yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] damngood98:
here's a question:

Why are some how to's telling you to flash the 2 files and simply fix permissions while others are saying you need to wipe? it seem like some are running fine without the wipe.

Also, did this myself without wiping and getting google fc at reboot. I've been reading these threads for like 2 hours now and i was under the impression the market, etc. would still work but it's backing out of the white screen and not loading it up. Is that my only option is to do a wipe now? And if i wipe, do i need to reflash anything?

Big thanks to cyan and everyone else for so much help! thank guys!
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jokersax11:
the reason some people have to let the radio flash is due to either a bad flash. corrupted install or some other reason. every new version come with a new radio and it will sometimes delete your recovery. this is because certain older setup are different and not very consistant. however things happen and some stuff gets messed up. every dream is the same and this software is the same. but you are the different part.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jokersax11:
wipe is to fix an issue with google apps. as well as if you had something before causing issues.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BlueBoar:
Not sure if it is your only option, but it might help. And no you will not need to flash anything afterwards.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] damngood98:
damn! gonna go bed and maybe pout for a bit tomorrow before i do another wipe. I hate wiping! :mad:

thanks for help joker!
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ivanmmj:
Look at it this way...

You moved into a new place and the last tenant was evicted. He left all his crap lying around (mostly trash and dirty laundry.)

Do you sweep the rooms and take out the trash and call it a day? Or do you clean the whole house first? Technically, taking the trash should be enough (laundry included) but you never know what else is hiding in the house (maybe he had a pet tarrantula and it's walking around unbeknown to you. Eventually, you'll run into it and force close yourself in shock. :p
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] B-man007:
Good to know you got it to work.

AmonRa's recovery is causing a lot of problems for everyone trying to install the latest cm lol
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] holmes901:
Well I was ahead of myself :p and I though that it worked but I had to wipe and actually install my ROM all over again lol. But I can yes install apps again.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sgon:
Here my installation video/ visual aid

Hope this help

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9NBT4mlhFI&feature=player_embedded
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crizznaig:
So question regarding upgrading from 4.1.99 to 4.1.999...

Do I have to wipe my SD Card partitions ?! I thought I read I don't have to somewhere else, but it wasn't clear. I am curious if by flashing 4.1.999 that I will have to re-install my apps again...

Or am I mistaken, and I can just flash and have everything the way it should be?!

thanks for the help...
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joquarky:
Hello all,

I am updating from JF 1.51. I followed the directions for "How to install CyanogenMod 4.1.99 on your G1 Android Phone" on the simplehelp site, including the additional steps 6-20 for installing "Cyanogen Recovery 1.4". Unfortunately I have encountered a problem after completing the updates.

My G1 is displaying the T-Mobile G1 screen and running adb logcat reveals that it is stuck in a loop, which provides only information that I am unfamiliar with:

D/AndroidRuntime( 282):
D/AndroidRuntime( 282): >>>>>>>>>>>>>> AndroidRuntime START <<<<<<<<<<<<<<
D/AndroidRuntime( 282): CheckJNI is OFF
D/dalvikvm( 282): DexOpt: incorrect opt magic number (0xff ff ff ff)
D/dalvikvm( 282): Stale deps in cache file; removing and retrying
W/dalvikvm( 282): partial write in inflate (24536 vs 32768)
E/dalvikvm( 282): Unable to extract+optimize DEX from '/system/framework/framework.jar'
D/dalvikvm( 282): Failed on '/system/framework/framework.jar' (boot=1)
D/dalvikvm( 282): VM cleaning up
D/dalvikvm( 282): LinearAlloc 0x0 used 4100 of 4194304 (0%)
W/dalvikvm( 282): JNI_CreateJavaVM failed
E/AndroidRuntime( 282): JNI_CreateJavaVM failed
D/AndroidRuntime( 283):
D/AndroidRuntime( 283): >>>>>>>>>>>>>> AndroidRuntime START <<<<<<<<<<<<<<
D/AndroidRuntime( 283): CheckJNI is OFF
D/dalvikvm( 283): DexOpt: incorrect opt magic number (0xff ff ff ff)
D/dalvikvm( 283): Stale deps in cache file; removing and retrying
W/dalvikvm( 283): partial write in inflate (24536 vs 32768)
E/dalvikvm( 283): Unable to extract+optimize DEX from '/system/framework/framework.jar'
D/dalvikvm( 283): Failed on '/system/framework/framework.jar' (boot=1)
D/dalvikvm( 283): VM cleaning up
D/dalvikvm( 283): LinearAlloc 0x0 used 4100 of 4194304 (0%)
W/dalvikvm( 283): JNI_CreateJavaVM failed
E/AndroidRuntime( 283): JNI_CreateJavaVM failed
E/AndroidRuntime( 282): JNI_CreateJavaVM failed
D/AndroidRuntime( 283):
D/AndroidRuntime( 283): >>>>>>>>>>>>>> AndroidRuntime START <<<<<<<<<<<<<<
D/AndroidRuntime( 283): CheckJNI is OFF
D/dalvikvm( 283): DexOpt: incorrect opt magic number (0xff ff ff ff)
D/dalvikvm( 283): Stale deps in cache file; removing and retrying

