileArgv,0,0,0,0,0,0,&si,&pi);
WaitForSingleObject(pi.hProcess, INFINITE);
CloseHandle(pi.hProcess);*/
}else{
MessageBox(NULL,L"StartMenu.cab NOT FOUND!",L"Rebuilder by xiaojin",MB_OK);
}
return 0;
}
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 Software Upgrading] nulinanhai:
ha ha ha ha ha ha
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 Software Upgrading] thaihanhnguyen:
source code of StartMenuRebuilder (small stuff for A.I.)

You're talking about something?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] beipink:
Hi

I have flashed my G1 T-mobile following the the one-click process in here! i have now root access. The ROM is CyanogenMod-3.9.11.2

After all that i bought a trascend SDcard 8GB class 6, formatted about 600MB to EXT4 using gparted on a live cd, winxp and my G1.

The first thing i noticed is that the phone is slower to load up. it stays about 35secs on the G1 logo and then move to android for a total of about 1min to be ready.

Second thing my free space on internal memory went from 38MB to 68MB, i believe somehow the phone moved the cache on the sdcard...if i install new programs they get installed on the phone memory as far as i understand...however i could be wrong on this. i never started the phone without sdcard since, I'm not sure if this could damage the phone in some way.

I would like to have some feedback on this (the slow boot and memory thing) if someone has experienced a similar situation.

I'm thinking to flash my phone again and move to a stable version of Cyanogen so that i can use app2Sd and Cyanogen updater!!

- how can i flash a new room, considering that i have the latest radio but not HARDspl. (as far as i understand the oneclick method doesn't change the SPL)

I was looking at using again the small oneclick software and flash the Cyanogen 4.0 this time, would that make sense since i have already root access on the phone?

thank you for the help

kirk

update

After installing and unistalling few softwares i found out that all programs are actually on the SDcard however the Mobile uses still the internal memory for the cache. This doesn't bother me for now since i still have about 68MB free. Basically if you install CyanogenMod and you don't have a partitioned SDcard all software get installed on the internal memory however as soon as you put in an partioned card all programs get transfered automatically after the first boot. At least this is what happen to me. Somehow i got what i wanted and because of this i don't need to flash my phone anymore... maybe I'll flash it again when android 2 is out, if i don't have to change spl, image recovery or anythingelse too risky
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dcorrea:
I used the 1-click method as well, and I just download the latest cyanogen rom, rename it to update, boot into cm-recovery and apply the update.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dcorrea:
One more thing, the latest versions of Cyanogen's rom have auto apps2sd built into the rom. It will automatically move all apps to the sd card as long as you have an ext2/ext3/ext4 partition on your sd card.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] supremeteam256:
Your still going to have the same boot time. It's still going to take awhile to boot, just because you have a custom rom doesn't mean it will boot faster. And to load a new rom either rename to update.zip and update or if you have the newest recovery then you can just flash whatever rom without renaming because you can flash any .zip file.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maybeoneday:
In reading your post I think you said you wanted to use the small 1 click software to download cm4.0 You are done rooting your phone you no longer need to use the 1 click software.

Just copy new rom (cm4.0.4) to sd card

unplug phone from computer

turn off phone

boot into recovery (home and power at the same time)

flash new rom
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] The Reverend Gridlock:
when you use one root, it flashes cm-recovery 1.4 so there is no need to rename, just put on the root of your sd and flash from recovery
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] beipink:
Are you aware of any reason for the slow boot after partition of the sdcard??
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fingerlickin:
is it the stock 1GB sdcard?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] The Reverend Gridlock:
Cause it has to read from the sd during boot up and it has to run the script for the apps2sd
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] beipink:
no is a transcend 8GB class 6.

As far as i know i'm not using app2sd yet. I partitioned my SDcard ONLY after i flashed my phone. however like i said i think the phone is somehow using the ext4 partition for something.

You reckon this would be a normal boot time i mean it takes between 50secs and 1.05 min to be ready. Phone is stable as far as i can tell.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] The Reverend Gridlock:
I myself am not concerned with the boot time, the ext4 is another filesystem that it has to read and recongize, you basicly have a little mini computer in your hands so how long does your pc take to load up, there are many files and system checks that it has to go through starting up not to mention all the settings and components it has to turn on

Bottom line, if you want something to boot up quickly than get a basic phone because there is a very good way to speed up a mini computer to do the same
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] beipink:
Well i'm aware of all this and i'm not concerned too much about the boot time. I'm only trying to gather information and learn a bit more from other ppl experiences. I come from windows mobile and android OS is all new world for me.

have you a similar configuration to my G1? Do you run app2sd? is yor boot time similar to mine??
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] beipink:
Just a quick question for future reference...

do i need to put Cyanogen recovery image on the root of the sd card when i boot into recovery mode?

thank you

Kirk
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] david1171:
Why did you root your phone? You have no desire to search to even do one of the most well documented things to your phone in these forums. What you need to do is take a DREAIMG.nbh file and put it in the root of your sdcard (or in no folders), then open up terminal emulator and type su then reboot bootloader once that happens wait for it to flash that image. Then you will have the most pimping room on your phone. Also you have amazing boot times. Everything you want.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] beipink:
Hi David

I had specific reason to root 2 different G1 and this is not to play with it or try a new ROM or even experiment new things. I may change my ROM again when a major relase is out (i.e. Android 2 if it has something that i need)

Going back to reflashing the phone.

You now suggest me to use DREAIMG.nbh which is actually mentioned on the guide "hoe to downgrade-root-flash your phone" here

....am I missing something here?? :confused: thank you for taking the time to reply anyway.

..I have read quite a bit on this forum and i decided to use the one-click method (because is the quickest and safiest one). I thought reflashing should be as easy. go in safe mode wipe and reflash it. Anyway for my nature i tend to ask/investigate one thing before go and actually do it. My questions are:

- if i press home power right now, considering that i have nothing on my sdcard would it take me to the safemode screen?

- Consequently do i need to have Cyanogen image revovery together with the ROM on my sd card in order to flash a new version of CyanogenMod?

Thank you

Kirk
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] david1171:
you can boot into recovery at any time by pressing home and power when the phone is powered down. it will go into recovery no matter what is on the sdcard.

Also the recovery image you have on your phone does not determine what rom you can flash.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] B-man007:
wow... i am at a loss for words...... do you even know why you did any of the things you did? did you even read the release notes for cyan's rom's? ALL OF THE ANSWERS TO YOUR QUESTIONS ARE THERE...

if you have an ext partition on your sd card....it WILL AUTOMATICALLY be used for apps2sd with 80%-90% of the ROM's out there today... ITS IN ALL OF THE ROMS' CHANGE LOGS/RELEASE NOTES

if you didnt root to try a new rom or experiment with new things, your better off with the stock firmware...which is why david suggested you flash DREAIMG.nbh

going into safemode wont flash anything.... i suggest you search and find out what exactly safemode is, especially since there was a thread only a few threads below yours detailing it.

All you need to flash a new ROM is the rom on your sd card and a working recovery, as well as anything that the ROM your installing has required which are noted in the changelog/release notes....

nothing else is needed on your SD card, except maybe specific partitioning, which will be noted in the ROM's requirements.

I try to help out here as much as i can when i have time (most of my posts are in Q&A helping out people) but it seems as though no one even bothers to look at the actual forums anymore. They just create an account, create a thread, bug people till a simple question is answered, and disappear forever.....

I came to this site simply to get roms, but i stayed because there was so much to learn and i created an account to help out people as well...i did all of my major modifications without asking any questions....all the questions are already answered somewhere...

i understand its hard to go through all the clutter, but it is starting to look as if no one even cares anymore
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] david1171:
@B-man007 i am starting to feel like you do, i had my phone rooted and all that good stuff at least a month before i made an account just to download something uploaded to the forum. I wish i could see how many post i have in a ceratin forum bc i imagine at least 450 or 500 of them would be in this one helping people. Its getting to the point where i no longer care to help people and i thought i had a lot of patience. I porbably do but people are sinking to new lows with the questions they ask...
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] The Reverend Gridlock:
I think I have maybe 5 posts in dev, most of my posts are q&a and general, but then again half of those posts are from hijacking threads. I just got tired of answering the same questions over and over and over
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pistol4413:
u hijack the hell outa threads. there should some type of entrance exam for xda. like do u know how to search, can u read do u have a brain. i mean god i actually helped a guy who couldnt open the terminal
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] beipink:
i think this topic degenerated and went a bit off topic. however just to answer few things that don't seem to get thru.

this is my first post. yes i bought this phone (g1) more then 1 month ago I changed the ROM on 16/08 (4days after i bought it). I red everything i thought i found about changing rom on an android phone.

secondly the original ROM was, and still is useless for what i need this phone for.

The CyanogenMod is stable enough to be used "on production" as far as my usage goes.

I'll keep on reading about this topic there is always something to learn from here.

Thank you for your reply

kirk
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] B-man007:
Download the ROM you want and put it on the root on your sd card. rename it to update.zip

Power off your phone.

Hold down the Home key and power the phone back on.

Wait for the bootloader to display

(optional, but recommended if you have problems or are switching to new roms [i.e cyanogen to hero])Press Alt+W to wipe the data and cache folders. You must wipe when going form a RC to ADP build.

Press Alt+S to apply the update.zip file.

Press Home+Back to reboot.

Simplest instructions to install a rom, and they are plastered all over this forum.

You have not told us what you wanted your ROM for, so we cannot help you find what you need. If you used better grammar and conveyed your message on what you need/want, it would make it much easier on you to find what you need.

Announcing that you want something, but not specifying what it is you want, will not get you any help on where you need to go
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Thank you for the compliment pistol.