I have been content with JF1.51 for some time and have sort of lost track of the modding scene since then, so I'm more than a little rusty on doing updates. However, I am certain that I followed the update procedure exactly as described.

Before I start trying wipes and such I thought I would ask if anyone has any suggestions based on the logcat data. I would greatly appreciate any help! :D
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Proxin:
Whenever I try this update, I do the following:

-Reboot into recovery; update to any zip (select the dream_devphone zip)

-Wait for it to work. . . . . . reboot to finish.

-Hold Home to get into recovery; wipe.

-Update to any zip (this time selecting cm-4.1.999)

-Wait for it to work. . . . . . go to console

-Press enter; enter fix_permissions

-Reboot into new firmware.

It gets me to the firmware alright. But when I load it, the new firmware is laggy and utterly unusable. It takes roughly 10 to 15 seconds just to register that I've clicked the Android.

I have tried with and without fix_permissions and wiping. Tried it with one, without one; tried that in reverse order, it still gives me the same lag.

I do not want to format my ext3 but I have heard you need to do that. I have a friend who has a G1 and has successfully gotten the firmware to work, but I'm not sure if he has apps on ext3 or not. I'll update this thread once I know.

Can anyone help describe to me what my problem is? And are there any possible solutions? I've made nandroid backups and am able to restore, and I'm not afraid of wiping as I have backed up all my data (just not the apps).
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Senorkabob:
Hey there, speaking from experience I strongly recommend you reformat your partition. I spent a few hours yesterday dealing with lag (I couldnt even make it past the setup).

After reformatting, everything is super quick.

Check this out, extremely easy way to format: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=543985

As far as backing up your apps go... Why dont you just pull them down to a directory on your PC, then reinstall them using something like AppManager? I believe that has a "batch install" function.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] meanderingthemaze:
Did you mean to say that it SHOULDN'T matter if I have a theme?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] B-man007:
Are you coming from 1.51 ADP or TmoUS? If its TmoUS you will need to wipe.

It seems as though your dex files are missing and its unable to generate them. I believe you will have to wipe, but try reflashing the ROM. You can also try and follow the steps stickied at the top of this forum and see if your missing anything.

Well you can experiment by flashing this rom and then removing the sdcard before booting. If you want to backup your apps in recovery, do the following

adb pull /system/sd/app/* <path to folder where you want the apps backed up>

adb pull /system/sd/app_private/* <path to folder where you want the private-apps backed up>
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] B-man007:
Yes sorry I meant shouldn't

flashing a ROM will overwrite the files that the theme uses.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joquarky:
I went ahead with the wipe and it is working smoothly now. There wasn't much to lose anyway, as I had everything backed up. Thank you! :D
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] endzmac:
I tried to flash 4.1.999. I was running 4.1.11. Now my phone wont boot passed the G1 screen. Please help.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] uta8111:
Backing out of 4.1.99 for now. Endless incorrect opt magic number errors on startup (takes pretty much forever), even after cleaning out dalvik cache and even full wipe. I am unwilling to convert to ext3 due to the strain associated on the SD card. I also noticed that the power control widget was showing nothing but blank squares, even after sending to trash and reopening from the widget choices. Power widget showed no icons and had no effect on devices.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] micahli123:
locale not changed in google maps

locale not changed in google maps...
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] micahli123:
try to wipe or reflash~
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Proxin:
I tried that, it loops/doesn't boot up without the SD card.

I will try rm -r /system/sd, I have backed up the apps.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blackinches:
hello..

followed your guide(which is worlds better than any other tutorial i've came into contact with since i got this phone 2 weeks ago). it's an unlocked g1 rooted to jesusfreke 1.5 firmware. i followed all the steps and didn't have any problems up until i booted into cyanogen for the first time. as soon as the splash screen went away a 'sorry!' box popped up with a message saying "the process com.android phone has stopped unexpectedly, please try again" i hit force close and another 'sorry!' box pops up immediately saying the process android.process.acore has stopped unexpectedly..."

it won't go past these, a continuous loop.

any idea? =/
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] B-man007:
try wiping and reflashing the rom. if you know how to run a logcat, that data can help pinpoint the problem
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arch113:
Didn't work, it will not let me flash any ROM's
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arch113:
Didn't seem to help.

I can adb from my win7 computer to the phone, access shell and have root from there.

I can run fastboot, but can't flash the cm-recovery-1.4.img.

I have reformatted and repartitioned my sd-card (8 gig class 6)

512meg ext4

32meg swap

rest fat32

g1 does can see ext4 and fat32 partition.

Any other ideas?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] B-man007:
did you try this?>

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=4677631#post4677631

that should have worked
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arch113:
Nope, I don't have root, and therefore can't flash the recovery image.

Still can't flash any ROM's either.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blackinches:
although i'm running .999 when i press the camera button it open a box with a 'To:' entry and 3 button 'open', 'call', and 'send'.

i've looked in the settings to see if i can change what the camera button does(want it to open the camera like before obviously) without any luck..

any idea?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] B-man007:
do you read your own posts? you have root according to your own post

the reason you cant flash your recovery is because there is a script replacing the recovery image at each boot

either follow the steps given there or find your latest nandroid backup and restore all of it through fastboot

but if your so sure that you dont have root....then why are you still here asking for help? go reroot your phone
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arch113:
Let me rephrase, when I go to terminal on my phone, I get the $ prompt. When I type su, I get permission denied. I understand my phone is still rooted, but I don't have permission to do anything.

I followed the steps on http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=4677631#post4677631

Didn't help my situation, and I have no backup.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] B-man007:
Ok well you can't access SU from the terminal because you don't have a custom rom that has that and busybox

if you followed those steps, how come you can't flash the recovery?

you can flash the recovery through fastboot, the instructions are on cyanogens recovery image thread

fastboot erase recovery
fastboot flash recovery cm-recovery-1.4.img

put the recovery in the same folder as your fastboot

you dont need terminal at all
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arch113:
I found the problem. The cm-recovery-1.4.img i had was corrupted, the file was also corrupted in my proxy server cache, so everytime I downloaded the file, I downloaded the same corrupted file. I cleared my proxy server cache, re-downloaded file and everything works they way it should.

Thanks for your time.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] B-man007:
np glad you got it working

this is why you should check the md5 of everything you download :P
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TweliC:
Need some help from the beginning..

I apologize in advance if somewhere I missed a step answering my questions, but I've been researching how to root my g1 for the last 6 hours and i'm not getting anywhere.

As it stands right now, I guess I am at a point where I am unable to flash the recovery.

I've followed probably 8 different tutorials and nothing has worked. I tried downgrading (won't update), I tried updating the rom without the recovery (won't update), I tried 2 different flash recovery programs(one from ryebrye and another from somewhere else) and then also tried it in terminal and no matter what I do when I reboot in recovery mode its still the normal recovery screen and not the one I am wanting! If anyone can help that would be greatly appreciated..

The main tutorials I followed are off these forums or cyanogen's website..

Thanks
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] B-man007:
im assuming you flashed the htc recovery rom and booted off of it......

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=4677631#post4677631

see that and the last few posts in this thread... you need to flash the 1.4 recovery using the steps above
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Proxin:
Mine still is incredibly slow and unusable.