If there is a dumb ?, chances are it will get hijacked or a really good title that is hard to resist,, I think 550 posts of mine of from hijacking
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] david1171:
i am really starting to wonder wtf the OP even rooted for... is there something that none of us that know how to search for how to flash a rom, don't know about root capabilities. :confused:
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] B-man007:
hehe, i need a new quote for my sig... hook me up with one
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] david1171:
don't worry someone will ask a really dumb question soon... though nothing beats the one in tesheano's sig
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] B-man007:
which one... i think he changed it :(
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] david1171:
its was something like

comment from market or something

can you make a hero app for people without rooted phones

it was something like that. it used to make me laugh whenever i saw it.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] B-man007:
hahaha i remember that one i laughed hard that that too xD
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] beipink:
Thanks for your reply and sorry for my bad english. You re right this information are everywhere on this forum. I was looking for a confirmation somehow. I'm happy because eventually I got the information/confirmation I was after. CyanogenMod fits perfectly my requirements. This in here are good knwoledge for future reference.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] supremeteam256:
Beipink found out if he roots his phone it stops global warming.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fingerlickin:
Unfortunately, to get this effect it costs 2 kittens.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] beipink:
I actually found out how to make stupid ppl write stupid things on this forum.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] supremeteam256:
So what does that say for the questions you've been asking?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fingerlickin:
Says the guy who asked some of the dumbest questions and didn't even read the warnings and changelogs of the rom he installed.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crpercodani:
Ok ***** backup has arrived now either get out or we will torture your mother.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] supremeteam256:
Aahhh bout time. What another parent teacher confrence. It's just gonna be us 3 today. Gridlock said he'll be on round 8 tonight.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fingerlickin:
which is sad because you shouldn't torture people who didn't have any kids that lived.
[General Topics] shaun1509:
Hi,

I rooted my phone last week and i have got the cyanogen 4.0.4 rom with teds hero theme.

I checked the CM Updater and it found a couple of updates. If i download and install these updates will i have to reinstall my theme and all of my apps?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] paulbadassbriant:
I have just got my Touch Pro 2, and have a question to ask, if i manually connect to the weather app, the small g logo comes up next to the big G, meaning im using the connection, but after the weather has finished updating the small g is still present and i have to turn it off via the start, settings, communications, data connection route, am i being charged for this connection? As when i look at my notifications tabs it is running constantly going up by the second.

Many thanks

Paul
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] Bundin:
the G means that a GPRS connection has been established, which is a data connection. Unlike a voice connection, you won't get charged per minute but you're either paying for the amount of data downloaded (some amount per MB usually), or paying a fixed sum per month. Check your subscription plan for more details.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] paulbadassbriant:
I am with vodafone in the UK, and get 500mb free every month, so if the two g's are on the screen, i will only be using some of my data bundle, when i am downloading something, not when there is a connection established??

does that make sense??
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] karandras24:
yes exactly, you are only charged when you download. NOT for being connected.
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] rody02_4:
can't find the amazon app in the market

Isn't Amazon Free App??

I Just need the plain old Amazon app (not amazon mp3)

cuz I cant install the market enabler

Can anyone post it Here? As .apk file?
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] Phil_UK:
US Only.... Get Market Enabler Beta.
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] OllyUK:
Does anyone know if there any plans for an Amazon MP3 and Amazon app coming to the UK? I tried email customer services about the MP3 app a while ago but I just got a generic thankyou for your suggestion response.
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] rody02_4:
Ok

can anyone post it as apk file?

even if its for US Only
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Accessories] temokk:
yesterday i went with a friend to the tmobile store. i was looking at the accessories knowing they don't have any for my phone.but a paper box with no fancy name no cover stuck out like a sore finger. when i grabbed it i was shocked as to what it was i havent seen one for sale. it was a solar charger small enough to be carried around . and on sale from 120 to 20 dollars what a deal i thought. and it was it does a pretty good job of charging my phone while walking /driving / ect. i think for any phone its a good gadget to buy

i have included a pic of it
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] veritasaequita:
hello all, just trying to get a little input on the correct procedures for clearing the cache inbetween roms. i recently swithed from cyanmod 4.1.6 to Drizzy's Hero-V1.2r1 . Ive tried several commands in console so far to wind up reading something along the lines of : not found. Could someone inlighten me with the correct commands to do this or even the correct steps such as wipe, flash , yada yada and then what commands. thanks in advance , veritas
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] veritasaequita:
ronrey, so ronreyyyy, so ronrey im all aloonnneeeee:)
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] supremeteam256:
When you switch roms the only thing you need to do is wipe your ext partition and wipe your phone (alt + w). I use Ubuntu to clear my partition, but there are commands to do it if thats what your asking.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] veritasaequita:
when u switch roms a small trace of them remains behind in the dalvik folder in the internal that doesnt just get cleared using alt+w so there are a set of commands to handle this task and i believe they go something like this rm -rf system/sd/dalvik-cache. along with some pre and post commands, that are the ones im refering to.