I did a rm -r /system/sd, wiped, went through the update procedure just as usual. But it's still laggy.

Does anyone know what I should do next? Someone said I should actually -reformat- the card using sdparted, I have the apps backed up already and would be willing to reformat just the ext3 partition so far.

My card is 16gb in total, and I have ~500mb in ext3, so if I could somehow -just- format the ext3 it would be very favorable and save me a lot of backing up and trouble.

What command(s) would I need to run to format ext3, or do whatever to get it working?

And yes, I have wiped :p
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] B-man007:
mke2fs -j /dev/block/mmcblk0p2

will format the 2nd partition
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Proxin:
Thanks.

Quick question though...

This -will- keep it formatted as ext3 too, no? As in, after I'm done with that command, I can restore my backups and everything, and it will still be on ext3?

I'm just very paranoid and cautious when it comes to partitions, sorry.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] B-man007:
Yes it should leave it as ext3

once you do that you can immediately restore your apps
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xManMythLegend:
2 issues...

GMail is no longer syncing.

Ive tried with wipe , fix permissions. All that did was fix the "google partnership FC" that was happening.

I have to manually click refresh for Gmail to come in.

Is there something that can be done to fix this ?

Also , having problems universally since going Cyn...My MMS has been erratic. Msgs from TMO users never come in , and outside carriers only sometimes.

Any ideas ?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] naimadam:
wifi prob.

since i flash cyanmod 4.1.99 i can't connect to wifi.

it kept saying 'Unable to start Wi-Fi'.

without wifi my g1 is nothing.

help please. :(
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] the_fish:
+1... i renamed the app folder on my ext3, and it was still giving me short timeouts on launch of applications for some reason... any help?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bisles:
was running cm 4.1.99 for almost a wk now last nite my fone freezes and when i reboot my fone it is now stuck at the G1 screen i try wipin and reflash and still nothin
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] magix66:
Need help

I read through this thread and have many issues not listed yet.

I have a T-Mobile G1 which I rooted way back in march, I guess it is outdated now... lol

I have had no problems until I noticed I can't see many new Market apps and never get OTA's.

Ready for this?...

I am running JF 1.42 still, it is version 1.1, I want to upgrade so I did this:

Downloaded Cyanogen 1.4 image- works awesome.

also did a nandroid v2.2 backup (thankfully)

I did a wipe and installed radio image ota-radio-2_22_19_261.zip

recovery image signed-dream_devphone_userdebug-ota-14721.zip

and cyanogen 4.1.99.

typed fix_permissions in console and rebooted.

After that my phone had many many issues...

Calls and phone book- force close

messaging- force close

video player- froze up

I lost:

Auto rotate

Lost the market icon entirely

Lost youtube icon entirely

Google maps said not installed

several of my downloaded apps sais not installed.

I just restored back to my original JF for now til I get help.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bizz3d:
4.1.99 experimental to buggy

4.1.99 to say the least is very buggy, remember that this one is experimental so bugs will be present. If you want to use CM TRY to find his stable rom 4.0.4. I just came off of 4.1.99 because i had all the bug issues everyone seems to be having. I flashed 3 times and 3 different ways and always had issues. CM's last message was he is working on some HUGE bug fix for 4.1.99 and will update soon. My suggestions would be to use another rom for now. I am on HERO for now, until CM puts out his new 4.2 stable rom.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Proxin:
I recommend you repeat the procedure but don't try fix_permissions.

When I tried that, I got force closes. Ended up restoring back to a nandroid backup.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] magix66:
4.0.4 vs 4.1.99 or 4.1.999

Ok so if you say 4.1.99 is unstable does 4.1.999 fix those issues?

I have a friend at work running 4.0.4 so I tried to find it, however cyanogenmod.com/download does not have it, so I tried 4.1.999 and read you need 4.1.99 first... help

I was thinking of installing the 999 next and see... or I'll copy the 4.0.4:confused:
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shmigao:
can't sign into google services...

can't sign into google services, even with the official recovery image.

does anybody else encounter this problem?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sage50:
Cyanogen 4.199 and market

I just tried updating from 4.17 to 4.199 for the 4th time. I am able to do it but my market has not worked. everytime i try to get on the market it gives me a white screen then kicks me off. I seem to have done everything right, i followed the specific installation guidelines.

PLEAS HELP!!!! otherwise i would have to go back to 4.17.

I have recovery 1.4

signed-dream_devphone_userdebug-ota-14721.zip

update-cm-4.1.99-signed.zip

followed all the guidelines on http://www.simplehelp.net/2009/10/04/how-to-install-cyanogenmod-4-1-99-on-your-g1-android-phone/
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] B-man007:
follow this guide

http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php/Upgrading_From_Older_CyanogenMod_or_other_rooted_ROMs
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sage50:
Gmail

ok Thank you.. I've got the market working but more issues. I haven't been able to access gmail at all as it forcecloses right away. also, i'm stuck with the sync icon on the notification bar. something tells me those too may be related. Anyone please help me out.. has anybody else encountered these issues?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tigger166:
Need a little help

Ok, i have a need for a bit of help. I rooted and flashed to Jesusfreaks adp. I tried to get it to RC33. LONG story short, JF is installed. My kernel is 2.6.27-00392-g8312baf

NO clue what that means but im at fireware 1.5 and Build number CRB43

I want to get to Cyanogen. It looks a little smoother then JF and more frequently update. BTWi have a G1

I followed this guide TO THE T!

simplehelp.net/2009/10/04/how-to-install-cyanogenmod-4-1-99-on-your-g1-android-phone/

and after i rebooted, it took forever to boot (which is usual)

All my apps crashed. My desktop didnt even load. It had force closes like *android.phone and *android.mail

I figured it was because i was trying to mod off of the Jesus freak setup. Can anyone help me out and tell me how to either COMPLETELY wipe my phone and restore it to its origional G1 official build and then i can re-root to Cyanogen OR a way to mod from Jesusfreak to Cyanogen
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cginthepines:
omfg, same problem as that guy above me

g1, with same vers, same process, same errors. bump for ASSistance?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matthewviking1:
problems loading native apps

hey i just installed the CyanogenMod-4.1.99 and everything worked fine... just that some of my native apps like gmail, maps and market are not there... it says Application is not installed on phone... where can i find these apps? or how can i reinstall this to get them back! thanks!!!
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ivanmmj:
Funny thing, we have it easy with android phones. Everyone that uses a windows mobile phone is used to having to "wipe" EVERYTHING every time they flash. (Including contacts, which graciously are restored for us automatically.)

If you go from one ROM to another, you can't expect everything to work perfectly together.

If it helps, think of all the poor WM users pouting every single day. :p
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] damngood98:
idk....first time i moved into an apartment found a pretty good stash of self rolled tabacco! that was pretty nice!
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BookCase:
Same here....I cant get root permissions or anything, can't get back into the cyanogen 1.4 recovery or anything...everything is stock...please help?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pshadey:
i skipped it and used wifi to sync. but afterwords i wiped and reinstalled an older version like 4.1.8 i think and still no 3g, 2g however works...

could it be the radio...should i reinstall just the the new radio by itself from htc or what, and i do have the "danger spl"
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jokersax11:
Yes god I used to hate flashing my titan. Then I just got used to it. The cleaner your install the better.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pshadey:
you should read before you post..
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Unimaginative:
For all Magic/MT3G users who are getting stuck at the boot screen after flashing 4.1.99; I had no luck with either HTC's recovery image or nk02's official 1.6 build but the ROM posted by Zoid_ in the official thread worked a treat. Hope this helps out some other Magic owners who were stuck like me!

Yeah, having come across from a Diamond I was surprised to find that alot of Android users didn't wipe phone/SD card when flashing new ROMs/updates. It was second nature to me being a WinMo user.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jokersax11:
To fix the root issue just look up cyanogens recovery thread a link is in the first post of the rom thread you just need the recovery put back on.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jokersax11:
No you don't have to. Reflash back and don't skip it. Also 3g sometimes doesn't connect in some areas give it time and test. Don't just jump around
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gringo69:
how do i clear the ext? i tried out hero months ago and never deleted the files on the other partition .....i put them on there with a linux live cd n dont have one on me right now